The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-06-21
He has the art Instinct. He feels til.
presence OF God.
France and Holland.

France and Holland.
The peril that has overtaken Hol
land to the north has strengthened the
fighting spirit I'm France. Some dan
gers there are that seem to spread like
contagion and to ride upon the wings
Of the wind. For months the people
In France have anticipated the In
vasion of Holland. 1t has not escaped
their observation that the German
army has dug great trenches on the
frontier line back Of Amsterdam. The
Hague and Rotterdam. Stores Of am
munition have been accumulated and
great guns put in place. Germany Is
now ready to attack Holland i'm the
rear. In front, upon the North sea
are Germany's submarines. Already
they have sunk 20 per cent Of Hol.
lands shipping. and not England her.
self Is more dependent than Holland
upon imports OF wheat. The French
authorities believe that Germany Is
deliberately forcing the Dutch people
to the point OF desperation. Then,
when some tritling outbreak takes
place upon the part of the people
crushed between the upper and neither
millstones. a German army In the
rear OF Holland and German subma-
rines on Its front, some compulsory
outbreak can he used as an excuse for
invading Holland. What Germany
wanted most was Frances iron mines
ana Hollands harbors and the mouth
or the Rhine at Rotterdam. But Bel
gum had iron mines close to those Of
France. and Holland could wait. Rot
terdam has grown I'm commerce and
shipping far more rapidly than Ham,
burg. Because OF her control of the
mouth OF the Rhine her trade and COM
merce have advanced by leaps and
bounds. Future events are upon the
lap of the gods"
Delay and lndecision In tho Hour Of
Peril.
In his history OF Greece Uhe fifth
volume, page 273) the German histo-
rian Crutus In explaining how the mil
itariSm OF Macedonia finally DESTROYED
Athens and brought on the dark ages
at once praises and blames Phocion.
This Greek educator had been accus-
toned all his life to deal with imma-
ture minds. He was spoken OF as "the
honest man" Phocion's chief excel.
lence was in public speaking. Seventy
five per cent Of his strength was I'm his
speaking power and % per cent in
practical efficiency. Crutius saws that
his great weakness was that "he was
a supporter OF the peace policy" and a
main prop of the party OF Eubulus,
nj fo Nf
secretary of the navy. In the very
hour when Macedonian regiments were
marching southward the pacifists, led
hy PhocioI. were weaving laurel leaves
aud urging that Athens mission was
intellect, culture, art. cloquence, poetry
and philosophy The inevitable result
of the peace policy was that the iron
hand OF militarism snuffed out every
flaming torch in the temple Of genius
and doomed the human race to the
dark ages. Phocion and Eubulus post
poned and watched and waited. Slow.
ly the iron regiments from the north
moved southwark. One by one the
buffer states and cities were crushed.
Finally the whole force Of victorious
Macedonian militarism was launched
upon Athens. the unprepared city.
Thus two men pulled Athens down
about their own heads and turned the
splendid city into a blackened shell,
for states, like Hamlet, are slain by in
decision. 1t was energy and the fac
ulty for instant decision that made
Lincoln and Grant. The lesson of the
hour for America is the necessity Of
instant decision. instant action.
Our Duty 10 That Of Immediate Action.
When the war began Germany's In
cidental needs were harbOrs In Hol-
land, the steel plants OF Belgium, the
iron ores OF northern France and yet
all these were merely secondary. The
true treasures Of a nation are Justice.
humanity, obedience to law, recogni-
tion OF the rights OF others. In the day
OF the great assfZe Jesus will identify
I himself with the poor OF Belgium and
Of France. And to the strong giant.
America, he has been saying, 81 was
sick and In Belgian prison, was an
! hungercd in n French hut, was ma
| ked, and ye have not ministercd unto
| me-" Let us give thanks that the hour
OF indecision has passed. that Of us IL
can no longer be said. "Inasmuch as
ye did it not to one OF the least Of these
my little ones We did 1t not to me-" for
with all the strength Of our national
resources we are Oh the side of Justice.
humanity, liberty and the rights of tha
DOOR the weak and the oDpressed