The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-11-29

justice and brotherhood in the heart
of men everywhere. We are fightin,
Germany in order to secure the per
manent peace of the world, which Il
impossible as long as the German mill
tary system is allowed to exist fO
there can be no enduring peace unit
further criminal aggressions againS
the other nations by the German au
tOcracy have been rendered impOssi
bic. The same reason which impeieC
us to enter the war must force us {,
keep up the war until it's objects hav,
been accomplished, for an incOnclu
sive peace now would merely mean 6
lean ideals and an unconQuered Ger
man autOcracy.
No Compromise Possible.
A truce now would be compromise
and there can be no compromise be
tween liberty and tyranny. A truce
now would be surrender, and surren
der would be defeat. James Russell
Lowell wrote these words in the long
ago, and they come to us in the present
crisis with new and deeper mean.
ing:
| Once TO every man and nation comes the
| moment to decide
In the strife of truth with falsehood, for
the good or evil side. -.
| Hast thou chosen, o my people. in whose
party thou shall stand.
Ere the doom from its worn sandals
hal . h. l,V.vN t.
Careless seems the great avenger; his
torys pages but record
One death struggle IN the darkness 'twixt
old system and the word
Truth forever on the scaffOld, wrong for
ever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future and
behind the dim unknown
Standeth God within the shadow. keeping
watch above his own.
List the ominous stern whisper from the
Delphic cave within,
''They enslave their children's children
who make compromise with sin"
Before we entered the war Ameri-
cans had right to be neutral as be.
tween other nations. Now that we are
in, no American can be neutral. The
American who is neutral now is guilty
of treason to the Republic. The
American who Is not for his country
in this war must be counted as against
his country. Whatever our internal
differences may have been, in such q
time as this we must be one people,
loyal to q common country and devoted
to a common flag.
Must Support Armies.
Millions of Americas sons have an
swered to the nations call. They
should have the full support of heart
and soul and spirit of all American men
and women, for, in the name of Amer
lea and in behalf of America, they are
going forth to battle in order that
American honor may be sustained,
American freedom preserved, to make
the world safe for the common man,
and to make international justice SUI
preme. The Withholding of such sup
port by any individual or organization
Is disloyalty to the government and
treason to the flag.
This is the supreme hour In the life |
of this republic and the world. A new |
economic and social order is emerging |
In every land and q new International |
ism is being produced by the blood |
and suffering of mankind. The ending |
Of the great war, in the only way that |
II can rightly end, will mark the be-
ginning of Il new epoch of world CO.
operation for the advancement of the
good. The public will no
onger be the people of one section or
If one nation, but all mankind and the
principles of humanity will then be ap-
Dlied between nations as they have
ong been applied between individuals.
And why not? The inventions of the
,ast few years that have annihilated
line and space and brought distant
PARTS of the earth in touch with each
'ther have created new obligations In
he relations of the nations. The civ
liked countries are nearer together in
,oint of time and communication than
we're the states of this Union a CEN
ury ago. No nation can live to itself
md for itself alone. The time of the
lermit nation is past.
Rule Of Right May Come.
Men now living may see the day
vhen the world will be ruled by right
instead of might, by justice instead of
elflshness. Men now living may see
he time when the ideal of public right
'ill be supreme throughout the world.
Tut of the black clouds of war that
ow envelop the earth may come
reater realization Of the necessity for
n international court Of arbitration,
18th power to enforce its DEGREES.
hen will dawn that day foretoid Of
Id, following the last great battle of
ne world, when there will be peace on
arth and good will In the hearts of
ne children Of men. The mission of
merica is to educate the world to this
esired consummation. To fulfill this
lission there must be loyalty and de-
otion to the ideals Of America among
lie people Of America.
The democracy that we are fighting
'r Is the religion of brotherhood
mong men; the religion that says,
Thou shalt not lie; thou shalt not
eal;" the religion that demands the c
pplicatiOn Of the Golden Rule In pub a
C and private life everywhere; the
'ligion that does not array class