THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1919.
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Subarr brra leaving the city should hava Tha Baa mailed
ts t'.v Addreaa changed aa oftaa aa requeated.
t , ' in is beer not beer?" Ask any toper.
For once the robin seemed to have the right
hunch.
Coal miners ask shorter hours of labor and
higher wages. That is a common aspiration.
Well, who wants to be commander of the
Grand Island soldiers' home? Do not all speak
tt once.
See old John Barleycorn perk up and "smile
a sort o' sickly smile" over the news from New
Jersey.
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Calling it "encephalitis" does not lift any of
'.the mystery from the "sleeping sickness," but it
sounds a lot wiser.
Ransack your closets and see if you qan not
produce one or two more garments the Red
Cross can send to Europe.
. The reading clerk of the senate got a real
.opportunity to earn his pay when the code bill
came on. It is only 512 pages long.
No sign of weakening in the tug of war be
tween the realtors and the lumbermen, but one
.side must give in pretty soon, for Omaha needs
the delayed dwellings.
Members of the cabinet express views hold
ing that an extra session of congress is im
perative, showing that they are not always in
harmony with their chief.
' Revival by the house of interest in the Capi
tal National bank failure in which the state lost
$240,000, may be the means of stirring up quite
i bit of history in Nebraska.
"Nick" Longworth and "Jim" Mann are
adding to the gayety of the quiet season by tell
ing each other to keep still. The epistolary duel
is interesting to the bystanders.
. The new cigaret law contains someprovisions
likely to be more honored in the breach than
the observance, but it is in the right direction,
and will therefore be welcomed.
"No final decisions have been taken," con
tinues to be the daily announcement from the
secret conferences of the peacemakers, but soon
' they will have to come out into the open and
show their hands.
The high cost of living in Des Moines is to
he investigated by the legislature. Something
like that happened in Omaha, oh, a long time
ago, but nothing followed, save that the cost of
living went higher.
After all the investigations get under way,
.we may look for a commission to investigate
the investigators. Our national habit of start
ing many things and nevdr finishing anything is
Stronger now than ever.
Franc will get some real bargains from
Uncle Sam in the way of docks, railroads and
other elements of a new transportation system.
If this does rot give French commerce a real
Boost, we will lose faith in American efficiency.
I Child labor is reported to be on the increase
in eleven'states, principally in the south, where
the day of toil for the children has been length
ened to 11 hours. State's rights cover a multi
tude of crimes against humanity, but nothing
worse than this.
Secretary Baker says wewill not be able to
get into another war for a long time, as it will
take a century to pay this one. Herr Kuehl
mann says Germany will be ready to do a "come
back" in twenty-five years. Which knows the
mor about war? s
New Jersey's union men decline to be tan
gled up with the "no beer no work" movement.
They have the right hunch, and the sooner the
beer advocates wake up to the fact that they
will not help their cause by agitating for a
strike, the quicker they will be in the way of
gaining converts for their cause.
The Kaiser's Moral Guilt
' It has been a foregone conclusion that the
commission in Paris that has been passing on
the- responsibility for the war of the kaiser and
the chiefs of the central empires would hardly
recommend that the political leaders could be
brought to trial or be physically punished. No
matter what the facts are, and about these there
seems to be no doubt, the difficulties of legal in
dictment, trial and punishment have been ap
parent. But there is no difficulty in framing a
moral indictment of the kaiser and his war lords,
and it is certainly the duty of this commission
o set out beyond all controversy the heinous
character of the plot and the part the plotters
in Germany and Austria played in bringing on
the world war when they felt "the day" when
they could crush civilization had arrived. This
is a solemn and sacred duty and it must be per
formed. If the indictment be clean-cut and is
made part of the peace treaty, the conscience of
America and that of the world will be satisfied,
since there can be no greater punishment for the
kaiser than that he and his abhorred line shaH"
live on to see the appalling results of their own
acts. But if it be possible through local laws
to hang some of the minor instruments, such
as the murderers of Edith Cavell and Captain
Fryatt, justice will be done. It was the incredi
ble individual brutality of these men. who acted
on their own responsibility in carrying out the
general policy of "frightfulness," that shocked
the world and brought all civilized peoples to
the rescue of the allies struggling with mon
sters of savagery, dead to all instincts of com
mon humanity. If these men can be physically
punished, it will not be an unsalutary thing for
the kaiser to live on as the "imperial Cain," an
object of loathing to the whole world and the
sign and symbol of hideous conspiracy against
the nations that failed. Death just now would
be too good for him: and an official execution
'might martyrize one from whom the whole world
shrinks. No: let hira live on 1 Philadelphia
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LOOK OUT FOR PROPAGANDISTS.
