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Show I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1 - - - - - - i uiiwi m n I ""J ".r.T.T m7rt bt wrT. or.,, in eoe .M. th. papart olherwl.. t L"T '--TwTlMle Thrown In the'waoto MM' " 1TTWT iann tj , ' THI I YOUR WAR. Editor Telegram: German spies are not ncasarlly th most dangeroue enemlea of th Htataa. They may blow up a bridge or a factory here and there. They may send valuabl Information to Berlin. But tha harm they can do all of them . together hin t to be compared with th harm don by some American tl-sena tl-sena who would poison th public mind ' In the Intereet of th rrulan Kalaer. Sara of this poleonlng I ahrewdly f don. That I necessary. Openly lend- ! Ing aid and comfort to the enemy lan t safe. In wartime that's t re eon. But It lan't open treason to eem patriotically to support a lJberty bond laaue and to advocate a large army, yet at th same tlma cleverly convey t tha lmpreaalon to you that nd(e Bam Is fighting John Bull's battle and not "'AlTtha same It helps tha Kale!" cause In thla country or it makes nat-urally nat-urally patriotic American cltlsena of Irish deecent or sympathy lukewarm to the cauaa of ua and our allies. And that's It real purpoa. Thla lan't England's war. It lsn t ' France's war. We are fighting Juat as I much to defend liberty in America aa w ar to defend liberty anywhere la t on earth from tha aggression of Prue-i Prue-i alaniam. Bo it'e our war your war. f And French. Brltlah. Belgian. Italian, i Russian. Serbian and other soldiers wer fighting our war before tha Kala- ar's outrages on American rights 1 puahad ua Into It. . It lan't a war for dollar. It Isn a war for trade. It Isn't a war for territorial terri-torial cxpanalon. And It'a more than a tvar to make tha world safe for demo I rracy. It's a war for human liberty, a ) war to cava for men, woman and ohll-i ohll-i dren here In our own America t h triarl-it In Ufa, liberty and tha purault of happiness. hap-piness. ' , , ,, It lan't Wilson' war. It Isn't Wall atreet's war. It Isn't a capitalistic or a labor war. It's our war. jour war. every right-thinking Americans war. And your liberty and th liberty of your children and your ehlldren'e chll-dren chll-dren wont b sat until this wsr Is won and kaleerlam Is licked for all tlma to coma all over th world. , ( rATRicny WHEN A CROUCH SMILES. Editor Tlegram: fih had been taking dictation from a grouch fur th last three month, hut tha dlamal atmoaphere of the office had never (eased her. Wenever tha boss grunted, ah amlled back. Hh tried to make It pleaaant for tha poor man. although all her f-forte f-forte seemed tu go to waste. One day. peraieting In her determination determina-tion to get tha grouch out of tha boas and make him look upon life the right way. aha plucked a bouquet of pink and white peonies, came to th off It with them, earlier than ever, aet them in a Jar of water and placed th fragrant fra-grant bunch on th boaa' deek. Th boaa cam la with a grunt, aat down with a grunt and went to work with another grunt. 8he waited a while, but when ah saw he had paid no notice to her flower, she aaked: "How do you like my flowers, Mr. Grumpy?" He looked up, grunted and resumed i work. Getting her nerv. sh took th i flowers and held them to hie nose. Th boss anlffad angrily, smelted admiringly ad-miringly and uccumbd. He looked up Into hi tnographr's ya, and noticed no-ticed a gleam of happlneea end aatls-faction aatls-faction in them. Then h smiled. . Oh, how" pleaaant It la to get a grouch to smile'. j |