The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-09-26

Continued from last week.
Our fifth discovery is that Germany
in developing her world dream has de-
velOped a state of autOcracy which re
lieves it Of all moral obligation. We
should have suspected this from what
the emperor said before the war. In
bidding the German army good bye
when il went out TO the China boxer
war. be said: ''On the strength of
the oath Of the flag. which you have
sworn to NE. II demand that yeu give
no pardon, that no prisoners be taken,
| for you shall be avengers of the abom-
ination which has been committed in
the present time. Open the way for
culture once for all. And now take up
your journey. Adieu.
What We did notice about Germany
was that.she signed treaties, submit
ted herself apparently to International
law, recognized the Justice of human
ity. but now none of these things are
observed. She began this war with
violated faith with Belgium and
broke her laws with US.
We now know what such statements
as these mean. In '"Treitsehke Po-
litick" we find these words: THE
state is above morality. Whatever is
necessary is right. a"
We now note what the ministers Of
Germay are saying in such paraphras.
ing of the Lords prayer by pastor X.
ID. Vorwerk
Though the warriors bread be
scanty. do Thou work daily death and
| tenfold woe unto the enemy. Forgive
in merciful long suffering each bullet
and each blow which misses its mark
Lead us not into the temptation of let
| ting our wrath be too tame in carrying
out Thy judgment. Deliver US and our
ally from the Iinfeinal enemy and his
Servants on earth. Thine is the King
dom, the German land may we by aid
of thy steel lad hand achieve the
power and the glory"
| BY such abandonment of all morality
we understand now why such Incidents
as that told by the French minister of
war are true After the fall of An
twerp German soldiers came to the
| home of rich merchant who lived in
his country home with two beautiful
daughters aged 20 and II years. Some
German officers quartered themselves
in his home. He provided for them t,
fine dinner the first evening. Five
officers sat down, perfectly sober, to
the table. Even before the meal began
the father was seized and put into the
cellar under guard, and the daugh
ters were made to undress and stand
naked before these lecherous human
brutes of "kutur. At last drunk
with wine, they had their way with
these daughters and then gave them
over to the soldiers One became a
raVing maniac, the other killed herself
in shame and grief.
1t is the business of the hour to pull
the teeth out Of such militarism, and
to defend the right to champion the
weak, and to save womanhoOd anC
childhood from the beast of devilsh.
ness Till that is done we cannot talk
peace. To do so is to act REASONABLY
against God and man.
am pacitist in thought and ideal
ism. But pacitism does not relate tt
hlghwayrNen and murderers. If mar
breaks into my home to Gespoil my
! NIlC VI IllN 0llllAlCl Ilt 10 SOlllS w Hin
a fighter of the Lord, who vii
make war on earth, as Michael mad,
war in heaven. hope we may no
sheathe our sword until all the worlC
shall be made free from the German
devil | hope Germany will be 5,
beaten to her knees that she will b,
forced to complete disarmament
More, | hope we will not end this wa
until we have driven the Turk out o
Europe, and Constantinople is made ;
neutral port, and guarantees are givei
that Armenia shall never again sutfe
the atrocities to which she has beel
subjected in the past.
Rome bought sensuous luxury witt
her triumph, but her day came and tn,
Barbarians eXtlnguished her powe
forever.
Spain with her insane vanity, col
ored by fanatacism, murdered tn,
Jews, oppressed the Dutch but at las
the eternal tribunal reversed her de
cisions, scattered her galleons. strippe,
! her of power and relegated her to th'
shame of lmpOtency.
And now the foundations of all lib
| NiNN f'iib NNAiVNioNJ hiN bNlhS
by fanatical ,crazed, irreligious nation
that believes that under God it is tn,
superman, the agent of God for al
time to dictate terms to the nations o
the earth. For 40 years Prussia ha
developed her military mac hine. Ant
now she has hurled it against tn,
world. So far she has won. But W,
are awake in the New World to tn,
peril, and the battle is to be renewed
and we are going to win. Presiden
Wilson was right when he said in on,
Of his last addresses: '"Ihe old age
long struggle for freedom and righ
begins again at its beginning. | ac
cept the challenge Force to the ut
most, without stint or limit, the right
eous and triumphant force which shal
make right the law Of the world. ant
cast every selfish dominion down il
the dust.
Yes the hour of destiny and libert,
is at hand Even now the battle 20
Armageddon is on. No kaisers hant
can hold back the watch dogs of lib
erty that are pouring over into Eu
rope. and making ready for the fray a
home. "Once God pours the grea
passion of liberty and justice through
the minds of the American people i
will break every fetter like grass, ant
snap every muscle of steel. God il
abroad in the world. The victory o
justice and of truth and of liberty can
not be long delayed. God is for tht
right, and the right will prevail Thi
is the day of judgment. The Thing
which runs bayonets in the bodies 0
little children and hoists them in tn,
/ air as a Joke; which tosses aged mel
into the flames of burning building
which rapes young women and call
| that war, cannot be elected of God, ,
but rejected of God forever.
However, we must not be too optim
istic. Only as we pour in our best an,
| our all can we beat the cruel monste
of war. We must not believe tha
/ Germany is prostrate, and that the en-,
of her resources has been reached
/ Germany has reached her maximum o
i power but she Is trying to rehabiltat
herself through Russia and other con
quered peoples.
We must seek no compromisin,