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sing medium in Atlon books and press B to advertisers. m sale at Hota- it., and Broad- rd Walk, B rtford depot. , CALLS. o the American exactly what was 'Ve a.nswer rance that the ing the high _ the hitherto this ‘coun- t that | any have all Along been good,friends | _ announce that 1t | intends t .xercm its rights under the | rules of international law. ~ This will, in “all probability, mean a break be- . tween the debating'.ecountries. ‘When the Cabinet first discussed the sinking of the Lusitenia it was under- stood that if Germany did not make ‘reparation for its wanton destruction of American lives this gevernment would be justified in severing diplo- | matic relations.” Germany has com- pletely evaded liability for loss, of i these American lives. Instead of en- tering into ‘that question she places | the blame for her submarine warfare all of which is irrevelant to the case. At best, the note is disappointing. It leaves little on which negotiations can be prolonged. :This is to be regretted, because the United States and Ger- and it is unfartunate if this friendship | must cease. our’ WITH "THE 'COMMBRCE CHAMBER. The Chamber ot Comnierce today | sent out to.. ] members an an- nouncement, outing '“of ‘that only way to § for America to nands, and this ¢ United Statés | : xetcue body which is to be held: at: ,Com- { pounce on Wednesday, July 21, It is to be the first outing of the New Brit- ain Chamber and therefore the best. Beyond. that, however, ‘1t is to be an | vutlng uuch as was never seen before Please for- g6t the last phrase, gentle reader, be- fore it is time for next year's sffair. We. are assured that ‘““Gene” Por- | ter and his. committee will provide a Wm cu‘ued Bryan, reiter- ithat flio ncocnhed chlcken_d}nner of unparalelied suf- ficiency and unequalled quality.” ‘We ‘are to participate in sports of all kinds, including a regatta. The city officlals are to.play their natural en- emies, the taxpayers, in a game of baseball. Best of all, we are to. bring the ladies to form enthusiastic- gal- leries for our competitions and supply solace for the defeated and applause for the winners. True that comfort 18 to cost us extra when .we feed our better halves, meaning the ladies, .if you will pardon the bromide, but the value of feminine company has yet to be demonstrated at a New | Britaln business men’s outing and it will un- doubtedly be highly rated after the affair. No such contratemps as oc- curred at the recent outing of the Hartford Busiress: Msn cén " be ‘re- upon the shoulders of Great: Britain, | our wives and lwqethsuns. wear their .colors in the The ontms should do more to, pro- {f mote the Lepirit of good fell lowship han anything else that it is possible A day in the open, with §ps ot carrying | bringing all’ together.’ Entered. into | We will [ athletic The United it would do this. and the mer- ld neéver re- er interna- } céntraband. ’?‘ mfiy commer- sutral countries. ‘will . con- flu Unlted ‘#hips leaving ,mmblnd and | ted especially ive free and intimating that ships not But the United 1at proposal. it to be jonal law to sink eine cases, for of ‘war, . even and crew have Amoflc . how. of its citizens ; of its ships, another way says. This with a will, the athletic meet should | be of great value as a producer of amusement, and when one man laughs wita another it is hard to turn the tables later on. The affair will not prove enjoyable to the chronic faultfinder, of course. 'Nothing does for that matter. But to the man or woman with a sense of fun and_the | least element of sociability it should prove rica in remembrances for al long time to come. As far as the dinner is concerned there are few of us but enjoy a good chicken. properly broiled. = We have, as the announcement ‘says, Mr. Por- ter's word for it, that,the chickens | will be adequately cared for, so our minds may rest in ‘peace upon’ that | item of the program. Let all of the, city, ready for a good time, respond:| ‘to the invitation and ceme’ out' and give the rest of us a good lookink- over with a mirthiful'eye and an open mind, A committee appointed. by the gov- ernor of the state of Nebraska to sés lect the most noteéd man in the state did not pick out W. J. Bryan. Pro- | fessor Lawrence Bruner, state entom- ologist was chosen. *:The