ACHIEVE ANY ONE OF THE OBJECTS FOR 

 WHICH WE STARTED THIS WAR." 



At a later date, the London Times publishes an article 

 by Lord Charles Beresford. In his speech he says: "We 

 began the war, with two great assets, our fleet and our 

 wealth," and he adds, "We shall soon be bankrupt if this 

 goes on." Does this not tell us in plain English that Eng- 

 land had planned what to do when she declared war on 

 Germany, after she had lured others into it? And further, 

 says sister Maria, we know the American papers are mis- 

 leading your people, like the enemies of Germany are miss- 

 leading their own people, but even with all the ill will in 

 the papers against Germany, we know truth will win, and 

 all the unjust criticism shall unconcern us. The German 

 people look at it like this, during the Spanish- American war 

 when a shipload started to sail with the ammunition for 

 Spain, the American Ambassador, Mr. White, informed the 

 German Government, and the Kaiser at once ordered that 

 ship to return and that no ammunition should be sold to 

 Spain against the Americans. And so the people in Ger- 

 many don't understand why America should help England 

 and her Allies to prolong the war. I am telling this, as I 

 believe you want to know the truth. 



And, says Sister Maria, "Women here cheerfully take 

 the place of men in planting the seeds for the coming har- 

 vest, as now there is no suffering here for want of food and 

 otherwise. Bread in certain quantities is dealt out to us by 

 the government. The food is healthy ; we all like it and get 

 plenty of it. We on the ranches have to use candles for 

 light,' as the Government has taken over the petroleum, but 

 while we are using candles, we are not breaking any lamp 

 chimneys, so it isn't so bad after all." 



Just think of what Sister Maria says to me : If we 

 must lose all our sons, England cannot crush the Father- 

 land. The civilians of Germany realize that it is better to 

 lose part of Germany's brave men, than to let the enemies, 



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