Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-04
A MOTHER ON THE WAR

THE WAR
,are waiting for, to deal them a paralyzing
blow.
No Harm In Change of Government.
do not believe that a change of gov
ernment would be any harm to a people
who passively submitted to their con-
over we usually find that intelligent peo-
pie are we'll governed comparatively,
amu mat ignorant people are badly gov.
erned. and it makes little difference what
the form of their government is or the
temper of their rulers. People of low
mentality are going to be exploited and
abused no matter what their form of gov
eminent. and alert. intelligent people can
usually find a way to compel fair treat
inelt. TO prove that it is all just q matter
OF prejudice we Americans would devas-
.aee our country and sacrifice our lives
10 prevent being conquered and made a
colony by England or Germany but with
no compulsion whatever and just because
we see a chance to do a little better we
VIII move to Canada or Samoa. take up
our residence there, and if we want land.
swear allegiance to their government and
happy.
OF coure it's would be as useless to talk
,nls TO the people today as it would have
been in Luther's time to try to persuade
the people that they could live in peace
in a country that allowed more than one
re W. creed to be preached.
f! we had no religious peace until we
divorced church and state. and VIC will
have no political peace abolition of arm
les and navies) until we take the flag
down off the school houses and quit
teaching the young that this particular
country is the shining light of the uni
verse and all other people are dwelling
valuable time memorizing the dates, cam
paisns and casualties of all of our glori-
Gus wars.
noticed recently one writer saying:
Keep the flag waving over our school
houses: They are the best Qualifications
against war
Take FLAGS Off School Houses.
And In the same breath laying the most
horrible war ever started up to Germany!
Germany. the country that has the most
germany! the very name means the last
word In learning either i'm the common
schools or universities. Germany where
we all go to finish our education. A coun-
try that has no illiterates. where you are
not only allowed, but compelled to get n
good education. With Germany devastat-
ing Europe today it appears that WI are
leaning, ON a broken reed when we en-
pect education to prevent war. Educa-
ton prevents war just exactly like religion
does. we had better drop our pious plati-
tudes and face the naked truth. We will
never get anywhere by shutting our eyes
to facts, no matter how unpleasant and
up GERmE to ogr self If, sonse did thsy may be.
CHIME is H EQUAL OF HER WAR
MACHINE. and it is her, education,
%d isarnsns; sc1 that g tRst makes %ar s a her SO
chance of beating in this wal game
.hree large nations that numerically OUT
hulnDer her more than three to one.
Her scientific men have been able to
invent terrific engines of war and the
high average of intelligence of her peo-
pie enables her to use them with greatest
efficiency.
The average English soldier doesn't
know whether he is in France or Copen-
Typographical map of Belgium and north
ern France in his pocket, and not only
knows Just exactly, where he is, but has
land all around him and how best to
take advantage of the cover it offers.
At first 1 wa like the majority of
on the kaiser. The Germans are hope
lessiy undiplomatic and are not apt to
create a favorable impression or arouse
been Germans. but English and Amer
ican writer's that nave caused me to mod
lily my first views.
an American of British ancestry, was the
first to cause me to think that there
m NJ 1er be two =, sides to the question. He
Edward and the kaiser and had been
Consulted on numerous occasions on
rulers and was present at the last meet
ing, of Edward and the kaiser Gin 19OS)
ana mo he states that the kaiser was more
to prevent war, but that Edward coldly
turned down all overtures and when he
left the kaiser was very discouraged and
but be prepared for it when it came.
Then began to read more of the Ger
n ne, Xiews ,h on the subject, and ! began
WINGED that England, France and Rus
STA had formed a coalition to dismember
them and they are surely fighting with
spire. -
Of R am i,els sh5g a a little elippging of one
that Germany was frightened into her her
course by E%ngland's attitude. / have
Tead a large number of other articles
that put the cause right up to England.
and l am inclined to believe there is
much much to it: England is. diplomatically,
is easy for her to put her rival in a bad
light publicly. to egg the laundering
Ger tha pa ad to ik putting tin Ali hims s hopslessly
Great Britain was like the little bow
that tn to wants mt the school bell to ring when
equal to all OF the other European ma
tons combined and Germany was show
ing signs OF making an effort to chal-
lenge her sea supremacy and so she saws
let's quit building ships for awhile. ali
Of us. and then calls the Kaiser asgres-
give because ne won't. II she had said let
us all donate our armies and navies to
Mr.. Carnegie for his peace propaganda.
it would have sounded a little more fair
but to ask Germany to quit trying to
catch up with her and leave German
superior English navy without any as.
sIrance OF g lasting peace. was asking
what no nation could listen to. and to
TIRELY FAIR TO BE CONTINUALLY
THROWING STONES AT THE Kali
SER ARMY AND OVERLOOKING
HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY?