Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-10-23
REMAIN STEADFAST

REMAIN STEADFAST
Gabriel Stene Writes Feelingly an
r Elaboration for Continued Sup
port for Our Boys. :.
To every loyal citizen of Kandiyohi
county and especially to tho Town
of Lake Andrew:
A certain young lady wrote to- q
certain young man, says she, II feel
very lonesome out here; can you come
and see me next Saturday night?":
This urging request was Of such press
Ing nature that the young man did not
take tho round about way Of answer.
Ing by mail. He fastened to the
telegraph station to find out about
charges. The answer was, "a cent
word, twenty-five cents for twenty.
five" Words, alright" said he. and
sat down and sent this message OF
twenty-five words. repeating the word
Eyes" twenty-five times.
You know what I am driving at,
you know we are in war. It is our
war, it is a serious matter. It Is not
a war OF grievance, hatred and re-
venge or tyranny from our side. It
Is war forced upon us. It Is an hon
est war Of self defense. Everlasting
cheers to our fighters over there: they
are heroic, they are brave, they are
gallant boys; sore, bleeding and tired
feet do not stop their march. They
have the Huns on the run and they
keep them trotting along but they are
human like you and I. They are en-.
dowed with human feelings like you
and l. They are maybe lonesome and
homesick over there; not for want
of company but for want OF support.
Let us hurry, lest it might be too late,
The United War Campaign will soon
be on and let us then be prepared,
with good feeling and smiling and con-
slider it an honor to have chance to
aid the good cause for the support of
our great, glorious country in time
of need. Let US not 90 the round.
about way with whining and a hundred
excuses. Let US not say we have don.
ated once or twice but take the short
cut route like the boy with his mes
sage, repeat it twenty-five times or
keep on repeating until it is not need.
ed any more. Indications point to the
fact that the war may not last very
much longer, but bear in mind, it Ia
not settled yet. We may have press
ing run on the treasury after this. We
are not asked to go to the front, to the
trenches and the firing lines. We are
not even asked to leave our homes,
but as sure as we claim citizenship,
we are supposed to fight either with
money or. gun. Any citizen who is
known to have the funds and not will
lngd to come to the aid Of the country
when in need, should be conscr1pted
and sent to the front, to- the trench
es and firing line, alongside Of our big
fighters. Maybe that would suit them
better. There is nothing today In
our home surroundings or our nation
which appeals stronger and with more
earnestness to US than the due recog-
milton of our soldier boys. Where
would we be today If it was not for
them? When they sacrifice their
home, pleasures, their life blood and
lives for our cause, why shall we not
sacrifice our dollars for them? We
cannot win the war without our boys
and they cannot win the war without
our money. So there we are. Cast
thy crumbs upon the water and they
will come back in due time" Donate
your money freely for this good cause
and the return will come back In shape
of victory, freedom and liberty and
| true Democracy for the whole world.
We have been blessed with good crops
and good prices and have few doll
/
back upon.
Allow me to play Kaiser for one
| minute: II am the great Kaiser, not
only of Germany but of the whole
world, 1 am next to God, want every
nation crushed under my iron. heel
Over four years ago, after forty years
of preparation, launched my wal
for world conquest,I and my men In.
vaded Serbia, Belgium and France
without provocation and In defiance
of all the laws of humanity and civi
lization. I have sneaked on the bot
tom of the sea to spy ships and send
thousands of lives to eternity whose
aim was to live in peace their natur:
al life. l have burned your cities.
have cut down your orchards. have
used your fine dwellings for toilets.
have stabbed my horses in YOU
churches. l have tied and tortured
parents and mutilated their children
before their eyes. l have sunk YOU
hospital ships and neutral merchant
men carrying women and children.
have murdered babies, pinning then
to the walls with bayonets and als'
the soldiers who tried to defend them
have slaughtered civilians. l hay'
bombed your hospitals. l have listen
ed to mothers cry. have disregarde'
and laughed at Woodrow Wilson
notes but when l ran up against tn
American boys, l ran up against
? snag. They are uncivil1zed brutes
Z will now work the peace propagand
and fool those Americans over there
They want to be fooled. anyway: Near
while lay plans for new war"
Now fellow citizens. shall we TAX
all this and talk peace on top OF Il
No, No, and a thousand times M
Let US send the Kaiser greetings tina
+ we will call on him regularly an
promptly with just one determinat1o
and demand, unconditional surrende
GABRIEL STENE.
y: Ladies shopping In Minneapou
will find the Hotel Dyckman most a.
/ cassihle to all the leading stores."-