The Springdale news., 1918-05-24

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 This Is the hour when every Amer ican citizen must give whole hearted support to this government. As the calls come, we must answer them in full. How splendidly have our young men and women responded to the call 1 The call comes to us who remain at home with our property It comes in the various forms of taxes, loans, con- servation, intelligent, patriotic pro- duction and unselfish contributions of our cash. The call comes for moral support. 1t IS here that we are all put to the subtlest test, the most far reaching test of patriotism. The morale of an army is more important than numbers; the spirit of a people is more important than an army. The net total of our feelings, our thoughts and our expressions makes up the morale of our armies and the spirit of our people. Breathe the spirit of courage and of confidence, the spirit that can meet death, but never knows defeat
 It IS a shameful thing to indulge in foolish talk as to the justice of our cause, or implying that We should not be in this war We ought to be in this war; our cause is right. and ev- cry sensible man knows it. Then say so, and never say or think anything else CT allow 1t to be saia unchalleng- ed in your presence.
 There is another kind of talk that is sickening to hear; this talk about 1 Germany being so strong that we can not win against her. That $ She towards talk, cowardly treachery, afraid because the enemy is strongt All the power of the Kaiser, all the genius of kultur, all the brute force of the Hun will not measure up to the matehless strength of America in- snired with it's priceless heritage of i freed m.
 As m American patriot l have been giving my time lnstintedly in Wash ington and Benton. counties, pleading with the people to eonseerate all they are and have to the service Of their country. Now, beginning this week, we are asked to respond again to a call for S100.000.000 for Red Cross War Work Every halfway informed person ought to know what this hu- manitarian institd dtion is, and what 1t 1 is doing Less than year ago the Red Cross called upon the American people for fund of one hundred mil l lion collars with which to finance the tremendous work of relief and recon struction that was so vital to our Al lies and ourselves, if the German was to be beaten back.
 Necessity as well as humanity compelled the work, for while the gal lant Allied armies were grimly Win ! ming way to victory. suffering and want were taking dreadful toll among the civil populations from winch all armies must draw their strength. Y the morale of the Fnten c was 10 he upheld-if the war was to be won, nractical relief must be forthcoming on scale greater and more lar reaching than the world had ever seen. And since America was the on- ly country with resources adequate to the needs, it fell naturally to the American Red Cross to act as the or ganized spirit of our great nation Tn this war behind the battle line.
 And so the call came for the "Flrst War Fund" and in one week Amerl- ca's answer went echoing back to Eu- rope-more than a hundred million was freely given to make the world fit for democracy.
 At that time the membership of the Red Cross was less than two million. In six months it had increased to i've million and with the "Chrlstmas Membership Drive" the enrolment sprang in one mighty bound to t"eh- ty-two million loyal supporters o1 tms perfect embodiment of the nation purpose in this war Today the American Red Cross is the largest or cani7ation for humanitarlanlsm ol any Kind in the world, and as such' the greatest force for good In the black welter of warning nations, It IS the one bright spot of hope-humah- ity's light With such a vast working force De hind it, there will never be any douo' that the tremendous work, that In the last twelve months has been parels started. will be upheld and contnaeo throughout the war and until its rav- , ages have been restored.
 But with each call for 1unas 'he question naturally arises as to where l these millions go, and since twenty } two million people have right te