The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-08-09

Thomas z Watson is making capital support get
ting from some former campaign of vpeaton
government the American Legion the
Catholics everything everybody that hasn't exactly pleased
him in the past
the paper displays prominently letter
from Atlanta former service pedgng his
Legion To people that letter
Of endorsement from from misconceptions
prove strong argument, but it should not.
People prone look the American soldier
the world simply distinct type and their ideazng and
ozng the soldier have considered the personal element
it that the millions who the khaki there
some who did not understand what they lighting for and some
who understanding, felt sympathy with the magnificent
All honor to those for the fight they made the heroic fight they
made the fight that equaed anything the records of heroic
achievement with which the history country
though they knew not or cared not for which they fought
But from those who uninsped by the
World Democracy and uninspd with the knowledge they
were lighting TOR home and dear though the
pitched thousands of miles from surprising to hear
backre OF dissatisfaction of ordeal
through which they went 1t surprising few
who fought because they fight should rav with enh
as around candidate who campaign frustrating the
accomplishment OF the thing for which fought
M honor to those brave fighting what thew did in France
and tender sympathy for them few who have come
back rebeous and dsoya who support man whose wish
TO destroy that which, their blindness they made possible
to build f
The League of Nations is capitalization of ideals for which
Inc war was fought Uni becomes fact the war was fought
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Watson and his republican contemporaries make the wek
ing e Ponngs to the present disturbed conditions in E
rope See that they say with your little old league Of nations
mere no League OF Nations There will not he until
es e treaty OF peace and becomes and soul member
the backbone OF the league that now onv vsio,
~ o started 10 junction AT the Hague few brilliant me, lad
~ OF brllance working out the details OF court
relations to be backed by league The n,.c;,
~ u he league has not begun function and can never -
uon properly until America enters it. ~
And STILL Watson rings in ever and o,o, A.
e u 'hng that has not yet into being
:, No wonder man of that kind assals the Americor
s 90 NO wonder he rants until he called down and
" ms meetings broken up by soldier who kno,ys h
ne was lighting for in France ~ 0 "iid'
ba ds weird Ideas OF Americanism Some have called
- n Federat1on OF Labor Un-Amercan and have n..aI
re because the members of the federation those who I1
- anu us workings, dsdainfu Of such ob, =
- - 80 ueleISe. Mr. Watson would pursue the soroa 8
:, ~ osdilzauon that is not "too proud 70 io1,+ IL
- ~ answer at GAINESVILLE when his meetino was hr1 -
er soldier, one who fought with his eve on 80 49, n
ndi justice marched up to the speakers nl+f "a, u
- aiouhd the speakers the structure of r; Pu
~ - pi nc had built with passionate word and o+,
= alee ulere are some former soldiers ,u1,o o
neie was one, at least, that the writer 1,no
80 aHP wheeler into Macon to vote for u.ud:, w 'lNeu
,na, - -, wa was N progress. Indeed it takes ali 1
- - make the world and the Amecan-arm,, ;tl -: i OF
- S VI di Kinds An honorable DISCHARGE g. - ~ "
,roa rs sy honored but its possession docs no i
/ r,,s, n e IS an oracle either of statesmansbn ~
al ~ vast majority have come back with IT,
49,. ns tner stand squaey against b W. ieheu