Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-03-10

and singular distinction. But l S1al
bnot attempt to review it. 1t speak;
| for itself and will be of increasing in
fuence a sthe years go by. This is
not the time for retrospect. 1t i:
time rather to speak our thought:
and purposes concerning the preSenf
and the immediate future.
Although we have centered counse
and action with such unusual concen
tration and success upon the great
problems of domestic legislation tc
which we addressed ourselves foui
years ago, other matters have more
and more forced themselves upon oui
attention, matters lying outside oui
own life as a nation and over whicl
we had no control, but which despit
Our wish to keep free from them, hav'
drawn us more and more rresistbly
into their own current and influence.
Indifference to War Impossible.
1T has been impossible to avoif
them. They have affected the life o
the whole world They have shaker
men everywhere with passion an
an apprehension they never knew be
fore. 1t has been hard to preserv'
calm counsel while the thought OF on
own people swayed this way and tina
under their influence We are OF th
blood Of all the nations that are a
war.
The currents of our thoughts a
we'll as the currents of our trade RAJ
quick at all seasons back and forth be
tween us and them The war inevita
bly, set its mark from the first alikt
upon our minds. our industries, on
commerce, our politics, and our socia
action. To be Indifferent to it or inde
pendent OF it was out of the questo'
And yet, all the while we have beei
conscious that we were not part of il
1t is by the consciousness, despit
many divisions we have drawn close
together.
Fair Dealing Alor.e Demanded.
We have been deeply wronged OF
Ehe seas, but we have not wished I,
wrong or injure in return. We hav
retained throughout the consciousness
OF standing in some sort apart, inten
upon an interest Il at transcribed tn,
Immediate issues of the war itself. A.
some OF the injuries done us have be
come intClerable we have still beer
clear that we wished nothing for our
selves that we were not ready to de
mand for all mankind-fair dealing
justice, the freedom to live and be
ease against organized wrong.
1t is in this spirit and with thi
thought that we have grown more ant
more aware, more and more certain
that the part we wished to play wa
the part OF those who mean to vindi
cate and fortiiy peace. We have beer
obliged to arm ourselves to make
good our claim to certain minimum
OF right and freedom OF action. We
stand firm in armed neutrality sine,
t seems that in no other way can We
demonstrate what ii is we insist opor
and cannot forego.
To Prove Unselfishness.
I'VE may even be drawn on by cir
cumstances, not by our own purpo st
or desire, to a more active assertion q.
our rights as we see them and a NOR
immediate association with the great
struggle Wself. But nothing will altel
our thought or our purpose. Hhcy are
too clear to be obscured. They are
too deeply rooted in the principles o
our national life to be altered. VIZ
desire neither conquest nor advantage
We wish nothing that can be had ouly
at the cost of mother people. We
have always professed unselhsh pur
pose and we covet the opportunity
to prove that our professions are sin
cerc.
There are many things still to d,
at home, to clarity our own politics
and give new vitality to the industria
processes of our own life and we shal
do them as time and opportunity
serve; but we realize that the grea'
things that remain to be done will
the whole world for stage and i'll co
operation with the wide and universe
forces of mankind, and we are making
our spirits ready for those things.
Citizens of the World Now.
They will follow in the immediate
wake of the war itself and will set
civilization up again We are provin
cials no longer. The tragical events
of the thirty months of vital turmoil
through which we have just passed
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