Today The Power of Opium, ft Stupefies Men, Makes ifc % ar. The Oldest Alligator. *Englan That the fighting and the sale of Weapons may continue not only the opium traffic but the ambitions of the various Chinese brigand leaders are encouraged and financed. That's a nice picture for civiliza tion, Christian nations using one part of their money to send mis sionaries to the Chinese, and an other part of their money to stimu late the deadly opium traffic that the heathen may be able to pur chase weapons to kill each other. ^.Christians, however, have no Jhonopoly of the profitable trade, figures supplied by the League of Nations show that of all weapons Shipped into China in two years ijlapan supplied 50 per cent. »';i Japan’s motives are not neces sarily as mean and mercenary as those of other nations. '•i| Japan is now the great power in Asia, and the only Asiatic world power recognized as such by other jiations. The Chinese are as intelligent as the Japanese, and nearly 10 times ;)j|s numerous, with natural wealth it hundred times greater than that 6f Japan. If they were united, Ipnder sane leadership, the Chinese Would control Asia and Japan would have as much chance against China as Connecticut would have against the rest of the United States. < Japan is interested therefore in Dot having China too peaceful. Tighting in China means peace of JJiind in Japan. ■ The attitude of the Japanese Sprince regent, looking at the Chinese handit leaders cutting each other’s throats, is like that of Louis !*T watching his nobles killing each ,!. . An Knglish measure. 26. Yes. 27. A large serpent. 31. A painler. 1 32. Sews again. 34. To put back. 36. A heavy hammer. 37. A drawing room. 38. To spread loosely. 29. The (French, plural). 49. A lively dance. 42. A hireling. 44. To lake to dinner. 46. Otherwise. 49. Bone. •’><). And in French or Latin. The solution will appear tomorrow. (Copyright, 1925.1 Illakelv Farmers Defeat Community Hall Proposal Beatrice, Feb. 12.—At a meeting of the farmers of Blakely township lha proposition of building a community hall was turned down by a vote of 34 to 10. The farmers of the’township have been meeting for years in the Freeman schoolhouse, and they de. cided that (his would answer the pur poja#> for i«* to com*. Wilson Touched by Pleas of Mothers, Sweethearts After Draft Law W'as Passed, But Refused to Interfere By CHARLES L. SWEM. Cnnfldfntl.l trrrrinry unit *1»nn*nii»h*r to Woodrow Wilson dnrlnit hi* n**'l ,venr* In the White Hoii*e. (Copyright. 1 926, reproduction In any form prohibited.) CHAPTER VI. Immediately after the passage of the draft act Mr. Wilson was in undated by a deluge of appeals and petitions from distracted mothers, wives and sweethearts, members of non-resistance sects, objectors con scientious and otherwise—a flood that continued to rise about him ns the war developed. The operation of the act over so vast a territory was a gigantic ex periment, and one that was being finally perfected only when the neces* sity for it was relieved by the sign* ing of the armistice. Tim thousands and one frictions of the act naturally gravitated to the president; each official failure was referred to him for remedy, and every individual subject of the law with a grievance, it seemed, “took pen in hand” and wrote the president about it. Hundreds and thousands of those* messages of course never reached him, should not have reached him. but by various channels other hun dreds would find their way to his desk and there reveive the invariably considerate attention of a very busy man. No small portion of his time dur ing the progress of the war was spent in writing consoling letters to moth ers whose sons had gone to war, re plying to complaints, and seeing that justice was done in all cases that came before him. He Exempted None. He early set for himself a rule that he rigidly followed affecting his per sonal connection with the draft. No srfoner had the first draft been an nounced than heads of bureaus and Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle. departments began importuning him to have this, that, and the other member of their organization ex trnpted from military service. From nil over the country came demands for exemption upon a wide variety of grounds. But he exempted none himself. Rich fnan, poor man, Indian chief—all received the same Impartial treatment at his hands. Nor would he either encourage or dissuade those about him who felt the call to service. If any sought his advice, and many* did, whether to remain in civilian service or to don the uniform, he would freely give his opinion but would invariably leave the choice to the individual. It was too personal a matter for him to interfere in, he said, and he cheerfully gave permis sion to many about him to go who he believed made a mistake in leav ing their civilian duties. One mornng I met him in his study and asked permission to leave for an aviation camp. It was Just after Chateau-Thierry, and his kindly grey eyes were all akindle