Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, August 29, 1921, Page 4, Image 4
THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1821. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY TBI BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NCUON B. VTDltt, PuMUa.r ing our landing field are entitled to public sup port, just as are those who are bringing the avi ators of the nation here for exhibition flights. MKMBCJt Or THE ASSOCIATED TRESS tk iwHH Pwaa, af Uoa n Bm H mmtm. to hiatraty aUtM I Ik lot mnbUmUo of ail M dla aimai anaim B r wuww anaiim w tan nn. u ah Ik teal BuHWMd kwria. AH rttttt t lap. Uattlaa T rax Tb OmM Sai la MBbM of Ik Aoolt Bona at On tottea, Ik rwaaalial aattattt M dtouUttoa adalta. BEE TELEPHONES Prtwl BraMfe Bwhwn. A tat AT Untie 1000 Ik PaanaMat ar rrm WmM 1 VW Far Nlikt CmM Attar 10 P. M. BOtMtal BmrMMM ATluu 111 t 1941 OPTICES Or THE BEE Mau Offmi ink aaa hiua Ootl Muffl SM rtiu An. I tMtk K4a 4IJ Boatfe S4tk OuI-WTwb OlfiCM Xa To) IN rink Am I WiitlkHN Hll 0 . lilt Wrlflw B1S I PMi. P't BiM Bt Hobon The Bee's Platform 1. Nw Uaioa Puiuw Statioa. 2. CoBtina) imprTat f tk N bra.k Highways, laelveUag tk pv meat f Mala Thoruhfara Itadiag iato 0W wltk Brlk Surf e. 3. A abort, lowraU Waterway from lh Cora Bait to tha AHaatia Ocaaa. 4. Homa Rata Charter far Omaha, with Cily Maaagar farna af Geyaramaat. Holding the Home Market. When the congress comes together after its midsummer recess, it is understood that the rev enue measure will be pushed ahead of the tariff bill, which is now in the senate committee's hands. More of pressing interest is felt in taxa tion than in protection; this is not a sign that the republican leaders are in a mood to abandon tariff revision, or to remodel the Underwood law on the basis of free trade. Chief of arguments raised against the pro tective tariff policy of the republican party is the need of extending our export trade. Its advocates, by some strange process of reason ing, have seemingly convinced themselves that a foreign market is to be preferred to the home. Dr. Albert Shaw touches the point in his com ment: .: ( Foreign trade is desirable for the United States, as also it is desirable for France; but foreign trade should be incidental, rather than vital. Underlying our tariff policy is the be lief that the United States should continue to prefer the home market. The argument for this policy would be overwhelming, but for ' the exceptional conditions of the past seven , years, in consequence of which we have be come a creditor nation on a vast scale and must open our markets to. foreign goods or else greatly weaken the hope of ever collect ing a tithe of what Europe owes us. The proposition thus stated is plain enough. If we collect from Europe, it will be at the ex pense of surrendering our nome market, the richest in the world, to Europe. A day's work for a foreign workman is to be provided at the expense of a day's idleness for one of our own. Only thus, it is contended, will Europe ever be able to pay the debt due on account of the war. It may turn out otherwise. If Germany is ex pected to pay $33,000,000,000 of indemnity with no especial favors in the trade of the world, it r does not seem unreasonable that in time our debtors may find the means of paying up at least "t portion of the money due us. Should it .develop that those nations which Owe us money cannot settle unless it be at the expense of our own industries and commerce, it will be better that we forego the collection. Home industry and home market go together; one cannot' be divorced from the other. We will always have a, surplus of output to go abroad, but that surplus should not be created until every domestic need is satisfied, and not by allowing foreign wares to be sold to the disadvantage of our own manufacturers. Foreign trade should continue to be inci dental, for the home market wilt remain vital as long as our country continues prosperous. Europeans may or may not pay their debts, but if they do " it must not be out of American pockets or to the disadvantage of American pay rolls. Back of the Erzberger Death. German domestic politics are certain to be disturbed to some extent by the assassination of Mathias Erzberger. The republic is not so firmly established that it is beyond danger, but reason enough is apparent to support the con clusion that the German people will not return without a struggle to monarchic! control. Which of several groups that might profit by the re movat of the former cabinet minister is to finally bear the onus of his taking off is not disclosed as yet. What is certain is that at the moment Germany is governed by minority president, and the coalition - which controls the reichstag is precariously put together and might be shat tered by even a lesser blow than the murder of a leader. Conflicting elements will surely try to take advantage of the situation thus created, and demonstrations are expected, yet the government as it exists will probably draw the