Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-14
THE POLITICS OF THE WAN
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states the fact that ,ilcat Br.,a!n "a,
ie.ds 50 largely un,n tircc, ta>a5ion 20,
'!isalritle ia. war. %curant,.d Ni,n ;hn
postucn.,n-nt hN onr all;.- of thi- bll-
dtn-tAeS, ni,l iN, uth.r contr,<tin. goiat.
VII occur tu tn" .ral,r. Tia. marvel is
not that ; .en.rai II ,.on..rfcs ,f .,a-
ti"n> mistrrins something Ike na.. M
strength 4 The world against Tire otlc.
hl.f. s!"ul1 display these 4iftcren.rs
the marvel = rather that III" i'YusS!.mi.eu
GeY!non, bv his bsstial actions. ana pro
claimed anarchy in morals. should have
called such .h aliiaicr .nto cxistrnce.
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'e anu @e"s'. u Is ho' j rheeorica' e@
p.ess'o". IL Is an expression striceiy true
NOSE VINO KNOW upon "hst the greatness
" england has been founded and VIVA. het
position mas row been for over 200 year:
IN the story OF the world, know that g
=. wv S''''
rapid decline for England as certainly as
'iley know the laws OF the physical 1nI-
verse. 1he MASS OF III" population. S'ie
orally IA a parliamentary country. = 10.
only ignorant OF such a past anG OF IL
causes. hat has been. as II rnic. mis.,'
with regard to them. It's Instincts are
nor" IN" less sound, hut they are instincts
alone. and if forces in favor of the enetnN
cor u Il negotiated leace. which is th'
same thing> are allowed to play upon tho
popular Ignorance. the consequences MAY
be fatal. 1t is at this disalry of the noIu
lar feeling that the enemy aims. In this
category of laSSitide and confusion on.
may properly put the enemy'S dependence
upon International and cosmopoiitaH
finance. Not that this part is confused
or ignorant. 1t is. on the contrary. very
we'll Informed. cunning and acute. But
its Impotence with the continuation OF
/ the war works along the same lines as
all other forms of Impotence and miscosl-
ception and Indifference upon the arms OF
Europe.
Is, Lastly. the enemy counts upon civil
differences in domestic events within each
country and particularly upon the differ
! ence between the possessors and the wage
erncrs IN the industrialized countries and
Districts. ri. has had here some measure
of success. He counts upon a much
greater measure. 1t is interesting to sea
ny what methods he has himself checked
though not DESTROYED similar tendencies
within his own boundaries. Universal
cocscription without exemption or with
%xe1nptions in rotation is one of these
methods. but the most powerful Of all has
been his policy of interfering as little as
possible with the domestic habits of the
people. think it may be justly said that
| during the whole war there has not been
in the central empires any restriction that
was not imposed with the direct object OF
winning the war, and which was not so
clearly connected with that object as to
| BIZ apparent TO all. The same cannot be
said of ourselves.
This brief review of the political forces
upon which the enemy depends for arriv-
ing at MIS- object OF a negotiated peace. is