Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-11

| It was VeEy COIIlpllLtC -IO L4AS I speaker of the occasion that in spite of unfayorable weather conditions that I approached to blizzard proportions an iaudience that completely filled the au- ditorium of Knights of Columbus hall assembled Sunday afternoon in re- sponse to the invitation of Rev Daniel Mullen assembly, fourth degree sec ton, K. of C., to attend an open meet ing held under the auspices of the assembly.
 A program which included orchestra and vocal music and addresses on questions Of public interest had been arranged by the committee in charge and proved so interesting throughout that it is doubtful, if any one of the large audience regretted the incon- veniences under which they labored in getting to the hall.
 The meeting was opened by Faithful Navigator F. T. Diggins and led by the K. of c. orchestra. the audience, all standing, joined in singing America, following which Doris Authier render ed in fine voice Love You Truly, and in response to an encore sang A Lift tie Gray Home in the West. She was accompanied by Henrietta Authier and at the close of her selections was warmly applauded.
 Joseph T. Tanning Presides.
 MT. Diggins then introduced Joseph T.. Tanning as chairman of the meet ing. MT. Planning in his opening re- marks said in part:
 Tt is the purpose and endeavor of this department of the Knights of Columbus to teach patriotism, to in- crease devotion to God and country. It is our duty to attach men securely to moral principle and make our whole citizenship ready, always, to defend national independence and national honor, even though the conflict which must be Waged to dosit takes the last atom of material wealth and the last drop of blood which America can give. Each assembly of the fourth degree of our order is supposed to adopt a name which has about it some patriotic sig g- nificance,, and it was this requirement which brought to the Norwich di- vision the title of Rev. Daniel Mullen 5 assembly.
 !. Father Mullen a Patriotic Pastor. : 'sIn the late sos young priest was , assigned as pastor of the local Cath 1 olic parish. He brought to the con- . munity not only the common zeal for advancing the spiritual interests of
 his church but he brought also dis
 position to always intensity on every
 possible occasion the devotion of his
 
 lie. He had been chaplain with New England troops in the Civil war and r after passing through the hardships
 of that conflict he soon took up the
 great task of building St. Patrick's /, church in this city. He was for wal {. under his country's call; yet many oi A us recall, and with others it is 2 f bright tradition, how zea1ous he was q in the wonderful work of building that L sG..I H. D. .H... | : l or of the Prince of Peace. In the
 double service he wore out his life il dying when comparatively a young . man. But his career and character art I enough to inspire us to work for the : welfare of mankind, to love the na- : tional flag, which, we may say: is the 2 soul of this country made visible, an6 e to uphold it in independence and honol
 though to follow it means death.
 Purpose of Meetings to Inspire Patri
 otism.
 'sThis is the spirit which leads Il, to have distinguished friends com = here to talk to those assembled abou .- the things which make men better | more manly, sterner defenders of pub j. lie right and national honor and tru ' knights in every cause to which tn le United States may call us. It is t e carry out this work that we have me 1T here today, when we are to be ad n dressed by one who is a friend o
 every worthy cause and who is alway 'e welcome in every assembly in our fai l. city,
 MT. Tanning then introduced Henr
 A. Tirrell principal of the Norwic
 Free Academy, as the speake rof tn l. day.
 ,i MT. Tirrell was given an ovation a ' he arose to address the audience. Af e. ter complimenting them on the larg ,- humber that had braved the storm 1. weather to attend the meeting. h = stated that he would take as a subjec for his address The Meaning of tn n War 70 MT. Tirrell said in part:
 .d Before the outbreak of the va
 America was living a careless Tiff ,h At ease in our prosperity, we had fail III ed to notice the dangers that threater d ed. From our viewpoint today it le hard to understand how we coui
 have been so blind.
 By the ski1full "camoufiage' of tr
 kaiser we had been led into a certai sort of admiration for Gerrna ,a "knlture" The visit of Prince Henr. in the establishment of the Gerrnan nf Museum at Harvard. the exchange rt professors between German uniyers
 ties and our own, seemed acts of kim
 ness and helptniness. The Gerna
 pofnt of view was very gradually ar
 insidiosnsiy being placed in our mind +- Prof. Kuno Branches "Indivi6ualisi ds and Collectiveness" presented the Gel man theories of government in q mo
 attractive form The state, patel
 nal and unse4flSh, rendered for the Gc, = man people many spaes,ai1 1eryic' Is ,s that our own loosely knit gora.nrae, /; :u conld not render for us we wers tol ! : Our illusions wera not dispelled evs s at the outbreak of the war Many N us thought. that Serbia merited son n punishment. German influences a ~ most convinced us that there was a,, Russian menace.
 =, But when Germany started tnrous e Belgium, we began to awake Al ia1 when the Belgian atrocities we
 clearly known we were made ava n. that under all the deceitful appearanc F. of German civilization. there lay d. spirit that was evil; not evil in u ~ blundcring way of an ignorant sava
 race, but evil in a more dangero'
 sense; because equipped with all u
 resources of modern science, we sa
 that the state meant to the kais
 just what it meant to the Fren,
 Monarch of several centuries a, O. who said. "the state is myself" Ge IT. many stood revealed to us as a fead ed I