Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-03
Helping To Win The War
BY George AIDE.
ARTICLE I-Advicc. to Americans
x Years OF Age And Under.

q mere child be Of service to
MS or her country while we are try
ing to make the Kaiser behave?
Undoubtedly.
How?
BY observing tho conduct of weak
kneed. historical, and complaining
adults and then being just as differ
.ent from them as possible.
This war is neither q joke nor q
protracted funeral.
You will notice that some Of the
older people refuse to. accept II as q
iact, while others move about in 4
niue funk exclaiming. between soba,
vows.
Let the very young children set
their elders a good example by re-
naming, calm but determined.
n Q pick up tho evening paper
and read that the U-boats bagged II
ships instead Of the customary is and
n Canadians captured only one line
OF trenches instead Of two, do not
shake your head and declare that the
never can be licked.
set q good example to our fathers
and mothers and uncles and aunts by
renewing, your faith daily, in spite Of
an occasional setback.
quote to them the words Of Abra-
ham Lincoln: Let us have faith that
right makes might and in. that faith
let us. to the end. dare to do, our
duty"
You might remind your grown-up
relatives that all during the Civil war
n Northern States harbored a good
many Well-meaning people who went
about moaning that the Union never
could be preserved and we had better
accept peace at anv price.
Inese invertebrates Gan inverte-
brate. children, Is a creature with a
string of macaroni where the back
bone should be)-these spineless ones
were willing to let certain states Sc
cede. The blacks were to remain in
slavery. Our flag was to be lowered.
Even after the Battle Of Gettys.
burg, when the fortunes Of war began
to favor the North, just as they are
now favoring the Allies, every COM
munity had to put up with a few of
the winners and fault-f1nders who be-
Titled each victory and magnified
each reverse.
Your grandfather can tell YOU about
these peace lovers who helped to pro-
long the war by failing to give united
and loyal support to the soldiers at
the front. If it should happen that
grandfather was one Of these peace
at-any-price" advocates, doubtless he
will change the subject and talk about
something else. ~
Even If you are less than six years
OF age. surely you can understand
that the issues involved in this dread
full war must be settled and settled
right before,th world may hope for
abiding peace.
Therefore. if anyone asks you what
you think about the war, reply as fol-
lows:
president Wilson was right when
he said that the world must be made
safe for democracy. The American
people have no desire to destroy Ger
many or prevent, it from regaining
commercial Importance. They want
Germany to restore the stolen proper
They want to jam the knowledge into
every close-cropped Prussian head
that just because a man owns a high
priced automatic gun and has a lot
Of ammunition and a college educa-
ton he has no right to go out and
shoot up his neighbors. The Amer1-
can people are hoping to make II
clear to the Kaiser and the Crown
Prince and the various sonare-jawed
Hindenburgs that 1t is highly improp-
er to form a partnership with God for
purposes of murder, and then treat
God as a silent partner. AS to the
final outcome. the Battle Of the Marine
was the beginning Of the end. For
200 years all the big events Of history
have marked an irresistible advance
toward the establishment Of democ-
racy. When the GERMANS failed in
their mad rush Of 1914. it meant that
an A1l-Wise Providence and the laws
of evolution were not to be thwarted
by a military despoA with a bristlins
mustache. Germany a not win and
therefore GERMANY must lose. The
end of bloodshed and sacrifice and
widespread terror will come as soon
as the United States Of America he
gins to strike aggressive blows. The
more men we send to the front. the
fewer we will lose Our greatest
enemv at present is Indecision. Our
strongest ally is Speed. Our most
needful watchwords is Faith. We are
going to end the wa and then sit al
the council table to repress greed and
curb injustice.T !
OF course the %foresoing win sound
rather hffalnting to come from a six
year-old child. hut It will he the truth,
and the truth is needed ip large doses
At nresent. e~spec'allv by people more
than SIX wears ofaee.,
That will he All for TODAY. children.
You may run along and play.
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