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TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1918
THE WAR AS SEEN BY A
FORMER REIDSVILLE MAN
"Follow, the. Boys" League, of
ShreWrcbiKy Presbyterian Church,
on December 20th, 1917, by A. H.
Motley, Jr.
(Continued From Last Issue.)
Most ot the historic old homos and
estates had been lent to the govern
meat as hospitals and convalescent
homes. You will be glad to know
that our American Duchess were
covering theii)3felve with glory in
their devotion to the cause of their
adopted country. , The great works
of charity, the va.-.t b enevolence of
the beautiful Duchess of Marlbor
ough have won all hearts.
It was grimly amusing to Nrn
that Uhfl English "Touimte-s,'" when
tn the hnrspiltalis, if they were allow
ed to, choose a new arm or 1' .'g, would
tieairly always sialect an American
one. The masses in Eng&ind havrf a
(great Idea, of America as the pro
dueler Of marvelouj labor-saving de
vide and patent medicines.
Horo follows a suKuestion, rainer
doJefui perhaps. One of thj larne-st
man would be delightcU at any time
to prostrate (htanself before a pic
ture of the Empsiror
As you ailV know, the art of muile
is enthusiastically cultivated through
out Germany. As I reniembJr now,
there is not a sni&J town or village
! that has not its brass band. It is
considered an. important factor in
thJ.r scheme of juvenile and adult
patriotic education.
I am convinced that much was
done iji thu way to keep the martial
Kivvit alive in the o.oola Brass
intramenits can be made to appeal
directly to the primitive, fighting
instincts of. man (and Germans were
jj tierously supplied with music of
this character.)
It is my conviction that Germany's
w. n spread encouragement of music
was but one feature in the Jong pro
gram of preparedness. Certainly in
London, early in the War, when the
recruiting wa.s a bit slow it was no
ticeable how many more recruits
wei' obtained where music assisted
th weclwnaking. iMeii (not oft! y in
the Scotch regiment) tell us that
they can fight, 1Jiter after hearing
ter than we do. They know every
phase of th'.Ir civfL political and re
ligious life.
It will take a vast amount of ideal
ism and faith, on the part of Rus
sia, and powerful coercion and en
courageni'Lint on ours, to keep them
true to their own best interests and
loyal Allies. At present ' th'El only
foreign type that is entirely familiar
to them is the German. It is ho
who has backed most of their uc
cessful commercial enterprises. Alas!
Russian railroad guards, and offi
cials everywhere, spoke fairly good
German. All this would make It
easier Cor the present German pur
pose- to dominate Russia, and will
UgllResources over Five Million Dollars.
make our altruistic task so much the
more difficult.
Frankly, it does not seem as If
there is in our individual or national
attitude the intensity and serious
miss that the facts (and immineu.
possibilities) warrant.
We can thank God that we have
no grave political complications to
Increase our difficulties. We ihave
wlyii, able leaders of unassailable in
tegrity and ideadism Our problem
is to make ourselves worthy of them
and thefr counsels
Is it not true that as a nation, in
music and that the Scotch bagp.es
Shave a special effect upon them.
I The religious bvfl.iof of the average
and the mwt njcessary war Indus- (nuan if he 'has one) Is that to t very crisis of our history, we have
tries in Europe is the supplying of (lje on fhe fle!(i of battle means in-' had highly ethical guidance at home,
artificial limbs and eyes. I have ; j.tant translation to th realms above.1'! able representation abroad? Are
known poor Uhaps who had to wait
for -months for a proper artificial
leg, o 'great was tho demand, so
Inadequate tine supply.
A Oanaddlan officer whom I kne w,
who had done the moat gaiiUant ser
vice In JYance, was wearing an ar
tificial eye of a different color to his
own: But no matt, ir what the in-.
Jury, they are always "glad it s
worse,"
If casualties must and wiffl
They have been taught that no we not all treai'itndouisly proud of the
crimes committed in War-wuged-for-the-"Sather)andf
will never he held
against t hem.
