Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-20
(AMSTRINGING "NEUTRAL
ANIMALS'

IS related by Forney that in July
ISL. he and George II. Boxer called
pon President Lincoln. 1t was just pre-.
4 Xzous to Bull Run and commissioners
<rom Kentucky were waiting to protest
A&e1nst sending Union troops through
their State to the relief of the unionists in
Z ,'4SNnessee. They said Kentucky was neu.
trai. The situation recalled to Boxer an
Anecdote of the British Minister at the
Court of Frederick the Great, who was
<4nxtous to persuade that king to ioin
With Great Britain in a certain military
enterprise. "Old Fritz steadily refused to
~ Involved. At formal state dinner,
sWnen tthe British Minister was present,
Isderick said Will my Lord Bristol
NQow me to send him piece OF capon?' to
which the latter Indignantly replied, NO.
decline having anything to do with
nedtral animals"
~ On great issues there can be'no neu.
trhlity. What do Missouri Compromises
u iz-vuHt to III the end? They lead to in
t$ltabIe conflict and write in blood YER
: olots that might otherwise have been
penned in clean ink. Russia Tanned
<srenches from the Baltic to the Black
-. and through them no enemy could
spass, but any enemy who wanted to could
- himself with a Russian name and
erAde himself through the highways and
5pyways of the country preaching sedition
ma spreading propaganda. Russia closed
B1er physical frontiers, but she left her
E1lenal mind fully exposed to attack.
fxe are men in this country who feed
pom and call themselves pacifists or
t that they are the true advocates
Xsmocracy and alone stand for freedom
speech and complete personal liberty
eHVme Few are sincere and some are dupes
hut the most are subtle propagandists
Nnpse hearts beat for the Kaiser and
rho aim eventually to do to this country
what their confreres did to Russia. They
fp1en to contaminate the national spirit
r+rXJ HoPe " sur up argument ana dis
eefeion. to get the factions at each others
<hroats and TO stimulate craftsmanship 1t
may be that they even invade the money
tnnarkets. the Secretary of the Treasury
1ntlmates, and strive to depress securities
~ the expectation that this nation of
,1n0ney-grabbers" will quit cold when its
Pocket is touched. These are the enemies
- the Republic at home, and they are as
;depgerous enemies as any army corps at
the front. ....
tS There can be no neutrality between a
/. 6i<fxen and his own country No man can
~ against his nation when his nation is
1Iting for its life and remain a man Nor
1tere any excuse for citizen to be de-
y 90o4 BY German lies. Whoever conceived
~ 34qR Of the "FourMinute Men" con-
bufed something definite to national
431y and national success. These men are
1<&xying the message Of fact and truth
~ ~ parts of the Union. They are telling
<0D1y facts, facts that can be proved by
UucuUensary evidence, copies OF which any
3pefhon may obtain from Washington. They
- mailing German lies everywhere. They
<ktt not giving German spies time TO plant
<iie1r seed They are showing that there
~ no, neutrality and why there cannot be-
- who is not for the United States is
fpet 1t.
&pn a citizen hears some wild rumor,
.1er less plausible. the effect of which
ccasion doubt or discomfort, let him
his Representative in Congress or
ewspaper and ask II it is true, Most
~ IN circulation only because they
- serious enough 10 be denied au.
lively. But even a little lie I'm these
nay do lot of damage. Let us,
cre, be on the outlook not only for
~ propagandists. but also for their
We may miss catching the per-
anGnseives. but we can certainly ster.
olr seed Of discomfort. The -Four.
Men" are doing wonderful work.
1<tyate citizen can help in the mar
rosted above.
alton has go use Just now for
nnimals' within It's borders
0Rn WINS IN ROeTnN