Show ron POR WHAT DID THEY FIGHT AND PAY the ithe De dearborn arboin independent I 1 i lit in tile tattle battle of 0 st Ali mihiel hiel american soldiers fought ard many of them died kindly in civil tin till life they hey proved themselves cree fighters when after the foe an idea or ol tile he sive or of the struggle can lie be obtained by comparing it with tile tiie battle of gettysburg 1 in which northern soldiers fought the aleaise argonne struggle lasted 47 days and Ariter american lenn ol rl diers dien risked their lives many mally of thern making the supreme sacrifice america had soldiers ill fit france of whom saw at atle atio le service ervice more than fl aina in battle a total of 0 iwas having died there were american so soldiers and sailors wounded on the western front no tribute is ia so great as to do jurlee jurice to tile tho gallantry shown by the ly who turned the tide of battle nd fid helped our bleeding allies A illes to a i 6 ory the french soldiers who dia ii lie struggle having numbered I 1 and the british the war cost america much mor lory ry much more than nn all hour for two years the people have paid and are pay tg ig taxes on oil nearly everything it if tot directly then indirectly on oil whir I 1 i lip wear and eat cat and lit in rent the nations net debt asa as a result 01 tile the war is about 0 ur jr about 1000 for every family which finally must lie paid liy ity the toil ot or the family tor for no matter who rays pays it ft directly in ill the end it chomej to the consumer and with inte rosl reEl added it will amount to more than A 6 nearer by the time lime it pa paid j d what wg the object of all this sacrifice ac of life and treasure what do we owe to the men who it over aud and risked their all ahat do we owe to the dead on tile fields or of france ahal do we owe those who came 14 i k maimed for life ahat do we owe to those who gave generously of wealth and time what do we owe humanity do we owe them an assured peace for the future or do we owe them endless bickering those who sacrificed over there cry out that such a sacrifice shall never be forced on humanity again those who suffered suffered in the trenches would have their children and their childrens children spared from such an all ordeal again they know the fierceness of the ileath dealing instruments devised by man they know bow that another world conflagration carried on with the Inow knowledge ledge gained in this would all but wipe out humanity we all know that before this war gewere we were told that great armaments worked for peace and we know now that that as not true that they meant mcana death to mankind we have learned that peace can le ma maintained retained rita ined throughout the world gill only V through an intelligent under i tan anding ding among the nations and the voices of those who have gone and those who remain cry out tor for such an understanding that understanding written into the he league of Nal nations tons is being accept d in europe our constitution gives tile the united states tates senators the power to ac ept or reject the understanding accepted by other nations and before his 1113 government rit for action E each ach senator has a right to use his own judgment to come to his own conclusion in the matter but he has bas no right to push aside dumani flani t v vs cry and to base that judgment to 10 come collie to that conclusion on tile the ines anes of party expediency there was no partisanship in ill the right fight on oil the french front there was ewas no partisanship in the buying ot of liberty bonds or giving to patriotic hinds there should be no partisan mp hip in the coil contest test in the united senate but unfortunately there is |