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ry THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY, MARCH 25. 1321. TheOmaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. NELSON B. UPDIKE. PublUber. . MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Aaanriatael rrtaa. et olea Th Baa If a mratxr. Ii ar cluunlr anuUad to Uia bh for publlottlca of HI earn dlmtebaa wim-d to It or aot etharartaa credited la at wnr, an tb nnrt pubtlthod Benin. All rtfota of publication of our avaolal dirrnlctua ara alaa raaarred. BEE TELEPHONES Frttiu Branca Enaania. a all for Twlw 1 fafaf) In Dopwtnont at l'traoa WuitxL JtVT WW For Meat Call Aftar 10 P. M.i luiltnriat Oapartinaat .... Tylit 1M0L i ln-Blatloo Dowtnwnl . ........ Trlar lOolt. . . OFFICES OF THE BEE kl BtB Offlra: 1 Tth and Parana Council Bluffa IS Boou Bt I South Slda, PkiUlpa Dtpi Stw Out-of-Tawo OlScaat -Na Tori - - IM rifth ata. I Waahmnoa 1311 O It Chicifa Scalar BIO. I r aria, franc Kt Boa St Boaor The Bee's Platform 1. Nw Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Ne braska Highway, including the pave ment of Main Thoroughfare leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. J - . 3. X short, low-rat Watarway from tha -Cora Bait to th Atlantic Ocaaau 4. Horn Rul Chartar for Omaha, with City .Manager form of Goverament. James Cardinal Gibbons. A great churchman, a strong advocate of right living and clean life for the nation as well as the individual, James Gibbons leaves a heritage to his country greater than can be measured in terms of words. His was a singular privilege, that of .occupying the elevated position of prince in the Roman Catholic hierarchy, retaining his residence in the town of his birth. Ordained a priest in 1861, he gave almost three score years to the propagation of religion and the service of the church. His chief characteristic was the one that most endeared him to. the public, in and out of the Catholic church; his life Was simple and dignified, no honor or elevation conferred on him by the rulers of the church having the ef fect of modifying his bearing or affecting the kindly modesty of his relations with his fellow men. Early in his career as priest he exhibited those qualities of mind that later brought to him such distinction. He served well in many ways the cause of the church, performing delicate and important duties with such tact and discerning judgment as won for him the confidence and ap proval of his superiors as well as the people. When he came to be archbishop of Baltimore, and therefore primate of the United States, it . was believed he had attained the highest place to which he might aspire,, as it was not thought . likely an American would be made a cardinal. This honor, however, was bestowed on him by r r t r rn s . , a f .a j-eo aiu in leeo, a recognition not oniy 01 tne ideserts of the cardinal, but a testimonial that Rome appreciated the growing importance of the church in America. s . Unostentatiously but persistently, Cardinal Gibbons pursued the path of duty, standing firmly 1'or.what he held to be right and for the good of .mankind. . It would be interesting to follow ; him through a long and useful life, yet it may be summed up in a few words. He could har monize his religion with his devotion to the " Vnited State's; he could foster Catholicism with- . out waging vendetta against the Protestants who held Views contrary to his; his "Faith of Our dnu CApuaiirjii vi tiic vaiui'iii, ucuci 111 uui ,au- ' rruace. vet Tames Gibbons could and did mingle .m,3u&iic ana appear on the same program witn Protestant and Jew. Humble and devout, he could appreciate the spirit of the land in which he lived, and while holding firm to the tenets- of the faith he earnestly espoused and ably de fended, he still had love and tolerance for those who worshiped God after another fashion. , A prince of the church, his was the nature and intellect of a man who would have thrust himself upward through the crowd anywhere. That he gave his life to religion ensures him. a permanent place in the records of the great church he honored by his labors, but American history will give him enduring record because he the plow and the machine plenty can. be secured and happiness multiplied. At no 'period of his tory have statesmen fully recognized this fact, and they are far from this point of view even today. Simon Bolivar, Liberator. The president of the United States is to head a parade of unusual significance in New York on April 19. On that day, the 146th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington, an equestrian statue of Simon Bolivar, presented by Venezuela is to be unveiled in Central Park, New York. The importance of the event lies not so much in the fact that it will give to the United States a new remembrance of the Liberator as it does in the fact that it shows that a tie of common interest still unites the republics. In spite of all that has been said, of all the anti-American propa ganda, the people of South America realize, as our own must, that the bond of union between the republics of the New World are more