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a|,-«»«*« l 1 *"* 111011 St.phfnB,
' . very name auffuiea a glow on
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or < ,tl Georgia.
h Tl»nr-'ii l > ,lU,n ^ er8 f fom our htate,
4 uri- of appreciation, will, in
in >T in thought, end a pilgrim-
* ,eR V t |a- nation’s center to join in
agl . int: ril'Ute to Stephens’ ideal*.
75. f this revered Georgian
-jj i l0 u' vriled ia Statuary Hall of
th nal capitol, to remain,
with th> other leaders, a shrine
wher« t? public may come for cogi
tation ard inspiration.
gt,,,h’ e* is the second from our
?tate ,,e thus honored, the statue
«.f Cru»!' l, rd W. Long being already
j n tj t . Hall of Fmae.
The unveiling exercises will be
participated in by President Cool-
idge ami other prominent personages
inclutJ!' Governor Hardman aid
othn b ■ rgian*, and plans are laid
j.' v u men deserve more credit than
Ab‘X-V' <| r H- Stephens for sheer per
severin'* in the face of handicaps.
j»hysi i weak and with but meager
incor . his determination alone en
able* ira to secure the education
which made it possible for him to
give hi* talents to his people, his
stat<- and nation. Throughout life
he could not overcome physical dis
abilities, but by an extraordinary will
achieved great things in spile ol
them. He was one of the outstand
ing statesmen of the South and,
though not in favor of secession,
stood with th;- people of his state in
their decision to withdraw from the
union, and w.as second executive in
the Confederacy.
Sterb-n* was truly a great man. He
v, !. nest, energetic • beyond bis
physical endurance, and patriotic.
Though melancholy and often moody,
perhaps i*< cause of his severe afflic
tion, he was a notable host, and
“Liberty Hall,” his home at Craw-
fordaviile, was open at all times to
those who desired to visit therein.
Conquering his infirmities strength
ened his character, gave him greater
sympathy for others and his nobility
layed itself into thousands of lives.
It is in appreciation of these splen
did attributes and his leadership and
genius, with the hope they may be
perpetuut* <1 in lives of the present
and future, that the statue >t» being
placed in ’he Hall of Fame and the
life of Stephens, our distinguished
Georgian, is held up for study and
emulation. In honoring men of
Stephens' type the state reflects
honor up.. n its name.—Dawson News.
WHO WON THE WAR?
Atlanta Journal.
Anoth« r answer, gratifying to
America's national pride, has been
given by Field Marshal Yon Hinden-
burg, now president of the German
Reich, to the doughboy'.* perennial
question. “Who won the war?” ar.d
although it appears that the answer
was forthcoming shortly after the
signing of the Armistice in Novem
ber, 1918, its belated publication in
“The New Age Illustrated ' in no
wise detracts from the interest it
will arouse throughout the world.
Von Hind.-nburg unhesitatingly
credits the American forces in the
Argonnc with the decisive blow that
crushed the German arms and made
i impossible for the imperial gov
ernment further to prolong the ti
tanic struggle. Likewise he lays
stress upon the food blockade estab
lished by th. British fleet that
gradually cut off Germany's sus
tenance and reduced the civilian
'population to a state of ieinoraliza-
i tion at the climax of the war.
Fur obvious political reason? Von
Hindcnburg has never reiterated his
statements made to three American
newspaper correspondent' whit
slipped through the iines of retreat
ing Germans a week after the Armis
tice ahd made their way to the field
marshal’s headquarters, seeking an
interview which is remarkable for
its candor. According to George
Seldes, one of the correspondents.
Von Hindenburg analyzed the situ*-
UNION RICORDE*. MILLEDCEVILLE, GA. DECEMBER I*. I SET
tion something like this;
“The American infantry in the
Argonne won the war. 1 must con
fess that Germany could not have
won the war—that is, after 1917. We
might have won on land. We might
have taken Baris. But after the
failure of the world food crop* in
1916 the British food blockade reach
ed its greatest effectiveness in 1917.
Ilowevei, without American tropos
against us, and detente the block
ade which was undermining th? civi
lian population curtailing the rations
in the field, we could still have had
a peace without victory. The war
could have ended in a sort of stale
mate. And even if we hud not had
the better of the fighting until July
18, 1918, we could have had an ac
ceptable peace. We were still a great
force and we had divisions in re
serve always which the enemy at
tack* could not uae up completely.
“Even the attack of July 18, which
the allied generals may consider the
turning point of the war, did not use
our own astisfactroy peace 'at the
end of the stalemate, or at least held
our positions on our own frontier
Indefinitely—undefeated. So I must
really say that the Brit sh food block
ade of 1917 and the American biow
in the Argor.ne of 1918 decided the
war for the allies.”
Thu* after nine years another wit
ness, and a vitally important one,
adds his testimony to the controversy
that has raged among the allies ns to
wqo won the war. That it will stir
new international disruptions of the
war and its various phases is inevit
able, but it would seem that the
former field general’s views are
fairly conclusive.
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up a very important part of the
German urmy or smash all our posi
tions. To win a war it is necessary
to put the enemy forces hors de
cqtnba . We had the men, the antuni-
tion* and the morale, and we were
not overbalanced. But the balance
was broken by the Americans. The
Argonne battle was slow and diffi
cult, l?Ui it was strategic. It was
bitter and used up division after divi
sion. We had to hold the American
attack until the entire ramy was out
of northern France. We were pass
ing through the neck fo a bottle, and
it wu-t narrow.
“And then the day came when
the American command sent new
division- into the battle and when I
had not ven a broken division to
plug up the gaps. There was nothing
left to do hut to .ask terms. From
a military point of view the Argonne
battle a- conceived and carried out
by the American command was the
climax of the war and its deciding
factor. Without the American blow
in the Argonne we could have made
w hich forma the background a
to the young acin* liking. Bulck b a favorite c
the Fecttc cwnt, where this photograph wn«
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