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inu i,u; UMAHA, 1HURSDA1. AUGUST to, 1U1T. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha postoffiea as saeond-clsss matwr. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION , By Carrier. u f sod iui(U! f nuaib. .' Ouis ultiioiu tjuiidi? O IHeotng ul Buuda? I"e Krentng itbout ttlBday " V unai? nee oou . Br Mail. Mr year. M.OO 4.1)0 S.M 4. (Ml too send ootk-a or clianta of tddmt or irregularity Ke. circuiatieo ueetrueeui. dtllitrf to OsaM MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aseoclsted Prat, of wfcleh Toe Bee l mewher Is eicluifel entiiled to the m for republication of all oewi credited to It or not O'.btnhM crtdlted In this paptr an also tha local sewi rmb hthed herein. AU rlihl of retubuctloa of our special dlipttclies art alio itaci red. - REMITTANCE (nmt o Orafi. tirnm or porta! or. Oaly t-ent sumps tasaa in iiHit of amaU accounts. Personal check, eiospt on Croatia and aaotrn aichtnge. not accepted. 4 Ointfie The Bee BalPdiDf. 8oua Omana 437 . UIM Mt OFFICES. talcase Peomrs nil Holloing, ."r Vort 2W r na are. Council Biulrs-14 N. Mala Bu Hi. U.ult-t ;. Hiwea, Linoola LHUs Bulldln. Washington 1 25 14th Bt. K. W... CORRESPONDENCE aureus enmnanicinoiii relanni to oewa and adlWrlil nattst U Oiaaba Boa, Editorial Department JULY CIRCULATION 57,229 Daily Sunday, 51,153 Amiga circulation for laa awnta subscribed ant morn to, b Dwlgh. Williams. Circa latioa Mao Mat, Subscribers leaving tha city ahauld hava Tha Baa maUad la taem. Addreae changed aa !! aa reauested. Old King Coal'i merriment is not what it-used to be. Coal Pricts and the Consumer. The schedule of prices for bituminous coal at mines fixed by the president bears surface evi dence of close scrutiny of producing costs and an intent to make allowance for a reasonable profit to the mine owners. Furthermore, it is set out that the rate established is subject to re view and readjustment after experience has shown its justice. The fixation of retail prices, if at all, must follow after inquiry as to whether dealers are responding to the government's effort to pre vent any holdup of the consumer. Coal produc tion has been greatly increased over last year, railroads reporting having hauled 129,721 more cars of bituminous coal in July of 1917 than for the corresponding month of the previous year, the total movement from the mines amounting to 764,965 cars for the month. As a matter of fact, the threat of shortage has vanished before the accumulation of output and, while the demand is perhaps equal to the supply, purchasing has been for immediate consumption by users, who have preferred to wait for government action on prices. That inordinate profits were being ex acted by the miners has been well established by careful inquiry and that repression of this was necessary is shown by the defiant attitude as sumed by many of the big operators. Two months yet remain before severe cold weather will be experienced in any part of the United States and in-that 'time some adjustment of selling rates may be reached that will give dealers and buyers alike a line on what the price of soft foal finally is to be. The next business in order is timing the speed of the coal cut to the consumer. The $20 hog needs no other evidence to vin dicate the reputation of the breed. r.irman efficiency has its limitations. The masterful British tank glimpses one of them. Price fixing is not a one-way process by any means, as all sorts of profiteers will discover. Loans to the Allies near the two billion mark. As a responsive and liberal uncle in a pinch, Sam uel is a prince. Concussions past and projected forcibly re mind profiteers of the growing difficulty of get ting away with it. If San Diego's enterprise equals its thirst, o time should be lost in finding quarters for army mules beyond kicking range. No division of sentiment is noted among the Irish on the mud flats of Flanders, regardless of how matters stand at home. August is bountifully redeeming the promise of May, and June and that is all that can be ex pected pi the midsummer month. So long as law succeeds in heading off the other fellow the rest of the crowd naturally hails the operation as a triumph of legal efficiency. Legal Aspects of the War. In the report of the committee on international law, made to the American -Bar association, will be found a summary of the laws violated' or ig nored by the Central Powers in the prosecution of the war. If this indictment, drawn by learned lawyers, who dispassionately approach the ques tion, has any merit, the impossibility off peace on terms at present proposed must be apparent. The chief charges made in the committee's report do not rest on the causes of the war., but on its conduct, the wanton destruction of life and prop erty under conditions that served no military' pur pose. Devastation of evacuated territory, the U-boat campaign of ruthlessness, murder of women and children, deportation of inhabitants of occupied regions, enforced labor of noncom batants and other offenses that have outraged all the rules and agreements of civilized warfare as well as the fundamentals of international law can not be glossed over In any settlement. It is not enough for Germany and Austria to come for ward and say