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Show But to believe in humanity a'fid to choke to death in poison gas or to die of agonizing wounds for it are different. Different to a decree that Mr. Wilson has never been in a position to appreciate. The American infantry did not charge through the German barrage to create a mandatory in Armenia. The artilery did not serve its guns to the death in ethal gases to obtain self determination for Fiume. The trains did not pass over roads constantly torn by shell fire, or the engineers en-gineers bridge rivers in the face of the enemy en-emy for anyor all of the nations of Europe. Eur-ope. Our soldiers fought and gave their lives for their own country, for their America, that it might live. Nathan Hale in the awful moment of execution utterd the soldiers' motto, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for My Country." Our soldiers dead died for their country. coun-try. What the living will do about the peace treaty is a different subject. To attach it to our reverence for the departed smacks of impiety. Chicago Tibune. |
