'J.HE BEE: OMAHA, FKIDAY, AliGUol' 8, 1919.
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You should know that
Omaha is famed for its Ak-Sar-Ben
fetes, historic homes, western
frankness and hospitality.
Too much prosperity also has its drawbacks
Hunt down the hoarders, but bring down
the prices, too.
One thing Omaha can well do without is a
Itreet car 'strike.
"B. L. T." asks for a return to war prices.
All in favor stand up.
. No great principle or cause ever suffered
permanent injury because of deliberation in
its enforcement.
Mr. Plum does not get anything for slating
the railroads have been looted. Stockholders
found that out long ago.
Food stored in local warehouses is sufficient
to keep us from starvation for some time, if it
can be put on the market.
Corn speculators show no signs of terror
at the approach of the federal inquisitors. They
know that people have to eat.
The president will propose an extension of
the Lever food control law, but when did ever
human law restrain human greed?
Omaha is now accredited with having ,the
politest burglar operating at present. His cap
ture is not momentarily looked for.
Chairman Cummings ought to come back to
Nebraska and count again. He would find his
estimate on the treaty needs revision. -
Senator Thomas characterizes the attitude
of the brotherhoods at Washington as "near
treason," although bolshevism might be the
better substantive.
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Maybe that breeze from the north had
something to do with sobering down the dis
cussion. It certainly exerted a powerful influ
ence on the temperature.
Mr. Plum says his "tripartite" plan is
economically sounut of course he will par
don a few old-fsniont economists if they do
not take his viefthc proposal.
The presidenttV ;'kid himself into be
lieving Japan iriteMfJrto shortly restore Shan
tung to China, butiina would like something
more tangible than a vague promise from Tokio.
A cjty-owned street railway line to compete
with the existing one would at least add variety
to life in Omaha', but we. have some fifty-seven
varieties now. Why complicate matters further?
Roumania has been told that it can not loot
Hungary just because the allies won the war.
It is hard to keep the Balkan brethren from
exercising their propensity for pillage, though.
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'So far nothing has been mentioned about
giving the "morals" squad a place in the feature
film now being made in Omaha. No local
comedy would be complete with that bunch
left out.
Foreign-born sojourner are getting ready
to become citizens of the United States as fast
as the courts can put them through. This lacks
its old-time significance, for they can not vote
on first papers in Nebraska any more.
The latest bomb outrage in Los Angeles
loses something of its general significance in
view of the fact that it was but the effort of a
defeated litigant to get even with the attorney
who had conducted the winning side of the case.
Such crimes are always serious, but this one
appears not to have been a part of a nation
wide plot.
Amazing Figures
According to the latest tabulations, the
' total cost of the war to the nations engaged
was $203,000,000,000 and $171,000,000,000 in
damages, an almost unbelievable total of $374,
i 000,000,000. The figures are obtained from
; the departments at Washington, chiefly the
' Army and Navy bureaus. As the Balkan and
some other states are not included, the sum
' mary is still incomplete. The casualties post
ed are similarly stupendous. The killed num-
bered 7,245,433. wounded 20,694,300. missing
3,598.753. a total casualty list of 31,538,486. The
; heaviest sufferer in casualties was Russia, fol
lowed in order by France and Germany.
France's total casualty list was 6,233,852 and
Germany's 6,193,769. England stands fourth
with 3.049,932, following Austria-Hungary's
3,600,000. Italy was fifth in casualties, 2,070,-
' 000. The United States, whose total is almost
1 complete and official, had 319,933 casualties.
Great Britain leads in money expenditures,
1 $41,000,000,000. Then come Germany, $38,000,
, 000.000. Russia $32,000,000,000. Austria-Hungary
- $29,000,000,000, France $28,000,000,000, and the
United States $24,000,000,000. Italy's expendi
tures were $11,000,000,000. France is by far first
; in damage,. $118,000,000,000. England's damages
!are placed at $22,000,000,000. In this list the
" United States has no place as yet These fig
' ores, cast ,as they are, are but an approxima
: tion. They cover only direct losses. To in
: elude consequential losses would be an attempt
in bottomless arithmetic'
. , History will be staggered by the details of
. the war of 1914-1919. St. Louis Globe-Demo-i,
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WAR ON HIGH PRICES. -
The determination of the attorney general
to begin suit against the packers is accepted as
the first shot in the war on high prices. It is
to be fervently hoped that the case be prose
cuted with all vigor and thoroughness, that a
final determination may be had, and the public
have at the end information on which reliance
may be placed as to responsibility of the meat
packers for any undue increase in the cost of
living. i
Accompanying this suit, ts a move against
the hoarders of food. In this category fall the
speculators who are carrying large stores of
perishable food articles in warehouses. It has
been forced upon the world that the boon of
cold storage has been distorted into a burden.
