The Wahpeton times., 1918-07-04

wrong"
Gertrude Atherton. The in ciden {
would not be
worth mentioning IL 1t were not for tho
reflection that the American race
worshtps Success. For generations It
mas t0adied to wealth, no matter how
ill-gotten. and every man who achieves
power, BY whatever devious ways, IL
secretly envied and openly courted.
The majority Of Americans are easy
going. Indifferent, unidealistic and not
very clever. They are also intensely
personal and only ask to be let alone.
1t Is possible that the mass, there
fore. unless 1t has real awakening,
would. provided the Germans, In the
remote event Of victory, were adroit
7 enough to leave them a large amount
OF individual liberty, shrug their shoul-
ders and say: swell, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out.
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
"Abomlnabie Prospect"
This is an abominable prospect, but
1t Is to be faced. Our world, over here.
in the event of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud Irreconcila-
bles-for even in this new and com.
posite country there are enough men
and women with high ideals and in
violate souls to despise race with
out gleam Of spirituality, Of sports
manship, of decency and good man
ners, in whom cunning has taken the
place of intelligence. and that wins
only by driving its mil ons of cowed
; sul"rlinates to mathematical slaugh-
ter. One cannot even respect such a
race enough to hate it. 1t is as If one
had been attacked by herd of wild
animals from the Jungle. Those that
escape being devoured may at least
withdraw as far as possible. not re-
mould themselves into a scmblance of
wild beasts with lust for human flesh,
"cock-Sureness Bluff"
l have not the faintcst notion that
the Germans will win. All the proba-
bilitics are against 1t. Moreover, II
OhV plcJGSto ulS lOEWdIu ~ lIls
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions of the
world are not what they were in the
Fifth Century-that is to say, unless
the idea grew fnsidiOusly that 1t was
the destiny of the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth in other words,
that 1t was the destiny of Earth to re-
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. 1t is incredible that such
thought should take possession Of
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble Is that our famous (and offen-
sive) cock-sureness is only bluff. AZ
race we are not really sure Of Jour-
selves. We prove that BY blindly ac-
cepting the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and come out
boldly for our own. Those of us that
think and have the power to visualize
the future must be on the alert every
moment to counteract this tendency
of an uncrystallized race to accept the
success of might as matter Of course
and unconsciously adapt itself to the
inevitable" We must be known as
the IRRECONCILABLES, and If we
take definite uncompromising stand
there will be only one result-the men
OF real courage who might otherwise
look upon a new philosophical.
ly" will not only wake up under the
direct example, but will be ashamed
to be reckoned az mere numbers in
the great mass Of sheep or convictA
There Is no such insidious lowering Of
morale threatened as this, because It
is not Of German, Paclfist or Socialist
origin. 1t is born of common human
weakness and national snobbery. The
result will be vast mass of inertia,
and only party Of sleepless Irrecon-
cilables will combat and diminish It.