Shkoyach for the cute vertel.
It’s not just a cute vertel. The Chafetz Chaim was ready and willing to go to war for the spiritual future of Klal Yisroel. The Darkei Mussar (R’ Yisroel Neiman; Chanukah) writes that he was present by the Chafetz Chaim for Seudas Shlishis in Shabbos with ten Rabbanim, and the conversation turned to a new decree posed by the Russian government against Yiddishkeit. The Chofetz Chaim got up and thundered – if by the following week the decree would not be retracted, they would have to go to war.
Everyone present was stunned. (Think of the famous video of the C”C, and try picture the C”C in battle) War? Who could fight the mighty Russian empire? The C”C announced that they were not worse than the Maccabim, and although they stood no chance against the Russian Empire, they were still obligated to make a military stand. (Imagine ten rabbanim, led by the Chofetz Chaim, marching down the streets?)
However it stretches credibility to call the required registration that has been in place for decades a threat in “our spiritual well being”
You’ll have to take that up with Hagaon Hatzadik R’ Shmuel Aurebach.