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The Morning Bee M O R NIN G—E V E NIN G—S UNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. PublUhw. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which The Bee la a member. If aaclualeelT entitled to the use for republicatlon of all news dispstrhes credited to it or not otherwlae credited in thia paper, and also the local newa published herein. All righta of republlcation* of our special dlapatcbet trt alto reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department lantic or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M.: 1O00 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farttam Co. Bluff* - - - 18 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington - 422 Star Bldg. Chicago • - 1720 Steger Bldg. THE FRENCH MENACE. France has the power. That in effect is Premier Poincare’s response to British efforts to save Ger many. Nothing short of force will prevail upon France to moderate its reparations demands and temper its teatment of Gemany. There is to be no modification of the Vesailles treaty or of the esti mates of the reparations commission. France is going to take its pound of flesh. Instead of the $12,000,000,000 that financial experts set as the ut most possible indemnity, Poincare announces the determination to collect $26,000,000,000. It is plain that this can never he done. The expenses of the Ruhr occupation are larger than the financial returns to the French government. Germany is expected to foot the bill for maintain ing all the troops that are sent within its borders. When it has done that, it will be beyond the ability of Germany to pay or France to collect tremendous reparations. So it is to be doubted if the French are making any honest effort to secure reparations. Their effort would seem to be to wreck Germany and seize control of the richest portions. Supreme in the air, and with an immense army of conscripts awaiting call, France has no fear of Britain or any other nation. With its industry so balanced that it can feed its own people and exist without any interchange of goods with other na tions, it occupies a highly strategic position. By its alliances with Czecho-Slovakia, Jugo-Slavia, Po land and Rumania, it is protected at every point from foreign attack. No international economic conference is to have any say in the matter of reparations, Poincare an nounced in his address at the battle-scarred town of Senlis. In expressing his resentment at foreign interference in a “matter primarily interesting the creditors of Germany,” there may be seen an al lusion to American efforts for an impartial eco nomic conference to settle the whole matter of reparations. Is there any pressure that Great Britain can exert great enough to force France to change its position? The British plan which as yet has only been vaguely outlined, appears to be to woo Italy and Belgium from their support of French policy. What both these nations want is money. That they can never get until France declares a morator ium on its hatred. One question is whether they realize this yet. And even though they might be willing to cast their influence against France, it is doubtful if France would turn back from its mili tary adventure. Troops are being pushed farther and farther into Germany, and there is no sign of any turning back. What we see in the European situation is what has existed there since the beginning of history. Let one nation get the upper hand and not reason, ■ fnot humanity, not justice can turn it from exploit ing its advantage to the full. Militarism is in the saddle, as it always has been. The League of Na tions, which was advertised as designed to prevent such a crisis as this, is silent and impotent. France today is the greatest menace to world peace. And in the new temper of the people of the world, when this bubble breaks, as it will in the course of time, France will find itself reduced to the position of a third-rate power, for it has shown itself unworthy. FREEDOM FROM WITHIN. “This is a free country,” the stage comedian re marked, and added, “Do as you’re told.’' It brought a big laugh, for in spite of its ap parent contradiction, it neatly hit off a situation which much as we regret it, we Americans have inflicted upon ourselves, not knowing how to govern otherwise. In older lands customs rule by general consent. Not having any time-honored customs in America, we have resorted to legislation and regula tion. Some inspired paragrapher has observed that if Mount Etna were in the United States, congress would put it under federal control and establish half a dozen bureaus to regulate its lava. “Is any man free except he who can pass his life as he pleases?” asked Persius. Measured by the Roman poet’s