support of groups not now allied with the socialist combine, and in that way develop the strength necessary to check any tendency of the reactionaries to gain control The next few days will be worth watching, for they will probably mean much to jthe future of Germany. Hub of the Sky. In the most casual manner the arrival here fcy air of a cross-continent tourist is mentioned in the news columns. Having purchased an air plane in New York for his personal use, he is flying home to San Francisco in company with jtwo mechanics. Omaha already is such a center of aviation that this party was able to drop down from the clouds without attracting much more attention than if it had come by train or by fcutomobile. At the landing field out by the Ak-Sar-Ben grounds airplanes are constantly coming and go ing. . From oat in the state men frequently fly bete, and 'the arrival and departure of the air mail is a daily occurrence. For all its everyday ate, air travel baa not yet become so common place that the imagination is not touched by the eight of the winged machines or by the crackle of the motor, and on a Sunday a crowd of spec fetors is always on hand at the big field. Omaha has a better start toward becoming aa aviation center than has any other western city. The time will come when every city will provide a nesting place for these birds of pas sage, and those who have pioneered in develop- Good "Off-Year" Politics. As no election is held in Nebraska this year, the supposition natural to most folks would be that all should enjoy themselves, especially dur ing the dog day season, berating the weather man, swapping fish tales and wondering what would have happened had not the government taken the course it did. Surcease from the an noyance of political debate was sought when the annual election was abolished in this state. The happy relief thus anticipated does not sit well on some of the enthusiasts, who feel the urge to keep things from stagnating. Therefore we are now being regaled with accounts of the dire disaster that impends, just for the reason that Nebraska is broke, and can't pay its debts, and this ts all due to the fact that the governor has tried to save some money by putting a check on expenditures. All of which would be important if true. Ne braska is not "broke," and in no danger of going broke. If Governor McKelvie enforces his rule debts, will meet all obligations, and will not have to cease any of its reasonable activities. Thaf warrants may, be used is probable, but this has been done before, and the state has survived the experience. A possible remedy against the inconvenience that exists because of the time of which requires the quarterly apportionment of funds and the retention of a 10 per cent balance, instead of bankruptcy the state will move into the easy condition of having a balance on hand at the end of the biennium, and not a deficit, as used to be the case when the democrats had control. The hubbub and dust-kicking performance of the democrats may amuse them, and even may mislead a few who do; not stop to think the matter out. Nebraska will continue to pay' its tax collection can be provided by the legislature at any session, but probably will not be, because it is so simple no statesman will inflate a repu tation by looking after it. And the democrats will still have conniption fits over everything the republicans do while in or out of office. For Better Rural Schools. A unified school system which will insure the same close supervision of rural education that is had in the cities is a desirable goal, and the plan announced by the agricultural bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce is worthy of consideration by parents and teachers in the country districts of Nebraska. Consolidation by which the inadequate one-room school houses are supplanted by one centrally located and larger building undoubtedly represents the most advanced system of rural education, and this plan has been adopted in many parts of the state, although it has made more progress in Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri, Iowa and Indiana. Ultimately all the iso'ated school districts will come to consolidation, but until that time arrives, such improvements as can be made ought to be pushed. The expense of erecting a large educational center is not prohibitive, although it holds back many districts. Yet the advantages of the unified school are so obvious that in time it seems certain that all forward looking com munities will adopt the system. The Dresel-Rosen Treaty Answer to Selling Agents of the Versailles Pact la Emphatic 4 Save the Children. -'-' Parents will . endorse with gratitude the waVning to motorists to resume the custom of going slow in passing schools. In a little more than a week, September 6, classes will resume and mothers anxiously will watch their chil dren thread their way past street cars and au tomobiles. Some of them go carelessly along, romping and running in the face of danger, full