The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1918-08-29
SHAME ON US!

Some of us. Those who talk abou
} not liking" war bread, for instance
Those who crouch because sugar il
doled out to them at hotels. Thos,
who 60 to their grocers and beg fol
"just a little white flour for me
nobody need know it," Those wht
tease their bakers to bake just one
white loaf for me- Those who cam
go without plenty OF butter. Those
who will have meat every day though
France starves.
Is it. for PHYS sake, any time te
talk about what we 'like?" Do the
boys who are marching from our
homes in tens of thousands like
to go? Do the boys who have been
in training camps for six months
like" getting up and going to bed
to the prompt command of a bugle? ?
Do they like" the life they are lead
ing or would they rather come home? ?
Do the boys in France like" march
ing up to front line trenches to face
Germany's guns?
Don't let us talk about what we
like" or don't like. Let US talk
about what we can go without. There
are a good many slackers around us
besides the boys and men who try to
get out of being drafted. There may
be some excuse for a chaps feeling a
bit squeamish about trotting on the
double quick up to a front line
trench. but there's small excuse for
any big pot-bellied man or whimper-
ing spoiled-cat woman making a fuss
about what they get to eat while they
hide their good-for-nothing carcas-
ses behind the wall of khaki that's
marching out to fight for them.
heard of man and his wife who
went into a bake shop the other day
and actually begged for a loaf of
white bread.
"WeIl both starve before We'll eat
that stuff, ,".they said. And they have
a son in a training camp. Let them
starve then, and good riddance to
them-if they only would. But they
won't They-and their kind-will
take their money and go to such
stores as sell portion of white -four
with the necessary accompanying cer-
eals. give away or throw away the
substitutes, use the white -four. and
buy more And then when you go
to them for Liberty Bond or Red
Cross subscription they give you the
smallest possible amount they dare
get off with or none at all. 1t makes
you hot and ashamed to own such
American citizens and they're not
necessarily of German extraction
either. They are of our own blood,
often, and they are selfish beyond
word and thought. Are such as they
worth the shedding of your boys
blood for?
Over in Germany they are parading
fifteen American soldiers = prisoners
about from town to town, starved.
just to show the German people that
the American soldier is nothing to
be afraid Of These boys were cap
tured in a trench raid last October
and they have not been allowed to
communicate with anyone. The re-
port says, "They had had no chance
to wash or get clean clothes and had
been marched for miles over hard
roads to the towns and villages where
they were exhibited to the German
people by non-commissioned officers
to demonstrate that the American
Army could not stand against Ger
man trained soldiers. The Americans
were then, weak, and dazed mental
ly as the result of their treatment.
Their daily fare consisted of break
/ fast of acorn coffee, two slices OF
bread made of rye, sawdust, and po-
tato -four: a dinner of soup with a
small piece of tough beef, turnips
ordinarily fed to cattle, and no pota-
toes; supper of soup again, with two
slices of bread. They had not receiv-
ed any parcels of food, like other
prisoners"
Do you suppose they like" it?
That is what the American soldier
is up against. The Germans have
crucified the French and English and
Canadians-literall crucified them
with bayonets pierced through their
bodies. They have cut off their
hands. feet. their ears and have mu-
tilated both soldier and civilian. But
they intend to punish the American
even worse when they get hold OF
him.
Are you going to prolong the pos
sibility by sticking to your likes"
Or are you going to sacrifice every
last penny in your pocket to get ship.
and ammunitions and men over ther.
to put a stop to their damnable out
RACES?
This war cannot be fought or fin
ished by soldiers soldiers alone
The soldier in the front ranks de
pends upon your pocketbook for his
life. The poor old women and th'
lli.,ie children of France depend upor
your pocketbook for food to keep thu
breath of life in them. They woult