Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-05-02

ed Edith Cavell, the Red Cross nurse.
shot. Who laughs In glee as he
thinks of the innocent women and
children in the ooze at the bottom OF
the Atlantic, the victims of his sub
marine perfidy. This modern giant
Hun with millions of followers as
guilty as himself are threatening the
world today. But as Theodore with
an allied army met Atilla on a bat
tlefield in France and saved Europe
to civilization, SO will General Foch
with an allied army drive these mod
ern Huns back across the Rhine, so
badly whipped that his people will
become disillusioned and turn from
the worship of Mars to the worship
of the God OF Peace.
Sometime in the 14th century
great monolith was to be raised on
its base to adorn a park in q city in
| northern Italy. The day arrived;
people from all over the country as
sembled to witness the raising The
moment arrived. The ropes bit into
the granite shaft, the great column
arose until it reached an angle Of As
degrees, when the ropes began to
slip, thousands of people were ter
ror stricken at the threatened fall
OF the monument, but the old
engineer, standing on distant tow
er cried to the workmen, "Wet the
ropes" They poured on water. the
ropes contracted took new grip, the
monument arose slowly until il stood
the assembled thouand gazed upon
II and wondered at its stability. So
In 1916, when the world monument
OF human liberty and Democracy Is
the God OF Freedom called TO the
civilized world to "Wet the ropes
and millions of our boys and their
boys over there with their own prec-
hoist monument of world Democ-
racy upon a mighty pedestal. and un-
told centuries may look upon II and
wonder at its stability
Some of our boys are over there
now. Millions of others may follow
them. For ought we know some of
them are dying in the trenches to-
night, dying for you and for me
dying for our homes and our freside
Men, citizens. Masons, what should
we do? If we leave anything un-
done that will contribute TO the safe
ty and comfort of the boys over
there, then we are slackers. When
Uncle Sam asks us to buy bonds we
should buy to the limit When the
Red Cross asks us for a dollar we
should give two. When the Army
~. M. c. A. asks for a donation. we
should not stint them. We should
encourage every child in America to
buy thrift stamps. We should en-
courage production along every line
OF industry. And above all we should
respect every wish OF the food al
ministrator as. though our fortunes
This is a world-war An undy-
ing principle is at stake. Ii is not
the question OF whether Alsace-Lor-
raine shall be returned to France. 1t
is not a question of whether Belgium
shall be restored II is not a question
of the disposition of captured colon
les; the great question is shall the
people govern themelves or must
they be governed by kaiser in the
Potsdam palace? The struggle Is
now on and It is a fight to a finish
Sometimes the clouds hang low and
the outlook is dark but we must re
member that Democracy has beer
asleep for fifty years. while Ger.
many has been preparing for this
struggle. For fifty years Prussiar
, officers have been clinking theil
glasses and drinking to Der Tag,
or the day when Germany SHOULD
start her great war for world con
quest
But Democracy is awakening from
her long slumber, and Ill prepared
is holding the brutes at bay while
from all over the world come thu
J, tramp-tramp-tra of marching
men-men who are willing to Civ
their all for the sake of human lib
= erty They are coming from ever
: continent and from the islands of tn
sea. Our own great men are goinI
. singing:
Then conquer we must, for our
cause II is just
And this be our motto-in
y God is our trust
And the Star Spangled Banner
In triumph shall wave
:, Der the land of the free and
= the home of the brave.
No foe can win against an allie
- army such as General Foch CON
- monde todav-an army from man