The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-08-15
ssSREATEsT WARilth HISTORY

People are coming more ana more
to realize that our nation is actually
engaged in war Day by day addi-
tiouala evidence ,accumulates which
points Enthusiastically to the fact that
We are not only engaged in war with
a foreign power, but that 1t is the,
greatest war in the history of the,
world, and one that promises to tax
to the limit the resources and patrlo'
tisnl s0f all our people 1T is no time
for any man to stop and ask the
question why we are at war. 1t is
enough for us to know that our gov
ernt1eht IS threatened and the liberr
ty f0ur people jeopaldized. We have
no right nor is it our privilege to say
that jif we had had charge OF the
government this war would have been
ayetted. We must assume that the
government was justified in the course
itfpursued in recognizing that state
Of war existed between. the United
States and the German government.
It becomes our duty as coed Ameri-
can Scitizens to come to the add or
the country in its hour of peril and to
do everything we can to support and
further the interests of the govern
ment. Every American citizen who
takes the position that it is his priv
ilege to place his judgment against
that Of his government and to refuse
to support and to sylnpathize with it
falls short of his obligations as a cit
ixSn, and must not be surprised if he
Suffers the condemnation of all loyal
people. There may be individual ca
Sos Of disloyalty in Crawford county,
hut we are satisfied that they are the
exceptions and that the great, pre-
penetrating majority of our people
are loyal to the core and devoted to
their country.
8SsH is. Uncomfortable that any man
born in ran American home or who
has become citizen by adoption by
7 taking the oath of allegiance to this
country and renouncing allegiance to
the government from which he came
should now become indifferent and
disloyal toward this country and IA
vof success of our enemy.
If our scitizens are not now under
every legal and moral obligation to
support their country and their flag
then we ask when could such obliga.
4 tiOn arise? II our flag and our ,coun-
try do not appeal to US so far that
weA are willing to sacrifice our for
j tunes and our lives tc sustain them,
\ then 1t is a confession that some.
thing is wrong either with our coun.
try or. with u.s. and it is time for us
to find out what is the. matter. One
thing is certain-our interests are all
identical and what is for the benefit
OF zone American citizen is for the
benefit Of all. The result of this war
i VIII affect us all alike. ...
TO win the contest means the per-
petuation OF our republican form OF
], g6yernment under which each indi-
Vtdual enjoys greater. rights than any
other form of government. If we fail
1 In this war no prophet has yet been
born able to describe the direful and
5dfsapp Ointing results which must fol-
low. The failure to win the war
means taking away the: power of gov
eminent from the people and placing
itrfn the hands Of dictator. 1t means
the overthrow OF democracy and the
substitution of tautocracy. 1t means
q war debt sufficient Ito bankrupt the
country and other evils which lang.
uAge is inadequate to describe.
IL It means q sacrifice to come to
{ the rescue OF the government in win.
ming the war what must be expected
III case we fail? -,