The sun., 1919-08-22
now THE SOLDIERS FEEL.
Straight Talk From q Fighter on the
wnsonIan League Of Nations.

To THE EDIroR or THE suS-sT:
have talked with numerous soldiers OF
my own and various other divisions and
have failed to md in any but very rare
cases a man who favors the League
OF Nations. Ny observation has been
that the man who favors the League
OF Nations is the same man who voted
for Woodrow Wilson because he kept
us out Of war; and because he was too
proud to fight" and in a vast majority
OF cases the man who fought the world
war on the front porch or in his Office.
The man who went to France and saw
what fighting was, who saw his best
friends killed or MANNED before his eyes.
is the man who has no faith in this
Lea que Of Nations
The effect Of our subscribing to the
League Of Nations would be to put our
soldiers at the beck and call Of Europe
and to find our national treasury moth
ing more than n bank with only the
Paying Teller sign up.
President Wilson says that Il will
break the heart OF the world IL We do
not ratify the pact II I recall rightly,
the British Parliament broke into loud
and boisterous laughing when Lloyd
George mentioned the league, and the
British Premier begged" them to con-
slider IT, / am led to wonder whether
the laughter was not caused by the
thought Of what Wilson was making
the American people swallow. France.
England and the rest of them would
certainly like this league. and WHY not?
They lose nothing and have everything
To gain We stand to lose everything
and gain nothing
When Wilson says Europe wants us,
he speaks only half truth. Prom my
personal experiences. covering a great
portion OF France and England, 1 can
say with little danger Of contradiction
that the American is not wanted "over
there" II is case OF when are these
damned Yanks going to get out? The
American dollar Is what Europe wants.
ano the one and only reason the Amert-
can is tolerated. The average French
man considers US the greatest collec-
ton OF suckers on earth. and II Wilson
has his way vs. will certainly deserve
that characterization
As to the assertion that our soldiers
fought for the Fourteen Points and for
humanity and all that stun there is but
one answer. The American soldier
fought because America and everything
dear TO American hearts had been as
sailed. because he felt that his own Yam
kea land was in danger. True. We were
glad to help France and England, but
II does not alter the fact that we fought
for the L. S. A and nothing else. This
stun that we fought as in a dream Is
another product OF our dream talking
President The only dreams I can recall
were OF a good dish OF ham and eggs
7 hoped I'd get some day. Outside Of
tlcse dreams Of home and good things,
the only dream I had was after l had
inhaled a quantity Of ether so that the
surgeon could sneak carload OF shrap-
mel out Of my system without my know
ing Il.
Your American doughboy is ready to
hop over the bags and tackle anything
VI hen it comes down to a case of some
enc sticking daggers into the Stars and
Stripes, but you can bet your last franc,
shilling or dollar that well 3e damned
fussy whom We fight for. How many
Of your gold stripe men will volunteer
TO- active or any other kind of service
guaranteeing the territorial integrity"
OF Turkey, Armenia or points east or
SOUTH ARTHUR y. MCppELL,
Formerly Sergeant 1osth Infantry.
Twenty-ssventh Division.
BsooKLTN, August 81.