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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917.
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President Wilson clearly marks trie goal or
rorld democracy.
'A promised come-down in sugar help ome
In conserving the sweetness of life.
Uncle SamV speed in breaking into the bit
lion loan clas establishes a new world record,
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Bob La Follctte's "party of discontent" fore
shadows an early lengthening of the eastern bread
tine.
Austria's window on the Adriatic is being ob
scured by the smoke and dust raised by Cadorna's
irmy.
Not the people, but the system that controls
Germany is what we are fighting. Keep that
point clear.
'The vicinity of Lens right now offers an en
larged picture of the scrap staged on and around
St. Mary's avenue. -
The Omaha democratic hyphenated organ still
is having quite a time to maintain its balance and
its straddle at the same time.
Another high-priced imported expert is about
to depart from Omaha, but we will wager that
the local activities go ahead without him.
Omaha policemen who feel they must sing
ahould be taught another song than "Die VVacht
am Rheim," This is a job for the chief, who haj
at least a local reputation as a warbler.
Conscription having laid, hold en wheat and
coal, corn and oil, wool and steel might as well
line up and get marching orders. Uncle Sam
is going to lead the procession back to a basis of
reasonable cost of living. ..;
, Minnesota's governor wasted no time on the
malcontents who planned to use his state as a
basis from which to spread sedition under guise of
propagating peace.' His example' may well be
noted by other state executives.
"The thin blue line of heroes," last seen in,
marching line in Boston, will presently recruit iU
ranks from the grand army of democracy. Ai the
old army stood for American union o will the
newer army stand for world liberty and humanity.
Mexican leaders turn joyfully from the annoy,
ances of revolution to the soulful melodies of
peace. The outpouring is not confined to native
haciendas. It wells out beyond native bounds and
bids the silvery moon hide its face while Carranza
serenades the lady on the American dollar.
During the merry days of the Balkan war Aus
tria denied Montenegro and Serbia "a window on
the Adriatic." Time turns the tables. Italy's ad
vance on Triest promises to spoil Austria'a superb
view of the titleless sea. The plucked bantams of
the Balkans draw satisfaction from the prospect.
Western millers are meeting the food control
administration at least half way, and thus show
a spirit it will be well for others to emulate. It
may be that before the winter is over the loaf of
bread will show the effect of efforts now being
made to restore it to something like its old-time
dimensions.
Governor Neville, of course, realizes that the
bootlegger is an elusive bird and does not fre
quently disclose his haunts to those who seek to
put him out of business. In other words, the
secret operative has a far better chance to de
tect the illicit dealers in rum than has the police
man in uniform.
Former United States Senator Works of Cali
fornia is not making much progress as a pro
German propagandist At every turn of his men
dacious route he is met by vigorous protests and
denunciation as a traitor to his country. Respect
for his years so far saves him from less energetic
treatment at home.
A Real Achievement
- Washington Post
One of the most difficult tasks which con
fronted the American government at the begin-
mng oi me war nas just oeen accompusnea wnn
out boasting and perhaps without full realiza
tion by the public of the size of the achievement
Everyone knew that in case of war the United
States would be able to raise a large army. But
where were the officers to be found? Where were
the men skilled in military science who could
train the raw recruits? (
Three months ago there was a shortage of
officers, even in the regular army, then of insig
nificant size, Within the last few days 26,000
well-trained ' yoi'ng officers have been commis
sioned. Wittiin the next three months at least
15,000 more will be added. There will be enough
officers for the new national army.
'iThe general staff has great faith in the stam
ina, character and ability of the new officers trained
in record-breaking time. For three months these
- highly intelligent young Americans, many of them
having previous training in military colleges, were
drilled underpressure in the science of war. It
A-as intensive training aod for the work required
of them the officers are now well qualified. V
The camps for the training of the officers were
ready on time. The stiff schedule laid down at
the beginning was followed rigorously. The of
ficers in charge of this difficult organizing task
disposed of it in a manner that reflects the great
est credtton thr military authorities of the United
States.
President's Reply to the Pope.
President Wilson's reply to the peace note of
Pope Benedict XV is worthy of the purpose it is
intended to serve. Accepting the pope's proposal
in the spirit it was sent, ascribing to his holiness
the most lofty of humanitarian motives, the presi
dent clearly and without any circumlocution sets
out why peace is impossible on terms suggested.
