The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-02-21

enough that Germany has tried unsuc-
c~essfully endless moves to make peace
a decoy-to create n morbid appetite
among the peoples who have been try
ing to make democracy safe-an nppe-
tite for rest. for an end Of deprivation,
loss, suffering, for relief from stress,
for n temporary comfort bought at the
price of p~rlnclple-the principle of fin.
fishing the job.
The secret service OF the allied
countries know well enough that mil.
lions Of German money has been spent
to make Americans talk and think not
OF the job to he finished but ~ peace.
Some day there will be exposed, in
! all its extent. the systematic. elaborate
methods which Germany has used In
an endcavor to poison the opinion "
neutral countries and plant among tho
weaker and more Eullitle citizens ~
those countries fighting TO rid the
world forever NJ war and the tyranny
" militarIsm the weed " premature
peace. II has been Gcrmany's purpose
70 choke the crop Of courage and steal
the nouriShment away from deter.
mination.
Trail Is Found Everywhere.
The trail " this well.organlzed nj.
tempt can be found everywhere.
In Russia. back In the days OF the
car. industrial leaders OF Petrogrnd
and Moscow who came In contact with
workmen, bureaucrats in the offices Of
government. and officers at the stan
headquarters of the Russian army at
Mohllef, who came In contact with
soldiers recruited from various parts
of the empire, told me that n OF the
well-dehned purposes and special ef.
forts of German agents was to stimu.
late among the Industrial and laboring
classes In Russia thoughts OF peace, Of
the comforts, the relief, and the hope
Of peace. all OF which would serve 10
eat like a rot into the hearts Of the
people. tolllng them away from tho
will to fight and the will to make "a
final peace upon sound principle only,
and only when the job had been fin
ished.
Men will o fight hard when there
~ DtuNC tulh btAilllt lht Nl'llNllNo'
General Alexieff said. And he ex.
pressed also almost the Identical idea
expressed to me by the retired Brit.
ish petty officer who took me to Scot.
land Yard, when the latter said, III
you see two men fighting, would you
bet on the n who was wondering
when It would be over?"
Should Learn From Experience.
The experience of other countries
and our own experience with the desire
Of Germany that her enemies shall
think, talk, and wonder about the com-
ing Of peace, ought to be enough for
us.
Any contribution made by any Amer
lean citizen to aid this purpose OF Ger
many is an act which compares with
a soldier at the frone who turns his
face to the rear.
Such n contribution may be actually
traitorous. There are still constant In
sons who stimulate peace talk with full
knowledge that they are aiding and
abetting the enemy.
Such n contribution may be morally
rotten. There are those who talk
peace because peace to their warped
souls is dearer than the end for which
We have entered the war.
Such n contribution may come from
fiabby sentimentality. There are still
men and women who can only think OF
the horrors OF this war instead OF the
greater horrors OF other wars which
are sure 10 come II we do not now
make the OF Prussian plotting
and mllltarism impossible for the ages
and generations Of the future.
Such n contribution may be the re-
suit Of n love OF the sensational. There
are still individuals and even news.
papers who seek to attract attention
by pretending that they have advance
information of the coming Of peace.
Such u contribution may be igno.
rant. There are still individuals 50
b%cnlghted that the cause of America Is
not clear and real In their minds.
They fail 10 understand that America
has entered this war 10 make democ.
racy safe; to guarantee small nations
the right OF freedom from ruthless con.
quest; 10 crush the doctrine that the
choice Of development Of each human
being must be wrested away from him
or from her and put in II dominant
and uutocrutlc machine Of government.
Failing 10 understand the nobility OF
u purpose, they endure the wal pas,
sively aud prick up their ears at any
word Of rumor which concerns the end
Of the war.
Such Il contribution may be merely
sloppy. There are those who forget,
who do not think, who lapse into lazy
n~othingness, and as yet far away from
the bite Of war, ask each other, "Well,
when will the war endf"
Comforters Of Enemy.
Consciously aud unconsclously these
are all cOmforters OF the enemy.
Upon them and upon their traitor,
or lax attitude OF mind, Germany
depends. She leans upon all "peace
gossipers."