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Show THE PEACE THE SOLDIERS WANT. The following is sent us by the general gen-eral publicity committee of the twelfth federal reserve district: "The Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper published by the soldiers of the American expeditionary forces In France, says editorially about the ; enemy peace offensive: . j "Let the weak hearted who arc ! dreaming of a compromise; let the I pacifists who arc talking a peace by ; agreement; let the sideliners who I have had enough of war, let the secret-jly secret-jly inclined pro-Germans who think this j war should end without a decision ' let them one and all know once and for jail that for the American expeditionary expedition-ary force there is no such word as 'peace' with the Huns unbeaten. The man who talks of peace today, except through victory, is a traitor." The enemy peace offensive Is llk ened to the action of German machine-gun machine-gun crews in the Vesle fighting, when then fought and killed Americans un- til they were surrounded, .jcn shout-! ed "Karacrad." ! The mothers of the American sol-' dicrs in France want the same peace their sons demand. All the courage of the ancient Spartan mother is In the I hearts of the women of America. The objectof the rourth L.berly loan Is to bring that peace a just peace, a righteous peace, an American peace. oo ' |