The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-04-07
GOODNESS.

1t Is to be h0ped that the UnIteu States will in all conscience rise to a higher level of sanity than was attained in the European nations and that the harvest of lies and invented atrocities will not be pan died about to promote the hate and rancour of the people.
 If a war must be entered upon, it is no reason why the people should enter upon it wholly berefl of saving common sense and tia: there should be any necessity 10 excite the people by the fanciful stories of atrocious acts by ali enemy which found such wanton cir culation in all the belligerent na- tions.
 The next best thing that can has pen is peace and the sooner it ar rives the better But in the carry ing on of the war, we may help to hasten the advent of the settlement of the questions now at armed is sue, DN d otuolbi- ohu common sense policy of ooolness.
 Moreover, we may not lightly lis regard the fact that among the people of the United States are many of German c;"ent and with strong ties knitting them 70 the countries now at war with t3e ,nh n stances they at least have no control and it would be well indeed if all recognized thus fact. They are not in any way responsible for those acts which brought aOout the war and the sympathie5 hich they hold for their native laEG is one that Is impossible to overcome in any case.
 To maintain the dignity of the nation it is scarcely necessary that an effort should be made to depict every enemy subject or German re sident here as wholly evil and in- Spired with the desire to destroy America. Nor is it necessary that we must believe that every individ- ual German is one who has no spark of humane feelings within his bosom at all.
 It will sober excited feelings to realize that there is very little hostile sentiment inspiring the breasts of those valian, ones who are facing one another in the dread ful struggle on the European con tinent, and it is at least one of the surest signs of individual courage and national courage as well, that even those who are opposed to us be respected for thir acts in open and honest opposition.
 The more reason why this country should set an example in this mat ter to the world is by reason of the very claims which America has set up as the home of liberty and pro gress and respect for individual right To give way to the vilest Of emotions that may choke reason and drown commonsense would be an nnutterable evil To vent ones mental anger and verbal offensive ness upon those who cannot resist and who have to suffer the dual misery of personal feelings and national loyalty would be unworthy of any decent individual and wholly unworthy the people of great na- tion.
 It is not to the credit of the European nations that they rioted in a very hotbed of invented atro- cities upon the part of all belli- gerents, for it revealed the fact that they had become terrorized by the situation.
 Certainly the United States can 7afford to keep cool and to carefully weigh the facts that are presented to it. It is poor cause that has to bolstered by fiction and falschood and the good end cannot justify the vileness of the means.
 This is not platitude. This is meant with earnestness. The great ness of nation will be evidenced in the spirit with which it faces a great issue and there can be no cvading this. By the acts of the people at this time will they here after be judged. And the judgment of posterity is everlasting. We