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twenty-three ships. That is the 1arg
est body of men that ever crossed tn.
Atlantic at one time. Not single
man was lost from any cause. After
being on the water twenty-one days
these thirty thousand boys landed al
Liverpool, England, where they en-.
trained Immediately for Salisbury
Plains, just outside of London. At
ter being trained in England for two
months, these Canadian boys were re.
viewed by King George at Salisbury
Plains. They were then sent to
Franc and on into the firing-line at
Ypres.
In early March, the Germans used
gas for the first time. These Cana
dian boys and some British, who were
helping them hold that part Of the
line, were the first to experience the
effects of this terrible chlorine gas.
Sergeant Munro says that the most
horrible sight that he saw in his three
years service was seeing HIS comrades
suffering from this gas. Most of
them bled terribly from the nose.
mouth and ears, and opened their COL
lars, frantica1ly, in an effort to get
more oxygen into their lungs, thru
which pains were cutting like sharp
knives. In a few seconds, most of
the boys fell, writing, in the trench
es, choked to death by the obnox-
lous fumes Unlike most of the men,
Sergeant Munro says that he did not
bleed at all, although ne felt sharp
pains in his lungs. The Germans at
:acked Immediately after they launch
ID the gas, but as the gas had not pen-
.trated to the second and third line
trenches, the men in these came I'D
md the attack was repulsed. Ser
yeant Munro and a number of other
Canadians and Englishmen who had
lot been much affected by the gas. |
vent on fighting. Afterwards. as
very one knows, England developed |
gas-mask to protect her soldiers
rom the gas.
On the 10Th Of April, 1915, being |
lopelessly outnumbered, the Cana
iians were forced to retire. The
Germans swept all parts of the line
With their machine-guns and artillery
md infantry fire. While the Cana
iians were retiring, Sergeant Munro
vas hit by three machine-gun bullets.
he first in the left knee, the second
n the right side of the back, and the
bird in the right hand. He Law for
day and night on the battlefield
between the first and second line
renches with all kinds Of bullets and
shells raining over and around. After
he day and night, the Germans be-
gan advancing. They found him and
hree of his comrades lying helpless
IN the ground. One of the German. |
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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

With no more wars, what will the
patriotic woman munition workers do
to earn fur coats?
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

The trip of those U-boats to give
themselves UP to the British was in
no sense joy ride.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Your character will never rise high
er than the source of your highest
ideal.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

A girl hasn't much use for man
who is too cowardly to propose.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14
Snappy Shots

Half a loaf is better than the aver.
age railroad sandwich.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Although macaroni is hollow, it is
said to be a solid food.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Borrowed trouble commands the
highest rate of interest.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Love is success, love is happiness,
love is life, Love," said Browning,
is energy of life"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

The fact that soap is IS pound in
Constantinoplc probably does not
cause much worry to the average
Turk.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Fishing being a useful occupation,
one may look forward serenely to a
vacation of service to the nation.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

1t would be thoughtful and helpful
of Mr.. Hoover to decide just what is
4 legitimate chewing gum ration.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

The things that are impossible t.
describe are the things we always talk
our friends to death about.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

When man speculates on a large
scale he always has something on
which to weigh the consequences.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

love is life, "Love," said Browning,
is energy Of life"
The things that are Impossible to
describe are the things we always talk
our friends to death about.
Is life not full Of opportunities for
love' Every man and woman ever,
day has thousand of them
More history is made than ever is
r ~""-' ss'?.'
Many a girl catches a husband by
batting her nook with indifference.
History repeats itself-with the ex.
ception of your own private history,
which is rejected by your neighbors.
When a man speculates on a large
scale he always has something on
which to weigh the consequences.
1t would be thoughtful and helpful
of Mr.. Hoover to decide just what is
4 legitimate chewing gum ration.
Fishing being a useful occupation,
one may look forward serenely to a
vacation of service to the nation.
The fact that soap is IS pound in
Constantinople probably does not
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Many a girl catches a husband by
batting her nook with indifference.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

Is life not full Of opportunities for
love! Every man and woman ever,
day has thousand of them.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

More history is made than ever is
!. ;, ~! ssi...
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-14

History repeats itself-with the ex.
ception of your own private history,
which is rejected by your neighbors
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
american Prestige Great


