The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-10-26
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES.
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Lasting Peace Established With the
United States SIN a Free Nation.


United States SIN u Free Nation.
Its all over now! It's all over
now!" II was Jack who was pounding
his side Of the peace question into his
chums who had made fun OF him
through the many months past. Fred
die had been away and II was the first
opportunity Jack had to talk to him
about II.
What's all oyer?' asked Freddie.
well, where have you been, any
way?" answered Jack. Don't you
know that the treaties made with Ger
many and Austria last August have
been ratified, as Uncle Ted calls 1t, by
the Senate and now we can 60 right
ahead and start business going in
even a bigger way and feel that the
war is REALLY over?"
"I'll just bet can guess what you
Riddles are talking about with one
guess" said Uncle Ted. who had jus;
appeared on the scene.
What is your guess, Uncle Ted?'
asked Ruth.
peace" answered Uncle Ted.
"IIhat's right" said Jack. 1--WE been
been telling Freddie little about 1t
He's been away and don't seem to
know what has happened"
Riddles" said Uncle Ted, "now
that the treaties of peace with both
countries with whom we were at war
have been signed an dsatified by the
United States Senate, and the last step
has been taken to end the greateit
war in all history, I'm going to make
my story a little historical review of
the whole business"
"Goodie," said Ruth Lets all sit |
nthe floor in the front ROOM"
How many of you can name the !
year in which the war first started, |
long before the United States went in
sa fighting factor?"
II can" said Jack, ut was in 1914
That's right, Jack, In 1914 the |
Great War started with Germany in
vading the soil of Belgium, trying to
make her way into France. England
soon Joined hands and before long |
practically every country in Europe |
was fighting astensibly because of the
trouble started in the Balkan states
by the murder of Prince. In April.
1917, on the sixth day of that month.
the United States declared war on
Germany and became potent factor
in the war. On December Z, 1917, the
United States declared war on what
was then Austria-Hungary, From
then until November II, 1918, when
the armistice was signed, the day that
will be celebrated all through the
United States this year, the fighting
was the most terrible the world has
ever seen"
WAS the armistice with Austria
signed then. too?" asked Jack.
mo, Jack, the armistice with Aus
tria-Hungary was signed November 8,
1918, but the short time between the
two made little difference. From No
vember II, 1918, until July 2, 1921, the
people of the United States who be-
lieve in the teachings Of the founders
Of this government were forced to
fight the most dangerous enemy ever
formed to attack US. That enemy was
worse than an enemy of war because
it was clothed nthe costume of peace
and mas made up partly of well-in-
tentioned but misguided Americans
We have talked that over so much |
am sure We all know what tits. We
know that because of the foresight |
ana courage or wise statesmen In the |
United States Senate and out, the
United States was not allowed to en-
ter the deceptive world club and to-
day we find that club in even a worse
condition than We thought it would be
There was only one way to make
a temporary peace unit treaties di-
rect with these countries could be
formed and that was by joint reso-
luton Of Congress. That resolution,
by the late Senator Knox Of
Pennsylvania, was approved by the
President on July 9 of this year. In
IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW