Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1918-06-21
FIVE MILLION MEN-NOW.

TOO late!"
England too late at Galliopi.
England and France too late in the
Balkins, and the United State too
late in France?"
DR.. Ray Wilbur says England and
France having confessed that the
first two statements are facts are
anxiously asking themselves wheth-
er or not the American nation will
also be too late.
As stated by the Chicago Even
ing Post, 1t is q wholesome and
awakening thing to look possibili-
ties straight in the eye.
A speaker the other night in an
effort to cheer his audience told
them:
We cannot lose this war because
God with one man is a majority.
They may break the British line,
but they can never break the Brit
ish spirit. And they have Uncle
Sam to reckon with, and Uncle Sam
always gets what he goes after"
1--WE have a lot of that kind Of
talk-too much of it."
'It is time the American people
we're told bluntry we can lose this
war;
I'VE have been within hours Of
losing 1t in the west"
The British government has &C
knowledged that it has reached the
limit of it's man power. Secretary
of War Baker is convinced of the
TACT, having asked for power to
raise an army of unlimited num-
bers.
1t has beer suggested that we
raise an army of 100000 men
this year. 5000, 900 men are not
enough. Five million is not any too
large. Claims that the industrial
and agricultural life of the country
would be d~isorganized by such a
draft Of men is all poppy-cot. There
are enough men past the fighting
age that can be used in place of
the fighting men. The average wo-
man car take the place OF the man
of this kind.
Victory or defeat is now a matter
of months The issue mas been
stripped of all but the bare fight
ing factor On a single front in the
last few weeks.
Once we built hopes on the re-
turn of Russia. That hope is gone,
We thot the enemy could be starved
into submission. There is now nc
chance of that. Some thot the vas
sal allies of Germany could be de-
tached from her. It was a vain IL
fusion. Others thot a wedge could
be driven between the Kaiser and
his people. All effort to that end
has failed. We looked for revolu.
ton. Today 1t seems less probable
than ever.
Germany is determined to achieve
a decisive victory before America IL
ready to do her full share.
It is absurd to say that German,
can not.
It is not a matter of what W,
hope or believe or pray. 1t is a mat
ter of man power, of guns, Ofshells
of ships and aeroplanes.
We can indulge in all the rhetor
ical tributes we wish to the glor
ious spirit of France. the indomita
BILE spirit Of Great Britain, the he
roic spirit of America. But the cru
cial struggle Is being 'waged on tn
material, not the spiritual plane. l
the spirit o. democracy il disem
bodied by that brute force OF MI
tocracy, II will be OF little valu
to the beaten peoples who have t
live In the flesh under Prussial
rule.
The spirit of democracy must b
clothed in fighting accoutrements
II must have men to make 1t eli
fectiye.
II we are not to lose the war. W
must have more guns, more shells
more aeroplanes. and more reserve
than the enemy, else all u fait
will be in vain, Never was 1t true
that faith without works Is dead.
Let us have done with deludin
ourselves that we are invincibl
merely because our cause is JUS
or our spirit is courageous. or OF
traditions are glorious.
Let us not even comfort ourselvs
with the .pious thot that God wi
not let us be defeated. God has a
eternity to vindicate himself, an
he has a strange way of letting we
intentioned people suffer, II the
good Intentions are not matche
by their arduour efforts.-Kellog
Record.