THE ASHEVILLE TIMES.
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 1917
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01 R WAR MOTIVES
lly WILLIAM i:H.IsH WAI.l.lVC
of 1 lie illumes
" The overwhelming majority of Un
American people are m snlsunti;il
agreement ubout the aim of America
in the present war. :u that ami tun
been expressed bv president W ilson.'
Hut what is our deepest :md most
powerful motive the j motive that
may be relied upon to brim; us to e.
eri our maximum power in the war.'
.lust where are we to lliul our i hief
psychological motive power? lieie
lies our greatest rewrvoir of mental
and moral energy? There is no time
for delay. We mubt exert our maxi
mum of psychological power now.
when the desperate peace offensive
' Germany is enrrvinn on In this rosin-
try Is reaching its maximum.
Now what is our most powerful w-ir
motive? oil war prases have passed
Into disuse as the old war reelings find
motives have gone. Our -language,
inherited from previous generations,
firs previous sectional no uil wars bel
ter than it does the present demo
cratic war- We do not. light lor.-, ven
geance" nor for "glory." We do not
even fight for that moderated form of
vengeance, "honor, nor thut U-fsci
form of glory. "presti.e
But while the old phrases are too
narrow, the new phizes so far offered
are often too brund. While we. :ttv
not lighting merely for .ourselves, it is
" almost too much to say: that we are
. lighting solely for' others-. . -'.Though .wo
are not narrow nationalists we scarcer
ly rpcosnizethp new .phrases of inter f
nationalism as fully picturiny o,r
deepest motives in t:e War V.'e are
not exactly lighting, for democracy,
because we are not ..Uem,''.!:u '.o
force democratic government on any
people. Deinor-raCy will iiain enor
mously by our victory and by ttV de
feat of the enemy, and . democracy
will lose enormously if the enemy is
not defeated. .-.'The president has hl
our central war aim 'more precise. '
are liKhtinu to make the world s.i!'
for democracy. But even this is
merely . the negative ..side of the slru..-
,s;ie." . V
We are d ins more than merely to
see to it that del uoef . is not end-in-'.
e.,-ed. Auainst our whole, civili an ioa
la the autoera;.ic "Kiiltui-'V of I'l'.HSsi.i.
; In peace lis well iis in war the (lor.-,
man nuiion has sought and xtHI swH
to spread this sort f .''('-.iviliaHtion"
as far as its power reaches. It nciy
. Vie doubted if Lhe w v itseh' lias done
more harm than ! he propaganda con
ducted by Germany before the war
The president has said that the I'rus
sian autocracy is "lhe natural foe
liberty." it is more. It is the natural
; foe to democratic eivllteation, .los.l
lis in the war. between the Xorlh. and
the South two .'iyili.a',ior.s are in con
flict. Just as in that historic example
the two civilizations had been i. con
flict during fifty years of peace. The
two.' civilizations wer- "natural foes."
the armed conflict was Inevitable, ami
. the desire for the 'overthrow of the in
ferior civilization and the predomi
nance of the superior' .these were the
passionate-motives which drove tie1
North to victot" . Xo smaller or b s-i
powerful motive can k i e us the ovi r
whelming 'driving lenv needed to win
the present war.:
Since the beinnin.:-; of 'ilio F.aroiean
will" our nafural foe li.is been cna:;ed
in cjestroying' as much as h:1-could o
theMworld's yreat iic:uoi I'aciis and cn
deavorink to: weaken, their nowe:' ia
the world. A damjerous crhnidul
eru'oent has been roam iiiii l he cin!;,
'plundering and ninrderijii;. Ail of
our instincts as weli as all of o. r. :tr
te'lligence told us it was our duly
'. equally to ourselves ;-.ml to the. world's
law and order to take up the hiIn.
But in-order to make the wor'd s;'if
for, ourselves had the oilier ib-muc-
aeies we must make democracy pre
doaiiiiant in the worid If aulocracv
rerrtains at all lhe forces uiier.i'in
ucainst it must, be. so pverwht iming
that it will remain without any serious
power for evil.
