New York Tribune Germany And Poland 8july 1919

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TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919 Owned and published dully by Now York Tribune Inc.. New York Cor-n-raUo-*, Ogflt-n Brill. President; O. Vernor Itt*«ers. Vio»-rrenldent; Heien lU*sr»r» Kcil, SeareUry; W. A. Ruter. Treasurer. Addresi. Tribuno »Building, 134 Kuhu Street, New York. Tdrooone, Beottnian S0O0.

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depression from which we have just emerged, while away mor« to the south the cloud bed over which we are passing seems to end suddenly and merge into

To-day is Wilson Day, in honor of the President's return from Paris. When the President surprised the public by the announcement that he would take a personal part in the peace negotiations few coincided with him as to the necessity or the wisdom of h;.s departure. Other Presidents had found delegates in whom they reposed con¬ fidence. With our treaty making power dual, conspicuous Senators had been chosen as commissioners, thus making for harmony of action. Not personally committed as to details, ú President could play the part of umpire, translating the opinion not only of himself but of "others. Moreover, 4he spirit of the Con¬ stitution seemed, against it. But time has softened the acerbity of these con¬ victions. And there have been gains, among them .the education of the President himself. Ho has learned to iV.ce realities. The President has repute for stub¬ bornness. On the contrary, he has .hown capacity for change. One may almost predict that in the end, in the struggle over ratification, the President will yet cheerfully accept the construct¬ ive Root proposals, which will secure a practically unanimous ratification and yet rid the covenant of doubtful features which have created alarm. A President is a centre of national auhority, as our flag is its symbol, and Ithough he is not to be exempt from criticism, sound patriotism demands that the criticism shall be solidly based and

frivolously partisan or personal. To the free enjoyment of his great estate the President is heartily welcome. never

The Uncharted Sky There have been few logs of flying «as picturesque and stirring to the im¬ agination as that of the R-34, written down by General Mattland, official obsorver for the British Air Ministry. A new nomenclature, a new science, a new world, step forth to view as a result of this epoch-making voyage. As Commander Read suggested the greatest accomplishment of such a trip is to familiarize the public with what has been done, to create a popular con¬ fidence and support in a new accessory of life. Aeronautics has grown slowly, steadily through the contributions of a multitude of mfhds. As part of '.t meteorology has taken on a fresh im¬ portance and developed along unexpect¬ ed channels. Of all this the public is just now learning. Perhaps the most in¬ teresting portions of General Maitland's log were his descriptions of strange cloud effects.

No artist could

picture

these strange scenes in more vivid lan¬ guage. But the bçauty of the spectacle was not the object of the flying man. Each form öf cloud was scrupulously ob¬ served and noted, photographed in many cas't'.r, for the forecast of weather .:. rages which it might hold. Take, for instance, that moment a: 6 p. m. the first day cut, when Major Scott increased his height to 2,000 feet and brought the ¡?Wp out well above the clouds in which he had been travelling aitd revealed a bright blue sky over¬ head :

any man. The world's peace to forty nation:; they are to discuss.under some circumstances, perhaps, to decide. An alliance puts the policing power in the hands of

The Chain Store

gasolene. cold heart which

a

tail grocers, favor of the

and he will appear not before a British but an international court. It is of the utmost importance that the Allied na¬

.

Forty

To the west tho clouds have lifted and we sec some

«ky -black,

extraordinarily interesting

ar:gry clouds giving placo to clouds of a pray mouse color, then a

bright salmon pink clear sky, changing lower down the horizon to darker clouds with a rich golden lining ¡is tho «un .ink» below the surface. Tho sea Is not

visible,

and is covered bv a fluffy grav feather bed of clouds, ¡slightly unaulatHg »nd extending as far as tho «-ye can reac-.,, The moon is Just breaking through the black cloud« imrr.ediately above it. "On the east we see the black oral-

charge discrimination in packers by the Director

lawyers

and

our own

àp

proposal itself. Proof that, he ig in¬ constant may be relevant to the accusa¬ tion that he is unstable, but its rele¬ vancy goes no further; therefore, for ''¦ purpose of the present discussion, is irr< levant. Any engagements into which this country should enter should be con¦.

Mr.