If America is in the war at all it is because of
broken faith and double-dealing by the Prussian
war party, and we cannot accept a peace sup
ported only by the pledged word of those in whom
we have no trust. Such a peace is merely a one
sided armistice. We have entered this war solely
to secure our national safety and to assist others,
including the German people themselves, to the
same end, and we cannot withdraw till we have
a guaranty on which we can rely that our fu
ture will be undisturbed by the ambitious efforts
of a militaristic combination to spread its domina
tion throughout the world. Such, in brief, is the
president's reply to the pope and that it will have
the sanction of all patriotic Americans may be
accepted as a matter of course. It may also be
taken for granted that the president has spoken
for our allies. Pacifists at home and abroad must
now realize that the blank wall of kaiserism yet
blocks the way to peace and until it is broken
down there can be no sheathing of the sword.
The war must go on until the world is safe for
democracy.
Fixing a Price on Wheat.
The committee which is to recommend prices
for the 1917 wheat crop under the administration
of the food control law has encountered expected
difficulties. Representatives of the wheat-growing
interests on the board quite naturally hold out for
the higher price, basing their claims on the fact
that tin: crop for the current year is short. Rea
soning from a standpoint supported by the action
of congress in fixing a price of $2 per bushel for
the 1918 crop, which is expected to be unusually
large, these advocates pretend to believe they
should be permitted to demand a much higher
price for the grain of the current yield. This
stand is neither ethically or morally right nor
under the circumstances is it legal.
The government of the United States has but
recently fixed the selling price of fuel and is un
dertaking to make a basic figure for other com
modities. In the matter of flour, an association
of western millers, in consultation with the food
control board, has agreed to accept a fixed profit
per barrel. With these examples for guidance the
American farmer should be willing to forego any
undue advantage that might be his as a result of
abnormal relations between supply and demand.
He has no more right to extort an unfair profit
than had the coal producers or any other dealers
in necessities, whose rapacity has been checked
by the federal government.
It should be easy to determine what is the
actual cost of producing wheat and with this
knowledge fair selling price could be established,
allowing the farmers for their labor a profit not ex
cessive. Nobody wants to deprive the farmer of
his reward, but there is no more reason for allow
ing him to exact an exorbitant profit on wheat
than there was for allowing the coal men to hold
up the nation in an emergency. Patriotic farm-,
ers, and they are (n the majority, will realize the
truth of this and the unpatriotic must be made to.
Russia's Plight and Its People,
. That Russian leaders understand what ails
their country and what standi between them and
success is made plain by statements coming from
the Moscow conference. No irreconcilable dif
ferences exist, even between the program sub
mitted by Tcheidse, the spokesman for the radi
cal socialists, and General Kalendines, who has
given the most concrete expression of army views.
All agree that conditions existing mean defeat for
the Russian people and that action must be had
if the new republic is to stand. Tcheidse drags
in questions that can better be left for discussion
until after the main problem of safety has had
attention, but it is likely the advice of Prince
Krapotkin, that all parties unite on the great
task, will carry weight sufficient to hold in abey
ance consideration of nonessentials. The imme
diate demand on the leaders is that they accom
modate their differences to the end that the people
may again be animated with the spirit that moved
them in March, but which has been missing en
tirely for the last two months. When they have
made themselves secure against German inv'asion,
and not until then, can they afford to give time
to the' consideration of proposed independence
of racial groups or to adjust political divisions and
fix boundaries within the country. For the pres
ent they should be impressed with the fact that
Russians of every sort are subject to the same
menace, that of German domination.
Fair German Words for Argentina.
Argentina is in receipt of a note from Foreign
Minister von Kuehlman of the German imperial
cabinet that speaks as fairly as did any of the col
lection sent by Von Jagow to the United States
on the subject of submarine warfare. Germany
now makes to Argentina the identical pledges
made to the United States, promising indemnity
for shipping destroyed, respect for the flag and
future security for the South American republic
in enjoyment of freedom of the seas. But what
reason has Argentina to think these pledges will
be kept? One of the leading papers of Buenos
Ayres expresses the opinion that the note pres
ages a modification of the U-boat policy. Simi
lar expressions were many times voiced in this
country, but hope was sorely disappointed in the
realization. Despite fair words and written prom
ises, attacks on American .vessels, contrary to all
laws and in direct violation of pledges, con
tinued, and it will be most remarkable if Argen
tina does not have a similar experience. How
ever, if the Germans seriously intend to reform
their sea policy to the extent of granting immu
nity to the ve'ssels under the flag of Argentina the
fact may lead to similar favors to other nations,
although it is not at all likely that such a change
will materially affect the attitude of any as to
the war.
