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ThFbEE'S SERVICE FLAG
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Come on, Omaha!
With the Hun on the run, keep him going.
Looks as if the "flu" were beginning the ebb
of its flow.
Among others anxiously waiting word from
Washington is the Turk.
As usual, the flustrated editor oi the Omaha
Hyphenated guessed wrong.
' Mr. Wilson surely knows where the Amer
ican people stand on the war question.
Those Huns run fin much better form to
ward Berlin than they do toward Paris.
, German willingness to evacuate occupied
territory rests on good ground. The Hun is
Iteadily being driven out.
i "If Heinie wants to quit, let him quit; we
re not quitting," say the boys in the trenches,
ind that is about wjiere America stands.
Kaiser Wilhelm surely realizes now that he
made the mistake of his life when he ordered
Resumption of ruthless submarine warfare.
v Corn bears got a little jolt on Monday, but
most of them are so well protected with bull
hide by this time that they need not worry.
''I A college professor named Longest, six
feet eight inches tall, has been turned down
for military service. Now listen for the pun
sters' chorus.
Mayor Smith talks to the firemen straight
from the shoulder when he admonishes them
Sot to put devotion to labor union above de
I motion to country.
-:.t 'Residents of Laon sang with joy when Man
gin's army marched in. It must seem like
' heaven to those people to breathe free air again
tfter four years of German brutality.
I; Thirty-eight million dollars were subscribed
1 ill New York in as many minutes at a meeting
, addressed by "Charley" Schwab. Fifty millions
were raised in an hour. There's some bond
talesman.
''The food administration's new rules for
restaurants are all right, so far as conservation
of supplies goes, but what the patrons really
oray for is some sort of regulation that will con
Jerve prices as well.
Dr. Solf waxes virtuously indignant over
the charge that French and Belgian towns are
being purposely destroyed by the retreating
Huns. It is only the application of "spurlos
versenkt" to operations on land.
Everything is relative and comparative. The
loss of nearly 1,000 lives in forest fires in our
own country, is an appalling calamity, but in
the reflecting light of the world war conflagra
tion across the ocean it is too dim and small
to divert attentipn. .
Remember that back in 1914 the German
imperial government deliberately deceived and
double-crossed Prince Lichnowsky, who was its
accredited ambassador at London. What would
such a combination of unscrupulous tricksters
not do to gain a point now?
."Germany has surrenderd." "It is surrender;
complete, abject arid on our own conditions en
tirely." -"The success of Mr. Wilson's diplo
macy has been as dazzling as that of our arms
and the Allied arms." Yes, dear reader, you
guessed right. These are excerpts from the rav
ings of the Omaha Hyphenated over the Ger
man note. Its educated-in-Germany owner,
who is chairman (by right of seniority) of the
senate committee on foreign relations, says:
'The German terms can be accepted if sufficient
guarantees are given." Which side of the war
, would you say this outfit is on?
Looters Forced to Let Go
. ;Not without reason did the German high
;ommand keep grim hold as long as possible on
Lens. Its capture means coal not only for
' France, but for the American and British armies.
France before the war produced not quite
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home yield coming from the Flemish basin, of
. which Lens is a vital railway center. Exploita-1
tion of this basin in France, and Belgium was as
much part of the Prussian scheme of war theft
- as the annexation of the Briey district iron
'. mines.
The western and southern suburbs of Lens,
including Lievin. have been in allied lfands for
-ttionths, but under fire. The capture of Lens
itself releases its very important railway junc
tion as well as further large groups of mines.
Mich as the St. Auguste, Grand Conde and
Avion. .
In France once more becoming mistress of
its own resources an additional proof of the
value of the united command is furnished by
those American engineers and mining experts
who stood ready, instantly upon the fall of Lens,
An, a , li nii'nB tft Trlr(i(l Kv fh Mtr,(tnff
i Germans and restore there) in the shortest possi
vde time to operation.
Bringing cheer for the French winter, aid for
Ili industry and relief for tonnage, the capture
Jjens is an event of the highest significance
entire future of the war. New York
PUBLIC SENTIMENT PLAIN.
