Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-15


 end'' has only one answer from the soldiers point of view-when French and Belgian wrongs are righted and eastern wrongs, also, and when justice and not force can be put on the throne ; to rule nations"
 This is the statement made by Frank 70. Smith, whose overseas activities with the Y. M. C. A., has placed him in the ranks with the Americans who are doing every bit of their bit in France.
 The former judge of Yavapai county who resigned from the bench to accept 1 a secretaryship with the Y. M. c. A. in a recent letter to Mrs. Smith, who is now in Illinois, says in part:
 At a recent convention of regional Y. NJ. C. A. directors for France and the colonies l was appointed assist ant regional director of Y. NJ c. A. huts in France. By this appointment l shall have the supervision of 45 American huts and 45 French foyers for the soldiers of France.
 Associated with me is fine young Frenchman, M Vegara, who will as sist lin the supervision of French foyers. The region assigned me is one of the largest in France and many of the huts are along the front, so I shall have no reason to complain of variety of work. This appointment will nee essitate quite a lot of travelling, as 1 shall have 45 American and 45 French directors under my supervision. It Ir-sn nTg arI Hr,f nothing is too hard to do for our bays.
 'I have just returned from this con. ference, Of directors, and it was cer- tainly a revelation to me. It was held in a splendid old home in an old viz lage on an old river. There were an- cient trees { a pine tree about 400 years old among them) and an old sunken garden, la Italian, and scat tered among the shrubbery were mar ble statues. Inside the house were rare books and wonderful old paint ings, and more marble statuary-a great contrast to what 1 had been used to for months. A most wonderful Of all, it was in a region where peace and quiet reigned. Think of peace and quiet after months of noise of can
 
 three whole days of it and could have rested, only we were not there to rest, but to plan more work, more com forts for the soldiers, more recreation TOT trench-weary men and more home atmosphere for those far from home. The experience however, was won derful, for one met representative men OI the educational and phiianthTopic classes from all over the world, and everyone was in fine spirits, for the war is going tremendously well, and ! the morale of the soldiers is a thing of joy and pride to those who are try ! ing to help along the lines of marolity and clean living. l have written you | this little account because it was al wonderful visit to an oasis of peace i in a vast desert of war.
 q am now back in the harness once more and am welcoming the cooler weather, for with warm weather came ! all kinds and varieties of insects, even alter lights are out the flies buzz and ] light in swarms upon one-well it isl not a subject to write about. Today | one of my French friends, lawyer, who has shown me much courtesy, came to me with pain-stricken eyes and set face. His fourth and only re- maining son was killed yesterday att the front Think what it means toI give all for your country! One thanks God for work and still more work, fofI ] it is the one thing that keeps one | from thinking too much.
 ] "It has, indeed been a busy sum- mer. I have travelled miles, sometimes with auto, with oxen, on foot. on horse back, on motorcycle, anyway to get there. Often we had signs up in the l fogers in four and five languages, French Italian, Polish, English and others, surely confusion or tongues. l It has been a great opportunity forI enc to get the views of soldiers from many lands, and one thing stands out above all othersi a great love and ad- . .miration for America and Americans, and an unbounded faith in the presf- dent of the United States.
 ''rhe question, When will the wal end? has only one answer from theI soldiers point of view-when French and Belgian wrongs are righted and eastern wrongs, also and when Jus. | throne Co rule nations.
 They feel here that Germany soon l will come forward with a great peace defensive, and they also feel that wei must be ready to oppose this offensive, for it will be for false peace, forI Germany could even give up Eelgium and northern France, also Alsace and Lorraine, pay a big. indemnity and yet .be winner. for she would have a great central European empire with Russia, Turkey. Serbia, Rumania and Austria under her iron heel ;and peace would last just as long as it took her to prepare for war once more, and SO, while all want peace, all want last ing peace and Germany's peace pre- posal5 will meet with just one an swer from the allied soldiers: Not yet"
 "To lighter thin'gs' A few days be- fore the Fourth found 100 Amer ican aviators in a camp among French regiment-as they were such a
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