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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN I he Daily Nebraskan Property of THE VN1VKKS1TY OP Kin coin . NEBRASKA O. A. SOURNSKN Ktlitor' in-Chief Actlnit ManacinK Kdltor. . . , H. V. Koupul Associate K4i tor U O. Chatt RKrOUTORIAL. STAFF Ivan O. Irvlnjj T. Oberf elder J. C. Peard I .eter 55ook Fverett J. AHhouM lora Slater F. W. McDonald Marg:. Kauffman E. GrablU Harold G. Kin Charlea M. Frcy James A. MclOachen J. II. Olawtey Bennett C. Vig W. Jaoobson T. W. McMilllan SPECIAL FEATURES Whoa Who Silas Bryn Ixrena Hlxby Society column Camllle Leyda 1 Dorothy Kllsworth Cartoonist ............. .Charles Mtsko Athletics Henry ityie Business Manager.. Frank S. Perkins Asst. Business Manag-er.. Russell F. Clark Subscription price $2.00 per year, payable in advance. Single copies, 6 cents each. Entered at the postofflce at Lincoln. Nebraska, as second-class mail matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, S79. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1914 Thought once awakened does again slumber. Carlyle. not Our team is an aggregation of stars. It represents maximum football efficiency. Our recollection of the game is best summed up in these lines: Oh we rambled, we rambled, we ram bled, we rambled. All around, we rambled up and down, Oh we rambled, we rambled, we ram bled till we touched The leather down. Tor one year our ambassadors stayed at Tarts and tried to find one ruler that would see the enlightened and liberal principles of this enlight ened nation. They were not received at either the court of France or Eng land. The commerce was seized and confiscated with the same regularity as before. It seemed that the United States must soon become a colonial possession again. It was then that Frederick the Great came to succor this nation. He, though an absolute monarch, could see the principles of the American nation. History has proven that Frederick 'deserved the title of "Great." He was a philosopher and had seen some of the genius of his own country go to their death in our struggle for independence. This, terrible error of abstraction as well as a perversion of morality In "H. C.' willingness to see a whole population suffer and starve because of the high politics of nations. Washington, Nov. 11. A central committee to take charge of Belgian relief work in the United States and co-operate with the International com mittee abroad will be designated by President Wilson as a result of a con ference tonight between the president and Secretary Bryan. Such a com mittee would have no official standing. Secretary Bryan, the German ambas sador. Count von Bernstorff; Assist ant Secretary of State Phillips and Hugh Wallace of Washington, dis cussed the Belgian relief situation at ruler was one of the most powerful I the state department earlier in the THE MEANING. All-University parties have come to s-tay. The startling success of the first party makes clear that good fellow ship, hearty co-operation and democ racy are rampant at the University of Nebraska. It indicates that the germs of snobbishness will gradually die be cause of an unsuitable climate. It fore tells a time near at hand when the social life of the students shall be ex pressed freely unhampered toy unnatu ral and artificial social lines. Ne braska has reason to be proud of her school. THE FORUM "The United States and Germany' Editor Daily Nebraskan- In the present great European strug gle our president is urging us to ob serve a spirit of strict neutrality toward the belligerent nations. It may be well to recall the history of this great nation immediately after the Revolutionary War. It was at this time that the United States was try ing to secure treaties with both France and England to protect the then young American commerce. She was unsuc cessful. American ships were hardly able to sail on high seas without fear of capture by one or the other of these nations. The War of 1812 was a cul mination of these atrocities. The messages of the early presi dents were often chiefly indignant complaints and protests against the terrible blows struck at American merchant ships by privateers on the high seas. American ships were mere ly regarded as loot wherever found. Dope or Glasses Which? "Why try to cure that which pills or powder cannot influ ence? Do you know that head aches are brought about more by the EYES than by any other agency? If you suffer ever so often with headaches it is doubtless a case of EYESTRAIN and not disordered stomach. HALLETT REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Estb. 1871 1143 O of European countries at that time formed a treaty which is still pre served among the state papers at the White House. That it is "a treaty of importance Is attested to by the fact that John Quincy Adams, in a message to congress dated March 15, 1826, re garding the proposed congress of dip lomatic agents at Panama, said: ''It will be within the recollection of the House that immediately after the War of our Independence a measure close ly analogous to this Congress of Tana ma was adopted by the Congress of our Confederation, and for