Metaphorically

{Front The Chtcac-o Oailu

There is still hope that civilization, grown weary of its monotonous level orbit, contem¬

plates spirnling

to

higher things.

Dispossessed (From The. I'hilndsttthia

Press)

Administration contemporaries are re¬ joicing becauso the Knox resolution seem» to have been dropped; perhaps it was dropped to* get a better hold on something

else.

Albany yesterday

and

Dempsey win."

"No,

you

never

do."

"You can't tell from the papers." "No, they never print the- truth about such things." "Wonderful about thé airship getting

over, wasn't

it?"

"Yes, but I wouldn't go up in those things for a million." "Neither would I.

one

of

Wasn't it hot Satur¬

day?" "We were pretty comfortable at our house. If there's a breeze, wo get it." The Subway Sun is a fascinating mani¬ festation of journalism, of course. But if the Interborough wishes to please passen¬ gers.and wo are convinced that its other desires are secondary.it would place in every rar a list of the stations the train stops at; and would install easily read maps at each station. An utter dub, tako his word for it, can find his way in the Paris Metro without ever asking one question. The vitalizing effect of headline English is beyond question; but there *re curious affectations common in headlines that no one evar uses in conversation. Did you ever "laud" any one? And did you ever, even in France, engage against the "foe"? And did you ever engago in a "net tilt"? TO A BOOK WORM O vermicide, distent with learned lore! Did «scholar's fancy draw thee to this tome. Or gourmand's instinct bid thee honeycomb Mine ancient book and batten on its Btor«? And hast thou found it not an awful bor«;_ This solitary building of a home Amid the buried treasures of Oid Rome, With cl;is3ic dust heaps nil about thy door?

preparing

News)

in

"Think it was fixed?" hard to tell." "Oh, I\ don't know. Pretty "Still, you never know." *

Dallas News)

"

Ceding West

Prussia to

Poland, surrender-

ing Danzig, risking the loss of part of Easr Prussia by plebiscite, these aro for the Gep terrible sacrifices.

mans

The first two iso

late the

i

Thou hast {fono through my book from end to end And all its deare3t sophistries laid waste, Digesting portions that eoyikl not offend But sparing many lines of doubtful taste. Still, thou hast ope'd forever to the light Some passages that were obscure as night. W. H. OSTRANDEB.

And now there is doubt as to whether the former Kaiser is to be tried in London. Ar unprejudiced jury, it is thought, cannot be collected. The hotelkeepers of Toledo probably will attempt to have th«j trial sinped in that city.

"How Senators Now Stand on Peace Treaty," said a headline in last evening'» Sun. Some of them stand on it with spiked shoes.

Many a

home can worry fireless cooker. a

along without

The desideratum is the fireless cook. F. P. A.

For

j

ivhich from Bismarck to' the last battle o the present war dominated the German Em

pire, becomes an amorphous thing,,the reae tionary, the military, the Junker sectlo or

cut off from th

Germany.

|

bio than the loss of Alsace-Lorraine or the po sible permanent surrender of the Saar dir trict. It is something more than a loss < a tenth of the area of tTie country. It even more than the actual cutting of 'h country in half. It is the erection on h eastern frontier of a new state, destined, it has time and the support of the Westei power:-., permanently to block Iris patfrvva of expansion on the east, and the permanei .surrender to a race he regards with som thing of the point of view we have towa: the Mexicans not alone of territory esse tial to Germany, bat of territory in which German population, a minority to ne suj lives. As for Upper Silesia, if this, by the vo of the people who are in very great majori Polish, shall choose to join Poland also, o of the great mineralized districts will taken away and Poland will be able at

yesterday. Its titlo "Confiscation Con Came," was a happy inspiration, character¬

istic of the nev.- brilliancy of The Tribune. But it is deeper than mere brilliance. Confiscation.then human life.has been the story. Germany felt we were going to war irr lato 1916. Germany sent representatives to the Queretaro Assembly, and a German friend of the Mexican Cabinet minister in the Convention, ably assisted by a promi¬ nent American Socialist, contrived the inelusion in the "new constitution" of the article

confiscating

the

petroleum industry

from its American and British owner» who had made it. George Creel has shown the enect of this precept on the Allies' war supply. It is charitable to^ believe the American Socialist was innocent of the help he was giving Germany. The German knev,

exactly

wiiat he

wanted.

