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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 23, 1919. 7 -'A' Worthy or Notf Germany Must Be Member of World LeagueDeclares Shaw Disarmament Would Not Prevent Wars Thousand of Commercial Airplanes Could Be Converted Into 1 War Planes War No More Wholesale Murder, But Race Suicide. 3y GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. (Copyright, 1910, by Star Company.) London, Feb. 22. I need not dwell on the question wnetner Germany should be admitted to the league of na tions. If it be not there will be no league; nothing but an alliance against it in which France and Italy will be able to use England and America to annex German and Austrian territory. This is already so obvious that the jingoes of London and Washington, implacably anti-German as they imagine themselves to be, will be the flrst to discover that without Germany they would be at a heavy disadvantage in a league of nations. Jingoes Master Situation. What is more thry are already at (intend to build an the same disadvantage in the ab-imada. invincible r- cence of a league: for the trench and. Italian jingoes are masters of the situation, and are making no secret "of their determination to an nex parts of the Rhincland and of the Austrian Tyrol (to say nothing of Jungo-Slavia), without regard to the Irredentist movements . which must follow such annexations. The British and American jingoes nay have no objection to these an nexations, as such, but they will ob ject very strongly to feeling com pelled to-support tnem waetner they object or not and receiving no quid-pro-quo for their submission to the superior self-assertiver.ess of the Latin diplomatists. They will call in Germany sooner or later to counter-balance the south. Admission May Be Delayed. Thus Germany is sure of itsad inission. But it may be delayed, not on the ground that it is permanent ly ineligible, but on the ground that it has no settled government. As we have seen, even '.lie exist ence of a settled government would not make it eligible if that govern ment were a restored hohenzollern ist divine right monarchy or an ir responsible vigilance committee holding on by main force. But if a form of government emerges politically homogenous with that of the league (and I his is the most probable ever.t), then there can be no question, if the league be aq honest one, and veiy li'tle question even if it be dominated by jingo jealousies, that Germany must be a constituent, and, from the Anglo American point of view, i very de lirable constituent. Nevertheless, the Anglo-American Jingoes and, still more immediately, the Anglo-American doctrinaires, must reckon gently with the feeling in France, which already so nearly has driven M. Clemenceau into a declaration of pure reaction toward the old diplomacy which, ith all it", drawbacks, has so signally avenged Sedan. It is easyx to sit ''own be hind the British fleet, or at the oth er side of the Atlantic, and ask the. Inhabitants of Picardy And Belgium to feel safe in a new moral world within range of Long Bertha, and within a few minutes' flight of aero planes that drop earthquake bombs on sleeping cities. Even London, who, safe as it seems comparatively, has tor years past not dared to allow a clock to strike, nor a light to shine from a window at night, nor heard the re port of an anti-aircraft gun without a spasm of terror, knows better than that. Force to Give Way to Security. If the, old reliance on superior physical force is to be niven up, the demand for securify, which will be more imperative than ever, will take the form of a demand ior disarma ment. But not one of .he great pow ers will consent to be genuinely dis armed. M. Clemenceau has said definitely that France will not consent to ths disarmament even of England; it will insist on the retention of the British fleet. But it will find that the question is not so easily disposed of as that. The inhabitants of Picardy and Belgium, contemplating their leveled houses, gutted factories, hewn down orchards and crowded cemeteries, may say: "A plague on your Brit ish fleet. What worse could iiave happened to us if there had not been a British ship on the seas? Did we not starve with the Germans? Has any town or village in Germany suffered as ours have suffered? "Was it not this fleet building business that began all the trouble? Who. but ourselves, have had to pay for it? And now, you tell us that America is going to build a rival fleet and begin the mischief all over again?" i Thus, the very spectacle of devas tation, which urges M. Clemenceau to obduracy against Mr. Wilson, turns out on closer consideration to be an object lesson in the need of co-operation with him. This argument will