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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY. MARCH 20, 1921.
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Has the Theater a Real Function?
At a time when it appears that a considerable
element of Nebraska's population seeks to set up
a moral inquisition over forms of amusement and
entertainment to be publicly presented in. the
state, we may inquire, 'perhaps, just what this
manifestation indicates? '
Does it mean that Ncoraskans are opposed to
the stage, as that, is understood to mean the
presentation of plays, dramatic or otherwise, of
fered in the form of shadows on a screen or by
players who accompany the spoken word with
the animated gesture? Or is it that our people
as a whole no longer can trust themselves to
choos between the good and the unworthy, and
must delegate to certain of their fellow-citizens
the choice, and be content to accept the selec
tions made by these, acknowledging to be whole
some those that are approved and agreeing that
those are bad which fail to meet the standard
set by the censor?
If the theater has a function, it must be that
of educating those who attend. Shakespeare's
conception was that it "should hold the mirror
up to nature," and this definition has been ap
proved by many capable and well informed writ
ers since. Admit that that i true, "and where do
we stand in relation to the theater? Wickedness
exists in the world; has been an accompaniment
of man's life from the first, and some think it
will be td the end. This does not excuse the ex
altation of evil, however; if to point the morai
and adorn fiis tale, the dramatist employs the
contrasts with which we are familiar, and sets
the forces" of good to oppose those of evil in the
working out of his plot, Re must do so in such
fashion as will not lend allurement to the vice
he portrays nor set Virtue before ui in too
sober a garb. This, and all arguments that flow
from it, is elemental.
The question pressing for solution in Ne
braska now is: Are the people to be trusted to
decide for themselves what is good and what is
bad, or will they be required to submit to '.he
judgment of a board of censors?
- Sad is the reflection is, it is true that the
theater has &eetl swnng far out of its course by
thos, k6 should have been most concerned in
the eitrt td fceep ft going direct to its highest
destiny. Managers have deliberately set about
to degrade their stewardship by presenting plays
they knew to be unworthy, many times unfit, for
public exhibftidrt. The pornographic and the
meretricfoM have been paraded, enticing the un
wary, the, thoughtless, the morbidly curious, and
as these" are always in sufficient number, the
manager has smugly pointed to his box office re
ports, and answered the critic r "We are giving
the public- what it wants."
Unfortunately, the theater requires money for
its support, and trie manager therefore must al
ways have m mind the selling qualities of the
wares he has to dispose of. He knows that a
sensational offering will bring more dollars ib
his coffers than one "that lacks the filip provided
by some word or act that borders closely on the
forbidden, and being thus assured of "what the
the public wants," he proceeds. The answer to'
this is to set tifi in the public mind a standard
that will not be satisfied with the lesser things.
No player who has visited Omaha this season
has faced audiences greater or more enthusiastic
in their expressions of appreciation than did
Robert Mantel!, offering classic dramas, and yet
the Nc York managers sagely say, "Shake
speare spells ruinl" A long list of popular and
successful dramas that are also ctean might be
cited. Maude Adams is perhaps the most loved
and honored of all American actresses, and she
never played an off-color role. No novelist or
dramatist of modern days has had a wider circle
of readers or listeners than James Matthew Bar
rie, Who never insulted the taste or the sensibil
ity of a reader or hearer.
Clean plays will succeed, even, in this day of.
"advanced" thinking; clean picture? will draw
crowds to ajvy theater. But the cause is not to
be served by the repressive measures likely to be
adopted under the power of a board, no matter
how composed, whose members are expected to
set their individual judgment as a criterion for
that Of the community. Such a plan is undemo
cratic; it does not provide the remedy, but merely
' -i .:.... . rt frvf another. When men and
women set their own thoughts on a worthy
plane, and train their children, for whom ftey
and not the state are primarily responsible, the
moving picture managers and the men who con
trol the theater in general will be quick to
respond. .... ...
The theater has a large plart in the social Sue
of the nation. It is not filling that place, nor will
. it be encouraged to re store , its own health vA
renew its own vigor by setting it under the
watch of a group of censors. The latter will lie
more likely to complete the work of destruction
so far advanced by the managers themselves.
