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6 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 25, 1919, The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWAED R08EWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THX BIB PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBEJt OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The geetwtated Prase, of which The Km ll Muter. Is exclusively wlltltd lo the use for publication of all news dlipitches credited lit it or not otherwise credited In tkts paper, and tin (ha lortl ewe imbllthtd herein. All rights of .publication uf our epeciel dispatches ti also limit nd. OFFICESi Nsw Tark 1M rink Aw. Omtht Th Bo Bldi. hlcaeo lTSO-13 8lBr Bid. South Omtht iiig N Bt. t. Iuts New B ull of Commerce cminrll Bluffe H N. Main St Wsahlniton 1311 O Be Lincoln Unit Building. APRIL CIRCULATION Daily 65,830 Sunday 63,444 Average circulation for tha month tubacrlbed and aworn to by X. R. Br.gan, Circulation Manager. Subscribers leaving tha city should have Tha Bm mailed ta tham. Addraaa changed aa often at reejuested. Are the home-coming boys downcast? ; Any time up to June IS will do for Germany to sign. German delegates got back to Versailles wearing smiles. What is the joke? Records show that Herr Hohenzollern also ' talked too much when he was kaiser. Another revolution is reported from Petro grad, where they go round and round all the time. China continues to protest against the action at Paris, but Japan will get its demands, just the same. Nothing will be too good for the Nebraska boys in the Eighty-ninth when they get to Omaha. Omaha Methodists put their drive over with a whoop, setting a fine example for the. rest of the brethren. Out of France by June 12 is now the order for the A. E. F. Let us hope the movement is not delayed. A French aviator plans to fly from Morocco to Brazil. We hope he has better luck than did Harry Hawker. Quite a library is being compiled at Paris. The German notes will make a volume as large as the treaty itself. Ohio has entered the dry belt, regardless of war-time prohibition, and this includes both Cincinnati and Cleveland. " This is the first Sunday in a long time when you can go to church just for the pleasure of going, so take advantage of it. .Maybe the state booze hounds saved a lot of Omaha's bibulous from being swindled, when ' they captured that consignment of cold tea. Colonel House will remain in Paris after the president comes home, thus ensuring the ulti mate completion of the peace conference. Texas is taking a test vote on prohibition and woman suffrage. If the state goes dry, it is not so far to the Mexican border. Austria's army is to be reduced to 15,000, but that will be enough to uphold the dignity of the little republic that is to succeed the great em pire. - t, Omaha touring business men seem to have dost their potency as rainmakers, for the arid regions through which they traveled remain as 'dry as before. " Secrecy in regard to treaties is almost equal tq secret treaties,, and pretty hard to square with the ordinary idea of ''open covenants of peace, openly arrived at." f It is all very nice of the Black Hills pioneers to honor the late leader of the Rough Riders, but' Theodore Roosevelt deserves a higher mountain than Harney's Peak. Professor Delbrueck scolds President Wil son' for siding with England and France. The president had the choice between them and Germany, ' you may remember. . ' 'Director Hines asks the appropriation of an other billion and a quarter, in addition to what has previously been requested, for the railroads. Anybody could carry on the transportation busi ness on that basis. A "married man" of 16 has just been sent to the reform school from an Omaha court. In view of the fact that he had not been here long enough to perfect a legal residenceit seems a flaw in the law that he could not have been re turned to his parents, although his plight shows they failed lamentably in their duty "towards him at the start. A Matter of Credit '" The right of Germans to have a part in the international labor council provided for in the peace treaty will be secured to that country when it proves itself by its deeds and its mani fest aspirations to be fit for membership in the league of nations. That, in part, is the gist of Premier Clemenceau's reply to the German note relative to international labor legislation and social justice. Herein is one of the instances of the manner in which Germany's broken faith toward Bel gium is coming back to plague it. The Ger mans must give some practical proof that their -pledged word is entitled to respect before they can hoDe to be considered trusted comoanv for the allied powers in helping to shape the fur ther destinies of mankind. Credit is necessary to the success of a busi ness man or firm. It is equally indispensable for 1 nation in its dealing with other nations. Germany lost its credit five years ago. The dictum of its late enemies now is that it