The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02

ing 1t because it is to be quoted in an
American newspaper. Britain must
learn to welcome you from the United
states as members OF her great
family. We nave treated you as il you
We're mere foreigners.
Poor and Rich. He Likes Us.
No one man from this side, I
imagine, has had much more expe-
rience with the Americans and the
great land they live In than myself,
rom Upton. I'm proud mi pleased
lEat on your side sc many call me
Tom. / have Travelled within your
boundaries as, a pooraboy must travel,
and L have Travelled there as princes
may. Thus I nave learned that o re-
mounts to, but for what he himself
amounts to.
You have been my winning oppo-
nents. have had the best designers
that this side could produce and Ishave
spent whatever money could be spent
to beat you, but you've beaten me.
lar luck your people always saysto
me. I know it's not hard luck, for every
time / have been beaten by a boat bet
ter thar my own My hat is off to you.
IL | hadn't taken it off you would have
taken it off for me-. It's no wonder that
I'm mighty glad you're in this war with
US. cay knows I'm quite aware that
you're a really great people.
a great Stars and Stripes
hanging in the hallway of my home.
II was made for me by some delightful
American women; I like to stand before
1t salutesrespectfully. I am mighty
s;aa r ~ - ? a.saiis 10y ~ ~ sai. y
sna 4 ~ MplAliis Io,.l uion y llhe 70
me SO uncomfortable when it was fly
ingo on the side which was against me
IN yacht races. To me the word
hlama ne SAu ~
..Is,S+ tsa+
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n,,s thinss = y r.ns, ssi y a. seli-
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ffnr thas.a "a saaa as 9 8aeain. 1nank SOD
mates a1;,xa ha+b aeIsitss MliS.i a5il-
80 a.hs po.a pFaHcheS OF the Angi
Inc yuor,d thara 10y uau a - az
a war lie The nesef Wouio nave peen
w 49, ah ~ l,.s.
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sons Go ~ q suou many Iea-
What ev on1 ~ eaein realiy mas nothing
nrassnoa ~ ~ e1 matl .ne lact ehat9lne
10 "a - 80 - iele - q Sasl safe
We shall nrin +louna Gu . 5aaiasees .IIlt
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nrasanna af ~ u -Dlitalh: Ine
neans tha - sne Alherlcan Iieet mere
learn mora ~ VIZ iave 2 nance nance 8
"a sau, 80
mar;a, - aso Aau party OF
We're EdW.rd n " ! snip. A.nong lhsm
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l%oolsinS ). ~ 49,, aau y Me : f, we were
A N arie. :. :. 5titisn 5iest anu phs
ennn u, were INTERESTED, Y not pro-
"Th;s attitS,da :
s+aryad ~ - aunoySa iHe anu !.
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NOR IDENTIFY hova1inIn = .,+ ~ - : sn ~
a1onr aai 1--we MY sisilEas we sallea
a rsgoag, aau ! saw n II my chance.
even an 4 mari !. ~ us aslonlsil
ldidn.t lsnam 49, ~ as.o1lisnsu me.
great a sb;n idu ~
asrhat viii sh.la
A british shin 1;iSa +hat r5;1, a,,ns ~,
b thought prinnine : rat,,rnaa - : -
friends from the ITni+ad s+atas o-niS
There vo,, arei Avs tha+ y !.
real fipbtinp nsnb;na3, p ias q
There Won have,
1At about that momen We cama lang
side of the night vessel She ,nas
indeed. a mamnoth fiehtine eraf+ 49,
greatest of tho world,s hattIssh;ns BIT
her name was and She flow
the American flag. + stood ganing ana
my state was Somewhat s;zad
when one of the Americans tllrned 10
me and said as if eausallv: 1'iso :
Cant imagine what our peon1e
could have been thinking of to send one
of our littlest ships across ia show yn,,,
Now wouldn't you have thought that
they'd have sent a really big boat?'
THE quarrel of I776 is over now. al
though it really lasted from its start
till this year of our Lord. 1 hope some
people on our side are glad that it
has ended. I know that I, on this side,
and am n of thousands, am gladder
over that tina ove any other thing
which has occurred since the beginning
OF the war.
When | think OF what America can
do in h way Of food supply I like to
think of that which she already has
done in the way of a munition supply.
Your iron and steel production was a
mere commercial matter till the war
came. But your capacity increased i'm
~measurably underline stimulant Of the
needs OF righteousness. It will be the
same with food. The world didn't