The war is not over yet .No treaty of peace
has been signed, nor have the terms on which
peace is to be made been formulated. Many
people forget this. The German propagandists
do not, however, and therein lies a grave danger.
Various agencies are contributing, some of
them unwittingly, and others innocently enough,
to the movement set on foot months ago to
excite sympathy for the defeated Germans. All
the changes on the plea for the under dog are
being rung, and the crafty schemers and plot
ters who were boring from within prior to the
war have resumed their activity. Their efforts
are the more of a menace, because they are more
insidious.
What Americans must not forget is that we
were forced into a war by the brutal actions of
the German government, supported by the Ger
man people. We were put to an enormous ex
pense of men and money to defend our coun
try and flag, and all they stand for, against the
German idea of aggression and domination.
Unless it is finally defeated, the boys who died
in France, and in the army camps at home,
have died in vain, and the billions of treasure
we have expended, the superhuman efforts we
have made to raise and equip an army for de
fense, have been wasted.
Germany in defeat is the same Germany that
outraged every sense of right and decency, of
honor and humanity; that deluged the world
with blood for four years; that deliberately
committed unspeakable horrors in pursuit of a
war of conquest. These things can not be for
gotten. Nor can they be at this time con
doned. Until the Germans have made restitu
tion and reparation as far as possible for the
great wrongs done in their name, they will not
be forgiven.
It is up to the German people to so conduct
themselves that they may win back the respect
of the world, which they have forfeited. This
they are not doing yet. Until they do, look out
for the man who has an apology or an excuse
to offer for the Huns.
Is American Citizenship Worthless?
Another ultimatum has gone forth from
Washington Mexico City, of tenor and
purpose similar to those which have preceded
it. We have lost track of the serial number,
but the government down there must have a
file of them sufficient to form a library. ' W.
J. Bryan began the series, back in 1913, and
they have gone forward periodically ever since.
Each solemnly and formally demands of the
Mexican authorities that American citizens be
respected in their rights of person and property,
under penalty of our extreme displeasure. And
each has met an unvarying response. When
ever a bandit needs a little ready money, he
raids an American ranch or mine, imprisons
an American citizen and demands a ransom, or
in one of a number of ways peculiar to his kind,
gets what he needs from an American. Im
mediately the administration at Washington be
stirs itself, and sends forth another ultimatum,
which is added to the steadily growing pile at
the Mexican capital. These imposing documents
afford excellent models of style, when circumlo
cution is chiefly considered. We would like to
refer our State department to a message sent
from Washington to a foreign government in
the early years of the century. It reads: "Per
dicaris alive, or Raisuli dead." Something like,
that sent to Mexico just now might end the an
noyance; at least it would impress the followers
of Venustiana Carranza with the idea that
American citizenship has not become entirely
worthless.
Iowa's Anti-Tipping Law Dead.
The supreme court of Iowa has knocked out
the anti-tipping law of the state, and leaves the
old and more or less obnoxious system of giv
ing gratuities just where it was. That the prac
tice is an evil none will deny. In anticipation
a "tip" produces servility, in realization dissat
isfaction, and frequently in failure insolence.
