The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-06-27
'.yE sERPENTs, YE GENERATION
OF yIPERS, HOW CAN YE ES-
CAPE THE DAMNATIoN OF
HE'LL"
fRv Richard H. Edmonds, Editor o
the Manufacturers Record

fRv Richard H. Edmonds, Editor o.
the Manufacturers Record
Al, o,, business and domestic life
has been upset; all our fond anlicipa-
TONS for the future of loved ones
must now be supplanted by the ever
..,oso,+ realization of their danger
their certain sufferings and their pos7
s;hle death: sorrow and anguish are
e.vervwhere, the nation is IN turmoil
i land of ueace has been suddenly
transformed into war machine' .ne
tdaily toll of death grows seeauiiy
llonoer and soon will be doubled ana
ouadrupled and requadrupled; sorroW
and breaking hearts are eyerywhels'
And why all this suffering and sof-
row. why these breaking hearts, why
+bis awful toll of death and disease!
because Germany for the aggran-
dizement of its autocratlc, desposio
rulers. and for the wealth 70 coi,ie
from looting the world, for years ae,s
fnitely planned to turn this peacelui
,-o,.,5 into hell of woe. Cold-blood-
edly these murderers set about tileii
nlans for a war upon their nelghpors'
Intending when they had been de-
stroved to push across the sea ailu
conquer America. They even plannea
the terms for exploiting Canada Whieii
os RI he one Of the indemnitles 10 pe
paid by England.
Tho whole world has thus been turn
al into a mighty armed camp; mll-
IONS have been killed and millions
hove been manned; the blind, the arm
less the legless will soon be IN eVi
dence all over our land as they are q
,EncIand and France and Italy
fE Millions have died of hunger am
Ell hundreds of millions have telt ~
n;nching power of an ever-decreasin'
ty- food supply; hundreds OF mllio.
nee have for nearly four years lived
ant AGONY of heart as by day and by nign
mi their ears are ever strained Tor IN
is droaded word of the death OF som
ie loved one.
ver- For wears our allies endured horror
eat surnassing the widest flight
and Dante,s imagination as he picture
ned the Inferno, and day after day, mon
lent after month, from their bleedlr
for hearts went forth the never-ceasil
cry: "How long, o Lord, how lol
: will America sleep on in faneled
ias curity ~
rat And why. have our allies thus 81
pa, fered and why must we now give :
anu millions, the very flower Of our CIV
for s.s.,,,,.s 4.,.sa suffer;nos =
.;a~aI ecalise William, the accursed,
49, all Germany the military lead
~. only, but all Germany set out d
8 - prearranged campaign to murder ]
lions in order to enrich themselves
= looting the world.
These murderers, these loot
- - these outragers of womanhood, S
- hostages, shot down innocent ci
- ians, to protect themselves from
soldiers of the allies placed woi
:. and children in advance of their fis
' ash- ing line, poisoned wells, spread
ease germs, all for the purpose
stage making their predetermined plan
lily A. "frightfulness" their greatest waa
alton to make nations tremble before
Gu very thought of arousing German
500 tility. And all this for their own
e pa sonal enrichment and planned out
mans many years.
Brit At last thank God, America
tank awake, and never will it slumber
Mister til those who have created this
Del on earth have paid the full penalt,
Z. M. their crimes.
3 He And Jesus said
SAL eye SERPENTS, YE GENE
ron1i- TON OF VIPERS, HOW CAN
-0,OOO ESCAPE THE DAMNATION
ration HE'LL"
Cam