The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-27
~ the War Editor n tho News
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Tho world hss fourh, ~ vsv thru
four years OF nloodshsd and horror
on July "a. 1910. occurred the first
act, prosnrtsd ~ frutxisn -nili,ay
ism that plunged Europe into Inc
rlost terrible war IN hiat0ry
Il var the declaration ~ var IN
Serbia b. Austria. az rssuit of The
a.sAsaination. exactly = month earh
or. ~ Archduke Francis Fsrdinand
heir Of tho HapshurF dynasty.
-Four years later finds onl, few
lsols TOD spots on thr -sr ~ me
world which have not hen plunged
into the catastrophe Men ~ all
rsc~s and cr.sds. their sense ~ rish
and justice outraged IN sorne direct
Or indirect manner h. the Brute OF
Berlin have banded toEsthe~ f0r ono
purrcse--to crush Frusuisnism and
make the world nAfe for dsrnocrscy
Sven Nations Enter War
Tho year Just psssed has vii
messed declarations Of war against
Germany oy seven more natiore
Two ~ them China and Brsxil--sre
lands ~ unlimited resources and NJ
tentialities Tho other five Costa
Rica Liberia. Nicaragua Guatemala
and Hsiti-srr yrnsll nations which
have hut recently asserted their in
dependence and have entered Tho
war 20 SOC that their freedom IN
durss
They leave in the category ~ neu.
trails only the Scandinavian nations.
Switzerland. Holland. Spain. Persia
and some Of tho South American re-
publics. How long these viii re-
main neutral is problemsti~ai
In Reviewing the Developments
~ the last year Of the war, hy
fer tho outstanding feature has
h~~n the manner in which the
United states surprised the
world by the speed with which
her participation In the war was
made manifest
when tho third year Of tho war
closed. last july, America had but
Just thrown down tho gauntlet 70
Germany. A few American troops
had landed 10 France. and tho First
Liberty Loan had been oversubscrib
ed by more than billion dollars.
Americas army ~ 10000 non youths
had been drafted Congress was
wrestling with tremendous plans for
the expansion Of the army and navy
spood Amazes World
But everything that had been done
was NJ = preparatory nature. Amer.
lea was arming for tho fray
To-day. one wear later. America ~
still preparing. but is carrying on q
job already half finished. with a
speed that amazed the world ss an
unprecede nted feat. America has
more than justified the faith Of her
allies that she would throw into tho
balance against Germany power that
will ultimately win the war.
More than a million men have
been transported across subma-
rins-infested seas IN the battle
front. They are Of the hest man
hood NJ the country. They have
gone thru fire, and have con
WINGED even the sneering Junk.
crs OF Germany thai Uncle sam
could step across the Atlantic
and land a blow that the PriIs-
sian solar pIexus Will feel for
hundreds NJ years.
Not only has the American fight
ing man Of all branches marines,
infantry and artillery-proved supe.
rior 10 the German. but he has forced
his English French and Italian com.
rados 10 acknowledge that he knows
Just little more about fighting than
they do.
Germany took 10 years IN
build up her war machine. Amer.
lea ~ months.
Which machine Is the better was