The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-01-23

O" """ oSSioeoiy DdNcr tOudy De-
gan studying the senate military COM
mittee's proposed legislation to es-
tablish o war cabinet Of three men
to assist the president in controlling
the general direction Of the war and
create a director of munitions.
President Wilson while withholding
final Judgment. was represented as
not favorably disposed to the plan.
-.a.t Co. .s~sE
- came from von Tirpitz's soul: New
err
There was a demand for the recon
sideration Of the wrongs of Alsace-
Lorraine. What is the answer from
Sermany-'Never!'
when suggested that Mesopo-
tami.. and Palestine should never be
restored to the tyranny OF the Turks
what was the answer of Germany.
We viii so on unGll they are restor-
ed
NHOiS 81 SihSic pueSIlOn lalU
down by you in your trade union aims
to which YOU have had any response
from anybody in Germany who has
sot any authority to speak? Not one.
viii tell you another fact which is
very significant. There has been no
civilian answer at all.
There have been conferences hur-
riedly called together. Generals Won
Hindenburg and Won Ludendorff were
brought back to Berlin but Herr Won
kuehlmann has not been allowed to
speak. Why? If it means anything
II means this: That the Prussian
military power is dominant and the
answer which is to be given to civil
ization Is an answer which will be Civ
sn from the cannon's mouth.
You might as well stop fighting
unless you are going to do it we'll; if
YOU are not going to do it with all
your might II is-r -reti murder OF the
gallant fellows who have stood there
for three years.
"You either have got to put your
whole strength in to it or just do
what is done in the Russian army and
tell those brave fellows that they can
go home whenever they like.
Believe me. IL there are men who
say they will not go into the trenches
then the ren who are in the trenches
have a right to say Neither will wo
remain here
Suppose our men would leave the
trenches would that end the war?
Yes. it would; but what sort of an
end?
When the Russians ceased fighting
and simply talked ideals and princi-
Piles with the German army did the
German army retreat? No. They
took Riga and the Islands.
1.-THE channel ports are not SO far
from the lighting line and unless we
are prepared TO stand up with our
whole might. the people who are
dominating Germany now will domi-
nate the world tomorrow if we allow
tJem.
What sort of terms do you think
we would get from General Won Hin
denburg If We said to him we wan
YOU to clear out of Belgium p" He
would say in his heart You can not
turn me out of Belgium with trade
union resolutions
But | will tell the answer YOU
can give him: We can and will turn
YOU out Of Belgium with trade union
guns and trade unions behind them.
They have broken his line already and
II we endure with the spirit of ou,
fathers and tho spirit that has made
the greatness OF this land its power
''s prestige and its honor, we shall.
yet be- able to carry 10 conviction. To
carry to triumph. the great aim that
you I'm your own language, that the
government in the language and Pres.
ident Wilson i'm his noble language
nave been proclaiming in the last few
days.
Last night this message was car
ricd in the house of commons without
a dissenting vote. Democracy put i'm
plain terms. is government by a ma
Jority OF the people; if one profess
sion or one trade or one class claims
To be immune from obligations which
are imposed upon the rest that is Il
fundamental travesty of the principles
or democrGcy-that is the setting m
OF new autocracy. You and I i'm
the past have been fighting against
privilege. hope you shall be fight I
ing on the same side again.