Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1919 — YES, ASK THEM. [ARTICLE]

YES, ASK THEM.

What must be the thouchts of our soldiers and sailors when they return from the din of fighting and hear the hubbub of Republican politicians about “American failures in <the wart” says an exchange. These men who drove the Huns from France to Belgium; who saw the German military machine wrecked and shattered; who beheld the collapse of the greatest military k.oeer in history; who mardhed into Meta and Coblenz, regarded as Impregnable strongholds—what must th«y think when they bear America - efforts and their own endeavors described by senators and representatives as failures? Did America win the war? Ask the Germans —they appear to be experiencing some sensations of defeat. Was there a breakdown of the American army? Put the question to the French and the English, who know what reverses and handicaps really are. Did alleged American shortcomings endanger the success of the allied arms? Read the terms of the armistice. Did alleged American mismanagement cause an American retreat? Ask a soldier or sailor — and then run before you get the answer.