The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-19
(By !. :. Mullen)

SrOuSnt ABOUT lHe uoNllldll ol wv
many; this same spirit must now
uphold it. In internal diSSensions
and internecine stfire, occasioned by
warning political and social factions,
inevitably will produce anarchy.
The German empire has disinterg-
rated. Chimerical experiments in
government will be indulgcd in. The
lovers OF a monarchiel form OF gov
ernmcnt will contend with the sup
porterS OF a republic; the deSpoiIcr
will attack the patriot the poor as
sail the rich. The sword firmly but
justly welded will alone prevent
chaos until the people find them
eelves.
We do not know what terrible
economic conditions prevail in Ger
many and her allied countries until
the curtain is drawn back, diScloS-
ing the stage. Germany is most
oi all a manufacturing nation. With
5er iron mines reverting TO France;
her coal likewise gone; no oil with
In her own borders and no raw ma
1crials available with which to man
.lfacture, and no credit with which
TO purchase, her working classes,
long employed in munition plants,
will have no place. Emigration to
other lands is the only relief. There
.1hey will find themselves outcasts,
pstracised. despiscd, hated, spurned
e. an honest man hesitates to shake
ohe hand OF a seli-coniessed mur-
derer. Four-fiiths OF the human
race were arrayed against them and
nine-tenths OF the carth's surface. It
taxes the imagination to depict their
condition.
Problem of Feeding the World
Altruism and cSntimntality on the
part of the world must prevail over
revenge, though distastcful it may
be. The desire to see the Hun in !
he'll must give way to the ncccS-
.sitics of the hour. Up to this time
IN this country. Our food rcstrc-
tons have been limited to sugar and
a few minor articles that caused no
hardship. For the next six months
we must feed starving Europe These
are 100000 in the central empires
that must be bed. Then there is
Roumania with 100000, Belgium
with 100000, France and England
with their teeming millions. And
worst OF all, Russia with her $780,
100000. We will not know what
food restrictions are until in March
and April of next year. Roumania
made only one-fifth OF a normal
crop this year, and that has been ,
destroyed or almost already con- ;
Sumed. In Moscow and Petrograd
the poor lick the paste off posters,
and they frequent the slop barrels
OF restaurants. God in all of His {
infinite mercy must help 4 starving !
world
Caesar the most stupendous fig
ire OF antiquity, caused the death
IF two and half millions of people.
This ambitious fiend William the :.
Bloody has already caused, it is es- !.
mated casualties including killed !.
md wounded, twenty-eight millions \
ot his species. Before we see an ',
other wheat crop the world will u
tand amazed and helpless before :
he worst famine that ever visited -
hc human race in its thousands OF q
ears OF written history. Ten mil =, u
ions or more will die this winter OF -
exposure and starvation Can there II
It meted out to the human fiends, is -
possible to conceive a punishment -.
efficiently intense to placate civ y"
.zation: .,
We regard President Wilson as =,
mon" the greatest ii not the great -.
st man on earth. We do not know ~
ow really great he is until we reach {,
le peace table He will absolutely -,
redominate. In any controversy 81,
is way will be the last say. His de- 80
ision will be the determining one. o.;
lie is, not figuratiyely bur actually, q,
le architect OF the worlds des- o;
MES. Wilson, Foch, Lloyd George -,
nd Clemeuceau are the four great F.,
st men in the world today and the 81,
reateSt OF these tour is Wilson. m
his is the most important age of in
lie world and ii this be the greatest IN
&c and he the greatest man. is he ar
ot the greatest man who ever lived :
ne Neutral World Will Sc Invited No
Twenty-eight nations will meet fo,
the peace tconference. 1t will So,
'quire some weeks before they con- cIe
enc, and after conyening so mo- en-,
entous and complicated are the ca,
lestions 10 be solved, that thev will cir
, il session for weeks and weeks. na
/ the meantime, much OF the Amer Nc
an army Will he withdrawing be ON
use: There Is no necessity OF of
rye army remaining. The Eng ito
a French, and Italian armies are IA
oser; the fangs OF the viper have Ger
On drawn and he could not strike
he wished; the enormous expense me
ciden: OF keeping 4 large standing ne,
my IN Europe clothed and fed. 5 ne,
0 miles away from home and SEN lac
mental reasons of the absent sol NJ
er who he wishes TO see his moth -
children. wife and sweetheart, to s,,l
back in the greatest nation OF the the
)rld, among the best people on via
nth; industrial reasons why the
ldier should be returned 10 take \
; place in the great scheme OF !
ings to make this country the most wal