regain its credit and re-establish itself in world esteem when and how it can. It cannot be done in a few months, although the present German, gov ernment seems to think that is all the time re quired for the purpose. The way for Germany to gain credit is to admit its responsibility for the war, concede the -wrongs done by it, accept the peace terms by signing them and then give itself over sin cerely to fulfilling its part of the contract. If it should pursue that course and should be able to demonstrate that some of the conditions laid down are harsh to the point of impossibility or inhumanity, there is little reason for doubt that the victors would consent to a modification of the terms to cure any patent injustice there might be. The allies are sternly intent that justice shall be served to all parties in interest, and in that purpose runs no Shylock spirit avgainst Germany. Minneapolis Tribune, OMAHA'S HEALTH PROBLEM. , Omaha's health problem is much bigger than the selection of a new health commissioner. For that important position we want a medical man well grounded in the principles of sanitation and disease prevention, and known to possess, in addition, the necessary executive ability to get honest and efficient service out of his subor dinates, vhole-hearted co-operation from all the practitioners of the community and real observ ance of the rules and orders required for the protection of the public health. We want a man, furthermore, it goes without saying, im movably set against dope and bootlegging side lines and against every species of graft upon or abuse of unfortunates who have to be dealt with and' who will do his duty without favor or discrimination. We hope such a fully qualified health commissioner is in sight for Omaha, for he can easily make his services worth while. But the best and most competent health commissioner we can possibly secure will be grievously handicapped so long as we tolerate our present system, or rather lack of system, of medical authority and disease-combatting agen cies. Most desirable and urgent is a consolida tion of city, county and school health activities. All kinds of money is being spent out of the taxpayers' pockets without producing com mensurate results. We have a corps of county physicians and a county hospital. We have a city health department with a retinue of police surgeons, sanitary inspectors, emergency hospi tal, venereal disease hospital, contagious disease hospital. We have medical supervision and ex amination in the schools. We have a score of private hospitals, dispensaries, nursing societies and sick relief funds doing more or less public work, for the most part without reference to what any other is doing and with consequent duplication, misdirection of effort or waste of money. The proper integration of these health ac tivities to make them fit together and work to ward the single objective of bettering sanitary conditions, preventing or stamping out disease, providing medical or surgical attention for those in need of it, readjusting all our hospital facilities to their best uses and fullest utiliza tion, may well demand the attention and united effort of our physicians, surgeons, specialists and the public authorities concerned. Is the Treaty Secret or Sacred? In the course of debate in the senate on the pending treaty of peace, the democratic member from Nebraska declared it. to be improper to ask that the document in its entirety be laid before the senate. He even went further and said it was "absolutely indecent for the senate to pass such a resolution at this time." This, of course, turns on his defense of the right of the president to negotiate treaties with out consulting the senateonly coming to that body for "advice and consent" when the docu ment is fully prepared. To support this he re lies on the history of American diplomacy.. Against his position, however, may be cited the president of the United States, who has de clared most solemnly for "open covenants of peace, openly arrived at." If the first of Mr. Wilson's fourteen points means anything, it is that the request of the senate is entirely out of order. We have been given a synopsis of the treaty as it applies to Germany alone. We have not been told what else it contains in its more than a thousand clauses and paragraphs. It is known that cer tain clay pots that went out to swim with the brass fots have met the usual fate. Americans, with all their faith in the probity of the presi dent, his loyalty and his unquestioned fidelity to the best interests of his country, still would like to know what the treaty contains, how it affects them in the present and for the future. Secret diplomacy, private bargaining, has wrought the ruin of the world. It should be ended, and no better start could be made than by placing the treaty, now complete, and to which Germany is now asked to give assent, willy nilly, before the senate. It must be de bated there sooner or later, and the great con