Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-17
GERMAN PEOPLE
MUST BE CRUSHED
TONSUREPEACE
Big Crowd at Patriotic Rally
Hears New Indictment
of Kultur

dllNS t1dTTlSDurS crowd wnlCn Hlleu
the hall of the House of Representa-
tives in the Capitol at Saturday eve-
ning's meeting of the Pennsylvania
branch of the League to Enforce
Peace.
The spirit of the American people
in waging this war was ably eX-
pressed by DR.. Smith Burnham, of
the Normal School, West Chester,
the spirit of the men in the trenches
by Captain Alister st. Clair Camp
bell of the Clark Island Southern
Highlanders, and the spirit of the
Hun by Bishop James Henry Dar-
lington, who presided at the meet
ing.
There is not a soldier in France
who does not want peace, but not
one would stand for premature or
inconclusive peace. We want peace,
but peace on our own terms. Any
other peace would be traitorous to
those who have given their lives,
declared the Scotch hero who was
twice wounded and once invalided
during his two years of active war;
fare in France.
German People. Too
Declaring that the German people
are one with their government, taxi
ing sides with militarism and waging
war on humanity, he said that the
Germans as a people must be
crushed until they come bleeding in
every wound and beg for peace. 1t
is the Germans, Captain Campbell
said, who inaugurated gas and liquid
fire warfare, made war on women
and children, and bombed hospitals
and civilian populations.
The war must continue" he said,
until the lustful spirit of the Ger
man is crushed"
Captain Campbell paid a glowing
tribute TO the Americans in France,
declaring that the allies were aston
ished at the fine appearance of the
Americans when they first appeared
along the battlefront. Their only
anxiety is to make good" he added.
He then recounted the hardships of
trench life, and added that to sus-
tain the morale of the soldiers
forced to live this life the morale
at home must be maintained.
Fourth Time in History
Professor Burnham had the audi
ence in applause the moment after
lie began. Declaring it a privilege to
live at such a crucial period, he said
that at only three times has the
world stood at such momentous
crossroads in the fields of history.
once, he said, $500 years ago, when
the small nation of Greece held the
fate of democracy in its hand while
1t stemmed the onrush of the Ash
atics; again 1000 years later, when
the Franks, ancestors of the men
who held the Germans at bay at
Nerdun, stemmed the Mohammedan
flood on the field of Tours; and again
IN q 4, L. IL.
British defeated imperialism by de-
Stroying the In,alcible Armada of
spain. 1t is on such a high cru
SADIE, the speaker said, that ten mil
lion Americans. if necessary, will be
sent overseas.
There can be but three results
from this war, he said. The first is
q triumph of democracy, for which
the nations are fighting; the second
IS German triumph, which he de-
Clared would not come until after
every American had died fighting
with his back to the wall; and the
third would be an inconclusive peace
made by a war-weary world. This,
he declared, would turn the whole
world into vast drillcamp, and
make Russia an armed school for
the Prussian drillmaster to whip
.5,000,000 Russians into shape for
the next war on democracy.
Bishop Darlington concluded the
meeting with a recital of the worst
horrors perpetrated by the Germans
on the east and west fronts, as a
reminder that in making the war for
right the Americans must not forget
TO hate wrong.
Professor John W. Phillips and
the Grace Methodist Church choir
led the community singing. The
Rev. George E. Hawes pronounced
the invocation, and the benediction
was pronounced by the Rev. George
Preston Mains
DR.. j. I. Rothrock, secretary OF
the pennsylvania branch of the
League to Enforce Peace, who was
responsible for the meeting, read.the
resolution adopted by the national
convention, committing the members
10 the whole-hearted support of the
Government in its effort to win the
war. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted by the gathering. It
was as follows:
This war, the most destructive. the
most unnecessary in the history OF
mankind, the most degrading and
brutalizing in its tendencies, the most
regardless of the sanctities of home.
of womanhood and of the infirmities
OF age, can be distinctly traced TO
the insane spirit of dominion that
grows out of and fiourishes in an an
tocratic government, which is re-
sponsible to no higher power, and is
therefore Indifferent to justice. or to
the rights of weaker nations.
The simple fact, that of all the
warning nations, Germany alone was
ready for battle and was the first to
move, is proof positive that GERMANY
is responsible for this crime against
mankind. In addition to this. there
is the most convincing circumstan-
tial evidence that the war is mere
ly of a long preparation for world
domination, which is SO nearly ac-
complished that there remains 40
other safety for mankind, for civili-
cation and for all that makes life de-
sirable than the obligation of auto
cracy in the present German states
and the universal adoption of Dem,
ocratic or representative government.
To this high duty the people of the
United States along with their allied
nations have dedicated all their DOW
ers.
Therefore, We Pennsylvanians IN
a patriotic rally met, do hereby re-
affirm our belief in Representative
government, and We do pledge our
loyal support to President Wilson
as our national head. and will make
all of every sacrifice required under
the law or by the spirit of patriot
ism for such triumph of our own and
of our allied armies, as will lead to
a peace guaranteed and enforced by
a League of Nations and make the
world at last free.
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