New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1916, Page 6

NEW, BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1916. EW BRIZAIN HERALD HERALD 6d daily (Sunday excepted) at 4:15 p. m. at Herald Building, 67 Church St. Pest Office at New Britaln Class Mail Matter. tered at the as Second klivered by car: to any part of the city for 15 C a Week. 65 Cents a Month. bscriptions for paper to be sent by mall payable in advance. 60 Cents a Month $7.00 a vear. pa only profitable advertising medium the cit Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers. pe Herald will Zing's News way, New Atlantic City, be found on sale at Hota- and, 12nd St.-and Broad- Tork City; Board Walk, and Hartford depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Office _ e Rooms. . psiness torial THE COMMON COUNCIL. With the approach of the spring imaries and caucuses, politicians e girding their loins for the fray hd are scrutinizing the horizon in an ort to good candidates to present their respective parties. 1In eir zeal to select men who will draw secure are apt to overlook e fact that these men, if elected, 11 be required to give their best orts to the welfare of the city and fore they decide whom they shall oose for their tickets they should pp and ask themselves whether the ndidates of ‘their choice are capable d deserving of public stewardship. In the past, unfortunately, party hnagersihave selected candidates he- luse of their nationalities and the y Iras suffered. This method of se- ting candidates is reflected in the an arm of rge votes they sent common council, le munticipal government whose im- tance is frequently ignored., Tt is exaggeration to say that there are pn inithe common council who could it succeed in private business ough lack of ability, acumen, edu- tion. orrcommon sense. How, then, n they expect to be successful as -mamagers of such an enormous sinessaas conducting the city of New pitain ? [Nationality should not be a quali- Jation of fitness for office. Unfor- ately, it is so considered. That is actical politics. But when practical litics interferes with the welfare the city those who practice prac- al politics should not be permitted hold the reins. New Britain has ffered in the past from practical litics and will probably continue to ffer in the future because those in wer are loath to step aside even lough their doing so would benefit le community in which they earn eir daily bread. ‘Those who are. acquainted with the fosent . common council realize that ere-are men holding office there who e totally unfit, either by nature or ility, to form part of the city gov- ment. They were nominated be- use of ‘their nationality, not because any particular fitness for office. nsequently, the common council is ttered with deadwood, iver leave their seats to debate on y subject and who vote as they their leaders voting. They sel- m visit the city hall except for etings of the council or committees. ey show no active interest in New tain and probably do not under- pnd what it is all about. Never- leless, it is within their power to men “who in occur by insisting that men be selected who ‘are qualified ‘for office and who possess judgment to use when portant questions must be decided. That is the only .way out of a bad situation. . im- ROOT’S SPEECH. seventy-one years, Elihu Root, the venerable New York lawyer, yesterday delivered before the unofficial Repub- lican state convention at New York a address, sounding the key- note of the approaching presidential masterly campaign. As had been expected, the speech was a bitter denunciation of the Wilson administration, filled to the muzzle with scathing arraignment of the policies of the President and the } Democratic party and setting forth the salient points'that must be ad- hered to by Republicans if they hope to overthrow the present order of things. Tt is but natural that the doc trines propounded by the former United States Senator should rever- berate throughout Republican circles and be taken up the nucleus around which to build campaign ma- terial, Following the footsteps of Theodore whose name, however, he failed to mention during the course of the discourse, Mr. Root deplored the attitude of the American government it “acquiesced in the treat- ment of Belgium and the destruction of the law of nations.” This all sweep- ing neutrality which prevented us from denouncing Germany, he brands as a neutrality between right and wrong, justice and injustice, humanity and cruelty, liberty and oppression, a neutrality which thereby Iloses strength and respect for those who practice it. Mr. Root was Mr. Roose- velt; but without the characteristic bombastic methods of the Rough Rider. Nevertheless it was the Roosevelt doctrine from beginning to end; but propounded with the dignity and grace of the finished orator and lawyer. Whether Root’s strength has been waning in the past vear or so Wwhether he lost his old prestige in the constitutional convention where all his ideas and work were rent asunder Wwill be told by the way Republicans throughout the country receive his ut terances. And yet there is really nothing new in all he said, for we have heard time and time again compléte denunciation of the Wilson attitude toward Mexico, of what