grape juice advocate fell before the bug special- ist. % ‘Harry Thaw must needs sit in the ‘witness chair for five hours at time and follow the reasoning of the | lawyer for the state. If he isn't “ cising their ed is that sub- no. t:&ht crazy he will be. The youngsters had their postponed Fourth of July celebration this after- | noon, Their enthusiasm was not dam- pened to any great extent by the postponement. Supt, James Towers of the water | board. a month ago sold his patent for | mvrovefnem to be used by the mchl”llty to. a hardware concern muu in the northwegt m fi be a (Chicago Tribune.) There should be no militia pay bill enacted unless the national guard be- comes national in fact as well as in name. The federal government should not be expected to keep up a force that is not fully within its control. | On the other hand, if we are to have a ‘“ecitizenry trained and accus- tomed to arms,” and are to cling to the voélunteer principle, we ought not to rely upon public spirit or military tastes altogether. 'We ought to make service less a private sacrifice and i more a privilege. | The nationalization of the national guard is said to be one of the sub- {Jects considered by the war college in the preparation, at Secretary Gar- | rison’s instance, of a program of con- | structive defense legislation. Lieut. Col. Davis of the I. N. G. and some other guard officers have been active in furthering this change, which we ibelieve would vitalize the organized {'militia, increase its numbers and { morale, and bring it nearer a de- | pendable professional standard of efr ficiency than can be hoped for with- out some radical change of its present .status. The national guard, that is, the organized militia, is technically a part of our first line of land defense. It is pot fit as a whole for that posi- - tion and cannot be under existing con- [ ditions. If, however, it is more close- 1y co-ordinated with the regular army and is treated as in the nature of a “first reserve, its value will be substan< 1" tial. One of the highly desirable results of this change would be the relief of the guard from strike duty. The states, no longer responsible. for the national guard, could maintain a con- | | stabulary or other force'of their own, i trained for such .work, while gervice in the guard then would be attfactive to young trade unionists'who are will- ing to serve their .country anagd would enjoy military exercise’if -they ‘were disputes. Strike duty is not. properly military but.police duty and the guard should be a military organization pure and simple. It is to be hoped this change ¢an he formulated by the staff and necessary legislation passed at the next usslon of congress. Eiiglish as' She is Spoke. (London Chronicle.) The professor who in his address on the correct pronunciation of Eng- lish said he preferred “of'n” to “‘often” is in on the winning side.. Ne ‘“‘pronouncing - dictionary’’ with a reputation to lose ever sounds the “t’* in the middle of such words as Cnristmas, mistletoe, ostler, often or chestnut. Good actors, whose duty it is ‘to speak ‘‘trippingly on the tongue,” can cite authority fo ‘sup- port their pronunciation of han'ker- chief and We'n'sday. And no. one who knows his way about in the elocutionary field pays any regard.to the spelling of such words as : “ex- traordinary.” A Great Future. .. (Washington Post.) . “Nashville during the next five years will deyelop into /the. leading city of the'south,” sald Edward F. Mec- . Neily, former deputy clerk and . mas- ter of chancery court of, Tennessee and editor of the Na,shvflle Tennessean, at | the Ebbitt. “The city is in a4 bad wa,y now, but it is going to come out all right. Tt is .only a question of & few years. Chan- cellor, John Allison is working ‘with the view to saving Naghville from the hands of the spoilers, and is, I be- lieve, going to accomplish his ‘aim. The days of graft.in Nashville are ended, the citizéns. are aroused and the politicians who have so long con- trolled affairs have got to show the ‘people they are on the square and working for the good of the city in general and not for a select few.” /. "Mr. McNeily has just been appoint- ed assistant to-the attorney general in the investigation of land titles. When to Get “Mad.” (Meriden Record.) “Liet the president of the United States tell us when