The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-11-29

III the cOSiuHe, now famous on the
Flanders line, won instantaneous ap.
| plause by their bag-pipe and band mu-
sic. When they played as their second
| offering, a patriotic medley of Ameri-
can airs, followed by a presentation of
| the Seottish-Fhng by one of their own
members, they scored a second triumph.
Judge Randall in his short speech of
Introduction briefly explained the Ke-
nosha Plan,' in the furtherance of
which the meeting was called and pre-
sented Captain Knyvett, a soldier,
scholar, man and hero, as one stwho by
his story of actual sacrifice and service
might bring us Inspiration for doing
our part in the great scheme Of this
war;
The speaker of the evening" sol
| der from the start with the vivacity
and bravery of the frontiersman and
| patriot and the rhetoric and logic of
| scholar-showed first of all how Austria
| liza, like America, was in this war not
| for adventure or for territory but to
preserve that liberty which has come
| to US as heritage of the past Austria
lians, declared the captain, focked to
the standard of Great Britain not be-
cause they were fighting for England
| but because they were fighting for
themselves. They were not willing to
| allow another nation to defend the lib
| erty which belonged to them. They
volunteered when Germany struck
blow at democracy, the cardinal prin-
| clple of their government and ours in
! order thpt they might not owe their
preservation and SER respect to the
blood of any other people, The Au-
| stralians had at the beginning of the
war no bitterness against the German
( people; they were fighting for the same
principle which America fought in 1776
and for which France is now bleeding.
The part which Australia has played
in upholding the Union Jack and the
| standard of democracy was we'll told by
Captain Knyvett. Heroes of the OAR
danelles and of Flanders, they are still
giving to the last shilling and the last
man if need be because, in his own
words they have already given too
much to lose at the last.' AS a con-
| tinent whose need of men is greatest
they have willingly sacrificed century
of progress in order that they might
not be wanting in the great stand for
| liberty. Captain Knyvett also brought
to Kenosha and America the direct de-
NAL of the German statement that Eng
land was sparing her men and resources.
England is in this war to the end;
she will put 100000 more soldiers in
the trenches next spring and for every
: American wounded / feel sure that
there will be at least three English
men, were the words brought from
ohe ally upon whom rests large re-
sponsibility for the defeat Of Germa-
ny. The speaker urged that the con-
troll of the war should be conferred I'M
der the greatest general in the English
line, Sir Douglas Haig, and held out
under his leadership, hope for ultimate
and speedy victory. He also empha-
sized the gains on the western front
and minimized the Importance of the
Italian drive.
The speaker spoke with bitterness
against the Germans which had been
born of experience. He described
atrocities perpetrated by the Germans,
which were not hearsay for him but ac-
tual incidents which he had verified by
his own life in Flanders. These as well
as other salient wartime reflections of
Captain Knyvett are given more in de-
tail In another column of the Evening
News under the caption "Carrying
On He exonerated from blame for
the atrocities and barbarities of the
war the Turk, once branded as the most
uncivilized and brutal of all mankind.
In his conclusion, Captain Knyvett
told of the marvellous opportunity of
fered to America and her allies to show
their worthiness of the liberty gained
by the blood of our ancestors The
dead, he declared call to us to erect as
our only monument, the victory of
Prussian ideals, and warned that if we,
in fear made hasty peace with the foe,
they "shall not sleep though peoples
blow in Flanders field - The realiza
ton that Captain Knyvett had endured
more than twenty wounds that he might
do his bit" that more than two years
of actual and dangerous fighting had
tested his patriotism and found it true,
and that he was type of the patriots
who are preserving liberty for US and
their own countries, won from the audi
ence the ovation which followed the
address.
Following the address Mrs. Knyvett,
a bride of but few days, who had
accompanied her hero husband to Ke-
nosha, gladly consented to be intro
duced to the vast audience and with
naturalness, which captivated, shared
with her soldier husband the applause
which terminated the meeting and the
publicity campaign for "Patriotic
Week. !" In an interview following the
address the EKenosha plan was av-