It never did, and never can in this country, oc
casion the correct feeling between him who
gives and him who receives. The customer fre
quently pays with pleasure for ' extra service,
but quite as often he realizes he is merely being
mulcted to the extent of a small coin for some
thing he did not get. The principal objection
is that tippers can never escape the thought that
they are paying for something that the em
ployer of the servant who waits on them should
provide and, therefore, are paying double. This
does not take into account the scientifically de
veloped piracy that exists in many places of
public resort, where check stand privileges or
other like accommodations become the source
of enormous revenues compiled from small
amounts, all given for something the proprietor
should provide without extra charge. In all its
aspects the tip is un-American, but, unfortu
nately, in its very worst form the custom of
tipping is widespread throughout the land. And,
now that the courts have solemnly declared it
to be a transaction between tipper and tippee,
in which the public is not concerned, the con
nection between the "mit" and the "thin dime"
will be uninterrupted in Iowa as elsewhere.
Head of the League of Nations.
The name of Herbert Asquith is suggested
in connection with the place at the head of the
proposed League of Nations. The character
of the great British statesman is such as would
Commend him to the place, if the league is to be
what we are led to expect by its prospectus.
He served his country indifferently "well as
premier, btlt his lack of aggressiveness made
Lloyd George's job of toppling him from power
comparatively easy. Mr. Asquith's chief weak
ness in this respect was his effort to make the
conflict a party affair, in which he failed. While
he is listed as a liberal, as contradistinguished
from the conservative or Tory, but he is far
from being as radical in his leanings as his able
successor. However, it is a bit early to re
ceive nominations for the presidency of the
world, as the chick has not yet pipped the shell.
As soon as the affair is definitely settled as to
form and powers, it will be time enough to
choose its presiding and other officers.
Notice to Americans: If you would enjoy
your rights and privileges as citizens, stay at
home. Do not try to spread civilization,
religion or commerce in foreign lands. ' It is
embarrassing to the State department to have
to write notes to foreign governments on ac
count of folks who thoughtlessly wander away
from our boundaries, under the impression that
the plank in the Baltimore platform meant what
it said.
Caroline Islands and Japan
Brooklyn Eagle.
Of supreme importance to the United States
is the contention of Japan that she should con
trol the Caroline islands and others in the same
group that formerly belonged to Germany and
are now the subject of much discussion in the
Paris peace conference.
It is probable that a league of nations will be
formed and that an international naval force
will be one of the provisions, but interested
countries cm the'Pacific seem to feel that the
world should be made safe for themselves first;
therefore Japan is hurriedly advancing new rea
sons why she should have all the South Sea
islands lying north of the equator. Australia is
just as determined to control those to the south,
and the United States is literally "standing by."
The South -Sea islands are made up of sever
al groups, known as the Carolines, the Marshall
islands, and the Marianne group, a total of some
500 small islets with a population of about 39,000
people, and an area of less than 1,000 miles. Of
this group the island of Guam belongs to the
United States, it being ceded by Spain in 1899,
when she sold the remainder 'to Germany.
With the United States controlling the Ha
waiian islands, Guam, and the Philippines, her
naval supremacy on tht Pacific would seem se
cure. Japan, however, wants a foothold in the
Casolines for a naval base, then if the interna
tional naval police force fails in becoming a
reality, she has accomplished enough to serious
ly contest our Pacific security by an extensive
fortification of her new. possessions.
Capt. A, P. Niblack of the United States navy
in a paper read before the Naval Architects and
Engineers early in 1917 emphasized the value of
naval bases by saying:
"It is an historical fact that no great naval
battle has ever been fought in midocean, but
always near the bases of one or the other pow
ers, and the ports of supply, or naval bases, in
dicate the direction of the line which operations
must take in time of war and which become
lines of communications once the fleet has ad
vanced beyond any one naval base on the route.
We already havejn the Pacific the heart's desire
in strategical positions, and we seem to lack
only the knowledge and nerve to strengthen
such of them as will permit us to take the initia
tive and thereby forestall "and even prevent war
by making it too hopeless for anyone else to
take the chances."
It is certain that were Japan to gain control
of the Carolines she could so fortify them as. to
nullify all our advantages in holding Guam.
Then she is but three days steaming time from
our Philippines while we are twenty or more,
so the possibilities of a great navy, first on the
ground and well supported by several bases in
a fifteen hundred mile radius would place the
United States decidedly at a disadvantage.
