The daily Nome industrial worker., 1916-08-11

ending.
 Every nation now, Tcuton pr En- tente, is showing signs of weariDess at the prolongation of the war. Notwithstanding the efficient work of the cenSors in their efforts to deceive the nations Of the world, nothing is more evident than that all are tired Hl.n the hostilities, and tiir cry How Long, D Lord is not ar empty one by any means.
 For all that with every nation vatGng for the other to first cry e,ough, the ve.'5 longest of wars is possible under such condition.
 The idea of hucliliating any na- tion by any side in this war by pill ing such a series of defeats as to leave the enemy utterly prostrate is no longer to be entertained. And the possibilities of resistance within the Teuton nations will only be realized when the enemy may, if they ever do, reach the German soil.
 It is possible of course with an actual deadlock prevailing that any thing and everything, trivial and unimportant as it may appear, will be quite sufficient to cause be- gininng of negotiations which would lead to peace. But what argues against this condition is the posi- tive bitterness that still exists be- tween the battling nations in this war, and the still foolish clamors for revenge by one side or another
 A question that has arisen in con nection with this war is whether CT not the results will be the more or less reactionary, according as the war is long or snort.
 It is quite certain that one way or another the results must be seriously affected by the continua- tion of the war, because war con dition provides radical change in environment and since a changed environment invariably and natur- ally causes a changed view point, the actions that result from those changed ideas must of necessity change also.
 Comment has been made upon a fact that the nations at war are be- coming more religious and especial Ivy it is said is this so in France. Naturally superstition is more pow erful when death looks one in the eye, because reason is overpowered by emotion or sentiment, and hu- man beings have an hereditary in stinct to believe in immortality.
 However this may be, and it is strong religionists who say it is so, and the wish may very well be father to the thought, if it is so, one thing is certain that all kinds of reaction will accompany that re- vival. It is not very difficult to be- lieve in King by the Grace of God and ruling class through divine providence if one has faith in all the other fol-der-rols that pass muster as religion. But surely the injustice of the suffering and misery and wretchedness and griefs is as likely in the end to inspire radical materialism of a utilitar- ian nature, is to make short shrift of those who supported or upheld or caused directly or indirectly this war.
 One historian has said that the penitent people called Flagellantes, who flogged themselves in an ecstasy of suffering and penance to preevnt the Black Death causing their de- struction, had to be suppressed by the Pope because of the immoral ity and infidelity that became com mon among these opponents of reli- gious mania. And even the ap- pearance of religion may not signi- fly exactly as it appears to casual observer
 When the devil was i'll, the devil was a saint. And the soldier facing death doubtless feels that it is good to put his house in order as for an awakening in another world. But returning in peace to this and be holding what has been the result Of the war, he may again turn to thoughts far more practical than