Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-11
THE MAN WHO TALKS

lHdlc OI AmtTFCdS DarIlClpal1On III the | World war, one of the outstanding fea- lures will be our departure from the tfa- ditional policy of npn-interfeFeQce with European. matters. As the years went by we increasingly felt the wisdom of keep ing ourselves aloof from the petty and almost constant strifes of the Old world. From Washington to Wilson was this policy followed. But there was nothing in the constitution, nor in the policy it. self, that forbade any departure from it if circumstances arose that would justify it. Consequently there was no contradic- tfen in our attitude, nor any infringement upon our previous action. when in 1917 we joined the allies to put down a foe who had his eye fixed on New York just as truly as he did on Paris or London. It is one of the cIearest instances of all human history where one nation united with other nations in fighting g common enemy for the single purpose of self preseFyatien.
 ArmiStlce Day: Its Humanity. As was to be expected the United States was severely criticised in certain quarters for ! throwing it's power in behalf of the en- tente. Apart from the criminal aggres- sors, no voice has been raised against ! the Unselfsh humanitarian spirit of our action. It is the unfortunate testimony | of the past, where several nations have | fought against common foe, when vde- torieus, to enter into disgraceful squab- bling over the spells. When we joined the allies we did not expect to add one 1 inch of the enemY's ground to our terri | tory. We did not present an enormous | reparation bill, even though our expenses were enormous. We simply could not sec l western Europe owerTun with an alien people, without one yestige of justifca-
 tion. It was simply the act of a big,
 strong boy standing up and defending
 his smaller and weaker brother. In this 1 light will impartial history view our par 1 ticipation in the World war, and merited l emphasis will be put on the humanity of
 our action in so doing.
 Armistice Day: Its Preyio4sness. It is the general consensus of intelligent opin- ion that the allies were little too hasty
 in calling for a cessation of fighting. But we can easily see and apreciate theil
 viewpoint. France was indeed hled
 white; England had made her last stand
 with back to the Channel; all parties Il concerned were heartily sick of blood.
 shed, of which they had seen So much fol four years They can be pardoned ii
 they made a strategic blunder. But as
 we look at the coasequenees after thf smoke of battle has died away. and set the defiant, unrepentant attitude of the enemy, the question naturally arises il the victory would not have been mori
 decisive if the armistice had been signed in Berlin, with the enemy unquestionabl!
 subdued, than upon French soil In tha , case it probably would have settled for ever the question of a second attack. 4; it now is, nothing but lack of resources prevents another slaughter.
 ! Armistice Day: Its Cost Here I refa : only to it's smallest item, that of mate rial wastage. There is no use in tryinl 7 to burden our minds with figures so co l. lossal that they mean nothing to us = When each of the nations spent none, running u9 into the billions, we are oal,
 dazed in trying to comprehend the awfu wastefulness of war We feel it EttI more keenly in the almost bankrupt con
 dition of every European state. If com pelled to pay it's q ebts, Great Britai
 alone would have the appearance of sol
 yency. And Great Britain is so near tn
 edge of the precipice that she is afraid t e look over. When we think of the nun n Der of business failures that this entails l. the tremendous addition given to taxpay . CTS already heavily burdened; the rigi
 economy that must be practiced by tn people at large the vast amount of Sui
 
 l. because of lack of employment, this wi '- give some idea of the dragons that folio q in the wake of war.
 j. Armistice Day: It's Pathos. To he
 many is this day nothing more than tt l. record of tears and heartaehes2 The T, > curenee of each successive Nov. Ii ten( W to reopen 3 Wouna that will only partia ,e ly heal TheNday puts pecllisr emphas T upon the vacant chair. Fathers ar
 mothers brothers and sisters are hrougl ~ again into living fellowship with tn; 'o bright, strong, manly lad, the joy al
 life of the home, who is now sleepi1 1t beneath the poppies of Flanders. Null ly ply this case by the million and it " ry give US one angle of Aenistice day tn a. we must never forget. The strpnge a. magnet in this world is some of tho o- beautiful and well kept cemeteries ,a France where the lads in our Americ. f e1peditionarE force lie sleeping in tht " graves of honor. But when one thin ss hoy many homes are thus joined IT. France, we feel what has thus be in eemeRted together by the blood of hero li7 will never be parted by the cruel hand ts war.
 cI ARmistiee Day: Its Tragedy. As es aftermath of the war we see somethi at in our midst besides pathes in the fo n- of memory of the brave who have go de It is the tragedy of many who are liyi at who are just as truly victims of war .n- those who perished. The armless slet = and the cFlltch recall the days of Verd ,. and The MaFne, In this instance l' tragedy is a living one, and it mes an disappointed hopes and hlighted am me tions. When he enlisted. the boy had
 mind life work of skilled handicrs
 but there is nov no hand for the VIC
 Another, with one or both legs go he must do something less strenuous u ch his ambition marked out before the V
 We feel the rank injustiee of war VI
 these boys must depend on selling ST ,av wares from house to house. Others " -eS shell-shoelzed and somehow are not HIS same as they were The greatest tFag' of all is the profiteer Vha fattsred
 the blood of souls. It is terrible to l IL 9 limb in war; it is much verse to nat oness conscience.
 Armistace nayi Its TripMRhg. Se
 glory attaches to Nov. II in spite of os- politicians, who came very near ruin er- what had been accomplished on the
 tleield. It marks 8 great advance
 the Ronnlsr mind in regaFd to war ess 1t is the raHk. and file who suffer by , but the most, therefpEe theirs ought to be rol deciding voice in war, The high
 mighty, as was clearly proven, ms. ''feathered their nestsa in the late ba+ at the expense of others, will no lon as have the snle voice in war, -The pee pr as 8 whole are naw sA united aga
 war that no ggFeFHHent could stand
 that decided in it's favor. The people CTS in no mood to- he tFaAed with. They h if suffered too much to contribute | hey sons to settle national diaieulties by
 sword. At Paris and Versailles there . lH;nlxay-;uo j.,sskr oa fR,apa xryos of iI.a j,