Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-02-20

commission of six to Europe last No
vember, l was chosen as one of the
party. We wanted to see just how
the soldiers were fed at the front and
to set at rest any reports that the
food we sent abroad was converted to
uses other than food for fighters.
when some distance from Liver
pool we were met by two United
States destroyers. Those boats GER
tainly looked good to us. Believe me,
when the French and British talk
about the United States warships
now they take off their hats to Uncle
Sam.
"At Vimy Ridge I felt my foot
crunch through the dirt. I looked
down and found I was standing
through the chest of a skeleton.
Another time I picked up a shoe and
there was foot in it
II saw an 1S-year-old boy climb into
German lines. A German placed q
his plane and fly straight for the
bombs about him in circle, but the
boy only dived little and continued
on his way. When he returned he
found that his picture was imperfect
and Immediately mounted into the air
again, and once more flying over the
tenemy's lines came back with the de-
sired photograph. ...
"Such deeds of daring are accepted
as commonplace. Men during the
three years have become war weary
and will accept any risk unflinching-
ly. It was related to me how an Eng
lish officer with one orderly went
alone across No Mans land jumped in
to the enemys trench shot three Ger
mans, was himself shot and fell un-
conscious. The faithful orderly pick
ed him up, dragged him out of the
trench and carried him back to his
own lines and he was on fair way
to recovery.
Zone British soldier lay in shell
crater wounded for three days and
nights before being rescued. He liv-
ed
81 saw a soldier with most of his
side blown away. He will live be-
cause of the invention of an American
doctor. ..,
Il saw doctor remove bullet
from a mans heart and he will live.
There are sgoing to be American
boys, perhaps men from this very
town, who wll be coming back the
sans, way unless you folks do your
share toward keeping our boys in
good fighting TRIM 7 Remember. food
will win this war and the more you
save, the quicker it will be over. A
soldier can't fight on poor nourish-
ment. fEe
H. II would be ashamed after what I
have seen to eat slice of ham or ba-
con. You will not be able to look a
soldier or sailor in the face when
they come back if you continue to do
| it,
What is our immediate task? 1t
is to supply food to the trained troops
who are now in the trenches on the
western front and to supply the CIV
ilian needs so that these soldiers may
have the necessary morale to win. The
submarine is aimed primarily at the
food supply of England, France and
Italy. Food as a weapon in the war
is one which now transcends all 9TH
ers. There is world shortage Of
food, and there can be no more until
the next harvest. There is wheat in
Australia, oil in Manchuria, sugar in
Java, and vegetable oils in India, but
ships are not available to transport
them. America must feed Europe now
or she will perish"
Dr. Wilbur made stirring address.
His remarks struck right out from
the shoulder. We regret that we can
not reproduce his whole speech in
full but the speakers did not have
written manuscripts. So enthusias-
tic are they in their subject that notes
to guide them are not needed.
Discussion of peace now is waste
of time. AS things stand today Ger
many is the winner. We must not
be tricked into making a truce now
that would only assure to Germany
her ambition for world domination
The reports of internal weakness and
disorders put out by the censor are
but to deceive her enemies. They talk
of revolution in Germany. 1t is all
nonsense The military command has
eight million soldiers subject to or
ders. There is no one left to start
a revolution but old men, cripples,
women and children and to talk of it
is nonsense. They would turn the
machine guns upon their own people
or destroy their own cities without
hesitation if serious revolt threaten
ed. To end the war now with Ger
many lin control of central Europe
from the Baltic to the Bosporous
would be criminal. Central Europe
is populated by class of people who
are of the servile class. They are un-
like the Anglo-Saxon. They can be