THE BEE: " OMAHA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER- 21. 1917.
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The merchant of Venice might help some with
a Don't Worry club.
' The Milwaukee police force doubtless needed
cleaning out, but not that way.
Pe rrograd is. not as red as it is pictured. The I
yellow streak smears the scenery. .
y The bomb that made Milwaukee famous doubt
less was brewed by a bembshevikl. ,
Red Oak is wise. Its place onfthe map is se
cure without capitalizing dubious publicity. .
Should all else fail a bumper crop of corn and
puds makes the world fairly safe for democracy.
Alt right, Rev. Lyn George J. Kelly, just con
sider that' vou have seecial cause to observe
Thanksgiving and try to subside for a while from J
public notice.
The pacifist drive against Sarti Gompers,
heralded as a sure winner, reached the fringes of
No Man's Land and perished ingloriously. It
"akes fighting men to win a fight.
Hang the service banners outt The example
jf the Knights of Columbus deserves , general
smulation by lodges and workshops as a , .testi
monial to the men going "over there."
The British mission placed a wreath on the
tomb of George, Washington and now the AmerU
fan mission has placed a floral tribute on, the
tomb of Lafayette. Honors are easy. . "
With the exceptional showing of holiday goods
Omaha merchants are ( making this season, itis
x mighty fastidious person who can't get what
he wants right here, without sending out of town
for it. v . i : '' ";"
It is reported that a daughter of the tzar , is
' coming to the . United States. She may be as
sured this is a land of democracy with the door
of opportunity open to all, regardless ot the handi
cap of royal birth. 1 ,
Stopping waste does not consist solely in per
: 8uadjng people to save. . Duplication of war work
'by overlapping organizations means that half the
' effort and material is wasted. Consolidation and
concentration is the order of the day.
The Nebraska State Council of Defense is le
, gaily an advisory board to the governor. When it
- becomes Governor Howard, should the governor
insist on picking his own advisers, there wiU.be
some change) in the personnel of the council.
; The National league Opposed to woman suf
frage spurns suggestions of peace and propose
staying in the war until women are rescued from
the enslavement of politics. Come, come, girlsl
One war ata time is about all the world can stand.
A San Franciscan with lamps brightened , by
travel observes that "Omaha women dress too
well." Some local, critics say they do not dress
enough. As they cannot please all the men a part
of the time here's hoping they please themselves
all the time. k
Readers of war news edited at Washington
no doubt appreciate the throbs and thrills pumped
into the last submarine sinking stories. In these
strenuous times relieving the readers of every pos
sible strain on the imagination while leaving them
guessing about the minor details reflects more or
less credit on the navy's publicity bureau.
, Now that the hyphenated World-Herald has
taken to the use of the word "bodies" in its head
lines, what paper will the reverend pro-German
at Millard read who stopped his subscription for
Tnt Bee because of our too staunch Arnertcan-
ism?1 Must he fall back exclusively upon German
language translations or does he know that (he
World-Herald does not mean it?
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Trainmen as Soldiers in War
-Ntw York Warld-
Essentials and! Nonessentials.
While the government is drawing the line be
tween essentials and nonessentials for priority
rights in transportation the sameline should be
drawn roluntarily by people generally in their
various undertakings.
The biggest business which we have in hand
right now is to win the war into which we have
been dragged by Germany and to win it as
quickly as possible, because every month or week
or day that its duration is cut sijort represents
untold saving of lives and money, of suffering and
sorrow. (
While we are waging war, however, those at
home must live and they must hold fast to the
institutions and the standards of living that have
been achieved and for whose protection and per
petuation we are really fighting. The principal
point where the distinction between essentials
and nonessentials is necessary comes in the con
sideration .of new enterprises. Is the proposed
venture helpful to the winning of the war or
merely calculated to dissipate money and effort
that could be used to better advantage? Is it
one that is immediately urgent or can it be de
ferred without serious loss?
If what is planned is to answer a real demand
that cannot well be met otherwise we should go
on with it. If it is something that would not be
missed if it would fail to materialize 'it is a non
essential that can wait. Everyone of us can and
should apply the test ourselves and abide by our
own common sense judgment
Omaha Women and Their Dress.
