The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-02-15

since the president. Of the United
States felt the pulse Of England and
OF FRANCE and: Of. Italy, when he
caught the spirit Of the people and
crystallized their hopes and yearnings
in simple language so all the world
understood.
New Ship of State.
This new ship of state is on the
ways. It's builders are at work. The
keel has already been laid. The
frame work is in process of construc-
ton. It's too late to turn back. We
must go on with the building, and
it becomes the duty of every man
and woman In America to assist in
completing the job until the ship is
launched and sets out successfully on
her maiden voyage on the certain sea
of peace and world justice.
We are in duty bound to see the
thing through. We started out with
that purpose in mind. The American
people broke from their peace moor
ings and went to war with two
thoughts uppermost. The first was to
assist the free nations of Europe to
completely destroy the military ma
chimes Of Germany and Austria that
were waging war: on civilization. The
second was to do the job so we'll that
there would never be another such
war. We became determined to play
our part in making it. a war for per-
manent peace:
People Were United.
Upon this issue the American peo-
pie united as they never were before.
Every difference was for the time for
gotten. Pacifists shelved their ideals;
trade unions repealed their anti-war
declarations; objection to CONSUMPTION
was withdrawn by common consent,
and the usual opponents of militarism
in any form became as one in sup
port of the United States and the
nations associated with her in the
holy conflict they were waging for
liberty, justice, humanity, democracy
and the permanent peace of the
world. We fought for an ideal. Our
soldiers were crusaders. All our ener-
gies in homes, shops, mines, on
farms, railroads and ships. were
thrown into the conflict. Nothing
was withheld. We were ready to give
everything for the righteous cause in
which we were fighting.
All For 1t During War.
The President gave expression of
our purpose; Congress assented; no
one disputed then. Indeed, all APP
plauded what was said. and the states
men of the Allied nations agreed that
Mr.. wilson was the eloquent inter-
prefer of their aims, purposes and
ideals. His fourteen points were, ac-
copied without; Question by our own
people and the Allied nations. And
upon the issues then defined we threw
our hearts into the conflict. gave our
boys cheerfully, poured, into the lap
Of the government literally Of our
wealth, and staked our all in. the bal
ance.
Now the war is over; Prussianism
has been overcome. Our first pur-
pose has been accomplished. We are
row engaged in consummating the
second. Some of US are faltering.
Some are losing and others are break
ing faith. This must not be done.
We owe it to the brave boys who are
sleeping in France, to the boys who
were willing to die and are still llV-
ing, to the mothers who gave them;
we owe it to ourselves, to our children
and our children's children, we owe
it to Belgium, France. Serbia, Italy,
Poland and England: we owe to God
to keep the faith.
Must. Stand for League.
Americans may differ as to the form
a society of nations should assume,
the functions it may perform or the
powers it may exercise. but no one
can justly oppose: the thing itself
without repudiating the ideal that
kept our people united during the
conflict. There can be no lasting
peace among the nations until the
world organizes for peace. One writer
has called it "organized justice"
We cannot expect the complete tri-
umph of our ideal with one effort.
No one supposes the world state is to