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Thought for the Day
StUcttJ by tannic Atiftd
ZYs tnufi'e, noio tweet and dear,
Loved by my soul and r:
Let it breathe en, whir I ilctp ike last iltep.'
Elita Cook.
Tbat Missouri anti-trust law seems to have
teeth la U.
Looks aa It the coroner's job were on tbe
toboggan. Why a coroner anyway?
If pure measure lumber la a good thing,
why not pure lumber' rightly measured T
Giving up easy money is not a hovel experi
nce. The pain springs from a touch rubbed in.
.3
From the way they are algnlng up, tbat
lobbyist register at Lincoln bo longer carries
any terror in It
livery day'a events emphasizes the fact that
tha safest place for American globe trottera tula
year la close to home. '
Try to conceive the feelings of the highway
man who takes a penitentiary risk only to find
tbat his victim carries neither money nor val
uables. : , : I - ' ' ,
Embarrsiiing" the Administration.
The presentation of a rule for closing the
debate on the shipping bill shows how closely
into the corner the admlnlRtration party ha
been driven by its democratic opponents. It la
peculiarly appropriate, at this Juncture, that
Senator Reed, who had already felt the rod of
party discipline, because of his independent at
tltude, should bo the introducer of the rule,
wblch will seriously embarrass tbe followers of
Messrs. Wilson and Bryan. If adopted,' it puts
the majority in the senate, willy Billy, in the
attitude of favoring legislation by -caucus rule,
rather than by open discussion on tbe floor cf
the senate and lends color to charges that havo
openly been made In tha senate.
Senator O'Gorman of New York has plainly
charged that- the majority senators are being
dictated to and their course directed by In
fluences from outside the senate chamber. It
has been stated during debate in the senate that
members who do not believe in the measure are
driven to support It by tbe party caucus, which
voices the desire of the president and cabinet
members. These democrats have been chal
lenged to vote their convictions, but tbey are
standing under control of the caucus.
And now cloture is to be appealed to, in
connection with the power of the party organiza
tion, to force an unwilling senate to vote on the
president's measure. ' The dilemma in which tbe
president and his supporters find themselves
shows again tbe utter lack of capacity to actually
afford the relief promised the country.
Perpetuating a Scandal.
The defeat of the measure that bad for its
purpose the placing of the normaUschoola of Ne
braska tinder control of the regents of the state
university, means the perpetuation of a condi
tion that has bred much of scandalous conten
tion In Nebraska schools. The Normal School
board has never been free from politics, and so
long as it has its existence under tbe present law,
it is not likely to be,freed from the pernicious
activity of Interested politicians. One unsavory
disclosure after another, has marked Its career
for many years, and no one doubts that tbe effi
ciency of the normal schools baa been impaired
as a result of tho condition. The democrats had
a good chance to place the normal schools of the
state on a higher plane and a safer foundatldn,
but preferred to maintain tbe board as a political
machine. The people will some day attend to
this neglected Job themselves, by means of the
Initiative.
No, the recent tumble In wheat prices had
gio bearing on the value of grain, It was simply
a record of the speed cf grain brokers in switch
ing a bet .
7a the Interval Italy is doing a superior Una
f butlceKS in grain imports, eagerly sought at
Its back doors, and is observing strict neutrality
Hulls taking In tbe money.
Afghanistan will give a brushful of oriental
tolor to the holy war, but real action will not
begin until the Abkoond of ' Swat puts .his
swatter la the field. Then It's goodby, Piccadilly,
also Hue IUvcll.
Responsibility for the war tsu been placed
on numberless shoulders. Now the finger ct
scorn points to the arlstocrary aa the author of
the century's high crime. With ths point defl-1
tl'.cly settled, tho shooting may proceed.
"A repetition of that experience should be
avoided," says be, referrlag to tbe city's eiiierl
ence in the water plant litigation. Words fitly
spoken. Tbe experience cost, our city an extra
13,000,000 to make a Job for the political engineer.
The railroad presidents, Instead of sending
rnessenger boys, are watting on Iowa scions la
3ierson. Wonder if they realize what they ara
torlng up for themselves that the self-esteem
of le&iislaturei of other states will not permit
4hem to be content with less attention.
Abolishing the naval plucking board spells
Joy for veterans of tbe service. Depriving a
tilr warmer of bis seat or yanking a defective
Ider from the quarterdeck to the shadows of a
rest cure Institute caused more physical dis
torr.fort than one branch of congress would
aUci for.
(to
Improving; Business Outlook.
