The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-09-06
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THESE SUPREME SACRIFICES.

We fathers. mothers. brothers, sisters and sweet
hearts and steel our hearts prep
aration for the receipt of sad intelligence. If
were brave in lives must be brave when
these casualty lists made public.
These solemn hours in countrys history
Only those of bygone day know how solemn they
There those living who through fratrt
cdal civil where hundreds Of thousands died and
were wounded that men might be freed from slavery
OF far moment is this conflict A whole world
is threatened with slavery That fact longer inds
putabe It be argued Proof Of it has been
thrust heartsick world with millions proofs
boys must die make the world free the boys of
other nations far numbers than have died
or will die.
We cannot hope to go through it without sacrifice
without death without without and with
out suffering and all be prepared for the newt
able. Many will have give
and their bodies vanquish barharous souess greedy
foe and let civilization live
We cannot any longer live for ourselves We must
live for others die for others The fatefu
sage that comes from the department be
ceived bravely. Il will wrench the tug the
soul us. appreciate
loved going a noble and righteous cause
living working suffering children and
and childrens children and the countless unborn may
have the right live own lives and not be the
crushed and broken slaves tyranny hdeous than
waged before.
be some sustaining knowledge 70 US to
know that country has joined other countries
noble. humanitarian and altrustic cause. If the
world has reached the where country Graded in
freedom refused stand shoulder shoulder
who think sacrifice too gTeat-who viii squeeze the
last drop OF blood bodies terrible con
fict with the devil all his angels it would be time
to Of
There must be some consolation some sustaining
power for the bereaved. Surely in the knowl
edge that their loved viii the supreme
sacrifice in vain How much better die the field Of
honor for others than he made vile by others
How much better to know they fighting in cru
SADIE of light against darkness of cleanliness against cor
rupton Why all understand that these bows
of fighting the battle normal life against per
verted ferocty.
A great French editor now in Chicago says of the
ideals the allied boys fighting for:
Our ideal is restore in Europe spirit Of lib
erty, of humanity, but above all respect for inter
national law That spirit restored only when
the other spirit the spirit Of brutality Of aggression
OF domination. viii have extirpated from Frone
That other spirit is ym5olized by the Prussan mill
tarlsm, and Prussian militarism must go IT shall 90
When the Germans viii realize that are not the
strongest, but the weakest, when they will realize
that they have not 10 dictate neace but that
they have TO agree TO terms peace: when they
will realize that they have respect the independ-
ence and the liberty every in FurODe great
or small strong or weak the supreme law of Eu-
rope and Of the world. For that we shall fight to the
end"
Let US bear burdens like men and women Let
US wipe away The tears and be strong consolation
for the others who beref Let us remember and
this after all is the thing that lives here are
the most nfnesimal fraction of the eternity beyond
We only here for day glorious will be the
reunion with those who before fighting for
righteousness