Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-25
I'VE ARE NOT THERE, "
SAYS BISHOP QUAYLE
lay IN Getting soldiers
'a To France.
I'VE OUGHT TO BE THERE"
u Germany BrCnkS Through Allied
Iinc, America Is 10 blame,
lie Declared.

lOoqueruy aposrophjmng EuF
tuJ and Tommy Atkins To hold
the rroIt battlr-l line against the
Nun hurdes, Bishop W A Cutllo
ut lNe Methodist church. delivered
tho most dramatic war speech
1ul.l has heard at the Y. NJ G.. A
forum yesterday afternoon
At the same time hc vigorously
criticised IA" United States for its
dilTtury method ur rushing mon to
support tho English and French
and his criticisms were loudly APP
piaudcd
IT'S no time for Va TO pat our
selves ou IN" back 1ud say, We are
coming and We had big job tn
do to gather and train our army"
We are not there And nothing
viii ever Condono our failure To
arrive. We know what the Ger
mans were doing, Yet we did moth
ing My God, pray that We be
net too late he exclaimed.
The bishop said he didn't care
anything about Secretary Bakers
visit We know he's not going tn
do any fighting what We want "a
oucN million soldiers over there
fighting Tight now hpd they should
'r-' " ~ 90 'ft'' .ll' AN.' 'fAl W.
The forum was crowded with
men gathered 20 hear tho dis
tinguishtd churcumAu Il0 spoke
nearly an hour and toward the clusN
was repeatedly implorod to Go
on" But he said his time was
limited and hr would have tu quit
He concluded with an earnest np-
peal to the people TO purchase
Liberty bonds
Peace Tail, Now Trynchcry.
Bishop Qunylc condemned any
talk OF peace nt that time and de
Clared that any person who talks
pence now Is traitor and guilty
Of perfldy to the human race, The
Germans need no peace, they need
punishment
In that impassioncd manner and
stirring words 80 characteristic OF
him, tho bishop denounced German
brutality and the system OF social
ism bossCd by the kaiser. which does
not care, that doesn't feel nor bleed,
nor pray nor lament No German
socialist had ever lftcd his voice
against rape of Belgian women
They have talked about certain
frills ana fnnctrs and furbelows
that are dear to them. but thoy
have never protested against tho
horrors perpetrated I'm Belgium
The only thing that stands be-
tween America and Belgium's fate,
he asserted. ~ the English fleet.
Il hope IL will stay on top until VIC
get ready" he said sarcastically.
Greatest Battle or All Time.
Following is his speech in fun.
we are today witnessing the
greatest battle the world has ever
seen since Christ died on Calvary
this battle over there today Ia, the
most strenuous thing that history
has ever encountered. But suppose
Germany breaks through, suppose
Germany goes TO the sea suppose
she takes up a position on the
French coast on what we called the
'straits' and is able TO plant her
mighty cannon there? II will be
no timc until she has cleared the
straits OF Fhips OF every descrip-
tlon and viii I've able to drop her
shells over on the island across the
water. Now what, after that Tho
answer is--liell'i
we men in America have taken
this matter rather lightly. OF
course we are all Hooverizlng You
are doing IL and 1 am doing H. al
though IL Is not always so pleas.
ant" Herewith followed a short
humorous discourse on Huoveri7-'
Ing and It's results.
Going back TO serious vein.
however nc continued. You say
YOU know about the war. or
course we all know that there IN
a war going on over there" ami
fcw Of us know that we were three
and II half long, long years going
into It. In that last fact Hes our
dumnauon. n Germany breaks
will on the rest OF Europe America
Is to blame. We should have been
over there We could have bcsn
oyer there In fact we were in
Uted % take part I'm H. We do not
have any more provocatlon NOW f'r
opposing the Huns than we had
then. Now that we arc I'm II. We
know that II is our war and 1t has
been our war all OF the tim" be
cause II ia struggle to the death
between the devil and Godl
Fighting for Uncle sam
We are not going into tho war
for philauthroplc reasons. because
England and France have had cry
ing need of our help for the past
three and a half years We are go
ing into it 10 fight 20 the very death
10 save our scalps We are not be-
friending England we are befriend-
ing Uncle Sam Hhe only thing we
nave 90 fear is that W. are going
into II too late. | earnestly hope
ana pray that we arc not
THE mCt of the matter ~ that
we wrote postal cards when We
should have bCcn unsheathing our
swords Now ali this talk Of mine
10 not criticism, | want you 20 un-
derstand n * only consideration
~ past faults There IS n world u
difference between criticism and
consideration and / want you 70 take
me iu the right way.
What we need worst or all Just
now Is one million men-American
soldlers--tO oppose the filthy plans
of Germany Those Anzncs and
Toun1InH and poiiug Uysr thart nm