standard, who is free today? As society grows more complex It begins to appear that Schiller was right when he wrote that ^Freedom is only in the land of dreams, and thp9eaut'ful only blooms in song.” Yet so long as the mind is kept unshackled, there is liberty. The most important right today is that of free speech and free press. If people will main t tain their mental independence, thinking for them selves and exercising self-control, the battle Is won. If each one can curb within himself the forces of greed, hate, envy and deception there will be fewer “Verbotcn” signs posted or needed. There is free dom within the reach of every man. It is well ex J pressed by Horace in his satires: ("Who then Is free? the wise man who Is lord over himself: Whom neither poverty nor death, nor chains alarm; strong to withstand hts passions and despise honors, and who Is completely finished and rounded off In himself.” “This is a free country,” the stage comedian re marked, and added, “Do as you’re told." OET OUT THE TAPE LINE. Poor old Leviathan! Pride of the American merchant marine, crowned queen of the seas, and honored above all other things afloat, she must now abdicate her proud position, and step down into second place. Why? Because Admiral von IIol weg of Beilin, acting on information furnished by Blohm & Voss, at whose Hamburg shipyards both the Vaterland and the Bismarck were built, to later become the Leviathan and Majestic, certify that the latter is almost six feet, to be exact, 71.37 inches, longer than the former. Will we yield precedence on this testimony? Not while a voice can be raised in protest. The builders of the ships may rely on their blue prints, but until somebody takes n tape measure and runs it around the two vessels at the water line, and gives the true measure in feet and inches, the claim for the Leviathan will stand. As a matter of fact, that good old ship ought to have expanded more than six feet in length since being reconditioned and aet to Bailing under the Stars and Stripes. ; ft 0* CROPS AS MONEY. Suppose a readjustment of our commercial prac tice were to come about, and that personal service should be paid for in kind, rather than in cash, what would happen? Whenever the plight of agri culture is discussed, the comparison is made of what the farmer gets when he sells and what he pays when he buys. The showing is always bad for the farmer. It takes the gross output of an acre of wheat to hire a bricklayer for eight hours’ work; a doctor’s bill or a lawyer’s fee eats up two or three acres of wheat, and so on through the list. In Saxony a basis of exchange has been worked out between the doctors and the farmers, whereby professional services will be paid for in rye. The scale is low; it is rather hard to conceive a country doctor in America receiving 19% cents for a con sultation, or 394 cents for a visit, with an allow ance of 94 cents per mile one way for travel into the country, all to be paid in wheat at an agreed price per pound. Yet that is the schedule adopted for the Saxony doctors, who take rye in lieu of gold marks, at the rate of five pounds for a consultation, 10 pounds for a visit, and two and one-half pounds for each kilometer of travel one way. W’e do not believe that barter and trade will ever be resorted to in the United States again, al though payment in kind is frequently made, with entire satisfaction to both parties. What the farmer has to complain of, and with justice on his side, is that his prices are entirely out of line with the other fellow’s. When he gets into a position where he can trade on something nearer to an even basis, he will feel more courage to carry on, but just now he doesn’t get much consolation when he W'eighs out his wheat to pay his bills. LUCK AND CUNNING. How far does the element of chance control in human affairs? To what extent can cool, careful calculation of all elements of a problem offset and counteract the uncertainty that attends the result of any undertaking into which the unknown may possibly enter? It is all well enough to say that 2 plus 2 makes 4, but expert engineers make allow ance in all their calculations for “the factor of error” as well as the factor of safety. A golf championship was decided in Omaha on Saturday, in which chance played a considerable part. On one hole, at a critical period in the match, the winner sunk his ball for a hole in 1, the first time in 21 years of playing he had ever achieved the feat. It just so happened. Par for the hole is 3, and this lucky stroke gave him that advantage over his opponent. It is not entirely at point that they were counting holes rather than strokes; the effect of that bit of luck would be disconcerting to the loser at any point in the game, and doubly so at the stage it had