The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-19
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER l9, 1918
Under the heading "who Won tn

T TUESDAY, NOVEMBER le, 1918
Under the heading "Who Won the
War 2" the Philadelphia Inquirer, Sun
day, had strong editorial. 1t started
with saying that American citizens
who, in the exuberance of their JOY,
were shouting that the United States
won the war, were stretching then |
imagination, as we have been actually |
fighting in the field for only a few
months. Splendid fighting it has
been, to be sure, but restricted when
compared with what has been done by
our allies in more than four years
That we did, in one sense, win the war,
must be admitted, in the sense that we
furnished the balance of power that
made the finish possible. If it had not
been for Belgium in the first place we
should have had no opportunity to
send troops abroad. Belgium held the
German hordes while England was
sending over the Contemplate little
army" that Germany sneered at. 1t
was little army for England was no
more ready for hostilities than this
country was. Then came France and
if the French army had not held Ger
many at bay at Verdun the result
would have been different from what
it now is. It was in March last that
this country got really busy, for up to
that time we had not landed much
more than zoe, 1000 men in France. By
July we had an enormous army cover
there" and the men that joined the al
lies were able to make an offensive
possible. England, Italy, France, Bel
GUM, the United States, and even
Russia, won the war, and all are en-
titled to glory. The Inquirer winds
up its editorial by saying:
'1The only regret that American citi-
zens can have is that the United
States did not get into it earlier.
Had it done so, hundreds of thousands
Of lives would have been saved.
There was never moment after the
sinking of the Lusitania that this Ma
ton would not have been eager to
place itself on the side of humanity
had the President, from the knowledge
obtained through our ambassadors to
Belgium, Germany and Turkey, offici
ally made public the stories of the
terrible atrocities. But he preferred
to remain silent; to beg US to be neu-
trail even in thought; to write plati-
tudes and even advance an argument
in favor of peace without victory;
to oppose every step toward prepared
ness, although he must have known
that in the end the United States
could not keep out of the great strug
gle.
"Our shame is that we dallied so
long. Our glory is that we finally
provided the force that made possible
the delivery of the fatal blow at au-
tocracy.
To-day President Wilson is the
most important figure that looms in
international diplomacy. And yet un-
til that day in early April of last year
when he went to Congress with a
declaration of war, he had presented
a figure singularly weak and vacillat-
ing. All in good time history will
dool r.,s{1, %I,sr v~boco DIT e., ~,
moment we need not bother with those
dreadful days when the President was
too proud to fight Rather let US re-
joice that it was eventually given
unto US to step in at the crisis of the
world upheaval and determine the is
sue."
Not very long ago Germany was
boasting that it would conquer the
world. It made great showing of its
vast resources of wealth and food,
that it had enough of the latter to |
keep the army for number of years. |
Today it is whining and asking this
country to keep it from starving. |
Whether those now in power in Ger
many have ain idea that this country
is an easy mark we cannot say but it |
is certain that they are making siren
uous efforts to get everything done
that will aid them at this moment. |
Communications have been sent to the
President relating to the armistice and
other matters but Secretary Lansing
has put quietus on this whining by
informing the German Secretary of |
Foreign Affairs that he must not
communicate dirertly with the Presi-
dent or the United States Government
but must send his appeals through
established diplomatic channels. The
United States and Germany are not
yet at absolute peace, but the Ger
mans have always tried to create
friendly feeling toward their people
by dealing directly with us. It was
one of the games of the old rulers and
those now in power at the same old
tricks. Keep an eye on them. They
are not to be trusted implicitly. This
country is not ready to be won over
by whining. The Philadelphia Led
ger says: Gwen if the German peo-
pie were really starving, it would be
a distasteful though necessary task
to feed them. Mr.. Hoover's state
ment, however, is sufficient to set at
rest all apprehension on that score.
We are not worrying about Germany,'I
he says; she can take care of herself
Her situation is no worse now than it
was before the armistice was signed,
and with relaxation of the blockade
the wants of her population can be
amply met. It is the little Allies for
whom, as Mr.. Hoover says, our aid L
and sympathy are needed. These
German men and women who plead
their own case so plaintively looked
on indifferently when the German
armies looted, starved, burned, killed
their way through conquered lands,
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