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SEAFORTE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1918
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WHAT THE WAR HAS DONE FOR each case, and ultimately indulged -a
BRITAIN good deal of unwarranted ad Ireton
It is well-nigh two years since Mr. for the amazing progress of ermany
Brooks told in the National and unjustified werx�y about he con -
Sidney
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fessed degeneraey sof England.
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a res a thousand other ways the two
cc 'Second to .None " Britain Is Doing" in the war. His countries thousand
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article was an eloquent plea to Ameri- of capacity foraccurate self -appraise -
cans to realize the part his country meet. ,There was plenty of room in
was playing in civilization's crisis; ands the sun Tor both. ' The world needed
there was need
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for it. all of the best that; both could give.
At that time I was in England. They ought never even to j'iave imnag-
America's declaration of war was only ` friedthat they were sufficiently alike
Ia few weeks ahead, but its imminence to be -capable of intense rivalry.
was not generally realized either there And they never would have devel
or here. Probably, save when the oped such an obses ion but for the po-
two countries have been, at war, and liticai institutions ehich made it pose;
during some trying months of our ible for Germany to be brought under
Civil War era, there never has been the control of a wicked, selfish, design-
• a time when misunderstanding - was ing, criminal dye e " is policy of world
more acute,' on both sides, between conquest. The c�st between auto-"•
the English-speaking countries. cracay and demos cy has been}going:
on through all the ages. Because
England and- German :' were on the
whole the formost. European. repre-
sentative's of tli$ ° antagonistic sys-
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Even the best-informel Americans
had but inadequate 'conception of the
:burden. Britain was carrying. Preju-
' dice was rife in this country, and was
sedulously caltivated in many quar-
ters and by divers interests. On the
other hand, opinion in Britain was
settling down to conviction that Amer-
ica would stand any humiliation, sub-
mit to any insult, rather than fight. .
Britain had without hesitation en-
tered a war to which the enemy had
not challenged her, because she be-
lieved she was doing right. She
wanted the moral support, and she
sorely needed the material aid,. that
the great daughter State could bring.
Why was America so slow to see and
understand ? Were we indeed as sor-
did and selfish as the Anglophobes a-
mong us were wont to charge Britain.
with being. ? Were we merely- a race
of. profiteers?
To -day with our millions of soldiers
and billions of wealth fighting along-
side Britains, we may remind ourselves
of those trying months, and the re-
minder must make us grateful that_
things are as they are. It would be
alike futile and foolish to ask how long
our aloofness might have continued
without creating incurable distrust be-
tween the two Anglo-Saxon nations
and bringing disaster to he world.
For that she furnished the moral
leadership, the instant ourage, the
true perception of underlying issues,
• Britain is entitled to recognition as
the force which made this war, from
its first gun, essentially a contest, be-
twe
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idea ;
ideals, not alliance _ be
ween good inorals and bad metals.
n t was. the confidence of the nations,.
small ,and `great, near and fa , in this
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t tdership of'Britaln that_ saved
w kL That - confidence. nerveda
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meet the first he k offinva-
she --could awn moi
ala .little,.timewhile.
civilization"oould make their
lar. That confidence brought
Potatugali oldest of England's allies,
:iiiathe field..
,r It brought ;Japan newest and most •
woeful' of Britain's allies, with shin-
arinor- and well -tried sword, into
the mens, as - sentinel of the eastern
gateways, gua�"alian.oyer,' the peace of
:the . East,atoo long ani •. "" eusly-
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}tempted y the plotters of Berlin.
It brought the colonies and domin-
' -lona of the world -flung Empire
straightway to "shoulder arcs at the
foot of Britain's democratic throne,
bearing their yet- unsought pledges
of loyalty and devotion, The princes
of India, the Boers of Africa, the seen
of Canada and Australia, the Maoris
of New Zealand, trooped unbidden to
their places in the ranks,
Yet the wealth and resources of the
Empire—in men, money and industry
—were not the greatest ofBritain's
contributions. More potent ` than
these was the fund of moral credit
enlisted in the cause on the day when
Britain gave it her endorsement. The
-scales of prejudice fell from a thous-
and million eyes in that hour when
men envisaged 'the contrast between
autocracy, prepared, and democracy
inspired. .
