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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO. NELSON n. UPDIKE, Pre«ld*ot B. BREWER. Vic* Pruident »nd General Manager MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aaaociated Frew. of which Tim Rea ti a member. !« eielualtelr entitled to the uee for retiubllcatlon of all oewa dlroatohee credited to 11 or Trot otherwlee credited in this paper, and alao the local news publtabed hereto. All rights of republicationa of our ipedal dlapalohea are alao reaerred. BEE TELEPHONES , Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department AI lantlC or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1000 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES t Main Office—17th and Farnara Co. Bluffs - - . 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N * New York—284 Fifth Averue Washington • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - • 1720 Stegar Bldg. » KST.7. ..-.m r. I.. . -a ~ NEW YORK SECEDES ON LIQUOR. Apparently the “wets” in New York have over reached themselves. Governor Smith now has be fore him a bill passed by the legislature which would repeal the state prohibition enforcement act. J No wonder he is hesitating over whether to give it I his approval or veto. This measure would leave prohibition enforce „ ment in the state of New York in the hands of 200 ,* federal officers, a totally inadequate force. State, I county and municipal co-operation in the drive on ? bootlegging would be entirely lacking. In effect the state would say to every violator of the federal prohibition laws that he may ply his business in safety, and with the implied acquiescence of the peace officers and courts of the state. Viewed from a constitutional standpoint, there * is an aspect of secession in a state thus ignoring , the responsibility of enforcing the Constitution of i the United States. No wonder President Harding is moved to write to a citizen of New York, “Re peal of state prohibition laws is likely to result in * more or less conflict between state and federal < authorities." Senator Sterling of South Dakota, who has had charge of much of the prohibition leg islation in congress, declares that New York will not be permitted to nullify the national law. “With out regard to the cost, the law will be enforced,” he declares. If the federal government can bottle up the situation, the purpose of the repealing act thus will fail. Representative Graham of Illinois, candi date for the republican leadership in the next house, has issued a formal statement that the action of the New York legislature would do more “to bring into contempt the Constitution of the United States than in any other way they ^ould have proceeded.” The proposal has its political complications also, for Governor Smith is much to the fore as a candi date for the democratic nomination for president. Devoted “wet” though he is, he hesitates to deal such a direct affront to large groups of “dry” demo crats in the middlewest. The possibility looms of a bitter struggle over prohibition in the democratic national convention next year. Prohibition has never checked the flowing bowl in New York. There is strong sentiment in that state against the Volstead Bet. Though conserva tive New York may hesitate to fly in the face of the United Statee constitution and may question whether the state legislature has gone about the problem in the proper manner, yet there is no doubt that Gov ernor Smith will lose voting strength at home if he ' used his veto power. And if he signs such a bold measure, he stands to lose much national support in his ambition for the White House. Yes, some one appears to have over-reached himself. HOT SPRINGS UP AND COMING. Fire scorched and flood swept Hot Springs is doing business at the old stand, ready to take on all comers. A cloudburst means something to a town that is set in a crack on the mountain side, as is Hot Springs, and when that is accompanied by a disastrous conflagration, the double dose of unre *. strained elements gives the people something to think about. While the property loss will reach more than two millions of dollars, it is fortunate and almost beyond understanding that no lives were lost. Many tales are being recounted of the heroic adventures of the citizens, and of the quick-witted I courage that prevented loss of life. Thrilling res • cues were common, as the torrents poured down the main street of the town, along which all its life surges during the day. Men, women and chil 1 dren were caught in the angry waters that tore ’ down the ravine, and dozens were dragged to safety by others who were on firm footing. A night of • terror and darkness was succeeded by a day of anxious search, but only damage to property was discovered, and all is well or will be when the wreck j age is cleared away. Hot Springs is the typical American community J ; in this regard. Just as Pueblo, Dayton, Omaha and other larger towns have sustained the shock of flood or tornado, so Hot Springs comes up smiling and cheerful, facing the future courageously, for its t people have faith in themselves. They will reetor* Central avenue to its attractiveness, and visitors i will look in vain for marks of the flood a few weeks hence. Our folks, whether in the Ozarks or else where, have no use for ruins. I ! 