Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-08
WHEN PEACE MIGHT O M

The government of the United States is firm in it's purpose of
a aSe%t in HAT FSs p s5ead 5f be- fbe at! atfit t1as q = o oas ripe Neutral tt ' nato m"i IN
Europe as well as m America.
significant ' turn Of the it tide Of III battle SeAt to throw W. SnsS wight sais" 81 / r
armies on the winning side. May they not be more wisely waiting
of a check of battle and a just peace?
zation, when victory had nearly exhausted one and defeat had left
; ;aan osd fn n stH5 resog g r i na 1t was nas a Just St P ? e t to both and an dhumll-
Mukden in Manchuria.
than that battle, was: If the Germans are driven. out of France
d fhe A t6s n must t, face incredible nstidm e expense gpe9se, Of ;Dlon and N money zone to re- e.
the Kaiser oyercomes the western Allies, he confronts a task of
ed two monarchs Of 1 greater military genius nil s'M than h M"''N eA''A'
on The umpE powers sol of civilization, at home and in the neutral world, are
9 Ggited s satsE1 ia IN c,s a rsfG {gntS ni # t hi ef f IS they {h are; The he
charge of their diplomatic duties in enemy's country. 1t is the in
evitable center of any possible mediation.
ment Of potential force to. which the United States does not pre-
e cenner5 lti ms 9 oa th 5aa su 6Hg fG With 4Sam1 is encouraging diplomatic
We are all subject to mistakes, both as individuals and as a body
poltc, and While most mistakes are made with an honest intent,
o ef nef IT tde mis aEd SO serious wa can Is 1ad t. h be 4 lasting last n lin injury Mcsr In IN speaking fRa king
when the people of this is y state at made NJ Z a mistake St. < V Which, v SSa has &C cost st theme hre
dearly, and that was the turning down of an officer who was in a
H SSs:f0f Dakota eR fe 'S Th Sa'n %an e %ss # G. e q Hsnsbr s9afss f Had t5e t elee'
ton been a few weeks later he would undoubtedly have been elected
but some Of the big interests were after his political scalp and they
succeeded beautifully in fooing the people INTO defeating MI
position TO ma 3Rst an at a a fpe c wnfn me was IS @ Smne 6 nyi II and 4r not in ma
the people Of North Dakota suffered the consequences. Since the
pOp1C VI LLS d uISCOVeIeu tuelIt MISTAKE III QeIeaLng senator
Hansbrough they have been rather cautious and the time has
come when til S rather hard to fool the voters of the state by
springng some political ruse. They keep better posted and know
when they have a good official, and are slow to turn him down fol-
some untried individual. At this time we have one of the best
business governors the state has ever had in the person Of L. B
Il Ha anna but t he is an individual by the name Of Helstrom who
ability as an official, but his democratic friends are very DESTROYS
OF displacng Hanna in order that Hellstrom will be in a position
to hand out the pie from the democratic pie counter: We do not
believe that the people will be fooled, but on the other hand, we
believe that they will see to it that Mi. Hanna is retained and that
1HHelstrom will not be relieved of his present position, as agent 70,
Wisconsin prison twine. Our state needs a good, strong executive
at the head Of our government, and we have just such a man in
there.
The following statement recently made by Senator William E
Borah, affords food for thought. We have today the transporta
ton system of the country almost completely under the control Of
a commission which the people can neither select, elect or recall
We have the currency in the. control Of a commission which tht
people OF the country can neither select, elect, recall, or prevent
from being appointed: We have now pending a bill providing thai
there shall be placed in the hands of a commission at Washington
the power, capacity, and the great instru1nentaities which are tt
turn the wheels Of industry in this country from the Atlantic t.
the Pacific. We are now proposing to place all the great industries
in the hands of a commission which the people neither select, elect
nor can they recall. We leave a mere she'll Of the government, the
mere outward form of the government. in the hands of the neon1n