Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1918 — Spirit of France. [ARTICLE]

Spirit of France.

As in the early days of 1914, French troop trains are decked with poppies and roses, with every flower of field and garden. And just as In those days, when the war was young, the poilu, after four years, rihes np to the front, blithely, lustily singing and with roses stuck in Ms cap and blouse. Germany told the world that France was “bled white.” Germany lied, and knew that she lied. The soul of France, reflected in the eyes and voices-of her fighting men, is both unvanquished and unvanqulshable.—Stars 'and Stripes, Parts.