The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-31

life DIR. Hills reports that he stood on III
edge Of field and three young wome'
unite their strength 10 do the work Of the o.
and the horse Slowly they reaped six asres o
wheat and carried the grain In the moonligh
u the edge OF the held. Then they put on tn
harness and fastened the tugs. not 10 the pillow
for they could not pull H. but 20 little cult
vator, held arm by a gray-hAired mother Of on,
Of the girls. Hour after hour they toiI.d II
order that they might prepare the ground fol
another crop against the hunger Of the soldiers
DO not tell me-" he adds, that the Just ane
loving God will not give these young womer
and that old mother million golden houn 70,
every one that they spent toiling and dying
that their soldier husbands at the front might
have bread and their children once again could
laugh aud play and live In safety from the ter.
ror Of that beast the Hun" Let us remember
that every pound 81 poultry. pork. and wheat
we send them will tighten their burdens.
Such scene as this. multiplied by the myr-
lad Of little farms in sunny France should
hearten us To every effort. Our brain and
Drawn will be drawn into the trenches only 20
bear the breaking burdens that their French
sisters have borne not foot Of our land viii
be torn with shells none Of our houses will
| be burned over heads /: none Of our popu-
lation will be deported. We shall go 10 our
work in safety. but In proportion To safety
should we apply ourselves 10 the utmost
In proportion TO our wealth and population.
we have yet made small contribution as
compared with what We did in the war Of 81.
Then Vermont sent 33. 900 soldiers, one-tenth
OF her population. Applying this proportion 10
the whole country to-day. we would have an
army of nine and half millions. Let us put
ten million men across the Rhine. IL need be.
and dump the old throne OF Hohen Lollern into
the North sea. together with the wooden statue
Of Hindenburg filled with ten-penny nails.
To do that we only need TO add morale 10
our wealth and men. II are weak in spirit.
we shall be weak In body. Voltare cynically
kpd hat nd tuua al an he nj
the heaviest battalions." Napoleon said that
Providence was on the side OF the last re-
serves" The premier Of France says that
victory II In the last quarter hour OF endur-
ance." But the truth Is that God, Providence,
and the last quarter Of an hour are on the side
OF the people and soldiers that have the great
est morale. Never had Russia had an oppor-
tunity TO fight with such superiority in bay
onets and material. never was there more
promising outlook for her in the present war
than in the summer Of 1917. The Russian gen
eral Denikine. declared that on a front OF 10
versts he had 1874 batteries against 20 OF the
enemy 200 guns against 800, 1870 battalions !
against IL. and yet everything was hurled into |
the dust because Of the state Of mems souls. |
There was nothing anywhere but cowardice and
dishonor: the morale of the troops was broken. |
How different II with the French troops I
at the Marine under General Foch. For five
long days. the Huns. with 40 years OF training /
and accumulated enginery OF destruction |
hurled themselves in superior numbers upon |
tDe french center, but the french oDeyeu tne
of Joffre TO advance at all costs. and
when they could not advance, 20 die rather
than give way. IL was then that Foch tee-
vraphed his general: My right has been driv-
en- in. my left has been driven in therefore.
with all that / have left OF my center. | will
attack" And as long ms the Marine shall run
10 the sea, mankind will thank Heaven that he
lid attack. Brighter than the star Of Auster-
ts shall be the glory of what the center of
that army with broken wings did on that
September day.
Had the Russian soldiers had the morale
hat has been displayed again and again on
he western front by French and British units.
he morale that was so brilliantly displayed by
he Italian soldiers when they fought on crags
unknown to the eagles claw" what differ
nee it would have made Had each Russian
older been animated with the spirit OF the
,anadian captain who the of his great
acrifice wrote: Il taking my company
ver the top for mile in the biggest push that
as been launched in the world. and !
rust that it Is going TO be the greatest factor
owards peace. You cannot imagine the won {
erful feeling. A man thinks something like I
his Well. II / am going to die. this Is worth :
thousand times. ! have been over two or
hree times before but never with company
I my own. Think Of I'LL One hundred and
fly officers and men will follow me to hell, IL r
eed be ! don't want any OF you dear people [
!, be sorry for me, although you will of course, +
way. You will miss me- but you will be q
roud Of me" Those were the last lines he
YER wrote, for the next day he went over the a
,p at Vmy Ridge. and never came back, but il
he world Is proud of him. 8
That is the kind OF morale we should have. 6
itch 1t TO cultivator and it will produce 4
arvest put IT into the heart Of soldier. and :
3 viii go over the top TO victory or glorious V
cath. IL can pull down thrones 1t build p
. democracy IL can melt discords into hsr- a
ony il can divide the to make n path i
ny to peace. 1t naturally springs from y
ghteous cause like ours. IL has made already