The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-02-07
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herehee to which has palsied the moral |
ity and paralyzed the spirit of the Ger
man people.
No worthwhile contribution to the |
spiritual culture of humanity has been
made by Germany III half a century
was somewhat startling declaration,
but he said the statement could be
easily proved. In the matter of music
for instance, the prominent German
musicians Of the past half century are
descendants Of Poles or Jews or other
nationalities.
The German who has been through
the military machine and been taught
in the schools and breathed Prussian
militarism is beast, Mr.. Adam ex
claimed. Notwithstanding what you
have heard about German brutality and
lust and outrage you have not heard
one hundredth part of the truth, he said
with emphasis, declaring that he knew
from personal observation what he was
| talking about. He alluded to some
| of the bestial practices of the German
| soldiers and concluded this part of his
! address by saying: Yet we are told
| not to hate the Germans. Well, if we
! don't hate the Germans the Lord in
! heaven knows we don't like them =
Then, having sufficiently conveyed to
the audience his sentiment toward the
Germans, Mr.. Adam continued: but
let us talk about something besides the
Germans; let us talk about the hero
among the nations, France Nive Ia
France.' A storm of applause greet
ed this exclamation. The very name
of France almost makes me speeches.
with admiration and regard, asserted
the speaker. The Frenchman is the
finest soldier in the world. Whenever
the world wants a word to express all
that is noble and spiritual and endur-
ing that word will be Verdun
He said that France up to last Marcn
had lost 100000 men by death IN
battle alone. France, however, is not
beaten, by a long, long way Her spirit
is mounting heavenward every dav.
But Great Britain is in the war. too
remarked Mr. Adam with show OF
pride. All the sacrifice of France would
} be of no avail had not Great Britain
stood by in the day of her calamity
Have YOU any notion of the sacrifice
Great Britain has made in this war? he
inquired, The lie has been circulated
IN the United States by prot Germans
that Great Britain has saved her army
and flung her continental soldiers into
the breach. The fact is that for ever1
casualty among the colonial soldiers
.. there are five casualties among the sol
dlers of the mother country. Great Brit
, tain up to May last had lost more thar
a million men, dead and disabled
: Referring to the war between tn,
United States and England Mr.. Adam
asserted that American school book
had been poisoned by German propa
gandists as to the story of that contes
and that those books and the popula
histories do not state the facts
We are with you in your Democrat
d aspirations, said Mr. Adam. You ar
5, a democratic country, but we are NOR
:. democratic than you, and he drew tn
t Inference that the method of choosin
q government officials in this countr
created possibility of subserviency t
+ - influence that does not exist i
:. England. There ought never to hav
y been any misunderstanding betwee
P US, he said, and this war has burne
!, down all the barriers that existed.
~ Turning to the sacrifices of the countr
: from which the speaker came, Mr.. AdaI
- said that Scotland, with less than 5000
% 600 population had sent 100000 so
diers to fight the Hun. One fifth of OF
population is in khaki, he said, and til
men in the kits have borne the brunt ,
the attack. One-seventh of the populs
tion of Old England is in the trenches.
Quoting a recent statement of e,
President Roosevelt that the first line ,
defense of America was the British arm
and the second line of defense was Il