Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-26
The War.

the impressions the Speaker SouSh' "
convey.
The War.
ON Good Friday a great congrr%a
ton worshipping God in Il chirch u
i'arS were buried beneath It's RUNS u!
q German shell. How typical oi th'
sims and purposes Of G"rinany-tn'
destruction OF the foundation OF citi'
,iZatiun, in order that Il new kullnl
may arise upon the manSl"d and inhli'
lialrd bodies Of Belgium ana France
Is history about to repeat itself kca'
i'm CrcaSy's Is decisive battles oi th'
world of the battle OF thalonS neal
tho scene of the present gigantic con
fIict. We haven't heard much oi lh'
word Hun until since the devastation
uf France and Belgium. How like TN
paiscr was .\ttila. TIL" open ah'
2vowcd purpose OF Attila was the drS'
,rliction Of Christian civilization. lie
ovrrran Europe calling himself th'
srourgr OF God" lie boaStcd OF th'
drsolation following in his wake. h'
ordered his soldiers to outrage wo'
men, mutiliatc children and To saltaG'
and destroy 50 that other nations
might bt. cowcd into submission. Wives
and virgins outraged in the pres'hc'
ui husbands, fathers and brothers ant
then either murdered or sent intt
SIavcry. Nor does the parallel stol
there, Attila like the kaiser was nc
uncducatcd barbarian. but possessed
IN, greatest learning and highest cul'
l,Irc possible in these times. He was
- statesman and general OF great
ability. Hear what the historian says;
'AtIile relied less on the brute forces o.
armies for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of his cmpir'
han on the unbounded affection OF his iriehu
and the fears Of his foes. which his Heniu'
enabled him to acquire. Austerely sober II
his private life: severely just on the judgment
.na,: CONSPICUOUS among nation OF war
riors for hardihood. strength and skill in ever
mu;cginl exercises: grave and deliberate IL
council hut rapid and rcmorseless in eNecu
tion, he gave safety and security 10 all WHIT
were under his dominion. while he waged {
warfare Of determination against all who op
,osrd or sought to escape from it. He watch
cd the national passions, the prejudice. th'
crccJs and the superstitions Of the various ma
lions over which he ruled and OF those whiel
he sought to reduce beneath his swaya a]ttn
M fhnf;s- ;cfihn;s- n f had ne sAM 70 TIM % m
account his own soldiers believed him to be
inspircd of God and followed him with fanatic
zeal. He called himself The Bread of tn,
World by the grace Of God King OF the
Huns and Goths."
What Il pen picture OF the present
kaiscr. telling his soldiers to make the
ha,nr German feared for a Thousand
wears. tu rape, burn. pillaSe and dcs-
troy in the name of God; calling u
treaty ~ scrap Of paper striking al
the life of nations. by forcing wives
and virgins To motherhood: sending
men and women into slavery to WORK
the mines. till the soil and crafty the
brutal lust of the beast in man; turn
ing the world into charncl house
that the ambition OF one man 1or
world domination may u" gratiiied.
Nor does the parallel between the
l,ai.i. Of piar,ll and Chalons stop win
The character al the kaiS"r and Attlla
tttila WAS fighting the embattlcd
hosts of Christcndum and staked MS
mpirc on one stroke. When the bat
ilc began To 90 against him, ne pileu
his treasure i'm the center Of the camp
and placed himself on top OF 1t, Win
the intention uf setting II on lire anu
lying in the ilam,s. so the Kaiser
has stakcd all on tn" success OF the
srcat German drive, hut again Atlll:'
md the modern Huns will finally fail
Ambassador Gerard in his book tells
Of Il cun> crS:ltion he had with the kai,
S,r in 1915. He spoke Of how he had
studicd the lives of Alexander. Caesar
and Napolrun. "rhcy dreamed ol
world empire and failed. too have
dreamed of world cmair" and IN!
mailed fist shall succeed" Once NOR
on the Marnc and tn" Somm". BRAY,
France il defending with her manhood
the advancing Hun.
Civilization can never pay its debt
to bleeding. suffering France. Sh,
checked the Huns 1900 years ago, and
AGAIN 300 years later under Charles
Martcl. at Tours. she thrust back the
Mohammrtan hordcs who were over
running the world. In 1916 when We
were struggling for freedom, Framed
came to our aid. ! doubt If we would
have achieved independence at tina,
time without the guns. ammunition and
trained officers sent by France. France
has kept alive the feeble spark of hui
man liberty. In 1855 ii spr1ng into
bright flame and struck the Divine
Right OF Kings n death blow. TO he al
most drowned in the blood OF tn,
French Rcvolution-but flickering feeh-
~ she passed it through the hands ol
Jefferson and Franklin to the United
States. II is now symholized by tho
great glowing torch of the Statue oi
Liberty at the mouth Of our greatest
harbor. The eyes of the world ar,
turned on that torch today. The Huns
again are threatening to forever
Iucnch it's light. But there are brave
men from America. from England ano
from France Offering their lives
sacrifice on that same field Of Chalons
and the same God who looked dowT
upon its blood soaked ground. still
rules above. Again the despairing CT,
at Il heart broken world--cOnqucroi
will he waited down the ages. a les
son and warning. The lilies o.
France will spring forth again. whitei
and purcr, fcrtiliZed by the blood o.
brave men. and watered by the tear
Of true women. With all of her mill.
tary power. boasted efficiency and n
years of preparation. these moder1
Huns will go down before the frowr
of God and the outraged conscience o.
n world in arms.
Fellow citizens: II seems TO me tina
divine power was never more mani
fest. than in having Woodrow Wilson
in this great world crisis. The hum.
hlc professor Is now the foremost maj
in the world. He says this Is wal
Of Democracy against Autocracy. Tit
other day at Baltimore when the Hun'
We're driving our lines back and dari
clouds hovered on the horizon. HI
gave the world a message, the onl!
message that the Huns understood.
81 accept the challenge, ! know tina
you accept It. Il shall appear in tn
utter sacrifice and self -foreetfulnes
in which we shall give all that we low
and all that we have to redeem tn
world and make il fit for free men lik
ourselves to live in. Force, force =
the utmost, force without stint or limit
the righteous and triumphant foree
which shall make right the law OF tn
world. and cast every selfish dominion
down in the dust"
Germany's Plans.
This is a we'll considered attempt b:
Germany to dominate the entire worio
and every nation figures in these plans
Russia Is to be cut up into provinces
Her ignorant peasantry Is to furnish