The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-07-26
A LETTER FROM ENGLAND

| treasurer OsDOfne Dy MS DfOtnef-
in-law who lives in England. His
references in regard to the war are
interesting
8 Nelson Terrace, Barnstaple,
England, June II, 1917.
Dear Brother:
From my window I look out over
beautiful garden filled with flow
ers. OF vegetables we have a few,
healthy and thriving. The same
applies TO English gardens general
ly, Of which there is no end.
Let me put your mind at rest.
We are not going to starve. There
never has been want and there
never will be. We have to be care
full and economical. with control
Ter for this and controller for that:
t. my mind doubtful blessings and
originators of very crude mistakes.
But of course human nature will
ever be the same, and there always
ere the few who profit by the err
rors Of the many, and there are
those who will ever attempt TO
make money under all and every
circumstance.
The U-bOat menace is shockingl
1t is only, however, a part of the
inhuman programme of frightful-
ness which the Prussian and his
heroes set themselves out TO per-
form. Necessity with him knows
no law, human or divine. His
thirst for world domination can
only be slaked by such Internal
deeds as he has perpetrated. The
salvation of Germany and her sa-
tellites depends absolutely on their
being conquered by the Allies.
She must be downed completely, or
"a frightful menace of impending
woe and disaster will ever hang
over mankind. and all that is clean
and good and worth living for will
be impossible on this planet.
To the last we will go on; TO our
last man. gun, ship and last shilling.
We are not going to turn back.
We may "rough-hew" our ends.
but there is Divinity who will
shape them. II is difficult at times
to see the meaning of il all, TO
pierce the gloom and tear the cur
tain aside that hides the solution;
but rent, il will eventually be, and
we hope mankind will be the better
for our part in the drama.
We are delighted to know that
you in the States are with us, and
that the conflict with the unclean
and foul beast, your strength COM
bined with ours will give him his
quietus. IL may be slow
work, but we have the initiative,
the guns, the men, the will to con-
quer, and shall do so.
As for Russia, | have frequently
thot that the best thing that could
happen would be for Germany to
attack the Russian. That would
unite them and bring about such a
change as might reasonably lead to
conclusion of the war. But the
German knows a game worth two
Of that mode Of procedure. What
he can get now by guile and cum
ming, lies and wire-pulling. he is
not going TO fight for.
Will the mud and dishonor that
stick to the name of German ever
become disassociated from it? |
trow not. History will write him
up as a truce breaker, a liar, a rob
Der, a murderer, and everything
that an honest man must abhor. II
will cleave to him thru the ages.
OF one thing | am impressed.
,, What a glorious future the Anglo
Saxon race has before it. What
endless possibilities for good to the
world are involved in our alliance.
May God so unite us that we shall
eventually be able to render such
a catastrophe war as we are now
waging, an impossibility and a dis
gust to the nations Of the earth,
and so put down autocracy forever.
Every dog will have his day! Ma
poleon came to the end Of his tether.
He strove for the earth and came to
his own (six feet by three in due
time.
We hope soon the war clouds will
roll away. and the sun of peace
shine again in all his efrulgence.
Until then.