would have happened to the country if the Euro- pean War had not saved the Demo- cratic tariff, of the hatred and con- tempt held for America by the powers abroad because of the President’s so- called shifting policy,—all these plaints we have served to us as the diet for morning, noon and night. The only difference is that this time they carry the weight and responsibility of hav- ing been uttered by Elihu Root. And that in itself will be enough to dis- credit the whole program in certain quarters. But Mr. Root will find great support for his doctrine that calls for an awakening of patriotism, | that calls attention to the love of country that is being manifested abroad while America alone “dull to the call isfied in the comforts and piew prosperity.” as Roosevelt, because remains of country and sat- sures of A GROWING NATION. jend hundreds of thousands of dol- ["s. Leawing aside politics, are these e propertmen for the common coun- ? Who is to blame? Not the people, cause they must vote for those who e nominated. Not the men who are ected, because they are only human hd it is human nature to love power hd public recognition. There are 2 few men, who, if nominated, puld decline the honor because they nsiderithemselves not capable. They ften to the honeyed words of the . ticians who tell them they will be scted. Then it must be that the liticians themselves are to blame [d that comes very near laying the hger on the seat of the trouble. fnese politicians are answerable and ey should be held to “strict ac- buntability” by the people. Their ares should be rejected and if they e allowed to do any offering at all, hey should be forced to offer men of nding in the community, business en, brainy can amd will se their minds for the benefit of New men, who ritain. Because poor timber has been elect- d to the council, that body has fallen to disrepute. The public has little pnfidence it and the press, fuse of its familiarity with the men 0 hold office in the council, has less onfidence in it. lody appeal: very anding for obvious reasons. This is not intended as an arraign- ent of all the members of the coun- 1 or of any particular nationality. jhere are good aldermen and good founcilmen, but they are few and far jetween and could be counted on the in be- Membership in the to few men of of the bureau in Washington have estimated that the population of the United States on the first day of this year had reached the imposing number of and also compute that the first day of July next the population will have reached the grand total of 102,017,302. These estimates based on the rate of growth between the censuses of 1900 and 1910. By Experts census on estimate that there is an increase of 808,997 every six months in the popu- lation of the United States, or an an- nual increase of 1,617,994. down to a basis of days this means that the population increases at the hours. still further it means an increase of 184 every hour, or slightly more than three persons every minute. pare these figures with the falling off of population in the old world, reason of the war, and it can readily seen that in some five y the struggle abroad lasts that the United States will be in way to compete favorably with almost Then, too, be i long, a fair any nation in the world. after the war it may be expected that these shores, to get away from the conditions in their own lands. it would not be surpri Jation of the United itself in a comparatively hundred million people y find within these con- fines without Th great states of the West are prac ally deserted, so vast is the open ar: still remaining there. Yet from the States doubles short time. Two could succor any crowdin igers of one hand. And. there are ers who are merely wasting their jwn time and that of the public. The eople can remedy the situation this pring when a number of vacancies same census reports giving the afore- going figures we learn that the west- ern states have led in growth, the state of Washington heading the list, with Nevada, North Dakota, and New Standing in the full strength of his | 101,208,315, | are | these figures the experts of the bureau | Brought | rate of 4,433 people every twenty-four | Bringing the deductions down | Com- | by | vaste hordes of immigrants will seek ! Thus | ing if the popu- | Mexico following in the order named. There is still plenty of room for those who would enter wholehearted into | the building up of the grandest re- public that ever saw the light of day. | There is everything worth while in | the world contained in the forty-eight states that go to make up this Union and which stretch from the Atlantic | to the Pacific, from the Dominion of Canada to Mexico and the Gulf. All that, is now more co- operation and team work, and that will come in time; when the memories of other lands have been effaced from the minds of travelers seeking a place whereon to rest their weary heads. needed is is made that the government will take over all the large whiskey distilleries in Great Britain and convert them into muni- tion factories. Any soldiers shot by bullets made these emporiums should at least die in good spirits. Announcement in FACTS AND FANCIES. The rongest argument brought forward in favor of Mr. andeis is that Wali sireet disapproves of him. This has put many a candidate for of- fice over.