reached. On Sunday Bobby Jones, amateur, defeated Bobby Cruikshank, professional, in a sensational match. Four times they had gone around the 18 holes, and each had a total score of 296. On the play-off they were all square on the 17th hole, a most remarkable situation. The match depended on one hole. Fortune smiled on the amateur, whose drive took him into the rough but to a good “lie.” The professional also drove into the rough, but a poor position. Equal in all respects, fighting fairly for the honor, the element of chance decided be tween them. “It is better to be bom lucky than rich,” is an old saying, and “the breaks of the game have de cided many a contest.” A NETWORK OF GOOD ROADS. Out pt Washington comes word that when the federal aid road building program is complete 90 per cent of the people of the United States will five within ten miles of a federal aid road. This means that the general public of the United States will be served by a system of improved highways that will compare favorably with any in the world, roads built after approved models, according to careful specifications, and capable of giving the utmost service to the citizens of a nation who are turning more and more to highway travel. July 1, 1923, saw more than 13,000,000 automo biles registered and In use in the United States, one for each 8.6 of the population. Many of these ma chines are used to transport merchandise, building material, farm produce and the like, and all of them serve in carrying on the social communication of the people. Comparisons show that the number of automobiles in use has increased by 2,400,000 since July, 1922, and the estimates are that at least a million more will be added to the total before the end of the current year. What does this mean? It can be interpreted ojily as an indication that in addition to the federal aid road program, many miles of highway are being improved by state and county undertakings, so that the great network of first class thoroughfares is rapidly extending to embrace the entire country. Within a very few years the United States will be lifted from the rank of the poorest highways of any nation to that of the best. The program just an nounced by the Department of Agriculture covers 34 states, and embraces 187,406 miles of highways. Nebraska has 5,500 miles in the group, and Iowa 7,154. War on reckless auto drivers proceeds steadily, but with little sign of winning. However, “keeping everlastingly at it brings success.” The Filipino cabinet may be bluffing, but they will find out that General Wood doesn't play that way. A city council meeting at Mexicali has Its excit ing features. Alaska is full of promise and politics. Homespun Verse —Hy Omaha'* Own Poet— Rnhrrt JT’orthinf(ton Dnvir BABYLAND. Babyland, Babbleland; Creepy little Oeatureland; I.-niKlinhle, affable. Dimple bridged and teary apann"d. Happyland, Fairyland, Merry, merry Alrylnnd; Cor.ylnnd, Doryland, Perfect faehloned Poayland; Hlumberlnnd, Wonderland, Animated Hlmveilnnd, Klevated Quaverland, Heavenly Behavlorland .Vlelodlou* and vlrtuou*— l.urld little Plrtureland. Adoration Mlxtureland; cradleland brld*e and apanned By the rare of Motherland, Hy the lov# of Fatherland, With the bile* of Plelerland, With the pride of Brotherland. Tender, tiny Whl*perland; Oraolou*. epaclou* and vlvaolou* I runduna&Ml Babyland. “The People’s Voice” Editorials from roadaro of Tfea Moralnf Bra. Beaderi of The Morolat Boo ara Invltad to uaa this column freely for oaproaalon oa matteri of public loteraat. An Iowa Poet Want* In. Council Bluffs.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: It gives me much pleasure to know that there Is an ef fort toward association on the part of the poets of Nebraska, and eape claliy of Omaha. I do not know how many poets Omaha contains. Judg ing from the “People's Voice" col umns, there must be a goodly number of them. But after this association is formed and the Joy of Omaha poets is unconflned. so much deeper will be the poetic gloom on this side of the river. As I understand Air. Jack Bee's call for poets, they are to come only from Omaha and Nebraska. “Why eliminate a poet from the assoc.iatloon Just because he happens to reside beyond a state line which is only purely Imaginary?" I asked of my mate. “But the state line happens to be a dark and muddy river and very far from something Imaginary," quoth she. “It Is a grim reality." Despite the fact that I6wa is no part of Omaha, be it ever so close, one or two of us on this side hoij_e through hook or crook to break into that Omaha poets' club. We are dis tinctly in favor of It. If we don’t get In we shall hereafter have only cause to write the dirges and the death songs. Omaha is the hub around which we revolve. We are outcasts so far as the