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. ,. k . - ' v ; ' ' ' - ' : V - ' : ' V I , . - LET 'ER BUCK East Qirw.is,n RootJ-Up Souratf EUiow Pendleton, Oroycm, Saturday, Sop ember 21, 1918 "He That Diggeth a Pit Shall- Fall In It" If 1 i n hi it. who a. met a r't h fail nt it. in trua of stations as i l tndt iUim.is. irmari has fostered. 4e ' etot r paswnda feTerlahly In ncu :fl sod Allied countries, and how th . mi n paper IhHiiwUti ara so In- t. d wm II to eresta J.anlo th IB-lermn Jineoe, Th , ,i. r a tut. and th militarist are i ) Iatlr emrased in ur:nit the 1 ropi to Itr of the danr r nf de. iwitism, shlih, thr alle. I coat titad in lh rnttwrland. Here is he t.-stiruonv t the flre-entlme l"nn .trmun. .Vunt Hrnst KcvenCiW. "ViiUna In t he ISerlln Wtitsch Taires ! e ;it-s. hi confesses: The 1'iiintiiiiK of th fifih year of war l for the- most rl marked In 'the f5orna prew lv reflections how tm mi nitimd of deepest resignation and lot lani'M), and urn of protest. ( 'The tearful defeatism, which In (the dMi runii throtish Hwn pub lic Hf, hss a perntoioindy lamins ef fect, and th more so because In I hi ho are affected by It an nndcHMnit conviction mav In- eroelver or even expreiy stated. If would, tt I. fior all. an easy thin to end ih war. We nnxl onlv Join the W'iln-(!rfS 1-iiu cf Nalion." ! Amihr iirat I'an-Oermnn wor rliHl. rum- 11 Miry "t rmwi who hat wn rndnrit In Ih fnvorlt Hchniiollrrn ixtrault, that of n-h- s1n olh"i fiKht- In reoiMil iTh l n-iwirtiMl ly ih Hiimtmriccr Ki-iidcn- I IMntt uilnii: 1 I "U In lniitrlOK tu wutch ycntii nl lh fronl mid lh lrnR mnn who kNow whMt lit nl filnk. Th tld hhn nnd flow. 1 have on nn&tcty. It 'H In lh honiliind, and relHto to th falnthrrti( and dcfatlii. Th tlr nian od, mi arrat and in) rtidy for icrlfic to him who d'm ol- Th Vrlnc wnt on to awnr hla hrHreri thai thrr waa no nMt fr d 'lrt'wlon nnd Ihnt th aimrnt rvra on th wcMcrn frtmt wr rally 'lrhidH to a Herman victory. Thla rotiaoa the toclultt Munchnr lot, First-Photojof ''American iTroops Entering Germany ! -yj , it 1" if " x I i 4. J 5r I', ..Ul,liaa,H 1 ri5 Daseo L l -I "'V., f Mx,.- .a r . - - i ,. .; w, w. , whloh rcmarku: "It la aoaiidnloiia to a a rHin Ilk I'rlneo Henry if rruaala lyln the llorman oil a plctur ot In altn a I Ion which In no way corrnonUa to th roalllcK. "tlcrmana lll not let thcniacya li aroldcd like children. It la ridicu lous to think Ihnt pol ar aaylns wa shall iuiMirt a fifth year of war like the four iirocrdlntr ones, II i would h dolntr n wronn to lh tier man ioil. ivraonaaea Ilk I'rlnc I Henry would do hetter not to aoeak ulMiut tha Biifferitinn nnd tnlnerlea of 'the war. We were told for a long itlme that America's entry Into th iwar wan mere bluff, nnd we a today that one part of the prena and the Stealer part of the official speaker are cnntliiulnR to deceive th tlernian public. They mould do better to say openly that dcrmany finds herself to day In an extremely serious situation. I Another Socialist paper "wanta to know." The Herlin Vorwarts has a neat but Interroaatlve reply to Count; i in Kevenllow, It retorts: I "Count Kevenllow run recoanitlon In Cermany of danxcrs threateiilnii . from tl enemy Is liit klns; to a dearee j which can only cause anxiety. That j also is true. We often read now In, reports from the west that our udver-1 sary Is stronger in numbers than we 'are. Who told us a )ir uko that I France had been Med white; that ' I Italy was exhausted: that Knuland was neariiia the end: Unit our suluiia- : line aar was u success? Who Kreet ed America's entrv Into the war lAith j relief; Who lolil us this America j w ould not be able lo