—Portland Press. Blowing up the parliament buildings at Ottawa has no military value, but it ddes have a nuisance value. And that's the present war policy of Ger- many.—Chicago Evening Post. It has been decided that Xing George will not open parliament in person. In view of what happened at Ottawa, perhaps it is just as well.— Syracuse Post-Standard. The indications are that for a long time to come Wall stree will make an earnest endeavor to keep out of the United States supreme court Cleve- land Leader. We desire (business of throwing out the chest) to join in the protest against the advancing price of gasoline we sometimes use the stuff to re- move soup-spots from our vest.— Manchester Union. Some Spaniards are declaring that General Weyler is too old to assume the chieftainship of the general staff of the army. They are not suggesting him as minister to Cuba, however Havana Post. “Too Proud to Fight. (Bridgeport Telegram.) A lot of newspapers are still worr ing over that phrase “too proud to fisht. Some of them are wondering whether President Wilson was speak- ing for himself only when he uttered i, While others are gloating over what they consider ihe president’s ‘rever- sal” in his present appeals for pre- paredness, and his expressed wil- lingn to fight if necessary | As a matter of fact the president’s use of the phrase contained nothing | that Is not entirely consistent with his present attitude. His detractors have resorted to the old, comtempt- ible trick of divorcing one phrase from the context so as to twist its meaning. President Wilson never declared that he is too proud to fight, nor did he ever say that America is too proud to fight. What he said is, that there is such a thing as being too proud to fight. So there is. If there were not, then the progress of the average man from his home to his office, from one part of his office to another, from office to club, and from club to the hosom of his family would he marked from time to time by a succession of encounters, There is such a thing as betng too proud to fight and evervone knows it. That was what Presicent Wilson and it perfectly true. Na- icnally, it a spirit that keeps us out of unnecessary mixups that can Le settled in a friendly way. But the president never said that there is such a thing as being too proud to resist aggsressions: nor did he y ihat there is such a thing as being too proud to sustain national honor nor to defend national integrity. ""here are some men who are too proud to run to fires, but that does not preclude their taking out insur- nce, nor calllng the department when their home is threatened. is Must We Become Vegetarians (Bridgeport Standard.) The facts and figures of meat duction in this country show con- clusively that the increase in price to the consumer is natural and inevi- Lle. Population is increasing rapid- and that means that the demand for consumption of meats of all kinds increasing, while every year fewer cattle, sheep and swine arc raised in the country. The United States de- | portment of Agriculture shows from | the records that the number of cattle | in the country has declined from | 26,000,000 in 1900 35,000,000 at the present time. | In the last two or fhree years the | number of sheep and hogs has de- | clined also. but the demand for meats | pro- | = to is increasing. If the farmers through- out the country would devote i attention to raising cattle, shcep and | swine for the market the supply might casily be kept up. But they ! have gradually left off that branch of aevicultural production and do not scem inclined to resume it. We can | stop eating meat and become vege- | tarians and in that way meet the | erisis fairly, hut the “flesh pots” have | such an attraction for most of us that | we can hardly consent to compro- | 1nise on turnips and boiled greens. more Discipline in the Schools. (New York Sun.) Major General O'Ryan of the Guard the schools fail to teach disci- Old-time teachers would have keenly the aspersion, but it t object of the publie schools is o make life pleasant for the youngsters. s pline. i | | | resented t ! is void and of no effect when the fir THE WAGES OF SIN. Contemplation on Franklin Burton’s First Sunday in Jail and the Les- son it Draws. (New Haven Times Leader.) “God how I came to commit the acts which have brought me to this cell.” We did not hear those words yes- terday from the lips of one whose sin _has been confessed in open court and who last Friday was sentenced to spend a term of years in the peni- tentiary of the state. No, we did not hear the man who has held the highest office in the gift of the people of his city y a word during that first Sunday of suf- fering away from his family, in the solitude of his cell, but does any- hody doubt what he said over, and over again as he sat all day alone and realized even more dreadfully than he had anticipated the suffering of separation from his wife whos heart is breaking at home, from the daughter whose life is darkened by the ghastly shadow of her father's sin, from the son whose love, loyalty and companionship have been more helpful than any words can tell. Iranklin Burton, for years one of the most trusted citizens of