' Here comes another -critic, this time from the
Pacific coast, to tell us that Omaha women are
extravagant in their dress. He compliments their
taste and expresses his admiration for their ap
pearance, but condemns what he conceives to be
their thoughtlessness in the matter of conserva
tion. ' 1 .
The Bee ventures mildly to suggest that if this
somewhat captious visitor were to remain long
enough to get better acquainted with Omaha
women and to familiarize himself with what they
are doing he might change hit mind. It may be
we have some who are idle, vain and frivolous
and given to undue Self-indulgence; it would be
strange,, indeed, if this were not so. But no
women anywhere have made a better record of
helpfulness in the time of the 'country's great
need than have those of Omaha. Nothing that
woman can do has been left undone. Our moth
ers, wives, sisters and sweethearts are busy every
where, from the home to the battle front. The
women of Omaha'have been active in war mat
ters since August, 1914, and if they have oppor
tunity to indulge their taste or fancy in the mat
ter of dress or adornment they have earned the
right to gratify their desires or whims. We re
gret that this particular stranger finds so little
delight in them, but he may rest assured that
Omaha women are willing to rnake at the proper
time whatever sacrifice Is necessary. ' ,
Fixing the Profits of Packers
Tha announced adjustment of profits to be al
lowed meat packers .under the food .administra
tion, set at 2yi per cent on gross sales, puts the
business practically, on its ante-war basis. These
figures closely approximate the experience of the
great concerns over a terms of years. It does not
mean that prices to consumers are to be imme
diately lowered materially, but it may be the
means of headingff further.advance. ;The pack
ers are understood to be entirely willing to co
operate in this or in other ways with the govern
ment in the management of the food question.
In the meantime other agencies are actively at
work to increase the supply, Live stock raisers
are being urged to put forth even more vigorous
efforts, to finish beef for the( market. This espe
ciallx applies to Nebraska, where a considerable
quantity pf soft corn is available just now for
feeding. Bankers are asked to assist in this by
extending credit on cattle loans, to the end that
there will be no lessening of the effort to increase
9utput. The spirit in which all who are en
gaged fn this great industry are coming together
niates sure that the world will get its needed meat
if the United States can furnish it. ,
, Early Marriage and Divorce.
Rules recently, suggested by a judge of the
local district court as having in them some pos
sible virtue for lessening the business of the di
vorce court are entitled to some consideration.
The judge who uttered them has had consider
able expedience as an untier of nuptial knots and
is certainty informed as to the danger spots along
the course of married life. But In the absence of
exact data it majr be doubted if early marriage is
really a seriously contributing factor to divorce.
Not all early marriages turn out happily nor do
air those contracted between matured couples.
Within the last fifteen years The Bee has pub
lished the accounts of many golden wedding cele
brations, each a testimonial to the success of a
contract entered jnto early in life. On the con
trary, quite a few mature and tome even elderly
couples have sought divorce, although neither of
these facts can be cited as establishing a rule.
One thing the judge did say that will impress the
thoughtful, and that is the tendency of modern
social life to lessen an appreciation of the obli
gations of marriage. Some effort to inculcate a
more sober attitude toward the estate of matri
mony might tend to relieve the divorce court, but
this can be made to reach and influence the young
as well as any.
What the railroads are willing to do to keep
traffic from interruption during the war the rail
road brotherhoods cannot afford to be -unwilling
to do. ine railroads have placed their interests
unreservedly in the hands of the president Tne
brotherhoods, while willing to accept the presi
dent as a mediator in their demands for still higher
wages, are unwilling to consent to an tncondi
tional arbitration.
This is a position from which the brotherhoods
will have to recede if the president, for lack of
time or other reasons, should advise an arbitra
tion of the matter.
The president is now acting almost entirely day
, by day as commander-in-chief of the armies of the
United States and of all the essential powers of
.the country enlisted in the war. The railroads
are such a power. Their managers are willing to
recognize this. It will be necessary that the
brotherhoods shall also recognize it Their mem
bers are quasi-public servants in peace times. They
become in war time virtually soldiers of an im
portance like that of munition and supplv train
operators back of the lines at the front in France.