ference in Paris ought to know what, if any, objections will be laid against it by the body which must finally decide if it is to have the sanction of America. When Reticence is Foolish. The general manager of the starch company if. Cedar Rapids, where several lives were lost in an explosion, refused to answer any ques tions asked him by the coroner's jury. In this he is clearly within Ills legal rights. How about the moral obligation on him? He is, of course, quite right in seeking to protect the company against the expected suits for damage, by with holding any communication that might serve to throw on it responsibility it seeks to evade. Is that a wise course? In time the truth will come out, and eventually the reticence of the general manager will count against rather than in favor of the company. Railroads and other similar corporations once pursued this course with respect to serious accidents, and in time found they were losers by doing so. The better way is to tell the truth, to give the representa tives of the law every assistance in establishing the facts, and to thus show that no inexcusable culpability rested on the management. Only when information is withheld and assistance re fused the investigators does suspicion solidfy into conviction that the disaster is due to some reason the company wants to cover up. Pub licity is the surest remedy here as in other mat ters in which the public has a concern. Redistribution of Labor Needed. When skilled mechanics and common labor alike were being sent to the eastern seaboard in response to war's demands, it was held out that with the restoration of normal life, the bal ance would be restored by a redistribution of labor. The event has not justified the promise. In the building trades this is notably true. Omaha building contractors say they could have a notable campaign under way were it possible to secure carpenters, bricklayers and allied me chanics. These are not to be had, however, for they are occupied in the east, at good wages and under conditions that suit them better than prospects held out by the west. An Omaha em ployer wrote to a former foreman who went east on war work, offering him his old job at higher wages, and received a reply to the effect that the east is too good a place to live right now. In time conditions may restore the bal-' ance in labor distribution, now so disturbed, but for the moment the middle west is getting the worst of the bargain. The curtain-raiser in the senate indicates that some heat may be engendered later on. Views and Reviews Work of Constitutional Con vention Survey Committee A mistaken notion seems to prevail quite generally that the constitional convention sur vey committee on which I am serving by ap pointment of the supreme court is to prepare and propose a new constituion for submission to the people of Nebraska. "Are you going to write a complete con stitution or only amendments to the present one?" "When do you expect to have your draft of the constitution ready?" "Can't you incorporate a provision for a state publicity department in the constitution you are preparing?" - These are sample questions that indicate clearly an expectation of something that is not to be forthcoming. The survey committee has been created by the law enacted by the recent legislature merely as an auxiliary to the convention to be chosen next fall to gather the necessary working ma terials in advance with a view to expediting the proceedings. I take it the idea behind it is that putting five men with requisite clerical as sistance on the preliminary get-ready job will save the time of 100 men on whom as conven tion delegates the final task will devolve. And yet the committee has but limited authority and a specific duty carefully defined in the law: "To compile and tabulate information relative to state constitutions of the different states or of other constitutional governments and such in formation as the said committee shall deem per tinent to the problems to be dealt with by the constitutional convention." This, according to my understanding, abso lutely precludes our committee from attempt ing to draft a new constitution or even par ticular amendments to be offered ready-made to the convention, or to recommend action along certain lines except as compiling and tabulating helpful information that may serve to set the constitution-makers right upon conditions of government and administrative practice else where. While members of the survey commit tee must have their individual opinions as to what properly should and should not go into a constitution for the state, and retain the privilege of asser.ting them as their personal opinion or judgment, they are not authorized to formulate them officially, or to present them to the convention unless called apon by that body for advice. Be sure, however, that there is plenty for the survey committee to do by way of prepara tion for the convention without overstepping its limits in fact, the