The Raymer enterprise., 1920-10-28

A"o lvssoUsssS u thS t0St II
fosr articles BY Capt. Eddie"
R;ctsnbecksr on "WAy Soldiers Are
Agaiastg Ms League Of Nations"
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aces IL American aviation on ths
front ~ Frascs. HI acqaointancs
among tie soldssrs Of ths late var
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them, 10 speaks vhat 10 knovs.
BY CAPT. EDDIE RlckENsAckER
Chapter l.
An American soldier Of the line does
not talk much about his mother.
Something holds him back. But hs
thinks about her.
When ordered to the front be writes
last to ner. When letters come from
home be looks first for hers When
be returns from war. hers Il the first
face he seeks.
II In battle he faces death, It Is her
features that flash upon him. II he
has time to remember his home II
is her form that means home to him.
This ! believe. Is true Of ninety col.
dien 10 q hundred.
No man feels more deeply than the
American soldier what war means to
American mothsrs-especially a for
eign war. 90 one sf the iirst thoughts
that come to soldier after reading
the league covenant is this: Is It
right to expose the mothers Of Amer.
lea to gil the grief Of war. just to help
a foreign nation settle q boundary
quarrel Or win 4 political dispute?
The one consolation Of the American
mother, when her son said good-by.
was that be wore the uniform Of his
country and marched away under the
flag Of the United States. He went
because the government Of his coun.
try called him. He would fight to up-
hold the honor Of the United States.
he would risk his life to protect bis
country and his people. He would
risk bis life to punish the enemies Of
his country.
This pride In their sons. American
spirit and American loyalty carried
million American mothers through the
anguish Of sleepless nights. II was
what brought them through the tor
ture Of the days when American young
men were dying by thousands and no
news came to tell who still lived ind
who had gone.
Now Just imagine q war which had
not even this comfort for a mothers
heart! Gould anything be sadderi
Think Of the mother whose son would
be sent to Asia to protect the Meso-
potamian oil fields from Russia, or
help France rivet the bonds on Syria !!
Or to get q piece Of Turkey for
Greecel Or to turn some nasty little
territorial trick for q people we have
never seen and cause nobody could
understand
Are the mothers Of America to be
cruci6ed for foreign quarrels that nev.
or endi Can an American imagine q
more needless outrage to be imposed
on American womannoodi Can . sol.
der think Of more painful sacrifice.
this side Of deathl
] know that some men, who have
not fit death facing them 10 front
and anguish waiting on them at home,
have said much about lighting for
mankind. An American statesman
has even sid: these men gave their
lives to secure the freedom Of man
kind" But no soldier can accept that.
II the statesman had been q soldier.
be wsaid not have said II. Whyi Be.
cause he would not have felt It.
The soldier Of the United States
fought for the United States. He had
no like or dislike for mankind In gen.
efal. BE thought only Of his own
country. That was bis main pride and
consolation; for his mother, that was
the sole pride and consolation. And
for the mothers Of America, II not for
themselves, American soldiers would
resent any scheme Of world politics
which In the days Of war trial and
war misery, would take away this last
vestige Of comfort and leave nothing
but killing anxiety behind
No soldier can be for . covenant
thnt 10 30 cruel to her whom be loves
best
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