Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1918 — Must Have the Bronze. [ARTICLE]

Must Have the Bronze.

A second requisition of church bells has taken place in Austria to the sorrow of the Catholic population of that country, according to advices received. The government came to the conclusion that further requisitioning was necessary, with the result that the church has had to sacrifice many morn, of its familiar and cherished bells to the never-satisfied Moloch of war. The idea of substituting steel bells for bronze has not yet eventuated, owing to the onerous conditions stipulated by bell manufacturers, who demanded, among other things, that the price should be paid In foodstuffs for the workmen in the factories.