brief time intervening as well as the limited resources at our disposal, will hold us to only the most urgently necessary work. Fortunately other states have recently held constitutional conventions-, for which simi lar survey committees have carried on the pre liminaries, and their work is available for us so far as it is adaptable to our uses. For the New York state constitutional convention a few years ago, probably the most comprehensive and also the most costly compilation of consti tutional data ever gathered was made. The documents prepared for that occasion make many large volumes and give all the minute details of the subjects covered. Massachusetts went at it in a silmilar way for the constitutional convention a year ago, but being more limited in time, its survey committee restricted its work to certain topics or problems specially selected as most pressing for consideration and em bodied its treatment of them in a series of pamphlets most convenient for ready reference. A constitutional convention is to be held in Illinois this year simultaneously with ours in Nebraska, for which similar preparatory work is to be done, and we should each be able to have the benefit of what the other may do to the extent that it may be serviceable in both states. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker has managed to keep his feet pretty well on the ground not withstanding all his notable exploits high in the air. While naturally surcharged with vivid recollection of wonderful experiences encoun tered flying over the lines, his demeanor is the same as of old before he began climbing on high and won the American title of "Ace of Aces" by the same dare-devil dauntlessness that used to win him his speedway laurels. I had had an advance copy of his book, "Fighting the Flying Circus," which I asked him to autograph. "I'll be glad to," said he. "Truth is this is the first time I have seen the printed volume. The cover design was submitted for my ap proval. I think it's very good. How do you like it? That 'Hat-in-the-ring' on the back is just like the one on our machines." The high-flying captain tells a story now and then that is not in the book. "I was sitting in a little social game not long ago," he related, "with a couple of friends. I dropped out before the show-down. "'That'll hold you, won't it?' asked one of my companions. 'Just gaze on my three queens.' "'Not this time,' was the retort. 'I've got you beat. I've got three Rickenbackers.'" Financial Bubble Chasers The final report on such of the Lewis ven tures as had any assets to be husbanded by re ceivers shows that investors in the various pro motions launched and spectacularly heralded by that financial visionary lost $7,040,891.13. This does not include some of the enterprises that gave rainbow colors to the bubbles Mr. Lewis kept blowing. The case is a rare exam ple of thecredulity of unaccustomed investors. Mr. Lewis had great faith in himself and his enterprises and was very persuasive, whether talking face to face or through the medium of his publications. But the projects, in the main, were inherently impractical. Any ordinary business man would have rejected them. But there were enough believers in Aladdin lamp finance in the territory in which he worked to put millions into the many ventures he se ductively described. He had a special clientele, many of whom, in spite of their losses, still ascribe the failure to 'official persecution" and "conspiracies." They never seem to wonder why many other individuals have amassed millions beyond the dreams of Lewis without arousing official displeasure or raising up jealous "con spirators." ' The Lewis case, by itself, would not deserve extended comment, but it is perhaps safe to say that more dollars are being put into worthless investments in America than at any other period in our history. The high wages, the increased number of savers through government bond flotations and the stories of almost miraculous fortunes made from oil and similar enterprises have made it very easy for men to sell purely speculative stocks that have not more than one chance in a thousand of becoming valuable. The lithographed stock certificates, the impressive maps and the stories of fabulous wealth made in "the same section" hare a lure for the inexpe rienced. Time after time the country has been told that sharpers are exchanging worthless shares for Liberty bonds. This is especially true of oil stocks. Many of these are good, but many are not. The country is "oil crazy," al most to the extent that Holland went delirious over tulips, that France plunged into speculative stocks during the Mississippi bubble and that England made mythical fortunes during the White Sea bubble. Never was there greater need for care and expert advice in making in vestments. