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U thaau Addreas changed aa ohen aa requeated.
But the prophet who three years ago said the
war would continue three years, was regarded as
wilder than the prophet who now says it will last
three years longer.
In these trying days of torrid temperature,
when most folks are inclined to relax, is a good
time to exercise just a little extra vigilance, that
accidents may be avoided.
Remember that over in Germany and in other
compulsory military service countries, there are
not exemptions except where the man can be
more useful in one place than in another.
Note that the proposed $2 wheat minimum is
not to apply to this year's crop and is only a
vesting of authority to fix a minimum next year
if thought necessary. There may be no next
yearl
Glaring headlights may evade the officers of
the law, but in time they will bring their own
punishment to the autoists who persist in using
them. The rule was laid down for (the benefit
of all and not to punish any.
" Omaha'i clearing house totals continue to
range around a figure that indicates business ac
tivity most encouraging. This really is the best
possible barometer for prosperity, for it means
actual and not speculative traffic.
Anarchist Berkman is learning what it is to
sow the wind. If he is released from the federal
prison on bail on the charge of inciting (edition,
San Francisco wants, to try him for murder. The
world has a cold look for Aleck, no matter which
way he turns.'
Arctic Explorer McMillan writes that he will
t tin c (mm a fnnr vear' atav in the nolar re
gion some time this fall. He may find enough in
civilization to keep him interested for a while.
At any rate, it will never again be the same old
world he knew.
A man who is on the federal pay roll, but
spends his spare time cursfag the government
and railing at the president, is a rare bird, but
such a one has been discovered in Texas. And
the marvel of it is he bears a good fighting name,
that of Mulholland. What will Kelly or Burke or
Shea say to that?
Price-boosting flag makers are being charged
with profiteering on patriotism. They would not
have invited trouble had they done what The Bee
did when we put out 42,000 paper window flags
as an accommodation to our subscribers on the
coupon plan at practically cost, just so that every
jne might show hit colors.
We leave it to our amiable contemporary to
fight it out as to which one of them "balled-up"
the draft numbers. Meanwhile don't forget that
The Bee alone gave the public the service that
was wanted right off the wire the names and ad
dresses of those in each of our districts subject
to the first draft in the order drawn.
It might be well if plans were laid right now
for the extension of accommodations at the Carter
lake swimming beach. The present plant is not
big enough and the demands are continually grow
ing. Omaha can go without several things rather
than cut off the swimming privileges of the multi
tude and money spent at the lake will be well invested.
Education as Usual
-Washington Pott-
Did the Socialists Sell Russia?
The Baltimore American, in connection with
the announcement that Alexander Kerensky had
been appointed dictator of Russia, gives a very cir
cumstantial story of a deal said to have been
closed at the Stockholm socialist conference. By
the terma of this compact, which is said to have
been concluded between Bolshiviki socialists and
the anarchists of Russia on the one hand and the
socialists of Germany on the other, Russia's re
tirement as a fighting force was purchased by a
promise to force Von Bethmann-Hollweg from
power and to end the world war. In planning and
carrying out the bargain the German socialists
are reported to have had the assistance of the
Catholic centrists in the Reichstag. This gets its
color from the fact that on the return of Schiede
man to Berlin from Stockholm Dr. Erzeberger,
leader of the centrist group, delivered his startling
speech in the constitutional committee room and
lighted the fire that drove Von Bethmann-Hollweg
from the chancellory. At the same time the
Russian extremists set about to carry out their
part of the bargain.
Kerensky does not belong to the Bolshiviki
group, although he is an avowed socialist. It
must be remembered there are at least six dif
ferent socialist groups in Russia and as many of
anarchists, the Bolshiviki socialists being closely
allied to the anarchists in their tenets. Events
of the last few days seem to support the Ameri
can's story, although the hope of peace on such
foundation is so remote as to be all but fantastic.
