Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1918 — New Lesson of Great War Pointed Out by Prominent Canadian Worker [ARTICLE]

New Lesson of Great War Pointed Out by Prominent Canadian Worker

By MRS. NELLIF. M'CLURG.

Edmonton, Alberta

We are not citizens of Canada, of the United States or of Britain only ; we are all citizens of the world, and no part of the world can live unto itself alone. We are bound together either by the cords of love or by the chains of death. We are not free while any part of the world ia bound. The world is not safe for any one of us until it is safe for everyone. This makes living a very serious business. When a woman sees her boy go out to kill or to be killed, she loses from her life, some of the spirit of youth: she can no longer be deceived into believing that all is well with the tvorldl Women are the last reserves of the nation and they have never yet exerted their full influence. Thy have lagged behind the men in their development. But the women are being awakened, and a mighty influence for good, for kindness, for human safety is being felt in human* "flairs. . * -