Iowa state capital Is concerned. A poets’ association will he good from various standpoints. We can console one another when the world turns a deaf ear or a cold shoulder to our songs. If the world won't read the poems which are exploded from our hearts, we can read them to ourselves within our own confines, shut In from the so-called cold, hard world. We can be spared from that emburassment of bombarding daily newspapers with our scribbled sheets. We who are poets must come togeth er, cling together for dear life, talk over our Joys of spiritual wealth in our spiritual abode, and let the reck less world run by. But let me warn the rest of you that if this association Is formed It must he a modest affair. There must he feasting for the soul more than feast ing for the bestial stomach. I once belonged to an association of writers that went against the rocks because the leaders began to insist on dress suits and banquets which the smaller fry could not afford and which they really detested. Poets are expected to dine lightly because poets are poor in pocket. An occasional informal luncheon should be sufficient for them. Bet us meet together and get down to the affairs of the heart and help one another upward along the way to a higher understanding of the art after which we are striving T in sist. that we need growth of spirit ail the way from the cradle to the grave. Often I hear my young poetic friends speak disparaging!v of free verse, blank verse and the like. ma:n tajning that only In lines of exact measurement and rhyme endings does true poetry exist. But they must not make such accusations as this after the association is formed All :s poetry. All of It must he honored and revered Now I am writing in no tone of jest The world is neither deaf nor blind to art and letters even if it does appear «o to us in our strug glee for expression. What is really worthy of attention gets it. The busy old world will hush Its clattering hammers and hare the head when the right chord is struck by the poet. Bet us strive for that thought which knows no debasement, remembering that the thought Is the poem, while such matters as meter, rhyme and rhythm are merely clothing. 1 am somewhat known as s writer of lyrics, hut how often do I strive, vainly, for some form of expression that will carry me above and beyond anything that smacks of mechanics. Gradually I am learning that my lack of understanding Is no Indication of unworthinesa In the other poet s pro duction. 1 am for the association, and T would include also the writer of creative prose. However, dark and swift between me and mine on one side, and Omaha aspirants on the other, flows the dark and muddy river. Is there no poet who. for my sake, will! move the Missouri east ward about 60 city blocks? If he or she will perform that miracle then I may he eligible for memt>crshlp In the poets' guild of Omaha and Ne braskfl. I thank the editor if he will t'-ss this extended contribution into The People s Voice." which affords us a very excellent medium, after all. for our expressions JONATHAN JOHNSON, 841’i West Broadway. i - .. ■ ■ — Daily Prayer I will Praia* Tha* O Lord my Oo4, with *11 my haart; and ! will glorify Thy Nam# for avarroor* For *r.*t |» Thy marcy toward rn*. and Thou ’ a»t dalHar ••'1 my aoul from th«* »w»ii hall Hot Thou. O Lord, art « CJod full *>f corn• h ut ruff* ring and j it sn mar . and truth O Inin un'n m«\ and hatx many UI'«n nia v \a T t • afrangth unto Thy Mrvant. and \a i h« «<•» of Thin* handmaid —I’a It 12-11. IS-l*. Our Heavenly Father, we how he fore Thee humbly, reverently, and thankfully, for Thou art great an<1 holy and good. Forgive our ulna for Jesus’ sake, and by Thy Holy Spirit take away our love of sinning that we may he willing and able to do Thv will. Make our home life strong In truth and righteousness, nnd beautl ful with love nnd courtesy, and < heer fulness. May th«*e children, like Jesus, Increase in wisdom and in favor with God and man. We thank Thee for the gift of lif» May w# all lay hold on eternal life, which also m Thy gift Show us our work, nnd make us faithful. Make us unselfish, nnd so helpful to the weak. the tempted, the sorrowing, the discour aged and the lost Bless our country with righteousness Bring men to the new brotherhood of Christ, and clothe Thy Church with power. that the gos pel may be preached, and Thy King dom hastened, through Jesus Christ, our Lord Amen. PROF ? If FARMFR. T.L P . Toronto, Canaria NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION for Juno, \ 923, of THE OMAHA BEE Daily . 