Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-22

III EurOpo nave Defl, ana are now, our first line of defense. This awful seriousness of war has come home to l us slowly, it has been difficult for us | to realize what it really means heinz | so far removed from the scene of ac- tlon. But God forbid that in order | to arouse us to a full sense of our re- sponsibility the struggle should be l hampered to our shores.
 Back Up the Front Line.
 In order to combat and overcome | the dangers which threaten us our 1 brave boys have gone across the sea, freely ungrudgingly the purest, the bravest and the best, second to none in the world, that we at home may live. They look to you at home to provide the very best fighting equipment that human mind can conceive of, in order that there lives may be conserved to the uttermost. There is no doubt the spirit of the boys it cannot be beaten.
 On the western front a short time since a party of Canadians got beyond their objective and a large number of the party were killed, some were dying and one of the few that re- mained signalled back for help. No notice was taken of this appeal at
 
 give up all hope they saw the flags waved by a signaller saying i've are coming to your aid" The feelings that passed through those mems minds would be impossible to describe. They were eventually rescued and one poor fellow as he died said, "boys, thank God they got the message and are coming"
 Every One Enlisted.
 came here tonight to bring a message from the boys. your boys in the trenches. Every man and woman is enlisted in this war. The bleeding allies and our own brave lads have sent a signal for help, will you direct the appeal and leave them to d/, will you send message saying that you cannot help and sound their death knell. I tell you ladies and gentle men your whole-hearted reply to our appeal tonight by buying Liberty bonds will do more to break the morale of the Germans than anything else on earth and nothing will more effective ly brace up our brave lads and the allies to the point of grim determina- i ton. Noi Mir Chairman, a thousand times no! Norwich will not be found | wanting in this faithful hour, the world will be waited across the sea, we | are with you to the last cent and if | needs be to the last drop of our life's blood"
 Reply to Our Enemies.
 Our president said in reply to the
 challenge of our enemies, Force. Force, with ships to the utmost, '
 in order that those words may be car
 ried into effect there mI~St be indelibly graveE on each breast here tonight,
 Sacrifice, sacrifice, and still more
 sacrifce.''
 This is Eastertide, we have passed the passion and crucifxion and the ev- idence to me of our Lords death and
 resurrection is not only the eye wit nesses but the fact that his followers who had lost all hope when he died some time after were inspired with
 such a power that they were able tc face martyrdom and death; and that power has increased all down the ages
 until now. Today we witness the
 agonies of a dying world, we are pass ing through our passiontide and vii Il have our Calvary. But there is that glorious Easter morning dawning or
 the horizon when the bells will ring
 the joyous strain of Victory and the
 world will go to higher. a purer, 2 . nobler life that is hid with Christ ir
 God.
 No Compromise Says Hartford Speak, | CT.
 Herbert Knox Smith of Hartford
 was the next speaker and said: War! heretofore have been wars of bound
 aries. Provinces and frontiers havt
 been bargained for and territory ha. changed hands. This is no war o
 boundaries, those engaged in the strug terIn fInf fc that one side of the other shall die One side follows the policy of migh
 is right-the policy of the brute. Th'
 other follows the practice of truth anC justice. There can be no compro
 mise, the beast must be killed . MT Smith showed war map o Europe as it is today. with Germany il possession of the heart of the contin
 ent. The speaker went on to sa. 2 that there could be no peace the wa,
 the map stood now for if there wer lpeace and Germany retained her pos Isessions she would reorganize her wa machine and start out to conquer tn world again. Make no peace witt f that map. said MT. Smith, for if VI . do we will sooner or later be under tn rule of the beast
 f MT. Smith also showed time fus f for 75 centimeter shell which is tn
 famous 75s that the French peopl worship. The speaker explained tn workings of the fuse and the larg
 number of operations which. are need . ed to make it and the expense. w
 must have money to carry on the wa ' and by buying a Liberty bond is on f way to help. Not only that but . Liberty bond is the receipt for ou
 homes, the security of our childrel and those things that we hold dear. l Lieutenant Tells Trench Experiences Lieutenant J. W. Noteworthy of tn
 British recruiting mission. addresse
 1 the meeting and told of some of hi = experiences in the trenches lover S there" He said that we are not fight e ing the German government, but W = are fighting the German people for tn - people of Germany are loyal to thei S government The war may not be owe : for many years but we will lick Ger e many
 r Lieutenant Noteworthy said that tn a soldier in the trenches counts onl t twenty five per cent. toward winnin V the war and that the other seventy e five per cent is done by those a : home. It is up to the people of tn Il United States to back up the soldie S at the front by buying Liberty bond h ] to help him to fight. The speaker als . told the people of Norwich that h they knew of any Englishman who wa V hiding behind the American flag t if keep out of the war that he shouI e be reported to the British recruitin
 mission. He said that it was up [ r every Englishman to either fight fc Il the United States or for England, = does not matter which, but he mus . fight.
 @ After Lieutenant Nosworthy's tai