This proa l truth 'idves uk .our i-.osr-tive
war aim and mis-don i hirb mast
also be our most powerful war motive
ami inspiration. We are necessarily
fighting for the advance of democratic
KOvernmi.il and eiviiixatsnn: not mere
ly to tit lend Incni. W e .nr a uveal
and relatively progressive nation. We
know that we want to have jiml o :tht
to have a considerable voice in world
aiiairs along with other nations of a
similar type of civiloiationk Wo know
that lint only do our interestx unci
ideais demand this, but also the inier
esis of ail other nations. We know
that we have as much as. perhaps
mere than, anv other single nation to
contribute to the world s develop
ment. Not a pretended ulti'uimii hoi
enuplucned sell -Interest drives its in!
this direction. We Knew that we were I
the ln-st great democracy, in point of j
time, and we know that we have now 1
become the worlti s tirsi democracy
in point of power, thai we liajipen to
be at lhe ire-ei,t moment the most
powerful n( all nations in the extent
of our developed resoneerf. Technic
ally, if not intellectually, we are in a
position to do more I ban anv other
single nniion tor the advance of man-1
kind provided we act in full co-
operation with all otner democratic
nations. Tiimatli the development of
the world as a whole and the advance
of mankind is not vet the immediate
Koal of America or of any other na
tion, we know that democratic na
tions, as they evolve, work m that di
rection. The present war is not a war to im
pose democratic .toverniiieot on any
nation t except, in a-limited form as
lo loveun ahansi It is not a war to
impose democratic civilization on at;v
natipii, bat it is a. war to make riemt)-
cratic f.'ovei n.iiri'tit and civilization, lis)
we. know t,v actual observation, can
be reiied ;:po:i to iiropasate itself. II !
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is based on the success of its a p press -ive
nationalistic designs ami the popu
lar faith in the invincibility of the
German armies and In the power of
the German propaganda to divide the
democratic nations. There is little if,
any question that we are gradually'
taking all necessary measures to de
feat the German army. It is neces-,
furv for us to proceed in all haste to
lake all possible measures also to dc
feat the German peace propaganda, i
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I! Army Snobbishness
does not need lo be Imposed, it re
quires no, force except when I hre.if
en.d by: force, tliir chief motive
power comes from -the- profound be
lief that democratic civilization Will
aufonia tieally . drive out "Iviiltur" . if
the power of "Kiilttir" to spread, itself
by force and fraud cintriue.atol proii-aK-'iuo.i
I is taken away .
Our iniitives then are in rib Avay
liejative. We are mf. tuiil shall noi
be driven by hate Or. fear, that is not
bv iiiite or fear directed aa.inst the
individuals. It. was not fear of what
the (b-vmans could do lo us that led
us into w'ar w:ith them, but fear of
'What iliey could, do to i.s if we let
theai.. Anil, now that 'we are at war
it js not f ear in .tny form. It is not
haired of the Germans or of any peo
ple that drives us on. Knowinir.so
ninny, "'cceiit imniinrants from' lier
mauy ain !il;inK them personally such
a hatred would be a' psycholoiic.'i I
impossibiiity. Hut we ii re moved by
hatred of the crimes which the Oer
lnans have allowed their: government
to .commit and which, they and their
synniat hiviors everwhere approve, Ve
are moved by hatred of 1 he ideas, the
feelings, and the national aims which
the German overnnient has tempor
al ily rilantcd in the -minds of the Ger
man p'ople. We iiiow that the Ger
man .ernvernment has accomplished
this work: of poisonim;, pervertint. j
and deitradins 'he.sreat mass of its;
own people throiiRh i he . systematiej
iivioctrinatioa of falsehoods in its'
hools and physical- brutality and
terrorizatiou in its barracks We
know that nearly all of us, if b'-r-'-'-ht
up froin childhood under If'.e uiiie
system would have the same point of
view and le cumuly the tools of the
i alien class. Wc know- moreover thati
there was in. Germany a spontaneous'
reaction affaiiist this mental and phys
ical Mavorv. as wen as a- tendency and
a desire to imitate the democratic in
sutuUous and civilizations of other
countries; , We know finally that cen
1 he- most, intelligent, courapeoiis and
i evobit i(.oi:i :-y of German democrats(
w-re in the position of helpless hos-1
tae.es at the outbreak of the War and i
are still in thai position today.
While it is evident that these mili
tant German democrats were a power-le-s
miuorily at the be-.;inni!n; of the
war and have remained a powerless
niinoriiy up to the present time. We
r-liall always be on the sharpest look
e,i fiv anv .cviovth in their members
or any oi her power. T'.at w e cannot
be ;,o. -ed to wail for this develop
ment .' w h ich is l,y no means certain-.
