The Morning BeeI
MORNIN G—E V E N I N G—5 UNDAY
THE BEE PUBLISHING CO, Fuhllefcor.
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
n* Associated Frees, of which The Bee la a member, ie exclusively
entitled te the use for repnblicatlon of all new» dispatches credited to It or
oot other alee credited in thie paper, and elec the local new* published
herein. All rtthta of repobllcet.1 oni of our epeciel dlepatcbee are aiao reserved.
BEE TELEPHONES
Privmta Branch Exchange. Ask for the Department Ay lantic
or Parana Wanted. For Night Calla After 10 P. M.: 1nnft
Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. lwv
OFFICES
Main Office—17th and Famam
Co. Bluff a ... IS Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N
Now York—*8# Fifth Avenue
Wmahlngton • 422 Star Bldg. Chicago. - . 1720 Stager Bldg.
RAILROADS PLEAD POVERTY.
While the railroad magnates feel that the situa
tion does not warrant a reduction in freight rates
to the seaboard on wheat destined for export, they
might have spared us some portions of their argu
ment in support of that situation. One paragraph
of the letter sent by the railroad presidents to the
Omaha committees reads:
“Since the passage of the transportation act of
1920, the carriers In the western group have earned
far below the rate of return contained by the law.
Thus the actual rate of return has been for the
year 1921, 3.59 per cent: for the year 1922, 4.03 per
cent: first five months of 1923, 3.6 per cent.”
The Bureau of Railway Economics, which
analyzes returns made to the I. C. C. by the rail
roads of the country, states that the rate earned by
the lines reporting for the twelve months ending De
cember 31, 1922, was 4.14 per cent on the tentative
valuation. This includes all Class I lines, strong
und weak, rich and poor, good and bad, and certainly
ia no worse a showing than the farms of the United
States, taken as a whole, would make.
Returns for January, 1923, show that Class I
. lines earned 5.56 per cent on their tentative valua
tion, while for the same month the earnings of*car
riers of all classes was 5.38 per cent on the tentative
valuation, and 4.77 per cent on their book value.
In February, 1923, the Class I lines show up for two
months with 4.66 per cent; for March the figure for
three months is 5.13 and for the four months end
ing with April 30, the rate of earning was 5.49 per
cent of the tentative valuation, 4.89 on the book
valuation, and for all railroads of every class the
earning rate was 5.22 on the tentative valuation and
4.72 per cent on their book valuation.
The figure quoted by the presidents in their let
ter surely is a mistake, for there was not in May
such a falling off as ia indicated by the statement
that the net earnings for the first five montha of
1923 is but 3.6 per cent.
In the press news reports of Thursday appears
this dispatch:
“Washington. Aug. 2.—Railroads established a
new record for freight volume during the week end
ing July 21. The total number of ears loaded with
revenue freight, the American Railway association
reported today was 1,120,927, as compared with the
previous record of 1,021,770 cars set during the week
ending June 20.”
Farmers will have to look elsewhere than to the
railroad* for any relief they may get in the present
emergency, but they will not be content with being
told that the transportation industry is in such plight
that it can not afford to give assistance to agricul
ture to the extent of a slight temporary reduction
in the rates on export wheat.
JUST A MINUTE. MR. DRIVER.
Who in good health would not trade a few sec
onds of time for his life? Yet 35 lives were lost in
nine grade crossing accidents in different parts of
the country on Sunday last. The sad part of this
dreadful display is that all of these accidents might*
have been avoided had the drivers of the automobiles
taken just a few seconds of time to discover whether
they were safe in proceeding. One train hit two
automobiles within a few miles.
Fourteen thousand people were killed in auto
mobile accidents in the United States in the year'
1922. Practically every one of these mishaps could
have been averted had a little care been exercised.
A majority of them were accidents at railroad cross
ings, and many of these were due to the foolhardi
ness of a driver trying to beat the train over the
crossing.
Sunday’s dreadful record is proof that the cru
sade for careful driving, especially at grade crossings,
is making slow headway. This statement may also
apply to the other accidents listed. No ordinary
business in life is so important that it is necessary
to risk life or limb to save a few seconds to take
care of an engagement.
A minute or two of life may well be balanced
against eternity, if one is not in a hurry to die. A
little time spent in making sure if all is safe is more
profitable than many days in a hospital recovering or
forever in a coffin.
