The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10
REV. R. A, BEARD
" MAKES ADDRESS

events ever witnessed IN Cne Guy Oh
Fargo occurred at the Sunday morn
ing service at the First Congrega-
aional church. Conventionality was
shrow1 TO the winds for a few mo-
u1ents, for, only by so doing, could
the audience adequately recird its
approval of burning utterances that
had come from the lips of the pastor
of the church, Rev. R. A. Beard, D. D.
Prior to the delivery of his regular
Sunday morning sermon DR.. Beard
he}d up to the view of the people a
~war extra" that was printed partly
In vivid red, and published and dis
Eributed in Fargo late Saturday
might. The audience could readily see
the words: Germany Seeks Peace;
Cessation of All Hostilities Proposed"
DR.. Beard then read aloud the Asso-
sizted Press dispatch, from Amster-
dam, regarding Imperial Chancellor
Prince Maximilian's "peace PROPOSAL
Then DR.. Beard proceeded to a hot
discussion Of the German peace Of
fenaive, and when he closed the con-
gregation burst into cheers and ap-
plause, a departure unknown in the
church in the 80 years of it's exist
ence.
ut is reported that Germany re-
quests the allies to agree to an armis-
Sice and the immediate cessation of
hostilities that there may be negotia-
fions to bring about general peace.
We all want peace, and anything that
hooks in that direction we are all in
Favor Of. Some Of US are so intent
ou having peace that we are willing
TO fight for it until we get it, but we
want the real thing" said DR.. Beard.
LET us look at this most recent
proposal which Germany is reported
to have made to the allies.
"There are some things which can
he more easily and quickly illus
Grated than demonstrated. This pro-
posalr IN all its meaning and impli-
cations, is one Of those things.
"Ae5 US suppose that a band of
highway robbers and midnight as
sassins take it into their heads to
shoot up and loot the fair city of
Rargza. And some night, just when
ve are wrapped in the soundest
sleep, we are awakened by the cry
III fire, and then we hear explosion
after explosion, and we soon find that
all the banks have been robbed, many
Ut the stores have been broken into
churches and school houses are on
fire. 1t does not take US long to get
IN motion. We organize pursuing
party, and under the leadership of
competent officers of the law we start
out. BY the aid of the telegraph and
telephone we soon locate the fleeing
helhons. Soon we have them sur
rounded, and they quickly discover
that they must surrender at once OF
be literally buried in lead.
"At this critical moment one Of
them appears with a white flag anc
asks for cessation of hostilities,
shat negotiations may be entered
upon to determine how much of thu
6ot may be kept, and how much will
Kzve to be given back.
an such case what do you thinl
would be the answer of the people O.
Fargo?
aThat outlaw, with a white flag il
his hands, begging for a cessation
If hostilities,' that negotiations ma,
be conducted to determine what loo
IL to be kept and what must be give
up is GERMANY.
1--WE do not negotiate with outlaws
We take them before the proper tri
bunal and let that tribunal determin
what shall be done in their cases.
Germany is an outlaw among tn
S-k:o,,e - %Lo 1,,o,11 oxo1 che ho
forfeited her right to have anythin
IA say as to what she shall or sha
not do. Germany has been guilty Q
every cruelty and crime which wicke
minds are capable of inventing, an
these have been committed in sue
An infinite variety of form and degre
IS to stagger the imagination.
"A recent utterance of the Cologr
Volkszeitung, one of the most inf,
-sntial newspapers of Germany, RI
aaals the true character of the Hu
In all it's hideousness. The editor, j
asfrring to the blood and destru'
don Of the war, delivers himself {
5tiess words: Much as we detest it g
human beings and as Christians, y.
we exult in it as Germans
t'Not as human beings, but as Gel
mzus did the Hun cohorts rape Be
gium and lay waste the beautif,
eities of northern France. Not 9
auman beings but as Germans di
these pirates strike down the Lus
xsnia, without warning, and ser
hundreds of innocent women ar
children, together with a great no:
Of noble and true men-all MOI
eombatants-down to watery grav
~Not as human beings but as Ge
mans have these vultures of tt
skies bombed school houses and no.
-sk.I. a;,,, z,l.z Ia cela,t tha;,r dos;,o f.