Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-05-05

but they aren't Dutch, though some.
times called Dutch In this country.
Well, and $3.50, well, the war began
| last August or about then, anyway,
and the German army invaded the Bel
gian army. After they got there, the
invasion began. First, they came
around there and then they COM
| menced invading. Well, what / feel
constrained"
He came to the longest of all his
pauseS here, and the awful gravity Of
the audience almost suffocated him.
WELL" he concluded, cit don't look
| right to me-"
-Four minutes!' the chairman an
nounced, for Ramseys pauses had
worn away a great deal more of this
terrible interval than had his elo-
quence. Opening statement for the
negative: Miss D. Yocum. Four min
| utes."
AS Dora began to SPEAK, Ramsey
| experienced a little relief, but only q
| llttle-about the same amount of relief
as that felt by bridegroom when it
| is the brides turn to respond" not
| really relief at all, but merely the
! slight relaxation Of continuing
| strain. The audience now looked at
| Ramsey no more than people look at a
| bridegroom, but he failed to perceive
| any substantial mitigation Of his
| frightful conspicuousness. He had not
| the remOtest idea of what he had said
| in setting forth his case for Germany,
and he knew that it was his duty to
listen closely to Dora, In order to be
able to refute her argument when his
two-minute closing speech fell due;
| but he was conscious Of little more
than his own condition. His legs had
now gone wild beyond all devilry, and
he had to keep shifting his weight from
one to the other in order even to hope
| that their frenzy might escape gen.
eral attention.
He realized that Dora was speaking
rapidly and confidently, and that some
where in his ill-assembled parts lurked
a familiar bit of him that objected to
| her even more than usual but she had
| used half Of her time, at least, before
| he was able to gather any coherent
meaning from what she was saying.
| Even then he caught only a fragment,
here and there, and for the rest-so
| far as Ramsey was concerned-she
might as well have been reciting the
| Swedish alphabet.
In spite of the rather startling fee
| bleness Of her opponents statement,
Dora went at her task as earnestly as
| if it were to confute some monster Of
casuistry. '"Thus, having demonstrate
ed that all war is wrong" she said, APP
preaching her conclusion, sit is scarce
ly necessary to point out that what
ever the actual circumstances Of the
INVASION and whatever the status of
the case in international law, or by
reason of treaty, or the German oath
to respect the neutrality of Belgium,
which OF course was grossly and dis
honorably violated this, l say, La
| dies and gentlemen of the Lumen So
ciety, all this is beside the point of
morals. Since, as / have shown, all
war is wrong, the case may be simpli-
wrong. Quod erat demonstrandum.
Germany invaded Belgium. Invasion
is war. Germany, therefore, did moral
wrong. Upon the legal side, as began
by pointing out, Germany confessed in
the reichstag the violation Of law.
Therefore Germany was justified in
the invasion neither morally nor legal
ly; but was both morally and legally
wrong and evil. Ladies and gentlemen
Of the Lumen society, 1 await the
| refutation of my opponent!"
Her opponent appeared to be having
enough trouble with his legs, without
| taking any added cares upon himself
in the way of refutatiOns. But the
marvellous Dora had calculated the
length Of her statement with such
nicely that the chairman announced
| -Four minutes" almost upon the in
slant of her final syllable; and all
faces turned once more to the uphold
er of the affirmative. Retaliation and
conclusion by the affirmative" said the
chairman. "Mr. r. Nilholland. Two
| minutes"
Herewith, Ramsey coughed as long
as he could cough, and when he felt
| that no more should be done in this
way, he wiped his face-again an act
| Of necessity-and quaveringly began:
Gentlemen and ladies, or ladies and
| gentlemen, in making the refutation
of my opponent, / feel that feel that
hardly anything more ought to be
| Said.'
He paused, looked helplessly at his
| uncomfortable legs, and resumed: 81
am supposed to make the reputable
refutation Of my opponent, and l feel
that ought to say quite deal more
In the first place, I feel that the inva,
sion has taken place. / am supposed
anyhow / got postal card that !
am supposed TO be here tonight. Well,
| in talking over this matter with a cou-
| pie of seniors, they told me was sup
posed to claim this invasion was mor'ly
and legally all right. Well" Here,
by some chance, the recollection of a
word of Dora'S ficknrad ipto his cha