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VOLe XI Nov. 12, I9QI5. No. 46 
BRADSTREET’S 1s AutTHORITY for the statement that 
only three per cent. of men who go into business for 
themselves are successful. It is safe to assume that the 
proportion of successes in other fields, art, music, author- 
ship, politics, social work et cetera, is as small. The 
failures are made so through FEAR. Fear of conse- 
quences, fear of the future, fear that we cannot finish 
successfully what we begin, fear of our opponent, un- 
necessary, illogical fear stands between us and success, 
and with an apparently impassable arm bars our progress. 
Those whom fear rules we call “Fear men,” because they 
are not really men at all, but men requiring a classification 
—an apology. There has hardly been a time in American 
history when men were called on more to overcome their 
fear than at the present time. Moral strength is needed 
in politics more than ever before, and moral strength is 
as far superior to physical strength as the spiritual is 
above the natural. It is told of Wellington that, before 
the battle of Waterloo, his knees shook so that he laughed 
and called attention to them, saying: “If they knew 
wiiere I was going to carry them, they would shake much 
worse.” That was moral courage overcoming physical 
fear, and this is the courage that men must have now if 
America 1s to go onward and upward. We must have 
moral courage to overcome the selfish persuasion of the 
politician, who seeks his own advancement regardless of 
the public good... Courage is needed to overcome the fear 
taat organizations and societies and leagues cause by their 
tactics of force and threats in their efforts to enforce 
morality by law. . Moral courage is necessary to make 
men. follow the dictates of their own conscience, regard- 
less of the arguments of politicians, ministers, leagues or. 
idividuals. The time has come for American men to 
throw off the fetters of fear—to come out boldly for 
what they believe, to refuse to follow the selfish, money- 
grasping politician or organization and to stand strongly 
for progress, liberty, decency and social liberty. 
Turk Hrcnway Commission will doubtless issue a 
new. rule concerning the regulation of headlights upon 
automobiles. The contemplated changes will compel the 
owners of brightly lighted cars to provide some way to 
dim their lights so as to prevent the rays of light blinding 
autoists coming in an opposite direction. The new rule 
wil] make it a violation of law to run a car with only the 
side lights burning as has been legal in the past. 
It 1s RuMmorED that Edison may be granted the 
Nobel prize. If this award is made it will be as pleasing 
to the American people as it is deserved. Edison has 
* madé contributions to the well- -being of humanity that 
never can be repaid. 
Ir Must BE BorNE In MIND that despite the appar- 
ent successes of the Prussian armies in the east against 
Russia, and the failure of the Dardanelles expedition, 
Germany is beseiged. When the Kaiser hurled his 
armies headlong into Belgium to capture Paris he shot 
his bolt. When Joffre adroitly retreated and then suc- 
cessfully defeated the German army and drove them 
back from before Paris the Teuton army entrenched. 
That entrenchment by the German army was a confession 
of temporary defeat. For if the Kaiser had been sure 
of his ability to conquer the French and British forces at 
that time why did he not retreat and prepare for battle 
and await the Allied forces? ‘This is just what he did 
not do. The British and French policy of wearing down 
the enemy may be expected to continue. The Prussiaa 
navy has avoided a conflict with the British as the Prus- 
sian army in the west entrenched to avoid an engagement 
with the Allied forces. The war has only begun; the 
news that comes from day to day is fragmentary, and the 
continued incidental successes of the Turks, : Bulgarians 
and Austrians have no bearing on the ultimate events, 
however disconcerting they may temporarily be. 
GREECE IS STILL Hoipinc the centre of interest in 
tlie near east and the world is waiting and watching the 
turn of events in that nation. The Greek people are in 
sympathy with the Allies, but the King’s sympathies are 
strongly pro-German and up to the present time the King 
appears to have been the master of the situation and 
maintained the neutrality of his nation. It is difficult for 
a peace-loving people to understand the intricacies of the 
ncar east problem; but the history of the past tells that 
Greece has not yet reached a position of national author- 
ity and power to be able to maintain her national rights 
independent of other Allies, The dictates of self-preser- 
vition must sooner or later force that nation to ally her- 
self with one side or the other in this contest. Greece 
is iS nee fortunate in being able to keep out of the con- 
20 so long, but with a knowledge of Greece’s age, long 
saeelee and the recent change of events in the Balkans 
ore cannot but be certain that something will happen be- 
fore long in that nation. 
Tue Waite Star Line and the Cunard Line refuse 
to sell passage on their steamers for America to males of 
military age. This is in keeping with the popular feeling 
ii Great Britain that no man of military age should be 
permitted to leave the country. There is no law to that 
etfect. The action of the two steam lines is voluntary, 
but it does reflect the spirit of the times. 
Tue TEutTons Have Dropprp bombs in Venice near 
the Cathedral of St. Mark, the Ducal Palace, St. Mark’s 
Square and the Campanile. In as much as the press 
used up all their expletives at the time attacks were made 
on the art treasures of Belgium and northern France 
there is nothing more that can be said. ‘ 
IN OrpdER To LessEN the accidents upon the streets 
of New York it is proposed to make arrests when pedes- 
trians are caught crossing the streets between the cross 
walks. If threatened arrests will assist in insuring safety 
in congested New York streets it is a simple plan. 
THE MARVELS OF THE WIRELESS seem never to cease. 
Wireless messages from the sea are now commonplace, 
but when a thrilling message comes of a ship at sea mak- 
ing an heroic fight against fire all that is commonplace 
vanishes. 
Nov. 12, 1915. 