The choice of Michaelis to succeed Von Bethmann-Hollweg,
the vote of the Reichstag to con
tinue the war and the rush of Von Hindenburg's
legions against the Russian line ought to convince
the fatuous socialists of the hollowness of their
bargain.
It is conceivable that the Bolshiviki did make
such a bargain, but they failed to reckon with
the duplicity of a war party that could and did
disregard treaties solemnly pledged with other
countries and sold their chance for freedom for
less than nothing at all.
Good Move Push It Along.
The Bee has been at all times uncompromis
ingly opposed to graft in public office in whatever
form. Outright stealing by trusted officials is rare
tut the variations, more politely termed per
quisites, are frequent and numerous and usually ex
cused, if not defended, on the score of custom or
by the charge "they all do it." One form of graft
is nepotism the saddling on the public payroll of
other often unfit members of the family, and an
other closely akin form is the packing of relatives
as free boarders in state institutions.
Under the lead of Chairman Mayfield, our Ne
braska State Board of Control has taken a timely
jab at this last-named abuse by issuing an order
requiring relatives of institution officers of legal
age to get out or pay board, fixing the board bill
at from $20 to $25 a month which, in these days
of high living cost, is certainly low enough. In
side information is to the effect that nine such
free boarders have already been located in state
institutions with more in prospect.
We wonder if this thing is going on to any
extent in our county institutions and in other
semi-public local institutions maitained by popular
contributions. It might nut be a bad idea to check
up.
No better proofs of the alertness of the lead
ing forces of the country in planning for the pres
ent and future can be found than in the insistence
of educators that all classes of schools be main
tained at a high standard during the war.
It is obvious that an unusual part of the com
ing burden, that immediately ahead and that to
follow later, will have to be borne by America in
this respect While thus far we have been un
scathed, three years of merciless strife have
robbed the universities of England, France, Ger
many and the other countries of their professors
as well as their students, many of whom have
fallen on the battlefield. It is conceivable that this
process might go on until the enlightening acqui
sitions of modern knowledge would be largely
lost and civilization experience a lapse toward
barbarism.
But the nations have their eyes open to this
possible peril, in sorely tried trance intrepid
spirits in the devastated sections hold up the
torch of learning in caves of the earth, where
teachers and pupils wear gas masks, determined
that there shall be insured for every child "that
heritage in which alone is the prophecy of an
enduring nation." Quoting the advice ( that
brave nation on how best to meet like conditions
here. President Finley of the New York State
university repeats there words:
, Do not let the needs of the hour, however
heavily they fall upon the men and women of
the day, permit neglect of the defense of to
morrow. Sacrifice everything to bequeath the
spirit that has made the institutions which we
would preserve and enlarge in our children.
With their best efforts our European allies
will still need help in this direction from our
students. This is what makes of such wisdom and
importance the urgency of the United States
bureau of education that training in technical
trades and professions be fostered to the highest
degree. This will aid in frustrating the worst
that the enemy can do. If, indeed, as has been
suggested, the devastation of northern France is
a part of the forward-looking plans of the Ger
man for later commercial supremacy, these meas
ures will be the answer. New trees will be
planted later, but the young minds can now be
trained for the present work and for the still
greater tasks of freedom that will follow.
Training an Industrial Army.
One of the real problems of the war is how
Jto provide the .army with the . skilled artisans
needed and do it without interference with the in
dustries in which the men normally are engaged.
The requisition by the government will far ex
ceed the number of men available for the service
without hampering the plants from vhich they
come., The new army has need for skilled
workers in almost every craft, especially wood and
metal workers, and is asking that they be fur
nished. The factories, driven at top speed to
meet war demands, also need these men, and the
demand cannot be entirely met by the substitu
tion of women in the plants. In this emergency
the bureau of education has made an especial
appeal to trade schools, manual training high
schools, technical schools and like institutions to
aid in meeting the call for men of semi-technical
training who can help to fill the gap. Navy and army
alike need them and will have plenty of work for
their employment until after the war at least. Over
500 schools throughout the country are busy on
a summer program of training such workmen and
pledge co-operation with the government, to the
end that the need will be met.