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Reward for Extra Service. Mrs. Ferguson, the chief operitor at the Lennox telephone exchange, remained on duty 90 consecutive hours during the strike and has been rewarded with $4 an hour extra pay by ap oreciativA teleokone subscriber Home Health Hints Reliable advice given In this column on prevention and cure of disease. Put your ques tion In plain language. Your name will not' be printed. Aak The Bee to Help You. Predisposition. The absence of resistance to dis ease, i. e., susceptibility, has been given the comprehensive title pre disposition, and we characterize as predisposing every influence or cause which tends to weaken the vital forces and therefore predisposes to disease. In every infection such causes always play an important role, usually more important than the in fectious agents, a fact to which too little heed is given in the hurly burly of life. The attitude of the world in this respect is not unlike its greater faith in the curative pow ers of drugs, than a disciplinary reg ulation of its habits. It we should symbolize infectious agents as a spi der, and humanity as a fly, then the web would represent predisposing causes, for only when the fly is en tangled in the web does the spider attack its victim It will be observed that this conception of diseases does not undervalue the part that in fectious agents play as direct or ex citing causes of disease, but it fur ther recognizes fully the preponder ating influence of those accessory, auxiliary, or predisposing causes without which the animate agents cannot act. Heredity Race. Our knowledge of race as influ encing infection is of comparatively recent date. This knowledge, be sides having an important bearing upon etiology, is of historical inter est in explaining the errors of judg ment which in the past led to great crimes. In many notable epidemics the Jews were singled out for perse cution, because they escaped the pre vailing scourge, their immunity be ing ascribed to a special knowledge o the epidemic disease. During cholera epidemics, the relationship to drinking water which was recog nized, they were accused of poison ing the wells, and the brutal ferocity of insensate mob-violence was vis ited upon them. But the dispas sionate reasoning -of scientific in vestigation has acquitted them of those charges by explaining their insusceptibility to infection as a pe culiarity of the Hebrew race. Thus by far fewer Jews are victims of pulmonary tuberculosis than Gen tiles, and Asiatic cholera is so rare among them as to lead some authors to doubt that it ever occurs. Fur thermore, they suffer less severely from other infections, and less from animal parasites than other races. We should err grealty did we fail to take into account a race's cus toms and habits. For instance, other things being equal, the Jews are bet ter housed, eat more wholesome food, are more cleanly in their ha bits, take better care of their chil dren, and are less given to intoxi cants, than their Gentile neighbors; while all of them are still influenced more or less by the Mosaic sanitary and dietary laws. Their standard of life, if adopted by any people, would tend to strengthen vital re sistance and, in some at least, would lead to the establishment of the antithesis of predisposition, immun ity. Another factor which exercises its influence upon a race's susceptibility or immunity is the length of time it has been in contact with a disease. The first conflict of a race with an infection often proves highly dis astrous, as witness the terrible rav ages of measles among the natives of the Faroe Islands in 1846, when out of 7,782 people 6,000 were at tacked; and also the invasion of the Fiji Islands in 1875 by the same malady, during which 40,000 of its 150,000 inhabitants died. Nor is it necessary to cite examples of distant peoples; in our own country we have an object lesson in the Negro and the Indian. The Negro is three times as susceptible to tuberculosis as the white inhabitants; and the North American Indian has been well-nigh decimated by this "great white plague." Generally speaking, the longer the contact of a race with an infectious disease the less is its predisposition to it. Tuberculosis well illustrates this point in jthe respect that the most ancient races, the Jews, suffer least from it; other races in inverse ratio to their an tiquity. Diminuation in susceptibil ity through contact is probably brought about by large numbers of individuals in successive generations surviving an infection, and transmit ting to succeeding generations their own individual resistance, together with that acquired by passing through an attack of the disease. Animals also vary in their sus ceptibility to various diseases. Among cattle Jerseys are most sus ceptible to tuberculosis; and dogs are practically immune to it. CURIOUS BITS OF LIFE. Serviceable barrels of standard size are now made of paper. Durable strings for lacing machine belts are sometimes made of eel skins. Ball bearings lessen the labor of using large shears that have been invented. The extent of Canada's seacoast is equal to half the