Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-30
LETTER FROM FRANCE

G. G.. Saiyers, OF 5hlS city, 10" "'li
the Railway .Artil cry Supply Depot
in France.
Am coming again on you with pol
tiles. Every man has deVourlng
passion in his heart, as every fruit
has worm. My PASSIONS poll
tics" / family would sit with Presi-
dent Wilson in the @Chair," address
audiences with Teddy, preach hH-
n,anity with Dr.. Mott, fight battles
with Foch and sign articles with
Colonel House.
Armistices keep me busy for the
last two weeks. 'Armistice" Is me
watchword of Europe. .Armlstlca
is on the tongue of every living being.
Every newspaper one reads, every
mnal one consumes. every discussion
ore hears, is full Of "ArniStlce'
When | scrltiniZe the faces OF the
Roche prisoners who work around
our ircinerator I can easily read on
them "Armisticc." Of course, those
,vho have had no previous experience
in diplomacy call those armistlceS
signed with Bulgaria, Turkey and
Austro-R Hungary Surrender. Strange
as it is, by HEX, those uneNencnced
are right. 1t is The national feeling
and will of our Doughboys TO cal
Armistice''-"S urrender Their will
must he done. Pray. have all the die
tionarics printed in the United States
define "Armistice" as "Surrhder.
Il is felt in every corner that the
war is at an end and the Kaiser is
not A distance off. The Chief of the
Hchcnzolleris may say: "Nerlly,
verify. say unto ycj. ! am tn" Teller
who needs friend" ~ wish tie
Kaiser comes to the United States
and pays visit to Washington
says Doughboy from the Capitol
| bet YOU well give him such re-
ception that will make the White
House blush. "Damn the Kaiser" IS
the next expression after "Armls
lice" 1t is my impression that ere
depends on the otter
Certain conscic->ss are never calm;
the Kaiser is cScusin@ himself before
his F'athcriand and the world when
nobody is asking him to do So Our
lads wont hear of his excuses and
are simply going wild over the c2I-
lapse of Germany's Allies. 1t soublcs
their enthusiasm. Tire German nut,
which was so hard to be cracked by
all the Allies pu: together in !9i5-lG.
is giving way to the healthy teeth of
oar "Ba'by-Army." When ycu read
these lines that nut will probably be
swallowed by that baby, kernel and
all.
There is a mixture Of joy ard grief
in The heart Of every lank new.
when victory IS near
Victory will cradle democracy to
encirce the glc5c and make the
world "pIacc fit to live in" Truth
will raise above waves, steel and
flames. Every one vii! retakc his
place at the fireside AID lend a hand
in kccoinr the h0nrc-ircs burning.
Mothers, wives, sisters, brothers.
fathers and children-all will crowd
the hometown stations waiting ear
erly for the putting engine which will
bring the boys rolling home-ro}ling
home. Put.
Victory. Many beloved father,
husband and son have paid the price
Of it. Many orphans remain unshel-
tered; many homes remain unhui!t;
many Preside broken up; and many,
many heart IS broken. All these
things will be soon forgotten in the
great Babylon of excited life by the
happy and satisfied. Many are wound
ed morally through the atrocities and
barbarisms committed by the civilized
intruder, those wounds conceal them
selves but never close; always pain
full, always ready to bleed when
touched. They remain flesh and open
in the heart.
Peril. h@nger, disease and privation
tore away from once happy families
AL they loved, al they admired. all
they depended on in this world. When
the Liberty Bells" will ring again
and every bosom will breath JOY. will
the cries of those victims be heard?
VIII their hearts be solaced and their
sorrows mitigated? Alas, dear
brother, these questions make many
81 eye shed tear.
It was in America. that arose the
sun, which, in accomplishing its
course, was to make Fr"nce tn
of liberty, by the hight
= which the afrighted autocrats o.
Europe were to read the republic J