Baxter Springs news., 1918-11-22
EDITORIAL NOTES


EDITORIAL NOTES
By Arthur Brisbane
What should be the last great at
tempt at world dominion ends in fail
ure-as all the other attempts ended.
And this year, next year, the year
after, the world will learn what war
really means, what it costs, and that
every nation pays its part of the war
bill.
There will be changes Of power,
many of them, outside of Germany
and Austria as well as inside.
The ordinary people have paid for
the WARMTH their blood.
They intend to have something to
say about world government.
In Germany you will see struggle
for rulership between the Kaiser, if ne
survives, and some such man as Lieb-
knecht, the Socialist.
A few days ago, on his release from
prison, Lieblnecht said: II stand be-
fore you branded criminal emerging
from a felon's cell to bid you be Of
good cheer. The twilight of the di-
vine right of kings betokens the dawn
of the human rights of man."
In France power will be with a
Government largely Socialistic in its
methods, and absolutely Socialistic as
regards many of the men in high Of
fee.
Such q man as Clemenceau would
be called a Socialist in this country
and his newspaper more than radical.
In England Toryism retired into the
back ground. The struggle will be
between the British Labor party and
advanced Liberals like Lloyd George.
It would be worth while for powerful
individuals in America to read care
fully the after-war programme. A
great deal of that programme will be
made realty. 1t is programme that
would not suit those accustomed to
rule in this country.
What will happen in Russia, cut of
and locked in, no man can guess. Self
chosen "saviors of humanity" are kill
ing each other like spiders corked in
a bottle. At the end, one big spider
may come out fattened on the others
and powerful enough to control.
Austria Hungary is q battlefield OF
hatred let loose by the failure Of en-
pire and monarchy. Those that have
been down are up; lack of food makes
the situation more horrible. There
will be unpleasant days and months
there.
In Italy, victorious after long years
of working, there will come some un-
pleasant reckonings. The Italian Gov
ernment has been patient, enduring
much without complaint. There will
be in Italy some housecleaning that
will interest the world, if active minds
have their way.
Here, the people do well to rejoice,
parade and ring bells. As little Bel
gium saved the world at the beginning
of the war with her marvellous resist
ance, so the wealth and power of the
United States made the work Of sal
walton complete at the end of the war.
This country has done good work well,
quickly and unselfshly. But it must
pay its share of the war bill.
Fortunately, this country has spent
only a small sum comparatively
some thirty-odd thousand millions.
Thirty thousand millions is only about
three hundred dollars for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
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