The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-10-01

/ the Huns. Ana sure they VIII ne
right for the German variety of devil
| try is the eight-cylinder type with the
cut out on and throttle wide open.
And that is why we are in this war
! to a finish. There is no moral sound
| ings in these Central Powers, no GER
/ tainty of anything but perfdy-no
! assurance of faithfulness or honOr-no
/ future that you can count on. The
war lords of Germany are mono
maniacs along side of whom Nero
and Napoleon were children for crime
| and brutality.
Along in the early days of the war.
when reviewing his ships at Kiel-
You know the Kaiser sets up to be a
naval authority and is very proud of
! his navy-thinks so much of it indeed
that he will never let it venture out
| into the open sea for fear something
might happen to it Well, when he
was reviewing these nice, clean,
! painted ships of his at Kiel, he said,
THE time is coming when nothing of
! Importance will be done throughout
| the whole world without the consent
of the Kaiser and the German people"
! Nowadays he runs a partnership
with God-"Me and God" will do
thus and so-but in those days it was
me and the German people. But the
latest of all, I understand, is not to
take God in at all-not even as a
silent partner! Well, perhaps he is
beginning to realize that God wont
have it.
| am of English descent. Away back
in the days of George III, another
dunder-headed old German, who didi't
even know how to talk English, and
the American Colonies had to come
out and take stand and make a
sacrifice for moral ideals and dis
tinctions, and history hon0rs them,
that they did so. And so today we
honor those Germans who come out
and put themselves on record for
moral standards and ideals. | have
some German friends who have done
this and | admire them very much.
Now | want TO say a few words to
you about the Fourth Liberty Loan.
You have made magnificent record
in the other loans and | am confident
that you will make a similar record
this time record that will make
! nt nj do
in shame. The figures read by your
chairmap tell of the fine start you
have made,-all you have got to do is
to stay with it.
America has made a fine demon
GtratiOn to the world of what it can
do along voluntary lines. The word
was passed out that our Allies in
Europe were suffering for food and
that we must conserve food and econ
omize tothe point of sacrifice, and
without a murmur, Loyalty and cheer
fully, we did it. Why, for a year |
lived on the Loves Bakery product
and | didn't love it either. | lost
weight some during the year. and at
the end of the time ! was neither so
plump nor good looking as my wife.
But in common with all other good
Americans, | was glad to do it, even
though it was somewhat of a sacrifice.
The Good Book tells us that Jesus
had compassion on the multitude.
Surely we must be moved with cam
passion for the suffering children and
the heart-broken mothers, for the scl;
and the wounded and the dying, and
as we recall the scenes of suffering
and misery in these smitten and
stricken countries, our hearts will go
out and we, too, will have compassion.
| tell you ] have learned a good
deal of the meaning Of sacrifice in
this war. ! am not much on doc.
trines and theology stand some,
times on one leg and sometimes on
the other and | don't very we'll know
where / something like Scudder
used to be in Central Union Church
but one thing ! have come to realize
Ntls h'AhlltlN' SdNl lllNt " bc NlNdi
must be voluntary. Jesus says, you
know 81 have power to lay down my
life and to take it up" he made his
great sacrifice voluntarily. He went
up with His face set towards Jeru
salum knowing we'll what was in store
for him there.
| trust you people on Kauai have
gone into this Fourth Liberty Loan
with your faces set toward the going
up to Jerusalem, ready for voluntary
sacrifice to whatever extent may be
necessary, and that you will see this
thing through to a finish.
Now, | want to say a word about