At school they had read of these places in their history books and later had visited them.

In consequence, in this war they have a personal and an intelligent interest.

It is as though of what is being destroyed they were part owners.
Toward Europe they are as absentee landlords.

It was their pleasure- ground and their market.

And now that it is being laid low the utter wastefulness of war is brought closer to this generation than ever before.