The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-03-07

Why War;
WAR; The whole dream, tho
vision Of peace and plenty. the
thought Of Thanksgiving for the
aif, Of all this beauty Of sea
and ,ky and shifting, breathing
life. fades away.
WAR There II war In tho
world. a war 40 colossal. so far
reaching. that no human being.
even In the most scquestered spot
Of this terrestrial universe. can be
free from It's doadening touch.
4 sudden rage fills tho hear,
why should there be war. this
war. any war
Why. where all nature II devoted
10 tho business OF living. and bios
uominK into beauty. should human
kind have suddenly fallen upon IL
aoif to MAIN and manKlo and de-
ntrnyi
why should humanity have risen
In ono mighty appalling madness TO
KIN itself
why should ~ have bent all iis
energy. and all Of It's mind. and all
the resources ~ tho te.minE earth.
10 tho one Erisly business Of death
There IL no sane mind but that
stops startled. TO ask this unnn-
uwcrable question. no properly con
Hiitutcd soul which does not cry
out IN an agony q passionate pro-
test against thia awful condition.
We mus, stop a. There must
be no more war
We rail. for time. until there
comes the chilling thought OF tho
impotence OF our fury. What can
We do that We Aro not already
dolngT
Atoms Count
There succeeds feeling q utter
h-iplsssncHH. feeling that this
ruthless cAtaciyEn OF carnage Is
supernatural In It's immensity. and
there IL a faint moment when one.
seeming pitifuliy small and weak
before a monster 30 gigantic. rocoii.
from the struggle. and would like
to creep away into a hole some
where. and numbiy exist until the
storm has passed.
II IN necessary TO s;iii that panic
OF tho mind. for Il In little lena
than a panic. rccoil and a quail .
Ing 81 sslf against disaster 20
universal that no human creature
may feel safe from It's trnminence. .
An atom cannot stop the rush 4
ing 81 a flood. says Fear.
To the aid Of the individual
Reason must come. a. u has
come TO this nation ef France,
through her individuals. En-
during rocks are made Of atoms
which cling together.
The rage against war. the pas
sionaie protest against the very
disability OF war Is here from tho
highest 10 the lowest. for these
arr human people. and cruelty ~
abhorrent TO them. but exactly be-
cause tho rnEe against this war
and all war. II In them. they have
fought and are fighting. NJ tho side
n their Htaunch allies. with n
sublime courage WHICH HAS
wAvERED FROM THE
FIRST, AND WILL NEVER
WAIVER TO THE LAST: for that
= the only way In which war Is to
10 stamped out
There is no rage 30 terrific aa
hat which holds Itself calm: and
hat IL tho secret OF the French
mans never changing attitude to-
ward this colossal conflict: and It
3 his greatest strength
German Brsgs
The German loudly proclaimn
himself Let him win a slight Ad-
and he boasts to the world
hat he In already victoriousi
Even M he does so. he discovers
hat tho French. entirely undln-
urbcd by the reverse so far aa
heir plans are concerned. arc
teadily trcading TO tho front. arc
teadily marshallng their resources.
re steadily facing the line OF iiv-
nE flame.
Lot the French obtain slight
dvantage. and the German boasts
o the world that he has laid n
trategic trap. and that no In al
cady victorious.
Even as he does 20. he discovers
hat the French. entirely undis-
urbed by the advantage so far as
heir plans are concerned. are
teadily marshaling their resources,
re steadily facing the limo Of living
lame.
II we have correctly read IN.
SOCIOLOGY of cvcnts. II worries the
ierman, that calmness OF the
'rench.
It Is apparently reversal of
lcial characteristics, that the Ger
ian should be nervous and the
rcnchman phlegmatic.
Murder a Hun Game
But there is reason.
The Germans started this horrible
Of murder as game.
nd they are playing II as n game.
which they hope to win ali
icy can. and keep all they ret; or
sing. which was n later thought.
We up the least possible.
There can be but one end TO N
'nflIct between the cold trickery
greed and the passionate conse-
alton TO high purpose: for. on
mt day when honest men deter
Inc to be no more under the dom
alton OF n murderous bully. tho
iys of that bully are numbered.
This one knows e.
When the German prociaims
his belief in an ultimate victory.
shifting his gauge Of the ex-
tent Of that victory with the
occurrences Of the day,
acoordino IN HE ,u.rcsd t,.i-