New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-04-27

NatcheZ, MISS. on the occasion o
a Liberty Bond celebration /
that City:
Fellow. CitizenS-We paradet
today, and now we pause on tn
bluffs Of Natchez to ask and I,
answer. one question: What i
Adams County going to do to-da,
to help America win the WARP
When our President, like anoth
er Wellington, said: Up, lads
and at them, an American Cardi
nal took up the note and said
Get off your knees. You have
prayed long enough for peace
There is only one road to victor,
and that is over the top.
We have paraded enough, some
of us have prayed enough; it is
now for all of us to translate ON
prayers and our parades into
deeds. and to do something that
will help to win the war.
" What is all this war fuss
aboutY' was asked an Irishman,
and he said: u can't understand
the thing myself, but i will tell
you story:
q" In a quite, peaceful village
in Europe, in the August Of 1914.
a mad dog suddenly appeared on
the streets; there We're not many
about at the time. early laborers
going to work. dairy maids deliv-
ering milk and butter: nurses CIV
ing their children a first breath
of fresh morning air. The mad
dog came roaming along, and
jumped at a baby's throat, leav-
ing a big ugly cash, thence at
milkmaid, at laborers passing by,
at everyone in reach. An uproar
followed. The villagers were
aroused. the cry Of "Mad dog!"
was carried from lip to lip, until
soon the whole village was in
wild pursuit. With sticks and
bricks and bludgeons the wild
thing was soon beaten TO death,
and i 'ov. foaminc at the mouth,
and sr'ing out poison in its dying
gasp.
THAT is the story of the be-
ginning of the worldwide war.
For forty years German militarists
planned and schemed to murder
Europe in her sleep.
For forty years they talked of
peace while planning murder; for
forty years they sert their agents
to chloroform the conscience Of
the world, and when they
thought they had succeeded in
their business in their national in
dustry of debasing mankind, they
commenced by breaking the sworn
word Of nation. the plighted
honor. of the Hohenzollerns, by
the famous scrap Of paper out
rage. They commenced the war
by a cold-blooded deliberate act
Of international infamy and in
justice-the invasion of Belgium.
Prepared, defiant. arrogant and
INSCRIPTIONS, the German militac-
lists planned the domination Of
the world, and boasted Of their
intention to lick everything to the
east and west of them, to wine
and dine the Kaiser in Paris in
three weeks. and in three months
to fit the Hohenzollen collar on
the bear that walks like a man.
"The world woke up in horror
and amazement and action became
rapid. The Belgian peasants
faced the Krupp artillery with
their bare breasts and died like
heroes and martyrs to save their
country and the world. Tho
French buckled on their armorl
and FASTENED to the rescue of the
bravest nation in Europe; the
English sounded a note of alarm
all around the globe, and the sons
Of freedom went to the defense Of
sanity and civilization. noe byl
one, the sleeping nations Of the
world awoke to the worlds dan
ger, and within few months was
staged the worlds greatest, bit
terest and last war-the war of
right against might--the war of
civilization against barbarism-
the war Of democracy against au-
locracy-the war Of mankind
against the Turks and Teutons.
Needing Washington's we'll \
known warning against entang-
ing alliances, this country tried to
stand aloof and to be neutral. Our
President asked us tn he neutral !