Milford chronicle., 1919-11-21
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown Ups. Too
THE MARs OF TODAY

stories they never were so excited as
when waiting for him to tell them
something about the Great War and
what he did as a soldier In France
On this particular night he was COM
ing to tell them sjout the things that
happened in France gear ago and in
honor of the occasion Ruth had her
French dolls dressed with the Red
White and Blue, while Jacks tin sol
diers, repr sFrndAg every branch OF
the Allied armies, we're arranged in
review before the great open fireplace.
Attention men!" II was Uncle Ted
who burst la upon the scene. Are
the armies all set for the great cele-
bration?
You bet they are" answered Jack,
.and they are all tired waiting"
We'll, we will start at once. Now
let's see. believe it was last week
when you kiddies we're starring for a
party in celebration of the Armistice
that / promised tc tell sou what !
was doing at that tine last year and
all about the thi"gs that have hap
pened since On The mig 1t before No
vember IL, 1918, NY company was
occupying a part C the front line
trenches. We were tired, muddy, hun
CRY and hOmesick. We had been fight
ing for so many months that war
seemed to be the only thing we could
remember in our whole lives. That
night was a night of hard fighting. but
in the morning came those wonderful
orders that you are informed that
hOstilities will cease along the whole
front at IL o'clock A. NJ, November
IL, 1918, Paris time When that hour
came, children, we didn't shout and
yell and celebrate. We felt just like
the bottom had dropped out of things.
We couldn't believe that the war was
ended; that we wouldn't have to fight
any more, and we were so tired that
all we wanted was just to sleep and
rest forever"
But we all made a lot of noise
here" said Jack. I'VE were so happy
we couldn't help it. And / remember
mother cried"
''Yes, know" continued Uncle Ted,
you folks back home felt that the
whole terrible business was ended .
that at last peace had come and that
the soldiers would start for home. A
year has passed since that date. Let
us see just what has happened. Al
though the armies are not fighting
each other on the battle fronts in
France the peace that the world cell
ebrated and welcomed with open arms
is, in great many ways, failure.
"A failure!" exclaimed Ruth.
Eyes, know Ruth, that sounds
funny, but let me show you why ]
say that. We have seen the govern
ment of Russia crushed and the coun
try thrown into the hands Of the boil
sheviks. The German empire is a
thing of the past as is the empire of
Hungary. Every phase of the
life of Europe has been changed. In
every nation that fought against Ger
many a feeling of unrest exists. This
is due partly to two things: labor and
politics. In our own country today
the greatest danger rests in the way
Of which organized labor is acting /
have already told yOu about the strikes
and what the men who have quit work
are doing. Some time ago l told you
about the Supreme Council that was
formed by the men in Paris who made
the Peace Treaty and how this Council
was supposed to take care Of the trOu-
bles between the various countries un-
til the peace treaty was really signed
by all the countries that fought. While
there is some trouble going on in the
great countries that fought and de-
feated Germany. far greater trouble
and real fighting has been going on
between the little countries that were
formed by the divisions of land made
by President Wilson and the men who !
met in Paris Only a few months ago
It was said that more than twenty !
wars were being fought in Europe and
very few of them, if any, have stopped
since that time Although it has been
more than a year since I. with the =
other soldiers, stopped fighting on the
fronts in France. men are actually
lighting each other with guns and can d
non in at least three places. In Rus e
3ia the troops Of the bOlsheviks are Il
lighting those who would wipe out this =,
lew form Of government and the Ttal-
ans are fighting the JugO-Slav troops
m the shores Of the Adriatic Sea over u
Who shall control Fiume. The Serbian Il
md Rumanian troops are fighting each =,
,ther in the Banat, which is located
n the central part Of what was Hun x
-ary before the war. and the Ruman- y
an troops continue to occupy the "
titles and provinces of Hungary, al
hough it was forbidden at Paris In
dditiOn to these troubles the question VI
f what shall be done with Turkey OF
nd Armenia has not been settled" IN
But the British and Franch are not
ghting, are they?" asked Jack ~
well, they are not fighting. exact u
y, but they are quarreling over the
of Syria. The British are IS
aving trouble with Ireland and more le
rouble with India. And the Italians.
Tho greeted President Wilson on his 10
isit to Rome as the savior of the nc
'orld are today denouncing him with m
ne same degree of fury. I remember
mother thing The soldiers Of our de
rmy who were in the big cities OF Ia
urope on Armistice day. 1918. had to
e protected by the police Of Europe Nc
'om the people who wanted to rush
D and hug them. Today the Euro sp
can police are busy keeping Amer me
ans over there from being killed
or that reason the first anniversary we
the armistice brings with it more
tterness than peace, more fighting an
AN friendly feeling. So children, do
)t think after looking back over the sp
Ist year and seeing the troubles ex- Oc
ting everywhere in Europe, that the
nited States can afford to join a am
ub that would mean sending Amer MI
IN troops to fight in all these places" !
But won't things be better after a we
hile ?" asked Ruth. ton
How can they be much better over
ere later on with a peace treaty to rln
by when the Supreme Council in re
iris with war authority can't control \
e situation? There has been trouble enc
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