The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-07
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TIE PATIENCE OF JOB

il might have been expected tnat every |
citizen Of the country would have en-
deavored to make the war a success. /
Instead Of that number, how consid- |
cradle it is impossible TO say. seem to |
have devoted their entire energies TO
prolonging the war and weighing it |
with disaster. Now let those whose re-
lations who have gone to France to /
fight, let those whose children and
brothers have been drawn for service, !
In the new armies, make no mistake at
an as to what this means. Let them
rouse themselves from the apathy, not
of Indifference for that could not be
charged against them, but of the mis-
understanding Of effects which is dis
guising the truth from them not merely
to protest against what is being done
by those who are openly opposed TO the
policy of the president and of Congress
but to insist that this insidious effort
to weaken the force Of the country's
Intervention shall come TO an end, be-
| fore the patience of the American Jobs
| is exhausted.
II action is not taken, and taken
|
war to an end this winter will evapo
rate 1t is evapOrating indeed, with
every moment of delay, and it is evap.
Grating for the very simple reason that
the German Government is being fill
ed with hopes which are destined TO be
disappointed, but which none the less
are encouraging it to "a hopeless re-
] odd .I Of
thing turning up. The revelations
which Mr Gerard is contributing TO
contemporary contain a terrible indict.
ment of those who have weakened the
intention of the Presidents words at
the Court Of Berlin Again and yet
again Mr. Gerard bears witness that
the seriousness Of Mr.. Wilson's warn.
ings and demands was lost upon the
! Government and the Headquarters
! Staff i'm Berlin, because the men who
compose these We're convinced that
they We're words and nothing else. and
were convinced of this mainly owing TO
the fact that the newspapers and the
wireless poles We're loaded with infOr.
nation which led them % expect a re.
. f
II the president persisted. and TO hope
for q thing even so ridiculous as Ger.
man rising That the country i- az
war today is, then, very largely Owng
20 the efforts of the very people whose
) words and actions are now stirring up
q and encouraging Germany TO a futile
resistance. The friends of the men
d q
may as we'll recognize that the ye.s
people who deceived Germany into in
agining that the United States wa.
p playing a gigantic game Of bluff are
I the people who are prolonging by en-
], couagement, the resistance Of Ger
q imany. and who will be responsible. 70
whatever bloodshed this prolonged ne
sistance may occasion.
When "a country goes 10 war il j
usual for those who have political qual
s. rels To close their ranks i'm the fac
of common enemy. But what has haI
pened in the present instance? A de
j. termined effort has been made in Cor
grcss and out of Congress TO prevent
or at any rate 90 delay the passage O
those very measures WhlcH were H
e tended 10 be most useful FOR orinsln
'' the war e. the earliest possible cor
3lusion. The fact that this effort ha
u come largely 90 tine name OF paciiiclsf
does not in the least alter the TACT Lor
IS Byron said of certain amiabie gentl,
man that he was the mildest manne
cd man who ever scuttled ship OF GU
" throat and tine pacii~t hoWtNe
mild his manner may ne Win Ir7pe'
" 70 the enemies OF hIs country is nl %
means 50 MILD W2en NE is ciltl'lln
, the efforts ot ms Government o' "I Una
~ vast majority oi nus leUoN''ll'1eh
'' which is opposed '' his views The f
= suit VIII Doe. ana tine result ie oe.h'
- hat his mldntss is eneoulashs 'e
many 10 scutiir ships ON 'h' Al'hu
'ad 10 cut th.'d.- on Shoie.
The United states Is at "a'' AN
war Us not carried 'n ol means "i f-
oluuons' nor is peace achieved oN u
formation of peace societies. War
carried on oy On. very means the Eo
ernment Is attempting To enforce 'I
" the whole o''l ". N'eiiisis '' liI''."
" "ud therefore :" ihe extent OK t'e
Successtul ifustaH"h VIII lNeF p'
~ 'us the war anO "i.I ihe\ cause ''-s'
10 the army oi me OuItel states. 'I
suffering friends and relation