The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1919-01-02

AMERICA IS DEFEATED
okIest fos which We GatsesA Nos
Net AttsiNs1.

obyest ~ which We gats~od Wos
Net AttsiNsd.
there 10 . growing conviction anoas
tAlnkias Americans that our celsbes.
tio0 OF victory Oh Nov. llth WAS pre-
nature. that tho real victory ID YET to
~ voa. Two Of 0srmsny's allies did
not siSn the armistics.
Oae a GsrMaay's primary objsctivss
was the 0senaaisatisa q Western
Asia. aAd this required The extsrmina-
tioa of the Armenians. Greeks and
Syrians OF that region, includiag parts
Of Persia.
An,srieas SvprsW.s Test.
Five millions Of people bat
aats. Jews and Christians. Catholics
and Protestsnta, were driven from
their homes iato the bsraing deserts.
one million. including nost Of the
men, were murder in cold blood or
died from exposure, hunger snd abuse.
Thousands Of helpless women asd in
nocent children we're marched at the
point Of the bayouet or under the lash
for days and weeks. without food,
without water. often stark naked. un-
der the scorching sun and over the
blistertnG sands until their biackened
tongues hung from their psrched
mouths and they dropped dead in their
tracks Tender, cultured. modest wom-
en- we're outraged until they died in
the hands of their torrnenters Babies
were thrust through with bayonet
and tossed from guard to guard like \
football
CsrMany's two faithful allies. Fsm.
Inc and Pesti!ence, are fast working
out the full purpose of the Hun upon
the 1000 900 survivors. chiefly women
and children, including 100000
orphans whose parents perished in the
massacres and depcrtatioas.
VIII Germany q vletsrisusi
America entered the war for purely
Humanitarian purposes. She asked no
territory. NO concessions, no lAasR-
nifty, but that the oppressed pssDlss
should be free and the wsellsr
nations self-dstsrmining. She gave
billions Of gold. millions Of men and
tens Of thousands Of precious lives to
make good those demands America
astoundsd the world with her eco
nomtc accomplishments and with start
ling rapidity proved the superiority Of
her military prowess; hut the supreme
test, the test Of her MORAL power is
now upon her Will she bear this
tests
DID Our Sons Die In vaint
Shall these millions for whose tree
dom our splendid boys laid down their
lives now be allowed to perish with
ost . day Of liberty, for want Of bread
The Belgian and French sufferers
are being cared for by the govern
meats: but our government cannot le-
gally appropriate money for these
refugees from Turkish cruelty.
Uncle Sam has. therefore, assigned
this great task Of relief and hfssaviug
to the AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR
RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST. and
that committee has been authorized to
solicit funds enough to keep the starv-
ing women and children alive until the
Peace Council can decide their dispo.
sition and arrange for their rehabilita-
| ton.
| The government has sold cat mere
nominal cost to the American Com
mittee fifteen army hospitals Of 100
beds each and 200 army trucks to be
e. tH. H.. T. 3
has granted the use OF 7.OO0,ton
transport to carry food and medical
supplies and to carry over additional
relief workers. and now the Commit
tee, with the approval of President
Wilson and Secretary of State Ian
sing, IL making an appeal directly tC
the American people for an emergenc,
fund Of $30.000,o 900 to be raised in ,
campaign covering Jan. 18th to 18th
A local committee will receive contri
buttons In every community.
| 80 Saves Life.
We are confident that America vii
stand the supreme test as she ha.
stood the economic and the mliitar,
tsoes. The heaor df America Is a
stako ~ truly - at Chateau Thierry
TIE Nuns last ally must be beaten {.
Unconditional surrender. The victories
} won BY the Ysnks "over there" are no
gotng to b lost ever here. America Il
going over the top for 1000 900 hive
so that the lad with the empty slssv,
or the sightlsss Syss may b. assure,
that his sacrifice vas not In vain Al,
that the honor Of America is still an,
forever will be worthy Of the price h
paid for ia defense.
We gave gold as II 1t were common
clay for Liberty Bonds whom they wer
good Investment We oversubscribe
every call whom our own flesh an
blood were concerned. and we will ar
swsr svsa more gladly and more frenl
thls sey Of humanity for a morssl @