The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-08-08
American Business-Soldier in
the War Zone,
Part VI.

Part VI,
f.5 lot about the line holding.
t.s.g IJt Of comfort in it. We don t
H.. t9V imminent this danger is.
f., rtg JIM holds it is after it has sag
I ssr. sal that sag has made thou
Il Al pape homeless. We never
T.. At tia, when we think of the line
H. We DO not think of the thou
F,5d people that that day were crowd
lii reefs from Amiens away out into
/ c1ar5vsi5e, filing the roadway with
Ii. ,gc 5oIses and ducks and geese,
n. s;r.s wheeling wheel barrows and
[r carriages Beside one doorway |
4 ia st1a because there was scene
r. that rcmmanded my attention.
Ffr vers TWO very old people and a
II sg.r hf.y years old. | took him to
he ,su ri these two old people and
E7a lrr hour of parting had
h. sod .e we're leaving this, their
Ehsu-a wears, and the son had come
Ewrg-i lad to picture the scene,
|@fla imagine Just what was hap
Eng bl RMS is the way | interpreted
! Ma The ,oa rad c me to take the old
,-e 10 his home and the old father
90 H loot either to a daughter
! r. 81 some other sons house. The
a. people. many of them, are very
b 75,s,us this son could only take
kF6 t6a fn'her- He had there a little
Eas hah he had piled with be-
[ssl@ ri O that hour of parting had
kr.5u r oIi people. The boy took
4 3a4r his arms-I used to think
Kissing was rather an unmanly
ii. Used to laugh at it. But as |
tia, boz that day take this old man
BIZ arms draw him up to his breast
.3D hold him there moment and
EIa si2 tim on either check in that
<N Siom that is so tender and
TH- and as the old man looked at his
kays LIS eyes swimming in tears, |
hMa twas a wonderful sight. Then
b. ID mpe looked at each other and
lF VAT asped in each others arms
at&ley kissed. The old lady was
lNsa W 10 her seat and the old man
f&nldie and he watched her drive
H Reyer saw such a look of sad
FAnsnan' face.
ll@.t5' The Hun, his guns roaring
r. aaa for four years he has been
EFa7 hese poor people away from
liars and thought if there is any
1sJas certainly earned place in it.
Aarca DO all in her power to re-
at la- horrible acts.
@ America hasten over there with
Tie Strength Of her great young life
Vs'il and lay upon this altar some
H blood and treasure to redeem these
apF Ila' are holding the line over
hight now is the most critical
ID The worlds history. We have
s Ia he way of thinking that this
1 Is Won and IS going to be won, but
be Won until all of us wake up
faze mai it is a real war.
vV men have had the war brought
1t 70 Won Just in the last few days in
w uai you never expected. Your
la'1leni has rushed up frantically
grabbed all the denim In the market.
~ae IotCed to realize by that there is
Believe me there is a war. Be-
lt That line that runs down through
'lS Is the life line of the world If
.Sus Tails one of the great points of
TSglea advantage will be lost.
laya been losing this war for four
German propaganda has done
t.ol heT than her army and within
5 '@ l'e months she has taken over
, ,Y.t hardly any bloodshed $4,000, 900
'Ople and hundreds of thousands of
~ l'leS containing some of the rich
p., agleS OF coal and oil. She has
H. rs'uehed herself as she never was
Ss nal'd must arouse herself from her
%s' alo realize that her extreme eff
y, uteaed to win this war. 1t cannot
tt ill., ID any half-hearted way or by
rielteo preparation. The most splen-
EpSlu,l Oh America are needed in
r. ".s'on today. We ought to bring
# % Ine council board not only
Est mediocre ability, but the biggest,
D. ~ IDqS that we have in the indus
ERh,i 81 America to fight on the in
4 tboa- ga'.ie front. 1t seems sometimes
a ,,a ms l40 years of existence
b. mug has had has been just a
hn4 g sq oi preparation for this ex-
A@,6 4l Ia the nation's history. Now
Egsm is given us, either the abb
fa6e ~. VI russia or democracy. What
sIsn, uoa we are preparing to give
'gFf America, the richest ma
sib. .le world is now challenged to
Dsio. she Is something else than a
IN | and thank God she is show
ca, Applause.) No man in the fu-
Fem question why we went to war.
h And INTO the war, to be sure, after
s~ s one-half years without any
va Se being raised, and therefore,
sssj sInle IN after three and one-half
eNnitthoSu any new issue being raised,
tar '5 = that this was our war from
W. belgium was invaded. ZAP
tbd % of God, it is given us to prove
nm men we are. it is now given
aa Ro,s pi1Ve tina. we do not esteem a
sD shon 'han we esteem liberty. Now,
Ca b. Nv whether the might of Amer
w. NIahslated over to the plight of
iarqs' wv we can take of our dollars
Path. mem into bullets and hurl
sed tba most dastardly foes that ever
dpuedD e decency of civilization.
applause with audience stand
naster: l can oily say that