Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-12-29
Walter B. Moore on "The American PeriP

Everything has q beginning ana an
end. It is the naturale course Of
events. From the creation OF the
earth, with it's prophecy Of ending.
we may expect, and will have period
ical calamitfes and catastrophes
from which there always results
fore or less good.
Following the forty days and nights
of rain, and the destruction OF all
inhabitants Of the world. except the
occupants Of the ark, and when the
ark finally rested upon Mt. Aarat.
the dove with the olive branch ap-
peared, as Gods evidence that the
flood was over, and that the world
would never be visited again by such
an event.
When Sodom and Gomorrah--cit-
les that comprised oil the beauty.
art. literature and science OF the
world in those days were destroyed,
as a result of vice. and .of passion
and greed, the world became better
for it
Nebuchadnezzar's dream and the
downfall of Babylon. brought intS
being new and better people.
The many years Of suffering OF the
Jews in captivity in Egypt, gave u
the world the Ten Commandments.
Rome was burned at the time
when it represented its greatest;
when its grandeur and splendor ere
typical of the highest standard, but
today, it Is a greater Rome because
of its past.
Coming down to modern days.
when Mrs. O'Leary's COW kicked
over the lantern and the greater
part Of Chicago was destroyed py
fire therefrom. there arose phoenix
like from the ashes, the second Iarg
est city today on the continent; the
Charleston earthquake and the nre
of San Francisco. and the terrible
disaster at Dayton, O.. from the
food, all have had helpful infiuenc
in building better communities ana
creating new ideals.
The recent great war, when al
most all the nations Of the world
were participants, with its untold
suffering, its crimes against human
ity by the Huns-has made us all
more sympathetic, self.sacrihcing
and humane. It brought to the world
at large more suffering than all pre- L.
vious events in history. and just as
great will be the lessons ana the
good therefrom.
ust so--as the greatest menace TO
the world now raging about us-the
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agitators, the socialists and the par
lor free-thinkers. and all other be.
levers in similar "isms' and creeds,
will we be better for having passel
through this fire Of passion. creed
and hatred, upon which this new
idea Of government is established.
This existing peril to the life, lib
erty, happiness and homes Of all loyal
Americans-this snake In human
form. first showed its fangs In Seat
tie, where owing to the promptness
and the courage Of Ole Hanson. It
met q speedy death. Its minions.
like rats scattered over the Ameri-
can continent. and began again tho
insidious ind poisonous work Of tear
ing down our social industrial and
economic structure. Fearful Of any
further attempt in the United States.
they cast longing eyes toward our
sister country to the North whore
considerable unrest prevailed. owing
to the great suffering that Canada
had passed through during the four
years Of the war. They selecte3
Winnipeg as the most strategic point
in that vast country for their next
attempt under more suspicious con-
ditions.
Winnipeg is the neck Of the bottle.
1t Is almost the geographical center
of the continent. Being the termin-
US Of connecting lines with the Cni-