The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1922-04-12

ora' .ii began. First thev INC .ne
around there and the, ' ,h came
e n"na. invading. Wen. what ' CON- on,
lie came to the lonyss.
t fuses mere, and the awfu, ero,,.. nls
..,t, audience almost suffocato, ="
r, "r", he concluded, ut dom 1on,,
noua oul minutes!" the chairman m
nouiiced' for Ramsey's narsas an,
, "orn away great deal more Of , tI.
onaaa e interval than had bIs eln.
a a Opening statement for w.
utes." VII. four min
sx AS Dora began to speak, Ramsey
,i.i' little relief, but onIy .
li'tle-about the same amount y, .y
hs IN, that felt by bridegroom when II
no ,ne brides turn to RESPOND M,
.~',y relief at all, but merely ,hs
o.Elt relaxation Of continuin.
strain. The audience now ,oo,.as
ramsey na"sey no more than people look at
s.n slooin' but he failed to perceive
ans substantial mitigation Of hi,
.Hehtful conspicuousness Ho hoa a.
,he remotest idea Of what he had sa,a
!" se.tihg forth his case for Germanv
,, ne knew that it was his duty 70
'isten closely to Dora in order 70 ~
aole TO refute her argument when hi.
,"o-''ihute closing speech fell due.
nu' ne was conscious Of little mara
'han MS own condition. His lecs b.a
no" gone wild beyond all deyilry and
1T iiad TO Keep shifting his weight from,
one TO the other in order even to hone
INA. thelr frenzy might ESCAPE gen.
eral attention.
ne realized that Dora was speaking
iaplaly and confidently, and that some.
where IN his ill-assembled parts lurk.d
d ia'hiiiar bit of him that objected to
nef even more than usual; but she had
usea nall OF her time, at least before
liz was able to gather any coherent
| meaning from what she was .avino
H|eh tlen ne caught only fragment.
mere and there, and for the rest-so
lar as Ramsey was concerneJ-she
might as well have been reciting the
Swedish alphabet.
In spite of the rather startling fec
bleness OF her opponents statement.
| Dora went a har toel-
II 1t were to confute some monsser of
casuistry. THUS, having demonstrat.
ed that all war is wrong" she said. an.
preaching her conclusion, at is scarce
~ 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-all this. | 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 silnpll-
/ fed as follows. All war Is morally
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 relchstag 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, await the
refu'atlon 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 refutatlons. 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. "Refutatlen and
conclusion by the affirmative" said the
chairman. "Nlr. R. Milholland. Two
minutes"
Herewith, Ramsey coughed as long
NJ he could cough, and when he felt
that no more should be done In this
way he wiped his face-again an ae'
Of necessity-and quaveringly began:
gentlemen and ladies, or ladies ana
gentlemen. in making the REPUTATION
Of nv opponent, feel that feel tnat
hardly anything more ought TO DC
said" -.
10 unused. looked helplessly at ms
rncortrollable legs, and resumed: =
IN, supposed to make the reputa-the
rs,utatIon of my opponent. and feel
,hst ough. to say quite deal more
In the first place, feel that the 'nva,
. II. ~" has taken place. I am supposed
e.yhov I got q postal card thar l
ma supposed to be here tonight "e.'
IT, talking over this matter with a coo'
III. ., seniors, they told me I was sup
p p to claim this Invasion was NOR "
and legally all right. well. ell. ~ =, =
a"' ,ams chance, the recollection Of
.. s ~ Dora's fickered into his ena'
o,,c mind. and he had O hrlsh'e. "s
"'', ",Iv opponent said she prc ,.'.a
ln Il" u,or is wrong-or something nHs
, III, ~" anyhow, She said she prove, sn. .
wos wrong to fight, no nia''. a,rhcSv