Shooting craps on Piccadilly circus glimpses
the evolution wrought by the American invasion
of London. It is only a starter. As time wags
on and the pep of live ones animates the old town
from Ramcat alley to Bishopsg&te one may vi
sion base ball on Parliament square, rolling ten
pins on Pall Mall and bootlegging in the dusty
byways of the Tower. Stranger things have hap
pened.
., The kaiser is credited with bestowing over
2,000,000 iron crosses since the war began, ex
elusive of the millfons of crosses won on the
wayside. . . - v ' '
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It taxes credulity to believe that Florence and
Benson, two popular June brides, ran up a bunch
of overdrafts for dad to settle. The gay de
ceivers'
How Liberty LoanW as Floated
B) Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, Aug. 27. That unpretentious lit
tle button which the government gave to every
buyer of a Liberty bond had as much to do with
the success of the issue as any other one thing,
in the opinion of the men who did the work of
introducing the biggest first bond issue in history
to the American people.
Every man who bought bonds got one button
and only one. whether he took $20,000,000 worth
or only one $50 bond. And all of the buttons were
just alike. John D. Rockefeller's was no better
than the ones they gave to the department store
girls. In the opinion of Robert VV. Woolley. who
had charge of the publicity work for the Liberty
loan, it was this democratic quality aboift the
button which made it popular.
The problem faced by the Treasury depart
ment in selling the giant bond issue was unprece
dented both in size and nature. It had to sell a
bond issue of billions to a people who had never
before taken more than a few hundred millions of
bonds in one issue; it had to sell bonds to mil
lions of Americans, though only 300,000 of them
had ever before bought a bond, and it had to do
the whole job in jig time. It was easy enough to
sell a relatively large share of the bond issue to
men with large capital. A bond exempt from
taxation was to them an attractive proposition
with congress busily at work piling up ingenious'
taxes, while the success of the bond issue would
mean less need for taxation. But to the man with
a few hundreds or even thousands it was a dif
ferent matter. He was asked to loan at VA per
cent money, that he could not get when he needed
it ordinarily for less than 6 per cent. Of course,
the safety of the Investment could be pointed out,
but it is not hard to find a safe place for a small
sum of money at a moderate interest rate.
The only real appeal was to the man's patriot
ismhis sense of duty. If the idea could once be
hammered into the general consciousness that it
was the correct and commendable thing to buy a
bond the issue would sell.
There was only one agency in the world equal
to the task and that was the American advertising
industry. Every branch of it was appealed to. Mr.
Woolley organized separate departments to deal
with the billboard and poster interests, the moving
picture industry, the weekly and farm press, the
technical and trade journals, the dailies and the
popular magazines. In every one of the 'twelve
federal reserve districts a publicity bureau subor
dinate to this central bureau was organized and
these district bureaus carried the organization into
every town and city in the United States. Each
of the district bureaus reported daily to the Wash
ington bureau and sent a duplicate of its report to
every other district board. In this way Mr. Wool"
ley was in constant touch and what was good was
utilized to the' fullest extent.
The Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
came forward with an excellent plan for the sys
tematic advertisement of the loan in every news
paper in the country. Mr. Woolley mentioned
congress had made appropriation for selling ex
penses one-tenth of 1 per cent of. the amount of
the issue. He explained that someone besides the
government would have to pay tor tne space anq
o,iTTtrt that th hier rtrnartment stores and
other large advertisers be asked to devote some of
their display space to the Liberty loan. The re
sponse was astonisning. ine associated auver
ttsing clubs got behind the movement with a man
in each district to direct the work. The foreign
languages press of the United States, anxious to
prove beyond question its patriotism, contributed
most generously without being requested to do
so. The Liberty loan got some w pages oi dis
play advertising free, in thirty-six different lan
guages. The National Association of the Motion Pic
ture Industry and the independent motion picture
producers chiped in with a contribution of a sce
nario and the right to exhibit free a "trailer" film
dealing with the Liberty loan at the conclusion of
every motion picture show in every theater in the
country, for three weeks and the Eastman com
pany backed this up with a gift of 500,000 pounds
of raw film. The popular street car card was used
most effectively. The National Street Railway
Advertising association gave two cards to the
Liberty loan in every street car it controls in 3,300
towns and cities and other agencies added space
enough so that every surface, subway and ele
vated train in America carried the appeal to buy
a bond. The signboards were only one jump be
hind. The three biggest outdoor advertising con
cerns in the United States contributed 6,000 "paint
boards," 11,000 "paper", boards and many electric,
signs in all parts of the United States. The great
mail order houses put the story of the Liberty
bond into every envelope they sent out; depart
ment stores were filled with cards about it; banks
and firms of many other kinds used the mails to
distribute Liberty loan literature. The Boy Scouts
distributed 6,000,000 pieces of literature and sold
$25,000,000 worth of bonds. The Chamber of
Commerce of the United States and the National
Credit Men's association reached practically every
business man in the nation with an appeal in some
form.
