Show I ping Helping the ic Oppressed I W WHEN lIEN peace is declared out our people will breathe a n asih 1 Y si sigh sih h of relief not because they lucy are aie rc afraid of loro war hut but because it will iiI put an nn end enet to the he suffering suf suf- fering in Europe which we ha have gone forth to relieve relic Ilic American people nr are ait human sympathetic and andI I charitable Their 1 greatest suffering conies comes not nol from lie Hie themselves cs endure hut but from the distressful dis hardships they thy burdens of those they love lo The spirit of if Am Americas America's li as s 's participation ion in Ill time the great g at world worl war vat U. U has been to relie c oppressed nations all and 11 to to ri alleviate the time sufferings of or distressed peoples The ho boys s 's who Im have gone forth to fight have o feared not nol for fot the lie safety of themselves cs hilt but for the safety safely of those they the left eft behind Xo No o worries have c accrued to tu them as asa asa asa a result of their offered sacrifice but hut wrinkles of rare have e been furrowed in iii their brows by liv the thc thought of possible sufferings s to be bi brought rought U 1 i those at home lillions of souls who for fol four long weary years yeal's have hn if been under I he the threat of will breathe i en easier when t the lie Hun ilium surrenders ers So 1 it t is t that h n tout out our peo- peo plo rejoice not for the selfish elfish reason of in ha having chin elim- inn mated ted future dangers changers for themselves but ut for lor ha having ng aided in ill bringing ing oppressed ed peoples and abused nations nation to tl 11 safety The joy jO that will come conic to the hearts of oft t 1111 Belgium l alone is sufficient cause ause for the I happiness which will ill accrue to the tIme American people Incidentally this marks the beginning of another task in which the lime American merican people will ill share The menace has been removed from these people but hut their suffering is not ended C The orchards thc they loved o the time fields they thc tilled and ami the lie homes that hat constituted constitute their dominions have hac gone gOlIC on When Theil they return to the territory terri tern tory thc they love lo they will find a at desert where civilization ci t ion tion iou flourished before Xo No matter what price is dc- dc man ed of oC Germany no matter what hiat help is given gien by hy bythe bythe hyth the th allied powers as a unit it will be years before the wounds of war can be erased from this soil In this timi particular we c know not what war val is If our future e is in keeping n with oUt our cause our out people will gi give themselves to to efforts to help these people reclaim t heir deserts Tot Tor this thie reason oti our OUi at conservation ion an and production ro programs are aie vi vital tal We cannot cease say sav- tirig ilig food food and other necessaries the he minute peace is de- de e- e dared without without- endangering our own future as well o. o as that hat of the lie people who have ha suffered most from war I |