Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1916-03-13
Horrors Of War

NitnS VI tIC pCiinehii PGOplC
ing the great struggle.
What | have to write to you today
is anything but cheerful. As long as
this terrible war lasts it seems we
shall have nothing but tears and sor-
row. The only son of our Brother E.,
a young man just 20 years of age,
has also fallen prey to this slaugh- |
ter. He died the death of hero as
so many have before him. Ever since
last March he had been at the front,
and had fought in many hard battles
without even receiving scratch.
Until finally his time came. The
news of his death came as terribleI
shock to me. His father and his
younk wife can find no comfort. The
burden Of our sorrows is so great, it
seems our eyes are constantly wet
with tears. But we must bear this,
too, and perhaps, this awful calam-
ity will sometime come to an end.
Do not believe for one moment that
we wanted this war. The immense
preparations during all these years of
peace were only for the purpose of
defending ourselves against our enc
mics.
| Even before war was declared, the
whole eastern part of Prussian, our
old home, was overrun by the Rus
slams. Perhaps you have read about
it in your papers. Everything there
is destroyed and wrecked, only a
few old men and helpless old women
were spared by the invaders. A like
condition exists in our present home,
Alsace-Loraine, and mind you all this
destruction occurred before war was
declared.
To certain degree everyone can
| defend himself. 1t is difficult enough
when one had bad and quarrelsome
neighbors, but the situation is hun
bred fold more serious when it is
on such large scale.
The murder of the crown prince of
Austria was never the real cause of
the war, but only an excuse to pre-
cipitate trouble used by those coun-
tries which were Germany's bitter
enemies.
That we did something which was
not right during the Boer war, is
not forgotten in Germany today, and
at that time it caused much bad blood
in certain circles, but it was done
only in the interests of our blood re-
lationshin with Eprlopd
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY
]. II. Carlson went down the Red
Apple line today.
S. 7. Smith is down from the La
Platas for brief sojourn.
| w. S. Hankey is down from the La
Platas for few days rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Self trad
ed at otis-McGirr's today.
Frank Graves is down from Placer
vile on a business mission.
&. Vigil of La Posta purchased
merchandise at Gradients today.
Sam Ethridge was called to Pa
gosa Springs today on stock bust
ness.
| II. |. Krause, the Pathe represen-
tative is soliciting business in these
parts.
| Joe Angelona of the Florida load
ed out with ranch supplies this af-
teInoon.
j. l.. Miller of the Sunnyside sec
ton transacted business in town to-
day.
Mrs. John Bell and daughter Miss
Mary are down from Bells guests at
the Strater.
| -'''. anu NiiH. "a l. AOOh were IN
from the Falfa section today, buying
ranch supplies.
e. Fl. Burdick left for the Hes
perus section this morning on engin-
eering business.
Mrs. Casper Schafferhoff of the
Florida mesa marketed dairy pro-
duce in town today.
Mrs. Jack Walsh was bound for
Arboles this morning to spend Sum
day with her husband.
Mrs. Ellen Southall was among the
Florida mesa ladies giving local mer-