they are willing to go.ba.ck to where they were in August, 1914, wllvrng valt claims to indemnity or expansion of territory. That is not a basis for peace. Civilization will demand of these offenders that they in some meas ure make reparation for the crimes committed by their armies. Restitution and restoration, for Belgium and Serbia at least are conditions that cannot be omitted from terms, no matter by whom proposed, if approach to peace is to be aeriously undertaken. War and Babies By Frederic J. Haskin Silver continues mounting toward a parity with gold, having passed the 87 notch. War turned the trick without the aid or consent of politicians. The presumption is strong that those who pub licly protest their loyalty to the United States do not square action with words, , Actions speak ! No Federal Foreign Branch Banks. : Washington reporta are to the effect that the Federal Reserve board has decided adversely on the establishment of branches of the Federal Re serve bank in foreign countries, at leaat until after the war. Several conditions justify this decision, chief of which is our immediate presence in the war. Rates of t foreign exchange are just now very uncertain varying extensively even between the neutrals, and so far as fhy applyto the l -tl- 1C-I.U T M I. - . Senate'i action offers little hope of relief for belligerents are quite urrMityeJf KlijVir.export the incomei awollen by' war profits. Uncle Sam is going after the money as well as the men he needs to carry on the war. An increase of 22 per cent in the Douglas county tax levy of 1917 over that of 1916 gives a dash of reminiscent humor to the pledges of reduced taxation flaunted last November. Too many crown prince bosi the German job on the west front. So far their skill in pick ing cemetery locations for their unfortunate fol lowers far aurpasses their military prowess. The Federal Trade commission reports that makers of book paper exacted prices little short of extortion. The chief value of the report lies in giving official confirmation to the squeeze the book publishers felt. , , -; ' British labor voted to send delegates to the Stockholm peace conference. This is the easiest part of labor's defiance. Getting the delegates across the North Sea without government pass ports remains to be negotiated. , trade might be itimulaTed"in Tome measure by the erection of branchescrrVthe Federal Reserve bank abroad, the possible benefits are largely off set by the disadvantages that would accrue from using the credit of the United States to sustain a commerce in which no vital interest is imme diately concerned. It is certain the bank would be called upon to take responsiblities the direc tors do not care now to assume. Domestic needs are of more pressing importance and will require the utmost of our resources. Crop movement will call for use of mor.e capital than ever' in history and right now bankers are being warned to make provision for the undertaking. Money is stiffer in rates than (for some time and with prospect of becoming even tighter as the pres sure from the fields increases. This and other factors of home requirements well support the determination of .the bank directors to postpone,; the establishment of branches in other countries, Washington, Aug. 20. The first effect of the declaration of war in this country upon the rela tions of the sexes was an increase in the number of marriages. The second, according to somewhat vague reports, will probably be a falling off in the number of births, owing to the fact that women, whose husbands are going, or may go to war, do not feel equal to the responsibility of bringing children into the world. If war really has the effect of reducing the birth rate in this country, it will be a most unusual phenomenon. In all previous wars, and in all the belligerent countries in this war, the tendency has been the opposite. If the birth rate has not ac tually increased in all cases, it is nevertheless much larger proportionally, when the number of homes broken up and the number of married couples separated is taken into consideration. A few days ago federal secret service men raided the marriage license bureau in New York and made yoong men show their registration cards for the alleged purpose of intimidating the great number who were seeking the right to marry. Their presence had the desired effect. Next day the number of applicants was much smaller. While officials in this country are thus dis couraging marriage in order to keep more men eligible for service, foreign belligerent govern ments are encouraging in every way the repro ductive powers of their peoples in order that they may have materials from which to reconstruct their shattered nations after the war. In Ger many especially a very scientific and unsenti mental attitude has been taken toward the need for more human material. Everything possible has been done to take the stigma away from il legitimacy. Married and unmarried women are accepted on like terms in the hospitals which have been provided for poor mothers. Likewise, in sending soldiers home on furlough so that the birth rate may be kept tip, no distinction is made between the married and the unmarried. As a result of these measures illegitimacy has greatly increased, but the birth rate