New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-05-03
UNITED STATES HAD
To join THE ALLIES
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loudly wall that this war was use
less. that the United States could
have kept out of the war and should
| have done SO to save her own sons
II had to tell that woman what
have said many times, the speaker
averred, land that was that it is true
the United States might have kept
out of the war for q time. The
United States might have sat back
smugly contented, while the rest Of
the world was being ravaged by this
arch monster of the world. But if
she had done SO this great United
States would have been the most cu!-
pable and cowardly nation on the face
of the globe. And then later, per
haps in ten years, Germany, after
disposing of her other enemies, would
have come over here. My only wish
is that the United States had entered
the war sooner and J wish that the
United States stood today where she
will stand q, year from today and
then greater things could be done for
when this great old country Of ours
really awakens from her lethargE,
then woe be unto Germany-and Ger
many will be beaten. Rev. Mr..
Cook said that if some burglar was
ransacking his neighbours house,
stealing his possessions and ravaging
his wife and children and he knew il.
any man with a bit of red blood in
his veins would rush to their rescue.
This same thing applies to this war
which being waged by a, neighbour
hood Of nations against the enemy Of
| society in general
Further proof that Germany want
ed the war and insisted on having the
war was given by Mr.. Cook who SIM
ply referred his listeners to the pup
lished staten ent of the former Ger
man ambassador to England, LIGHT
nowsky, in which he declared that
England did everything possible to
avert the war but Germany would
have nothing of it and insisted on
| battle. And now, the speaker said,
lin the minds Of some war students
there arises the questions Of whether
or not Germany may possibly have
been in back of the Sarajevo murders
which actually precipitated the war,
for was not Germany then ready
The speaker, whose home and early
life was spent in the West, COM
pared the old frontier days and it's
men to the present situation, He said
that in those old days the men all
carried six shooters on their hips and
did not hesitate to use them. Just
like one Of these old gunner, Ger
many got the drop on the world In
this war and with the first blow she
forced the world to it's knees. But
now, with the aid of the United
States, the world has again got upon
its feet and today Germany stands
face to face with the world which
will not again go to its knees and woe
be unto Germany. q Continuing this
smile on the Cd frontier days and
the great war, the speaker said thar
the gunner used to carry their piss
tos because they were not organized
and feared a persona attack. 1t was
this way with the word but after this
war he predicted that there will be a
great brotherhood of nations with an
International police force so strong
that Germany Or any other warning
nation will not dare to start another
fight as she did in 1914.
Predicts a Better World.
The present situation Oh the West
ern Front in Europe is not a crisis
or an occasion for panic. but rather
is a challenge for the world. Rev. Mr..
Cook said, and added that America
! and the rest of the world where real
and will not rest until the world has
been cleansed of such monsters as
the Potsdam gang. He predicted
further reverses and great sacrifices
from time to time, but declared that
it is his firm conviction that ultimate
ly the Allied nations will win the
greatest victory OF the world and
from this great world war there will
Rich and poor, laborer and skilled
man, marching together, fighting to-
| gether, eating together, sleeping to-
! gether and dying together will bring
! about a better understanding of man
kind and after this war certain bar
riers which have been permitted be-
! fore will no longer be tolerated. Man
will have greater respect for man
and man, instead Of thinking too sell
fishly about himself, will appreciate
| something Of the feelings and ambi-
! tons Of the other fellow.
Kenilworth Honor Roll.
| There were about 40 memb of
! the club present at last nights ban
/ Duet and a silent toast to the 40 MEM
I bers who are in the service was given.
the only one able to be home on this
occasion being Harry G. Jackson. an
| enlisted man in the Z. S. Medical
| corps. The other club memb ers al
: ready in the service are Fred and
| walter Andrus, Naval Reserve; Her.
| bert A. Brann, 101st Machine Gun
! Battalion; Roy c. Brown, Naval Re-
serve; Edward C. Carrier, Naval Re-
/ serve; Cromwell G. Case, Engineers.
A E. F.; John T. Corners. lieutenant
! Of infantry, A. e. F.: F. Loring
/ Churchill, merchant marine; Earl F..
| Edwards, lieutenant of infantry; j..
! f. Faulkner. lieutenant medical corps;
| John Fl. Flannery, sanitary train: