The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-05-17
War correspoy.4 N: Declares
Even Neutral Countries FEEL
II More Than We.
MUST MAKE EVERY SACRIFICE
TO Win This War ste Americas PEG
pie Must Awaken to Full Resaixa.
tsoa ut An " hxsss ard All
W pe0aass4A

&tRa~ WV ~ NfAfA hRsNW Ex4AN Nv
are a. war. Five thoasand uaii~s away
sur trn@ps are navias into battle. In
million Asaerisan hesnes. the casualty
slsts are watched wtih anxious eyes
Tears and sngassh and hsartSreHks are
the price ne must pas tn write head
line II Victory" declared Oswald ".
schnetts, fux three years war CORES
pondent Of the Chicago News with the
armies Of the Ceatral powers. In nm ad
dress before the Press club III CAseaxa.
a ya#r ago 40 anfurles the battle
aags Of the republic. We pledged our
selves 10 the greatest sacrifice this
xrssisss ~ wasid sass -sasaxh, ,3aGaAnd.
The American people are ready 10
make that sacrifice. Eu, 80 far se DO
not knew ever here what war realty
is. have come ont ef three years In
fha, intrrna, All Europe Ia aaatne.
II knows II Is In the war. Eyea nca-
trail countries ssieh as Switzerland feel
II u hanaredfuid more ti.an We. There
econofns ard conservation N 10 longer
a master u rvsnchlneslt. of voluntary
sacrifice, II Ii matter " eafpreed
necessity. u grim culnp'ilslnn, They
are ant saving s0oa 10 feed @,sueuae
else. They are saving because they
have too little themselves, And In the
warriag conatries, there II war In every
breath War. ~ a tragic reality tyr
them, They 10 not ues-t Gags In TIE
streets TO remlnd them ef the war
and ynp ses, fea flags ever there ~wsr
portions ont their tneagsr rntions War
In their ecsiS war altots the comforts
OF their daily HE, and the proportions
are small y Lusurlss are gene, Mar
stalks through their streets with the
soldiers In uniform Wars shadow h
behind the mothers who pray In the
churches thu. their boys may be savrd
ave hardly know these things We
are rvvelling In luxury, and caal II war
economy We think we are saving.
yet | have seen more food wasted In
the tive weeks since landed In New
York than In the three years Of my
war experiences
II do not say this as remrlaiat
say Il as warning We must learn
quickly the great lessons of this war.
For every day wr wait nuw will cost
Us two later on II we walt long
enough. they will cost us weeks To
win this war. We must awaken to
full realization Of all II means and NIL
II demands We must b. In H. not one
million strong. bu, enc hundred mil.
Hons strong We must make economy
not a fRd or a principle. but sacri-
fle~.
Five sasks aga. xas In Geaefst
Pershing's headquarters in pfahee, and
sew our soldiers march out to unknown
de~,iniss In the srsnches Proudly
they marched. knowing that they car
rted with them the hearts and the pray.
ers Of our great nation. Now II IL ur
TO ia 10 show them that we are behind
them And we win do ~,
Don, he misled by any false tale
ths, our enemy Is coliapsing. that Ger.
many IL on the verge ot revolution.
tina, her army Is ready ~ musiny. that
her people are starving We have be-
lIeyrd too many such reports In the
year tha, has pas: Germany II not
starving, She has h.en mighty hun.
gr, Ter thrive years But Germany
knows that, she II In the war.