72.799 Sunday.77.7SS D«a* not Include return*, left j over*, sample* nr paper* *pc*t1ed In j printing and Include* no *pe«dal •ala*. B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr. V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. Subacrlhad and sworn to helot* pa thta 7th day of July, IM) W. H QUIVCY, (Seal) Notary Publie, t # Some of Mr. Rosewater's tartest comment was contained In the short paragraphs that adorned the edi tnrlal page of his paper. Here are a few aeleitcd at random from issues of DM. _ "The New York World says The Omaha Bee don't know Itself from a hull's foot—If anybody knows what1 that means.” • s • "Omaha Is gptting along very com fortably without a mayor, but who draws his salary? Does anybody r« mit $50 out of the $100 drawn from the treasury to the Omaha mayor's office at Chicago?" • • • "It was the maxim of the frre**t Napoleon that councils of war never flgrht. Experience in the.se parts has just demonstrated that courts martial sometimes do "Senator Allison of Iowa ha* intro duced a bill to regulate and facilitate commerce across navigable rivers forming the boundaries of states. This is evidently a measure in the Interest of Iowa railroads, with a view to their ultimate crossing over the Mis sourl river bridge at thi* point. In the event of the passage of this act, what will become of the law passed by the Iowa legislature for the bene fit of Council Bluffs? Better serve another injunction on congress before it is too late." • • • Mr. C. A. Baldwin serves legal no tice upon us through the readerless concern, alleging that he feels him self stung in a lender part by The Bee's suggestions concerning the man agement of the state boards of agri culture and horticulture. Mr. Bald win declares with becoming modesty that he has neglected his professional duties In the interest* of Douglas county agriculturists and calls for some granger to fill his position. We are exceedingly sorry for Mr Bald win’s clients, whoRe business ha* been neglected, pro ho no publico, but Inas much rfs Mr. Baldwin is not a member of the state board of agriculture, the offending Bee stings could hardly have been directed at him. The fact that Mr Baldwin found leisure to Indite the notice would seem to Indicate that his professional engagements were not of a very pressing nature." • • • ‘Grand Juke Alexis ha* written a book describing his tour around the world. Among oter amusing incl dents, h« mentions his reception In Omaha and his experience with Buf fain Bill Among the Incidents of the reception Alexis mentions the fact that a Nebraska legislator congratula ted him on the success of hi* father In his war with Franee. and asked him if It was cold In Russia Who was the astute lawmaker’ Will some body give ua hla name?" A Book of Today "Tomorrow About This Tims.” Grace I.Ivlngston Hill'* new book, ha* * charm that I* characteristic of this author * work. Tha story la interest ing. the style Is pleasing, and there Is a tone that rings true without the sensational features observed In some books that are coming along these days. It Is evident that Mrs Hill has a healthy slant on life; she does not in i vest her stories with morbid details to attract a clientele There is some delightful humor in this hook and the characterizatlona are deftlv por traved One feels better for having | read this novel whose prinhpal characters are Tatterson Grooves, scientist who returns to Silver Sands, hi* old home town, and his I two daughter*, who come hack Into l:is life coincidentally with hi* return Greeve* encountered under unusual circumstance* the responsibilities of fatherhood. Athalle. 14, daughter of hi* divorced wife is thrust upon him by ths court She was stunning and brazen, and "It was as though she had been the embodiment of nil hi* mi* take* and ain* edme back to mock him." he thought Silver, daughter of hi* div eased flrs’ wife, w as gr o Inus and well grounded in righteousness. Tin fusing of the lives of Greeves and hi* daughter* ha* been ndmlrably » rked out Some of the resident* of Silver Snnd* move through the story In ,a human way. The book ha* a spe cial appeal for father* and It may he recommended to all clause* of reader* If will grace any hook shelf Pub llshe<l by .1 B l.lppineott company. “From Slate and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— Harding Make* Headway. From th« K**arn«y Huh. Fora little more than two year* the people of the United fitate* have known more or le»s of Warren G. Harding, president, and chief execu tive of the government, hedged in and circumscribed by official formalities and political artificial I tics. They have seen him attempting to maintain a straight course, making slight head way because of obstructions thrown in his path, and wondered whether here was Just a kindly will lacking inflexibility of purpose. They have seen him stand by his guns, while tariff and taxes, soldier bonus and ship subsidy, and other issues have been fought and settled. They