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pealed to whatever sense of honor we
felt might still remain with her m
pire, and, then by the exposure of the
Zimmerman notes we discovered that
the damnable Hun had even planned
the downfall and division of u own
beloved land.
at was then that the scales fell
from our eyes and we saw the German
nation in all it's hideousness, standing
like a monster, over bleeding France
drunk with the blood of Belgium
crazed with the delirium of world do
minion, confident in the supremacy of
her own might and with her leering
eyes cast toward this continent.
Like a flash of lightning the real
purpose of the Imperial German gov
eminent dawned upon the American
people, and as the thunder follows
lightning, so came our decision.
The spirit of '76' swept the land.
The shades of Washington and
Lafayette looked down upon US
with satisfaction that the heritage
our most priceless possession; that we
had remained true to the principles
upon which this nation was builded.
"And so we declared war-war that
meant death to the autocratic govern
ment of the German and Austrian
Empires. And even then the propa-
gandists tried to lull US into a sense
of false security, by saying that Ger
many was our friend, and that we
had nothing to fear from her, if we
kept our army and navy at home;
fhof 11yo y,nro hNt,nl fnrofhn, hy, oNpo-
mon ideals, as evidenced by the large
number of Germans and their de-
scendants who had become citizens Of
this country; and they thought that
we had forgotten about the blowing
up of u facories, the attempted
gripping Of our industries, the sink
ing of the Lusitania, the Mexican
trouble, the murder of Edith Cavelle,
and the crime upon Belgium, and their
damnable record of national dishonor
that cried to high heaven for VEN
geance.
"And in answer to that propaganda
we said we would rather kill the snake
away from our own %dooryard, so that
our old men and wome and children
might be spared from its deadly fangs
spared from the horrors of war.
"And we sent about two million
khaki-clad sons, to the sodden fields
of France.
"And with them went the great
love of this great nation, ministering
to the wants of the boys through the
Red Cross and the other splendid or
CARNATIONS. What they did for you
over there you know better then we,
and what the Red Cross did for you
here is a matter of pride to every
citizen of Montana. In this county
the farmers gave an acre of grain or
other produce, and all gave bounti-
toes and gave the proceeds to the Red
Cross. And in spite of the fact that
our county lost heavily in popula-
ton by reason of the draft and enlist
ments, and the crops had failed, and
the division point had moved away,
Yet in the year 1918-the crucial year
of the warm per capita Red Cross
production, old Valley county stood
at the top of all the counties in the
whole United States of America. Bet
ter than any words, that tells you ser.
vice men how we stood behind you.
"And God knows YOU deserved it all,
and more, for on you depended the
security of our liberty, the honor of
u women, the existence of our gov
eminent and the very fate of civiliza-
ton.
eve wanted you to know that we
were always with you in spirit, wheth-
err you were in the training camp, or
on the water, or in the trenches or in
the hospital.
"Oh, the pity is that all the boys
could not come home again-but war
is cruel and your victory was gained at