"Any consideration, of the strategy of the Pa
cific is utterly futile which leaves out the erec
tion of Guam into a great naval base as our key
to it for all time," says Captain Niblack. "Other
possessions which we now own are questions of
definite offensive or defensive areas, or of short
ening lines of communication, and as such are
worthy of consideration as strategic points, but
our first necessity is consideration of Guam."
The New York World sees in the Pennsyl
vania election a rebuke for Senator Knox and
a vindication for Woodrow Wilson. It doesn't
take much to console a democrat at times.
, Naval experts have agreed that nothing, not
even numerical battleship superiority, is equal
to one first-class naval base. If Japan should
gain her present ideals in the Pacific it would
be the longest stride she has ever made in the
direction of naval supremacy on the greatest
ocean, and means that one little mistake in time
of war, one single slip or apparently minor set
back would wrest the advantage from our hands,
so nearly would the power be divided.
Whatever the political future of the Caroline
islands, they are bound to be objects of scien
tific interest for generations to come, says the
National Geographic society.
Who built the massive stone structures which
give evidence of a high degree of civilization at
some prehistoric time?
What was the origin of the stonecurrency,
some "coins" of which weigh five tons?
"These are but two of the many questions
which these Pacific islands of mystery present.
The stone ruins extend from Ponape, an island
toward the east of the group to Yap, on the
west. On Yap are great stone terraces, em
bankments and roads, composed of neatly laid
stone blocks, stone graves, stone platforms and
enormous chambers resembling council lodges
with gables and tall pillars, frequently carved.
Ponape discloses the 'Pacific Venice.' There
the ruins are partly submerged. Apparently
they once stood on an island city, unless their
site was connected with 'other; islands before a
terrific upheaval inundated them.
"What remains today is more than half a
'hundred rectangular walled islets, projecting
above the waters of a lagoon. There is an
outer lagoon, separated from breakwater three
miles long. 'In all -this construction huge basalt
blocks were used. Apparently they were un
touched by iron tools. Recent study has con
firmed the belief that these mighty megalithic
monuments antedate the present native popula
tion of the Carolines
"Origin of the unique stone coinage is not
known. Shell money seems, to have supplanted
the unwieldly stone discs for 'small change' long
before the white man arrived. The stone 'money'
is made from, limestone or calcite. It probably
was" employed for primitive banking rather than
for general circulation. Its security from theft
was assured by itsveight. Specimens are found
piled about the homes of native chieftains. In
cluding reefs not inhabited, the Caroline islands
number'more than 500. Of the total land area
of 390 square miles, Ponape, Yap, Kusaie and
Hogolu, or Truk. In 1911 the total population
was about 55,000, and of these fewer than 400
were Europeans. The islands extend for about
1,000 miles, east and west. They lie more than
1,500 miles to the east of the Philippines, and
about 1,000 miles north of New Guinea."
. No Place for Doctors.
The little island of St. Kilda, the most re
mote of the Hebrides attacked by a German
submarine last May is one of the healthiest of
all the British isles. It is only when the supply
ship arrives there, as it does two or three times
in the summer, that anything happens. Then
the whole population catches cold and are ill
for about four days.
The Day We Celebrate. '
J. P. Miller, manager Wellington Inn, born
1884.
Charles L. Dundey, lawyer, born 1872.
Dr. Chaajes W. Eliot, president emeritus of
Harvard university, born in, Boston 85 years
ago.
. Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, Episcopal bishop
of New York, born in Wheeling, W. Va., 75
years ago.
Sir Edward J. Poynter, famous British artist,
late president of the Royal Academy, born in
Paris 83 years ago.
Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, U. S. A.,
who commanded the Rainbow division in
France, born in Pennsylvania 57 years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Ben Barrows is quoted as "the chief descrip
tive writer of the Union Pacific."
' A party of Japanese nobility going through
Omaha attracted quite a crowd to the railway
station. There were a Japanese count and
countess, marquis and marchioness, the mika
do's master of ceremonies and his wife and a
naval commander and his wife. The men all
smoked cigarets. but only one of them could
speak English. Their destination was Paris via
Washington and New York.
Tom Hayes and John Doll, recently appointed
to the police force, have donned uniforms.
