Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...France is not exhausted nor is she, as so many have said, 'bled white'," declared M. Stephane Lauzanne, editor of the Paris Matin, in his lecture on "France in Arms" last night in the New Lecture Hall. "Since the outbreak of the war, we have raised three great loans amounting to more than three billion dollars in ready money, in addition to a like sum in stocks and bonds. Our last loan was not the least successful. We have now more than a million more men under arms than...
...Union and steadfastness,--those today must be the watchwords of the Allies. We have to hold out against the whisperings of pessimism. Clouds of blood and horror come, but they will pass away and the sun of victory will shine through. This is not an ordinary war; it is a holy war against treason, corruption and the power of evil...
...When France demands that Alsace-Lorraine be returned to her, it is because these territories were torn away 47 years ago. It is a question of right, and right you cannot bargain with. We did not want this war, we did not prepare for it--it was waged against us with the most utter disregard of the laws of humanity and we prefer to die than to fail in our demand for justice...
...interview with a CRIMSON reporter, M. Lauzanne said: "I bring a message of friendship for the students of Harvard. France can not forget those men who came from your University to fight for us before the United States entered the war. Myself, I remember especially the little motor cars of ambulance drivers with the words Harvard University written upon them. They did splendid work...
...fact that all applications for the June camp were closed yesterday in order that they might be sent to Washington by today, the Military Office has decided to allow men to enroll until this noon when a telegram announcing the new applications will be sent to the War Department. All men who wish to attend the camp for men under age, must sign the agreement at the Headquarters Office immediately...