Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1918-10-04
\ WOMAN'S CALL TO THE MA
TION'S WOMANHOOD.
l4S Leaning Avenue,
Wildwood, n. j. Sept. H..
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Mr.. Richard II. E,dmcnds
Editor Ma, nulacturer'S Record

Editor manufacturers Record
Baltimore, Md
My Dear Mr.. EdmOnds:
If had had tie ghCst of "n idea
tha, my letter to you was t. be pub
lished, nigh. have written differ
entity. Not less earnestly; no, not
that; but would have moro consis-
tenuy made my idea plain in what
r;;.Ener and what degree the Ger
man high comman! was to be punish
cd. But | was not really sure that
my letter to you would cve', reach its
destination, fer | did not know your
address. | simply knew that you were
up there in the sky throwing bombs
O.. an us yet Only scmi-awakcncd
America, and so took ci,u.cc and
sent you a wireless. | wanted you 10
know that one Ct your bombs Struck =;
consequently my letter.
You hammered into expression two
big ideas that had been dormant in
my soul for months. And ,icn when
| wrote you the words flew to the
paper so fast that before was aware
of the fact three pages were gone,
aud said to myself: "Why, bless
my soul, I've only touched oe one Of
my ideas and here am taking up
the time of II big, busy man. and |
am but half expressed. Evenc so |
must stop. For that reason the sec
ond big idea was cut short Just to
save time, but the idea is by no means
dormant now. 1t is blazing in full
fire MS the result of your laundering
bomb.
believe ;hat now as II people our
temper is such that VIC shall see to it
that Germany is punished. never
want this feeling to alter one atom.
My fear is that as the tide of war
changes our way, we may weaken, we
may forget our obligation To the fu
turc and some may listen to the wlc3
of the German propaganda and seek
excuses for what may he called "thc
pardonable dclusions of the urfortu-
nate German people"
| beg you, sir, from our exalted
estate rs mouldcr of public opinion,
that you keep burning Il light of SO
fierce a quality that you will so in
flame mems minds that they will new
cr weaken in their resolve TO place
the payment Of the vast costs of thi.
war on the German people, and on the
heads OF their rulers the death sen
tencc from the worlds court of JUS
tice.
There is II certain word that want
tn lnf
1t is an ugly word. hideous and awful,
but it is absolutely American in its
association with justice. From the
Far West to the extreme East, from
the North to the States below DIX
e," the "gallows" is Il word which
stands for the shame of our lowest
criminal. and it is this word which |
want to be lived in the minds of our
people, so that when the day comes
for us TO rd this earth of the Ger
man high command it will be the crv
of our united voice.
The Guilotine? No, that is too
fair product of the rFench Rcvolu
ton to be sullied by the blood of a
ftohcnzollern, when we come to that
day Of reckoning; nor would exile be
the wish of those who still follow the
shadow of Napoleon; the firing squad
--no-that is sacred to the MARTYR
dom of Edith Cavell.
AS time goes on German histor-
'ans will seek to bury the crimes of
their people beneath the cover OF
new receptions, but if the rulers OF
Germany go TO their death on the
galiows no words no denials can ever
wash away the shame from that aw-
full act. 1t will remain fixed, YES, an
awful fixed fact, which the Huns
must remember forever, that their
rulers were hanged by the neck until
they were dead and that memory
will be tn eshame Of the ages.
| used to pray that God would
grant us women to live Just until we
could see our lovers. husbands and
sons come marching home. with flags
a-hying and church bells ringing, the
war over and victory won-but now
ask a greater boon than even that,
that we women of America will live
to be the vast invisible arnly, to stand
shoulder to shoulder back of Won
men, to be your impelling, inspiring
force when you come to the table OF
the nations to dictate to Germany
your terms of peace.
Ihey must be worthy of our agony.
Yours sincerely,
IDA NJ. II. STARR.
Mrs William I ctorr or H.. H.