Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-19

oHN thAn We were IN 1916. They
know what We can expect from our
! British allies They were not help
ing 50 much then They know.
Monseiurs that you are here. and
( they believe In YOU They all know
this, but the real cause OF their be
. lief II confluence I'm themselves and
J is Srawu from the fact that the
hoohes did not break thru in 1916.
nor In 1917. therefore they viii never
break thru never"
They ShnIl not Pass"
Aud as we listened to this man
who fought at Nerdun his splendid
confidence took possession Of us
j Listening to his fervent words. We
saw Nerdun and ts inviolate citadel
rising like the symbolical rock upon
which the tide OF Teutonlc hordes
are To be shattered when the Amer
leans now IN France. soldier and
civilian, fully sense the purpose OF
the kaifer to force his legions
further southwark and complete the
rape Of France, every jaw snaps and
they adopt the French shtbboleth
at Nerdun They shall not pass
by the eternal they shall not pass"
Tie fought nt Nerdun" lie
fought at Mons" This In the intro
duction always, the veterans OF these
battles receive Their names do not
count. nor their families. nor their
wealth or poverty. Tho their sins
he as scarlet, they are washed white
hs snow II they fought at Verdun,
or the Mnrne or at Mons To have
fought valiantlv on any Of the IN
nous battlefields. TO have gone over
the top To receive a wound--thero
serve former French criminal bet.
ter than u Judgment OF mot guilty"
from the highest court
| met French lad who had been
paroled from prison to enlirt lie
was visiting our BOYS In camp. In
introducing him one OF our captelns
said. He fought at Mons" The lad
atraightened a bit and there flashed
hip courage and his recovered man
hood
WHORE Amertco,s A..
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nN particular piece OF the old
~r".,n ~ 70 "nloh we americans nave
.uI,lc on our Brest adventure
-, W. w" ,le pa'''es OF more
thhn 'Nen!y centuries caesar hAd
ana AttiIa led thatr a,n,I.. ,h,,t q,
Invasions and steges mark Its his
tory. II has belonged to the French.
the Spanish. the Flemish, tho Bel
gianH william the Silent OF Orange
once headed an expedition TO relieve
the HuEenots OF Mons
But the long story OF battle and
siege can never bestow on Mons
la.
no splendidly maintained by the
small French and Belgian armies In
1914 And a FrenchmRn cannot hope
to have any nobler thing than TO
have II said OF him. he fought az
Mons"
have said that the French sol
dier II not q braggard. and I'm this
he is unlike the German. Never
shall | forget the bombastlc air. the
swagRer. the contempiuous shrug ~
the shoulder OF tH1s Germans az they
stood about the large maps exposed
In the windows In the streets OF Ber- |
lin These maps showed the red !
heart OF Europe. from the North |
sea TO the Persian gulf in posses. |
sion OF Germany. with q deeper red |
line running thru Il. marking the |
trail OF railroad from Berlin TO |
bobN"u'
Germans Arc Bonstful.
In color and boundary lines the |
territory was annexed to |
Germany and her allies, the whole 1
the very heart of Eu- |
rope. And before this man the Ger |
mans swarmed and strutted. boast /
ful. arrogant insulting. shall not |
forget how they came about us de. 1
America, defying the world |
nor how their spies followed us /,
Dragging Of their Victories and their !
ability 10 hold on.
The Frenchmen do not hraR. They
just hold on. Every day we see |
them coming home for their short I
vacations They are a little stooped. |
they are not as debonalr as tho /
United states soldiers; their dni. |
forms are old and faded. They drop |
from the trains and quietly and af. /
greet their home folks /
some OF them have not come back. /
and the mothers and relatives OF |
these are there with eager inquiry I
A brief explanation. a shake OF the |
head. or a message delivered. a tear |
on the face OF a mother. such a tear
as the Pert carried to the yates OF /
heaven. and the crowd disperses
It.rc,. ar tronc.
W. Nhtch tnehe men WIN ieel-
ing OF awe. ihere II look IN their
eye thht lhsclhhtes' tone IN thelf
voice 'hat uhrls' sometnlhB IN
'helt qulel uemehhoI that IN com