The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-05-23
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ception of national courage. Writin
to a friend in Greensboro, he sal,
that, if the Americans could under
stand the situation over there the,
would not be content to await tn,
draft.
Another interesting assertion mad,
! by the officer is to the effect tina
not this year nor 1919 will witnes.
the termination of the war. They
are foolish, he says, who regard the
task of the United States and hel
allies as an easy one. There is q
hard fight ahead, one which will re.
quire years to complete, and Amer
leans must be prepared to support
their part of it. Lieut.. Edwards says
the American soldier is as brave as
any of them. His letter follows:
This is France, glorious down
trodden France, the country whose
soil is drinking up the blood of her
sons while the hearts of her daugh-
ters are breaking with grief. The
country, which we are glad to call
our sister, and which we have come
from our own beloved country across
the seas to assist in freeing herself
from common foe and tyrant.
They welcome us joyfully, those
braNe-hearted people, and we are
glad we are allied with them in their
struggle. They are brave, gallant
and noble, and bear their suffering
stoically and silently. I know you
would love to hear the things 7
would love to tell you, but consis-
tency and safety demand silence on
these points, and must comply.
Most of the things you see in the
newspapers are just so mach read
ing matter, and are colored to suit
the policy of the papers and what is
considered the best interests of the
country. This, as an important point,
you may rely upon, and disregard
contrary reports. The war will not
end in 1918, neither will it end inA
1919 and those poor fools who oc:
cupy street corners and public places
and prattIe of things they know
of, especially early peace
and easy vistory for our troops, are
only distOrters of the truth and
menace to our common cause.
Our country is great, in fact it is
the greatest country in the world,
and her sons are staunch and loyal
n any crisis or emergency, but they
are slow to recognize this crisis as
an emergency, and the longer they
lold back and listen to so-called
oacifsts, the greater grows the emer-
5eacy and the longer the struggle
lnd the time of our separation from
|ur homes and beloved country, for
We who are here will not come back
i'll it's over over here, and even as
write the best blood of America is :
urning to crimson the soil of our
loble ally. !
Our people are not towards; they :
re brave, yes, they are the bravest
t the brave, but they are asleep,
1Iled by the oily tongue of the prop /
gandist and the fool within our /
midst and they sleep, the clouds /
over that will deluge them in the b
torn of Prussian autocracy. They q
1ill come running then with a great q
hOut, but their pace will be too
low and the roaring of the Huns +
liant guns will drown their shout a
1g. If those Of our people who are .
eaf to the call of their country T
ould be brought face tO face with =
he things that are happening on
be battle fronts of this unfortunate .
ountry every day. the word con-
cription would be an insult, and the Y
IAN who waited for it would be
toned out of town instead of being
>Ilowed to station by brass bands b
nd called 'selective. {
The fathers of our boys would 90 C
head calling TO their sons, come
q, and the mothers would send t1
lem away with a smile and a Fl
lother's blessing, just the same as y
~ mother did and my sons mother
i'd when both he and | crossed the
cean to do our bit in our country's y
ervice. 81
On this side the soothing word
elective is never used i'm the con- "
ection in which it has been given Il
, much prominence at home, and a
le man to whom it might be ap-
led is about as popular as leper. 81
A great motto for America might n
2 found in the Bible phrase, Many A
e called but few are chosen ard e'
hile all are not needed and cannot h
= used. for sake of their country Ct
i'd the honor of their flag, let them o1
fer themselves for service and te
low the Hun who boasts of our de-
1quency that America fears naught fs
O. O. L =.