circumference of the world. Chinese fathers cannot leave more property to one son than to another. All must have an equal share. The normal year of 365 days al ways ends on the same day of the week on which it begins. A Dutchman who became Queen Eizabeth's coachman was the first to introduce coaches in England. A curiosity of the Calendar is that a century can never begin on Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. The word "gout" is derived from the Latin "gutta" a drop, the be lief being that gout was caused by a mysterious fluid being dropped into I the joints. j Of al! the feminine members of I tne tirmsn royal family Queen Maud of Norway, a daughter of the late King Edward VII, is the most ardent devotee of outdoor sports and pastimeB. While Havre was still young the seafaring men of Honfieur conquered Newfoundland, founded Quebec and established numerous trading posts in India. Much of the town's com merce was gradually absorbed by Havre. At the outbreak of the pres ent war, however, Honfieur had a prosperous export trade with Eng land in dairy products, fruits and vegetables, and a considerable quan tity of lumber was imported direct from the Scandinavian countries. During the war the British air men were supplied with electricity heated suits, for it was found that in the terrible cold at 15.000 feet and higher, even the thickest of woolen clothes failed to keen the nl- lots from becoming frozen. The elec tric suit consists of coat, boots, socks ana gloves. Tney are fitted with elec tric wires worked into the material. and these wires become heated when a current passes through them, so that a pilot wearing this suit is. as were, sitting in, a warm atmua- Dhere all the Unas , J The Day We Celebrate. Princess Christian, daughter of the late Queen Victoria and aunt of King George V. born 73 years ago. Lord Beaverbrook, former British cabinet minister, born at Newcastle, N. B., 40 years ago. Dr. John R. Mott, for more than 23 years an active leader in social, religious and educational work, born at Livingston Manor, N. Y., 54 years ago. Marie Doro. well known actress and photoplay star, horn at Dun cannon, Pa., 37 years ago. Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. Messrs. Henry Webster. Oscar Vundt, Charles Tate. John Hull, Hal Pease and J. W. Schoelply, under the guidance of S. M. Smith, civil engineer of the Northwestern, are casting for bass at Lake Onawa, la. The Knights of Pythias have been holding a profitable and entertaining bazar in Goodrich hall. The Single Tax club met at Gate Citv hall. II. W. Yates, Guv C. Barton, J. H. G. Dumont, S. L. Wiley, E. W. Nash, Bishop O'Connor and Dr. Mercer are among those who have, or are planning, handsome homes in the vicinity of the newly pro posed Florence boulevard. ' ROAD TO PROHIBITION. League Alliance and Prohibition In 1805 the "Sober society" was founded at Allentown, N. J. The first National Temperance so siety met in Philadelphia in 1833. The National Woman's Christian Temperance union was formed in 1874. The Order of the Sons of Temper ance was organized in New York in 1842. Oregon passed a prohibitory law in 1843 and repealed it five years later. The blue-ribbon movement was inaugurated by Francis Murphy of Maine in 1873. In 1826 the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance or ganized In Boston. In 1842 the Independent Order or Rechabites was organized for the promotion of temperance. The first local option legislation for the suppression of the liquor traffic was enacted in Georgia in 1833. In 1777 the Continental congress decided to recommend to the legis latures the enactment of laws against distilling. In 1851 Maine passed a bill framed by Neal Dow to prohibit the manu facture, sale and use of intoxicating drink. Federal prohibition was first pro posed in the United States senate In a resolution introduced by Henry W. Blair of New Hampshire in 1876. The prohibition question first be gan to take definite form as a politi cal issue in the years immediately following the close of the civil war. A constitutional amendment as a means of prohibiting the liquor traf fic was suggested in 1857 by William H. Armstrong, a leader of the Sons of Temperance. In 1818, in order to counteract the habitual use of ardent spirits among the people. Secretary Calhoun prohibited the use of liquor alto gether in the United States army. The great temperance wave which swept the country in the early '80s resulted in the enactment of pro hibitory laws in numerous states, which later were repealed. The first national convention of the prohibition party met at Colum bus in 1872 and nominated James Black of Pennsylvania for president. In 1876 the party's presidential nominee was Green Clay Smith of Kentucky, in 1880 Neal Dow of Maine, In 1884 Jo'hn P. St. John of Kansas, in 1888 Clinton B. Fisk of New Jersey, in 1892 John Bidwell of California, in 1896 Joshua Levering of Maryland, in 1900 John G. Wool ley of Illinois, in 1904 Silas C. Swal