The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-02-28

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no human creature may feel safe
from its imminence.
An atom cannot stop the rushing
of a flood, says Fear.
To the aid of the individual Reason
must come. as it has come to this M
ton of France, through her fndivid-
uaIs, Enduring rocks are made OF
atoms which cling together.
The rage against war. the pas
sionate protest against the very pos
sibility of war is here from the high
est to the lowest, for these are human
people, and cruelty is abhorrent to
them; but exactly because the rage
against this war and all war, is in
them. they have fought and are fight
ing at the side of their staunch allies
with a sublime courage which has
never wavered from the first. and
Will never waver to the last; Tor tnat
is the only way in which war IS to be
stamped out.
There is no rage so terrific as tE1at
which holds itself calm; and that is
the secret of the Frenchman' never
changing attitude toward this colos-
sal conflict, and it is his greatest
/ strength.
The German loudly proclaims him
self. Let him win slight s-drantage
! and he boasts to the world that he Is
already victorious!
Even as he does so, he discovers
that the French, entirely undisturbed
by the reverse so far as their plans
are concerned. are steadily treadinS
to the front. are steadily marsaaling
their resources, are steadily facing
the line of living fame.
Let the French obtain a slight adj
vantage, and the German boasts to
I the world that he has laid a strategic
trap, and that he is already victo1i-
Even as he does so. he discovers
: that the French, entirely undisturbed
by the : Vantage so far as their plans
are concerned, are steadily treadins
! to the front. are steadily marshalinS
their resources. are steadily facing
| the line of living fame.
| If we have correctly read the psy-
chologv of events. it worries the Ger
man. that calmness Of the French. d,
! It is apparently a reversal OF racial
characteristics. that the German
| should be nervous and the French
nan phlegmatic.
But there is a reason.
I The Germans started this horrible
saturnalia OF murder as a game, and
! tfev are playing it as a game in which
! they hope to win all they can, and
/ keep ell they get: or. losing, when
was later thought, give up the least
| POSSIBLE.
There can be bat one end 10 coz
! fict between the cold trickery OF
creed and the passionate conservation
! to high purpose; for. on that day
+ when honest men determine t. be no
more under the domination OF . muir
d1roas bully. the days Of that bully
are numbered.
This one knows It.
! When the German procIaims his
belief in an ultimate victory, shiftinE
| his guaee of the extent Of that vic
| tory with the shifting occurrences o.
| the day, according to his warped
! Judgment of how the occurrences OF
| the day may AFFECT other peoples, he
| lies. and he knows he lies!
The handwriting is on the wall foT
! HohenzoIlernisno and that fact may
! hest be known by the size Of the
| scarecrow which the German at
! tempts to daut before the world: foE
! the louder he shouts Cae more ne IL
scared. His only hope is now, before
| his next reverse shall come. to SO
! frighten the world by his brazen bus
| terings that he can finish his game
with as much as possible on the win
The same German blindness! The
same German deafness and dumb
# the French were playing a pol.t-
ical game. as Germany Is, If they
were trying to pretend. as Germany
is. that they hold royal lush IN
| place OF pair Of deuces, then they
might be frightened out by a stack Of
blue chips, or a shoulder-shakinG
chuckle Of pretended confidence; but
they are not playing game.
The French are pouring. out the1I
hearts blood because they are filed,
through aad through, with a rage
against war. and they are determined
that there shall be no more OF It!
Let Russia collapse, and let tho
! German loudly proclaim that now the