Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1917-08-30

men without arms, men with sigh
, less eyes, men sick with tuberculos
r or other disease contracted in tn
, dampness and stencil OF trenches
men afflicted in all the ways tina
war fiends can contrive, are thu
pouring into Canada in stead
Istream.
In few months just such strean
of crippled and sick men will b.
pouring into the United States.
This stream of wounded soldier,
will keep up until the war is ended
Then the army will come home anC
our country will have another prob
lem, to insure to every soldier at least
as good job as he had when he
left home. That will be no easy
task but it is certainly one that
should be carried into effect without
hesitation and without a murmur.
When Will 1t End?
When do you think the war will
end?
That was one of the questions dis
cussed with nearly every man / met
in Canada, from the premier to the
hotel barber.
The almost unanimous opinion Of
Canadians is that the war will not
end until the United States has sent a
large army, at least million men.
ID the French front and into the
.harge against the German lines
II the United States had not enter
I'd the war when 1t did the Russian |
evolution would have resulted in a |
eparate peace and France, yes France
night have decided to quit. The Rus
ians have steadied but they are for
'eace. They will not be dependab BILE.
The English and French can not get
hru on the west front. The war is
II effect a draw until the Americans
ct thlre.
How long will it take to send mil
on fighting men to France, accom-
enied by the arms and supplies re-
uired to care for them? That de
ends on how fast we build ships and
ow many the German submarines
an destroy. We have wasted four
onths of time and are now begin
ing the shipbuiiding job. But bet
II than ordinary luck will be needed !,
we can have our million men in
Ie trenches by year from next /
eptember. !
Therefore the result of this line of !.
ought is that the American army
light to decide the war in the fall OF 2.
'18. !,
There is not near as much censor !;
ip in Canada as in the United States q
d the newspapers and people there
low much more of the actual prog =
IS of the war than we do IN the
lited States. Also the first enthusi- :
m is lost and the war for Canada is ;
hard, painful job while with our s
US it is still a glorious military .
with only an occasional p
erence to the red trimmings. 4
Mr. Morgan said food control in 10
NADIA has reached a painful reality 81
e people there who formerly refer 6
to this country as The States
" talk of us as Americans" He
Jared that after seeing the effect
war on a country he was more a
lever in peace than ever before and
'ed for the ending of the war be-
Q we commence to lose our young
Ir. Morgan also described the
ladian method of handling wheat,
being controlled by the govern
ut from producer to consumer.
About German Settlers.
p. H. Engle gave a carefully pre- +
ed historical address on the his &
: of the Pennsylvania German set 3
1ent of Dickinson county, covering b
IT history from earliest times to 3
first coming of the River Brethren 4
1879 and to the present, with 3
'onal tributes to many of the lead 4
families. 1t was heard with in 3
st by all. 3
he fine weather and large crowd B
le the gathering success in every 4