The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-30

at the Atheneum in NewOrleans We'd
nesday night of last week by United
States Senator William S. Kenyon of
Iowa, under the auspices of the Louis
lana Bankers Association. The larg-
est gathering that has attended a
patriotic meeting in New Orleans was
present, according to newspaper ac-
counts, and the walls of the big au-
ditorium fairly rocked vita the out
bursts of applause and cheering that
greeted Senator Kenyon's vehement
declarations. The demonstration al
most lifted the roof when he asserted
that any man grating on government
war contracts should be taken out
and shot.
'Profiteering and patriotism can't
GO together in this war;" he shouted.
"The boys in the trenches are not
making any money out of the war,
and any man making an unreasonable
profit on a government war contract
odght to be ashamed to face his wife
at night. <ssgance had to take certain
Of these gentlemen outside and shoot
them.
II do not say men are grating on
war contracts in this country. The
president is looking out for that. But
if it is found that any men have been
grating they should be taken out and
shot"
''This nation must awake to the
fact that we are in the greatest strug-
gle in all history" he continued.
"This is no pink tea. This is no Sun
day school frolic. Twelve million
men have either given up their lives
or been so horribly manned they will
never be fit to do anything, while
100000 more are in prison camps.
Tonight there are 4O,O00,000 men un-
der arms.
1.-THE losses of the British at the
Marne and the French at Verdun
were staggering; the lives of hum
dreds of thousands of men were snuff
ed out within a few days. I walked
over those battlefields and asked
where the dead were buried. was
told that for every nine feet of
ground there five men had been
ground into the earth.
"But with all of these staggering
figures this is no time to be gloomy.
Ideals are holding their owe9 Justice
may be delayed, but justice in the
end must prevail.
ssIt is into this conflict we have en-
tered. Thoughtful men had the right
to oppose our entry into it and still
be loyal Americans. SUIT after the
legally constituted authority had de-
clared war no man had the right to
oppose" Pandemonium followed his
words.
eve could have kept out Of the war
oh, yes, we could have Kept out of
it. We could have sacrificed our
national honor, have given up the
freedom of the seas, have subscribed
to the doctrine that while the earth
belonged to God the seas belonged to
the kaiser. We could have told him,
sWe bow to you, for God has given
you that right; we will send one ship
a week, all painted like barber pole,
through the war zone But Ameri-
cans don't do those sort of things.
"sWe didn't go into the war at first
to make the world safe for democ-
raey; make no mistake about that.
We went into it to protect American
honor and vindicate American rights.
When the war is over, the world will
have greater respect for Americans.
No nation will ever try to impose on
an American after this"
Senator Kenyon described the land
ing Of the first American contingent
in France.
'sI admire England" he said, ''but
love France. It makes your heart
beat faster to think about France
to see what she has done and stood.
Oh, but that was a wonderful speech
of Pershing's when, standing at La
fayette's tomb, he offered his wreath
of flowers and simply said, La
fayette, we, gre here France, who
cast her bread upon the waters hun
dreT and fifty years ago, now sees it
coming back. Money is not every
thing, but it is great to have it to save
a nation like France.
II say this now, though I may
change my mind. France came to us
with help when we needed it sorely.
I hope when this great conflict is end
ed we can say to this France we love
THE Great Republic cancels all debts
you owe to her.
The big audience sprang to its feet
in chorus of cheering that lasted fol
minutes. a.
II went through France it. Novem
ber and never dreamed there coule
be so much deviltry in the world a:
Germany wreaked on that country
such wanton destruction, without an.
military justification, such murders
such brutalities! The country ha
been swept clean, towns demolished
trees cut at their roots and rost
bushes destroyed. There seemed :;
special antipathy to churches. I
seems strange that the kaiser, VIII
claims partnership with God-'
partnership we are going to separate
should so destroy His worshipin@
plaF S.
<dhe Germans have taken wome,