BATTLE OF THE BUGS COMING UP.
“And these have smaller fleas to eat ’em and so
on, adinfinitum,” w^ote the poet in a couplet that is
deathless, because it jingles and has in it something
of eternal truth. During the war farmers in Massa
chusetts discovered that a new pest had invaded their
fields. Soon it was examined and labeled a corn
borer, a bug from Europe, which may have come on
* returning transport, with some forage, or other
wise, Anyhow, it was one of the least welcome of
the very few immigrants coming in from Europe
during that time.
However, the new arrival lost little time in get
ting down to business. The corn fields of the Old
Bay state were soon very liberally infected, and the
westward progress of the pest has been steady ever
since. It is Credited with having ruined $1,000,000
worth of corn in Massachusetts alone last year. At
that rate it will soon become a very expensive
boarder, unless looked after.
Now the arrival of a shipment of a million wasps
is announced. We do not vouch for the accuracy of
the count, for taking a wasp census is not a business
to be set about lightly. The point is, these wasps
diet on corn borers, and the game is to turn the new
arrivals loose in the infected area, so that they can
eat themselves out of house and home by destroying
the bugs on which they thrive.
What will happen then is not disclosed. One
thing may be assured, that no more corn borers will
be imported to feed the wasps, which have the mellif
uous name of babrobracons. However, this land of
the free and home of the brave has gotten pretty
well fed up on Europe's ills and undesirables, and
maybe the government will put an embargo on the
importation of any mora insect pests from the old
country. We have paid pretty dearly for the gypsy
moth and the white pine scale, the gray rat and a
few other costly nuisances of the sort that have
come to us from across the Atlantic.
Unseasonable and unruly weather la doing quite a
bit to decide the wheat surplus. Between hailstorms
•nd snowstorms, the crop la having a hectic time.
FRANCE ON A LONELY ROAD.
Until the full text of Premier Baldwin'* address I
to parliament is at hand, we will not know the exact
terms on which he rests his case in the reparations
matter. That his viewpoint is fundamentally dif
ferent from that of Premier Poincare is admitted,
while his confidence in the position he has taken is
shown by his challenge to France and Belgium that
he be given permission to publish their notes in reply
to the late secret note from Great Britain. Publica
tion, we take it, of any of the communications will
include all.
The breach between England and France is
widening. Perhaps it might be better said, the breach
between France and those Allies who have stood so
close to her through all these years of stress. Poin
care’s policy is certain to isolate France if pursued
to the logical end. His demand that Germany pay
the uttermost farthing, backed up by occupation of
the Ruhr and consequent paralysis of German indus
try and commerce, thereby making it physically im
possible for Germany to pay anything, has lost for
France sympathetic support that freely went out to
her during the war and while negotiations for peace
were under way. When Briand resigned, just be
fore the Genoa conference, he was in hearty accord
with the Allies; his successor soon developed a dif
ferent line of policy, and has been ever since in a
dispute with those whose support he should rely
upon, until finally he has come face to face with
either retracing some of the steps he has taken, or
going it alone.
At no time has there been shown any disposition
on part of either England or Italy to relieve Ger
many of reeponsibility for war damage. Some dif
ference of opinion as to the exact amount to be
paid by her, and the method of payment, still exists,
but this is subject to adjustment. Since going into
the Ruhr France has steadily pushed forward, clamp
ing down harder and harder on the Germans, until
the life of the nation is generally deranged and in
a large measure cut off. It is to prevent the utter
collapse of the nation that Premier Baldwin now
asks for a consultation and which Poincare refuses
to grant.
Italy and Spain are in full harmony with Eng
land, and Belgium, not willing to withdraw from
the occupation of the German industrial region at
present, is willing to discuss with the others the ques
tion in all its bearings. The United States has been
invited to come in, but so far has declined. Bald
win’s appeal to the world is especially directed at
this country.
To get the proper perspective on this situation,
it will be well to keep in mind that property to the
value of $6,500,000,000 was seized from Germany
and divided among the Allies. Of this the United
States got nothing. This was aside from the prov
inces of Alsace and Lorraine, restored to France,
which brought nearly 2,000,000 inhabitants, with
great resources and industries. When the United
States presented its claim for cost of maintaining the
army of occupation, a few months ago, the validity
of "the claim was allowed by the reparations com
mission, but we were told we would have to wait for
our money.
