The Washington herald., 1916-01-19

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even should general European Ne.
come. the beliieerents would meet and
\ night one another In a brotherfy way.
1 with pity and tenderness IN their hearts
and that they would DO the thing sentiy.
with tesr-streaminr eyes and upvellinrs
Of over-soul in their being.
/, But nothing Of the sort has hspDeneo
On the contrary. things have happened
Of such cruelty as 20 make the shade Of
old AttIla grow green with envy and the
fossil part Of him turn IN his Erzve.
4 1T ts strange how many Of the last
wsrs Of the world have been fought dur
ing the past twenty-five years And yet
the pacifsts assure that the present
great war lie verify the last. and after
/ this the millennium
Nothing can dAunt their ssnruine
hope II facts do not bear out their pre-
dictions they blame the facts and not
their own lack Of foresight A wise man
has said. 'experience is a hard school
but ounces Will learn at no other The
American people at the present time are
ounces on the subject OF national de-
fense. The pscihsts have made them be-
lieve falsely. The people cannot help a..
They are not 20 be blamed for H. never
theiess they VIII have TO pay for IL
Good ssd had Wan.
by our great humbrns and our ran.
som the American people win be taught
4
sicsliy bad thing any more than hre is
OF necessity an intrinsicsily bad thing:
that war must be qualified by an sd-
jectiye before Il can have either q good
or bad meaning. They ~fn then know
that there are good wars a wei az bad
~srs-that a war OF defense against bed
warrine Ia good vsrfsy"
Mr.. Maxim finds that ''old Mars. the
| god Of war. hss a gekyii-Hyoe person.
slity. The bso Mar realizes that every
gun and every nshtinr ship and every
pound OF gunpo~der that he can prevent
| being made. and every soldier that he
can prevent being enlisted. saves him the
exact equivalent IN his own preparation
| for war .
I'm the face Of the bad Msrs posing a,
4 pscinst there 4, a cave OF the winds
who loads the air with eloduence from
platform and pulpit throughout the land.
| He Is cbeered 10 the echo. and his women
bearers shed >esrs OF sympathy when he
pictures the horrors OF war. which he
| claims that he H. trying 20 avert but
| which. as q matter OF fact, he Is ooinr
everything In his power 20 bring down
upon them
After the war comes his mask Of hypoc-
risy lie thrown aside and he stands.
stark in his satanic majesty. He no
longer pretenos to pour oil upon the trou-
oteo waters; he pours chlorine upon the
/ troubled wind. or shoots bomb, charged
with life-eStinsuikhinT fumes, and the
dear ladies. who contributed their coin
and their tears when they were his su-
oitors. shed rivers Of tears for their own
woes and they contrioute their virtue,
most un~illinriy but most generously,
TO a savage soldiery. and many OF them
become csmp-followinr hsriots.
The Part of the Good Mars.
n When the god Of war h Dr. Jesyll. he
Us the pserssclsn cr rsr Before war
comes, he tells the people that the hot
air emitted by the -pscfrsts Is laden with
the pestfience Of war. and that they must
quarantine against it as they do against
any pestilence- He tells them that they
must insure against the fires OF war Just
ss they insure against any other FIRE.
But his warnings are unsvsilins: his
words fail on deaf cars
After war comes We fnd the good
Mars. who Is DR.. JekyIl. in the hospital
working for the wounded tn he fails o.
wear1ness; we find him, with red cross
upon his arm, on the battlefield. f,cinE
death with the soldiers 60 save all the
lives he can. DIR. Mars the good nghts
only in self-defense. and then he hehts
hard. He never kills for conquest. never
for plunder. but only and always as a
savior Of somebody or something.
Albert the Great, Albert the Noble
King Of the Beigisns. is good Marian.
HE battles have ell been fought for the
good Mars.
When this country, is invaded. our des-
tiny will be in the hands Of the good
Mars He will be the only physician who
can give up hope Of cure for our Ills.
He will prescribe large doses OF gun
powder, numerous pills In the shape Of
bullets; he will prescribe lots OF blood
letting, but Il will be too late for hirr
10 save us from our great humbling Ths
proud head OF Uncle sam must be bowed
to the dirt. for there alone can he FIND
the needed wisdom. He cannot be induce
to prepare adequately TO defend himself
until after that has happened.
Must Pay In Blood and Cold.
We Americans must put on ssokciotF
ashed in the embers OF our burning home
before we can find wisdom. and we must
pay the great ransom In blood and gold.
After our humblinE, and after our ran
som, American life viii still be IN ths
hands Of the good physician. Or. Jeiyll
Mars.
Then we shall listen to our Doctor
We shall take his advice and his medicine
we shall convslesce. and after whns
we shall be strong and very strong
Uncle Sam will become an athlete o.
Samson strength His liver viii be no
longer white. MIX and water will no
longer be good enough for him. He viii
eat mans food and drink a mans
drink.
''one OF his first acts viii be to scuttls
the PIrie and send her down 10 Dave
Jones locker. In recent years Uncls
Sam has not had in his veins red blood
enough to blush for shsme even when
lOld Glory has been used doorrnst
The American Eagle is lsughted at rs
joke.
But some day he Will have the red
blood for bushes, and the willing blood
to spill, IL need be. 90 defend his prop
erty his home and his female folks from
viola ton. Then he will have the sense
and the SAND TO walk in the middle Of
the road OF righteousness and make his
path straight
Let US remember that the great breach
IN international fellowship made By the
present war must some day be closed
( Let US try to keep Il from getting too
wide, and LET US Americans rernenber
that Uncle sam Is Engiishman and Ger
man. Frenchman and Austrian. italian
and Russian"
The Teutons.