it is time to get mad,” says Titmouse, Tom Marsaall, which is mighty 'good advice if there is sufficiently strong background . to cause the epigram to stand out in sharp relief. In other words, the fellow who knows how to don the gloves and de- liver the punch is not so often com- pelled to get into the squared circle as the man whose muscles are flab- bly and who is-conscious of his weak- ness. It is soon enough for the public to get “mad’” when the president - has givenithe word. To economize in ener- gy is good policy but a good way to | attain this poise is to be prepared ®0 that if one has nb alternative but to get “mad,” there will be something to back up the madness. ¥ Tired, Try Walking. | (Philadelphia Telegraph.) The arm chair will get you if you don’t watch out! Mark Twain provea by statistics that lying-in bed was the most deadlv of occupations. Now | the United States Public Health ser- vice tells that every chair, uphol- stered or plain, is rife with germs thaz kill, . Primitive ma. was very much on | the jump. He was so spry on his | ‘feet that heart and kidney disease. .appendicitis and indigsstion were not able to work him into a corner and land a knockout: ' Superb footwori saved our ancestors from degenera- tion at 40. ~ g Walk. ~Don’t stroll; go at a pace that will stretch the stagnant muscles and rock the vital organs that were not intend=d to sleep 24 hours a day. The first sign of life is action; the first symptom of death is sluggishness. | air daily i1s the best insurance again=t doctors’ bills. And for most city | persons a walk of 20 blocks is a posi- | tive rest. "} am tired” means “ need a change.’’ Try walking. ‘The water at the shore must be fine Just mow. Of course the fresh water ig' too and many New Britainites are their vu:udm not afraid of being used in industrial | “cantile purposes and is to take a cargo ) under it will be possible without pro- Fifteen active minutes In the open | FAOTS AND FANCIES, The wonder of the Armenian mas- sacres is how the supply of -Armenians holds out.—Meriden Record. 'The fiscal New Year's day wasn't very loudly celebrated by the treasury department.—Boston Journal. The more we see of Russia’s fight- ing abllity the less we marvel at Japan's late victory over her.—Detroit Free Press. this the the | Every horse show given in country is an improvement on one the noble-creature gets, at front.—Washington Post. True, Jane Addams failed to the war. All those who succeeded please join in the jeers.—Brooklyn Standard. Much to the regret of some fanatics the newspapers have refused to muz- zle Bryan. They are playing out the rope ‘of publicity, and he's doing the rest.—Philadelphia Ledger. We have progressed so far on the road to sanity and civilization that not even one of our Fourths can compare in frightfulness with a day of mod- ¢rn warfare.—Syracuse Herald. The, time may come when the memory of Diaz, obscured for the’last five years, will be revered as much as that of Juarez, the Indian genius whom all Mexicans extol.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Marriage seems to be a good thing for ball players. One of them was married the other night and went out. and beat the champions. Another had a son born to him the same day, then went out and beat-the champions.— Rochester Union. All precautions must be taken, per- haps unusual preezutions should be taken, in the case of public officials. But the American people can be trusted not to develop foolish fears of plots against the safety of the state or of concerted terrorism. We have so far, thanks be to God, escaped the nightmare of universal suspicion of one’s neighbors that has brooded over Furope for the last ten years, and there is no reason to doubt we: shall continue to ~ escape it.—Brooklyn Standard-Union. It is sad mistake that leads many to think that Mexico is in arms. Re- liable data shows that less than onc per cent of the people are fighting in the so-called ‘“armies.” The remain- ing ninety-nine per cent, are being robbed, starved, murdered or live in constant. fear of death. Mexico is not in arms. It is suffering from the scourge of brigands marauding under the guise of ‘liberators” and *“ pa- triots.”