Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-07-15

| When he came to discuss the spirit
that must and does dominate the man
of "Now," DR.. Medbuy grew passion
ate in his utterance. He gloried
graphically in the fact that though we
were most seriously at war and the
national intention is to see the strug-
gle through till it gives the world an
American peace, the American people
are not war mad. We have kept our
heads just as we have kept our hearts,
and we hate war even while we are
compelled by our ideals to be in the
midst of the bloodiest war in history.
With this spirit the lecturer declared
that we can never, never, never, never
be defeated in thousand years.
A Look to the Future.
When he came to the consideration
of the future Dr. Medbury became be-
comingly grave. He said that the war
cannot end soon, and that the kaiser
is constitutionally incapable of under
standing the tides that are set against
him. America cannot limit the size OF
the army it will raise even by twenty
million men. With fine but discrimi-
mating passion the speaker declared
that we would put no limit whatever
upon men or means or support, but
would carry on until we won an I'M
dubitable victory. There could be no
question about the outcome, he cried,
and we were not to ship sympathy to
the boys at the front. These boys
actually have the future in their
hands. One should pity the evader of
the draft and all who could not see
the issues of these wonderful times.
He told of the heroic way in which
men and women in England are meet
ing this stern day and declared that
the great question was not what we
thought about our boys at the front
but what they would think of us when
they came back after the great sacri-
flee. They will bring back with them
new world of human relationships,
a world that they have helped create.
They will know that all who have
fought as allies in the contest for
world-liberty must ever after stand
together in world made free and safe
evermore.
When the great audience filed out
of the tent after the address it felt
elated 1t had seen vision while an
eloquent man had interpreted to it the
movements of the times of which
every individual is an integral part.
"What l saw in France"
Chautauqua in wartime justified it.
self again Sunday afternoon when
Rev. Frank Cole Of Davenport took
the platform with lecture entitled,
What l Saw in France" Mr.. Cole
comes to the platform fresh and in
formed by the unique experience Of
six months as Y. NJ. c. A. secretary
among American troops at the front
in France, and this fact, added to his
strong platform personality, makes
him man with message for the
hour. An audience gathered which
completely filed the big tent and sat
enthralled more than an hour while
DR.. Cole unfolded his tale about the
boys in France. People were hungry
for first-hand information about con-
ditions over there, and the lecture
both pleased and instructed. In many
respects it was the complement to the
Saturday address of Dr. Medbury, for
the one summed up the spirit of things
in America and the other put Ameri-
cans in touch with the front line in
France
DR.. Cole counted it high privilege
to have spent approaching six months
among American troops in France |
where he had become familiar with |
every sector held by Americans. In
France he found an astounding cos
life. Two hundred thous
and Chinese Coolies are in France,
taking the place of Frenchmen at COM
l2on labor, thus liberating sons of
France for the battle line. The pic
ture of France given by the doctor
was most impressive. France has
nobiliZed nine million men from an
urea easily contained within our state
If Texas. There are million and
lalf French graves. A million and
,alf French population are enlisted in
plants. The French people
ire indomitable Near the front,
french children go to school with gas