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Th 3 Morning Bee , ’ MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BLE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. H. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tie Associated Press, of which The Hew ia a rrerflber. Is exclusively entitled t« the use fro reimhliratfon fit alt of* * dispatches credited to it or net oi!icrvu?e crcdl d in thla paper, and also the local news published herein. Ail rights of rcpubliratlons of our special dispatches are alio reserved. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department at UBt‘ or rdrson Wanted. For Night Calls After ID P. M: n 1 16 Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1012. 1000 OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs - - - IB Scott St. So. Side. N. W. lor. 24th and N New York—28fi Fifth Avenue WasHtngton - 4!2 Star Hldg. Chicago - . 1720 Stegcr llidg. THE GOVERNOR LOSES THE FIRST ROUND. There can be little doubt that the Mathers bill will 4>e sent to Governor Bryan for his approval or disapproval. The first trial of strength in the house showed a majority of nine for the proposal to con solidate six state departments in four and place them under the charge of state officials already elected. This measure, advanced on the legislative cal endar to third reading by a vote of 54 to 45, has still some distance to go. It appears certain that the house will pass it, however, and then it will be ubraitted to the senate. ' \ TJiis plan for reorganizing the government of .'ffe State is essentially a compromise. In the house the choice lay between the complicated and un \viel<$y Bryan code and the bills drawn by Repre sentative T. B. Dysart’s committee and amended by Speaker A. X. Mathers. In the senate choice will lay between the Mathers-Dysart plan and the pres ent |ystem. spirit of fairness is evidenced by the house ma jority which referred-Jiack both the Bryan and the Dyswt proposals, outside of the key bills, so that the committee might choose the host features of each. ’£he situation is complicated by the possibility thattihe governor will veto any bill except his own. A feV democratic votes would be necessary to give slxtjtfvotes in the house required to pass any meas ure fever his veto. Public opinion, which is tired of this endles3 controversy, will not endorse demo crat^ efforts to bring about a deadlock which would hold the legislature in session long beyond the usual time for adjournment. A. Brown, who throughout the dispute has rnairiiained an attitude completely devoid of par tisanship, declares now in his newspaper, the Kear ney Huh, that Speaker Mathers “has offered a per fectly simple, rational, constitutional and workable planp without thought of political advantage any where and with no other end in view than cutting the state government entirely free from bureau ’ crati$ influences and tendencies.'’ Although Mr. Brc\*n up to this time had advocated the Bryan •codej now he calls on both parties in the legislature to consider the Mathers plan without bias. This same change of opinion is noticeable every where in the state. The postcard campaign of Gov ernor Bryan in which the people we asked to buy a pig in a poke and endorse whatever plan he ad vanced, was not worth a cent. Some unknown per sons even went to the length of having postcards printed and distributed for the convenience of citi f sens who were asked to mail them to their legislators 'insisting on blind acquiescence to the governor's will. But the whole machine-made propaganda fell flat, arousing little public response. The governor, however, has gone ahead just as If his new code were certain to be put in operation. Within the last two days he has made three ap pointments, at a total expense to the taxpayers of $11,000 a year, to offices that would not exist if any plan but his own should be adopted. Roy Cochran of North Platte has been appointed deputy secretary of public works. Grant L. Shumway of Scottsbluff he made deputy secretary of agriculture. And now he has named George Hall, defeated demo cratic candidate for state treasurer, to be deputy secretary of finance. Under the Mather* plan the •efcretary of public, works would perform the duties assigned to Mr. Cochran, and without any addition to the payroll. The present state auditor would head the finance department, and the secretary of state would man age the department of agriculture. None of the I Bryan appointees would be needed under the Math ers system. Moreover, the heads of these combined departments would choose their own assistants. 