What has the war done in Britain,
to Britain, for Britain and through
-Britain, for the world ? ,
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teriis, clash between them was inevit- ! _ p
able.
two short cantur es had seen Euro -
peon civilization spread ° its sway over
moot of the world; Everywhere this
outreachine carried' the conflict: The
world could not e j t half slave and
half. free:
Under the spell of German egomania
it was falling into a disposition to
over-estimate - certain undeniable ad-
vantages of close-knit, strong organiz-
ation, and to exaggerate the equally
obvious disadvantages' of that laxity
and carelessness which tend to propa-
gate when democracy rules and times
are good.
At the price of those sops which
autocratic Germany tossed to the pro-
letarian , Cerberiis, the forld might
have been bribed to exchange freedom
for 'a mess of welfae pottage. It is
good that the contest came as •early
as -it did. , .
Discussing war and after -war prob-
lems in a London club one day, an _
American• observed: c I Fred S. Savauge
This war will be followed by a rev-
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• Imaxi of about fifty years came running
sown the street, threw her arms a-
1 roo d me and kissed much to the a-
1
mu ement of all the troops around:
Everybody gave me a bouquet of flow-
ers which of `course, I couldn't carry
and had to throw away when - no one
wa looking. At all the villages the
• wo en came out with big pitchers of
corn e and the troops surely fared. well.
The civilians are a great assistance
in a quiring the way., but are apt to be
too nxious to ,please us. About forty
or fty get around you and all jabber
Fre ch at the same time, and so we
hav some job to understand them. I
can 'abber the French pretty well and
can alwaysatleast find out where the
.Bosche are and when they left. The
people all yelled "Vive la Canada,"
"Vie e la Englaise," `but were a bit dis-
app s inte.d .in not seeing any French
sol . - rs. -
T e people surely 'do hate the
Bos'he. He has stolen everything,
imp 'soned them for the smallest of-
fens
ffens - like failing to salute an officer.
Yest rday a very excited civilian came
to o r . line and said there was a
Bost . e just out ahead.. We sent out
a fe, mein who found the Bosche on
the =round with half a dozen civilians
trying to kill him. They kill Bosche
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utsay
get e
e and from what they say the
ye is in a very bad state. LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE
hear that the Bosche navy has The following letters have ben re-
ed and that there is a revolution ceived by Mrs. Westcott tef this town
whatbadnight
Nov. 11, 1918.
Der Mother,—Did not have time to
post esterday's letter so am adding
a Iitt e more to -day. The armistice
wasdeclared this morning with our
battal on about a thousand yards or
so fro the -Bosches. There is great
▪ rejoicing everywhere, but the people
▪ seems dazed; they can't realize that
the war is really over. I am living in
511111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 0114 a very nice billet bel'ging to the
1111E Burgomaster or Mayor of the village.
They are Belgians, but hate the
Bosch ,° cordially. We went to bed- last
nig'tl an upstairs room wonder'
whetr we were going to get bloafik
out them or not. He shell us
all a - yesterday in the village, but.
quit I t night for some reason that
we di't find out till 1.got the wel-.
cgme; ' `sage this morning that ,the
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andI d en.he
fo`I rings around -
the- bsnd
lanced' around .: like &jet of
ghi1dre . .The -village- here• is_ , a' a
kilometer or
so, from Mons and from
here We can plainly sea the -high
ground. where the English made_ their
- famous stand. A' pipe band 'came
through the village this morning, :the
first the people have seen since the
Highlanders passed through here in
1914 ha that famous retreat from.
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I. wouldn't have missed this show for
the' world. I am mighty proud to be
able to march into the outskirts of
Mons • With my company during the
last battle of the war and after nearly
sixteen months of continuous service
without even a scratch. I expect we
will be marching through Belgium
soon en route to Germany. Brussels
is only about 45 kilometers from here.
We don't know what the terms of the
armistice are but suppose we will have
to go forward and occupy at least the
frontier ! of Germany. My leave is
about : die, but I'm not coming home
just now—thanks. I'm goingto see
Germany first if possible. I will try
and send you a cable to -morrow let-
ting you';know I'm all right. You will
have no more worries pow. It has
been an anxious , time for .you,I know,
but I can't tell you how thankful I am
that it is all over. The burgomaster
has just given me apicture of Albert,
King of the Belgians; which I'll try
and get home with me.
Your affectionate son,
BOB.
been for the greater part voluntary,
accomplished through the cooperation.
of a , willing public with. a patient
food administration.
Never in Britain's histo - have so
manypeople been
amply re
fed;r
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have so few- been- hun ; Never, it
= Aadded ..thea- !c ` en-
jo tso nearly uric ti to a ty.
rim s,.those. aristocratic d gest1 -afl; --
,men life
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eating, not wisely but too well. `•
search -.warrant would .hardly rdly 'fiud a
dozen- respectable cases of -goat • in
the entire Kingdom.
