The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-12-05

st!a"iS dominant h"trm"s III" ruler. nl"l
MI notions Of humanity vanish. Tho
cid leaders h'rnuS" They represent inc
old order. ar" hcnus"h. New leaders
untrnsncd and many NOR" ndrcn;urors.
cannot manage the complicated u ihFa
of state or commerce, and utter ch"oH
follows.
We have sung in our national anthem
10 our God az The author IT liberty. To-
dHE Their" is placed upon us inc hisn
privilege Of becoming the trnnslaiurs o.
that liberty 10 vast peoples /" wh"lh us
larEuag" and infections arc unknown s
World Idenusn,.
For TINT task We have been efah'rH
ruprcmc leadership. For. the vision ol
world idcalsn possessed hy the resi-
dent Is incompatible. Under ms gula-
uncc. since VIC entered the war me
thoughts Of the whulc world have pe-
come. from day To day. liked upon JUS
licc and liberty ami THO dignity OF the
lndiy idual and OF the nation than upon
tho conquest and IN" bartcrinG or lands
and Of peoples. To-day the note he nrSt
uttered during the conflict has htcomc
universal. Lloyd GcCrEc. the Liberal.
mnd Lord Robert cecil. the Conservative.
unite in prOclaiming that the peace
must not pc based upon greed or re-
v"nEc. And Clcmencrau. despite me
er!cviouS wrongs Of f'r;fncc, urges the
need of feeding Germany, and says:
We did not fight this war against hu-
manity. but for IT," As lone who's" po-
litical hchcfs have differed radically
from the Prcsidcnt's--and still do
may l say that it seems inevitable that
;hc verdict Of time must he that the
qualify ot his moral leadership and
the breadth Of his vision in th!s way
and in thc definition of what the peace
shall DC. We're fine and all-cmhractnE
as the pages of history have ever pro-
uuccd-
Transforming Dreams.
Equally IL true that man III
history has exceeded Herbert Hoover
IN his ability 10 take tn" stutf that
dreams ure made Of and transform us
intangible substance int" solid achieve
ment In the 20 years of his business
career he has made good i'll his boyhood
dreams and demonstrated that talent
and vision can make their own oppor-
tun!t!es and transform them into mate.
rlnl success. d"Spii" an ineanni''E OF
circumstances at the start. In his four
years of Belgian work he has SHOWN
that notable big success need not duil
the finer instincts nor multiplicity OF
interests prevent utter Devotion 10 the
needs Of others, In his yet shorter ca
rrcr ns public official he has shown
US anew he fallacy Of our cynicism by
founding his service and his appeals for
our help upon the Hottest idcnlism and
luilding thereon one nf the supreme
economic triumphs If our generation.
King Albert gave outward recognition
conferred upon Mr.. Hoover citizenship
in the Belgian nation. without tho Sug-
Eestion even that he rUnounced his
sturdy AmeriCani%m-thc first time IN
history that such m honor has been
done to any man. And now Germany. to
whose defeat no one has contributed
moro signal service. having soon the
product Of his head and heart. has mp
rcalrd to the president To d"i"Eat" MN.
II its reconstruction and relief. His
business life brilliant example or inc
wisdom of permitting tniuativ" tuii
swing his belgian Work. demnnStra-
ton of true human sympathy and broth
crhoud his Food .AdmniSlration-thn
iinr! proof that democracy VIII bring
forth fruit beyond measure when Sown
with idcalism and titled with wisdom.
ho gives us his lovahln personality and
the work which ne has don" tho answer
To the Rolshrvist intrrnati"nalism and.
by the act Of King Albert becomes the
1rSt citizen Of the new world for which
VIZ hope in which nations and mon allke
shall live lives Of their own choosing.
crossing each others orbits only for
mutual gain and sympathy.
Serving More widely.