Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-24
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ings in which 4 stands, is something
more than an Ordinary residence for
the representative OF a fore gn nation
AZ 2 n after OF fact there is in this
hni.a.rg a wonderful ball room aud
Al one end. ordinarily concealed b.
curtains. there Is a great throne with
all the appurisnance Of the throne
room of a European palace. Behind
,he throne there hangs. or at least
did hang. great painting OF the Ger
man emperor. In the early days OF the
war when German victory seemed to
be immediately at hand. when II
seemed as if nothing could stop the
triumphant progress OF the German
bordes across Europe to the des,ruc-
tinn of France and then probably Of
Great Britain. a representative OF the
German government growing boastiul
and arrogant, showed this room TO
representative OF our government with
the curtains drawn and ITS character
as throne room revealed. Al the eX-
pressed amazement OF his guest he
said that it had been fully prepared
for the coming OF the Kaiser, when
he should have. completed his plans
for the control Of Mittel-Europe with
its implied control of the far east.
Upon that throne he said the Kaiser
should one day sit to establish him
self as monarch of the east. 1t is be-
cause OF its revelation OF this ambi-
ton, expressives OF the desires for
world dominion, that say that build
ing in Syria is closely related 10 our
gathering here tonight. for II Is
against that thing and all il means in
human history, that we fight today
and will fight until our last man ana
our hast possession have been given
to the holy cause to which we con
secrate ourselves
Get Three Set.Backs.
With all the beasts of conquest and
despite the fact that immense areas
of territory have fallen into their
hands, German aspirations and ambi
tons have received three wholly UNI
expected and crushing set,backs dur
ing this terribles struggle. The first
came when that little nation whose
flag of black, yellow and red which
flies here over dilr heads and which
has become better known to the world
in the past four years than ever 1t
was known before, instead of meekly
giving way to the arrogant demands
of her powerful heighbor as she was
expected to do threw herself with
every resource al the command into
the struggle and for thirteen awful
days of suffering held those grey
hosts until France and England could
hurry their forces into the field; when
Belgium, wonderful Belgium, made
her sacrifice of everything she pos
sessed but saved Che honor of her own
soul and saved France and the world,
The second great setback came when
degenerate France, the scorn of Eur
ope, weakened ana debiltated by care
less living, revealed herself as a
foe surpassed by none, and when
fighting for her life capable of endur-
ance and sacrificed commonly associat.
ed only with peoples Of virle and
mighty manhood, France, which at
the Marine proved herself able to turn
aside those yandals who sought to
destroy her, and who since has shown
herself, man for han not only equal
but superior in fighting power to the
much boosted supermen who came
against her, Frante. the pride of all
the world today, who never again can
be looked down upon, and whose tri.
color of blue, white and red will ever
fly with honor wherever deeds of val.
or are recognized The third great
setback TO German ambitions and in
some senses the most severe. came
uyb ~ ftnrn,,,,-',
Great Britain comprehended her Eas-
tern dreams and proceeded in the
most effectual way to shatter them
by her own eastern campaign that
has taken Bagdau and Jerusalem we
believe forever, from the hands of the
Turkish Nassals of Germany, Great
Britain, upon whom we have been
wont to look askance because Of the
quarrels OF our childhood, but whom
we now recognize, despite her appar.
emf stolidlty to be moved by ideal.
ism like our own. and to whom to.
geiher with our alher allies we have
become bound in these last few years
by ties which nothing can ever break.
for We Will ever remember that we
have fought now rot against each 9TH
er. hut side by SIDE in the strife Of
truth against ialseho0d" oar young
men have bed together have helped
each other and made common cause
against the enemy Of world progrc-
and world liberty Great Britain
friend and elder brother in the new