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A nation utterly unprepared two yearn ago, with but n small army and navy, with practically no equipment or ammunitions, this country has leaped Into the front rank within less than twenty months. More than two million soldiers on tho front in France, another two million at home, a fleet second only to that of Great Britain's fleet, a contribution of untold millions in money nrnl untold amounts of food and supplies and munitions, the deciding factor in the great struggle and the nation upon whom In the final hour of the world conflict the destinies of the world depend.All Americans must look with prldo on tho fact that to Woodrow Wilson, more than to any other human being on the planet, was assigned by Providence the duty and Die ability to bring this conflict to a glorious close. His wisdom, his foresight and statesmanship, his unswerving courage and determination, his ready and abiding sympathy with tha submerged people of Europe, all theso verc factors of great importance la tho ending of the fight.tkd gave him to this republic for such an hour and to the world for such a million and such a life-work. Tho day will never como when ho will be forgotten, nor will that day como when America’s contribution to this conflict will be forgotten.Tho war of blood is over; now for the war for humanity which has just fairly begun. Tho victory of tho battlefield has been but the beginning of the struggle. More than* Ithrco hundred million people In Kurnpo are running wild without a government to restrain them. It is doubtfultwhether they possess tho powor to organize good govern-menti for many years to como. Millions of people In that part of the world face starvation this winter unless help reaches them promptly. The peace of tho world may yet
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Athens, Georgia, US
Fri, Nov 15, 1918
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