Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-04
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1914.
GOOD ADVICE.

It IS universally considered TO be
the part of good citizenship to stand
by the government in time of national
peril. There was a notable expression
of this spirit by John Redmond, the
Irish leader, in the English parlia-
r'ent, the other day. AS everyone
knows. Ireland has been on the verge
OF civil war for months. The two
FACTIONS into which the population was
divided were armed and ready to hight.
The effort to preserve peace hsd al
most been given up in despair. Yet.
when the interests Of the great en-
pire Of which Ireland Is a part were
At stake, the Irish factions suspended
their domestic quarrel, and Redmond,
speaking with the hearty approval Of
both factions, said that the govern
n.ent might remove every English SOL
dier from Ireland, and the defense Of
that country would be cared for by
the southern Catholics and the Ulster
Protestants fghtins side by side.
There is not even q remote proba-
b!lity OF u own country becoming
involved in this war. But the war af-
fects US very closely and intimately.
The sudden demand for gold for use
abroad has created conditions almost
unparalleled in our markets. We are
approaching the time of year when,
under ordinary conditions, there would
be demand for all the funds available
for the moving of the greatest crop
that this country has ever raised.
try is not to suffer greatly. And, in
order that this may be done, there
must be Cooperation OF all the ele-
ments OF our commercial and indus
trial society, a suspension Of quarrels,
and a determination to stand Loyalty
together for the commo interest.
President Wilson set this thought be-
Tore the country very clearly and fore
IDLY in a brief address the other day.
He urged. this sort OF cooperation,
n his advice was good. One result
bf the appreciation Of the importance
OF unity is seen in the final agree
nent Of the western railroad men and
their enginenlen to arbitrate their dit
ferences, n the danger Of a strike
which would have crippled the whole
country is aTerted. The president
says that bankers and business men
everywhere are working heartily with
The administration to devise means for
meeting the emergency.
One other thought voiced by the
president merits more than passing
attention. We OF this land are Amer
leans. We have no part nor lot In
The duarrels Of the old world. We or
our ancestors are from every country
IN Europe. We must not permit the
nuarrels Of those who are still our
friends across the water Introduce an
slenent of discord into the relations
Of those who must still remain friends
here . Blood is thicker than water,
Ind It would be strange if we had not
bur preferences, but whatever. those
preferences are, they are best kept to
ourselves. They ought not to be
made, and they must not be made the
basis for disagreements among Amer
lean citizens. English and German,
French and Russian, whatever u
RACIAL origin. we have our duty in the
building Of a great A~mericanism, and
We must not let that work be imped-
I'd by partisanship In the deplorable
tragedy which has overtaken those
who are really friends and breth-
Pen in the lands beyond the seas.