The Springdale news., 1918-05-24
IN TIMES LIKE THESE.

America has been forced to declare war on a powerful enemy of civiliza- tion. nation that has, for years been preparing to conquer, nation whose people were led to believe that they are the chosen of God to rule the world. and a nation that will use any method to gain victory.
 The Huns will stop at nothing; they have broken treaties, sunk ships of neutral countries without warning, made war on helpless women and children, and when preparing to at tack, even disguised their soldiers in English and American uniforms.
 An instance of one of Germany s many atrocities was in 1914, when they seized the little city of Chauney in France. The Germans exacted such q toll from the citizens that in three years the town was bankrupt Mean while the French army had been coming closer and closer and the Ger
 
 mans were forced to retreat. Before leaving the town, however, the offic- CTS announced that each citizen be- tween the ages of fourteen and sixty would be given twenty dollars to pay his way into Germany, there to be forced to do back breaking work in the immense iron foundrys. The town was shelled, and the women and children hearded together and driven twenty miles to a railroad to be deported into Germany. They were tied together and forced to march at such rate of speed that many of them became exhausted and tainted, falling into the ditches along the sides of the road, and many were trodden down by the Germans who were driving them.
 They were closely followed by the Red Cross and Boy Scout organiza- tions, who aided those still living and made 1200 graves for the dead.
 America and her allies must win this war, or the cause of justice, lib- erty and freedom is lost.
 America has built thirty-two army soldier cities since her entrance into the war. Before this, they had only sixteen regular army camps. Now there are sixteen National Army Can- comments, where the drafted men are sent, eight national guard mobiliza- tion camps, and eight aviation camps. This is exactly double the number of camps, which we had before the war The fact that these camps were built complete in every detail in the space of four months, shows what America can dc when aroused
 While the army has been accom- phshlng this wonderful work the navy has by no means been idle There are twentytwo naval training stations in the United States, most or which nave been established since the entrance of America into the war. America will soon have one of the largest navys in the world.
 We cannot all be soldiers and fight Tn the trenches, but we can concen- trate to the success of the war by eliminating the unnecessary things. and spend our time and efforts on those things which will help win the war, slYlng money to buy liberty bonds, thrift stamps, or for the sup port of the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. (. A. If We cannot afford to give money, we can given time; We can all do something.
 The wonderful work which is being accomplished by the Red Cross shows us how part of our money is being used to relieve the suffering and to add to the comfort of our soldiers.
 Every woman and girl can help in thls work by knitting warm garments, making surgical dressings which are $ery necessary, and making gar ments for refugee women and chil- dren Tn the war devastated countries.
 The children can help by raising garden vegetables or by giving up some of the money which is fooGshly spent in buying candy and gum, or gong to picture shows and using it to buy thrift stamps.
 4 picture comes to my mind of a patriotic American home. The fath- CT. mother and small son are the only ones left at home. The small boy IS working in his garden, while he talks to his father of the liberty bonds he IS going to buy, with the money he has saved, and Of the let ter which they had received that