The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1941-11-13
John M'Crae.

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John M'Crae.
Only % years ago America celebrated the
end of a war which caused us to mobilize
1855, 900 men with casualties amounting to
$50, 300 or eight percent. The cost of this
war will probably never be computed. our
"Allies" owed us thirteen and One-half bill
lion dollars and will continue to owe us for
ever, a total Of only two and three-quarters
of a billion dollars ever having been paid.
Our government pays out nearly one-hait
billion dollars annually in pensions in addl-
ton to millions upon millions for hospital care
for 1.149,614 men.
The cost of that deadly war will forever
be carried as a burden upon the backs Oh
the American taxpayer. The cost in tears,
heartache and suffering in families who sui
fered the loss of loved ones cannot be count
ed.
We Americans give ourselves credit Tor
winning the war for the Allies, whether they
10 or not. The war was won by the loss OF
American blood. We fought that war be-
cause we, as q people were led to belleve
our freedom was threatened; that the Kaiser
wanted to rule the world and would do so II
WE idn't stop him.
We stopped Germany once ana now
it seems that before re know it we are gong
to fight, not the Kaiser, but his successor,
Hitler.
We were told by our ProTident that II
our Congress voted money to lend and lease
weapons and materials of war to England
that they would do the fighting; that we
would not be called upon to send our boys
to die on foreign soils. He reiterated hls
campaign pledge of: "Again and again
say to you, your boys will never be sent 10
die on foreign soil again."
Our Congress pledged the entire resources
of this nation for aid to Britain, a country
on whose empire the sun never sets, when
controls about one-fourth OF the territory Oh
the world and over five hundred million PEG.
pie. The Congress pledged that yoke OF
taxation on the American citizen with the
promise that American blood would not be
shed.
American blood has already been shed.
The American people were first told by the
English: "Sell us the good and we will come
and get them in our own boats, under our
own flags
The President then took The authority to
convoy shipments of goods without SANCTION
of Congress and then, growing boider, chang
ed the entire geographical location OF the
western hemisphere establishing bases IN
Iceland.
Now because our ships are blowing the
seas to Iceland American sailors have gone
down to watery graves never to DC heard
from again.
President Roosevelt said that our boys
would not die on foreign soil. They already
have.
Winston Churchill has said "Give US the
tool and we will finish to job"
But if American ships sail to the ports OF
warning nations there will be incident" at
ter incident. l. is a policy designed to
create incidents so that the people OF the
nation will clamor for war.
A government in Washington is headed
by a man to whom the Congress has re-
linquished all its power except that of pass
ing appropriations. There is no dictator a
broad who has more power than does Mr.
Roosevelt.
Persons who dare to differ with a pro-
war administration are called obstructlonlsts
and fifth columnists. At the rate we are 60
ing now it won't be very long before a per
son won't dare differ with the governments
viewpoint just as in Germany, Russia
and Italy.
We Americans do not have the tolerance
and forebearance of the English people
When we get into anything we go the whole
way we don't do it by halves. If we ge'
into a fight we go all the way unlike
the English who can sit and wait patiently
for Americans to come in again and do thei
fighting for them secure in the know
ledge that they can furnish the brains ane
we will do the bloody work.
1t is, indeed. a dark Armistice Day, fo
American mothers, and all who love thu
country more than they love England.