The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-10-03
PRINCES OR PEOPLE /?

ficer to me. as / innocently turned a
street corner. 1t was in Frankfort,
Germany, one sunny afternoon about
ten years ago. Thinking that some
terrible thing had happened, in
stantly obeyed. The entire traffic of
one of Frankfort's busiest streets
was held up by this German officer.
For more than twenty minutes we
stood there wondering what was the
matter. Finally the cause of the
trouble became known. The empress
and friend were in jewelry store
near by doing some shopping and the
German military had forbidden peo-
pie to pass while she was inside.
One summer afternoon in Glouces-
ter, Mass, was standing on street
corner while the funeral procession
of a humble fisherman passed. AS
the street was very narrow and a
busy one, a policeman stopped all an-
tomobiles until the funeral had gone
by.
While standing there, caught
sight of large man with gray
mustache in touring car among the
crowd of autoes, carts and trucks.
The man looked exactly like pictures
of President Taft. / went nearer
to look and found that it really was
the president. He was staying near
by in Beverly, and had come to
Gloucester to do little shopping!
The policeman had forbidden him to
pass while the funeral was crossing
, the street.
These two stories show the differ
ence between the two great princi-
Piles at stake in this war. Germany,
Austria and Turkey are fighting for
the principles of autocracy which say
that the poor shall serve the rich; the
weak shall work for the strong, and
the ignorant shall be crushed by the
wise. From this German principle of
putting the princes before the people
grows military rule, Belgian crimes,
sneaking spies, cruelty to women,
abuse. of prisoners and the suppress
sion of everything which tends to-
ward democracy.
France and her allies are fighting
for the Christian principle of democ-
racy. This is that the rich shall
serve the poor; the strong shall work
for the weak, and the wise shall help
the ignorant. From this principle of
putting the people before the princes
grows the freedom, public schools,
free speech, decent wages and all the
other good things which we have in
the United States. We still are far
from. perfect in this country. There
are many reforms which we need. But
to have Germany win this war would
be terrible blow to each one of US.
Therefore let US all realize that if
/. Germany should dictate the terms Of
peace, it would mean the end of
democracy. Let us do something's
lit be only to accomplish our daily
f., task little better-to help in this
great war between the princes and
the people.
The government is now asking US
to subscribe to the fourth liberty loan.
Everyone of us should give what we
lcan toward backing our country in
this war.
Some of US can only give little
but let us give what little we can By
doing this we are sure of the safety
of our money, we are helping to win
this war for tie freedom of the
world, and we are helping ourselves
Iby putting something aside for a
"rainy day."
Let's all do our part toward MAX
iing this liberty loan a success and
show the kaiser and his crowd that
1--WE are all behind Uncle Sam and the
fright.