The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1919-04-24

to US is far more terrible than III
Terror was in France. The sane ar
able leaders were broken aud tn
power passed to the young KerensI =
Whether he was sincere aud mere
weak or both insincere and weak "
can not vet know, and will not kno,
natlI We have more data, We d.
know that the power passed into thr
hands oI the brutal and murderou
Lanine aud Trotsky who on the report
OF our own government agents betray
ed US into the hands OF the kaiser
The rule OF this wild element is sprta1
ing while our delegates plan their owr
peace in couclave as secret as any
old diplomacy could reasonably have
desired. What goes on behind the
closed doors that shelters the big
-Four" we do not know. Only this we
do know that the Presidents promise
Of Open covenants, OPENLY ARRIv
ED AT" is known in the promise and
unknown in performance.
Just so sure as man are human we
may know that the fundamental rebel.
lion against anarchy will assert itself.
Anarchy can come only from the blind.
est kind OF passion that seeks sense
lesslY to destroy. Its leaders are the
most brutal and inhuman OF beasts
that may walk on earth. With the
primal passions OF the Jungle they
combine the refnementS Of brutality
that come from an association with
more advanced intelligence. The rule
Of Lenine and Trotsky is in the very
nature of things Seli'limited. Like
case Of pneumonia it will either de-
jlory the victim or in a reasonable
ime there will be a recovery depend
mt upot the strength Of the patient.
Usually nation has sufficient stamina
o throw of the poison but it frequent
y happens that the victim is left weak
med for years, possibly generations.
II the red terror that is DESTROYING
Russia and eating into the heart Ct
europe is not stopped it will sweep
IN until it stands on the bank of the |
Rhine. How much larther it will 20 |
one can say. This We can know. |
hat when 1t has spent lis evil force
here will come reaction to we'll or
cred government and there needs
ut arise new Napoleon to engull
he world in struggle that will make
he terrible ordeal through which we
ave passed but minor act in the
'agedy. AS sure as the conditions
ersist that man will rise. So far
either Lenne nor Trotsky have shown
he organizing genius that indicates
icy are capable cf welding the masses
Ito military machine OF super hu-
ian power. But in the teeming mil.
ms Of Russia, Germany, Hungary or
lsewheEe that genius is fading itself
ike Napoleon our first introduction
} him may be in some spectacular
.rformance such as his crossing oil
he Alps spd crushing the opposing
,aders on the field Of Marengo. Then
he hour will have grown TOO late.
While Selfappointtd leaders seek their
.ubborn will utterly ignoring the
eople for whom they pretend 10
peak, the disorder grows apace. Il
e do not beware we will waken from
VI dreams rudelv ike the old French
philosophers to find that while we slept
slfsh men acted and that our liberties
,e gone. Unless the intelligent
ublic opinion Of America rises in over
helming might TO call our drifting
adeTship 10 stern account we may
nd our ourselves upon the rocks.
history has always shown that the
lost dangerous men are those whose
eIiOrmance is counter 10 their pro.
lise.
ADril 18th ls Ametirais ursot nan