The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-01-30

hCdutnllVldil. MY Culcl TcRTct u
cannot read the classics in the origi-
nal.
have lately been perusing some
old volumes on America North and
South | have; also Haklayts stories
Of the old mariners who went out
from England in King Alfred's, and
more particularly Queen Bcss" time
10 discover the northwest passage.
BY Jove, they were some men, and
no mistake" May be, I may one
day come across, and give you a
lecture How the British Discovered
America"
am afraid you are about cor
rect as to Germany's hardened state.
A bully, void of all moral worth,
she has been for ages, and, like the
leopard, cannot change her spots.
She is a whining bully now, crying
for bread for her children; she, who
thought IL no wrong to lombard
open towns. destroying ships carry
ing defenseless women and children,
etc, etc. Ugh! The mind sickens
at her filth and bestiality, and she
must be made to bring forth fruits
meet for repentance. IL does seem
at times impossible to associate
Germany with the country that pro.
duced such men as Beethoven, Men,
delssohn, Wagner. and Brahms The
whole nation seems TO have gone
to the devil. How can one say ought
else? | am afraid | have not an
atom Of sympathy either for the
pacilist who wants to condone the
crime, the awful crime on human
ity committed, and ask, what ought
to be the position of those men who
laid the fuse in 1914, and set the
world in flames of destruction? Kul-
tur, kultur, Kulturl Even now they
are plotting to outwit us (the Al
lies. They have a good merchant
fleet would give them justice
mot vengeance) and make them re-
turn ton for ton in respect TO all the
ships they destroyed, and rebuild
all the fair places they have laid
waste and blasted. But what of the
many fair lives destroyed. and
hearts broken, beyond the possible
ity of solace or relief? There is a
moral side IS we'll as material side
to this question. Let the punish
ment tit the crime"
The results of our general election
were made known yesterday. and
Lloyd-George and the party sup
porting him. returned with bigger
majority than any government be-
fore, which proves old England is
still sane, amid the awful nonsense
Of extreme socialism. Lloyd-George
now has his mandate 10 attend
the Peace Conference. He is the
right man for the job. Mr.. Asquith.
lis henchman, and nearly all the
notorious paciflcists, were defeated
at the polls. Thus speaks Great
Britain today.
Ireland, that land OF impossible,
and not-to-be-understood psychol-
ogy, is going 10 give us trouble. She
(the south, particularly aims at
severance from the Union. OF ct-Icse
Ulster wishes to remain in the union
and will have nothing else. We
cannot have a republic there, close
TO our shore. There will be disaster
there yet, it is much TO be feared.
They are better off in every respect
than we in England. They do not
know what they want.
was interested to learn you hal
had a visit from one of our TOmmies,
and that he satisfactorily entertain
ed you by his lecture. Yes, like you,
We have many good boys" and
they have shown themselves worthy
sons Of the stock they sprung from.
One often feels glad he should have
lived TO see "der Tag" We could do
no less than we did. If faithfulness
10 a contract be voted as a virtue
and a necessity in an individual.
how much more the need Of integ-
rity TO our sworn and pledged word
In a natiOnl We British are never
Vindictive, but hope we with the
Allies will mete out justice 10 the
Hun for his objectionable deeds.
We are not yet tout Of the wood"
and | hope we shall be ready still
'Or any emergency. Disarmament,
BY a certain class i'm this country,
IS being clamOred for, but, we
have to remember that peace has
not been signed, and 10 bear in mind
Ne must have power 10 enforce the
conditions of peace, and TO prevent
he Hun having the chance TO re-
'uscitate, and lay his plans for
'uture wars. He will do so if he
IAN, and if his claws are not drawn.
THE League of Nations" IN Drp-