Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-19
THE MAN WHO TALKS

HE MAN WHO lALkS
 One thing the British cannot get used to is American shirt-sleeves and the American spirit of independence A utocracy has taught the people that pageantry and prestige are closely all lied and represent power. The de- n1oeracy America teaches no one be- lieves in over in Europe, and that IS why American officers as well as the men. must not only represent democ- racy but live it. An American snob is a disgrace to this country. whether in the ranks or in command. Over There they do not understand life as clrcling from shirt-sleeyes to shirt sleeves every three generations-the prevent it by their class system and the system which pensions the aris- toeracy and the beaurocracy upon the We are the heralds of the worlds best democratic product, we think, and it will be no easy task to practically make the fact manifest This is stunt almost equal to the stunt of whipping the kaiser.
 if you haven't been called a stacker by some one who is doing less for the country than you are. you are indeed fortunate. It is easier to mlsJudge ones neighbors and to call names than it is to do a patriots part in silence. The world needs all the cen sors it has, and might make use of a few more good ones. Too many peo- pie are innocently repeating and too many newspapers printing stories which were invented to shake our confidence iE the eountry's defensive systems. It does not pay to lend a free ear to every gossip in these days of trial and stress: or to get stub- born because certain sacrifices are be- ing made compulsory. Manhood as we'll as money is needed to give the right kind of support to the men who are facing the enemy. The nation must stand true and it's action ring true to support the forces at the front.
 We talk loud about the glory ot achievement when there is no glory 1T it. Selfish motives rob the greatest acts of all their merit. The greatesi glory in life is pointed out to be the silent conquest of ourselves not the accomplishment accompanied by z great noise. As Goldsmith says; 'Our greatest glory consists not 1T never falling, but in rising everytint we fall" It takes pluck. persistence and purpose to make apparent tht glory of an act, Nothing except vir tue is finer than glory, and neithe ever stand out for recognition or ap plause. Pity it is that man oftel glories in things shameful, and tha the most glorious deeds seldom escapt Most things man calls glorious arr judgment and discernment.
 We should not forget there ar people in every community who ar | just as good citizens and just a patriotic if they do not give money t support the war, or even work, a | those who do. It is doubtless a grie to many to find themselves so linn tied in money matters or so handi 1 capped by private demands upo
 their time and energy that they can mot get into the swim. We talk abou | the great wages paid in the intuition factories. but, s25 a week today doe
 not equal in purchasing power the S1
 a week earned in 1913. The peopl who have not had their wages in
 creased over 25 per cent and hay
 seen things increase in price from 10 to 800 per cent are in. the doldFum today as never before, And wit
 things promising to double in pric
 within a year. again those with
 small surplus must not be blamed fo being wary. Everybody is doing th
 best they can and few deserve th
 odium of disrespect.
 Of course, the. world will never | I exactly the same again after this ws
 for many old things will have passe
 away and old humbugs be brought
 an end, and new things created ar
 new plans promulgated for the better , ment of all the peoples of earth; ar i. the things which will stick long wi
 be the authority and the taxes Whi5 will be necessary to redeem all pFon
 ises and to restore order and thri
 and comfort in all parts of the cart
 In England today they buy Rhondd; in the market, a war buscuit whit has taken the~ food controllers nam l and which are. likely to be a necessi [ long after the war has bcome men 5 ory: and we may have a Hoover
 trade as we'll as the new verb Hoo
 erize, which will doubtless find
 fixed place in the dictionary. Wh
 we all pray may be a result of tn 5 war is a larger freedom for all u people of earth, @ E. When the pro- German sympathiz { asks you: what England has done
 this war but play her old tricks
 letting her provinces do her fightil
 and dying for herr" you should f U them her greatest feat was in bloc [ adlng 35,000 miles of coast, putting
 end to all German trade and bottli
 up the great German navy so it COL s not get to sea-. in 36 hours after W 8 was declared, She has. been doi e considerably more than holding : oO0-mile front in Belgium and Fran
 She has exceeded every promise S :. made to every nation. with which s Is allied, and beside her own gre war cost, has loaned five billions ! others, She and France have be
 outstriped the enemy in invent
 genius and the production of war e y zines and munitions, and they are I If to be inveigled into any terms l. peace which do not carry with tn,
 power to assure protection to |
 nations against Hohenzollern perf . and barbarity. e@'s.,.t- t In these piping times of peace t: '' we should not forget that peace
 rarely denied to the peaceful. I
 man clamoring for peace with a swe lsJ Tn his hand is travesty upon trl a and justice. He, who, desires the ! l. spect and love of his fellown
 doesn't demand it at the point of
 Dayonet. If peace rules the c [. when reason rules the mind" it is ,o early yet to look toward Berlin for ,- The peace the kaiser is looking