Show TIMELY THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS THEREON under the caption can soldiers do this today we found the following editorial in the current issue of progressive opinion during the late days of world war I 1 a british soldier lay jay wounded in a london hospital someone said to him 1 I suppose you killed your man he replied no indeed I 1 did not it was like this a german soldier lay near me on the battlefield sorely wounded and bleeding and I 1 was in the same condition I 1 crawled to him and bound up his wounds and he did the same for me neither could speak the others language so I 1 smiled my thanks and he smiled his lying side by side we suffered in silence until we were picked up by the ambulance squad no I 1 kill any man if any soldier of the allies could fraternize with one of the enemy after what has been perpetrated in russia china poland greece belgium and other conquered countries he could do more t than h an any christian saint ever heard of the atrocities have been so terrible that the ordinary mind cannot comprehend or believe they could not be propaganda because no human mind not in the torture and atrocity business could invent such beastliness and such inhuman savagery the above is in keeping with our reference last week about the war correspondent who made the resolve not to hate the enemy but found this resolve impossible to live up to we know that modern warfare and the atrocities enacted are beyond anything the ordinary mind can comprehend or believe but after all we of the christian nations must be the ones to show mercy and to keep ever in mind that even as our own men are bein being t trained to fight and to hate bate so are they of other nations forced tp to do the things their leaders demand of them out of the horrors of this war will come the realization that as result of the kind of warfare enacted today can nothing be gained and there will also come time when compassion and love will replace the intolerance and hatred that now reigns in the hearts of many who are the victims of modern warfare under the caption another week another weakness the following editorial appeared in the sunday issue of the grand junction daily sentinel no other nation in the world observes as many special days and weeks as does the USA the newest addition to the long list is family week observance of which begins may 1 the expressed need for such days and weeks is in a way confession of some of our national derelictions derelict ions for instance mothers day implies that far too many americans habitually failed to express appreciation of mother now they seek to make up the neglect of the rest of the year by special attention on mothers day then there is I 1 am an american week designed to remind older citizens and impress upon those just attaining f citizenship what a blessing being an american really is full appreciation of which is not often expressed either by word or full exercise of the rights privileges and responsibilities ties it entails fire prevention week needs little interpretation terp it obviously implies that most of the fires we suffer could be prevented ever so often we observe a go to church sunday whose implication is that there are too many sundays when we do not go to church the designation of a family week regrettably carries the connotation that the american family needs special attention and the divorce records and the juvenile delinquency statistics leave no doubt about it they create the fear that the family unit is disintegrating and family week reveals recognition of that possibility and represents an effort to reestablish establish re the family relationships now under extra strain due to the war it is fitting that the restoration of this traditional unit recognized as the center about which our society revolves should be inaugurated by the churches catholic protestant and jewish groups all are participating in the family week movement and will observe it with special programs there is food for thought in the above paragraphs the long list of special days and weeks should also include the two most important of all christmas and easter when the significance of these days is better understood and the one whose birth and resurrection are commemorated is recognized in all fullness of the word then shall the ob servance of all other special days and weeks be unnecessary family life will be restored and the brotherhood of man man will be established man advances by the victories of the mind an and d character the day for progress by force is passing it will be progress by ideas or not at all humanity ma magazine azine |