The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-03-11
FOR OR AGAINST
Arc You For the United States Flag o
Against It9

tGor Charles II, Brough Of Arkansas,
Unfortunately there Is Bolsheyik IL
the United States as well as In Russia
composed as Il is of persons who are as
sidnously busying themselves around th,
great environments Ia INSCRIPTIONS and
clever lying as 10 our motives for enter
ing the war and our chances of winning
the war feel that In this hour of our
nations stress and strife there can bc
no twilight zone In American patriotism
Every citizen must be either for the
president and Tor the flag, or against
the president aud against the flag.
We are engaged ia "a great struggle al
| human liberty and human democracy
against military autocracy aud despot
ism. We are fighting TO make the world
safe Tor democracy aud democracy safe
for the world. We are indicating our
rights and the freedom of the high seas
sanctioned by International law. We are
protesting against the fencing of OF the
seas, the laying of mines in neutral wa.
tiers, the violation of a sacred treaty OF
Germany with Belgium, the killing Of
defenseless civilians, and the attacks on
dcfenseless towns and the ruthless yio
lation Of the ssnctity Of womanhood
All rules of humanity have been thrown
away by the modern Huns, who through
the teachings and demands and com.
mands OF their ruling classes deserve
TO be called 'the scourge Of Cod Just
a. truly as Attila and the Huns were
known rs the scourge of God nearly | 900
years ago. In this great holocaust, which
has already cost approximately 10000.
900 men in killed, wounded aud prison
ers, aud the expenditure OF $l25 ,000, 0O0,-
600, Germany and Austria and the other
central Teutonic powers are making their
last stand for fcudalism against oncom.
ing democracy. This is war against
feudalism-t the right of the castle ON the
hill TO rule the village below Feudalism
plus science, 18th century plus 20th-ths
is the religion of the mistaken German
that has linked itself with the unmen.
tionable Turk, that. like its scholar, has |
adopted the method of Mohammed and
the theory that "the state has no con
science and "the king can do no wrong"
With the spirit of the fanatic the delud |
cd people of the central powers believe !
this gospel and that IL is their duty to
spread il by force, for, with the Potsdam /
dynasty, might is right and strength is
With tear. chlorine and
poisonous gases that make liv-
ing hell with submarines that are
worse than the devil carrying a dirk in
he dark; with Zeppelins that lombard
men and women while they sleep; with
| perfected and scientific system of
mans inhumanity to man" that the
modern world first heard of when Ger
nan troops invaded helpless Belgium
3erman feudalism is making war upon
mankind. Let this spirit of evil and au
ocracy have its way and no man could
i've in America without paying toll to
t, in manhood, and in money. We would
i've, as France has lived for 40 years, in
aunting terror.
Our people need to be thoroughly
reused as to the seriousness of the sit |
alton. We are confronted by war, grim I
isaged war Germany occupies four !
lines as much area and has within the !
ontrol of her armies and civilian popu- !
alton six times as much food acreage 8
: she occupied three and half years !
go at the outbreak of the war, with q