of active spirits and without the fear that comes with experience; When a careless driver speeds into the vi cinity of a school, accidents may be expected. Many little children will be making their first Unaccompanied trips and every precaution must be taken to assure their safety. In some schools where most of the children have to pass the street car tracks or heavily traveled highways it may be advisable for the teachers to form them in ranks and lead them across. Parents and teachers have a duty as well as have the motorists, and no possible means of instilling a sense of prudence into the children should be neglected. Somehow, those West Virginia mountaineers do not seem to fit in with modern industrial methods. It is quite a question whether they are radically in advance of their times or merely have fallen behind in the isolation of the hills. For the most part these men are pure blooded descendants of revolutionary stock, and many of their customs and ideas are those of colonial days. Hot weather and "hootch" proved too po tent a combination for an Argonne veteran, who may' count himself lucky that he fell-into the hands of a sober man of good sense. Not every amateur highwayman fares so well. Miami, Fla., to which city William Jennings Bryan transferred his residence from Lincoln, Neb., has just elected a city government com posed entirely of bankers. What do you make of that? A lot of perfectly lovely women will feel that it was a pity the American woman who says her worst privation in a Russian prison was having no cigarets was not left there a while longer. The sea gulls which have flown inland and are cleaning the grasshoppers out of North Da kota fields brought no mann, but the effect is just the same. No one would have thought about Mary Pickford's age if she had not begun talking about always retaining her youth. Perhaps the Oregon senator who was ar rested for speeding was only the victim of try ing to pile up his mileage. Governor McKelvie's $5 expense item ought tb be embalmed with "Jim" Dahlman's city automobile. The Russian reds want it, distinctly under stood that hunger is not a sign of repentence. Who Threw It? Kerensky says that,' economically speaking, Russia has gone back to the year 1613. That is to say, it is possible to throw away in three years all that you have gained in three centuries. Cleveland Plain Dealer. (From the Boston Transcript) The successful negotiation of a separate treaty of peace between the United States and Germany gives the lie to the propaganda anent the impossibility of such a consummation that descended upon the American people when the treaty of Versailles was before them. A large majority of the metropolitan newspapers of this and other sections aided and abetted fcngland, Japan, et a!., in assuring America that Germany would never consent to such a treaty and that Germany's refusal would result in the forfeiture of everything to which America was entitled by the terms of the armistice or any agreements based upon those terms. Coupled with this threat was an attempt to shame the American people into approving the ratification of the Versailles treaty by addressing to them the argument that to enter into a "separate" treaty with Germany would be to "desert" our associates in the con flict and prove faithless to the memory of our immortal dead. And this insult to Yankee in telligence was pressed in the face of the fact that our associates in the war had themselves negotiated, signed and ratified a separate treaty with Germany, without making its effectiveness in any way dependent upon America's ratifica tion. In other words, our people were told by the "selling agents" of the Versailles treaty that Germany would not make a separate treaty with the United States, and that even if it would, it could not, because England, Japan, et a!., would not permit it to do so, and that if it would and could, the United States would be outlawed from the company of the decent by making such a treaty. The trick failed. The senate of the United States under the leadership of a brave and loyal minority at whose head stood Henry Cabot Lodge refused to be bluffed or bulldozed, shamed or intimidated into giving the senate's constitutional advice and consent to the ratihca tion of an infamous bargain that not only vio lated in many particulars the terms of the armistice, but violated at many and vital, points the self-respect, the conscience and the common sense of the people of the United States. Massachusetts has taken no small part in saving the United States from the trap set at Versailles. It was at a mass meeting of Massa chusetts citizens in Boston that the f t resolu tion in condemnation of that treaty was adopted It was under the leadership of a man from Mas sachusetts that the senate saved the nation by repudiating that treaty, and made its repudiation the issue upon which the great and solemn ref erendum" of 1920 turned. Massachusetts was the only state both of whose senators, although