Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-18

IN tue Lr0ucnSS on u 6lQ0 WOulQ
have been a Godsend, but 1t is aero
PLANES that we need more than any
thing else. First because II we, SUPP
ply ten thousand a~eroplanes 4 month
there will be only between thirty and
forty thousand men to feed owing to
submarines and transportation, to look
after forty thousand men is simpler
than to look after q. million. Also II
we can put ten thousand aeropianes
over the Huns we q prevent the
Huns from bringing supplies and AM
munttion to their army. In addition
we can destroy their factories and
their plants. Moreover, II we put ten
thousand aeroplanes q month in the
Held, the Illus will not dare to come
over here#and do damage" (Here
means England Of course.) Lam
very much afraid that they have
something on their minds because the
last aeroplanes that came over here
flew very low and very slowly and all
though they were over thirty they did
accommodating work and the devil only
knows what that work IL. Also I do
not feel as confident as I should like
to feel with all those Germans at
home in America. They may just
hinder us enough SO that the Huns
may do their deadly work before we
Americans can come in. I want you
49, w . NAAot IAA III 40 64SdIS
than ever, Al Hundom will strike be-
fore America is over here and ready
for action and that is why I am so
angry at the English. OF course it
is good to feel as confident as they
do but they may be a little too con-
tident."
Doesn't that sound painfully like
ourselves" asks Miss Burr. u have
been wondering how the censor hap
pened to pass It. Perhaps it was be-
cause my friends handwriting Is not
easy to read, perhaps because he was
in sympathy with her feelings. Any
way, here 1t is. and I know that she
any way you felt would get across"
New publications, chiefly weekly
and monthly, are springing into being
with extraordinary disregard for the
high cost Of white paper and all in
cidental expenses Of publishing. With
strange unanimity, also, these new
German or both. The Vigilantes do
not propose to give free advertising
to these disleyal sheets but will con
tent themselves with seeing that they
are not overlooked by the United
States secret service and the legal de-
}partrnent Of the government.
IN the current issue Of one Of these
iid6dAlliS VI ldISG pre-
%tentions IN extremely limited appeal
one John Reed has a bonbastic arti-
Gle with the title, This Unpopular
War" Mr.. Reed is the man who was
expelled from France when It was dis
covered that while on the German
front he had taken a pot-shot at the
French soldiers-a truly precious
word used by Mr.. Randolph Bourne
in an article in the same publication,
in which he states, 1--WE have been
drawn into a war to fight for ideals
OF democracy and civilization not our
own" The, same word precious" was
used by Moliere to define a certain
self-important class in the population
very we'll the writer's and spouters
who are supporting the pacihst' propa-
ganda in the c6untry-the wiser
than-thou type, which is annoying In
normal times but dangerous now, and
which will surely have to be suppress
cd before our war %l1glnuch older.
In connection with the Citizens
Creed contest for which the city. Of
Baltimore has offered a prize Of one
thousand dollars, contestants should
bear in mind that the thing sought
is a creed Of permanent value ana in
aspiration, SO that references to current
Co1iuittoHc, especially 'CnOeo factors
that will be decided in relatively brief
time by the ending OF the war, are apt
to take UP valuable space without add
ing anything to the permanent
strength Of the creed. Also that while
this is a Christian country there are
many religions, ana the creed might
preferably be confined to the basic
fact Of faith in the Deity rather than
to direct mention of the Christian
form OF that faith, II faith is mention
ed at all.
Competing creeds should send to
Educational Foundations, 81 East
27th Street, New York City, before
September 13.-From The Vigilantes.
Out of the mouth Of. babes and
sucklings and now and then out Of the
mouth of the German papers, cometh
wisdom and truth. The Vossische
Zettung In a recent issue contains this
interesting statement:
War pr~opagandists in the New
York press have lately met stout re-
sistance from no other than Mr..
Hearst and his thirty papers, by the
issuance OF warnings to the people
about the danger Of plungtng into the
European war" The paper continues
to expand on Hearst's American pa
triotism and the generous nature OF
the work he has done for Germany
We nominate Herr Won Hearst for
the Order Of the Black Eagle, not only
because we happen to know that 1t IL
the highest decoration in the kaiser'e
gift. but also because with 1t goes q
very dressy yellow sash.
Herzlichen G1uckwunsch, Herr
Baron.-From The Vigilantes.
Moane Wnrl.ed Wl;&h