1 THE LAST LAUGH ON SUGAR. The New York sugar speculators are all indig- , ' nant. Uere they had sugar prices up to $10.05 a hun dred pounds last month. The Cuban crop was being withheld from market and preparations, financial j and otherwise, were made to shove the price to a rec- j ord height. But something happened. The quota- j tion for May 5, was $0.50, and after wobbling up and down, it stands now arouhd $9.75. That’s what makes the dealers on the Coffee and Sugar exchange weep. Between the suits brought by the government and the boycott declared by the housewives, the outlook for higher prices is extremely doubtful. And so we read that protests are being made against what the speculators call “attacks on the sugar trade by the government.” In the immortal words of the story teller, “The people don’t sny anything—they just laff.” If the sugar speculators find themselves now in the hole, it is the same hole that they dug for con sumers. When any set of men start out by announc ing that prices are to be raised week by week on nothing more than a discredited story of an impend ing shortage, they should be prosecuted. President Harding has taken the right stand in ordering judi cial proceedings, and he has clinched the matter with his endorsement of the sugar boycott. It is the people that must be protected, not the profiteers. Their anguish now, and their appeals for merry are in strange contrast with their joyful mood before they realised that they were In danger of being blocked. The merry month of May, 1923, is hanging up some marks for future ages to shoot at. The community chest is already to function, as soon as it is filled. , “Jt isn’t ruining rain, .t’s raining roses." 0 CHINA A JIG-SAW PUZZLE. One of the outstanding features of the bandit episode in China is the impotence of the government at Pekin. No question has existed at any time of the willingness of the authorities, or what passes for authority at the capital, to accommodate the powers whose nationals had been subjected to such an outrage. Yet, when they have acceded to the demands of the outlaws, the shrewd leaders of the crew send back word that the promises from Pekin must be supported by some responsible power. Just what is back of the movement is not en tirely clear. A traveler of wide experience and qualified as an observer gave as his view that it might be merely a regiment of soldiers, seeking to obtain long delayed pay, or it might be a shrewd attempt completely to discredit the already enerva ted central government and hasten its downfall. He pointed out that between the eighteen provinvial governments and the central government at Pekin there is but slight connection. With Sun Yat Sen again in the field, actively operating against the Pekin forces, and Chang Tso-Lin, the ManchuriVn bandit, about to join with Sun, the fate of the Pekin group seems sealed. Wu Pei Fu, the “Christian” general, wrested Pekin from Chang’s grip last sum mer, and unseated Sun at Canton, but the men who insisted on seizing power from Wu have been in capable of wielding authority. The tuchun system is too potent in China to be done away with by one or two demonstrations, such as that between Wu and Chang; for at best they are tuchuns, and thrive by the system. At present we have the strange spectacle of Dr. Sun, imbued with the spirit of western democracy and supported by most of the Chinese who have learned their democracy in American and other western universities, allying himself with Chang, who is frankly an autocrat, and not at all a loveable one at that. China is doing some wonderful things, but it will be a long time before a harmonious federal government functioning at Pekin, Canton, or any of the several capitals. Leaders are too strongly tinctured with the doctrine of state rights to submit even to a republic of their own making. HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF GOULD. A long, varied and interesting chapter of Ameri can history will be conned as a result of the death of George Jay Gould, just reported from Mentone, France. It will atart with the riae of his father, aid will