The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-28

I ln,. # tn" great moments Of inns war
was when Con. IrrshinS. pc"iy arrived
IN FRANCE, VAS escorted in stat" I" lht
tomb uf the man who. IN his hrnent
Youth left III" most luxurious court III
f.urcr". crossed the seas anu uh"re" "'H
sword ,u t:c"rgr Washington.
Tho President of the French republic
b rh. commander If tho French army,
with other diEuitnric$ "f the state ana
, ,lr army. w"r" in thar csc"rtinE party
and WHEN they approached ,hr t"In'
they PAUSE, in silence. with barred
heads tn hear what ';"n. Fcrshing
should say They rNp"Ct"! formal
speech. but | do not think Cen. l'crsh-
Ing could have made Il speech just lhcn'
What h., felt WIS too deep and too NOV
mig. Ills hand touched III" hill " his
sword and then tn" hand went "u' 10
ward IN" marble" and Gen. f"Tshlng
said simply:
"l.arayrtt". were here.
! After the passing Of hundred ana
rurtS years We are in France |" pa! our
debit To- offer our sword: the SWORD nt
America Ia the cause ni liberty. ~!
EYER GAys We are lighting Il promoters
war or a politicians war uttcrS lying
Islander. Whoever intimairs thht we
! shall ever Shcaihc tn" sword or America
until lhr war is won and tho world is
safe. simply dOrs not know Inc 1hrlS'
NOR The temper of our army.
To make thr world safe for domoc--
racy Thai phrase has hr"n repeated
So many Times that it has become
almost n cnlloquialiSm. 1t Is nSrd IN
| n,;i snn,rtirnrs rnt il is written on
! Tho hearts Of tho millions Of mon VIII"
have c"nr nut I" dir. II need De- 10
max" thai dream n reality.
Whatever "nnfusinn or thought there
may hay" been III tho minds Of In" ttrst
armies that rushed ont against th'
German. Invasion. there Is no confusion
rr misunderstanding in the minds OF
,hnsn who light today. Tho l'rlGians
and tn" French fought first t" snv"
( their homes The british fought he
cause they knew Tint their homes would
nrxt he endangered. The Russians md
tn" ItnlianS fought brcnus" they were
fati"t'k'tl.
So dnuht there was In tn" conscious
ness 81 some European statesmen the
hone uf some territorial gains. some
idiplumaiir advantages [" follow after
m allied Victory. Eut Tint has NIL van
ish"d new drowned in tho blood or the
bravo nj Maliucs. I.ouvain the Mnrnr'
I'rr,lun .Ihrim.. Europe. cNr"pt INA
Inrt Of il still ruled by Attiln and his
. slaves has nurHrd itself nj tho old
SlaIrSmnnship. thr old snuous. srhcm-
/ ins diplomacy.
There will never b" any moro M"'t"r-
nrhs or TnllcyrandS or taStlrrraEhS'
n"vCr any more secret agreements nc
! tween kings anu statesmen. The OH
order has persisted and n0% W" hhE'
| frrr mon lighting undrr leaders lik"
| Wilson Lloyd George. Clcmrncrau. Ia
mako Tho world free. :,
Tho hone 1T thu toiling masses nj!
! over ihr world. the vision OF srrrS and
prophets AMI poets since III" dawn OF
! slime: tn" dreams dreamed IN cnrrrtH' III
, city slume in tho SHOWS nf Sih"rln on
| ynlInw% high on tho snrrrd CROSS. me
! world set free. Ere" from tho hprEs-
ion "f tyrnnis claiming divine rights:
rrrc from tho cold exploitation "t PRIV
! Siege: free from poverty md NIL III"
crime and prostitution and death that
-is,. Ilk.. n hid"nus niiaSmn from the
miro If poverty: free from war.
That j.. The free world for when our
| suns have rrnsErh tn" seas to hKht.
~hnt il tho Freedom for which almost
| every country in tho world has united
! 4rnInxt tho only remaining countries
| hat do not want II. Germany. An"'rih
! Turkey. EulHarIa.
| . In these articles have tried to toll
America. and especially the mothers or
| American soldiers. the meaning or 'hr
| war ns II WA. shrwu tn me- over ihrr"'
| | have, tried 10 picture Ia them now ihr'r
song ar" preparing 10 fakc part III th'
war How they nrr growing hn 10 'h"lr
,nsk how they mr." building IN" s'r"nS
| structure ~ mn army. how they nre lay
! ing thr foundation Of trrI" International
! lam bow VIC. Through orr nrmy. mr."
| forming with tho democratic peoples ot
| tho world n holy nlltnnr" much greater
| and moro permanent than anything kinEH
! or statesmen ever planned.
When this is hcinE written the year Is
| not finished TINT SAW tho FIRST Am"ri-
can transports s;Lil for France. Yet over