THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1918.
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- Just wait till "Met"
$f orehead. -
tells what he thinks of
- Besides being "humane," that "donated" space
helped keep the kaiser vote in line. -
I Street railway men did well to take their case
jto the wage board instead of striking.
; lYs no trick to hold one public job and run
(or another. Even a democrat can do that.
- Twenty more, major generals are wanted by
Uncle Sam immediately. Here is a chance for the
unemployed.
One country, one flag, one language, one army
we are at last getting down to one basis for
oor patriotism.
-'The kaiser,' straining his eyes toward the U-
Jonged for "night or Grouchy."
Omaha bank clearings continue at a notch
lhat ought to make the whole country understand
that we are doing business out here.
The decisive blow is ,only delayed, say the
German boosters. Yes, and we know who is
Solag to be on the receiving end when it falls.
: . Uncle Sam has asked for the entire output of
one of Nebraska's biggest corn canneries.' Well,
our boyi must be fed, and the home folks are
glad to let them have it.
' No American will want to deprive the Scots
of any glory that is theirs for the fight around
Soissons. We admire the "ladies from hell" as
much as the Germans fear them.
Austria admits that Italy is showing some ac
tivity. It has taken a long time for the news
from the Piave and Berat to reach Vienna, but
the Information seems finally to have arrived.
Twenty-four days from keel-laying to launch
ing .for a 12,000-ton ship is a record that ought
even to interest a superman. Uncle Sam's ship
builders are providing the answer to the U-boat.
i The Omaha man who felt like a "Judas goat"
when he led recruits to the depot but did not get
on the train himself made amends by enlisting.
And the community Will endorse his action
unanimously. ' 1 1 '
LANSDOWNE'S "APPROACH" TO PEACE.
The marquis of Lansdowne is entitled to a
hearing because of his position in the world.
He is the leader of the old-school tories, the
ultra conservatives, who fatuously look ahead to
a restoration of the world as it was prior to the
upheaval of 1914. In his protest that no condi
tions have been named on which discussion
looking to peace may be opened, he ignores the
statements made by Mr. Wilson at various times
since America's entrance to the war and prior
to the Fourth of July speech.
This latter, Lord Lansdowne says, is notable
for. what it omits as well as for what it contains.
Admitting that, it contains energizing principles,
which must be given a front place when the
peace council prepares its program. What
Lord Lansdowne and those who are of his mind
shut their eyes to is the fact that the course of
the war has brought to light anew some funda
mentals that had been forgotten. These have be
come the paramount issues, and can not be put
aside. Above all others is the right of self-government,
not for 'Americans, British or French,
alone, but for Germans, and for every people on
earth who care to exercise that right. This can
not be secured by "peace without victory," nor
could it conceivably be brought about by nego
tiations now possible.
The allies must fight on, until the day when
Germany is ready to acknowledge defeat, to make
concessions, to release her grip on her victims,
and to submit to such terms as will guarantee
all that is now opposed by the kaiser's concep
tion of civilization. Democracy must triumph,
or the war is a failure. This fact is within the
grasp of the marquis of Lansdowne, although he
refuses to see it now.
"Conscription" of Labor. 1
The United States has just engaged upon the
most delicate of all its war tasks, that of dis
tributing common labor. Under the rules laid
down by the department, employers using 100 or
more workmen may no longer go into the mar
ket and buy a supply of labor, but must secure
whatever help ia needed through the board in
Charge, The purpose, plainly set out, is to pre
vent nonessential industry from interfering with
the things that are needed for the war. This is
laudable, and presumably we may depend on the
common sense of the American people to see
that the plan operates with essential smoothness.
It contains elements of danger, especially be
cause it does away with the precious freedom of
contract, so .vital to our national existence, the
Tight of a man to sell his labor power wjiere he
can to best advantage. Yet just this is deemed
to be imperative for the winning of the war.
