The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-09-04
LIE NATIoNs War spIRIT.


tut that spirit all Of Americas resources would lie in
waste Or be turned into individual profit Under the
Erection Of the war spirit Americas resources in men
md material become the decisive agents in securing uni
versal liberty Let the spirit droop and the certainty
# secure liberty disappears and is replaced by twilight
condition in which nations are confused and their stab
ty questionable Such condition is the delight Of the
enemy, who sends his of agents provocateurs
abroad to stir up pacifsm and defeatism
1t is not long that the United States has been deep
in its heart in the war to finish Perhaps even now
many men in important places making mental reserv-
atoms and are secretly wondering if there is not some
way to negotiate" human liberty
In Germany the genuineness and depth Of the Amer-
can war spirit have not been understood at all Up to
last year Gen. Bernhardis book published in 1911
was quoted authority on Americas pacifst att
tude The following passage recently quoted again
by the Berlin vOrwaerts an example Of the utter mis-
of America on the part of leading Ger
mans:
The United States of North America, for ex-
ample, have lately championed ideas Of uni
versa peace-partly in order that they may be
able to devote themselves undisturbed to the
winning and the employment of money, and
to spare the 10000 900 dollars which they
spend ornaments. Thence arises a great
danger for the United States, not SO much be-
cause of the possibility of war against Eng
land Japan just because they are ex-
Guiding all conflicts with opponents of their own
strength, and thereby avoiding great political
tensions which alone make possible the moral
development of peoples character. If they
continue on this road they will in future have
to pay dear for such policy.
In passing it is agreeable to note the rOnical comment
of the vOrwaerts on the above:
Thank God that we are now free from the
fear that the American people might wither
away in peace, although, it is true, England
and Japan today not enemies of the United
States, but their allies. Seven years ago even
Bernhard did not permit himself to dream that
we should actually succeed in securing war
even with America. And yet he was "a smart
pan-German cavalry general
Nevertheless while Germany is now fairly we'll posted
to the quality of Americas war spirit the necessity
of maintaining that spirit at victory pitch is press
ing than ever Not until Germany recognizes and ad-
mits the impossibty of standing against Americas war
spirit will the be succeeded by conferences calcu
lated to end the by the adjustment Of national rights
throughout the world on a basis of self-government
Germany does not yet recognize the fact that Americas
spirit is compulsory and irresistible and after she
recognizes the fact it will take long time force the
admission from her
"The battle now going on is triumph of the mind
reports British observer He refers to the quality of
and guns and the superiority of the allies in air
planes and tanks These two Inventions highly de-
veoped by the allies defeating the Germans. The
Germans preferred airships which obsolescent as
compared with arpanes AS for tanks, the enemy seems
to be completely outnumbered and ouclassed The Brit
s observer adds that improvements and extensions of
the operations of both arpanes and tanks be de-
veOped without any apparent limit No doubt American
ingenuity will produce wonderful war inventions and
improvements existing methods of fighting.
1t is the will, the mind, the spirit that counts The
lighting all for purpose other than fighting War is
to end It should be made effective now that
is the only whereby liberty may be made secure
throughout the world. War cannot be made effective
without the constant application of determined vigil
ant aroused spirit that goes forward through flame to
the one goal-victory.
Strip the United States Of all its war gear and leave
its spirit, and it will defeat Germany on schedule
time Weaken the national war spirit by injecting
doubts and thoughts of negotiating peace and Germany
would wn though the American army bristled with
munitions and the factories of the country were abaze
with energy.-Washington Post.
There are many ways by which men make living
this day and tme Of them honorable and some
of them not quite hOnorable-but there remains