Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-09

confidence along the road we see, but we should also seek to comprenend the whole of the scene admldst which we act. There is no ground for some of the fearful forecasts hear uttered about me, but the condition of the world is unquestionably very grave and we should face it comprehend- ingly The situation of our own country is exceptionally fortunate. We of all peoples can afford to. Keep our heads and to determine upon moderate and sensible courses of act ion which will ensure us against the passions and distempers which are working such deep unhappiness for some of the distressed nations on the other side of the sea. But we may be involved in their distresses un- less we help, and help with energy and intelligence.
 Must Pay for War.
 "The world must pay for the ap- palling destruction wrought by the great war and we are part of the world. We must pay our share. For five years now, the industry of all Europe has been slack and dlsordered. The normal crops have not been pro- duced; the normal quantity of manu- factured goods has not been turned out. Not until there are the usual crops and the usual production of manufactured goods on the other side of the Atlantic can Europe re- turn to the former conditions; and it was upon the former conditions, not the present, that our economic relations with Europe were built up. We must face the fact that un- less we help Europe to get back to her normal dife and production, a chaos will ensue there which will in- evitably be communicated to this country. For the present, it is mani fest, we must quicken, not slacken our production. We, and we almost alone, now hold the world steady. Upon our steadfastness and self possession depend the affairs of na- tions everywhere. It is in this su- preme crisls-this crisis for all man. kind-that America must prove her mettle. In the presence of world confused, distracted, she must show herself self-possessed, self contained, capable of sober and effective act ion. She saved Europe by her act ion in arms, she must now save it by her action in peace. In saving Flu rope, she will save herself, as she did upon the battle fields of the war. The calmness and capacity with which she deals with the masters the prob lems of peace will be the final test and proof of her place among the peoples of the world.
 Need Light, Not Heat.
 "And, if only in our own interest, we must help the people overseas, Europe is our biggest customer: We must keep her going or thousands of our shops and scores of our mines must close. There is no such thing as letting her go to ruin without ourselves sharing in the disaster.
 If such circumstances, face to face with such tests, passion must be discarded. Passion and a disre- gard for the right of others have no place in the consuls of free people. We need light, not heat in these sol ennn times of self examination and saving action. sThere must be no threats. Let there be only intelli- gent counsel, and let the best req sons win, not the strongest brute force. The world has just destroyed the arbitrary force of a military jun ta. It will live under no other All that is arbitrary and coercive in the discard. Those. who seek to employ it only prepare their own destruct- ion.
 "'We cannot hastily and overnight