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Show LABOR PATRIOTIC. A great majority of the working men of the United States are holding fast to that which is good and vve share, in the belief of Secretary Daniels that they will be instrumental iu helping help-ing overthrow the kai.srr and his ro-horis. ro-horis. There are a few labor leaders who have tried to make trouble ever since the war began and there doubtless, doubt-less, are some men who dace their unions before their counliy. This is not so strange as it might appear when we consider the fact that sonic politicians politi-cians are built the same way and Die further fa'-t that some business men I confine their energies lo tho pursuit (if tho almighty dollar and apparently take very little interest in the mutter of preparing for war save as it affects af-fects their pocketbooks. Hut these are Isolated iiiHlauc.es, A vast majority of all classes of citizens of the United States are. in the war to win, the. accumulation of property and even life itself bring of secondare coniderat ion. It has been said that working men all over the world are opposed op-posed to nor r.tcrpt as a last resort. Th'iH is true. Hut it is equally true that a great majority of the people peo-ple of tho civilized world also are opposed op-posed to war unless they are forced to fight for liberty. Such a condition aro c when Die Wiiser i-h;illrng,. (he world by planting I lie Prussian rn.;iei on Die soil of Jlelgiuni. The j i opln of thn United Stales .jid not rcilize at that time the CXO' I import of the issue, although Die opinion wan generally ex pressed that if the central powers should beat Great Britain, France and RuFsia, war between the United States and Germany, in the near future, would be inevitable. The most of us, however, expected the entente allies to win as soon as ! Great BritaiD mustered her full strength. In that we were disappointed and vve were finally compelled to hoist our standard and join in the fight. Public sentiment underwent a rapid change the moment it became evident that our participation was inevitable, and pacifists who really loved their country changed, front. Thus tbe people peo-ple of the United States are firmly united in their desire to make secure the future peace of the world and are ready to make any and all sacrifices. Probably the most of therji have not changed their opinion regarding the necessity of war as an abstract proposition, propo-sition, but they know that peace-loving peoples can be enslaved by war-mad war-mad combinations of powers unless such peoples have spunk enough to fight for their rights and reduce their oppressors to a condition where they will be no longer a menace to the peace of the world. This is what brought us into the. great conflict, aud we shall not falter until the victory is won. Labor La-bor and capital have joined hands for the time being and men and women in all walks of life are doing war work. There is no class distinction in the matter of patriotism. |