The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-09-05
NO PEACE TILL We TREAD
ENEMY SOIL, WRITES MAJOR I
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Senator r. M. Simmons OF North Caro-
lima has received a remarkable Letter
descriptive Of the spirit of the Ame9i
can soldiers in France and their de
sire to tread German soil before thii
country considers peace overturef
from the Kaiser, printed In the Wash
/ ington Sunday Times.
Major Bryan is middIe-ageC
/ North CafOlinian who entered the ser
/ vice shortly after the outbreak OF the
war. f t9it
Our soldiers are giving a. won
derful account sof themselves Majo1
Bryan writes, "and the French are un
sparing in their praise of them Many
officers who have seen them in action
do not hesitate to tell me that they
are already the equal Of the best Euro
pean troops and their dash is simply
irresistible. In hand to hand fighting
the BOches are no match for them
wish / could give you true idea
OF the peace ideas OF the majority o1
us who have seen the conditions al
the front and have been eye-witnessee
to the desolation and ruin the Ger.
mans have left in their path in this
part of the country which they Occu.
pied only few days at the beginning
Of the war. r
Burn Towns for Amusement"
Town after town is destroyed for
no military purpose whatever, but In
many cases for the amusement of the
Crown Prince, whom it pleased to wit.
ness a mighty confagration and see
poor people attempt to put out the
flames. Whatever was of value was
Sremoved to Germany, notwithstanding
1 the entreaties of these simple peas
ants that these things were the saw
ings of their lifetime
q s'O1d women have suffered the same
fate as the young ones at the hands
Of the brutes, and any attempts to in
terfere or prevent the loutraging OF
them on the part OF their parents were
met with the punishment OF death.
There is no exaggeration in these
statements. / have seen the results
myself. Our nation has never realiz-
ed what the, Prussian character is and
what a menace to the civilization of
the world that power is Put it must
be educated to the fact that il not
conap1etelv crushed this time our
grand children will have the. war to
fight over again, in a worse form, if
possible, than the present one. I'll
We NsdKlg bGSEs If3G 9aNSHG&E
ith our enormous resources f1l-
ly loped for war, AZ they are or
shortly Will tie, we tllis ma
position where she can never ID tYt
disturb the peace of the world 1t is
our duty to ourselves and to human4
ity. for whom the world believes we
are fighting to do so and do it thor
cs'eh1y. &
"The moment the Kaiser and the
general staff realizes that the end lis
in sight they will offer peace terms
which a year ago would have seemed
reasonable, but which now would be
but hollow victory for the Allies
Ninety-nfne per cent of the men Of
this army demand that we be allowed
to- enter on German soil and not make
peace. but dictate the terms that Prus-
sia shall be made to follow If not.
4our efforts will have been in vain and
the shedding Off the blood of the finest
in our land will have been a Wanton
sacrifice. #t.s1
'4NAnish You Could Come Over, Senator
my dear Senator, i wish you could
take trip over here and see for your
self. The eyes of the civilized world
are on President Wilson and he is.
regarded as the Heaven-sent savior of
the worlds civilization, and the rock
on which It's future will rest. pray
daily that he will be given the fore
sight and wisdom with which to con-
tinue to the end the marvellous work
he has so magnifcently performed up
to the present. His word will be the
law and the allies will follow him will
ing1y, believing in his wisdom far
sightedness and Judgment.
''The cruelties of the Barbarians
7(Germans) to prisoners is what might
be expected of a band of savages in
Africa or the worst of the Indians,
and they should be made as a nation
to suffer for It. The nation knows
only the argument of force, and treat
ties and moral reasoning are of on
avail.
Seeing 10 Believing.
..'The twenty representatives of Con-
gress who are here now should be
able to gather some very important.
information. If they only know where
to find it, but there is nothing like liv-
ing in country where the damage
hes been done, seeing with ones own
eyes ard talking with those who have
suffered. sl4
''The great offensive which started
a few days ago, has so far been a dis
astrous affair for the Hun. Telephone
ports coming in hourly tell Of the
steady progress OF the French and our
army, and It looks as. though the
Boche had lost his last chance, for 1t
is certain If he could not, win against
the French alone he can do little in
the future against the thirty Ameri-
can divisions that will be ready for
4 nfica ruhon fFaia Sor~ihhInt reachea1