The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-21

HE DAILY GATE CI1
Americans. This is vision we must
get into our souls, one that we must
J sit down and face. This is no Sun
I day school picnic, cit is stupendous
| and serious 1t is bloody and unplea-
SAINT, but we must face it. There
are two systems facing each other
in this, struggle. Both cannot sue
coed, either ruthlessness will OF
righteousness will. "A
! ITO make the world safe for de-
mocracy is only one-half OF the
struggle We must make it safe for
! humanity. Can we let England and
France be overrun by the Hun! II
will not be safe for humanity If the
| old Anglo-Saxon race goes down. IL
is autocracy against democracy. TO
understand this, we must go back
| behind the boys in the trenches. We
| must go back into the history of
Germany where they are teaching
and preaching that their God must
rule the world That their kulture
must run the universe. They pray
| to God to let the world exist only
as they want it, We must teach
| them that nations big or little can
and must live without German aid
or consent Il We must dissolve that
partnership of the, kaiser's and the
! Almighty, which Lam sure the Al
mighty has a very little part in.
! Germany has attempted to terror
| ize the world. They have terrorlzed
France and Belgium. But they ought
| to. know that the United States can
not be bluffed by mailed fist talk.
They ought to know that they can,
not bluff the United States and Great.
Britain, because il anybody knows a:
bluff these nations do, they've prac-i
| tised it on each other enough.
Come to Save Us.
when we were only a child among
the nations, France came to our aid.
LAFAYETTE came over, willing to die
for us. The bread France cast upon
the waters then has come back to
her now. She is like little sister
waiting for the coming OF a strong,
big brother was in France when
the rainbow division arrived, the.
rainbow of hope. !. did not witness
| this little incident, a friend of mine
did, and he told us. 1t was at a
little port l cannot tell you where,
| the censorship does not diyulge 1t,
and would not violate that CEN
sorship even in spirit. A French
mother and her little girl were
watching the boats land, and heard
1.-THE bows cheer The little girl could
not quite comprehend the situation,
but patiently the mother explained.
and then she understood. Putting
her arms about her mother she said:
"'Mother, they have come to save
LUST
And so it is, and it will be great
to have a part in this work over
there. And hope that great rich
| America will say to France, we are
not forgetful of what you did for US.
and while we have loaned you money
for this war. we have cancelled that
debt, every dollar of II"
Ruthless and Devilish.
The destruction of northern France
was described by Senator Kenyon as
RUTHLESS, deyilish destruction. He
described towns of which there Is
nothing left but holes, and only a
sign post to tell what 1T was. he
described the ruthless bombardment
/ of certain cities and villages, and
that it was done simply to terrorIze
I the world. In one town figure OF
the madonna and baby were deliber-
] ately struck by shells until now the
figure leans at right angles. And
vet" Senator, Kenyon said, Won
Hertling said Germany was hghtlng
to save Europe from the United
States. This is the opportunity for
our citizens here who were porn IN
Germany and who came over mere 10
escape all that ,despotlsm. 10 de.
throne the military authorities ana
military autocracy responsible 1or
| this murderous war
| Saving Europe from America !:
How? What l say here now, are not
idle statements, they can every one
OF them be proved. The power that
would save Europe from America put
the women and children OF FRANCE
and Belgium ahead OF their advance
guard as shields. 1t was the power
that poisons wells, that torpedoes
hosnitala ships and shells Red Cross
ihospitals. Save Europe from Amer
licay They carried away girls for
worse than bondage. We must real
i've all these things, because If such
a thing should happen that England
should fall, men of Iowa, you will
die. and. it is better that we all
should die, than to permit any such
thing as this to come to our falr
state and our country
aOne man is responsible for all OF
this. He hasn't suffered. He has
brought a war of greed and plumber
upon us and the responsibility rests
souarely upon the military powers OF
Germany Austria and Germany have
iconspired for years against the peace
of nations, and Turkey is their part
ner. Ii | had my way we would de
clare war on Turkey the most hell
fish of the outfit. 7 'sLfs
Our Tasks Over Here.