American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-10-01

II vas al that time that the kaiser,
returning from Flanders, and Picardy,
congratulated his people that their
homes were not In ruins as they had
made ruins Of the homes in France
and Belgium; that their soil had not
been narrowed by shellhre; that their
losses were not such as they had in
flicted on the enemy.
But theirs Is a loss, n they in
flicted on themselves and cannot re-
cover for generations-not only the
loss OF lives, but a loss at Berlin. the
greatest nation can suffer, the loss
Of national character. of standing, Of
confidence; their rulers outcasts
among men. where the given word
goes at one hundred per cent.
These are the men who drive the
German horde on to kill and be killed,
and Il Is to these men the horde sub
mits.
And these are the men. false to the
world, false even to their own people,
who must be beaten.
Every German. whether he Wills or
not. is trained to kill.
Every German submits or dies.
Every German Is out to force civil
l~ization to submit to the will of the
German rulers.
Every German must be beaten.
And every American must take part
10 the conflict.
II needed at the front, he must
fight.
If he cannot serve in the army or
navy, he must help supply ships and
munitions and food and money.
II he cannot toll. he must give and
lend.
The ships must be had the NUM-
tons must be had, the food must be
had the money must be had.
They must be had In abundance. and
they must be had speedily.
| stood in a little home in Michigan.
| had seen a lad in the thick Of af-
fairs in Picardy.
How that Michigan mother listen
OF to every word regarding her boy
still her boy-dolng a amn's great
work in Francel
How she loved hint How she liv-
ed over again the years of self denial
that he might have schColingl How
proud she was of his %cuccess.
Not a word Of regret that he was
serving In the cause of free men,
Hope, yes-that he might come
home-but only when the war is i'm
ished and finished RIGHT.
How / felt that we must speed up
as "A nation 20 help the son of that
mother and the sons Of millions of
other mothersl
They u have ships to carry them
food and munitions.
They must have materials for the
final offensive that will drive the Ger
mans beyond the Rhine.
They must have airplanes TO shatter
the German lines. that our land forces
may go through with the least loss OF
life 40 both airmen and land men. TO
our allies as well as TO ourselves.
They must have food and clothing.
And we must toll and lend and give
that they may be supplied.
stood before a throng of toilers in
America.
In their eyes l could read intense ia.
t%erest. not in me. but In the message
that is a call for help and help quick
ly. help that can come from mill and
factory and farm and field and purse
and bank account.
Times are serious with the Ameri-
can people and with millions of Am
erican families-the most serious any
of us have ever known.
One cannot write pleasant things
about war. because there is nothing
pleasant in a
Our nation is in it; our boys are in
it. They face death that our nation
may live.
Our nation meal US-EACH OF US.
We W it to the boys over there TO
so prepare as to spare the largest
possible number of them.
That preparation means putting
every available resourc Of the ma
ton into the war at the topmost
speed.
That preparation e giving the
boys in France the materials with
which to ill the German camps full
Of shellfire.
That preparation means driving
| Germany out of France and Belgium.