The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-08
THE PEOPLES FORUM.
Meaning OF America.

AiuShiSo' ehC iouu VI lLc Tree anu the
home of the brave; the harbor of the
oppressed; the synonym of liberty A
liberty purchased by suffering, sacrifice
yes, of all that was dear and of death.
This was the cost.of our boon which, to
every true patriot, is priceless. 1t
must not be COMPOUNDED with license.
That is the highest conception some
people have of liberty. 1t is not the
right to do as we please, but the privi-
lege of doing as we please, provided we
consider the rights of others which we
must do and the best interest of all
concerned. The highest form of liberty
is to please to do right.
America stands for civil liberty,
which is founded on the substantial
pillars of the home of the church, the
school and the ballot. A powerful
enemy has arisen who would invade our
beloved country and snatch from US
this priceless boon. He would ruth
lessly destroy our country, our COM
merce, our homes and subject US to a
Yassalage, which would make every
free born, liberty loving American
prefer death to lite under such condi-
tons
Satans great effort for world ruler
ship is headed by the Kaiser, though he
thinks his commission is from heaven.
The chief of the Huns affects to think
he is the great benafactor of the world.
He evidently thinks his rule would be
the best for the race. He does not
dream that he is the agent, trusted and
beloved of the devil, who dominates his
mind and has developed in him a proud
and arrogant ambition to control the
world. Though he makes loud preten-
sions and apparently bellows he is COM
missioned OF God, his spirits and meth
DDS plainly demonstrate that he is the
agent of the prince of power of the air
the world ruler. But he can never
destroy our civil liberty, much as he
may desire to do this.
America stands for religious liberty.
Every one can worship God according
to the dictates of his conscience. There
is no censoring of sermons in this
country; no one who dares to say to the
great body of Evangelical preachers,
you must preach what pleases me or
get down and out. The true ministers
of America, recognize but one source of
authority, that is God, one infalible
book-the Bible, and so they preach that
as the revelation of God to man.
The Kaiser and German Kultur are
enemies of our religion. His war is An
attack upon Christianity and our Christ
Many of you no doubt, have read the
article in the Baltimore Sun of Julv
2lst. The writer tells of a conversa-
ton with Belgian officer at Leipe
who told him that Germany intended to
force war upon France and would send
her main armies through Belgium.
Guaranteed neutrality would be violat-
ed, and it was. He was told that the
country, even then, was covered bv a
cloud of German spies and intelligence
men. He even pointed out a number
who were then in the tavern with them.
They were keen eyed Prussians who
took notes of every thing wherever
they went He learned that Germany
had deliberately planned to violate her
treaty with Belgium and was about to
devastate it, for the sake of getting at
France.
Yes. and to get at Belgium too, for
the treacherous eye of Germany was
upon it, and she would have it. Thew
wanted Antwerp. one of the richest
ports of Europe. They wanted the
Belgian coast, because it would be a
splendid naval and aerial base against
England.
Then the German officer with whom