Turned from its beneficient purpose of pre
serving surplus food against a time of scarcity,
it has been made the means of holding from
the market supplies at time of need, in order
that higher prices may be exacted. To what
extent this practice prevails, and how far the
legitimate purpose of the cold storage ware
house is involved may also be developed
through judicial inquiry.
A serious and edifying debate in the senate
last week turned on the effect of an inflated
currency on the business affairs of the country.
It is admitted that the present level of prices
rests on the enormous volume of money in ex
istence. The unsettled point is how to reduce
the volume without undue disturbance to busi
ness. Deliberate profiteering is alleged against
certain lines, and the exterior facts appear to
support this. Inquiry is to be directed to the
end that the truth may be brought out. The
president will, it is announced, again postpone
his trip through the country that he may give
assistance to the government agencies involved
in the quest for the remedy. The investigation
is to be made general, and if any virtue resides
in official activity, relief ought soon to follow.
Japan and Shantung Once More.
The president expresses himself as entirely
satisfied with Japan's "frank" statement of pur
pose as to (Shantung. We fear he will en
counter some difficulty in bringing his fellow
countrymen entirely to his view.
Article 156 of the Treaty of Versailles reads:
Germany renounces in favor of Japan all
her rights, title and privileges particularly
those concerning the territory of Kiaochow,
railways, mines and submarine cables which
she acquired in virtue of the treaty concluded
by her with China on March 6, 1898, and of
all other arrangements relative to the prov
ince of Shantung.
And it is on this that Japan now pretends to
rest its claim to the richest province in China.
The treaties covering the concessions Germany
extorted from China are yet withheld.
Viscount Uchida, Japanese foreign minister,
is quoted in current dispatches as declaring
"that Japan does not intend to claim any rights
affecting the territorial sovereignty of China in
Shantung. He
recalls that Japan by an ultimatum in August,
1914, demanded the surrender by Germany of
the entire leased territory of Kiaochow with
out condition or compensation, within a
month, with a view of its eventual restoration
to China.
Its "eventual restoration to China" sounds
good. What it means may be understood by an
examination of the Japanese ultimatum to
China, delivered on May 7, 1915, in which occurs
the following language:
From the commercial and military points
of view, Kiaochow is an important place, in
the acquisition of which the Japanese empire
sacrificed much blood and money, and after
the acquisition the empire incurs no obliga
tion to restore it to China.
In other words, the government at Tokio
had as early as the spring of 1915 resolved to
hold Shantung. . It did, however, propose
the "twenty-one demands" to Peking, which in
reply demanded the unconditional return of
the territory, and drew out this comment from
Tokio:
Since Japan could not tolerate such de
mands, the settlement of the other questions,
however compromising it may be, would not
be to her interest. The consequence is that
the present reply of the Chinese government
is, on the whole, vague and meaningless.
Having thus disposed of China's protest and
request that the property seized by Germany
be restored, the Japanese ultimatum concludes:
The imperial government hereby again
offer its advice and hope the Chinese gov
ernment, upon this advice, will give a satis
factory reply by 6 o'clock, p. m., on the 9th
dayvof May. It is hereby declared that if no
satisfactory reply is received before or at
the specified time, the imperiajl government
will take steps they deem necessary.
Under this open threat of war, China sub
mitted to Japan, just as it had to Germany,
and signed- secret treaties which conceded all
the government to Tokio demanded and which
the government at Peking was too weak to
deny. And these enforced agreements are
sought to be validated by the proceedings at
Paris. Japan will get out of Shantung when it
is forced out, and not before.
High Rents in Omaha.
"Property owners in Omaha are charging
preposterous rents," says th United States dis
trict attorney's assistant, who is commissioned
to conduct an inquiry into the high cost of liv
ing. He proposes to make a full investigation.