Another Customer for Our Corn.
Switzerland is coming over to the side of corn
bread, and in time may develop into a fairly re
liable customer for a portion of the American
corn crop. The Swiss are not naturally consum
ers of this food, but circumstances and example
alike are bringing them around. In the beginning
Italians who went across the Alp to help build
the railroad took their polenta with them. Some
of them held on in Switzerland, but sent home
for their corn. In time their neighbors evinced
an interest in the diet, and some learned to like
it. Later it came about that they had an oppor
tunity to compare the Italian with the American
corn, and the latter won favor. For several
years the amount annually exported to the mountain-bound
republic has steadily been growing.
Argentina is a competitor for the trade, which
has grown from $250,000 to over $7,000,000 in
twenty years, and will continue to increase, as the
Swiss have overcome their prejudice in favor of
wheat, over 60 per cent of the imports being con
sumed by the people, the rest going to feed do
mestic animals.
Mr. Bryan tries to derive self satisfaction out
of the fact that former President Taft has con
sented to deliver some addresses on "World
Peace" before Chautauqua audiences, as con
clusively answering the criticism he underwent for
making the Chautauqua circuit while secretary
oi state, in the first place, Mr. Taft is not on the
public payroll nor taking time awav from nublic
duties and, in the second place, Mr. Taft's efforts
are patriotic and not primarily for personal profit
There is a distinction as well as a difference.
The conference committees that finally will
shape the food control bill may be depended on
to look after the real interests of the farmer,
whether the minimum price for wheat is fixed at
$2 or any other sum per bushel. The great wheat,
corn and cotton-raising states are all represented
on the committees by men who know pretty well
what the home folks want.
Though the local democratic organ has been
hanim.rmr ... .' 1 ! T 1 I .
'"' vniiiiiaiuiicT i aiKs so naro, tne
odds are it will be sunoortine him when be rum
for re-election. He's a democrat and with (hat
paper a nonpartisan democrat always takes prece
dence'over a nonpartisan republican.
Uncle Sam and Siam
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, July 27. Siam's entry into the
war against Germany is a direct response to Presi
dent Wilson's announcement that we are going to
uphold the rights of small nations. Siam is a
small, independent country which is very jealous
of its rights as such. Some of these rights, it
considers, are being trespassed upon right now,
and the two chief offenders are the United States
and Germany. By joining the United States
against Germany it hopes to gain what it wants
from the one by alliance and from the other by
war.
What Siam chiefly desires is that it shall not be
compelled togrant extra-territorial jurisdiction to
other nations; that it shall be freed from German
intrigue, and shall gain recognition by bearing its
part in the war, as a nation among nations.
Extra-territorial rights are granted by Siam to
Germany and the United States. This means that
if a German or an American commits a crime in
Siam he is tried, not by the Siamese courts, but
by consular courts of his own country. France
and England do not ask this right of Siam. Extra
territorial jurisdiction is demanded by civilized
countries of those which are nop so considered;
and for this reason it is especially resented. The
refusal of Germany and the United States to rec
ognize the courts of Siam places upon that coun
try the stigmatum of barbarism, of Irresponsible
government, in the opinion of the Siamese. Now
that the United States has announced a policy of
justice for small nations, Siam feels confident of
fair treatment from us, while she takes up arms
against Germany, the open foe of weak nations.
Sympathy for Belgium is said to have been the
beginning of pro-ally sentiment in Siam.
Then Germany began using the little Oriental
neutral as a center of intrigue that reached into
the neighboring French and English colonies.
