The Wahpeton times., 1918-04-04

that he must SEQ now; the world
from the other side. Seen from
here. seen from America, the ball
looks green. Here every one Is col
or-blind who claims that the ball
looks red! For the American, the
citizen Of this country. only green can
b right, no matter how certain any
other individual may be that the
other half of the ball is red. This
rod half the American can not see.
Germany's motives. intentions. and
plans for the future can not be rec
ognized from here. can not be under
stood. Not even We Of German ex-
traction can understand them. even
though we may feel covinced that
Germany intends to be honest.
Whatever may be the real causes
of the war between America and
Germany. We are Americans. AS
Americans We must recall to mind
the words Of the President:
1--WE are the sincere friends Of
the German people. and shall desire
nothing so much as the early rees-
tablishment of intimate relations
however hard it may be for them.
for the time being. to believe that
this is spoken from our hearts"
I'VE fight without rancour and
without selfish object, seeking moth
ing for ourselves but what we shall
wish TO share with all free peoples;
we shall. feel confident. conduct
our operations as belligerents with
out passion. and ourselves observe
with proud punctilio the principles
of right and of fair play We profess
to be fighting for"
Elsewhere the President says
that we have no quarrel with the
German people. We have no feeling
toward thm but one of sympathy
and friendship.
In his Flag Day address of the
l5th, ,of September of this year, the
President said:
I'VE know now as clearly as we
knew before we were ourselves en-
gagged, that We are not the enemies
of the German people and that they
are not our enemies. They did not
originate or desire this hideous war
or wish that we should be drawn
into it.; and We are vaguely con-
scious that we are fighting their
cause. as they will some day see it..
as we'll as our own
Why, then. has America seen fit to
enter upon the war with Germany?
In the same speech of September
18th the President points out what
the war. seen from the American
angle. really means:
this is-a war for freedom
and justice and self-government
amongst all the nations of the world.
war to make the world safe for
the peoples who live upon it and
who have made it their own. the
German people themselves includ-
ed"
Thus America has entered upon
this war not In order to annihilate
the German people. not in order to
exterminate all that is German. but
rather in order to help every nation
to liberty such as all peoples of
the Goth century should possess, in
order to help secure for the world q
peace that will indeed signify
peace on Earth and good will to.
ward men," And if the reasons
and causes may seem ever so obs.
cure to US. let us remember that we
see still too much red and not
enough green. AS American citi.
zens we must hope land desire il
with our whole heart) that these
high ideals of America may some
day justify our country in the eyes
of all the world. Let us here recall
Lessing's story of the three rings,
A father had three sons whom he
loved equally well. The father DOS.
sessed a ring which had the power
TO make the wearer kind and he.
loved by all men. In a weak mo.
ment the father promised this ring
to each one of his three sons. He
therefore asked a goldsmith to make
two more rings. exactly like the
first one. Even the father could not
distinguish the genuine ring from
the limitations. He was happy: he
called each son to him, gave to
each ring and his blessing, and
died. The sons soon observed that
each one had ring; they called
each other liars and deceiyers and
took the matter to court. After the
judge had heard the complaint of
the brothers, he said; "Has not the
genuine Ring the power to make the