1 he Bryan code would place the governor at the head of all departments and bureaus, and allow him to make all appointments without the consent of the senate or the advice of any one. Such inexplicable movements by the governor add to the confusion at Lincoln. He appears to have adopted purely an obstructive course. The duty of the legislative branch is to clear up all doubt as quickly as possible, to consider the Mathers plan, at, Mr. Brown says, “without partisan bias,” to dis pose of all other needed legislat on and go home. TRADE SCHOOL FOR "COPPERS '' fiimaha is about to have a school for its po ' licemen, in which they will be taught the finesse [ of their profession. A lot of folks feel that all the equipment a policeman needs is a strong back and a weak mind, but this is far from the truth. When a policeman is properly trained and equipped for : bis vocation, he is a pretty well informed citizen. A good policeman ought to know mo« oi me c ri initial rode, so he can understand the nature of any crime with which he may come into contact. He should know human nature, too, for he is called upon to do more things for blundering humanity than any other member of the community. He must( know the streets of the city better than the di rectory or the telephone book, and be nn expert on traffic rules as well as the habits of the folks who live or do business on his brat. When he gets these things down pat, and ha* become proficient, in first aid and how to resuscitate the drowned, the suffocated, the electrically shocked, and can run a motorcycle, a fire truck, n street car or drive a team, he is ready for hi* master's course in the gentle art of being a policeman. This con sists of keeping his temper under any and nil con ditions. To arrest.a lighting prisoner without using undua force, to know how to quiet a drink or drug crazed maniac, to do any one of the myriad of lit tle things that fall to his lot day by day, and w.th out giving any offense to any taxpayer or sojourner, is the real finesse of the policeman’s craft. Omaha has always been well served by her pn lice force, quarreling politicians to the contrary notwithstanding In the training school to be set up the men will be polished off. ami made the more efficient, because they will get a better understand ing of their dutU- and the obligation they arc under, ft. fnkes a real man to be a "copper" nowadays, and ' Omaha wants the best. THE MAINSPRING OF PROGRESS. How much wiser or better can the actions of a group be than those of the individuals who com pose it? In the iase of mobs hysteria reduces the general level to that of the worst members. It is doubtful if any organization, from a club to nation, ever lises above the standards set by individuals who compose it. Herbert Hoover makes the point, in his articles now being published in The Omaha Bee, that the progress of America depends on the individual men 1 and women, not on this or that organization or party. As each one develops within himself the spirit of 1 democracy, tolerance and service so will the nation advance toward the ideal of democracy. This is a mechanical age, yet the people are not to be saved by their machines. Real human betterment begins in the heart. So often people criticize the. trend of public events without any thought Hint they them selves may be responsible in part. It is a good deal like the m»;i who inquired from his minister why so few came to the Sunday evening services. The minister's reply was that one reason was that, i either the anxious inquirer nor his family had ever taken the trouble to attend. It is easy enough to suggest Ihc proper course for other peojflr, and for each person to outline a course of action for the nation and for1 the world. It is not so easy for each one to look after his own actions, study their effects and take thought as to how he can help, by raising himself spiritually and practically and thus make for a better World. A GOOD EXAMPLE. President Harding is seeking rest and recrea- | tinn by houseboating along the Florida coast In the main people are respecting his request to he left free from official cares and the importunities of patronage seekers. But there are (hose who insist upon intruding, thus interfering with the president’s wishes. Mr. Bryan, whose heme is at Miami, shows far more respect for the president's wishes than some of the president's own party friends. Fake the splendid gentleman he is, Mr. Bryan called at the presidential headquarters, but upon learning that the president was taking a nap he would not let him be aroused, but left his card and departed. And :t is safe to