The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-04
EIGHT GERMANS
WILL Bite DUST
FOR EVERY YANK
THAT GIVES LIFE
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one or the great moments OF this
war was when General Pershing,
newly arrived in France. was es-
corted in state to the tomb of the
man who, in his ardent youth, left
| the most luxurious court in Europe.
crossed the seas and offered his
sword to George Washington.
The president of the French re-
public, the commander of the French
army with other dignitaries of the
state and the army, were In that es-
corting party, and when they APP
preached the tomb they paused IN
silence, with barred heads, to hear
what General Pershing should say.
They expected a formal speech, but
1 do not think General Pershing
could have made a speech just then.
What he felt was too deep and too
moving. His hand touched the hilt
Of his sword and then the hand went
out toward the marble, and General
Pershing said simply:
Lafayette, we're here"
After the. passing of 40 years we
are in France to pay our debt, to Of
fer our sword, the sword of America,
to the cause of liberty. Whoever
says we are fighting a profiteers'
war or a politicians war utters q
lying Islander. Whoever intimates
that we shall ever sheathe the sword
of America until the war is won, and
the world is safe, simply does not
know the facts, nor the temper of
our army. IL
To make the world safe for demo
cracy. That phrase has been re-
peated so many times that it has
become almost a colloquialism. It
is used in jest sometimes. But it is
ON hnc ri 30
Of men who have gone out to die, if
need be, to make that dream a.
reality. ~
Whatever confusion Of thought
there may have been in the minds
Of the first armies that rushed out
against the German invasion, there
is no confusion or misunderstand-
ing in the minds of those who fight
today. The Belgians and the French
fought first to save their homes.
The British fought because they
knew that their homes would next
be endangered The Russians and
the Italians fought because they
were attacked.
iousness of some European states
men the hope of some territorial
gains, some diplomotic advantages
to follow after an allied victory But
that has all vanished now, drowned
in the blood of the brave at Malines,
! Louvain, the Marine, Verdun, Rheims.
| Europe, except that part of it still
ruled by Attila and his slaves, has
purged itself Of the old statesman
ship, the old sinuous, scheming
! diplomacy.
There never will be any more
| Metternichs or Talleyrands or Cas-
tlereaghs; never any more secret
! agreements between kings and
| persisted and now we have free men
| fighting under leaders like Wilson,
Lloyd George, Clemenceau, to make
the world free.
The hope Of the toiling masses all
over the world, the vision Of seers
and prophets and poets since the
dawn of time; the dreams dreamed
in garrets, in city slums, iH the
SHOWS of Siberia, on gallows high
| on the sacred cross. The world set
free. Free from the oppression Of
| tyrants claiming divine rights; free
| from the cold exploitation Of priv
lilege; free from poverty and all the
crime and prostitution and death
that rise like a hideous miasma from
| the mire Of poverty; free from wari
That is the free world for which
our sons have crossed the seas 20
| ght That is the freedom for which
almost every country in the world
has united against the only remain
! ing countries that do not want it.
Germany, Austria, Turkey, Bulgaria.
In these articles I have tried to
tell America, and especially the
mothers of American soldiers, the
meaning Of the war, as it was shown
to me over there. have tried TO
! picture to them how their sons are
| preparing to take their part in the
war. How they are growing up to
their task, how they are building the
strong structure OF an army. how
they are laying the foundation of
true internationalism. how. we
through our army are forming with