President Wilson's reply to the latest note
from Berlin refers the question of armistice
to the military authorities. While this probably
means the war will go on, no doubt is left as to
the sentiment of the American people. It is
overwhelming for unconditional surrender. The
timid voice of the pro-German pacifists, who
favor accepting the proffer from the kaiser, is
lost in the resounding call of devoted patriots
for the prosecution of the war to a finish the
only sort of finish the Huns can appreciate, and
it will be visited upon them.
The president also insists that no cessation
of arms can be looked for until German atroc
ities on land and sea have ceased. His notice
that autocracy must go before final peace can
come is not so definite. It is clear, however,
that he can not be insensible to the atti
tude of the country, vigorously voiced, despite
the request of "the government to withhold
judgment." Diplomatic word-spinning or the
juggling of ambiguous phrases will not find
favor in America today. What the people
want is plain talk.
It is noteworthy in this connection that only
one senator has so far been quoted as saying
the German proposal might be accepted. That
oite is Hitchcock of Nebraska, by accident at
the head of the senate's committee on foreign
relations. On the, other hand, Senator Cham
berlain of Oregon, chairman of the military
affairs committee, and Senator Thomas of
Colorado, of the same1 committee, for the dem
ocrats, and Senators New of Indiana and
Lodge of Massachusetts, for the republicans,
have urged in the senate the popular demand
for the defeat of Germany in the field.
President Wilson need, not worry about
the support of the people in his decision to
reject the suspicious overtures 4rom the Huns.
The Bee's Free Shoe Fund.
As a companion charity to our summer
season "Free Milk and Ice Fund" for hot
weather little tots, The Bee, with the help of
its sympathetic readers, will establish a "Free
Shoe Fund" for shoeless children of needy
families otherwise unable to attend school
through the winter time.
The exceptional success that has met our
efforts to furnish milk and ice to relieve suffer
ing babies leads us to believe the present ap
peal for shoeless school children will also have
a generous response.
That such a charity is not only needed but
of practical application and certain of definite
results is the unanimous verdict of charity work
ers and school teachers who have been con
sulted. Youngsters simply can not trudge
through snow and ice with feet sticking through
tattered shoes or do their lessons while suffer
ing from frosted toes or chilblains. Too many
children are deprived of their education be
cause poor parents can not keep them in shoes
at present high prices. It is to keep these
children in school and comfortable while going
to school that this shoe money will be spent.
To prevent imposition, the fund will be ad
ministered through a committee of school
teachers already appointed by Superintendent ,
Beveridge. Contributions, which are asked for
in sums not exceeding $5, in order to make it
a popular charity and give all a chance to help
with a mite, will be acknowledged through The
Bee and a strict accounting made from time to
time of the disposition of the money.
We hope and have reason to believe
"The Bee's Free Shoe Fund" will become an
established institution, as has the "Free Milk
and Ice Fund."
Where Man Outdoes Nature.
Normally such disasters as the Minnesota
forest fires or the Porto Rican earthquake
would absorb public attention to the exclu
sion of all other topics. Today they are ac
cepted as matters of passing foment only.
Not that our people are no longer sympathetic,
grown cold and indifferent to human misery,
or that they will lag in administering comfort
to the stricken. The calm acceptance of such
disasters as matters of course comes from an
experience with horror so extensive that noth
ing can add to it. Nature's convulsions, en
gulfing thousands, are majestic exhibitions of
uncontrolled force, but they dwindle when
compared to the dire devastation deliberately
wrought by man. Human sympathies have
been so shocked and numbed within the last
four years that giving of relief now has more
the form of a routine act than the outcome of
a warm and generous impulse. Man has so far
outdone nature in spreading terror in the
world that ordinary disasters no longer thrill
the mind or challenge the imagination. Our
sufferers at home will be cared for and will
have compassion in their misfortunes, but the
record made by the Hun will be a shadow over
the world for generations.
Fixing Value for "Good Will
One of the most aggravating stumbling
blocks in the way of levying a tax on profits is
that of good will. That this intangible asset
has a value is admitted by all, but how o ascer
tain and correctly set it down none has discov
ered. Congress got around it by permitting it
to be entered on the books wherever it could
be shown that its value had been established
by actual purchase. But this only applied in
cases where a business had been sold, and could
not be made use of by a going concern that had
built up and developed its own good will and
still enjoyed that valuable but intangible asset
in its management.