Kfmintf Them Both on the Farm.
The problem of keeping the.boys on the farm
appears to have been solved, ine answer, ac
cording td an Itwliana farm wife, is to be
found in keeolntt the cirls there. All the attrac-
ulea is fonnd in this suggestion;
omehow the world has never seemed to worry
over the girls leaving the country. Yet produc
tion dn every farm would break down if the
- m at
women should leave their kitchens and chicken
yards for office work in the ehies. , , .
Put m an electric plant, or eonneci on a
fii,i tm nrli a mil ierrxtn rnuntrv in many
- ciaces, is the first suggestion for holding the
young women. Then get a washing machine, an
electric iron, throw away the kerosene lamps and
get some electric bulbs and a lew other modern
conveniences, and the plot to keep both the girls
and the boys is said to be complete.
All very good, but how are they going to
prevent a lot of city-bred women abandoning
their own sphere and going back to the land if
things are made so attractive?
The Twelve-Hour Day.
An animated and interesting crusade is being
waged by the Survey against the twelve-hour
day in the steel industry in the United States.
Something smacking of irony dwells in the fact
that in the world the chief user of the long work
day is the United States Steel corporation, and
this in face of the fact that a stockholders' com
mittee as long ago as 1912 reported in favor of
abandoning the long shift and the adoption of a
new and better workday for the company's em
ployes. That report was adopted, but never
acted upon.
The three-shift system as applied to continu
ous operation in the steel industry is not im
practical, as has been proven in many mills
Where it has been adopted. The Colorado Fuel
and Iron company, one of the largest so-called
independent American mills, has been on the
three-shift basis for many months, and finds the
practice to be economical. A large number of
other big steel plants are on the eight-hour basis
and find it works out well.
The chief argument against the twelve-hoar-
day is its inhumanity. Men are driven from bed to
work and slink from work to bed, seven days a
week, with no opportunity for recreation, for
family life, or for taking any part in the affairs
of the world, other than work. Eighty-four of
the 168 hours In a seven-day week are spent in
toil; the other 84 are divided between sleeping,
eating and getting to and from work. How ran
we expect men so driven to become American
citizens, to take any part in the social or political
life of the country, to be an asset to the citizen
ship of the nation?
Unless industry assumes its proportional
share of responsibility for the welfare of Amer
ica, all our other efforts are thwarted. The men
of the big steel mills should have the same
chance that is given to others to develop them
selves and to enjoy the privileges of life in the
United States, and they can not do it when work
ing twelve hours a day.
A Bit of Joy Passes.
A void of impressive dimensions, not only in
the contributing staff of The Bee, but in the life
of a multitude of readers throughout the nation,
has been produced by the death of Bert Lesion
Taylor. As "B. L. T." he occupied a high place
in the hearts of those who loved the jests'of the
column haded "A Line o' Type or Two."
"I saw it in the Line this morning." "Did
you notice that story of B. L. T.?' How often
have those words prefaced the hearty laugh and
cleared away less pleasant thoughts. Many good
smiles perished with Mr. Taylor, now dead at
his home in Chicago.
He was older than most would think, having
been born in New England 54 years ago. Some
thing of his Massachusetts ancestry was apparent
in the Yankee wit of his lines. His appeal was
nation-wide, and although he lived in Chicago,
his humor was every bit as much at home in
New York and San Francisco.
Newspaper men were especially proud of his
work, for there Was a scholarship and polish
about him that gave a literary finish with which
journalism is not often credited. Many of his
poems and whimsicalities had been collected in
book form, and are welt worth preserving. They
truly come under the head of literature, and rep
resent i distinct advance aver most of the hu
morous columns of the past. There are, ofecoursc,
many who did hot appreciate his fine pointed wit,
and even some who found his quips occasionally
too deep for appreciation. But the widespread
admiration of B. L. T. is .a reflection of the high
standard of popular taste, and a demonstration
that newspaper writers, who so often fear that
they will go over the heads of their readers, are
obsessed by groundless fears.
Clara Hamons Acquittal.
