The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-12
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"Of the military efficiency and fight
ing qualities of the Canadian soidleE'
lit is needless to speak after raising'
by the voluntary system, for a war IN
which her interest from some view
points Is only indirect. as large a force
as the northern states raised in the
civil war, until the draft system was
put into efYect-she pitted them
against the opponents of militarism IN
the EXTREMIST form the world has ever
seen and how nobly they met the test,
the battle Of Flanders will testify, until
time shall be no more.
To-day every fourth adult male IN
Canada has enlisted or is preparing to
enlist and the patriotism OF the home
stayers is providing generously for the
loved ones OF the bread-winners gone
to war is something the world may
well marvel at In these days when
sentiment is supposed to give place
to hard sense. II you can't fight. you
can pay" is the slogan for stay-af-
homes
after the war broke out there was
no legal or constitutional reason to
call Canada into the war. In her re-
latfonship to England. Canada has the
fullest and freest autonomy-power or
right OF self government-or as Kip
ling put as far back as 1897 in his
Lady Of the Shows: Daughter am l In
my mothers house. but mistress In
my own
1T is not party now. but country
first, and with this splendid union of
parties and people the Canada to be
will be lifted up high above the Can
ada that has been.
Colonel Sam Hughes, who was the
Canadian minister of militia and de-
Tense at the beginning of the war and
who superintendent the training of the
troops, is veteran OF the Boer war.
1.-THE Princess Patricia's Canadian
light infantry carries flag made for
it by Princess Patricia of Connaught.
Canada's terrible casualty list incites
a fresh spirit Of self-sacrifice and cou-,
rage and makes good Goldsmith's lines
on General Wolfe's death: Zen now
thou conquerest. though dead. since
from thy tomb thousand heroes rise
THE fiery furnace-seven lines
heated in a common cause with our
allied forces will give new intensity to
the melting pot which the dominion
has come to be-"
The Social Session.
OlOWlHS Lic pioSI ouJp ."lS.
kamp. assisted by her niece, Miss Mary
Hise Norton. served delicious refresh
ments. During the afternoon. and
while refreshments were being served
the question OF various patriotic OBJ
servances we're discussed. At the op-
ening OF every D. A. r. meeting IL is
the custom to sing America and to
stand while singing it. In the COM
munity singing here recently the aud
fence stood for all the national songs
and over the country in the cafes,
when the orchestras play any OF our
national songs, the people at the tables
stand and Join in singing. All this
seems perfectly proper and reflects no
discredit to the national hymn, The
Star Spangled Banner. While 1t is
obligatory to stand for the Star Span
gled Banner. it is not prohibitive to
stand also for singing other national
airs. At the band concerts recently
held here, at which the programs clos
ed with The Star Spangled Banner, the
audience rose but many took that OPP
portunity to put on coats and wraps
and some left the theatre during the
playing of the national hymn. Most
people nowadays are periodically ed
ucated sufficiently to rise for The Star
Spangled Banner and most people
know that 1t Is the national hymn and
that America is only one of our pat
riotic songs.