The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-11-22
EDITORIAL CONTINUED
OUR DUTY TO AMERICA IN THE
WORLDS WAR

people who are not loyal enough
citizens to be unreservedly with
America in the worlds war. 1t mat
ters not what our sentiments were
before the war, the, fact is We are
now.at war and there is no possible
way for you or any other individual
to change conditions so long as the
present policy of the ruler of Ger
! many is maintained It is our war
now and it must be won on the prin-
ciples enunciated by our President
and the sta'espen of both great po-
litical parties, less the great princi-
Piles Of liberty and freedom for which
we stand, along with the very fun
damentals of our government perish
from the earth.
1t is no chi!d's work to successful
ly combat the great war machine of
the enemy which it has built up for
the past half century while our
peaceful, ibeFty-loving country has
been travelling the even tenor of its
way, little thinking of the awful
catastrophe that would soon en-
velop the world and cause us to
take a hand for the future welfare
of mankind.
The point we want to drive home
with a sledge hammer blow is What
can do to help my country and the
cause of humanity in this great
struggle" not What can say or do
to hinder' You must be either for
or against your country. Where
do you stand? You can't be a half
hearted American and be with your
country. You must help or rue the
day for your shortcomings. The
time is now, not when the enemy is
on our shores. That battle line of
defense, established by our allies in
France, is just as important to.your
safety as if it was drawn up twenty
miles from your home and loved
ones. 1t is protecting your all just
as surely and you need to help just
as much as if it was closer to your
doors.
Just suppose every American was
like a few, where would this country
be today? SeethiDg with civil strife
and alien enemies and scalawags de
stroying everything near and dear
to you. Had you thought about this?
Isn't it time you were looking the
matter squarely in the face as a
loyal American should ?
What has made Germany such a
fighting machine? It is the unity of
its people willing and ready to sac
rifice everything for the fatherland ?
Shouldn't we be just as loyal, to say
the least, inthis country where free
dom is enjoyed to far greater ex-
tent than in Germany and where we
enjoy thousand blessings to their
one?
In the past several weeks we have
received various communications
about the war which we're not the
words of patriot, hence were con-
siened 70 the waste basket, and we
do not intend to give publicity to
such rot. There is principle at
stake. and furthermore if we should
become so crazy as to pullsh them
then the government would probably
get us and the writer's as-well. We
do not, expect to 90 to Jail and we
hardly think the writer's of the ar
ticles do.
We want it plainly understood by
all that no reasonable utterances,
no "slacker stuff or anything likely
tn hurt our government during its
irving times goes in this paper in
anv shape, form or fashion, and you
need not expend the effort in trying
to run it over us. We want to help
our government with every ounce
of energy available-not hinder it.
The M. P. conference is in session