Ansonia, mayor of the city, senator from the district of which Ansonia is a part, at the head of a bank, apparently ideal in respect to moral conduct and devotion to religious convictions— can it be that this man is a self-con- fessed embezzler, a forger. & convict who must spend days and weeks and months and years behind prison walls, much of the time in a dismal solitary cell? Alas, of it! The wages of sin. That's what Franklin Burton of Ansonia, was called upon to pay when he faced a learned and impartial judge in the superior court of New Haven county Friday morning. Judge Reed outlined the conditions and Burton’s crimes very accurately when he said: “It is said that in your business methods with others you have exact- ed the highest degree of rectitude and exactness from them, and that in your usual dealings you have prac- ticed the same yourself. All of these things only serve to make your down- fall more shocking and more difficult of explanation. “Your prominence in the commun- ity and the magnitude of the trust reposed in you, greatly increased the mischief of your example. You have served to impair confidence even in our sound and cons ative savings ban and to inculcate the feeling that no matter how high the char- acter of a bank treasurer may stand in the community, the state and the church, he cannot be trusted with other people’s mone T am happy to say that no such thing can be said of our bank officials in general, who are faithful to the last cent with the millions entrusted to their care, but such examples as yours puts upon them a heavy burden. “Why you should have done it T annot conceive. You wmust Thave known that exposure must come soon- er or later, and then punishment. “The risk of things happenin they have happened and as they today wouid seem to be too great price for the money taken, to ¥ nothing of the condemnation you must have felt in the consciousncss that you were doing wrong. “You cannot plea that it was vielding to a sudden temptation. Your choice has been deliberately de, and whatever vour reasons may have been there was no lack of time flor reconsideration.” No, Burton did not yield to sud- den temptation e deliberately, year in and yvear . out, forged, deceived, embezzled and falsified accounts He posed a man of upright character when in fact he wa a brazen thief, deliberately deceiving those who trusted him, deliberately stealing the money that had been entrusted to his keeping by those who were rich and those who were poor. No man stood higher in public es- timation in Ansonia than Franklin Burton. Very cunning was his hy- pocricy. He fooled all of the people all of the time for 15 vears—perhaps more—hut finally he was caught off guard, his sin found him out, the mask was torn away and behold the face of a thief. instead of that of an honest man. There was no excuse for this man’s evil doing. Me deserves the punish- ment that has been imposed, and ir the minimum penalty had been made 10 years most people would have felt that he deserved that sentence, and should not he allowed to sidestep a part of it, as Deacon Walker of New allowed to do a few knows 1 cannot understand it is true, and oh, the pity as re a Britain, v weeks ago. Walker = stole more than Burton stole, and if the people of Connecti- cut had been asked whether or not he should be allowed liberty during a long period of the time which the court said he ought to stay in pr son we doubt not the vote would have been overwhelmingly against his re. lease on parole or on any other terms whatever. Burton will undoubtedly st in prison to the limit of his sentence unless the Almighty takes him from earthly punishment to the judgment from which there can be no appeal. His fate is another proof that thief is generally found out. What was the temptation that caus- this supposedly upright man to a ed We have every reason to believe that Kranklin Burton, in respect to all other affairs of life, was as honest and upright as any man can possibly be. He held many public trusts and there is no reason to suspect that he was not ideally faithful to all except the one concerning which discovery of his guilt caused such consternation in Connecticut a few short ionths ago0. What science and influence overcame the con- moral strength of this man and then shackled him so coin- pletely to the companionship of . terrible sin that for 15 long years there was no separation from it, day or night? Franklin Burton in prison for Ly From a Land To a Garden of Paradise of Thuggery | Washington, D. C.—Feb. (6.