Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-20
GOD ON ALLIES SIDE,
SAYS EL|RU ROOT
War illustrates Supremacy OF
Moral Forces, He Declares;
America Leads Nations.

All denominations in New York made
Sundays service a religious celebr,'-
ton of victory and peace. In the Ialh-
edral of st. John the Divine sunday
afternoon a great audience listened TO
an Interpretation on the war lesson ny
lIihu Root an unfamiliar lay figure III
that pulpit :,
Great interest was attached 10 MI
Root uttcrancc because ol Inc "iueiy
accepted report that he viii be ono Oh
the representatives oi the ih'cu ''"'''
at the ,,>acc table.
..Ancrica can meet and solve all the
Great problcms that viii he hers as the
result of the war and It's sudden end
ing" Mr. Root declared. y dlfhcult
iask lies before the civilized world with
the problems of reconstruction present
ing themselves in multiplc phases. The
public. has no conception OF how great
and how difficult our task will be, nor
of all the duties that will present them
selves as the world becomes once more
a world of peace. and nations, old and
new, take up their lives where they
left them oft at the beginning of the
struggle. Despite the difficulties and
the obstacles that already appear and
others that Will follow, there Is no fear
hut that America can be counted upon
to prove the wiScSt of nations In meet
ing the demands of the reconstruction
period
Mr. Root alluded to the forthcoming
peace conference, and, in commenting
upon the need at wisdom at the council
table and the gigantic import ct IN" de-
cislonS To bc made. asserted No man
can frame the time table OF the NJ
mighty
III Is a tremendous event that has
l &C. t,,
the signing of the armStice 1t IS the
greatest event of modern history II
Was a world struggle for human tree
dom. ard from il We learned the lesson
af sacrifice From il Will tuW corSe-
aucprcs To all the nations and tn ali tie
Peoples in them winch w caInot Vet
cuIn to undcISt. n or with any Ger
,alnty to moI e>y n their entirety
DAWN or ! NEW ERA.
To-day We commemorate the usher
inc.ot the dawn Of a new day a ne"
era. The dark night OF storm Is over,
and now that the clouds which for four
wears larkcned the earth. have rolled
away We see plainly the landmarks to
guide our future course. From all the
free nations Of the earth men Sprang 70
resist the evil that threatened the earth.
Many of the noblrst men laid clown their
lives. but their sacrifice brought victory
and modern civilization has not tailed
God himself was on our Sldc. And
SO today. thanks 10 the Lord, hrStian
civilization triumphS The old barbarian
principle has been laid IN the dust
More than ANYTHING else the result ~
the war. aS we behold 1t NOW. : proof
OF the supremacy OF moral force Whlch
in the end dovned the evil forces iet
loose upon tho world Even Bl~mark
nneW this lesson of the world know
that cynical evil could not forever over
ride the power Of ChrlStian civilization,
but William. the Kaiser. absorbed III
his vast dream of military glory. over
looked what Bismark, II his greater
wisdom had understood. To-day with
the war ended and the forces OF all those
nations whose cause was one ot right
and Justice and protection for the weak
and equal opportunity for All dominant
over all the battlefronta where autocracy
tried to crush It's way. William and ms
kind know better-they have learned
the law Of moral force now
Germany ml>readIng of America
was similar to her false estimate ot other
nations To her We were a nation Of
money getters We were immersed
in our own enrichment. and were lndlf-
ferent to the struggle that occupied all
of Europe Her cvnicism taught her
that We were not 10 be reckoned with
but today Germany knows that We are
far from being such nation Of money
getters. and that the moral stamina ot
this nation manifested itself to her final
undoing.
"HeedleSS and Indifferent to the real
nature Of other peoples blinded by 1t
own conception q human and national
motives. the German military caste ruth
lcsslv detied and ought 10 sci Al naught
the laws OF Christian morality. In lis
insane lust for power sbe ignored this
great Christian force soon IL he arrayed
solidIy against her. Germany blunde red
when. despite all the dictates OF humanity
and all the conventions OF civilized war
fare. she heartIes~ly sank the Lusltanla
II was the wanton cruelty OF that deed
which eventually brought the United
States into the war against her. and 50
II was the deed which eventually was
destined 10 bring about her downfall
MIR Root said that when Germany
sought to remove Russia from the long
list OF her enemies. She decided to bring
about her downfall by sending propa-
gandists by the thousands INTO that ma
ton preaching doctrines Of socialism and
anarchy To the peasants and workmen.
while al the same time She showed her
perhdy BY rigdly suppre>sIng such teach
ings within her own domain In the end
he said those very teachings, unloosed
in Russia, swept over Germany and
proved the undoing Of those who had set
them free, since they brought about the
downfall of the Kaiser
"The German Government. he con
cuded. deceived its own people kept
from them the real cause Of the war and
boasted to them Of victories that never
happe ned Thus the German people.
sacrificing and submissive, were kepi
satisfied. But in the end every violation
of the moral law brought its own pun
i-hment to them The punishment came
swiftly when once the base purposes thar
actuated the Kaiser and his military sd
wiser we're revealed
Self-goyernnent changes the nature
of q people and not only increases their
power and strength for war but teaches
them restraint 50 the American people.
after living for decades immersed IN com
mercial affairs, with wealth. freedom
and ease, had grown strong and had pre-
served the heroic ideals upon which the
nation was founded When awakened
they again girded themselves to fight for
freedom and independence, and in the