The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-05-31
After the War, Then What ?

After the War, Then What
How many people have stopped
for moment to think seriously OF
the great world war now going on
of its awful consequences. presen
and future
1t is estimated that already fully
| ten million men, the flower of the
armies of Europe, have been sacri
feed; in part or whole. to the wal
god. Ten million! Can you con
cieve of this vast army of producers
destroyed ? Millions of homes desc
lated by the death of husband
father, brother and relative, millions
of homes and other buildings de-
vastated by shot,. shell and fire
fsrm lands changed into gul'eys and
great banks of dirt, everything for
miles ruined; families separated not
only by death but by the cruel prac-
tees of the tyrants; young woman
hood outraged. and yet the relent-
less hand of destruction stretches
it's bony hand further and further
on the horizon of the world Is it
possible for a people to recover from
such a horrible calamity =? And
what of the future, if they do ? 1t
will take hundred years to come
back" in the true sense of the word
and perhaps a thousand years to
fully restore things as they were
aud even at the end of that time the
people will be paying tribute to this
monster war.
What of the future generations ?
The very flower of the manhood of
Europe has been destrOyed-war
exacts it's toll from the physically
strong, leaving the weak, the lame,
the diseased, the old, the blind and
the palsied at home. 1t is from
these weaklings that the future gen
Grafton of Europe must spring and
then it will be slow process since
so large number of the men have
been killed. How can the nations of
Europe expect to occupy high pO
sition in the worlds affairs in the
near future? Art, literature, science
and other great achievements have
suffered a distinct loss. War is no
respector of position or wealth
Just suppose America is called
upon to suffer as England or France
has suffered
1t is horrible thing to even con
template, yet it should be the means
of awakening the American people
to full sense of their responsibility
now. to the end that we may per-
form our duty well and faithfully,
We should and must profit by the
horrible lesson learned by the allies.
Then there is another class of peo-
pie left at home in Europe who will
be fathers and mothers in the fu-
ture, the rum-soaked, mind-becloud-
ed degenerates. Yes, these will con-
tribute to Europe's future genera
tioa! What is true in Europe will
be true in America if the drain upon
our manhood is eventually as great
This calls to mind our duty as re-
CARDS the liquor traffic in this coun-
try. Congress should Immediately
pass a law banishing it from the
just like Russia did. Why
should countless thousands beg for
bread and meal and the prices soar
to the top notch when millions of !
bushels of wheat, corn, barley, etc
ale used for the manufacture of
to destroy the lives of our
people VIII oh should be used to feed
the hungry.
Is it not enough to sacrifice our
on the altar of patriotism
without adding to the frightful toll
exacted by the demon rum? When
will we awake to this great truth,
beloved America
After the civil war the tax on !
spirits became immensely popular
to pay off the war debt and the gov
eminent of course is responsible for
this exacting of blood money to pay
the debt of blood and other things,
but why should it continue to do so
in this enlightened age?
When the saloons were on the run
in North Carolina the cry was the
schools would be closed, the poor /
farmer would starve and other such |
stuff, yet North Carolina blossomed !
as the rose when the letters of hell
were loosened from her fair wrists
and ankles.
Just so with the governmental
would be better off without this