The Germans were domineering, too, and made
rather broad use of their extra-territorial jurisdic
tion. Many of the more aristocratic Siamese had
been educated in Germany; there was a gret deal
of friendly feeling between the two countries, and
upon this Germany presumed, it would seem, too
far. The Siamese saw their independent little em
pire being possessed and used as a tool by a
people and a government which had shown no
respect for the rights of weaker nations. The
declaration of war followed, and within a very
short time all Austrians and Germans had been
interned, German vessels seized, and the German
and Austrian embassies placed under guard Ger
many had lost her last port and her last foothold
in the Orient, and the allies had gained an un
broken favorable coast-line from China to the
Mediterranean.
The incongruous phase of Siam's declaration is
that she takes up arms against autocracy, "to
make the world safe for democracy," although
Siam is one of the most absolute autocracies in
the world. The government is an hereditary mon
archy. There is a Cabinet and a Council, both of
which are appointed by the king. He has an ab
solute veto and also initiates a large part of the
legislation.
The brother of the reigning king, Mahidol,
prince of Songkla, explains that Siam is fighting
for democracy among nations. In a word, since
Siam is a small nation, he wants freedom and
equal treatment for all nations, but he thinks it
will be just as well for his dynasty to maintain
its autocratic position in Siam.
This new ally, which is associated in most of
our minds with Barnum & Bailey's famous
Siamese twins and white elephants, is really a
land of some importance. It has an area of about
220,000 square miles and its population is cstitnaU
ed at nearly ten million people. Of these only
about half are Siamese, the rest being Chinese
Laos, Malays, Indiana and representatives of a
number of other Orieatal nations.
Siam has a competent little navy, organized on
the German plan, many of its officers having
served in the German navy by way of training.
This navy can patrol the Gulf of Siam for the
allies. The real strength of Slam," however, lies
in her rice fields. Central Siam is practically one
enormous paddy field, and the greater part of the
population is engaged in raising rice. Methods of
cultivation are primitive, but fine crops are pro
duced, A good part of this rice is exported, and any
nation which has food to export in these times
becomes something of a force in the world. Thus
China is dependent upon Siam for a good part of
her , rice, and the fact that Siam has joined the
United States against Germany will favorably in
fluence relations between China and the United
States.
Siam has other important sources of wealth
besides her rice. Tin mining is a flourishing in
dustry. Siam is the largest producer of teakwood
o i. world- Her teak forests are largely under
British control. Siam is also famous for the
abundance of the wild game in her jungles, espe
cially the elephants. Catching wild elephants for
export is a well organized industry.
Coal Compromise Ventilated
Mlnnaapolia Journal.-
Evidence accumulates that, when the soft coal
operators made their great '.'concession" of $3 a
ton at the mine, they took Secretary Lane in very
neatly. This "tentative" price evoked from the
secretary enthusiastic praise for their sacrifice of
profits to patriotism.
Yet Governor Goodrich of Indiana,' himself a
man of practical experience in coal mining and
railroad operation, demonstrated to a senate com
mittee that $1.75 a ton at the' mine would yield
the operators in his state a good profit, taking
their own figures, and that $1.30 a ton would cover
all costs, overhead included.
Nor did the governor stop there. He showed
that the "buck" cannot be passed to the railroads,
which are giving the mines 100 per cent service.
And he wound up by promising a special session
of the Indiana legislature to regulate coal prices
in that state if congress fails to give the public
relief from present extortionate prices.
If any one thing is clear at Washington, it
is the duty of congress to fix coal prices, or to
give a commission power to do so. Coal is a
natural resource. If is the life blood of industry.
There must be an end to the conditions that re
sult, in so wide a margin between the cost of coal
and the price of coal. More power to Governor
Goodrich's arml
Our Fighting Men
William A. Mitchell.
- Major William A. Mitchell, U. S. A., who has
been reported as flying over tfi'e German lines at
Verdun and elsewhere during the last few weeks,
is a well known officer of the United States signal
corps. He was born in France (of American par
entage) in 1879 and was appointed to the United
States Military Acadamy from Wisconsin in 1887.
