Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-08-15
IN7ERES1INGLE7TER'
FROM Washington
Capitol Policeman J. Frank LLOYD
Writes lsstruetively About
The Works. War.
Dear Editor:

Perhaps what would interest
your readers more than anything
else at this time would be to
write about the war.
Since ! heard President viii.
son read his famous war mes.
sage. more than a year ago.
have been rather close reader
Iof the war news. | have heard
some very fine speeches, espe-
cially from those congressman
who we're sent to France and
Belgium to bring Us correct
news from the battle front.
have talked with several of
them. was in Congressman
Dills Office the other day and
had a long talk with him. Con.
gresham Stevens also talked
with me. telling what he had
seen over there. He said the
people here could not realize the
true situation. no one could i'm.
agine the horrors and torturers
that are being perpetrate d
by those british Germans. He
said the king Of Belgium gave
the party Of ten congressman g
supper and he was spokesman
for the crowd. In his reply "a
the toast he used these words:
Now that the United States
has drawn its sword, may tha,
sword never be sheathed unit
the rights of these wronged
people be restored to them. anC
democracy made safe through
out the world"
When he had said these word.
a Belgian General came arounC
the table. threw his arms rounC
his neck and kissed his cheek
and with tears running dowr
his face. he said,
God bless America"
! had the pleasure of hearing
President Wilson read his ia
nous war message more than ,
year ago, and | shall never for
get when he said,
God helping her. she coulc
do no other"
When President Wilson spoke
these sublime words he thrus
aside Washington's fundament
al declaration of policy for th,
United States, and plunged the world
greatest nation into the worlds great
est war. The man who did this be
came the spokesman for democrac!
and interpreter Of the ideals Of Amer
icanism. the greatest single figure il
entire world.
President Wilson is recognized a
the greatest man the world has today
Shame to anyone who in any way cen
sures him for declaring this war. The,
are like the Jews that Christ wa
speaking about jus. before he wa
crucihed, when he said, Father. for
give them, they know not what the,
do 4"
They are not posted as to the caus,
that brought about this war. The!
don't realize the danger we were in.
In 1854 Germany whipped Denmarl
and robbed her In 1866 che whippe,
Austria and got all she asked of her
Ia 1871 che took Alsage and Lorrain
and four billion marks as iudemui,,
from France.
For forty years the Kaiser has bee
preparing for this war and he intend
ed to conquer the world. She conquer
Russia. with population Of l75 mil
lions, nearly twice as large as tn
United States, took her fleet. IOD. 90
square miles OF her territory and z
million OF her people.
Here is what the Kaiser planned 4
do: We have whipped Russia, tn
largest Of our enemy nations, we viii
send our submarines to sea, sink ever!
cargo of food found on the sea, shu
of the lad supply to France an,
Br.l--n, starve the countries, then W,
w.l Fay TO them. we will excuse yol
from paying Of any indemnity, bu
you must turn over all your ilee, /
~, then with the united Russia
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