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ism, the greatest menace to democ-
racy and human freedom to-day is
American lethargy in relation to the
war.
Unless this lethargy is speedily
broken and the masses of the United
States brought to full realization
of the peril that hovers over them the
war may drag on to intermnable
length.
Great Britain, France and Italy are
bordering upon war exhaustion. Rus
sia is not to be counted upon for i'm
mediately effective aggressive action
sia is broken reed SO far as it's as
sistance is to be relied upon. b. l.
GUM, Serbia and Rumania are blcd
white, and OF little fighting worth.
The burden OF winning the war,
therefore, rests largely upon the
shoulders Of the only uncrippled
power actively engaged in it-and
that is the United States!
home with an energy born Of the
deepest concern by Pomeroy Burton,
assistant editor OF the London Daily
Mail and former American newspa-
perman, in an address before the
Rotary convention yesterday.
1t is given added significance in
the fact that Mr.. Burton, on this visit
to Atlanta to talk to the thousands
Of American business men gathered
here, comes as the direct spokesman
Of Lord Northcliffe, the spokesman,
in turn, of the European entente,
now in America. And it is. no idle
message that he brings!
"To-day," said Mr.. Burton, "finds
the United States dangerously apa-
thetic and oblivious to the acute peril
which threatens them! 1t also finds
this country astoundingly lnpre-
pared!"
He declared also-fresh, as he
comes, from the seat of war and after
almost three years of the closest
study Of it-that 1.-The efinite thing
that threatens the world to-day is a
long war, IL and by II long Pc
riod mean from five to twenty years,
or more!'
He is not unduly frightened nor
trying to frighten any one as to the
ultimate outcome of the war, but, he
says, $50 serious are some features
of the war situation to-day that un-
less the people of the United States
awaken quickly 80 full sense 0f
their Individual responsibilities and
Join heartily in tho work Of Nr9nli..-
Ing the conitry ior war ~, an eno,ur-
nis scale, there is almost certain 10
\ensue long period Of CHASTITY fight
ing and worldwide suffering, with
ruin and starvation on every side!"
1t is the height OF folly for us to
power. 1t is there; and it shows no
visible signs Of diminishing to an en-
tent even suggesting collapse. 1t
threatens the world; and of all the
path following it's conquest Of Flu
rope.
Indeed, according to allies mill
tary authorities, as expressed by Mr..
Burton, but for an unexplained mis-
hap to the German plans, tho battle
OF the Marne would not have turned
as 1t did in the allies favor; and had
1t not, the fighting line would to-day
be on American instead of European
soil!
And here it will be in the future
If, by any chance, the allies machine
should break down, placing the whole
of Europe under the spiked helmet.
America alone can checkmate that
possible consequence; but it can do
it only by timely and concerted nc
ton on the part of the whole Ameri-
can people!
1t is time for us to sense this dan
ger, to realize that we are, as Presi-
dent Wilson said in his Flag Day ad-
dress, "embaritcd upon tho gravest
enterprise in American history" and
to rouse ourselves from our apathy
and prepare for an ordeal like that
through which our European allies
are passing. We may think we are
secure, but we are not-far from it!
We must prepare to bleed, and the
sooner we begin the earlier will come
the end!
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