President Farrell of the United States Steel
corporation has gone on record publicly with
the . declaration that 1915 is to be one of thi
busiest industrial years in the history of the
United States. 'In support of his prediction, he
refers to the increase in exports reported for De
cember and January, and expresses his belief
that this is to increase rather than diminish na
the year goes on.
Just now exports are unduly enhanced, by
reason of the war in Europe, and while tbe re
ports from the government show tremendouH
increases, in most Instances, they are due solely
to the abnormal demand from Europe for war
supplies. ' But a better test than this can be ap
plied. Tie steel and iron industry tf the United
States, is a very serviceable business barometer,
and it shows just now a rising volume, of busl
ness. The output of pig iron for January was 60
per cent greater than for December, an!
reached almost record figures in its volume.
February started with forty more, furnaces In
blast than January had, and promises a corre
spondingly increased output Th! material is
tbe basis of the great' steel industry of the
United States, on which turns the activity of
building and manufacturing in general. Increase
in the pig iron production necessarily means in
crease In consumption, and that, in turn, pre
sumes better business in all Hues.
Another significant feature Is, the generally
optimistic view taken by tbe bankers of the
country, from the most conservative of whott
come words of encouragement. The general out
look for bublueas of all kinds In the Unltod
States ia improving. Nebraska is especially for
tunate at this time, with its share of the re
newed prosperity of the country assured by the
promise for another bountiful crop yield.
Tha 'otid party of tha Myrtle lodge varies took
.ia at Mi'innxjlitun hstJl, the committee in charge
tntitC iimile up of 1. Ku(nMii. J. Dunnolly, Jr ; A.
Harden. V. Ktnr., V,'. F. Manning. I. D. Ueljoiimer,
3. 3. iloui-rfVl, Jr.; F. J. Kuapp, Thonuts lurrell, U. If.
IrUe.
Ti.e I.ee la gulng fcfter coal draJert who are ahort-
wc'!iU!; i"f cuMuircre and haa turn J up one that
r i- c loture to a rvlt whU'li cuotalrui an al
t i!l-isale line, "Kewelghlitg- at the city ca!et
-. jva."
Mfcii.l liierbywrr, now In 'Washington, haa l-ecn
. .i -iKjinUd and U tt.ut-it4 bat'k at the end of tho
Mr. liiid IV Andrraa .f Klyrla, O., wui nmrleil
l Ml- Ijiui Moiwi ut ll.i cny at the home at
: i . ihrW oo'lnmii.
! ,v N I'd Cuv n on Mr. and Mia. Andy
t ir i-tjn4, on tl.e v'ovner of bifctKrilt)
fi.Je, in I. !'! of Mii AiKiiivn, who la
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k . J 1
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JUrty t.;'u.i..t, aid matter tf the I'nloit
1 j rf.- ni'-J 1,in a trly t Nrer Orieana.
, j i . . d in 1. 1 ui: h.
Kast&s and Nebraska.
Through the agency of Collier's we learn
something tbat otherwise had escaped our
notice that William Allen White has Qualified
his rhapsody on Kansas as the near-Utopia by
admitting that Nebraska also has some things
to boast of. The Emporia philosopher is
quoted as saying:
V' havo lotitrlbuud nothing to tha world that
our sister atata of Nebraska, with her aatoona, can
not duplicate, except hapidneae and prosperity. That
bapplneaa and prosperity are worth while, from the
viewpoint cf those atrtving to be ha-ppy and pros
perous no ona can tliny. But are they worth while
when tha world'a jirogreaa ts considered? Ara thy
an end In themselves When wa ara all happy and
proaperoua, wiU tha world be finished and wrapped
up ready for delivery inte whatever heaven or hell
to which we are blllrdt
It confession is good for the soul, then this
modest abasement of Kansas must be a sign of
contrition for self-exaggeration. But is it true
tbat tbe people of Kansas are ahead of the
people of Nebraska either in happlneR or pros
perity, Just because tbey must get tbalr booze
through tbe back-cellar door or go without? Un
fortunately, we have no accepted measuring rod
of happiness except the contrast of evidence
of misery and the proof has been adduced that
Nebraska Is as free and more free, of crime,
pauperism, insanity, illiteracy and other social
ills than la Kanaas. As to prosperity, tbat ala
is more subjective than objective.' Do Kansas
people enjoy more of the desirable comforts of
lire than Nebraska people? We doubt it, though
yining to hare our Kansas friends maintain
their belief In their own auperlorlty.