than merely surface signs. Simon Bolivar, born an aristocrat, educated and trained among the exclusive scions of the old Spanish nobility, imbibed in the United States those notions of liberty that' led him to battle for more than a dozen years, until he bad freed his native country, Venezuela, and with her Colombia, Bolivia and Peru from the Spanish yoke, and had sowed the seeds that brought forth finally the overthrow of both Spain and Portugal in the Americas. Supported by the Monro"! doctrine, the republics that grew up were made: secure against encroachment from the monarchies of Europe, the fate of Maximilian in Mexico showing how sincere the people of the United States are in their support of the principle laid down in that statement, while Venezuela has benefited to the extent of national existence be cause of that stand. Bolivar is called the Washington of South America, and fittingly so, for he was indeed the Liberator. The statue about to be dedicated is the second in his honor to stand in Central Park, but this one will be the more appreciated, as it is a sign of friendship between two nations and an abiding proof that we do have friends among the peoples to the 'south of us, whose ideals are sprung from the same root and flourish under, the same nurture as do ours. -- . Mr. Harding Rights a Wrong. The forced resignation of Obadiah Gardner from the international joint commission which has been delving into the need and advisability of the Great Lakes waterway project is one of the inexplicable deeds of former President Wilson which even his friends can not justify. An nouncement that President Harding has' moved to set the matter to right by securing the resig nation of W. B. Wilson, who had been catapulted into-the office, and thus opening the way for the reappointment of Mr. Gardner, is reassuring to all who hope for full and fair consideration of this transportation plan. Since 1913 Senator Gardner had been a mem ber of the joint commission for settlement of questions arising on the boundary waters be tween the United States and Canada. His ex perience there had made him exceedingly well qualified to deal with the proposed canalization of the St. Lawrence. In company with the other members of the commission he had held hear ings throughout the middle west and the Great Lakes district. To have dismissed him so sum marily, thus forfeiting the knowledge he had brought to bear on the problem, in, order tp fur nish a job for the retiring 'secretary of laBoriwho is destitute of all practical acquaintance with the problem, appears unjustifiable. Mr.' Gardner is a rockbound Maine democrat, but President Harding has done a splendid thing to restore him to the service of the nation. . Summer Truce in Packing Industry. An armistice has been arranged between the packers and the workers which is to last until September 15. It contains elements that well mayxbe made permanent.. Under its terms the wage1 cuts announced remain effective as of date of announcement, the basic eight-hour day with ' .ak..ull4M,A a.aMMaMaaa KAntlN a a 4 a 1ti trla Uftf. j time agreement ends on September 15. On that tdate. anew working agreement sho.uld be ready for promulgation. Five months should afford ample lime tor tne pacKers ana tne ouicners 10 j . . ' . . . . . TP. I , get togeiner ana adjust ineir umcrcin.es. i summer is merely employed on either side to mjke ready for the contest that may come after September 15, then the postponement is of little value' to" the people. What is-most desired just now is some assurance that industrial operations may be carried on continuously for a consider '.'able period, to the end that some of the waste of war may be restored. This is not likely to come about if such differences as exist m tne " meat packing industry with regard to working 'conditions are left undisposed of. Adjournment of the dispute from time to time does not afford the assurance of stability that is essential to. ulti 'mate normalcy. i v n . m m 1 XT ' . . . . wnat makes a lxanon oreai. , . The failure of Poland to obtain the allegiance of Upper Silesia does not amount to disaster for - ..n.it.nst. "matiftn T atin mmorpr fla Hie played around the world in the annexations and mandate of the last few years is not a beautiful nor even a beneficial trait It is full time nations ..bethought themselves of their real reason for ex-J- .. a! i t w.r.. reaching out Sot more duties. jife, and nations are mad to seek land instead of well-being;'' This is to point to the old truth .that .the real wealth of a nation depends on its s peace and welfare, and the number of persons mere given useiui employment, iuc more : faithful citizens V country has in proportion to us. area, tne stronger u 15, There is more hope for France in its effort to encourage the increase of its native popula thouffh it has to resort to bounties for 'those with large families, than in all hs terri torial acquisitions. Instead of lusting for laads across the'sea, or over the frontier, it is better to devote attention to doubling the honest pep j le who live within a. nation's borders. . Nations