The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-10

We've rot 20 defend Belgium. for
one. And II we hadn't--if we hadn't
any obligations we'd pretty soon.
we'd damn soon find them as soon
as ever Germany breaks loose. That
what these National Service Johnniea
ought 20 tell tho people. that's what
Hobs ought TO tell them. THAT'S what
these blasted politicians ought 10 tell
them: you don't want National serv.
leo 70 defend your pcrishlng homen.
Tho Nays going 10 do that. You
want II like he'll because you've got
10 defend your iivea--out there" He
waved his stick towards 'out there"
My Godfs' he said. lie was con.
sumod with the intensity OF his own
emotions MY Cod--
n never thought about that. .
Sabre said doaotfuiiy. 81 never
thought there were any obligations.
I doubt any member OF the Govern
mon, would admit there were any
Il know damn well they Wouldn't
Otwny declared. And they'd be
helped 20 deny n. or 10 evade u. BY
the howl OF laughter th-re'd b IN
the Commons II any ono had the quits
10 get up and ask II We hid any ohil.
cations. There's no joke goes down
like that sort Of joke. Well"
You're pretty sure there's GOING
20 b. n war. aren't your
-surcf Ny God. sur~r ton you.
Sabre. you won't DO five ycarz I
don't believe you-i Be two years. one
year. older before you'll not only be
sure-you'n know I've Just finished
a cours. at the Staff College. you
know. We finished up with q pufh
over 20 Belgium TO do the battle.
fields. We went into Germany. sofne
Of u.. They fed ua In some OF their
merses. Do you know. those chaps
In those mexs~s there talked about
fighting us as naturally and as Ger.
tainiy as you talk with your op-
poncnts about a coming footer match.
They talked about when we fight
you'--not II we fight you'--.whsn.
as n II was as fixed as ChriHimas
And they didn't talk any OF this biIge
about fighting US In England; they
knew. m know. and every soldier
knows--cvcry soldier who's keen
that IT'S going to bo out there. In
Europe"
atm with you there Sabre said
SBut you know. Ofway.- ho said.
''ft's jolly hard TO believe all thls In
evstabIrnrss OF war Htuff that chaps
like you put up. DO you read the
articles In the reviews and the quar-
tcriics7 They al pretty well prove
that. apart from anything else. n big
European war is impossible by the
well. by the sheer blsneas OF the
thing"
otway was waiting with fidRrty
lnpatiencc- tive heard all that I
don't give a damn for H. OF course
you don't know anything about H.
No one does. Least Of nil those
writing chaps. It's all theory. Every
ono thought that with modern this.
and the other, you were ns safe on
the last word in liners as IN your
own bedroom. Then comes along that
Titanic business IN April. and where
the he'll are you with your modern
conditioner Fifteen hundred people
done In. tell you II Isn't that things
'aAtAA tN~7t ~ a'IffNN
now: it's simply that they'n happen
a million times worse. what's the
good OF theories when you've got
facts7 Look Mt the things there'vc
been with Germany just this year
alone. Old Haidane over In Germany
IN February for unofficial discus
sions,' Churchill threatening two
keels 10 one N the German Navy law
In exceeded. That was March. In
April the Germans whack up their
Navy Law Amendment. twelve more
big ships That chap Bertrand stew
art getting three and half years for
espionage in Germany. and two Ger
man spies caught by us here--that
chap Crosse over at Winchester A.
sizes. three years. and friend Arm
gard Graves up Mt Glasgow, eigh-
teen months. An American cove AT
Leipzig taking four years penal for
messing around after plans OF tho
Hellgoland Notifications. Those five
yachting chaps In July arrested for