The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1918-07-18

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Gertrude Anterior. The In cident
would not be
worth mentioning IL It were not for the
reflection that the, American race
worships Success. For generations 1t
has toadied to wealth, no matter how
.ill-gotten, and every man who achieves
power. by whatever devious ways, Is
secretly envied and openly courted.
The majority Of Americans are easy
going, Indifferent, unidealistic and not
very clever They are also intensely
personal and only ask to be let alone.
It is possible that the mass, there
fore, Sunless it has a real awakening,
would, provided the Germans, In the
remote event Of victory, were .adroit
enough to leave them large amount
df individual liberty, shrug their shoul-
ders and say: well, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out.
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
"AbomInabIe Prospect"
This Is an abominablc prospect, but
II is to be faced. Our world, over here.
In the event Of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud Irreconcila-
bles-for even In this new and COM
posite country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and In
violate souls to despise race with
out CLEAN Of spirituality, OF sports
,~.r.N:~ - x3~<anu 90 and a~<,d ynop.
ners, in whom cunning has taken the
place Of Intelligence, and that wins
only by driving its millions Of cowed
subordinates to mathematical slaugh-
ter. One cannot even respect such Z
race enough to hate 1t. It Is % II ono
had been attacked by herd OF wild
animals from the jungle. Those that
escape being dsvoured may Ct least
withdraw as far a. possible, not re-
mould themselves into Z sembl2nce Of
Wild beasts with lust for human flesh.
"cook-6ureness 4 Bluff"
have not the fainrest notion that
tho Germans will win. All the proba-
bilities, are against It. Moreover, Il
one projects his mind forward II II In
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions Of the
world are not what they were In tho
Fifth Century-that IL to say, unless
the idea grew insidiously that Il was
the destiny Of the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth In other words.
that 1t was the destiny Of Earth to re-
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. It Is Incredible that such
thought should take possession Of
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble is that our famous (and Often
sive) cock-sureneSs is only a blum. As
race we are not really sure Of our
selves. We prove that by blindly ac-
cepting the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and como out
boldly for our own. Those OF us that
think and have the power to visualize
the future must be on the alert every
moment to counterfeit this tendency
Of an uncrystallixed race to accept the
success Of might as matter Of course
and unconsciously adapt Itself 70 the
Inevitable" We must be known as
the IRRECONCILABLES, and Il we
take a DEFINITE uncompromising stand
there will be only ono result the men
OF real courage who might aotherwiBe
look upon = new future '.philosophical-
lyn.will not only wake up under the
direct example, but will be ashamed
to be reckoned as mere numbers in
the great mass Of sheep or convicts.
| There Is mo such insidious lowering Of
morale, threatened a. this. because It
| il not OF German, Pacffist or Socialist
origin. It Is born Of common human
weakness and national snobbery. The
result Will be q vast mass OF inertia,
and only aspa1fy s1 ssleepaaas Irssc6n-
cilables VIII ecmbnt md a1imlnlsh It