The question is likely to assume van acute,
and perhaps equally perplexing, phase in an
other of the government's transactions. Samuel
Untermyer of New York, addressing the bank
ers' convention in Chicago, pointed out that
through Mr. McAdoo's management of the rail
roads the element of built-up or developed good
will is being destroyed. Contracts, traffic ar
rangements and similar tangibles are disappear
ing by reason of readjustments.. These may be
traced and accounted for, and some compensa
tion made when the final settlement comes, but
the intangibles that were wiped out cannot be
so weighed, and yet their loss will be noted in
the value of stocks.
Difference in value between a live and a dead
concern is always ascertainable, but the essence
of developed good will is its continuing pres
ence. It is not transitory in a going concern,
but vanishes quickly under such ministrations
as have been visited on the railroads. Sooner
or later the question of how to deal with this
must be squarely faced, but its solution will not
be arrived at speedily or easily
Right in the Spotlight
A stalwart figure surmounted by
a massive head a personality cer
tain to arrest attention anywhere.
Such is Vice Admiral William S.
Sims, the commander of the Ameri
can naval forces operating in Euro
pean waters, who today is in line
for congratulations on his sixtieth
birthday. Admiral Sims is a native
of Canada. He entered the United
States Naval academy from Penn
sylvania, and was graduated in 1880.
In addition to the routine duties ol
his calling he has served as naval
aide at the American embassies at
Paris and St. Petersburg. From
1907 to 1909 he was naval aide at
tached to the president. Atthe be
ginning of the present war he was
president of the War college at
Newport. The admiral is a man
of the athletic school, a lover ol out
door games, neither smokes nor
drinks, and would like all of Uncle
Sam's sailors to do likewise.
One Year Ago Today in tha War.
Belgian troops made a successful
attack on the Germans at Dixmude.
United States government took
over 468 ships aggregating 3,000,000
tons.
Mata Hari, a Dutch dancer, con
victed of being a German spy, was
executed by the French.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
Exposition hall presented a bril
liant scene, the event being the
opening night of the Hebrew fair
that is to continue every evening
of the week.
D. G. Garcey, clerk at the Coz
zens house, was in luck last week
and hejd ticket 8151, which drew
$200 in the Louisiana lottery.
Officer Patrick Havey, who has
done a sufficient service as a patrol
man, has been promoted to the posi
tion of jailer at the central station.
Buffalo Bill closed his season of
the Wild West in Richmond, Va.,
and is expected home in a few
weeks.
John F. Tyler, a prominent real
estate man from St. Joseph, is
spending several days in the city,
visiting his old friends, Duff and
Alex Green.
Juan Boyle of Kearney is spend
ing a few days in this city as the
guest of General Wheaton of Fort
Omaha.
Senator Manderson returned
from Washington.
The Day We Celebrate.
John O. Yeiser, attorney-at-law
bom 1866.
Victor D. Reynolds, Nebraska
sales manager for the Dalton add
ing machine, born 1865.
Byron J. Reed, of Reed Brothers
born 1879.
William J. Hotz, attorney-at-law.
born 1885.
Peter E. Traub, major-general in
United States army, born in New
York, 54 years ago.
Gen. Robert Nivelle, famous
French commander, born at Tulle,
France, 60 years ago.
Ernest C. Peixotto, one of the art
ists appointed by the United State
government to make a pictorial his
tory of the war, born in San Fran
cisco, 49 years ago.
Charles Ernest Chadsey, super
intendent of the Detroit public
schools, born at Nebraska City, Neb.
48 years ago.
This Day in History.
1812 The legions of Napoleon
began' the historic retreat from
Moscow.
1860 Peking, the Chinese capital,
surrendered to the British and
French.
1877 The Turks were overwhelm
ingly defeated by Russians in a great
battle between Kars and Alexan
dropol. 1914 The allies advanced between
Lens and Arras.
1915 Serbs took the offensive
against the Bulgars, carrying the
fighting into Bulgarian territory.
1916 -Allied forces occupied Ath
ens, seized entire Greek navy and
took over railroads, forts and other
military works.
.Timely Jottings and Reminders.
One thousand five hundred and
thirty-seventh day of the great war
Birthday greetings to Vice Ad
miral William S. Sims, U. S. N.,
commanding the American fleet in
the war zone, who is 60 years old
today.
