The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1917-08-23


t HOW GERMANY DOES 1T y 1851
This PAPER always had lot of sympathy for the GeF
manAmercan We have attempted to bring ourselves to
feelings of those whose Fatherand is at war WITH
country whose flag they hold citizenship We have en-
give the benefit of the doubt in face OF rmors
lya We have not counted to their dscred their love
of kindred or their ties Of blood.
yet there times when find it difficult TO hold an
temper there thing refuse to stand for
We any tell that America doing this
thing wrong other Germany
The other day informed by that
our department making mistake in handling the army
draft mistake said friend for the military phys
rejected applicant for what particular defect he
rejected when applicant for entrance into
army navy rejected he given card which reads
Rejected 642 108 other number The
applicant knows that he physically deficient and not fit for
military service but he doesn't know what respect ne de-
fcent to know he must to civilian physician
and pay the fee and find out 1t mistake
military physicians of this country to infringe the
practice giving the rejected diagnosis of
their defects"
We replied rather bunty altogether politely that
the that this country sending its citizens
for examination putting millions OF her young under
sending thin abroad sacrifice their homes and perhaps
their those damn fool ideas which have
prevailed prevail Germany which today threat
enng the existence of the free of the earth
We know without being reminded of it, that when in the
presence of the military Germany the individual is only
much BONE muscle and new stripped of all of the naienabe
of humankind That he solely for the state
individual he noneniy That would be lowering the dignity
of the military do other than to brand him with 624 kick
him call the next 1t would be degeneratng toward
humantaranism physician who the robe the mill
tary to stoop to tell that he has weak heart
rupture.
We do not do of these things they Germany
for the that have not begun spell culture
with ok"
This paper still wishes to hold the friendship of its German
American friends still wants to sympathze with them their
struggle the conflicting blood
ship but believe truly that it is time for the German
telling wrong because
lit is done other way in Germany.
A TIME TO SAVE
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING CERTAIN about the financial
commercial conditions that peace going bring
perity be may stagnation;
an of the severst competition have experienced
It paradox, this time of comparative
eca for the great has largely stopped for time the
struggle nations for foreign thing
for the economic that will succeed the present
worldwide
every American citizen lay alb
soey safe security something for that day that coming #
be great prosperity will be able take advantage of it. If
be sagnation will be enabled to live thru it. If it be bitter
competition will be better able to Withstand it.
better provision could be made for the future than
Liberty They absolutely safe
except estate taxes the income from them
not be essened with market everywhere the United States
and mpetent financial authorities assert maet in every
the world when peace they will be
readily conv, into cash. They all f the elements
that would attract sound investing mind times of uncertainty
More than that American citizen nvestg in Liberty
Loan Bonds investing victory for the proceeds OF the Liberty
Bonds to the and bring Europe and
peace and safety to the rest of the world.
An Stupid
employed b, S~Pts"s the light out in the
permission a and seemed likely to lose bring it