In early 1918 the Germans were to make their supreme effort. Carranza was in¬ formed. Then appeared the executive de¬ crees confiscating petroleum. Then came the Allies' protests. Then Mexico desisted for a time. *->. Then the carne. One Pelaez has held and protected thv oil fields, protected the American workers and declared for the Allies. Confiscatior by decree failing for the time, Carranzi sent an expedition to destray our ally ir the jungle. Ho was driven back to th( hills, and Carranza's military expeditior wa3 followed by ¿¿tacks on and murder: of Americans working without glory or medals to supply the men in France witl aviation naphrtrha, fuel oil and all the wavi of oil on which it has been said the Allie; floated to victory. Eleven of these Amerl cans were assassinated artri fifteen wer» wounded with American bullets which ou government allowed Carranza to have. Onl; one. case of assault occurred outside th Carranza lines, and that was in unoccupiei

territory.

The facts convince that it

was

all par

of a conspiracy to intimidate American and drive 1 hem out of the oil fields, bu the

Americans stuck to theiT posts.

glory tion

was

theirs,

by their

no

reward,

government.

no

But

\

point is capital, Gerafter she is reduced to helplessness, accept the eastern frontiers as drawn at Versailles. She can¬ not even permit; them to be established temporarily, for the Balkan example has shown that peoples once liberated mcintain their freedom tenaciously and successfully. If Poland gets her new boundaries her chance of keeping them is far greater than if the matter is delayed by German opposition until Allied armies are demobilized and Allied publics have wearied and gone back to forgetfulness. many utter

cannot,

j

strangled

industrially

and commereiallj to Germany, re of evil and th< ancient obstacle to world peace. Events in Poland in the next weeks anc months, therefore, must have a very im portant bearing upon the future of Eu rope and of world peace, and no detail ii the application of the conditions of peaci can be

and

presently reannexed storing the old situation

more interesting than that whicl relates to the surrender by Germany o the territories she has promised to returi

to Poland.

(Copyright, 1919. by The McCiure NewspRpe Syndicate) So the jocular title of your editorial Is correct. And the c<mia»hasn't ended. Carranza soldiers are sent to drive American workmen away from American wells, to effect the confiscation. Lee Moye, one jf the ('drillers who stuck to it during the war, an I Alabama boy, who wanted to enlist among the volunteers, but saw his duty to help win the war where he could best hc«p, was murdered at Lisderrick, in Carranza territory, last Tuesday. Joh:i Correll is siain defending his wife's honor from armed soldiers in the oil district within the month. The carnage continues. The Mexican ernment wants the American owned oil govthat we need to keep our ships on the seas under our flag and to hold down the of gasolene. Confiscation is objected to.costMurder for purposes of intimidation is met by nothing more serious than grammatical quests to "protect Americans in the rotrict," which are a joke rnd a derisiondis¬ to predatorv Mexico. So murder continues. "Confiscation with carnage." You're right. C. B. T. N.

tragically

j

Olean,

Y., July 5, 1919.

here

"I notice that many of the »owspapers in the states and one or two of the American editions over here are quoting General March as saying that the entire American Expeditionary Force will sail for home bfl June 12, with the exception of the Army of Occupation. "Now, I know.and so do mtijr others. that less than one-third of the S. O. S. will leave France by that date. "The fact that venereals will b» fcfld over here until they are cured has been given wide publication both here and at home,

and when the time comes for oat sailing announced and we do not show up at1 home it is going to be hard to convince them of the misunderstanding. "I hope to see a definite announ#*»ment in regard to this before we have to say goodby to 'The Stars and Stripes.' I am sure such an article will be preserve«* for self defence by a large number of the cang who are out of luck." \The editor of "The Stars and Strip«," answering the communication, sums up the situation rather frankly as follows: "Nobody but the evil minded and sea»dal mongering people, who In the fall and winter of 1917 branded the infant Ameri¬ can Expeditionary Force as a group »I venereal drunkards in order that thef might raise funds to save the dear boyt from the perils of a wicked, wicked Franc«, would ever repeat or circulate such a charge against you or anybody else. "Although it is admittedly hard to Re¬ lieve it at times, there is etill a goodly amount of common horse sense left in the United States; and people with horse senso and without axes to grind do not make such as

