The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-04-04
PATRIOTIC MEETING
Large Audience Gathers at Armory ia
Hear Senator ]. D. Sullivan
and Other Speakers.
Lieut.. Street of the Canadian Army
Relates His Experiences on the
Battle Front in France.

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A rousing loyalty meeting was held
at the armory on Tuesday evening. It
was preparatory measure for the
Mile Laos county Liberty loan drive
which will begin on April Is.
r. C. Dunn presided and introduced
Senator j. D. Sullivan Of st. Cloud.
Hon. George H. Sullivan of Saltwater
was to have spoken upon this occasion
but was unable to attend. In intro
ducing the speaker Mr.. Dunn said that
nothing, however, was lost by the sub
stitution of John for George.
Senator Sullivan told the audience
that they must not expect too much
from him in his address, but he showed
that he was we'll versed in the subject
which he covered and was several
times interrupted in his talk by vocif-
erous applause. Among other things
he said he was ashamed that there
were men in public office playing
politics in this time of the nations
trouble, and that these men we're max
ing a great mistake. He urged the
backing of the government and the
boys who were in France as well as
those who were going there. He had
no use for man, he said, who boosted
of his forefathers coming from this,
that or the other country. In the
United States there should be nothing
but Americanism.
He stated that he was not born in
Ma United States but came here early
in life and was satisfied with President
Wilson's policy of watchful waiting,
but considered that when our men
were being killed upon the high seas
it was then high time for congress to
act.
The temperament of the American
people, said the senator, is near the
breaking point and halt should at
once be called on sedition, hypocrisy
and slackerism. What can we do?
We can do this: Every time we hear
a man deride the country we can re-
port him and have his case disposed of
by the courts. Another thing we
should and could do-support the Red
Cross, the great humanitarian organ
ization which is administering to the
wounded on the battlefelds, caring for
the sick and assisting in a thousand
ways to alleviate suffering in all
forms.
Then, let us again put our hands in
our pockets and subscribe for Liberty
bonds and thus show our government
hat we are willing to stand back Of
it in it's great battle for humanity. It
doesn't take great diplomatist to see
that if the United States had not
stepped into the breach Germany
would probably have later overrun the
United States.
The speaker said he knew that
continuous stream of soldiers would
be sent from this country to crush the
kaiser. When we meet our boys after
the war we should be able to conscien-
tiously say, "Boys, we stuck by YOU"
Senator Sullivan thanked the audi
ence for the attention given him and
said his visit to Princeton had been
repaid by the welcome accorded him.
loud Applause.) ~
The chairman then introduced Lieu
tenant Street, who arrived in Winni-
peg from the French trenches about
two weeks ago. The lieutenant. is a
native of New leland but member of
the Canadian army. He was twice
:;founded in battle, but is anxious to
get another crack at the Huns and ex-
poets to have sufficiently recuperated
by July to again go into action.
Lieutenant Street presented vivid
description Of the horrors Of war in
their various phases-life in the
trenches, destruction by gas bombs,
LIQUID fire, mines, machine guns and
heavy artillery. In England and
France, he said, there are hundreds of
cripples and poor fellows rendered
sightless and speeches. by contact
with poison. This gas, he stated, is
so powerful that even the trees in
MANY French districts have been
killed by it's action. The Red Cross,
he continued, is taking good care of
>the sick, wounded and cripples in both
England and France and the hospital
surgeons are doing remarkable work
in patching up the boys who have been
torn and mutilated at the front. The
conditions in the allied countries, he
feared, would be more fully realized