purposes of precisely the same character. Three commissioners with plenipoten tiary powers were appointed to nego tiate treaties of amity, navigation and commerce with all the principal pow ers of Europe. They met and resided for that purpose about one year at Paris, and the only result of their negotiations at that time was the first treaty between the United States and Prussia memorable in the diplomatic history of the world and precious as a monument of the principles, in rela tion to commerce and maritime war fare, with which our flreat country en tered upon her career as a member of the family of Independent rttion. The president goes on in th same speech and tells that the treaty gave the three great principles of foreign intercourse which our Congress was desirous of establishing. These prin ciples are. still the basis of maritime rules concerning maritime practices in time of war. Were it not for this illustrious an cestor of the present Emperor Wil liam the United States could not boast of so great a merchant marine. From the Other rulers they could ob tain nothing. No other time seems so fitting as this to tender to Americans this re minder of their debt of gratitude, and that they owe some little tribute of sentimental friendship toward this German state which was the first to admit their country to the "great fam ily of independent nations." This is humbly submitted to the stu dents of this institution for their judg ment. L. E. ZOOK. 331 Editor Daily Nebraskan: The comments of "H. C." apropos of Belgian relief in Wednesday's Ne braskan. ought not to pass unnoticed if they represent (as seems hardly possible) any considerable student sentiment. The subjoined dispatch from the daily press is, I trust, a suf ficient general reply. In addition, It might be pointed out that so far from the Belgians having chosen this war, it was inevitably thrust upon them; for Belgium to have acceded to the German demands would have been equivalent to a declaration of war upon England and France, and would certainly have been so regarded by them Belgium could not escape the war after the German ultimatum, even fhough its quarrel was in no sense her's; and American sympathy is very justly enlisted in her behalf. There is nothing analogous In the case of Bohemia, which is an integral part of Austria-IIungary. In addition, it might be observed that there is a day and later Mr. Thlllips sent a let ter to the president containing a recommendation of Ambassador Tage in London that a central committee be named. The object of the central commit tee would be to co-ordinate the work of various committees and organiza tions which have inaugurated move ments to relieve the sufferings of the Belgians, thus saving expense and simplifying the situation. It was understood Count von Berns torff informed Mr. Bryan there was no ground for a report that the Ger man government plans to stop the sending of supplies to Belgians until they go to work. H. B. ALEXANDER. Editor Daily Nebraskan: In an article published in yesterday's Nebraskan, someone signing himself H. C." opposes the move to assist the suffering Belgians on the ground that they brought their troubles on themselves, and having "refused to learn their lesson,'" are not deserving of sympathy or help from Americans. The author of the article further states that the Bohemians are in greater need. It is true that the people of Bohemia have been forced against their .will into a war of Austria's making and are suffering greatly in many ways, not only because of immense losses of men, but as a result of famine in the land. But "H. C." is mistaken if he imagines that the Bohemians do not fully sympathize with the Belgians who are fighting against the Invading German foe. The Bohemians of the United States collected large amounts of money and sent it to the Belgian Red Cross before it was known that there was such great need in Bohemia, which had been stripped of all sup plies and provisions in order to pro vide for Francis Joseph's army. The Bohemians do not regret one cent given towards the Belgian fund, foT they have all too keen an apprecia tion of what it means to have their country invaded by a hostile army bent on swallowing up the little na tion which stands in the way of the greedy and powerful neighbor. Bo hemia has many times been the battle ground of wars of surrounding na tions wars into which It was drawn precisely as Eelgium has been forced into the present giant conflict. Prac tically all of the Thirty Tears War was fought in the Bohemian country, with the result that the land was so devastated that only within the last century has it been able to recover. Austria has ever behaved like a step mother to Bohemia, which has had to struggle for every Inch of advantage it has gained in the world of culture, art. Industry, government, etc. Bohemia bids Godspeed to Belgium, and though in sore need herself, she win share to her last crumb with those who so nobly struggle to drive a treaty-breaking foe out of the beau tiful Flanders country. Respectfully, NEMO. (Name on file.) Ted Marriner, Cleaner, Hatter. 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