are strong- as their people are con tented and weak, as they are miserable. .With The Quiet Path of Rectitude. In the reaction, from the nervous strain of her trial, Clara Hamon perhaps has no definite plans for her future. Stories of various offers and sug gestions have been made public, ranging from the statement that she will sue for a share in the Hamon estate to one that she has been of fered a place in the motion pictures and that she considers becoming an evangelist. The associated writers of moving picture plays have "protested the idea of her either writing or acting for the films, and from the standpoint of preventing damage to the reputation of the in dustry by the exploitation of the sensational they . are correct;, ' ' 7 . The same consideration should operate m- the matter of her becoming an evangelist. One need not doubt the sincerity of her repentance to feet that her appearance on the pulpit would cheapen religion and do no good. If Clarra Hamon has found a better faith, it is not for her to display it in public, but to live it in private. There are enough people now showing others the way,' and none too many following it for themselves. In order to enjoy a. useful and honorable life one does not have to do otherwise than to live in the quiet performance of good deeds. The six sons of the former kaiser are said all to be usefully employed, which, according to the account of their doings,' means only that they are keeping out of mischief. The former crown prince, for. instance, spends his time playing his violin, writing, memoirs and painting. Two others are studying farm management at college, another is an officer in a bank, another is a director in a hotel company. The latest entry for the questionable honor of having first evolved the league of nations idea is Tennyson, who dipped into the future in "Locksley Hall," but as far as that is concerned it might be claimed with equal authority that he therein invented wireless telegraphy and aviation. It is natural to object to having your wages lowered, but a man has been found in New York who refused to accept an increase of '$1,000 a year in salary. Two explanations are given he was a clergyman and already was .receiving $fj,000 a year. . Curious, how old customs will hang on after the reason for them ceases; for instance, why did those Oklahoma bandits wear masks? Surely,' they were not afraid of being apprehended if. identified. A hat, according to the lexicon of high school youth, is an article carried in a girl's hand in order to display her neatly done up hair and not disturb its symmetry. Northwestern university co-eds who stood their ground and killed 50 mice show that higher education has changed womankind. These open-work hose promise a busy season for the mosquito, family, ....... Lansing's Book on, Paris ' Late Secretary of State Tells r What Happened There. (By The Associated Press.) Boston, March 24 Robert Lansing, former secretary of state and member of the American peace commission, will reveal in his book on "The. Peace Negotiations," which will be pub lished by Houghton, Mifflin company, March 25, how close he came to resigning from the com mission because of differences with President Wilson over the Shantung decision and his be lie! that many of the terms of peace imposed on Germany were harsh, humiliating and seemingly impossible ot performance. . X President, Wilson, according to Mr. Lansing's beiiet,at one time during the peace conference proposed to negotiate a preliminary treaty which would start the League of Nations functioning without laying the document before the United states senate, and evidently was much perturbed when his secretary of state told him that the only way to change the status from war to peace was by a ratified treaty or a joint resolution of congress. A profound coiiviciton that immediate peace was the primary need of the world, Mr Lansing implies, was all that kept him from resigning trom the peace conference, because of funda mental disagreements with . the president on principles. The former secretary discloses that in 1916, shortly before a meeting in Washington of the League to Enforce Peace, at which the president was to speak, Mr. Lansing wrote to Mr. Wilson, objecting to the use of force to settle international disputes. , In this letter he pointed to the menace to the Monroe Doctrine contained in such a plan. How to Keep Well By OR. W. A. EVANS Quaationa cuncerninf hyflana, aaoitatlon and pravantian of diaraia, aubmittrd to Or. Evana by raadara of Tha Baa, will ba anawarad paraonally, aubjact to pro par limitation, wharo a atampad addraaaad onvalcpa ia antloaad. Or Evan will aot maka dlagnoala or praacribe for individual dlaaaaaa. Addreaa lattara ia car ot Tba Baa. Copyright. 