has been maintained. At the same time Germany is trying to encourage marriage by offering to young married couples twice the amount of food which their cards call for, by way of a honeymoon present. The general effect of war always has been, and doubtless eventually will be in this country, to stimulate marriage, the birth rate and also all illegitimate sexual relations. This is represented by some reasoners to be a great benefit. Thus one English writer explains that war stimulates sex interest by making men more manly, women more womanly. Man is engaged in the intensely mas culine occupation of battle, woman in nursing his wounds and bearing children. In this way the contrast between the sexes, which is the source of sex attraction, is greatly accentuated. Modern civilization, on the other hand, tends to force women into the same occupations as men, to eliminate sex contrast and with it much of the erotic element in the relations of men and women. There can be no doubt but that a woman de manding a vote or conducting a shoe store has vastly less romantic and erotic appeal for the in tensely masculine male than woman in the part of Red Cross nurse or tearful waiting war bride. Like wise the fighting man in khaki, with his wounds and decorations, inspires the feminine imagina tion more than a man whd writes novels or keeps books. ... But the fact remains that -civilization is built by men who work with their heads rather than those who fight with their hands, and that man has more and more need for the aid of the fem inine mind. In a word the civilized tendency is toward more comradeship between men and women, more co-operation and less erotic pas sion. War restores for a time the old romantic relation of barbaric and feudal times. This apr peals to the imagination and sentiments and also serves the practical purpose of making up for some of the carnage by inducing women to bear more children. But in the nature of the case, it is .only a temporary change in the relations of the sexes, and one which carries numerous ilty in its train. ' ' A democrat mentioned for high office in Ne braska says this is no time to talk politics. He is right, and, by the same, token, it, is no time to play politics either, although some of our demo cratic friends seem to think otherwise. . Local exemption boards., find a .few eligibles who prefer to take a chance on a firing squad rather than 'come forward and answer to their' names. These men will find out that the law means what it says in war times. At any rate, they will be much safer if they come in while the chance is offered them. , Lieutenant Governor Edgar Howard is de manding that everybody pitch in and help the eovernor subdue the Rum Demon in Omaha. What we would like to know is, Does the lieu tenant governor really mean it, or is he just hold ing up Omaha to hide something that is going on elsewhere? . - Insuring American Sailors. One of the overlooked features of the present situation is the fact that the War Insurance board has made provision to insure the lives of Ameri can sailors. All who go Aboard merchat ves sels covered by war insurance are under; .pro tection of a .blanket policy that makes provision for. their dependents in event of their death or being taken prisoner. This is a novel but entirely reasonable extension of the war insurance, in the .earlier stages of the submarine campaign safety of the ship's company was assured and' only vessels and 'cargoes were in danger. Extension of kultur to include human life as part of the toll exacted by the U-boat made necessary some form of insurance for officers and men against threat ened destruction and this is now given. Ameri can sailors go down to the sea uncertain as to what the outcome of the voyage will, be, but with full knowledge that so far as can be they will be supported by the government that is war ring to make the ocean highway safe and free for all. The Supreme Sacrifice Now Tork World- When the history of the United States in this war comes to be written we think that the histo rian will be obliged to record a spirit of self-sac ririce more all-pervading among the people than in almost any other war that has engaged the nation. We see it in every form of activity among women and men for the Red Cross and we have seen it in every form for the first Liberty loan and we see it in the free and' spontaneous responses coming: from every class to the many calls of the government in organizing the material and spir itual forces of the country for war. her there are so many cases ot sacrifice ot The large percentage of youths among prison ers captured by the Allies in Flanders goes to confirm the statements of Swiss observers that the best fighting material of the Central Pow ers is used up. To a less extent the same may be said of the original allied group. Man power is the vital factor in prolonged War and the vast resources of the United States thrown into the scale now swings the balance to the Allies and makes the victory certaim Invitations to take the stump against sedition pour in on Colonel Roosevelt. Minnesota is par ticularly anxious for him to swing his famous big stick on copperheads in that locality. No intima tion of acceptance has yet come from Oyster Bay, lint IaoiiI a i rrn frtr-Aefvn A