The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-07-31

beneath a neat white cross.
 The horror has been halIowcd The misery has become picturesque, the murder turned 10 romance
 And those little villages in the valleys, Their strange, sad windows look out acro~, fresh meadows now like staring blinded eyes. They are so still, so dcathly still not single Wi,p of friendly smoke no human color, only a garish patch perhaps, where some unrcmcmbcring bush naunt~ it's green branch across the gray.
 This cannot touch the tourist The home folks can never feel it beside their friendly hcarths Nobody under God', great tranquil skies can tell of the roucn- nco, of war but the men who suffered thru
 Upon them rests q solemn duty They must go home and choke the coward lingo who masks himself behind his false and blatant patriotism, and the mcrchant-poIi- tician, not content with stut1iug his home cofers until they burst-but anNiou, to barter the blood of his country's young manhood for new places in the sun!
 The Prussian Guardsman died hard, fighting for such place. The men in trock 
 up against him. They never took ma chine gun nest or saw barragc roll down, stop and then uncurtan a wall of shricbing steel We know what the Prussian Guards man mcans-his code, his cold courage and the blind patriotism that sent him forward, granting none the right to live but those who wore his uniform.
 We know, but we cannot give that knowledge to others. But upon it we can act We can help build d cague of Nations with such sincWs of war and such con- science for peace that no one will dare op- pose it.
 If we don't the blood will be on OUT own foolish heads which, by the grace of God chance or some PruSsan Guardsman's poor aim, are still on our foolish shoulders.
 The time of the senate is completely gc- cuped with the treaty and the minds of many of its members with seeking new way, of making reservations to the conevant of the League of Nations. From present indications when Ncssrs. odgc Borah and others finish their proposed alterations they will have done their best to have rendered that document in ctIectual
 President Wilson has communicated the special agreement proposed between America and France to the senate in order 70 prevent the opposition from blocking further consid- eraton of the peace treaty. The special al- Iiancc is said by those familiar with it to be the teeth of the eaguc of Nations. Having it there should be no protractcd delay in some definite action by the senate foreign relations 
 Mir. Wilson has shown his readiness r. assist the senate in any way possible in its He has offered to make any explanations that any of the senators desire upon any point and has given much of his time to conferences with various members, But it is noticeable that none of the leaders of the opposition have accepted his invitation to confer with him. nor has he been asked to appear before the foreign relations committee, as he intimated some time ago he would be glad to do.
 Having done all that he can do in Wash- ngton at present, there is no longer any pressing need for him to remain there, and there will be less reason for his presence after Saturday when the house of representat< reCesses for several weeks.
 He can now proceed to make good hi promise to go before the country in defense oi the eague of Nations When ne asks the what shall it profit America if it gains material benefits but loses the confidence of the world, he is pretty sure to get an an- 5wer The people to whom he addresses him self will listen understandingly even tho Messrs Knox, Sherman, Lodge and Borah have not understood. When he tells them that the league of Nations and the treaty depend largely upon faith, they are going to know what he is talking about and thru them even