Emergency has induced us to submit to conscrip
lion Of our man power for the army, to the im
pounding of enormous quantities of wealth for
public employment, to designate of what uses
may be made of wealth left in private control, and
to other impingement on rights and privileges in
Jierent to freemen. Therefore, we may with
equal equanimity contemplate the federal control
til labor nower. It is another ateo to the cen
tralization forced by the "war, and to that extent
adds to the problems that will come with read
justment later, but for the moment our thought
must be given to the greater and more pressing
seeds of the nation. Unscrambling the eggs is
a job for peace times.1 -
. Nonpartisan League and Loyalty.
A farmer living near Florence has written to
The Bee, offering to donate $5 to the Red Cross
if this paper will give space to an article taken
from a North Dakota paper, purporting to be a
defense of the Nonpartisan league. Careful ex
amination of the article referred to leads to the
conclusion that its publication would be a waste
of space, since it is but a mass of assertions, con
taining no argument nor (demonstrable state
ment. It revolves around the decision of the
supreme court of Minnesota in releasing Town
ley from' a charge of disloyalty. However, it
does not give the language of the court nor recite
the reasoning by which the conclusion was ar
rived at.
The Minnesota judge held that the language
of the resolution complained of is not 'disloyal
because it does not refer to the United States; it
condemns autocracy, and as the United States
is not an autocracy, this country is not con
cerned. Now, if the Nonpartisan league speak
ers will only carefully quote the language of
Judge Quinn, who wrote the opinion, and make
plain to their hearers that Germany alone ia as
sailed, and that they have no quarrel with the
government of the United States, the whole exist
ence of the league will be sweetened and perhaps
terminated.
Objection to the movement lies solely against
the deliberate attempt to establish class govern
ment in free America. The league is an oft'snoot of
socialism, embodying all its faults and emphasiz
ing its mistakes and disadvantages. Its methods
are1 those of deception, as may be seen from the
fact that its platform was so cunnigly worded
that readers whose' passions had been aroused
might gather the notion that oppression by the
Money Devil In the United States was being de
nounced, while the careful analysis of astute law
yers appealing to disinterested judges demon
strated the fact that the anathema was hurled
at Germany, although the kaiser is not men
tioned. Thus it is that the Townleyites have
prospered because they have been able to dupe
the gullible. ' "
One trouble is that no sooner do we learn
how to pronounce the name of one place than
the Yankees move on to another. When they
reach, the. Rhine things will be a lot easier for
those of us who are not linguists.
Telegraphers who think they see great pros
pects for their union with Mr. Burleson in charge
of the wires should consult with the letter carriers
and railway postal clerks on the point before let
ting go of their jubilant feelings.
The redoubtable kaiser is watching his army
get licked, safely perched in a high tower.
Would it savor of lese majeste to remind him
that his father was accustomed to ride amongst
his men on the battlefield?
Auto owners are becoming well aroused as to
the matter of thefts, and when they get that ad
justed they might well give some attention to
reckless drivers, who still are too numerous for
public safety.
Our boys still are busy over there, helping
the crown prince to rearrange his lines, only they
do not seem to allow him time enough to get
things as he wants them.
"Brother Charley" reached home from Hast
ings, wreathed in smiles, and well he might grin,
for did he not bring back the scalp of "Art-less
Artie?"
Austria dnd Our Southern Allies
Legitimate Claims of Italy, Serbia and the South Slavs
Dr. J. Holland Rose
On January 28 and 31 the Daily Chron-
icle published two articles in which I sought
to refute the contentions then current in cer
tain circles in favor of an early understand
ing with, and a lenient treatment of the Aus
trian empire. The arguments which I then
adduced in favor of a thorough settlement of
the southeast of Europe still hold good. In
deed they have been potently reinforced by
two events of high significance, the former
of which proves conclusively the guilt of
Austria in precipitating the war, while the
latter demonstrates the absurdity of what I
may term the kindly old godmother theory
applied to that injustissima noverca. First
ly, Prince Lichnowsky bas once for all dis
posed of the notion that in 1914 Austria was
the passive dupe of the pushful Germans.
Early in July, 1914," as the prince shows,
she inquired of Berlin whether the time for
action had come. Berlin thought it had, be
cause among other things "Russia would not
move in any circumstances." Lichnowsky
thus characterized the Balkan policy; "It
was not German policy, but Austrian dynas
tic policy. The Austrians had accustomed
themselves to regard the (German) alliance
as an umbrella, under whose protection they
could make excursions at pleasure into the
east." Thus in his eyes Austria was in the
first instance the pushful partner and Ger
many the dupe. It will take much skillful
whitewashing of Austria to hide the
enormity of the crime which Lichnowsky has
made patent to all the world.
