The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-31
Cur Part Is to Come.


the War OF 1915"
/ Our Part Is to Come.
Quoting from Lincoln at Gettysburg
that our conservation should be to the
unfinished work of the dead, the
( speaker read IN Flanders Field" ana
then said:
This is the appeal. How are we
going to answer it? Have we answered
il by a successful conclusion OF the
warp No. We have not answered IL
until we have secured TO the genera
tons 70 come all the things that these
men fought and died for
II have stood between those crosses
ROW on row" that mark the last rest
I ing place of so many who oieo IN
France. No towering shaft OF maroie
draws the attention OF the passeros.
Marked only by rude wooden cross,
| bearing a small disk showing the
name and organization of the one VINO
lies there, yet one stands there IN
awe and reverence such as the most
Beautiful mausoleum on earth coulo
not command. There they lie, on the
hills and In the valleys OF France, the
/ sun watching oyer their graves ny
day and the moon and the stars py
night
How many Of Us ever stop in the
midst Of our busy life TO think OF
those who lie there, Of what they have
done for us. How far they are from
hcn,e, from the familiar scenes that
they knew, from the places ABOUT
" hich they were wont to play. For
they were mere boys. Ii was only
7 few years ago that they were play
ing about our streets. But in their
brief span OF life they lived longer,
they knew more OF the deeper emo
tons OF life than we may hope TO
know though we reach our three score
years and ten And one who visits
these graves and starting from the
Msrne follows them, will go always
/ forward. they never retreat They ex-
| tend from there toward the Kline.
! pointing straight as an arrow toward
Germany and victory.
The New Foe Before Us.
But how are We 10 carry the
| torch? Who is the foe with whom we
/ are now TO take up the quarrel9
The foe IS anyone, or any band OF
n5en who are seeking TO overthrow
( and change the institutions Of this
/ country and this government
I There Is very dangerous move
nent on foot in the world today II
has already entangied one great ma
t15on Of the world in it's tenacles, and
/ is crushing the blood of life out Of it
I IL Is raising its head IN other coun-
tries Of Europe. and is attempting TO
/ ezra hlish itself in our own land.
The world is obsessed by the fear
CT social and economic revolt II
calls the thing il is afraid of bolshe-
vism. This term, however. repre-
ssnrs only the latest step in the dis
Indignation Of the established order
+ The first step we may call commun-
ism. the next bolshevism. and 1t Is
OILY Z step from that TO anarchy"
With reference 10 the l. w ". and
its coumunistic ideas, differing from
Communism, however. in seeking the
extinction o. Ell property rights, Lieu
tent Surowls said il Is but the last
stem before anarchy and continued:
Enemies at Our Door.
But, ron say, If bolshevism, and its
{ kindred PHILOSOPHERS have been con-
4 fined largely 10 Russia and central
I Europe, what have We 10 do with 1t
IN this country?
/ When Kari Liebknecht and Rosa
I Lu1emUurg. the German bolsheFists.
were slain IN The streets Of Berlin,
there was held z great memorial, In
New York city. TO do them honor.
i There we're ready funds to pay the hire
CT z hall: TO pay for the printing OF
preteuttous invitations, and 10 meet
! ali The expenses Of prom noting mon
g4e- mass meeting IN the greater city
J. Citizens IN every walk OF life were
. asked 70 pay homage 10 the memory
q L6s5kascht and Luxembourg VINO
/ died for the cause. And what was the
= czuse for which they died7
i 1T Ezs the cause which aims 10 con-
ffscs1s al wealth; the cause OF saOo-
1 tage, ct ioce-diarIsn. Of bombs ana
! q @s,u-r ping off,; the cause which
would tear down every American Tag
a-S eve-y5afng for which the flag
Stands Il was the cause which sought
u s+z5 II The back the American sol
Sse- VITO Eas face 10 face with the
e-s-1y. tte czuse which by fomenting
strikes "a harvest fields sought 10 de
-,-4rs HIN q The food necessary TO
e1y-sEu lis strength for the battle,
Win ay fo-nentfog strikes IN ship
:, rz.-.ss 1.cg-gat 20 withhold from him the
ssf--7sss witch were waiting on the
Sr,crs- ar the aid Of those comrades
VIC were waiting for the ships to
carry tier oys- the sea so that they
-a4g1t sta-6 shoulder 70 shoulder Win
n SIR <gu-t-gnnen. which stirred up
sfg1Gez fr munitions plants and would
rare left o1r soldier, At the front a.
z ne =oefcy cs Ire fee because Of LACE
cs s.uro z.3tSo-- That vas the cause.
So>-r fer Criy One Flag
+ T-Se- care IN analysis. keen and IL
MATCHMAKING, o. tLs Russian CONDITIONS
sznd syrs pzr1y for them II Aew forE
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