| Show r l' l lOther Other er Points in s of af Vie View i I G lon It Y The primo r reasons for spec speedy passage e of oC the new draft raft bill ill are a as simple as they arc aro overwhelming It Is no secret that the essential object of oC lie tho legislation legislation legisla- legisla tion lon Is the the- creation of or a a. military machine which will enable enable en en- able aLle America and the allies to end the tho war conclusively In n the right way next year Thu Tho last allied conference conferences Is s said to lo have been convinced convince that with an American army strong stroner tho entire league of oC l loving liberty bort ins Io nations can an defeat Germany next neat summer BUmmer In Inlew t lew few of oC what was accomplished this year car when civilization faced Its extremo ex- ex crisis tho the hope does docs oes not seem to be extravagant J Jen very en forecast Is Is of oC course humanly fallible But the odds In favor fr of oC the tho accuracy of oC this one arc are at the tho present pres ent moment sufficiently preponderating to make any failure to o grasp tho mho opportunity criminal folly To stress this general point is almost superfluous lver patriot Is eager to o finish the tho war ar aa as quickly and as completely as pos- pos sible We 0 can ean contribute our Important share to the work of or saving 11 del democracy b by raising raisins a great army It Is the belief belle of oc those high In n tho war councils that our present huge force orce Is still Insufficient for tor the needs Assuming that th his is deduction Is correct there can Le te no true American who vho could brook tho the thought of oC our falling taIling short of oC re requirements re- re So far tar all Is plain sailing We must have tho men but the tho question what men has given n rise to congressional congressional lonal conflict The administrations administration's request that all citizens citizens citi- citi zens ens between tho ages of or 1 IS S and 15 45 15 inclusive lve be regis reEls ored as soon as possible and ma made e available for tor arm army service servIce Ice ce has occasioned protests against applying the draft to toan an any one below v voting age Part of ot this opposition is from chronic obstructionists not intentionally unpatriotic but perverse perversely zealous In espousing tho the other side of oC even en the mho clearest Issues The bulk built of it It however though mistaken is sincere The rhe weakness of this side of tho the caso case lies in the injection of or sentiment Into a situation In which It does docs oes not belong belonS' When the tho regular sessions of or Congress are aro resumed some of or Its members will unquestionably draw raw pathetic pictures pictures' of tho sacrifice of the tho nations nation's youth involved ol in drafting mero boys Into the time army We 0 have havo no desire desireo to o minimize tho the feelings of oC mothers for whoso whose sons a no notra tra tragic ragic lc fate ma may be in store We Yo havo have no desire desiro to be callous to the grim exactions of ot the world shambles But Bul W v c do feel constrained to emphasize the fact tact that the best army u-m u procurable is tho time most efficacious instrument to en end the he war So t far r as th the men in the tho ranks s were ere concern concerned cd the civil war was won by hy tho the youth of oC the north north north-bo north boys boys s 's under 20 10 rho Tho most useful soldier wl ler in the vast st modern alu armies ios Is the tIle young oung one Armed Arme strife Is a pitiful business but the ho speediest means me of ending it will avert a thousand ether pities Tho Those Thoo o that are arc needless arc the lie most pOl poignant poignant poign poign- nant n- n ant of oC all alJ The best intentioned sentimentalist cannot afford to disregard that truth The rho 1 IS S to 4 45 u age limits provided pro for tor In the 3 administrations administration's administrations administration's tion's lIons bill should stan stand not because the they will not work hardships the tho terribly unsentimental business of oC war var al always always always' al- al ways ways' does but does but because they thoy matte make for the highest armed efficiency That factor is the ono one Indispensable to the governments government's purposes To approach the thc question on an any other basis Is to enter entera a a. maze of oC complexities It ha has been argued that no one should le Lc made to tl fight ht who Is not entitled to toole vote ole In that case casa there are ure a adult Washingtonians In the therm army rm who have be been n unjustly treated to say ray nothing nothing- of ot Porto who have no share In presidential elections and HawaIIans living under the rule of or an appointed A governor vernor rho The war wartimes wartimes wartimes times arc are replete with inequities but all of them are Recon secondary sec Rec- on ary beside tho tiro monstrous injustice of oC tyranny On the other othor hand where consideration can be shown without weakening Americas America's strength it ft should hould be That Thatis la is the thc whole holo purpose of tho the selective draft raft and It will be e significantly executed execute If IC a adaptable young oung men fired with the tho enthusiasm of oC youth unconcerned in vital Ital Industries and exempt from family responsibilities arc are enlisted It Is a cruel but Incontestable fact tact that there can be beno beno no ethical appraisement as 05 to who should bear benr tho the burden of ot war JC our most objectionable aged middle citizens could be developed Into tho the test Lest soldiers It would be a afine afine arine fine rine tiring thing to send them theta to fight th the Hun Every nation would enjoy victories s won b by the least possible sacrifices Tho Tire problems here Involved however cr are too baffling for Cor human ingenuity In blazing the wa way to wo world security security secure ity t thero thera is only ono one question to be asked What Is the best m material for tor th the ugly Iy but necessary Job which will bring such mch Immeasurable rc rewards An And when that drat Is solved there thore Is only one sane sano Injunction Use Uso It Phila h. 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