B 2 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY.
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B EDITORIALS B Y JUDGE C. C. GOOD WIN
The Call To Arms
XT is estimated that 10,000,000 Americans
will be subject to the selective draft.
, The first thought is one of exhultatlon
Hi that our country is able to supply such a host.
Hi The second is that they are the very flower of
H the land, and what a pity if is that they should
H have to be called from the ranks of industry
H to the ranks of war.
H Behind these men are ten millions ot young
H women the brightest, sweetest, fairest women in
H all the world. Even the unmarried ones among
H that number have everything at stake, for deep
H within their hearts is the longing of each one for
H a husband, a home and children. With peace,
H this dream would in moat cases be realized. So
H that a generation hence, instead of ten millions
H there would be twenty millions ready for such a
H call to arms as the present one.
H But, behind all, there is that other compelling
H force called duty. And that, in its demands, is so
B imperious that all else must be subordinated to
H it. Our country was given its place among the
H nations in fulfillment of a determination that all
m men should be born free and equal. Not equal in
H fact, for that is impossible, but equal in oppor-
H tunities to achieve for themselves fortune and
B honored names.
H To accomplish this the fathers of the republic
M offered their fortunes, their sacred honor and
M their lives.
M They did this, too, when there was no rich
M government and country to reinforce them; they
H wrought out their destiny amid sufferings and
M hardships and dangers and poverty extreme, but
m they never faltered; and at the end of over-
M wearied Uvea they left priceless heritage to their
m children to maintain and improve upon. It is
B that inhcritage and the duty to maintain it that
H brings the present call.
H The sons of such sires cannot falter now.
H The fathers fought to forge a wonderful dream
H into a reality. It is the sacred duty of theii
H sons to preserve that reality Inviolate.
H When the fathers were doing their work, the
m world looked on and wondered if they could ever
B succeed; it has looked on ever since and marked
Hj the mighty advances that have followed. Now
H it is watching and wondering if, with those
j advances, the high attainments of the fathers
H have been preserved. This has been the ques-
M tion all around the world since "the state oif
M war" was declared by President Wilson. This is
m behind Marshall Joffre's plea that a small Amer-
m ican army be sent to France. It is to answer this
B question effectively that Colonel Roosevelt is
H moved with the burning desire to lead an army
division into France.
M I lid while the present upheaval may shatter
M a great many hopes, it is a good thing after all.
B It is the way that the manhood of a nation is
H; kept exhalted; it is the way to emphasize to
H. the world that free government, instead of break-
H k ing the spirit of a people, lifts them up, makes
Hj them jealous of their advantages and nerves them
B to make any needed sacrifice to prevent free
H .government from perishing from the earth.
H Up to date, the old flag has never been car-
M " ried into a. war that it has not held more and
Hl more majesty in its folds on its return. It may
H come back blackened by battle-smoke and rent by
H the hostile missels of war, but it has come like
H a sea eagle from a storm with plumage ruffled
B and featherless pinions, but with a stronger
sweep of wing and a Bhrlller, fiercer cadence to
its scream.
It will bo so this time and the strongest na
tions will take to themselves the thought that,
whatever their future dreams may be, It will
bo a dangerous venture to ever arouse tho Amer
ican eagle to arms.
Joseph H. Choate
HOIt many years, looking from a long dis
tance, we have held Joseph II. Choate to
be about the foremost of all the great men of the
United States. This belief was founded on tho
fact that whenever, in a crisis or supreme emerg
ency, his opinion was called forth, it had the
effect of moving the previous question it prompt
ly shut off debate. H
His matchless wit and repartee werd but the
flashings of his sunny nature sunbeams on the
surface of life's restless sea, but never disturb
ing or changing the course of the deeper cur
rents of his mind.
He was a profound scholar as the world est!
mates scholarship, so profound that he himself
realized that the utmost learning of man is, after
all, but "the playing of the shells on the ocean
shore that the great ocean rolled unexplored
beyond him." Hence there was never anything
VIVA LA FRANCE
By Richard Butler Glaenzer.
"France Is dying." Hindenburg.
If France is dying, she dies as day
In the splendor of noon, sun-aureoled.
If France is dying, then youth Is gray
And steel is soft and flame Is cold.