low of Pennsylvania, in 1908 Eugene W. Chafln of Arizona, in 1912 Eugene W. Chafln of Arizona, and in 1916 J. Frank Hanly of Indiana. ' MUCH IN LITTLE. It is estimated that 407 airplanes took part in the German raids on England. While a Western Maryland train was in motion in the vicinity of Con fluence, Pa., thieves stole an auto mobile from a boxcar. In some parts of Cape Province, South Africa, chicory gives a yield nf $250 to $300 per acre, Johannes burg being the chief market. A paper mill situated at Morretes. Brazil, has recently been equipped with American machinery and is In a condition to produce a large amount of paper. An Amsterdam commercial infor mation office reports 142 failures in th Netherlands from January 1, to February 8, 1919, against 93 dur ing the carresponding period of 1918. A successful experiment has been carried out at Fellujah, on the Eu phrates river, about 38 miles west of Bagdad, with peanuts, or ground nuts, as they are called here by the British. Stones marking the graves of the rich and the poor in the Lakewood Park cemetery, Lakewood, O., here after must be uniform a modest headstone, rising not more than a foot above the cemetery lawn. Consul General Robertson has cabled from Buenos Aires, May 6. 1919, that by an executive decree of May 5 the decree of February 4. 1919, establishing minimum prices for cereals has been annulled. Work on the South Siberian trunk line has progressed favorably, the roadbed is said to be finished, and the laying of the rails is to be begun as soon as they are delivered. Ex press service from Vladivostok to Omsk has been resumed recently. The fastest passage of the Lusitania was from Queenstown to New York. August 16-20, 1908, in four days, 16 hours. The fastest time of the Mau retania was also from Queenstown to New York, September 11-15, 1910, , in four days, 10 hours and 41.min utes. Aericultural implements in consid erable quantity will be in demand for a new Natal (soutn Airicaj iana settlement scheme for ex-soldiers, especially windmills, fencing mater ial and dipping tanks, says the Brit ish and South African Export ua zette. It is estimated that the total num ber of houses required in the United Kingdom to meet the demands with in the next few years will be not less than 300.000. The dwellings will all be constructed of brick or similar building materials, will be two stories high, and contain from four to six rooms. The estimated cost will be from $1,650 to $2,000 each exclusive of the cost of the land. Only 466 Australians have assets exceeding 100,000 each, while 2, 156,560 of those who have over 100, the lowest assets considered, have less than 1,000. If the excess above 5,000 of every estate exceeding that amount were relinquished by its owner and distributed among the j balanre of the population it would , provide a sum of onlv 77 lis per capita. What are we to do now for pro tection from war? Not Ions since we were assured that if we hud the league it would put an end to wars and without it they would continue to destroy life and property. And the promoters were so touchv about it. that if anv one objected to any part of it, or wanted its statements clarified so that the contract or covenant said plainly just what it meant, and then just as surely meant what it said, they were charged with being opposed to peace and in favor of war. But, horror of horrors, here comes its framers and say it will not work. They say plain, as can be by action, and so plan a three legged stool for the throne of peace in the shape of an alliance of the three great nations to help one an other in case of war, vor two of them to help the third member in case some one made war on It Now, if that is not a fatal admis sion of the league's weakness then I read the almanac wrong, for the best statesman in the bunch can not rub that out or explain away so as to mean anything else. No matter what they claim it Is needed for, it is on ground already covered by the league covenant, and if that is bunk, then say so and ask for this as a substitute, that would give it some standing, otherwise neither one has any. Nothing that has been done by its enemies has so weakened the league scheme or ma.de more doubt ful its being ratified than this new move for a sub-league in order to protect France in case Germany made war on it. Now, is not that the truth? A very able editor of a s?reat city dally says that without this new thing the league would be entirely worthless, but with It all would be secure. Then let us hare It alone if it is that much better than the league. But the two-headed calf becomes a monstrosity, not even fit for a dime musee. Then there are other things that are helping to weaken the common faith in the league and its useful ness. And there are the cries for a large army and great navy, both of which are at variance with the league promises. Many millions of people in this and other countries were growing hopeful that some plan might be evolved that would