The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-05

world grudged France her greatness and her prosperity except those who grudged her liberty and her pros perity. And it has profted us terribly z as the cost has been, to witness what has happened, to see with the physi- cal eye what has happened, because injustice was wrought.
 The president of the chamber has pictured, as. I cannot picture, the ap- palling sufferings. the terrible tragedy of France, but 1t is a tragedy which could not be repeated. As the pattern of history has disclosed itself it has disclosed the hearts of men drawing toward another Comradeships have become vivid. The purpose of asso- ciation has become evident.
 The nations of the world are about to consummate a brotherhood which
 will make it unnecessary in the future to maintain those crushing arna- ments which make the peoples suffer almost as much in peace as they suf-
 fered in war.
 When the soldiers of America crossed the ocean they did not bring
 with them merely their arms. They brought with them a very vivid con ception of France. They landed upon the soil of France with quickened
 pulses. They knew that they had come to do a thing which the heart
 of America had long wished to do. When General Pershing stood at the tomb of Lafayette and said, La Fayette, we are here.' it was as if he had said "LaFayette here is the com pletion of the great story whose first
 chapters you assisted to write"
 The leaders of the allies may moi agree upon every detail proposed fol the final solution of the problems con fronting the conference, but they vii all be as one touching the principles so ably and clearly enunciated by President Wilson in discussing the spiritual and permanent advancement of humanity that must come from the comradeship of freedom.
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 Perfecting Plans for
 Savings Campaign
 IN HE War Savings or Thrift cam 0 paign in Alabama is being thoroughly organized for 1919 under the leadership of State Director Ar thur c. Crowder, who is to be actively assisted by J. H. Jackson as fiel( agent.
 While the first drive will not be gin until March 1, committees will b' busy all this month perfecting plan for systematic operation when th campaign comes to be under way Every school-city and rural-ant every family must be enlisted for th work The school was a\center of ac tivity in the thrift cause last yea and it is expected that the result O it's activity will mean still greate achievement this year.
 
 The War Savings campaign is nov la section of the governments loal organization. It will be under tn general supervision of the treasur department and as it has been place on permanent basis, the local can |vassers should feel all the keener in terest in the work
 With the men, women and childrel of the state fully aroused the volum of small savings will make great az gregate The schools must not los sight of the thrift feature of the move ment. The thrift lesson will be o lincalculable benefit to the individua and to every community as well. Nickels and dimes wasted hay amounted to hundreds of thousands 0 dollars every year. Stop the vast 1 for your own benefit and at the sam time for the patriotic purpose of helr | ing Uncle Sam. ' # + x
 John Skelton Williams,
 Comptroller of the Currency o,or4,.%;1v +1