The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-04

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the democratic peoples of the world
a holy alliance much greater and
more permanent than anything
kings or statesmen ever planned.
When this is being written the
year is not finished that saw the
first American transports sail for
France. Yet over hundreds of miles
of territory behind the battle lines
our men, with hard and grueiing la
Dor, have built the industrial forts
that in this practical age are neces-
sary to an army's life. They have
established base of supplies for
millions Of fighting men. They have
built barracks, airdromes, hospitals
warehouses, factories and repair
shops.
They have laid railroads, built
wharyes; dredged a great river
They have done more, our men. than
dig themselves in trenches over
there. They have shown Europe and
the world the true heart and metal
OF America. What they have built
will remain a monument for genera
lions to point to and admire.
In Paris there stands noble
monument to our Washington, and
at no great distance there is another
to the rugged giant Abraham Lin
coin. Each February the French
people go and lay Wreaths on these
monuments. For years they have
done this, and since April II, 1917.
they have kept their colors entwined
with ours there.
Those statues are symbols of the
historic friendship of France and
America. l like to think that after
the war, when great ships sail out
of an ancient port Of France. the
sailors will remember that once they
had to wait for the highest tide, but
that American Drawn ard engineer
ing skill scooped out the centuries
Of sand and silt that their biggest
transports might pass with ease.
I like to believe that France will
grow and prosper because of the
railroads we laid down, the wharves
and warehouses we built. Not in a
spirit of boastfulness, but Of love
and gratitude do wish that France
may benefit from the things we have
created on her soil.
/ like also to think that the France
of tomorrow, and the Belgium which
will be reborn, will be healthier.
happier stronger Of mind and soul
for the work of our Red Cross, for
all the relief and success we have
been able to send there. They will
never forget, those martyred BeIg-
ians, those hard pressed French. Our
troops never pass through village.
our flag never appears that the chill
dren in the street fail to salute.
Once they had reason to believe.
those brave allies in Europe, that we
We're merely generous of money.
that we were willing to give only out
OF our overlooking pockets. But
since we began to give our men
they think otherise. They know now
that everything we have, everything
we are, Us pledged to the fight
against tyranny and the worlds
woe.
This summer and fall will see the
preliminary work of ). building an
army well nigh completed, and the
men who have been handling picks
and shovels, those who have been
learning the war game, the men in
camps and army schools will be
ready to fight. Already, they have
Won their spurs in many fierce en-
gagements, and not yet has any fight
Of theirs been lost. Already Amer
lean soldiers are in AIsace, fighting
on what Germany calls her soil. but
which will never be hers, even in
name, again.
Can you imagine the wild, JOY, the
renewed hope, the quickened spirit
that fills the hearts of the men who
have been fighting for nearly four
years. Against terrible odds, against
one ally which German cunning
poisoned to death, almost against
hope our allies have fought Thank
heaven that we came up in time.
There is one question every re-