of opposite political parties, opposed from the first the unconditional ratification of the. Ver sailles treaty. When the congress adopted a resolution of peace ending the technical state of war, a man from Massachusetts signed it on be half of the senate, and a man from Massachu setts signed it on behalf of the house. Now, when to the United States has come the exclu sive distinction of signing its own victorious treaty of peace on its own terms in the German capital, again it is a Massachusetts man who affixes his signature on behalf and in the name of the government and people of the United states. Our Debt to Nature Sitting by the open fire one reflects upon the days and months and years of sunshine and all the wondrous alchemy of nature embodied in the logs that break into dancing flame, or glowing in the pictured embers as the fire dies down to graying ashes. Or perhaps it is coal, and one's thoughts run back to the ages when saurians splashed among the trunks and foliage and now pour forth as it were "canned sunlight" for hu man creatures of today. In a country home one reads by the oil lamp, maybe little reflecting that this fuel, too, was made in time inconceivably remote; that he is drawing on nature's savings of stored-up carbon. Or one turns on the ready current of elec tricity, and if he thinks about it at all takes it for granted as a manufactured essence, little re garding the fact that this, too, is only a different form of the same thing nature s stored-up sun shine turned to power and sent to him over a wire. Likely as not the reader gives no thought to what is added now the labor of men in mine and power house. J- , And in the warmth of the fire and by the light of the lamp he reads. Stored fifel again. Service of men again. Prophets and kings, poets and saints, artists and philosophers and tellers of tales decades and centuries dead but still speaking to anyone who will listen. One who reflects upon these things in the comfort and radiance of his fireside, if he be of humble and grateful mind, will look up from his reading, glance into the fire where nature is pouring forth her hoard for him, and offer his gratitude in the familiar: "Forgive us our debts. -Is ew York Evening Post. A Field for Education The New York Commercial remarks that an important element in reconstruction should be making the American public more "investment minded" and says that, although the average man needs to be interested and informed about in vestments, the language used by the financial world to accomplish that object is well devised to puzzle the public and even leaves its own fol lowers uncertain. Doubtless there is truth in what the Commercial says. There was much talk during the war that the great popular sales of government bonds would teach better invest ment habits and there must be some truth in that theory, but the people certainly have a great deal to learn which that experience did not teach them. No persuasive agent was needed to con vince Americans that the bonds of their own government were good. They bought them without inquiry and learned nothing about how to judge the value of other forms of security. Since .then it has been discovered that a great many of the purchasers are too ignorant or too negligent to turn in their temporary bonds for permanent bonds or even to collect interest when it is due. With such facts before them financial men do not lack proof that there is a large field for educational work. Detroit Free Press. "The Time of His Life." It is hard to imagine one whose nature is so mean and poor whatever his wealth in dollars may be that he can be happy in the froth and frivol of what is called polite society, and never look beyond "the thousand nothings of the hour" to the everlasting purpose of man's life on earth. The loafer thinks he is having "the time of his life;" and all the while the time of his life is slipping away from him, as the sand runs in an hour-glass, and it is the very thing that moment by moment he is losing. At last there may come when it is too late the bitter retrospect, when he says: "My days on earth are gone and what have I to show?" He has not truly lived at all. He had his fling and he made a splash of a kind, but the last ripples are already gone, and nothing remains but to write an epitaph for one who had his chance and wasted it; whose coming and go ing have made no difference. We were put on a plane above the brutes that we might lead a higher life than these, and not merely feed and play and quarrel and sleep. Our lives were given us in trust; we have a charge to keep, an account to render; and the time is short. Philadelphia Public Ledger. ' ; One of Life's Mysteries. Why are mails carrying bills always on time and those carrying checks always late? Excel sior Springs (Moj Call. How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS QuMtton CMcaratng hyftan, aanlta tUa and provaatiaa af diaaaaa, ua mltUd to Dr. Evaaa by raadara af Th Baa, wiU b anawaraj