Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — A Hymn of Peace. [ARTICLE]

A Hymn of Peace.

I would rather he a Hoosier far removed from war's alarm, eating roasting ears and chicken from, an Indiana farm than to he a German warrior on a Belgian field of gore with a bullet in my gizzard and my plate held up for more. I would rather be a Hoosier, working at my prosy job than to he where Russian bullets with my innards might play hob. I would rather dig potatoes in my little tuber patch than to be a human target in a daily shooting match. I would rather read war extras seated in my humble cot than to have, my name and address In the lifet of brave men shot. For the warlords at a distance war is surely something great, as their armies mow down thousands in a fight o’er real estate. What though mothers, wives and orphans weep an ocean full of tears, what though fire, sword and famine with their ruin fill the years—be he czar or king or kaiser he dearl} 1 loves the tramp of his armies in commotion, as his phiz upon a stamp. They may sound in song and story praise of death in battle’s roar, but what is the use of glory when there’s crape upon your door? I would rather plant a rose bush than to kill my fellow man,even though the work’s conducted on a hpoad and wholesome plan, and I’m glad I’m not a subject of the powers at war today—it is good to be a Hoosier and to live so far away. And if any would involve us in this scrap for power and loot, let us curb his warlike nature with smack upon the snoot, says the Muncie Press.