The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-11-05
Come Out In Your War
Paint and Strike For
Democracy and Liberty


not because Of a lack Of money hl, De-
cause Of a lack Of discipline in TIE @
pire due to faulty government
While Russia viii not make I-e
peace, giving everybody very fo
sou TO feel grateful tie ae
is dealt q serious blow
The fate Of italy Immediately racea
In the balance. with tte Kaiser
withdraw the remainder OF .|s
that have been engaged ea.n t6e Al@
SLAMS 10 further reinforce te
against whom the italians haa
hvering telling Ioses
A chain is q strong IS rs
link and Russia develops to haEe
the weak link in the Allies chain.
There is nothing 70 do now ttt
nate the link altogether which
that the war must BE- carried 20 is
this time with all hope Of assistant, i-an
Russia abandoned.
Thus does the United States face
task In the war much harder than
looked to be at the time Of the oec-aia-
ton of our purposes-t1us has lae
faulty government of one country p.aye-
havoc with the scheme for tine c.mina-
ton from the world of autocracy- mus
do we have emphasized for us tne neces-
sity for the utmost of efficiency in gav-
eminent nj home. down 70 the very na.--
est public Office in the great scheme
The need Of efficiency in the men VINO
will 90 into the trenches, sail our hEnl-
ing ships, fly our aeroplanes, and ln those
who viii direct these men from behind
our guns, has been emphasized
The need of efficiency in the industries
upon which we must count 20 sustain
our fighting forces and those who sire
left at home, has been emphasized
The need Of the strctest economy oil
the elimination of al waste by the de-
ing away with all things eXtrayagant and
wasteful for the conservation uf our re-
sources, has been emphasized
Efficiency and economy must begin 81
home; they must be practlced by cities
by wards, and even down 70 the districts
of wards and as an individual response
bflity.
We have volunteered in behalf Of an
enslaved people for the improvement 81
their government.
Are we not in duty bound to this peo-
pie to prove to them, first Of alb that we
are competent to govern ourse.ve et-
GENTLY?
Are we In Detroit in a position 70 en-
gage consistently in war thar aims for
self-government if We are at the same
time, NOT self-governed?
Self-goveinment is government that
accurately and faithfully represents, and +
the nearer the government is to the peo-
pie, the more actually and faithfully It
will represent.
The farther government is away from
the people, the less representative it
bound to be.
The farther any power is from the Oh
ject to be moved the more power to be f
lost. Every bit of distance between the
power and that which is to be moved f
must add to the waste.
Detroit's system Of government * lm-
perfect-it is a relic Of the dark gcs-
it takes the government faths from
the people, who should be the real poa
at all times and would be at an ~
except for lost motion and
energy.
We still cling here to The ola
Of ward representation which means
that the people AT LARGE and tfeet.
AT LARGE are NOT reaaeerta4
Neither will they ever be ep ua
while we have WARD representation.
Detroit sons have gone 90 .ha train.
ing camps, 70 do their b.t u te War
Detroit's citizens have dug desn.v INFO
their pockets and have given If taea
money to finance the war and ao roir
bit
But there is sJill a bit f1r ge CrrY
of Detroit to do, and that b.t IS 10
ize itself for greatest efficiency. or ,ae
limit of it's productive pos ibiaas aud