The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 22, 1919, Page 4

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Esteblighed 167%) ei ————— = FRANCE AND HER FEARS France is absolutely justified in insisting upon an organized international force to back up the League of Nations e fears that, if attacked by Germany, it would be many months before the other nations could get their fighting forces in action, and France alone knows the awful] cost, in blood and treasure, of waiting for succor from the nations. Nor, under stress of such fears, can France ever be what she might other 1 But, at the peace conferenée, notably among the American representatiy of this plan of France, These opponents declare that an act of war by @ jon against France would be taken as di of war against all the other nations of the soci f might be true, bul, from the standpoint of friend France, there ix room for doubt as to ef acy of the arrangement and reason for considera- tion of details right up to the last point of an question as to the safety of France. Peace treaties, league of nations are on paper, which may be “scrapped.” Secondly, nations are not going to be plunged into war for other nations’ weal by official say-so. The world has learned what war is. It means service and suffering for all, from the trenches right back to the baby in the cradle who needs milk, It means death and mutilation at the fir hool, church, or office, as well as at the cannon’s mouth. There is going to be loud demand for popular re erendum from the people of the interested nation, when the next war goes to brewing. Indeed, how quickly German can recuperate and attack France nobody at the peace table knows, at this writing, and it would: be quick deuth to France if attacked with immedjata, anil whighty ‘aid from outside im- “*AWANis is not saying that France’s plan is the right and only one, There is a plan, and we're go- ing to cal] it Rooseveltian, It is to put it absolutely out of Germany's power to make war on France or i anybody else. Take all her warships, save enough | fo mere police duty, Rrphibit her keeping a stand- ink army, save oe meray Fargorrough thr police duty. Forbld her consti { “ int Mor air- Planes save such as are atlaptay AMercial purposes only, Dismantle ‘her nd, Other munition plants., In short, make it ygterially im- possible for her to make war. se be, there are oppone our Ge de, in s 4 “A LUCKY GUY” * His pals say “He's a lucky guy!” His relatives declare that “He is a mighty > fortunate young man! Let’s see—is he? They didn’t use to call him “Lucky” and “For- tunate.” Some years ago when he was growing up and starting on the job, his pals used to say he had eyery nickel tagged and would swear out a search Warrant and call out the police if he ever discov- ered one of his nickels was missing. They called him a mojlycoddle because he never went out on wild times. They kidded him about keeping company so constantly with a certain young girl. In those days his relatives used to consider him the beat little joke that ever sent a ripple round the family circle. He was so very much in earnest—he was ual- ways talking about the future! Think of such a young man always thinking and talking about the future! But as time slipped by and his job became bet- ter and better, his pals stopped kidding him. His relatives began to look at him with con- siderable respect. y And when at an early age—when his pals didn’t dare think of tackling matrimonial responsibilities —he wanted to marry that certain young girl he had so constantly kept company with, there was j absolutely no opposition to the match. : How could there be? —. ‘ He was straight and clean and steady and had } dy saved quite a little money. ' Now there’s always a smile on his face. Which is only natural when you consider that he has s home—nearly all paid for; that he has‘a wife who is a pretty, enterprising, happy young ‘woman, and, finally that he has a dear little boy ib ae, Cena Eutered st the Postoffice, Bismarck, N, D., as Second Class Matter, ifth Ave. Bldg.; CHICAGO, Marquette Y of nations. This} 1 Getting We don’t know. It matters not whether it be fact lor fiction, it is pleasant to the ears, contains a | worthy moral, and