Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1919-04-03

were criminal, the orator said; the
solution of the world-difficulty was the
adoption of the doctrine of "the BROTH
erhood of man." A draft was immi-
nent, the orator said; and he advised
all men to resist ito the point of
revolution, il necessary.
Also, the orator had something to
say about bonds. They, too, were
evil. There could be no war IL the
| people refused to finance it. The rich
men of the country were behind it all
the poor did not want war-they
would not have 1t.
| At this point in the orators speech
there came an interruption. A sim
| ewy, strong faced man who stood near
Corwin raised his voice sneeringly:\
"Bah!" he yelled at the orator;
"how much does the Kaiser pay you
for shooting off your mouth?"
There was laugh, some Kisses, and
some applause for the interrupter.
| Then suddenly, the crowd began to
move. There were shouts, hoarse inn
| precautions, blows.
In an instant turmoil reigned. The
crowd became huge blot animated
by swinging arms, and articulate with
curses and infuriated yells. Corwin
saw the interrupter, a grim smile on
his face, drive into the press, swing
| ing his arms like fails. He saw men
go down under the mans blows; and
as Corwin ran for position of safety
he mentally remarked that the express
sion of the mans face was much like
that which had been upon the face of
his stenographer when she had told
him: because America is America!"
He OWNED that the fighting instinct in
the stenographer was as strong as
that which had driven the strong
faced man to grimly attack the friends
of the orator.
However. this incident strengthened
Corwin's conviction that the country
did not want war. And when from his
position of safety he saw policemen
fighting their way into the crowd, dis
persing it, and arresting some Of the
disturbers, he cynically remarked to
a bystander that the incident proved
that the workers of the world had no
| NOlCo III Tic pOllClCo III IhCAl 6ONCih-
ments-liberty of speech was even de-
MED them. And when, the next morn
ing, Corwin heard that the offenders
1.-THE orator especially-had been ac-
cused of treason, he grinned satur-
ninely.
SulIenly, Corwin noted the prepara-
tions for the first Liberty Loan cam
paign. He heard rumors that the COM
mittee had examined into every mans
resources, and that every citizen Of
Falltown was expected to buy bonds
to the extent of his means. On the
streets-in the shapes of placard and
poster and handbill and sticker--ap-
peared the slogan:
"Send Falltown over the top"
Advertisements began to appear in
the Observer pointed paragraphs
were there, appealing to the patriot.
ism of Falltown's citizens. And on
the morning when the loan campaign
was launched, Corwin drove to his
ofice in his closed car, dreading to be
accOsted by the workers that thronged
the streets.
Il. Corwin had got down early, and
after he opened his desk he sat be.
fore 1t for long time, thinking of the
young man who had sneered at the
speaker some nights before.
The young mans face had made a
deep impression on him; he could see
the fellow plainly-grinning his con.
There had been no indeclsion in the
young mans manner; he had exhibited
savage eagernesS to punish the agi
tator who had tried to spread the doc
trine of treason.
The young man was force, sym
Dol of Americanism; he was exactly
the type of man that had long been
Corwin's ideal-a fighter taking nc
thought of consequences.
In day before the poison of dis
: trust had got into Corwin's veins he
would have applauded the young mar
for what he had done; but now he saw
in the fellow nothing but superb
animalis,n-a man with magnificent
body who blindly and unthinkingly
fought, because, forsooth. man II
Washington had arbitrarily declared
fighting to be necessary. He's the
sort of fellow that makes it possible
for us to wage war;" mused Corwin;
she's cannon-fodder-or willing to be
Capital knows that-and Capital vii
use him and his kind. No brain-jus
a fighting animal"
And yet, somehow, Corwin enviet
the young man, even while condemn
ing him. His action in attacking thi