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the German- American loyalty that 
fed the starving soldiers at Valley 
Forge. Our armies need German- 
American stamina and pep that 
licked Robert E. Lee, on his own 
admission. We should not make 
war on each other, but go ahead 
with it a united people against a 
common enemy. 
German Planes Swoop Down Up- 
on Congested East Side District 
of London. 
London, June 13. — The casual 
eties in the German air raid 
over London and vicinity, it is of- 
ficially announced according to 
the latest police report, numbered 
97 killed, and 437 wounded. The 
killed comprised o5 men, 16 wom- 
en and 26 children. The injured 
comprised 223 men, 122 women 
and 94 children. No damage of 
a military or of a naval nature 
was done. 
The German squadron consisted 
of about 15 machines, and the 
downtown section of London was 
their chief objective. Many bombs 
fell in the east end. Ten chil- 
dren were killed in a street, and 
50 injured in one instance. # # * 
Smash Two Railway Coaches 
Terrible scenes were witnessed 
during the air raid at a railway 
station, where two bombs were 
dropped. Luckily they missed 
the busy portion of the station, 
but struck a train at the far end 
of the platform, fairly full of pas- 
sengers, waiting to start. The 
two foremost carriages were de- 
stroyed. One bomb hit the train 
squarely, one carriage caught .tire. 
Several passengers were killed, 
an,d others, badly injured and un- 
able to escape, were incinerated. 
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It is believed that 24 passengers 
were killed or injured in this 
train. 
Pitiable Scenes at School 
The bombing of a school house 
furnished one of the most pitiable 
scenes in the whole raid. The 
bomb struck the roof squarely, 
cutting clean through and pass- 
ing through two classrooms, one 
above the other, killing some chil- 
dren but sparing the majority. 
It finally exploded with terrific 
force in a room on the ground 
floor where there were 64 little 
children, from 5 to 7 years of age, 
ten of whom were killed outright, 
and all the others more or less in- 
jured. 
The room was 36x 24 feet, and 
the force of the explosion in such 
a small area was terrific. Most 
of the ceiling was brought down 
an,d the furniture shattered into 
splinters. Some of the babies had 
arms and legs torn off, others 
were shockingly lacerated, some 
stunned and others buried in the 
wreckage. 
The room was filled with the 
screams and moans of the tiny 
sufferers, many of whom were 
crying for their mothers. Helpers 
who rushed in from the outside, 
found four women teachers, won 
derfully self-possessed, although 
covered with blood, giving what 
help was possible to their little 
charges. Many of the children 
were lying limp and helpless 
across the shattered desks, bleed- 
ing from terrible wounds. Others 
•u re writhing in pain, and some 
bodies were unrecognizable. 
Press Dispatch. 
“'I didn't raise my boy to be a 
Coward.” 
T U R E 
War With Germany. 
Extracts from speech of Hon. 
Paul 0. Ilusting of Wisconsin in 
the Senate of the United States, 
Wednesday, April 4th, 1917. 
The Question at Issue. 
The question with which we are now 
confronted is not whether we want 
war; the question is “Shall we suffer 
war to he marie upon us without de- 
fending ouselves?” We are not the 
aggressor. We are not attacking any- 
body, hut we are being attacked. Our 
ships are being attacked, our citizens 
and our ships carrying our flag are be- 
ing sent to the bottom of the sea. In 
other and even more sinister ways our 
country has been warred upon for a 
period of more than two years by 
agents in the pay of a foreign Govern- 
ment. 
Germany’s Hostile Change of Front. 
Again and again our Government 
has warned Germany that any repeti- 
tion of the offense of which we com- 
plain would result not only in tne 
severance of diplomatic relations, but 
that we would hold her to ’‘strict ac- 
countability” and would omit no steps 
necessary to defend our rights, or 
words to that effect. 
With these solemn words ringing in 
her ears, with full knowledge of whaz 
her actions meant, repudiating her sol- 
emn promise made to us, repudiating 
the laws of nations and of humanity, 
the laws of God and man, in defiance 
of the nations of the world and the 
opinions of mankind, in defiance of the 
United States, of her President, and of 
her people, Germany again threatened 
to resume and has resumed her ruth- 
less, unrestrained, and barbarous sub- 
marine warfare. She is not afraid to 
do wrong. Shall this great Nation be 
afraid to do right and to maintain its 
own rights? Shall we condone or in- 
dorse another country’s wrong against 
us and repudiate our country’s rights ? 
No; we will not do that! We must 
not do that! Our honor, our rights, 
our lives — nay, our very safety and 
welfare will not permit us to do that. 
No nation can long endure which per- 
mits its rights to be deliberately, wan- 
tonly, defiantly, and insultingly tram- 
pled upon. No nation can long endure 
or should endure which fails or re- 
fuses to defend the lives of ts defend- 
ers! 
If Germany Wins. 
Jf Germany wins this war she “will 
bestride this narrow world like a co- 
lossus.’’ She will be all powerful, all 