Armies . of people in* Britain are
for the first time wearing their old
clothes, and glad to do it; other arm-
ies, are for the first time wearing
good clothes and are equally
pleased; We have heard quite too
much about the extravagances of the
munitionettes• who buy Astrakhan furs
and impossible jewelry. After all,
pew ,associate nrtorr, w;n 1 more inti-
mately With. their clothes than with
any other incident of life.
To be decently cladis the first es-
sential to self-respect. Other and
more exalted tastes are presently in-
duced. The factory girl who begins
with -dressing like a lady. presently
finds herself disposed to be a lady.
And the community is making ar-
rangements accordingly. In ,recogni—
tion. of her services in shops and fac-
tories, in
offices and on they farm,
niaunffacturing explosives at Gretna
and doing the work of tens of thous-
ands of men just behind the firing
lines in France, woman. has been given
the ballot. The monarchic democracy
of England has reached the goal of
universal suffrage several laps a-
head of .-America.
The organization—it can hardly be
called a system—for public educe=
tionin Britain is notoriously inade-
quate. Many people knew that before
the war, and the war's shock- aroused
the to acti nation t
t York, I have sat
through two absorbingly interesting
sessions of the House of Commons.
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LETTERS FROM FRANCE
The following interesting letters were,
written by Capt. Bob Hartry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William Hartry, of
town. Captain Hartry has been in
the trenches for some sixteen months
and was with the Canadian troops
at Mons when the armistice was -sign-
ed:
Before the war had even approach -
edits& climax Britain discovered 'that it -
faced a shortage, among other things
of milk. The government guaranteed
very high prices to induce production;
but - the sacrifice of herdp, plowing up
of gnats -lands and• deficiency of labor
rendered - stimulative efforts futile.
There was not enough milk'to go a-
round in the old, "easy way, and ad -
,ministration stepped in to insure
first :against profiteering and second
that those who Most needed it should
have; their share of the milk.
Observe the results. Some months
ago the British Medical Association
discussed some remarkable vital sta-
•
For the first time in the:modern his-
tory of Britain there had been milk
enough for all the babies, and good
milk.
But -'if the adult patron of a public
eating -house buys and drinks a glass
of milk as a beverage, he is liable to
a fine of five pounds, and the proprie-
tor subjects himself to a like penalty.
Belgium, 10-11-18. .
Dear Mother,—They; say it is Sun-
day, but I can't prove it, so suppose
it is. - I wrote you the other day, but
many things have happened since
then.
At present I am in a billet inhabited
by French people who were evacuated
from Arras and Baupaume by the
Bosche: I never drank so much coffee
in my life. as I did yesterday.. The
people here would give you the shirt
off their back provided the Bosche had-
n't . already stolen it. I got into the
billet about ten o'clock last night and
then we had coffee and bread . and
meat as they had they insisted on us
having it. I have the only bed in the
house and slept last night in a bed
with sheets, not a thousand yards from
the Bosche.
We have been advancing and-yester-
day
ndyester-day just -took back fifteen kilometers
from the Bosche. We are in a very
famous part of the country, as little
did I think yesterday that I was to
be here on the scene of one of . the
war's greatest battles.
The people yesterday nearly went
x
crazy when we came through the vill-
ages. The old men and women reel
kids came running out of the Teataes
waving flags and insisted on shaking
hands with everybody. One o`.l .vo-
FROM WITLEY CAMP
The following are extracts from let-
ters from, a former well known Sea-
forthite, W T. Hays, who has been
overseas ;with . the Canadian, Army
.
Medical Crps for the past two years:
Dear ]other,—Well the war- news
ought to be quite pleasing, to you
these day. I see the, Germans have
till 11a.m°. en Monday to decide "yes"
or "no.". They are prety drastic- con-
ditions o have to consent to but it
will have o be done sooner or later.
There are mors around the camp all
the tiino hese days of peace being
declared b t so far, they are only rum-
ors. I would like to be in London
when peac is declared but that is out
of the queseion. There are over 20,000
Canadians in this camp aid I expect
there will Abe something doing when
peace coin s. I am afraid discipline
will not a omit to much. - The floor
,was a har place to have to lie on
again ° afte over three months in a
bed but am' getting used to it and soon
usually ha e a pretty good rest. My
some but think
legis both�rin me e lank
I
it (or they)- always will. Hope you
are both fe ling well,
Dear Mo her,—Well it is all over.
