The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-05-29
CROWD THRILLED
BY WAR ADDRESS
Samuel B. hobbs of Boston
Heard Last Night in
Auditorium
CAME UNDER BOARD
OF TRADE AUSPICES
Frequent Outbursts of Applause Follow
Patriotic Utterances-New Flags Of
Allied Nations on stage-Half Hour
Program Of Singing.

program OF Singing.
Samuel b. Nobbs of Boston. speaker |
for the Massachusetts, eeiflhlittee eti psb- |
lie safety, gave stirring war talk in the
Auditorium last evening and aroused
his hearers to frequent and enthusi-
astic applause. The address stamped
him as a very earnest. sincere and pa
triotie American. Tile ho,ise was well
filled. The speaker was introduced by
L. Burr Smith on behalf of the board of
trade, under whose auspices Mr.. hobbs
came to BfattlebofU.
For half All hour preceding the address
the community singers, under the leader.
ship Of Ffaak n, Craft. rendered patriotic
selections. Loud applause rang through
| the house as the new allied flags, bought
recently by the board of trade and ar
ranged around the stage, were disclosed
when the curtain was raised. Following
is summary of the spesker's address:
Our iinpreparedness may cost lis feed.
less thousands of lives and millions of
treasure. We have been a nation of in
dividualists and therefore unmilitary.
Ours was country of new resources and
we did not have to fear competition from
other countries, consequently we had
fairly easy time. We grew boastful and
fo6led OURSELVES. What We nsed How il. y
national discipline We are being brought
to the test as never before and we shall
not meet it if we think it easy
i Once the Americans are aroused we
will do tremendous things II is a mis-
take 70 believe that we are nov dGiRg
more than we ever did before In the
Civil war the northern states had over
two million men in service. If we raised
an army in the same proportions today
it would mean 100000 men.
Peace by negotiation leaves Germany in
the saddle. Unless Germany Is beaten
thoroughly she will dominate and it
would be better that our race be wiped
out than let uermany win and their civil
lization be built up while thousand gen
erations perish. The Germans have dis:
regarded the ten commandments. Their
! propaganda in pre-war times and now
makes them the champion liars of the
world. In business the German firms
aided by the state succeeded in undermin-
ing some Industries of other nations. We
must be prepared to regain lost gfouhd
and to keep that which we have won
during the war. We should prepare to
make every American look for the made
in America" mark on our goods.
II We Americans have believed in liberty
justice and the pursuit of happiness
The German all highest has his people
trained to jump at sign of the drill
masters stick Our boys are fighting t.
decide whether we are to continue fire,
people or to be the serfs of the kaiser
We are fighting for the establishment
of old-fashioned morality which German,
has polluted wherever she has gone
Germany by her foul deeds has forfeited
any right to a welcome back into TIL
1 circle of nations until she has been beat
l en- down and made to see things in diff
i ferent light.
We must change our immigration law
: and make it less easy for aliens to ente
this country with no intention of ever be
coming citizens. The |. w. w. and an
archist leaders in this country are evi
| dence of our easy-going indifference t
what becomes of the stranger landing a
our ports. Our cheap politicians ar
n largely responsible for this state of thing
because they played to get mass vote
from the various foreign colonies settle
in our cities We can have no divide
allegiance. We should give REASONABLE
:. time to people who settle here to becom
: citizens. If they fail to do so then urg
them to go back whence they cam
L Hereafter when a man appeals for vote
is he must talk to the American voter an
IS no one else.
r We are undergoing an economic trans
o formatio Millionaires are not populs
IS and men who are working are just as III
It popular if they insist on war wages ny
e. or. six times higher than peace tin
"a wages We must stand behind our nj
2 tional officers and try to become re-
democracy. This war in the end will
G, won. not only by bullets and bodies b'
N by spirit. 1t will be won by the countl
re with the strongest soul.