Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-04-12

terways, it's mountains, its art, for ell
of which we should pay tribute. We
should pay to this country the tribute
of our LOYALTY because of the great
memories. and because Of the POSSIBLE
itv for advance here we should pay de-
votiou to it. Now is the acceptable
time.
The speaker emphasized the fact that
this country is not in this war because
Of hate, but for justice. He said that
our flag never flew over battlefield
where the cause was not just. Just as
the Son Of God was born, lived and
died zfor our redemption from sin, so
was our flag born for such purpose,
and because of the German atrocities
our flag is in France now. The man in
this country who will refuse to give for
the soldiers now will deny the Almighty
his divine rights. The woman who
likewise refuses to sacrifice is flirting
with her own desolation and dissolu-
ton.
The speaker then touched on the next
issue of bonds and of the war savings
and thrift stamp campaign. He men
toned that to buy these was the very
best investment. This country, he said,
never yet has repudiated a debt.
FIR. Boland then went on to say that
the soldiers are not always fighting and
that their idle hours are their danger
Gus hours. He said that Y. NJ. G. A..
and the K. C. have been given the bur
den Of caring for the soldiers social
and religious wants. When we are ap-
preached by these organizations for as
sistance we should give them Literally.
The Red Gross, the speaker said, is the
agent of humanity and the work OF the
Red Cross nurse for suffering humanity
is like pearl from heaven. The Red
Cross knows no class, no creed, no ma
tionality. 1t only hastens to give COM
fort. We should receive its solicitors
kindly and give generously. All OF us
may not have u son or brother or a
sweetheart in the trenches but we must
remember that there are those who
have. Be good to the Red Cross.
FIR Boland went on to say that as he
has gone into communities he has found
builders Of suspicion against others,
persons who are trying to build up their
patriotism by pulling down others. They
go about saying this about this nation
atty and that about that nationality.
81 am American enough to believe, -
the speaker said, "that there is good
in every man no matter of what race.
Beware Of those tWitters who talk thus.
Pay no attention to them or if you
do, call their attention to the past to
prove your loyalty. If you find one Of
these twitters here strangle him. -
In closing FIR. Boland said that we
should live for the good cause that con-
fronts US, for the boys who are gone to
the trenches. Let us raise up to them
an altar and if their hands are claspcd
in death then let us know that our
hopes have not been in vain.'
julius Schmahl's talk was based
mostly upon historic facts and Incl
dents of the past. He stated at the
outset of his talk that his parents, who
were Germans, left that country in
lS4S, the year that Carl Schurz came
here to fight for America, in order to
escape Prussian militarism and to seek
the freedom Of America. He added
that he was proud to know that while
they are now dead, their children to the
very last one are helping to plant free
dom in Germany.
MIR. Schmahl told of the great assist
ance rendered to this country by
France in the Revolutionary war, how
Lafayette and Count Rochambeau and
5000 men helped US to free ouselves
from oppression. This country, to re-
pay that debt Of gratitude, six months
ago sent to France, through the same
port from which the French left for
this country, sixty thousand men, to
fight for France. The speaker recalled
the atrocities committed by Germany
which led up to this country entry in
to the war and he asked if anyone
could have any liking feeling for such
a Prussian military dynasty. The
speaker described the start Of the Prus-
sian dynasty by one Hohenzollern, and
told Of how it enlarged until it was
found that condu was the only way
to maintain it, consequently the taking
of Poland, part Of Denmark, Austria
and France. Before this struggle ends
Mr.. Hchenzo]lern is goin gto leave his
throne, he said. It is going to be vic
tory or defeat for us and it is going
to mean liberty or autocracy. While
our boys are over there we should see
to it that they are not shot at from be-
hind. If there are any in this town,
or county, or state, who do not like
the Stars and Stripes, for goodness sake
let them go back to where they came
from.
Mr.. Schmahl said that the cardinal
principles of America in this war are
that Poland, Servia and Russia be re-
stored to complete sovereignty, also
Austria Hungary. We shall give Ger
many to understand that instead Of war
being a profitable occupation it is go
ing to be the most costly.
In closing MIR. schmahl said that we
at home who cannot go to war can do
our bit here and we are going to make
it mighty hot for the seditious ones