The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-22
LOYAL ELKS CHEER
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cheering, and the enthusiasm III points
wns unbuunIcd. MIR. Wells said. IN par:
If the, proplr of the United states
could he cuarunt.rd that every dollar
subscribed for Liberty Bond would
buy. one long. lingering. ScorchinG. Slz-
Zlinr year in Il super hell for the Kaiser.
we would nut over this three billion dol
lar propoSiliun before daylight tu-moE-
row morning Hate ruEcndcrS hate as
love rnErndcrS love. The rotten heart
of the Kaiser pumping the diseased
blood Of his dcEcnrratcd race through
n ,tyfurrncd. revolving body is. poison
hntbrd srcthinG and ranking with hate
and cruelty. vice and envy and malice
and all the other Internal iinps Of SIN.
His hatred embraces all humanity. 1t
does not stop with the enemies OF the
Huns His career proves that II taxes
in tho people Of his own country and
race and runs right down to his own
kith and kin. lie has tried to teach his
misguided and miSrulcd people |" h;t'n
ms he hates. He has bred them and whip
ned them into machines Of efficiency 10
serve as his tools and his sacrifices in
working out his Satanic designs. lie
has bred a race hard Of head and hard
,f body ard hard of heart There is no
more human sympathy in the bosom "t
the Prussian soldier OF to-day than
there ia in the stomach OF n sausage
grinder
The Kaiser. What a name Of oppro-
brium that will bc forcTerIuorc Ihr"uSh
his long accurScd reign his one supreme
Ia n
:. rcsiStleSS. relentless machine or dcaln
that should one day glut his lust for
blood BY butchering civilization. He
developed in the minds OF German
science an uncanny efficiency in devils
ing engines Of destruction. And in IVA
when he thought his machine was ready
and primed IL rrap the harvest OIL o4oou
he sprung the trap.
His gas shells stored with secret hnT-
rible death were ready for the match
His zeppelins were straininE in the han
EARS for the chance to hurl death from
the clouds upon the innocent children
Of tho poor His submarines wcr"
primcd for those atrociouS crimes that
have revealed German dishonor in all
it's hideous uakcdness. The foundations
for his monster guns were concealed
Gerrnanys friends His swords and
bayonets were .ElistcninE in readiness 10
cruelty babes and 10 dtscmbowel out
ragged women.
The machinery Of friShtfulness was
oiled and polished and painting when h"
gave the word that turned 1t loose
against all that was good and fine and
lovely and pure in our Christian civili-
yer
lands or peace and plenty and happiness.
It make a shamplcs of Belgium. 1t shot
TO ruin all that the centuries had Gre
ntcd and all that people loved in art and
1t swept on In mad carnival Of
blood and murder and rapine until ii
;lcsolatcd Russia crushed RumanicL
butchcrcd Armenia and cXilcd Serbia.
And to-day that awful machine is
imminent menace to France.
tn Britain and to Italy They stand at
bay with their backs to the wall praying
almost in despair to God and to Amer
ca for help. Praying for help To save
tottcring civilization from being utterly
rushed under the iron heel of the arch
ricnd of rotsdam.
And through il all Their. Is nothing
Else so utterly rcpulSive as the specta-
lie Of the Kaiser licking his bloody
'angs and claiming in mockcry and
asphr1ny to be tho ambassador Of the
Most High God. Can earth endure such
/ spectacle: God will not b. Knocked.
Vengeance is mine" saith the. Lord.
and | will repay
Whom the Gods would destroy they
'irst make mad" Can the Kaiser not
sec that the Devil himself has left the
limbo Of tho lower regions and joined
With him in this dance Of death" TIL"
OerIl. death and the Kaiser these three. |
mi the greatest Of these is the Kaiser.
When all the accurScd Of history shall
axe their places In tho Devils hall Of
anne, Nero the Roman butcher Of Chris |
ian martyrs, Attila- the Hun. tho
;courcc Of Ancient Europe, Lucrrtia |
,oreiu Richard tina Third Ecrxes the |
treat. and all the royal spawn Of the un-
Turks. they will all step aside |
o make room for that greatest monster !
hat cursed the earth between the Car !
ion Of Eden and the day Of Judgment |
they will all bow in humility before |
hat super craftsman in wick"dncss, /
William tho Damned.
Now. you know what think Of the !
taiscr. That was my song of hate.
MY good friends and follow citizens |
e West Virginia our state has played i
,ohlc part in tho history of our dear |
country. Throughout the long ,dcsper-
to struggle for national liberty IN !
days. that first fight for /
lurc democracy. there WAS none more |
plendd and valiant than tn" Firginians. !,
)ur state was of Virginia then. In the
century and moro since then our faith
rs and grandfathcrs of the mountains
we're heroes always through every dan
,cr and conflict that mcnac"d our ma
ionai life.
No sacrifice Of time or money or of ::
10 itself was too great for them to
make when measured against their !;
most precious possession. rational lib
rty. Our state motto. "M"niani Srnpcr
.ibcri.' nnuntain"crS arr always free.
s only tho expression Of an undying de-
Shall W. hr the worthy sons OF worthy
trcS: Shall VIZ show that we ar" born
T heroic hinodo All We arr, ;lnd i'll We
ave W" ow" to America. All that we
ope for ourselves and our children and ),
ur childrrn'S children must flow from
\mrrirn- our for"f;ttherS set up their
deal haSrd upon Tn" axiom that All men
re- born free md equal Through StruE-
lie. privRtion and sacrifice they main
aimed that ideal AMI raSS"J il on IT, US
= q priceless heritage. II iS up t" u9
80, h.. f1it -, t,,I tlis,t