New Britain herald., 1917-03-24
Henry Czevs : Weekly Lef1sy

Nov York, March 3A.-Great events arc moving with lightning rapidity. Russia has been reborn: Germany is lviGihly weakening: tho Allies arc strengthening: the United States is |preparing for war: the railroaA strike passed inte history. and the suprsms court has sealed the constitutionality of the Adamson law. All Of thess events are of hrst impertance. In |ordinary times they would have com
 manded the most intenss excitement. Al 1t ls. this rush of devslopmAnts haa bsan talan with comvaga&ive aaln~ |nsss, and thsra va . no&Abae Abseaoe of agitation. explained by the fact that Americans are prepared to face thess crises and will continue to faos them as s1sadily as other, nations have done. Ualsss all sisns fail. wa have reached the beginning of tho end in the worlds greatest tragedy. Turkey |is practicaily bsaAsn: Austria is almost |impotsnt; Germany h rstreating: and
 her submarine and Zeppelin methods |of warfare are . practical failnrs. Not . 1ew .weil informed. authorities
 maintain that Germany is anxiosi6 ako, end the war;. aud, Fumors of peac0 ArS once more In tho Alr. while evidences of grave iMtefn2a dissensions among the Central Powers multiply daily. At the same time the Allies are increas- Ing their ascendaney every day. Great Britain is at tho zenith of her power; Russia has been invisorated by the rtvolution: the French spirit is higher and stronger than ever. and Italy. too. seems to have taken on now energy. Of course. Germany may bs able to maintain the struggle longer than expected. but only at the cost of moro serious consequences to hsrsaif: and the entry of tho United States into the war will certainly hasten the end.
 Our own government must at once decide just what part we shall play ip the great struggle in which we are about to participate. There is no al- ternative: we must co-operate with the Allies. individual action being im- practical and rinadvisabie. The most effective lines of cooperation for the United States would be: CD suitable and active use of our fleet, which ranks third in the world: CD furnish- ing financial aid and munitions on ai liberal scale; and f3l the preparation of such m army as wo, may be able to create and utilize before the con-. flict ends. In all probability, peace will be attained before we could make and transport an army of any con- siderable strength across tho Atlantic. The magnitude of such . task is not Appreciated by, those who glibly talk of sending over an army of million men. Months would be reQuired to train and equip them. and the war may be over before they will be ready. Between two and. three hundred svoy- them, and in addition. 2 great fleet of would be employed con- ycyine munitions. food, etc. We could readily afford considerable help by the creation of a large mosquito fieet as protection against submarines, as we'll as by providing a large and up to date aeroplane ser- vice. Probably the most efficient aid we could render the Allies would be in. the continued making of munitions and in giving financial aid. We might easily cooperate financially. if our government would lend its credit by agreeing to take q large block of foreign bonds, say . billion dollars. issuing our own in place thereof s Such a transaction would be eminent ly sound and safe to the investor. and would be a simple form of lending the credit of the United States for the purpose of bringing the war to an early conclusion.
 The grand result of the war to the
 Russian people Is worth all 1t has cost them in blood and treasure, as the Almighty has evidently ordained that 1t Is hereafter to be . government after our own heartS-of tho people.
 for the people and by the people; and
 that. other nations. engaged In the
 present war may follow the example
 of Russia is "a consummation de-
 voutly to be wished" for the good of the human race. A government that
 permits of a man like Abraham Ar-
 coin to rise from the ranks Of the common people to become the. great
 est leader of the American people,
 through the great gifts with which
 God had endowed him. is a grand
 and glorious one, and should be an
 example for all other nations to fol-
 low. America welcomes the people
 of Russia into tho fold.
 If the great powers now enEaged
 in this stupendous struggle at the end
 of tho war will agree to a peace last
 ing fifty years. they can so financially
 redeem themselves as to be able to
 pay off within that period their pres
 cnt entire war indebtedness through
 the moneys saved by the reduction of
 their armaments on land and sea.
 IndAAd. tho cnst ol fhA rarAsenf war