Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-05-05
MAY ), 1917.
GETTING DEEPER IN.
Galveston Tribune.)

The very recent executive order pro
viding for the censorship of cable and
telegraph messages was To have been cx-
pecfed. and other measures may he looked
log aS the situation develops which will
yet more large curtail the almost limitless
liberty hitherto enjoyed BY the people Of
the United States. This IL Indicative that
the head of government realizes the cx-
IRENE seriousness of the task in hand even
if the people have not yet fully awakened
to the meaning of war. and that he i de-
termined that nothing be overlooked that
will contribute to the speedy and success
full ending of the struggle.
Not n few of the people who began the
cultivation of a garden when the agitation
for a larger food yield was inaueurated
did so in sympathy with the earnest APP
peals made To them rather than from n
realization Of a crisis having arrived: but
a. the days have each brought it, own bit
of evidence that food rather than mnni-
tions was the supreme need. there has
come about n more intelligent and Il more
enthusiastic cooperation and il i hoped
and expected that the movement will gath
er impetus a il moves until we shall have
brought the nation somewhere near its pro
ducing capacity. a limit We have not yet
even begun to realize. The garden nropo-
sltion l. Il war measure. Just n much 20 a.
l. the enlistment Of men in the nations
fighting force or the floating of a monster
loan, and now the imposing OF = censor
ship over the correspondence of the peo-
pie has been determined upon, because this
matter has become an important factor IN
the fighting of the war.
Few people in private life have any adc-
quate idea of the vast extent OF the German
spy system and this Is why they question
the need of all the precautions taken bv
the government, such as the diSmantling Of
amateur wireless plans and the creation az
forbidden zones in which no alien enemy
may reside: but the people must continue
10 lodge implicit confidence in the national
government and fall in with any SUCCESS
tions that may emanatc from Washington.
even though it, purpose may not be clear.
for IL must ever be borne in mind thai the
authorities are possessed of much more in
nan WI HAstff lAA'fAiN stA+'- - us
ing it, information 10 further the end i'm
view. II must he believed that the govern
ment is not purposcly putting any of its
citizens 10 needless Inconvenience. but IL
sndeavorinc to win a great VAR, one that
means much. every much for every person
who calls himself an American or who be-
Eovcs in the rights Of The individual rs
.uatra. TIA .I.v.,o r,~ht e I.,.-
Then we are bcing gradually drawn ia
the closer contemplation of our soldiers
being sent across the ocean to uniurl the
Stars and Stripes on the battle front. This
is a logical step noN must we shrink from
hll that j. may mean. While there j. still
entertained \ hope that the war may be
brought TO IN end before the American
troops can arrive at the front. there i also
The possibility that many thousands Of
pur troops will see service somewhere in
GRANGE Every hour brings the story 81
some new move that Indicates the terrible
earnestness of the national government To
enter upon the work IN hand and accom-
plish the assumed task Just A. speedily as
possible, and the very best assurance ~
accomplishing ii Il IN the bricfc>t possible
lime il Ia enlist every ounce 81 power IN
whatever shape il may he desired. and
take the advice OF cN-PreSideni Roosevelt.
10 hit hard when We DO hit.
With a united people hacking up the
government, and this we have today. with
hearty cooperation from the least to the
greatest. the almost limitless resources of
this nation in food, in munitions, IL men
and in money, should bring TO IL the end
sought, "A peace not only for ourselves or
those with whom we today find ourselves
allied, but for the entire world-for even