Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-10

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| soldier brought a new spirit OF posi-
bimt, to infiame the rcpressed desire
| of generations and kindle the sullen
rage against ahsolutism. The American
revolution was the match that fired
! he explosion that, beginning with the
| Ragtlle. swept every vestige OF aristo-
! cracy and absolutism from the face OF
! france and by the impetus OF It's rage
and in exercise OF a new freedom ran
| license and revenge.
| Eut 1t is possible that the DAYS OF
| terror might have been avoided If then
as now the monarchial principle that
| kings must stand together' had not
prevailed. The aristocrats FASTENED to
md friends among their own class in
other countries. The royalists OF
France found shelter and assistance
with their order in Germany anu
spain The aristocracy of England
looked with high disfavor upon the
new system Burke, familiar to all
Schoolboys did all in his power TO incite
European crusade against the French
republic and even sent his son as an
agitator and alarmist 10 the various
courts OF Europe bat his efforts were
cnunterhalanced by the Younger Pitt
and the refusal OF the English pariia-
ment to give ear Finally the kings OF
Germany and of Prussia united m
demand for the return of royalty TO
France Mark that Germany, Prussia,
and Austria and Spain assembled their
armies to DESTROY republicanism in
France and that three French armies
opposed them on the northern and
eastern borders Of France commanded
by LAFAYETTE and Rochamheau. names
Immortality written in American his
tory with the climax OF our revolution
in the fall Of Yorktown and the sur
render OF CORVALLIS.
This royanst coalition TO restore
utStOt4SUl All F3dhNt iHh"N ~ NAA'@-cNN
with much Of he responsibility for ths
wild reign of license and terror that
characterized tho French Revolution.
II fred the ,onmonalty to despera-
ton. Rouget dc Lisle wrote his i'm
mortal Mars ai'laise and France sang
itself into a blood frenzy. The Prus-
sian duke of Brunswick inflaned this
condition b. ii .ns0ient proclamation
threatening II lay Paris in ashes II
the monarchy were not restored i'm
mediateiy Then the mob stormed the
Tuilleries ami took over France The
Committee Of Safety was formed.
Lafayette. threatened by death by the |
mobsters and tfeir leaders fed and
spent five years in AUstro Germaa
prisons. The capture Of Nerdun and
Longwy, names most familiar in this
present war, ;nfuriated Paris and led !
TO the massacre of royalist prisoners |
and priests The Reign OF Terror be-
gan there Who shall bear the blame |
of il? The ignorant, enslayed JAG
Quere desperate with the thought OF
q renewed slavery or the arrogant as
solutism that set out by armed force
to reirstate monseignior and his
high. middle and low Justice
One hundred and ninetysix years |
have tempered the "Liberte, Egalite, |
Fraternite" Of the bloodthirsty Noun |
tain and the Sans Culottes into a steel |
like democracy OF the people. perhaps |
the best example OF democracy in the |
world aot excepting OR own. democ-
racy that believes in itself and in JUS
tee and liberty. The Marseiiiaise now |
calls the French 10 defense of France
and not TO vengeance. If the Ca Ira
is TO be sung again it will be for jus
tlce and not for revenge. The Rights |
of Man are recited as litany OF free
dom and not as a call to retaliation.
Out Of the blood and mol Of that |
July day grew free France to give the
word its finest example of high cour-
age and resolution where. on her bor-
ders she meets again the Prussian
autocracy 20 the rape OF human lib
erty She is fighting the same battle
over again and against the same idea
of arbitrary power and privilege OF