with pride over the news. I suggested that the recent battle was the be ginning of the end, and that the American drive in the spring would bring the war to a close. Knthusi astieally I pressed my desire to be present on that occasion, lie depre cated the idea that a single drive in tlie spring would suffice, declaring that It probably would last two years yet; but he pushed his chair back from his desk and stated the case kindly, but as if lie were making a brief. "I know- only too well how you feel, ’ he said, "but look at it from this angle. This is a hig war, and the United States is playing a lead ing part in It—the leading part in all matters of counsel and derision. Whatever is done on land or sea seems to lie submitted first to us for decision, and by the nature of our constitution that means it is put up to me. "Kverythlng which has a tangle in it Is given to the president of the United States to unravel. If you go, at the least it will tie an inconveni ence to me anil in the circumstances 1 think I should be spared the in convenience. Furthermore, I think you are more valuable here than you would he anywhere in the field, than even in the aviation corps—tiut you know niv feeling, and I leave the choice to you.'' Wilson Fairness I ni| west limed. Afew days later, when I decided for myself, and left for camp, with a word "f encouragement and none of rebuko be took m.v hand and wished me Godspeed. With all his studious hahlls and disposition, Mr. Wilson suppressed a love for physical action often char acteristic of his type. As a young ster lie said that Ids cherished ambi tion was to be an admiral and roam the seas. In college he displayed a lively interest In all sports and ath letics, hut nature did not intend him to take an active part on the trark or the field. His interest was necessari ly academic, which was undoubtedly stimulating to his active mind, but scarcely satisfying. I know- he en vied me that morning leaving for camp. He had dealt with youth most of his life. In all his actions as com mander-in-chief of tiie army and navy, his decisions were based If not upon sympathy always upon understand ing and consideration. They were the decisions of a man able to see through the eyes of youth hut with the wls dom of years. Whether he approved or condemned, his fairness was un questionable. In the hundreds of court-martial cases that came be fore him for review, wherever there was the slightest extenuation for the fault, he was lenient to the prejudice of good discipline, hut he had no patience for the deliberate slacker. Humorous Request. Almost daily there seeped through to his desk appeals from unhappy mothers and wives and sweethearts to relieve their loved ones from serv ice. To each of these he replied al ways with ready sympathy, but with impartial justice. The variety and number of appeal* made to him dur ing the war period beggar imagina tion. From the desperate appeal of the allies for men and more men, to the request from a patriotic lady of the middle west for an old shirt of the president's, with a brief history of the state functions it had attended, to he made into an apron and sold at church bazar In the interest of the liberty loan—scarcely "as an enter prise undertaken that the presidents aid "as not sought. His pen was the biggest gun of the war. and when ever a "drive" was to be made or a campaign launched, he was requested to take a part. Saving of Ammunition. He did write many letters In the interest of various war activtles, but as a rule he thriftily conserved his ammunition until he could use It to best advantage. When others were tushed off their feet by the rapid sweep of events and clamored for him to save the situation, he was found exasperatlngly eool and thoughtful of the problem immediately ahead. "This war Is going to be a long one," he said., "and It is good judg ment to save some ammunition for the flnHl effort." The vast political possibilities in herent in the draft act was respon sible for another stream of letters that came to his desk. Almost daily some zealous partisan at large would suddenly discover these possibilities and conceive a scheme of transform ing the operation of the draft into a political machine that would outlast civilization; naively writng the presi dent about it. Other partisans equally as zealous, fearful that the opposition would think of the thing first, hastened to warn Mr. Wilson of the danger. Seri ous and persistent attempts were In deed made to inject politics into the operation of the exemption boards, and no small part of Mr. Wilson s anxious supervision of the operation of the act was In anticipating and checking such attempts. In response to all these suggestions he replied with a stinging rebuke; in several cases instituting investigations. (To He Continued Tomorrow.) Ree Want Ads produce results. r—1 ‘ ' Farmer Repurchases at Advance of $62.50 an Acre Farm Sold Six Years Ago ' — Newman (imvr, Feb. 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