The housing situation is serious here, as it is
elsewhere throughout the country, and land
lords have evinced a disposition to take advan
tage of t situation. Rents were generally ad
vanced last year, but very recently notice of
another increase was given. Whether this is
justified or not must be determined by the
authorities. The demand for homes exceeds
the supply locally, and within reason the own
ers are entitledto gain through the condition
thus presented. It is, to be seriously ques
tioned, though, if they are warranted in placing
rents at a point that amounts to extortion. It
may develop that the view of the federal at
torney as to what is right is subject to mod
ification, but an inquiry will do no harm to
any and may satisfy some.
Idle railroad shopmen can console them
selves with the thought that they have, as far
as possible stopped production at a time when
the world needs everything that can be pro
duced. How they expect to aid their own cause
by such procedure is beyond understanding.
Indiana farmers propose to meet the rail
road shop hands half way, and if the latter re
fuse to keep trains moving the former will not
try to send supplies to market. Pleasant pros
pect for the city folks, who feel they must eat.
Meat Publicity
From the Washington Post.
The various live stock associations are con
ducting a national, general publicity campaign
to persuade people to eat more beef and lamb,
thus proceeding in a direction opposite to that
of the eat-less-meat publicity drives of the
food administration during the war. It will be
interesting to see how far the present publicity
campaign can tear down the results achieved
by its predecessor. In fact, all these attempts
to use publicity as a means of shaping mass
policy are most interesting.
It can hardly be expected that the stock
men will succeed as well as Mr. Hoover did,
While they have the advantage of urging a
favorable response to appetite instead of seek
ing to check it, the susceptibility of the public
to appeals calling fora change in domestic
economy has largely vanished along with the
war. After months and even years of self
denial for the general good or somebody else's
good the average citizen now delights in hu
moring himself. He willingly deprived himself
of meat during the war as a part of his con
tribution to the general good, but it is doubt
ful if he will now spend more money for more
meat in order that he may not have less meat
a year or two from now.
The theory of the stockmen is that unless
demand can be increased, with resulting better
prices to themselves, the meat producing indus
try will decline, thus bringing an era of actual
scarcity and higher prices. Doubtless the pub
lic sympathizes with the farmers and ranchers
who are receiving ruinous prices for live stock,
while the public is paying ruinous prices for
meat, but it would be more responsive to an
appeal to its pocketbook instead of to its sym
pathies. How would it be for the stockmen to con
centrate their attention on the highly acquisi
tive agencies between themselves and the con
sumers, which prevent the latter from getting
cheap beef when meat animals are cheap? A
period of reasonable prices would do more to
stimulate demand than all the appeals that can
be made, so long as the latter are coincident
with the existence of an appallingly efficient
system of absorbing the public's pennies long
before they reach their ostensible destination
on the plains or in the feeding pens.
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How Treaties Are Ratified
The American method of ratifying treaties
differs from the method in use in the European
democracies. We have a more representative
system than the British, but a less representa
tive one than the French or Italians.
The treaty making power in this country is
vested in the president and the senate. The
popular branch of congress the house of rep
resentatives has no voice in the ratification
of conventions with foreign powers. But, on
the other hand, it can annul them in whole or
in part by refusing to pass legislation carrying
them into. effect or by passing legislation in
conflict with their provisions.
The senate is the only check on the presi
dent in our scheme of treaty making. And the
senate's influence on the process is enhanced
by the fact that the draft of a treaty submitted
by the executive must be approved by two
thirds of the senators present instead of by a
mere majority.
According to British custom atreaty may
be proclaimed by the government without the
approval of either house of parliament. Lloyd
George nevertheless submitted to parliament
both the Treaty of Versailles and tripartite alli
ance treaty recently signed by France, Great
Britain and the United States. They were both
approved, although they could have been pro
claimed without such action.
The French constitution requires treaties of
peace and certain other classes of treaties to
be laid before the senate and chamber of dep
uties for action. The lower house, which is by
far the more powerful branch of the French
parliament, will take the lead in discussing the
German treaty. A majority in either branch
may amend or reject.
The Italian constitution also provides for
the approval of treaties by both legislative
branches. The lower house at Rome greatly
overshadows the senate. Much more than the
French chamber it is the government. The
Italian parliament will probably delay action
on the treaty with Germany until after the Aus
trian, Hungarian and Turkish treaties are com
pleted. Italy's interests are only slightly af
fected by the settlement with Germany. They
will be vitally affected by the terms of the later
settlements.