He graduated from the army school of the line
in 1908 and from the army "staff college the fol
lowing year. In 1913 he was appointed to the gen
eral staff corps. Major Mitchel was one of the
first regular army officers to reach France after
the United States declaration of war and was re
cently reported with the Americans in the Lafa
yette escadrille.
Henry T. Allen.
Brigadier General Henry T. Allen, U. S. A.,
the new commandant at Fort Rilev, Kan., has an
international reputation as an explorer and geog
rapher, in addition to being one of the best known
officers in the army. For his explorations in
Alaska honors have been bestowed upon him by
the geographical societies of Russia, Sweden and
other countries. His military career likewise has
been one of unusual distinction. After serving in
the Santiago campaign he was assigned to the
Philippines, where he became governor of the
Island of Leyte and first chief of the Philippines'
constabulary. For five years he was military at
tache at Pctrograd and later served in a similar
capacity at Berlin. General Allen is a native of
Kentucky and a graduate of West Point
TODAY
Proverb tor the Day.
Honesty is the best policy.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
British and French made gains in
the Somme region.
- Russians forced the Germans to
Rive further ground near the Stokhod
river.
Home reported a gain for the Ital
ians on the Tonezza plateau and in
the Tofano region.
This Day in History.
1619 First colonial assembly in
America met at Jamestown. Va.
1777 Washington crossed the Dela
ware td Germantown with his army.
1780 Americans under Colonel
Sumter made an unsuccessful attempt
to capture the British post at Rocky
Mount, S. C
1864 Unsuccessful mine" explosion
under a confederate fort near Peters
burg, Va., conducted by General Burn
side. 1890 Russian government decided
to enforce the edicts of 1882 against
the Jews.
1897 King of Siam arrived in Eng
land and was received with royal hon
ors. 1898 Prince Bismarck, Germany's
famous "Iron Chancellor," died at
Friedrlchsruh. Born in Brandenburg,
April 1, 1815.
1912 Mutsuhito, emperor of Japan,
died after a reign of forty-four years.
1914 Germany issued an ultimatum
demanding that Russia explain her in
tentions in regard to mobilization.
1916 Two explosions of munitions
on Black Tom Island, near Jersey
City, destroyed several million dollars
in property.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
Thomas Swobe, wife and family,
have arrived from Garfield Beach, near
Salt Lake City, and Soda Springs, Ida.
Mrs. Swobe and family will return to
the latter place in a few days.
A number of local sporting men,
comprising Messrs. Morrison, Bitter
son, Bibbins, Kennedy, Wilson, Mur-
r
KHtM J '
CHavfra;
dock, Kosters, Philbin, Fallon and
Kilkenny are planning to go to the
fight between Cardiff and Killen, soon
to take place up north.
Pat Callan Jumped oft the B. & M.
train this morning as nimbly as a
cricket. He has been rusticating for
several weeks in the Rockies.
Hon. John A. McShane has arrived
home from a trip to Chicago.
W. A. Lee, superintendent of the
Morse Bridge company, stated that
the Leavenworth -street viaduct would
be ready for inspection by the city In
about a week.
Lew Hill bobs up serenely after a
pleasant trip through Iowa. It is not
known whether he has laid out & part
of that state Into additions or not.
Charles M. Fein and Nettla Meyer
were united In marriage at the syna
gogue by Rabbi Benson. The wed
ding was private and witnessed by
only a few friends and relatives.
The Day We Celebrate.
C. F. McGrew is Just. 61. He was
born at Mount Pleasant, la., and com
menced the banking business in 1,884
at Alexandria.
Rear Admiral Walter McLean,
United States navy, born at Elizabeth,
N. J., sixty-two years ago today.
Viscount Haldane, former lord high
chancellor of Great Britain, born sixty-one
years ago today.
Julius Kruttschnitt, one of the five
men who are directing the operations
of our railways during the war, born
In New Orleans, sixty-three years ago
today. n
John Sharp Williams. United States
senator from Mississippi, born at
Memphis, Tenn., sixty-three years ago
today. 4.