Even the suggestion of a strike becomes mon
strous under such circumstances and the brother-
nooas are cieany coming so to understand it As
... the roads have "unreservedly" submitted to the
judgment and orders of the commander-in-chief,
the brotherhoods cannot do less tnan submit "un
conditionally" to the tame judgment The coun
try it in no mood to put up with any Bolsheviki
businett at thia .particular time. If the com-irvander-m-hief
decides for arbitration that will
also have to be the brotherhoods' decision.
The new commander of the Russian army, a
former ensign, prattles like a youngster puffed up
with strange power. "The German proletariat is
hand and hand with us " he is quoted as exclaim
ing, "and will not allow official Germany to
hamper a great cause." Isn't that rich. No
wonder the Teuton weirwolf licks its chops at the
prospects of juicy bear meat .
Official reports" on current food policies note
a slight reduction in the general average "except
in cornmeal, canned tomatoes, canned peas, bacon
and round steak." The exceptions apply to the
middle west where the necessaries are raised and
marketed The old notion that cheapness fol
lows nearness to the source of supply goes into
the melting pot of wrecked theories.
A Study of American
- Manhood
By Frederic Jr Haskin
. Washington, Nov. 24. Is the average yonng
American, who is now being drafted to fight in
.Europe, a better man physically than the average
young German who has been drafted to fight
against him? When these two types of modern
manhood come to grips in the shock of a bayonet
charge, which side in the majority of cases will
have the advantage of weight? Which will have
the longest arras and the strongest biceps? Whiijh
the deepest chests? These things will count as
much toward success as they do, in a foot ball
game. For after the artillery preparation, when
the lines come together in No Man's land nerve
and muscle are what count. . ,
We believe of course that the American is the
better man, but we do not know it, and in this
war scientific certainties are the only premises
upon which it is safe to proceed. If our young
men have not as much muscle and chest as their
enemies, it is just as wrong t6 send them to the
field as it would be to make them fight with shot
guns against rifles. They must first be brought
up to the necessary standard by proper exercises.
If, on the other hand, we have an appreciable
physical advantage, it is a factor that we may
certainly count upon to influence the result of the
war.
A- work that will shed much light on this
matter has been undertaken by the committee on
anthropology of the National Research council.
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, who has charge of anthropo
logical work for the United States national
museum, is given credit for having first scen the
great opportunity which the gathering of the na
tional army might afford his science. ,
For the comparison of American recruits with
their antagonists is not the only, nor even the
principal result sought by the anthropological
survey which Dr. Hrdlicka has instituted He
proposes (o have a young medical expert stationed
in each one of half a dozen of the national army
cantonments, for the purpose of making measure
ments with standardized instruments, so that the
results will be uniform. The camps selected will
be in different sections of the country. The fruit
of the survey will be an enormous body of data
showing just what physical type of manhood the
various conditions of life and employment in the
United States are producing.
This survey, for example, will shed light upon
the moot question of whether rural or city life is
the more healthful. Some men of authority be
lieve that our great cities are Wasting the national
health with their noise, their crowded living con
ditions, their merciless demand upon the energies.
Hr. Hrdlicka believes that this idea is in many
respects erroneous. He points out that the first
and most certain effect of metropolitan life upon
the individual is to stimulate him in every, way.
Morally, mentally and physically, he is put to the
test. A man who would have, survived amid the
placidities of rural life may die or become insane j
under the strain of city living, but he who sur-3
vives will develop. In a word, the city worker
must grow or die; he cannot vegetate. And in this
way, 'the metropolitan life tends to eliminate the
unfit and develop latent qualities that are desir
able. Whether metropolitan life is equally bene
ficial to the second generation, according to Dr.
Hrdlicka, is another question, and one upon
which more evidence is needed. It has not been
determined whether the individual's reproductive
powers are injured by the strain of city life.
