Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-12-13

thing he ever dreams about, and for
this have the word of one who has
met all these experiences-my own
brother. 1t is Just he good old home,
and the people in it which makes it
possible to endure the strain, and the
glad news that oil is well is IN opiate
for the worn out nerves. But l have
been more than fortunate in receiving
mail. ss scarcely a dav passes but that
l receive some, and I am frank to con-
fess that on the unluckv days, am.
- Lieut.. Gwynne says, decidedly
hostile. -, rE
Although by the time YOU. receive
this letter any news ! might write
concerning the war would be ancient
history for you when you read it. yet
one cannot but see that the end is near
and that the day of retribution is at
hand. hope you have read the arti-
cles in the Post concerning the war.
and in my daily observations, find that
they adhere wonderfully to the strict
truth, and despite q deep desire to find
things otherwise, discover that they
have in their charity omitted, and IN
doubtedly deliberately. many Of the in
cidents attendant upon Germany's in
vasion which are 90 inhuman and so
revolving that the average American
would consider It impossible that
civilized nation could be guilty Of such
nefarious acts. But to the doubling
Thomases. I can only say, ''come and
see and believe" Now We are su-
premely confident that the tables are
to be turned, but We could never exact
IN eye for IN eye and tooth for .
tooth; poor. suffering France is too
full Of sympathy, too Christian like, to
demand such penalty. We, in Amer
lea, will never know or understand
what France and the plucky, brave
Belgisns have endured. I hope we
never will. because even to imagine
such things would sense depravity in
~. When one sees and considers the
willful and needless destruction of
lives and property, the shameless desc
Grafton Of holy ground and sacred
buildings, the theft and pillage of
priceless historical works, and the
fiendish orgies and diabolical disregard
of all decencies. it makes one shudder
and then rejoice that America was not
visited by such IN invader When one
sees th- poor victims Of German Kul-
tur, sees the women who have suffered
! under the blows and blasphemies Of
these martial maniacs-when one sees
the young children armless, legless or
afflicted with tuberculosis, the result Of
starvation. cd men and. women, 90 old
and feeble that they could not, If they
would. attempt to stop the advance Of
the invader. when one sees them main
ed for the rest Of their lives because
some officer wanted to make IN exam
PIE Of them. or because they attempt
Cd 70 shield uoms one q s4mSthang
dear and sacred TO them, it certainly
does not excite much msrciful feelings.
And then when We glance back across
the broad Atlantic and see America
whose greatness can only be appreeis-
ted after trip over here, America
with her millions Of happy, free and
contented peoples-when We receive
the reports that its Liberty Loans are
oversubscribed congratulations to old
Iowa), when we read how the people,
how capital and labor, how every dol
lar of American money is backing her
army. it makes one fairly beg for his
chance to do little, ct least, to help
rid the world of such Kultur, and to Be
among those who shall make war 20
detestable and 20 terrible that the