Britain and France never felt strong
enough openly to challenge the
Presidents purposes. Moreover. the
people and the statesmen saw as the
chief article Of the Peace Treaty Of
Versailles the American pledge that
assured American appearance In
European councils henceforth; saw
the league Of nations as the factor
which brought America to Europe
and accepted it on this under
standing.
No American who was not in
Europe last winter can conceive the
moral prestige Of his nation al that
hour. The war had almost mirac
ulously terminated in victory made
possible only by the arrival of Amer
lean masses. Millions of men and
women as we'll as children in North
ern France, In Belgium, in all OF
Eastern and Southern Europe, owed
their lives to American food. They
were literally living on American
generosity. America was a symbol
Of something far more noble and
beautiful, as we'll as powerful, than
the masses Of people had hitherto
conceived could exist on this planet.
If one may say 1t, America was then
the single illusion left to a disillu-
stoned, ruined, suffering continent.
And even In Germany America was
regarded In not a few quarters as
the sole bulwark between the Ger
man people and victorious foes seek
ing their extinction.
l have dwelt upon this aspect Of
American participation In the Paris
Conference because 1t was after all
the most remarkable, the most as
tonishing circumstance Of the whole
assemblage. Events combined with
Mr.. Wilson's own words to give to
America an extraordinary appear
ance Of idealistic purpose and un-
selfish intention.
Now, 1t is precisely this picture
which must be set over against the
situation revealed In Washington
to-day. The President himself, at
least the most conspicuous, the
most commanding figure at the
Peace Conference, who spoke always
with the conviction that his voice
was the authentic expression of
American views aspirations, be-
liefs, lies stricken and almost help
less. Washington seethes with
rumors as to his condition, but those
VINO should know best make no con-
cealment Of the fact that in recent
weeks, at least, he has been at
deaths door.
Moreover, and the fact Is tragic
when considered with any thought
of the past, still recent, there Is not
anywhere visible on the surface evi-
dence Of any widespread sympathy
with tho man or his misfortunes.
Few men have ever seemed so popu-
lar, yet no man in affliction ever
SO isolated from the sym
pathies OF his fellow countrymen.
4
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

talk to Chinese, and its popularity
grows with its years.
Children and Christmas! One
does not read Of the one in Dickens's
stores without reading at the same
time Of the other; they are closely
linked and SO tenderly that he has
hard heart who can read Christ
mas Carols" without closing the
book to find child to whom he NAV
be Santa Claus.
"There are many things from
which might have derived good, ~by
which have not proflted, Christmas
among the rest. But I am sure I
have always thought of Christmas
time, when it has come around
apart from the veneration due to
It's sacred name and origin, if any
thing belonging to it can be apart
from that-as good time; a kind,
forglvlng, charitable pleasant time
the only time I know Of, in the long
calendar Of all the year, when men
and women seem by one consent to
open their shut-up hearts freely and
TO think IF people below them as If
they were really fellow passengers
to the grave and not another race Of
creatures bound on other journeys.
And, therefore, though it has never
put scrap Of gold or silver in my
pocket, believe that It has done me
good. and will do me good, and !
say, God bless it."
God bless -us every one," said
Tiny Tim.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

where they lay wreath and sing
carols, and pass on to the grave of
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, where
they lay another wreath.
This pilgrimage takes them across
Broadway, the cemetery being di-
vided by street; across the full
width of the western half, down the
slope of the hill, till, at the foot Of
it, they reach the ivy-covered grave
of the Christmas poet. The grave
Of Alfred Tennyson Dickens, who
died in New York City while en-
gagged on a tour Of giving readings
from his fathers books, lies near
the entrance gate.
Lest all forget: Clement Clarke
Moore, "1779-l863," was the son
Of Bishop Moore, of New York. He
became, after his graduation from
college, general professor of biblical
learning in the General Theological
Seminary of New York, the ground
on which this seminary now stands
being gift from him to the city.
He published collection Of
poems, but "The Visit of Saint
Nicholas" the official name of the
poem, was not among them. He did
not believe it possessed sufficient
merit 1t was written for his chill
dren in 1922, and a friend who got
hold of 1t sent 1t to "The Troy SEN
tinel,' where 1t appeared anony-
mously December 90, 1923. Since
then it has been translated into
almost every language, from baby
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Children Honor These Writers on Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore, author of
"rhe Night Before Christmas" and
Alfred Tennyson Dickens, son of
the author Of christmas Carols"
and this pilgrimage, of all the COM
munity Christmas events In New
York City, is the tenderest and
sweetest. There are no 'visions of
sugar plums" dancing in the heads
Of the children who gather for this
event; there is no material reward
OF a gift of a tree at the end Of the
pilgrimage; they gather just to do
homage IN the name of the children
all over the world to the two who
did 80 much for children.
On Christmas Eve at the Chapel
of the Intercession, at the corner of
155th Street and Broadway, the
Feast Of Lights is celebrated at a
o'clock. In the chancel is a pyramid
OF light. The great candle in the
center, Christ, the light of the
world, is lighted first. From it the
enclrcling twelve Apostles receive
their flame and from them the sec
ond circle, the Christian nations.
Immediately the children receive
each one q lantern, and as the dusk
begins to fall, and the world seems
momentarily hushed, they form into
procession and, led by trumpeters,
sing the "Adeste Fideles," then visit
the grave Of tho children's poet.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

