The Washington herald., 1918-08-02
AFIELD WITH
THE
OBSERVER
Salem. Mass. August Peace!

Are they for it up this way?
Indeed-not-not until it can be
made in Berlin. And made by
Americans. too, in that much sought
and someday-to-be-acqu city.
That's the way they feel here. and
the way they will continue to feel
as the war cones on.
Unlike some of the other Eastern
cities the folks of this city were
loathe to go into war until they
knew what it was all about. They
were somewhat more like the West
in this respect than were some Of
their neighboring cities.
But now that they are in this
conflict with all the rest of America
they propose to see it through, and
to withdraw the Yanks from the
other side only when the end for
which we entered has been attain
ed.
So far as some of the peace terms
are concerned the folks here are
perfectly willing to have our allies
state them. They will stand for
them. So far as America is con-
cerned they want to see some gen.
eral principles laid down which will
keep war away from this planet
for several hundred years to come
So far as specific attention to the
peace settlement is concerned the
folks here believe France and Eng
land and Italy should dictate the
provisions which his Boneheaded-
ness, the Unscrupulous One, should
be compelled to sign.
Witchery thrived - in this city 15o
wears nr h,,t h. feIl l.
little use for it. They got rid of the
witches. Nowadays they have no
more regard for outcaery, and SO they
are doing their share to get lid Of the
butchers-the bloodthirsty Huns. Their
contribution is a good one here, as It
IL In many an American community,
In Sact in all of the communities or
the nation. And they are quite free
to tell you here that they're willing
to keep it up until the insidious Ger
man idea of world domination is
erased from the blackboard.
There are a multitude of republicans
here. and men of other parties. But
they have little thought of this just
now. They are being persuaded BY
some of the politicians. of course. that
they ought to take an interest in po-
litical matters but the effort brings
no response. Some of. them will
awaken before fall, probably, but the
signs are dreadfully discouraging to
the politicians at this time.
There are signs here of advance in
terest in the condition the world will
be in after Hunnism is eradicated.
Here the widevisioned men believe
Americas part in the world will be
a most important one and that no
longer will we be a nation confined
by the two big oceans and other
countries at our north and south bor-
ders. American ideals will cover the
globe. We will dictate to the world
on the basis of humanitarianism ana
will instill just little more Chris
tianity into all the world, by reason
Of our militaristic efforts at this time,
than we have all along through the
years of peace and national apathy.
National sacrifice is a term that
means much or little according to
the intensity with which 1t is car
ried out. So does national indul-
gence mean much or little as we
plunge deeply into 1t or merely
skim over the surface. But
national sacrifice has it on national
indulgence now, in these regions,
and the people are anxious to see
every vestige of American re-
sources put into the fight to win.
They want gross incomes taxed to
the utmost. they want every man,
woman and child to do something
to the end that our cause shall be
strengthened-and votes of the folks
will be in that direction no matter
what the politicians or the polit-
ical parties say. -
How splendidly the American
people can be clustered around a
great national ideal and how splen-
didly they can respond to a call
of national distress-the most
Igruelling test to which a democracy
can be subjected-is seen here with
the utmost clarity. The people
have received the calls from their
national government, they have
studied them. digested them-and
approved them now. with all their
souls. Inspiration is to be gained
from contact with individuals to see
what remarkable changes have
been wrought in the attitude of
men on the ponderous. vital aues-
tions. The change must have taken
place. too. in similar fashion all
over the nation. Certainly It should
encourage every loyalist of the
country to know that Americans
have risen to the occasion and that
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