The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-08-30

piness.Y Our belief in that doctrine is
as strong today as it was, then, and
Il il stb perpetuate these right into
ourselves and our posterity, and tQ cx-
tend them to the oppressed people OF
all the earth, that we are fighting to-
day. - ~. - I'd.
At this time, however, do not con-
slider II necessary for us to recount
all the causes that led to oursehtrance
into this terrible conflict, further than
| to say that no nation ever had q great
or prosocntion to fight, and none has
ever fought for nooler or better prin-
cipies.
we did not enter this conflict from
choice but because insult upon insult
had been heaped upon us, and injury
upen injury had been committed
against US by despot who, judged by
his brutality and his merciless treat
ment of humanity, had determined to
either rule or ruin the world. So that
\ It became necessary for us, in order
to maintain our self-respect rs na-
tion, to ally ourselves with England
and France and help them arrest the
onward march Of this world-destroy-
ing, blood -lusting women butcherers OF
Germany.
When we determined to do this, it
win be remembered how the military
party and the press of Germany, in or
der to console their war-weary sol
diers, told them that the United States
could not accomplish much; with her
hastily trained army Of Yankee s0l-
diefs: that our boys could not stand
an before the German veteran. This
sort Of talk may have served its pur-
pose for awhile, but now it has ceased
! to beguile them. The German people
now realize that our boys are The
equal, If not in fact superior, to the
soldiers of any country. They have
seen the best trained soldiers OF the
German army hurled onto our boys
again and again, only to be hurled
back whipped, beaten, disorganized
and badly scattered.
Yes, thank Godl Our boys have
convinced the German people that they
are equal TO the emergency, and that
even In the hell of modern war they
can stand the supremest tests against
the trained soldiers of nation that
has, apparently, moulded its very soul
into cannon and other instruments OF
destruction. In this we are teaching
them a great truth, not only them,
but we are showing to the world also
that right must conquer, that wrong
cannot make itself strong enough to
win out in the end.
Yet, my friends, we are not a war
loving people, but God-fearing,
peace loving people; our boys were not
reared for war but for the works of
art ana the pursuit of happiness. But
now that we are in this fight we shsll
stay until the job is finished and fin
ished right, and If l can have my
! hearts desires eratifisd there shall be
! no ssessktion until all autocratic pow
ers shall have ended. There shall be
no more rule by crowned heads, kings,
kaisers and potentates; there shall be
no more lords nor counts, but all
such as these shall be numbered with
the no-accounts of the earth, and the
| people of every nation shall enjoy the
| God-given right of self government.
This is what conceive to be that
world democracy of which we think
and talk and for which we pray and
fight.
Let us today send greetings to that
noble Missourian-General Pershing
and through him to all our boys over
there, let us tell them that we are with
them to the last man, the last dollar
and the last pound of food, if need be,
in order that they may keep up the
fight until our beloved sons--chosen
from the burrows of the fields, the
shops, the store and the factories
have marched VIGOROUSLY, on and-on.
across the battlefelds of Europe and
fixed the flag of freedom over the very
portal of the castle of Pottsdam, thus
| making it possible for all the people
of the earth to join in one grand cho,
tlrus and sing. "Let music swell the
breeze, and ring from all the trees
7 sweet freedoms song" s.4e-.