Meade County news., 1918-03-14

land of the brave and the home of the
free. The world would have laughed.
You said you were too proud to fight.
What folly. They said you were too
selfish, too pleasure and money loving
You said you were staying out from
humane motives. You were afraid
to suffer. You thought you were
safe between to broad oceans. If it
had not been for the English fleet in
the Atlantic and the French army on
the battle line, your land would have
been desecrated before this.
"You said if war came to your
shores an army would volunteer over
night. What folly. 1t would be too
late when the enemy came to your
shores. What folly. j say. What
if one million, two million, ten mil
lion men spring to their feet. Is that
an army? They would be moved
down like hay. A million unframed
men is crowd not an army. War was
declared last April and where is your
army? To be sure it is in training,
but that takes time. Where are your
ships, your planes, your rifles and
guns? You are turning them out
faster than any other nation can do
it, but you cannot hope to overtake
nation which has been in the bust
ness for fifty years.
Overrun With Spies
Belgium was invaded, but not
spiritually. You have been invaded,
and many times. We knew when you
found the facts you couldn't stay out.
You are at war for your own honor,
repsect and independence. You are
not fighting for Belgium, for France
or for England In the early days
of the war | cried for your spiritual
blindness. You were about to take
your flag, the purest of any nation,
and hand it down to your children
stained and defiled And such stains
can never be wiped out. But fear
not, your children will sing and more
proudly, more gloriously than ever,
that this is the land of the free and
the home of the brave.
eve are fighting for the greatest
principles of all-fighting that Right
must control might. The cause is
worth while. You Americans are the
spoiled children of the world. You
fwere used to the great priviledges you
enjoyed, you had become so accustom-
ed to them you took them fol
granted. They came too easily When
you have suffered and sacrificed for
them, the flag will take on new and
great meaning to you as an emblem
of liberty and justice for all the ma.
tions of the world.
Message From Dead Heroes
81 can hear the voice of those who
can no longer speak. l can see those
acres after acres of little black eros
ses where lie those who died for free
dom and justice and for you, not tc
make their death in vain. Make OF
yourself united people. You are
United States but not united people
At the beginning of the war, sacred
union was declared in France, which
has never been broken. In union
there is strength. There are in
France today, no republicans, no DEM
ocrats, no Catholics, no Protestants
but soldiers of right and of France
You are not yet united. You must
learn to forget those little differ
ences and remember that there is only
one party-that of victory, to which
all must belong.
"a message from the boys over
there tells of self sacrifice. They
are giving up something very dean
to them for something greater and
better. Shall l tell you how SOL
dier feels about some things? When
come over here and hear some man
tell what a great patriot he is be-
cause he has bought two or three Lib
erty Bonds at percent, which are
non-taxable, / say, that is not pat
riotism, that is good investment.
When l hear people complaining of
meatless, wheatless meals and 9TH
er things of the sort, / can't tell you
how | feel, because l am not supposed
to use profane language.
Your Boys Ashamed of You
"Your own boys will be ashamed
of you when they come back if you
complain over things which are only
slight inconvenience at worst, but
which over there spell life and death
to them. Your selfishness and indif-
erence may bring death to your boy
over there. Don't say you have no
boy over there. They are all your
boys, and do these little things will
ingly and happily. 1t is the only
way for a real American heart to
speak and feel.