The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-03-20

statesmen Of that day we're right in
trying d great experiment. and they
tried it with success. The Ameri
ca of their descendants has not be-
come timid. The old idealism, the
old fire. the old aspiration for some!
thing greater and better in the world
the generosity that is willing that
others should share the prosperity
and peace that we enjoy-has not
died out. .,
"The war has taught us some
things-which we hardly understood
before. One is the cruelty, the suf-
fering, the devastation, the horror OF
modern war, and the absolute neces-
sity Of stopping it if civilization is
to be preserved. Another thing the
war has taught us,-which we saw
but dimly before,-is that we have
become a great nation and an insep-
arabic part of the world.
Closer Contact
with the closer contact with
Europe, which the progress, of science
has brought about, through the more
rapid transportation of news. OF
things and of men, the days of Amer
lean isolation have passed away for
ever. The numbers and intelligence
of our people and the resources OF
our land have made us potentially
the most powerful people upon earth.
We cannot change it if we would, nor
can we escape. what it implies. We
cannot move the world or our country
backward, and it is unwise when we
cannot help moving to look the other.
r4pe 90 ,ovt1n 10,
ward, and we must look ahead -
WAR can, in large measure, be pre-
vented, and certainly such wars as
we have just shudderel at can be
prevented; but this can be done only
by a League. and a League power
full enough for the purpose is possible
only if our country plays it's part.
The hour is rapidly approaching
when we must decide whether our
country shall take its place, Ike
great and generous nation, side by
side with others as guardians OF law.
order and justice in the world, or
whether it shall turn it's face away
from a. world in agony. When ]
hear Senator BOrah. WHO doubtless
thinks himself a good Judge Of The,
political atmosphere, say that IL the
Savior of the world should revisit the
earth and declare for League of VA
tons, he would oppose it, | am re-
minded of saying of that Savior:
'Ye can discern the face OF the sky:
can We not discern the signs Of the
tImes?'
Superintendent r. ID. Hall OF the
Fargo children's home and Mrs. John
Crawford, neighbOr and - friend OF
Courtenay, will leave here tonight on
No. s for Fargo with five and possibly
the entire six surviving Mcdonnell
children, where they will be placed in
the children's home. Judge ]. A. Cot
fey, who has been investigating the
case, announced at 3 o'clock.
Just what disposition is to be made
of Duncan Mcdonnell, IA, little Grip
pie whose condition is .,itiable, is
now known asyet. 1t was minated
this afternoon that he may not be
sent to Fargo, Judge Coffey attending
special meeting o the board or
county commissioners to see what
could .be done in his interest. Man.
ager Harold Duterfeldt, of the Capitol
hotel, where the children spent the
night, collected SIS within Is minutes
this morning from sympathetic per-
sons about the hotel lobby. The mon
ey will be given to responsible peo-
ple to provide the little ones with
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