Yoang cities which take lessons from tbe
experience of the elders can sea an arc-lighted
warning sign in the present financial condition
of Nw York City. Tbe debt of the greater city
totals $1.1:3,847,5:3, as Computed by tho
Brooklyn Kagle, and this years's budget tops
1200,000,000. The magnitude of tbe burden
rvudcr more revenue imperative, and the tax
Ing powers are considering a tax ou the
unearned Inereruent of real estate and an occu
pation and poll tax. Tbe big city ia a modern
"horrible example" t municipal extravagance
L
How War iTows
Comes by Cable
Charles E. Cram in BcUntlfle Aaaerloea.
THE) next big news la .peace.
Juat a hundred years ago, from the very
oena of today's hostilities, tho American people
were awaitlna- thla same blar news. It would alanallxa
the end of our second war 'with England; hopefully
ur last It was on Christmas eve that peace was
signed at Ghent Not until fifty-tWa days later did
the news percolate from tho Belgian ctty to the men
behind the guns.' Fighting had gone on around New
Orleans and Mobile for seven weeks after peace, with
needlem sacrifice of several thousand men. Such
was the speed with which they moWllxed the news.
' Tour grandfather may remember tho days of tha
water-tight cask. In the decade of the travel
ing editor was In his glory. Equipped with an armful
of the latest Paris, London and, Liverpool papers, scis
sors, and psstepot and a keg presumably empty he
made regular trips on the transatlantic steamera,
writing up during his voyage a budget of European
Intelligence.
As the steamers veered south off the coast of New
foundland he sealed his stories op In tne big red ken
and dropped It overboard. An Associated Frens dis
patch boat was on hand to pick It up, run Into St
Johns with It. and race the news on to New York by
telegraph, beating the steamer by at least two days
and sometimes, three.
The World'a first aucreaaful cable had been laid
across tha Engliah channel In 1SC1. and It was five
years later that Field began his transatlantic ven
ture.
The original Field rabies are now dead and gone.
"lumbering In the. globtgetine oote of the ocean
depths; but alongside of them ara a doxen or more
modern cables almost Identical la construction to
thoae which Field laid.
The shore end of the Atlantic cable Is not larger
than the blg end of a beer bottle; In mid-ocean,
where the cable lies two miles deep. It Is not bigger
than the bottle's cork. The shore end is the heavier
to withstand the action of the tides, and the In
qulaltlveness of fish. There are seven strsnds of cop
per to form the cable's core, forming a single con
ductor. Over thin are laid coatings of genuine gutta
pcrcha, a layer of Juto or oakum, then an envelope cf
eompoMtlon rubber, several strsnds of steel strength
ening wires are wound en, and some tarry rope and
tape about the whole. The cabie complete costs eliout
$1,(KK) a mile.
The electricity that brings our war news from
Europe would not be sufficient to ring our front door
bell. In Field's day be once said: "My friend.
Mortimer Clark, cabled me from Valentla Bay this
morning with a battery made from a tiny gun cap,
a little strip of alnc, and m drop of water the bulk
of a tear!" It wSs a common' atunt to exchange mes
sages with ' batteries made In thimbles. .'
Today on tha fastest cables you may exchange
meeaagea with Europe at the maximum speed of 400
letters, or about eighty words a minute. This is by
the duplex attachment which permits two messages
to be handled at the same time. Worked to capacity,
this single wire might bring three newspaper col
umns from Europe within an hour.
From all sources the news agencies and the news
papers have been depositing cable news on our
breakfast and dinner tables regularly since the first
of August at tha rate of some 60,000 words a day, ct
such Intelligence aa the censor passed. Notwithstand
ing that few war correspondents are getting anything
like a smell of powder, they have been "shooting the
stuff over" to us steadily at the rate of about a word
a second ever since tha war began.
All this comes by thd "wlggly line." The cable
makes no noise like the ordinary telegraph. Sunk as
It Is so deep In water, it baa peculiarities of Induction
which makes it, to all Intents and purposes, a Leyden
Jar. Hence the small amount of electricity that Is
necessary to charge It The electric fluid does not
travel along the cable continuously aa It does along
the land wire. The "jar" Is charged and discharged.
Cable messages are sent by what ' I would call
the pianola method. The sending operator alts, with
ropy before him, at a table upon which three trig but
tons are mounted.. With a little mallet In each hand
he hits this button for dots, that for dashes.' aed the
other for a space. - This punches corresponding holes
la an endless strip of paper, which Is fed to the
automatic sending box, through which the perforated
paper runs somewhat as the muslo roll operates In
your piano. Passing betwen the two little wheels, the
holes allow the metal to come In contact In certain
combinations Just enough "to record the war news
2,000 miles away.