tt.r am ttt Kitrfr a'til a!11 J J A I 'UL vigiia ivivouauvn it vutvuioa wnn.ii wait cherished individual opinions and prejudice with, dme dockers to their cowardly holes, our, nougnt.oi rewara or oi any maieria consio eration, it would be invidious to single out any one ! for public mention. Yet the discriminating future historian must pause at one name in this almost endless roll of honor and we should pause with him. We refer to the senior senator from Penn sylvania, who on the floor of; the senate has vol nntarily offered to postpone all thought of return to a high protective tariff until after the war. j The immortal framers of the Declaration of Possibly a few'persona here and there harbor the illusion that they can knock the government and get away with it.1 A careful reading of the news from day,, to day offers shining examples of failures in this line. v , The opening date for the local branch of the Federal Reserve bank is set for Seotember 4. at Independence. pledged their lives, their fortunes which time our financial importance will be duly ' tfidnrru jiunur iot iuc cause, puics x cu- t , 'rose makes all of that sacrifice and throws in to cognized by even those who know it now, but uu tuc Uingiey tariff schedules. will not admit it The European belligerents recognize this prob lem of the future generations and of sex relations aftejrjhe war as one of the greatest to which the struggle has given rise; while social disorganiza tion -due to the war is a leading present problem in all of these countries.' The naive remarks of the 'high government official" are typical of the American attitude; we have scarcely given this war problem a thought. Our generoiw insurance plan for soldiers will go along way toward solving the problem of so cial disorganization, 'for it means that relatively few Women will be left without adequate means of support. All observers agree that in England the spread of vice has been on of the blackest re sults of the war. Women drinking in public houses, foul-mouthed and degraded, are a common sight in London. A visit to Canada showed the same tendency to exist there. The streets of Montreal last win ter were scenes of drunkenness and prostitution. In Quebec and Ottawa this was much less notice able, and provincial towns were probably little affected. TODAY Proverb for the Day. It is well to have the courage of one's convictions. One Year Ago Today In the War. A!'Ies halted Bulgarian advance In both eastern and western Macedonia. North and south of the Somme heavy artillery fighting continued all day. Berlin reported the safe arrival of German merchant submarine Deutsch land at Bremen. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. Miss Fannie Arnold, the well-known vocalist and organist of St Philome na's cathedral, is in Boston conva lescing from her late serious illness. The Hillside Congregational church was filled by an audience assembled to witness the performance by the Young People's Missionary society of the humorous cantata, "The Grasshop per," A. M. Kitchen presiding. The program opened with a piano solo by Mrs. L. B. Hollenbeck, followed by declamations by W. S. Heller and W. E. Hurlbut, a speech by Mr. Vam Zardt and a readlng'by Miss Jennie White. The parts in "The Grasshou per" were taken in full costumes, as follows: A. M. Kitchen, gobbler?' T. C. Wallace, Rev. Bumblebee; Miss I J. Leggett, ancient marden;- George Ostrom, a herald; Miss Addie W. Hurlbut. widow; G. F. Gellenbeck, Ur A. Webb, Craig McCulloch and Bruce McCulloch, hlack bugs. . ! Matthew Berka and wife of Gene see county, Michigan, are the guests of their son. Justice Berka. At a sociable given by the teachers of Douglas county in the rooma of the J. . cooiey made the opening address, followed K been able to do in time of peace by D. W. Warner, who gave a humori ous recitation, Of "Young Lochlnvan'.1 Vena Wells, who recited "Jimmie Bradshaw's Santa Claus," and F. Gif ford, with "Paddy's Excelsior.' Prof. Bruner waa the happiest man present and Beemed'we-riderfully at ease among his school ma'ams. : Fowler iBrOS; are putting electric lights throughotit their packing house. The difference be'tween Canada and England seems to be chiefly one of money. The woman left behind by the British Tommy gets a pittance upon which no one could live at war prices. The wife of the Canadian soldier gets several times as much from the government, and the patriotic fund gives additional help to deserving cases. ' England will also face an especially serious situation after the war. There were about a mil lion and a quarter more women than men in Eng land before August, 1914. It is estimated that after the war there will be five or six women for every man who is physically fit to marry and able to support a family. This startling -prospect has Ted many social thinkers of standing to advocate polygamy, and their best argument is that a sort of polygamy is almost sure to exist whether it is ariven eovernment sanction or not. England's society for providing war Cripples with wives is another expedient to stimulate births after the war. Many" of these women will have to support their husbands in addition to bearing children, yet hundreds of thousands have joined the organiza tfon. In Germany there were advocates oi polyg