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Knights of Columbus
WAR FUND
Our Great President Has Said:
“A supreme moment of history has come. The More are needed over here and “over there" with
hand of God .s laid upon the nations. He will Pershiqg. $10,000,000 must be raised at once
show them favor, I devoutly believe, only If they Every soldier or sailor, regardless of his religious
„ * C * 9 t8 °f Hi8 °W" Ju8tice and linings, finds here a home and club where he
mercy' —————may r68t’ read’ c°nverse and enjoy himself .as he
_r desires.
We are at war for democracy and humanity.
It is an All-American war and demands an All- Let no Cordovan fall iq his duty. Make up your
American unity. The morale of ALL our soldiers mind today and say “I WILL” subscribe to the
and sailors is strengthened by the knowledge War »». xr ,
that ALL at home are helping ALL at the front. mP *** °f the Kn‘Bht8 °f Columbus
The soldier cannot stop after his first, second or — ■ ' n
third fight. We at home cannot stop giving with
our first few contributions. Our soldiers must Governor Lister of Washington Says:
continue to fight—we must continue to give.
“■ have personally kept In touch with the work
forty per cent of our soldiers and sailors are h«inn hu,. „ . .. „
' Catholics-three times the quota according to 0 °n6 * tH° Kn‘°ht8 0f Co,umbua a* Camp
population. - Lewis. I believe It to be a line of activity that
The Knights of Columbus in our war camps are 7'" °# mateHa' benef,t t0 our Mldlw Never
working shoulder to shoulder with the Y. M. C. A. " hl8tory hae 80 miJch attention before been
Both have more than they can do. Siven to the social and recreational part of a sol
“Everybody Welcome”—cheerily blazons forth diers llfe 38 i8 n#w the case. The Knights of
from the seventy-three war camp recreation Columbus Organization Is playing no small part
buildings already being operated by the Knights in^this great work. I hope for your every suc
of Columbus. . ce8 jn the campaign.„
We are all brothers today, United in One Cause
To Win This War—To Preserve Our
Government and Liberty
DO YOUR BIT!
JAS. GALEN, Chairman F. A. JONES, Secretary
JOHN MULLER, Treasurer
Make Your Payments to John Muller, Treasurer
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
VOTE FOR
JAMES L. GALEN
Republican Candidate for
Road Commissioner
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
JAMES E. WILSON
Road Commissioner
Solicits Your Vote for Re-election
Primary Election Tuesday, April 30
VOTE FOR
HENRY A. SLATER
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April) 3ft
VOTE FOR
JOSEPH H. MURRAY'
Republican Candidate for
Representative
Primary Election Tuesday, April: 30
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DYNASTICf SYSTEM IS
ROOT OF THE WAR
(B£. David1 Stacn Jordan!
The dynastic system is the taproot
of war It persists a» a survival from
mediaeval traditions, with no proper
place brittle civilization of today. Its
presevno- has precipitated the world
war. because in Germany wtth anti
quated t preconceptions it has become 1
possessed of aW the resoarcee of
science.- Its existence is bound up in
warn it rests on: three preps—force,
intrigue, and superstition—and all
thaee weaken «. time of peace. Mili
tarism,. cutthroat diplomacy, and the
claim of the divine right, without these
three no dynasty could maintain itself
or. bee other than a pretense of social
display. The plutocrats system often
personified1 an "capilalBstn,- is an off
shoot of democracy, grafted, in its own
interest, on the dynastic stem. "Big
business’- fiears and distrusts war,
though it does not hesitate to utilize
its machinery whenever anything is to
be gained by It. tt usee war for its
own ende when “war is in the air”
and1 i& prospect, tt is true that greed
has been grossly evident in the incep
tion of most wars and on both sides,
but it is rarely the original motive
force. For that we must look pri
marily to, dynastic demands and next
tw> its war rivalries, secret intrigues*
and open conflicts^. It is true that,
national ambitions with the economic
Hmitattaos and obstructions by which
nation* are hemmed in are made
powerful incentives to discord. Ip- is
equally true that personal ambitions
c^uuuiuic embarrassment ^rten
furnish Impelling incentives te> bur
glary. But there exists no logical; rea
son why national unrest shouts ripen’
Into war or individual discontent into
robbery. The remedy in eijtthsr case,'
| where remedy exists, must be sought!
within the bounds of law and order. |
Reciprocity is the ratlcwat cure for
national economic ills. Justice is the
only cure for thoser of- the individual.
Jhe dynastic system besides its ar
mies, its serpentine diplomatic service,
and its state chu^gfe, demands the
backing of philoso^>y. And with this,
the ruling caste of Germany has amply
provided itself. And aa "all good
things come in threes’’ (‘‘alle gute
dinge sind drei”), in Germany the
philosophy of the dynastic state is
threefold—the supreme state, or
“Statt” the supreme discipline, or
“Kultur,” and the supreme duty of
power, or "social Darwinism.”
The theory of the supreme state fig
ures an ideal entity overarching the
sovereign nation as the sky overarches
the earth, thus existing over and above
and apart from the peoples which it
watches, feeds, and protects, as the
landowner guards his sheep. The sheep
are not consulted as to methods of
defense, nor as to the time when
they should be duly shorn. The paral
lel is clear, for the final aim in both
cases is found in the shearing. On the
supreme state, the people may not 1m
pltnge In any way. On the other
hand, the state, which lies beyond the
reach of all morals and can do no
wrong, must implinge <5n them. To
this end the dynasty is established
with it array of satellites, parasites,
and favorites who actually control.
