Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-10-30

cluded from all share in its manage
ment. and from all say-so as to the Pc ace
which is to crown and justify it. We
can pay with the blood of our hearts
dearest; but that is all that we are to
be allowed to do: and vet the price We
pay, and the peace the Nation is to set
for that price, are to be settled by the
agency or the aid Of the men of cold
heart who do not fight themselves.
whose nearest kin are not in danger,
who prepared for war not at all. Nao
helped wage the war feebly, and VINO
are content with a craven peace.
Mr.. Henry Ford has announced that
he does not believe in patriotism. that
he thinks the flag is silly and does not
believe it it, and that when this war IS
over he will pull the flag down and
never hoist it again. The son of tlis
multi millionaire stays at home while
hundreds Of thousands OF men of small
means leave their wives and children
and go to the war. But Mr.. Wilson is
supporting Mr.. Ford for the Senate. On
the other hand, Senator Weeks does be-
lieve in patriotism. He does believe IN
the war. His only son is fighting over
seas at this moment facing death side
by side with his comrades from every
rank of life. But Mr.. Wilson is oppos-
ing Mr.. Weeks. There are dozens Of
such cases; and the only explanation
possible of the Presidents attitude is
that he makes adherence to his personal
fortunes and not loyalty to, the Nation
the acid test in accordance with which
he gives or withholds support.
SIackers May Control, Provided
The Presidents personal organ, The
World. itself Gays that the present Dar1-
ocratic Congress is a Stacker Con-
gress." And the President asks the W.T.
ers to keep these slackers in control pro-
vided only that these slackers follow
him with abject alacrity in whichever
new direction he may momentarily lead.
Small wonder that in the cloakroom Of
the House the bitter Ject circulat IS:
Here's to our Gar. last in war, first
towards peace. long may he waver!"
The President says he is anxious about
the effect on Germany and our Allies Of
the election of Congress which would
follow the present Republican leader
ship Of The House and Senate. He need
be under no anxiety. 1t would be clear
1y understood abroad as at home. Our
Allies would know that it meant that
America was determined to speed up
the war. TO back her own army and The
armies of the Allies to the limit, to ro,-
crate no corruption or inefficiency IN
waging the war and to insist on Ger
many's unconditional surrender. Ger
many and her vassal states would know
that in this country the pro-Germans
and pacifists and Bolshevists and Ter
manized Socialists could no longer be
counted upon as efficient and tortuous
tools, that the fighting men and not the
rhetoricians were uppermost and that
henceforth the Germans would have TO
deal with the resolute and straight for
ward soul of the American people srd
not merely with the obscure purpos IS
and wavering will of Mr. Wilson.
And finally. let our people remember
that the incoming Congress will deal
with the vital questions Of reconstrlc-
ton after the war. The President pro-
poses to let these questions be dealt
with by those who control what his per-
sonal organ calls the present Stacker
Congress-" He proposes to put the re-
construction of the country in the hands
Of these slackers under the guidance OF
such men as Mr.. Kitchin, the present
leader Of the House, and incidentally
one Of the anti-war leaders of re
House. Surely the country will feel that
this work Of reconstruction ought to lie
entrusted to other hands, and that these
hands shall be those of the Republican
leaders whose vision is for the future
and who yet possess practical ability TO
work for the best interests of the pres
ect