In this .way a gigantic net of appeal and sug
gestion was spread all over the country a net so
closely woven that even "the little fellow," which
means nearly all of us, was firmly caught.
Wherever he went that challenge to make the
world safe for democracy with his savings stared
him n the face. Every car card and signboard,
newspaper and magazine echoed the idea that his
money was needed in the struggle for a great
ideal and that his money would be safe.
And then those buttonsl The biggest men in
town were wearing them, and so were some men
who didn't have as much money as he. Surely
he could do as much for the liberty of the world
as the next fellow. And so he became one more
of the 5,000,000 who invested in Liberty bonds.
It was primarily a triumph for American advertising.
(' " Two Million Soldiers
Wuhlnrton Pont-
The probability that the second draft will be
made early next year and that 750,000 additional
men will be drawn into the military service is sig
nificant of the fact that America is going into the
war up to the hilt.
Industry, man power and capital have been
drafted for the war. The whole world knew that
America would be effective in adding to the fi
nancial and industrial and food resources of the
nations associated in the war against the German
government, but there was some doubt as to the
extent of the participation, so far as man power is
concerned.
That doubt has been removed by the vigor
with which the United States government has
proceeded in raising a national army. It was no
mere bravado that inspired 'the adoption of the
conscription law. The public has been quietly in
earnest from the beginning and the government
in preparing for an army of a least 2,000,000 men
is carrying out the will of the majority as well
as the judgment of the military experts.
Twenty-six thousand new, but well-trained and
competent, officers have been provided for the
army, which in a few weeks will be under training
in the cantonments. At least 20,000 more will be
provided in the second camps. There will be
plenty of officers for the training of the new in
crement of 750,000 men announced for January.
It was a stupendous task that faced the military
authorities of the United States at the beginning
of the war. The size of the regular army was in
significant There was a dearth of officers. Ger
many gleefully insisted that it would be impossi
ble to provide officers, equipment and supplies
for a large army in the United States.) Even con
scription, the German government argued, meant
merely a paper army.
Today this country stands as the greatest po
tential factor in the world war and its prepara
tions bring the day of victory closer to hand
I TODAY
One Year Ago Tenia y In the War.
Roumanians forced all the Carpath
ian passes into Hungary.
Paris reported an advance for the
French east of Kleury.
Turkey announced the Russians
again had been defeated on the south
ern Caucasus front.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
There is an average of a dozen car
loads of household goods arriving in
South Omaha every week.
Five old time Coneord coaches ar
rived at the Union Pacific depot and
frontiersmen and western pioneers
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had an opportunity to recall old
memories of plains life. They belong
to Jim Stephenson and have been
taken from a stage line which was
running from St. Elmo, Colo., to Aspen
and Olenwood Springs.
Peter Cockrell of South Omaha, who
has been ill during the last week, is
up and attending to business.
Mrs. II. Hey man and family have
arrived in South Omaha to reside.
The Salvation Army have failed to
make arrangements to enter a crusade
against sin In South Omaha and the
Gospel army, having confidence In
their ability as "Satan annihilators"
are making an effort to get a hall.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the Seward Street Methodist Episcopal
church was held with presiding elder
J. W. Phelps In the chair. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Trustees, J. M. Marston,
W. L. Wright, J. B. West, George J.
Hodder, G. P. Dietz; stewards, William
Pearson, G. A. Magney, Charles
Bauserman, J. W. Day, J. H. Oxnum,
A. K. Lucas, J. W. McCune, B. R. Ball,
C. O. Lobeck, H. A. Bletleman and J.
W. Nicholson.
Robert Blickensderfer has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Ne
braska division of the Union Pacific
road with headquarters In Omaha.
Mr. James, superintendent of the
Omaha publio schools, has made ar
rangements to supply the pupils with
free tickets of admission to the fair
on Children's day, and asks them to
call for the tickets at the Board of
Education rooms, corner Sixteenth and
Capitol avenue.