We are obliMed to 'deal with the Ger
man tiovernment and the German na
tion as We have known them in the
recent past and up to the present mo
ment. And we know that the founda
tion of the. whole I'russian structure
The Torkville, S. C, Enquirer has
secured from Colonel James B. Alli
son. I'. M. A., a native South Carolin
ian, whose home is in York, the fol
lowing Interview relative to the al
iened attitude of snobbishness of army
officers toward the men in the ranks:
"It is hard for me to believe such
occurrences have taken place, but they
must have taken place, otherwise
armv officers would hardly be chanted
with the offenses.
T can oalv say that our profession,
like other professions, as lawyers,
ministers, school teachers and citizens
in general, has some unreasonable
members, but unfortunately for us.
when thev do occur the entire serv
ice is ehuiajed with the same lack of
common sense. l?or instance, if a
lawver 1 found drunk oil the streets,
vou would hardly charge the profes
sion generally with this offense. Or
If a citizen of a town is ituilty of some
act of snobbishness, certainly the
town can not be charged with the
same fault. Yet when one or two oc
currences like these uppear in the
armv all the officers of the army are
churned with snobbishness, or at least
the comments appear that way.
'I am no exception to the average
armv officer and would like torelate
a few- of my acts and experiences. In
uoimr to and from town in my auto
mobile 1 invariably stop and ask any
enlisted man I happen' to overtake to
have a rule when 1 have a vacant seat.
1 am in command of the post and Mrs.
Aliison and myself are generally in
vited bv the enlisted men to. 'their
parties and we always (to and lead
file rnrid march at their dances and
remain for a few dances after tho
Brand match.
"I have also heard people not fa
miliar with the service state that en
listed men felt degraded because they
were required to salute 'officers.'. On
the contrary, the most self-respecting
and et'icieiu soldiers J know always
take great-' pride in rendering the
proper snappy, graceful- military sa
lute. In civil life, if 'Bill' meets 'San
dy', on the street, he generally greets
him by the salutation of 'Hello. San
dy.' Or a familiar wave of the hand.
That is their way of speakinp. In
the armv our way of speaking is the
military salute. Manifestly, no offi
cer could remember or learn the
names of all the enlisted men with
whom he comes in contact; he does
not desire to pass an enlisted man and
not notice him, so the regulations have
prescribed for ; him the method in.
which he will be spoken to and by
which he wiil acknowledge the salu
tation, which is the military salute.
"1 do not believe that the average
army officer feels that there is any
preater fiiiif between him and his en
listed men than exists between the.
bond of anv commercial concern and
the employees of that business and
the restraint that an officer exercises
towards his men is . simply that re
straint absolutely essential for him to
maintain in order to obtain respect
from his men, and they til) understand
it so. Being a native, of South Caro
lina. T urn very anxious that the army
otliccrs be not misunderstood, and I
will be very glad indeed if you will
give this matter as my view in your
paper and do what you can to cause
the Greenville Piedmont to look at
these cases in this light, and instead
of charging snobbishness to army of
ficers, that they secure the name of
the guiltv party and charge Individual
snobbishness to the man instead of to
the profession."
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The Thanksglvi np; dinner was over,
and Iiesa wa perched on Uncle Wal
ter a knee. They had a quiet corner
i T Tjiii tne rest of the kith and kin,
lor their little heart-to-heart chat.
"Are you thankful thisyear, Befs?"
asked Cnele Walter. ,
"Not particularly, are you?" fdie
queried.
Unele Walter took on one of 'Ms
silences.
Bess rearranged his tie and TCKarded
the effect thoughtfully.
"Aunt Olarinda and Cousin Dora
and all of them have riven thankn
because, as they say, it mifrhi he worse, i
But it inakeH me more unthankful
than ever to' think thing might Bet
worse.
"I want my daddy to come hack
from the war and I want the war to
atop.
"Uncln Walter. I hist love you,
'caue you let me say thene thiiix.
Thins" are had, aren't they durlin'
uncle?"
"Did you ever aee visions and dream
dreams, Sugarfoot?" attked the old
man.
"Me? No. Our teacher tells us
funny ifttiries about leaves talking and
stain.Rklpp'nir and nil that. It wouldn't
Jie polite for me to dispute these'
things, but, really, they don't, you
know.
"Don't they?" asked the other..
"Why, of course not, really. I
wouldn't tell anybody but you, 'eauxe
you are mieh an understanding per
son," and she planted a pink kiss ripht
on the hump of his Roman nose.
