The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-06-28
AMERICAS PART IN
THE WORLDS WAR

SOOk, 1eNtH GIduS.l
Abraham Lincoln, in his Gettysburg
address, said that he was fighting
that government of the people, by
the people, for the people, might not
perish from the earth" Is it not for
shat cause that America now gives
battle? When the president said that
we were fighting ito make the world
safe for democracy when Senator
Borah said recently that the war is
TO determine whether republican
sorm of government can endure, some
may have thought that they were
merely indulging in patriotic rhetoric
But as matter of fact no men ever
spoke calmer words Of truth.
Certainly no one can doubt that
America is fighting for democracy,
dghting for the right of the people to
rule Certainly we all realize that "a
nation which cannot defend the prin-
ciples on which it is founded is not
destined to endure, and nation which
is unwilling to fight for it's principles
cannot endure Truly are our men
lighting for democracy-fghting that
the hands of the clock of human
progress shall not be turned back;
fighting that the rule OF kings shall
never again supersede the rule of the
people; fighting that the gains OF
Runnymede and Marston Moor and
Yorktown shall not be lost to human
. Ity: fighting that the martyrs to the
cause of freedom and progress in all
past ages shall not have died in vain.
Suppose Germany should win this
war. Suppose the kaiser, flushed with
"a victory beyond the widest dreams
of Caesar or Napoleon and mad with
the idea that he is divinely named to
rule the earth, should triumph over
America, England and France and
keep at his becl. and call victcri-
Gus army ready to spring wolf-like at
the throat Of any nation opposing his
viii. What chance indeed would tie
free nations Of the wcrld nave 70
survive i tna face Of such sitQa,
do1?
and Americas part in this colossal
struggle Tor the worlds freedom is TO
sena her might to the establishment
of the great moral principles OF lib
erty and justice for all nations, friend
and foe alike Il is her duty to sup
port our brave allies by sending them
the help they are in such dire need Of,
for have they not stood between US
and The German army, and, by their
courage and sacrifice, have saved the
Say for US no less than for them
Selves? We must help them conquer
2oW and we must count no sacrifice
100 great to make in order that we
may conquer, in order that the world
may be saved from the tyranny OF
SJUHSt w u1CA haONS liz SUI bOS AS3 w
and which would know no mercy for
Ns as a conquered foe. If we do net
conquer Germany now the world must
remain an armed camp through fear
of her until she is conquered, and our
children and our children's children
may not see. the end of this great
struggle,
1T IS the part of home-staying Amer
leans to give our soldiers all the sup
port of which we are capable, and by
SO doing can surely shorten the war
and save to the world billions Of dol
lars and hundreds of thousands Of
lives. How can we hold UP our end?'
In many ways, but not the least that
we can do is to keep blazing the fires
aof courage and determination so that
Ghe light may fame across the sea
into the very trenches. Military ex-
,perts, social workers, practical psy-
biologists, government officials and
the soldiers themselves have given
their opinions concerning this. They
say, Smile when your boy goes and
smile in your frequent letters to him.
Don't let him hear one sob, feel one
sinSsg7ving, see one tear. Hide your
heartache, if you can't overcome it.
Make his courage double strength by
adding yours And look forward hope
fully to seeing him return a healthier,
stronger man, bigger and finer in every
way, Look for the best and be ready
Tor the worst. God has way of turn
ang the worst things into the best, so
70 call anything worst may be as i'm