The evening world., 1917-07-19
THE GREAT NEED OF THE HOUR.

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dca.Iug Themselves even for o. time from % ."s'r s.D' Zoo 'dr"n"
tine supreme nauoua. n~t for Noe ,uro..fu' pciorman' OF v".
oil other Nmr.au interests and problem. mu.' wait
Whai a pu uI,., women could not realize how immense, 800.
.au., OF .ulnag, mgui Joe strengthened for ,, future b' a vino,
hearted pcigmp ol "onaul support and r"r''" 10 t" nation boz
us hour OF special need
But the Sunngst. are not alone ~ displaying o uoro"o',,
and percr.rN which seem bent upon exploiting the grnycst of all
c1,c. ia the interest of MINOR movement. and reforms
Anarchist. labor agtaior-. prohibition cranhs. special legislation
seekers have aI jumped at the chance 10 further their particular
plans and purpose by taking crafty advantage OF tho country
prcoccupation with the tremendous cuisines. Of war
There is hardly d community that has not felt the presence o.
these baeful acu,uc. Congress itself has been tine conspicuous
field upon which some of the worst have successfully focused thcr
efforts.
DO the prombuoni.ts who would willingly hold mp the most
pressing war measure Food Control o any othcr-if they could
make its passage conditional upon the utmost fnIiImcnt of their
hopes-do the Prohihitonists ever stop to think what would become
Of them and their plans if this country's taking Of the field against
PrusGan power were delayed too long;
The J. W. W. contingent, now concentrated IN New Mexico.
have been wont to call the Government hard names. Lately we have
seen them turn naturally and naivcly to that same Government for
protection and food. On second thoughts would they care to sec
Uncle Sans authority disputed or impcilcd?
Even Anarchists like Berkman and Emma Goldman appear To-
have long found, even while dcnouncing them, the laws Of the
United States the safest and best to live under.
Suffraghs and all other Americans with social 81 political
views which tend to narrow their outlook or cmbittcr their attitude
toward the Administration will do well to remember that the old
"United we stand, divided we fall maxim did not 90 wholly out Of
the national service with the disappearance Of the danger Of secession
II has been SAID that the worst American defect is lack Of self
control.
If this be so. now is the time of all times when Americans should
make a most serious effort to overcome the wcakncss-whcn in
divduals and organizations, parties and factions, should practice a
.efcontrol that shall show itself everywhere in mscfish, sobcrly.
considered concentration upon supreme national need.
There is not one Of those suffragsts in the District of Columbia
Workhouse who would not insunctvcly rely upon the Government
OF the United States to maintain tho law, the protection. the funda
mental principles Of democracy and freedom upon which the safety
and happiness Of her home and loved ones have always depended.
How can she or any one else think that any cause now takes
precedence of The cause of American liberty and American ideals in
the face of real and imminent menace from without;
How at such n moment can she or any one else dare to harass the
nation with plants and propaganda or make one move that may by
ever so little lessen the power Of its defending arm?