—New Haven Union. A Belgian training ship sailed into New York harbor recently. She orig- inally had forty-five cadets aboard, but all' of the lads were called into the service of the government except seven who are between fourteen and sixteen vears of age. These boys are still on the ship and receiving = instruction from officers appointed for the pur- pose; but the exigencies of war have wrought a singular = transformation. In addition to serving as a schoolship the vessel has been chartered for mer- of oil to Australia.—Troy Times. John R. Drexel, discussing his de- tention in Germany, said: “The kaiser has- forbidden the German troops to drink, the czar has forbid- den drink to the Russian troops and Frahce has stopped the ,sale of abs sinthe. The war, instead of relaxing temperance morality, has stifféned it. In this stiffening effect the war isn’t like Blanc's case. A ragman knocked at Blanc's door. ‘Any old rags or bones, sir?’ he said. ‘No. Go on away,’ said Blanc. ‘My wife's gone south for the winter’ The ragman beamed. ‘I give three cents apiece for empty bottles, sir, he whispered.”— New York World. The La Follette seamen’s act havoc is by no means confined to the Ameri- ¢an mercantile marine on salt water. The entire merchant shipping of the Great Lakes is listed by it for limbo as well. While the La Follette act does not begin its devasting work until near the close of lake navigation this year, steamship men of all the Great Lakes are already making a strong plea for an extra session of congress either to repeal the deplorable ‘law entirely or 80 to modify it that business existence tection by a foreign flag. The La Fol- lette act is in fact rapidly coming to | a pass where its friends dre getting | too few to insure it even a . decent burial after the inevitable execution. —New York Sun. What do the business men of ithe country think. of the La Follette sea- ‘men’s bill? . The Chamber or Com-=- end | “bufll our wmmon Iltei “clean’ su‘on. and grace it, with all the fruits of our nlt“:nll nnhu —New York Globe. 5 F - Gemm Base on Maine Coast. (Portland Press.) 4 The New York Times has, learned ' from_ its Washington correspondent that the authorities 'at Washington have been notified that Germany has secured a submarine ‘base somewhere oh the Maine' const and is’ preparing to utilize it o attack ‘steamships la- den with munitions of war which m sail from New York or Boston. While | It is ot at all probable that such 1 base has been secured on any island Off the coast of this state the plan 1S a_feasible one and might be carried Out. The cruising radius of the Ger- man submarines has been extended in the recently-constructed craft so that they are mnow able ‘to carry. | eNough fuel to make a voyage of}| 4,500 miles without replenishing their Supplies. A few weeks ago one Of the submarines of this type is { ported t6 have made a vovage from | & naval base in the North sea to the: Dardanelies, a distance of nearly 4,500 miles, and to have been able, after her arrival there, to torpedo several battleships of the allies and force the remaihed to seek refuge in a well protectéd harbor. The at»amsmps bound for English and French ports sail r;mch nedrer the Main coast When leaving New York than is generally supposéd, and a powerful submarine boat, {if it had some place where it could obtain supplies, could easily in- tercept some of these ships and take them wholly unawares in the early stagé of their voyage across the At- lantic. Butfit is inconceivable that such a base <could be established ~anywhere along thig coast at this time of year without discovery. There is not a mile 6f Mainé's sea coast in the sum- mer time taat is not patrolled by the boats, of fishermen and summer visi- tors: :Even the most isolated islands .are visited many times during the va- cation season by people with nothing else té do but pry into out of the way places, seeking the novel and in- teresting things whica are likely to be found. Every craft which ap- ‘proaches the coast during the daytime is under observation by these curious people, and if a submarine undertook to reach such a base at night, she would, likewise run . a ‘very good chancé of being discovered. Now that it is intimated that the Germans may havé éstablished such a base on this const, there will be thousands of sum- | it and.its diseovery, if it existed would | story is a very interesting one, will be regarded with about as much credence as were the tales of German be secreted in the Maine woods in the early stages of the war. Is Dope Happiness? (Waterbury Democrat.) re- mer visitors constantly looking for finished.’ t time. The | be only a matter of a shor hutl’ sought hy Mr. wireless stations which were said to One Dr. Arthur L. Blunt of Chicago and (Brooklyn Eagle.) Becker is on the brink of the Brave. He is deseribed as heuperate. His lawyer says of him that if die he WUSt, he does not want lo die ana 1€ave on earth a set'of men who might use others as he has been used. Ot these men six in number oné is dead. e other five are said to be “shaking ! In their shoes.”” Becker alleges, or is | declared to have alleged, that they 100k part of the eash he extorted from | evlldoers. His lawyer alleges that | the governor has been told who they are. He thinks that in the interests Of justice hia clacnt should be pers mitted to live, | It is not necessary for the governor to explain why he does not feel | called upon to interfere. He is con. { sulting the very ‘“interests ~of jua- tice” alluded to by Mr. Manton. Bee: { ker may be telling nothing but the truth when he says he divided his fil-gotten gains. but of his associates It may ‘be-at ‘least be said that they | are not murderers. For anything that is known to the contrary, thay wers | satisfied with graft. Becker's solicitude, =0 called, = for { those who may be used as he has been | used is not worth discussing. How Rosenthal..was used.. he .knows. How the evildoers with whom he had deal- | Ings were used by him he knows. How murder was compelled and by whom, he knows as well as he knows whau happened to four murderers.. And if he has not unlearned almost every thing worth rerhembering, he knows that the pursuit of graft has become precarious. Also, that murders such as he compelled have gone out of fashion. There is a sense in which he servea | the community. There is a sense in which his companions in crime did likewise. They did much to dissolve -the partnerships between members of the force and gamblers. and Wwhite slavers. Indeed, it may be saild of | them that they did more than could { have been accomplished by a host ot reformers. Unwittingly, they: made a generous contribution to the'reha- bitation of the department of police. | One thing remains. The contribution !"ie mot zomplete. The “lesson” is not But the tragedy is hurrying to its closing climax, and there is to be no such travesty on justice as ¥ Manton. The instru- | ments have gone to their account. The | principal survives. Degree or degre: | of guilt need not be measured. but | that there should be the extreme pen- )I alty for th2 instrumnts and clemency | for the principal. is not thinkable. } Coast Defense. (Portland Eastern Argus.) Thirty years ago Samue] J. Tilden, was charged with aiding drug users in| tn, most astute public man of his violating the Harrison anti-narcotic | time, addressed a letter to Speaker ‘law. His attorneys, seeking a writ of | Carlisle on the subject of national de- of habeas corpus, argued before Judge | fense. What the great American said Kenesaw Mountain Landin of the then is meny {imes more true now United States court ‘that the Harrison Here are his words: . law is unconstitutional in that it de-! ‘The property exposed to destruc- nies to drug users the pursuit of hap- | tion in the twelve seaports, Portland, piness. This opens an interesting field | Portsmouth, Boston, Newport, Now cf speculation. Is hitting the pipe York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chari- really the pursuit'of happiness guar- = eston, Savannah, New Orleans, Gai- orteed to all American citizens under Vveston and San Francisco, cannot be their constitution >After they have lcss in value than five thousand mil- hif it do they get happiness? Is not | lions of dollars. To this must be ad- £11 indulgence in crime and vice open | ¢ed a vast amount of property depen- to the same argument? If you think it will make you happy to kill your reighbor, doesn’t the constitution guarantee you the right to pursue your ; joy? Haven't you the right, by the same august document, to drown your | house or your neighbor’s' in order t roast your pig. to steal, riot and make a nuisance of yourself generally, if heart's desire What isi happiness, anyhow? 