Arizona republican., 1918-01-14
One War or Two?

One War Two?
 We had last Friday two public statements on the subject of war. One by MT. Winston Churchill, minister of munitions of Great Britain and the other by Mir Newton D. Baker, secretary of war for the United States. in whose office included duties which similar to those discharged exclusively in the office of MT. Churchill The statements were quite dissimiar If q visitor from Mars unfamiliar with the events on the last three and half years could have heard both MT. Churchill and MT. Baker he would have supposed them to be speaking of entirely different
 To Mr. Churchill who addressing the Amer- can Luncheon Club of London, the prospect was gloomy but not uncertain. He had confidence in the future in the ultimate triumph Prussiansm, but as he stated his confidence not based on the present situation, which bad enough. It not based on anything in the past anything he could in the future It rested solely on his belief that the right conquer, that the allies and America had it in them conquer and that their power would be fully exercised
 Said Mir Churchill:
 What bloody toil what intense exerton what infinite sacrifices and what need of shrewd direc- ton lie between and those brilliant spacious days which discern and toward which marching painfully and which, were to fail fail shall not, the world would 
 "W, must put away from our minds all clouds of illusion. The task is unfinished and victory is not yet It may well be that the fiercest shock has yet to be sustained and the conclusion of ArmageddOn has yet to be endured
 Tt is a grim fact, which had better be plainly realized for not afraid of facts and must face the truth unfinchingy, because by that means we shall succeed, that there is between the moderate and disinterested statements of sober minded opinion in Great Britain and America on the one hand, and present hopes and ambitions of the Prussian military authority and the ruling classes in Prussia, on the other hand, veritable abyss which no bridge can span at the present time"
 The war of which Mir Baker was speaking was a different kind of a conflict So far we cerned we had it well in hand We had accomplished marvellous things, much than the sanguine had expected. The prospect roseate. in fact. After the generalzations of Mir Baker had been cluded, he admitted to inquistve senators whose im patience sometimes took the form of indignation, that there some loose ends to be gathered up We had he said, a substantial army at the front though he conceded that it borrowing artillery and ammunition of the French In a short time our soldiers at home would all be provided with weapons and clothing, and soon possible there would be machine guns Altogether said MT. Baker, the people of this country had reason to feel secure.
 On the same day that MT. Baker was urging com- pacency in this country. assuring that had done were doing share, Mir. Churchill making this impassioned appeal:
 "Our resources have been poured out, our homes scared with sorrow, and industries and finance and institutions have been melted down in the crucble of the world war;. Come to our aid! Come with all your might and speed! Pour in your brave by every steamer that the Atlantic"
 Yet both these talking of the same war. Both occupied positions similar that the same view of it might have been expected to be presented to
 
 the American people, But there be no reconcilia- ton of their views Either the nerves of Mr. Churchill been frayed by his longer association with the war; else MT. Baker along with so many others of Americans is not yet awake to the seriousness of the war.
 That Mr. Baker reflects prevailing sentiment at Washington, at least in executive circles may be inferred from remark by Secretary State Lansing before the New York Bar Association on Saturday evening when he said q bring you message of good cheer from the national capital In Washington there is cheerfulness and confidence" In this connection Mir. Lansing further said, optimism is an asset our of wealth in every task the nation ever undertook and should be the countrys guiding spirit in the war" We would detract nothing from the excellence of either optimism or chocolate eclaires but we submit that may be filled with more of either than is good for him. In such a case pessinl- ism is sure succeed Optimism has assisted in nc in which we were ever engaged and it notably did not assist North in the Civil war There was optimism "to burn" in the beginning, and wild en- thusiasm to engage in glorious before breakfas job It only when the dazzling optimism wa. overspread that the North could clearly before it. It dark and cheerless day when tn, work really and earnestly undertaken with fea and trembling, but at the time, with clear un derstandng and grim determination.
 Unreasoning pessmism. too, should be avoided I also clouds the understanding and makes coward more cowardly. It also pasies to extent tn arm of the brave One should entertain jus such degree of optimism pessimism as clea view of the truth will give him