has given ambition to many a |cartoonist. It did as much for Artist Satterfield land the cartoon printed in The Daily Tribune is ithe result. The cartoonist has substituted a sturdy speci- men of treechood, much hardier and heftier than cherry tree George Washington (or anybody saw, and he has labelled this giant of the forest, “American Isolation.” The hatchet he placed in the hands of Woodrow Wilson, setting nim to doing a job of tree chopping such as story writers have told about our first president’s boy- | That cherry tree story may or may not be true. an. e) ever hood. No doubt the artist remembered Washington’s own W ords : “It is our true polic permanent alliances v the foreign world.” He remembered Washington’s farewell] address in which the newly born nation was advised by “the father of his country” to paddle its own canoe, unaided by hands reaching from across the seas, and unhampered by the necessity of our own “hands being extended to foreign shores. For over a hundred years the people of the United States gloried in this splendid isolation. were a people of a new world, a different ‘world, not much interested in what happened on the other side of the globe, and very well satisfied | with ourselves and our efforts. We boasted of our ability to remain detached from foreign politics, European intrigues, and in- ternational alliances. And the nation grew and i We became a mighty people, strong y to steer clear of h any portion of | prospered, | and honest. But as we were growing stronger and larger, the world was growing smaller. Europe moved to within three and a half da, fastest passenger beat, when once she had been} »e and four weeks distant by sailing vessel. | Europe came within a few minutes of us by cable, | i —— | when once it had taken months for word to travel from London to our Middle West. | Wise us George Washington was, he never | dreamed of that. for absence without leave: . Birdzell, i J, one day; ‘Bronson, J., two days; and bonds 4 What the artist doesn’t show in this picture 18 | Grave, Ng voke taxis: ‘The, restlt 1K the other side of the tree. If he showed that, it|that the work Jags hehind’ und is dou- , onde. Hoe p opi <olati {bled by. delays, and yet by the con- could readily be seen that American Isolation hae) tution the Hejee is boule 16 admins been cut deep from the other side. .Something|ister justice “without denis) or delay a, 4a a ‘Leg rf ’ jand he swears todo his duty faith- {¢lsc, not alone the League of Nations’ hatchet, pas) anor inaiftercutiy. In time, i done the chopping. The tree stands supported but jor course, theredmiust be a iby the bark, as any old logger would put it. The judge through most of the tree. From April 6, 1917, it was no longer possible] But it iy para totes out of the bad for this nation to exist in its century old isolated | hic stil entneaeto sors: state. We then stepped firmly and far away from jery state.” : 1 | American isolation, and became a nation of ‘the! noise and the people’ Is on the: stut world, gugenot merit | utilities, The old political saints d arateg iy . a . u jog, he old: political ‘saints do war did it. Woodrow Witgon helped. So did more fear those things, ery out against them than 4 hundred million Americans. Four million nnd | deplare that in®20 ‘states such \ Hi ea + e ett nding has proven disastrous and has of them in uniform helped. Every patriot helped.|joca-'to hankruptey ‘ind’ repudiation : Yes, we Americans cut down the tree of Ameri-|and it is true there has been a gen- san ieolatt eral repudiation of bonds given to uid SA SEO BMONy j the rebellion and to. promote railroads Woodrow Wilson in pressing before the atten-! that. were nieve pull I is true that tion of the peace conference the League of Nations! (7,,home 8 roan eg hy sinneuthe program is merely acknowledging what is a fact,)luws do not, permit any party to main- ‘ A 5 . . e tain an aetion against the state. How- that. American isolation is a thing of the past,| ever, in Nori Takota, by section 2 ancient, history with us. He is chopping through n 2 the bark of what was a tree. of the constitution, the state may sue and he sued sand judgment may he rendered against it. the sume as against we anv other corporation, fence. North