Licking Valley courier., 1918-06-20

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France. A day or so before he stated
that more than 100000 had dlsembark-
ed on French soil. An English CORE.
spondent at the front asserts that the
American army is prepared, If neces.
sary, to make a greater sacrifice than
that involved in the brigadlng of Amer
lean troops with the British and
French. This cryptic statement may
mean that If the plans of the allies de-
mand 1t the Yankee troops will be sent
TO the fighting front almost Immediate
ly on arrival in France, without wait
ing for the preliminary training they
have been receiving back of the lines.
So far only few of the Americans
have been used In the real fighting, and
in operations relatively small. AS the
conflict has changed Its Character, be-
coming more open, it may be the Amer
leans are considered fit to take part
after their training in this country.
a.
Several important probabilities con-
cernlng the National army came to the
fore last week. Representative Kahn
said the war department Intends to ask
congress at the winter Session to amend
the draft law to inclAde all men be-
tween the ages of elgl ~ and forty
nine. Provost Marshal sral Crow
der decided to recomn exemp-
ton Of professiQnal bal until
I the end Of the season. IDireetor Gen
eral McAdoo asked the exemption of
all railroad men, and the coal mine op-
orators asked the same for miners.
Ia
The comparative failure of the Ger
man drives so far, the splendid resist
ance made by the French and British
and the excellent showing made by
the Americans must not lead the
American people into dangerous COM
placency and feeling that ''it is all
over but the shouting" Those who
know the truth realize that the war
Is far from ended-may last four or
five years longer, indeed-and that
the future holds for us tremendous
sacrifices. We must put into its sue
ceSsful prosecution every ounce Of
energy we possess, even as do our
fighting men on the other side of the
ocean. There is no doubt that the war
VIII be won finally by the forces of
righteousness, but until II is won moth
Ing else matters much but the winning
of 1t, for II it were not won, nothing
; else would matter at all. The people
Of Great Britain and Of France real
lied this long ago, and the people OF
America must realize 1t soon. 1t can
not be too strongly urged upon them
that the man power of the central
nations is still tremendous and that
they are still determined by every
means to force their will upon the rest
of the world. The British and French
troops, battered and wearled, doubt.
less can hold the lines until the au'
tumn, but they look to our millions tC
achieve the victory, and this they can
do only If they are given every pos
sible support by those who stay al
home. This will be given with will
If only the people fully recognize the
seriousness of the situation and tn,
urgency of the demands on them.
RI
Owing to the fact that the German
submarine raiders sank a number o
vessels laden with sugar from Cubl
and to the interruption in the traffic
with the island caused by those opera
tons, Food Administrator Hoover ha!
asked that further restrictions b,
placed on the sale and use of sugai
for time. He also asks the peopl,
to place themselves on limited bee
allowance until September l next II
order that the needs of the soldiers
and civilians In France, Great Britain
and Italy may be supplied.
RI
Two great conventions opened in tn,
United States last week, and each dl,
Its part in urging the carrying on o
the war to victory. The first was tina
Of the American Federation of Labor
to which President Wilson sent mes
sage making It clear that the worker
had II in their power to bring victor,
or defeat. President GOmpers' address
was laundering defiance Of the Huns
and during the week there were devel
opments that showed the great major
lty OF the delegates would not coun
tenance anything that savored OF dis
loyalty or even of undue paclhsm.
In Chicago hundreds of the mos
eminent physicians and surgeons o
the country, together with some 10
nous ones from abroad, assembled 70
the meeting of the American Medlca
association. The address the Discus
Mons and the work OF these men wer
!olmost wholly related to the war. an
ne words of the leaders were hearter
ing In the extreme.