; Trenton, N. J., today joins the
list of American cities in whicF the
street railway fare has been in
creased from 5 cents to 6 cents.
Former President Theodore
Roosevelt has accepted an invita
tion of the Liede.kranz society of
New York to deliver a Liberty loan
address before its members tonight.
Storyette of the Day.
The late Senator Tillman abomi
itwted the kaiser's aristocratic creed.
"The aristocrats," he said, "were
made to rule, and the common peo
ple to obey that is the kaiser's
creed. Why, the kaiser said one
day that it was painful to him to
fight the French army because
French officers were not aristocrats.
"A pork packer said to the kaiser
at Kiel but his speech had no ef
fect " 'Aristocrats, your majesty, are
like potato plants. .The only good
thing belonging to them is under
ground.' "
THE TEUTON FLAG
Tear down the Hun Kaiser' a flat;
Halfmast Hate'a polluted rat;;
Destroy it, all who can;
Deep sink It In the wavea.
It binds our fellow men
To groan with fellow slaves.
It ehlelds a plrate'i decks;
And 'neath tts bloody folds
Are heard the clank of rustling- chains.
Awake the burning scorn,
The vengeance long and deep;
That, till a better morn.
Shall neither tire nor sleep.
Swear once again the vow.
By all we hops and dream.
That what we suffer now
Tha future shall redeem.
1 O. A. BOLLINGER.
North Bergen, N. J. ., , , . . ,.. .. i
What Do the Terms Mean?
To the Public:
Manifestly it is only a question of time when
the president's 14 conditions of peace, as ampli
fied in his two Liberty loan speecnes, win be
accepted by our enemies. While this is most
gratifying, everyone must recognize that if r;ri
ous ambiguities in these terms should develop
or radical differences in interpretations houid
be placed thereon, the end may not be as near
as it would now seem. It is axiomatic that until
the minds of contracting parties meet there can
be no contract.
I hope I will not be accused of criticisirg
our noble president, whose every utterance is
so beautifully worded as to be universally ap
plauded, when I suggest that the time has now
arrived when these terms and conditions should
be analyzed and their actual purport made
known. It would be a sad thing if the Amer
ican people should get vhat they have bee.,
shouting for and then discover that they have
been shouting for something they did not want.
Of the major item in these terms only do I
feel confident of my interpretation.
By "removal of all economic barriers and the
establishment of neutrality of trade conditions"
(see condition three), "freedom from economic
serfdom" (see Wisconsin campaign lette-), the
prohibition of "any form of economic excl. sion"
and "the prevention of all economic rivalries in
definite and binding terms" (see speech ot Seo
tember 27), especially when read in the light of
the school of political economy in which the
president was educated, and which for many
years he taught and has always spoken, leaves
no doubt in my mind that he intends to estab
lish international free trade in such "definite
and binding form" that the enactment of a pro
tective tariff, as distinguished from a tariff for
revenue only, by any signatory nation will con
stitute an act of war against all other parties o
the treaty.
Undoubtedly our allies will welcome, the
neutral world will rejoice and the central powers
will be willing to surrender practically every
thing for such a provision. This is evident from
the fact that there are two essentials to a mar-kct--first,
ability to pay, and second, needs. I
put ability to pay first, for the mere possession
of the means with which to Luy always creates
needs. After the war all the- world will :e in
need, but America only will possess the means
with which to buy. International free trade,
therefore, should be acceptable to everyone ex
cept experienced Americans.
But there are several other matters that in
terest me wherein I am entirely at sea: First,
does "even-handed and dispassionate justice"
(see Third Liberty loan speech) and "impartial
justice, with no discrimina.ion between those to
whom we wish to he just and those to whom
we do not wish to be just no favor
ites and no standard but the equal rights of the
several people concerned" (see Fourth Liberty
loan speech) mean that the sufferers of atroci
ties and the perpetrators thereof are to be ac
corded the same treatment in the treaty? If
not, will someone cite a statement in condition
or speech that more than squints, if indeed it
squints, at indemnity or reparation?
