The Hayti herald., 1919-05-22
The Leopard Can't
Change His Spots
BY c. M. MORRISON.
THB MAN who whipped the Hun
knows the Hun better than any

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Europe, and who repeats that the
leopard cannot change its spots.
I'VE must stay on the Rbine," says
Foch. "We must doublelock the door,"
The man who says this is the allied
general who was given the well-nigh
super-human task Of stopping the
Huns when they were beating back
the allies one little year ago.
Remember" says he, those TO-
100000 Of Germans w1l always be
menace to US. They are an envious
and warlike people. Their character
isttcs are not changed. Fifty years
hence they will be what they are to.
day. Do not trust the appearances of
the moment" 20
Those of US who have been telling
ourselves that "the war Is over" and
that maybe "the Germans will settle
down pretty soon and go about their
business in a peaceful manner" will
do we'll to ponder rather deeply what
Marshal Foch says.
His utterances on the very eve Il
the final action on the peace treaties
indicate the dread, the utter distrust
of the Huns that is felt by their
neighbors.
"The next time," says General Foch,
remember that Germany will make
no mistake. They will break through
into northern France and seize the
channel ports as base of operations
nu1a Nd Cot Ial @ha loo
time because they did not believe Eng
land would come in and when they
found she was coming in it was too
late to change their plans"
You think" he added, 1.-The Ger
mans will have no arms for another
attack! Ho! Ho! How do you know?
By the time you had found out that
they had them it would be too late"
NM spent his life in measuring
the German power for war.
who has studied the very soul and
brain of Germany for lifetime, who
has given the best that was in him in
meeting and beating that expected at
tack when it did come, when q man
like this utters such warning we may
be sure that there is still profound
dread Of German strength in Europe
and that we IN America have not as
yet done all that we might be called
upon to do.
His utterances sound warning to
those Americans who have been in.
clined to think lightly of the Fifth
Loan, the Victory Liberty Loan. There
are good many Of us who seem to
think that 1t does not matter mucn
whether or not the Victory Liberty
Loan is subscribed. That the country
will get along someway even should
the loan fall short of being subscribed.
The thoughtful utterance of Marshal
Foch gives us more than a hint of
some of the danger that America and
the rest Of the world are still facing.
II Is not a time when we can afford
to trifie with duty. 1t is probable that
the crisis in the affairs of the free
nations of the earth Is swiftly ap-
preaching. That they might possibly
find 1t necessary to fight, and to fight
soon, to preserve their liberties against
another Hun-contrived menace that
may sweep up out of Central and East
ern Europe.
Certainly II is poor time for an
American who has been hard worker
in the cause of Americanism, who has
bought and fought and served to down
the Hun, to quit now when the final
sction is to be taken toward making
and keeping the peace of the earth.
T<HE UNITED STATES govern.
ment needs the funds that are
- to be raised by the Victory Lib.
erty Loan. Certainly the request for
popular loan would never have been
made had the flnanciers Of the gov
eminent been able to get through the
present crisis without 1t. Nations are
not fond of issuing gigantic loans,
either in peace or In war, without TAX.
ing due thought concerning their &C,
tual needs.
The observations of Marshal Foch
put a point upon much that has been
said and written concerning the actual
ending of the war and the possibilities
of its blazing out again within few
years. It Is evident that the man who
smashed the Huns is under few il
lusions concerning the German charac.
ter. Studying them for lifetime and
observing their conduct during the
war. he has formed the conclusion
that they are a menace and they can
not be trusted,
And-whatever may be the individ
ual opinion of the Hun here in Ameri
ca, 1t is plain that his neighbors in
Europe are by no means willing to
trust him yet. Nor will they be for a
good many generations. At first hand
they have seen the Hun as a crucifier OF
captured soldiers, as a murderer ol
women, as a sea-assassin, a rapist and
baby killer.
Here in the United States we should
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