charges." Letters From Home Probably this letter with

its reply has done more to assuage the sensibilities of the average American soidier than any move so far made to combat a misinterpre¬ tation which appears to exist at home. Sol-* diers are receiving letters here daily ask¬ ing them to explain why they have not re¬ turned to America with their units. In the majority of cases these men were trans¬ ferred to units in the Army of Occupation or units in the Service of Supplies because of a desire to see the thing through or be¬ cause of exceptional ability in various lines. For this patriotic service they have been branded, in many cases, as men guilty of misdemeanors and forced to remain in

Europe

as a

ment.

Commanding

battalions and

(From The Chicago Evening Post). A lot of people who ride down town on the surface cars, the service all the way, usually damning end np with, a chuckle over their victory in the 5-cent fight. They forget that the nickel fare no exists, except nominally. It is now longer really

21/£"-cent piece.

The elevated railways wore unable p.i July 1 to pay any of the principal tlie 513,000,000 of notes then falling du<\of Nor were

they

in

a

extension, with

position

to

no

negotiate

an

prospect of having any money in their treasury in tMte near future. As a matter of fact, we are living over a volcano. Both the elevated face lines are on the brink of and tne sur¬ bankruptcy, What would happen if these roads should suddenly cease to operate? A receiver-» ship, you say? Yes, but what can a rcceiver do with property whose out^o is greater than its income? With any break in what would be the inconvenience service, and of hundreds of thousands? Howsufferings'" crime would thrive!

Perhaps, however, the _

as n correspondent suggests, people could ride down town the shoulders of the politicians who have been bunking them about belief that a nickel is still a nickel.into the on

Thoughts Th'i

I From

LITTLE That glint

Pagan)

I

goldfish things, and dart

Among the sedges and lily In the smoky blue water« pad» Of my mind.

ELEANOR HAMMOND.

even

disciplinary punish¬

officers of regiments, smaller units in the

of Occupation have been queried secretly of late even by mothers of soldiers to know why their sons were dot at home. I know of other cases where sweethearts of men remaining in France or Germany have taken too much for granted and flown "off the handle," breaking engagements or Ion»4* standing friendships. To say that such a situation is heartbreaking for thousands of men of exemplary character remaining in Europe is putting it mildly. Many are too proud even to refute such allegations.

The

Tribune

correspondent recently Romagne, France, headquarters registration service in which men are engaged in registering and prepar¬ ing the last resting places for those who stopped

at

of the grave

fell in the Argonne-Meuse battle. Follow¬ ing a memorial service conducted by Gen¬ eral Pershing over the graves of thousands of heroes, the commanding officer of the registration service said to The Tribuna

correspondent:

Rumor Dangerous "You do can

man

a

great service for every

working here and that is

to correct a criminal misrepresentation which appears to be scattered broadcast at home r»:garding their character. I have sent »he follow¬

ing explanatory telegram to the headquar¬ ters, advance section, of the S. 0. S., now located at Neufchâteau: " 'Romagne, France,-. Letters received here by enlisted men from the United States in this mail indicate that the opinion is gaining ground in the United States that organizations on grave registration service

composed of venereals and men beiirg punished for absence without leave. Trie *

are

report will seriously affect the morale of the command as this news has reached families of men engaged on the work here. I recommend that immediate steps be taken to correct this report by cable. The ven¬ ereal rate of this command is practically nil, as shown by reports of medical inspec¬ tion.

.