France cannot diel France cannot diet
If France Is dying, she dies as love
When a mother dreams of her child-to-be.
If France Is dying, then God above
Died with His Son upon the Tree.
France cannot die! France cannot die!
If France is dying, true manhood dies,
Freedom and justice, all golden things.
If France is dying, their life were wise
To borrow of death such Immortal wings.
France cannot die! France cannot die!
New York Times.
like false pride in his makeup, no Imperious air
of superiority about him; nothing cola or stern
in his dealings with men save when he was in
sisting upon the vindication of a high and just
principle.
He became the leader of the New York bar
by natural gravitation to the place; he was there
because he naturaly belonged there.
He had not one trick of the politician. He
would have scorned the highest office in the lanof
If, to obtain the position, he would have been re
quired to surrender one atom of his own self
respect. When he talked politics, it was either to help
his friends or to vindicate some principle that
was dear to him because he believed it to be
right.
This is the impiession that emanates from his
life work, and when one who has never seen him
compares him with the other great men of our
country, very few attain to his' royal standard.
When ho accepted the ambassadorship to the
court of St. James, we believe his uppermost
thought was one of curiosity as to how he would
measure up with the so-called great men abroad.
This, not for public estimation but to satisfy him
self. Ho surpassed all previous records and won
an inner seat 1.1 Temple Bar.
His lighter self, by which ho was generally
known, was wonderful. There are a thousand
examples of it. He made a friendly campaign
with Chauncey Depew in Now York. Depew was
famous as an orator and wit. The two wqre in
friendly contest at every meeting. One night
Depew was particularly sharp and won great ap
plause by his jibes at Choate. When he finished
Choate arose, drew a circular from his pocket
and began to read: "The great Depew Gas Com
pany, Limited." Then he stopped and looked at
Depew; then for a second looked over the au
dience' and said: "Why Limited?" That finished
Depew for that meeting.
When ambassador, to England, a Scottish lord
invited Choate to be his guest for a week in the
Highlands. Choate accented the invitation, and
his host gave' a great banquet in his honor. The
male guests arrived dressed in kilts. As they
took their seats at tho banquet taMe, Choate
whispered to his host: "I pray your pardon, my
Lord. Had I known the fashion here I would
have left my pantaloons at the hotel." The host
was bright enough to see the joke and, rising,
repeated Choate's words to the guests, which at
once placed the distinguished American in full
accord with the company.
As head of the Bar Association in New York
City, he presided at a banquet of the bar and
bench. At the right time he arose and said:
"My brothers, inasmuch as we are all lawyers
except the judges, and some of them are " He
could get no further for several minutes.
His whole record is illustrated by his wit.
It is a pleasure to think that when he arose
to greet the English and French delegations last
week his words revealed that his supem brain
was still in perfect form; his royal heart was
still throbbing with all that was high and true,
though the machinery of his earthly self was so
nearly run down.
Peace to his sleep: the world was blessed by
his splendid life.
The War's Outlook
HE only real hope that the war news pre-V-
sents nowadays is that the very desperation
with which it is being carried on will bring a
collapse soon. There are limits to human endur
ance and the present pace cannot long be main
tained. The armies are being called upon to do their
utmost, and behind the armies are the people
whose suffering, physical and mental, cannot pos
sibly be estimated.
The weak spot in the Allies just now is Rus
sia. Since the storm of her revolution suddenly
ceased, she has been trembling in the rough seas
made by it and has not yet recovered ner steer- ' -age
way.
The English destroyers appear to be getting
the better of the submarines, and if we have any
destroyers to spare they should be sent across the
waters to help. Our belief is that on our de
stroyers are scores of young officers who are
simply burning with a desire to engage in such
work, even as Cushlng in our great war.
If it is true that Italy has four millions of
seasoned soldiers on the Austrian border there
will be decisive news from there before long, for
Austria, with the half dozen loosely-knit nations
that comprise her empire, is already close to tho
breaking point.
From the dispatches, we gather that Turkey
is like the man who has hold of a charged wire
with both hands she is held tightly because she
cannot let go. We still think that could a seg
ment of our 'fleet be spared, the place for it to
strike in order to disturb Germany most would
be on the Hellespont. Certainly, it is in this