Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-23
Lowe TELLS
OF HORRORS
BY GERMANS
Says "Amen" as One of Au.
dienCe Calls Down Curse
on Nation; $4,000
Bonds Sold.

dress b. Rev. Titus Lowe at the audi
torium last night, subscribed for more
than $4,000 Liberty bonds.
So great was the response to Rev.
Mr.. loves appeal that the solicitors
called in subscriptions too fast to be
tabulated accurately. One pledge for
$4,000 was received, the giver oI
which was not named.
The speaker was given a great well
come. AS he arose to begin, the en-.
tire audience stood and cheered.
KAISER BATTLES JUSTICE.
Il know he began, that by this
great welcome you are not cheering
me. | know that you are simply
cheering the boys in France will
whom it was my privilege to asso
ciate for some months.
1T now is clear to everybody who
thinks, that right TIP to the last min
ute Kaiser Billhelm could have stopped
the war. He started the horde!
through Belgium, and from that time
his war has been against all justice
righteousness and truth. A barbar
ian of barbarians, liar of liars, ant
since the world began no nation ha!
heaped such mountain of infamy OF
its head as Germany has.
Tells What He Hears.
at was only year ago that W.
were inevitably thrust into this war
not by the president, but by the grea
heart of the American people. Anc
it was then that we were forced tc
place some credence in the storie:
which were circulated of German
atrocities, because they came from tht
| lips of those men whom we could no
doubt.
Il heard and saw things over ther'
lthat made my blood race, that mad
me wish for knife, a gun or han'
| grenade, and yet they we're told a
simply as I would fell little stor,
to my baby, Jane.
81 have seen towns that were sci
| entihcally, Germanically destroyed. Ii
one of these towns they lined VI
every old man, woman. and wha
Young men were left. before th'
firing squad and shot them down
And for what reason? A German
soldier had entered home and as
saulted a woman of middle age. He
husband entered and, in blind rag
seized a club and brought it dowl
funon the head of the soldier. wound
ing him. And so, because a citizel
had attacked a member of the mill
tary, everybody in the town wa
shot
Says amen to Cry
At this juncture a voice from tn
audience cried C D. the Ger
mans" To which Rev. Mr.. Lowe re
piled, I am Methodist, so can sa,
Amen to that" ,.
"The Germans did that out OF
policy of frightfulness. They say i
stories of this kind are sent to tn
soldiers at the front by countrymeI
of these people, it will paralyze the!
arms You say, Can this be true;
What more evidence do you want?
! Headed Liberty's Call.
Rev. Mr.. Lowe recited other Incl
dents of German atrocities which hle'
his audience with horror. In illus
trating the Germans lack of homo
he told a story of Scottish sergean
who gave a drink of water to
[wounded German officer and las h
turned to leave, the wounded ma
raised himself and tried to shoot hi
benefactor.
The day we entered this war, W
did the only thing a chivalrou'
libcrty-loving public could do. An
of the two large nations who are ou
allies we should be proud.
Roll Call OF Dead.
"The l5lst French infantry wa
auartered near us. The ordinary nun
Der in a regiment is $500 After thre
and one-half years of war, endin
January /, 1918, there had been $500
men in that regiment. The roll call {
that regiment was roll call OF tn
dead. One frightiul day before Vel
dun it lost 70 per cent Of its strength
Yes, France is paying, and, despite il
calculable losses is still ready to pa,
Great Britain is our other ally.
has been sneered at and lied abo,
, by the Germans. 1t has held the sea-
no small job and its soldiers have a.
quilted themselves nobly. If you b.
lieve they are slackers, read yot
papers for the last three and a ha
weeks and see how the bulldogs ha,
been fighting with their backs to II
, wall. grimly and without finchln
That's your British ally.
Hour Has Come.
"If our boys must die, it's up to
to root out every German among II
If we have boys who are giving the
lives, it's mighty poor business for
to get niggardly in buying Llber
! bonds. The Frenchman in the go
ernment service, and all between
r and S. are in the government servic
5 gets S cents a day. Have you ev
= pinched yourself? | think the ho
has come to do your bit for freedo
: and humanity
Judge Woodrough presided at t
= meeting. Rev. T. J. Mackay gave t
e invocation, Music was supplied
1 the Forty-hrst infantry band fro
! Fort Crook and the Council Blu
Elks' quartet