say that Warren G. Harding would rather have chatted for a while with William J. Bryan, even at the expense of a lost nap, than to have con- 1 suited a lot of patronage hunters. Many of us differ with Bryan on matters of ; political economy and statecraft, but all of us will | admit that Mr. Bryan always know the right thing i to do in matters of social usage, and that he never I is forgetful of the rights and comforts of othats. The spectacle of Mr. Bryan, one of the great Amer icans of the country, calling upon the president on vacation, and finding him asleep, merely leaves his card and retires—well, The Omaha Bee commends Mr. Bryan’s thoughtful consideration of the weary and worn president to others, mort of whom are of ' vastly less importance in the eternal scheme of things than is Mr. Bryan. PROTECT OMAHA’S ELECTIONS. As things now stand, when political gangs rn ; Omaha wish to throw their strength behind one cer tain candidate above all others, they instruct the voters they control to mark only that one place on the ballot. They dare not take the risk of con fusing their followers by asking them to remember a complete list of men for every office. Thus the decision is often left completely in the hands of in formed voters who vote according to their own be liefs, and not to please some ward boss. There Is a bill in the legislature which would make it much easier to control and direct the de liverable vote. It was introuuced by Senator Cham bers, and has been hotly fought by Senator Saunders, both of Omaha. It must be noted with regret, that this bill has been favorably reported by the senate committee on privileges and elections. This measure provides that any voter who is unable to real and write may go before an election judge with a printed or written list of persons for whom he wishes i 10 vote and have the judge mark the ballots. Under ihe present law an illiterate voter in Omaha is re quired to tell by word of mouth for which candidate* he wishes to vote. If he has any personal reason for preferring one candidate above another, he vvjll not suffer from forgetfulness. This requirement is r.ot unfair, and it is limited to Omaha, since in the other parts of the state there are no great masses of illiterate voters, fur tho purity of Omaha elections, and for the preservation of the lights of citizens who vote their own judg ment instead of taking orders from some siatemaker, this bill should he killed.' Definite notice ha* been served on the repara tions commission lhat Uncle Sam is not g<wng to scale his bill for troops in the Rhineland and ex pects to be paid in full, w'ith no especial regard ns I to where the money comes from. When the states men over there get this into their program, a lot of other points may be dropped. Omaha, with the new Intermediate Credits bank, the Federal Land hank and the Federal Reserve bank .* a most satisfactory substitute for Wall street financing. Omaha to have ta new bank building, and if it will save Ihe government money or Hid in the so . lution of the employment problem, Omaha can well i afford to wait. At that, the snow outstayed it* welcome. Homespun Verse Hy Robert Worthington Davie r MET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. I met hu old acquaintance. "Just dropped In," lie sold, "to buy A couple load of cattle, an' tlioiialil Id say l * Ilu’ Vou'ie looking fat an’ healthy an Jem na young .in' apry Aa when you left Hie country them eighteen year* ago. 1 'Seems like another neighborhood. There's only two rr three Of t hern old dimers left the ir*| lull, died er nun*. A young, new-married feller lives m-rose the i ■ •'<<I from me— lie I mug lit the Merger eight! that Ik, .Mnate. nas livin’ on. "J'lie pi artier boys skedaddled I heard they moved at night. Nobody e\cr kuowed list w lion ,-i w liei. they strayed. llellndM Ml! pies niiin ltd a son of I itliei White. An’ lolly old Hill W ilkins Is aleepln' In tHo shade Mv hoys hare growed to ..I an farm Hie plai e on sluice* I lake It sort of eio y. .'o^mltlln I abi t *|u> I iravel s-no* * if burn* <H nti* fmitieii the repair? j J'o k< ep Ho- wheels u turiiln I II stop a,, u tiuudo.' “The People’s Voice Cdiforialr from readers of The Morning Bre f-'ced'ri of 1 he Morning Bee are Invited tn , use t»-i» column freely foi expression on mitten of pnhllg Interest. Fivori the Mathers Plan. (»othenburg. Nob.