Henry Ford, Detroit automobile
manufacturer and philanthropist, born
at Greenfield, Mich., fifty-four years
ago today.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith, president of
Washington and Lee university, born
at Greensboro, N. C, fifty-eight years
ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The third payment of 20 per cent
for subscribers to. the Liberty loan
who bought bonds on the installment
payment plan is due today.
Mrs. Julia Lambrite of Doylestown,
Pa., who never misses reading the
daily war news in the newspapers,
celebrates her 102d birthday today.
The annual conference of the Mis
sionary Education Movement for the
Northwest opens at Seabeck, Wash.,
today and will continue until August 8.
The golden Jubilee convention of the
Nebraska State Missionary society of
the Christian church is scheduled to
begin its sessions today at Bethany,
Neb.
Race relations, administration of
law and other problems of live 'Im
portance are to be considered by the
Southern Sociological conference,
which is to begin its sessions today at
Blue Ridge, N. C.
This is the date fixed by the federal
court at Indianapolis for passing sen
tence on Samuel V. Perrott, former
chief of police of that city, and sev
eral others who were recently con
victed of election conspiracy.
The committee on the high cost of
living has called a conference to as
semble in Washington today to dis
cuss federal legislation to give the
government control of natural re
sources and a proposed taxation sys
tem by which a high tax on unused
lands would be used to pay the cost of
the war.
Stor'yette of the Day.
A few years ago, while watching a
parade In Boston In which the Stars
and Stripes were conspicuous, a fair
foreigner with strong anti-American
proclivities turned to a companion
and commenting on the display, pet
tishly remarked:
"That American flag makes me sick.
It looks Just like a piece of checker
berry candy."
Senator Lodge, who was standing
nearby, overheard the remark, and
turning to the young lady, said:
"Yes, miss, it does. And it makes
everyone sick who tries to lick it"
Ladies' Home Journal.
FLAGS FRATERNAL.
Mima Irvine In Lealle'n.
Tha lllie of Franca hava bn "broKT
nr i until! ro irampied and dead.
.twins uinirr me itiosar
Ira H .1 , .... . .
Hrr woods hava been felled In the battlei.
nvr umue are ptamea witn fravea.
And a desert of dark desolation
Extend where tha tricolor warta.
But over tha ocean Old Glory
From the oak of Its flagstaff new forests
Will iprinv or the root of the Mil.
From it atrlpea the red roaea will bloasom.
From Ita atara the whlta lims w.,( u.w.
From iti blue of the region releetlai
Violet will fallow the snow.
Hall to tha banners fraternal:
Streaming unfadingljr bright.
Splendor aupreme of th- morning, f
Star-apangled sheen of the night!
Flying unconnuered together,
Colora eternally three,
Bluf, white and red of the tricolor.
Red. whlta and blua of tha free
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Armageddon Almost at Hand.
Council Bluffs, July 26. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: Whoever possesses
Constantinople as the outcome of tire
war there is a singular unanimity
of opinion that it shall not be the Turk.
The conviction seems overwhelming
that the days of "the sick man of the
east" are numbered. The watchers at
his bedside are not loving friends, and
there will be few mourners at his
funeral; but upon his decease wil fol
low something worse than an Irish
wake. His disintegration will not form
the basis for enduring peace. On :rc
contrary, it will prove to be but the
spark that will touch off the powder
magazine of the nations. The dis
memberment of Turkey will be but the
prelude to the furious, final clash be
tween east and west.
Nor is such a statement based on
human speculation and fallible fancy.
In words too plain to be misunder
stood, the divine book, picturing the
final events of earth's history, says:
"And the sixth angel poured out his
vial upon the great river Euphrates;
and the water thereof was dried up,
that the way of the kings of the east
might be prepared." Revelation 16:12.
