Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-07-04
AN APPEAL

Will it be said of our era that VIC
were highly civilized or that we we're
too stupid to see our own forthcom-
ing destruction?
We have our weekly parties and en-
tertainmentS of all sorts and best en-
tertainment of all, our big dailies,
and if we can scrape up the price we
have the beautiful Sunday supple
ment. Then there are scores of fads
and books that are grand entertain
ment. You tell me you hate to read
about all the Investigations of corrupt
etc. 1T is so unpleasant" I'll admit
it's horrible, but | also know that 1t
is our children who will be command
ed out into the hell of war and they
are the ones who will experience the
horrible thing we so dislike TO read
and think about now. And then we
will wake up to realize that we were
Ito use much used eXpression)
"fiddling while Rome was burning"
And we shall have the experience as
the German mother who together
with her American visitor sat at the
grave of her son. She wept bitterly
and said, 81 did not understand all that
my son tried to do, thought he had
gotten in with destroyers and turned
against him. Now l face the dehase-
ment that he died for a new Germany,
and | did not know it. Go home and
tell the American mothers if they can
not learn from our experience and get
against that monster. fascism, they
deserve to be united in concentration
camps like we are"
Anyone who reads more than the
''funnies" knows that war is being
feverishly prepared for. Why not get
together then and do our bit to pre-
vent it. 1t is not enough to educate
our children to the fact that war is
insane and criminal and that we
must be opposed to it. We must
at the same time give them means
and, effective means, with which to
combat it. l appeal to all sincere
opponents of war: Unite now! Let
us lay aside all our differences po-
litically, religious, social, and get tC-
gether on a united front, by Joining
the League Against War and Fascism.
There is room for everyone and
lend a hand. Come, let us join with
those who have the courage to fight
for us! United we stand, divided we
fall.
1t may interest people locally to
know that the Danish Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America, with a
baptized membership of $4,000, as
sembled in convention in Danevang,
Texas, June AIS, 1885, passed the
following resolution:
BE it hereby resolved that the Dan
ish Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America, in convention assembled.
| fully endorses other church bodies
and peace organizations in their eff
forts to secure full publicity concern
ing the facts and forces of ornaments
in their efforts to create an enlight-
ened public opinion against the out
rageous increases of current apprO-
priations for the war and navy de-
partments and the naval maneuvers
in the Pacific, creating unnecessary
animosity and fear in otherwise
friendly peoples.
I'VE condemn the traffic in arma-
ments; the diversion of money from
public funds to channels indirectly
enlarging the power of the military es-
Establishments; the subtle basis of the
militaristic setup and spirit in various
public activities such as. r. o. T. c.,
colleges, relief organizations, and eco
nOmic agencies of control, and the
taking of excessive individual and cor