Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-30

He WAS the soul Of bravery. He ID the
man 70 whom. NJ the end Of the war,
tho Kaiser should be compelled to de-
liver his sword. King Albert, Of Bel
GUM, whose country has been piund-
cred by tho German hordss 10 the re-
preventative Of kinRship. count II
one Of the honors Of my ufs TO have
received tho GROSS Of the Bs,sisn army.
The allies Will insist upon ths with
drawal Of the enemy forces from BEL
eium. and the restoration, ~ far a.
may DO. Of tho country. Hut nothing
oan atone for the wrongs Germany has
inflicted upon the world. War ID .
terrible witness, Its by-products OF
sacrifice are sublime, but the thinG
itself IL madness. shall never forget
some Of the sights burned into my
brain in France. They come to me a.
the memories Of a bad dream. There
ia no glorification Of war. We have
been compelled. as now America has
been, to fight In defence OF freedom
Democracy and despotism cannot live
together. America Is not fighting foi
England. or for France. though that
would be a worthy cause. France has
almost bied white for liberty. She II
the vicarious nation. America came
into the war. driven to see the right
that there was no safety for American
democracy until German despotism and
lust Of world power were destroyed
and destroyed they shall be. 1t may bt
q long war, or az I think. not 30 long
But there IL only one possible end
Britain is determined there shall be nc
cessation Of hostilities until victory II
assured. and your great nation holdi
that view. II am able to interpret
the attitude Of the American minds
you have set your teeth and will e
through with US. whatever the cos
may be, until our flags wave II
triumph.
The sacrifices demanded by the wa
have already been terrible. In my coun
try there are many homes to which tn
father will not return. The flower Of ou
manhood is in the fighting forces. Thos'
Of us who have sons Of middle age arr
proud that our boys are lighting for free
dom. The toll yet to be taken must b.
considerable. Not long ago I was talking
to an audience in which there was Y boys
without a leg among them. In st. Dun
stan's hospital there are more than I
thousand fellows who have been blinde<
by the war. There must be some com
pensation for these sacrifices. do no
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court that snail 90 Tor the nations VIVA
the civil court does Tor the citizens. WI
want a league OF nations to enforce peace
That must be the crux Of tho allies psac'
terms. II. at the end Of the war. the Eng
lish speaking peoples are federated To-
the advancement Of democracy, We shat
have gained. There are two great en-
pires by the sea, and they are 1oined b,
the navy that rules the waves and keen,
the opsn wav for commerce. These en-
p;res britain and America now one 1,
heart. and one in pmrpose. shall marcf
aide NV aide thronr+, The COMING vears-
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would Damn them 20 six months q,
German rule. Rabbi wise's father wa,
born In Germany but he would not dis.
grace his dead memory by thinkins
that he would not act az he was actine
now. He was not neutral from thu
start. Prussianism had left him M
his tribute to the pasifists.
There arc the paoafists In who's,
eyes England and France were a
guilty as yesterday.-and We to-day
as was and Is Germany Of the crime
of war. Perhaps even guiltier thar
Germany, for II the latter had met
with no armed resistance in Belgium
and France on the West, in Serbia or
the South. In Russia on the East. In.
stead Of bloody war, we should have
had peaceful lands BY unchallenged
and therefore uno2fending, Germany!
But groups other than the uncom'
promising pacifists are to be found tr
the leadership OF the Peoples Council
and these, mindful Of the seriousness
OF my charge, / accuse OF readiness tc
accept an outcome OF the war. which
would not bring peace to mon but sea
the dominance OF the sword In the
world numerically strongest IN the
leadership OF the Peoples Council II
q group Of Socialists. not of the parlo,
or drawine-room variety but Of thu
basement and cellar type. who, like
their German colleagues from the be-
ginning OF the war, have served th<
interests OF Germany rather than thai
genius OF internationaiism which II
supposed to preside over the councils