Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14

Tho following EDITORIAL IN tho
] l'oN.NI" tuIuor-Journnl by Henry
N''fr"1n won the Pulitzer prize Uf
$500 f1r The best war editorial writ
ten ana published during 1917.
"NAE VICTls."
'hallI round ne flag boys"-Uncle
sam o. battle song.
sound tne bold anthem War dogs
ugo how ling.
Proud bird OF Liberty screams
through the air.
The Hunters Of Kentucky
II iH with solomuiy. and "A touch
ot sadu"rs. shat We write tho ami-
Jar words ~ the old refrain beneath
me invocation 90 the starry banner.
me hr'rgy cau a. hero breeding
d, mhast quite rono. out Of them.r%le
tlad shout OF battle. ,hc .ariW note
4 defiance because t0 us. not ps 10
NICK ~ Of" WoodH ana his h0mrIy
ro-mltos ot the forest the rather
as to tho men "f .Gl. comes this pres.
G0i Cnll iO arms
We may feel with tho wornan.s
heart ut Hnulin of Montana vet
'erud!n'c with manly details the
sentimental srruri.s OF kitchlu cf.
North Carolina
Trcre are dimes when feoHuE must
De sent 10 n" rear when duty must
toe tho line, when the aversion
brave men have fur the fighting
must yiclc 90 tho adiu-ator. "GNe
m" liberty. or give me DEATH" That
umC iN now uIur us
Unless atr.Ck Henry wts wrong
Unless Washington and the men af
the Revolution were wrongs that
time Is upoR us 10 Is "A DE tu pre-
iond that tha world IS better than IL
was, that men aer trucr, wiser. that
war Is esCnpahle. that peace may
Dee had for the planning and m.
asking Tho situation which with
ont any act of ours rises before US
Is as eN,g'nt as that which ros, be
fore the colonists In America whom
a mad Ems lish king. claiming 10 rule
without accountability asserted tho
right divine e kings and sent an
army 20 enforce it A mad German
emperor. Ginning partnership with
God, again ,INltos tho standard of
right d,v.ao aud bids the world 70
worship. OF dIr.
From th, beginning the issue was
not less ours than. Of the countries
first engaged Each may have had
ends Of iis own 'o gsr'c. Nor were
these ords precisely alike At least
France tp whom We owe an that
We havr ~ sovereignty and freedom
and belgium the little David Of
nations fourht 90 rcsIHt invasion
vanton. cruel invasion. 10 avert
slavery 1yHrcrv pitilcss slavery
Vet whatever the uuImating pur-
pose whatever the selfish interests
- o s#I 4
jhc kaiser Ern,wc of world conquest
Justified 10
In us u stnrtifIos u why should
any American srIt hairs over the
European riglts and wrongs ih-
volvcd when %" sees before him
rrim unl CHASTITY the mailed figure
Of nhsomusul with hand uplfted 70
st-iko Coluwh hR where three years
rho has stood pleading for ihsticc,
peace md mtrcy' God of the free
hearts hops and home forbid.
Each or these three years the Ger
man kaiser was making war upon us
lie was making war secretly. through
his cmisurics in destruction ot our
industries secretly through his diplo
mats plotting not merely foreign but
cN.l war against us. and, as va now
know. seeking 90 fnment servile and
racial insIrrcction then openly upon
the high seas leyylnE murder upon
our people and visiting all our rights
and claims with scoru and, insult
with scorn and insult unspcakahlc-|
lf this moment pretending 10 fOut usI
with irnomlny and contempt Where
would tho honest passiviEt draw the |
I'uer
Surely tho time has arrived many /
NJ us think 10 was long since overdue /
for calling The braves t1 tho Colors .
Nations must even take stock on oc- /
'1slon and manhood come 20 a show. ]
down u iE but "A truism 10 say so |
Fifty years the country has en-
loved surpass.ng prosperity This has
lNprCnWWCrriAIized tho character
and habits ~ the people Twenty /
i've years 'He gospel of passlvism. /
NTH business is business" for its
oNt has unt.0uly been preached
.udHcrim.u1'cly oracularly - With
'ut let or hudranCe, but has becn
1chy financed and potentially or
'1nnCd. IL has established marty
& has made a cult justifylnE Itself
% "a Tad 10 has called humauity-in
many W1NS most spurious humanity
and N1# sr' This above and against
H'rn'n inclination and duty
Like % bolt out of tho blue flashed J
Doe var signal from the very heart
n Europe Across tho Atlantic It's
rynrNauat.ons rolled 90 find us dl-
ltnl. nru'r'. and unprrpared. For
.nooU years a body ot German re
'rvlsts disguised Bs citizens have
o'n marching and counter march
lr They grew a. length bold enough
' rally Oh tho support of a pan Ger
lon scheme OF conquest and A pro-
orWan propaganda OF "kultur." has
ls i's ctfrnutcp en- the German
mer.g1n vote, which began It's aEi-
ltlon hy threatening us with civil
'r 10 We darcn 20 20 TO
ar with Germany There foilowedS
boz assassin sea monsters and the pfp-
lIp campaign of murder
An tho while We looked on with
'thcr slmporinE itocy. or dared
pa'hN ScryIn p II was no affair OF
urH Belgium why should we
orryr FoodstufiH soaring war
uft7 roaring everybody making
loney tho mercenary. the poor of
cart. the mean nf spirit. the bleak
nd barren Of soul, could still plead