An Oklahoma jury did what most sophistica
ted persons expected it would acquitted Clara
Hamon front the charge of murder of her para
mour. This perversion of justice is not to be
accepted as a vindication of the right of a guilty
woman to murder the man with whom she had
Sinned. She Will learn that her crime, forgiven
as it may be by man, will hot be forgiven by
herself. "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remem
bering happier days," and so long as Clafa
Hamon lives, she will be called upon daily to ex
piate in the secret chambers of her soul the
wrong she has done. Unless she be calloused
beyond understanding, her memory will provide
for her the punishment the jury denied her.
Whatever her account with Jake Hamon might
have been, or his with her, they both owed some
thing to society and to the decent manhood and
womanhood of the world that the death of the
one and the formal exculpation of the other will
not discharge. For the rest, both may be left,
secure from the judgment of man, to be answer
able finally at the bar of the Great Judge of All
Mankind. The sad reflection is forced on all who
understand life that this tragedy holds no warn
ing; it has been repeated times without number,
and probably will continue as long as the world
stands. Lawless passion inevitably brings ruin.
Sir Philip Gibbs is another English lecturer
who is not without his critics, but at all events
he has the consolation that it is impossible to
take either side of the Irish question without re
ceiving more brickbats than, posies.
Just when a lot of suspicious folks thought
Senator Fall was headed straight fdr Mexico
comes the announcement that he is going to
Alaska, the other extreme.
Perhaps Dr. Evans will be kind enough to
discuss that regular spring complaint known as
"lumberman's itch" in which everything made of
wood looks like a chair.
, If this thing of hunting bandits by airplane
keeps op, the fugitives will have to revive the
art of camouflage and paint their motor car the
same color as the roads.
The impression that Wisconsin is hard id
wean from its famous brews is fostered by the
fact that milk there is almost going begging,
selling at 7 cents a quart.
If this weather keeps up, the government
might economize by abolishing the nrophecy de-'
partment.
Rates and State Sovereignty
Analysis of the Railroad Situation
as It Exists
From the Boston Transcript
The Wisconsin rate case, now pending before
the supreme court of the United States, is a test
case involving the future authority of every state
in the Union with respect to railway rate regula
tion. Not only is the status of certain powers
exercised by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion under the transportation act of 1920 at issue,
but also, apparently, the constitutionality of that
act itself; for counsel for at least forty-three
states seem to be united in claiming that that act,
as construed and applied by the commission,
would prove destructive of constitutional sta'e
rights and contrary to the spirit of our organic
national law. In short, the Wisconsin case bids
fair to become a leading case in the annals of
American jurisprudence, perhaps transcending in
importance the celebrated " hreveport" case, of
kindred import; and destined to rank with tho
historic Dartmouth College case in general fame
and influence.
The decision of this momentous issue rests
with the supreme court alone, and attempts to
foresee or foretell the conclusions of that eminent
tribunal would be as injudicious a) they would
be improper. But meantime, and aside from the
more abstruse legal aspects of the case, the pub
lic owes it to itself to take as broad a view as
possible of the issues involved, always assuming,
until the contrary be legally and authoritatively
announced, that the transportation act, perfect or
imperfect, is probably valid, and that the applica
tions of it already made by the Interstate Com
merce commission, whether wise or rash, were
also probably within the scope of their authority.