to talk with pale shades. They have
no place in the busy, bustling
American capital Of tho present
hour
And thus at last one comes to the
central fact. A year ago this month
in Rome, in Paris, in London, the
President Of the United States pro-
claimed in emphatic terms the fu-
ture mission Of the United States.
He announced that America had en-
listed for the duration Of time In the
defence Of idealistic purposes. He
pledged America, without stint and
without reserve, to the cause Of JUS
tice and tho maintenance Of peace.
To-day, exactly one year later, in
Washington, Congress Is angrily de-
batting the proposal to postpone pay
ment by our recent associates of in
terest on the loans we made them
with a magnificent gesture Of gen.
erosity ono year ago. In 30 FAR rs
Washington is a barometer, America
is to-day in tho midst Of material
istic reaction, almost as impressive
as the idealistic swing Of twelve
months ago
1t is no secret, however, that the
President believed when he returned
from Europe that the whole nation
would rise to welcome and acclaim
the peace which he had procured. 1t
is no secret here that he was conf
dent when he set out upon his swing
around the country, that he believed
that his appeal to the people would
StlI tlI0 tIldSScS. IL is IlO secret CQ8C
at the final hour Of the recent SEN
ate conflict, when most Of his advis-
ers counseled compromise, he re-
manned convinced that the tempo
rary defeat Of the treaty would at
last arouse latent and tardy, but
certain, moral indignation.
To-day 1t IL not less frankly con-
ceded by Democrats than it is loud
ly proclaimed by Republicans that
the country has not risen; that it is
not visibly stirred. So far as Wash
ington yet knows, the country has
not yet taken effective note Of the
circumstance. Senator's who, while
determined in their opposition to the
league Of nations. were still dubious
as to the further consequences Of
their course see in the aftermath
not rebuke, but Endorsement.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Belieued Him Mouthpiece

In all that he said the President
at all times was convinced that he
spoke for America. SO were all the
Americans who In their official ca
pacity went to the Peace Confer
snce- So, with few exceptions
were all Americans who were in
PariA All Of them testify to the
same state Of facts. American
idealis,n was again and again on
American lips Not a few were
unmistakably Of the opinion that
America had come to Europe on g
ncw crusade, on an expedition to
abolish old and evil Continental
standards and replace them with an
American ideal fortified by Ameri-
can strength and calculated to
make world peace permanent
No one has yet presented any ac-
curats picture Of exactly the role
played by America In the Peace
Conference. Those who preached
the Crusades through Europe CEN
turies ago hardly spoke with more
ASSURANCE, more conviction, than did
many Americans employed In Paris
in describing the American mission
IN proclaiming a new system of in
ternational relations The phenom-
enon WAS emotional and, In the
early days Of the Paris Conference,
ct least, had the fervency and some
thing Of the intensity Of an old
fashioned revival.
At bottom, this new gospel reste d
upon the view that American IDEAL
asm--s rorce as vague and Invisible
a. IN electric current but not less
potent-'would become, II accepted
BY Europe, a permanent protection
against future war-a protection
far moro impossible than the Rhine
or the Alps, or any strategic from
ttu.
II was the conception of the
President -- illustrated in his
gpeeches again and again-that the
which he advocated, the
American ideals which he preached,
wers not only Ame1fesn but were
Aeesrtsd by tho masses Of the plsin
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
BY Frances L. Carside
by FRANCES l.. CarsIde
n MERE are community Christ
mas trees in certain sections
Of New York; In other dis
trio%o +haro cro <~.~ CL-.A

OF NEW YOrk; IN other dis
tricts there are free Christ
mas dinners, and in another the
children gather for Christmas en-
tertainment Of songs, recitations
and sugar pluna
But in only one part Of the city is
Christmas ushered In with only ono
object In view - to honor the
memory of the two who are the
children's best friends on the print
ed page. And that section Is Wash
ington Heights.
There are many who have written
on Christmas-poems, essays, enter
tainments, but ask the child to tell
quickly which is his favorite Christ
mas poem and he will begin glibly:
Twas the night before Christ
mas, and all through the house"-
"And who's" is the next question,
lis your favorite Christmas tale
character?"
Tiny Tim." will bs his eager
reply.
Lest they forget, tho children Of
Washington Heights make an an
nual pilgrimage to the graves Of
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
Peace Is Desired Now Only fo,
Business Reasons, According
to Frank III. Simonds

