Hokitika Guardian & Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JULY 10th 1918 LAW AND ORDER.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 July 1918, Page 2

Hokitika Guardian & Evening Star WEDNESDAY, JULY 10th 1918 LAW AND ORDER.

President Wilson's Independence Day speech is an appeal to the. world to return to a sane regard for law and order The. German idea that might is right and over-rides all regard for international law and sanctity of treaties, and that Government can be maintained only by the mailed fist, has thrown the world into a conflict, the end <>t whk'h is not yet. and the effect of which will be felt centuries hence. The greet, upheaval through which the world is passing was created by an

outrage against national lav,- ami crdar. and the same defiance is being shown all through, despite the fact of a world protest. The enemy is still a believer in the effect of force, and exorcising that aid in a powerful way, would still seek to overmaster the world and remain a erne], domineering force. The Powers which have associated themselves to resist this evil influenco nro bent on for toeing the world to peace and an ocjui librium which' will ensure tlie maintenance of law ond order. A strange mixture of forces, brought about by influences no less evil than the instigating motive to secure the world mastoiy, has giver, the enemy a military advantage for tlie time being which makes the menace a serious one. But mi the side of the Entente Allies there • iv fighting Powers which have a righteous view of the end of the war, and those great Powers have resources in every essential- necessary to win the war, and break down the vaunting ambitions of Germany the arch leader in the desperate resolve to control and dire< f the world affairs along its own cruel and selfish ways. Tlie collapse of Russia gave the enemy a respite which was speedily availed of, and enabled' a temporary military success to.be attained which has been seriously disquieting. With America in the fieiu that oppressive aspect, grows less and less acute. The last four weeks or so have shown what can be expected from our new and greater ally in every os(•ciitinl matter to will the War. America is now girded for the fraV and in not one particular will that vast- country be at. fault. President Wilson’s latest speech shows that above all there is hope for the world as an outcome of this great war. Great as has been the suffering, the devastation and the sacrifice of this world conflict-, it will not be in vain. There will be no inconclusive peace, no half way stopping place where the belligerents will be at-bay and call a halt from sheer force of exhaustion 'Pile war is to go on to a finish, and that finish will carry with it the establishment of law and order which will give, the world a lasting peace wbien lias been heretofore but the dream of ideal ists. President Wilson is a man of ideals which lie cau* express, in noble .-»• inspiring language. The picture he has pourtrayed of what America is fighting for alongside the other gallant Allies in the field illuminates the mind as to the possibilities before all the world ivlivn mr shall,be no more. It is a groat goal worthy to be achieved. America’s gigantic effort is hastening the end as no other Power could. From tho action of America we may draw con"deneo, and hope that- m tho end right will triumph very certainly, and law and older become established in the land, and give to posterity a heritage for all timo worth handing down In the cause of all humanity.