cut no ice in England. If the British statesmen dared be candid, they would 'say at once, that no proposal for the re duction of the British fleet will be entertained for a moment, and that it will be useless to argue that Mr. Wilson's fourth point, namely, "that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety," obliges England to reduce her fleet. Must Command Seas. Her domestic safety absolutely requires command of the seas. It is difficult to see how the United States can take exception to this at titude since their patriots have hastened to announce that they too, ftNMVUm And from the moment they lay down their first keel, with that end in view, the main business of every secretary of state for war in Eng land will be to do unto that fleet as England has already done to Ger many's, unless the old order on which M. Clemenceau pins his faith be superseded by a new one, as Mr. Wilson demands. Let us see how far the war itself has changed the problem of arma ment. It has certainly greatly les sened the value of disarmament as a security for peace by demonsatin? that a land armament including a conscript army millions strong can be improvised virtually in no time and that feats of transportation of soldiers across the sea which no body believed possible a year ago, are easy. No nation can be prevented from making and secreting the jigs, dies and presses on which a rapid me chanical output of weapon depends. Aircraft ProblemJ Further, the most dreaded arma ment is now the aircraft armament; and the commercial aeroplane of which there will be hundreds of thousands, is potentially a bomb ing aeroplane. Psychologically, it has been shown that a complete preparation for war in time of peace, though every bel ligerent accuses the enemy of it, is impossible. Everyone knows that as in the midst of life we are in death, we should always be ready to meet it, with our wills made, our consciences clear and our moral accounts bal anced. Always Be Ready. We know equally well that in the midst of peace we are at war.i and should always be ready for the fir ing of the first shot. But in the one case as in the other, we never are. As we have seen, the British forces were the best pre pared in 1914; but the preparation did not go very far beyond the nor mal establishment, and was ridicu lously inadequate to the share that the country had to take in the land warfare. In all the belligerent countries the age limit for conscription had to be raised during the conflict; and the armies had to be learnt their busi ness; the rule at first being insuf ficiency and inefficiency on all sides. The moral is that disarmed na tions can put up quite as disastrous a fight as armed ones if they are de termined to fight. If the will to fight continues, the means will always be forthcoming and the less skilled and the less pre pared the belligerents are, the more horrible will be the suffering and the carnage. On the other hand, the use of high explosives, poison gas. aircraft and guns ranging up to 70 miles has made the possibilities of destruction and death so appalling that the nec essary precautions against them, even if effective, make life as intol erable for the civil population whom the armies formerly protected, as for the soldiers themselves; indeed, more so, for the soldier has nothing to do but deal and dodge death, while the civilians have to support the soldiers, support themselves, and take care of the children into the bargain under this terrible fire. The expense and demoralization are enormous. Formerly war was the sport of kings; an extravagance which they could afford and even profit by, if successful. 9,000,000 Died From Pestilence. Nine million deaths from war pes tilence, which is only faintly alle viated by calling It Spanish influen za; pile on the uncertainty as to whether even the victor can avert the revoluton which is now practic ally de rigueuer in the case of de feat, and it will be seen that Bloch, the Polish banker, whom the . war was at first supposed to have sig nally refuted, has in fact been con firmed by it in his essential thesis that modern war has passed from the stage of wholesale murder to that of state suicide. Therefore, the fact that the nations, though afraid to disarm, are yet more afraid to face the war for which their armaments are intended, may avert an absolute deadlock. Dis armament will not prevent war nor, if it could, would that sort of pre ventive have much moral value. The peace that is produced by dis ablement is worth no more than that which is produced by manacles and fetters. The disarmament of nations will follow the course of the disarma ment of individuals. On the wild edges of civilization in America men carry revolvers and cartridges. If by change they emi grate to New York or boston or London, it is not necessary to dis arm them; they sell their tevolvers and buy umbrellas. Brief CiUj News f Jutland Battle Losses. London, Feb. 22. There is no reason to doubt the substantial ac curacy of the German official ac count of the losses suffered by the German fleet in the Jutland naval battle. May 31, 1916. it is learned of ficially by Reuter's limited. The German figures published June 16. 