Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-14
ICwculatlon Every 10cn1
lEvenng Yesterday i xOOOx
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IA, 1920
They Insult Our Brave Soldiers.

The Republican party's national plat
form has no word of praise for the giorioas
achievements of our country in the great
var for humanity which drenched Europe g
soil with blood and in which 30 many OF
our brave Young men gave Their lives or
.suffered grievously from wounds. Re-
xublican orators hsve nothing TO ssy IN
praise of that most brilliant chapter of
American history. when the brave young
men of our country 50 freely enlisted IN
<ause which stirred their deepest sym
,pathies and aroused their most patriotic
<nthueaasm.
While not daring b condemn these
brave eokiicrp who suffered and sacrificed
SO much for a noble ideal, Republican
orators and newspapers come very near
stpthis contemptuous and tressonable
.at+Itude in their denunciation of the con
~iuct of the war That war, 1t so happen-a'
was fought under a Democratic national
administration, and bitterly partisan Re
.pnhlicsns can never bring themselves to
forgive the Almighty Ruler for suffering
\
time. And so they seek to belittle our part IN
tho great World War, not reallzng-or
caring, more likely-thst by so doing they
arc condemning and insulting every brave
American soldier and sailor who took part
in II. and repudiating the noble sacrifice OF
those Of our boys who hesitated not to
give their lives that humanity might he
preserved.
After wasting two millions Of dollars
and exercising every power Of the law TO
facllitate their undertaking into the &C
tions of the administration In making our
part IN the war most effective, 8 partisan
committee of q partisan Republican
Congress could not find that dollar had
been stolen, or that the people had been
unjustIy imposed upon in any manner
They found extravaganza, It is true but
how infnitesimal in comparison with the
tremendous scope of the undertaking, anu
the imperative necessity for speedy action
And how splendid the results of those
operations, thanks to the bravery and
patriotism of our loyal men in the field
and of millions of patriotic men and
women at home, which soon brought
about the complete overthro~ Of the bully
of Europe, the menace of the world.
1t is impossible for these bitter partlsans
~ harshly criticise and condemn our
briliiant and successfulpartlclpatlon IN the
World War without insulting those who
represented our country with such aston
rshing success, such magnificent courage,
on Europe's hattie fields To these bitter
partr-ans the glories of our accomplish
ments in the Argonne Forest, at St.
Mihiel, are nothing to be proud Of. They
make no reference to them III their carp
ing criticisms. They ignore them alto
vrt.her. having no voice but to condemn the
agencies which operated with such vlgor,
with such effectiveness, as TO send two
million of our brave fighting men TO
Europe in an incredibly short time, with
out allowing the enemy. with all his hend- |
ish undersea devices, TO cause the loss Of a |
-slngie life.
No other country ever achieved such |
success, ever earned such glory But II is |
nothing to the bitter partisans who criti-
crse these operations, measuring them by
the paltry rule Of dollars and cents. feeling |
no thrill at the splendid courage Of our |
soldiers and sailors, but joining with the |
German enemy 10 detract from the glory !
Of their accomplishments by assailing
the agencies under which they were en-
abled to do so much