Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-02-14

enre OF aims bet. the various wes,.r,
Al'es ana m th'- rgence OF aims must
ne Included the differences in national
characters. traditions and experience.
ID, lie counts upon the lassituds. isnor-
ance lnd confusion OF the civilian ,,opu}a-
u"n az regards the war, apart from Other
domestic difficulties.
90 lie counts very much upon Internal
divisions, especially IN highly iniuStrial-
'zed countries and districts where thu
i"afiei between the wage earning work
efs ani to caiitalist owners was already
acute Before Prussia ard her allies cha
!e'iSe'i t.;l:oi,r to war.
f''s. ate the three main divisions of
his %roit'irai caiculation-and itsi- a for
inlda'''e ONE, .nli of menace to our future.
Vne Russian revolution has giva.i it A
cha'tcter Il never had before. Cor the
i>'''sitn revolution has shown every one
81 tae-se three points in \ high light. 1t
iiaS shown now different We're the ma
iona Traditions ana ideals of the east
from those of the west. 1t has shown
what rnoH!nous effect iassitude. ignorance
'r confusion can be upon the population
~ hone.'and i, has shown what can be
lone by the enemy when he works upon
domestic hatreds and divisions.
VI we do ,"t appreciate these three, main
engines which are calculated to COUNTER
ACT hEs desperate military situation. we
49, ~ lti'i iIIIe' WHY tA!f
>n"rHA is std so confident or WHIT good
srn'it"S ~ Confidence he has. W. shall
faii- therefore. TO master his policy.
ca IN" divergence between the various
a'ites, even between the various western
allies. is clear enoug',. 1t is first appar-
ent Ia ife after vi aims. The French.
or Instance. are fighting In an old quar-
rel Of theirs and for the recovery of terri
tory which had been taken by force,
coiGniZen BY the enemy and erected by
nun into a formidable economic support
N his military power. The English are
lighting for moral and material things
necessary to their existence. the respect
~ neutral territory In Europe, particu-
,ariT OF the North sea coast; the security
II supply by sea, and the prevention OF
one powers arising to mastery upon tho
continent. rhe Italians upon their entry
fought for STRICTLY national aims; the Sc
tention of lands which We're morally Ital-
ian. and TIE historic claim that the Adri-
attic should be italian in control. The
Americans. when they entered, entered
because their sovereign rights had been
directly challenged by the German claim
to sink their neutral ships without warn
Ing and to murder American citizens al
will.
These differences are quite clear and on
the surface. but If we are wise we will
consider other differences far more i'm
p%ortant. which are OF national tradition,
experience. teniDerament and even morals.
which are too often CLOSED over in the
natural desire to avoid friction.
1t is a matter of life and death. for Eur
"pean civilization at any rate, that the
war should be won, and It will not be won
unless we resolve these frictions or at
any rate understand their quality. Even
as j write. 1 find in a paper which has
reached me from America. a pacifist
orea" appealing to the academic classes
OF To" 'hstern states. and processing sym
patty With western Europe-the New Re-
publ" Al astonishing plea in favor of
the Getunar empire remaining. not only
st'n"s afts' the war. but in full possess
sion NJ Als~sc.-Lorraine. with the excep-
tion OF IA" district around Metz. I open
an Ets!ish paper and read of the debates
in the Fteach parliament exactly as
though i. were IN institution like the
Enclish parliament, aristncratic in origin
ard deep rooted In the popular tradition
OF f'r,,r.. isstead of its being the recent
a'.t exceedingly unpopular experiment
Within ii IS Ia that country. IT is a little
- though, , F'renchman We're 20 write Of
tn. i.onlon county council 20 years ago.
Is, ta. lays Il Mrs. Omission Chant. as
t.e ~potitica; soul OF London. open a
Tt"cc'i oa.rr and I note the labor party
taket ~ TIL. representative OF the mass of
TIE. ~'.:!st'S. wage earneres. and the ab-
snrI i~ssc;tsts OF that party as in some
%aY repce..ntative of the English work !
n.et
1'tttS. ~" but a few obvious examples
al Tia. differences between the various
sites Th, TACT that the right of re-
i,r'sat IA bang debated i'm this country !
AZ All. ts another example. The fact that
by, nf ttr allies mas suffered invasion
ii'!i nnnthrt; the fact that London il fire :
,;'rttly ssi,:..d from the air. while PA is
~ neariy iGt'nuHe: the fact that the w'tule
weight OF t;'e submarine campaign falls
i'snn the country and Is only indirectly
'>.it in others; the fact that Great Britain
Is almost entirely industrialized while