Many citizens, however, may plausibly argue
that if the Interstate Commerce commission, even
though as yet it has been given no power to
initiate state rates, is to possess permanent au
thority to establish state rates whenever it con
siders that existing state rates unjustly and in
juriously discriminate against interstate or for
eign commerce, its judgment as to the effect of
state rates being final, such a power might easily
be stretched so as practically to destroy or
annul the rate-making powers of the individual
states. It is a well known fact to all railroad
men that a change in a single rate may,, and
often does, necessitate changes in hundreds or
perhaps thousands of other rates, and a very
moderate reduction in an intrastate rate might
thus force adjustive reductions far and wide, or
in other adjacent states, causing railroads doing
an interstate business serious loss. And if, to
counteract such policies, the Interstate Com
merce commission, however constitutionally, may
command state rates to be raised, where, it may
be argued save in the most purely local areas,
is the line to be drawn so that the states mar
be assured of the stability of any schedule of
intrastate rates which, in the exercise of state
autonomy and in behalf of purely state interests,
it may wish to create or authorize? Such a re
gime, it mav be urged, is, in practice, or at least
in potentiality, little different from what would
exist were congress to go the limit, and de
clare all railroad rates, state and intrastate, sub
ject completely and exclusively to federal regu
lation. On the other hand, however, to quote from
Mr. Edgar J. Rich, a Boston lawyer of eminent
railroad experience. "One of the most unfor
tunate results of state regulation has been nets
of the legislatures and orders of the commissions
establishing intrastate rates upon a lower basis
than corresponding interstate rates, with the in
evitable result that interstate traffic, was cur
tailed and a proper proportion f the transporta
tion burden was not borne by the purely state
business." And with regard to the issue of due
state sovereignty, each state is bound to remem
ber that our present form of government was
mainly adopted to "form a more perfect union"
than existed under the Article of Confederation,
and that removal of the old status of state and
interstate trade, under which, as the late historian
John Fiske has put it, "the different states, with
their different tariff and tonnage acts, began to
make commercial war upon one another," was a
leading motive for th adoption of our present
constitution, and is realized in the express and
vital power gh'en congress to regulate interstate
and foreign commerce. The most ardent advo
cate of state rights, therefore, must recognize
that the subject matter is so exceptional and
special in the inception of our constitutional Sys
tem, that the extreme powers given congress over
it cannot in fairness be cited to afford a precedent
for any general policy of ovefcentrslizition. And
if that were true before the advent of the rail
road, how much more should it how be true,
When interstate trade has become so largclv
Identified with and so tremendously developed
and unified by that great industrial agency?
Whatever the outsome of the pending case,
whatever changes may become necessary m leg
islation, and even if in the end some Still more
sweeping constitutional provision should be
needed to insure due federal control over na
tional transportation, the one thing morally cer
tain to come Is more, and hot less, federal con
tra! over transportation rates as the years and
the decades pass.
Matter With the Movies
How to Keep Well
v By DR. W. A. EVANS
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to Dr. Evan by raiders f Tha B, will bt anawertd paraonally, tnbjacl to
proper limitation, where a stamped addrtaaad envelops is enclosed. Dr Evans
will aot make dlacnosts or prescribe lor individual diseases. Address letters
la cars oi The Bee.
Copyright. 19Zt. by Dr. W. A. Evans
Those who foresaw a vast and rapid growth
of movie art have been disappointed to tobse'rve
that the phenomenal development of its me
chanical side has been accompanied by no similar
improvement In literary and dramatic standards.
The highly perfected camera of toflay clicks off
miles of the same gush recorded by its crude pre
cursor, and our modern sumptuous playhouses
are given over to the brand of entertainment
served in the tent show of the past.
Perhaps the most discouraging feature of the
whole business is the deadly seriousness with
which producers take their tawdry melodramas.
Rich and expensive settings are lavished 6n the
cheapest and most trivial themes. Subjects which
Stock companies would not dare stage ill the corn
belt are furnished forth irt magnificent splendor
on the screen. Preposterous plots, unworthy of
a single rehearsal, are equipped with a"n opulence
befitting the grandest spectacles of the masters,
and launched with a clamor that might well
herald an epic.
Worst of all, from the standpoint of public in
terest, is thee heapening iftfluence which this con
dition undoubtedly is having on the standards
and tastes of a large number of people. Spurious
sentimentalities are given the dignity of genuine
ideals, and artificial and florid portrayals are held
Out as valid reflections of life.
If the movies have fallen into the hands of
those Who only desire to make money, this pan
dering to base emotions is understandable,
though none the less vicious. Such a course
will bring its own reward. Those who bankrupt
the screen morally and artistically will destroy
its prestige and appeal, and eventually1 its profit,
The public has a way of turning td rend those
who have deceived ft. St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Played Them Both Up. i
A boy was playing With an iron hoop In the
street, when it bounced through the railings and
broke a window in the area beneath. .