That Armageddon is inseparably
linked with the extinction of the Turk
is Eeen from the words which follow;
'Vud I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs come out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of trie mduth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet. For they are the spirits
of devils, working miracles, which go
forth unto the kings of the earth and
of the whole world, to gather them to
the battle of that great day of God
Almighty. a a . n(j he gathered
them together into a place called in
the Hebrew tongue Armageddon."
Revelation 16:13-16.
So when the Turkish power is at last
dried up, the black storm clouds of
east and west will meet with a terrible
rush, and the resultant deafening
thunder of Armageddon will reverber
ate from one end of the earth to the
other, while the blinding flashes of
earth's last strife will reveal the con
tending forces of every nation in earth's
last battle upon the fields of Esdraelon.
And the carnage of that day will so
far outstrip the slaughters of the
bloody Somme that the latter will "not
be remembered, nor come into mind."
Such is the inner meaning of the
shrinking territory of the Turk, and
the play and counterplay for Constan tinople,
the goal of the nations fr
ages. THOMAS RAI1N,
St. Paul and Mrs. Eddy.
Bartlett, la., July 26. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: In recent issues of
The Bee fhere have appeared articles
from the pen of Carl E. Herring thaf
ought not to go unanswered. Aa Inn?
as Mr. Herring roamed about In a
maze ot metaphysical arguments I did
not consider his arguments of sufficient
force to call for a reply, but when he
asserts that his doctrines are taught In
the Bible, I believe his statements
ought to be challenged.
In one of his articles Mr. Herrlni;
declares that the teachings of Chris
tian Science "are bodily taken from
the writings of St. Paul." The fallacy
of that statement Is easily demon
strated. In "Science and Health"
read: "Soul cannot sin." And again
we read: "Man is incapable of sin,
sickness or death." In direct opposition
to that we place the following state
ment from St. Paul in Romans 6:12:
"Wherefore as by one man sin entered
into the world, and death by sin."
Here is a plain declaration from St.
Paul that sin entered into the world.
This does not sound much like the as
sertion that "man is Incapable of
sin." In Ephesians 4:26 Paul gives
the church at Ephesus this Injunction:
"Be ye angry and sin not" St. Paul
either was not a Christian Scientist or
he did not know what he was talking
about. Why would he warn the Ephe
sians not to sin if it was impossible
for them to sin?
In opposition to the above declara
tion that "soul cannot sin," we read in
Ezekiel 18:4 that "the soul that sin
neth it shall die." Even Jesus Christ
was not versed in the doctrines of
Christian Science, for he told the fallen
woman to "go and sin no more."
According to Mr. Herring's doctrine he
should have informod her that she had
not sinned, because she couldn't; for
sin was only a delusion of the "carnal"
or "mortal" mind.
' Many other quotations from the
Scriptures might to given in opposi
tion to Christian Science, but I shall
content myself uilh St Paul's declara
tion, 'The wages of sin Is death." That
docs not sound much like the doctrine
of nonexistence of sin.
Mr. Herring says: "The Bible is its
own best interpreter." If this ba true,
why not allow the Bible to interpret
itself instead of using "Science and
Health," as an Interpreter? So man
was ever converted to Christian Science
merely by reading the Bible; "Science
and Health" and Mrs. Eddy's other
"revelations" are necessary as a side
line. GEORGE W. MOORE. v
Another View of Saving.
Auburn, Neb.. July 27. To the
Editor of The Bee: Much has been
written by men and published in our
great dailies, advising the housewives
about the wasting of food.
, But these articles are all from the
viewpoint of the masculine mind.
Thinking your readers might like a
"change of diet," I would like to ex
press some of the thoughts of a work
ing woman and housekeeper.
I do not waste any food that can be
eaten, and I do not use two matches
to light a fire where one will do.
The liquor should be done away
with, and if the men who run our gov
ernment will see to it that the million
acres of good land, is planted in food
stuffs instead of tobacco, the men can
have a part In the saving. The men
could save money if they v?ould shave
themselves, and Instead of visiting the
soft drink parlors so often, buy ice
and lemons for their families to enjoy.