—To the Editor of The Omaha Bee: Speaker Mathers im to be congratulated for the straight forward effort he is making for his | amendment, to the code bill. It seems [to me that it is the best solution of the problem yet presented to the leg islature. it also seems to rno It is about time ft r the citizens and fax payers to suggest to Mr. Bryan "that the governor shall" attend strictly to Ills duties as executive and let the leg islators do tiie legislating to the end that “the governor shall" then be much more respected. IMA VAX ki;i;. Th* Theological Forum. Omaha —To the Editor of The Omaha, I’*'*: Th It necessary to be* lit*vo in th** vorgin birth of Christ to accept Him ns a Savior? .lust for the ■ ak1 of argument let us assume that it is nut find carefully look into the matter. Luke is the only writer that Hive* ue m detailed account of the in cident Luke was a gentile convert to Christianity, an educated man. evi dently with a taste for investigation. He wrote the Gospel of Luka and the Acts of the Apostles, and was a close friend ami companion of Haul the apos tle. Ho tells uk that In wrote both "f rh*- above '-counts for the benefit of a friend, also a gentile convert. If we reject the story of the virgin ■ birth, we must convict him of abusing the confidence of ,i trusting fiend hi ' matter of vital importan. • What possible motive could Ltik»» have in doing this? Also we oust a shadow < -i every account of Luke s that is not elsewhere verified. This w ill include | the birth and pneestry of John the Baptist, the announcement to the shepherd*. the prophecy of thus-- d* * 'out patriarchs. Simeon »nd Anna: •Fesus taking part in th* session <*f the Sanhedrin at 12, and altogether some thing o'er BO incidents peculiar to ! the writings of Luke. Is it not evi dent that he made these Investiga tions to supplement the two other c,« s pels already given to the church, arid to give the truth for the information and guidance nf his gentile friend- . > that they would not be confused by the flood of gossip, that the messen gers of satan had sown broadcast, re lating to Christ and ills mission ' Hut to he logical, and It is much more imnortant to the modernist to : ho logical than righteous, we must ' further discredit the account of M it* thus, appointed an apostle in the filar© of Judas. Psntacost and the conversion of *3,000 in one day. 1 Ananias • d Saphiia the n-divet v . f th* upost+e.* from prison, tie* rn!i:e career of Htcphen, Philip preaching to the Ethiopian, the \ isit of Cornel- ; ius and the vision of Peter, th«* de livery of Fvter from prison in answer to the prayers of the church, and the , •v.'uderful d pi ",*dly the entire life of p.nil tb** Ap**stN . Hut has Luk«- confirmatn n? Matthew give us i brief, compre hensive practical account. Matthew was a Jew. a tax gatherer under the Homan government, a man of affairs, • cocmnpolltan, light in per** mat ; tou< h with the question of the hour, a mm qualified to decide, and he g*vcs hi* unqualified endorsement. Matthew* was no sentimental .emo tion.!! vouth. subject t<» auto-sngge®. ti»»n! Flo whs a matur< . hard headfyj, shrewd business man: hut ns a con-! vert to Christ Fie was >-♦ • ■ndfu.-'t to martyrdom, and lie indorses tlie ' ir gin birth. The Gospel of Mark does re • mention it Evidently i* was* so well known and of such common no- 1 < rputnc*» that it Van not considered i;*ce*snry to mention it. We have n< account from John. 1-u* n h.a Gospel and In hi* Epistles John refers to the only begotten Son of God, which is ample evidence that he knew • >f and endorsed as n question not dis puted the virgin birth. To the man < f average intelligence, the man quali fied to sst on the Jury, the man who must have evidence that convinces beyond a reasonable doubt, the man who is morally l>ound to decide ae • ordirg to the law and weight of evi dence, must bring a verdict to his conscience in favor of the Gospel ae on nt of th* Virgin birth nf Christ. ,S J. WOODHEKK. Daily Prayer j Th* I 'd i • ' r\ rth the faithful—Pi. Almighty «n• 1 M* Merciful one, ' • humble ourselves before Tine and adore Thy power ns well as Thy love; Thy bounty, ns well ns Thy compas sion. Thy sovereign providences as well as Thy forgiving mere-v. Lord, give to us—Thou knowe«t better what to give than we to ask. Dir* • t grit* • ioutdy all the affair* of «a h of n- tho day be in the performauct f t iie hoiiMeholrl duties and *anctlf\ our heme life; go out with those who go out to the business of lif* this dav, itirl prosper their labors and their plans. Find some blessed helpfulness for each of us today, and let us also find it Encompass In like manner with Thv gracious providence all our loved one*, hi their homes in prepara tion for life work, In their dally a vo litions. H' tlioir arcustomed place® or on a journey, in eivkneKS or in health. Lift our eyes above the nar row little circle of our own hori -n in life, to t Fie great w ork’of God. and to the Kingdom of God. of while h we are a part. Lord, forgive us our sins; they are many und they bumble ns in ih»* duM. Guard and guide our ways tins div. tluit wo may go to meet temptation “led **f the Hptri'. .ti>d »> shall find the way of esiape ' iul , o safely foiwartl in the wav of faith and hops and loving srrvke of rhee In Jesus’ Name. Amen Mfcl.V IN ORnVK KYI.H. PI1 M, P I’lill*<1slptn». Pi. The Spice of Life Thn profaaanr of nibllcal l.tnratiirr a’ William lawali tolloga hat !)»