The second illuminating incident is the
retirement of Count Czernin, who at least
played at conciliation, and the return to the
Austrian foreign office of Baron Burian, a
bureaucrat of the old type and a champion
of a forward policy in the Balkans. As a
prominent administrator of Bosnia, Burian
supported the Aehrenthal plan of the annexa
tion of that province in October, 1908 an
event which prepared the way for the greater
adventure of July 28, 1914. He is one of
Tisza's men; and through him the bellicose
Tisza, representing the policy of force which
triumphed in 1914, again largely controls the
situation. It is, therefore, time that' those
who believed in a would-be pacific Austria,
struggling to escape from the grip of the
Prussians, should give up their illusions. The
situation was clarified by Burian's telegram of
greeting to Hertling (April 18), which con
tains this sentence: "The consolidation and
development of the alliance with the German
empire, which has long stood the test, has
always been the basis of my sentiments and
of my political ideas." The pitiful tergiversa
tions of the Emperor Charles I, over his
Alsace-Lorraine and Serbian utterances
show that the sovereign also has decided to
renounce all thought of "peace by under
standing." The issue was plain enough in January.
Now it is as clear as noonday. We and our
allies have to beat Austria as well as Ger
many. On the whole, I believe that this
clearing of the air is a gain. In the delusive
haze of Austrophile sentiment conjured up
during the, past winter we were, in consider
able danger of losing touch with our south
ern allies. It is not, I believe, sufficiently
known how keenly the Italian press resented
the attempts of certain persons in England
to patch an inconclusive peace with the dual
monarchy. Deep concern was expressed at
the declaration of President Wilson last
year: "We do not wish in any way to im
pair or to rearrange the Austro-Hungarian
empire. It is no affair of ours what they do
with their own life, either industrially or po
litically. We do not propose or desire to
dictate to them in any way." Since then the
president has spoken more sympathetically
about the millions of victims of Austro-Hungarian
misrule, for whom Italy, ' Serbia,
Montenegro and Roumania have made un
precedented sacrifices.
1 1n taking this more decided stand against
Austria he followed the lead of Mr. Lloyd
George, who on Jnaury 5, 1918, in his
speech to the delegates of trade unions, said:
"Though we agree with President Wilson
that the breakup of Austria-Hungary is no
part of our war aims, we feel that, unless
genuine self-government on true democratic
principles is granted to those Austro-Hungarian
nationalities who have long desired
it, it is impossible to hope for the removal
of those causes of unrest in that part of Eu
rope which have so long threatened the gen
eral peace. On the same grounds we regard
as vital the satisfaction of the legitimate
claims of the Italians for union with those
of their own race and nation."
Mr. Lloyd George's "minimum program"
of January 5 and President Wilson's de
claration of three days later alike involve
a war a outrance against Austria as it is now
constituted. Its success against the Italian
troops at Caporetto and the breakup of Rus
sia rekindled the overbearing spirit or July,
1914, both at Vienna and Berlin. It is high
time that we realize the full import of the
revived German-Magyar arrogance. It is
well understood at Rome, Corfu and Athens
that those two dominant races aim at the
political subjection of the Slavs of the Aus
trian empire (who form three-fifths of its
population) and the extension of its influence
over Venice. Monteneero. Albania, and the
greater part of old and new Siberia. In fact,
the expansiveness of the German-Magyar
bloc is alarming the Bulgars, who foresee
grave difficulty in fastening their hold on
new Serbia, not to speak of thai further
bone of contention. Salonica. for which Aus
tria has been hankering; certainly since 1876,
and perhaps from an earlier date. With German-Magyar
power dominant in northeast
Italy, in the Adriatic and in the Balkans, the
German scheme of controlling the Near East
as a stage towards their ultimate aims Per
sia, India, Egypt and Central Africawould
come near to fulfillment. The central em
pires and their inteded victims see this full
welt, but somehow the eyes of many Britons
are.holden, and they persist in deeming a
friendly compromise possible with Austria.