This Day in History.
1802 Captain John Chllde, who in
duced congress to pass the first grant
of public landB to benefit -a railway,
born at West Boylston, Mass. Died
at Springfield, Mass., February 2, 1858.
1813 Massacre at Fort Minims,
Ala., by Creek Indians.
1817 John Williams; fourth Epis
copar bishop of Connecticut, born at
Deerfield, Mass., Died at Hartford,
Conn., February 7, 1899.
1843 National liberty party nomi
nated James G. Blrney for president.
1862 Battle of Manassas, or Second
Bull Run, ended.
1892 Democrats of Nebraska nomi
nated J. Sterling Morton for governor.
1902 Beginning of a great eruption
of Mont Pelee, which caused the loss
of over 2,000 Uvea.
1914 Allies retreated to the Una
of the Seine.
1915 Germans attacked bridge
head on the Dvina, southeast of Riga,
The Day We Celebrate;,
Amos Thomaa was born August 20,
1882. He is a nativ of Milwaukee and
practiced law in Omaha nntil he went
into the officers' reserve camp.
Frank Wilcox was born down in
Bellewue, August 30, 1859. He is &
well known figure in insurance circles'
in Omaha, handling all lines,
Millard Fillmore Rohror, realtor, of
Council Bluffs, was bc-rn August 39,
1850, in Rohrersville, Washington
county, Maryland, and served as a hos
pital nurse in that vicinity during the
battle of Antietam.
Marion LeRoy Burton, the new
president of the University of Min
nesota, born at Brooklyn, la., forty-three-
years ago today.
John B. Lewis, founder of the Na
tional Association of Patriotic In
structors, born at Wilmington, Mass.;
seventy-six years ago today.
Rear Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair,
who accompanied the Balfour party
to the Washington war conference last
April, born fifty-three years ago today.
Henry F. Hollis. United States sen
ator from New Hampshire, born at
Concord, N. H., forty-eight years ago
today. v
Charles S. Hamlin, governor of th
Federal Reserve board, born in Bos
ton, fifty-six years ago today.
William D. Perritt, pitcher for the
New York National league base ball
team, born at Arcadia, La., twenty-five
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
The final installment on the Liberty
bonds Is due today.
The sixth annual reunion of the
McGrew Family Association of Amer
ica is to be held today at McKeesport
Pa.
California's new minimum wage law
for women, providing that no experi
enced woman shall be employed in any
mercantile industry in that state at a
wage of less than $10 a week, is to
come into effect today.
Story ette of the Day.
A man advertised for a hostler, and
mentioned that a, returned soldier
would be preferable. Soon a hard
faced looking fellow put in an appear
ance seeking the Job.
"Do you smoke?" asked the man.
"No," was the reply.
"Swear?"
"No."
"Are you a member of the Church
of England?"
Seeing that an answer in the af
firmative was required, the other said
he was.
But when the man asked, "Are you
a total abstainer?" it was too close
quarters for the returned hero.
"Look 'ere. mister." he said, "strike
me if yer know what yer want. You
hadvertised for an ostler, but you
bloomin' well wants a harkangel, that's
what yer wants," and he walked away
in disgust. London Tit Bits.
PRICE OF LIBERTY.
(Philadelphia Ledger.)
You do not pause to parley In the least
With him who ploti to rob you ot your
coat.
You do not atop to aoothe the lavage beaat
That waits hii ehanea to grapple at your
throat.
The ruthless tobher always has to pay:
The laws of Ood and man must be upheld;
The werewolf of the world who stands at
bay '
Will rule or ruin It he la not felted.
He who will not forgive his neighbor's debt
Shall find the laws Of Ood must be obeyed.
Tilt mercy, peace and righteousness have
met
The very utmost farthing must be paid. -
The perpetrator of these ghastly deeds, -The
insensate author ot these cruel times,
Must pay the penalty his proper meeds
Must be full restitution for his crimes.
Surrender unconditional should be
for him who darts his mandates to im
pose Upon the world the price of liberty
aiust in the end be oaid by freedom's toes.
Commends Editorial.
Omaha, Aug. 27. To the Editor of
The Bee: I desire to commend you
for your admirable editorial published
in Saturday's issue on the deplorable
Houston affair, which all right-thinking
people must keenly regret.
