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Show PATRIOTIC CRITICISM. IF America has come to such a pass that she cannot stand bad news' or criticism at home ; if her determination in this war is so feeble that a "hunch" will lead her to stop war preparations and discontinue subscriptions to the Red Cross, then she had better make a shameful peace with Germany and quit. This is not our estimate of the American spirit. It developed no yellow streak during the bitter days of Valley Forge ; it survived four years of bad news beginning with the battle of Bull Run. And we have an idea that the American spirit can take a scolding from Colonel Roosevelt without crawling away with its tail between its legs. Yet in certain quarters the impression prevails and is carefully fostered in Washington that any question of the competence of a government official, or any mention of the possibility of an end of the war, is equivalent to treason. When we reach the conclusion that the American people are a race of old women, we will agree with this point of view. But not before. St. Paul Dispatch. m H fc H 'r That noise is Washington in 1920 trying out its siege-guns. J Brooklyn Eagle. jl - |