New Britain herald., 1918-05-02

to force the entire world to their plan
Of action.
| Germany has shown the world that
the qualities in which she excets are
| not those mentioned by the Reverend
Lehman and Professor Lassen No.
| her excellence is In an altogether diff
trent line. It can be summed I'D as
a bestial brutality that belongs to
| medieval times. A self laudation.
that betokens little real knowledge of
anything outside the German Empire.
| An efficiency that has smothered the
individuality Of an otherwise tntellec-
| tual people. An efficiency that is be-
| ing used wholly to attain an evil end
| and that end the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
| the Hohenzolern family and their
| satellites, the gratifying of an insult
| terable ambition, that would domin-
ate All the people of the ea&th ana
| make them slaves, nodded to any
| form their masters wished. An ambi-
| ton that would lay the whole world
bound Snd bleeding at its feet, rath-
! ar than abate one jot-of Its criminal
| desires
| Honor has taken wings and flown
! away from this den Of tyrants; vir-
tue is dead within them: pity 4 thing
| to sheer at. Treachery and deceit
walk hand in hand wherever their
power can reach.
Again. Germany is nothing # not
Doaterial1stic. We see plainly the Of
! feet Of this materialism In overcom-
! ing the spirituality of a, nation, and
leaving in its place grossness and
carnaity.
A modern Spartan system that
brushes the souls of men while trans
forming their bodies into machines to
enable the state to rob the world.
Selfishness, greed. all the debasing
traits of the human species, are here
in a superlative degree.
And the most incomprehensible
feature Of the, situation is that the
German people seem to believe these
qualities to be virtues showing forth
the mercy, pity and love of Jesus
Christ through his chosen people, the
Teutonic race.
Shall we. the American people.
humble ourselves before this heather
god? Shall we offer the highest as
pirations of our lives on the altac of
this mishapen image of dust? Shall
we bend the knee before this tortur-
err and murderer Of the helpless, and
acclaim the divinity of this creation
Of the coarsest clay Of which the
world shows record? Allow our in
spiration to be crushed, our free spir-
It of growth and development
quenched within u.s. the good i'm,
pulses of our hearts smothered and
our Ideals degraded to the level Of
this thing called "Kultur" by the
blasphemers OF Gods Holy name?
Not while there remains one loyal
citizencap able of bearing arms able
~
while the memory Of our arces-
tors, who laid down their lives for
freedom, lives within our hearts.
The shades Of liberty loving men
of all time would come forth from
their graves to mock us should we al
low this thing to be.
Every side issue should be drorpei
and our entire energies from now on
should be devoted to the winning of
this war. No hand should withhold
its service. No word of discourage
n1ent or fafntheartedness should be
allowed to escape us. 1t has resolved
itself into this. We must win or l1se
out of life all that makes life worth
living.
And we are going to win if 1t takes
the La man and the last dollar and
twenty years time. It takes time to
prepare for the task in hand. Be not
too impatient, give the government
chance. And do not forget that every
one of us, man, woman and child las
his part to do. And it must be done
untiinchingly. There can be no half
way measures, no 1ulleWarm service,
but true, wholehearted helpfulness.
And the American people are giving
and will give 1t more and mora os
1yo 70 fri liza If "a
need.
The generous support given the
government to it's bond issues and
thrift stamp campaign hitherto is but
earnest Of still greater sacrifices in
the future The growing intense spir
1t of service of both men and women
in Red Cross work and in all depart
ments of public service and in manu-
facturers OF war materials. is mani
tested daily. Let those that prove
themselves traitors by hindering by
word or deed beware. The time is
close at hand when their actions will
receive the utmost riEors of the law.
The temper Of the American people
Is hardening into steel and treachery
and treason will receive its just pun
ishment. There is one penalty for the
traitor in time of war and that is
death. we nave peeH long SulleI
thus for, but the time is here when
patience ceases to be n virtue.
AS surely as there is q righteous
Ruler of mans destinies here on
earth we shall win, for our cause is
just and a world in anguish awaits
deliverance from the bondage of evil.
(Signed)
CHAS H ASPINW ALL,
Berlin, Conn.
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