1916, showed that the casualties to the fleet's personnel were: Officers killed or missing, 172; wounded, 41; other ratings, killed or missing. Royal Sweepers, Burgess-Oranden Co. Have Root Print It Beacon Tress. Dr. W. A. Cox, Demist New loca tion, 322 Securities building. 16th and Farnam. Dr. W. Douglas Burns has re turned from the dental corps of the army and resumed practice.' 65 S Brandeis Theater Bldg. Former Chief Duiui In Insurance Field Henry W. Dunn, former chief of police, will be associated with Nat Metster in the Insurance business. "I Just had to get to work," he remarked. Married In Albany Word has been received from Albany, N. Y., that a marriage license was isseud In that city yesterday to Jerry Dee Shrader of Omaha and Harriet Wood Farnam of Cheshire, Kan. Kids for Pipe and Lumber The Board of County Commissioners will receive bids on March 7 for pipe and bridge lumber. The specifica tions call for galvanized, reinforced concrete and tile pipe of all sizes, f. o. b., any station In Douglas county.' Henry W. Dunn Former chief of police of Omaha, Is now writing a general line of insurance and has as sociated himself with the Nat Mcister Agency, located at 213 City National Bank building. Phone Douglas 1313; residence phone Har ney 657. Adv. Snow AH Over Slate Railroads report a fall of one to two inches of snow over all Nebraska Friday night. It was moist and lays as it fell. To day, generally from the mountains to the Missouri river, the weather is clear and calm, with temperatures ranging from 20 to 40 degrees above zero. Wheeler Addresses Brotherhood Rev. R. U Wheeler of the Wheeler Memorial church, South Side, ad dressed the Westminster brother hood Friday evening. A dinner was served by women of Westminster Presbyterian church. The tables bore patriotic decorations. A. L. Sutton presided. Iowa Firm to I,ocate Here J.' M. Gillan of the industrial department of the Chamber of Commerce re ports that a Sioux City company Is coming to Omaha to locate a broom manufacturing plant that on the start will give employment to 25 to 30 men. The plant will be in opera tion by the last of March. Woman's Club Meets Tuesday The Omaha woman s cluD will meet Tuesday at 1:30 p. m. for the con sideration of legislative business In the auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. This is an unusual meeting and au thorized by Mrs. A. Ij. Fernald, presi dent, and Mrs. E. 13. Stanfield, re cording secretary. Pastor to Address Advertisers- Rev. Edward Hart Jenka will ad dress the Advertising and Selling league at the Fontenelle on Monday evening following banquet on the business principles of the Bible as applied to advertising and selling. Attendance of a full membership is requested, inasmtfeh as there Is several matters of lmportancce to be taken up. New Armour Branch Manager W. E. Rudd has been appointed manager of the Omaha branch of Armour & Co. He has been division manager for the same firm with territory between Omaha and Grand Island. Mr. Rudd has been with Armour for two years and his speedy promotion comes from the well directed effort which he has used In promoting the interests of the company. Hans Drops His Libel Suit Against The Bee; No Intent to Injure Fred M. Hans dismissed yester day his libel case against The Bee, pending in the district court. This suit arose out of a newspaper item turned in by one ;of The Bee's reporters and was published with out any intent to injure or wrong Mr. Hans in any way and we are glad he has acknowledged by his dismissal of the caseihat The Bee had no intention to reflect upon him in the item to which he took exception. Canadian Boys Attempt to Wreck Troop drains Halifax,. S.. Feb. 22. The ar rest here early today of two 12-year-old boys disclosed a daring attempt yesterday to wreck a main line train on the Inter-Colonial railway and the narrow escape of several thou sand passengers, including 2,000 re turned Canadian troops. Seven sticks of dynamite that had been placed on the rails, were found by track walkers. Five trains passed over the explosive, but it was ex plained that the first train, a spe cial, with the editors of 40 western Canadian newspapers aboard, prob ably so vibrated the rails that the dynamite sticks rolled harmlessly between the ties. The Greatest of Indoor Sports