New-York tribune., 1918-08-05
Only 10 Per Cent Disabl.a
in War, Rev. DR.. Trav;.
Asserts in Address
Deplores Pessimism
7. NJ. c. A. Worker T.n.
About Bravery of Anzac.
and Tommies

The Rev. Or. Thomas Travis
turned overseas Y. NJ. {. A wo,,.
said last night in an address
Madison Avenue Baptist Church ~.
there was small reason for either .oa-
or forebodings in farewells to so,d;s~
as casualty percentages showed th.,
eighty out of every hundred woula :.
turn unscathed and that of the 10 NJ.
cent that might return wounded mar.
would be fit for any task within reasor
when / left here to go to the from,
he said, "all the parsons came arop,,
and gave me their best wishes .,s
their coincidence. They made me fs"i 1
that ! would surely be killed. | wsr. Wv.
to tell you that it is wrong to imprss'
upon our departing boys the probabjli,r
of their never coming back. The truti
of the matter is, and the statistics w;ii
bear me out, that about so per cent ~
our boys will return from the Eurones,
war without a scratch Ten per css.
of them may come back wounded. ArS
even many of these viii not be hand
capped or seriously manned for life
THE 10 per cent of them who will
not come back will die the fines,
cleanest, nobiest death that is Nos
sible for mortal to claim as hi. d.
tiny. They will die TO avenge the out
RACES Of the Kaiser upon helpless hn.
man beings.
Americans Better Fighters
Germans are known to be formis.
able soldiers, successful in the s,.,
of warfare, but it would not he call.S
n1isdemeanor for parson like ma IA
bet even money that the Sammiea W.
are sending over the top nowadsr
will get about three to one in anv
open tight" '
eve have all heard the unfr;enSr
comment that England is not doing bsy
part in this war, but is allowing ,bss
colonies to bear the brunt. But | wan,
TO sal with emphasis that such acen.
satlons are false, and I know that the,
originated in German propaganda.
Inc truth of the matter is that Enr.
land has to-day more than 70OO0oO
trained soldiers in the field. Sixty ner
cent OF her army are Englishmen. wbis
only Az per cent have been Furnished
by Canada. Australia, India and ali
her colonies, including Scotland.
happen to know that 70 per cent of the
casualties in the British ranks have
fallen upon Englishmen, while her col.
ONES, including Scotland. have borne
only 80 per cent. '''
DR.: Travis has lately returned from
the Flanders front, and ne spoke in
the uniform of r NJ. C. A. field
worker. During much Of the heavy
nghting on the Ypres- -Armentieres line
ne was under fire and has been gassed
5e IS at present aiding the Rev. Dr.
=. A. Eaton in religious work among
shipbuilders.
Germans Unforgivable"
The speaker told some thrilling frs.
| sight stories of the valor of the Anzar
and the Canadians and the Tommies on
the field Of battle.
He was preaching on the subject Of
"Christian Forgiveness" but said that
neither God nor Christ could ever for
give the Germans for their atrocities in
this war on the score of they know
not what they do because they do
know all about the moral responsible
ties for such crimes against humanity
But the Germans can never fool the
American boys with poison in the
growing fields along the battle line
said DR.. Travis. Already our boys
have been put wise, and they never
taste anything along the trail which
has been left by the Germans. Cur
Yanks are too smart entirely for Fritz
Already this is being shown up clear
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