The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-02-25

ment when no believed machine OF
blood and iron to be inyinclble, def
antly said to our Ambassador, II have
100000 reservlsts In America, await
Ing my call" No one, keeping trend
OF things today, doubts but that they
are all here and all busy. They do
not come forth In the Kalser's uni
form, they are night providers, carry
ing deadly bombs; they are the ex-
pert manufacturers of all kinds Of
hurtful lies; they are In possession
Of unlimited supplies of Doodle and
know where to plant It to confuse and
paralyze the defensive program Of
our country.
Now to the more vital question: Is
this any concern Of mine as private
citizen? | have heard some astound-
ing things, said to have come from
the lips of our more intelligent citi-
zens on this point--"lt is not my war,
I'll have nothing to do with It,"
Il would not go the distance from my
place of business to the railroad sta
ton to see train load of the defend
ers of the flag" This is Demo-
cratic war and let the democrats fight
it OUT, ETC." Uncle Sam Is rich,-let
him provide for the soldier boys" Ry
such supine Indifference, not to say
disloyalty. we, YOU are thrugtine
your government deener into embaT-
rassment and further and further in
to the meshes of the death net so
adroitly spread by the Kaisers min
IONS Your Indifference may delay the
hour when it shall be announced that
the world is now safe for Democracy.
During that delay, the blood OF n
countless number of victims will he
| shed-all because you were so slow In
DOING YOUR BIT.
1t is high time the fires of patriot
ism were lighted in every bosom. Hear
the commanders voice this day in
which we celebrate the memory of the
| father of our country. I'VE must
speak, act and serve together
fear it has not yet come across the
horizon of our thought-written in
flaming letters of human blood-that
every soldier in the allied armies of
Europe, dying. pours out his blood for
you and me. Then, while | toast my
! tees at my comfortable Preside, sur
rounded by the comforts of family
and friends, there Is some heroic soul
lodging or failing to dcdge. the dea l.
ly submarine in the darkness Of the
night; some khaki clad hero standing
on guard by No Mans LHnd, where
the liquid fire of death never ceases /;
some of the nick of my countrymen
are following "Old Glory over the
top and into the jaws of death. Ny
! friends, the picture should disturb the
complacent spirit of our dreams! II
should arouse us from that perilously
near ingratitude state of mind we are
| in. Do our bit? Yes,-subscribe for
your full quota of Liberty Loan Bonds
for there will be others to COME
even if you must wear old clothes and
live on bread and water to do so;
knit knit every garment you can for
the winters comfort of our heroes at
the front Give, give every dollar you
can to the starving citizens of the fire
swept battle fields. Obey, obey every
summons of yotf government as a
call to service. Speak, act and serve
together" for it is the hour of crisis,
the hour of humility and the hour for
prayer. Let us continue to hurl def
| dlCc Ut Tue iusiiiCeic i'ctCt OhoiS WI
the enemy. This whose thin veil of
nluintCn, pious speech Is to be seen
the grinning deaths head Answer
him as did John Paul Jones in the
midst of his greatest sea fight, when
he enemy asked if he had lowered his
Tag yet-"No, we have not yet begun
to fight"
And when will the end of the fight
.ome? The answer is with the Most
High God. The English Premier in
| lis latest utterance, sees nothing to
Indicate peace. until the United States
rmy is equipped and in the field.
We are told from Washington that the
National Army can not go before next
rring II may be years, and, then,
he collapse may come suddenly.
But. of the end. and what the end
shall be, there can be no doubt. Ger
many's arm must be broken. To the
believer in the God of Battles, there
has been no doubt since the tide turn
ed against the Germans at the battle
Of the Marine, before Paris. Victor
Hugo said, Waterloo is God" So
was the Marine, it was God. When
Lord Kitchener, England's great sol
der, heard 1t. he said at is a miracle
If God" When Lord Roberts heard
Of 1t, he said Somebody has been
praying" When the Kaiser heard OF
It. in helpless rage and fury, he de-
graded the general in command. But
the God Of Battles smiled at his i'm
potent rage-and declared in His pro-
vidence,-"thus far and no further"