Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-03-19
Van DYKE IN CHARLESTON
lContinued from Page One.)
patients, cautioned me not to say
anything that would excite them.

anything that would excite them.
Il witnessed an operation in this
hospital and saw a splendid. rugged
man subjected to trepanning opera
ton by one Of the best surgeons In
France, while three nurses stood by
| asked the commandant If the mar
would recover, and the official WA
sure that he would. as the operation
had been entirely successful. Then M
added, the man is German.
"A few months later these obscene
vultures Of Potsdam airmen flew orel
that hospital dropping bombs on the
building marked as II was with d
huge red cross stretching all the wa!
across the roof, killing doctors. nur'
ses and their own wounded prison
erS
Is This Civilization?
Then when the uninjured attend.
ants sought to save the patients from
the flames these vultures swept ove'
three times at low altitude sweeping
the ground with machine gun fire.
Does a civilized nation commit
such atrocities as this? Does civ
ilizcd nation poison wells so that the
returning inhabitants will be poison
ed: Docs Il civilized nation infuss
the germs OF Il terrible contagious
disease in a then neutral country tC
kill off the man power before an cX-
pccted war? Does Il civilized nation
use gas. Il weapon discarded by the
Chinese more than 100 years ago as
inhumane and barbarous, on theil
enemies"
There may be some who would sii
AT Il green cloth table and talk peace
with such nation, but l would not
Not with Il nation that has plunged
the world into such a war. that has
on its head the blood Of the best oi
carth's young manhood. and Is re.
sponsiblc for this terrible pentecOs,
of suffering.
The Bible says when a man smitcs
YOU on the right check turn to him
the left. Germany smote us on the
right cheek when she sunk the Lusi-
tania, then on the left when the Ara
bic, went down. and followed up with
IL kick in the rear. and then declared
that they would sink I'LL ships with
out warning and without any effort Ia
save the crew.
How Semmes Acted.
~ Confederate cruiser, the Ala
bama, commanded by 4 southern
gentleman, capt. Raphael Semmes,
destroyed many vessels, but never
without warning, and never without
arranging tn take care of the pas
cause he could not take of the pas
scngcrS, and could not conveniently
take them to port. This is the tradi-
tiun and spirit Of the American navy.
The German spy system in Ameri-
CT is unexcellcd for expensiveness,
unScrupulousness and boneheadedncss.
II they had not looked with such
cynical contempt on the American
people they might have done us
greater damage.
Il, speaking for myself and without
authority. favor taking every man
convicted by courtmartial of spying
and hanging him by the neck until
he is dead, instead of taking them to
North Carolina where they can play
tennis during the summer and spring
~ man should not be judged by his
name or his accent, but by his heart,
and his heart should be judged by his
action and speech. ! am opposed to
discriminating against any man be-
cause he has German name, or be-
cause German blood flows in his veins
Some of these are among our most
loyal citizens"
Dr. Van Dyke closed his masterful
appeal with u prophecy that America
would never consent to sit at the
peace table with such Il foe until
military. hereditary autocracy has
vanished from the face Of the globe