Second Do these quoted statements and
others of similar import in what the president
is pleased to call his "practical program as dis
tir.guished from a thesis" (jee speech ot Sep
tember 27) imply that the people of Belgum,
whose factories have been scrapped, natural re
sources plundered, cities burned, youth deport
ed, children mutilated, manhood sterilized,
women debauched and the people of Germany,
whose lands as yet -re unscathed bv the horrors
of war and whose barns and warehouses are
bursting with loot, are to face this new, unsel
fish world from which "all economic rivalry has
been removed in binding form" on equal terms? j
I cannot believe that is what our noble president
means, but I have looked in vain for any state
ment which our representatives at the peace
table can quote with reliance should Germany
claim its legal right to place the most favorable
interpretation possible upon a solemn proposi
tion for a contractural settlement. ;
State Press Comments
Alliance Times: The mayor came
home Monday night and the walks
were oleaned off Tuesday morning
for the first time In the two rainy
weeks. Blessed is the name of the
mayor.
Fdgar Post: The Post Is in favor
of the next Nebraska legislature put
ting up a law forever barring for
eign lanpuares, and candidates who
favor that should bo elected.
Rratrire Express: The temporary
rlcsing of the clubs, cigar stores and
pool halls gave a number of Beatrice
men a miifh needed opportunity to
remain at nome and get acquainted
with their families.
Norfolk Press: Omaha is to build
a "tower of liberty" on the court
house Iflwn. If they build it as high
as the price of butter it will be likely
to topple over and endanger the sur
rounding buildings.
Fremont Tribune: Under the
stimulus of the passage of a bill by
the lower house of congress facilitat
ing the development of water power
there is present talk of a revival of
Platte river projects. Of course
these will have o wait till after the
war, but It is a good idea to begin
now to 'get ready for that active
period of development
Falrbury News: The more ' we
think of this peace proposition
the more we feel convinced that the
proper thing for the allies te do
would be to turn the kaiser over to
the French for a peace settlement.
When a man considers what the
French have endured it almost
freezes the blood in his veins. Cer
tainly no one of the allies could for
a moment consider a peace plan that
was not heartily concurred in by that
long-suffering people.
Wish you would take this matter up
through the column of your valu
able paper. We want this commute
to show its true colors.
ED. LUSIENSKI.
CENTER SHOTS
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Your
shining sword, with the handle this
way, Wiihelm; that's all.
New York Herald: "I have extend
ed my hand," says the kaiser. One
is not enough. Ha will be listened
to only when he extends both up
ward. Minneapolis Tribune: The allied
arm'es have gotten beyond the ne
cessity of putting on gas masks when
the Ilohenzollerns launch a peace
drive.
St. Louis Globe Democrat: Bul
garia entered the war in the belie
that Germany would win. It seeks
peace in the certainty that Germany
must lose.
Baltimore American: The kaiser
who declared he would stand no
nonsense from America, is finding
out that the Americans are not goinp
to stand any nonsense .'om him.
Washington Tost: "We shall try
so far as possible to grant auto
nomy to nationalties in Hungary,"
says Count Tisza. The enemy is so
anxious for peace that he is even
willing to dilute it with a little free
dom. Brooklyn Eagle: Hara is the first
commoner who ever became Premier
in Japan, and the first man who ever
got that honor because he headed a
majority in the Diet's lower house.
Th,e future yielding to the doctrine
of ministerical responsibility is ad
umbrated. That makes the choice
of Hara a constitutional landmark.
Springfield Postmaster's Loy alt y.
Springfield, Neb., Oct. 8. To the
Editor of The Bee: In your paper
of recent date was an article con
cerning the loyalty of Postmaster
Olderog of Springfield, Neb. It
stated that he had attempted to eject
the Congregational minister trom the
postotflce for reading of the allied
victories. "
Thia "Prenrhnr" Pvch. with his
very few followers, had been making .
the postofflce a loafing place, where j
they discussed all topics from re- j
ligion to how our great generals i
.hnnM .nnrinrr thin war. (in the
day mentioned the "preacher' was
reading in sucn ioua iones mai ne
not only annoyed other patrons, but
tha irka thom srlvp.n So when Mr.
Olderog asked him to either stop or
leave ne was oniy aoing nis auiy, ior
it is his privilege to maintain order
in his place Of business.
As for the postmaster, he has
been a subscriber to every one of the
Liberty loans and has bought more
than hl mints, of war stamos. and
there never was a petition started
horn far a srood cause but his name
could be found on it.
EX-PATRIOTIC LEAGUER.
What lias Become of the Report?
