Show THE CLOSING YEAR the ye yead arjust just closed has left behind it a history not paraded parallel paral led in the record of lauy generations and linking its history with the year just begar began will be sure to make inake a greater record in history than the year just closed in less than five months from eight to twelve million men has been marshaled marshe led in war ovar array only aim has been to kill each other to destroy the work of 0 ages and scatter to the four winds the trade and commerce of the whole world of course such excesses cannot last very long as those who do not die in the fight will ivill surely die of hunger and disease that is sure to follow such a waste of substance as has already taken place in the five months of strife even the inevitable cannibalism that would be sure to take place would soon die out for want of material to feed upon but the great wonder of today is in the fact that the combined power and intelligence of men will permit three or four such blood thirsty tyrants to continue the hellish murder of innocent ic women and children as has been going on in belgum and other nations thereby the unmerciful destruction of property that has taken ages to construct the destruction of the homes of the innocent people their cruel assassination it they dare raise a sign of protest against the destruction of their homes is allowed to go on when but a handful of this could hurl those tyrants from their power and restore peace to the bleeding nations but watch the events of the coming year the slaughter is on and it seems that thai nothing but an overwhelming victory on the part of the allies will put an end to the present cruel european e all IV I 1 war va |