Beating Old Man Dyspepsia to Finish With Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Tackle Good Fine Lunch and Get Away With It." Our stomachs lead us three or more times a day to the business of eating. And it is the greatest of indoor sports, a year around affair throughout life. To keep the stomach fit, to keep It braced and in training at all times, the very simple ex pedient of a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet after meals will prove a constant source of both protection and preparedness. No gassy, sour, belching, bilious stomach, no distaste for food, no coated tongue, no distress after eating, when meals are fol lowed by Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Get a S0-cent box today at any drug store. Let them digest your food while the stomach takes a much needed rest. - -'- 17 nn f M. n niri fc5 fc m A c TUT fa EYERYBODYS STORE 4- Sunday, February 23, 1919. STORE NEWS FOR MONDAY Phone Douglas 2100 The Best Is Yet To Be It is with this whole some, optimisfic slogan that the world is taking up anew its life. To be equipped to take a worthy part in the work of development just ahead is not only the duty of each man and woman, but the duty, too, of such great civic institutions as this store has become. By practicing sound busi ness principles. By increasing sympathy and understanding. By abolishing unnecessary limitation of thought. By correction of wrong th ories and purposes. So a man equips him self for the larger work of the world. And so a store such as this enlarges its scope and .purpose by the'prac tice and application of the same theories in a broader way. The best each day in this contributes steadily to that besl; which is yet to be. QEEN Around & the Store Beaded Bags in" wonderful Oriental coloring are to be found here in a great variety of styles. Beautiful beaded designs with the top of the bag of gold or silver, en graved or encrusted with Oriental jewels. Lined with silk and fitted with mirror and purse. Prices range from $5.00 to $95.00. Main Floor Fancy Waistcoats are all the rage at the present time for they brighten up the suit or coat, in fact they change the entire appearance of the costume. They are attractively fashioned of bright colored, striped or Persian silks; em broidered linens, white pique, satin, etc. Prices range from $2.00 to $6.50. Main Floor The New Oxfords add that little touch of smart ness to the street costume which is so much desired by the women of today. Black and brown calfskin and kidskin with light welt soles. Priced at $7.00 to $8.00. Fine Havana brown kidskin Oxfords in two new lasts for dressy afternoon wear, at $10.00 a pair. Second Floor Dainty Kid Gloves in the new beige color, with black embroidered backs, smoked pearl clasps and finish ed at the wrist with stripes of contrasting color completes the new Spring wardrobe. They also come in black and white and are priced at $3.75 a pair. Heavy silk gloves in all the newest shades have arrived and are moderately priced. Main Floor Georgette Underwear should by all means be included in Milady's wardrobe. Thero are nightgowns, envelope che mise, camisoles, etc., made of heavy quality georgette in deli cate shades of orchid, blue, pink, yellow and Nile green. Daintily trimmed with laces, ribbons and French flowers. Second -Floor "Standard" Rotary Sewing Machines At a Big Price Reduction JF you ever expect to have the need of a new sewing machine, this is an opportunity you cannot well afford to miss. , The offering includes many special values never before advertised and several machines uiai nave iiul uetu oiiuwii uciuic. All can be purchased on terms as low as $2.00 Down and $1.00 Per Week 1 "Standard" Rotary, cabinet floor sample $50.00 1 "Cleveland" Sewing machine (new) for $32.50 1 "Duchess" "Standard" Rotary floor sample $45.00 1 "Princess" "Standard" Rotary floor sample $50.00 1 Electric "Standard" Rotary sewing machine $40.00 1 "Standard" Rotary with mo. tor, used $30.00 1 "White" Rotary sewing ma chine (new) $25.00 -"Wizard" Electric sewing machine ,...$30.00 Burgess-Nash Co. Fourth Floor 1 Beautiful New Silks an the February Sale Monday At $1.25 Silks suitable and most desirable for dresses, skirts, waists and underwear. Consisting of: 36 and 40-inch crepe de chine, light and dark shades. -36-inch white wash habutai silk. 40-inch marquisette in plain shades, s 40-inch printed-georgette and chiffon. 36-inch fancy plaid taffeta. 36-inch fancy striped taffeta. 