'I he mo.-st salient point in the many
successful German campaigns has
be' In to my mind the extreme mobil
ity cf their armjips, the rapid trans
portation of troops from one point to
no ; another.
j When I remembdr what a net-work
ooour' ; of efficient raiflirouds Germany was
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accomplishment of our last abmassa-
dor to Germany, of our present re- shown. Surely the work of the As- to "Do My Bit" for this League, of
speoted and admired ambassadors to sociation has been one of tfoa marvels which I so heartily approve,
England and Franoti? 'or the War. 'I shall close with a few lines from
In London, through alt the criti- f Let us not fail to send our boys Walt Whitman (the most poetic in
ci.sms, the uupleaant feeling (caused frequent letters! This (to my mind) terpreter of our Civil War), whose
by our failure to at once, side against is the finest feature of this League, works were so constantly read and
(Jermany), tmre was only one opsn- as tunerson says, a tetter is a so sincerely admired by our great
spiritual gift." It can do much to President Lincoln. Surely never were
encourage, inspire and safe-guard lines more pertinent.
ion expressed of the Hon. Mr. Page,
the warmest appreciation of his un
tiring activities, of his able hand- our boys.Loneliness is perhaps their
let us be found ready to meet all for tourists; before the War: how ling of the very difficult diplomatic greatest danger! Thoughts of home,
requirements. It was . Interesting to ea,y jt Was for a traveller to "box problems that confronted him, of his and high sentiment, should be kept
hear that the services of our doc-j the compass " there, in the shortest fair and just manag'.ttnent of the 'always before them. j
tora and surgeons were greatly . ap- time, it is easy to understand the' Interests, of all countries. v 'We must remove every temptation
predated (and often preferred) by(,,nagJJiig. cf tto-ir troops on one front' His spleindid speeches have been, from their paths here at home. Su-
and on another so quickly. ' (throughout. ,a -credit to his country, pervlsion or our young girls is the
France has good roads and fairly He stands surely with th'a other plain dufiy of all parents, a duty to
good trains running north and south, ! &reat foreign representatives who the soldiers as well. ,
but when it comes to a trip east or 1 ,iav,' helped to m;fe our country! And here comes a rather serious
west the roads were round-about, and ! respufcted and great in the world's thought; one that is difficult to ex-,
progress slow. (I am suit," the French history. 'pmss, but which should be forcibly
the ino.
The prvlcautions against Zep raids
necessitated, as you know, the al
most total extinguishing of lights in
the cities, towns and villages at
night. ;. -
Puling down 6bad'r was a serious
maUer. Ten pounds fine ($50), or
Imprisonment for six month-, was
the prescribed penalty fir failure to
do no.
PoUicJomiin and special Iconstablles
oatroiled the (Streets to report vio
lations of this law. As many as 150
ocUlienU due to the darkness of
the eireets have been reported in
one night;
Certalrtly this was a gr1 tit trial
and added much to the general de
pression. It mad'4 v altendanice at
churches, night gchools, tlieaters or
social life of any kind rotlfclr diffi
cult. Lean . Imagine no more dis
mal experience than leaving onle's
office Jn the evening to literally fleel
on'tfs way home through the black
etreetss in a cold winner fog.
Perhaps you cun Imagine how the
frat wiw'.e of fuel and elltfctric
energy In the display of lights on
Broadway Impressed me on my r
-turn.
From my travels in Germany be
tore the War, I had a veny nep:
fu'l Idea of their thrifty, law-abiding,
energetic, though doHle, population.
(U:it niie nvrnt Ion that I don't believe
that anyohio, except the "War Iord"
Government must often have whh -' Now an impression that is quite" brought to our soldiers for their mor
ed for more and better raflroad fa-' widespread that undoubtedly deilays al guidance at home and abroad. j
cWties during UK War.) ' ' -Now. that our- progress and dampens our ardor, J I shall use the wards of the elo
the same matter has become a moot- 's that "this is not our War." quent Father Bernard Vaughn of
ed question here, let us quickly real-1 ,n spite of all that has been said London: 'The doing of any harm
ize the necessity of turning over all ana written by our best minds, many to a sister, or a daughter of a fel
poasilblo railroad facilltfui to the stiil regard this War as an lll-ad- low-man, is to be a 'nun1 in the very
Government for the better conduct vised crusade, a gigantic "Lafayette worst sens."
of the War. We must excett : Germany Expedit'on," and a needless interfer-. It is my serious opinion that the
at every poinfc ence in the affairs of Europe. . 'conditions in Europe . were more
"Long1, too long, America,
Traveling roads, all even and
peaceful
You learr'ed from joys and pros
perity only
Cut now, ah now! to learn from
crises of anguish .
