Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-11
A LITTLE TOO STRONG.

Governor Harding, in a speech at
Davenport recently, is reported to have
made the statement there would be
no return tickets for the boys going to
France. The chief executive of the state
shows himself to be poor student of
history and shallow observer Of its
effect on humanity.
If the governor will look back over
more than 1000 years of history. he
will discover there has never been a
move in all Of that history that did not
ultimately work out for the advance
ment of the human race. The reason
may not have been apparent to the
generation in which the incident oc-
CURED, but ii will be when looked upon
in the light of the advanced years.
To say that the entire army of the
most civilized nation on earth would
be wiped out on the battle fields OF
France is to deny that there is power
that controls the destiny Of nations
and works for upbuilding Of civilization,
or is to hold out the belief that the
Teutonic nations are to learn civiliza-
ton today as they did 1900 years ago
when they invaded the Roman empire
and carried back to their wild haunts
the hallmarks of the greatest civiliza-
ton Of the time.
Governor Harding should remember
that he said a man who criticised a
public official attempting to do his
duty. at these times was almost guilty
OF treason. Would not the same be ap-
plicable to the public speaker who
makes statements merely for their eff
feet on the people regardless Of their
truth and because he desires to say
something stronger than any one has
said before him?
SANS PEUR, SANS REPRoCTIE. >
[Cedar Rapids Republican,
I send my love to you" wrote q
young Iowan in the service Of France
to his parents. And then he added
Believe me. Jimmy isn't forgetting
you folks, as he wishes he was back
| there about every night" May every
| young man who goes from Iowa have
such feelings and may he live up tc
them. May he think often Of home
[ often feel home ties upon him. ant
God help him SO to live and so to ac
as one always mindful Of the folks al
home, to the end that he may return
to his own even as he left his own
whole in body and pure In heart
| Our boys, 50 clean and strong, so Al
and so willing are going on one Of the
noblest missions in the history Of thu
world. There u no quest that we fav'
read Of in the annals Of history tina
is finer, higher. nobler. They are go
ing across the seas to do their bit t,
make the world better to live in fol
nations az well as for men. Thru al
! the centuries we have been tending
4 toward one ideal and that Is self gov.
1 eminent. to DC masters Of ourselves
not the slaves Of others Strange tina
men have had to fight for thax so lon,
without achieving It, This nation wa.
the first to set up This high ideal on I
magnificent scale. 1t is now again as
sailed by the trained hosts Of auto
cracy. the authority Of one over tn
otner the arbitrary government OF hu
man beings. We are going forth
champions OF what we have ac.i. .ss:'ss
i for ourselves and what we hope t
i maintain for ourselves and to help OBJ
tain for others.
i Many centuries ago France produce
man who dedicated himself to IN
! higher service Of his fellowmen.
| was said Of him that he lived an
fought and died sans peur, sans re
proche" without fear and without re
i proach." May that be the Ideal an
1.-The ultimate realization of every Soun
Imam who goes from America. fror