The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-11-11
: are all deeply proud Of the great

we are all deeply proud of the grea,
result
We know, too, that the object Of the
war is attained; the object on which ali
freemen had set their hearts: and at
tanned with a sweeping completeness
which even now we do not realize. Arm
j ed imperialism such as the men con-
ceiyed that were but yesterday the mas
ters of Germany Is at end. its Illicit
ambitions engulfed in black disaster
Who will now seek to revive IL?
The arbitrary power of the military
caste of Germany which once could Sc
cretly and of its own single choice dis
I, turb the peace of the world is discred-
tied and destroyed
And more than that. much more than
that, has been accomplished. The great
nations which associated themselves to
destroy II have now definitely united in
the common purpose to set up such a
peace as will satisfy the longing of the
world FOR disinterested -.jp~~--s~>s,
bodied in settLS- rat. - .sstlce, en-
on so.ae<r.ar, vinents which are based
a-s't Thing much better and much
more lasting than the selfish competi-
tive interests Of powerful states.
There is no longer conjecture as to
the detectives the victors have in mind
They have a mind in the matter not on
". but heart also. Their avowed and
assorted purpose is TO satisfy and pro-
tect the weak as well as to accord their
just rights to the strong.
The humane temper and intention
OF the victorious governments has al
ready been manifested in a very prac-
teal way. Their representatives in the
supreme war council at Versailles have
by unanimous resolution assured the
peoples OF the Central Powers that
everything that Is possible in the cir
cumstances will be done 70 supply them
with food ead relieve the distressing
want that is in so many places threat
ening their very lives. and steps are
to be taken immediately TO organize
these efforts at relief in the same sys-
tematic manner that they We're organ
ICED in the case OF Belgium. BY the
use of idle tonnage Of these Central
Empires il ought TO be possible to lift
the fear Of utter misery from their
oppressed populations and set their
minds and energies free for the great
and hazardous tasks OF political re
construction which now face them on
every hand Hunger does not reform;
it breeds madness and all the ugly dis
tempers that make an orderly life i'm
possible.
For with the fall of the ancient gov
ernments which nestled like an incubus
upon the peoples of the Central Empire
has come political change, not merely.
but revolution, and revolution which
seem as yet to assure no final and or
dered form. but to run from one fluid
change to another until thoughtful men
are forced to ask themselves with what
government and what sort are we about
TO deal in the making of covenants OF
peace? With what authority will they
meet us and with what assurance that
they abide and sustain security the in
ternational arrangement into which we
are about to enter?
There is here matter for small anx-
iety end misgiving. When peace is made
upon whose promises and engagements
besides our own is it 10 rest?
Let us be perfectly frank with our
selves and admit that these questions
cannot be satisfactorily answered now
or at once but the moral is that there
Is no little hope for an carly answer
that will suffice. II is only that we
must be patient and helpful and mind
full above ell Of the great hopes and
confidence that lie at heart of what is
taking place Excuses accomplish
nothing. Unhappy Russia has furnish
ed abundant proof of that. Disorder i'm
mediately defeats itself. If excuses
should occur. il disorder should there
fore raise it's head. sober second
thought will follow and a day Of con-
structive action OF which we help and
do not hinder"
THE present and all that it holds be-
longs to the nations and the people who
preserved their self control and the
elderly processes Of the government;