Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1918-08-15

W % u u Hol ire
worth mentioning If it were not for the
reflection that the American race
worships Success For generations it
has tOadied to wealth. no matter how
ili-gotten, and every man who achieves
power. by whatever devious ways, is
secretly envied and openly coured.
The majority of Americans are easy
going Indifferent, unidealistc and not
livery clever They are also intensely
personal and only ask TO be let alone.
1t is possible that the mass, there
Rfore. unless 1t has real awakening,
lwould, provided the Germans, In the
lremote event of victory, were adroit
enouGh TO leave them large amount
lof individual liberty, shrug their Shout
ders and say: "Well, guess they must
be right or they couldn't win out
Nothing to do but come round. Times
change anyhow"
I "AbominabIe Prospect"
This is an abominable prospect, but
1 1t is to be faced Our world, over here,
/ in the event of German domination,
1 would be divided into two classes
mean converts and proud lrreconcila-
bles-for even in this new and COM
s posite country there are enough men
x and women with high ideals and in
4 violate souls TO despiSe race with
out CLEAN of spirituality, Of sports
/ manship, Of decency and good man
ners, in whom cun"ing has taken the
a place of intelligence. and that wins
"a only by driving IT'S millions of cOwed
4 subordinates to mathematical slaugh-
! ter. One cannot even respect such a
! race enough to hate 1t. 1t is as If one
/ had been attacked by herd of wild
! animals from the jungle. Those that
! escape being devoured may at least
4 withdraw as far as possible, not re-
i mould themselves into a sembmnce of
wild beasts with lust for human flesh.
"cock-Sureness Bluff"
L I have not the faintest notion that
\ the Germans will win. All the proba-
bilities ore against It. Moreover, II
one projects his mind forward 1t is in
conceivable that history can read that
way. The general conditions of the
world are not what they were in the
Fifth Century-that Is to say, unless
the idea grew insidiously that It was
the destiny of the Germanic race to
win and rule the earth in other words
that 1t was the destiny of Earth to re-
vert to the Fifth Century and begin
over again 1t is incredible that such
thought should take possession OF
any educated mans mind, but the
trouble is that our famous (and often
sive) cock-sureness is only bluff. AS
race we are not really sure of our
selves. We prove that by blindly &C
cepting the European-made reputation
and hesitating to create and come out
boldly for our own. Those of us that
think and have the power to visualize
the future must be on the alert every
m0nIent to counteract this tendency
of IN uncrystallized race to accept the
success of might as matter Of course
and unconsciously adapt itself to the
Inevitable" We must be known as
the IRRECONCfLABLES, and If we
take a definite uncompromising stand
there will be only one result-the mer
of real courage who might otherwise
look upon new future philosophical
ly" will not only wake up under the
direct example, but will be ashamed
to be 'reckoned as mere numbers II
the great mass of sheep or convicts
There is no such insidious lowering OF
morale threatened as this, because T.
is not of German, Pacifist or Socialis
origin. 1t is born Of common human
weakness and national snobbery. Tht
result will be vast mass Of inertia
and only a party of sleepless Irrecon
cilables will combat and diminish 1t.