Jack Morrison sold his three-story brick and
stone building at 1407 Douglas to Dennis Leary
of Butte, Mont., for $36,000.
Mrs. F. D. Mead is visiting her . daughter,
Mrs. E. N. Bullock, in West Point, Neb.
A. C. Wakeltfy celebrated his birthday by
giving a dinner to a number of friend)
Friend of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lems, in and out of the army.
Names Mill not be printed.
Ask T h e B e e to Answer.
Many Questions Answered.
Soldier's Sister The 341st ma
chine gun battalion is part of the
176th brigade of the 89th division;
Its address Is A. P. O. 761. This di
vision is scheduled to sail for, home
In June.
Soldier' Sister The 314th mobile
ordnance repair shop is part of the
89th division, which Is under orders
to sail for home in June. The unit
Is now at Is-8ur-Tille (Cote d'Or.)
Mrs. W. W. M. The 109th signal
battalion Is under orders for early
convoy; all American units serving
with the British army have been or
dered to return, birt many are de
layed, waiting for transport. A. P.
O. 779 is at Meacon (Morbihan.) No
allowance is made by the govern
ment to the wife or children of a
commissioned officer.
Mrs. H. S. The 19th aero squad
ron is In the service of supply, and
is not attached to a division; Its
present postoffice address is Aulnat,
via A. P. O. 723, located "at Clermont-Ferrand
(Puy de Dome.) It
has not yet been assigned to convoy
home.
Mrs. V. A. M. The 115th signal
battalion Is part of the army of oc
cupation; It is attached to the sec
ond army,, and its address is A. P.
O. 784, at Toul, (Meurthe-et-Mo
selle.)
Miss H. M. K. The 48th coast ar
tillery regiment is in the service of
supply; its address is A. P. O. 708,
which is at Nevers (NIevre), and no
orders have yet been issued for its
return.
Mrs. C. H. G. No orders have yet
been issued for the return of the 23d
engineers. Its address is A. P. O.
914A, located at Langres (Haute
Marne.)
A. Soldier's Wife No orders have
been sent out for the return of any
units or tne 88th division.
C. M. Members of the S. A. T. C.
are not entitled to the $60 bonus.
Mrs. E. C The 91st division is
scheduled to sail in March; Its head
quarters are at Dontorghem, Bel
gium; A. P. O. 776.
Inquisitive Motor Truck com
pany 466 is attached to headquarters
third army corps, and is not a part
of a division; its present address Is
A. P. O. 754. Company I of the 34th
engineers is in the service of supply,
and its present address is A.' P. O.
713, which is located at Glevres
(Loire-et-Cher.) It is not scheduled
for early return.
G. W. C. Company B, heavy tank
corps, battalion 303, is assigned to
early convoy; no postoffice address
given.
N. G. The 131st field artillery is
assigned to early convoy home; its
headquarters are at Tronchey, A. P.
O. 759. A letter to a private in this
organization should be addressed to
him there.
An Anxious Mother Company A,
72d engineers, is stationed at St.
Nazaire and is not attached to a di
vision; no orders out yet for its re
turn. Mrs. H. 3. H. The 223d aero
squadron is part of the second army,
and is not under orders for early
return home; its addess is A. P. O.
731 A, which la at Colombey-les-Belles
(Meuthe-et-Moselle). The al
lotment is for a stipulated amount,
and can only be changed by the sol
dier making it, making a new one
to replace the old.
A Brother No orders have been
Issued for the return of company E,
6th engineers.
Mrs. E. D. The 4th and 5th bal
loon companies are down for early
return, and probably will soon be
over here; the 6th, 7th and 8th bal
loon companies are with the 5th
army corps in the army of occupa
tion; A. P. O. 769.
II. F. T. The initials "S. O. S."
stand for service of supply.
JFfs. H. D. The headquarters de
tachment, 601st engineers, is not
part of a division; at last reports it
was training at Langres, (Haute
Marne). Its address is A. P. O. 714.
Carrie The address given for the
158th infantry in February was
Chelles, via A. P. O. 702, which is lo
cated at Paris. The larger part of
the 40th division has already been
returned, but no word is had of the
time for sailing of the units left be
hind. Soldier's Cousin No word as to
when any of the army postoffice
units will be returned. A. P. O. 705
is at Bordeaux.
