The daily Alaskan., 1918-03-05


 In blue funk, ex- claiming, between Sobs. that the U. S. A. Is going to the bow-wows.
 Let the very young children set their elders good example by remain ing calm but determined.
 If you pick up the morning paper and read that the U-boats bagged r ships Instead of the customary 15, and the Canadians captured only one line of trenches instead of two, do not shake your head and declare that the Germans never can be licked.
 Set a good example to your fathers and mothers and uncles and aunts by renewing your faith daily, in spite of an occasional setback.
 Quote to them the words of Abra- ham Lincoln: 'I.et us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty"
 You might remind your grown-up relatives that all during the Civil War the Northern states harbOred a good many well-mesning people who went about moaning that the Union never could be preserved and we had better accept peace at any price.
 These invertebrates Gan inverte- brate, children. Is a creature with string of macaroni where the back bone should be)-these Spineless ones were willing to let certain states Se- cede. The blacks were to remain in slavery. Our flag was1%n be lowered. Anything to avoid fight to finish.
 Even after the battle of Gettysburg when the fortunes of war began to fa- vor the North, just as they are now tavOrlng the allies every community had to put up with few of the whin. CTS and faultfnderS who belittled each victory and magnifed each reverse.
 Your grandfather can tell you about these peace lovers who helped to pro long the war by failing to give united and loyal support to the soldiers at the front. If 1t should happen that grand father was one of these ''peace-at-any- price" advocates, doubtless he will change the subject and talk about something else.
 Even if you are less than six years of age, surely you can understand that the Issues involved in this dreadful war must be settled and settled right before the world may hope for abiding peace.
 Therefore, If anyone asks you what you think about the war, reply as fol- lows:
 "President Wilson was right when he said that the world must be made safe for democracy. The American people have no desire to destroy Ger many or prevent 1t from regaInIng commercial importance. They want Germany to restore the stolen property and go home in a ChRstened mood. They want to jam the knowledge into every cloSe-cropped Prussian head that just because man owns a high. priced automatic gun and has a lot of ammunition and a college education, he has no right to go out and shoot up his neighbors. The American people are hoping to make 1t clear to the kaiser and the crown prince and the various sQuare-jawed Hlndenburgs that It Is highly improper to form a partnership with God for purposes of murder, and then treat God as silent partner. AS to the final outcome the battle of the Marne was the beginning of the end. For 200 years all the big events of history have marked an ire sistible advance toward the establish ment of democracy. When the Ger mans failed in their mad rush of 1914, 1t meant that an All-Wise Providence and the laws of evolution were not to be thwarted by a military deSpot with bristling mustache. Germany cannot win and therefore Germany must lose. The end of bloodshed and sacrifice and widespread terror will come as soon as the United States of America be- gins to strike aggressive blows. The more men we send to the front the fewer we will lose. Our greatest ene- my at present Is indecislon. Our strongest ally Is speed. Our most needful watchword Is faith. We are Zoing to end the war and then sit at the council table to repress greed and ,urb injustice"
 Of course the foregoing will sound .ather hifaluting to come from six year-old child, but 1t will be the truth. and the truth Is needed in large doses 1t present, especially by people more than six years old. That will be all for today, children. You may run along and play.