tell of financial operations during the Civil War, of stock Jobbing, of the Credit Mobilier, and of devious and uncertain ways by which the %elder Gould accumulated $74,500,000 to be divided among his six children. Some account will be taken of the steady application to business of the elder of those children, who more than doubled the fortune, in spite of the extravagances and follies of his broth ers and sisters, for which the common fund was re quired to pay some pretty sums. Finally, a review of the family relationships of the Goulds will afford comment on a phase of American social life that is worthy of notice. When Jay Gould died, he awarded his eldest son $5,000,000 extra as pay for his work in connection with his father’s business. George Gould was easily the head of the family, and to him was entrusted the care of the millions in which all shared alike. His stewardship finally was challenged, and about four years ago he was removed as trustee for the estate, on petition of his sister Anna, whose com plicated marriage ventures with impecunious titled Frenchmen have provided much amusement and some amazement, and cost the Gould exchequer many millions. During the twenty-five years the fortune was under his management it increased until he accounted to the court for more than $150,000, 000. His record in this regard is worthy of his father. His marriage with Edith Kingdon was a romantic one, but brought to both great happiness, although the children did not always do the thing* their father thought better they should do. When Mrs. Gould died her husband remained a widower six months, and the second wife and her three children will share with the seven hy the first wife in the estate. The “Gould” properties include railroads, tele graphs and mines. In pursuit of his handling of the family fortune, George Gould extended his enter prises in many directions, and, while he may have been overshadowed in some respects by builders like Harriman and Hill, he has been a factor in the great transportation industry and financial world all his life, and as such will leave a considerable gap. Belgium’s discovery that she doesn’t owe the United States any money on account of war loans may encourage other European nations to make similar reseach. They may find out, however, that it takes two to make a bargain. Petrified men 11 feet tall have been found in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, according to a Ssn Francisco paper. Used to make ’em over at Fort Dodge, la. A Chicago police judge says “drunks" are fewer than ever, wherein he differs from one of his Omaha brothers, but it is not unusual for judges to disagree. A policeman who recently issued some “don’ts” for pedestrians is now formulating one for himself. It will take the form of “don’t talk." Those who recollect conditions here in May, 1892, are not greatly cast down by the weather of the mo ment. Those Chinese may make good bandits, but they are not very good at business. Got your bet down on Sparkplug yet? Homespun Verse By Robert Worthington Davie THE RAIN. Patter, patter on the sidewalk: patter, patter, on the street— Falling gently, falling softly o'er the verdant neMa of wheat. While the city dweller watches and become* a gloomy night. And the farmer greet* the moleture with a manifold delight. From hi* antiquated haven he look* out ns from a dream. Hear* the drops In whispers falling, hears the rolling of the stream. Sees the lurid flashes lighting the transparent, threaded Vast. Of the harvest is he thinking and his heart is beating fast. Patter, patter on the listen, tendei seemingly snd sweet. Falling gently, falling softly o er the verdant fields of wheat. O. the rain, the soothing showei drenching, nourish ing the sod. i To the farmer is a dower slid the greatest gift of God. » “From State and —^ Nation” Editorials from other newspapers. . A Poultry Empire. from the Nebraska State Journal. Nebraska lias nearly twice as much poultry on its farms as all of the New England states put together. Ne braska has more poultry than Florida, Massachusetts, Maine, Con < nectlcut, Delaware, Vermont. Newj Hampshire. New Mexico. Wyoming. | Arizona, Rhode Island and Nevada combined. Nebraska's poultry popu lation of nearly 12,000,000 fowls sur-1 passes that of California. Its poultrv j population Is greater than that of. New York, Kentucky or Michigan. In 10 years Nebraska poultry has In creased nearly one-third. These facts are furnished by Prof. F. E. Mussehl of the college of agri culture of the University of Nebraska and are broadcasted to the world through the Country Gentleman by Robert P. Crawford editor of the col lege publications. The college of agriculture is persistently working