Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-04-19


ENTIRE NATION IN TRAINING AND WHAT 1T MEANS.
In response President Wilson's patriotic appeal for
the struggle for human freedom and world democracy this
entire nation must into training In order to bring this
jet lesson the baseball team training for the
for the pennsnt the most familiar practical
Every baseball fan knows how little star player
have baseball rallies to get the proper spirit behind the
team You have your cheer leaders and your so
the diamond and to cheer them on to victory The who
I s1 he OF % ospe an 0e
objectionable disgrace forever.
pared to the man behind the bat or the pitcher back the
ball. It Of the utmost Importance to the nation and to the
only we'll trained but also sober and Of clear and fareeng
vision He must be in position to think quickly and eec.
whom the nation depends with drink dope is much
traitor the nation and the Stars and Stripes is he
pitcher or other star player drunk lust before the battle
If this nation is to into training effectively we must
mution clothing food and other necessaries In this
must have not only the and the behind it but al
the above the serving the of the be-
M us ssp x ss ad hys
commands which hang the fate of the and all hope
minds at headquarters planning the campaign and planting
the various and evouons of the forces to M
amph Back of all these are the rest of us who must train
When have gone this far, however, have only be-
struggle for humanity The Kaiser has had his nation in
training for forty while during those same forty
Americans have been wandering in the wilderness of
The Kaiser did not leave single material thing undone
feet military machine the world Fortunately for
us and the rest of the civilized world however the Kaiser for
and savagey have been the m
doing of the Kaser's host
In the Of forty the world the victorious
armies of Won Moltke transformed into motley conglom
GRAFTON Of brutazed braggars whose knghthood
ured by their ability to crowd gentlewomen from the side
walk the street. to throw into prison the who
dared resent advances having nsued officer
We have seen the Kaiser gain the whole world of
d and
He has bacened and debased not only his soul but also
nhuma monster to pepeate the fouest crimes and
the most ourages upon the women and girls OF
When German can be sent to prison for month
by the Kaser marsm for resenng the advances of
monsters in human form can be- found ready to drown the
unofendng and children Of America, to visit
ritory occupied by the detested Kaiser?
AS into training to help overthrow the monstrous
lessons he affords We need to beware lest in apng
German efficiency this nation also lose its SOUL
If constantly bear in mind this lesson conspicuousy
put before by the Kaiser this nation will gain mmeasur
ably in myriad directions by being forced to 60 into general
training for effective warfare and for the efficient support
by all others of those who do our fighting for We shall
gain in inv in production in in conservation
Nations are like individuals. The man or woman who
has suffered pain cannot really sympathe with the
mother with the victim of tnglng shattered
system AS earthquakes and floods necessary level
the surface of the earth the caacsm of and revo
ton be required by nature level peoples
spread democracy All these the philippians of human lib
erty and human sympathy.
This nation had already entered the twilight of sell
selfish materalsm that lured the hated Kaiser still
young ruler During these latter years especially had fed
upon the fat of the land of the beigerents you studied
mind and heart you began to realize sense of sat-
saction that land spared while others fought
that getting richer while other nations
ing poorer
Is it fact that you and had begunto become cal
ous to tales of horror and suffering from Eurpes fields of
carnage? Did you not find yourself rejoicing when enemy
ship went down with all on board?
As go into training need to keep constantly
mind that this is of worldwide sacrifice suffer-
ing The we'll springs of human sympathy and appreciation
must be allowed to dry We need to realize that
this very moment the of France and Britain and
STA and Italy fighting battles first line of de-
Tense against the Kaiser The and children of
rope to-day making the supreme sacrifices the women