When we were loaning money during he war, it
was in good faith, and with no mention of who
might be victorious. Now, it is openly suggested
in connection with reparations that we cancel those
war debts. People of the United States expect the
nations of Europe to repay all we loaned them. Most
of the people of Europe have the same thought.
Some politicians at Paris seem to think otherwise.
Poincare insists that France will go his way, if
she goes alone. The Baldwin policy will soon develop
whether Poincare is going to have his own way
to the extent of utterly crushing Germany, as he
appears to be bent on doing, or plunging Europe
'"to another war, as some think he may.
ONE ATMOSPHERE—ONE LANGUAGE.
Maybe the radio will succeed in doing for the
world what advo’cates of Volapuk and Esperanto
have failed in. Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, chief
signal officer of the United States army, says that
radio engineering is driving the world in the direc
tion of an universal language. He points out that
the automobile has compelled the adoption of traffic
lanes; that aviation is developing air lanes, and so
on. International communication has overtaxed the
cables and the wireless telegraph, and now the radio
must have its day. Its chief difficulty is the lack of a
common means of expression. Dots and dashes are
easily translated into the words of any tongue, but
the spoken word can not be so handled.
General Squier elaborates his idea in a lengthy
written discussion, in which he deals with some other
phases of the science of which he is so eminent an
exponent. He does not suggest a form for the lan
guage that is to become the common possession of
all nations and all peoples, but he does say that
scientists in all countries are giving the matter their
attention, and that a solution may yet be reached
that will solve the problem for the world.
If the radio gets us back to the happy condition
that prevailed on earth before the days of Babel, it
will greatly facilitate the ordinary interchange of
thought and opinion, the details of business and
politics, and all that. It will also provide occupation
for a lot of translators, bringing the literature of
the world into the new language. More than all, it
will permit the extinction of a world of written stuff
that for the good of all might be decently interred
in oblivion at any time.
Credit will not make a market, but it will help
the farmer to get along until the present market
has improved materially, and that is the real ob
jective.
Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own I'oet—
Robert Worthington Davit
THE QUEERNESS OF LIFE.
Home feller* are constantly hunting for wives I’ve no
ticed their letters a lot!
They speak of the splendid examples they are. but
seldom of what they are not;
They blather nnd mumble nnd grumble away: Good
women ain’t living, but then
It’s funny there's ever so many of these immaculate un
married men.
They seem to be taking their Borrow to heart, and tell
ing how women don't know
The Joy they are missing, thn love they are spurning by
passing "the bachelors’ row.
And after they've spoken their loveliest phrases and
nothing la garnered, they tell
That women arc foolish, hard-hearted and shallow—and
that doesn't go with a gal.
They wander around till they're two acore and ten and
whiskers reach most to their knees,
And then they deride to get married; of course, they're
generally easy to please—
But logic ts logic and life la eatare and lov* Isn’t always
a rhyme—
The train doesn't watt if you happen In lata—you've got
to be ready Ui Urns
“From State and
-Nation”
Editorials from other
newspapers.
How Much Longer?
From The Omaha Daily Tribun*.
Minnesota election results reflect
the farmers' state of mind. Chicago
wheat dropped below $1.00, less than
since 1914. That means, at most. 86
cents on the farm. Average farm
wages have doubled since wheat, last
sold as low as $1.00. All of the farm
era’ necessities have risen not less
than 50 per cent, therefore, their
claim that the present wheat price
does not cover the cost of production
is understandable. Also, that farmers
commence to search for the cause of
the price slump, and the answer is
little inclined to enthuse the farming
population for the party it deserted
in Minnesota. The reason is plain.
There is no remunerative market for
onr wheat surplus. Since the war,
the wheatlands of Kurope have in
creased production. Their cost, on
account of lower wages, is below ours,
making for lower offerings In the
world markets, and thus, naturally,
leaving the American farmer in the
rear.