have seen him launch the world court pro posal with earnestness and courage in the face of party opposition, and they have seen him in his first set speech en tour reassert hi* loyalty to that course. All in all they have seen much of Harding to commend yet lit tle to thrill them, as did a gesture or an appeal by Roosevelt. Possibly there has been a question as to his capacity for leadership, although none as to his sincerity and little as to the wisdom of his Judgment, but since he began the Alaska tour there is more reason to have faith in his lead ership and less confidence in those who have made that leadership on several occasions impotent. The people are now becoming more Intimately acquainted with Harding the man, and through this better per sonal acquaintance they will possibly be able to estimate him better as a national executive and party leader. In the issues that he has discussed— at St, Louis, Kansas City, Hutchin son, Denver and Salt Lake City—he has touched upon all Important issues touching diplomacy. Industry, com merce, agriculture, and far from the least. iaW enforcement and good citi zenship. It is, however, in his sim ple talk to the people of the country side at Feacham. Ore , on the work of the Oregon trail blazers, and In his Independence day address at Port Land, that we are able to get a closer and more revealing view of Harding the man. than we have had of Hard ing the president, and this close up" has given us an inspiring revelation of Haj-ding as man and patriot. The Portland address contained many vibrant sentences that will be remembered. Not grandiloquence or spreadeagielsm Not partisan appeal or political sogge*tion. Rather a pa triotic talk staight from the heart of a sincere, loyal, patriotic son of Amer ica touching on the essentials of Americanism. “We must guard very zealously against those who seek within our borders to destroy the In stitutions which has given them ho* pitality." he declared "The aspirant for American citizenship who break* the law to gain admission makes a poor beginning and gives little prom ise of good citizenship." he asserted in referring to emuggl ng of immigrant*. "A republic worth living in is worth liv.ng for. and a republic worth de fending is worth our patriotic vigil ance,' >* a patriotic truism that need* to be remembered. As to the view point of the Americans, it was doubt less with due solemnity that our pres ident compared the contending school* of national polities, the national and international with his own expression of belief that "it must have been des tined tbat the nationalist school should triumph," for the reason that "every new experience, every large aspira tion. confirms the national viewpoint After President Hardings' return from Alaska and he has made report to the American people on the re source* and requirements of that treasure bouse of national wealth, they will be able to fInaMy make a complete estimate of his qualities, his quaJificatlons hi* fl'nes* and h;s fiber He has gained much aireadv since leaving Washington, in the confidence and good w II of the people The Sex Conflict, Frnm the X\»ihlr,*ten Btsr. Mrs Alice Koote MacDougall. New Vork feminist, is quoted as saying that within a century all the huelness of the world will be transacted by women. She euggesta that the men mav do the housekeeping. Some one has to do the housekeep ing I suppose, and If women are oth erwise engaged the men will have to do 11 said Mrs. MacDougall. But she mines the hopes of men In her next line "Probahly," she said. ' In ventors by that time will have re lievel human drugery to such an ex tent that It will be pretty easy for the men " A happy age. Indeed, the coming list century, with the women doing all the work of th* world and the EAT IN COMFORT At tha Henahaw Cafeteria It !• th# Coolnt CtltUrii tit Onuha " » —I I BEATTYS Henshaw Cafeteria Hotel Henehaw J LOW FARES EAST □ Unusually low fare round trip tickets on sale daily via the Chicago & North Western Ry. to the mountain, lake and sea shore resorts of New England, the Atlantic Seaboard and to New York City, Atlantic City, Boston, Toronto, Portland, Me., Montreal, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Liberal return limits ami favorable stopover privileges. Kast trains at convenient hours make direct connections in Chicago with all lines Hast. This stfords s splendid opportunity to enjoy n stsht serins tour or to Ttsll your Mends In the Kant For Pill Informstton apply to W. J. Smith, General Agent 1201-3 Farnam St Tel. ATI an tic 78M. housekeeping being done by machin ery. When Columbus discovered a new world In the ISth century It was Inhabited—that part of It :n which we live today—by the American Indian who had provided that the women do all the work, leaving