It is not generally known how keenly
our southern allies resented the pnnanoer
in London Chronicle.
ing with Vienna of last winter. Naturally,
the Italians manifested their resentment most
clearly. Some of their journals ascribed that
flirtation to the Italian defeat at Caporetto.
Signor Mussolini, in the "Popolo dTtalia of
January IS, took that view and exclaimed
against trimming tendencies, wnicn piaycu
fact and loose with sacred national rights,
according as the fortunes of war shifted for
or against one individual member ot me
ran A alliance. The "Secolo." on January
IS, also complained of the want of regard for
Italy's aspirations and those of the Slav peo
ples of Austria, who, after their horrible
maltreatment, wanted, not autonomy, but in
dependence. Equally emphatic was the influential
Milanese paper, the "Corriere della Sera."
On January 16, after pointing out that the
Slavs of Austria demanded not its preserva
tion, but her overthrow, it advocated a close
understanding between Italy and those peo
ples. An Italo-Slav accord would have an
immense influence: "If we come to it, Capo
retto will be only a passing episode of the
war." Finally, on January 22, the "Corriere"
declared that Italy's old "minimum program"
(the Trentino and the line ot the
Isonzo) would leave Austria both resentful
and powerful; while a bold alliance with the
south blavs might result in their treeoom
from the Austrian yoke and the formation of
a south Slav state, friendly to Italy, which
would transform the southeast of Europe.
These statesmanlike suggestions soon bore
fruit. A second Italo-Slav association was
founded, this time in north Italy The Italian
premier, Signor Orlando, also informed the
senate on March 4 of his desire to reach an
agreement with the south Slavs; during a
congress of delegates of the oppressed peo
ples of Austria-Hungary held in Rome it ap
peared that Italy was ready to waive some
at least of her claims to the Dalmatian and
Istrian coasts in order to reach an agreement
with the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Esoeciallv noteworthy is the recognition
of the Jugo-Slav nation for the first time,
I believe, in any document not exclusively
Jugo-Slav. Further, the guarantees for the
alien minorities provide a mooei wnicn may
well be followed in the future settlement of
the Balkans and Turkey. If such guarantees
are fully respected, inclusion under an' alien
rule (inevitable in many of those lands) will
lose nearly all its terrors.
At oresent life for the south Slavs of Aus
tria-Hungary is a long drawn out terror. On
February 21 Dt. iresitch, one ot t'pr depu
ties to the Austrian Reichsrat, said, ' There is
no difference whatever between the Slovenes,
Croats and Serbs; only the union of all south
Slavs is desired. The martyrdom suf
fered in south Slav lands will be the darkest
and the bloodiest page in the world's history.
Wherever we look in our country, we find
'anarchy from above.' But all this will dis
appear when the union of nations is estab
lished." Longing for liberation from Austrian
tyranny ahd union with all south Slavs in-
f . I . 1 . A it i.'
spiredi a great, demonstration at ine Croatian
capital, Agram, on March 19. The Vienna
"Reichspost" thus described it: "It was ap
palling to hear shouts of 'Long live Serbia I
Long live Trumbitch! Long live Pashitchl
Down with Austria 1' Half grown students
were the real masters of the city."
This explains why Count tzernin on April
1 declared his desire not to destroy Serbia,
but to cultivate "closer economic relations
with it." A dignified retorf came from the
Serbian premier at Corfu. Replying to a
question in the Serbian Parliament, M.
Pashitch said that all such offers betrayed a
complete ignorance of the Serbians, who re
pelled them with scorn. I he Parliament
warmly received this reply;- and the ques
tioner said that Czernin's words were another
lure to separate Serbia from its allies, but
would join it more closely to them. In
short, our southern allies stand firmly by us,
despite the oily words of Czernin, whose
manoeuvres they have Understood far better
than certain Britons have. Now, however,
Czernin has gone, and Burian echoes the
raucous tones of Berlin and Potsdam. Let
us, then, have done with all advances to Vi
enna, which did much to strain the loyalty of
Italy and Serbia.
