Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1920 — WAS THIS BLOOD SHED IN VAIN? [ARTICLE]

WAS THIS BLOOD SHED IN VAIN?

France gave 1,362,872 of the flower of her men that the Hun s drive to destroy civilization might be stopped. So great was the carnage that of this number 361,854 occupy unknown graves. Shall they have died in vain or will their sacrifice result in a real gain?