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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1918
Page
14
The French government plans special honors for American artist Ridgway Knight for painting Le Bas De Laine Francaise. The work, chosen for the latest Liberty Loan poster, depicts an elderly peasant couple counting savings to buy war bonds, symbolizing France's wartime financial resolve.
In wartime analysis, Tre Tage assesses German odds of success in a major 1918 western offensive. Defenders tilt toward delaying battles while the Allies sit tight to blunt German action. Germany must win before American power grows and before more U.S. troops and equipment can be deployed.
The analysis argues Allies hold advantages in numbers logistics and morale while German and Austrian forces cannot field more than 3.25 million along the front. Allies’ rail networks and production grow, with better communications and equal or superior fighting ability. Strategy and leadership are roughly even, but morale favors the Allies. The piece cautions war outcomes are uncertain and warns pacifists away from lessons of Russia.
The piece argues President Feng Kwo Chang, a famed pacifist leader, admits failure to avert militarism in China, seeks a successor more capable, and warns that idealism cannot guide a nation at war. It contrasts Chang’s peace bias with Bolshevik and Trotskyist positions, and cites Bryan’s antiwar stance as a warning against naïve pacifism.
A fragmented 1918 era column notes efforts to teach a parrot to talk amid war gloom and political talk. It mentions politicians, labor unrest, suffrage debate, meatless days, and wartime rationing, with various reflections on home front life and international events. The piece blends satirical quips with observations on public morale and daily routines.
A letter from a member of the 215th Meld Artillery at Camp Stanley Texas argues soldiers should be treated decently until proven indecent, criticizing a civilian praising harsh military conduct. He defends rank and friendship, noting many graduates and non graduates serve together and condemns broad social exclusion of soldiers.
An agitated defense of soldiers and civilians, arguing protection is aimed at a broader social monster. The piece recalls San Francisco’s Chinatown era, detailing exploitation of young women, abusive landlords, and systemic poverty. The author condemns Christian morality that ignores economic chains and calls for ending private ownership of land to free women and men from exploitation.
To the Editor: Tort Sam Houston Feb 1 1497 Sir I am dissatisfied with the edition Why Light February 0 0 statement by a soldier non-com he says he wrote and tells his people to have nothing to do with a soldier He may not want his people to meet a soldier Why is it possible that a regular soldier would all but say that a man who is ready to die for his safety and the safety of his people is not BRB gentlemen I wish my friend Sergeant would not judge all soldiers by his career He states that he was an old soldier I doubt it as his statement was of the recruit turn I am a regular and far from home and if his statement is cs it then I should refuse the hospitality offered me by the kind citizens of San Antonio If he thinks that a soldier should not know anyone except those who know him civil life he is an atasy thought coming I hope he will change his opinion and come to the conclusion that And if he does not know I tent realized to tell him that a soldier is a gentleman if he was or what he was 2 civilian W M H E B Private Go P 19th Infamy et
A reader criticizes widespread spitting on San Antonio streets and in streetcars. The letter urges immediate action, suggesting public health concerns from germs and dust and calling for dampening measures and stricter enforcement.
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