"'(Signed) CHAPMAN, scarcely

unit

a

Europe to-day

Pie ces of Five

a

matter of

Army

There is

apprécia

their own country had favored with rccog nition and arms and cartridges to kill thei with. Killed and mutilated, they stucl »And the men in France got the oil the needed, and wo won the warl

Only Justifie

very real disappointment of legitimate Polish aspirations. But to permit Poland to have justice means for Germany, foi Prussia, the true master of Germany, tc lose much of her power in Germany, much of her force in Europe. By contrast, if Poland does not obtair justice. Germany will escape from the wai with no real barrier in her way for a new adventure, and the flimsy Polish stati which does not include German territories assigned to it at Versailles will first bi

they stucl

disarmed and unafraid, picked oiT like rab bits in territory occupied by the factio

save

There is no need of pointing out that what Poland has obtained is justice, not generosity. The Danzig compromise is 8

Worse Than Loss in West Politically this is a far more terrible

To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: As an American who has dwelt among the horrors of the Tampico oil fields and followed the Mexican attempt to drive Americans cut by confiscation and then by murder, I thank you for your editorial of

Germany.

Poland Gets

half.

'

Posen are less than 100 miles from Berlin. The barrier of the lower Vistula is removed. If the Slavs should ever again stand together, if Pan-Slavism should reawaken when Russia comes to her own again, the road to the German capital would be open and short, without natural obstacle. Even if Russia remained in chaos, another European war in which Poland, as wouldJje inevitable, stood with France and Great Britain would bring instant and deadly peril

In sum, and the

speaking people, they litcrairy cut Prussii in two, they not merely taka away twentyodd thousand square miles fcf territory nn< upward of 4,000.000 of people, but the; break down Prussia itself. Thus mutilate» Prussia, the very heart of the German spiri

cither put in alien hands

Germany, then, the Polish question As it stands, Polish armies in

is vital.

to

German-speaking regions abou Königsberg from the main mass of German

Carnage

see

is rempaft. Whether fo» ill time alone will disclose.

are

son was

j

Terrible Sacrifices

Confiscation With

confirmatory

to leavo Petrograd ara probably untrue. There is nowhere for them to go except some pince just a.s bad.

and population equal to Posen, coasent to the erection of a free city of Danzig, joined in many ways to Poland and ab¬ solutely separated from Germany, and in addition consent to plebiscites in portions oi East Prussia and in all of Upper Silesia.

-

Galsworthy.

Germany recognizes with a certain clarity that she has lost the war m the west; it may well be that she will never challenge France again, so far as Alsace-Lorraine is concerned, with the certainty that France will be backed there by Great Britain, and not improbably by the United States. Moreover, the loss of Alsace-Lorraine, even the permanent loss of the Saar basin, is of relatively minor im¬ portance, but if a real Poland is constructed, protected during its early years and endowed with Germany's Polish provinces, then Germany's hopes in the east are gone.

an area

he says the station was literally jammed." "It was like that everywhere, I guess." "Yes, I'll bet it was. My wife thought it'd bo nice to go somewhere over the Fourth, but I said we'd both be better off if we stayed at home." ! "Does you good to get away, though, if ._,_,_ only to appreciate your home." "What'd you think of the fight?" "Oh, I didn't care." "Neither did I. Still, I was glad to

doubt, than in the temperate latitudes> and this fact may support the weather theory. But it would be rash to assunrb

Reports that the Bolsheviki

too.

distant date to challenge Germany as one of the great industrial states of Europe. Moreover, if a real Poland is thus created, with sure outlets on the sea, with satisfactory industrial machinery^ nothing Is more likely than that thé East Prussian fragment will in time be submerged by the Polish waves from the great Slav hinterland.

I Germany Cannot Accept

For the German there is no solace in th fact that Danzig does not go uncondition ally or absolutely to Poland; he loses, abov all else, that grip upon Poland which he ha had, with the exception of a brief Nap< leonic interlude, for nearly a century and

The Train Talkers

Without Naming It {From The

publicists, begin-

L

the current i reports , of German military I operations against "Poland may be, it is necessary to recogni:'.e that sneh operations must now be expected. I The unmistakable fact is that the cessions of German territory to Poland are things that cannot be accepted by any German now, and it is hard to believe that, future generations will concur in the new map made at Versailles, which undoes all German achievement in the East in more than a century and a half. As it stands the Germans have evacuated the province of Posen under Allied-pressure, thus abandoning a fertile region, one of the best agricultural districts of the empire, to the Poles. This territory has an area twice as great as Alsace-Lorraine and a population of above 2,000,000, but it is not from the German point of view the most important sacrifice demanded; in addition, the terms of peace require that she should abandon to the Poles almost all of West Prussia, with

rest of

The Times reporter ¡3 quoting Stowaway Ballantyne, "I'd worked hard, bloody hard, on the bally blimp," he is quoted as say¬ ing. "I guess I was the only man aboard who was sick on the trip." If Ballantyno said "guess," wo guess he has been read¬ ing the American dialect of Mr. Wells and