■•*» d * nilnatil for hi* radical ' *w« TU* »l • to ta a* mated in Plbart , M > - f f Mr. Tarr—"Poetali, what *1a tnn*'ah wid llruddar Rnnopa* W hat '»•-*" •' ho i * ah ii. ha 'flictad Wld. In >' ■ humble i pinion? * portnr Pint fold— • hi<"i «' *e" ■ talin lorupllruUtl wld t»lrd«h<>< in ill* t.arV aah -The Watchitinn Ktaiulnai (Saw Turk ) Kot tuna Toiler What do '• -u think f • ati foiatatl ail Am*fl'»H hnahnnd fm only five mark*" Ma|fend..* Pi »* • * * • t»-f (Munich > net average CIRCULATION for FEBRUARY. 192J, ..f THE OMAHA BEE Daily .7 1,5.r»S Sunday .78,filll B. BREWER. Cion, M*r V. A BRIDGE. Clr. M*r. Subscribed and a warn ta hafote mo (hit IOth day of March. IM3 W M QUIVI ^ , (Stall Notary Public ^Jlke Sprai ®/ 'A prize Winning Poem 7 Western Ci/e ' ' Continuing northwest from the Reo villages, "«* have a picture of our | prairies in July. The progress of a month is recorded in 10 lines and indl | rated by the changes of the moon. This takes ur. back to primitl^ e# condi tions in startling manner. • « • • Out of a rosele i dawn the heat pale sun Beheld them toiling northward once again— A hundred horsemen and a hundred men Hushed in a windless swelter. Day on day The same white dawn o'ertook them on their way: And daylong in the white glare sang no bird. But only shrill grasshoppers clicked and whirred. As though the heat were vocal. All the while The dwindling current lengthened, mile on mile, Meandrous In a labyrinth of sand. Now e'er they left the Ree town by the Grand The revellers had seen the spent moon roam The morning, like a tipsy hag bound heme. * A bubble laden boat, they saw it sail The sunffrt river of a fairy talc When they were camped beside the Cannonball. A spedra 1 sun, it held the dusk in thrall Nightlong about the Heart. The stars alone Upon the cluttered Mandan lodges - shone Tile night they slept below the Knife. And when Their course, long westward. Shifted once again To lead them north, the August moon was new. Early In August the company are plundered by the Assiniboines of the horse* purchased of the Kee, and three of the men were slain. Some weeks later the hot weather passes airs;. Then came the sudden breaking of tile year. Abruptly in a,waning afternoon The hot wind cease.!, as fallen n a swoon With its own heat. For hours the swanking crews Had bandied f arcely credible g"od news Of clouds a. .os* the dim northwest ward plain; And they who offered wagers on the ram Found ready takers, though the gloomy rack. With intermittent rumbling at its back. Had r minted slowly. Now it towered high, A blue-black wall of night across the sky Fhot through with glacial green. A mysfio change* The sun was howled and the world went strange— A picture world! The hollow hush that fell Made loud the creaking of the taut cordelle The bent spar's groan, the plunk of steering poles. A bodeful calm lay glass; on the shoals: The current had the look rf flowing oil. They saw the cloud s lip billow now and boil— Black breakers gnawing a' a -as*, of hght: They saw the stealthy wraith-arms of the night Grope for the day (b strangle It. 'hey saw The up stream leaches vat-:«h In a flaw Of driving sand; and scarcely were the t raft Made fast to clumps of widows fore and aft. When with a roar the blinding fury roiled Upon them and the breath of it was rold. Thera fell no rain. Thai night Ihe ralm was dear Just sin h a night as when the waning \ ear Has set nflare 4Ik* old Missouri wood; When Greenings arc beginning to be good; ! And when, so hollow is the frosty hush. One hears the ripe p rsirnmons falling —plush'— Upon fhe littered leave*. The kindly time! With eider iu the vigor of its prime, lust strong enough to edge tho dullest wit Should neighbor folk drop in awhile to sit And gossip, O. the dear flame painted alonrn. The backlog' splutter on tho hearth nt home— . How fai awav that n.ght. Thus many a lad. Grown strangely old, remembered and ( was sad. Wolves mourned among the bluffs. Jdke hanks of wool Fog flecked the river. And the moon was full. “From State