Even with $he cable stories typed upon the cable,
forms they would still be a puzile enough for you.
Cable ordinarily knows no comma, and only capital
letters. The news you find in tomorrow morning's
paper, column after column, cornea to the cable editor
In little snatches of all-capitalised messages, with
unessential words stricken out, and without punctua
tion except for an occasional period. Indicated by the
word "stop." It ia aa art to pre par.) a cablegram,
and a terrible task to read one that Is ill prepared.
The present war In Europe was entirely unforeseon
In the middle of July. The moment tha ball of be!
llgerency was set rolling, such an organfiatlon of
news gatherers aa the Associated Press felt a thrill
of life along its keel." It had Just spent thousands of
dollars In mobilising Its news forces In Mexico. In a
day the spotlight of public Interest was turned front
llucrta and Carranaa to Kitchener and the kaiser.
"Where that spot-light la the Associated Press munt
be In force. Within a fortnight the regular staffs at
Paris and London had been doubled and men moved
to all other etretegto new centera that could- be
reached.' In all. nearly fifty salaried men of the As.
oclated Preas have been , atatloned In Europe eim-e
early In August, and it would probably not be fur
from a correct gueae to say that sob American news
paper, workers of an kinds are In Europe today. The
newspaper man loves war only in the sense that it
la big news. Everyone, from the proprietor, who Is
sure to lose money, down to the preaaroan, who has to
work overtime ou extra, would rather do without a
war. Ko the blRgest of big news would be peace. Tbe
men lhtnd the papers, and the men who man the
wire, wilt welcome It as heartily as tha men-oenina
the "tuns.
People and Events
Two actresses known on the stage as Ethel and
Allie Jcwett. daughters of Elliott M. Best of Los-
r geles, are sole helis to a fortune of $100,000 and are
bring sought by the court custodians or tne uemornia
town. '
The charity orgaaixatlon of New Tork City ur'goa
tramn farma as a remedy for congested Idleness la
olliee Sure thing, especially If fitted with comfortabl.j
beni ht-s and Jiaadouta. and stripped of wood-Piles and
bucksaws.
A Kentucky samirr burned up hla iO?0-pound to-'
baooo crop the other day beoauae conscience made
him believe tobacco ts an evil thing. Possibly this
rare Kentucklan pondered too much on the tobacconist
motto: "Bmoke aow or you'll smoke hereafter.
- Stranae tblnga are hal'pening these stirring days.
Onlv one mlth In the present legislature of Maine,
Feur Smiths has been the minimum of former session.
Moreover, the lone Bmlth is a democrat. riUU tM
members are doing some business and drawing their
per dtera regularly.
The nerviest lawmaker In Illinois kept bis face
straight when he petitioned the state supreme court
to order the state treasury te furnish him the where
with for weekly trips to his home la Chicago. The
.court ot only rejected the petition, but gave tha
petitioner a vocal trouncing.
A bunch of girls at school in Rockwood. 111., started
a rough house on "a frail little substitute teacher.
and when tbe duet settled three ef the girls had
perlenced a sound awlti hlng. .Then the mothers of the
switched girls atarted court action and had the frail
teaiher fined for "do tug her duty aa she'd seen It
"It's all oo and a yard wide" Is more wild thun
woolly If you believe the mtokraman of the National
Xerchant Tailors' aasoviallon, recently In aeasion In
Cliloaao. Cloth may bo a yard wide, more or leas, but
the wool par of 1 may be shaving, wood pulp, apun
Jute, cotton, hemp or any other old thing. Well.
who's gut tbe jetil goods?
Why Mat I-et "Happy" Be llapsrf
TUT A N, Neb., Feb. 10. Te the Editor
of The Bee: I always see Happy Hooli
gan In the Sunday paper, and t always
seems as If he would like to get married.
Why don't you never let him get mar
ried? From a little girt.
' ' LAURA WITTE.
Sehleawlar-Holatelw.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb.. Feb. ln-To
the Editor of The Bee: Tou have a letter
from reverend Danish gentleman con
cerning the German acquisition of the
province Of Sehleswlg-Holeteln. Bo much
has recently been said about that part of
Germany, which was in controversy in
m, that It is strange that the big news
papers of this country have not taken
the time or tha trouble to Investigate
the facts and go Into the history of those
limes. '
Your Mexican expert "Der fields,"
would make an excellent and Impartial
Investigator since he has stopped giving
us the facta in the Mexican situation.
and your readers would surely appreciate
If he dug Into the history of Schleswlg-
H.'olsteln. and especially Into that part of
It preceding the' war of ISM.
