4 4 I The W W. Wars r. r of the Roses I 4 4 I By DR WM E. E BAR BARTON BARTONI ON ONI I suppose that the Wars of the Roses I were just as bloody and cruel as an any other wars but t th they 1 y never seem so to rae me Th They y emerge from the welter velter r o oi ot otI I J old time conflict with a suggestion of oC merry heroism and competition Two sets of blood d relations righting fighting each other have usuAlly shown all the bad blood of ot their mutual inheritance but two armies of ot cousins going into I battle wearing roses this has never 6 seemed Deemed to lo m mo so terrible as I know noW all I wars must be My I wore the red rose The They were of ot tho the house of Lancaster And when then the they had properly whipped house of oC York the they laid upon subjected this requirement that they should h bring ing once a n. y year ar to the ruling s monarch of ot th the the- house of ot Lancaster a 3 white while rose In the time of roses That was the prettiest mark of ot submission submission submission sub sub- mission that I IO IOk k know lOW anything about b Ut The white rose roseM was M tho the rose roso of ot York I the they had It and could easily bring It Jt The time of year was the time time of roses the requirement m nt involved hn no humiliation no hardship just a sign of or Jo loyalty aH I t could wish that all an wars had h 1 with as little talk tall of retaliation These old ancestors of mine were level le hll d cd d d as well as generous Thorp There ha have hae e ebe be been n no wars ars since sinco between the houses of York and Lancaster I am nan reminded of this luse bec-luse this summer I was AVIS in Portland Ore If any my city has ros roses s Portland has them hem and Portland i Is generous with them Wo 0 had not been in our hotel an hour before we had flowers lowers sent in by fri friends mm s. s I love e the red ro rote e. e Thus am nm I t true truo t to m my colors and to m my Ion long ll i family tradition The Thc red rose rosc is our OUI rose But Dut we e have an eye eve to the beauty o of other kinds as wen well Now and then we like a white rose in tho the time of roses That Thata way a of oe ending a war w was a not only pretty but permanent Germany exacted a terrible nit from rom France Franco Iii Ii 1871 Franco France paid It It Never for tor a da day did sho forgot forget what Germany hud dond doh a to her hor or fail In her determination to even en the score And AntI I cannot help wondering if It other nations have hae n not t made tho the same mistake mis mis- tako take before and since I am ani no sentimentalist In such uch mat mat- ThO The t terrible losses caus caused l by war 1 must be m mide good and the na nation nn- nn I tion that loses must pay Its share find aed to the full lull limit of oC ita itu ability But Is there thero not a possibility that tho the more moro heavy tho tha Indemnity exacted c the tho more moro moret t terrible will be lie jc the revenge a generation generation genera genera- tion tien or a century later Those old rose red ancestors of ot mine knew better They The whipped tho the whito rose roso f folk lk anti and they Intended there I should bo be no misunderstanding tho thoI I I fact tact So tile they demanded and collected I from th tim house of ot York Yok this lIHI indemnity that ended forever all aU wars between I th a them m a white whilo rose on once e a year ear In theUma the thc time Uma of ot roses