Some congressmen are opposing lowering the draft age below 21 years on the grounds that the young men thus taken "have no vote." Yet, some of these congressmen (and a senator from this state) opposes giving all women the vote, yet they are willing to take the sons, the husbands, and the brothers of these men without consulting the women or permitting them to vote. "Consistency, thou art a rare jewel."
The 100 soldiers who came here on June 18 leave us next Tuesday. They go to various places to take part in the great game of winning freedom for the world. These are a fine lot of young men, and they have endeared themselves to us. Let us show our appreciation of them by a fitting demonstration when they leave. It is a duty and a pleasure to do so.
Today's cable dispatches from France show that 17,000 more of the kaiser's soldiers did not "escape unnoticed," but they will escape the hardships of the war from now until peace is signed in Berlin. The most fortunate German soldier is the one who is taken prisoner, and many of them are beginning to realize this.
German militarists recently boasted that "England has been put out of the fighting and will not have her army in condition to fight again this summer. England's answer is contained in today's reports from the front, which says that the British alone captured 14,000 German prisoners yesterday afternoon. A pretty strong come-back, eh?
The only real evidence the kaiser has had that the Almighty is on his side is when rains were sent to check the pursuit of the allies after the German army, but the friendly rains did not last long enough to permit the Germans to escape. 