1921, by Dr. W. A. Evana Alarmed at the complications of war and foreign entanglements in the guarantee of terri torial integrity and political independence of members of the league, a guarantee that finally was embodied in Article X of the Covenant, Mr. Lansing savs that at Paris he tried to have sub stituted a .negative pledge that the members would not infringe upon each other's territorial integrity or political independence. He became convinced that Colonel Edward M. House, then President Wilson's closest adviser, was com pletely converted with regard to this question. It is in relation to Shantung, Mr. Lansing discloses the sharpest differences between him self and President Wilson. Mr. Lansi nor o-ives as his opinion that blackmail and bluff by Japan impelled the president' to aeree to surrender to that country such rights in Shantung as before the war were held by Germany and automatically .Mni.lli. J ...1 r-t; I 1 iiuuiicu wncn vnina aeciarea nosiiuties. it his opinion only secret diDlomacv made it nns. sible for Japan to threaten to leave the peace conference unless its demands weri rrantpH a threat Mr. Lansing believed would not have been executed, because of the appreciation by Japan that the benefits of a new and powerful world position could be retined only by membership in me j-eague 01 XNations. That other members of the American mm mission shared his view that the Shantunir rle cision as rendered by the council of four was a nagrant wrong and were prevented from resign ing only, by the critical" conditions in the situation is clearly implied by Mr. Lansing. He describes the indignation felt by. himself and by f"nry vvnue ana uenerai lasKer ti. Jjliss, and in this connection publishes the letter written by General Bliss to the nrptiHnk. in hiri, tr Lansing and Mr. White concurred, statin? that to -support the Japanese claim would be to abandon Chinese democrarv tn dnminitinn japdu s jTrussianizea -muiransm. It was impossible, in Mr. Lansintr's nnininn to make the 'League of Nations' covenant thi greatest international compact ever written, as was intended, in the 11 days given to the draft ing, This is. established by the document itself, he says, which provides for an oligarchy of four trreat powers and a continuance of the policy of the balance of-pow'er" against which the presi dent spoke m England, but which he in effect suDscnpea to m approving the covenant. Relating the difficulties to which three of the American were subjected by failure of.the president to hold a single conference with the American commis- Kinn fin tht T ..mi. To,: x r . . , auv j.awvii3 iiuui 115 nrsi meet ing until its report was printed, Mr. Lansing says the office force of Colonel House knew more about the proceedings than the three American commissioners who were not present. Additional difficulties were caused by lack of an American program, the fourteen, points of the president being entirely insufficient for such a purpose. Mr. Lansing tound the president in disposed to consider the suhier nf bivinn - gram. He asked the American legal advisers to prepare a "skeleton treaty," but was told em phatically by the president that the latter did 1101 imena 10 tiave lawyers draft the" treaty of peace. . J Mr. Lansing's idea was to secure adoption of c r t acciannK, tne -purposes and nature ot the League of Nations, providing for later negotiation of a detailed plan, and in the mean time to make peace at the earliest possible mo- i Win 5". nc Iv0UBntt could be done by April 1 .D , y o Peace for the purpdse of com pleting the league he considered an unwarranted risk. The president, however, thought other wise, and Mr. Lansing found it possible to infer tun ine president was disposed to employ the worm aesire tor peace as a means to compel other governments to accept his plan for a Self-determination was a phrase of the presi "cms inat air. Lansing considered loaded with uji.amue; Douna to cause impossible demands and to stir up trouble in many countries. This principle, he says, was discredited when Germany was refused permission to ioin with Anctr it was ignored in the president's policy toward Kussia. That the proposed defensive treaty with f i-ntc was Daa; .tnat. it would certainly be re- jVr oyine American senate; and that it dis credited Article X. lvfrirh Mr AVJlcrvn yital to the;treaty(i,waf the opinion of Mr. """"8 inc . peace conierence. He indi cates his belief that Qemenceau insisted on the league6 treaty Is : ,Price of support of the Secretary Lansing finds the mandate system of administering conquered territories a selfish device benefiting .material interests of the mandate-holding powers under cover of apparent altruism. It was sought to take advantage of the unselfishness of the American people to im- "uraensome mandates on the United States while giving profitable' ones to; European powers. Mr. Lansing opposed the mandate system in talking with Colonel House, but never knew whether his objections were conveyed to the president. In' connection with other problems his communications sent directly to the president were never acknowledged, according to Mr Lansing, who found My. "Wilson" intolerant of suggestions: irritated bv onnnit;r.n aj ingly suspicious of the secretary's 'views after a,ovCmuCr it, lyie, wnen Mir Lansing incurred his displeasure by urging him not to go to Paris personally. .. Mr Lansing discusses the .testimony of Wil liam C. Bulhtt before- the senate foreign