Mrs. M. Th 91st division is
scheduled to sail in March; this Is
understood here to include all its
units.
C. H. K. Can not tell what ship
aero squadron 184 sailed on, or
when it will arrive.
A Soldier's Sister No word as to
when Company D, unit 310, M. T. C,
now with the third army in Ger
many, will return.
A Soldier's Sister No orders have
been issued for the return of com
pany B, 313th military police. The
SSth division is not yet under sail
ing orders.
Mrs. E. H. P. Wagon train com
pany No. 5, 23d engineers, is with
the first army headquarters, A. P. O.
774. No date set for its return.
A Wife Regret we have no word
as to the return of company C,
439th supply train.
A Soldier's Sister Battery D, 49th
coast artllleryv it at La Rochelle
(Charente Inf.) A. P. O. 735. and is
not under orders for early return.
C, M. Headquarters of the 88th
division is at Lagny. No orders for
the return of the 339th machine gun
battalion yet.
Very Anxious The 4th infantry is
part of the 5th brigade of the 3d di
vision; its address is A. P. O. 740.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
. By DADDY
(Paggy, Billy, Balky Sam, Billy Ooat
and Johnny Bull go to tha rescue of
Lonesome Bear, who la trapped by the
Flying Ogre.)
CHAPTER IV.
I'cggy's Wits Find a Way.
t OW we'll show you how to
smash that trap," brayed
Balky Sam, galloping up to the en
trance of the cave, where Lonesome
Bear was imprisoned. Whirling
around, Sam sent his powerful heels
banging against the stakes that
barred the entrance. Slam, bang,
slam went his heels, and Balky Sam
turned to see the effect. But the
stakes stood as solidly as ever.
"He-haw! Now I'm going to do
some real kicking," brayed Balky
Sam, and his heels beat fast and f u-
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He was dancing gaily around
through the smoke.
rlously at the barrier. But the bar
rier never budged.
Balky Sam sat down and scrached
one ear with his hoof while he stud
led the situation.
"This is different from the Ger
man traps," he declared. "This
must be an American trap." i
"Of course," replied Peggy. "The
Ogre is an American naturalist."
"That explains it," brayed Balky
Sam. "I'm a terror on Hun traps,
but an American trap that's differ
ent." "Baa-aa! Watch me butt it to
pieces," bleated Billy Goat, launch
ing himself headforemost at the
stakes. But he didn't budge them,
and In addition he got his horns tan
gled up in them so that Billy Bel
glum and Peggy had a lively time
untangling him. ' (
"Woof! I'll bite them 1n two."
growled Johnny Bull, tearing at the
stakes with his teeth. But the wood
was hard and Johnny Bull's teeth
couldn't dent it.
"Well, I guess you'll have to stay
in there and be stuffed by that
Ogre," brayed Balky Sam.
'.'I don't want to be stuffed unless
I do the stutling myself!"- wailed
Lonesome Bear.
"It will not be so barf," brayed
Balky Sam in an attempt to comfort
him. "I've seen lots of stoffed bears
in museums and some of them look
ed real nice and natural."
"Lonesome Bear is not going to
be stuffed," spoke up Peggy indig
nantly. "We are going to get him
out of there. Have you any match
es, Hilly?"
"Lots of them," answered Billy.
"We will just make a fire under
the stakes and burn them away,"
saTfl Peggy.
"Wise Princess Peggy! I knew
you'd think of a way," brayed Balky
Sam.
Billy gathered up bits of dried
wood and soon had a fire blazing
merriTy under the stakes. But
quickly an unforseen danger arose.
Lonesome Bear began to cough, to
splutter and to gasp for breath.
The smoke from the fire was pour
ing Into the cave and smothering
him.
"Save him! He is choking to
death!" braved Balky Sam. "Save
him!" echoed Billy Goat and Johnny
Bull. Billy Belgium began to throw
earth on the fire, but that only made
the smudge all the heavier. Peggy
was the only one to think or tne
right thing to do. She snatched
the gas mask from Balky Sam's
neck, put it on the end of a stick and
poked it through the stakes into the
cave.
