Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-02-14
PRo-GERMAN ACTIVITIES

TT s. soldiers are in the fray They
are being killed and wounded by the
Germans Of course they are getting
in their share of good licks at the
hoehes. But some of the Americans al
ready have given up their lives on the
affairs of their country. Many, many
more will fall before the war is ended.
Fate will decide who will be the next
man TO be reported dead i'll France,
or horribly wounded. 1t may be a
Grangeville home, a Whitebird home,
mr. a Cottonwood home that will be
saddened. The word may be expected
to come flashing over the wires at any
moment.
Mothers of Idaho county boys i'll the
army-fathers of Idaho county boys in
khaki-you want your sons who are in
the service to come home to you. You
would not throw a bomb shell at your
own sons, would you7 No Neither
would you hurl bomb at your sons
comrades.
Of course, your boys cover there"
are ready to make the sacrifice. And
if they perish, you win accept the loss
of your dear ones as part of the cost
which you must pay for your own
LIBERTY, for the LIBERTY of your
family, for the LIBERTY of your
neighbor, and for the FREEDOM of
your country. If your son is killed in
this terrible war, you will not, because
of his death, hold until your dying day
a grudge against your Stars and
Stripes, that Flag which, ever since
its birth, has stood for LIBERTY, De
MOCRACY, AND THE FREEDOM OF
MANKIND. 1t is that for which Old
Glory stands, which prompted the
American government to enter the war
against German autocracy, and it is for
everything for which the Red, White
and Blue stands that the boys across
the sea fighting.
Now there comes in certain sections
of the United States an organization
which is bent upon creating internal
strife among the folk at home.
There is NOTHING THAT COULD
PLEASE GERMANY MORE than dis
order among the people of the United
States Labor unrest and political UNI
rest in the United States are of great
aid to the Prussians If the German
agents can split the American people |
into factions, they viii have done much |
toward furthering Germany's inter
est in the war. If the Germans sue
coed in weakening the bulwarks of the
people of the United States-that vast
American populace which should, not
excepting a single soul, be with the
American government in thoughts and
task on the fight
ing front will be greatly reduced. She
viii not need such strong armies as
otherwise would be required to pre-
vent the allies from breaking through
she Teutonic line in France, and in
7ade the fatherland. Germany has up
iet the government of Russia, and now
Russia is permanently out of the war;
f Russia had maintained her fighting
ecord of the first years of the war,
10 doubt the fighting would by this
ime have been ended. But German
propaganda got a foothold in Russia,
nd the result is well known to all.
Win we let the same thing happen
4 America?
The Idaho County Free Press has :
cen the object of criticism from GER
ain sources because of the stand it
as taken against the Non-partisan
sague, an organization which was i
ounded in North Dakota, and which &
ow is working among the farmers. t
tatements which have been made by 1
his newspaper to the effect that the ]
Ion-partisan league is not operating {
the present time to the best inter t
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cen challenged and an attempt has It
ZEN made by certain persons to lead I
he farmers to believe that this news x
lper is accusing them of failing to do [
eir part in the war. This . dope" u
Is been spread by very few, who d
EN- to be much interested in the lea
lie, and they have been aided, to I
me extent by a local newspaper, Ell
1lch has printed an article saying d
at the Free Press has " libeled" NJ
farmers. No attempt has been m
ide by the Free Press TO oppose an al
Sanization of farmers, except. as the vi
may be led by gang 70
m North Dakota. There has been no tn
aek on the farmers of Idaho coun- We
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