In Japan, as in Great Britain, the treaty
making power is vested exclusively in the
crown. If the Japanese parliament is allowed
to pass on the treaties ending the war it will be
only as a matter of imperial courtesy. New
York Tribune.
Internationalizing Speech
Nine of the 'world's principal languages are
represented in the Marconi international cable
and wireless code English, French, Spanish,
Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Japanese
and Russian. The code represents the labors
of a corps of business, legal, financial and lin
gual experts, covering a period 'of three years,
and it is said to cover every ordinary human
need of readily understood and precise com
munication among the nationalities subscribing
to it.
Here we seem to have, at last, a practicable
means of breaking down those barriers of
strange speech that so long have set men by
the ears. The airplane, the wireless and the
"flu" germ have made all men neighbors,
brought them within talking distance of one
another and inspired in them a yearning to
talk over the back fence and establish borrow
ing and trade relations. The one thing needful
was a system of clear, concise international
speech, and this the Marconi organization may
have supplied. It is boldly asserted that this
or some similar code will soon be in everyday
use. Commerce demands it.
When men begin to talk understanding to
one another suspicions and jealousies, upon
which autocracies and other abuses thrive, be
gin to disappear. Here is, in fact, a 15th point
to be added to Mr. Wilson's famous 14. Chi
cago News. f
AT
The Day We Celebrate.
Dr. R. D. Mason, physician and surgeon,
born 1859.
Dr. Paul H. Ellis, physician and surgeon,
born 1876.
Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., re
tired, born at Westminster, Mass., 80 years
ago.
Dr. Henry F. Osborn, one of the foremost
of American paleontologists, born at Fairfield,
Conn., 62 years ago.
1 Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Messrs. Stenberg, Tukey and Flack, com
mittee of citizens along the Military road, are
working earnestly to secure the subscription
of land and money necessary to induce the
motor company to build its line to Benson.
The Bee stated editorially that Omaha had
made a gratifying exhibit in the pork packing
returns for the first week in August. "Within
a week Omaha will round out the number of
hogs packed this season at a good half mil
lion." The State Development association met
with the following Omaha gentlemen present:
George W. Lininger, A. W. Nason, H. T.
Clarke, J. Francis, E. L. Lomax.
William O. Judge, general secretary Amer
ican Section Theosophical Society, spoke in
room 205, Sheeley block,
Daughter of Late Marshall Field to
lie a countess.
W. S. You are correct about the
dausfhter of the late Marshall Field
of Chicago marrying Admiral Beat
ty, who will soon be made an earl
for his services during the war.
Submarine Inventor.
T. O. S. It is Simon Lake who
is attracting attention with his in
vention of a submarine that per
mits you to walk around the ocean
bed in your street clothes, is a naval
architect and a mechanical engi
neer now resident at Milford, Conn.,
with his manufacturing headquar
ters at Bridgeport. Mr. Lake was
born at Pleasantville, N. J., 63 years
ago, and received his education
principally at Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia. He is claimant for the
title of first inventor of the even
keel type of submarine, and in 1897,
with the Argonaut, first operated a
submarine in the open sea. His in
ventive genius has been prolific
chiefly in connection with mechan
isms for locating and recovering
sunken vessels and their cargoes,
and for carrying on submarine in
dustries. The United States govern
ment and European nations have
utilized his inventions, and he has
been honored with election to mem
bership in leading engineering and
scientific bodies of America and
Europe.
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Charles Jonnart.
Senator Charles Jonnart, who has
been appointed to a place in the i
trencn cabinet as minister of the
liberated regions, has been governor
general of Algeria since March of
last year. M. Jonnart began his
public career about 30 years ago as
a member of the Chamber of Dep
uties. He was a member of M.
Casimer Perier's cabinet, which only
survived for a short period, and in
1913 he became minister for fflr
eign affairs in the Briand cabinet.
It was in the early summer of 1917,
however, that M. Jonnart stepped
into the full glare of the European
limelight, when he was deputed by
the French premier to undertake the
special mission to Athens to put a
stop to the aid which Greece was
offering to the central powers in the
war. The success of that mission is
a matter of history. Two days after
M. Jonnart s arrival in Athens King
Constantine abdicated and was suc
ceeded by his second son, Alexander,
whose sympathies were known to be
on the side of the entente allies.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
DAILY DOT PUZZLE
Constitution Day.
