Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 June 1918 — You Can’t Run From the War. [ARTICLE]

You Can’t Run From the War.

“The other day I heard about a perfectly healthy man (not of military age) who said he was going to Honolulu to ‘get away from the war.’ He didn’t ‘believe in the war,’ thinks the war a ‘mistake,’ and all that sort of thing. ‘‘Well, I wonder If he thinks the rest of us are Infatuated with the war I Are you? Is France? Wouldn’t we all like to get rid of It?, And aren’t we trying to? “When I heard about this man I felt like sending him the following telegram: ‘Say, mister, crime back and do your share. This is your wcx’d just as much as ours. You can’t run away and leave the job of trying to save it to the rest of us. ,If you think It can be saved without the use of guns and swords, come back and show us how. But don’t stand there and look superior. You can’t get away with that. Cut out your airs and tell ‘ us what to do. If you still think you must go—go for what you are—* welcher and a quitter.”’—American Magazine.