Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-07-10

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tons, Russia and the common German
people included That government
knows that if they accept our peace
terms, that will mean the end of them.
Their people will then awaken. They
will see what their government has
led them into, that they are not fight
ing a defensive war; that we and the
allies do not intend to crush them.
They will know the truth and they will
say to their government, Away with
you" If we accept their peace terms,
and they would gladly give us peace,
restore Belgium and France, all except
Russia, it would mean that we lost this
war, that our country be turned into
military camp and our little ones
would have to 60 into another war
more horrible than the present war.
The German people would still be
slaves to their government. If they
should come over here, we would be
stripped of every foot Of land and OF
every dollar, and we German born
citizens would be counted as traitors
because we did not help that govern
ment They would put princes over
here, put soldiers behind them and we
would be slaves. Do you suppose that
they would be more merciful to US
than they would have been to Bel
gium and northern France? That
government knows no mercy, no COM
passion and no consideration for hui
manity. Ihad my neck under the
yoke of the Hohenzollerns and | can
not and will not put it under that yoke
again. No, there is only one way, and
that is we must fight it out now. It is
for the American people to win this
war.
And now you ask me, what will
it cost us?" and I want to tell you.
Not alone money will win this war.
1t will mean self-denial, self-sacri-
flee, toll and struggle. If you want
Ito pay in installments, a little next
month and a little next year, it will
mean so many more boys and SO much
more suffering. But, if you are will
ing today to make every sacrifice;
then it will take so many less boys,
so much less suffering. If you grudg-
ingly, unwillingly give, if you say the
government wants my boy, If you say,
"The government wants my money"
| l want to tell you that that would
lose this war. If you say to your boy,
go, my boy, this is the most righteous
cause that was ever fought for" and
bid him godspeed, and tell your gov
eminent, Here is my money, every
dollar of it, if you need it," and then
you say, 81 will stand behind the SOL
diers and l will work for them and I
will fight for them, and will live for
them, and | will work night and day
for them if need be, and I will make
every sacrifice" That and that alone
will win this war; It has been said
that if we would not make one dol
lar during this war, we would do we'll,
but want to tell you that If we lose
every dollar that we have and win this
war. we are rich. We have only one
business now, and that business is
winning this war. And any man who
has it in his heart today to make mon
ey out of this war, he is not loyal.
Business must go on But in every
thing we do and everything we under
take. we must first say, "Will what
I do help to win this war;" We must
get the spirit of self-sacrifice like the
French soldier who had both hands
shot off, and, lifting up his two arms,
he said, II offer all to France and she
only took my two hands" We must get
the spirit of self-sacrifice like the lit
| tie French mother who stood in the
streets of Paris with little babe in
her arms as troop OF soldiers from
the trenches passed by. A soldier
stepped out and told the little mother
that her husband had died on the bat
tlefield and, lifting up her little babe,
the mother said, Long live France"
We must get the spirit of self-sacrifice
like the French peasant who was talk
ing to the French premier He had
four boys killed in the war, one boy,
prisoner and one in the trenches, and
he asked the premier, will the war
come out all right?" and the premier
told him that it would. Then he said,
"Then I will give all"
A noted minister in Chicago preach-
ed a sermon on the following text, ITO
this was l born, and for this cause
came ! into the world" And his nep-
hew was so impressed that it meant
service. Some time later in the lro-
uuois theater fire in Chicago, where
so many persons lost their lives, this
young man put plank over the fire
and saved eighteen persons. And when
he took out the nineteenth one, the
plank broke and he fell into the fire
badly burned He was taken out
shortly and died with these words on
his lips. ITO this end was I born and
for this cause came / into the world"
The same minister two years later was