Today
The Power of Opium,
ft Stupefies Men, Makes
ifc % ar.
The Oldest Alligator.
*Englan<Ts Worry.
' By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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.Maker* of ammunition, whose
'prosperity depends on war, have
b*en credited with starting various
♦international rows, and according
fo Mr. Toralala, representing Fin
land in the League of Nations, the
makers of arms and munitions are
Gtill stirring up trouble.
He demands that the league in
vestigate, in connection with the
opium traffic, the shipment of arm*
into the far east.
Most interesting Is the charge,
declared by Lord Robert Cecil to
be sound, that drug addicts are not
alone back of China's traffic in
opium.
Munitions men urge and finance
the Chinese poppy culture and
opium traffic, that the Chinese may
have money to pay for the weapons
they buy to blow off each other's
.heads.
> 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
,!<tther. “The longer they fight, the i
■irtronger they make me, as king of !
Trance.’’ However, China is in no
Imry.
'.'I The intelligent colored caretaker |
At the alligators on Mr. Redding-!
•ton's alligator farm at Anastasia i
nd, says, pointing to the oldest
iauigator covered with green moss:!
“That alligator is 900 years old.
Hpt they live to be 1,800 years old. j
^res, sir, that’s the amount of time |
•litigator has got to do everything j
that he’s got to do. I’d stir him
up for you, and let you see him
bite a piece out of this stick, but
he’s taken to biting pieces out of
the fence lately, and I have to
■piend it..’’
i 'rtiat old alligator was biting
•jhings 450 years before Columbus
•ante to this alligator country.
C hina had estabished a civii/.ation
£.000 years before that. She may
•Wake up one of these days, if prod
ded tpo much, and bite pieces out
j$f the fence that Japan and west
•irnrV Europe are building around
■*er.
England’s worry is about putting
Turope back on a business basis,
with all countries trading, and Eng
land getting her share. While work
ing at every task to insure her own
safety, including the building of
’Dying machines that will go five
miles in one minute, England seeks
to end the hatred and fear that
separate France and Germany.
France lives in constant dread
of German attack and Germany
lives for the opportunity to wreak
ler bitter hatred on France. Brit
ish statesmen feel that there can
be no such thing as permanent
peace or norma) conditions in Eu
rope while that lasts.
While the country was going
through its violent fit of war sen
fnhentality, distributing promises
4nd billions abroad, the European
plan was to have Uncle Sam guar
antee France against German at
tack, pledging himself to send men
ftnd money to back up the guaran
tee on 24 hours’ notice.
But since that time Woodrow
!JfVil son has passed on to his reward,
and this nation has at least par
tially recovered its senses. France
|nd England realize that there
•isn’t going to be any United States
guaranteeing of anything in Ku
ne, or any shipping of American
iiers to Europp for many years
So come. Now the question con
fronting England is: “How can
Trance be made to feel safe so
phnt she will allow Europe to get
Jack to a business basis, without I
Sny definite British guarantee?’’
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Ehrlstlan church September 17. Hev
jRl'al members of the cast are former
Jpi-ofesslomils.
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The Daily Cross Word Puzzle
L ■ . ..^
By RICHARD II. TINGLE*
Horizontal.
1, Pertaining to animals.
6. A fur-bearing animal.
11. Pimples.
12. A fetish.
1-t. A confidential assistant.
15. To jfdn.
17. To parch.
18. Deadly.
19. Scolded.
20. Nevertheless.
22. An insect.
23. Musical note.
25. Period of time.
27. Exists.
28. Vpon.
29. Stage performances.
30. To proceed.
31. Any.
33. An alkaline solution.
35. Similar.
37. Placed.
39. A limb.
41. Taunt*.
43. Made anew.
45. Insulated.
47. Hard.
48. Frozen vapor.
49. Metal bearing rock.
51. Chinese secret society.
52. Verb forms.
53. Indian tent.
Vertical.
1. Defects.
2. An eruptive skin disease.
3. Harmony.
4. Lower.
5. Behold.
6. Note ol^ the scale.
7. Poured.
X. Color.
9. Kim.
10. Sewing Implement,
la! Part of "is."
16. To consume.
17. Related by blood.
21. Implores.
24. A compound of atoms.
2i>. . 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.)
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Farmer Repurchases at
Advance of $62.50 an Acre
Farm Sold Six Years Ago
' —
Newman (imvr, Feb. II.—Henn
Frank, a farmer, six years ago sold
his ftfl-arre farm three miles wesl
nf Newman drove for *150 per a
After living since In western stab
he lias returned to tills vicinity and
repurchased the farm formerly owned
hy himself, paying $212.50 an b. re
cash.
York.—York High school hand w
give a concert February 2 at the
opera house under the direction
the leader. Prof. A. A. I.cRov.
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A Noteworthy Sale of
700 Magnificent New
SPRING
FROCKS
This sale will be one of the most
brilliant Dress events held in
many months in this store. Most
fortunate purchases and(a deter
mination to offer values extraor
dinary permits.
Your Choice Friday
There are over 70
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one a beauty. There
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occasion, Dresses in
all sizes from 14 to ^
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