aaa lt te oalye a avotdi Dakota has no power fo repudiate its ting ahead is largely a matter of avoiding joni dotts, and Its notes and bonds doctor bills. “ The words to express a working man’s opinion of a professional loafer are ‘not found in diction- | aries, * We know very little about other races, and the| average American thinks they are little brown Jugo-Slavs. Admiral Maye calls the proposed league a sew- ing cirele, but let us hope that it won’t sow the seed of another war. Our neighborhood is agreed that this new man- datory plan is the logical way to make those little Jones brats safe for democracy. NC Mr be From: which they argne; is y They say hei chopped: the And could. not: tell a lie, That Washington, was ‘ars French savants tell us that it isn’t possible t eradicate the germ of war all at once. The Man af Nazareth gave us the right germicide, They And « acked the Indian heads, He was against the “Reds.” A democracy’ is a state in which every man} \ feels that he could handle affairs of government with less rag-chewing and more sense, Would be against the Bolsheviki, : From whic itis inferred That he wae nlso second, for The royal George was Third! Prosperity is comparative, and the man who| lsays he is afraid of hard times means that he is afraid he won’t be able to make over 400 per cent profit this year. He had no children of hin owns : One might surmise it, rather, Because -he® ala tothe, alone, His country's happy father, * Professor Larnaude of the University of Paris says that the league executive commission may in future decide which disputant is in the right and then leave them to decide the matter by force, But tet ns in for Independence, aay th Bel rant 'ry, ‘a pnp, try, stand Hed, aH iO the New World. The!bonding, xtate. dwnership and public | SATURDAY EVENING LET’ By Justice J. E. Robinson Febraary 22, 1918. This week I re-| must “he gret_to give our judges a black mark! the bonds of the United States. ange, The | iJed’ and | has come tos fl in ev-lof hope and prosperit, At present the question before-the| the most of, it, The | 2 IDMUYUND VANCE COOK THe found. jis Migeshatenet handy To spoil fom re cherry brandy, he fought with Braddock’s men Which argues (fs you'll: note again) And 80 today, Afvhe could speak, hq They say ‘that he7 was first in war, A bad Third, too, but then his pace Descended from the German race; pit t he would not put up a ane ‘ beat the Hun, SATURDAY, FEB. 22, 1919. | AN OLD STORY AND A, NEW ONE-WHO CHOPPED DOWN THE TREE?. | s from our shores by ~~~ eee rete, | tR 8 safe and 4s ce Of cour! ished. by the duws upde +they are issued... AT. think: the state notes or bonds ishonkl be made: payable to order, ang*not10 bearer, 50° a4 to prevent any’ Joss by’ robbe theft, the denominations: should, be fifzy. one hundred..and_ ‘fix¢ 4 They should, be ex Hundt oe from taxation are puljic ‘servants, and: when and received’ at par iy "payment of Sy s ; they serve the’ state must Jearn. to| taxes and all obligations due the state: | war—our entry and our fighting in the war—cut} give ull their time to the work and | the; jto do it’ as faithfully ‘as jf the work | depos | were done for. anye other Corporation, | mone honld?he reg ed for S and securities’ the Nh Aegal same as Certain it is that public) ownership y and to, inark, an er the ake goon ng. part of, wisdom for learn-to do most of thelt o 0 keep ‘their’ money in £ ‘Ate, to reduce the rate of interes to put a stop to the giving of commission mort- gages’on every loan, to stop’ tlie Tnin- on the poverty of the people. Of course The people] it was an act of pure folly; the bulk ous snap foreclosure sale: will learn to do their own ‘milling within the state, and will not, muc Jonger submit to extortionate rates of local millers and of millers that charge London prices for feed and flour, In a wheat vrowing and wheat exporting country like North Dakota, it is a shame that for 20 or more years the people should have had to ‘submit to such a gross imposition on. the ‘prices charged for feed and flour. “.Of course, it might have been regulated by law, but the old politieal saints did not believe in regulating anything -or re- stricting any kind of exploitation ythey seemed to