paraaaally, ubjact to propar limitation, wh.r. a atanpod, aidr.d anvalop ia an claaad. Or. Evana will Bat auka diaf nosl or praacrib lor individual dltaaM. Addraas Icttara ia eara ol Tha Baa. Copyright, 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evan. LESS BEER: LESS SUNSTROKE In the vicinity where this is writ ten we have passed through a very hot sunstroke season without having the expected amount or sunsirone. The season ia about over and the number of deaths from sunstroke In Chicago is about 23. The number of i'hxm of sunstroKe treated in tiro .niintv innltal WAS 10. wi"llJ " ' : . . In the wea.aer was very noi and the number of deaths from sun t..ni, uim rss The number of cases treated in Cook county hos- yuat vtao a - Meyer, medical superintendent ana assistant warden, who aa the result of his experience in that year wrote a valuable paper on sunstroke. i ii.lv 101ft. the number of deaths was 241. In July, 1921, it was 19. The weather bureau informs me thaf TnnA ifl2l. had an average temperature or degrees aooe tha Tinrmnl. That Of July WBS 8.8 ,1.1...., fthnvA normal, and that o July was the warmest on record, It broke all records. Up to .ne lime the information was finished August was runnintr a fraction of a degree below the mean. The July ranking next in heat to that of 1921 was that of 1916. Why k frnm rtp.lthl in 1916 tO about 23 in 1921? A part of it and a big part la flue to me reiauveiy consumed in the summer of 1921. In the old days tho worKingman drank beer from time to time to sat- i.h, 1,1. .hl-cr Tn 1918 I dubbed sunstroke "beerstroke," and I was right. Not tnat au sun6irone is uuo to beer, however. T annard Hill who WriteS aUUlOrl- .uwiim.v. - -, tatlvely on the subject, says the deaths in tne macK noiu w nnmmnnlv laid tn carbonic acid were due to heat stroke. He says a hot, moist atmospnenc nei with a wet bulb temperature ap oivim.t.iv that fit the human body i very apt to result in heat stroke. However, such conditions are very rarely met with in the open air. If oi sHii unit the men are rea sonably quiet heat stroke conditions are met witn wnen me wi Thermometer registers 88 to 90. If the air 13 Diowing at uw mil., an hour the wet bulb temperature must reach 93 to cause in rioinar hard muscle work he becomes subject to heat stroke when tne wei ouiu tem perature records 80. In New York rim mi a are met when the temperature reaches 89 and the humiaity bb. wnen m " jo nut end dry no one is subject to heat stroke, except those whose sweat ing mechanism is insufficient or who are exhausted. Mnn tmrif In their susceDtibility to heat. Intemperance contributes greatly to tne jaugue oi ue ""i regulating apparatus. In that way i. iaw.m ttin threshold for heat stroke. Were there to be absolute prohibition no moonshine, no boot legging and no home brew a hot season such as that of June-July, 1921, would result in some cases of fatal sunstroke. But when the work hia thirst with wa ter end there is no more rushing the growler or BucKets or. oeer wun raui load.not even a record breaking July win rennit in anv trreat number of heat prostrations. Quit Trying Stunts. ; co in or out when the breath is drawn in? nor aoouc iwo yeuro, nhii, nilliimr T nrniilred the habit of inhaling for four, eight, to 10 steps and exnaung in me u"! amount. Lately whenever I would .... i. Av,n,,. via fr,ni.tti sir fifth time I would have pains in my stomach and a feeling in my bowels as if they were full of Kas. or become confused and dizzy. A friend said I was breathing wrong, -i am not snw could do tnat. REPL.Y. All ,.. r ViraathinC atimta have AU DVll. J been devised and advocated. As a nle there is no narm in taxing up ,itvi thiu farla Tn Vniir case you seem to strain or stretch something and pains result, xnereiore you nau hotter- milt hroathinir vour man-made way and go back to the nature way. The breathing apparatus work au tomatically, wnen tne iiaauea iireu mn.a nvvfron worrl fa. tp.lfi?r&.Dhed tO the breathing muscles and the in spirations are deeper or faster. When they need less oxygen a mes- ca.ro in that offont is Kent, the 1 111128 and the inspirations become fewer or more snaiiow. ins manner 01 hm.ihhi, u whniiv hpvnn.i rnnrroi of the will, except for stretches of a w, nut. rtr art I nflrpinrH flu I1UL worry because you have forgotten r,.a. hroatho nr think vnn have. DM T.orlv Ma turn is mnnaelntr the Job and will not let you ntop breath ing on the one hand or mess the job on tne otner. He Should Bo Examined. imvo a v writ p hpr husband Is fnimrl tr. ho nhvalrallv nerfect bv .ll.l.M ,V I' ' J ovnmlnera hut In unable to carry Oil any business or do any work. At one time he was an active, energetic an. but now ne Decomes compwe- exhausted when he does any work. "Could he have hookworm? Will you tell me of a good nooK worm medicine? Is it safe?" REPLY. Chenooodium or wormseed la the best hookworm medicine, though thymol is good. No hookworm med- 1rlno Blwnva aafe Da not glVO hookworm medicine unless examina tion of the stools shows tnat to De hi trouble. He should ue exam ined for organic disease and for hookworm. If none is found the diagnosis probably is neurasthenia or psychasthenic. Treatment of these conditions of nerves is more matter of training tnan it is or taking medicine. CENTER SHOTS. when via finallv arrive at "nor malcy" the Germans will be there to receive us. Columbia Record. A ouestlon of Mr. Edison, "In what has the supreme court shown itself supreme?" Nashville Banner. At the present rate tne u. a. a. may start foodlng Canada with moonshine liquor at any moment.' Nashville Tennessean. The soviet will not lie on the bed it has made, if it can lie out of it. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. Trnanna rFattvl Arhuckle has tWO motor para. Why not get a truck. Roscoe? Arkansas Gazette. Aa It anrvova the nations of the earth, China is prone to regard them as consisting of itnelf and a lot of transients. Anacosta Standard. A nermanent tariff is one drafted to last until the next election. Rock Island Argus. Breaking the buyers' strike re quires a little more business acu men than last year's popular sport of breaking the buyers Hartford Times. Bettor Babies' Bill Unconstitutional. Silver Creek, Neb., Aug. 24 To the Editor of The Bee: In your edition of August 23, you defend congressman JefrerU and other con gressmen fend senators against at tacks made upon them because of a lack of enthusiasm for the "good babies" t h e Towner-Shepard ma ternity bill, and because they hesi tate in coming to ita support, setting up that the bill would create an ex pense that ought properly to be borne by the states and would be a dangerous centralization of power in the hands of the government at Washington. But your defense are not good, in fact they are worse than worth less. For their hesitancy, it is not possible to make any valid defense and they merit unqualified condem nation, each and every one of them. Without any possible question the Towner-Shepard bill is an unconsti tutional measure, and I do not be lieve there is one single congressman or senator who thinks there is In the constitution one syllable of warrant or authority for supporting it. The bill Is an invasion of the reserved powers of the states. But congress men and senators are sworn to sup port the constitution and to ask one of them to support auch a measure would be to aak him to violate hia oath of office. In such a case the man who hesitates ia already damned. . The answer should be in stant and indignant refusal, even at the certain cost of defeat at the next election. It was a bad augury for the future when the first important act of the women after gaining the right of suffrage was to ask congress to enact into law an unconstitutional meas ure. Your point, however, that the gov ernment at Washington ought not to be saddled with the expense of caring 'for babies and expectant mothers is, in itself, well taken, and in the same spirit and for the best of reasons you might very properly have demanded that no appropria tion whatever should hereafter be made in pursuance of the rennire. menta of state-aid laws, frr- they ar all unconstitutional t-vtry one of them. CHARLES WOOSTEr THE SPICE OF LIFE. botharad h. Wtt always Inqulrln about tha pomlblllty of eclnj a whale. A down tlmea a day he besought him to hava her called If one hova in sight. , ..i?1'. mad,am " tho captain asked her rather impatiently, after long suff.rlna in ''nc,' why ra you so eager to aee a "CaDtaln." h n.MA . . . In lit la to see a whale blubber. It must b V,rv lmn....li. . . .w w.wh aucn an enormous creature cry." Harper' Mag-aslne. uhucioi.hu iimi your DOy JOSn is Interested in perpetual motion." "Yes," replied Farmer Hawbuck, "and I m kfnrlai. .nrnnr.u1 Ka.. i. . i . for a while that the only thins Josh wii interested In was perpetual rest." Bos ton Transcript. Has Bobble been eatina- ' between meals?" "Bobble has no between meals." Life. "I heaf Charlie's" on Ma Test again." "Yes. poor boy. his creditors looIc hia car." Sydney Bulletin. "What age would you say I was. young Ir? "Half of what you really are. dear lady." Sans -Gene (Parla). A Full Sharer Do you share your husband's sorrows? 'Yes. hs blames me for everything. Louisville Courier-Journal, . Harlequin Artists say that five feet four Inches Is the divine height for women, sweetest. Columbine un, out i m live teei six inches. Marleouln foulckly) Oh. but your mora than divine! Sydney Bulletin. Ebert Pledges Aid to Establish Trade Relations President of Germany Says Signing of Peace Treaty With United States Happy Event for People. By DONALD STONE. Chicago TrltMoa Cable, t'oayright list. Berlin. Aug. .28. it is nappy event tor ua that uermany nas once mnrm arrivarl at a state of DflCC With America." said President Ehert of the German republic, in an exclu sive interview granted to the Chicago Tribune on the subject ot tne sign ing of the peace treaty between the two nations. "Germany and America m peace maintain ri rinse and imoortant