Shutting Out Alien Business
German-owned properties within the
United States approach $800,000,000 in value,
and these properties are to be sold forthwith
as a war measure. The custodian of alien
property has announced the forming of a
great selling organization, and August 15
has already been set as the date for the pub
lic auction of vast interests.
Since the United States entered the war
such action has been inevitable, for these en
emy enterprises, commercial in torm, have
proved in hundreds of instances to be pri
marily political in nature, designed to further
German propaganda, devised with a view to
hindering efficient American participation in
the war. ,
British investors, in decades past, have
contributed vast sums to the development of
American industry. So have the thrifty
French, but neither British nor French can
be accused with justice of aiming at a selfish
economic domination of the nation, or of
seeking to conceal a political propaganda un
der the guise of business expansion.
The United States can develop its indus
tries for some generations without German
aid, and A. Mitchell Palmer has taken the
right course. A large enemy investment,
even under the strictest of governmental
control, must constitute a danger to the
country, and there is no reason ior operating
these properties for the ultimate benefit of
an unscrupulous enemy.
The government undertakes, now, to elim
inate every trace of German interest and par
ticipation in the business of the United
States. The German-owned enterprises
which are $o be sold will be operated hence
forth as bona fide American concerns, and
exclusively in the interests of Americans.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I TODAY I
General "Kornlloff became com
mander-in-chief of the Russian
armies. .
German raider Seeadler stranded
and total loss off Mopeka Island,
South Paclflo ocean. -
Holland, Norway and Sweden yield
d to American demand that no food
. . . . . 1 1 . .. V. ..a.
v received oy tnem biipuiu rtto vie, -many.
V
CTie Day Wo Celebrate'
William H. Bhoup of the city de-
. aNwtlv fnnL hnrn 1867.
. , rfcbrl S. CtetwJir4ntit'llorn
.i.rer -
William I. Lauck. economist and
railroad expert, born at Keyier, W,
r tft vbmrm mm.
Cir William Wataon, English poet,
torn in lorKBnire, eu yean agv.
jn.s Day In History.
. 17H2 Gen. MordecaJ Gist Mary.
tmi patriot and friend of Waahing.
ton. died at Charleston, & C. Born In
raltimore In J 743.
1S30 Revolutionary movement
' eused the- abdication of Charles X
tt Ftanc.
1870 French government declared
dt Franre la only "at war with the
e!lpy of Bismarck.'
1914 German troops "invaded
France and Russians crossed the Ger-
(nan frontier.
lilt Emperor William put von
nindenburg in charge of all eastern
J ust SO Years Ago Today
The Chlcaito. Burlington and Qulncy
railroad announces that the formal
opening ot ita new steel bridge across
tha Miaamiri rlvar at Nebraska City
will take place August 11.
The children and teachers of the
Kountze Memorial Sunday school had
a delightful picnlo at Seymour park,
the party going to and returning from
the grounds in a special on the Mis
souri Pacific. '
" E. S. Rowley, ' president of the
Home Investment company, has left
for a trip to southern California.
A meeting of tbe citizens of Flor
ence was held for the purpose of de
cldlnar uoon what amount of work
shall be done on the new park in that
town this season.
The whole number of building per
mits taken out during July was lit
for aa aggregate value ot lltMSQ,
State Press Comment
Gothenburg Independent: Gothen
burg haberdashers tell us that since
the men have been so rigidly observ
ing the food conservation rules they
have been selling union suits and belts
in boy's sizes only.
Edgar Post: Just because this edi
tor is a dyed-in-the-wool-republican
will not bar you from putting in your
political advertisements in this paper.
Send them in so our readers will
know who you are. Regular rates to
all. '.
Norfolk Prss: The dally papers
tell us that the government ratlroad
management is giving the people the
maximum of service with the min
imum of cost to the people. Those
who are paying the bills would hardly
auspeet it
Falls City Journal: A dog will per
form beautifully and with great en
ergy it a tin can is tied to his tail or
he is given the proper application of
pints. The Richardson County Dry
league can afford to bear this in mind
in dealing with the officers whose spe
cial duty it is to enforce the "bone
dry" law.