think it was not good husi- AR ARR RRR nn 6 TRY 2B os He let himself out from descendants, pars. | \| building will-serve-the purpose of the | >|ington never told a lie, as our school i t “FATHER | t CANNOT TELL | AUE (E- es ea | TanrERicl> - | " ny ness, Now it 1 that in the rush | and progre must look for great} mistakes and great losses, and to some | extent that may be true. We must| learn by experience. However, we may 1 rest assured that the mistakes and) will never-equal the millions on | ns of annual dead losses si jtained by -giving over the state to the exploiters. the looters and to the lords | ,of the Philistines. | The political saints have been blind | |to the light and they have | worked to stay the tide of progre 1a ow,. they say, Fae \« ot attempt: to ‘do ‘than si | thipg at. a. time,, though.ijt may ec) mummers; Bute that is not ees 1d/Bchleve. gugtess and to aepomplish , Sulte’. Bhe proper, wav’ jis to. push | overs progressive measure from — the word, go (with the gteatest force ‘and | energy. © ; | At Bismarck a. good: bank and: office £0. OW ss i (state capitol, and it ‘Should be: quickly { constructed from the available capitol funds., In this:progressive age the peo- } ple of a state and a nation should | knows enough sto. ut their aveglth into | prodxessive » enf®rprises wth Anot | into j pyra of Minnesota put six or seven millions (of dollars into a capitel fo look down of the money should have been put ‘into banks or into some productive | enterprise. | Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, ; . The clouds ye so much dread | Are big with mercy and shall break i In blessings on your head. | Goons ElPaiorr | | GEORGE WASHINGTON, ,3 | BY WOODROW WILSON i a wise and providént mother, a'\wom- an of too firm a‘ character ands too steadfas ourage to be dismayed hy responsibility. She had seemed only a falr and beautiful girl when! Augustine Washington: married her,’ and there was a romantic story told of howthat, gallant. .Virginian sailor ‘and gentleman, .jiad literally been7 j thrown at her feet out of a carriage in.the London streets by way of in- {troduction—where she, too. was a visiting stranger ott of Virginia. But seh had shown a singular caflacity {for business when the romantic days {of courtship were over. ! George was kept at school until he ‘was close upon 16; but ‘there was ample vacation time for visitings. | Mrs. Washington did not keep him at. her apron. strings. it was proposed that he should be ; sent to sea, as so many, lads were, no doubt. from that maritime prov- inceffi; but the prudent mother pre- ferred he should not leave’ Virginia, fh don’t betieve that George Wash-| teachers used to say. fe Nor am I at alliconvinced that hej was always dressed in stiffly starched | and smoothly pressed: clothes as some artists have made him out to be. T believe he was just a regular man —like the rest. of us; and that’ once in a while he liked to be comfortable, and that he took off*his coat,and just ,| loafed and talked about common, every- day things. i i N@ other kind of a man could have been president of the United States (for the commander-in-chief of the Con- tinental armv. What's the use of puttiny a man on x pinnacle and making him out to be a sort of a glorified human? It’s discouraging to the rest of us who have to live pretty close to the fearth, but who have hopes and aspira- .|tions which’ make us long to get to “ithe top. : | vainly i i (Continued from Page One) | When he was 14}, Bothered two years. Skin at tips of fingers would peel off and fingers would get dry and brittle and crack and bleed. Wore gloves all the time and could not lace shoes. AH disfigured. Finally wrote for sam- -ple Cuticura. Bought two cakes Soap and one box Ointment and in Jess than two months was healed. «From signed statement of Victor Klotz, 5832 Erna Ave., Rt 1, Sta. B., Omaha, Neb., August 16, 1918. Prevent these distressing skin troubles becoming serious by making Tuticura Soap, and no other, your every -daytoilet soap,assisted by little touches of Cuticura Ointment now and then. They ar ideal for keep- ing the complexion fresh and clear, hands soft, scalp clean, hair luxuri- ant. Always before completing your toilet dust your skin with a