Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
THE FORCE or HUMANITY

poured without stint or limit" has dis
cussed the force Of Public Spirit M91
Power, Woman Power, Money Power. Sea
Power and Mind Power. 4 topic has been
left 70 the last which Is perhaps less
tangible, but surely as important as any
Of those which preceded. This is the Force
Of World CONSEQUENCES, of Humanity.
This nation is not in the war alone.
Three and a half years ago {, would have
seemed almost absurd 10 predict that our
troops, brigadcd among British divisions.
would be fighting elbow TO elbow with
! Englishmen and Trcnchmcn In the trenches
! OF Flanders. II would have seemed in
! credible 10 think Of English and French
/ officers engaged az our cantOnmcuts in
! training American couscripts. But so 81
! is. The war has broadeuc1 and decpeuod
| until the battIenelds are reflected In every
mans heart, and the Issue is become plain
as the future of humanity at stake. Little
! by little tho war has shown Itself as two
| contradictory theories II human life pittcd
! against each other. u IS the doctrine OF
!
| divine right of mlghtincss.
! The world A. large absorbed IN It's owu
| affairs, Interested In liberal concerns
| allowed the PrussIau military power 70
| grow from the Kitten whose antics were
| entertaining % watch 20 the tiger that
! has laid us waste Tho tiger had been
| trained. ITS claws were Of tempered steel
| its Keepers had grown old without letting il
! out Of IT'S cage They wanted 30 sec IL
perform. Wautouly. in cold blood They lot
| Il loose on hapIces world.
II took some time for America 20 realize
| what was happening. il was natural. nay,
| Inevitable that this country. built up
| through more than century ln Il settled
/ distrust Of European political issues. should
at first have held aloof Indeed. this repub-
| lie, strangely compounded Of all the in
| Rredicnts Of Europe. had first 20 be- nation
| allied itself before its public sentiment
| could focus The sinking Of the Lusitania
came as n fash Of lightning. Never were
| Macauiays most famous words more apt.
! Germany committed mot only "A crime, but
an error" Then, for the first time. Amer.
lea realized to the full, th" tiger was loose
The war had 70 grow to a certain stature
nation, could enter H. Those who mis-
understand that misunderstood the whole
meaning Of American history and psy-
cholOgy
The Allies must win; there f. nothing
more sure. They will win because from
day 10 day, from hour to hour, the con-
certcd and miraculous strength and unison
Of humanity plays on their side. Little by
little, with infinite pains and sorrOws the
men who have faced the tiger and have
perished IN heroic faith under his bitter
claws have seeded the new tradition Of
humanity Liberty If she be lifted up. will
draw all men unto her. Mighty are tho
brigaded armies. the gcrrled guns, the
planes with sunlight on their wings.
Mightier. and behind all, the brlgadcd
human will.
The collective purpose Of mankind risen
now to triumphant and godllkc expression.
r. that this thing shall die, shall pass away,
shall cease. Though there be before us
agonies 10 which the old dlstrcsscs shall
seem but the shadow Of a shade, these, too.
we shall endure. The tiger must 60.
It IS this growing Will 10 liberty. this
return Of the nation of nonconforrnists and
refugees into the bleeding arena Of the Ola
World. that makes the present hour 50
nobly significant We arc strong beyond
measurable strength because the assembly
Of men has taken w once more TO heart.
We are no longer the shining vision Of the
western rainbow seas; but striving,
stricken land. battling with the others to
win salvation anew.
II the war were between the United
States and Germany alone. and II our
forces equaleL the sum total Of the powers
Of the present Allies, our strength would
not be as great. All is less than AB,
for the latter Is A multiplied by y. When
England and France and America stand
side by side their strengths are multiplied
together, not added. Such Is the mystery
and secret OF men fighting for a noble
cause
This Il is which Is tho superbest and
deepest heart and fiber Of our effort; this
Il the righteous and triumphant force we
seek; the knowledge that men Of every race
and creed and complexion pour out their
lives side by side TO ylndcate the mobility
Of man. The "unplumbed, salt. estranglng
sea- Is become a mere trickle; the old
schisms and MISUNDERSTANDING are gone.
The world is become one continent, and
men lay heart to heart 20 face the foe.
How often one has TO go to the comedian
for truth! Harry Lauder has said with
a mans tears in his voice, II own a piece
Of France my sons buried there"
Let US remember In the darkness Of our
sorrow that the heart OF the world is our
heart for our flesh has died to ransom H.
The woman who a few
Abai But Was years ago was widely.
Al. Man IdeaIY acclaimed a