Upon this question, too, the anthropological
survey will shed light. It will also show what ef
fect occupatioas have upon men; whether printers
and mechanics are as strong and well developed
as farmers and longshoremen. It will be perhaps
the first reliable data ever gathered to show(what
effect climate and elevation -have upon the phys
ical development of men. For example, the Ken-
tucky mountaineers are the tallest men, as a sec
tional class, in the United States. Is this solely
because their ancestors were tall men, or is there
something about mountain life that tends to make
'men taller? If all mountaineers' show even a
slightly greater average of stature thart .lowland
ers, the latter theory will be strongly sustained.
The effect of the high, dry climate of the
southwestern plateau region as compared with
that of the eastern seaboard will also afford an
interesting study, as will a comparison between
northerners and southerners.
Right in the Spotlight
. J. Hampton Moore, who will preside
at th annual sessions of the Atlantic
Beener Waterways association, open
ing today at Miami, Fla., has been
president of the association since Its
organization 10 years ago. For some
years Mr, Moore has been a repre
sentative In the United States congress
from the Third Pennsylvania district.
He Is a resident of Philadelphia,
though born and educated on the New
Jersey side of the Delaware.. In the
Quaker City he began his career as a
court reporter and in the years that
followed he became nationally promi
nent In a variety of capacities. Thus
for a time he was chief of the bureau
of manufactures of the Department of
Commerce and Labor. In 1898 he was
secretary of the Philadelphia peace
jubilee and for two terms he was
president of the National Republican
league., 5
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One Year Ago Today In the War. .
Roumanians driven from the whole
AH valley. , , a .
" Two Zeppelins shot down In a raid
on England. '
Alexandria, Roumania, fell to the
Bulgars and Germans. ,
England denied a safe conduct to
the Austrian ambassador to the
United States. ,
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
The new depot at South Omaha was
occupied for the first time and is a
great improvement over the old ar
rangement J. S. ItfcCormick, living at Eight
eenth street and Capitol avenue, hung
his overcoat of beaver lining and cults
on a nail in the hall of his house and
Practically ideal material for all of these in
vestigations will be afforded by the national army,
for it will include not only men from all sections
of the country; but men from every trade and
every plane of social life. Furthermore, they will
all be young men, and it is important to the
validity of comparisons that the persons com
pared should be of the same epoch of life.
' The value of this opportunity to the
anthropologist may be judged, from the amount
of labor which Dr. Hrdlicka has found necessary
in his studies of the American type. He wished
to determine whether a physical type of man, dis
tinct from any other national type, was being
evolved in this country, The study occupied five
years, entailed travel in several states, and the
examination of some 1,500 persons who were
found and persuaded to submit to examination
with some difficulty. The national army meant
millions of men already assembled, and under -the
necessity of submitting to a physical examination
anyway. Such an opportunity to take an account'
ing of American physical manhood should not be
overlooked.
.The British authorities have taken up the work,
too,' and have recently communicated with Dr.
Hrdlicka, offering to use the same methods and
standards of measurement that the American
scientists have adopted. This will make the re
sults obtained in the two countries readily cpm-'
parable and will add to the interest and value of
the study. It will make it possible, for one thing,
to determine how much the American stock of
British descent has been changed in physical type
by five to six generations, of life in this country.
The study of American manhood which is
about to be made will undoubtedly show a strik
ing diversity of physical type, and this, so long as
it does not go too far, is to be considered a sour.ee
of strength. English, French, Scotch, 1 German,
Scandinavian, and Latin are really all men of one
race, and the mixture of tnese elements in Amer
ica has given to the national blood the vitality of
new strains without introducing any element that
could not be readily assimilated. The presence of
Mongols and Africans in this "country, on the
other hand, is distinctly undesirable from the
standpoint of racial development "
left the front door unlocked. While
his attention was otherwise engaged
a sneak thief made away with the gar
ment Thomas Nast, the great caricaturist
entertained a delighted audience at
the Grand opera house.
E. W. Hill has returned from a trip
to Colorado for the Improvement of
his health.
. The thermometer marked 2 degrees
below zero and pedestrians found it
necessary to bundle up. All the rail
roads were more or less hampered
by the intense cold and the presence
of snow drifts along their respective
lines.
J. A. Williams, freight agent of the
Missouri Pacific, has returned from a
week's trip to Chicago, where he had
a consultation with freight men and
railroaders in general.