Our farmer* have been urged to re
I duee their wheat acreage, but that is
poor advice. It is essential for the
healthy growth of agriculture that
every available area of productive
soil be cultivated. The proposed re
duction of crops would be a serious
offense against nature, and must be
regarded as a most mistaken policy
for lifting the mortgage burden from
our farmers, or for insuring their
healthy prosperity. There aro better
means for helping them and more
effective ones. In central Europe
there are 300,000,000 people who have
scarcely enough to eat, and would he
grateful for our wheat surplus. But
they have, not the means to buy It,
because France will not permit the
economic reconstruction of that coun
try with its extensive markets for
absorbing our surplus. France has
insanely destroyed Europe's purchas
ing power. It succeeded In Paris to
force a peace which forged its
weapons against the prosperity of Eu
rope. Through Its limitless arma
ments It has injected into European
affairs conditions which make eco
nomic recovery impossible, and by the
Ruhr Invasion it has cast such tre
mendous discouragement upon the
population of the old world as to kill
all joy for labor.
When, a few days ago, MaJ. Gen.
Henry T. Allen returned from Europe,
he declared that the outlook there
was more gloomy than ever, and that
the whole world would be reduced to
poverty If the European economic
chaos could not be relieved. That can
only be accomplished if France is com
pelled to abandon Its policy of destruc
tion so as to give a chance to those
who are determined to energetically
undertake the reconstruction of cen
tral Europe. But there Is only one
power, who, together with England,
can bring such pressure upon France,
and that. Is the United States, The
two have at their disposal peaceful
means to convert France to reason.
Even our firm declaration that on be
half of the world's welfare, a decided
change In French policy Is demanded,
and that we are prepared to energeti
cally support all of England’s efforts
In that direction, would presumably
suffice to produce In France the
change necessary to break Poincare’s
power.
That would not mean an unfriendly
attitude toward the French people,
who later on will be grateful for har
ing their eyes opened, but Poincare
must not be allowed to boost of the
•ilent consent to his criminal policies
by the greatest republic of the world,
as he does, because our government
most anxiously endeavors to avoid
every gesture which might lie Inter
preted as unfriendly by the power*
that-be In Paris.
And our farmers are not the only
ones suffering from the destruction
of valuable European market* through
France's ruthleesness. Our Industrie*,
too, commence to perceive Europe's
paralyzed purchasing power. Already,
we hear of increased unemployment,
and. although official statistics of our
industries seem to be given In an op
timistic. mood, there is a pessimistic
undercurrent plainly discernible, and
the republican party haa much cause
to look out. When the people tire of
Washington's Indifference to the
general ruin In Europe, growing
worse dally and more general, of the
Incapacity to recognize conditions
there, their causes and effects, they
will pass Judgment and hold the party
responsible In Its entirety, which, aa
such, must bear the consequences.
The result of the Minnesota election
Is a warning In that direction, the
serlousnesa of which cannot be over
looked.
What The Pyramids Hide.
From th* Brooklyn Kmle.
A French astronomer, the Abb*
Moreux, has been making a study of
the pyramid*, each of which he finds
had its faces oriented to tho four
points of the compass, with astro
nomical errors of not more than five
minutes. He Is convinced that the
measurement* have va*t significance.
Tho old Egyptians had na their small
est unit of length something very
dose to our Inch. One hundred mil
lions of these make the (.tact dis
tance traveled by a given point on
Its surface while the earth Is re
volving on Its axis In 24 hours.
Multiply the height of the great
pyramid by 1,000,000.000 and you
have the approximate distance be
tween the earth and the sun, as ac
cepted by modern astronomy. Kip
ling's flippant cynicism Is rebuked;
Who shall doubt the secret hid.
Under Cheop's Pyramid,
la that the contractor did
Cheops out of several millions;
Or that Joseph's sudden rise
To controller of supplies,
Wa* s fraud of monstrou* size
On King Pharaoh’* *wart civilian*.
No, If the nbbe 1* correct, what
th* pyramid* hide Is a lot more In
tareating—the proof that the same
ancient civilization that produced the
wonderful art found In Tutankh
amen'* tomb, hail *t*o the knowledge
that th# earth doe* revolve on It*
axis, lh« knowledge of theCopertnoan
theory, and wa* capable of making a
close estimate of the distance of the
earth from th* sun.
W# say "ancient civilization." of
ooursc, with tho required qualifica
tion. Not the people, not the noble
men. not even the king* enjoyed It.
though they shared It* lemcfll* The
priests passed the esoteric knowledge.
