Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-09-30

proud Of Americas continued triumph
and our boys over there?
Arthur Brisbane, one OF our fore.
most newspaper writer's. said in yes.
terday's Herald
'Pershings latest report tells you
this morning northwest of Verdun the
first army attacked the enemy on a
front Of twenty miles and penetrated
his line to an average depth of seven
miles"
When you read this you see TWEEN.
~ miles long a row Of American sol.
dicrs, with clear eyes and firm Jaws
You see American flags. bullet holes
in the flags, and absolute certainly OF
victory in the face OF every man on
that magnificent long fighting line.
You see these men Of America,
crouchlng, running, firing. bayonet.
ing; this man drops wounded that
man drops dead. never to know che
glorious news on this earth Their
comrades go on over the Hindenburg
line, and fighting and pursuing the
vicious enemy, they go seven miles
in one attack. Perhaps you have oc.
caSional.y walked seven miles. It is a
long walk even taken leisurely.
Imagine your brothers in France fight
ing their way for seven miles, over
shell holes, against machine guns,
through barbed wire. Then YOU real.
ize family, here in American safety.
the kind OF a fight that Americans
are making for you and for the whole
world in France 1t is told in four
lines, telegraphed by Pershing 70 his
government II will be told in the
annals Of brave men as long as his.
tory lasts. Read the news, seeing in
your mind what has happened and
nobody will need to urge You to buy
Liberty Bonds 10 back the lighting
men.
After reading his realistic descrip.
ton 0, Brisbane who could be a
Stacker?
Al no moment have been surprised
that GermanyS best legions should
quail in terror before the avalanche OF
Americas indombable courage and
ftar!essness From the moment our
boss set foot on foreign soil they
nave set the pace. and both friend
and fee realize By his time ,hat they
know how to 30 forward. but they
don't know how 20 back up Reckless
OF life in The face Of shell fire and gas
fire, they have pursued aud are pur.
suing in this very hour the retreat
Ing enemy and covering the plains
and hilsides with his dead.
Il IS no longer a dream It is BE-
coming d fac that the American
army spells the doom Of au,ocratic
power it is tolling the death knell
Of kaiserism All the guns that the
Krnpp works can turn out, all the
shells that I'll the German munition
plants All he gases chat can be con.
cocted by deyilish scientific German
brain, can never make our boys finch
one inch or turn their backs upon the
Tag. All the lIindenburgs, all the
Ludeudoriis, all the Rupprechts all
Inc infamous crown princes this side
j oil Inferno. cannot crush the American
pirii ~ freak American courage.
Only We can do that by tightening
our purse strings and failing TO sup
port the glorious cause. We have
never been a military nation: # has
never been cur ambition or our aim;
hut once in a struggle We have III,
happy faculty Of remaining in II unit
everything IS cleaned No. We ar,
going to clean up over there, ant
. upon hlstory's page vii be the recor
OF how the nation Of the stars. libert,
loving and fearless crushed tn,
, tyranny which had It's heel upon tn,
nations and lifted the flag of llbert,
and OF fraternity over the world /
there any sacrifice too great for N
! to make for the great cause IN whicl
we are engaged, for our boys who ar
: III the forefront in the worlds prea,
a est conflict?
ooa Is with them, for they ar