The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-10-10

pit cOnn1Ve with the Turks IN the
massacre of more than a million
half of all the people of one of
the noblest races on the face of
the earth. In cruelty and nause-
ating grossness the German of
the Hun type is below the beast;
for no roaring beast of the
jungle, no climbing, crawling or
twisting things in all the brute
world ever Stays for the lust of
staying, as the German has done
for these last four years. He
Stays and 'exults' in it as he him.
self boasts.
ut is SANDER on the beast to call
this German a brute; it is defaming
the inhabitants of hell to call him a
devil! l do not need to say that the
German l am denouncing is not that
man who by the accident of birth
was born in Germany, or born in
this country of German parents, and
who is now loyal American citizen.
There are hundreds Of thousands of
such in this country, who are as truly
American, and as loyal to the stars
and stripes, as any men that breathe
our air. But all such are scorned by
Germany
"The real question at this time is,
What is to be done with an offer of
an armistice from the shameless
scoundrels who started this war, and
who boast of their butcheries, and
have had medals cast for those who
excelled in their bloody work.
For ch0rf TINA &l,;c ,o,on WV,
wife and 1 had rooms just across the
street from Grants tomb, on the bank
of the Hudson. Near the top of that
monument we could see from our
windows this inscription cut in the
stone, Let us have peace
General Grant was one of the
greatest peace men in all the world
He was such because he fought the
war of the rebellion through to a
point where peace could be secured
that was lasting. There were times
during that war when the skies were
darker for the union army than they
have been at any time for the allies
in this war. There were times when
the cry went up from many quarters
for patched up peace. But General
Grant kept right on, and said: We'll
fight it out on this line if it takes
all summer. And when Lee, wishing
to get some tactical advantage, sent
messenger to Grant, asking him to
name his terms of peace, General
Grant answered in just two words,
Unconditional surrender Grant knew
that when there is an issue between
right and wrong there is only one
way to peace, and that is by the vic
tory of the right or the surrender of
the wrong.
Suppose that instead there had
been an armistice, and then Grant
and Lee and Sherman and Stonewall
Jackson, and Lincoln and Jefferson
Davis had gathered around a table
for negotiations. Out of that would
have come a patched up peace, and,
instead of the united and pros 'erous
country we now have, we should have
weak and divided country. md
Germany would today be ruling the
world with an iron hand!
"The central powers know perfect
ly we'll tia. they can have peace any
time they surrender, Internationally,
and lay down their arms. If the
allies were to accept any other TENS
of peace they would need to 60 right
to work to prepare for still bigger
and longer war. This is very criti-
cal time-the most critical time in
this whole war-and it behooves
every man to keep his head. Presi-
dent Wilson's fourteen conditions of
peace, when boiled down, can be
summed up in two words, 'Uncondi-
tional surrender Every American
citizen should stand for that, and be
satisfied with nothing less. Grants
path to peace is the only safe one.
First, Unconditional surrender then
we are ready to say, Let us have
peace and that peace will be worth
having.
The discussion pro and con in re-
gard to closing the schools as we'll as
other public places in the city has
been going on for the past day or two
with various expressions of opinion.
The school board puts up very good
argument in keeping the schools open
and which argument has the sanction
Of the board of health. The board
says that while the children are in
school they are under medical super
vision and that as soon as any symp-
toms of sickness is developed the child
is Immediately sent home for treat
ment, also that when the children are
in school they are not running around
the town spreading the disease and
better track of the children is kept
than if they were running at large.
The argument put forth is good one
and so far as this paper is concerned
we believe the judgment of the board
is good-but because someone dares
to suggest different attitude might
have been taken it is no reason for
some members of the. board to "get up
on their ear" and tell folks they do
not know anything. There are many