In medicine. In nrt. In astronomy, per
haps even In electricity, down frmn
father In son III I heir own caste. The
llminallons as well as the range of
this knowledge have always tnnde a
pretty nuzzle for modernism.
Allen Tear*.
The Incoming alien «vho used to
a had tears In passing the Hlatne nf
Liberty now eaves them for Lille
(aland.—Boston Herald.
How f ew They Are.
II taken a pretty smart man to sea
things an they are.-^Jewell, Kan , Its
publican
Sot nil the space was given to pollt*
h’a| Mnimoflltie*. the rivalries with
Council Bluffs, or the ta|ea of Indian
outrages In those early days, when
Kdwanl Iloaewnter whs making his
paper great. He had his lighter mo
ments. and produced a great deal of
miscellaneous entertainment for hi*
readers. Poetry had its place in the
paper, and here is one bit that may
be enjoyed now as much as when ft
was published, in 1874.
"THE OLD GRANGER."
"Near the tracks of the railroad new
ly laid
Tha furmcr leaned on his earth worn
spade;
While his taxes were high and his
crops but slim,
The charge for freight played the
deuce with him.
So he growled a growl at the train's
sharp din—
‘I'll gather ye In—I'll gather ye In!'
" ‘I’ve borne ye long, and hope enow
Your railroads to heat some way or
how.
I’ll get up a law, by the great horned
owl.
To cut down your profits and make
you howl;
And little or nothing I’ll ship from
bln
Of hoarded oorn, till I gather ye in!
■' ‘We'll rise in our granges, bold and
free,
And "Down with freights!'' shall our
war cry be;
Not a partisan crew nor a party hack
Shall help us to gain our birthright
back.
For the battle Is ours, to lose or win,
And we il gather them in, we ll gather
them In"
‘‘Now a gaunt politician came that
way,
O'erheard the old man’s angry say.
And he gave hie head a knowing
screw.
And said to the granger, ‘Count me
in, too!”
With a thought to himself replete
with sin,
‘I'll gather them In. I'll gather them
In!'
“Thin a twist to hig eyes, to seem
acute—
'The. farmer’s tongue has too long
been mute;
I am just your man, if It suits your
mood.
So place me whore I can do most
good;
If an office fit you'll help me win.
We'll gather them In, well gather
them In!’
"Touching hand to hand in a warm
exchange.
They take a walk to the farmer's
grange.
Where the stranger speaks with a
rural air
And sprinkles hayseed in his hair.
'Let railroads quail when our blows
begin!
We'll gather them in. well gather
them In!’
"So they voted for him at the com
ing polls,
Those simple, rural, honest souls.
Never dreaming that they of the
iron horse
Are voting too for the man. of course;
1’pon him also their faith they pin
To gather them In, to gather them In.
"When election Is over the railroads
run
"A score of trains where they once
had one
While a ditch by the track le found
to hold
A poor old granger, stark and cold.
For the chap he'd helped to office win
Had gathered him In, had gathered
him In!"
Daily Prayer
Pave with Thy Mfht hand and hear me
Pa. 69. S.
The All Wise and Ever Living
Father: We have been called to the
consciousness of another day. The
sunshine and the flowers and the sing
Ing of the birds summon us to wor
ship at Thy footstool. Thou hast
placed us In n beautiful world where
we nre refreshed bjr the songs of the
winged messengers and the fragrance
of the flowers. "The heavers declare
the glory of Ood, and the Armament
showeth forth Thy handiwork." We
come, with all onr shortcomings and
unwi.rthinees. We have sinned against
much light, and deserve to be cast
from Thy presence,hut tlwnk Thee
for Thy love and long suffering tie
ward us. Help us to realize that re
ligion Is not a mere cloak that may
be worn and laid aside at will. Grant
that vve may be spared the Idle wasting
of God's time, but that wo may en
gage In worthy enterprise with sn
eyo single to Thy glory. Have mercy,
0 Ixird, upon those who are rejecting
Thy Word, and may the Christ find a
place In their hearts and lives, may
they come to know him as their per
sonal Havlor, lx>t Thy truth, like a
sharp two-edged sword, out its way
home to the Inner nature, nnd nrouse
tho slumbering conscience and stir
the will to action. Grant Thy for
glvenrss for our transgressions.
