The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-24

have discovered that the Gath Of
June Is kept IN honor Of 81. John
the Baptist.
Day Of Desperation
God knows we 1--we IN o day Of
desperation and despair. As heard
Q man say the other day, I'VE speak
Of thiS crazy world, and IN the 1t
eraI' meaning Of that word II Is
true, for crazy comes from the
broken" and Shattered" Think Of
ell that this connotes and implies
In the light Of the tragic fate Of
France. I happen TO have on my
study table 0 book Of Paris, q book
beautifully written and lavishiy Il.
ltistrated. have more or less looked
forward 10 reading that book on
my summer holiday but I shall not
read II this year. II one had any
feeling Of sympathy or gensibility
whatever IL would break your heart
70 read about Paris In times like
these.
What the future course Of this
European war may be, when this
insane destruction Of European civ
ilization will cease, no one knows.
For the rest Of the war Nazi Ger
many and Fascist Italy have to oil
intenb and purposes turned the
continent Of Europe into one vast
concentration camp. The brutal and
Infamous tyranfiies Muggolini and
Hitler have used on their own people
will be loosed like gcurge Of death
on the people Of ell these conquered
countries. The woe which descends
upon the continent OF Europe 10 ap.
palling beyond oil human imagina.
ton. No pity for innocent women
and children, no sense OF common
decency, no restraint Of morality, no
sanctions Of religion obtain with the
men who for the time OF least are
masters Of Europe. We witness q
throwback 70 the barbarian and
terror on O scale never before known
In the worlds history. We think OF
American kidnappers and gangsters
ag among the lowest forms OF AMI
NAL life. Sherwood Eddy wrote re-
Gently, II do not compare Hitler
and his group 70 gangsterS-it would
be unfair TO the gangsterSp
One Of the strange, contradictory
aspects Of the present situation Is
that Great Britain still has on the
continent one powerful ally, an ally
that will strike at the embattled
FASCIST and Nazi hosts o bitter and
quite probably 0 crushing blow be-
fore this war b over. The Germans
may have the military force To
break any army that dares TO take
the field against them but this one
foe even the High command Of Ger
many must fear. That fearful Brit
ish oily ID starvation. Starvation
cannot be beaten down by the most
brutal and efiicient military ma
chine. Starvation follows hard on
tho heels OF marching armies
whether they march TO victory or
defeat General Franco won the
Civil War In Spain but ! have II
on unimpeachable authority that
more spaniards starved In Spain
lest winter than ever before In the
long and bitter history Of Spain.
wilderness Of Woes
Truly tho world "a o wilderness
Of woe these days. The preacher
Of o Christian gospel ~ o voice cry.
Ing In o wilderness Of madness and
insanity. Il he happens 70 DO 0 co3-
gcientious objectoF 70 war on Chris
tan conviction, as ! freely confess
10 b., the preacher Is oil tho more
certainly o voice crying In 0 Wilder
ness. Who will listen In these days
10 counseis OF fnagninimity, good
will, forgiveness, love OF enemies,
these things which make Up the
heart OF the Christian gospelS And
see, o. well o. another, how hope.
less " seems to be today 70 practise
these virtues on the national Or
the International scale. Yet we will
not despair, we will strive 10 hold
fast 10 the things OF Christian faith
remembering the words at the end
OF ancient Scripture, FINALLY strive
on, always remembering that God
10 not dead"