and A lation” Editorials from other newspapers. Mart al Ifciui*. from th* Ncfii. -ka O'y I *i • — If any man in Nebraska is com petent to discus* youthful delinquency it j* Superiutr' -lent t'Mi'k of the Kearney Industrial school. In an ad dress given recently in the state Mr. (‘hrk declared the « ause <f eh.Id hood delinquency is found in the hernc. Parent#, he v .y *. h ■ neglected th< ir respon slbil it lea. lK-rinittiry ih • :r 1»ovh and girls to roam at larg* v. about b t or hindrance, paying i hood to their hours, their habitat- • r th«* quality of their companionship. Tielinquency. under such conditions, the industrial scho«d head say*. s not surprising, but the eye* of the parents are u* > il ly opened too latr. For a long time n* w>pai»em have prenrhed parental responsibility, but i ho pica h;m fallen on d. af car* V.'« , are on the road to pawr-nalistn i i this country and every recurring s* *-:on of the legislature and • - urn* ■* I* Tilled w It h hi! osdiitKd to remove resp.-nsibllit;- ft * -in the in dividual artd place Jt «s. tli .■** a! In Nebraska we have » phi fi r JTi"\io censorship tu ’ protect the c hild. 1* cause w« arc too busy to cc-!,*- r as a family unit We luive bills to p for the teaching \>f *•X 1 > up ue t bo s* hocls. because < j irents we refuse or neglect to talk plan !> < n a plain subJeG. The state is nii Me to play the role of father and ; the 1 it v e ■ f . to V * ' ;u tho United States r breaking down. It is a distasteful thought, but It s undeniably t *ue. Complexities >f the • bate <f maid v.c < a!i < i\ ilization de mand lnoie attci 'a-- extra > ous iffairs an ! If#* t** t h« import#:.' de tail* if home life H ha- . r* w *• : do about it? John G Neiliardt. F »»i th° G ams Mi ldest The pfo]iogit*yn that John G X»d* hardt. the Nebraska poet, be made a member of the facultv < f the Uid if .Vebn*- 1. in! t’ is l « given full oppdrtimitjr to develop hi# - ii irk ti.lt genius. w. thv * f V nii^ hardt is a genius H* is one of the great poets of modern times ami gives promise of being one of the greatest the world has known. There will be those who w 11 op pose any move to recognize Mr. Nei hardt if 1* frs? ... ** t "*t tiam a penny Sordid of mind and unaie pr i i.itt ■’ of gemu :h»-. *■ !:> ti c TMa:l desi rlbcd bv the poet — ■ A primrose by the river * brim A vriloi pi.ngo«r wa* hin And nothing nior* But men and wonan who love » beaut* who want to s* •• something more In lif* than mere dollar*, will ap prove of any movement, no matter what they i«st, thit promise to do velup artistic genius and make the world brighter and better A« mem in*r » f the.4ii ivei > tv fa* ulty Mr N• i hardt wgVfld dntibiv earn far mime salary thSn Aunld b« paid him He The Happiest Days 'I'Hh days of * the old swim 1 ining hole, sand lot games, and the ventures in forest, field and stream, live long in the memory of all of IIS. N I ho sweetest, ton derest, happiest d a y s, however. air the courtship days, thr days of budding manhood and womanhood, cshen dream* of thr future arc beginning to take form I hese are the dac s when I lie sac mgs account accumulated during the period ol couth often makes the realization of life's fondest hopes possible. First National IBank of Omaha A Strain on the Family Tic_I I WOVJ.P HAvE VOI> KHOW . , \,VF ARf ruRHiiHINC \ A nouot A VP VOT , \ MA»r^' A "gSri^S £AAA. I * j would c irn it by imparting to the s'udent body some of his own genius and poetic fire, lie would earn it bv being thus privileged to devote h.s wondet ful talents thi creation "f literary work that would lift the World higher and add undying fame to the state in which he has lived and worked. The world nf-eiN r.t of the artistic and less i f the sordid: nw re of b auty and less of in' re use. more of the poetic and less "f the orosaic, And now that Nebraska has an opportun ity to show the world that it appreci ates real art.stic genius in one of her sons that opportunity should be seized without delay. The Bill for Our Rhine Vraiy. From -hi New Y rs World It i« not likely that Secretary Hughes n so simple-minded p sup pose that the allies will either collect a quarter of a billion dollars cash from Germany for the t’niltd State*, or that they will turn over any part of that which Germany has already paid and they have already spent. Whatever the legal formula, our nly chance of payment is out of G e any - future payments. It is. of . oi-V- . allied policy to tie up our gov ernment with the future German pay mente so that we shall give our moral sjpf >rt t - the busines- of r'/llection. 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