Lives  of  great  men  may  remind  us
'Twas  their  deeds  that  made  them
great.
These  examples  need  not  bind  us —
Safer  far  it  is  to  wait.
So    we'll   glorify    inaction.
Leave  to  Providence  our  fate,

And,  in  smug  self-satisfaction,

Wait — and    wait — and    wait — and
wait.
— From    "The    Chicago    Tribune,"
September  12.   1914.
(From   "The   Ttnies-Picayune,"    Xew
Orleans,  August  16,   1914.)

To    the    Editor    of    The    Times-Pic-
ayune:

It  is  supposed  that  Germany  will
soon  be  on  her  knees  begging  for
peace.  Wonder  it  is  that  the  Kaiser
has  not  "fallen  all  over  uimself"  to
accept  President  Wilson's  mediation
proposal.
While  Germany's  full  strength  Is
5,000,000  men,  from  the  battles  (?)
fought  during  the  past  week,  accord-
ing to  newspaper  account,  anywhere
from  1  to  25,000  Germans  have  been
killed,  etc.,  in  each  battle,  so  that,
by  now,  10,000,000  must  be  out  of
the  fight  already.
Not  only  that,  they  must  fight  like
amateurs  or  else  they  have  awful
bad  luck.  For  to  date,  they  seem  to
be  beat  every  time,  no  matter  what
odds  are  in  their  favor.  If  two
German  ships  meet  one  English  or
French  ship,  the  German  ships  are
sunk.  If  100,000  Germans  meet
25,000  Belgians  or  French,  the  Ger-
mans are  losers  by  25,000  or  more.
