| Show A BATTLE CRY OP OF PEACE the league of nations bulletin issued by tile league to en force peace is distributing over the country that might be called ite its battle cry it is an anthem en titled onward I 1 in the accompanying literature this anthem is referred to aa as one of the most stirring pieces of music w written witten itten lince since 4 the beginning of the wor and nd the worda accompanying it U are just ns tit inspiring it consists of four verses the third reads onward freemen t onward freemen 1 tons one glorious gl orloue acreal trough brough mesa of blood if ir need be bel or 01 through purging heel firest call calls to you man calls for you right ye the oppress edl rede federate rute a world of brother free to be their bentt beott onward then ye Freer freemen I 1 onward with sirell on though hell brave ten thousand firest onward ever onward by the road they brodl t or mankind to freedom motherhood and godl this sounds stirring enough but very little like peace it might be a fitting war cry for a fighting knight of old or a wild bedouin of the desert it might he be the battle cry of huns belshe fists or followers of tho the prophet marching under the green flog but it seems out of place tor for a league to promote tc peace it if the i ons of glorious sires are to fight on through seas of blood if need iw lie what will ill the league to enforce peace do with its banners labeled love one another other no more war 9 gave dve our hoys boys and 1 I did not raise rais k aly M V boy to be ile it soldier I 1 if the league to engorge peace assists upon urging u us ui i on lire brough ugh pimping fires what clie a M C d do 0 than to caid send in ur and get out waiting for an im accept acel purging fires suggest nother too hot nn ordeal for loves of peace how does flip ii ague to enforce peace know hat god calls calk t has it inside in we all till kno that man suan calls for recently the league ent out an appear lor tor it large mn fum of money to educate the eople Is 14 thia antham at part of the program of education t ri the league to enforce peace ass assumes unies tint that willell hell opposes oses does it refer to the tile seni tors from idalio idaho or california i r or to the pi im riots of the league to Pre american independence or to the kicked americans of irish trish dc de ceni cent whom sharp Wil william liania haj read 0 out ut of the th c party and wh why are vo ne adjured 0 fo o brave ten thousand fires when ono one thousand would be suf I 1 indeed even one nor ia is the file object A f this un n i vard v ard march rn nt irely clear elear poes aea the league to enforce peace I 1 lean that americans arc are to send ihei their r sons eons to fight light for japan or treat britain brita n or azerbaijan or i to Pr preserve esene their pres I 1 j ent territorial boundaries and their political independence the american people should be told whither they are being led if the league to enforce en in ree peace insists upon their going gong to war through seas of hood and 11 purging fires fire they should know for what purpose perhaps brother taft will attempt to hide behind poetic ii cense u but no license ever given a poet is broad enough for brother taft to hide behind |
