The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-09-29
THE PRACTICALLY FORGOTTEN


THE PRACTICALLY FORGOTTEN
man of troubled Europe today is Ex-kaiser
Wilhelm at Doom, Holland, where only on
his occasional birthday is he interviewed or
snapped at his favorite pastime, saving
wood.
What advice this beaten lord Of Ger
many generation ago might give Hitler
were they to meet.
adolf" he might say, ''be satisfied.
You have vast forces. You appear to have
the backing of great people. Your army
and its machines thrill you as they pass by
in review. You appreciate the acclaim OF
the masses. You know they recognize you
as leader. When you say, If | could only
get this and that for my people don't
you really mean for yourself?
Remember Adolf, the world is large
and your enemies, too have great forces.
You train men to fight, Adolf, like l did
but in some of those fool democracies men
are inspired to fight. They're hard to beat
Adolf.
II thrilled, too Adolf when my men
marched past, but when they returned from
the trenches, they weren't housekeeping.
Those yawning gaps in the ranks, Adolf,
they haunt me even now. Those men on
clutches were respectful but in their faces
Adolf, they seemed to ask what for?'
Nov and then one went stark raving
mad and shouted it, but that was a relief.
The quiet ones can never forget.
And Adolf, it's quiet here at Doom.
Uncomfortably quiet | read of the world
in which | was once a commanding figure.
| search for some mention of my NAME
pray for some favorable comment. Only
once more will be in the public eye, Adolf
,,rbo bo thrOurbDnt no world
search through their files for that long
written and occasionally revised account of
my life, to remind the world again of the
destruction and death which stalked my
hopes and ambitions. I'll not be reading
then.
Notice how quiet it is here at Doom,
Adolf, and remember-I, too, dreamed of
conquest"
WITH WAR SCARES MORE SERI-
Gus by the hour and attendant problems
arising in cabinet and consular offices, men
of the Wilson administration who expert
enced similar conditions in 1914 have been
called in for advice. That the world faces
a highly similar situation to that of "a
years ago is a sad criterion on our efforts tC
end war by force and arbitration, but il
does afford trained leadership.
Perhaps the parallel experience of those
among us who recall the last war, either
from at home or abroad, may serve as good
stead in keeping this nation out of any new
European conflagration.
Certainly we will not as readily absorb
propaganda, poured out in such quantities
prior to our entrance in the World war. We
should have no illusions that the cause Of
peace is served by removal of despots from
lands where others may arise. We know
war for what it is, stripped of the glamour,
of bands and uniforms; its results seen ii
the dead and crippled, the moral and econ
omic aftermath.
Ii war comes in Europe, we must ex
pect clamor for American participation
first in funds and supplies, then with arms
and men. America today is practically un
animous in the view that it is not our fight
that the map of Europe is and must remain
a matter foreign to us.
Our problem is to maintain that atti
tude.
THE CONFERENCE BETWEEN GOV
ernor Benson and Former Governor HAL
mar Petersen last week was watched with
interest, not so much for the effect the out
come might have on the election because
Minnesotans generally vote their convictions
rather than On advice of any political lead
er, but because the character of mar
100000 persons at the primary thought
should be governor was being weighed.
Had Hjalmar joined the Benson forces
without his complaints against the admin
istration being rectified, he might safely
have been branded an opportunist rathe
than a reformer.
WHY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
CHANGED purge with the cards stacked
against him has the political guesser:
guessing. Hasn't it pretty effectively quiet
ed the dictator talk? Didn't it keep the
administration in the limelight during ;
rather dull period of capital news? Hasn'
the result encouraged business? Doesn'
anyone on top too long lose that support ant
popularity accorded the "under-dog'? /
would seem the purge defeats served usefu
purposes, even for the president.
THE FAMILY CAR is THE ONE THF
old man is permitted to drive when ther,