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About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1918)
THE DAILY NEBRASKAN THE DAILY NEBRASKAK Official Paper of the 1'nlverslty of Nebraska LEONARD V. KLINE Kdltor ARNOLD WILKKN.Aclg. Mng. Editor KATHARINK NEWBRANC1I. ... Ass't. Editor GAYLORD DAVIS News Editor ADELAIDE ELAM Society Editor WILMA WINTER Feature Editor Offices I News Basement University Hall Business. Basement Admit. Building Night Office, Ulghter Composition Co B6696 and B6697 Telephones News and Editorial B2S16 Business B2597 Night, all Departments B6696 Published eTery day during the col leges year except Saturday and Sun day. Subscription price, per semester, f 1 Entered at the postottice at Lincoln, Nebraska, as second-class mall matter under the act of Congress of March 3, 1ST. WAR HAS ITS COMPENSATIONS The man who is for peace at any price who w ill fight on no provoca- j tion for no cause is apt to he either j w hat men call "a poor creature," or i an imposter set on by ulterior con siderations. He may have an un worthy motUe, or a selfish interest, or he may be a Tictim of the coward's fear of battle, or be obsessed by the doctrinaire's theory of universal brotherhood. But, craven or crank ' scheming rogue, he dishon-- ble heritage of mar ' common to exto'1 : - . . - of .... it has shown itself umea of emergency, has been ora pounded f each of these Ingredi ents. But it would not have shown itself so strong If It had not been de finitely organized nor definitely or ganized if it had not been sufficiently financed. The Hague arbitration movement, backed in this country by the Carnegie Foundation actually started by the dethroned Cxar of Rus sia proposed a benefaction to hu mankind which few, If anr.-wne dis posed to question. It built itself up on a generally accepted truth. The gospel of "peace on earth, good-will to men," was preached as never before. Professional warriors arrayed them selves in its behalf. .. Civilised nations TJocYea to tne new rciigiuu the benign standard. Many treaties embodying its aims were negotiated. One, and one alone, of the great pow ers held out. That was Germany. Why. we now see clearly w bat we then did not see at all How much, if any. of the Carnegie Fbandat-n money has been applied to the recent agitations against war with Germany, we know not. The activities of Mr. Bryan and Dr. Jor dan would lead to the conclusion thai it has not been idle or grudging, sine neither of them worts for nothing But It Is quite certain that It has bee i cunningly supplemented and enor mously increased by money sent frm Berlin to maintain a propaganda to divide our people and paralyie ocr government The prosecution of ths now becomes treason and the pacifist who adheres to it is a traitor. The conspirator who, claiming to b a pacifist, engaged In the nefarfcus business will be at no loss to save h'.i skin. If he be a Gen"! fir.irixry sent over for the purpose he has only j to ship away. If he be a Kaiser r--servist masquerading a aa American citizen, he can shift his foot ara change his coat. If be be a selfsh politician of the Stone-La Follette variety, with an eye on the hyphen ated vote, be can wink his other eye. hoist the Cag. and sing The Star Spangled Banner" as lustily as the rest. Those who are most in danger and only in danger are the honest siirple tons who stick to it that war Is crime; that we have no case against Ger many, but. if we have, that It win keep; who go around mouthing so sializfie and infidelistic platitudes about a paradisaic dreamland which exists nowhere outside their muddled brains. They cannot see that we have puiToed peace to the limit and that peace longer yursued wfj prove more costly than war. Perverse and ego tistical, prompted by the half truths of defective education, uninspired by ideals havirt: y reUtion to the state of tie country, or the spiritual needs ! of existence, they win not stop tbelr vaia chatter be til. obstructing enlist ments, or menacing public work, they land In jail. It Is grievous that this should be so. ' Yet it were not occasion for se rious comment except that there is a middle class of nondescripts who are more numerous than an earnest and i.imtnmm natrlotlsm would have them; men, who were born without enthusiasm and have lived to make money; men. with whom -business Is business;" men who are indifferent to what harpens so It does not happen to them ;ln short, men who recall the rii.ti.Mi from "The Cricket on the Hearth." put into the mouth of Caleb Plumraer: "There was a jolly miller and lived upon the Dee, He sang to himself, 'I care for nobody and nobody cares for me," "a most equivocal Jollity," as Dickens does not fall to remark. These people have sprung from the over-commercialism of fifty years of a kind of uncanny prosperity. Their example has affected injuriously the nation's reputation and has trenched perilously upon the character and habits of the people. It needs to be checked. They need a lesson. Noth ing short of the dire exigencies which j have come npon us would reach a j Rushing vs. Lincoln Messenger Service A Story Entitled "You Cant Always Tell. Especially When She Refuses to Talk" A thing of beauty is a joy forever: But a Franklin Sedan caressing an elm tree on 11th and Q streets at the busy hour of six p. m. Is the cause of the appearance of a great many va iletles of city tourists. The offending car was seen coming frora the cast. where the girl driving had left her Koraritr