DORA HERRINGTON.
Let the Facts Be Known.
Lincoln, July 27. To the Editor of
The Bee: In an editorial in The Bee
I note that somebody objects to the
paper giving prominent to the un
favorable war news from Russia be
cause It discourages American readers
and by so doing "gives aid and com
fort to the enemy."
In my estimation there has been al
together too much of keeping the real
facts from the public In the last three
or four years, and in saying that I am
not criticising the president simply
suggesting that the sooner the powers
that be take the people into their con
fidence the quicker will the apparent
apathy disappear.
The quicker the American people
are made to understand exactly what
we are up against the better it will be
for the people of the United States and
the quicker the war across the water
Will be over. It Is almnlv n nnoatin
of stopping the war over there or
fighting it out over here in case it fails
there. If the telling of the truth will
open the eyes of the people of the
United States to the true conditions,
even if it does "discourage" some peo
ple, the better we will be off and the
sooner will come the solution.
Some time ago The Bee published
under a Lincoln date line an interview
with former Gbvernor Leslie M. Shaw
of Iowa and at one time secretary ol
the treasury under the Roosevelt r,l.
ministration. I remember that Gov
ernor Shaw said:
"When our ambassador, Mr. Gerard,
came back from Germany after this
country had declared war against th
kaiser, in a speech in New York City
he said, 'Before the war began it was
well known in diplomatic circles in
Germany that the United States waa
the objective; that the first mova
would be to bring Great Britain to her
knees and then use tie powerful Eng
lieh navy to attack the United States
in order to subdue her and reimburse
Germany for its losses or the war.' "
If Ambassador Gerard reported that
fact to the State department at Wash
ington when it happened three year,
ago, I would like to inquire why this
was kept secret from the people of tha
United States. Why was this country
allowed to slumber on in fancied se
curity when already the German gov
ernment was making preparations to
conquer the United States. Had The
Bee and other papers known of that
condition and published it at the time,
we would not now be wondering where
we are at and when our boys would
be suitably equipped for sen-ice across
the water. As it is, with thKee years
knowledge of the German plan, we
were no more prepared to enter a war
with Germany when the president de
clared war than we would have been
had the declaration come as a sur
prise like a clap of thunder from a
clear sky.
I am not criticising anybody. It is
not criticism to call attention to con
ditions as they do exist in hope that a
better condition may be brought about.
It was criticism of the English and
French cabinets that brought on the
change for the better over there, or
those two countries would have been
licked long ago.
With visions of what has happened
to poor Belgium and her women and
children, would it not be far better to
hasten to the war across tne water and
assist those two countries to bring Ger
many to terms than it is to continue
to sleep in fancied security, find fault
with the papers because hey are try
ing to let the people know the truth,
and then awaken later when we hear
the booming of German guns upon
our coast lines and come to a realiza
tion that the war is upon us in all Its
horrors.
The people of the United States are
Just now facing a condition and not a
theory. Watchful waiting long since
became a farce. Why should not the
people of this country know exactly
what they are facing and be made to
understand what the future has in
store for them in case the war over
there ends with Germany on the win
ning end. p. a. BARROWS.
JOYFUL JABS.
KlUy"1'" " "P W'th yUr namnt t
'Tea."
..-r'!W.'?,t' becom t the engagement ring V
That s up, too." Boston Transcript.
.'ov.rt;ct?1, tr"111 boy' "wht
Uher compels you to ba so rude aa to
fight or so polite as to pretend you didn't
notice It. W ashington Star.
t 'LTuU'...be,n t0 ths Itar times,
1 believe?
"Tea."
"And me twice. Tha minister Is an old-
rlr-. I.,fuB we won,t hve t0 rehearse."
Louisville Courier Journal.
Redd Now thoy want to commandeer
my automobile for war.
0"ne Well, aren't yon willing?
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