Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — WORD FROM PERSHING. [ARTICLE]

WORD FROM PERSHING.

General Pershing, commanding the American forces in France, is not much of a talker, but when he speaks he, speaks to some purpose. His message to the American people ought to be taken to heart by them: Every man. woman and child should support- the administration in its determination to arm and equip the American army and to keep up its morale and that of the allied armies. This war will not be won by talk or by subscribing to the Red Cross. The American people must come tb a full realization of what the war means. It can be won only by striking hard and forceful blows,, not otherwise. The fact that Germany is obviously in distress and that AustriaHungary is even worse off, ought to serve only to stimulate the zeal of our people, and strengthen their determination. The harder we strike the sooner will the war be

over. There is no harm in taking| a hopeful or even cheerful view. But great harm will result from entertaining the illusion that we have an easy job on our hands. The people may well be thankful that so much has been done in so short a time. But they should realize that the greater part of the job is yet to be done. This nation must play an enormous part, perhaps the leading part from now on in the great work of breaking the Prussian power. General Pershing, it will be noted, assumes that the war is to be won—that there is to be no draw, no half-way settlement. That is the theory on which our people and their government should act. Men must be sent to France as soon as they ace far enough along in their training to finish their education behind the French lines. This is a matter which is wholly under the control of the general staff and the war college, and it may safely be assumed that it will be tended to. The important thing now is, as General Pershing says, that the American people have “a full realization of what the war means;” and understand that “it can be won only by striking hard and forceful blows, and not otherwise.” At such a time those people who are not for the nation and its cause are against both. Our brave men in France to the fullest support frdfh-all loyal Americans and they will, we are sure, receive it. Advertising is the modern method of communication between the business man and the consumer. Shrewd business men who have desirable propositions to offer know this and advertise. If you want to know what these desirable propositions are, read the ads in this paper each week. They tell story and name the merchant.