Democracy

ning with Alexander Hamilton, agree that the right to enter alliances%is the

very staff of nationhood.is one of the in virtue of things, a nation may being a nation. Senator Borah is able to convict tho President of inconsistency in urging an alliance sucb as he declared he would oppose. But ínfí President's consistency has nothing to do with the merit oí the

proud,

follow that June marriages imply a more passionate devotion than October marriages, which are also frequent. Love blossoms earlier in the tropics, no

or

¡ me

Mr. Dempsey, the well known "fighter,'¦ has been quoted often, before and after the boxing exhibition, about how proud his mother would be, and how glad he was for her sake, and so on. Which reminds ns that if Lieutenant Jimmy O'Neale hadn't been killed in France, he might some day have been tennis champion, and then his mother and his wife might be

The fact may be admitted more easily than the conclusion. Many have thought love a madness; "love and pride stock bedlam," as the proverb, puts it. But is it a midsummer madness? Does its frenzy rise with the thermometer? It may be only a coincidence that a rush occurred on a very hot day. Some pa¬ tient statistician w:uld have to decide this point. There may be many subtle relations between love and weather which are not yet understood.^ It is a subject to engage a deep thinker for years of cogi¬ tation and research. June il a favorite month for marriages, but it does not

good

similar prohibition runs against the Federal government, thus,, by in¬ ference, saying it is free. International

have told

Songs of the Air.1 My bonnie flies over the ocean; My bonnij flies over the sea; My bonnie flies over the ocean; She flew on the R-48.

sacrifice.

no

one

I

in balloons is R-3tis.

The refusal of 1,500 British troops ar¬ rived from Egypt and tho East to go into quarantine for smallpox on disembarking at Plymouth raises an rntcresting ques¬ tion cs to futuro wars. If soldiers collectively refuse to obey quarantine orders when they seem super¬ fluous, it is not impossible that they might refuse to fight in another war, if that also seemed to be an unnecessary hardship or

alliances.xIndeed,

ly,

me all his world of sorrow and of joy. And I.I loved him. I know I loveá him, For his hands were black with hair And he said "Yes, ma'am" when I spoke, And still I loved him. But when the time of parting came, I put my hand in his With all my heart sinking down and down With limp desiring, And he looked down at me and said: "I did bo hope to see you again, But it seems I'm not to?"And I wondered why, Too miserable to ask,

Stales.Rcvarnishing an ancient wheeze, R. L. suggests that K-9 would be more or le^a sky terrier of an airship; and .T. T. W. points out that the disease you get riding

(From The

treaty breaking.

my sido

The mind is saturated with miracles. The transatlantic flight made less wonder¬ ment than the first bicycle trip from Chi¬ cago to New York. Yet the flight is the most romantic piece of adventure since the Deutschland^ first trip to the United

or Egoism? Demo»eracy Toledo Blade)

similar objection can be made to the alliance treaty. An attribute of sovereignty is the power to enter into if this prerogative is lacking, it may be said sovereignty is maimed. The Constitution forbid-! the states to make alliances, but, significant¬

by

through in 5 hours. But that doesn't mean that you may leave here any Wednesday and be in London the next Sunday; or that when you mai«. a letter in Chicago at 2 o'clock it will be in the New York addressee's hands at 7. The time that should bo measured, as Mr. F. P. Dunne said when the boat went across the ocean in 5 days, is "from boardin' house to boardin' house."

evidence. Upon no point are men moro given to rash generalization than upon affairs of the heart.

no

was

to Mineóla is to come

and Hot Weather

much without strong

he

-

Commenting upon the unusual rush for marriage licenses last Saturday, a philosopher of the Municipal Building ventured the explanation that the applicants were "crazy from the heat."

