Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-03-27

min, OF GOOD re-rr1s writ lis listeners
A constant nipple q Tne--.rnenc came
iron, he audience during MS with
c,suz u IS privilege g address al
American audience ne said Tor. at
thought : an nor Iii Arne-lcar-1 owe
--our Uncle Sam as vou love nm"
Many N nv cuur.tr-- rner aIllds ID
,ou as Dollar Democrats IN. --ou d.
no: love y-ou- dcIiar. Dr-e- COUNTRIES
hunk VOL 10 ana vnu o-.iy think Vol
ch,nk YOU 90: fu- Z vou do love yor-
dollar why 40 vou spend i So iavlsr!v'
only owe earning --ou- dollar sause
YOU are people az achievement a1d -he
earning u .ht dollar IS the spu- 10 me
achievement
lie spoke ~ me queer customs ne mad
found in America and toid u ruaEv
-niuEE ne could nor al d-s- understand.
Sc. dpa / understand --nur politics ~
vou- delightful American slang, ne
said. Your America Al times exp-esses
herself II wonderful wEv I'll say
she does, T he added amidst Z roar q
laughter.
When : a-st carae mere : thought
vou- America was three d2vF ahead q
he-seit" ne said For On { -tlu-sdsv
uigrt .he,- were selling SATURDAY Eve
ming Posts IT -he street"
The speaker compared Australia
and America IS both ulg democratic
countries. He then told ri -ta
American douEnnoy ana the AUSTRIA
ian "Aussie" Both came from ~
democratic countries ana Went across
-hs sea for a big democratic ideal
He Told many amusing anecdotes :
he dpuEnDov II the western 'front.'.
Ii was The lrrep-nssibie spirit III
the fighting man that won the war
for Us, -he speaker Went On. Accord
InE 10 the -exT books Germany
should have won but the Germans
did not know how to smile or dance
" Joke. To them war was a serious
awful business and singing mad nc
par IN Il. With this IN their mind
hey bepr al II for four Years and
then grew stale and broke down Tle
igntinE men Of the allies mao 10
hymn 81 nate. They PLAYED When
fighting was needed they pun away
their pisy-hinEs and fought. When Il
was over they TOOK I'D their singing
and joking once more They II. r.
spe-sed the nell NJ war with play ma
II was this irrepsessibIe and opIiu1Is-
tic spirit that helped VIII the war
He told of the soldier-poeIs Of Ihe
war. How the ideaiisric vein ran
-,
wrote not u what they heard "
read but what -hev went through.
and their poems riEE true. TINS sIl-r--t
Of ideaiisTn inspired our fighting man
70 wonders. They -Isked all 70 v1ntL-
cate their dieaIisn and kept their
faith though millions died
He then loid % the taking u he
Dardauelles from the TURKS Vivid
" and with q wealth Of feeling ne
pictured the gray dawn the baa.-
loads ~ infRntrv going 70 the attack.
their LensI. quive-lug nerves strain
ing n inactivity before they reached
the shore. the silence o. the Turkish
forces until he men MAD landed.
Then the landing. the trap. and he
whole hillside q living fame of fire
rom the Turkish guns Hear--o-natz-
ingty he sfSetcned the diso-derc5
-anks. tprn bv land mines and ma
chiue-Eun fire MS voice -esound,-ls
10 every corner IN The nall and tue
audience teused with baied breath.
He told Of the frenzy OF rhe men the
Dzyonet fighting. the steel against
steel or hand 70 hand pushing IN
ward and upward IN the face II
whitening FIRE. under the machine
Surs. scaling The 400 foot cliff twisted
with barn wire and pushing rha
Turks before them unit! finally the
reached 10 v4cturv.
What we went through was he
same as that wilicn vour boys wer1
through. vo,1r flesh and blood he
said There must bs no more war.
Rise against il and stop i"