THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 23, 1919.
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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,
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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.
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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
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"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.
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