The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-08-01

on for years and will if need be, take
the Germans with us to the judgment
seat Of God. How long will the war
| last? 1t will last until we win.
The greatest achievement Of Ameri-
ca is that she now is in the var. It ID
hopeless to change German minds except
by force We understand now our east
ern boundary is not the Atlantic sea-
board, but is that wavering line In
France and Italy, where our tag is fly
ing"
Could Build K. G. In IS Months
The work of the government in the
past IS months would be equal to that
OF building Kansas City. and St. Louis
to their present size in the same period,
according to the Washington speaker.
Our greatest achievement in fifteen
months is that we have changed our
minds. We now understand We are .
part Of the world Germany has yet to
understand that we shall put an army
in France If the boys have to swim
across the ocean. This war will end
when America wins victory"
Andrew Home Morton in presenting
the. British flag to the International AS
ISOLATION said 1--WE would like to have
made it of silk, but in these days silk
is needed for air planes, not making of
after all it is but red, white and blue
differently arranged from yours, and
there is woven in it the brotherly love
OF Great Britain and all that it stands
ton and humanity"
DR.. E. NJ. Forto Of the Havana Cuba
Club brought the greetings Of the Pearl
or the Antilles and presented the In
ternational Rotary with Cuban Flag
and beautiful album Of views Of that
country. He found difficulty in ex-
pressing himself adequately in the Eng
llsh language and longed to be able to
speak Spanish and tell US what he
! thought of the Kaiser. ~
| ba Annual lEo,c,~a r,..,
President Emeritus and founder of Ro-
tary as one Of inspiration and received
in the spirit in which it was sent.
Some of the epigramatic statements I
Will quote, as can only touch in feeble
presented. One said:
II hope you will all be in heaven 20
dead"
Another: Rotary has the power to
change men,"
Another: "Rotarian principles can not
fail to build up the life in every way"
Commerce Of Kansas city said: THAT
is. the, most remarkable convention ever
| assembled
President Wilson was quoted as cay
ing: Rotary is cement that will hold
the world together in friendship"
The following Resolution was adopted:
Whereas, The supreme and invincible
spiritual power sustaining the hearts
and strengthening the arms of the ma
t1ons opposing Germany in the present
war is the consciousness that their cause
Is right and just and in harmony with
the will Of the Supreme Ruler of the
Universe, and
Whereas, Prayer is the greatest and
most effective agency for vitalizing that
spiritual power among the peoples Of
the Allied nations and making It virile
dynamic force, fortifying and upbuild-
ing the morals Of the soldiers and civil
ians and
Whereas, Rotary is a business and
professional mans organization and is
dedicated at this time to the task Of
winning the war, now therefore,
Be 1t Resolved, That this Associa-
ton now endorses movement to be
known as the War Angelus, looking to
the special devotion by Rotarians and
the people in general Of one minute at
a fixed time daily during working hours
to meditation and prayer for the sue
cess Of our arms and the triumph Of our
cause, and @44
1t Is Further Resolved, That the affili-
ated Clubs be urged to arrange for the
observance Of the War Angelus 1t II
A. M. local time, in each community, the
period to be announced by bells and
whistles, and to ask the press to opon it,
columns to the War Angelus Department
to the end that the community az q
whole may be induced to participate In
this appeal to the Supreme Being for I'M
spiration. strength and guidance"
The Convention paused for q minute
at IL o'clock each morning for prayer
and meditation.