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GOODWIN'S WEEKLY 3 B H i a J9 40M Goocfwms ZUqq&Ii I ' ' rJN WEEK ago we felt fairly certain that f ' I 8Mk the Allies nnallv nad the Huns on the 1 I yjlmm run with a oocl cnance t0 caPture " ' JKw outright the big army that had I' 7 ' jHr stornied its way to the Marne. But SJmJuw the Crown Prince seems to have suc- ' " ceeded in extricating his forces from a most uncomfortable corner, and now that the line of battle is some fy What straightened out, he is stubbornly contesting every foot of ground. Foch and his gallant armies are still making headway, to be ' sure, but not at a rate that promises a final settlement of the struggle this summer. The enemy is still standing fast, and notwithstanding the enormous losses that he has sustained, his power to strike back ; must not be discounted. He still has a few punches left and it will 1 If pay us to prepare for them. j As matters stand, we do not look to see the start of the big drive for Berlin until sometime next spring. Then we shall have at least I i doubled our forces on the firing line. The British will have had time to recover from the severe shock they received in -March and April. The French are bound to be in better shape and spirits, and Italy will J be strengthened. Moreover, America will then have had time to 1 - amply provision the allied countries and the great gun factories and munition plants will have had opportunity to furnish General Foch j, with all the fireworks he needs to open the big show. It would not be at all surprising to see Lloyd George's dream come true to see , the Allies stand their guns wheel to wheel all along the line, and we may see this as soon as next summer. When that happens we may I ' look for the enemy's line to crack, but hardly before. v i (Meanwhile, there is much for us to do. We must mobilize at least f , two million more men ; we must launch not less than ten million tons M of shipping; we must drive every wheel of industry at high speed for the next nine months ; and to accomplish all this and a thousand other things we must raise at least twenty billion dollars. It is indeed a staggering undertaking that confronts America. No other nation could contemplate the performance of such gigantic tasks and main tain its equilibrium. But Americans are on their mettle ; they sense the urgencies of the moment; they are impelled by an irresistible spirit to strike while the iron is hot ; their hearts are steeled to make all sacrifices necessary to relieve the pressure along the Western front; and they will meet the emergency in straight-forward Ameri can fashion. Is it too much to say that, because of what the American people I will do in the next twelvemonth, the warring nations will be sitting S V: around the peace table before the holiday season of 1919? If S( fl SjC 5C 1 REAPING THE WHIRLWIND. rj FRANK HARRIS is authority for the statement that a wave of petty crimes is sweeping over Germany. Time was when these people were supposed to be the soul of honor in their respect for each other's rights ; they were money honest, clean in their habits, obedi- ent to the law and so finely disciplined that even petty thievery had ,! almost become a lost art among them. But times have changed. V Robbery is rampant throughout the empire ; post offices and railroad j offices are constantly being sacked; forgery, bribery and illicit trad- i $f ing are committed on every hand these days, and no man's property is safe. Hunger seems to have not only undermined the health of the A people, but to have honey-combed their moral habits as well. And as II for sex-morality, well, if we are to believe half we hear, they have 11 even ceased to profess it as a people. i Yet these are the people who claim to be God's annointed clan, ' I 1 expressly ordained to carry the gospel of Kultur around the world. I Is it not possible that the spirit of licentiousness they have so sys- I tematically shown to other peoples is now reacting with a vengeance on themselves ? What with the shadow of famine brooding over the f M land and crime lurking in every dark corner, is it at all unlikely that I the curse of their own evil thoughts and acts is now upon them ? I M There was another self-sufficient people who, way back in the M dawn of civilization, saw fit to mock God and undertook to raise their own pathway to the skies. But the Tower of Babel was never com- j H pleted; in the midst of their labors a curse came upon them; they J were confounded and given strange tongues and became strangers j M each to the other, and they made war amongst themselves and were j M finally scattered to the four corners of the earth. Who knows but jl that a similar fate awaits the German peopie? Ml ) 'M GOOD GOSPEL. H OUR big boss of the railroads seems to have adopted the winning fl tactics of "Charley" Schwab ; he is swinging around the country, ( M meeting his men face to face and giving them three cheers at every ' M opportunity. Incidently, he has authorized a substantial increase in wages all along the line, which order has not hurt him with the H brotherhoods. On the other hand, it has put him in admirable posi- j'H tion to do some straight talking to the men and he has been speaking 4H to the point of late. This is what he told the employees of the South- jjH ern Pacific recently : iH "You are all Uncle Sam's servants now. No private interests ! control the railroads any more. Uncle Sam is in command. He has )H his hand on the throttle. He is running these railroads and you are going to help him make a success of it. We are all servants H of the American people, and it depends upon the way in which we ,- discharge our responsibilities whether or not the American people are ! H going to treat us right. The strength of our position must rest upon f H public opinion. What I do for you from time to time must be done ,H with reference to what is just, not alone to you, but to the public, H which has got to pay the bill. I want to give you a square deal, and . IH the public wants to give you a square deal, but the public wants you :-H to give it a square deal in return. When your wages are raised how M do we get the money to pay it? We have to put up the rates on all jH the American people, and if we do not treat them fairly they will re- H fuse to sustain me in trying to help you." H That says just about everything there is to say respecting the i H labor situation today. McAdoo was addressing himself to the railway j H employees but his remarks apply to all forms of labor with equal force. vH Labor is enlisted in the struggle side by side with the soldiers and j H Uncle Sam is entitled to every potential ounce of effort. Moreover, H the people, and not any particular and privileged class, are footing H the bill, and labor will do well to bear this in mind. ,1 WHY DID HE HESITATE? ffl THE governor of California has indeed made a sorry mess of the H Mooney case. His indecision has plunged the state into a macl- H strom of bad blood. The merits of the case aside, it would have been far better to have pardoned the convicted bomb-thrower and thus be H rid of all the ugly agitation. As matters now stand, the inexplicable ifl postponement of the evil day simply serves as a challenge to both sides H of the bitter controversy and what mischief may be worked during jH the next few months is not an inviting contemplation. fl Governor Stephens gives as his reason for granting the reprieve H that he will require all of the time extended to review the evidence in H