The Donaldsonville chief., 1918-03-30

than to have come to them what has
come to the women of France and
Belgium.
II don't want to embarrass
the administration and | am
speaking only for myself, but
no treaty can be drawn that
will ever make me buy Ger
man-made goods again. And
l don't want to see anything in
the houses of my friends that
has been made by the hands
that drop bombs on defense
. less working men, send tor
pedoes against hospital ships,
fre ON the Red Cross, bayonet
" little babies, and hack off wo-
u mems breasts for souvenirs.
ann member of the church but
say, Let them take their
goods and 60 to hell with
them
i''We're in this thing; they're call
ing to us to hurry; they will hold the
line, but we must get there quickly.
The Russian fisssco is coad, but we
mustn't lose our nerve-the fires of
democracy are still burning in Russia
and Russia may come back. But at
the worst it. simply makes our task
harder, not impossible.
"Ships-ships-ships; they're beg
ging us to build ships and we lost two
m onths wrangling whether we would
make them out of iron or wood. 1t
doesn't matter what they are made
of so long as they are built. Let's
cut DIT all wrangling and all red tape
and build ships-and by ships ] mean
des.royers as well. BY December we
will nave greater fleet of destroyers
than any other navy in the world, but
it. mustbe even larger. q
"Our destroyers have done great
work in the submarine zone. They
do. not work like the British and
French destroyers-circle around the
submarines. Instead they go straight
for the submarine, and have been SO
impolite as actually to butt into some
of them.
"We speak admirably Of our boys
in the army. The boys Of the navy
also are entitled to our affection. The
g5unners on our merchant ships are
proving themselves the greatest gum
1lers in the world. pay all the honl-
age I possibly can to the commander
of the American fleet, Admiral Sims,
and to that much abused secretary
of the navy, Josephus Daniels. &
Senator Kenyon then brought his
appeal nearer home. "What are we
doing here" he asked. Have we de-
clared war individually on Germany
ais we have as nation?
"My God, how they are
sacrificing over there! came
from the gloom Of London into
the wild hilarity Of New York:
booze and beer and champagne
and dancing and silks and
dress1 suits! How can people
dance at such times as this
1t is the one great boast of the
people over there to say that
their boy died fighting for his
country ON the field of battle.
s'Have we personally got ON =
war platform? Over there
they are giving up their lives
cheerfully; and over here we
grumble at giving up little
wheat bread" q
Senator Kenyon asserted he was
getting tired of the laws protecting
men who are conspiring against ou1
country. The recent legislation sepa-
rating property in America from Ger
man s owners "hjt thep where il
hurts" said he.
eff there are any who like another
country better than this, they should
have sense of honor sufficient to &C
back to that country. And if they
haven't the decency to do this, We
should take the precaution to escort
them to the seashore and put them
! 1he speaker urged that no atten
ton be paid to talk Of peace, as it j:
naught but German propaganda.
"Peace talk is thing you had bet
ter leave alone" said Senator Ken
Won. "Peace talk ran through Russi.
i a few months ago and Russia got
peace-founded on the loss of $50,
600 square miles Of territory. Peac'
is only a scrap Of paper to Germany
and what's the use OF making con
tracts with people who boast the,
won't observe them? You can't max
peace with a rattlesnake except b.
killing it. The kaiser is a murderer
and if he suffered thousand deaths
it wouldn't be atonement sufficien
for the agony he has inflicted on tn
world. Before there is any talk
peace, / would like to see the kaise
sail the seas with torpedoes rushing
him; l would like to see his paiac
blown up, as he has blown up cit'e:
I would like to see him and his boml
proof sons-the only family in &c;
many that hasn't lost anything ]
the war-suffer in the trenches as
has made so many millions suffer-"