to Improve the productivity of Nebraska hens and the profits of their owners. This is done by culling out the lazy layers by improving methods of feed ing and breeding and by seeking out the best method of conserving and marketing the crop. The object of the college is to build up the average farm flock of poultry rather than to develop exclusive poultry farms. Over i 400 farms are now Improving their | flocks under the direction of Prof. ] Mussehl. The average production per hen has been about 72 eggs a year. The college has embarked on a definite plan to double this on the Nebraska farms. Twenty-five farm ers in one county averaged 138 eggs to the hen last year after adopting improved methods. Prof. Mussehl finds that if all the farms in the state could be brought up to this standard it would mean a gross income from eggs of $60,000,000 a year. While the work Is yet only In Its infancy a demonstration has already been made of the wonderful possibili ties of poultry raising in this state. Nebraska excels In the feeding and; fattening of cattle because it has | cheap feed, pure water, plenty of room and' good climatic conditions. The factors that have made this region pre-eminent In stock raising ought also to make It a leader in poultry. The cost of shipping feed to the east is saved by keeping the feed here and shipping out the fin ished product from the very center of the continent. Finishing a ffreal Refunding Job. From the New York World. Secretory Mellon is taking the con-1 1 eluding steps in a great war-debt re funding operation. It relate# ex J clusively to the short-dated debt which amounted to above $7,000,000.- | 000 on June 30, 1921, shortly after he | had assumed control of the Treasury i department. Some $1,000,000,000 of this amount I has since been paid off through the operations of the sinking fund and otherwise. The remainder has al ready liigely been converted Into treasury notes of varying maturi ties. But of the 14,000,000.000 of 4% j per cent. Victory notes included in j the above total, maturing May 201 next, $430,000,000 are left to be taken | care of. For this purpose the seere-. tary now tenders for cash aubscrip- ‘ tlon $400,000,000. four-year notes of j the same interest rate and reserve# the right to issue as many more as necessary to meet offerings of the balance of the $830,000,000 for pay ment in new notes. It i* the email end of a great un dertaking which thus remains to be cleaned up. and Secretary Mellon's, success with the operation l» not to be doubted The debt to be converted ! within this brief time of hardly two, 1 vears was more than double the whole debt contracted by the govern ment during the civil war. The sec retary's Job at the start waa not only j to do this but to do It without serious I disturbance to the money market and to business. It can now be said that the Job has been done and done so far without financial disturbance that the country and lt» markets have hardly known that anything of the sort ha* been going on. i The Forgetful French. I lids*! Howard In the Celumbus Tslegrsm , French ship owners are saying ' nasty Paris words about the decision of the United State* supreme court ; forbidding French merchant* to do business with American bootleggers. French newspapers and French statesmen are also covertly Intimating that America didn’t have a very Urge hand In winning the late world war. The French are forgetters. They are not talking now like they talked In the days when the kaiser's troot|i were spproarhlng Parle. Then they i feared the hour of doom waa near, { and they saw hut one savior. The* one savior lived far away, but had promised to come to their relief. A blind soldier of France w-a* elt tlng by hie cottage door In th# outer Pari*. From the distance came mighty shouting*. He begged hi* lit tle eon to tell him the cause of the shouting, but the boy did not know j the cause. The tumult lnerf.ieed. Strange music was in the air. The j blind soldier bade hie eon run again | to the street In effort to discover the | meaning of the tumult. Breathless | almost the boy returned and reported | long lines of marching men. clad in • uniform of a color he had not seen j before. The blind father asked th* ■ >v>y to describe the color of the uni ! form* and the marching style of th* | soldiers. The little boy said the aol dlet-s were oil wearing a uniform of mnie brown hue. and all of them | seemed very large and tall aoldlers. and theli flag was a very strange <wi*. with big red. white and blue stripes. Daily Prayer j Behave in the Lord your fiod.