Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-11-22
Democracy Will Triumph
WHEN THE BOYS COME MARCH
ING HOME AGAIN
Those Who Have Suffered in the Cause
of Democracy Will Not Tolerate
AutOcracy at Home

The Capital Times" of Madison,
Wis, one of the most progressive
publications in the United States, pre-
diets in the following article that
when our boyk come home from
Europe they viii be ardent champions
of demociacy:
What f,graipg to happen when the
sold;cs return kp<om overseas
eople have becoh,1s Amiliar with
lthesl word democracy in( the last four
years. 1t has been discussed as 1t
mas never been discussed before.
a Millions of lives have been spilled
lround that word. Millions of anguish
d faces have suffered for democracy.
SNAiA-s ) of homes have been torn
tsunder for democracy. World pre-
sedents have been smashed for de-
!nocracy. Nations have been over
4 urned for democracy.
- Out m those long stretches along
10 Mans Land democracy has been
Y iscussed. In those long hours of the
light in the dark and cold trenches
emocracy has been discussed. In the
#,ng hours in the hospital democracy
as been discussed.
The greatest aid to democracy is
determination. Fraternization broke
own the ramparts of autocracy along
2he eastern front when the Russian
soldiers began to sow their propa-
anda of democracy among the
Germans.
When man can get together and
kalk things over democracy appears.
Community democracy starts in com
knunity gatherings. World democracy
stAfts' IN world gatherings.
The greatest convention fp~ 3e-
n,ocracy ever held IN tile world is
now in progress in France. The
Frenchman is exchanging views with
the American; the Englishman is
talking things over with the Portu-
guese; the Italian is fraterniZing with
the Canadian. A man is usually
interested in the job at hand. The
job that these men have at hand is to
place the forces of democracy victori-
Gus over those of autocracy.
Those men who are over there do
not come out of Wall street. They
are not, in the majority from the So
called propertied classes. They do
not represent privilege or influence.
The farmers boy, the carpenters boy,
the miners boy, and the machlnlst S
boy are over there. The boys of the
common people of all nations are in
the majority.
All great movements for democracy
come from the common people. AL
great movements for the common
good in this country have come from
the yeomanry of the land. In the same
manner the offspring of these men II
Europe are going to eg;ii; an ilnkv.us
to democracy when they return.
They have obtained some ideas
from the fellows interested in the
British labor movement. They have
talked things over with the French
and the Italian followers of democracy
And when they come home they
are gong to vote as they shoot-fol
democracy.
To those who think that when th'
boys come home there is simply golnt
to :, some superficial flag waving
political profteering anothe
, is coming. These men hav'
ed for democracy. They do no
propose that the thing for which the.
have been fighting shall disappea
with the end of the war. They will
have "a passion for democracy sucl
as they have never had before. The,
will lave ideas of democracy such a
they have never had before. Whel
they return from their victories owe
authI Iicracy abroad nothing is NOR
certain than that they will deman
cleanup of autocracy at home.
Such indications as are availabl
are significant.
A returned Canadian soldier ha
won seat in the parliament of BIRTHS
columbia. His election was the resul
cf a merger between the returne
soldiers and labor unionists. All owe
Canada discharged soldiers are linin
III with labor for political actor
I hat is significant of what will happe
When the war is over.
In Australia the veterans hav