This Day In, History.
1778-r-Washington's army went into
winter quarters at Middlebrook, N. J.
1842 Notre Dame university, at No
tre Dame, Ind., was founded by Rev.
Edward Sorin of the Congregation of
Holy Cross. 4 ' '
1863 Escape of General John H.
Morgan and Thomas H. Hinea from
the Ohio penitentiary. '
1873 Completion of the Hoosac
tunnel, nearly five miles long, through
the Hoosac mountains near North Ad
ams, 'Mass.
,1898 Battleship Wisconsin -was
launched at San Francisco.
1900 Cushman Davis, United
States senator from Minnesota, died
at St Paul. Born 'at Henderson, " N.
Y., June ltV 1833." i ? ' .s:
, .. 1914 Auptria admitted the evacu
ation of Czernowlts, in Bukowlna.
1915 Serbian government and the
diplomatic corps arrived at Scutari,
which was made the temporary capi
tal. ' ' -
War Charities
New York Tlmra.-
The bells of eld England pealed responsive to
the thrills of advancing victory the populace feel
The allies of civilization are treading the paths
of the prophets hot on the trail of the Philistines
and chasing the Huns out of their holes. It is a
time for sober rejoicing and warrants extra em
phasis on, Thanksgiving on this side.
If the shades 'of Peter the Hermit and God
frey de, Boullon commune- with world war
events, the old crusaders should loe no time in
organizing to celebrate Jerusalem regained.
Modern allied crusaders approach the gates of the
holy city denied by Moslem rule.
Replying to a question as to his view of an
aftr-war "Society of Nations," Georges Clemen
ceau, the new premier of France, said to the
Chamber of Deputies: ' '
"Many thinkers, philosophers, deputies, sena
tors, politicians ,and Frenchmen are convinced
that some miracle will suddenly produce the So
ciety of Nation?. I do not believe that the So
ciety of Nations is theSiecessary conclusion of the
present war. One of my reasons is that if you
propose to me tomorrow to bring Germany into
this Society of Nations L would not consent to do
so." . .
The feeling that Germany is a pariah nation
is sure to persist a generation after its ultimate
military defeat. Just or unjust, the opinion of the
world is that the German people is at least an ac
cessory after the fact to the treaty breaking, the
barbarities in Belgium, the defiance of interna
tional law on the nigh feas. And this indictment
is wholly distinct from the unquestioned sin of
omission in permitting a military autocracy to de
velop, an autocracy which, when the war came,
made the resistance of an individual suicidal.
Clemenceau speaks for France and for the civil
ized world in his announcement of ostracism.
" Perhaps as dynamic as Wilson or Lloyd
George, Clemenceau ,is certainly more dramatic.
At the age of 76 he uses humor, satire, epigram,
epithet, invective to give piquancy to highly pa
triotic eloquence which holds a nation's imagina
tion as it grips that nation's conscience. 'All pres
ent indications favor an efficient and popular poli
cy and lona life for the new ministry in France,
The Day W Celebrate. ' ' ;
Clinton Bronie was born at Norfolk
33 years ago.
. Alvey A. Adee, for more than 30
years assistant secretary of state at
Washington, born at Astoria, N. Y., .
years ago today. r
Captain John At'Hoogewerff, U. S.
N., recently detailed to command of
the battleship Pennsylvania, born in
Maryland 67 years ago today.
Charles Austin Beard, who resigned
his professorship at Columbia univer
sity as a result of a controversy over
the right of "free speech," born at
Kntghtstown, Ind., 43. years ago today.
Eugene Walter, one of the most suc
cessful of present-day American play
wrights, born in Cleveland 43 years
agoi today. .
: Leslie J. Bush, pitcher of the Phila
delphia American league base ball
team, born at Brainerd, Minn., 25 years
ago today. ' . , j
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Birthday greetings to Alvey A Adee,
the veteran second assistant secretary
of the State department at Washing
ton, who is 78 years old today.
The 16,000 men of the second series
of the officers' training camps are to.
complete their course and receive'
their commissions today.
