Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-08

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and East Grand Forks beat together
for the sa me cause that has welded
! all tho citizens Of the United State.
together. and that has welded tn
United States and Canada and all tns
other nations who are sightinE for the
Ideals of the world.
Mass Needing Opens
At 3 O'clock Saturday afternoon
the parade. OF the two cities disband'
ed at the auditorium. and con every
seat was taken. The hall was decor
ated with a prcfusicn Of faEs OF the
allied nations-a fact which did much
to increase the enthusiasm OF those
preeent.
Mayor j. A. Dinnie called the meet
ing to order. reminding h audience
of the double significance of the la
that is. the celebration Of the OF the
first war anniversary Of the United
States. and the opening Of no third
Liberty Loan campaign.
! Rev. Fl. Il. Thorgrinsen hen de-
livered the invocation. and Mayor
Dinnie. introduced Rev. Jonathan
!, Watson as the chairman Of the meet
ing. Immediately after. the audience
rose and sang three stanzas OF Am
Not . Bit Downhcarted.
The first speaker introduced vas
I1oI. \. Il. "adSA- SAui
Winnipeg, who asked the audience:
SHOULD We behave we my e a
son to he-downheartedr
The response came in. she form OF q
LAUNDERING, roaring:
F"No!'
After expressing his great delight
at being privileged to address the PEG.
pie 81 Grand Forks and East Grand
Forks, Mr.. Waugh continued:
1 syr .~, 4~~~1A ~ Tho ArN0TlN0n re.
public are going to do what England.
what Scotland. and what Canada
has done. you will send not one, not
two million men across. You Will
send fifteen millions. PropordonallS
speaking. that is what Great Britain
has done. Not that think it Will be
necessary. but you must be ready and
willing to respond to the demands Tor
sacrifices hat will be made of you.
! "Your country and mine are in the
war to see it through. nc matter no"
ilong and how wear it will be. Sing
ling hymns and waving fass, are all
right. but that will not kill the Hun.
The. only way to eradicate him is to
use shells and rife bullets. and the
T, only way in which YOU get enough
of them is to subscribe to your Lber-
ty Loan.
I'VE know already now what the
final result will be. and we know
there is a God of right who will give
us victory-that victory which will
bring US an honorable peace"
Prolonged applause greeted the
speaker. who was succeeded by Col,
Ionel e. D. Mcpherson. an officer OF
the Canadian army who had spen'
nineteen months in the trenches or
the west front.
Glad TO Sec Z. S. In.
Col. Mcpherson said that there was
general iubilation among the fighting
forces of h allies when the new:
came a year ago that the United
States. had joined them. 1t had beer
expected. the colonel said. Men ir
the trenches were betting on the date
of the war declaration from Wash
ington. and when it did come. i
strengthened materially the morale o
the armies.
lone thing that strikes a ma com
ing from Europe to the United State
lis" Col. Mcpherson said. the differ
!ence Of atmosphere. Owe there the!
immediately outside their doors. The.
have the ruined buildings. the devas
tated fields and villages and the dan
ger Of the Zeppelins over their larE
cities. IN this country you ave no
Ibegun to realize what the war actu
ally is"
The speaker pointed out that tn
soldiers generally do not feel attract
ed by war; at is a cold-blooded
brutal game he said. land mos
army men detest it and hope the da,
will come when peace. amply secur
ed, will obviate the necessity of play
ing this inhuman game. As it is nov
there must be fighting, and it stand
to reason that the free soldiers Of FIRE
nations will win the fight against tn
machine-made soldiers Of the Ger
man empire"
When the applause which greete
ICol. Mcpherson had died down. tn
audience sang 1.-THE Battle Hymn 9
the Republic" and then Premier
C: Norris of Manitoba, wal introdut
ed.
A tremendous ovation showed hir
at once that his presence was highl
appreciated, and the welcome he re
ceived vas more spontaneous tina
that which is generally accorded vi:
iting speakers.
On the evening before he left fo
IGrand Forks, Premier Norris had al
tended a meeting Of the Army an
Navy Veterans of Canada, n whe
told that the premier was to spea
in this city. they had formulated tn
following message to bring to tn
people Of Grand Forks:
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