South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-31
WE ARE FIGHTING
FOR OUR HOMES
Speaker Tells Teachers What
America is Bat
Ting For.

Declaring that orr soldiers are
lighting for their and Tor their
homes for Inc honor OF their wives
and daughters. FOR an. ~ short that
makes America what she IS today.
Prof smith Burnham concluded his
1nsl lecture "Our Cause. before
the ST. Joseph County Teachers in
gtitute TUESDAY afternoon, and was
-reered win storm Of applause.
Accordin- 10 Prof. 8uruham,
teachers are soldiers Of the com
mon good just as much as are the
BOYS Vho 60 "oFer the top M
chosen 80 mis- topic OF discussion,
our Cause He stated that there
must he no compromise in this
struggle inasmuch as Germany has
habit OF interpreting a peace Of
cering as = sign OF weakness on the
part Of her opponents. and thaf
here could be no end 20 the war
until the Huns feel the clutch Of
the civilized world at their threats.
In order that his audience might
be better enabled to- understand
The significance OF this epoch max
ing conflict he reviewed several Of
the old historical battles dwellius
on the significance of Thermopy lae.
Marathon and Salamis. When the
brave resistance If the Greeks pre-
served European freedom for the
nations of the present time. Then.
600 years later. when ENGLAND and
Holland united 10 break down the
world conQuering ambitions Of
spain. they proclaimed themselves
The champions of modern world
principles. comprising political ciNu
and religious liberty.
War OF self Defense.
This is essentially "a war of self
defense" declared Prof Eurnham.
and every citizen should clearly
understand chat We are dshung for
the safety. The honor and the per
pctuty of The whole western hem
i~phere Germany threatened the
lives OF our citizens f they did not
keep of the seas her representa-
lives irterfered with the working
of our industrial processes. and
tried 10 stir up trouble between MS
and our southern neishbors
There is no nation no matter
now powerful. who has "a right to
control IT,. free highway Of the
~ea. who is entitled 20 dictate its
use TO other nations and 30 D. 20
England chat We are indebted Tor
the protection hich her fleet has
Afforded ms in wardiur off the
dreadful ferocity Of the Huns
ut is easy enough to figure out
what Germany would have done TO
us by examining the punishment=
which she inflicted upon the con-
t.nentaI nations in the wars OF
1864 1866. and 1870
s second cause for which our
country is struggling rs involved in
The idea Of democracy. and Prof
Purnham went on 10 explain that
the disposition or life liberty. and
The pursuit OF happiness are en-
trusted 10 the government In Ger
many. while in the United states
they are given in our own hands TO
do with as We please
Fighting for Principle
Then. thirdly. we are dShuns
for the principles Of brotherhood.
Tor The supremacy or that greater
love which has transformed the
civilized world end 5f whose eN-
istence the Germany or today is
practically ignorant our enemy IS
wholly concerned with the idea OF
force with Bismarcks motto that
a policy ~ blood and iron viii
carry al before il in any encoun-
ter England or the contrary be-
uetes in the saying that wars are
won bv the souls OF men
Prof t. r. CaIkins concerned
himself with the part that Eeocra-
phv has PLAYED tn the history Of the
world war. stating shat The really
significant fact about Europe is THAI
80 is divided into countless distinct
regions each separated rrou the
other hv definite geographical bar
-.crs and that i'm consequence OF
varied modes OF living many differ
emit uauonsIues have been deveI-
oped.
Tie dweIt upon the part which