A PATHETIC STORY WITH A MORAL.
Mr Edwards, M.P , recently stated at an assembly of the Scottish Temperance League, Glasgow, th.it at a recruiting meeting he was approached by a young man, who asked whether Government would look after »he wives and children of those who enlist ed? He was assured that Government would. lie enlisted, and was passed on in due course to the trenches, where, after mouths of good service, he was wounded, and then j-eturned home on furlough. On his Way back to the Front he called at the House of Commons and asked for Mr Edwards. “He refused to shake hands with me.” said that gentleman.
“and asked: ‘What have you done for our homes? 1 left a happy home 1 came back to find my wife a drunk ard, my c hildren n glee ted, my home broken up. You expect us 10 put our bodies between you and your enemies, but you will not put even a trenc h between the drink enemy and our homes.’ ”
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 262, 18 April 1917, Page 23
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172A PATHETIC STORY WITH A MORAL. White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 262, 18 April 1917, Page 23
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