Mrs. Stern waited, with anger in her eyes, for
thiKappearance of the hdop'S owner. Presently
he arrived.
"Please, I've broken your window " hi said,
"and father's come to mend it."
Sure enough, the boy was followed by a man,
who at once set to work, while the boy, taking
his hoop, ran off.
The window finished, the man said; "That'll
be 3 shillings, rna'am."
"Three shillings?" gasped Mrs. Stern. "But
your little boy broke it the little fellow with
the hoop. Yon are his father, aren't you?"
The man shook his head.
"Never seen him before." he said. "He came
round to my place and said his mother wanted
her window mended. You're his mother, aren't
yotl?"
-And the good woman could only shake tier
head. Words failed her. London Tit-Bits,
PRICE OF DAMAGED GOODS.
This Is to be an unpleasant story,
but it contains information worth
having, and I know no pleasant way
to impart it.
I found It in the Social Hygiene
Monthly. tr. Taylor of that publi
cation found it in the Social Hygiene
Bulletin. 3u these periodicals it will
reach a largo number of physicians,
social workers, and persons interest
ed. T am reprinting it Just as I
found it because it should get to the
ordinary everyday newspaper read
er as well.
It is a series of conclusions arrived
at by Dr. H. C. Solomon of Harvard
and M. H. Solomon, and based on
studies of the families of 5B5 persons
in the psychopathic hospital. These
BBS persons had some form of Into
syphlllls, either general paresis,
Syphilis of the brain or spinal cord,
or lnte Syphilis without involvement
of the nervous system. The diag
nosis of late and long neglected syph
ilis having been mnde in theae 655
persons, investigation was made to
find out how much the disease had
extended to members of their famil
ies how much harm rt had done di
rectly to supposedly ' healthy, inno
cent husbands, wives, and children.
The following re the conclusions:
"1. The family of the late syphil
itic abounds with evidence of syphil
itic damage.
"2. At least one-fifth or the fam
111 of syphilitica have one or more
syphilitic members In addition to the
original patient.
"3. Between one-third and ene
fourth of the families of syphilitic
never have given birth to a living
child. Thta is much larger than the
percentage obtained from the study
of a large group of New England
families taken at a random, which
show that only one-tenth .were
childless.
"4. More than one-thlrrl of the
families of syphilitica have accidents
to pregnancies namely: abortions,
miscarriages, or stillbirths.
"5. The birth rate in syphilitic
families is 2.05 per family; whereas
the birth rate In the New England
families mentioned above is 3.S per
family, or rflmost twice as great.
"S. Two-thirds of the families
show defects as to children (sterility,
accidents as to - pregnancies, and
syphilitic children).
"7. Only one-third of the fam
ilies show no defect as to children
or Wasserman reaction in spouse.
". About one-fifth of the In
dividuals examined show a positive
Wasserman reaction: more of these
are spouses than children.
"9. Between one-fourth and one
third of th spouses examined show
syphilitic involvement.
"10. Between one in twelve and
one in six of the children examined
show syphilitic involvement.
"11. One-fifth of air children born
alive In sypliilitic families Were dead
at ,the time the families wera ex
amined. This does not differ ma
terially from tha general average in
the community.
"12. One-fifth of the pregnancies
Sri abortions, miscarriages, or still
births, compared with less than one
tenth of the pregnancies in nonsyph
llltlc f am lies. , i
"13. The average pregnacles: per
family Is 2.BS, compared with 3.88,
4.43, and G.61 In nonsyphllitic fam
ilies. "14. . There are 3.63 stillbirths per
100 live births in the syphilitic fam
ilies, as compared with the 3.79 re
ported by the Massachusetts census,
showing that therft Is no marked
difference in this regard.
"IS. A synhilltic ie a syphilitic,
whether his disease is general pare
sis, cerebro-splnal syphilis, or vis
ceral syphilis without involvement
of the central nervoua system, and
the problems affecting his family
are the Same In any case.
"The family of every syphilitic,
patient should be examined; Irre
spective of the stage of the disease
or the symptomatology presented by
the patient when first seen. If this
19 done cases of conjugal and con
genial syphilis will be discovered
which would. otherwise be neglected.
