The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-04-25

IL SHOWN so gloriously by the womer
Of France-by the women of all tn,
UNI russianized and never-to-be
Prussianized world. If the Hun hat
the imagination as well. as the cruelty
of the savage, if he could lift his sor.
did eyes beyond rigid mental hori
zon Of rules and formulate, he would
see here something he could not un.
derstand and therefore something to
fear. He would see the admantine
answer to his hope of world subjuga,
tion-that look in the eyes Of the wo.
man of this land. For men of such
mothers will never be defeated; they
cannot be but victorious.
81 am. glad you said that" began
this woman in whose eyes was the
light that has always famed when
war is waged for freedom. 81 have
a son who is now in France. And
have a neighbor who has not been
following the governments requests
either in food production or in food
conservation. This family lives on a
fine farm, and neither the woman in
her kitchen nor the husband in the
fields has changed the accustomed
way of living. The man has been
planning to put most of his land in
cotton. Their table has had as much
food as it ever did, and upon all days,
because they seem to think that since
they produced the food they need not
conserve r-(
FINALLY could stand it no longer.
Not long ago went to this woman
for knew if / could make her under
stand, the husband also would be
changed. You are trying your best
to kill my boy,,' l said to her. 4 am
sure you haven't realized that this is
the effect Of what you and your hus-
band are doing, but it is the effect
just the same, and you MUST under
stand what it means. If my boy must
be killed l want the emmy only to bear
the burden of the responsibility of
his death. I want to know that he
died for his country, truly. l don't
want my own neighbors, the people
who pretended to be my friends, to
help kill him. l am glad and proud
for him to fight for humanity; but l
am not willing for him to suffer and
sacrifice in order that gluttons may
be gratified and greedy misers in
crease their gains. l think you will
change your way when you under
stand that your conduct may sacri-
fee my boy whom you have known
all his life-ever since he was baby
with curly hair, toddling around and
trying to learn to walk. don't think
you want to join the Germans in
fighting him. And you've GOT to
change. now that you understand now
that I've told you what it means"
"And she did change. She was in
tears before l finished. / am afraid l
wounded her very deeply, but it had
to be done. She is conserving food
now-no one in the country is more
ardent than she, and her husband is
going to put in some food and feed
crops and not plant all his land in
cotton. / don't know what would
have done if they hadn't changed"
she added with little smile, "but
am sure there is some way, and /
would have found it and would have
done whatever was necessary to do"
"You have done thing that is
stronger than the government, be-
cause it is the government, because
it makes the government" said Mr..
Ousley. "You have Created public
sentiment. If in every community in
this country there is created a senti-
ment of scorn and contempt for those
who do not now sustain our country,
there will be very few offenders, for
to be despised by ones neighbors
would make life unbearable.. When
we have everywhere publis senti-
ment such as you have helped make
here so the food Stacker, either in
production or conservation, will be
loathed and looked down upon, the
thoughtless and the selfish will per-
form their full duty"
Have you neighbor who is fail
ing to sustain the governments food
program? Have you a son, a rela-
tive, friend fighting. in France?
That neighbor, then, may cause the
death Of your son, your relative, your
friend. Will you tolerate that?