1 tie* wed bo the Ood and Father of our
laird .1 (-Hue Christ. Who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in heav
enly pl.'icoa In Christ, Who rules and
reigns forevermore. Amen.
REV. JOHN J ROSS, rinrinnstt. <\
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for June, 1923. of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily . 72.799
Sunday. 77,783
Does nut include return*, left
over*, •ample* or paper* spoiled In
printing and Include* no special
! sale*.
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subetilbed and sworn to before aie
thfa 7tb day ol July, Itll.
W. H OUIVKY.
l3eol> Notaiy Publk j
“THE PEOPLE’S VOICE”
Mltarlal tram raadara at THa Momma Baa. Baadara at I*a Manila* Baa
ara lavttad to aaa tm* oaloma Iraalj lor axraaaloa
mi matter* af public lnt*rc*t.
IVhat Is The Answer?
Plattsmouth, Neb.—To the Editor
of The Omaha Bee: In a recent issue
of your paper, last Saturday I think,
you print un editorial entitled: "Uncle
Sam an Awful Example" from which
I quote from the lirst lines
"The under secretary of war for
Great Britain has Just answered a
question in the house of commons to
the effect that the United States is
the only great power having a larger
army In 1922 than It had in 1913."
Now from the editorial page of an
other respectable paper 1 have clip
ped the following:
Answer Wanted.
"Are there any friends of the
league of nations in the room? If
so. will they rise for a moment?
Ah—we see one or two In the far
o(T corners! Thank you, dear
friends, and will you be kind
enough, please, to face a fact and
tell us, honestly, what you think
of it? Here’s the fact, as announc
ed by Gen. Kir Frederick Maurice
In the May number of The Con
temporary Review. In 1913, the
strength of the standing armies
of Europe was 3,745,179 rnen. To
day, four years after the armis
tice, with Germany, Austria and
Bulgaria beaten and disarmed, the
strength of the standing armies
of the continent—haa it decreas
ed? On the contrary, dear friends,
it has increased to a grand total
of 4,354,965.”
Now, here are two statements ap
pearing in print at about the same
time that are diametrically opposite.
How do you account for it? Who is
giving us bunk?
According to the latter statement,
after all the fighting, after all the
victory over the enemies of civiliza
tion, after all the millions slain, after
the overthrow of kaiser, emperor and
< zar, after the peace treaty, the league
of nations, after the war to end war
and "make the world safe for democ
racy," Europe has 609,766 more men
under arms than they had in 1913.
And your Uncle Sam is now offer
ing very attractive Inducements to
our young men to go to military
camps to learn military tactics and
how to efficiently kill their fellow
men. Can you beat it?
J. M. LEYDA.
Sundown Tor The Democratic Party.
Omaha—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: There is a kind of a
snake that if you chop its head off In
the morning the body will live or
move till sundown.
Woodrow Wilson chopped the head
off the democratic party when he
scraped the country over with a fine
comb to get all of the reactionary
torles he could find for the domestic
policies of his cabinet. This headless
political movement continued to stir
until the Minnesota election.
Ever since the Inception of the
Roosevelt Parker campaign the real
function of the democratic party has
been to supply the Morgan Interests
with a poker hand that the latter held
up every four years until the repub
licans made terms.
The Morgan crowd Is not asking
for any chips this year and the Smith
liylan New York crew has taken
out hail. lightning, fire, tornado and
cyclone political insurance with the
hooze underwriters against the storm
they expect next year.
The republican party is full of life.
It is as lively as a boy who had eaten
too many green apples. Fortunately
that party ha* doctors in abundance.
Dr. La Foliette prescribes half a pint
of e-istor oil administered bv force if
necessary. Dr. Hi Johnson has some
high tariff and sugar pill# that he
thinks will take effect at once. If
these foil the Californian and his
Pacific coast crew might throw him
into jail for a change. Dr. Brook
hart would rush the patient to the
operating table and give him a Rus
sian chiropractor treatment. The re
actionary element who are aatlsfied
with the way things are going would
chloroform the patient. If hi* screams
attracted the pasaershy, or Daugherty
would he Instructed to make another
raid on the ’’reds" to distract atten
tion. W. H. GREEN.
