The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-04-13

l tions, which the speaker allowed to gc
 unanswered by himself. but the crowd
 had evidently gotten the purport of his questions and answered them with cheers
 and handclapping that did not cease for
 several seconds.
 RECORD BREAKING MEETING ] According to the management of the
 Jefferson theatre, the mass meeting held | last night was the most largely attended
 of any meeting of like nature ever 1 held in the Jefferson theatre. Hundreds were turned away from the doors before
 the speaking started the capacity of the | house having been reached by s o'clock. l The Rev Middleton S. Barnwell was
 delightful presiding officer, making a
 very happy address appropriate to the
 occasion, following the singing of God
 Save -Keep-H Hold Our Men,, which opened l the meeting.
 There was a time when you and I could love the German people," said the
 Rev. MT. Barnwell, but to my sorrow believe that that time has passed, and l I know that we cannot strike as we should until we realize that the time
 has arrived for us to cease to treat the beast with kindness and that we can
 not reach them by kindness and love. Germany has told us that the only Ian guage that she understands is force and I believe that the time has come for
 us to answer Germany in the language l that she understands, and I believe that we are going to answer her that way | Il would not punish Germany, taking Gods place, but believe that the only i way the horrors of this war can be | brought home to her is to bring them l to her as she brought them to others. And I know that America will not fail" REISENBERG'S ADDRESS l Henry Reisenberg, prominent German | of Indianapolis, travelling salesman, who was born in Germany and came to 1 this country when F years of age, with | eight sisters and brothers, being the I oldest child, made very impressive ad- dress from the standpoint of German American citizen.
 "The Germany of today is not the Ger many that we used to love and respect years ago, and is therefore not entitled 1 to that respect and love that we gave her as the fatherland I know that it is hard for German to sever all connec-
 tion with the fatherland from senti-- mental standpoint, and all Americans
 are suspicious of German citizens of the | United States, but it is up to the Ger mans to clear themselves of that stain, | for this country is their country, and when the cries of America go out for ! help, it is up to the German Americans l to give it. and not ask the reason why. | It is up to them to declare for Ameri | canism, for it stands for fairness and I justice to all Germans should not only subscribe to the Liberty Loan, but be l eager to buy bonds, for it IS the best l investment in the world, and they do not deserve any credit for subscribing to the | Liberty Loan. They should give-give I to this, the most holy cause ever ere l ated. This is America S war your war, my war, and we must back it to the linn 1 it until it is won, even if it does take
 more men than we thought. more money ] and more service.
 OUR SACRIFICE .T want every German American in | this country to send this message to I Germany-to the Kaiser The Americans 1 of German birth are going to stay Tn 1 this war until that bloody beast is i crushed so that it can never rear it's ugly ], head again. It's up to us to give to the boys over there everything that they need, for they are doing our fighting | for us. Our sacrifices are being made upon the altar of liberty, and what else matters when we are deprived Of our 1 liberties?
 q hate to refer to it-it is such a joke | but we are not in this war for any material gain, for God knows that there | is nothing in Germany that we wouiu have Germany hangs on the rocks oI l destiny at this hour, manacled, chained, { bound-and she was bound by paitry ! few
 l The Rev. MT. Barnwell announced that i the luncheon today at the Hillman was l for the ladies of Birmingham, ana not l only for the ladies who aided Tn the l Liberty Loan drive, and that ticKets l could be secured by any lady who de- l sired to attend.
 | Lieutenant Sharman. who has oe- l livered several speeches in Birming- ham this week, was greeted wltn Vo- l ciferous applause as he arose, IoiloW- l ing an introduction by Rev. BarnweH. | He smiled and then proceeded 10 l1- I troduce himself, stating that he had l hae so many introductions since com- l ing to Birmingham that he had to lock around his room at night to see now many of them there were of himself. l The gifted Canadian officer, who l has returned from the battlerelds I of France after being wounded twice. has a vast store of war narratives ! that interested his audience immedi- ately. He is an adept at telling stor- | leS or the lire or SOluler dt the IroHt' | in the trenches or in the hospitals. I Ne has a wonderful personality, and 1 outbursts of applause were frequent during his address
 SHARMAN THRILLS HEARERS | "The time has come when either war or civilization must cease. Today there are machine guns on our front for every machine gun on the German front.
 aLd those on the allies side are the T" AN