Honolulu star-bulletin., 1917-12-24

- of rigbteous hattie Here and there paCist raises
IA punv cry here and there agents OF the enemy ana
dsloyal Americans may be found working ike moles
underground but the vast mass OF Amerlcans' uou
A be thanked, beginning to be filled with the noy
gt zeal of crusaders and armed with the Jus1lned IN
~ dignation of patriots summoned to defend tnelr
:, country.
+a@e America knows now that this is as much war
- of defense as of oHense We know that our coun-
Stry has been forced into the maestrOm not merely
to fight the altruistc battles of humanity and poll
tical and social freedom but to fight against the
monster whose existence, so long as it is allowed
esrdo exist threatens cities, states, people.
etg As a nation and as individuals we have made
9 mistakes in our attitude toward the war, and are
making them now in our conduct of the war. some
mistakes will yet be made, for whole viewpoint
is away from the cold calculating facts of war as
!. ambitionmad Germany has imposed it on the
NworId But if speedily we eliminate those mistakes,
Sit is in the power of the United States TO bring
peace to the world at least a year before II couid
g otherwise come.
Our one business notc is to tcin the tcdr.
81. And on this Christmas, when our thoughts turn
toward the Prince of Peace who came upon eartn
Efhat men might learn gentler way of living than
hy the spear and sword, we may take solemn pride
lin the thought that own sacrifices now Will ad-
I.sance the cause of world wide peace. =: -
deeper realization Of the American people is that
:our chief national concern now isto win the war.
And by sour we mean not merely those Of America,
3Ebut Of all the Allies. 3= .:
y IN Our one business notc is to triH the tcdr.
ri we are confronted with the greatest military
sJdespot the world has ever known, a combination
:$greater than that of Rome in her ancient days of
...power; ruthlessness which makes Attila to ap-
pear as benevolent; an ingenuity and an equipment
srforged into one mighty warsword through forty
E6ears of ceaseess scheming planning, intriguing.
Against that military despot we must summon
every ounce of moral, mental and physical force;
and we must not weaken our own combination by
failure to support our Allies.
Oar one business no,O Is to tcin the sDGr.
Z OF what value is private. fortune If it is to be
tNkaken by victorious enemy; of what worth is EN-.
bloyment If it is to be exploited by greedy enemy
f What sanctity is home if it is to be violated by
ustful enemy of what sweetness is life If it is
der the heel of dominating enemy?
- We must not spend our energies in fighting tri-
- NAL fights among ourselves at home. We must not
spend our money wastefully, nor live wastefully.
sssWe must not forget day or night, sleeping wax
ling, that the demands that are coming upon the
ss:American people will be for money, goods and
,satriotic service on colossal and undreamed- of
fzfeaIe.
Our one business noic is to tcis the tcdr. ~
TO the success Of that business we must direct
every activity. Let businesses be welded patri.
officially toward that end and our pleasures be such
as make MS ct and keep us ft for the fight that
g Every man and woman ought to be making.
~ President Wilson's latest addresses hammer
eeaselessly home the thought that every branch of
46ur national life must be devoted to the one great
national activity of successful war. Recent Incl.
dents in Washington ofhcial life suggest that the
men who cannot sdeliver the goods are eliminated
from directive control and the men who can deliver
the goods are put in Office and told to strike out
<snd strike fast. The president may yet emerge as
hne of the greatest of war presidents; and al.
ready he has won to him the loyal support of a ma
:fion of businessmen. Whether or not they differ
with him on details they stand by him on essentials
Slowly, somewhat creakingIy, but with tremen.
dous promise and already with considerable force
our war machine is getting under way.
Are you doing your share? Are you doing your
best? -,
- On this Christmas, you think of millions
Mehpon millions of homes where the Christmas spirit
Has rested in peace through many years. and as you
think of millions of homes where now PRAYERS
ascend for the safety of boys gone or going .'over
4heree-as you think of Christmas, 1917, remember
that America will not be land of peace and happy
homes of safety and security, until Americans and
their Allies have crushed the military despot and
ireed the world from his cruel menace.
- Our one business no,e is to tcin the tcar.
- Tt,s 4 slow day when some vessel doesn't arrive
- "a Pacific port with news of eyading supposed
raider ss,ss @