"They will often be found at a
period when symptoms are not ac
tive, and thus treatment may be In
stituted before Irreparable destruc
tive lesions have occurred. An op
portunity Is offered to prevent the
development of such disabling con
ditions as general paresis, tabes dor-
Balis. aneurysms, and the like. The
possibility of bearing healthy chil
dren may be increased.
"Every clinic dealing with syphil
itic patients, whether It Is primarily
a syphilitic clinic, a neurological
clinic, a cardiac clinic, or an Internal
medicine clinic, should be equipped
with tho machinery for bringing the
members cf the syphilitica family
to tho cltriic for examination,"
Baby Is Overfed. '
Mrs. F. M. writes: "My baby
is two months old, large and fat. I
nurse him. He sleeps very wall at
night, but cries almost all day and
evening or lso Is very fussy. He
seems to hare pains. He passes a
lot of wind and belches very hard.
What can be tho cause of this? I
give, him peppermint occasionally,
but it does little good."
TIE PLY.
Tour baby has ihe colic. Over
feeding is generally the cause of
colic. Have him nurse both breasts,
but do not' let him mpty either com
pletely. Shorten the time at the
breast. Give him water before nurs
ing him. If this ioes not suffice
give him tho Grulee treatment as ad
vised In the Journal of the Ameri
can Medical association, Nevember,
1920. Do not wean him.
, Irft Mother Eat Fruit.
Mrs. E. E. T, writes: "1. How
soon may a baby be given orange
Juice for constipation and in what
quantity ?"
"2. What Is the best remedy for
constipation for a fhree-months-old
Vreast fed baby?"
REPLY.
1. At one month. Begin with
one teaspoonful: It has been proved
that fruit Juice is not a very relia
ble laxative. Tt fails almost as often
as it succeeds. There aro other
reasons for giving tTieni.
2. The mother should eat fruit
and vegetables in considerable quan
tities and drink plenty of water.
The baby should be kept out of
doors on pleasant days. If neces
sary use a soap stick.
Feed the Baby Less.
Mrs. F. A. M. writes: "Why does
a baby of nine months have so much
ammonia in the urine? I have been
giving her sweetened condensed milk
and it agrees with her so well that
I bate to change. Could it be the
milk? I give her plenty of water
between feedings also."
REPLY.
Ammonia In a child's urine means
acidosis. As a rule a child with
acidosis is being overfed. Feed her
less, especially food that Is rich.
Give her some fruit Juice daily.
No Meat or Eggs.
Mrs. W. B. C. writes: "My father
has been paralyzed for two years and
iis bowels do not move right. He
eats all kinds of food and meats.
Will you please give me a diet for
him? His age is 51. Do you think
he will get over his paralysis? He
gets indigestion."
REPLY.
Instead of gjving him purges, hare
him take an enema when he needs
to do anything. He should live
largely on bran cereal, bran bread,
fruits, vegetables, soups, , milk and
especially sour milk. He should eat
no meat or eggs. If he is satisfied
without coffee or tobacco, so much
the better.
Law on Case Dttters.
S. M. D.' writes: "Is the period of
isolation for scarlet fever 40 days, or
until desquamation is complete?
Should a child discharged from a
Contagious disease hospital after 28
days, still desquamating, be permit
ted to associate with other child
ren?'" REPLY.
Some ordinances specify five, some
six, and some seven weeks as the
period of isolation. All say that the
isolation is not to be terminated at
the end of the prescribed period if
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Witte Exposes Kaiser's League
(From the New York Times.) i
The former r German emperor's1
proposal for a league of nations, de
scribed in his book written with the
object of showing that Great Brit
ain was responsible for the world
war, excerpts from which have been
cabled from The Hague, is definitely
challenged and contradicted in the
forthcoming memoirs of Count
Wltte, the noted Russian statesman,
to be published by Doubleday, Page
& Co. The former German emperor
asserts that he proposed a league of
nations, consisting f the Triple Al
liance and the French and Russian
Alliance, and that this proposal was
accepted by the Russian emperor
and Count Witte.
