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Show Ih ' SEARCH OUT THE . SLACKERS. Ik I ., With the end of the war in sight the I jearching-out of the slackers and I j "slickers" in this country will con-1 con-1 1 tinue, according to advices from Wash-; I ington, accompanied hy an order to I' military and civilian officers to continue con-tinue their hunt ior the traitors and see that they arc punished. Many of I ,! those who have successfully evaded I ( military duty by failure to comply i -with the draft regulations, or -have Rf. wilfully deserted the army and navy It after they had donned the uniform of : I .service, must not be allowed to go un-1 punished. The search should continue until every one is brought to justice. , In speaking of the slackers the Salt 1 1 Lake Tribune says, in part: "All such traitors should bo appre-R appre-R hended and punished. All men of legal age and physically sound arc expected to take up arms in defense of their country In time of war unless speclfi- cally exempted. Those who fail to do if their duty in time of peril should be ft deprived of citizenship, whether born k in this country' or In somo foreign land. h There are many thousands of slackers, j, some of whom succeeded in getting U out of the United States with the in-p in-p tentlon of coming back after the close B of the war. All such should be arrest-J arrest-J ed as soon as they set foot upon Ir ' American soil. Amnesty for such mis-it mis-it creants is out of the question. In the ; it' ji course of a year or two at most our men in France, Russia and Italy will : return home after fulfilling the task ' J laid upon them. Thousands of their 1 j comrades, however, will lie buried in i i foreign soil. Wo owe it to these men : j to punish the cowards who would not take part in the fighting, even when 1 drafted under the law of the land. So i w let us nil be on the lookout" for slack- i ft ers." ! tion of that part of her country, which has been wrecked during the four yoars of tho great strugglo for the lib' orty and democracy of the world. The European republic has asked this country to provide mon, money, material mate-rial and ships to aid in that gigantic problem of putting her on her feet again. The request comes from Andre Tardicu, general commissioner for Franco-American war affairs. It is estimated that three hundred and fifty thousand homes have been destroyed and tho agriculture, commerce com-merce and Industry of the invaded regions re-gions virtually wiped out and that tho French shipping has been reduced to almost non-existence. M. Tardieu estimates that it will require ten billion bil-lion dollars to finance the process of reconstruction. He suggests that the American soldiers now upon the French soil aid in the restoration of tho requblic and this country extend credit for about 50 per cent of her reconstruction re-construction purchases. Ho declares that "America on account of her im-(mense im-(mense capacity for production, ought to give us the first help." The appeal of M. Tardieu on behalf of Franco together with the appeals from Belgium, Montenegro, Serbia, Rumania and Rusisa will undoubtedly repeive tho support of the government and peoples of tho United States. The destruction which has been wrought in those countries of Europe, in the kaiser's effort to carry out his dreams of world domination, seems almost al-most unbelievablo except for those commissioners of America who have visited the devastated regions. The re-reports re-reports are evidence enough for tho people of this country that they must render every aid in the revival of the weaker nations. |