AMERICA AND THE WAR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1715, 22 May 1917, Page 4

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

As a counterblast to the frequently expressed view that the United States can best help the allies by rendering financial aid, the New York Outlook says;— “We agree that the most efficient aiVl which the United Slates can at present give to the allies is financial aid. But that is not enough. We take this occasion to restate our belief which has often been set forth in these pijyges. It is; That war is an unpleasant, awful means for correcting evil. That while a country that can undei'stand no argument but force is running amuck, war is the only means available. That it is the business of our Government to defend our citizens, the nation at large, and those principles of life and liberty which Germany is trying to trample underfoot. That if it is our business to do this we should not seek reasons for avoiding the dirty part of the business because it is dirty —because it means that we should get muddied and bloody. That it is neither self-respecting nor safe for this country to depend upon other

countries to do the muddy and the bloody work while we stand off and offer them cash. That to safeguard America, international law, and the right of mankind to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, it is necessary to destroy the Prussian States, which is a survival of the days when there was no American freedom, or common regard for in-ternational-law, or respect for inalienable human rights. That in bringing about the destruction of the Prussian State we owe it to ourselves, to the nations who are fighting it, and to the world at huge that we should go in with all our might —not only with our money, but with our heart and soul and lives. That if we are not going to do this we ought to keep out altogether.”