After detailing in an earlier chap
ter a propoMl or the German emper
or for an offensive economic alliance
bctweeen Riiosla and Germany
acninst the Vnttc-d States. Count
Witte refers to hi. so-railed league
of nations proposal.
In 1903 Count Wltte, on Ms way
to Russia after having nepotiated
the treaty of Portsmouth, saw the
kaiser, and their talk assumed a
serious aspect.
"Having referred briefly to my
success at Portsmouth." says Wltte.
"he turned to the general political
situation in Europe and. reverted to
our Peterhof conversation. I reit
erated my profound belief in the
desirability of a general rapproche
ment of the three main bodies poli
tic of Europe, Russia, Germany and
France, this rapprochement tending
to become a close union, which, of
course, would be Joined by other
European powers.
Delivered from the bnrden of
military expenditures, Europe would
be enabled to create a mighty naval
force which would dominate the
world. His majesty assured me that
ha shared my views and then de
clared that my scheme had finally
been carried into effect at his meet
ing With Emperor Nicholas at BJor
koe. Having Imparted to me this
extraordinary piece of news, his
majesty asked me whether I was
satisfied with this development, and
,iii my Innocence I replied that his
words nan nuea my neart witn joy.
We parted."
On his arrival In St. Petersburg
fPetrograd) Count Witte had an in
terview with Emperor Nicholas.
"Ills majesty told me," writes the
count, "that he had received a letted
from Emperor William In which the
German sovereign spoke of me in
admiring terms. He was glad, he
added, that I shared the views which
were the foundation of his agree
ment with Germany, concluded at
Bjorkoe. The text of this mysteri
ous agreement, however, his Majesty
did not show me.
"The next day I met Count Lams
dorff, our minister of foreign affairs.
After the customary greetings and
congratulations he- asked me, his
voice vibrant with ill-controlled in
dignation: " 'Do you really approve of the
Bjorkoe treaty?"
"I confessed that I had not,
whereupon he handed me the text
of the document, saying that he had
received it only On the previous day
and bidding me read it. The count
looked profoundly excited and upset.
As I read the document I under
stood the cause of his excitement.
The substance of the agreement was
that Germany and Russia obligated
themselves to defend each Other in
case of war with any other Euro
pean power, Including France. Russia-
pledged itself to make every ef
fort to gain France over to this
union, but, whether this result Was
attained, the agreement between
the two countries was nevertheless
valid.
" 'This is monstrous,' I exclaimed.
'The treaty dishonors us in the eyes
of France. Is it possible that all
this has been concoted without you.
aud that you knew nothing about
it?'
"Count Lamsdorff repeated that
until tho preceding d;iy ho had been
kept in complete Ignorance of the
matter.
'"Docs his majesty know that we
have a treaty with France?' I asked.
"'Of course his majesty knows
that,' he replied, 'but the fuct must
havo slippcil from his mind, or, what
is more probable, his brain was be
fogged by William's verbiage, and he
failed to grasp the substance of the
matter.'
"We put our heads together to
find n way out of the difficulty."
It was through the Influence of
Count Witte and Count Lamsdorff
that the treaty was eventually abro
gated. . To lie lUvkonod With.
Dr. Conwell, tho famous Phila
delphia educator, wants the eight-
everybody will know what it means,
but after the amendments pass what
assurance can ho offer that the su
preme court will not interpet them
beyond all comprehension again?
Detroit Free Press.
CENTER SHOTS.
Germany is finding out that the
price of evasion Is invasion. Nor
folk Virglnian-Pllot.
What Lies Before Mr. Harding
headline. For the lies behind him
see lata- campaign fiction. Toledo
Blade.
The only thing easier than to turn
down advice is to give it. Peters
burg (Va.) Index-Appeal.
Why does a chicken 'cross the
road? To scratch up somebody's
garden. Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch.
-Well, one can't blame the Philip
pines for desiring independence. This
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A miss may not be as good as her
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world think she is. El Paso Herald. 1
We suspect some dealers aro using
safety razors to do their price-cutting
with. Burlington (Vt.) News.
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