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Show TIIH CIIIMMIEX, urn LAST LINK OP DEFENSE (By Frank W. LoClero.) Tho war will bo decided by tho children of today, according to Sir Baden-Powell of Canada. Ho ox-plains ox-plains that victory will roally belong to the nation that recovers most quickly and completely from tho effects ef-fects of tho war. "War kills off the beat of tho nation's manhood; therefore, there-fore, extra caro must bo exercised to savo every child, not for Its own sako or for Its parent's sako, but for tho sako of tho nation." Ho says, "It has got to be saved saved from Infant mortality, then from 111 health, and finally from drifting into bolng wasto human matorlal." Julia Lathropo, chief of tho Fed-oral Fed-oral Children's bureau, voiced much tho samo sentlmont in a recent lntor-i lntor-i viow. Sho said: "All that Is im- portant in tho country dopon'ds on V how wo are able to take caro of tho chlldron children under slxteon aro tho Inst lino of dofenso." Tho conserving of our babies and children Is Just as Important for tho nation's wolfaro In tho present crisis as is tho conserving and Increasing of our food supply and tho production produc-tion of munitions of wnr. Tho Council of National Dofenso has called attention to tho groat Increase In-crease of tuberculosis In Europe dur-tho dur-tho war and urges a country-wldo campaign to provont a similar Increase In-crease of that dlseaso In this country. coun-try. Tho researches of eminent authorities au-thorities havo proven that tuberculosis tubercul-osis Infection usually occurs in childhood, child-hood, often In Infancy, though tho gorms may lie dormant In tho sys-teom sys-teom until adult llfo. It follows, therefore, that to successfully combat this dread malady and to protect our country from ono of its most dread-ly dread-ly foea, wo must dovoto our first energies en-ergies to tho protection of tho chlldron. chll-dron. Tho call of tho Tcderal Children's bureau for tho conservation of tho chlldllfo of our nation and tho call of tho Council of National Dofenso for a campaign against tuberculosis will both find their adequato response re-sponse In tho protection of tho children from tho, ravages of tuberculosis. tuber-culosis. IMm- |