The Washington times., 1918-10-27

patience and waiting scorned and laughed by the foolish
Kaiser who said: 1.-THE Americans only business meH
they can't fight the country has shown from this side
the ocean, France showed the other side that the
most powerful government is the REPUBLICAN, govern
ment.
It has been said that in republics the power is too
much divided that the of the people could not
centrate In emergency.
But the world has seen the intense concentration Of
France taken by surprise fighting desperately for more
than four years. with the enemy within gunshot OF Paris
and coming out victorious e.
And in this Republic the world has seen and history
win record the fact that the combined intelligence of
hundred million human beings trusting their will to demo-
cratic government is power that cannot be resisted
successfully opposed by all the boasted concentration Of
The Kaiser said: 'I WILL" and he thought that
settled it.
and that saying backed by the nations power its army its
navy its men, its money its courage is about to settle the
greatest war that the world has known, and perhaps
the last great war that the world will ever know.
"other times other customs as the French say
other days other ideals the American nation has said
We were working at our problems in America, content
to be let alone.
We had in force our Monroe Doctrine, saying to the
nations of the world Attend your business the
ocean, and we will attend to ours here. :"
We had announced that foreign nation could annex
foot of soil on this continent
We had been advised by Washington and other great
statesmen to keep out of European entangements,
hning interest and efforts to this continent big
enough for the development OF any nation.
The United States would have been glad for all time
to take Washington's advice.
We wanted added territory power, when the
sinking of the Maine and when conditions in Cuba forced
Us to free that island But we didn't take it or steal it.
Cuba is free today.
pines.
Instead of gaherers public school teachers
instead Of tyranny and cruelty we sent enlightenment
And every American knows that the Filipnos will be
free to manage themselves they able to
manage themselves.
One war forced US into the Philippines and forced
US to free Cuba
Another war forced us across the ocean, compelled
Uncle Sam to stretch his long from Washington over
the ocean and into Berlin.
Our armies on the other side of the world are march
ing into Siberia with the japanese English and French
Our Government is promising hundred billion
dollars and twenty three million to back up the prom
s-that it will justice done to France through the
restoration of Lorraine Justice done to Italy
through the restoration of the Italian provinces and little
people made safe against attack by autocracy before
lay down our arms.
Wonderful is the power that this Republic has shown
Our shops that made pows and harvesters making
non and shrapnel
Our young men that had planned careers for useful
work the United States have gone the training camps
to the battleships. Two million of them on
French SOIL repaying with interest the debt we owe to
that great republic:
dreamer that might well be appropriated by those
that speak for the American Government:
Bring my bow of burning gold
Bring my arrows of DESIRE
Bring my spear-Oh clouds unfold
Bring my chariot of fire.
will not from mental fight
Nor let my SUord rust in my hand .
Til / have built Jerusalem
In EHgLanfS green and pleasant land.
BY the word Jerusalem Blake justice for human
beings.
Old Uncle Sam, of whose intelligence your brain is
part has said in palmer English to the Kaiser that he
Uncle Sam viii keep his sword going until justice is estab
lshed in Europe
What do you say is most important in the picture on
this page-the power that it reveals the terrific force of
nation united working for definite object?
Autocracy in Europe viii be suppressed-that is fine
but it isn't the best thing.
Many years Of fighting and invasion endured by our
friends the French to end in victory and the restoration
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