Life — September 9, 1915 — page 21: what you’re looking at

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“LEE: Hiisldl hc ame LITTLE BOY BLUE Now, don’t you go till I come,’ he said, “And don't you make any noise!’ So toddling off to his trundle bed, He dreamt of the pretty toys.” eye with Mr. Wilson still feel that his thought is probably next best to their own, Colonel Roosevelt represents the opinion that we should make urgent preparations for war and pitch in and help the Allies. Mr. Bryan represents the opinion that preparation is provo- cation and we should keep out of war at all costs. They are both side-show attractions. The crowd in the big tent is watching Mr. Wilson. As for Colonel Roosevelt's later re- marks, published in the Sunday papers of August 20th, they amount merely to a declaration that President Wilson has not been managing our affairs as Colonel Roosevelt would have done. That is not news. It is possible that the Colonel would have made us a bet- ter war President that Mr. Wilson has made, but there is no sign yet that more than a small minority of the people think so. Anyhow, we had a chance toe ct the Colonel and declined it, and, having chosen Mr. Wilson, we shall have to try our luck with him for a year and a half more. Then, if meanwhile the Colonel can persuade the voters that he is the better man, we can have him back in the White House to save what is left of the country. Meanwhile, with Bryan out and a real man in his place, and with Daniels scared and trying to be good, things are going better. It was sad, wasn’t it, that when the Colonel’s assault on the administration finally befell he should have pitched into the strongest war man in the whole Cabinet! ERMAN necessity knows no law, and German expediency no seri- ous objection. The prospect is, at this writing, that Germany will meet our government's demands about submarine warfare and make due reparation for misconduct, that another opportunity to get us in a little further with the Allies will have to go unimproved. It is half to sigh and half to smile about 469. it. Our government seems likely to win its point, and that is something, though more important morally than in substance. Merely to have discon- tinued diplomatic relations with Ger- many would not have helped much unless it proved a step to declared hostilities. If we got into actual war there would be some interesting results. We should not have to bother the Eng- lish any more about our shippers’ neu- tral rights, and that would be a relief. And we should promptly find out who's who in the United States and who's German. It is believed by talkers hereabouts that if and when we get into war with Germany we shall have a sharp brush with the German reservists in this country. There would not be much sense in it, but there might be a good deal of activity. How many German reservists there are among us, how organized and how armed the news- papers do not tell us, but the gossips are satisfied that there are quite a lot of them, and that they have organiza- tion and a plan. The World seems to have good information about the Ger- man underworld in America. Perhaps it will tell us presently about the reservists. Wart is being done for Hayti hy the establishment of an American protectorate is to lift her out of the hands of her thieves. It can be done for her, because her need of it is so conspicuous, and because she is so small. It needs, apparently, to he done for Mexico also, but Mexico is bigger, her neighbors are more sensitive, her population averages several shades lighter in complexion, and her capacity for self-help, though not undoubtedly beats Hayti’s. sible estimator has yet announced the date of the close of the war in Europe, but if Mexico cares to be on the safe side she should make a determined effort to close out her revolutionary experiment before Christmas. imposing, No respon- comicbooks.com