as

Senator» Borah, if he has made him¬

But

Marriage

HOWEVER exaggerated

Telling

"My

tions establish the precedent that the head of a nation deliberately breaking faith with other nations and excusing himself for doing so (through the mouth of his chief political agent) by pleading "military necessity" can be brought to account as a breaker of international pledges. If he is brought to accoun; international law will take on a new meaning for states and executives dis¬ posed to treat it as a mere form of words. The ex-Kaiser is a criminal. If he had been successful as a criminal lie would have overthrown the whole sys¬ tem of international restraints. Bad faith among nations would have been vindicated and glorified. But he was an unsuccessful criminal. Justice de-mands that he should be made an ex¬ ample of. It also demands that the whole German conspiracy against the world's peace bo laid hare, so that even the Germans themselves may have no excuse left for thinking or asserting that the war was on their part a war of self-defence. or

evening

Expeditionary Force, which arrived to-day, carried on its editorial page the following letter from a soldier:

can

That in these Eastern states You have to invite a man to call? ALICE. The R-34 made the trip in 1-08 hours and 12 minutes; and mail from Chicago

ings of this rigger, who could not bear General of Railroads. The packers, it to think of the big monster sailing awTay is said, are allowed to nut groceries into while he was left behind. He had their meat cars, thus securing expedited helped get ready the huge machine and service, while shipments, from wholesale had developed an affection for it grWers are delayed. A suit to correct May Major Scott, commander of the the alleged evil is before the Interstate R-34, temper justice with mercy. Commerce Commission. May the spirit that moved this man That the packers send goods through to risk not only the perils of a trans¬ as quickly and as as they can atlantic flight, but a cat-o'-nine-tails may be taken for cheaply That granted. at the end, never die out of our neighbor and other chain store organizations they are across the sea! invading the retail grocery field is ob¬ vious from signs on hundreds of streets. The retail gi*ocery trade.5,is meeting com¬ The Ex-Kaisers Trial* it has hitherto escaped, and al¬ Cheers greeted the question asked yes¬ petition discrimination though may occur and is in terday the House of Commons: "Is to be deprecated, the wholesale grocers the spokesman for the government aware are doubtless that nobody particularly wants the ex- the trouble is aware that the source of deeper. Kaiser brought here?" This demonstra¬ The independent drug store is pass¬ tion marks, perhaps, a natural reaction from the surprise of Lloyd George's an¬ ing; so also is the independent cigar nouncement that William II would be store. Popular prejudice ran strongly tried in London. Many people in Great in favor of the man who owned his Britain would be better pleased to have business. But the steady insistence of the trial take place in Brussels, for the price made a way for the chain store. And public sympathy has been meas¬ greatest single crime against interna¬ alienated. The" retailers aro urably tional law which the head of the German state committed was the violation of the under official indictment as profiteers. They were quick to mark up the goons treaty, to which Prussia was a signatory, on their shelves wdien wholesale' prices guaranteeing the neutrality and terri¬ advanced and, unless they have been mis¬ torial integrity of Belgium. But the ex-Kaiser is even more responsible to represented, they are now not meeting the other signers of that treaty than ho fairly the other swing. Nor do retailers seem to be doing is to Belgium; for Belgium was the ward of them all, and did not mafte an agree¬ what they can to lessen the margin of ment with Prussia on her own account. cost between producers and consumers. Moreover, Great Britain declared war They lack the proper cooperative im¬ and are throwing the door open against Germany specifically on the pulse the to "trust." If the door is open it is that ground Germany had violated her a certainty that some group will enter, guarantees to Belgium. William II must be tried somewhere. and that all the suits will not prevail The treaty of peace compels such action. against the practice of the economical He will have a fair hearing in London, housewife to purchase as cheaply as she can.

Trusting Three

was

crossed engagements.

I

Juni 13 (By Mail).~The last issue of "The Stan» and Stripes," the official newspaper «f the Ameri.