As I am wr ting the bands are playing
all over ca pa Some the French na-
tional anthe , some "The Maple Leaf
and some " h, Canada" Word came
officially a ew minutes ago that the
armistice ad been signed. There
have been a l kinds of rumors around
the last
_e days but this seems to
be authentic,. It brings Scott back to
nnie more than ever to -day. If we could
only haveone back together. But
that is impassible and he is one of
from members of the 47th Battalion,
with which her son, Pte, Clarence
Westeott, was fighting in France, when
he was killed in action on September
29th:
-Trance, Oct, 6, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Westcott,—It is hard for
me to write to you at this time, as I
ani an utter stranger to you, but I
felt I must write you a few lines in
regard to the death of my dear com-
rade and pal and your fine son. I was
will him when he was hit and bandag-
ed him and he only lived a few min-
utes. I did not think it was so ser-
ious, or I would have asked him for a
message to send to you, but he went
to sleep with the angels and did not
suffer much, He was hit with shrap-
nel in two places in the right lung one
in the right shoulder and one in the -
right forearm. He did not bleed much
outwardly but the shrapnel must have
pierced his lungs so that he bled in-
ternally.
:doubt you have had a•letter from
+( .. chs lain... so this
p ) is about
I. can say.
I have his lodge ring which Lewin
send you by registered mail. We were
al
.l year sorry indeed to lose Clarence
ask you to aceept the sympathy
er. ne in
the co
_ .,.�. may'. which
Iia' was; with y: . n °your 'sail be»
vr. eut.. = Thee is zee. aanso ion
thaV=is, he is req 'sleeping with the
angels and, not here among the dan-
gers and trials.- I am, your sincere
friend, •
Lance -corporal L. O. Hogarth -
France, October 2, 1918
Dear Mrs; Westcott.—It is with deep
egret I beg to inform you that your
son, Clarence, was lulled in action, on
September 29th. He was rely batman .
and a fine, tilling, brave little chap,.
His Toss is a verypersonal one to me.
He died as he lived --a gallant soldier
—with his face to the enemy in a vic-
torious advance, May _Gad rest him
'and give you strength to bear your
sad bereavement is the wish of, yours
respectfully,
Justin C. Smith, Lieut.
France, Oct. 26, 1918.
Dear Mrs. Westcott,-1 am writing
to assure you of the sincere sympathy
of our whole 47th battalion with you
in the death of your son, Pte. Clar-
ence V. Westcott, who was killed in •
action on'September -
�29th
I had
hoped to write to. you sooner, as I
wrote at once to your - son, Arnold,
bat since September we have been
almost continually in action or on the
move and this is the first rest period
we have had. On September 29th, the
47th was lying in front of the villages"
of Railleneourt and Scilly, - which we
had captured the day before and your
son's company was occupying a shal-
low trench, About an hour before they
were to be withdrawn from the line,
the Germans began to shell the trench
and one shell exploded just on the
edge, only a few feet from where
Clarence was. `He was instantly kill-
ed by a piece of shrapnel in the head •
and the same shell killed -Mr. Sharman
and Stretcher -Bearer -Leach., I am
enclosing one or two letters hich# I
found four days later close to where
Clarence met his death. I have known
him intimately, dear Mrs. Westcott,
since April `and there was no one in
the battalion who lived a more earnest
and upright Christian life than he.
Through May and June when we were
out on rest I was able to carry on a
regular Bible- class and he was one
of the most devoted members: The
last little gathering we were able to
have was about two weeks before his
death, when seven of ' the members,
survivors from our two previous bat-
tles met and talked over our experi-
ence. I know from what Clarence said
that night that he was prepared and
ready to . go should God call him,
Now having indeed fought a good fight
for all that is pure and honorable and
of good report he .has received his
Great Promotion and in the more im-
mediate presence of God, there must
be nobler service for one who used
his talents ; so well here. Those who
were associated with your boy in the
47th will never forget him and I shalt
remember him particularly at the Holy
Communion of which he partook from
my hands often. There was a sweet-
ness about his character that is rare hi
the rough and ready atmosphere of
soldier life and that helped everyone
with whom he came in contact. May
the knowledge of his self-sacrifice fol-
lowing in the footsteps of our Lord
help you to bear your loss and God
in his mercy c comfort tan
d
sustai
n you
"until the day" breaks and the shadows
free away." I remain, very faithfully
yours,
A. H. Priest Chaplain.
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