Battlecreek Enterprise: Madison
county is to have two women as op
posing candidates for register of
deeds' both "war widows" one
whose dad Is present democratic
county assessor, the other's husband
still : on the . payroll as republican
county clerk.. My, oh myl If only our
dear women could vote this year
wouldn't we have one merrie, merrie
tyme in ye rau campaign)
Peppery Points
w.ii B(ma( Tniirntl! "Nothtnsr sold
here made In Germany" will be shop
keeper's sign no treaty can regulate.
at T.nni RinhA Democrat: The on
ly news in the Viereck story Is as to
the amount of German money he got
vinni mtv Times: Bv this time
nmiii, must ha wondering why
it is that the only w-nsports they suc
ceed in sinking are empty or .
noTHmnr American: The nroposi-
H tav tha profiteer as a luxury
will meet with general approval, as
the country is unanimous he Is not a
necessity.
Kansas City Star: If the German
high command ever succeeds in pull
ing the crown prince out of the fix
he's In probably they'll send him to
practice war on some less impormui
front . .
Washington star: Tne old trust
promoters who argued that higher ef
ficiency could be attained by Indus
trial jtAnftAlMatlnfl ara nitv heiRS
handsomely vindicated by the govern
ment itseir.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Mrs.
Trotzky, wife of the bolshevik func
tionary, has arrived in Stockholm with
1.000,000 rubles for foreign propa
ganda. The Trotzys seem to be apt
pupils of their masters, the Hohen
lollerns. . '
Seattle Post-lntelligancer: -On top
of his regular work at his desk and in
his war garden the office man is to
be further exercised by an order in
conservation whtch will prohibit the
elevator from stopping below the third
floor. It sure seems lhat even the gov
ernment does not love a tat man.
Here and There
It is officially estimated that every
soldier of the British army costs the
nationa between $1,250 and $1,500 a
year.
One of the British co-operative so
cieties has paid over $2,000,000 in
benefits to its members who are in
war service.
Oyster shells are being used ex
tensively In the manufacture ot Port
land cement along the coast of the
Gulf of Mexico.
A certain English village requires
a money deposit when notice of a
wedding is given, which deposit is re
turned if no confetti is used.
Many years ago Paris had a news
paper which was regularly printed on
squares of white linen, in order to
avoid the exorbitant tax on paper.
A New York medical scientist has
invented an Ingenious light which the
physician may hold in his mouth and
thereby leave his hands free for the
purpose of making examination.
For the building of cantonments, the
United States government placed the
largest lumber order that has ever
been given, involving the purchase of
t' 5,000,000 feet of southern pine.
Pltcalrn Island, situated in the Pa
cific almost midway between Australia
and South America, is probably the
most Isolated inhabited spot in the
world. Sometimes a year passes with
out the arrival of a mail. Letters
are sent from the United States by
way of San Francisco and Tahiti, and
there lie at the latter place awaiting
some vessel that will touch at the
island. It once happened that only
two vessels colled thore during a pe
riod of 26 years.
7 JA
Bootlegging and Auto Stealing.
Omaha, July SI. To the Editor of
The Bee: I read with much interest
your editorial entitled "Remedy for
Automobile Thievery," and with hun
dreds of other owners of automobiles,
I must "plead guilty" to being care
less in leaving my machine "without
protection" on the downtown streets,
and your suggestions are very timely
and should be carefully considered by
every automobile owner. But will
this decrease the number of thefts of
cars? And what can we do to rem
edy automobile thievery?
In addition to your valuable sugges
tions, permit me to state that after
careful investigation I am convinced
that "automobile thievery" and "boot
legging" are so closely connected that
the elimination of one .destroys the
other. To illustrate: The bootlegger
no longer uses his own car In trans
porting liquor into this state, for the
reason that it may be confiscated and
sold. . He therefore has recourse to
the automobile thief to supply him
with what is called a "hot" or stolen
car, and If apprehended he can pay
his fine and abandon the "hot car."
This car is sold and the proceeds go
to the school fund. But does the pur
chaser of such a car secure a good
title? I think not
Some years ago "horse stealing"
was quite common, and some men
prospered in the business, but horse
and cattle owners got together and
had a law enacted that put "fear"
into the violator, and for years before
the advent of the automobile the
crime of horse stealing was unheard
of, and horses were continually left
on downtown streets "without protec
tion" because the law made the pun
ishment so severe that the thief or
the receiver could not afford to take
the chance.
