Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-07
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Madam chairman. honorable judges.
M! M w9rthy oppnont.n,s fellow members
RcsolNcd. that tho world has been
benefited by the war and !. in uphold
ing the negative side Of the question.
vii! cnGeavor 10 confirm YOU TO my
belief by the following points:
l. Many OF the precious relics hoard
ed away since the mid lie ages are lost
TO civilization forever
The French women. and even the
French nation has become degraded
and Degenerate IN TN" eyes OF the
Americans
lions have become infestei with spies
and other dangerous characters
{. over one-third % inc worlds pop
ulation has been swept away by the
rayishinG 0,aEucs and epldcm!cS which
com. with war
j Much Of me worlds population
has been sent back home a perfect
wreck ana over half OF the new gen
GRAFTON ! practically Of no usc-ruincd
b. the war
6. Il has shown US the real reason Of
many countries OF entering the war.
In taking my frs; point many OF the
precious relics have been lost Many
OF the wonderful buildings have been
Shvi.cd and no" lay IN ruins. With
them. beneath The piles o bricks and
mortar. lay great numbers OF valuable
works Of art and much OF the hiShc>t
literature. literature which Was the
pride Of Europe, The germ Of civ!iza-
the c!oister from the utter ruin and
decay OF the middle ages Take. for
instance, Serbia The wondrouS libra
rics OF Serbia which have been priced
by Them sine" the fourteenth century.
Those Libraries have been systematic
ca!iy DESTROYED by the pillaging hand
OF the Hun
yh. French nation has become de-
which our rclurne! soldiers tc, of
France comes Xix" bomb 10 US: We
who have been won; TO think Of France
aS :. woudruus. beautiful nation. "All
OF the people sleep and eat in one
room with their domes;ic animals. the
cat, dog. COW ana on j. one OF the
stories. They charged us five francs
70: a OK. pile OF hay III the barn"
i another hut The main point is the
intcrmarrying OF the French women
and negro soldiers. An Instance in
the street. Just in front OF me was a
very pretty French woman, very nicely
dressed. holding The arm of an eX-
negro soldier. As they passed the cor
and they stopped 10 talk. she chatting
just as gay rs If she were with her
own people. Indeed. II was disgusting
An account given by on. OF the SOL
dic-S is: We leased her. but she
raised her prctt! eyebrows and said
ON. We like lhcm-prrtiy color and
another where they We're trying TO
explain. Why. they are Americans too:
Eolshcvism, That organization is
another result OF The war il has
caused 50 many OF tn" day
strikes also Russia has been ruined
hy il. China is on the vers" OF upris-
,nc, aud-wil! ii he America next?
The world has been swept over by
plaques and cpidcmics. The influenza
in the United states and tuberculosis
:"Ncr and pneumonia went through
Europe.
Much 81 the worlds population is
sent back from The 'front.' a wreck
Very many Of o.! greatest men did not
come back a. all. Some came back on
one leg. with o"" arM. o. with neither
My opponent may say hat this was Il
benefit To civilization. that science
with al! IFS genius. has bridgej over
this difficulty by it's own invention.
electric arms and legs and other Won
dc"lui invcntioms. Ru; many war vet
Grams came back blind. gasscd and
sh"ii-shoci<ed. For them there is no
cure. TN" new generation also is af-
frcted by the war. the war orphans
some Of whom have four: homes. but
the majority ar" homeless. Many Of
them are ruined for life. Some are
Shell shocked and others are stuntcd
from starvation and privation OF war
II has shown us that many OF the
call Of help. but for their own selfish
greed This is brought 10 light by the
trouble arising AT lthc peace confer
cncc. Japan wanted Il part OF China
Before the war came 10 an end there
We're wonderful inventions which, were
finished just as the armisticc waG
signed. One OF these is the mustard
gas. another is the Violet ray, which
blinds whole regiment al one time.
and the greatest is that deadly gas
which not only Kills the troops. nut
also prevents everything from growing
for five years VIII no; Germany. with
all her anmosii% against Us. use these
inventions in the war for which they
are preparing in the next or second
dccaElcn
Seeing that the war has caused us to
loose SO much OF the valuable works
OF art through bombardment. tina, Ii
has caused us 10 look upon France AS
degenerate. that the world is being
overrun by Bolshcvism and much Of
the population is destroyed by plaques.
war infrmitics. etc. and the real rca-
son for many Of the nations entering
the war being greed. I hope that you
are convinced that the war was not
beneficial 10 the world thank. you.
EVELYN CUMMINS.