Advancing, grappling ( with direst
fate and recoiling not
Now to conceive and to show to
the world, what your chil
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SUMMERFIELD
Let each one of us do allwe can There are many who do not see shocking and blacker than our own.
to "chUr the roads for action." Let tnat this has become beyond oil mo not know statistics, but my Im
u not coinpiain when we are told (doubt an out-and-out War of de- presslon is that vice and irregular
that there must be no unnecessary fenat ; that our annihiilation is ultl-Jiving were more flagrant anid more
travel, that personal baggage inurft "lately contemplated by thin very generawy tolerated abroad than h're.
be of portable weight. 'generation of Germans. I 1 here Is no trace of Puritanism
Again, do all of us realize ! ever any scheme of world con- in our standards that was utterly
that the Russian millions are now Quest stop of its own volition? ere , lackilng over thera. The . M. C.
dangti-ously near to coming under there ever any .'limits to the dreams A. was their guardian and refuge!
German domlnitlon, mith wonderful ot tlie world's great- aggressors? Representatives of this Association
German war technique. German tee- Greater anrted resistance, greater, met "every troop train to London at
nlus for managing and equipping new more burning pa'.riotissm (crushing all hours of the night and morning,
armies, for dlsc'pllntng and training defeat) have ever been the only bar- with a warm invitation to the men
thief untutored masses of their allies? Hers '.to their progress. Have tlv:-y to come to the nuts and to pass their
German officers would quickly bring no- all sfghed "for new worlds to furloughs in a decent atmospher?. ,
order out of the chaos in Russia, conquer?" it is the Y. M. C. A. that helps .
Russia, that sleeping giant of 'he I One hears so often in conVersa- our boys to do the right thing where-.
European peoples! Will she not be tlon, "it seems such a pity to send ever they are. It is a positive force, Miss Kate Moselefy teacher at
very at in her Illiteracy in her our boys 'over there.' f What we worth aW the "dont si' in the world ! Glencoe School visited her parents
'primitive state of national evolution, j should h'.ar and feel is, 'TOiank God Can you Immagine how muoh this Saturday morning. .
.to 'ucOvW and take on' German, f alia- we, . are not ghting this War alone, help and hospitality man to home- Misses uuay iarman, ituin num-
cies and German peace? (Should that we have great and trusted Al- sick boys in a strange land? The phreys and Ollie Williams spent the
end 4h high German omolalu in not her renl terror auid dread -of lier'lle8 to whom we can send them. We Boldfers who dissipated, who in' some week-end at the nome of Mr. Witty,
charge of the census returns, ntilly othec neighbor, Japan be used at this believe In mc&ting our enemy more forlorn, way became victims of wbis- Miss Kate Moseley and Mr. Cary
knows ithepopuation of Germany.) juncture of affairs to l-estore the -'than half way." key, were those who would not ate- Williams spent Tuesday in Greens-
In the figures given out for th i use i equlibriuiu?) . I Perhaps our chief concern as paN cept the hospitality of the Y. M. C. boro.
of geographies, abuses and year-j Russia has always HeenitMl (to the . ents and friends, as loyal' supporters A. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Bob Apple,
books, it has surely been givtitly 1 eye.i of the American traveler) a ''"Wr young men in he service The Salvation Army, too, did won- a fine girl.
umlrtrestftnaited:.- Tlilr cimisiw has j chid, of beauty, oniaginntlon and 'ja' In the quickest and most effective- df rful work among he soldiers and Another good citizen has departed
been deli'beratJly falsified for publi-' iihih, with ti i limited poss'ibflities for ways to make it easy for them to had (as alway) a very strong appeal Jhia life. Mrs. Mary F. Bradshaw
catkin. ' growth and development, with per- ao their best. to many classes of men. died at her home on Summerfield
In therr man pow.ir, w have an haps the most sympathetic national WV must make them feel that we , The work of the Red" Cross was su- Route 1, on rebruary Ji, 1918, age
Unknown quantity to deal with, in soul In Europe. care every minute what they are do- perb ev'ery returning soldier sang 85 years, 11 months and 16 days,
their terrMories (and in the farj W'liat a pliy that mora could not in an(l what becomes of them, their praises: W?e can certainly en- She is survived by two sons, Mr. AV.
kwrners undermined by their spies) ' have been done, in the beginning of 1 nl 'r should not one discouraged, trust our boys to their care, -with P-"' of Summerfield and
-we have unknown limits to encoun-' the War, 'to ''strengthen and iruldi lonely, half hearted boy leave our thy knowledge that their organlza (Mr. G. S. Bradshaw of Coolemee, N
jaj. ' i Russia inst.ud of expecting HO shores for this great ordeal. tlon is as perfect as It can well be. C Tine funeral services were held niched
lugiH nere u would lie interest-, mucn rrom tier lmmuturity! - i-ei us, in our w;n meaning enorts, ! I nave mow given, as maror m jaonaay ; eoruary , oemg conuucieu
. tng to know, how many of us have' lid we realize that Germany had 1)8 organized In Leagues such as pressions as 1 feel it right to tinposa by Rev. John KniglU. Interment was
OTlousty studied a reocjit war map. ! len at wyirk there for years, gaug- Ibis, and the V. M. C. A. The aehd- upon you. I doubt If I have said at Bethany cemetery.
