The Dolores star., 1918-02-15

attempes are made BY German spoes
right hers In cur own country 70 poison |
the food and water Of our own soldiers
and to spread disease germs thru the
medium Of Red Cross bandages and
other ways. Then surely any man who
has the privilege Of being IN American
whose forefathers fought for the flag
and helped lay the foundations of the
proud nation that has always stood for
freedom. honor and justice, must real
ize that the time has come when he
must preserve their honor and his own
by fighting for the same noble princi-
pals they fought for. Remember our
own U. s. A., thru Lafayette and his
brave men we owe France debt and
it is due. We are going to'pay it not
grudgingly but gladly. We all realize
that war is all that Sherman said it
was. we know that it il horribly
cruel, but in this case an unavoidable
calamity. We hope that when the
awful butchery and waste of this war
is ended that civilization will adopt
some cooperative system that will
make war impossible and enthrone
human rights. morality and good will
in the place of money and power. vice
and jealously. We know that until
some such plan is adopted that civiliza-
ton can never be q success. As long
as humanity follows . system that
allows the growth of national jealousy
and abnormal desire for power and
financial gain we will always have wars
to contend with, made more gruesome
and horrible as modern science and
invention keeps pace with time.
We will always have some such
power worshiping representative of
Hades as Kaiser Bin" to start
things going. But for the present
we must stand firmly back of the Pres
ident who has handled the steering
wheel of our nation with such unereing
wisdom and firmness at this critical
time. We must as he says, flight on
to the end" We must stand an un-
divided, unselfish people. ready to sac
rifice and endure, fight and die. back
ing up leader who is trying to right
the wrongs of innocent people and de-
feat the aims Of German Militarism
and Autocracy. He has demanded
nothing in his peace plan but that
justice be done with an eye to the
clause demanding the reduction of
Armsments.
Uncle Sans soldiers are being well
paid, the government insurance is very
liberal, we have been we'll feed, well
clothed, and well treated by our officers
and both as soldier an q citizen of
America say, ''Hurrah for our Presi-
dent and his peace plan. may we never
waver until we have borne old glory
thru to success"
In closing wish to publicly thank
the ladies' Of the Dolores Red Cross for
what they have already done for the
soldiers. don't think there is soldier
in camp who hasn't Red Gross sweat
er and many Of US have warm helmets,
wristlets and socks knit by some Red
Cross worker. At Christmas time
every soldier received one or more Red
Cross presents, and we want all of you
to know that we appreciate these things
very much. Hardly soldier who has
not mother, sister, sweetheart or
wife who is working for him thru the
medium of the Red Cross and want
you to know we are proud of them, not
simply because they are doing things
to make life here more comfortable for
us, but we have somewhat the same
sort of pride in knowing they belong to
the Red Cross as they have in knowing
we are soldiers. They are doing their
bit just as much as we are.
Respectively,
Sgt. CLIFFORD I. HAkTER,