Arizona republican., 1918-10-17
ID THOSE MENWHOSE RELIGION OPPOSES
 THEIR BUYING BONDS

When a man refuses to support this | war and back up our boys in France in every way possible, and assigns as his reason for his refusal or failure-"re- ligious scruples,N that man admits that he believes Uncle Sam is wrong in waging the war he is waging. This man admits that he believes the gov ornment which today guarantees him the protection and liberty and prosper ity he is now enjoying. is doing wrong is shining before God and man when it demands that the horde of German cutthroats and murderers halt their damnable carnage in Belgium and France. These MUST of necessity be the admissions of the man with re- ligious scruples against doing his part to win the war, for religious scruples do not interfere with ones doing a thing unless the thing is wrong. An individual who would make the statement-without crouching behind a religious professionalism the United States government is doing wrong in waging the war that it is waging, would at once be imprisoned for the duration of the war as an enemy of the government and a dangerous person to | be at large.
 The man who fails to buy Liberty 1 bonds because of a religious profession which is opposed to war, fails to grasp the fact that the United States is not the aggressor in this struggle. Fails l to appreciate the fact that we entered the conflict-not because we glory in war-nOt because we want war or want to see men slaughtered. We entered the conflict because we DON'T WANT these things. We entered it as a scotch to these things. We entered the con- flict not to prolong the war, but to end it, and withal to put a stop to the wholesale slaughter of helpless women and children and innocent babes. And finally, we entered the conflict to pre- vent the wholesale rape and slaughter of our own women and girls in Ameri- can homes.
 A picture: It's the story of letter written by an American boy who had been taken prisoner by the Germans tC his mother in Casa Grande, Arizona.
 The letter had passed the censor. Al though it had been on a long journey and was very much soiled, every line oi the censors stamp was yet plainly visi- ble so distinctly had it been stamped upon the envelope.
 In flattering terms the young AriZo nian wrote his mother what a fine lo of people the Germans are and what { true straightforward gentleman th' emperor is and how all the prisoner; are well fed and happy.
 The anxious mother had duly received the letter. and while her heart wa thankful for the safety of her boy, he astonishment was great at the untruth fitness of the world in general of tn, German nation. "They treated hin fine." Why, she had heard stories O the mutilation of prisoners of war b! the Germans.
 He was well fed." Think of it And she had heard they had only soul and black bread, and were herded il cars like so many cattle and sent mile and miles to the interior and made t work-under penalty of death-for tn German army. She had heard how ol men were bayonetted to be rid of then and how women were abused and lief to die. All this was not true. He sai they were a fine people
 But the letter went on to say: "Dea mother, save the postage stamp for souvenir"
 She went to the kitchen to steam off, and slowly it peeled off. and ther was a small writing on the envelop where the stamp had been, and she ra for her glasses.
 "The Germans were a fine people, but under the stamp, where the censo had not found it he had written tn truth-"They have cut out my tongue.
 o, Man of God! Does your religion creed bid you stand idly by withou raising sword, bayonet or gun to pre- vent such outrages? Is it not the wor of God, Himself, through you, to pun ish these demons-destroyer of chris tianity and civilization! Bombers C churches and Red Cross hospitals?- ?- Mrs. in Glendale News