East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-11-12

steps are to be taken immediately to
organize these efforts at relief In the
same systematic manner that they
were organized IN the case OF Belgium.
rs tho use of<the tonnage OF these
central empires it ought presently to
DO possible to lift the fear OF utter
misery From. their oppressed popula-
rion aAd set their minds and dnergies
Gree for the sraat and hazardous task
of political RECOMMENDATION which now
faces them on every hand. Hunger
does not breed reform: It breeds mad
ness and all the ugly distempdfs that
quake IN ordefiS life tilnpbs&ible.
RcyoIntion Has Come.
For with 4he fall of the ancient
governments which rested glle an in
cubus upon the people OF the central
empires have come political changes
not merely but revolution; and revo-
luton which seems as yet to assume
"a, final and ordered form, but to run
from one fluld chance to another un-
I'll thopghtful men are forced TO ask
themselves with what governments
and OF what sort are we about 10 deal
in the making Of the covenants OF
peace? with what authority will
ance that their authority will abide
and sustain securely the International
arrangements into which We are about
to enter fhere a. here matter for no
small anxiety and misgiving, When
i@aee Il nades Upon whose promises
ard engagements besides our own Is IL
u rest
1oltbiuAt Be iPatidnt aud Hopeful.
d il'"Eet as be perfectly frank with
ourselves and admit that these ques-
Uuns cannot he satisfactorily answer
ca nttw or al once. Ttut the moral Is
4qti that there is Httle hope of an easy
answer that viii suffice, II Is only
that we must be patient and helpful
and mindful above all OF the great
nope and confidence that lie at the
heart Of what is taking place.a Iix-
cesses ftccotnblish nothing. Unhappy
liussla has furnished abundant recent
proof qfThat, Disorder Immediately
defeats itself. II excesses should oc-
cur. II disorder should for a time
raise its head sober second thought
VIII follow and day of constructive
action, II we help and do not hinder.
Present Belongs TO the Nations.
"Fhe present and all that It holds
belongs to the nations and the peo-
pies who preserve their self-control
and the orderly processes OF their
the future to those who
prove themselves the true friends OF
mankind. TO conquer with arms IN
to make only q temporary conquest
g. conquer the world by earning It's
stoem is to make permanent CONQUEST.
/ am confident that the nations THAI
have. learned the discipline OF freedom
and that have settled with self pos
session to its ordered practice are now
about TO make conquest of The world
BY the sheer power of example and
1c friendly helpfuness.
THE peoples who have but just
,ome out from under the yoke of ar
litraTy government and who arc now
;Rming at last into their freedom viii
levor find the treasures of liberty
hey are in search of If they look for
hem by the light of the torch. They
viii find that every pathway that Is
tained with the blood of their own
'rothers leads to the wilderness. not
o the seat OF their hope. They are
low face to face with their initial test
We must hold the light steady.
NTH they find themselves. And in
lac meantime II IL be possible, we
must establish a peace that will just
y define their place among the ma
ions, remove all fear of the neigh
ors and of their former masters, and
nable them to live in security and
cntentment when they have set their
W affairs II order. for one, do not
oubt their purpose. or their capacity,
here are some happy signs that they
now and viii choose the way OF self
ontroi and peaceful accommodation.
they do, we shall put our aid at
leir disposal In every way we can. If
'ey do not, we must await with pa
enee and sympathy. the awakening
ID recovery that will assuredly come
last"