rela tions committee. Mr. Bullitt quoted Mr. Lansing as saying that if the American people understood what the treaty let them" in for they would defeat it Mr. Bullitt entirely changed the meaning of what had been said to him in Paris. Mr. Lansing declares. The president at this time was cam paigning for the League of Nations in the west and Mr. Lansing telegraphed to him offering to explain the interview with Bullitt, but, he says, the president never answered his telegram. r'Because of the pressing neetf of peace. Secre tary Lansing, despite his differences with Mr. Wilson, continued to favor ratification of the treaty and covenant without reservations. This he did as long as there was a chance a secure an early peace by this method. Our Language Again. Ferriage is what you pay for riding on a ferry, but salvage is -not what you spend for salve riding, and the ,;money you pay for cab riding is not cabbage. Railroad bonds are for running railroads, but baby bonds aren't for running -babies-Public-Ledger, Philadelphia. . HERNIA. Hernia is rupture and rupture is hernia. Reyond this there 18 no need to define the term for people of the intelligence of those who read this column. In hernia of the ad domen some of the contents of the cavity push out between layers of muscle and fibrous tissue and come to occupy a sac which is covered by skin and sac wall and not much else as a rule. Why a hernia? Because there is In the abdominal wall either an opening or a weak place located in a zone where the contents of th abdomen are under a good deal of pressure. "Why the openings aM the weak places? 'One way to answer the question is by. saying: nature made them so, but that answer is nothing more than a string of words. As a rule the weak places are those In or near which something naturally comes out or came out before birth or soon after. For Instance navel hernia is frequent because up to birth all of the food, blood and air supply went In and out through the navel ring. There is not time after that to build up a strong wall to close the ring. wnenever a person develops hernia it Is because he was born with an open hernial ring or with one that was so loosely closed that it was easily pushed up. But most hernias are discovered Just after some jerk. Jar or hard muscle strain How Is that to be explained? The hernia was theri all the time. The soreness from the strain caused an Investigation which revealed the hernia. Or under the strain a small hernia bulged out and became more prominent or muscle strain caused a congenitally weak drumhead stOD ping a nerniai ring to give way, and permit the hernial sac to bulee. What the man was born with is more blamable than was the acci dent or strain. How does a hernia do harm? The herniated tissues mav strangulate That very hazardous accident may be suspected If colicky pain radiating from the hernia region is felt. A person with hernia who develops ooucky pain, snock, ralntness, nau sea, must get surgical help instantly. To wait until tomorrow probably will mean death. Leaving out this hazard, the harm done by hernia Is limited pretty much to the incon venience caused and to limitation of working power. What is to be done about It? Some cases can be cured by exercises to develop the muscles of the abdom inal wall. Some hernias of the navel in children can be cured by wearing binders. If a hernia incapacitates one enough or causes enough trouble of It or has a way of causing colic occasionally it should be operated on. But the average man with the average hernia will wear a suitable fitting truss and let It go at that. For him that policy represents good Judgment 1 Not Reassuring ' Symptom. Mrs. H. R. writes:. 'la there such a disease as delusion ' of the brain that would make a man who loved his wife ver dearly so turn against her as to accuse her of wrongdoing, and, if so, what would be the best treatment of such a case? Would it be best for him to be under medi cal treatment away from her? Do you think a sanitarium would be advisable, or would he probably get worse?" 1 :.EPLT.; Delusions are ah accepted svmD- tom of brain disorder. If wholly without foundation and at the same time believed In and fairly fixed, de lusions are regarded 'as going a long way toward establishing a diagnosis of insanity. As a TUle a person with delusions about members of his fam ily will do better away from home. I could not say what the outlook is, Many persons with fixed delusions and mentally disturbed become quiet under, proper treatment and environmental influences. good ' ' You Have Tobacco Heart. H. H. writes: "Does smoking pipe cause one's heart to beat fast at times? I am an habitual pipe smoker, and at times, especially when 1 smoke a lot, my heart seem to stop a few beats and then beat fast a few times. At'such times have very little breath and cannot take violent exercise at nil. Would you advise quitting a pipe alto gether?" REPLY. You have a tobaeco heart and will recover entirely a few months afte you Stop smoking. . At Nature's Drug Store. S. K. sends a cure for winter itch Wash with good hot water, but no soap, then