few grains of Cuticura Talcum, an exquisitely scented face and skin powder. Soap Sse Olbtnent nd toe. Haleum Se and the schooling: went on as before —the schooling of books and manly sports. Bvery Jad learned to ride— to ride colt or horse, regardless of training, gait or « temper—in that country, where no one went afoot ex- | cept to catch his mount in the pas-, | ture. Every lad, black or white, bond or free, knew where to find and how to take the roving game in the for- ests. And young Washington, robust boy that he was, not to ‘he daunted while that strong spirit sat in him which he got fro mbhis father and mother alike,’took his apprentice- ship on horseback and in the tangled woods * with characteristic zest and ardor, He was, avove all things else, @ capable, executive boy. ‘He loved mastery, and he relished acquiring the most efgfective means of mastery in ajl practical affairs. His very ex- ercise books used at school gave proof of it. They were filled, not only with the rules, forlulae, dia- grams, and exercises of surveying which he was taking special pains to i learn, at the advice of his friends, but | also with careful copies of legal and mercantile papers, bills of exchange bills of sale, bonds, indentures, land warrants) leases, deeds and wills, as ant to be 4 lawyer's or a .{ merchant's ‘clerk. t ypassionate and od “tts “he waS ho connedthese:thitigs-ds“he studied the ataands Olgas Lolwing-plece, J atract the bridiehe- ised"-tor-hisveslts,| his saddle-girth,» and, tha, best way of mounfing. |He ccpied these fofms of business_as he might have copied Beverley’s account of the’ way fox or ‘possum: or beaver. was “tobe ta- ken or the. wild turkey trapped. oie Le ey +8 hd: dena * and. .atydast th ard ec Fe eh teskeo i ds! and: cold ef fain and sleet that beat’ upon him as he;went his round about the farms. He. spent the evening cheerfully, list- ening to his secretary read; but went to bed with a gathering hoarseness and cold, and woke in the night hsarp- ly. gtricken in his throat. hysicians same almost at dawn, but the ‘disease was already beyond their control. Nothing that they tried could stay it! and by evening the end had come. He was calm the day through, as in time of battle; know- ing what betided, but not fearing it; steady, noble, a warrior figure to the jJast; and he died as those who loved him might have wished to see him die. THREE YEARS OF NON- PARTISAN “RULE SEES TAXs°BURDEN ; GRDW (Continued from Page beet! years the total tax burden, state and local, has increased from $9,000,000 to $19,000,000, as follows: 1998, $8,819,- 292; 1909, $9,903,197; 1910, $10,021,- 081; 1911, $11,366,833; 1912, $11.- 992,301; 1913, 12,888,753; 1914, $14,027,674; 1915, $16,192,169; ©1916, $16,545,924; 1917, $19,067,078; 1918, $21,497,000; .1919, . $25,800,000 (esti- mated.) ‘ . “This représents the direct tax bur- den, but not the total expenditures, all expenditures being augmented {rom sources other than direct taxa- on.” The report is signed by all of the members of ‘the commission, George =. Wallace. chairman; H. H. Steele and F. E. Packard. 3 Colds Cause Headaches and Pains Feverish Headaches and Body Pains caused from. a cold are soon relieved by taking LAXATIVE BROMO QUI- NINE. Tablets.- There's only one “Bromo Qiinine.”” E. W, GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. _ HF A REGULAR MAN’ | By the Rev. Charles Stelzle | OL A CR Ree ee One of my most cherished memories- is that one-day I called on President Taft at the white house, and that dur- ing our conference he told me a num- ber of amusing stories in such an in- formal’ way. that I was quité! shocked to find myself half-sitting on his big flat-topped desk. * Now I believe that George Wash- ington was just as human as, William Taft, and that it was possible to get just as close to him. Great. men ,are always human, and approachable. That’s one reason why they are great. ‘ Historians have a way of smoothing out the lines in great men’s characters, They usually try to wipe out the “frail- ties” and ‘the faults—the very things that ‘make them kin_to the rest of the world. And so, today, I want to hoor {George Washington as a man—just a regular man, who made good of his humea falings. pe ye ie ! a