The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-03-21

ndS lOSl. It's grip and Is dying hard
and is slowly but surely nearing the
brink over which it will topple and
the sound will be heard around the
globe and the vibration felt to the
end of the earth. fop great will be
the>fall thereof. The stirring events
of today will then pass on to history,
and will read to the future aenera-
tlOns quite the same as the Spanish
i1quisitl6n reads to us only in some
respects more revolving
Egotism is behind it all, desire
to be above every one else, to domi-
nate and control everything in and
out of sight, a desire to be recogn-
lied as the great I AM and claiming
NGOD AS A PARTNER. Was egotism
ever carried so far before by any
one? He even presumes to have a
desire to own the United States; he@
is so egotistical that he tells his SUD
jects that he has already a hold on
the good old U. S A. and lots of
them believe it. Of course there are
a lot of people in Germany who
know better, still that is the impress
sion the kaiser would like to make
and have the people believe If this
is the case why don't he come aud
take it? Well, there is method in
his madness and he knows where to
draw the Incl am sure his ''friends"
in Washington, D. c., or any other
part of the good old u. S. A. would
be delighted to have him maze a
visit and rest assured he has no such
desire, although it was at one time
reported that he would visit Canada
and perhaps the United States. He
has too much to do at home just
now to visit any one, and it is doubt
full if he could leave his own coun-
try and return with any degree of
security from harm. 1t is wonderful
how he avoids coming in contact
with some one who would betraI his
confidence, but the time has not
come yet. There will be a day of
reckoning and when the roll is called
up yonder Kaiser Bill will ..be there
Then his partner that he claimed
will not know him and if he does it
will only be a meeting for settle
ment of the deeds done in the body
and any sane man would tremble at
the suggestion of such a finish to an
egbtist1caf beginning, all for the sci
! fish desire for the possession of that
for which he has no just claim. Can
all this continue indefinitely? Well,
hardly. Patience ceases to be a vlr-
tue and by divine will remedy is
found which will stem the tide by
preservation if we can, by force if
J we must, but stop it we will.
Read carefully between the lines
and note the wiley japanese, a sa-
gacious, shreWd, observant people,
well uD in war tactics and in a posi-
ton RIGHT NOW to take hand
across the sea, not for any personal
advantage, not for any national su
premacy, just in the cause of right
and justice, qualities wei! qualified
! in the little Jap, but of course they
have an object in view and it is not
unreasonable to expect any activity
or their part. to end the struggle
would have either a direct or indi-
rect bearing on their future. Your
Uncle Sammy thinks well of the JAP:
he likes the pluck and efficiency,
and if Japan can get any business
out of the u. S. A. after the war It
will pay to try. And all things be-
ing equal she will have a good
chance. But yonr Uncle Sammy
has limit. he knows where to stop
and start and the world must be
governed accordingly. Egotism plays
! no part in our govern ment; 1t IS
based on broad lines of appreciation
and an acknowledgement of what
the other fellow knows. He is a good
listener. will give and take advice,
is self-supporting and independent
bv nature. is an all-rOund good fel
low, GOOD FRIEND but BAD
ENEMY.
Did YOU ever listen to some fellow
who was exploiting his own achieve
ments and who makes himself the
center of all the important events
that transpire-it is all ME-stuck
on himself. A man like this is a
bore. No one takes any stock IL
him. but you will run across him at
home and abroad, and for a fact
there's a lot of Them. They strut
around like turkey gobbler, head
no and tail up. but no one ever takes
: them seriously because they are
:. e6otistic and people know it. They
make Door bankers, butchers, bakers
and fora fact no calling on earth
has any place for them. You vii
usually find them a has BEEN who
through their egotistical propensities
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