And as the dynasty is neither self
chosen through Its own Innate power,
nor elected by the people, it must
claim divine origin. And this claim
is a transparent sham. The supreme
state is in fact the cloak behind which
autocracy hides its crimes and follies
and those of its sycophants and ty
rants. The king or emperor heads the
dynasty only in name. He is the crea
ture of the system, and there are few
dynastic rulers who ever draw a
breath of fresh air or ever see in
truthfulness any part of the actual
world outside. * *
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“Kulture,” Involves a system of dis
cipline enforced from above. This in
cludes not only compulsory education,
cultural and vocational, with enforced
army service, but also a complete regi
mentation of industries. For every
competent man the state finds a place
and then holds him there with, in gen
eral, no hope of advancement or
change. This involves the three col
lective duties of society: “Dienst, Ord
nung, Kraft” (service, conformity, ef
ficiency). These duties are enforced
from above,, involving no impulses
arising within the individual but all
along lines Indicated by officialism.
■The individual is described as a brick
within an edifice he does not see and
can not understand. From the same
source arise the three personal duties:
"Soldat sein, Stener zahlen, Mund
halten” (be a soldier, pay taxes, mouth
shut). These represent the sole in
dividual contributions of the common
man. And on such. basis of military
and industrial control the war sy#
em Justifies itself as a discipline.in
mass efficiency, in contradistinction,
Jemocraoy makea for Individual effi
ciency and has a^g&olosophy of its own
whereby the as a reality is ex
alted and the ‘atate" is no Hegelian
ibstraction of ffee men for mutual wel
fare. Whenever the humandi demo
cratic state Sargets its origin and
claims for ita* shifting majorities the
livine right infallibility and of im
peccability 1ft passes into the auto
cratic class with all the possibilities
)f tyranny and corruption, which in
here in political lllusians.
The philosophy of "social Darwin
ism” looks, forward to the right and
luty of tfc» dynastic andr regimented
itr.te to extend its system, overriding
by forco- or trickery al|i inferiors or
competitors.
This theory bears no legitimate re
lation,. t« Darwinism, from which »t
borrows only the mune. It regards
civilisation as a merely physical strug
gle iar existence, nation against na
tion,- race against rjace, in which the
weg* go to the wail to be trampled
broad” by the strong and ruthless.
Idte unpardonable*, sin of a sovereign
state is to be stuell; peace loving, or
backward. The. nations which, adopt
the system of ‘Kulture,” it is olaimed
stand in the vaeguard of progress, and
It is their highest duty to suodue, en
slave, or eradicate the others As a
matter of toot, the elements of force,
ferocity, or even courage, do not bring
final sue*was in the “struggle for ex
istence.” Nothing enduring was ever
wrought by force. The cement which
holds nations together is not power,
but good will. Empires have fallen
and wlH fall, for they rest, one and
all, on Grumbling foundations, but no
nation ever failed through excess of
brotherly love, and throughout nature
there is a bounty on the heads of
wolves, hawks, hyenas, Caesars, Alex
anders, moguls or vandals of what
ever race or kind.
The Inhuman features which have
distinguished the dynastic state in
our times are matters inspearable
froih autocracy. Every charge made
against pan-Germany in the present
war was justly charged against the
war making of Louis YIV. Broken
treaties, ruthless invasions, permeat
ing Intrigue, enslavement, rapine, and
devastation entered into the war mak
ing of Louis the Magnificent, precise
ly as into that of Wflliam 11 The dy
nastic system is the root of war. It
rests on blood, treachery, and super
stition, and there is little hope of last
ing peace until all civilized nations
cast aside its theory and its practice.
With the great cause of war out of
the way, it will be relatively easy to
remove the minor incentives. Reci
procity must replace rivalry. This can
only be done by the co-operation of
the people concerned. And the cry
of the French in the trenches must
be the watchword of the future: "Tbs
people have been nothing; they must
be everything.”
RED CROSS IS" PREPARED .
TO HANDLE ANY EPIDEMIC
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Foi-r
Pullman coaches, specially fitted with
medical and surgical equipment, chem
icals, and manned by a staff of skilled
surgeons and physicians, ready to be
rushed instantly to any military camp
in the United States for fighting epi
demics, are maintained by the Ameri
can Red Cross, It was announced hero
recently.
These cars are stationed at strategi*
points, with basterlologists and chem
ists in attendance, ready for instant
dispatch at the outbreak of a serious
epidemic among United States ^sol
diers. Eight highly skilled medical
specialists in epidemics are assigned
to each car. Hundreds of lives would
be saved In case of a dangerous epi
demic by these cars, medical authori
ties believe.
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FAIRBANKS BOY IN BAD
Daniel Morency, a 16-year-old Fair
banks boy. is again under arrest,
charged with stealing a watch, knife
and revolver from Hall’s bath house.
At first the boy denied the theft, but
later admitted it. He has a long
string of burglaries to his credit, and
this time, if not given a severe sen
tience by the court, will undoubtedly
be sent to some reform school until he
reaches his majority. Only his age
has saved him in previous offenses.