New Britain herald., 1918-11-18

AMERICA ON THRESHOLD
OF ENTIRELY NEW WORLD
Victory Celebration Speakers at South Church Predict
New Era Which Will Follow War of Ma
tons-Special Patriotic Music.

a better knowledge Of and closer
| union with each other because Of this
| war that was not thought posi- BILE
In the great melting pot of the war
all our inhabitants have been fused
! into better citizenship. We know
too, that the result of the war
means that the average man is going
| to have d better share Of the world s
| happiness and comforts. That not
| only shall all autocrats disappear
| from thrones but that everywhere
men shall enter into a larger life, a
fuller sympathy with each other.
THE verdict Of the great war is
that too much power shall not be put
into the hands of any mainland it
matters not much whether that
power be the power Of the explode ed
theory of Divine Right, or whether it
be political poWer-or the power that
comes with the possession of enor-
nous fortunes
Speaks of American Ideals.
Principal Louis P. Slade of the High
school, spoke of German "kultur" as
compared to American ideals.
when the war began, the speaker
said that he felt that the German
schoolmasters were happy that educa-
ton was coming into its own as it
brought out that which they had been
living. On the other hand the
American schoOlmas were grieved
because they feared the effect on the
American ideals, which were contrary
to "kultur." Now the German school
masters deplore the fact that Ger
many is on the verge of starvation
and the nation nears extinction
American masters are happy that the
American ideals have been maintained
and the teaching of them can be re-
sumed under normal conditions.
Hold Liberty Bonds.
Mayor George A. Quigley, intro
duced as IAN suncon1 promising and
out and out American patriot, was
the first speaker of the evening and
said, among other things that what
appealed to him as the reason for
thanks over the victory was the mo-
tive which compelled the United
States to go into the war This war
has cost the warning nations $44, 0O0,-
600, 900 and the world $600,0O0,-
100000. He hoped that there would
be no depression which would neces-
state the sale of Liberty bonds, 10
per cent. of which is held by the la
borers.
Predicts Big Celebration.
That the city will see another big
celebration, this time when the boys
come home, was forecast by Judge
H Kirl1ham.
He m entioned the fatal Gays when
Lieut.. Joseph Glover, one of the
promising young lawyers of the city
and Lieut.. Leslie Eddy, a young man
of promise, were killed.
ton and died of disease. We are
thankful that this country went into
the war as a chivalrous knight" he
concluded.
Clergyman Also Speaks.
Rev. H. F. Schauffler, In his short
address, laid especial emphasis on
Rev. DR.. Cranes Biblical message to
the nations in which he said:
How is it best possible to thank
God? It seems that we must conserve
the victory for the glory of God. I
think we can utilize the benefits from
this war for the betterment of man
kind. We have won a nearness to
God that we never had before; we
have learned that Immortality is real;
we have gotten the brotherhood Of
man, and finally the war has brought
US the league of nations-larger and
broader than ever before