"Put on the gas mask," she cried.
"Then the smoke can't hurt you." i
Lonesome Bear was nearly smoth
ered, but he obeyed, and in a minute
he was over his gasping and splut
tering. In another minute he was
dancing gaily around through the
smoke while the fire ate away the
bars.
Suddenly Johnny Bull growled a
warning.
"Hide! Here comes the Ogre!"
Instantly Billy, Peggy, Balky Sam,
Johnny Bull and Billy Goat vanished
among the bushes.
(In tomorrow'a chapter the Ogre makea
astonishing discovering
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The One Language Fallacy.
Plain view, Neb., March 17. To
the Editor of The Bee: In Amer
ica's positive effort to show pa
triotism, it is seeking to enforce the
"one language" plan, "talk United
States or get out" seems to be the
placard that is applauded every
where. The world has shrunken into
a single province, for the telephone
and telegraph with their cables and
wireless apparatus place all mankind
in a single forum, and as there are
3,064 languages and well defined dia
lects, where would a nation be If the
one-language propaganda would be
maintained but for a single decade?
Music has an international nota
tion; the metric system is rapidly
taking the place of the incongruous
system of weights and measures; the
marine code is understood the world
over. Then why not be liberal
enough to accept the necessary neu
tral, auxiliary, international lan
guage, Esperanto, which is the di
gest of the world's 15 leading lan
guages, of which the average student
can gain a working knowledge in
several hours, for he possesses 70
per cent of the roots to begin with,
and the system is as logical afi the
multiplication table?
On the other hand, the United
States must remember that if it
wishes commercial relations with
South America that it must have a
working knowledge of Spanish, no
doubt the easiest of the national
languages to learn. "Prove all
things and hold to that which is
good." CHARLES P. LANG.
OFFICIAL.
I heard my first spring- robin
On the tenth of March, by Jlng!
And It made my pulse bat faster
When I heard that robin sing
Of Von Winter's armies routed "
And the old Frost-kaiser doomed
The wind blew Its siren whistles.
Hail crashed and thunder boomed.
Some said they heard spring robins
Proclaim the aelf-same newa
Way back In January,
And how they did enthuse!
But the robins that I heard last week
Between the rains that poured
I betcha they ain't been tamperin' with
An ouija board.
BAYOLI, NE TRELE,
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS
Washington Post: Members of
the Anti-Saloon league ought to
make it a patriotic duty to take up
the entire issue of the next Liberty
loan.
Minneapolis Tribune: Patriot
Villa has not been heard from for
some time. He must have made a
good haul on his last plundering ex
pedition. Baltimore American: How strange
the world will look when the last uni
form has vanished from the streets,
and the existence of the mere civil
ian begins to be recognized.
Detroit Free Press: The bolshe
vists say they will acknowledge the
financial obligations of Russia to
ward entente creditors. But how
much will their acknowledgement be
worth in dollars and cents?
Brooklyn Eagle: Prof. Edward de
Valera, M. P., and escaped prisoner,
from an unnamed place of hiding,
advises Sinn Feiners to speak softly
of President Wilson, in whom De
Valera has full confidence. Evident
ly the professor is a strategist whom
Machiavelli would have delighted to
honor.
New York World: Free speech,
says the supreme court of the United
States, does not imply the right of a
person In a crowded theater to shout
a fire alarm falsely, and so it does
not confer upon anybody the priv
ilege of decrying government in
time of war. The right of speech,
therefore, resembles the right to
vote. First of all, it must be lawful.
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"CongresH may complain It has to work,
but Its members have one big advantage
over other working people."
"What Is that?"
"It can raise Its own salary without
having to ask the boss." Baltimore American.
Mra. Oadabout Are you still bothered
with the awful Boresum family coming to
dine with you every few evenings?
Mrs. Babolot Oh, no; they finally took
the hint.
Mrs. Gadabout What did you aay to
them ?
Mrs. Babolot Oh, nothing was said.
But we served sponge cake every time they
came. Indianapolis Star.
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