Again, take the crime of safe blow
ing. A few years ago we frequently
read of the commission of this crime.
Today it is unheard of in Nebraska.
Why? Because the bankers and oth
ers interested caused a l.w to be en
acted making the penalty 20 years the
minimum, to life Imprisonment, with
the result we never hear of safe blow
ing. Why? Fear of the law.
Now, automobile owners, take this
timely suggestion from this editorial
and get together and have our next
legislature tnact a law that will pro
vide a "remedy for automobile thiev
ery." C. W. BRITT,
Municipal Judge.
Xatlonal Anthem in Parochial Schools.
Omaha, July 31. To .the Editor of
The Bee: To anyone who imagines
that Omaha is training Its future cit
izens in patriotism, the following inci
dent will prove a horrible surprise:
A few days ago, at a program in
the north part of town, I noticed a
few yftung boys who did not Join
when "The Star Spangled Banner"
was sung. I asked them if they
didn't know the national anthem, and
they replied that they did not Shocked
and surprised, I asked if they did not
go to school.
"Yes, we go to school, but they
don't sing The Star Spangled Ban
ner' at our school," was their answer.
Whereupon I asked what school
they attended, and was Informed that
it was a parochial school in the north
part of the town.
Surely, there must be a loose wheel
in the machine somewhere when any
school In this big, patriotic city does
not teach the one song that every
man, woman and child in America
should know. ,
I believe that this instance should
be called to the attention of Arch
bishop Harty, who is a good patriotic
citizen, and who should take immedi
ate steps to insure the teaching of our
national anthem in the parochial
schools of Omaha, as well as in the
public schools. PATRIOT.
Henry Ford's Plan.
Omaha, July 29. To the Editor of
The Bee: "When peace comes the
world will be ready for disarmament
The people will understand the wrong
of killing each other. The German
will see that the American and the
Frenchman he went out to kill are
just as good as he is, and the Amer
ican will feel the same way about the
German, too.. Then we must develop
a great national army for training all
our young men between the ages of
18 and 21. We can hrln thom in.
gether from farms and cities in the
winter time to the barracks and train
ing places provided by the govern
ment. Young Americans need disci
pline. In this service army the gov
ernment can teach them order and
train them to work. They should
have a few hours of gymnastics and
drill, and five or six hours of work
every day. A part of this national
training army of young men can be
moved to places where big work for
the nation is under way. They can
build dams, straighten rivers, develop
irrigation work and aid in construct
ing good roads that will bring our
people closer together.. In this way
the workmen would always be kept
near to the land." Working this
plan would mitigate the evils of dwell
ing in the noisy, gas-laden city, ad
vertise the wholesomeness of the
country and inspire In all a vastly
broader outlook on life. Only Mr.
Ford must devise a correspondingly
beneficial course of training for the
young population of the fair sex, also.
H. MELL,
2017 Leavenworth Street
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"I dunno. Ton forget a lot of things
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Ha was watching some Journeymen at
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eat thing to master about the tailoring
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"What's that?"
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Courier-Journal.
"THE ANGELUS"
The angelus rlnga:
Bow thy head and say a prayer,
And ask the heavenly father
To help the allies over there
A victory for us to win.
That thla awful war may cease,
And to the world bring happiness
And everlasting peace.
The angelus rings:
Bow thy head and aay a pre.yer.
For the heavenly father to watch o'er.
From death our brave boys spare
For the dear onea who are waiting.
When to homes they come onoe more
From acenea f misery and pain
And battlefields of gore.
The angelua rings:
Bow thy head and say a prayer,
For the wounded and the dying
Who a Croix de Guerre now wear.
For a beloved country and humanity
The greatest gift they gladly gave
To make a people free.
The angelus rings:
Bow thy head and let it be said
A prayer for those who're sleeping
In the city of the dead.
With them all that Is mortal
Rests 'neath a foreign sod
But souls of all Immortal.
At peace, are with their God.
Omaha. "BEIXVIEW.
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