The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-26

in what places and In what distress.
none knows-industry destroyed,
property scattered to the winds and
happiness fed from the land.
World at War-Save Our Land.
Only a few weeks ago there were !
men in this country who were willing |
to plunge the nation into war If they |
could secure personal or political adj |
vantage thereby. Abuse and scorn |
were heaped upon the president be-
cause he remained firm in crisis; be-
cause he dared to do right in the face
of threats that to do right was to lose
popularity.
Then Europe burst into flame or
war. A continent is bathed in blood.
A generation is being destroyed, The
world trembles, amazed and appalled,.
Every great nation of the Caucasian
race, save ours. is inyolved-every
one. save US, is on the battlefield or
sits armed awaiting the dread day Of
conflict
America is at peace. We have no
call for volunteers. We have no con-
scription We have no lists Of dead
and injured. America stands aghast
at conditions it believed civilization
had made impossible. Yet the Next
can situation held the same germ of
international strife that the Servian
situation held.
President Earns Our Gratitude.
We are not at peace by accident.
We are at peace because Woodrow
Wilson had the vision, the justice and
the courage to stand firm for peace
and the methods Of peace against
clamor for war. Had hot blood, rash
pride and arrogance of power been
given their way we would have been
at war with Mexico, and God alone
knows where else, before the war
spirit swept Europe, Steadfast in the
knowledge that he was right the pres
ident took the unfair criticism that as
sailed him, and turned the jibes Of the
boosters and the selfserving into the
gratitude of the millions.
He is in Washington, sticking to
his Job" holding the country to the
course OF peace, meeting with sound
sense and honest purposes all the
problems of the great war, and ready
upon the first occasion that offers, to
mediate between the warning powers
of Europe. He has earned our graft
tude by keeping our peace secure. he
will earn the gratitude of the world by
restoring the peace of the world. Hope
today for millions of our brothers II
Europe lies in that strong, lonely mar
in the White House.
Let US thank God that at the crisi:
/, of the century Woodrow Wilson was
! at the head of this nation. Let US b'
grateful, too, that he had a congress
that has upheld him, has supported
, his policies and has stood with him il
his determination to maintain peace.
Our president has shown us that h,
. can stand criticism unafraid. w
must show him that we appreciate hi
! courage by giving him congress witt
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. demagogue will dare oppose his pa
:. cihc policy We must show the ma
tons Of Europe that the people of TIL
United States are at one with thei
! great leader. The welfare of the Who'll
, world, as well as the welfare of GU
q country, Is concerned in this can
!. paign.
a Sustain the President In Day Of Neee
> The president cannot give us the fu
e measure Of his strength, his courag
J. and his devotion unless he is sustaine
'. by the public. 1t is not partisan il
n sue that confronts Us; it is questio
of right and of our wellbeing. We a
% know that; he knows 1t. He knows
q. so we'll that, with prophetic vision, h
Is seemed to foresee this time, even upo
a the day he was inaugurated. Eve
Il then he made his appeal-an appeal
lie all the people, and not to the partisan
e ship of any part of the people. Reca