Platte Center, Neb., Oct 9 To
the Editor of The Bee. Some time
ago our governor appointed an
Americanization committee, which,
after meeting and organizing in Lin
coln, adjourned to meet in Omaha;
and since they have met in the latter
named city, nothing has ben heard
of the proceedings as far as being
made publio through the daily pa
pers, with the exception of the re
signation of one of the members of
the committee.
The public in general should be
informed as to what has been, or
going to be, done; and that before
November 1, 1918, because what has
came out through private channels
pP".v.t, to pmeil strong with politics.
A CLEAR COMP
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Dr. F.M. Edwards for 17year treated
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mcnts. During these years be gave to
his patients a prescriptioa made of a
few well-known vegetable Ingredients
mixed with olive oil, naming them
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets. Yon wilt
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder-worken on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in one's system.
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dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head
aches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out
of sorts, inactive bowels; you take one of
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets nightly for
a time and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
take Dr. Edward's Olive Tablets the
successful substitute for calomelnow
and then just tokeepin thepink of condi
tion. 10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
YOUR NOSE KNOWS!
And nearly everybody In Omaha knowa
that Carer Cleaning; Co. are the beat
cleaners in the city, located on a big
"corner" lot with liifht, air and entl
lation on all aides (front, back and in
the midde). "Tell" Web. S92.
When Writing to Our Advertisers
Mention Seeing It in The Bee
Third Does the statement, "Germany will
have to redeem its character, not by what hap
pens at the peace table, but by what fololws"
(see the Fourth Liberty loan speech), throw
favorable or unfavorable light upon what Amer
icans hope the president intends? Has Ger
many probably read this passage? Will it be
likely to quote it at the peace table if our rep
resentatives, then and there, for the first time
call up old scores?
Fourth Does the statement of September
27, 'All who sit down at the peace table must
come ready and willing to pay the price
that price is impartial justice in every item of the
settlement, no matter whose interest is crossed,"
imply that Orientals, for instance, are to have
free accesss and right of domicile in all coun
tries, as well as the right'to sell the products of
their labor thereia-without encountering protec
tive tariffs? How else can "economic rivalries"
between Japan and the United States "be re
moved in definite and binding" form?
The fifth of the president's 14 conditions
reads as follows: "A free, open and absolutely
impartial adjustment of all colonial claims,
based upon a strict observance of the principle
that, in determining all such questions of sov
ereignty, the interests of the populations con
cerned must have equal weight with the equita
ble claim of the government whose title is to be
determined."
1 .Fifth Does the foregoing imply a modifica
tion of the statement in the Declaration of In
dependence, "Governments derive all their just
powers from the consent of the governed?" Is
it likely to cause any discussion with our allies,
and especially with England, in view of the fact
that three days before the president announced
his -"principle" David Lloyd George had said
officially, "secondly, a territorial settlement
must be secured, based on the right of self
determination, or the consent of the governed?"
These, and many similar statements from the
highest earthly authority on an occasion of grav
est importance doubtless mean definite things.
I am simplv asking for light and am willing to
pay for it if I get it.
In my search for truth I have addressed two
letters to the secretary to the president and one
to the president himself. The only reply I
have thus far received is to the effect that the
president's statements are all perfectly clear.
But they are not clear to my mind. I was em
boldened to ask more definitely by the presi
dent's assurance of September 27 'that he was
"glad to answer again and again, so that those
who struggle in the ranks may have a reply
whose meaning tio one can have any excuse for
not understanding."
Recognizing the gravity of the situation,
should we and our allies place one interpreta
tion upon the president's utterances and our
enemies, aiter accepting tnem, should show, or
attempt to show, that they had understood them
to mean something radically different, I write
to offer $500 to any reputable international law
yer who will give me in terse and definite form
the legal meaning of each of the Fourteen Con
ditions of Peace and the foregoing quotations
trom the subsequent speeches of the president,
which Chancellor Maximilian expresses a will
ingness to accept.
These interpretations must be inclusive as
well as exclusive. If more than one series of
interpretations shall be furnished which unan
imity of understanding at the peace table shall
show are correct, r reserve the right to divide
this fee among those whose legal accumen shall
be thus proven equal to my needs.
LESLIE M. SHAW,
Woodward Building, Washington, D. C.
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