East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1918-07-26


worth mentioning If 1t were not for the
reflection that the American race
worships Success For generations 1t
has toadied to wealth, no matter how
nl-gotten, and every man who achieves
power, BY whatever devious ways, Is
secretly envied and openly courted.
The majority Of Americans are easy
going, Indifferent, unldealistic and not
very clever, They are also intensely
personal and only ask to be let alone,
1t is possible that the nass, there.
fore, unless It has real awakening.
would, provided the Germans, In the
remote event Of victory, were udrolt
enough to leave them large amount
OF individual liberty, shrug their shoul,
ders and say. "Well, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out,
Nothing to do but CONS round, Times
change anyhow"
"Abemlnshie Prospect"
This Is All abUnlnabie prospect, but
II Ia to be faced. Our world, over here,
In the event Of German domination,
would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud 1rreconcila-
bles--for even IN this new and com.
posite country there are enough men
and women with high Ideals and In.
violate souls to desplse race with.
Out CLEAN Of spirituality, Of sports.
nnahshlp, Of decency and good man.
ners, In whom cunning has taken the
place Of intelligence, and that wins
only by driving Its millions Of cowed ;
subordinates to mathematical siaugh.
ter One cannot even respect such :
. race enough to hate It. It Is as II one
had been attacked by herd Of wild
animals from the Jungle. Those that
escape being devoured may at least
withdraw as far as possible, not re.
Aould themselves into semblance Of
wild beasts with lust for human flesh. :;
"coek.sureness a Hluti"
I have not the faintest notion that |
the Germans will viii. All the proba.
Utilities are against It. Moreover, II ,
one projects his mind forward It Is In. {,
conceivable that history can read that
Iway. The general conditions Of the
world are not what they were In the /
Fifth Century-thut is to say, unless
the Idea grew insidiously that II was !
Ithe destiny Of the Germanlc race to
win and rule the earth In other words,
that II was the destiny of Earth to re.
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again. It Is Incredible that such
a thought should take possession Of
ANY educated mans mind, but the
trouble Is that our famous land often.
'sive) cock-sureness is only bluff. As
race we IRE not really sure of our.
selves, We prove that by bllndly nc.
Iceptlng the European -made reputation
and hestating to create and come out
boldly for our own. Those Of US that
mink and have the power 10 visualize
the future must be oh the ulsrt every
moment TO conhteruct this tendency
of an uncrystallsed race to accept the
lstttess Of might as a matter Of course
fud ubcuhsciuiiss adapt Itself to the
l''ihesitHh1s," Ws f1iust be known Bs |.
the lRRECoNCttABtFa, and II We
taRe definite tihcumprUihislhs stund I.
there will be only one rssuit--the rreh
Ief rsal courage who might otherwise
look upoh q Dew fdtura "philosophcals
Ily" will not only wake up ubder this
direct example, but will be ashamed
| 70 be feckonet As mere numbers In
che great mass OF sheep et cohticts. i
There IL no sirh ihsidiohs lowering Of
lhiofnle threatened as this, becanse II
tis not of Germah, pacihst or Socialist
origin. It is born OF common human
weakness and national snobbery. The
result Will be 4 vast mass Of Inertia,
and only d party OF sleepless trrscoh.
ellablss Htii cutihAf and hininlsh Il.