The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-02
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May No
Square With The Forums
Opinions,

The National Republican: The
queer thing about a Socialist is that
while he objects to lighting a
foreign invader, he has no scruples
about waging war on his fellow citi-
zens who belong to what he calls a
different class.
In other words, the Socialist is
not against war, but only against
war in defense of the flag which
stands for law and order, for, the
defense Of person and property, and
the home! He Is red hot for civil
war, the most cruel and inhuman
kind Of war. You can easily gather
! this idea from the street corner talk
of the average Socialist agitator.. He
is always processing not to have any
crouch on any other country, especi-
ally any country with which his own
nation is at war, but he is always
giving his own country the devil.
Russia is the worlds horrible ex-
ample Of this attitude Of the So
cialist. The Russian socialists want
ed peace with the kaiser all right;
when 1t came to fighting the Ger
mans they couldn't conscientiously
be for war. But they could shoot
down the Bulgarians for remaining
true to their faith and allegiance
to the nations fighting alongside Of
them against a common enemy; they
could slaughter the Films for trying
TO gain their freedom; they could
FIRE on the Ukraine republicans for
seeking to establish their right to
separate nationality, and they could
murder by wholesale any Russians
who didn't happen to belong to their
crowd.
we have been hearing for many
years about what the Socialists
would do If they had a chance to
run the government. Now, with the
Russian example before us, we do
not need to guess; we know what
they would do. And we know, also,
what would be the result Of their
doings.
Farm and F'freside: or all the
periods Of the year late winter is
the one in which the countryside ap-
pears least inviting. 1t is the slovenly
season, so 1t seems to the man or
woman who cannot in imagination
picture the tomorrow when a sleep
ing world shall leap into life.
Brown and bedraggled is the
landscape, faded the grass Of the
fields. and bleak and bare the trees
OF the forest. About all outdoors
there is a sOmberness and a same
ness that IL far from inviting. The
browns that predominant are not the
rare. warm colors such as charac-
terized the early autumn. There is
only a faded garment where once
was a gorgeous raiment of gold and
rich browns.
The patches OF snow that lie along
the shaded roadside where were
great drifts, or spot like a leOpard's
hide the sheltered slopes, are not
white as once they were. Even they
are dirty and fail to relieve the
dreariness.
Everywhere there Is lack Of color,
and apparently decay dominates. But
Joyous thought!-it is only the rest
before the resurrection. A little
while and we shall look upon a new
world. a world pulsating with life
and pregnant with promises. In the
tomorrow month we shall, following
the first rains that somehow wash
away much OF earth's uglinesss see
sprinEing from today's mud a car
pet OF green.
This carpet, woven from natures
loom. shall proclaim the coming Of a
new season, a season Of song and OF
gladness. Then shall there be
new earth. This earth the nan OF
vision sees even in the just before
snrinq somber season when natures
garrnents are dull and bedraggled.