peace settlement, not on nor,l :.
on material, grounds. The n.u..
seems impatient At the pos,oa.
ment OF peace. Il rightly percsI,.,
that any peace by concurrent ,.
luton Is impossible. It ask. ;.
have the uncertainty and the chan,
ended. But it unmistakably ns..,
its demand without regard n .,
moral considerations involved. =,
manifests no concern over the ,sc,.
flee OF any principles, only indiu.
ton for any appearance Of obst;n,.
which prevents the restoration =.
peace as a detail in the resumns,,
of business. So far as Washipg.o,
knows, public opinion Is fayorsbl.
neither to the President nor to II.
Senate. 1t is unaffected by any ~,
ticular form Of compromise II b,
weary to death Of the contest an.
phatically hostile to further Euro
pean ventures-obliHous 70 an u.
generous emotions and impul,ss d
a year ago.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

10 say this is merely to record
q fact universally recognized in
Washington, and this fact prevails
almost at the exact anniversary Of
those marvellous days when the
same man was welcomed in all the
capitals of Western Europe az no
conqueror has been acclaimed In
centuries.
Further than this, that misfor-
tune which has overtaken the Chief
Executive has not spared his asso-
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

Copyright. 1919, Mcclure Nsrs'
paper Syadicata
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
BY Frank Fl. Simonds

Washington.
IN OR any one who saw tho
~ Paris Conference, who saw
and heard an American view
unfolded and developed by
President Wilson, there can be moth
ing short Of an absolute shock in any
examination Of the situation in
Washington to-day. Tho retreat
from Paris Is, In many respects, the
most impressive spectacle since the
retreat from Moscow.
Superfcially, at least, to Judge by
every sign and symptom visible In
tho national capital. America to-
day Ii something totally different
from the picture painted by the
President In Paris a year ago and
accepted by our European associates
In the recent war as a truthful por~
trait.
With the political and partisan as
pect Of the discussion around the
peace treaty have not tho slightest
intention or desire to deal. One may
believe tho Senate or tho President
or both responsible for tho deadlock
which now exists over the treaty, or
ono may even believe, with at least
as much warrant, that the people of
the United States themselves are re-
sponsibls- But what Is striking, i'm
pressive, to any one who saw the
Paris Conference-more impressive
than all else-is the state of mind at
the capital.
Stated badly, the situation In
Paris was approximately this: The
ASciNSiiI tOlO Cic pcODiC OI Europe
that America was prepared to lay
aside her traditional policy of isola-
ton, abandon her customary aloof-
ness; his very presence in Paris
was taken as ultimate evidence Of an
American will to become partner in
world administration, in new or
dering Of the world 1t was regard
ed as proof that America felt
the war had imposed upon her
mission, and that mission was, with
out selfish purpose, without any con
Germ for private profit, to work for
q fair peace settlement and lend her
enormous strength, her resources in
men, as we'll as in money, to guaran-
tee the pcrpetuation of that settle
merf
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21
President Was Warned

1t was the Presidents conception
that he was the voice Of American
idealism in Europe, and that the
words which were uttered by hin,
would be confirmed by that body of
idealists who were the majority in
America. He was warned by his
party that this was not true. He was
advised against his course with the
Senate; against his appeal to the
people in trip across the continent
against his rejection Of the confer
ence offered at the climax of tho
hight. In all cases he rejected this
advice, because he still remained
confident Of the ultimate response of
the country.
No one better than tho President
appreciates the enormous contrast
between American purpose, as pro-
claimed by him in Paris, and Ameri-
can performance, as disclosed by ac-
ton and inaction in Washington.
The compromises offered to him.
without exception, destroyed the
picture Of America he painted in
Europe; they abolished completely
that idea Of Americas becoming the
partner and the chief factor in the
maintenance Of the society Of ma
tlons which was the burden of hjs
European declarations.
To compromise and save a treatv
is no solace for the architect whose
whole foundation must be sacrificed
do q circumstance in any useful
compromise. He appreciates far
more perfectly than any one else
that any suggested compromise de-
prves his creation of its moral
force Like every proposed COM
promise on Fiume, each suggestion
OF compromise in the matter Of
tne league Of nations does violence
70 tho principles he has proclaimed
-and so far he has not shrunk from
the possibility that refusal to COM
promise on the Adriatic may bring
ruin to modern Italy.
To-day such popular sentiment as
Is felt Ia Washington demands =
New-York tribune., 1919-12-21

mote as the statues Of Sherman and
Sheridan in the Washington parks.
They belong to an era and to an
episode seemingly as remote. Yet
they are the men who yesterday
discussed with Lloyd George and
Clemenceau the basis Of a new
world, and formed and modified
boundaries from the Baltic to tho
Balkans, and extended willing hands
to receive mandates for Byzantium
and Armenia. To talk with them is