South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-02-23
HAPPENINGS IN AND ABOUT TOWN

them was blown away during the
struggle there. bIt today on the
other one there stands an immense
crimson cross. conmemorating the
deaths Of the thousands who went
down before Ver1un ON this Grim
son cross there is written. in gold.
the names OF every man who fell.
They were men OF he South African
contingency Of the British expedi-
tionary forces. At the battlefield Of
Fimy Ridge "A similar crimson cross
has been erected 20 the memory Of
the men who went down there.
Mr. Miller spoke Of the ruined
cathedral at Rheims. In this con-
nection he mentioned that the statue
Of Joan Of Arc, which for many
years has stood in front OF the
cathedral. stiIl stands with not a
scratch OF war dcfacing IT,
lie told Of the isit 10 the Belgian
front This was the only time that
they were allowed 70 visit the front
line trenches. After spending the
night in a little village near the front
line, they started IN the early morn
ing and arrived tnere just in time TO
see them bringing out after the
struggle OF the night, TIE dead and
wounded soldiers. 4 Belgian officer
accompanied them. and as each body
passed him he saluted it The Of
ficer's father and mother had been
shot down and LETT 70 die in the
ditch. Two Of his brothers had gone
doE-n, one in defense Of Brussels
and the other at Antwerp.
Soldiers Are Grim.
'The men over there are very Sc
rious," said Mr.. Miller. ''I stood one
night for two hours as soldiers
marched through a town. and not
once as those 10000 men passed by,
did / hear the sound Of a human
voice. There is no music. They are
thinking of nothing. There is not
a Belgian soldier, nor a British sol
der, nor French soldier, but
knows that he can lick German
soldier single handed. And there is
not a German soldier but knows
that he can be licked, single hand
ed by any of the soldiers of the al
lied army. and for this reason all
lof their fighting is done in forma-
! ton. They are a treacherous lot and
their whole war scheme is one of
treachery, perfdy and diabolical
butchery both on land and sea.
But the murders of the Ger
mans is little worse than the disloy-
atty within our own country. I say
there is no room in this country for
anyone who Will dare TO scott when
your son and mine lays down his
life for the country that has well
coined TO its shores the people from
every land.
There must be loyalty among all
places. II there is not, these peo-
pie must be thrust into detention
camps, or better still, taken out and
given the treatment that has been
accorded those OF our people who
have lived in Germany and have
dared to defend the American prin-
ciples.
The people of America must
wake up TO the fact that we are at
war Nobody must dare for one
instant TO think that this Is a war
that is going 10 be won without the
loss Of lives. There are going TO be
hundreds Of thousands Of lives from
our country, from our states and
from our cities who are going
across, never to return. We must
give. just as Belgium and France
and Britain have given, TO the last
dollar and the last man and the
last Of everything we own in the
world for what will anything
amount to if we do not win. There
is not a British, nor a French, nor
Belgian soldier who thinks of
anything but victory. Just so must
the Americans think The American
soldier is confident of victory. We
must get back Of them and back
them up 20 the last ditch.
This is not going to be a short
war by any means. We must fight
hard and il is hard to tell which
way the struggle is going TO go. And
in our fighting we must watch for
the disloyalty and knock il out ev-
cry time, for unless we fight to-
gether. with France and Britain
and Belgian we viii lose. There is
no country so great and Germany
knows il. She is already quaking
i'm her shoes There is no country
i'm the world that would have dared
TO think OF such cOnscripti' .
army as we have raised But we
must stick together and fight un-
dividedly 20 the end whatever that