The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-10-06
HOW YOUNG AMERICANS
CAN HELP TO WIN THE WAR

Prepared for the INDIANA state
Council OF Defense by George AIDE.
Can a mere child be of service to
his or her country while we are
trying to make the Kaiser behave?
Undoubtedly.
How?
BY observing the conduct Of
weakened, historical and COM
planning adults and then being just
as different from them as possible.
This war is neither joke nor a
protracted funeral.
You will notice that some of the
older people refuse to accept it as
a fact, while others move about in
blue funk, exclaiming, between
sobs, that the U. s. A. is going to
the bow-wows.
Let the very young children set
their elders a good example by re-
remaining calm but determined.
Ii you pick up the morning paper
and read that the U-boats bagged
II ships instead of the customary
is and the Canadians captured only
one line Of trenches instead Of two,
do not shake your head and declare
that the Germans never can be
licked.
Set a good example to your faith
ers and mothers and uncles and
aunts by renewing your faith daily,
in spite of an occasional setback.
Quote to them the words of Abra-
ham Lincoln: Let US have faith
that right makes might and in that
faith let us, to the end, dare to do
our duty"
You might remind your groWn-up
relatives that all during the Civil
war the northern states harbored a
good many well-meaning people
who went about moaning that the
Union never could be preserved and
we had better accept peace at any
price.
These invertebrates Gan inverted
rate, children, is a creature with a
string OF macaroni where the back
bone should be)-these spineless
ones were willing to let certain
states secede. The blacks were to
remain In slavery. Our flag was to
be lowered. Anything to avoid a
fight to finish.
Even after the battle of Gettys-
burg, when the fortunes of war be-
gan to favor the North, just as they
are now favoring the Allies, every
community had to put up with a
few of the winners and fault-finders
who belittled each victory and
magnified each reverse.
Your grandfather can tell you
about these peace-lovers who help
ed to prolong the war by failing to
give united and loyal support to the
soldiers at the front. II it should
happen that grandfather was one of
these peace at any price advo-
Gates, doubtless he will change the
subject and talk about something
else.
Even If you are less than six
years OF age, surely you can under
stand that the issues involved in
this dreadful war must be settled
and settled right before the world I
may hope for abiding peace.
Therefore, If any one asks you
what you think about the war, re-
ply as follows:
President Wilson was right I
when he said that the world must
be made safe for democracy. The
people have no desire to
destroy Germany or prevent it from
regaining commercial Importance.
They want Germany to restore the
stolen property and go home in a
chastened mood. They want to jam
the knowledge into every close
cropped Prussian head that just be-
cause a man owns a high-priced au-
tomato gun and has lot of am
and college education,
he has no right to 60 out and shoot
up his neighbors. The American
people are hoping to make 1t clear
to the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince and the various square-iaw-
ed Hindenburgs that it is highly
improper to form a partnership
with God for purposes of murder,
and then treat God as a silent part
ner. AS to the final outcome, the
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