Evening journal., 1916-08-05

how great and complete has been our
deliverance from all the worst perils
of August and September, 1914. Al
the Battle of the Marine France saved
the world; at the Battle OF Marine
there was decided the question OIL
German supremacy in Europe. Weeks
and months of agony, Of doubt, or
fear. were to follow, but now II Is
plain to see that the settlement on the
fields near to those where Athla ana
his earlier Huns were checked was
dehnitive.
There remained and there remains
the task of beating out the fire which
had blazed up so terribly ana 10
most of the world so suddenly. There
remains the task Of rescuing from the
German clutch those provinces and
countries taken in the first mad foray
those provinces Of France and Bel
gium seized in defiance of interna-
tional faith and only because France
and Britain had trusted German
honor instead of accepting German
declarations But all this, hard and
costly as il is. is a minor task COM
DHIeU WIFI llldl MllAAi AAeiF7 brNA- -
formed, We are over the pitch OF the
hill
Despite all that has happened there
still goes up the incessant cry for
peace from those who believe tnat
peace with the German menace per
petuated would be better than war
until that time when the German dan
L.. r,t mhGrn he no
real peace in Europe as long as Ger
many holds TO the doctrine that It Is
her right to murder. to steal, to lie
to rape women. slay old men and chill
dren, burn villages and obliterate
things beautiful inherited from other
ages. that she may thereby territy
other races into bestowing upon her
the provinces or colonies that she
covets and the world domination that
she seeks.
Germany has gained provinces, she
has added a half and more to her
area since the war began; if she is
permitted to hold these conQuests
then other generations az Germans
will have reason to believe that the
German doctrine is sound and the
German idea right and that it is wise
to abolish civilization and ignore hui
manity because il is profitable. II Is
the German idea. not the German peo-
pie, which must be conquered. but sc
long as the German people hold tC
that idea there can be no peace.
There is no longer a present dan
ger Of German supremacy in Europe
or in the world But there will be z
future danger if Germany comes fortf
! from this war richer in provinces and
power by reason Of her brutality, hel
violence and her bad faith. The dan
ger Of the present has been avoided
/ Germany on the defensive is straininl
every nerve TO hold. not to advance
her lines. We are centuries away
from those days before the Marne
when all Europe seemed to shake
with the tread of the marching mil
lions of gray clad soldiers of the
Kaiser. 1t is not with fear that We
( look forward to tomorrow, fear fol
all we love and care for.
AS Gettysburg abolished the danger
OF a Confederacy on the offensive
Verdun ended the threat OF an aggres
sive Germany; the high water mari
has been passed and the ebb Of Ger
man tide is unmistable. Even in thu
midst Of the terrible suffering anC
agony OF the present hour in Europe
l it is impossible not to rejoice at the
deliverance which is already mani
fest. What no man could expect anC
only few hope for two years ago hai
come to pass The German flood anC
pestilence have been turned back
there remains only the necessity tC
wait for the coming of the end. which
is no longer to be mistaken.
II has not paid. this German viol
ence, brutality, bad faith. 1t has writ
ten its message in blood over halt
Europe, but it has cost more than Z
million German lives and II has fail
ed. The old faith and the old truth
have defeated the new. Corsica has
conquered Galilee." was the German
boast two years ago. But Corsica ha'
failed, and some portion of Galilee is
to endure. And IL is this fact thai
brings confidence, gratitude, even re-
ioiding, as one more year of world
war begins