Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-04
READERS VIEWPOINT
Triumph Of Right

To the Editor Of tho Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-Your beautiful Thanksgiving sermon
In the way of an editorial, reminds me OF
Colgate, n college town snowclad in winter
nesting In the foothills of the Allegheny
Mountains, and of a venerable old Scotch
man. forelock noddng with tho emphasis Of
each spiritual sentence, whose favorte
gesture was an index finger pointed at your
soul. pounding into us lads that heart and
soul were above everything on earth that
material things of all kinds and descriptions
were as dross in comparison to the wonderful
spiritual faculty.
With full understanding all America un-
derstands You when you write that heart
and soul and Just cause are what handled.
with death-dealng accuracy, the hand
grenade; handled so skillfully bayonet, rifle,
machine gun and cannon; suffered any and
an bodily torments for Righteousness sake,
for rights for themselves and rights for
others.
One cannot imagine any Hun writing such
an editorial, that right goes before might
and right always wins; and in comparison.
the pure logic OF the mind and material
things are delusion, snare and wiles Of
the devil
And yet your editorial simply voices the
FEELING and sentiment Of the whole American
people It Is OF the type written by high
type men all over America and preached
from every pulpit and taught IN every school
in every American town, hamlet and city.
It does explain why America went into
the fight when she fully understood the
game that was being played, and went in
to stay and win that game
Do you wonder Germany did not win when
America once understood what the game was
that was to be played? 10 you wonder Ger
many could not win when out of our great
country the first contingent vas leavened
with that kind of leaven, heart and soul and
just cause7 DO you wonder that our
lumberjaCks and ranchmen, our college and
school bows. 1pnVnnp1 a
leaven. did not content themselves with SIM
pie rife-fre at Chateau-Therry, but in per-
sonal combat beat the very life out Of the
logical. material, goose-stepplng. veteran
trained Prussian Guard not in savagery, but
in righteous rage?
The Hun said In the fight of Belleau wood
the American boys fought like crazy men.
They were crazy; crazy with an ideal Of
protecting their rights and weaker people 8
rights.
With heart and a soul and a just cause.
as one parent before we were in the war
said. I've will have no Kaiser
or Prince ruler here. Father and son will
fight to the death first" AS an Irlshman
early IN the war said, boring his face and
eyes into mine in blazing anger: when my
three boys in the war are killed, II ! am
needed, there's he'll of a lot Of fight left
yet in me-"
Germany trying to enslave the world,
could easily forgo the useless task when she
found It impossible. America. in danger OF
enSlaSenent, mad TO Hgnt TO the last man,
20 the death IL needed. with soul and heart
and just cause. And We come again to
justice to the soul and heart and honor OF
our soldier dead
The rulers. war lords, name them what
you may: the cruel. bloodthirsty men who
forced uron the world and upon US these
deaths must be brought before n tribunal Of
Justice and their just deserts meted out to
them. All America cries out for that, and
" woe to him or them who say US nay
Some Am arican heroes have been short
lived. American wrath Is quick acting Woe
to him or them who say us nay.
THOMAS G. ELY, M D.
Philadelphia November 80.