The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-02-25
LESSON ON WAR
AS TAUGHT BY
Gov. LINDSEY
Nations and Peoples Defined
By Government and
Religion.
UNITED STATES NOW
IN HER SIXTH WAR
Is Fighting For Freedom
and Glorifcation of Pow
er Of Right.

War, government, and religion are |
tons and peoples.
For contrast of the self definition
of the Imperial German government
| with the government of the United
States of America index and define, |
i in parallel, the wars, government, and
religion of the two nations.
| Under the guidance of Otto Won
Bismarck, 'the man of blood and
iron," Prussia and part Of the Ger
man states have fought three wars:
| That with Denmark in 1864, a war
of conquest, ravishing that nation of
Schleswig- Holstein.
! That with Austria in 1886, war Of
subjugation, effectively removing a
rival.
That with France in 1870, a war of
conquest, despoiling that nation of AL
sace-Lorraine and a billion dollars.
Under the guidance of the people
of the United States our nation has
fought five wars:
\ That with England in 1776, estab-
fishing a new government, deriving it's
just powers from the consent of the
governed.
That with England in 1912, for the
freedom of the seas.
That with Mexico in 1916, extend
ing the blessings of a free government
to a bleeding people.
That with Secession in 1861, pre-
serving the Union and abolishing in
voluntary servitude.
That with Spain in 1898, gratui-
tously extending the blessings of lib
erty to enslaved peoples.
This present, fourth war for Ger
many and the sixth war for the Uni
ted States, is in line with their pre-
vious wars. For Germany conquest
and the enthroning of the power of
might. For the United States, free
dom and the Qualification of the pow
er of right.
Writers and speakers are fond of
saying that the present war is con-
test between autocracy and democra-
cy, neglecting to define either in
terms of simple comprehension.
Autocracy is that form of govern
men in which the strong, the rich and
the wise ride upon the backs of the
weak, the poor, and the simple.
In an autocracy, government pro-
ceeds from above downward, in the
form of a thou shalt" or thou
shalt not
In a democracy, government pro-
ceeds on level and is :'of the people,
by the people, and for the people"
William Hohenzollern, the man
whose ally is God-not Gods ally
King of Prussia and Emperor of Ger
many. wills for all the people of his
kingdom and empire, and can will no
wrong, even though that will be
"frightfulness." .,,-r..
| Abraham Lincoln, whose great con-
Germ was that he should be on Gods
! side, once President of the United
States, lowly, yet exalted unto heav-
en-, ftoiled, suffered, and died for the
/ endurance of a democracy conceived
in liberty and dedicated to the propo-
sition that all men are created equal
: Kultur is the new religion of the
German people. The people of the
United States are Christian.
/ Kultur proclaims: I'VE (the Ger
, man people, are of the race of the
lThunderer; we will possess the
t EARTH
, Christianity proclaims: BLESSED
: are the meek for theq shall inherit
l the earth"
, Kultur commands and asserts: ''Be
f as terrible as Atillaa's Huns. Provi-
dence has willed that we shall be his
Instruments
Christianity proclaims: blessed
are the meek for they shall inherit
tain mercy"
It Kultur Kisses: 40, Germany, hate!
e Slaughter thy foes by the millions and
n of their reeking corpses build q
f monument that shall reach the
IS clouds"
t 20, Germany, hate now!s Arm thy
# self in steel and pierce with thy bay
o onet the heart of every foe; no pris
, oners! Beat in their skulls with rifle
e butts and with axes. Strike an(
n thrust, true and hard; turn our neigh
70 bors lands into deserts. AfterWard
thou wilt stand erect on the ruins o
, the world
y Christianity proclaims: BLESSED
- are the peacemakers; for they shall
:" be called the children of God. Y
Ii have heard that it was said Of then
N old time, Thou shalt not KILL an,
whatsoever shall kill shall be in dan
Is ger Of the Judgment but I say unit
E you, That whosoever is angry witt
n. his brother without a cause shall b
g in danger of the Judgment"
n. Thus it may be seen, in this world
to war, that conquest, tyranny, and say
ir agery battle against justice, liberty
~ and civilization.
IN Thus may it be seen that. Kultu
re binds back to that faithless age whe
ct mankind was savage and soulless an
void of the knowledge of truth.
Thus, too, may it be seen that tn
is the same war waged first in Hea1
en- and again in the garden of Gett
semane.
ny AS Michael overcame Satan,
We Christ overcame Sin, so, too, now,
this world-war, must civilization owe
come the Beast, Or, afterwards &c
sh many will stand erect on the ruins
he the world