The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-11-11

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uutcred The sus over attt4ts
Tie usr not ever b any means 70
thepaand Fl young men sho hav.
bstn unable 10 settle themselves Il
business or industry
This 0ysr eae tnkngl,
audible on every hau3 There are Ger
a kind u silence which voctfcra''
more loudly than speech There ar
ahssnres - enthusiasm and u inter
at uhirh are mor giaring th1n an,
amount y noise, and the attitude
above noted IS one ~ them
It was one Of the most singular
happenings o. eur time-the speedy
dehauon u American war sentiment
after the srmisaee. The change wa
noticeable within IS hours after thu
houting and the tumult died, and II
as continued 20 grow more and nor
pronounced in the months intervening
Il Is not contended that W should
keep our anger forever. II is con
tended that We should ncmembe. those
y no bore the cost Of that rs months Of
our particfation in the war aud render
consideration where consideration is
due. Yet such is the Indifference tow
ord those who bore the brunt u the
hardship and suffering that i IS quite
common to hear people say
what is the matter Everybody
seems 70 have forgotten the war.
While il was on that was an YOU heard
about Now nobody seems to care
The boys who fought in the Civil War
are heroes TO their dying day. But
tho boys who fought in this war
while they were in uniform nothing
was too good for them, and what
about them now ?"
Ex-serviee men themselves have
noticed this and felt it keenly. Here
md there, to intimates, or to one an
they have spoken Of it.
II is no excuse, il is no eXoneration
say that during those rs months Of
,ur participation in the war the pub
ic mind was kept afame BY a fuel OF
publicity and propaganda and that the
ire naturally died down when the fuel
vas no longer supplied. The fact re-
mains that a certain large and impor-
ant part of our youthful male citi
.enry bore certain burdens, endured
crtain hardships. and fulfilled certain
Obligations. and enthusiasm or no en-
husiasm. propaganda or no propagan-
IA. reaction or no reaction, let-down or
O lct-down, they are entitled TO a
leasure Of consideration which they
re not receiving. They know il. II
,ill have, or is having, its effect. And
is n serious matter TO start Oft q
isinr generation by converting up
ards Of 100000 youths into a Gym
al attitude toward public affairs.
The secretary Of the organization in
u]cstion remarks
Some employers complain Of the
nsettled nature Of many ex-serv1ee
but we believe their sacrifices en-
tie them to the benefit of every
"The unsettled nature Of many ex-
,rvice men ?" Well, in the name Of
\ the gods at once, why not? Drag
boy out Of peaceful civilian life,
nip him 5000 miles oversee into an
lfeno which beggars every descrip-
of hell; fetch him home again;
i'm him loose in civilian life to abide
Y laws which his war experience com
.ctely abrogated, and tell him to go
/, work earning a quiet living-and
zen complain that he is unsettled"
he Is unsettled, for whose benefit
as it?
I'VE believe" with the secretary,
vat "their sacrifices entitled them to
70 benefits Of every doubt"
As regards ex-scrvice men receiving
,~nsideration for their performance
broad and being helped to a fair start
life, the issue is fatty between the
der generation and the younger.
he elder generation had its start in
fe. II remained, for the most part,
home, and most it prospered. The
en- who went TO France were young
nrs, with their way TO make. Their
ans were disrupted; their minds :
ere upset; their lives rudely jostled; /,
N their life-start delayed :
For them the war is not over. Il IS /,
beginning.-Uncle Dudley in the
rston Globe.