—> Chr. Our Heavenly Father, a new day opens before u*—grant that we may enter Its portals with grstltude for every mercy of the past, and with a melody of praise In our hearts. We are deeply conscious of our sin, and are unworthy of Thy loving kindness We realize our dependence upon Thee, and we lieg T tec for Thy presen •• with tie during the coming day. For bid that we should shirk nny duly, or murmur at any trial. Keep us sweet and hopeful; make us kind In word snd thought; and sate us from "lh» rashness of unguarded moments " We pray for those whom we love, and for aU who do not love us \\ e pray for the etranger. the poor, the sick, the lonely, the sorrowing, and the wayward. Grant Thy presence to all who labor In Thy Name the world over, and eend forth more worker* Into the vineyard. For our own home circle we pray, and for Ihal larger circle of the world I'.let- little dill dren everywhere, ami the helpless aged. l*et war* cease upon the earth, and the Prince of Pea* o rule In nil land*. Make us unselfish In ton deal Inge will) each one, snd help us to serve Thee this dny. thst at It* close we may go to oui res* conscious of Thy presence find Tht* approval; we ask In our Savior's Name. Anum 111',!' U KOI mi I tv DANK I Nlxtlmn*,* v. ♦ We Nominate— For Nebraska's Hall of Fame. Nelly griogs Alexander was before her marriage a member of the University School of Music In Lincoln, of which, as of the state university, she Is a graduate. She had also studied in private studios In New York and else where. Her work In music extends Into the Held of composition, chiefly in songs, highly, lyrical, and In settings for dramatic numbers for some of her husband's masques and pageants. She has Just been chosen president of the Morning Musical Review of Lincoln. Mrs. Alexander's work In the arts is. however, not confined to music. Of late years she has devoted much attention to painting and dec orative art and ha* exhibited In Lin coln and Omaha and in the Flesto exhibition at Santa Fe. In particular her batik designs, developed from Pueblo Indians and ancient cliff dwelling decorative motifs, have at tracted wide Interest and favorable comment. and a whole lot of stare in one cor ner of it. And then the blind soldier of France fell upon his knees and thanked God that his beautiful Paris was saved. At last the wonderful Americans had arrived and France would be saved. How different today! Now It Is a French virtue to belittle the part America played In the great war, and a French habit to sneer at Americans because of their refusal to regard French wines as necessary to American health and happiness. And they are covertly hinting «hat the Americans were cowards when they did not stay in Germany and help the French to collect reparations from the helpless German republic, according to French Interpretation of the terms of a treaty which was signed by the powers In the house where the French kings once quartered their concubines. God’s goodness Is always appearing In the fact that He built America such a great <Ustanre from eontaml nating and ungrateful Franca. Buy l<#** Sugar. From lit New Tork H»r»!4. Buyer* possess a direct power over the market—the power of the purae. Already public determination to re duce sugar consumption has forced a drop in wholesale prices. If house wives the country over buy less sugar prices cannot advance and gradually will settle hack to the old levels. Cuba's shortage, upon which the manipulator* of the market based their hopes of raiding America's do mestic budget, is only 400.000 tons, barely more than J per cent of our annual consumption. We use 50 000 tons a day, so that the entire Cuban shortage could be written off by eight suearles# days or their equivalent in reduced consumption. There I* plenty of sugar In the world for the world. America caa get It* full share at reasonable price* if consumers cut down their pur chases a* much as possible. 8top using so much sugar and It will be easy to bring th# profiteer* to their knee*. Democracy Not Vet. From tbs Minnesota Star. ft is a cause for felicitation when clergymen like Dr. Alva W. Taylor, of Indianapolis, social service secre tary of the Church of the Disciples of ' Christ, voice* such wholesome truth* a* he expressed before the Minneapolis Ministers' federation. He boldly challenged the widely in culcated notion that America ha# st rained democracy or anything Ilk# legal and social equality. He quoted the decision of the court of appeals In Washington on the minimum wage law for women, which says that of the three fundamentals of legal func tion. life, liberty and property, the latter is first and greatest, and he added: "Until labor acquires in it* working capacity something that gives It equal statu# to th# power of property, the laborer as a man la not equal before law and custom in our Industrial system with the man who