New Britain herald., 1918-08-14
COMMUNICATED.
On Loyalty.

In my daily life of individual en- deavor for the good of others it is my province to meet people of varied thought. budding Americans of all shades and colors, bidding fair to blossom out into promising loyalty which should develop into sound trultage, if as true Americans, wo spray properly and untiringly against the damaging blight of foreign na- tionalities.
 It is true, according to Scripture, that when Principle inspires, ac .u- ates and governs "One shall chase a thousand, and two shall put ten tEou- sand" unprimcipled enemies ito flight
 This fact hints how great IS the work and how solemn is the duty of every true and loyal Americe.n
 And may We not in these ominous and crucial war times, with special profit, turn the most penetrating lens, not only upon, but into, the question of loyalty
 Let us. for the moment. consult the heart, instead of the Photographer for practical sense of loyalty.
 When Joshua under Moses, went out to fight the enemy, Moses promis- ed to stand on top of the hill with the rod of God in his hand and when Moses held up his hand Israel pre- vailed and when he let down his hand there was reversal of the fortunes of war; and because Moses hands at last were heavy, faithful helpers stayed Up his hands" until the go ing down of the sun, when Israel had won.
 From this bit of history 1t is easy to see that the friends. who in war time held up the hands of the com mander in chief, were truly loyal
 It is true the laws of nation set a legal standard of loyalty, and the rigid enforcement of our laws com- pels citizens to live within the law: but only the overf1owing heart-loyalty lmpels the holding up of Moses hands to the most satisfactory and speedy winning of the war.
 God pity the miserable creatures in our land today whose heart is se- cretly with the enemy; and, because of which they have not an honest word to say that would help to hold up the tired hands of our chief ex- ecutive and all the great leaders and fighters of the allied world. can not think of a more despicable man or woman in the world than one whose loyalty in this midnight world hour is negatives: one who for per- sonal, selfish, or merely business reasons is too small or ignoble to make, like the soldier on the battle field, the winning of the war the first if not the only business of his life.
 Loyalty helps to win the war, and admits of no cringing before, or no skulking around. the issue, crav- enly waiting for the war to end.
 To my sense positive loyalty is fearless advocacy of principle,-not necessarily in words for high sound ing words, have, for the present, at least, been brought by our bonn bastic enemy, the Kaiser, into disfavor- but in a heart-honesty. which, by it's activity on the right side, is unmis- takab ble.
 That individual Is disloyal and rep rebate indeed who, in this crucial hour lacks positive interest in war an interest true enough to cause his heart to warm up to his country's need and his hands to join those of all others who are fighting and work ing for an uncompromising victory Today, when the finest manhood and womanhood of the world is fore ed to sacrifice itself for the preserva- tion of, and progress in, all that true Christians live for, and while the sav- agery of German Kultur still threat ems the world is it too much to ex- pect that every citizen and sojourner of these United States shall be as ac- lively and positively loyal as is the President himself?
 OSigned1
 .... JOSEPH c. MANN