The Cordova daily times., 1915-08-28
NO TIME TO ROCK THE BOAT.

National friendships are not unlike neghborhood friend ships
 Two neghborng families may be most intimate but if one member of family quarrels with member of the other family, in of ten the families esranged
 Before great Civil the and women of the northern state met the and of the southern states most cordial terms often inemaried; the feeling of mutual respect and friendship which often eliminates Ill family alliance. There were of course abooniss in the nor reeaters in the south fomenng trouble but they did not countthough of them the brightest repre- senatves of the race-until little band the south led by Davis Toombs Hammond and few others called convention and induced three four state conventions ordinances secession the ground that the election of Republican president ntoerabe menance to slavery which was institution which under the constitution the whole nation bound respect This did not much the northern states the people would not believe that real intend ed Even the firing upon the Star of the Wes steamship construed the mob work of few southern frebrand
 But when the of the firing upon and capture of Fort Sumper flashed the country 1t smOte northern like blow the face and then nothing would do but war that had to be waged until slavery ceased to exist.
 From the first there has been any cashngs be- tween and the German government and her people by millions have to country to find homes In the way except in little diplomatic wrange our relations with France have been most cordial and many ev dences of mutual and friendship between the two governments and people record
 Our government has had sharp wrangng with the British but hostile gun has been fired either side for cenuywhie the business and social relations be- tween the two peoples have been most cordial of the immigrants from the United Kingdom to Canada, up years ago. had within year after landing in Canada drfed across the line into our country.
 When the with Spain sprung, the lists of the of the officers and who went to the and and showed that the Germans the French the English the Scotch and Irish of the United States all Americans
 Now the terrible of modern is raging beyond the and the blood which is thicker than water hrobbng the breasts of all these people sol 1t not only natural but inevitable that it should be While must insist that international laws must not be violated while all native Americans back their that nssnce still it is their duty to keep mind that the foreign born neighbor who close friend year ago. has changed and is entitled to just kindly thoughts sympathy for native land has changed him. his boys will be American soldiers if needs be- his girls will be the mothers of American soldiers There the utmost need the of Americans who love their country to be most u and to preudces these days when the fate of nations hanging iii the balances beyond the for there in country who would gladly involve country any time in war; if they could commercial gain by doing This time when hearts should be kept open and heads should be kept level It time to rock the boat is time when only high thoughts should be cherished to help direct the public opinion of the country into fair chan nes that when the fighting through exhaustion country may be potent factor framing platform of peace