American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-05-03
III SERVICE FLAG.

The unwilling Of a service flag In
honor OF our boys who have gone or
soon will 90, 70 take part In the
worlds great tragedy. was an event
of more than passing moment II
was a small, though splendid, thing
90 do. TO show our appreciation OF their
services. In the years TO come the
memory OF Il viii be treasured.
The chief interest OF the evening.
and the thing that viii be remembered
after almost all else is forgotten. was
the splendid address OF Maurice NJ.
Myers. Splendid IN sentiment and
expression. and inspiring In It's pa
friotiAm. Il deserves a place In the
history Of our humble part In the war.
The boys "over there and those In
the training camps preparing to go
can CLEAN from lis sentiments, which
We all endorse. q measure OF the APP
probation In which We hold them. Mr..
Myers spoke as follows:
My friends. az this time. when we
are met 10 do honor 10 the Power
county boys who have gone and those
who are going. I do not know OF any
thing that ! can say that you have
not heard before. / doubt n | can adj
vance a new thought 20 any one here.
You and ! have heard many real
speeches the last year. but the
thoughts OF each have been 10 a large
extent the same. because when we get
down to the fundamental reasons for
this war and the reason why we are
in II. II is all SO simple. so easily ex-
plainablc and understandable. II Is
a. simple. az understandable as the
ever present, yes. the eternal combat
between right and wrong. sin and
Righteousness. virtue and dishOnor.
And yet az this time though we may
hear nothing new. Il Is perhaps fitting
that We should review a few OF the
thinge We have known though per-
baps forgotten.
do not now recall what the German
flag looks like, And pray that II
God In his inscrutlble wisdom blesses
me with children that they shall new
er know what Il looks like. hut I
know and you know what Il stands for.
for V h because OF the principles for
which u stands that forty million men
arr under arms.
The kaiser and his henchmen have
written that In the world today Il
stands for the doctrine that might
makes the only right. that kings and
kaisrrs being appointed by divine
riKht cannot commit crimes. that the
weak are always the prey OF the
stronger that German kultur must
dominate the earth. yes. though II real
its domes over mountains OF corpses
oceans Of tears. and the death rattle
81 The conquered. that peace is to be
loved only as a means 10 new wars,
and The short peace better than the
lonE, that lts people should not work
but should tight; that they should not
compromise and make peace but
should conquer. that a good war hal
lows m cause. any excuse. any pre-
text that a state has the right TO de-
clare wal AT any time and rcpudiate
20 treaties az lis pleasure. that war
ia the noblest expression OF human
activities; that the kaiser Is the In
sirument Of the Almighty. his sword.
ms agent, and woe and death TO any
that shall oppose his will.
Yes. my friends. our reasons for be-
tne IN this war are so simple as the
difference between right and wrong.
ein and righteousness. virtue and dis
honor This old flag stands now and
ever has stood for not one OF the
things that other stands for. Il stands
nov and ever has stood absolutely and
nnqualihediy against every one OF
those principles OF the other. Doesn't
u grip your soul 10 remember that
this vas the first flag ever unfurled
20 high heaven during the 5000 years
~ recorded history standing squarely
m opposition 20 those PRINCIPLES
against which We are today hghting,
IL vas the first flag ever unfurled as
an emblem OF democracy, personal
freedom and liberty. for the weak as
vel a. The strong. either individuals
or nations.
And today a million OF our boys are
under arms. and ten million more are
ready 10 so; and our boys, probably
our own Power county boys. are on
b nring line in France tonight 10 say
that this red and blue shall not fade
nor shall The purity Of this white ever
be furnished.
This Old flag waving from the sta.
Tue OF liberty IN New York harbor has
neen The beacon holding out promises
81 freedom 70 the peoples OF all ma
lions; Il has been the support OF the
oppressed throughout the world to
endure and save until they could ac-
cept rs invitation and come. and 50
u has brought them out OF bondage
and hey have come and the flag has
EMBODIED them In its protection aud
We have welcomed them as members