At that time the provinces ef Scheswlg-
Helstein contained 1,000,000 people and
was the connecting link between north
western Germany and southern Denmark.
No doubt the lnhabitanta along the Dan
ish line were Inclined toward Denmark,
but less than $0,000 of the Inhabitants of
those provinces Inclined that way.
In Nebraska we have thousands of cltl-
sens who lived In that part of Germany
In tha early "eOs, and they will confirm
this statement It Is hardly fait for the
Danes to claim that the people of those
provinces were with them when the frac
tion cf their partisans was probably no
more than one-twentieth. The following
list will show that the names of the
cities In that part of Germany are more
German than Dane. Such names as
Clueckstadt. Kiel. Itthoe, Wllster, Elms
horn, Held, Aacheberg, Ploen, Wesset
buren and Friedrlchstadt
From these names one would Judge that
Germans Inhabited that part of the coun
try, rather than the Danes, and as a
matter of fact, the names of the people
from that country who came to -America
and settled in, Nebraska indicate .their
German extraction. I mention a few of
the old settlers who came from Schlea-
wig-Holstein - and no , doubt one better
acquainted with the Germane than I am.
could give you more like them. Thus, In
this part of Nebraska, we have the Stol-
leys, the Ewoldts. the Moellera,' the Suehl-
sens, the Stelcks, the Iteddos, the Joencks,
the Hagges, the Egges. the Rauerts and
the Wasmera. One could fill columns of
your paper with such names, all of them
being the names of old settlers from
Uohleawlg-IIolateln. 'i
I suggest that our Danish friend look
tip some of those settlers and he will
ascertain that Schleswig-Holsteln was
nlneteen-twentleths German at the time
it became a Hart of Prussia. I do not go
Into the history of the war of 1K4, which
was brought about through the extinction
of a. line of dukes, the last one being
Frederick VII.
I submit one verse of the patriotla song
sung in Schleswig-Holsteln In the early
'60s and aek whether or not It sounds
German or Danish: . .
Sohtaswlg-Holsteln Meer timechlungen '
Deutsche Bltte frohe Wacht
Wahre Treu war schwer errungen
' Bis eln schoennr Morgen test " '
Srhieswlg-Hnlslein eta mm verwandt
Wanke nlcht meln Vateriand.
. ARTHUR C. MAYER..
War mm A Financial Power.
NORTH LOUP, Neb.. Feb. l.-To the
Editor of The Bee: The allied powers
against the Germans is proving a much
more desperate struggle than many peo
ple at first thought What shall be the
outoome when the Germans 'are finally
driven onto their own soil and their lines
are contracted to the real defensive posi
tions if we are to Judge this struggle.
In Its final stages by the struggle of the
union against tha confederacy at Rich
mond, and add to the present struggle
the efficiency of modern ordnance, what
is to be the final conclusion?
All . wars are measured by resources.
In perusing1 this subject, we are com
pelled to revert to ' what the future haa
for all nations. The vision of Tolstoy
may unfold to this generation what the
ancient prophets unfolded to the He
brews. Why should Tolstoy be of lees
repute than tbe men of 8.000 years agoT
Did Inspiration cease with the extinction
of the Hebrew people? '
Any person who has studied the course
Of events will notloe the financial back
ing of the Germans and the allies, For
many years we have watched the corf-
stent growth of a financial power which
covers all civilised nations, with the sin
gle exception of Germany. If my con
clualone are correct the financial power
Is the more Important element of the
war and the least thought" of by the
public It Is this financial power, which
for ttventy years baa been organising the
trusts, manipulating capital, tearing down
Industries, controlling labor and collect
Ing the wealth of thie nation into the
control of a few men. and which la now
maintaining expensive lobbies at Lincoln
to keep down any effective legislation
upon any subject that may affect that
power. Those who have carefully
watched matters In this atata have seen
that Wall street Standard OU capital is
now controlling water power legislation
at Lincoln: and thla branch of American
capital Is a part of the world financial
power which now seeks to destroy the
German nation.
