The review., 1917-06-14
THURSDAY, JUNE IA, 1917
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AWAKE, AWAKE AMERICA!


get It into their heads that the entry
of the United States into the world
war necessarily means the crushing
of>the common enemy in the next
few months, but instead should in
dividually and collectively prepare
for the worst "a prolonged and
bloody struggle. The fact that >prac
ticaIlv the whole world IS arrayed
AGAINST Germany is no reason why
it will be possible in short time to
CONQUER the land of the kaiser and
save the world for democracy. An
cieut history tells of certain gen.
eral who undertook to whip all of
Europe unassisted and how it took
the combined armies Of seven pow
erful countries twenty odd years to
defeat his purposes.
Germany for half a hundred years
has been preparing for just such a
struggle and is prepared to. carry it
on until the last soldier has died in
the trenches. The Teutons still look
for success and 70 what degree they
will be successful is now left with
the United States. Millions more
will be slaughtered by the crippled
armies of the kaiser without the al
lies soon gain the advantage, and in
this number will be thousands of
our own American boys whose
bones will be bleached by the sun
on European baltlefelds, where de-
mocracy has made a stand to ex
terminate autocracy.
All that America and the allies
hold dear to their hearts and the
future generations is at stake. They
seek not to gain nnhoIy things but
to make safe our cherished liberties
Prussianism cannot grow alongside
of Americanism without one or the
other perishing from the earth:
There can be no bright sun of free
dom, of progress, of liberty over
shadowec by the dark and destruc-
tive clouds Of Prussian militiarism.
Past events have shown this; future
events will prove it.
Will America awake and grasp
the situation in all its seriousness
and help throw off the yoke of op
preston that so sorely besetS the al
lies and threatens the very foundd-
ton of our own country, or will she
persue an Indifferent attitude to the
detriment of the greatest nation on
earth and take part (by Inactivity
in Gripping the heroic efforts being
made to ensure freedom to the whole
world g.
Millions of men have died in the
allied armies that you and | and the
rest of the United States, reader,
may enjoy liberty and the pursuit of
happiness, for only by the superhu-
man efforts Of the allies in being
able to hold back the enemies OF
free government, has this land OF
the free and the home of the brave
been made safe for the time being
from Prussian degradation and de.
spoilation.
But what of the future? The ar
tist may be called upon to paint il
in the darkest colors known to the
profession. The gravity of the stu
alton cannot be overestimated Ol
exaggerated. Suppose autOcracy fin
ally prevails across the pond, what
of this country? Don't get it into
your head for one moment thar W.
wouldn't be threatened from within
as well as from without.
Of course the doubling Thomas
will not take such a situation seri
Ously-he is too ignorant and preju
diced to see two inches ahead o
him.
Not only the young men may b.
sacrificed but we of two score year
or more may have to die on foreig1
fields before the bloody struggle
over. The pacificist has cried him
self hoarse against a great army ant
navy, yet we are now woefully shOr
of men for such struggle. Mus
we sacrifice our young manhood il
regiments to the cruel implement
of war just because they have nc
had the time for proper training
And do we realize that in try
ing to save money we are Iosin
valuable time and eventually thOJ
sands of human lives? Is the a
mighty dollar bigger in our eye
than our sons and brothers and fan
lily ties? If net, then for Gods SAX
show it; awake, awake, men {
America and stand forth in til
usaje~ty Of your strength, froWnin