All who have our country's best
interests at heart must do their utmost
to allay the sentiment quite prevalent
throughout- all sections of the coun
try Which underlies and is responsible
for inter-racial tragedies of this char
acter. This, while necessary in nor
mal times, is most imperative in these j
uDnormai times, wnen me nerves or
the nation are at high tension. Press,
pulpit, bar and every agency which
influences epublic opinion must unite
In counseling sanity, self-restraint and
moderation. Therefore I desire to
commend you for the editorial in ques
tion and for standing for law, order
and Justice for all classes of citizens.
JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS.
OftkTrs of National Army.
Blair, Neb., Aug. 28. To the Editor
of The Bee: I Just read your comment
on the mode of selection of the officers
at the training camps with lots of sat
isfaction. The editor of the Craw
ford Courier is guilty of gross Igno
rance or maliciousness.
My acquaintance over the state is
very limited. Yet I am personally ac
quainted with nine boys who went to
Fort Snelllng and won commissions.
None are sons of rich or near rich
parents. Nor havo they a political
pull. Just ambitious, patriotic young
men full of vim who are eager to com
pete with one another for honors. Boys
who finished high school, taught In the
rural schools to get money for col
lege and professional educations. One
was a junior in the university law
school, another a superintendent of
city schools, another a freshman
medic, etc. How did they get there?
Good hard work.
Such boys are bound to win-over the
poor Tnot financially speakiug) boy
who sits around wishing something
would happen. They are accustomed
to competition the foot ball field,
basket ball team, debates,, canvassing
during the summer to get money to
get back ih achool, etc. I read a
statement from an aged army officer
who, after looking over the boys at
camp, said,' "They are our best." They
are chosen because they have the push,
they are ambitious, patriotic, have the
ability and confidence to lead.
I R. H, GREEN.
two 5:fTc-rfnt siu-n at nn f.'utlvv ijl
tkn in a hxrto business incem ftnc
was a constructor and the otuor was
a driver. Of course, the driver was
a failure and lost his Job. One, wan
an organizer, who let others develop
into positions and take care cf the
business, and the other wanted to
know all that was going on all the
time. When the successful man was
asked whv he didn't tend more to
business, which he did very little, be
replied, "I don't dare." Imagine
someone at the head of this whole
great world.
"In the beginning God created the
heaven and eurth," so says the Bible,
the only visible and complete record
we have of God. Man cannot deny
or disprove a creator, a master mind
and hand that created all. "And He
u' that it nu ov.n.l "M.'in I tfiven
free will and also a reason to dis
tinguish between the good and evil.
nut in no wise is ne given io uu evn.
How a nation after trespassing others',
rights, the deliberate murder of inno
cents, all against, the commandments
and teachings of God, can dare to as
sume to be favored in His eyesight is
beyon,d reason. The kaiser had almost
one grain of sense when he said, "God,
in His all wisdom, knows when He
shall give us vlct6ry." He surely does.
The first intelligent wwrds the kaiser
ever uttered. Let us pray for him.
C. 8.
Doesn't Understand Miles.
Creston, la., Aug. 27. To the Editor
of The Bee: 1 notice in your paper
of the 27th a letter from one Henry
Miles criticising, a statement of Mr.
Ireland as published in a former is
sue of The Bee.
A careful reading of his effusion
leaves roe in the dark as to his real
meaning. Com 3 out into the light,- Mr.
Miles. Talk English. J list what do
you mean? Was Martfn Luther, who
lived some several years ago, the cause
of the present war? If you answer
this interrogatory In the affirmative, be
explicit and tell us Just how. Or is
your letter written in the interest of
soma other sovereign beyond the sea?
E. A. LEE.
God in the War.
Fort Douglas, Utah, Aug.' 25. To
the Editor of The Bee: One of the
most humorous bits of reading is the
kaiser's constant "Me und God." In
recent press reports we read of the
kaiser, in addressing his troops, saying:
"With God's help -we shall see this
struggle through and be victorious,"
etc. How and' why the kaiser can
dare to presume God on his side is be
yond comprehension. When- or where
was our Lord a war God ? In the Gar
den of Getheemane when Jesus, the
Son of God. according to Christian
teachings, was about to be taken by
hut enemies his leading disciple, Peter,
drew A sword in defense and Jesus,
replying, said: "Put up thy sword,
for be that taketh up the Sword shall
perish by the sword." That is very
plain, nothing hard to understand
about that and to prove His teachings
and save mankind He became, "re
signed unto death."
How the kaiser can construe God as
a war God is not understandable. If
anything our God is a righteous God.
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