Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-01

IrydE covered Win the bodies Of our
loved ones. everywhere niA rycH met
destruction and ruin beyond his
power to cNprcaa the horror OF n.
appalling aud h"artT"uIug II must
be to him 80 young, yrt now braNl .
iul and splendid 1t must all seem TO
him In IN" lrht ~ victory ~ which
he fo"lr himself IA part When h"
realize that what n all means that
II all iS "a great mammoth conflict
between r'RhicOusuCAs ana the Uvil
forces ~ IA" world the battle ~ the
strong against the weak, struggle
~ freedom against IN" autOCrnts VI
HrIflAhucsH. lie VIII then realize and
lhou know that hr has gone fuuh to
BATH" IN the nUll"si crusade pf all
the agcp. FOR u was III" long last
great effort Uf th" duyll for the souls
Of men ~ nations ana az a race. II
wa the drvllS luJt bad Tor the word
uH whole. II was GOi'H VIII to
combat u, II WIS heavens plan 10
overthrow II, II was mans pDhc" to
Huhdu" II ana die for % II necessary.
" ridun has had hand III 10 IuI. h"
has helped ~ UyurthTuW the devil
and the evil forces IN the world and
give mankind u new luitH" on NE a
new birih In freedom. - new nRbt
10 guide him on and "a new courage
To stand forth ana dlH IKE christians
should die, with only one thought.
only one dream, one ideal. one goal
victory ana everlasting peace on
earth ana after that good Will
towards all men,
To-day. Weldon behOldH tho curtain
lower over the bluodicst fold Of hu-
man carnage ever recorded In his
tory of men lie can look across the
ruined fields ~ bleeding belgium
ana behold tho trcIChcrOus murder
orB make their secret getaway from
the stage Of conflict hiding ana
crawling In secret places. Th"S"
trIgcdiIu war.mukoTs are unable
to fud refuge from the avengers 0f
righteousness, the lovers Of liberty
and world outraged by crime.
arson, plundcr. rape ana btnditlEm
stcalthly they creep ON, THESE baby
butchers" before the hayOnrA uf
Weldon and HIS brave comrades.
What wonderful feeling must be-
his wonderful sense OF humility
what beautiful thing II must be
TO know and to feel that no In res
cuing and saving whole people
from utter ruin and extinction. Such
ls what Weldon is doing, small per
hRps yet "A real effective part OF
the whole OF the forces OF America
who are there solely to crush the
barbarian and to aid and assist the
victim grounded under tho wheels
u wars chariot ana from under the
heels OF dospots,
Can't you Just almost see our
boys beat the mask OF boasted kul-
lur from the faces Of those demons.
and marvel at the countenance OF
our boys aH they gaze upon the face
marrod and disfigured by foul prac-
tlce, distorted by fear Of a Just pun
ishment they know now In theirs.
We can read In our soldiers eyes
the awful future they see In tho Ger
mans face. u future OF eternal ruin
and darkness the penalty OF their
crimea IN written in their looks, their
unholy hearts and Gnregonerated
souls. or course ,wc leave for Gem
cral Foch to pronounce sentence
and execute Judgment. Wo wish
satan no worse state OF pcrdltion
Than he now enjoys, hence We re-
Train from cunsignlng such as they
10 his charge, for Il IL enough for
us to know that he haa earned the
fullest condemnation OF which the
world can give, for the verdict OF
tho world In the greatest condemns
lion and the heaviest punishment
that could befall IA nation or a race.
For wherever the name OF Germany
is known throughout the world. IL
Is "a symbol OF horror and crime a
sign OF murderous, rape and
plundcr. for the eyes OF the world
have grown steel gray and the heart
has hardened. and the body has
sutfened to resistance, and the
struggle had TO continue until every
thing German had boen stamped
out OF the world. for everything that
Germany has stood for and every
thing that Germany has done has
created feeling In the world that
everything German In "A sign OF sin
and must be resisted to the upper
most until 1t IN crushed into dust.
The curtain has lowered over the
battlcflclds OF France, and weldon
In helping this hour care for the
wounded and sick and with his own
hands burying the brave heroic dead
with tear ne stands there mourning
his lost comrade, hut heart as
strong as Gihraltcr, an eye clear 10
duty, n soul as pure as the ideal he
represents, and with a physical force
and alcrtncsS that has Istunishcd tho
unlocking and amazing world, wei
don IN helping to lower the curtain
to hide from sight the awful tragedy
uf war, hut he IL also erecting there
on that same field a wonderful struC-
ture, which issues from every effort
a breath NJ liberty, a spirit W free
dom. ana these same boys or drab
olive and blue are to raise anOther
curtain during their stay, which VIII
unfold to the world another act or
the world drama, with faces shining
and with steady march, determined.
sober and true, fIllcd with the love
for all mankind, their young hearts
with joy. the stage Is
being set Tor the beginning OF tho
salvation OF the people OF the earth.
What Il responsibility rests upun
tho shoulders ut these young mon,
bringing forth In al It's splcudor a
new era for All the people Of the
earth, their duty and responsibility
Ia Cuual and commemorate only TO-
the greatness OF the cause they rep
resent and the people who sent them
out to battle. The cause is As great
and as pure As the wonderful
mothers who brought them into the
world and chem offered them a living
,tcr.fiCe upon the altar of freedom,
the cause for which they fought for
and died fnr ~ as pure as tho
mothers heart who Is now bleeding
for her son. Tho cause is AS sacred
ts tho mothers memories Is to us all. |
!, Is the cause. ~ a nation who rather