.Whatever sympathy the American peo
ple may have In the European war. the
motives ef this financial power should
not be overlooked. If we are to Judge
these motives' by what we have seen
in our own nation for twenty years, bow
should we lyoS upon the war? A fair
sample of what they want may be seen
in the Colorado mining Industries. Is
representative government to Stand or
fall? Will tne Nebraska legislature re
main under the control of this power?
WALTER JOItNeON.
ew aeelaliaaa mr Real' arlaltsaa.
OMAHA. Feb. 10. To the Editor ef The
See: In New York City they have or
ganised "The Air Trust" Oxygen of the
air will be condensed Into liquid form.
until the air is so vitiated tbat aU ani
mal life will gasp for breath. Then wtll
come the harvest time for these enter
prising captains of industry. They will
pipe this lire-giving gaa to the people, or
dollier It in steel druma. Aa the pro
moters put It, "We can almt off thalr
windpipes If they doa't come ai ro&."
Ko far this Is juat a clever bit of fic
tion by George Af.an England, but it
would be no worse In principle than a
private monopoly of any othr nu-na of
life, whether electric Itv, ass. transporta
tion, food, clothing or ahelter.
Mr. Howell calls It 'V'' eo-ialim
o make these monopolies social or publla
nvmopolles. If this new nomenclature
wilt mollify the asperities of a name so
that timid people will lay eslde their
prejudice against the thing named, ws
eodaltsta won't object to It
"New" socialism destroys one monopoly
at a time and leaves monopolists free to
develop other private monopolies. Once
we have real democracy, real sortallsm
would come quickly; but they will not
come one at a time they must rome
simultaneously. J.-R. SHAKER.
Vkl Shall See for Peace f
OMAHA, Feb. 10.-To the Editor ef The
Bee: Since the English statesmen were
forced by the German chancellor te
finally admit the truth of the secret
treaty and understanding between Eng
land and the Betgtaa government and
when fair-minded American cltlsens must
know at this time that at least IS per
cent of all dispatches we nave received
during the last six months from British
and Rueslan sources ere fabrications of
the purest die, it Is indeed funny, if it
was not so tragic that apparently the
London newspapers owned by v the
aristocracy ef England are trying to now
carry on another campaign of vllllflcl-
tlon, both at home and in thedispatches
which they send broadcast whlf h con-
slats 6f "that various statesmen' of Ger
many and Austria are talking of peace."
How ridiculous on the face of It!
We hear further that Germany and
Austria ought to be "conscious of being
finally crushed." It seems to me that
with the German and Austrian armies
victorious and upon the enemies' terri
tory. It is England who ought to sue for
peace. A country like Germany can not
be crushed, if all the ermles of Europe
combined against It A country that
has mothers expressing the with, after
aendtng six sous to war, that they are
eorry they have not more to send. Is
absolutely beyond any -power, however,
mighty, to crush. .
Now we find England says Germany
must be starved, and the German nation
baa just made up Its mind not to comply
with this, and will not be starved. .
Let our statesmen In Washington, in
cluding President Wilson, and our own
peace-loving and (praylng-for-peaoe)
Bryan, although tbey speak the English
language, change about and cease to be
English subjects tor more correctly sub
jecting this country's interest to the
whim of ' English Interests) and take a
forethought of our 'country's Interests
end our country's welfare. Then those
26,000.000 of good American citizens can
and' wDl become absolutely neutral In
spirit and action; but so long aa our au
thorities and newspapers are so unneutral
ff1g"H-ll. X d .1 j.'Jlll XUl.eX-Ua .U-SI
and so British, there ia nothing for these
mllltone te do but te raise their voices
t
In earnest protest.
H. FISHER,
Peeee start h.
OMAHA. Feb. a-Te the Editor of The
Beei Let me make a contribution te the
discussion in poetry:
Jews of hell, spreading can you tell ',
Where lords and momerche dwell
Csnnon roar. yea. oheap bought gore,
la honey to thrones galore.
c ,
Klnas do prav that God he may
Hlp te their neighbor s'lay
MHllnrs of foe and friend
FigbUng In the Icy trench.
This and that makee One frown.
All done for to keep the crown
On tho mon arena' empty heads
While flows the blood ef drafted lads.
People here, from ever there,
Snorting, splitting the very elr;
Flrhtin with mouth and flats
To take out kinks and twists.
All are right no one's wrong,
So says the allpporr tongue;
Take a foot given an Inch,
If you get into a pinch.
Peace on earth Is bnt a flirt
Alidnt wine and silken aklrta.
Freedom and peace never rings
While fighting for tin-horn kijra.
' -P. WHO.
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