briiiK a man or a ship to Kurope? Who. by dnsxlinti ipromlsea. ImK-iilaled the nation with belief In iKiundless conquests?" j I'oor Vorwarts is in a birmose 'mood. It makes the astouiuhna: dis covery that (iermiiiiy today haa no 'friends, and lament w It h a poliinaiuy tbut Is almost comic in its distress: i ' Hc lniuro Is a little country which alone would have been powerless aaainst Oermany, but which haa not agreed yet to conclude peace becaus" In her need friends streamed to her !snle from all parts of the world. France was militarily inferior to us, but has stood attainst us for four years and has been able to protect her capi tal from hostile threats because he -.........-.I I.,' .rrll'errilt allies. ""island I. in herself a great Vr.LT hut when daiiKr llir-utnl hr h fount utirt from tltt whole KfiKltwh 'w.irl.l. ami rinuliy Atiiiha vruu lo 'hr ii!e. i ...m ... u.i. ll fl-i..M,l' n iinn i - uill rv thui i - w-tts h xliuiiu The chunces re you would iwesr th story to be true. Rilit her in turn I'sci'fic Northwest thore are more than 8,lHJ men who havs. Invested llieir nioiicy in and used jujsvi I r wu faetbrjrryice who will tell ra s storr of tntrndastlsl -tloa. Thll tor h Indueed aisnr s Ba la el la the until there It bow no Soubt but what th tvr it th aiort populsr msln In la th Northwest. Kv.ry of a lava Ensin will tell y th.l th Is s mishtr fin urln to operst. latjt ll (ndut and.r be.v work and dlirs full knpof on th belt, that Is as near tmuWs sad wssr proof as any aiachlna can b msos- tAefor roa buy " entrlae. tbs ear st th aert sne or writs for our nuins els tsnr snd resd np upon th mot sdvinred asm ronstrartloa br one ot t h olriert wi la Amertrs. W will lo send o las.klrt coa t.lnlns rn.pl. ot haadred. ot letter, wrltlea a. br tttevar swners. Ak lor Hook No. STOVER ENGINES lor all purpose a, and on up to o H.P. hw.l fewer sad Water Saseir CaWM Um US PORTLAND, ORE. Spokane Holsa Sold in Pendleton by McCook & Bentley lip: j "Nuw nurp than ver we muni b on the alert. Thm may 1e Uiffirult on an but it muM be iluiie. ttur tiiHk in not hiuhM. V ttaff bt n fiKlithiic coiiruKm.UHiv f'r four vearK. but If w now Immohip fiitiit -hfui ti-tl itrul f 1 si Ii It y all that we huvo ilone will drop Into obi iv ion ami a f ut "re The natural Inclination to support weak side, for she is the weaker side In this sreat war, lias not made itself 'felt. Why?" ; The Kolnische ZeiUniK admits that ("defeatism is rearing us head in the ilthine cities' and urses a stiff upper) luokimr people, yet III reality We were a pack of wcaklillKS." The Manchester liuardiun Is struck by Count ru Itevenllow's remark on the Wilson-l Iruy 1'aKue of nations and observes: "To the Allied statesman. In pro ' portion as they are roflertlnar and re sponsible men like President Wilson, laird tircy, or Mr. I'aifour. the su preme object of war the real prise of ivlctorv -is a world of partnership, us Mr As.pnth well called It, u world of nutloiis eu)oinK eiplal rll-bts, eulial freedom, e.ilal opporlllllltv. euilHl se curiu unller the ckIs of universal law. This is the world which the plan of the la iixue of Nations l meant to se cure. To tiermaiiv the acceptance of so. h a world Is defeat, rrcoiseiv so That is the sum and substance or the world's case uKalnat Uormuliy To accept equality, peace, and the rule of law I therefor for her roralt defeat, entaillns- vsst Homestlc reae. lions, the break-up of militarism and autocracy In a community that would need them no more. To all the reel of us Austria-Hungary not excluded these thlims are the essentia Is that we demand of victory. 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