School work in war time is to be
the principal theme of the annual con
vention of the South Dakota Educa
tional association, opening today at
Sioux, Falls.
The -relation of eastern waterways
to the national transportation prob
lem and. to military and naval pre
paredness will form the chief, topic
of discussion at the tenth annual con
vention of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways association, which Is to begin its
sessions today at Miami, Fla, '
Storyctto of the Day. '
l!erT7sa little story that Senator
William H. Thompson of Kansas told
at a dinner party to substar"ate the
statement that there are tricks in all
trades: , ' . -
- One day a farmer went to a city
photograph gallery 'to have his picture
taken. Placing the subject in a chair,
the operator peeped through the bLick
hood and then suddenly withdrew his
head.
"By the way, he asked the subject,
"how would yon like to have a drink?"
"Don't care if I do," was the quick
response of the farmer. ."If ye don't
mind 1 11 takeW . 1
Just then, however, the photogra
pher inserted a plate and took the
picture and apparently the drink in
vitation was fergotten.
Hain't ye fergot something," re
marked the farmer as he picked up
his hat, preparatory to leaving. "How
about that little drink?"' ; '
"I'm very sorry," was the disap
pointing rejoinder of the photogra
pher, "but that is Just a little ruse, of
mine to give an interesting and pleased
expression to the face 'of the subject"
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Liberty.
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. Though' tha whole world ba at war, -,
ThouRh tha cannon boom and rear.
Though tba airplane akyward aoar
And tha aubmarlnes'are galora.
Though traaaaa atalk from ahora to ahora
And pcaca aeama doomed (orartiraora.
Tkourh the Prusslana ar war-mad.
Though tha world Bcems dark and aad,
Though all good seems turned to bad. ,
And thera'a naught to make one glad.
Though wa lose whate'er wa had
And are hungry and hair clad,
Tat I beilava tha tkne will ba
When alt natlona thai! be free,
When thetrua light men ehall ice
.And they wlllhave their liberty.
When none on earth ahan bow the knea
Sara to the Man ef Oalllee.
' LORIN ANDREW THOMPSOX.
Fremont.' Neb. , .:.
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Single Tax Idea.
Omaha, Nov. 23. To the Editor of
The Bee: One enthusiastic follower
of the single tax idea turned his wealth
against the socialists lately and the
way iib inimueu mem was a pleasure.
indeed, wny tie has all but ruined them,
It is a pity that nature has be
stowed such genius on so few. and4
neglected the rest of us so shamefully.
Men like Herbert S. Blgelow are not
in it with the single taxers. I suppose
the single tax idea was too broad and
deep a subject for Mr. Bigelow to
comprenena, so he took up the more
simple philosophy of socialism.
R. B. KENDA.
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Federal Taxation.
Newman Grove, Neb.. Nov. 21. To!
the Editor of The Bee: Shall the '
"capitation, or other direct tax" clause
of the constitution, be amended or
repealed to permit a federal di
rect general property tax, to bej
ieviea ana collected (in peace ana
war) in connection with state and
municipal taxe under a uniform and
highly perfected tax system?
I desire to ascertain, if possible, if
there are any sound objections to
this proposition, and would like to
hear from you relative to it, or from
any subscriber, if you will publish this
in your Letter Box.
The reasons for the change seem so
obvious and abundant that space will I
not be taken to enumerate them at 1
this time. H. HALDERSON.
Put Jt the Other Way.
Omaha. Nov. 23. To the Editor of
The Bee: An article in your paper of j
wie zzd, under the head of "Soliloquy
of Modern Eve," says that negro men
usually sit while other men stand and
women are standing.' The lady has
made a very big mistake. 1 I am a
negro myself and have lived in New '
Tork, but was born and reared in the 1
south, and I must say that as a rule
very few negroes will sit while there!
ia any woman standing, regardless if
sne is wnite or his own color. But,
now, I would like for you to tell me
bow often you see a white man give 1
his e?at to a colored woman. But you
see it very often that a colored man'
gives his seat to a white woman, and
I must say it is very seldom that she
even says thanks. It Is the same old
story. They think that the negro
should give his seat if a white man'
does not. But It sure sounds bad to
read those things, for I wonder if the
negro will ever be given credit for
anything that he does or will continue
to be roasted for what he Soes not do.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
1215 South Sixteenth street.
Are We Really a Christian Nation?