amy even before the war and their propaganda has been strengthened by the shortage of men fit to breed. : All of these problems must be realized and faced bv the United States now that we are to send our millions of men to the bloody line. A year ago "war babies" meant wealth and big mo tor cars and national prosperity. Now the two words have taken on a new relation and signifi cance. Insurance Versus Pensions Philadelphia Ledger- The elaboration of the plan for government insurance of the men engaged in its military serv ice is a work of statesmanship which should be persevered in until its fruition. It has apparently received the caretul attention ot experts in lite insurance and in the practical application of the principle of workmen s compensation and as it includes the participation of the insured in its maintenance and further provisions for the en couragement of thrift on the part of soldiers and sailors it will commend itself to the country as a wise and far-seeing solution of fone of the grav est problems of war administration. ' In the working out of our present pension system the unfortunate introduction of political elements into the administration of the laws has opened the door to scandals without number. In stead of being a national roll of honor, the pen sion roll has become something so different that thousands of worthy and needy veterans have re frained from seeking a place upon it, while there has been no such restraint on the part of the mer cenary and unscrupulous. The great advantage -1 .1 , . t- l : t l . w-,,! ui iuc piaij uiai la ucuig worncu urn uun " mgion is tnai it is aesigneq to worn auiumdu cally, in a sense, and will leave no loophole for , political interference or favoritisro. v ' 1 - This Day In History. ' " ' 1706 Edmund Jennings' ,." became governor of Virginia. 1784-r-Foundation of the state "T Franklin, afterward Tennessee. 18VS Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of Lake Erie, died at the Island of Trini dad. Born In Rhode Island Agust 23, 1785. 1861 Oovernor of Tennessee called on the women of the state for contri bution of clothing, blankets, etc.',' for the confederate army. 1892 Manoel da Fonseca, one 0C the founders and first president of the republic, of Brazil, died at Klo de Ja neiro. Born August 6, 1827. . 1893 United States senate rejected the claim of Lee Mantle, appointed United States senator by the governor of Montana. 1898 Moody Currier, a farmer boy who became governor of New Hamp-' shire and one of the state's wealthiest citizens, died at Manchester, N. H. Born April 22. 1S06. 1914 Japan declared war on ucr- many. 1915 Zeebrugge was bombarded by te' allted fleet Tho Day We Celebrate. George W. Allen, detective, Is 43 to day. He was born in Iowa and Sp polnted to the police force in 1908. G. A. Seabury, secretary and general manager of the Johnston Electric com pany, is lust 43 today, lie was born in Albany, N. Y. - Anson Hardin Bigelow is. just ou years old today. Buckley, lit., is his birthplace and he is engaged In the practice of law in Omaha. John R. Brotherton is 59 today. He was born at Waterford, Pa., and is now state agent for the Michigan Mu tual Life Insurance company.' Sidney Smith Montgomery , is Just 45 years old today. He is n Cnaoiatf by birth and a real esta,ta nan by choice. H Alexander J. Hemphill, 'New1 York banker, who served under ilr. Hoover as treasurer of the Belgian relief com mission, born in Philadelphia!-slty one years ago today. Clay Allen, federal attOcnjey"at eat tie, who has been puumf.a 5urDon. the Germun adherents of thefndus- trlal Workers, of the, Wqrd.born at, Erie, Kan., forty-two years ago today. Bishop : Warren A. Candler of 'the Methodist Episcopal church, south, born in CavroJl county, Georgia, sixty year aga today. .. F ? 't ? James Rolph, the present mayor of San Francisco, born in San Francisco forty-eight years ago today. Joseph J. Russell, representative in congress of the Fourteenth... Missouri district, born at Charleston, Mo., sixty-three years ago today. ; Timely Jottings and Reminders. s 1 The American Rose' society holds its annual convention today in New York City. ; r The Denver conference ol the Meth odist Episcopal 'church, south, begins Its annual session today at Pueblo, With Bishop" Hendrlx presiding. J Thirty-five hand tubs, some of which were used in fire service as long ago as 1832, are to contest for.j honors in a playout to be held on Boston Common today under the aus pices of the New England States' Vet eran Firemen's league. A Joint session of the public utili ties boards of Ohio, Illinois and Indi ana is to be held at Indianapolis to dav to consider the request of the railroads for an increase of 15 cents' a ton in interstate coal freight rates. Hundreds of descendants of Jona than Fairbanks, who came from Eng land in 1636 and settled in the town of Dedham, Mass., are to gather at the old Fairbanks homestead at Ded ham today for the annual reunion of the Fairbanks family in America. in 1907 "it was more autocratic than Russia." Did the teacher in 19u7 pass that statement by with the same em phasis as this: "Gladstone contended mainly for two things: Peace and righteousness between the nations." CLARENCE W. KELSO. ' ' End of Monopoly. Omaha, Aug. 20. To the Editor of