apply cnrbolated vase line. Wash and grease every eve ning and you will soon have relief. REPLY. The vaseline is all ripht, but the best remedy I know of is the nice warm spring weather Just breaking over the horizon. GlaA8c or Operation. M. K. writes: "is there a cure for cross eyes?" REPLY. Yes. Glasses cure many cases. The remainder can be cured by operation. Gastric Juice Kills 'Km. CV F. D. writes: "You do a good service in relieving our minds from concern about swallowing the mu cous secretions. Did we, however, rightly understand that the pus that comes from the catarrhal region does little or no harm? Why should it be any more innocuous than the pun which comes from bad teeth which, they tell us, produces a large part of our national product of rheu matism?" ... REPLY.'. . The pus from pyorrhea which is swallowed is dieested by the diges tive Juice. The harm due to bacteria in pyorrhea is the result of absorp tion of bacteria directly into the tis sues and blood stream. If the stomach got a try, at, them the story would be different. Wliloh Do They Prefer? H. T. writes: "i.. Kindly tell me how to get rid of nits. I have tried many things, but none have helped "2. Please do not say kerosene and sweet oil, as I cannot walk around the office with my hair smelling of kerosene..' REPLY. 1. Hot vinegar and a fine tooth comb. . - . V It.- Which m3o your , offlceassociates prefer- kerosene? jr" lice ? . There is no reason for smelling of kerosene. The kerosene can' be washed out after one. hour. Dry partially and then wash with hot vinegar for nits. C. G. writes: "Kindly tell me what causes warts, as I have one on my face that I would like to get rid of. I have taken it off several times, but it always comes back." ; REPLY. Warts are due to infection of the skin. It has been shown that the cause is a filterable. virus, the exact nature of which is not known. Warts can be burned off with heat or with chemicals, tied off, removed with X-rays, radium or carbonic snow. A Chicago physician has. devised a modification pf the high frequency apparatus to remove warts' on : the face without reaving a scar. . American Rights at Stake " I (From the Minneapolis Tribune.) American man power, plus Amer ican money and food supplies. turned the scale of war against the central powers. Whether the Eu ropean allies could have won if this country had remained a noncom batant is exceedingly doubtful. The predominance of capable Judgment appears to be that they never could have done more than procure .1 draw. In any event, without Amer ican forces to help, the bloody con flict would have been further pro longed, and the allies would have suffered still more In loss1 of human life and property. When arms were laid down the United States asked for nothing In indemnity from the vanquished Whatever compensation there might be in material things was to go to America s associates in tne war. Their several shares would be the greater because this country did not elect to count itself in on "the spoils." There is an American post-bellum equity, however, that the allies abroad will readily recognize and grant if they have any real sense of fairness and right. That equity is a reasonable share in the general good to the world that flows from the victory which the powers and resources of this-country made pos sible. In that share should be un derstood the privilege of participat ing in world trade on terms that international comity and gratitude dictate as Justified and fair. Unless the new administration is vigilant and firm-and we have full faith it will be both America will be deprived of that equity. There are signs abroad that some of our late allies in war have it in mind to ignore their moral and economic obligations to us in the peace that ensues on war. In some of these ungrateful quarters there is a subtle cultivation of an idea "that this coun try should cross off a debt of SlOi? 000.000.000 or so owing to it for loans advanced; a spirit that would overlook the fact of tens of billions spent by' tbts country on Its own war account:..and not only that, but would foreclose important trade channels of the world to American commerce, r . There is, of course, a limit to the slights other powers may put upon this country in their striving to pro mote their own material interests. The present administration may be trusted to stipulate that limit and to hang appropriate admonishing signs upon it. It will not be accept ed as an excuse for disregarding tne equities of this country that it failed to subscribe to the Versailles treaty. There is a "dollar diplomacy" that is eminently righteous from an American standpoint. For It the government Is In duty bound to com mand a world respect and to compel recognition by the allies, who seem to think that the scratch of a few pens in Versailles wiped out Ameri can title to a fair standing- in the marts of the esrth. The United States can afford to forego indemnities, but it cannot and it will not afford the flouting of its rights and dignity by self-servers of other lands. . , Fore! Now that our golf president has teed ' off with a lusty swing the country1 is trusting that he will make more headway -with the 1 8 holes than Wilson did. with the 14 point. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, i Let I's Have Hergduil. Omaha, .March 24 To the Editor of The nee: Get Berxdoll! What hus become of that slogan which you emblazoned across the front page of The Bee several Sun days ago? Is that notorious slacker going to be permitted to sit on his haunches in the lap of luxury over there in Germany and laugh at Undo Sam like a grinning hyena or jackal with out being brought back here to pay for his crimes? Germany is crying out for "Jus tice" against the indemnities set down by the Paris peace conference. It has even flaunted an energetic "We won't," and yet In spite of the terrible starving and nakedness of war-suffering Germany, Bergdoll has been made the emperor of his own little province, .whers- he rules with an iron hand, controlling every thing from the food to the telegraph wires with his American dollars. Can a German court, with Ger man testimony and the word of a low down, sneaking, skulking traitor to America send two sturdy Yankee soldiers into a dirty German prison without suffering for it? Has there been any signing of peace between America and Germany? Then why not get Bergdoll? I served my hitch in the A. E. F. and laid in the mud up near Sedan for months after the armistice was signed. I'p there where beautiful France offered mute testimony to the world of the suffering it had undergone through the terrible min istrations of the German war ma chines. But is France bewailing her fate? Emphatically no! France has gone back to work, every last "man and woman of the republic, but Ger many, where not a shot was fired and not a building demolished or a town ravaged by invading demons, is whining and trying to sneak out from the Just burden they must bear for the war which they precipitated upon the world. And they are mak ing a hero out of a low-born, pseudo hlghbrowed traitor to the land of his birth. Can Bergdoll get away with it? Or is there some justice In the world ? Get Bergdoll! His case is a direct insult to the millions of boys that flocked to the colors, thousands of whom even now must be turning over in their graves in Flanders fields at this stain on the flag for which they gave their lives. AN AMERICAN FOR AMERICA. Rank in the Army. Omaha, March 24. To the Editor of The Bee: I saw several days ago an editorial in The Bee which at tracted my attention for several rea sons. One was an erroneous state ment that General Pershing was the first man to hold the rank of general in the army since General Grant Surely the writer' must have known or William Tecumseh ("Uncle Billy") Sherman, who was appointed general soon after General Grant as sumed the presidency, and who was commander-in-chief until he reached the retiring age, and who was suc ceeded by Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, who was appointed gen eral a short time before his death. Now, I want to scold a little about the under-ranking of the men who are In command in our army. It looks ridiculous to me for a nation f 105,000,000, with an army of 250,- 000, to have no higher officer than major general for its commander- in-chief. That was the case before the World war and it looks as If our congress intended it to be the ease after General Pershing retiree. There are so many men in authority ith pin point minds that profess their fears or "The Man on Horse back" whenever any soldier rises to pre-eminence in his profession that they are not willing to give the pf- cers in command the rank annro. priate to the position they occupy Uur army is 01 sucn size that ftj should rave one general and at lea; three lieutenant generals and H,,a" able number of major general to head the various corps and staff de partments. But It took the War of the R belllon to make a general In th army and an admiral in the navy, the Spanish war to make another admiral and the World war to mak another general, and even th splen did services of our navy oould not make an admiral. With a navy sec ond only to the British we ought to have an admiral at the top and a vice admiral to every squadron. But the awful bugaboo of "The Man on Horseback" will not down In some minds. 1 remember when some folks were afraid that General Grant, wtth 1,000,000 devoted men at his back would turn . into such a man. The article referred to in the be ginning of this letter mentioned thV runirr of the possible appointment" of ductal Pershing to ba the am bassador to France. With a full ap preciation of the enthusiastic recep tion he would receive from Franca and with a belief In his ability to fully perform the duties of such an office, I would rather not see him appointed to It. He has reached the top of his profession, and I want him to enjoy it till he retires and then pass a long and honorabla evening of life as a citizen of Ne braska. JONATHAN EDWARDS. SHORT ARM POKES Uncle Sam shouldn't ' let Georgs do it at the court of St. James. Indianapolis Star. 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