the men free to spend all their time hunting and fight ing It is true that under the system of the Indians the women also did the housekeeping, there being no ma chinery to keep that going automatic ally. The women in this country—in the world—are doing a good job today. One reason this is true Is that house keeping has been reduced more and more to a science through modern in ventions. and the women of today, not having to make the clothes and prepare all the food for the family, have time to enter more and more info the world outside the home. The housekeeping has not been relegated to the men. as Mrs. MaeDougall sug gests, but requires less and less time of the women. Women like Mrs. MaeDougall ap parently feel there ig no pbo < In the workaday world for both men and women. It is a conflict of th* sexes. Women must dominate. But the scientists tell us the men of today are physically larger and stronger than the men of renturles ago. They do not appear to have retrograded men tally The feminists may find they still have quite a Job on their hands subduing the men. A Leason in Voting. From the Fremont Tribune. A Fremont man wag asked the other day how he wag going to vote in the next presidential election. He replied with the following story: "A long time ago I learned a lesson about voting. It was during the Taft Bryan campaign of ISOS, the year in which I was to have my first presi dential vote. lake all young voters, I felt very deeply the responsibility of my ballot and I followed every de velopment of the campaign ' I attended every political gather ing within a hundred miles of my town and every time I heard a good Bryan orator talk I was determined to vote for Bryan, and every time I heard a good Taft man orate I switch ed over to the Taft side. It went on like that for months and by the time the election was actually n<-ar at hand my head was in a whirl. I made up my mind so often and had changed it so often that when I finally stood tn the voting booth 1 hardly knew which candidate was which. "The next time a presidential elec tion came along. I was four years older and I changed my tactic*. I at tended all the meetings and li*tened to all the speeches, but I c irefuily kept my mind clear of all opinions and allowed every argument to be balanced against the opposing argu ment. By the time election day came around I had developed a fixed con tiction, reached through the weighing of all the facts a* to hew I should vote, and it didn't take me long to ca*? my ballot.” Free Spee< h l nder the British Has Frejn the Wichita Beacon Americans are accustomed to hear ing that the British are more tolerant in the matter <-f free speech than are the Americans. We hear of Hyde Park. L-cndon. where, it is said, the radicals are per mitted to say almost anything they like without molestation. 1* i* interesting, therefore to read in a news dispatch that Fred Mc Intyre,a farmer living near Caron Saskatchewan. Canada, was recently ommitted for trial on the charge of sedition, and the utterance for which he was arrested was as follows: I count myself as good a man as King George I would no- be scared Abe Martin “Come, Birdie, come an’ liv* with me, you shall be happy, light an free,” is th’ first lines of a poplar song written in 1870, over a half century before women could corr.e an’ go at will. “It seems like I’m alius th’ only democrat in th’ crowd,” complained Lafe Bun, t’day. (Copyright. 1*2J > to challenge him to a foot race, to wrestle or to fight, although he is fed up in a box stall on choice food If I had my way I would take a Cluo and stand at the border and kno- . the brains out of every one that came Into the country' with a title. I would make no mistake about It, as I kr w where to hit them.” During th» world war a crank •> » arrested somewhere in Kansas f< saying that President Wilson oug" to be hung. He was promptly turr loo se by Judge John P Pollock of • ^ federal court, who held that this r.ot constitute sedition, even In war time. The Kansas crank probably was more dangerous than McIntyre, as his words had an incit&tory sound while those of the Canadian were In a rather jesting mood. Of course a war time utterance Is to be judged more strictly than one of peace-time. Taking everything Into considera tion. we doubt that Great Britain :• more tolerar- of free speech thar America. This country Is just about as free a country as you will find any where In the world. _ I_J AVE The Omaha Morning Bee or The Evening Bee mailed to you when on your vacation. Phone AT lantic 1000, Circulation Department. Street cars lead \ I diivctlq from thp depots Ic { /tefcrtt \ ijgWinthrop Tapered Asphalt Shingles YOn? roof—do you give it the thought you should? 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