The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-04
This Is Estimate Placed by A.
Hollingsworth on Importance
Of Americas Cause in
World War.
MEETING YESTERDAY
Senator Frank E. Thompson of
Burlington Was Other
Speaker on Elks' Pa
triotic Program.

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An audience that comfortably filled
the Grand, attended the patriotic
meeting held yesterday afternoon
under the auspices of Keokuk lodge
Of Elks. An able analysis OF German
political history, showing the motives
hack of the rulers of the parlah
among nations today. was given by
A. Holingswcrth OF keokuk. Mr.
Holljngsworth told the selected SER
vice men, in whose honor the meet
,ng was held. that the cause they
wore going out to battle for today.
WAS one in which the entire human
welfare is at stake. He declared the
hour to be the most momentous and
solemn in the history of the world.
The battle field, he said, was that on
which the legions of Caesar had
fought the barbarian hordes, and
where the Hun chieftain, Attilla,
scourge of God had been turned back,
lust as at the Marine another bar
barian horde and another scourge OF
God had been turned back. The doc
trine of treaty breaking. was traced
to its inception In the German king
dom. and the beginning of the world
war at a time when military training
for forty-five years should be at its
ascendency were pointed out by the
speaker, to show something OF the
character of the nation and ruler with
which we are at grips today.
Senator Frank Z. Thompson OF
Burlington, who followed Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth on the program. pictured
the sacrifice the young men are max
ing, and impressed on his audience
what they could do to repay the boys
who are fighting their fight over
there. He scored the lukewarm citI-
zen, and the traitor who has come
to this nation attracted by the fire
of liberty. He declared that with an
army of men such as is being built
now, America will fetch the devil out
of Germany.
The program yesterday afternoon
opened with a half hour program of
music by the Keokuk Concert band
conducted by W. II. Bower.
Mayor PresIdes.
Mayor Ed. s. Lotion presided at
the meeting and introduced the
speakers. On the stage was seated
the mayor, Chairman John c. Scott
and DR.. r. H. Fegers OF the Lee
county exemption board, j. A. Hen
nemann, exalted ruler OF the Elks,
Wells NJ Irwin, Frank Oertel, Rev.
A. c. Ernst, A. Hollingsworth and
Senator Thompson.
Rev. Ernst of st. Pauls German
Evangelical church. offered the invo-
cation in which he asked the bless
ings Of God on this nation and this
people, and that the nation stand as
one, avoiding all ruptures within.
He asked blessing on the chief
executive and all who advise and lead
the forces Of America. He asked
special blessing on the army and
navy as it faces the dangers before
It.
The mayor then introduced Mr..
Hollingsworth as one who needs no
introduction, citizen who At all
times has shown his loyalty and who
mas made study of the problems
before us today
Mr.. HoIlIngsworth's Talk.
1T has fallen to our lot to live in
the most momentous hour in the his
tory Of mankind" Mr.. Hollingsworth
said. Never before was the fate OF
.ne world staked upon single con-
met; never before were the for
tunes of all mankind hanging in the
balance and this fate has fallen upon
lne human race in century which all
men looked forward to as one Of peace
and enlightenmen Now our own
nation, the leading champion Of peace
IN Inc whole world, has at last been
Drawn into this mighty conflict be-
cause the fate OF mankind was at
STAKE She has arrayed the mightiest
armies in her history and her mighty
stream OF soldiery is now passing on
70 the battlefield. And what bat
iefield. A battlefield filled with
tne memories of events sacred to
our race. Our own boys are camping
near near the ground where Caesars leg
IONS camped. The chosen field for
eneir operations are the battiefields
~, ~ those great Romans. Our soldiers.
IKE, ,iie those Of ancient Rome are bat
'llng the northern barbarians.
IL has been said that Belgium
was the cockpit of Europe. 1t can
os as truly said that France has in
al ages been the battle ground of
ciVillzation when it fought the forces
OF barbarism.
r., Across that very battlefield Of
ehalons, where fifteen centuries ago
hhliiia, the Hun, 'scourge OF Cod was
hurried backward by the Romans and
,ae allies, the German armies OF
esl4' We're sent Keeling backward
r.om the battle Of the Marine and
no" our own boys are fighting at
b bhe point a few miles away from this
ustroic ground.
= On the fields of France was
u ,Uugnt the gigantic battle of Tours.
h hmlcn saved Europe from the Mo-
.,iia't.nhedans. Sudh Hbet.ty as CON
, n,l Europe enjoys was born and
preserved in. FranSe.
To the FranxL E,F ign wars aeoI