liossease* property. Property *lmply means added power over and above that of the right of the individual a* such." It is n»eUlc*s to say that the ex posure of tlieee usually concealed facta by a man outside the ranks of labor—a minister—is of highest Im portance. The championship of these unpopular truths which lie at th# heals of the labor movement hy such Influential and able men as Dr. Tay lor Is ample Justification for the Com munity Industrial and World Peace conference, which Is now bringing the representatives of the church and lubor together in the Twin Cltlea and communities Why Men Shun ( liurch From tlspyer'a Weskly. A Philadelphia pastor who asked 101,1 men why men stay away from church get* these replica “Sermon too long; sermons uninteresting; preachers too dogmatic; t play golf on Sunday; there are so many Sunday excursions and counter attractions.'' Put the principal reason la that/ tha man shut up in a store or olive six days a week wants a day outdoors, and there now are so many pleasant and wholesome ways of spending It outdoors. Sermons will have to he mad» pietty Interesting to heat that. Vet tha mao who does not go to church at least once on Sunday Is depriving himself <>f a ifplrltual fresh air which he needs quite as much as he need* the other So why not di vide the day and get some of each? NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION (•r APRIL. 1*23, af THE OMAHA BEE I Daily.75*20 ' Sunday. 82,588 Do#* not inrlud# rtfurti*. loft ovtri. *»mpl#* or p#p#r» apnitH in printing n d inolud#* no •p«cUl ! B. BREWER. Can. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. .Subscribed and tuarn ta betere Me this 2d day at May, 1X2.1. w h. ouivrv. (Stall Nut ary Public “THE PEOP\ ttltartat »«* r*»Sw» •» Th» Marali ara Iflilta* ta »•» tttt* ca aa aiattara at Repudiated Wilson Policies. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Being a supporter of the so-called “lrrecohcllables'' or “bat talion of death." we would llko to point out the desirability of our Iso lation policy, as compared with the ring-tailed, snorting Wilsonian policy of shooting democracy into Europe. According to Wilsonian edUbrs and repudiated statesmen, our chief crime js by our "aloofness" we destroyed export trade of farm products. How ever. the export of farm products dur ing our isolation, 1921 and 1922. ex ceeded by millions of tons the ex ports during the war, as well as for 1919 and 1920. The only reason we sell our production at home and abroad for less than cost Is because the Warburg-Wilson federal reserve system retired from circulation its credit and currency, causing the price slump and wreck in midst of plenty’. Regardless of these facts, coupled with the fact that even the most blatant Wilsonian editor fails to point out one single act by the Wilson ad ministration as being tienefleial to the people of the United States; not a sin gle thing accomplished that was not a calamity and repudiated at every opportunity. The International bank ers coach the repudiated statesmen, and the Wtleonian editors chime In a mournful chorus a clamor for an other dose of participation in world affairs—to keep them out of war. ! Once kept out of war until after elec tion, the wisdom of the electorate keeps them out of office now. T. B. F. Suspicious of the Mark Shirts. Omaha.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: At last facisti*m is among us, not with Its Imperial wizard, but the grand lictor. Now for Information. Is this organization going to be an alternate to the con stitution of the United State*, light lng the pathway for the majesty of the law? For me any organization that pretends to defend the constitu tion of the United States and adopts alien names is nothing more than the beginning of supergovernment that will end in chaos. The faottsti movement in Europe is a good guide to judge by. Germany had its fascist!, also Switzerland, and for the last few days we have learned of its results. Fascltism, world court, or League of Nations will not solve our domestic problems. W* must get back to the Declaration of Independence and our national con stitution If we wish to leave a true American heritage to the coming gen eration. America has great issues to solve and It will solve them with out the assistance of mysterious po litical or secret organizations. True Americanism is the national consti tution which will guide the destiny of this nation. The welfare of Amer ica rests in the hands of 15.000,000 or more voter* and not In the black shlrted legion. I believe that Mayor Dahlman made a great mistake when he accepted the leadership of the fa cistl movement, for such movement 1* In conflict with our western ideals It may succeed in South Carolina or