By Frank H. Simonds

the first day, I met him, in the city of New York. There was a party, and we met by chance, A far-flung chance of mutual friends and It

GOBLENZ,

My first day

And nil that

The wholesale grocery jobbers, in be¬ half of their own trade and that of re¬

does not beat responsively to the feel¬

curly cloud« like

No collector of rare paintings could be more excited over the chance discov¬ ery of an,unexpected treasure. And t'le next day proved the entire correctness of the forecast, based on those "windy, curly cloud;--." Very rough «oa, torrents of rain and visibility only half a mile were the practical consequences of that "depression coming up from the south." jifter whir-h, ¿ate the next evening, came this «econd picture:

i

By Wilbur Forrest

,

JOHN

The natural way to peace is for the nations that want peace to join together 'And said goodby. to enforce it. Why couldn't some

when he stowed away between gas bags Nos. 6 and 7 of the big blimp R-34. Ho is tobe duly punished, as he concedes, for his irregularity. It won't do to clutter up air liners with unauthorized human baggage when lifting power is needed to it is

n

..

TheS. O.S. Protests

and Poland

Germany

THE WEAKER SEX

j

Nevertheless,

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The Conning Tower

These weather observations of this |I trip are probably the most valuable ga'n three. achieved. Upon just such facts depends With but two partners it is not necesthe whole future of aerial navigation. to institutionalize as much as with sary It i3 still largely an'uncharted region. more can be left elastic and unWith enough data and constant observa¬ forty; defined. tions there is no telling what results bers of theEach partner, as did the mem¬ Entente at the outbreak of may be achieved by the lighter-than-air the war, will judge for itself, as occathem craft. Their huge bulk makes sions arise. True, other counter alliespecially susceptible to head-winds, and anees could be formed, but they* are correspondingly benefited by them. Con¬ not likely to get far if «they face a pre¬ ceivably, with a greater knowledge of ponderant If such a power had air cm-rents, nature, expertly taken ad¬ existed in power.if there had not been in 1914, and enable these giant vantage of, may lieu merely a balance of power, Gerclumsy hulls to reach an amazing speed many would not have gone on the m^rch. that will indeed abolish oceans. Sazonoff held that if even Great Britain had declared herself peace would have been saved. Certainly it would have The Stowaway been saved if tho United States had Rigger Ballentine, of somewhere in adhered. Great Britain, did a Reprehensible thing

self understood, has been opposed to the covenant ratification as implying sur¬ render of American sovereignty and lib¬ "The view is an »nchantirig one.S3 erty of future action. His well sup¬ far as one car. rfec a vast ocean of white, ported argument has been that under fleecy eltmds ending in the most perfect some conditions a body not known to cloud horizon. Two particularly fine our Constitution declare a boy¬ .specimens of windy cirn-s clouds, of cott, with war might probably ensuing. This which Pritchard promptly obtained photo¬ would force graphs, appear on our port beam; also in, or wouldCongres.?onto agree to plunge the country the bring some 'cirrus ventosus* clouds.tittle reproach of a black cock's tail all of which Harris interprets as a first indication and infallible sign of a depression coming up from tue south."

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ality of

the horizon."

carry

The, President's Return

sidered without reference to the person¬

nous

Colonel.'"

remaining

in

in which some man or men have not had the effect of this rumor laid before them. Our medical records show that the American army is tire cháñese .Army in the world, ¡-'o the folks at horn« can creditably give those renaming ove* here the benefit of the doubt.

Women and Naturalization (From The St. Paul

Daily NeW8)

Congress seems certain to revise our im¬ migration and naturalization laws in the near future. There will be an effort to pat a

little

more

heat in the fire under the

melting pot.

Also women will soon become ci'izens and voters. ' This suggests need for a change in our naturalization law as it applies to women. At present there are serious inconsisten¬ cies. For instance, a New York woman whosa husband enlisted with the Canadian forces after Uncle Sam turned him down lost the

right to vote and became a British »bject until her husband was repatriated. An American woman (a voting either, *¦

perhaps) marrying

an

unnaturalizcd alien

would lose citizenship -under the ¡»resent law. An ambitious husband who Americanized himself rapidly and proved his right to naturalization and the ballot might have an

and

unambitious wife ignorant of r'nglish our political system, yet his naturali¬

. sation would entitle her to the ballot. Suffrage et vr\s to demand that worn*?»» must prove their light to »ote as well M

men.

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Advice That Is Passé (From The Philadelphia ¡»attirer)

Well, anyway, prohibition is going to .»*. the man with a cold from listening to a lot of useless advice a