"But please tell me a tale and le's
forxet our troubles," and hn wriggled
herself to the most "comfy" cuddle
against a tobacco-scented vest.
"When I was a little boy, 1 used to
hear old John Ax tell Cherokee leg
ends. His real name was Itagunuhi,
but this was too hard to say, so we
all called him plain John Ax.
He used to come to our house at
Franklin, North Carolina, and Grand
father and T would return his visits,
to his little log cabin under the shad
ow of the Wayah Bald. Somehow, we
"got on his good side," as Grandfather
said, and he would Invite us to sit with
his Indian friends around an out-door
fire late at night, and listen to his
stories.
Here is one I used to wonder over
a lot:
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ill uay oy uay in netv i otk
jjj By O. O. McDfTTRl; III
New York, Nov. 24. Red Inked
headlines have been thrrlling New
York for the past week 'anent rfhe
mystery of the headless, legless body
found in Paterson wrapped in a news
paper on which were written two
verses from the Hixty-first Psalm:
' Hear my cry, i.) God! Attend unto
niv uraver for thou hast been a shel
ter to nie, and a strong tower from
the enemy."
At the time this is Written not the
'slightest clue has been found. It is
one of those murdeiH that would tax
a Sherlock Holmes. Detective-reporters.
Park Row Journalists who spe
cialize in mystery murders and often
outwit the police, have been unable
to get the slightest lead.
The crime seems indeed to have
b-en inale for Sherlock Holmes. The
body was found in a vacant lot and
no footprints were near It. , While
Uestrade fussed about the lot looking
for some Inkling. Holmes would be
smoking pipe after pipe perhaps, sad
dog, punching another blue mark In
his wrist with the forbidden syringe.
Dr. Watson would drop his practice
to render Holmes the appreciated
service of making all the Lestrade
blunders and a few of . Is own, and
thus show the great Holmes what the
ories to shun. In the end, carefully
avoiding Paterson. religious maniacs
and the obvious, Holmes would go
out Into some far away town and lay
his hand on the surprised murderer
who had Imagined himself unsus
pected. That would be the way Holmes
would solve fhe case. But Holmes
being In retirement the shrewdest de
tectives arc beginning to point where
the body was found and examining
every strip of ground with microscopes
in the hope of finding a hair, a button
or a finger print. Without some clue
like thia or a confession they do not
expect to clear tip the baffling case.
scratched by a vandal who laughed ai
he ran away. Kid gloves on sale in
an exclusive ehop for fll a pair.
Cafe proprietors are wondering If
New York Is to be more lax In its clos
ing law with Its new administration.
It is reported that several all night
dancing places are preparing to re
sume business and that even cele
brated Jack's will again become pop
ular for the Sons of the Midnight Sun.
B.ut there has been no official an
nouncement of any lid lifting. It all
comes from underground sources. But
even should New York become wide
open there will be little night life.
All the young bloods of the town are
at their cantonments.
The enuro soconfl floor of The
TIMES building for rent. Possession
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furnished. Coll at TIMES' oftiee
Mutt Find Trouble.
There are om people In this world
who would not be Just sore they were
living If they couldn't ecrnpe together
collection of small troubles, either
their own or other people's, about
which they mlht feel irritated. 8t
Paul Pioneer Frees,
Before Judge Hylan was made May
or of New York it was again predicted
that Charles Murphy would quit the
leadership of Tammany Hall. It was
suggested that it would be the dra
matic moment for the Chief to step
down at the instant of his victory.
But It Is history that great men and
poker players do not know when to
nnlt. At Borodino Napoleon cried as
the sun broke through the dark
clouds, "It Is the sun of Austerlitx!"
He. like Mr. Murphy, had Imagination.
It is not likely thnt Mr. Murphy will
glvo up hi leadership until he meets,
like Napoleon, his Waterloo.
Broadway has a brand new name
for those sleek fox trotters of the gild
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women for so much a night. At first
they were called Lounge Lizards, then
Cough Chamellons. Now the flaneurs
are known as Sofa Scorpions.
Been around the town: Boys play
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street bank. Francis X. Bushman
sittlnrr unrecognised In the Majestic
lobby. A man selling white mice by
a door to door, canvas. A detective
nodding to a celebrated pickpocket
to leave a political meeting. An am
bulance doctor humming a tune while
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