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Show Love, or Leave America One minute before eleven o'clock on the morning morn-ing of November 11, 1918, the Armistice between the Allies and Germany was signed. In Europe birds sang and were not choked by the powder from a roaring gun ; masses of grey clouds of powder drifted skyward and disappeared disappear-ed into the infinite blue; men looked into each others eyes and they saw boyhood friends who were old men. This was the end of the World War ; this was the war which would end all wars. In America, citizens were wild. Tears of joy streamed from the eyes of mothers who anticipated anticip-ated the homecomings of their sons ; some of the tears were shed by mothers who knew they would never see their boys again on this earth. Sweet-' Sweet-' hearts, wives, sisters, brothers, fathers, thronged the streets of American cities and thanked God for the Armistice which brought their loved ones home. I suppose we must have wars. There is an ever increasing tendency to settle world disputes with force. This has been shown in the past, is prevalent in the present, and is inevitable for the future. , Perhaps it would be wise to resign ourselves to this fact and be prepared to meet future world conditions. . What is applicable to games of sport also may apply to world problems; a strong offense is a good defense. Some time, perhaps in the very near future, we Americans will be called upon by our President Presi-dent to fight for those principles which have been preserved by the Americans since the Mayflower May-flower came in sight of American soil. I am not advocating that we fight other nations' na-tions' wars, but I do firmly believe that we should fight for the privileges of being an American. Amer-ican. A thought which should be forever present pres-ent in the minds of real Americans is, "Love America, or leave America." |