Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-02
Throughout tho Land.

lllS throughout the "nOle COmmu-
nifty.
''rhe condition Of France in that
respect is evidently even more full Of
sorrow and tragedy than our own, be-
cause we had not a great army, we
had but small army when war
broke out, whereas the French army
was Of the great continental type.
was on a war footing and was, from
the very inception OF military opera
| tons, engaged in sanguinary conflict
with the common enemy.
Tribute to Joffre.
I'VE have to-day coming amongst
us a mission from France. doubt
| not-indced | am fully convinced
that they will receive a welcome not
less warm. not less heartfelt than
that which you have so generously
and encouragingly extended to us.
That was and certainly will be in
| creased by the reflection that one
member Of the mission is Marshal
Joffre, who will go down through all
the allied forces, the successful gene
raj Of the allied forces, at one of the
most critical moments in the worlds
history.
Battle Of the Malnc.
81 remember when l was here there
was a book which was given out in
the schools called the Fifteen Decis-
i've Battles Of the World. | do not
know whether they all quite deserve
that title, but there can be no doubt
or questions whatever that among
the decisive battles OF the world the
battle Of the Marne was the most de-
cisive. 1T was a turning point in the
history Of mankind, and rejoice that
the hero Of that event is to-day com
inS among us and will join us, the
British nation. in laying before the
people Of the United States, our graf
itude for the sympathy which they
have shown and are showing, and
our warm confidence in the value Of
the assistance which they are afford
ing the allied cause.
Cannot BE Exaggerated.
Gentlemen, | do not believe that
the magnitude Of that assistance can
by any possibility be exaggerated.
am told that there are some doubt
ing critics who seem to think that
the object Of the mission Of France
and Great Britain to this country is
to inveiele the United States out OF
its traditional! policy and to entangle
it in formal alliances, secre; or pub
lie, with European powers. | cannot
imagine any rumor with less founda~
ton, nor can | imagine a policy so
utterly unnecessary
Our confidence in this assistance
which we are going to get from this
community is not based upon such
considerations as those which arise
could increase the undoubted conf
dence with which we look to the Uni
ted States. who. having come into
the war, are going to see the war
in human affairs. that is certain.
No Petty Interest.
1.-TWO years and half have gone
since the war began. and the great
public on this side Of the Atlantic has
been watching, with deepening inter-
est, the blood-stained drama going
on across the ocean, and | am we'll
convinced that as each month has
passed, so has the conviction grown
among You that after all it is no small
or petty interest that is involved in
this war, it Is no struggle for so many
square miles OF territory, for some
acquisition, some dissatisfaction of
small national ambition. 1t was
nothing short OF the full conscious
ness that the liberties of mankind
are really involved in the issue of
this struggle that was animating the
allied countries.
With Set Purpose.
with such cause the American
public has always been in full sympa-
thy and now, after watching it
through all the months, you have
found yourselves impelled to join in
the great conflict. | feel perfectly
certain that you will throw into it all
your unequalled resou ccs; all your
rnwers OF invention, If production,
all your man-power, all the resources
Of that country which has greater re-
sources than any other country in the