The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-11-22

war 10 to free mankind by enthronins
justice and brotherhood in the hearts
Of men everywhere. We are fighting
Germany In order to secure the per-
mnnent peace of the world, which is
impossible as long rs the German mill
tary system is allowed to exist for |
there can be no enduring peace until |
further criminal aggressions against
the other nations by the German nu-
tocracy have been rendered impossl- |
BILE. The same reason which impelled |
us to enter the war must force us to |
keep up the war until Its objects have |
been accomplished, for an inconclu-
| sive pence now would merely mean |
death struggle later on between Amer
ican ideals and an unconQuered Ger /.
man autocrncy.
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 a new and deeper mean
ing:
Once 70 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 It's worn sandals
| shakes the dust against our lsndf
an
| tory's pages but record
One death struggle In the darkness 'twixt
| old system and the word.
Truth forever on the scaffoid. wrong for
ever on the throne,
Yet that scafYold 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 SIM"
Before we entered the war Amerl-
cans had a 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 IL not for his country
In this war must be counted as against
his country. Whatever our intern,i
differences may have been. In such u
time as this we must be one people
loyal to 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 hear,
I 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.
r American freedom preserved. to make
the world safe for the common man,
and to make international justice su.
preme. The Withholding Of such sup.
port BY any individual or 0rganizat ton
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 a 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 q new epoch of world 90.
operation for the advancement OF the
common good. The public will no
longer be the people Of one section or
Of one nation. but all mankind and the
principles of humanity will then be ap.
piled between nations as they have
long been applied between individuals
And why not? The inventions of the
past few years that have annlhilated
4 time and space and brought distant
parts Of the earth In touch with each
= other have created new obligations In
4 the relations Of the nations. The civ
Z ilized countries are nearer together In
point Of time ard communication than
tury ago. No nation can live to Itself
e and for itself alone. The time of the
n hermit nation Is past.
e Rule OF Right May Come.
;. Men now living may see the day
when the world will be ruled by right
g. instead OF might. by justice instead OF
: selashness. Men now living may see
Tic tliuc Wutu thc iu'ui va
will be supreme throughout the world
Out of the black clouds Of war that
70 now envelop the earth may come a
greater realization Of the necessity for
an international court of arbitration
n with power to enforce Its DEGREES
q Then will dawn that day foretold OF
n old, following the last great battle OF
9 the world, when there will be peace on
y earth and good will In the hearts OF
the children Of men. The mission OF
America is to educate the world to this
desired contamination. To fulAll this
e mission there must be loyalty and de-
It votlon to the ideals Of America among
IS the people Of America.
& The democracy that we are fighting
g for Is the religion of brotherhood