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Show OO-i I MUST GO ON TO VICTORY Ending of the Avar is not in sight. ( Crawford Vaughan of Australia made ! that admission last evening, when he addressed an audience in the City hall, and one of the best informed Americans Ameri-cans makes this observation: "At the moment' the war is growing in intensity rather than diminishing. Germany's activities are certainly increasing, in-creasing, presumably with a view of making a supreme effort. Britain's drive against Cambral has been checked. Italy is actively resisting a tremendous attack. Russia is in the throes of civil strife. Spain and Portugal Por-tugal are both endangered by the fires raging about thorn, while all the neutral neu-tral countries tiro more or less In danger dan-ger of being drawn into the conflagration. conflagra-tion. In tho United States the war clouds are growing thicker and thicker. thick-er. The storm Is here, though not yet raging in full force. As our young men depart In increasing numbers for 'over there wo grow more and more serious; and our appreciation of the groat cause, and their Bupreme sacrifice, sacri-fice, becomes deeper and stronge'r. When the casualty lists come back, we will feel moro keenly the price required re-quired to make this a hotter and a freer world, If not for ourselves, for those who come after. No wonder wo become solemn, serious and disappointed. disap-pointed. But there should be no yielding yield-ing to this discouragement, and no gloom. Victory is certain, provided we 'carry on our part with unflinching unflinch-ing hope and courage."' |