at least lessen the danger of more wars if they could not be entirely done away with, who today are losing heart and faith in the whole scheme and its promoters, and I pity them rather, than censure them. They have reason to be down hearted. Let us hope for sun shine. Better be happy in antici pation long as you can, and then be sad when you must, for there is must enough in the world to take lots of the joys out of life. Note, for instance, the request of the president to nullify the war-time dry law. Yet people have no room to be surprised, for he was opposed to its passing. Congress was about to pass such a bill or a better one, a national prohibition law, but he ob jected. Then last fall in answer to the cry for such a law by the dry element and by anti-dry people, too, as a war measure to save food as well as manhood. So the president said he would not agree to it unless the food control board thought it necessary to conserve food, and they gave emphatic ' answer that they wanted it done. Then congress made , a little bit of an insert in the agricul ture bill and left time and terms to him, and the bill reads: "That after June '30, 1919, until the close of the war, and the demobilization of the army " And that act was passed on November 21, 1918, 10 days after the signing of the armistice, . and I believe they promised in February or March this year to have the boys home in June. Now, if they should, where would have been your prohibition law? Off the books of course. No wonder the brewer winked his left eye and said: "That is not so worse, by golly." That very cater ing to them is going to prolong the fight and greatly lessen the chances of final victory over rum. But the strong forts of his party in the north are built largely out of that material. And it is northern votes that count with them, for any old thing goes with the solid south, If the trade mark is blown in the bottle. Born in the south, but not a southerner, thank you. York, Neb. FRANKLIN POPE. Cable to President. Omaha, May 22. To the Editor of The Bee: I sent the following cablegram to President Wilson and I trust as many as can afford the expense will do the same. "Omaha, Neb., May 21, 1919. President Wilson, Paris, France. What blessing can the nations ex pect from the formation of a peace covenant wherein God is neither in voked or mentioned. Sincerely trust it is not too late to aver the disgrace." F. V. KNIEST. I IN THE BEST OF HUMOR Redd I See for roofing automobiles an Imitation glaae that reeeroblea celluloid h been Invented. arian That will ba nlra. When a man's machine haa turned turtle ha ca-t .e juat where he's landed. Tonkere Statesman. "I euopote you think you could tall th peace Uel(ta at Parle exactly what to do." "Yes," answered tha man who alwaya speaks In a discouraged tone; "but they probably wouldn't do It." Washington Star. , Mr. Softletgh Bartla. do you raallv think your alatar llkee to eee ma bitter than rhe dnea Mr. Blgga? Bertie I'm aura of It. Whan ha I In the prt'lnr of an evening, aha turns tha llarht down ao low aha can't eee hliu at all. Pearson's Weekly. "That cat!" "What did aha call you?" "An 'animated question mark.' " "Dear, ilear!" "But I'll get even with har. That woman hasn't a respectable piece of furniture In her houae." Birmingham A-Herald. "Milk Is high and oyatera ra high," ven tured the humorist. "True enough." asrtd the magatlna editor. "What then?" "So I guess I'll hava to ralae the prlre tf oyater atew Jokee. I'm eorry, but what ran you do when your materials go up? ' Louisville Courier-Journal. Tt waa mile over Mount Clemena. Tha pilot of the plane from Selfrldge field waa giving a visiting officer hla flrat air voy age. He cut off the motor. "See those people!" shouted the pilot. "Fifty per cent of them think we are going to fall." "They've got nothing on us," waa tha reply that atreamed for halt a mile bark of the plana, "60 per cent of ua do." De troit News. A VERNAL MORNING. T have In mind a morn In May Fit for a rhymer's holiday; A morning with no cloud lo mar A climbing hill alopa near or far. One aweet with tha alluring apell Of dawn distilled hydromel. On auch a morn I'll take my arrlp Arid ataff, and for companionship t il hava a brook of friendly tona Until I wish to be alone; Tet aolltuda whera may ona find When there la company In tha wind, In tha clear piping of the quail. In whispering grass or gallngale. Or any living, growing thing. in this serene high tide of spring! Then, latterly, a path I'll ehooae still dedicated to tha dews. That glint on leaf and thin nun blade Like tiny globulea cut in jade. And so at laat, for my reward. I'll find a strip of sunny award Within a glade deep hidden where 1 A boulder often ma a chair; And there I'll alt and wait for Tan. With all hla cloven-footed clan. To coma and laugh and shout and sing, And dance about rae In a ring. Aye, there I'll reat, a rover free, And dream I'm back In Arcady. 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