The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1913-01-18

E place.
fight valiantly my husband and sons
Succumb die but don't retreat. Setran
pu. (fareweln."
Such are the actions and encourage
ments not only of the plain. but also OF
the intelligens Balkan women.
The intelligent woman the world
over reads such reports with a mixture
of amazement and respect She
imagines her inability of like hatred
towards the usurper, if not murderer of
her nation. a bitter enemy though he
be. She was taught to view a war as
something horrid, of which modern
men do not approve, but condemn. Be-
cause of like feeling. the intelligent
woman is propagation of-peace. Most
modern men join her, SO does the
writer. They as a unit discard the
murder in war as black deeds unbecom-
ing cultured being-in theory.
But the practical today" is just the
same as it was in the remote and
primitive ancient times. In practice
there arise conflicts amongst individ-
uals as well as amongst nations, which
prevent being fttled amicaply. He
who constantly Z orgives" is considered
by the world pam large as a coward. II
not a dodo. sting nation meets
Ike results A nation should NIT per-
NIT nay, IT dare not to be robbed: it is
compatible with her national honor, to
regain at all hazards il she must that of
which she ever was deprived. A nation
that does not revenge her usurper
would be classed amongst towards and
tenderfoots. But that nation that rises
,ffrf,f RI off eat a n
wrongs inflicted. receives halo, be-
cause of her heroism.
Countless ages may come and pass
before the morals of peace amongst in
dividuals in theory. shall be adopted in
practice amongst nations-if ever that
millennium materializes.
Under present conditions it is as true
today as 1t was yesterday Twill tomor-
row ever change IT'D and SO accepted:
That might is right. The empire"
turns victory over to him. who has the
most powerful--fist, that is not just,
because wrong. The conquerer in war,
is the victor. He claims and gets all the
right. The fate of nation is not de-
cided according to her inalienable
rights, but by her military might-and
chance that is as just as duel. But in
practice
In practice a woman cannot refrain
from evincing her admiration and re-
spect for those, who shed their blood.
sacrificing lives in the defense of their
country. In practice she haroors in her
heart an innocent love for like heroes,
Like her Sisters in ancient times and
nations, the woman of today despise a
| coward and weakling, but loves men
| of valor. intrepidity and pride, who will
not suffer. but fight off humiliation and
wrong doings to their loved ones
bravely defending their wives and
families. when need presents itself.
. The admiration that the prehistoric
woman manifested towards her man.
warrior. her defender against Wild
beasts and hostile clans, is ever as
| firmly and deeply planted in her soul
though the emn of the present ceased
to be mere warriors and defenders OF
human society. their vocations having
changed accordingly The present
Balkan struggle renewed the woman's
| ferver in alteration of newly born
heroes.
. Behold a woman educated at some OF
| the Partisan institutions considered as
a very cultured being; that very wom-
| an in a moment of a national war, viii
| forget all the grand and ennoblins
| theories of peace, but will view hel
husband or sweetheart with enthusi-
asm, as he marches off TO fight thu
enemy, to right and revenge the blood,
| wrongs so long endured by her mother
county. She is proud and feeling
happy of having been loved by him
discarding if not belittling those lef
behind, because of their needs to per
form such home duties, without which
the nation would suffer furnishing per
chance of hunger That mother who's
son was detained from joining the wal
is filled with shame because of him an'
herself to have born such a weakline
That is the predominating feeling o
all mothers. be they Servian, Montene
| grin or Bulgarian, and placed in Xix
predicament no doubt American moth
| ers would harbor like feelings. for n
q woman no matter of what clan, super
sedes in vaIor, self-denial and love tina
: lof a true American mother. I know $
of experience, when the writer's wifi
accompa MED her first born son, biddin
l him farewell such as only a mother ca
and will. to fight Spaniards I MAX