Georgia, where peonage blooms like the rose, but in Nebraska let us be guided by the voice of the people, which is far superior to the facista movement. I am not condemning such organization, but I am opposed to it because I am suspicious of its motives. JESSE MARTEL. The League of Nations. Omaha—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: It is good to be an American when political parties and leaders propose to abolish war and promote world peace. Wir ss now practiced is almost unthinkable, both oo physical and moral grounds. The passion for peace is now rapidly spreading over the whole country and that is ground for the hope of the nation*. The covenant of the League of Nations has once again be come the forefront of the people's thought. The intelligent second thought of the American people is for It now to reverse the "great re fusal" of 1920. The solemn service* with which the unknown soldier was IE’S VOICE” • B«. Rm«»o »f Th« Bt« umn trwly Itr •»yr.«il»r, public IPtprPPI. buried reveals the popular hatred of war. At the opening of the Washington conference Secretary Hughes deliv ered the following words most im pressively: "Here In the United States we are hut freshly turned from the burial of an unknown American sol dier. A hundred millions of people were thinking of the Inexcusable cause, the incalculable cost, the un speakable sacrifices and the unutter able sorrow which led to the ques tion how could humanity justify or God forgive? In the language of Piesldent Harding, it must not occur again.” The League of Nations is designed to kill conquest; to enforce the i-enti ment that no notion should govern another without the consent of the governed, as set forth In Article X of the covenant. After what was said and done at the Washington confer once, our republican friends should not hesitate to favor the T^eague of Nations and reverse the "great re fusal” Of J920. Alexander Hamilton, great American though he was. yet did not believe in popular government. He was author of the slogan, "no entangling al liances." The idea was taken up by Washington; neither of whom could entertain opinions at that time for world peace or world democracy There was no opportunity then for this country to assume the leader ship of the world. No' opportunity then to lead the tegal and moral foree-s of the world In the direction of world peace. Such a leadership 1* now offered us by the nations, and surely it would not abridge our sov ereignty, but, on the contrary, would strengthen it at home and abroad. IJ. F. DOLAN. Simple Fundamentals of Religion. Omalia.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Bishop E. V. Shayler is of the opinion that too many preach ers are effeminate in their manner, repelling by their pious voice and are substituting trivialities and super ficialities for genuine red-blooded re ligion. This recalls to us the indictment which Jesus brought against the min istry of His day: Matthew 23:5-7: '’But all their works they do for to he seen of men: they make bread their phylakteries, (I e.. the hems of their garments on which scripture texts W'ere embroid ered), and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the : markets, and to be called of m* n. , Kabbl. Rabbi. ' Mathew 23-23: "Woe unto ve, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithe of mint and anis and . cummin and have omitted the weight- j ier matters of the law. judgment, mer cy and faith—ye blind guides, which | strain at a gr.at and swallow a , camel.'1 The curse of religion lias always been the focussing of its attention upon external matters and the gradual leaving out of sight the few eternal Abe Marlin Some (rirl* are certainly lucky! Em Pash’s niece, whose first hus band was a riveteer, is now en gaged t’ a road material man. Ike Soles don’t know whether t’ build a new house, or pay a few thousan’ more an’ remodel. (Copyright. 1»2».) HERE AND THEBE. About 1.000 kinds of insects make their home in oak trees. A girl usually attains her full weight at the age of 19. Japan’s textile exports in 1911 were valued at more than $200,000,000. Water power of the United States tg estimated at 30,000,000 horse power. Existence of petrol In the Lake AI heyt regions of Africa hag been re ported. Honolulu has one of the finest and moat efficient telephone systems in the world Pressed straw brick* with light^ wooden frames are now being used In France. _ Must Bid Higher. It begins to look ae though Ger many would have to raise its bid to get the Ruhr back. Franc* may not know its real value as well a* Ger many does, but France is pretty sure It's worh more than 30,009 million marks.—Kansas City Star. A Good Answer. 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