Can you tell me something about
the plans for "Constitution day?"
Who has charge of the movement?
The National Security league has
announced plans for celebration in
29 states on September 17 next of
the anniversary of the birthday of
the constitution as part of its cam
paign to combat bolshevism and
stay the spread of un-American
propaganda. Popularization of the
constitution itself is a further pur
pose of the planned celebration, and
state directors, with the co-operation
of county and local directors,
are at work to make the day one of
real commemoration. Many pa
triotic societies of the country have
Joined the movement, it is an
nounced, and have affiliated with the
National Constitutional Celebration
Organization committee, headed by
Dr. David Jayne Hill.
Shells and Shekels.
The life story of Sir Marcus
Samuel, who has purchased from
the earl of Berkeley for the sum of
125,000,000 a parcel of the fashion
able residential section of London
known as Berkeley Square, furnishes
one of the real romances of the
business world. Sir Marcus, in his
early days, kept a little shop in one
of the poorer quarters of the Brit
ish metropolis, where he made and
sold for a shilling or two orna
mental boxes made of shells from
the sea shore. Later he invested
his savings in oil, made money and
started a company called the
"Shell," thus identifying his big new
venture with his original struggling
business. Since those days he has
accumulated a fortune of many mil
lions and has been honored with a
baronetcy. And all from selling
shells from the sea shore mixed
with an abundance of brains and energy.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
During the winter a toad becomes
torpid and takes no food for from
four to six months. .
Automobile tires made of coin
fiber for use on brush tracks and
overland routes have been invented
in Australia.
An inventor has patented a hand
kerchief in the center of which is a
receptacle for iace powder and a
powder puff.
Ten kangaroos escaping from
bounds in Golden Gate park, San
Francisco, played havoc with lawns
and tennis courts.
More than $360,000,000 is now
invested in American shoemakins
and more than 300,000 wage earn
ers are employed.
A new electrical call bell for hos
pital patients' use gives a continu
ous signal until a person answering
it shuts off the current.
Negroes of Memphis have formed
a lodge named Western Benefit As
sociation of North America, South
America, Asia, Africa and Australia.
Investigations In South Lapland
seem to show that valuable copper
veins have been found, especially In
the upper part of the Vilhelmina
district (Dikanar and Farmo-makke).
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
WHRTflFINE.VIEW! I'LL SIT
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"THE CIRCrs BIRD."
(Pegsy and Billy plant Judge Owl In a
hothouse and hn grows into the biggest
bird in the world. Me trlea to Join a cir
cus, but the manfyrer, fearing that the cir
cus tiger would bo Jealous, refuses to hire
him.)
The Rival Circus.
POOR Judge Owl was much dis
appointed when the circus
manager said he couldn't have a
job with the show because the tiger
might be jealous of him.
"Hoo! Hoo! Too! I've a no
tion to eat the tiger," he hooted
dismally.
"You'd probably find him very
tough meat," said Billy. "I've never
yet seen a tender looking tiger."
"If they don't want the biggest
owl alive in this show, we will go
on to the next circus," said Peggy.
"Huh, the nearest circus is a
thousand miles away," sneered the
manager, looking out of the win
dow of the ticket office, but dodging
back quickly when Judge Owt hap
pened to give a nervous yawn.
"Then we'll set up a circus of our
own," declared Billy. .
"Huh! You can't get up a circus
it costs too much money to get
freaks and animals and acts," said
the manager.
"Well, we've got the finest kind
of a circus freak in Judge Owl," ar
gued Peggy. "And he is big enough
to be a whole menagerie. And he
can do acts, too. And Billy Belgium
can turn handsprings and dance and
sing. Why, we can give a show Just
by ourselves."
"And here's a place to give it,"
said Billy, looking through the gate
of a high board fence that stood
next to the circus grounds. Perched
on the fence was a small, freckle
faced lad who was staring with
bulging eyes at Judge Owl.
"Jiminy crickets, is that a circus
"Jimlny
Bird?"
Crickets, Is that a Circus
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the manager. "Bumpety, bump,
bump!" Judge Owl Jiggled th wa
gon until the manager, the ticket
seller and the money were all mixed
up together.
"Take your owl away. You can
run all the shows you want to,"
yelled the manager.
Peggy called Judge Owl off, al
though he was having so much fun
he didn't want to quit.