1Is it the mere sensual pleasure of the moment, followed, as | all such pleasures are, by more than | proportionate pain? Or 1s it the satis- faction which comes to a self-reliant but self- controlled Leing, doing work in freedom and tempering his own rights to his neighbors’ comfort? The pursuit of happiness is our 11ght. But what is happiness? Judge Landis denied the writ, and Dr. Blunt was at last accounts pursuing his in jail. Our Flag on the Seas. (New York Herald.) An extra session of congress is dis- liked by the people unless it is called for a special and pressing purpose. The shipping interests of the coun- try declare that if the La Follette sea- men’s law becomes effective it will drive the American flag from the seas and are asking the president to as- semble congress and wipe it off the merce of ‘the United States.has or- dered a referendum tv obtain an ans | swer to that question. Shipowners ! and shippers have already expressed | their opinion that if the law goes intg effect next November it will strangle | the nascent merchant marine that has come into existence sinte the relaxa- tion of the navigation laws last year and haul down all the American fiags that have since that time been set afloat upon the seas. The wide- spread demand that the new céngress | be ‘called into extra session to repeal ! the law reflects the ‘intense feeling of | the business community on the sub- Jject.—New York' Herald. ‘ The new patriotism is social where | the old was political; it is humani- tarian wheré the old was merelv na- tionalist. It is a new spirit of Kkin- ship of the human race—a new sense of economic and social justice. Tt is struggling to free American lifé from sordid commercialist standards, to place the welfare of men, women and children higher than inanimate things, to free industry from injustice, soul &illing drudgery and economic slavery, ; to soéialize common necessities, to rid | cities from ugliness and unhealthy conditions, to put the highest premi- ums on exeellence and not cunning, to rand all | statute book before the date fixed for its operation—November 4. Directors of the Maritime associa- tion, which ineludes nearly a thousand . representatives of the domestic and foreign lines touching this port. after tions characterizing it as “ruinous” and declaring that the situation is so ! critical as to justify the president in calling an extra session to repeal it. San Franeisco is stirred by the news that the Pacific Mail ‘Steamship com- pany will stop its transpacific service, that the Dollar line will change from | American to British registry and Pa- ' to | cfic steamship companies . inténd haul down the American flag. The San Francisco Chamber of Commeérce ' calls for repeal of the La Follette law ‘‘discriminating acts,” and re- quests President commission of ‘experts to draft laws that will build up a merchant ma- rine. The cémmercial organizations not only of tHe Atlantic seaboard and the Pacific coast. but of the whole coun- try, are aroused by the threatened banishment of our flag from the seas and are determined to ‘press for an extra session to repeal the mischievous law and avert the.threatened.disaster. sortows in drink, to burn vour own | fhelr Knowlelee TULL T S utation thereby you think you can attain your | ebove a whisper. | Mmon sense, | freedom is poesible only thorough study of the effects of the | La Follette act. have adopted resolu- | i not smart enough to dodge 1ison to dppdint a | |“The Vital Issue, have been { dent for its use on these seaports. “The best guarantee against aggres- | sfon, the best assurance that our dip- | 1omacy will be successful and paci- 1 fic, and that our rights and honor will bhe respected by other nations, is in | their knowledge that we are in a | and interests. “While we may afford to be deficient in the means of offence, we cannut afford to be defenceless. The notor- jety of the fdct that we have neglected the ‘ordinary precautions of defence | invites want of consideration in our diplomacy, injustice, arrogance and | insult at the hands of foreign nations.” American Spirit. (Meriden Journal.) Calling it Americanization Day, a cood many cities this year held re- uptlons July 4 to newly naturalized citizens, and addresses were given to ] ~uens and our own people ‘on the | value and meaning of American citi- | zenship. This is good work. wish that the aliens