Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-03-01
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young man who lost his mother and
/ sister at sea in the torpedoing OF the
I I.aconia and with a full understanding
Of his RacbaeI-cry, nevertheless his
/ loss is not as worthy Of the blood Of
millions as his passionate ontbursI
would have Americans are notorious
/ ~ spoiled They are aggressive ana
hot headed and like the small boy VIII
have their way, willy njiy. The pre-
sump tuousuess and freedom with
which Mr.. Hoy addresses the presi-
dent shows more the iusouciance Of a
child than an insult 10 the man who
is doing everything in the power Of
human agency, and nearly beyond
that, TO avert the very possibilities
that made highly probable the death
Of Austin Hoy's loved ones. In what
other country, pray, could young
man so readily approach a high execu-
tive with reproach and threatened
non-aIIegiance except America, where
liberty is so often confused with Ii
cense? Mr.. Hoy has left 4 priceless
possession preserved to him by
soberer heads. D. his freedom Of
speech and action towards the head
sof our nation We do not know the
other country to whose flag he wishes
to align himself for battle that would
give his impetuous, unguaTded utter
ances to the public at all. or by as
much as flicker of the eye let him be
aware they knew of such q parsonage
as plain Mr. American Citizen Hoy.
Mrs and Miss Hoy, granting them
all the freedom OF action of individ-
uaIs, took their chances upon the hign
seas in time of peril and in face Of
warning There. is scarcely q child in
America that is not instructed III that
point Either there was love of ad
venture or too great faith in the
god of chance in their ase. In these
last two years there isn't an Amer
lean citizen who has eyes and ears
but has been warned of the danger 10
himself. and what is Of far greater i'm
portaDce. the danger to his country.
when he decided TO trip across the
Atlantic
Il is indeed terrible TO lose ones
loved ones in a watery grave get Mr.
Hoy attitude would widow orphan
and make brotherless thousands Of
women in order 10 avenge his FeIa-
tives' destruction. Begging his par
don, nevertheless 1t is true that it is
no harder to lose ones mother and
sister than ones father and brother
The heart breaks over the loss of mai 9 /
kin quite as completely as Of female /
That thousands Of mothers and sis +
ters lose their sons and brothers /
should be just as moustrous q thought /
and more so. II Mrs. Hoy and her .
daughter deliberately had walked into f
a pesthOGse 10 contract smallpox and f
died because Of their temerity. the
case would bear little or no difference. !
They lost in their stakes against sure
death. If they had died OF typhoid +
the anguish Of Mr. HOY would have
been as keen. only he would have no
wall upon which to beat his hands in
frenzy We have full sympathy for
this boy who wants 10 set out to muir
Ter the world because he has suffered /
loss, but we can't afford 10 let him be
other than q man. II is really test
IF ones greatness how one bears his
sorrows. It is well that power to
iyenge is not vested in individuals.
hat combined Judgment shall prevail
One thing that stood out in the sink
ng Of the LusitanIa was the attitude
# mind of the Roycr0fters over their
oss Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ebert Hubbard.
.early beloved among them, and
whose bones lie deep in the northern
ca. They were popular persons.
much loved by son and daughters and
hickly creped yet there was no ask
ng that America go to war because
he Hubbards had died Ia each others
rms while taking an almost sure-dre {
hance at death
MT. Hoy should be given his years {
lourning and by that time If he is
1yal American he will have an apol-
gy to offer the patient man who al (
eady had attempted to save his
lother and sister and yet who is fair 9
nough to withhold our brothers life
rom penalty OF their conscious risk
nd who will not consent TO plunge [
MS country into the activities of war
ntil the moment has arrived
1t should he war against war that :
Ir. Hoy should be ready to enlist in
he cares TO aveuge and glorify the
ames OF his mother and sister. and
such case his place today is along
de Mr., Wilson If he calls ii
mans chance" 10 well the shot Of hat
ed into the hearts of men. innocent &
crime, we viii have TO disagree
18th Mr.. Hoy. Those IS war-driDping s
ewspapers of the east will heroic
i'm we may be sure. His picture ana
DRY viii make good cannon fodder.
should be up to the preponderance .
people in the middle west and west s