"I'd like to bite that manager,"
hooted Judge Owl. "I'm hungry
enough to eat a camel or an ele
phant." By this time Peter and Billy had
the backyard show grounds ready,
and Judge Owl flew inside. Then
Billy took up his place at the gate,
and began . to yell like a show
barker.
"Klght this way, ladies and gen
tlemen! Right this way to see the
biggest owl alive for onlyflO cents!"
In the midst of his tricks Judge
Owl suddenly stopped short, lifted
up his nose and sniffed the air.
"Meat! I smell meat! It's supper
time!" he hooted.
Then, to the dismay of Peggy and
Billy,- he rose into the air and
sailed over the fence. An Instant
later there arose a loud racket from
the circus grounds, shouts, yells and
the howls of beasts. In Its midst
n Judge Owl came sailing back over
the fence, and clutched in his claws
were great chunks of meat.
"Ow! O-ow! O-o-o-ow! I'm
hungry!" screamed the tiger from
the menagerie tent.
"Gracious me!" exclaimed Peggy.
"Judge Owl has taken the supper
of the circus animals. What shall
we do?"
Next Noodle's may be seen
With thirty-eight and then thirteen.
Draw from one to two and ao on to the end.
bird?" asked the freckled lad.
"Yes, he is a circus bird, but he
doesn't belong to this circus," said
Billy. "Do you want to Join us in
giving a show in your back yaard?"
"That will be fun," answered the
freckled lad, whose name was Peter.
"I didn't have money enough to go
to the big circus, but your bird is a
good enough show for me."
"You can't give a show here. I'll
have my men run you out," blus
tered the circus manager. Peggy
frowned at him.
"Judge Owl, I think a good shak
ing would teach this manager better
manners," she said. Judge Owl
winked solemnly at Peggy, and seiz
ing the wagon in his powerful claws
lifted it a bit, then let it drop with a
thump.
"Yi. yl, yi! Help! Help!" shrieked
(Tomorrow will be told how the tiger
comes after his lost supper.)
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Social Justice How?
Canton, S. D., Aug. 6. To the
Editor of The Bee: Time and again
the dictum of the world's judges
has been set aside through public
opinion, insomuch that the punish
ments were not reformatory nor
conducive of good fruit. Judge
Lindsay, realizing the need of
breaHth on the bench, recently
placed sne of the indicted there to
render his own sentence. Indeed
this is one of the rarities of legal
procedure, but we think the judge
was on the right track when exalt
ing leniency. We know of more good
wrought through kindness and fair
dealing than yards of jurisprudence.
Law is for polished criminality as
much as for the uncouth, hence
despots and tyrants should alike be
dealt with after a summary man
ner, lest injustice break out in the
ranks. However, Holy Writ must
be fulfilled to the effect that justice
is fallen in the streets and in con
sequence incest has spread abroad.
It is possible harsh measures might
be used to quell strike orders, even
to the drafting of labor by the state
or nation, but this will surely bear
some more bitter fruit, as we see
in England. Alas! we see no solid
hope of enduring peace until this
selfish spirit has burnt itself out and
the great Prince of Peace rides in
on the scene witbr his regime of
righteousness. Thenceforth is the
promise that He will make truth
flourish in the earth and the people
will learn to do right when His
judgments are in the earth. This is
to begin at Jerusalem after Israel
is restored there. Incipient error
started at Nicea and has long mul
tiplied the confusion of togues.
JOSEPH GREIG.
Auto Speeders! Beware!
Omaha. Aue. 5. Tn thA TTflitn f
The Bee: I am a peaceable man
and will take a lot to keep out of
trouble, but I have lost all patience
with these fool automobile drivers
which Omaha is infested with.
Everv dav T h
street intersections or as they come
speeding around corners, and nearly
cvcij uay i see a wreck or an acci
dent. 1 am e-nine- tn Maoo .Vi nil
as Prussians, and if one injures or
nmo a. iiieinoer or my ramily, as has
almost happened several times this
year, I would have no mnrft mm.
punction retaliating than I would
with a burglar or dynamiter.
If there is a street car strike this
will make the thoroughfare streets
positively dangerous. Why is noth
ing done to educate criminally care
less drivers or to keep them from
menacing those who drive carefully
and sanely ? I have been in a good
many cities where the automobile
traffic was large, but I have never
seen such indifference to safety on
the streets as Omaha tolerates.
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