CONTENTS

Introduction, by Ralph Stout xiii
Dr. Fitzsimons’s Death, September 17, 1917 1
Blood, Iron, and Gold, September 23, 1917 2
The Ghost Dance of the Shadow Huns, October 1, 1917 5
Sam Weller and Mr. Snodgrass, October 2, 1917 8
Broomstick Preparedness, October 4, 1917 10
The Bondholders and the People, October 7, 1917 12
Factories of Good Citizenship, October 10, 1917 13
Pillar-of-Salt Citizenship, October 12, 1917 16
Broomstick Apologists, October 14, 1917 18
The Liberty Loan and the Pro-Germans, October 16, 1917 20
A Difficult Question to Answer, October 18, 1917 23
Now Help the Liberty Loan, October 20, 1917 25
A Square Deal for the Training Camps, October 21, 1917 26
The Passing of the Cripple, October 23, 1917 28
The Peace of Complete Victory, October 23, 1917 30
Fighting Work for the Man of Fighting Age, October 25, 1917 32
Wise Women and Foolish Women, October 27, 1917 34
Why Cry over Spilt Milk? October 28, 1917 36
Save the Foodstuff, October 30, 1917 38
On the Firing Line, October 31, 1917 40
Nine Tenths of Wisdom is being Wise in Time, November 1, 1917 42
We are in this War to the Finish, November 2, 1917 43
Sinister Allies, November 3, 1917 45
The New York Mayoralty Election, November 8, 1917 47
German Hatred of America, November 13, 1917 49
Start the System of Universal Military Training at Once, November 17, 1917 52
A Fifty-Fifty War Attitude, November 20, 1917 54
The Germanized Socialists and Peace, November 26, 1917 56
Mobilize Our Man Power, December 1, 1917 58
The Lansdowne Letter, December 2, 1917 60
The President’s Message, December 5, 1917 62
Four Bites of a Cherry, December 7, 1917 64
The Red Cross Christmas Membership Drive, December 12, 1917 66
Being Brayed in a Mortar, December 18, 1917 68
Rendering a Great Public Service, December 20, 1917 71
A Betrayal of Democracy, December 21, 1917 73
Broomstick Preparedness—a Study in Cause and Effect, December 27, 1917 76
Our Duty for the New Year, January 1, 1918 78
Tell the Truth and Speed up the War, January 4, 1918 80
The Cost of Unpreparedness, January 6, 1918 82
Coöperation and Control, January 8, 1918 85
The Artemus Ward Theory of War, January 17, 1918 87
The Fruits of Watchful Waiting, January 18, 1918 89
Tell the Truth, January 21, 1918 92
Justification of Constructive Criticism, January 28, 1918 93
Secretary Baker’s General Denial, February 2, 1918 96
Let George Speed up the War, February 3, 1918 98
Let Uncle Sam get into the Game, February 5, 1918 101
Conservation is Important and Production is More Important, February 15, 1918 103
The People’s War, February 26, 1918 105
The Fruits of Fifty-Fifty Loyalty, March 2, 1918 109
Quit Talking Peace, March 5, 1918 111
The Worst Enemies of Certain Loyal Americans, March 10, 1918 113
Gird up our Loins, March 16, 1918 115
Bolsheviki at Home and Abroad, March 19, 1918 117
The Fruits of Our Delay, March 26, 1918 120
How the Hun Earns his Title, March 31, 1918 122
Thank Heaven! April 2, 1918 128
Citizens or Subjects? April 6, 1918 129
Women and the War, April 12, 1918 133
To my Fellow Americans of German Blood, April 16, 1918 135
An Extraordinary Achievement in Human Upbuilding, April 17, 1918 138
Freedom stands with her Back to the Wall, April 20, 1918 140
A Square Deal for All Americans, April 27, 1918 142
The German Horror, May 2, 1918 145
Sedition, a Free Press, and Personal Rule, May 7, 1918 147
The Dangers of a Premature Peace, May 12, 1918 150
The War Savings Campaign, May 27, 1918 155
Anti-Bolshevism, June 5, 1918 158
General Wood, June 15, 1918 160
Help Russia Now, June 20, 1918 162
An American Fourth of July, June 23, 1918 166
How not to Adjourn Politics, June 25, 1918 167
Hats off to the International Typographical Union, June 27, 1918 170
The Performance of a Great Public Duty, July 3, 1918 172
Repeal the Charter of the German-American Alliance, July 11, 1918 174
Every Man has a Right to One Country, July 15, 1918 177
Murder, Treason, and Parlor Anarchy, July 18, 1918 180
Back up the Fighting Men at the Front, July 26, 1918 183
The Americans whom we most Delight to Honor, August 1, 1918 186
Sound Nationalism and Sound Internationalism, August 4, 1918 188
The Man who Pays and the Man who Profits, August 9, 1918 196
Our Debt to the British Empire, August 16, 1918 200
The Candidacy of Henry Ford, August 20, 1918 202
Speed up the Work for the Army and Give all who Enter it Fair Play, August 23, 1918 206
Senator Lodge’s Noble Speech, September 1, 1918 209
Applied Patriotism, September 8, 1918 211
Good Luck to the Anti-Bolshevists of Kansas, September 12, 1918 213
The Fourth Liberty Loan, September 17, 1918 216
Fair Play and No Politics, September 20, 1918 218
Spies and Slackers, September 24, 1918 221
Quit Playing Favorites, September 30, 1918 224
War Aims and Peace Proposals, October 12, 1918 226
Permanent Preparedness and the League of Nations, October 15, 1918 229
High-sounding Phrases of Muddy Meaning, October 17, 1918 231
An American Peace versus a Rubber-Stamp Peace, October 22, 1918 236
Unconditional Surrender, October 26, 1918 239
What are the Fourteen Points? October 30, 1918 241
Further Consideration of the Fourteen Points, October 30, 1918 243
Fourteen Scraps of Paper, October 31, 1918 248
The Turks Surrender Unconditionally, November 3, 1918 251
Peace, November 12, 1918 253
Sacrifice on Cold Altars, November 13, 1918 255
The Red Flag and the Hun Peace Drive, November 14, 1918 258
The League of Nations, November 17, 1918 261
An American Congress, November 18, 1918 265
The Freedom of the Seas and the Enslavement of Mankind, November 22, 1918 269
President Wilson and the Peace Conference, November 26, 1918 272
The League To Enforce Peace, December 2, 1918 277
The Men Whose Lot Has Been Hardest, December 8, 1918 281
The British Navy, the French Army, and American Common Sense, December 17, 1918 283
Let us have Straightforward Speaking, December 24, 1918 287
A Square Deal for the Men at the Front, December 25, 1918 289
The League of Nations, January 13, 1919 292