sisters a few minutes before the accident occurred. The rubber neckers rubbered and the policemen policed, but since the girl was by this time used to all kinds of shocks, she very calm, sat and watched the son set. Of course he was somebody's son, this poor little messenger boy who was the unsuspecting victim of rush- Ing. A star reporter nas sugyestea that the girl was madly dashing after some stray dms. inai goi wi they left the office of the Pan-Hellenic board. These bids, by becoming lost. NEED MEN FOR DIPLO MATIC SERVICE IN RUSSIA Uovernment calls are being con stantly sent out for men to enter both military and diplomatic service In UushU and Siberia. Men wishing to enter this field should register for Rusxla. as an acknowledgement of It Is required for this line of service. University Orchestra Now Being Organiied The University orchestra, being organized under Mr. W. T. Quick, will hold its first rehearsal in the Art gallery at seven o'clock Monday evening. Oue hour'a credit will be given. mass so dense and stoic, so paltry and may have caused a great deal of troa sordid, so unworthy of the blessings j v which the heroism of the fathers v . i have mentioned above, the vic- secured them. That check ' vas a messenger boy. He was they are about to rec- ; ort of aimlessly traveling up wholly without '' -tln street, and he might have been ! looking for some of those same bids. KOSZTA INCIDENT RECALLED The first serious difficulty between the United States and Austria arose 65 years ago as a result of the Koszta incident, which strained relations be tween the two countries almost to the breaking point Martin Koszta, a Hun garian patriot, after taking part in the uprising In 1S4S and subsequent years, came to America and declared his In tention of becoming a citlien. In 1863, while on a visit to Smyrna, he n seized and Imprisoned on board an Austrian war vessel. He had with him an American passport and claim, ed the protection of the United States warship St. Louis, then In the harbor of Synirna. Captain Ingraham de manded that Koszta be released, but he was not freed until after the decks of the St. Ixuls had been cleared for action. LOST Pocketbook containing $7, In Armory Thursday. Name and address Inside. Return Owner or leave at Dally -braskan office. BEST PLACE TO EAT ORPHEUM CAFE 1418 0 ALWAYS OPEN Special Attention te University Students The -ny . is filled .r who, true to ..inks from bloodshed ..s the man who skulks from .e line and lowers alike the flag of his country and his manhood. Ah, no! Peace is the glory of woman. Not upon the soul-stirring field of bat tle the rather in the dread field hos pital after the battle are her troph ies to be found. Well may she stand out against the strife of nations yet equally with brave men she has her place in the orbit of duty and valor and. when there is no peace, when war has come. the woman w ho whines, "I did not ; raise my boy to be a soldier" forfeits j her right and claim to be consedered only a little lower than the angels, j dishonors the genius of womanhood ami irmota nerseu f ruui the company . and category of the heroic mothers j of the world. . j War. horrible as war Is "Hell," as j & great warrior said it was is not without its compensations. No man ! has more, than one time to die. In S bunging the realization of death near-! er to us. war throws a new light upon life. The soldier is a picked man. Whether he be a soldier in arms, or a soldier of the cross, his courage, bis J loyalty, his love and faith challenge j the confidence of men and the adora tion of women. If he falls he has paid j the mortal debt with honor. If he survives, though crippled, he is not disabled. His crutch tells its own story and carries Its mute appeal, and there is an eloquence, though silent, resistless, in the empty sleeve. Christendom stands face to face with the dispersion of some of Its cherished ideals. There is much In its Bible that must needs be retrans lated and readjusted. Although this will arouse the theologians, they will have to meet it Where this present cataclysm will leave us, no man can foresee. Our world is, and will remain, a world of sin. disease and death. This no man can deny. Science is minimizing dis ease. Death Leiog certain, can creeds or statutes extripate sin? Can they change the nature of man? Before all else they must chasten IL For tmx thousand years theologic con troversy has not only kept the world at war. but baa driven its inhabitants farther apart. It may be that this world war has come to cleanse the earth and to bring all tribes and races to a better understanding of what Christendom is. since there is no rea son to doubt that the essential prin ciples of Christianity win continue to dominate the universe. Tis a Iobjs way. we are told, to the Tipperary of Hiberaia. but yet a long er to the Millennial Tipperary of Scriptural mythology. The Christ child must be born again in the heart of man. At this moment It is not the star of Bethlehem that shines. It Is the luminary of the war god. The drums beat as for the men of old. "To your tents, O Israel." cornea the word out of the deeps of the far away, and from the highway and byway, as if la answer .the refrain. Train n tramp, tramp, the boys are march- might have been Just returning from his trip over the city to deliver those bids. One might easily be led to be lieve that Fate is sometimes a little ironic. But the truth will out. 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