The Bee: In Joining the allies the United States has undertaken the greatest proposition that ever taxed Its resources and energies. If we do not succeed the world will relapse into feudalism; there will be nothing left worth fighting for and nothing worth living for; the aspira tions of all liberty-loving peoples will be crushed by the Iron hand of au tocracy. If we do succeed the last vestige of feudalism and militarism will be destroyed. Disarmament will logically follow; nations will no longer be obliged to keep the flower of their population idle to prevent invasion. These are the blessings that will come to all the belligerents even those who are now ignorantly fighting on the wrong side. Defeat will prove as great a blessing to the central powers as Victory to the allies, because it will mean democracy for the entire world. Even the unspeakable Turk will have to become decent or die. The United States for generations has had nominally a free government, but practically it has been a financial aristocracy. Since the civil war the giant evil of 'this country has been monopoly against which all laws thus far enacted have miserably failed. There is no power on earth that can suppress an unwritten ."gentlemen's agreement," which may be Just as ef fective as a regularly incorporated mo nopoly. Such agreements no civil law, no possible measure in time of peace, can reach. The president, un der the war power, Is to fix prices. If the president does his duty there will be the greatest industrial and commer cial revolution " the world ever saw. Prices will tumble like chestnuts and hickory nuts after a frost. The war will not be all sacrifice and bereave ment. While the mother tearfully kisses her boy goodby perhaps never to see him again-she will be comforted with the thought that while the president calls on her to sacrifice her boy he will bring down prices so as to feed, clothe and keep warm the younger children, which she has not War therefore, is not an unmixed evil. If the people once got a taste of Just prices it will seal the doom of monopoly! They will never go back to the old way. The government will stand between the producer and the consumer and do Justtcft-to each The "middleman" will be eliminated as a parasite on industry. Let us go into this war cheerfully and fight to a fin ish. D. C. JOHN. Blame on Aristocracy. Chadron, Neb., Aug. 17. To: the Editor of The Bee: The recent great flurry in Chicago over a spelling book which contained an article on the Ger man kaiser brings up another inter ested phase of the text book question.' In one of the recent " Issues of the History Teachers' Magazine several articles present very clearly the man ner In which the minds cf young American citizens have been poisoned against England. Now this statement needs explana tion, of course. But, back of it all, have la)e teachers made clear to the pupils the great difference of two great divisions in England? One division since 1100 A. D. has. created a feu dal system by cornering all the landed wealth; the other section, at first tin der the dictation of lords and princes, body and soul, and only painfully forc ing control. Ah! here it is where the teacher can show a lesson to her pu pils of great significance, the tremen dous evils of a wealthy aristocracy. Was it the ideals of Burke, Chatham or Gladstone which would have crushed the United States?" Bring the bdlum to where it really belongs. An other of the stains of divine right. Of course, the aristocrats could force their tools to fight for them as Ed ward II dragged some "commoners" to crush the liberty of Scotland.' Let the teacher in the "words of the his torian. Cowan, show' that 'Lord "North" knew that the independence of Amer ica was intertwined with the fate of John Wilkes and all his case- stood fOr. ' In the case of the' war of 1812 it is well to proceed sl0 ,Ttio:many stu dents form the impression that after France made peace In 1799. it rer jBpected our rights; West's American 4iistory, pages 422-430, gives quite an other view of the matter. Especially does he trace the charge "impress ment," which space forbids here. Again the above history shows the -part the landed aristocracy played in permittin?the abuses upon American commerce. Let us hope that the spelling- book is not all. Let us hope that t young people leam that the heart of the common people Deats in unison in every clime and the "natural foe of liberty" is found In the aristocrats, ir responsible to the people.. Germany was a constitutional monarchy, but In the words of the historian, West, 1000 Rooms 700 with Batk A cuisine which has made the Astor New York's leading Banqueting place. SingleBoum.withoatbatb, - $2.50 and 13.00 Double (3.50 and $4.00 Single Rooms, with balh, $3.50 to 16.00 Double $4.50 to $7.00 Parlor, Bfd room and bath, $10.00 to $14.00 Timet Square At Broadway, 44th to 45th Streets the center of New York's social and business activities. In close proximity to all railway terminals. Locomotive Auto Oil The best oil we know 55c Per Gallon TheL hoIasOil Company GRAIN EXCHANGE BLDu Vru(JtnL Flaming Mass of Pjm- nlac fin f mn 'mrl Montr ir:A is. r: mill sarzi.n ,. uiww wis i Mvv '; tching Burning Terri ble. Cuticura Healed. 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