The Cordova daily times., 1917-08-08
WHY AMERICA AN S LOVE THEIR
 COUNTRY

fTenCh ItpHnilC huiH ii'hih'ht WIT sons address and the action of con. gross was the most decisive event of the great war" Hitherto, We were led to believe the most decisive event
 10 be Marne, Verdun or Sommc. The moment the richest and the largest republic allied itself with those na. tions fighting for world democracy became Inc turning point in the world
 War. Into the balance we sbr,l throw m army of 1O,OO0.000 men. AS for wealth, We shall put In s2bn. ,00O.- 1000 Co the central powers. sl2b,O00.- 000,000, If the central powers produce 500. .000 900 bushels Of wheat. we shall produce 10000 900. As for munl 1 tons. if the central powers produce | l5,000. 100000 tons of Iron, we shall produce a1,0OO. 900 tons of iron. | Yet, this ia not the support the allies appreciated as much as they did our
 moral support, The issue is clear
 democracy k assailed One line Of l trenches defends autoeraey, while the other line upholds democracy Lincoln said "A house divided against itself cannot stand" Europe divided be- tween autocracy and democracy can. not stand. Our boys in France are npholding the spirit of l776. We owe our allies a debt. Forty, years ago we borrowed forty million dollars to develop the Northwest; our farmers owe them a debt, for they are selling their products at high prices and they are paying off old debts; the manu. facturers have reaped a harvest. But these are the least of our detts. scot. land gave us the engine, England the locomotive, France the loom, Italy the wireless, Holland the printing press, Belgium a steel process. The only alliance possible for us was an alliance with our friends. From the first German autocracy has assalled every ideal that was dear to us.
 \ Our love for country urges usl to support the president and eongr4ss. From our youth it arouses our deep- est and profoundest sentiments. No land so small, but the people nour- ished by It love that country. Jesus wept over Jerusalom; PeriSrtS pro nounced eulogy on Athens; savon. rola loves his city of flowers-Flor- enee; witness Winkelreid's love for Switzerland. If these lands are dia- monds, ours is of great light. Emer- son said, The United States was Gods last gift, an opportunity for hu- manity. It is the worlds granary." Think of our country as great fac tory and loom to clothe all the world. Two-thirds of all the fresh water of the world flows through our country Our people number one.f,fteenth of the total human race; one.fourth of the world income belongs to us. Our wealth had builded churches, schools, libraries and homes. And we have manufactured manhood of good qual- ity. No sacrifice. therefore, is too great for an American to make for his country. We are proud of Old (Glory and all she stands for. Let us uphold the traditions and the prin. l ciples of our forefathers, who fought. bled and died for the form of demo- cracy we are assisting our allies to safeguard. The democracy our presi- dent would have us protect incarnates the wise sanity of Washington, the clear vision of Hamilton. the intel, lectual majesty of Webster and the universal pity and love for the weak and poor which was the glory of Lin coln The duty of our soldiers and sailors will be to preserve, strengthen and hand over to the next generations the principles of self-goyernment As all our people unite their wealth and
 resources to build an army and navy, so will they build schools for the or.
 phan ana protect the widow. The
 rich heritage of our nation Is store
 house, library. which is open not
 only to our youth. but to all who may
 choose our land of freedom, liberty
 and justice A their future home.
 Our entrance Into the war malsef peace seem less distant. still let us
 not be oyer-sanguine Of speedy ra
 suits. Let ug say with Lincoln, ri.al
 us be sober and let us diligently ap ply the means,s never doubting that ! just God, fin Ills own good time VII give Us the rigbtfui resulls,p
 We want a peace which fesnaau
 selfgOyernment, treaties and astai
 lishos democracy in all tha earth | founded upon justice and humanity ss-v-rz1 -a