Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-03-11

| Army. lie From the Gravel"
I'VE must jump in at the head of the
procession and receive the mud or the
bouquets, as 1t happens"
With Partow's and the Stairs ap
peals went an equally earnest one
from the premier and his cabinet Nat
urally, the noisy element of the cities
was the first to find words. 1t
shouted In rising anger that Lanstron
had betrayed the nation. Army off,
GERS whom Partow had retired for Ieis-
| urely habits said that he and Lanstron
had struck at their own calling. But
| the average man and woman, In q
daze from the shock Of the appeals
after q nights celebration, were read
ing and wondering and asking their
neighbOrs' opinions. If not in Par
tows then In the Stairs message they
found the mirror that set their own
ethical professions staring at them
Before they had made up their
minds the correspondents at the front
had set the wires singing to the even
Il kAA6 C0lLAUA6p lOI AuA6tAOA AeAA 0AA WV
ed that they be given the run of the
army's hines at daybreak. They told
Of soldiers awakening after the de-
bauch Of yesterdays fighting, normal
and rested, glowing with the security
of possession of the frontier and re
spending to their leaders sentiment;
Of officers of the type favored by Par
tow who would bring the industry that
commands respect to any calling, tax
ing Lanstron's views as worthy OF
their profession; of that irrepressi-
BILE poet laureate Of the soldiers, Cap
tain Stransky, l. C. (iron CROSSE, break
ing forth in a new song to an old
tune expressing his brotherhood ideas
in I'VE have ours let them keep
theirs" chorus that was spreading from
regiment to regiment
This left the retired officers to gTum-
BILE in their corners that war was no
longer a gentleman's vocation, and 81
fenced the protests of their natural al
ly I'M the business of making war,
the noisy element, which, promptlY
dudptCu IloCll 10 a ACW AdoAAOAA AA Inv
relation of nations. Again the great
square was packed and again wave
like roar of cheers greeted the white
speck of an eminent statesman's head.
ALI the ideas that had been f0menting
In the minds of people for genera
ton became living force Of action to
break through the precedents born
of provincial passion with new pre-
cedent; for the power Of public opfn-
ion can be as swift in It's revolutions
as decisive victories at arms. The
world at large, after rubbing it's fore
head and readjusting It's eyeglasses
and clearing its throat exclaimed:
"Why not! Isn't that what we have
all been thinking and desiring? Only
nobody knew how or where to be-
gin"
The premier Of the Browns found
himself talking over the long distance
to the premier of the Grays in az
neighborly a fashion a. IL they had
adjoining estates and were arranging
q matter Of community interest.
lou nave uCGA % AAAS AA wseANAAAS
an indemnity" said the premier OF the
Grays, "that Turcas suggests we pay
for all the damage done to property
on your side by our invasion. I'm
sure our people win rise to the sug-
gestion. Their mood has overwhelmed
every preconceived notion OF mine In
| place OF the old suspicion that
Brown could do nothing except with
a selfish motive is the desire to be a.
fair as the Browns. And the pracd-
cal way the people look at IL makes
me think that it win be enduring.
Il think so. for the same reason,
responded the premier Of the Browns.
"They say it is good business. It means
prosperity and progress for both
countries"
after all. a soldier comes out the
hero Of the great peace movement
concluded the premier OF the Grays.
"A soldier took the tricks with our