ecO' nnmii, ralatinna and communications which became especially .lively through numerous bonds of kinship and friendship created by the large cmiflrratton of Germans to Amer ica "We hope that hese vital economiq and personal bonds will again re sume their former magnitude and (hat thev will contribute to the wel fare of both areat nations. What ever can be accomplished by the Carman ffnvfmmpnt and mvself per sonally to atain this object, will be fulfilled." In this interview President Ebert, wtin will m down in fame in Ger many as the first president of the re public, came out ot a long reiTemcm and expressed his unquestionable confidence in the security of the Orman reoublic. outlinir.K its achievements in the two years since the democraic constituion was adopted at Weimer and at the same time insisting that the entente naa marl life verv hard for democracy in Germany in the same two years. ana. a a AS Keceivea in umce. T was rrivrl hv the nrffsirlent in ri wnrkinor nftirr at hia Willielm- strasse home, which was formerly the palace ot the nonenroiiern chamberlain. His short, stocky fig- iro mil rlnminatprl hv a cental and expansive face which, as he stepped from behind his desk with his hand extended in welcome, was lighted up by a broad, expressive smile. President Kbert, although a major ity socialist, regards himself primar ily sc the rpnrpsentative of all trrouos of the German nation. He has felt that his most important task is to unite all the democratic elements which are ready to co-operate in the work of reconstruction and the re storation of peace and security. With few preliminaries and with out reservation, he answered sim ply and directly, all the questions put to him. Outlining the growth and development of the democratic re publican spirit he said: "Following : our military . break down, the German people, with com paratively few exceptions, counted on a democratic government as the only hope for a bearable peace and the possibility of saving Germany. The former government system had gone bankrupt. This hope was no self-induced illusion, but was justi fied by all the expressions of en tente war aims and the American slogan for democracy, "Wre accepted the armistice on the basis of President Wilson's 14 points, but the peace treaty following was a great disappointment to Germans of all classes and a blow to demcracy. Reactin which for a tong time was afraiad to raise its head came into the open again, taking advantage of all the difficulties placed in the path of the young republic by the peace treaty. "The reactionaries are trying to make the present democratic system and the present democratic govern ment responsible for all of Germany's difficulties. Nevertheless, at the pres ent time, the great majority of peo ple, from the workers to the middle classes, unquestionably favor the re public." Replying to my question as to what was his estimate of the most valuable accomplishments of the German republic, President Ebert said: "Democracy has been introduced into the state and into the counties down the whole line. The introduc tion of the Weimar constitution says: "'The united German people, animated by a desire to rebuild and to strengthen their country in free dom and justice, to preserve interior and foreign peace, and to support so cial progress, have given themselves this constitution,' Women Have Full Rights. "In fact, the people have decided on all matters. Women are men's equals politically; they have the same rights and all professions are open to them. "The greatest advantages secured by democracy have been in the field of social legislation. We have se cured an eight-hour ,day for workers in all fields. The law for workmen's councils creates a sort of constitu tion for all plants. Other achieve ments in the same field are govern ment relief for the unemployed, for young mothers and babies, scttlcl ments for city workers and govern ment control for homing arrange ments to meet the extra housing needs. "The most remarkable improve ment hat been secured for agricul tural laborers, who have been grant ed an average of an eight-hour work ing day, and like the men in the industrial plants, all working condi- tions are settled by tariff agree ments. "Poltically, the greatest achieve ment has been the success in main taining the unity of the German na tion, which has been saved through the loyalty of the German workmen who appreciate the value of the new democracy. This was especially seen in the plebiscites in North Schles- wig, East Prussia and upper Sil Ten Criminal Cases Are Tried in Gage County Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 28. (Spe cial.) Ten criminal cases, most of them violators of the liquor law, were disposed of in the district court last week by Judge Colby. Otis Wright of Filley and Em Darwin of Beatrice joined this group Saturday when the court fined them $10 and costs each. Two of the criminal cases included paroles to . 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