40-inch plain chiffon silk. 40-inch plain georgette crepe. ' Beautiful New Foulard Silks at $U5, $225 and $20 Yard The new foulards are prettier and more attractive than ever. New colorings and new designs. Three prices, $1.95, $2.25 and $2.50 yard. Burgess-Naah Co. Main Floor FOR ONLY TWO WEEKS MORE Can you secure an indestructible Columbia Medallion, Free, made from any picture you have in your possession? FAIR WARNING: ' 0n March 8th our Medallion Depart ' ment will be closed. Why not get a medallion made from the photograph of the family group. Ever think of it? Nothing preserves the home at mosphere or home memories like a group picture with father and mother in the center. And when the family is scattered, how glad you will be that you had it done in time. Why postpone what you ought to do now? Bring in at once your picture, with the Medallion Card, or ask any clerk for a Medallion Card, which entitles you to one FREE, when you have purchased $10.00. V Burgess-Nash Co. Downstairs Store More Good News About the New O Spnng Smii&s At $2B-M v. 1 If tT'S not often we "blow our horn" so loud and long about any one thing in the store as we have about these charming new suits at TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. But we feel more than justified in doing so especially since so many women have bought during the demonstration sale and are so' lavish with their praises. We started the season with a de- termination to give the great suit value for $25.00 that specialization and large volume could produce, and every woman who sees these suits tells u we don't say half enough about them. And so we're going to tell you more about these wonderful suits not the same ones we were talking about last week, but a new group that have arrived in time for Monday. There are some twenty or twenty-five new styles making their appearance for the first time, and, to say that they are the most charm ing, stunning styles shown so far, is but to say just what the women of Omaha will be saying after they see them. And, also, that it is a suit value unmatchabler We could go on almost indefinitely telling the good of these suits, for they are really worth while and we enjoy talking about their goodness. But. come and see for yourself and come expecting much and you will not be disappointed. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor Featuring the New "Mitzi" and "Watteau" Sailors' in Our Millinery Offering Monday at "Mitii x u i ' .rSr-N mHESE s M l :7 3V "WaMeau" particular, individual and distinctive styles are what smart New York women are wearing. They're to be worn with a saucy tilt that is genu inely youthful, and when you see these smart "Mitzi" and "Watteau" sailors of polished china piping, lisere and three end jap, you will agree our millinery shop has accomplished the unusual by bringing before the public the newest of the new at a price satisfactory to -everybody. The trimmings are of flowers, fruit, plain and lacquered quills, bows of ribbons, ostrich pompons, and perky wings. Anyone will feel smart and chipper stepping out In one of these captivating sailors. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor I About Young Girls9 Corsets-Important IT'S a great mistake to think any cheap corset i&? good enough for a young girl. Her figure will develop into the shape of the corset she wears. It is folly to buy a badly designed corset for her. Burgess-Nash Special Corsets Is one we can recommend for symmetrical lines as well as comfort. In corsets, comfort means health in the long run. We would like to fit your daughter and would ask that you bring her to our corset department. We will give a trial fittinsr and prove to you how important it is that she should have the right kind of a corset. , . s fj! Priced $2.50 to $5.00. Burgess-Nash Co. Second Floor DOWNSTAIRS STORE Window Shades, 49c Dark green shades, 36 inches wide, 6 feet long. Special, 49c each. ' 26-Inch Challies, 21c Dark or light grounds with floral or parsley designs for comfort coverings, kimonos, etc., 21c yard. Bleached Sheets, $1.69 This is one of our best qual ity seamless sheets for hotels, apartment houses, etc. Size 81x99 inches, washed and ironed ready for use, $1.69 each. Serpentine Crepes, 39c Bright new patterns in this well known fabric for kimonos, etc., at 39c yard. Novelty Drapery, 59c These materials are used for over or side drapes, also used for bedroom curtains, etc. Some extreme values in this lot at 59c yard. Children's Dresses, 59c White barred crepe, stamped ready for embroidery. Sizes 2, 4 and 6 years, 59c each. Val Laces, 2 l-2c And insertions, 2He yard. Burgess-Nash Co. Downstairs Store Lace Edges at 5c Torchon and cluny lace edges and insertions to match, 5c yard. tr Cluny Lace, 10c 1 And insertions, 2 to 4 inches wide, 10e yard. Chantilly Laces, 25c Black and white silk chantilly laces, venice edjres and bands, filet lace insertions, 25c yard. Ribbons, 1-2 Price Remnants of ribbon, in length from 1 to 2 yards, at U Price. K ' . Jj i i
