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Show The false alarm of peace which was given out last week had a tendency to destroy the enthusiasm on the part of local people for the great event in mull uc-ujnc lur mc y i . u cvciu when it did finally come. Some of the I boys got out with flags and bells and i the business houses were closed, but I the general public failed to respond I with the same zest and enthusiasm t li.it marked the first observance of the report that Germany had capitu-1 lated. All our wild delerium had escaped es-caped during the previous celebration. I And what must have been the feel-, ings of the poor fellows in German ; prison camps or forced to labor for the benefit of the Hun armies. What a note of gladness it would be to them j to learn that the war was over nnd I that they would shortly be free from j the awful torment they had endured many of them for years --if, indeed, there are any such still alive. For from all accounts, life in a German prison camp is beyond the endurance1 mortal man for any considerable length of time. And now comes the great reconstruction recon-struction period of which we have aM ready heard a good deal. The greatest great-est wisdom and resourcefulness will be required on the part of our statesmen states-men to deal with the many new and changing codition.s which will trite. For this reason it is perhaps fortunate fortun-ate that we have both the great political po-litical parties represented in our departments de-partments of government. It will be a great disappointment to many families having boys in the service, serv-ice, however, to learn that thers is no Immediate prospect of their returning return-ing home, unless, indeed, they chance to be among the first to go into C tive service. |