"Peace a la Poincare."
Gothenburg. Neb.—To the Editor of
The Omaha Bee: If this we are hav
ing is peace, the campaign for abolish
ing war is a joke that will make the
devil laugh and all the Imps In hell
dance with joy. As long as the world
has such monsters as Poincare and
his Ilk In position where they can
control millions of their fellow men.
all propaganda for peace, talk of
brotherly love and forgiveness i>f past
grievances. Is idle talk. Having such
men In positions of trust, capable of
committing such diabolical acta r»
duces all hope of ever obtaining
peace.
The only remedy for all Europe Is
to have another war or revolution In
order to purge itaelf of such enemies
of humanity and civilization.
There Is not an act in the history
of the world where such falthl««eness
has been committed and frlghtfulness
conducted with such Impish cruelty
as that Poincare is showing toward
the people of (iermany (with the pos
sible exception of the Romans In
Carthage), acting as he is, like the
thief of old who in order to detract
attention from himself lost himself in
the crowd of his pursuers and holler
ed thief, thief with the rest. Ko with
Poincare, he continues to holler bad
faith, violation of treaties and his pet
atrocity, where he himself is the real
rascal in the pitiful drama being
played In Europe today.
Always managing to throw out
propaganda as a smoke screen in
order to hide his real and unholy
purpose from the world at large. In
the meanwhile distroylng millions of
lives and reducing other Innocent mil
lions to poverty and want, in time
of so-called peace. Spending millions
of the people’s money in order to
anesthetize the world to the true
state of affairs and the frightfulness
he is committing against the white
civilization.
In order to avoid criticism of being
a pro-German, will state that I have
always been anti kaiserism. anti czar
ism and from now on will be antl
Polncarism and anti-his-so-called
place. I'rrtil the people of Europe will
get rid of these murderers and estab
lish a government like ours "of the
people for th*- people and by the peo
ple.” they will not obtain peace: then
and not till then will the sick world
get a Just peace and abolish the peace
a la Poincare which is thousand times
worse than war. J. ANDERSON.
Center Shots
_
Year after year a man can put up
a wren house and never get a wren.
But let him build a clothes closet
and he gets a moth In no time.—De
troit News.
Says a statistical note: "One out of
every 12,000 persons In the United
States is murdered annually." The
poor fellow probably never gets ac
customed to It, either.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Up to this time we have refrained
rrom naming the 10 greatest books.
Believing that we ought to wait until
the seven others are written.—Rprlng
eld Union.
We guess Edward Bok could be sure
of many practical proposals if he
would add In his thoughtful way that
he has no objections to Sam Browne
belts being worn In times of universal
peace.—Grand Haplds Press.
Abe Martin
■
Th’ scarcity of rail fences an’ th'
merciless blastin’ o’ stumps have
done much t’ discourage agricul
ture. No farmer wants t’ set on
barbed wire or stand up all th’ time.
“I wish I wuz young agin," sai l
Miss Mazie Lark, 14, t’day.
HAVE The Cmaha
Morning Bee or The
Evening Bee mailed to you
! when on your vacation.
Phone AT 1 antic 1000,
Circulation Department.
✓pure soap
pulverized |
for >our
convenience
2st
LOW FARES
EAST
u
Unusually low fare round trip
tickets on sale daily via the
Chicago & North Western Ry.
to the mountain, lake and sea
shore resorts of New England,
the Atlantic Seaboard and to
New York City, Atlantic City,
Boston, Toronto, Portland. Me.,
Montreal, Buffalo and Niagara
Falls.
Liberal return limits and favorable
stopover privileges.
Fast trains at convenient hours make
direct connections in Chicago with all
lines East.
This afford* a splendid opportunity to enjoy
a stgbt-seeing tour or to Tl*1t your friends
In the East
For full Information apply to
W. J. Smith, General Agent
1201-3 Famam St.
Tel. ATlantic 7856.
Made with a purity that has
taken the house of Anheuser-Busch
well over half a century to perfect.
A delicious quality ale. sold
wherever people want the best.
Erf i
Anheuser-Busch
r
also Budwciscr —
Bcvo-Giape Bouquet
ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ST. LOUIS
Paxton & Gallagher Co.
Whohtolo Distributor!
Omaha, Nebr.
pm