The Washington herald., 1917-04-07

nv" e'heahs Oan serve tueir
Country.
New York WORLDLY 81.
Miliiops of Americans are impatient
TO show how they can best serve Their
country in this war.
Cooperation with the allies simplifies
all. our problems and immeasurably in
creases our effectiveness. We can at
once provide them with money and
credit. we can carry on a vigorous
campaign against German submarines
and help keep the sea lanes open. We
can increase our munition output for
their benefit. We can raise the food
that Is the first necessity to them and
to- u.s. We can build ships. We can
train an army under a system of selec-
tive compulsory service which will not
demoralize industry and which viii be
ready for instant service IL It Is needed
We can put our homes in order. We
can be prudent and careful and economi-
cal of the nations resources. making
every pound of food and every dollar
in money go as far as possible. We
can be ready to aid the government in
whatever capacity it may decide.
Most Of these things are not spectacular.
They are not heroic in accordance with
popular notions of heroism. They have
little to do with the traditional pomD
things that count, and nowhere else d"
they count for SO much as in the
trenches.
Not the least Of the great lessons that
this war has taught to mankind is that
the most modest and humble service may
be the highest duty that patriotism can
exact.
The Bankrupt Pacifsts.
nbirauo HtrahN
The events of the last few days have
brought out clearly the bankruptcy oil
the pcace-at-any-pricers. Today theli
sole asset is a ticket to oblivion and the
hopeful recollection of the untorSettaDle
sneer with which Senator La Toilette
hailed the Presidents words of soberness
and patriotism.
For some time they have made much
noise beneath the sun. Their voices have
been loud and unthinlling and. in some
cases at least, their motives have been
secret and unpatriotic. In their anxiety
to keep this country out of the war nj
any price they generously overlooked tht
little fact that q one-sided war was al
ready in progress. And when the spe-
cial session OF Congress met they de-
scended on Washington to impress or
the lawmakers that they represented the
country.
Congress and Washington were not i'm
pressed. but the peace e-at-any-pricer:
were. They were perEorce impressed
with the painful fact that they We're out
OF touch with Congress, with public sen
timent. with the nations government
with everything save. possibly. the capi
tai police, the ideal OF peace at any price
and. what comes to the same thing, the
general program of peace at Germany
price. At the critical moment they had
selected for a display before the natior
they were compelled to witness the bank
ruptcv OF their high and vociferous hopes
and of any influence they might have
possessed.
So they returned to their several abodes
in various parts OF the country saddel
and. let us trust. wiser peace-at-any
pricers They went to Washington witt
harp and timbrel and song, and Berlr
waited hopefully on their endeavors
They hung their harps on the weepipE
willows along the Potomac and Berlin
and Berlin's agents in this country
had gone to pieces. Their role is ended
but the better role of patriots sedulous
of their nations rights i5 theirs for quick
adoption.
The Country Behind the President
Christian sdencs Monitor.l
| President Wilson's address before the
joint session of the United States Con
Gress on Monday night has silenced hi.
critics and dlsarmed his opponents quite
as completely as It has pleased his
friends Whatever may have been the
process of thought through or by whict
ne was enabled to bring 1t about, the fac
remains that in a time and place anC