El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-07

VI complain Llede days L-d-
AA the citizenship Of this great
w nation Of ours IS altogether
| too slow to comprehend the great task
which has been SET for IL to accom-
plish. particularly west OF the Missis-
sippL The astonishing thing is that
. the Americans come as nearly as they
do 10 understanding the seriousness Of
the task. 1t seems to me a miracle TO
to see the great army cantOnments;
to see where deserts are turned into
thriving cities Second 20 that mir
acls is the rapidly rising horizon on
the part Of the American people in
this great crisis. Is it not TO be Won
dered at that less than one year age
a campaign was won on the slogan:
He kept US out OF war" that We
later, IN so short a time, were ready
and willing TO right about face and
do the bidding OF this same mani
have lived on the border as you
do, and cannot say that the president
Of the United States occupies his seat
today through my aid. I could not
understand his ways. living on the
border as I did. I could not under
stand. There are a few things yet
that I DO not understand. but I am
anxious TO say that president Wood
row Wilson is the commander in chief
OF the United States and when he
says march" I march
'sOur War.
American citizenship has been a
little slow to catch the trend OF this
war, but they did not know that this
was THEIR war. For two years or
more the great Huns had been max
ing the earth tremble across the
water, with the idea at heart that
they would make the American re-
public pay fo- this war
For the day the German army was
pointed toward Paris. this has been
OUR war. and since the End day OF
April when the president stated that I
we were in war with Germany. q has I
been gradually sinking in that this is /
Our war.
This war must be a war against The F..
German p0Wer-it cannot be against i
the German peoples what We hear I
said That is what our president said. T
I love him for the polished way he +
has uttered those truths. more than I /
love the truths, nemselves-when he
said II is a war against German auto
-racy and not against the German ma
I speak out OF the love OF a great
German race But I speak because 1 ]
have the spirit Of my father and my
.atrer's fathers, VINO left the German
d
he rule and autocracy OF the German
people.
Contradictory Germany.
The history Of Germany IS one Of
Contradictions. There still seems 20 T,
.e such peruicioUs philosophy
monE their people. Prussia said.
The only sin that q country can
ommit is not perpetuating Itself
hey think there is such a thing as
ersonal responsibility. There IS such
thing as individual morality. but
-hen il comes 20 their country,-to
responsibility, they say.
There is no such thing They have
unk vessels without warning. They 4
aid they would NOT sink vessels
-ithour warning We believed rheyf
would keep their agreements. But
or as long as they have power
here is no such thing as state
lorality in German philosophy. We .
holland and I knew in consequences I
hat was making steady progress.
Carried Away BY swift Stream.
vas very hungry, having left the
amp with only three biscuits in my
ossession- 7. however. kept on. drink =
lE from the streams and feeding on
-uit which I stole from some orch I
rds- I felt very lonely when total {
arkness came on, but I kept pegging
way.
The next problem I was faced with
as wide deep river. or canal, which 5
'as running swiftly. I knew that I :
'ould have 70 cross before I got on y
ne rlgnL track so stepping into the r.
alter. 1 Immediately found myself :
1oulder deep [ was then taken off :
~ Ieet- and the next moment I felt y
yselI being swept away by the cur :
emit / then began 10 swim, but. to +