The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1918-09-20
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Germans Fghtina for Slave

Germans FghtIng tor slavery
Editor Daily Banner:
Allow me through your paper to
urge upon the people of our city the
imperative need of prayer if we are
to reap the fruits Of the victory which
seems to be coming nearer to our al
lied forces. We need to pray as ear
nestly in these days OF triumph as
in the days when things looked
gloomy. God seeks to accomplish
purposes Of grace towards Us through
this struggle and the realization of
these can only be accomplished in Us
ii We are much in prayer A prayer
less victory might be an empty one
that would not result in lasting good
TO the moral forces Of the nation.
Probably the greatest disaster that
ever befell Germany was the series
Of military victories from 1864-I871
II we are to have spiritual victory
as well as military, we must pray.
And now is the time for the people
II Ocala to gather in their respective
chuT ches on Wednesday evenings and
to the united meetings Tor prayal in
the Presbyterian church on Thursday
mornings. If any have doubt about
our righteous cause and need CON-
lyincing of cur right to pray for God
help they should read what Or. flre-
man Rosineier, former German edi-
tor, has written from Switzerland
He says:
German people, when will you
awake from your sleep? When will
your eyes be opened and when will
you cease to be patient as lambs? Do
you still not realize that it is for your
deadliest enemies you are fighting?
You are fighting for the factory mag.
mates, who would fain crush your or
CARNATIONS upder foot. You are fight |
ing for the lords of the soil who send
up the prices of every morsel you
put into your mouths. You are fight |
ing for the spectators, fattening on
your poverty You are fighting for
an officers corps whose ranks are
sealed up so you cannot enter them; |
you are fighting fer a government !
which is the tool of your oppressors. !
You are fighting for a chancellor who, |
by speaking Of solemn treaties as
scraps Of paper has destroyed Ger
manys moral prestige throughout the
world
you are fighting for an emperor
who, as RismarK foresaw and foretold.
by his irresponsible, boundlessly am.
bilious foreign policy has brought
about the fatal tension between Ger
many and England, and whose
thoughtless, defiant speeches have
created an atmosphere of suspicion
and disgust which weighed heavily
on Europe long before the war You
are fighting for a crown prince of
Prussia for whom the war is a pleas
ant excitement; for a crown prince
of Bavaria who is not ashamed to ut.
ter scarcely yelled hints that de.
fenseless prisoners should be murder
ed; and for a whole pack of princely
families who are a useless burden
upon the countrys purse. /.
"You are fighting for general
staff and an admiralty whose cruel :
and barbarous methods of warfare is .
violation Of international law,
have made your once good name
abhOrred by all the world today and +.
will make it abhOrred by that of to .
You do the fighting that the
rule of the Prussian junker may be :
anew, and that the Prus !.
sian cOrporars stick may thrash out .
Of the men of southern and western ..
Germany what little freedom and in. :
dividuality they have with difficulty .
in preserving. In brief
you are fighting for the perpetuation .
Of your own slavery" :
Surely nothing written by the allies :
themselves could more justify our !
right to pray for an allied victory than
the above quoted words Of one who
chose exile rather than sell his soul. !
Shall we not pray that millions in
Germany may see the right as clearly i.
as he does? !
Yours truly 1
VIM. r. Wrighton !