Yet ft Is perhaps the first duty of Ing Russian wvialyiiess, .gaining ac- ,n8 ' too many Individual gifts com- anything that you have not heard, 1-i
every nian and wo:min who intends ", cess to all her eoverhmcnt seWtV plicates tlva transportation problem "t read before, but not to have made Have your bought youi Wai Sar-
to tc ' this thing (and to help all i iiist.Uing iti the simpU hilhds of the and (if? the many camps which I
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his effort would have ba:n a failure Stamp yet!
they can) to folBow carefully, and
to reaize, the seriousness
events.
There tdiould be a war inap in
very home (conspicuously hiHig).
This could no fail to artnu and
tnterest all . meiubers of . the -family,
and remind thein to perform ti
erery day devotions and sacrlkus to
patrlottem, urg' U Upon us by all our
great writers and think-rs. Many
Ct us would undoubtedly be surprised
At the alariiiing changs which wo
would see have b n made 'on the
map of Europe by the Central Pow
ers. No child coukl fail to realise,
the lmfortance of ending this. It Is
aid that In Germany the school
geographies have already been chang
ed to match German claims and
ftinbf.lotifl.
As an enemy, I personally ha
such a tremendous Idea of Gorman
strength, of the length, breadth and
thickness of thsfr pre pared nes, that
I should most certainly be calf d a
ca.I?mitjr howler, or a "Gbxmiy Gus"
did I exprww tt a.0 tonight.
Returning from Europe, I can only
I re fit to you the serious state of
affairs that I knew there and which
rcnt events hXre still further com
plicated. .
Tha German patriotism Btrfkes one
being fanatic, of toe same qual
ity as that of the Japane It im
r ressed me as if the averare ft'r-
peopk-t an exaggerated belief in Ger-; ,lave visited) was a "; serious aniioy-
of daUylnian siiper'ority and . etflcleiicy, ance to those in authority.
spreading the -' Gerntan language sys-' Let us not 'allow ; a ;: superfluous
tematkaUly over all Russia (so that hJ k' to go forward, or an exo;ss of
a knowledge of German will caiiv sweets, or gifts of any kind.
a tourist comfortably through even
the smaller ; villages in the interior,
and every wW,? could be found at
least ne Russian Who understood
Germain)? French was the language
of thta' Court and the cultured people
We ca.n Imagine the wild disorder
and demoralization that followed the
The Y. V. A. has deserved and
eanied .ou ,complet'a' confidence in
peace, and our great admiration in
War. A League such as this can
well supplement their efforts in sev
eral wiiiys. But as r nation (except
In cases where one is osp:-cially in
terested by close ties of blood) ht
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the Czar. I Kl was, as you know, the spend our regular contributions, to
head of the Church, and had been an attend to the comforts and pleasure
absolute and despotic ruler over all of teh men (as only they can.)
tilings temporal and r.liglous. Your dollar and mine, spent at
Traditions are all that the millions ' random, can not be of much service
of simple, uneducated peasantry j (once the boys have- left our shores),
know. They were giV.tn the most On'ly the Y. M. V. A. (wilh Its vast
limited opportunities for education, 'funds, its facilities, its prestige with
allowed no freedom eith'ct In reading the Armies and Governments- can b
or Ini speech. jof any real help to our boys abroad.
They know practically nothing of j I have had men (officers from all
tho outside World. Their judgmmt over tho wortd( from Australia, New
wou! d necessarily be weak and va-' Zealand. Canada and South Africa
dilating. It will be at least a gen- tell me In London that the Y. M. C.
' iratlon before the real Russian soul A. had meant everything to them
can emerge and take Its rlghful place during their tay In Engand, that too
fin the world-march of progress. .high pralsr could not be given!
If the pendulum swings again (and Over and over again I have been
they com';' back as our loyal allies) asked by officers and men to say all
we should not . expect much of them. I could when I reached home In
Germany has been oru the ground praise of the wonderful insight and
for rfbrs! The Germans understood understanding of the needs of th-
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