Petersburg, Neb., Nov. 15. To the
Editor of The Bee: We claim to be a
Christian nation. We claim to believe
in a Creator who is all-merclful, aJl
Just, all-pewerful. We claim to be
lieve in a Christ who said, "Ask and
you et a'l receive,"
Are the people afraid to trust God
with the settling of this war? Do we
fear to ask Him for peace, lest the all
wise Creator of heaven and earth
might foist a dishonorable peace unon
us? Then we do not believe in Him
at all. Certainly not in the all-wise;
all-Just God, in whom we profess to
believe. Are ministers ashamed to
aks their people to pray for peace, lest
they might be called "pacifists" or pro
this or pro-that? Then their human
respect is greater than their faith in
God. And if ministers, bishops, priests
and preachers have lost faith in God.
what can be expected .butailwars and
rumors of. wars," not for .years only,
but for decades of years yet to come.
Not until the people, the whole people,
bend their stiff necks, bow their proud ,
heaas, subdue their stubborn wills, and 1
come on -their knees to their Maker
and Redeemer, not, on one little day
In a year,' but on many days each
week, can people hope for help from
an outraged God who Is not even gra
ciously asked for help.
, Is there no hope that mankind will
awake from the nightmare and recog
nise the God of hosts with a world
wide petition to Him for help? Must
the anniversary of the. coming of the
Prince of Peace be again celebrated
b" -i rf defiance Into the face
of the Christ Child, who is God ?
No thinking person can doubt that
"the hand-writine on the wall" is even'
now written for the rulere and leaders
of men who so flagrantly dare to ignore,
the Almighty God. AMAZED. T j
Plea for Sober Action.
Omaha, Nov. 25.- To the Editor of
The Bee: Perhaps It is presumptuous
for anyone to attempt a definition of
Americanism. There are some things
in life too lofty to allow of it Born of
parents whoso Americanism was tried
in the fires of adversity and war, I
could not help holding to certain Ideals
of what constitutes Americanism, and,
though I would not attempt a defini
tion of what it is, I trust I may with
some degree of modesty hope that the
future of this nation will develop
somewhat along the line 'of the ideals
that I have held. . I believe I might at
least state what Americanism is not.
President Wilson has a splendid way
of saying even common things, but he
rises to heights when . he expresses
great ideals. - One of his recent sound
statements was a severe arraignment
of those who, in the name of patriot
ism, take the law into their own
hands, and, without trial dr Judicial
hearing, mete punishment upon those
who may not see things as others see,
them. I believe in thia the president
expresses Americanism, and therefore
Iiam compelled to reject that kind
of expression I saw made by one
of our editors "that when the rough
stuff commences" two certain men
(naming them) "will be grabbed first."
This is an incitement to mob violence,
and therefore is not Americanism. All
mobs voluntarily surrender their rea
son. Reason must remain a para
mount American 'trait :
Nor can I call it Americanism to
spring, without previous public an-1
nouncement a resolution at a patriotic
meeting denouncing a public official
against whom no formal indictment
has ever been brought and whose repu-
tation as a citizen has at least been 1
normal. For Americanism means fair j
play; it means that no man shall be !
condemned without being confronted :
by his accusers and tried by a jury of 1
his peers. Americanism is synonymous 1
with Justice. Justice holds every man
innocent until he has . been proven
guilty, and he shall be proven guilty 1
only by legal process.
Let us in all thia world-eclipse of
reason still retain our sanity in the
midst of all this darkness our ray of
light ' Let us hold to the old Ideals:
To Justice, freedom, liberty within the
law, and the law within the domain of
liberty; to human brotherhood; to the
liberation of mankind from oppression '
of whatever sort economic and other- '
wise; to the breaking of the chains of
military autocracy and despotism.
These were the standards by which we -have
grown to be the beacon light of j
tne woria. iney snail remain the in
spiration of generations yet unborn.
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