Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-02
A Grand Meeting

from Lincoln Lodge No SO to assist
In their labors. partake of a Hooy-
erized-Bicknelized lunch and discuss
war matters. The program was car
ried out as per schedule and every
one present spent a most profitable
and pleasant evening.
We regret that every one of our
readers could not hive been present
to hear some of the most interesting
talks given on patriotism as the
talks were of the kind that
brings one more fully to a complete
realization OF what this war means
to us here. For reasons best known
to those present the interesting talk
of W. NJ. Massey was put on paper
and we are pleased to publish II here
for the benefit OF our readers.
Ex-Gov. Gooding,. Mr.. Padgham
and others also addressed the meet
N ing and 1t was quite late when this
most enjoyable meeting was brought
to a close.
h Mr.. Massey's talk follows:
b When the ancients created the
N War God Mars, thy made him storm
of feature. powerful and character
less. He was an outcast among the
81 other gods because he respected not
y. their virtue nor their possessions He
8 was the father of the Roman people
z because 1t was his wolf that suck cd
q Romulus and Remus. the founders OF
'E the Eternal City. Mars glories In
3 combat and always regarded the law
#"Might makes right as more bind
q Ing than any passage In the Deca-
b logue or any law promulgated ov the
+ lowly Nazarine
M II naturally follows that any pa
tion worshipping at the shrine Of
Mars will develop all the martial
characteristics. Such a nation has
4. no honor. 1t regards the language
OF diplomacy as vehicle for decep-
Il don. Its solemn treaties become
: scraps OF paper. Small weak ma
lions are stepping stones upon which
" Il may rise to spread its frightfulness
ural product and Prussia is a mod.
ern child OF Mars. She began a hall
n century ago to build a war machine.
Every war she has waged has been
one of conquest. Wherever the Ger
nan eagle went territory was stolen
and indemnities levied to more than
BAY the expense OF the war. War has
been it's most profitable business.
The German people were taught that
they were the super people or the
chosen people OF God to spread Ger
man kultur over the entire world.
The method was immaterial. False di-
plomacy. language propaganda
rare dishonesty and above all the
Just imagine all these Instrumental
ittox OF deception and brutality sug-
rested and approved by the God OF
khrnham-the God who created all
things and pronounced them good
a About the middle of the 5th cen
tury, after Christianity had spread
oFer most of Europe. there came from
The great plains of Asia vast hordes
Of Huns. Mongolian people and be-
q gan over running Europe. They were
wanderers and fought for the love
Il. Of nghting. Wherever they went
81 they left a trail of desoation They
we're led by the worlds greatest bar.
Marian leader. Atilla. So successful
10 ar,.ts huf n
4$4Ime, at least. II seemed that the
x{y q tistian civilization of four centur
must perish from the face of the
Nth. But In this crisis an allied
my under the great Theodore me-
A Huns on the plain of Shalon
fiRnce. defeated and turned then
+ 3 and saved Europe from bar
1sm Atilla turned down int
n but was met by Pope Leo th'
1t, who persuaded him to SPAR
#city of Rome. The next yea
la was murdered by his younl
the power of his people wa
Ven and Europe has never beef
BRED by the Huns to this day.
IN III 1919 EUROPE II thitd'th''
modern Hun. More dangerou
Atilm because more intelligent
dastardly than Atilla becaus
greedy and vicious. Atilla. be
requested by n man OF God. o
X religion he knew nothing
ID city Wilhelm Of the Hous
ohenzollern, who presumes I
the pupit and preach the gos
" urdered 70 innocent women an
ZEN while kneeling at a mass |
~ krch in Paris. This brute VIII
as the standard bearer
tianity and Kutur, permits n
rs to cut off the breasts
n that they may never suck
brty loving child. Cut off th