The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-18
HOPE in THE MAN POWER OF PEACE.

IF their old habits associations and thoughts, without
placing them in a permanent environment. They
seem to be unable to form plan of adjustment in each
individual case They are restless apprehensive extrav
agant frivolous lazy respondent to the point of sui
eide as the case may be- Some Of the influences which
are delaying the readustment of Europe felt in the
United States but not to degree which will seriously
hinder recovery The American soldier boys whose war
experiences unsettled their old habits rapidly recov
erng their equilibrium and in most cases they better
men, with sounder judgment than before they went to
Europe
The unsetlng factors in Europe deeprooted They
affect both individual psychology and national policy
They include arrangement of the finances of each coun
try with effects so subtle and arreachng that they are
not yet fully understood History affords some means Of
gaugng the extent and probable operation of some parts
of the financial disturbance, but whole the European
financial situation battles the experts and the students
Of war phenomena There precedent for world war
under modern conditions of nterreated financial systems
Germany is economically sister of France, offensive
as that phrase would be in any other connection Inc
German people must actually be befrended and they in
turn must actually work for the upbudng of France,
despite any individual feelings of aversion The Ger
mans are bound to develop business which will benefit
Great Britain just the British Isles must not only
witness but aid the industrial recovery of Germany Ma
ture and circumstance powerful than hate and
armies The necessity of livelihood makes brothers OF
them all in the economic sense.
What are the brethren doing, them to help the situa
ton in which they all mutually concerned? Do they
distinguish between the economic bond and the racial
aversion thereby facilitating their material
cry while keeping up the barriers which will prevent an
other war? Not clearly The head of most of the PEG
pie is swayed by the heart perhaps should be- but
among the minority the heart is swayed by the head
In that class are the conspirators, the nternaonais
who bargain in national honor, the profteers, the coun
erfeers and the Observation-Disclosures groups that cal
themselves bolshevik or the equivalent.
Thus the very virtues of the people are their weak
ness in recovering from war and the wicked making
catches while fishing in troubled waters.
If the bewidered peoples of the lately warning coun
tries could look coldy and anaytically upon hemseve
they would that it behooves them to get to work with
out days delay The victors would discern that health
will not come so much from indemnties from return
10 labor and the vanquished would perceive that
labor is the only means of individual and racial salvation
| The able-bodied of Europe who delberat
slackers are the worst possible enemies of their
country and, of course, their ideness is tantamount
raising their hands against all the allies and the Unite
States
This is time, above all others, when the ablebodie
should produce. There is recovery for Europe eS
ept by the efforts of its people The United State
could beggar itself without exrcatng Europe from hur
ger and rags if Europes people should merely yield t
their and accusom themselves to eat the brea
of charity The areas of land which war has rendere
ture still the friend of man and the rains fall eve
upon the unjust The healing process will get powerfr
help from nature whenever appeals to her.
America is another friend upon whom Europe rel
through thick and thin The excitement regarding tn
treaty and the league of nations does not mean that tn
United States intends for moment to abate Its sympath
and assistance The vital impulses that throb across tn
Atlantic invgorating the peoples Of France England
Belgium Italy and the other nations will not cease wha
may happen to treaties and leagues Americans
workers whose greatest delight is to break records
production. They turning to industry commerce an
agriculture with collective energy that is working mil
aces, They expect their brethren in Europe to get wor
also. That is the only condition which any America
would impose upon his generosity. He will share wit
honest poverty the fruit of his labor but with tn
Observation-Disclosures Post.
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