Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1918 — Stop Playing Germany’s War Game by Continually Talking of Peace [ARTICLE]

Stop Playing Germany’s War Game by Continually Talking of Peace

By PORTER EMERSON BROWNE

It iB time that the United States stopped playing Germany’s game. Germany, sure of her ability to keep her own peoples solid for war, talks peace. We, stopping our own efforts to listen and to answer, cripple and confuse both ourselves and our allies. It is the old, old game, 6f the two burglars in the jewelry shop. .One engages the proprietor in conversation while the other robs the safe. While Hertling gives vent to as choice a lot of mendacious hot air, as the world has ever heard, Hindenburg tramples upon prostrate Russia and adds another corpse to his rapidly accumulating collection. And we, soft-hearted, soft-headed, kjndly-souled, peace-loving, peaceinured people that we are, gabble on while murder is committed before opr very eyes. We had better begin to realize that this thing we have embarked in is not a joint debate but a war. Every day that we spend in conversation and that Germany spends in war, is a two days’ loss io us and a two days’ gain for them. ' < Time is the essence of victory for Germany as well as for ourselves. We have not now enough ships both to supply our troops in France and to handle other necessary shipping as well. that we delay in bringing every effort that we. as a natiojppbssesa to the successful prosecution of the war, means a day gained for the development of the new resources that she has captured by force of arms. How much longer do we stand in'the front door talking to the well-dressed confidence man while his beetle-browed pal commits murder in theback room? We have already bought a good half dozen German gold bricks. How many more must we purchase .before we think we’ve got enough?