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WHOSE COUNTRY IS THIS?
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Would it not be well, in the present stress and with
sober thought for the stupendous task we have in hand,
for each to inquire of himself—Whose country is this?
On the surface it is a simple question. 1 rippingh
tfoes the answer come from the tongue: It is my country.
Our devotion to it is readily declared, and for the most
part the declaration is sincere. Hut loyalty is of acts as
well as of thoughts and utterances, and the time is now
when active loyalty counts and is demanded.
It is by the law of a sacred social contract that we can
say: This country is ours. This country of ours is an en
tity created in wisdom, born of the highest aspirations of
free men. which insures to us invaluable privileges, gives
to us inestimable advantages and demands from us the de
votion and the service which will preserve these unim
paired.
This country is in danger. The vital principle of its
existence is attacked, and by so powerful a foe that we
must tight for it now and achieve victory-or light the hard
er for it by and by with poorer prospects of victory. The
most terrible war the world has ever known is now waged
for the preservation of democracy. We had hoped differ
ently. but it was inevitable that the greatest democracy of
all time should right for its own. The tight is on. No man
can sav when it will end or what it will cost to bring it to
an end. But that it may be brought to an end victoriously
and the sooner, it is incumbent upon every American to
ask himself: Whose country is this?
From every American, worthy of the name, the an
swer will be: It is my country. Then will come the ques
tion: Is it worth fighting for? That same worthy Amer
ican will answer: Yes, a thousand times, yes. And then
is asked the most pertinent question of all: Am I fighting
for it, and how ?
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Today is the last day to purchase a Liberty Bond. Re
member when you buy one, you are helping to win the
war.
Something must have gone wrong suddenly. The
Italians lost heavily in attacks by the Austro-Germans.
Such is war.
The Germans withdraw from one seat of war and
suddenly make great attacks on another front at far dis
tance. One must hand it to the Germans sometimes for
quick dashes and victories.
"What does that mean ?
T&iill know when vou sendee
SHERMAN WAS RIGHT.
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WASTE fuL
—Donahey in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
' Just so that Hoover doesn’t cut off our turkey for the
big day next month it will be all right, but if he does he
will have the entire younger generation right down on
his collar.
"Everybody will be paying a war lax was a heading
in The Gateway during the week. Looks like it, surely,
with postage going up, too.
Even if the wind did howl there is some consolation
that there was as pretty a moonlight night, last night, as
it is possible to see.
Yon Capelle, the successor of Von Tirpitz as the head
of the German navy, has resigned. Next!
Among the changes wrought by -the war in the indus
trial life of America is the creation of a vast army of knit
ting and sewing organizations. From the white-haired
grandmother down to the ten-year-old child, they are all
doing it. And they are all working loyally and cheerfully,
helping to win the war.
The Red Cross display of goods made in Seward is
something that all should take a pride in looking over. It
shows that the women are helping to win the war, help
ing in a way that is needful and most useful.
G.W. PALMER
KNIK, ALASKA
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