One can well were mnot the ! enly ones who need better understand- ing of American ideals. In a good many cases, the foreigrers just arriv- , ed at our shores appreciate American ! blessings of freedom better than do the native born, To a man who has been taxed out of all justice and reason by an aristo- who has not heen permitted to express political opiniens American liberty means something. If he has had edun- cation, or if he possesses native com- he will realize that this where every citizen obeys the laws apd does not cbuse his privileges. Meanwhile there are hosts of the old stock who eon- sider that the only use of law is to | hold down the stupid people who are fts re- qyirements, or to hire smart lawyers to do it for them. | cratic ‘government, Don’t Nail His Ears to the Pump. (Wall Street Jouraal.) It is told of an Irish mob, wreak- ing vengeance deserved or undeés served upon a victim, before lynch law was invented, that it received a helpful suggestion from a passing dignitary of Trinity college, Dublin. He said, “Don't nail his ears to the pump.” Now Bernstorffs, sidized prints, what the Ridders, Dernburgs, the editors of those sub- The Fatherland and loing is precisely’ this. - They did- vh'n many words tell Ho! Mvflm | Vacation Needs - Attractively Priced BATHING SUITS, For Women, $2.98, 83.98, §4.98 each For children, 98c, $1.49 to $2.98 ea BATHING CAPS 26e, 49c, 76c, 98c eac. BATHING SHOES 26c, 49¢, 75c, 98c ea. NEW MIDDY BLOUSES, At 97c and $1.49 each. WHITE SILK MIDDIES, At $1.98 each. SHIRT WAISTS AND BLOUSE, At 97c each values to $1.50. Now is your ehance to stock up on shirt waists and blouses. DAINTY UNDER MUSLINS At 49¢, 98c and $1.49, Corset covers, gowns, skirts, en- velope chemise and combinations trimmed with fine laces and embroid- eries. WOMEN’S FANCY STRIPED SILK HOSE At $1.00 pair, the very latest hos- iery novelties. DBOOT SILK. SILK LISLE HOSE .4 FOR WOMEN, 25c and 50c PAIR. ; MEN’S SILK SOX. “ONYX" make at 25c and 0c pair, . | MEN’S UNION SUITS. “Carter” make, 98c suit. » b MEN'S GAUZE SUITS, 49c sult, short sleeves, ' 76c value, knee lengths. D. McMILLA 199-201-203 MAIN STREET i by implication and with' a ~whole- some respect for their own skins. 5 What they said was: “The state 1s everything, and the individual is nothing. The state has no morals, and if you break any law, human or divine, with the intention of helping the fatherlad, there is no moral res sponsibility upon you. The slaughter of innocent women and children at Scarborough, Whitby, Southend, Lon- don or other unfortified places, I good if it helps the fatherland. Drop- ping bombs upon Karlsruhe is a dif- ferent matter and must be resented. The sinking of the Lusitania was an act' not merely for condonation - but praise. Munitions shipped to the allies are wrong, hecause they hurt the fatherland. Pistols are cheap. Don’t shoot Mr. Morgan. It will be observered that this coy- ered. everything. Far more certainly than the ignoble group of news; pers which put the pistol in Czolgo- cz's hands and slew McKinley, this new group, with the same safety and the same hypocritical pretense, ‘i saying to some fool somewhere, who need not be a criminal lunatie, “Pis- tols are cheap. n’t shoot Mr. Wil- son.” Censored War News, Aggie's asking alme for the artillery. Belinda's binding belly-bands for Bels glans. counting coughdrops for Cos. cks. Diana’s denfing dumdums for goons. Effie’s etching signs. Fannie's fetching fish-balls Frenchies. Gaby's gargling goldfish for the Ger- mans. 'attie’s 'itching 'orses for the Hinglish Iona’s ironing icebags for the Irish. Jennie's joining jew’s harps for the Japs. Katy's killing XKitcheners Kaiseor, Lizzie's laundering lingerie for Lan« cers. Mary's making moonshine flr. Monks. Nellie’s 'nitting nothing for the Nuns . Olive's opening oysters for -the Old Guard Prunella’s painting pretzels in Przem- vl Quola’s quelling quincy in the Queen's Own. y Rachel’'s rolling Rameses’ sians, Sister Susie's sewing shirts for Sol- diers. Tillie’s toughening tripe for two tight Teutoas, unwrapping union suits Uhlans. \.pormu Clar: Dra- emblems for the BEn- for thoe for . the the for Rus- for the on Wil vodka in Wnelmlu’l wishing warts helm. xnnmlnpt- xhaling xylophones for Yon.l:' jelding yeast nkum Tk ; - |

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