Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1919-01-17
AMERICA, THE JUST
By ELLIS PARKER BUTLNR

have known American and the
American close 90 talf century now.
and. whatever else / may kno " about
America. know ,lt nation has the
Dig heart and the Kind faI-seeing
eye 10 YOU stop Ca think OF America
and OF an the great and glorious
things America has done IN peace and
in war J dare say you will think OF
America as do-as q gigantic.
youthful kutght. luafraid, clad IN
white armor just and com tomato.
and So vast OF statue that the l0ftiest
clouds scarce brush his knees. while
his head Is close Go Heaven itself
] konw my nelghhors on my block.
and my ueighbors N my town. and
my neighbors from ocean 10 ocreau.
and they are all-E when the test
comes-of noble heart and liberal
mind They would rather do right
-han wrong and would rather right
wrongs than abet them know the
Republic tina, was created for us.
and the manner ir which We have
preserved the Republic
10 is hard for me- nd my neighbors
to understand the urk Try as We
may Ne cannot quiz grasp his meau'
ing coz why he dos what De- does.
~ was BOO something of the same
way hard Tor us . understand the
'uiuerIt.c impera German The
main reason is PROBABLY because We
.re zoo heart am m'ltish nation. We
moe sorry when q, her peoples are
Loo trouble We worry about 20 and
wan. fo eef them oft % trouble We
DO aII We can t0 get them out ol
tr1bu.s Do has D., ome part of ou-
nature and o grea part of our ua-
..Uua. religion tO On This
World Conquest Ahuormality uf
Hcu,hcu Days.
Dr. was hard Tor ls Co understand
WaF au imperial Germany should
tUuk seriously of any such voru-out
.lue us Vnr.d-gou.uest Mos. OF us.
even .p jo tbe day when the war
ceased Did NOT thoroughly under
stand ..ti amy people could actually
...a .u attempt 'O conquer the
world 1884,. bad 500 long mad au IDEAL
.. n.fd.Frosreriu and wur.d-u,ud-
UH.- taaf we could nor think THAT
rE nation could seriously have as
.s deal world drowned Boo blood
u. .Hau.. -u o. .HnGusror's chariot
.Ha..- Na gUu. not believe any
modern ra.lO. OH. 'd actually have
.lfu Do amy such ancient. nouhe-n-
days aHnnrwalfE
sun Jess possible IS DO Ton us to
....,a that auy m deru nation could
Intentionally and .iltuuy sal about
numbering and starving o. vast pur-
.on of .rs own hauItluts Even
.' N. could understand Rby Germany
oHld murder and m.sfrelf HoIeiuns
"t could NOT understand why Turkey
HuH.d murder ana uistreat hundreds
H thousands ArmHIaus and syrian.
Hho we're the most prosperous ana
ru.tuslFe of h.. citizens
Tic truth is taa. o. Is always diff
.uf tor The kind hearted t1 under
stand fhr eyil-He rted Far mur-
difficult is 30 for Doe man who lives
n r7rlly modernly civilized land
fn understand The man who lives BOZ
. land that is sim ruled by thp an-
.ent ideas of us. -apIue and OPP
pre- .iou Th" American father of % .
tamiIF cannot understand thc uasha .
0ri 'he vord OBJ H. h1rev who SIN Z
thinks slaves necessity and stolen
wealth good wealth N. cannot be-
..Fe such people exist TODAY
Flowers DO No Good After You Are
Dead
The further truth chat The.
world not ta. clean boo alI its part. .
There arc SUN portions of o. that
reaN With fb. nith of ancient DAYS .
There are sfI lands hat are ruled .
o. Egypt w.. ruled when phar0al q