The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-12-04

ming, when none Of US were so we
Off as we are now, aud such mat
ters affected us more. There wa
little work done on this house
that year. But there r som
stones in every road, they ar
passed and forgotten"
"You are not fair, David" her
Granados spoke out. His darl
eyes had been restless and ain,
since bis protest and its reply
"You say the balance Of power j
at least equal. 1t is not. Our PEG
pie are the richest and The mos
flourishing, if not the most numer
u Our party is paramount
There is no influence in the state
to match ours. And even where
the aliens are thickest and pros,
per, it is through our peoples suf-
ferance.
81 hope you are right" Noel re-
turned "for we are at the point
Of trial of strength in the open"
There was a general move Of
surprise. Milo Valdez impulsively
grpped Bruce's hand.
Why, now2"
Explain, David"
Gentlemen, have you forgotten
that half the world. is at war
against the nation to which these
people belongY" Noel asked, his
grave glance sweeping the faces
OF those before him. II say to you
what know, so far as any man
may know the future; the Ameri-
cans cannot continue at peace with
Germany. The United States of
America will be at war within a
year. Can South America remain
neutral, with North America and
Europe at war;"
The other men regarded one an
other.
1.-THE United States of America
is neutral, it bears with patience"
herraz nneasily objected. How
car you predict war for it, then?"
! am not at liberty to tell you
the sources of my knowledge, SEN
hor Ferraz. Condolences would
not be made me if | were not strict
IN keeping them. But the great
financial centers of the nations are
often surer prophets than their
statesmen. | am in touch with
these. The crisis is coming, and
our republic will have to choose
It's side. | know this-and .Jacinto
Meyer knows it,
Corey Bruce started so abruptly
as to sweep a fork from the table
with his sleeve; illumination of the !
S events flooded his mind. {
Co1oring hotly with embarrass- a
nent, he stopped to pick up the |
OF silver. The tinkling crash v
lad drawn all eyes to him, and r
Noel smiled. v
Yes, Mr.. Bruce; you are right. t,
ne papers Meyer was willing to n
lsk much to obtain, this after ST
Don, concerned the last act Of nv D
'rivate war against the German a,
slng OF our state, if not of our re. ri
ubilc. Jacinto Meyer is a clever
ian. lie has put together the a
1eces OF a puzzle only vaguely Y
uessed at by his countrymen, He s,
seen that the business rivalry Il
galnst which they have had to n
ompete has not been a matter Of
nance. He has seen a single e
layer marshalling the pieces on
board against their array and t,
Ilyldlng honors with him. He sus- h
'ects, perhaps he knows, who that f
Ilrector of the opposition is. But|E
e must make sure before he at.
acas me. He will not have longlt
9 wait! The battle IS moving intoe
10 open" =
THE battlef" echoed Grana- )
HIS bronzed, soldierly facet !
lighting. !
THE battle, yes. Gentlemen. {
ne tltae approaches when we must
choose between an alliance with {
The United States of the north and
Ihe civilized world, or an alliance
with Germany. Our people, Who'll
have fought for liberty, who have
wrested their necks from the oldi
yoke OF Portugal and European
tradition, who have waded
Trough revolt, dictatorship. and
gained to eur present freedom
are they to join a vile imperialism
st iastf Or will we choose to1
keep the Americas for the Ameri.I1
cans
began.
.s n Is viii Do no true neuJrai-aa;i
lty denied Noel. ito be inactiye]
wall betosasford base Of suppliea
and activities to the Germans; tai
Defa stumbling block under the
iGst OF the marching men of civil
azsIlon and furtive traitor at the
board Of nations. That is what
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