Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-23
a Brief fo1: Pontius pilute.
From the Spectator lLondonN.

nave Otter thought that lit character OF thc dfsinrpshey ayhr.
servant, Wo in the time OF augustus vas for some years Roman yavernc-
%! Judaeas has been treated by posterny somewhat unfairly Fpntns pnas,
vas IN a position great esponsbihtl- lct had to- keep order u a. nrhnIcna
province WhlIc MtH2'i2hs as ntu. as possible with local custon. snd wits
inc religion OF nc people IN regard to which il wa. the policy OF b rsseru-
at Rome to exercise n rgc tolerance He had Il Devoted WIFI.
nSclento and upright lady, TX he had 10 account for his aGst.nw =,
governor 20 The emperor ut I.onN, she would probably dimims bhu If w
owe any serious trouble o ono TO IA head in his province
n prlsoner WAS brought before him by the Jewish authorities charged With
government The prisoners answers Were rathcr puzzMng He adn.atl a
clam to q k1nGShlp which. however,, NaS not OF this world. amd stated sb.
his mission WIS % bear witness to the ruth statement which scrh.p
secmrah ardly to the point III which elected rom litc the question. usa
asked by q Nusy man when BUSINESS is interrupted by abstract thcorrns.
What is truth phate fai@i to see that the prisoner had committees M
onenSc though his conduct had evidently greatly excited the Jws rrI rnrte
lead 70 a disturbance. Plate "as afraid Apparently he foresaw that. rnhns
he tooks some step TO SatHsfY tho Jews an attempt would &c made o unuepr.
sent him at Rome and in that wy TO procure his recall or GiuninaI- Fm,
must have seemed Il real danger to his position His wife advmHH E, "a,
et the prisoner OIL. She vas shocked ut the idea hat an innocep nu 1nfgf.
be condemned lihttc did his best TO persuade the Jews that the yrsusae
vas hamhess Iut he was not prepared to take The responsibility OF oyerrun,
them N giving them an excuse for II HON rulcm ovenent. 10 he LET rms
nave their way. threw the responsibility OF them, and washed hs hauds of ns
whole business
But what responsible government would not have noen guided by precisely
the same motives as determined his conduct? His first nsdmaSon ns
what Caesar wouAd tlnk of him. Caesar today is Tho constituencies, TS
decisive factor in every governments action is what he onstnyenaIcs WIN
think. In 1914 When the Austrian lnatum Was sent to Serbia. Nc Brr,x-.
ornm asked which side the British government wou take yra
cabinet vas afraid that II it repHed "The Frcnch side" tn onstaNrrel.
Disappeared OF its answer. So Il priceless week WI. lpt A Hrnr1
Caesar. The motive hat constantly recurs is h fear OF dispesssnx nauA
outside person Or ersons. ad bow all the fear that sonc repryev h.A,
might seem natural should prove unpopular and cad to tho dusnAaai OF es
ministry hat adopted it Tia a given course is evidently right gewus r. As
hardly sufficient argument in its favor, at amy rate unless it can be wpporG
by u report from the political eader to the effect that it VIII be pagrara @
unlesst there is ao IL cEMmOr in the press for its adoption OuhI 800 IN.
experience of governments to ugses to us hat thcrew was y good css 90
nature I'm Iontius PLATE?