-— “From a forbidding, sun-glazed, pov- erty-sordid waste-land, farmed where naturally fertile barely for a frugal daily fare, into a land of numocrous farms and plantations, of ever-extend- ing irrigation nets and increasing profusions of green and gold and gold and russet vegetation, is the story of Iigypt’ progre under TRuropean leadership during the past generation, Where the fame of Egypt of old was for thuggery and revolution, the inod- ern land was eurning renown us a wonderful winter playgrounds for and as England’s Kitchen Gar- says a statement just given out by the National Geographic society at Washington which discusses the Nile- land as the granary, vegetable garden, orchard, and poultry yard to the great congested centers to the north- west. “The long, fruitful farm that fol- lows the Nile banks through hundreds of miles of desert and spreads out over the wide delta today with the people of the most productive coun- tries in the world in trenches and in training camps, has come into first- rank importance as a source of foud- stuffs. For the past thirty years, the progress of Nile-control and of great irrigation propects has been preparing the country for strong competition in all of the larger produce markcts of FEurope. The number of farm holdinzs has grown to about 1,000,000 in a land with a population of 11,000,000. These holdings include 5,500,000 acres of land. “And there is labcr a-plenty in the country for the development of every square rod of area reclaimed; for Egypt is one of the most densely sot- tled lands in the world. Tts habitable area is given as 12,026 square miles, and its density of population at 939 persons per square miles. Belgium, D ————————— ] deliberate crime, might do the state and perhaps the nation a service by telling the complete story of his temptation and the surrender which has ruined his life and brought heart crushing affliction to those he loves and who have been and are devoted to him. It is said that when Sir Jame: Thornhill was painting the inside of the cupola of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, he stepped back to -see the effect of his work and came, without observing it, so near the edge of the scaffolding that another step would. have proved his death. A friend saw the danger, rushed forward and, snatching up a brush, rubbed it straight over the pu‘lnflngi Sir James, brusting with rage, sprang forward to save his work, and received the explanation: “Sir, by spoiling the painting I have saved the life of the painter. What a pity it is that somebody could not have said something or daone somcthing .to cause Franklin Burton to leap away from the dan- ger which threatened yhis moral life as completely as the physical life of Sir James threatened by the danger which his friend discovered in time and bad the quick judgment to overcome. Are there not lessons in the down- fall of Franklin Burton which he, better than anybody else, can point out for the henefit of all other men who are trusted and may be tempted in some terrible way? The state and all the people there- of have suffered because of the down- fall of this man. If he can help in any measure to prevent the downfall of other men who are trusted but who may be weak when they ought to be strong he can counteract in some degree the evil caused by his own betrayal of a trust. was As To Hats. (New York Evening Sun.) Straw hats in a snowstorm. “Well, what of it! What is a hat that it should mind the weather? A hat a head cover plu It is the one largest single cause | for happiness and misery known to man. It has made destinies and bald heads. 1t has dominated political campaigns and marred matrimonial ones. A man’s hat speaks louder than words. By the angle he tilts it can you gauge his mood; by the placing | of the bow, determine his morality. Is he defiant, his hat is cocked on the back of his head. Confidential it is slid down over his near eve. ~When it covers them both, he is in a blue funk and is trying to shut the world from view. A woman's hat is the gauge of her | character. By its tilt may you reg- jster her temperament; by its si her ambition. Does she wear flatly, squarely on her head? she is sober Philistine; does she allow it t slide backward and pull it ever for- ward with impatient jerks? Know her to have a simple mind and a | trusting nature. But if she gives it | just the saucy tilt that half conceals | half discloses the locks beneath, be as wily as she, for she knows the | ways of flirtation, Put not your trust in the woman who wears a golden halo of a hat in the early morning. Neither milliner nor minister can make a saint of her. Beware the man who talks beneath the brim of a hat except it he a poke and his message he beyond the needs of words. If hats are the barometers of moods, morals and character how are you to | judge persons when they wear | hats? . | Study their shoes. Do vou not know that the foot is the meter of the soul? is it a o Inglish As She Is Spoke. (Indianapolis News.) “Ah,” said the North Tllinois street doctor to the patient, as he examined his arm, “it is only a boil, and you couldn’t have a boil anywhere eclse that would give you less trouble, ex- cept——-" | met in Europe for their uniform court- before the war, the most thickly set- tled country in Europe, had a density of 589 per square mile. The enor- growth in agrienltural r timulated in Egypt an increase of population equaled by few other lands in old world areas besides Ge Cities, villages, roads, canals have sprung up out of the prof- its of the Nile bonanz i At the time the war brol rigation projects were in prospect that would have reclaimed nearly 2,000,000 | acres more of land. The cost of all of these works had been estimated at something more than $100,000,000. Cotton was first of the piantation crops. with an apparently glowing fu- | ture before it. Rice was the principal | grain export, being sold abroad to a | value of about $1,250,000. Fresh esgs on the London breakf tables were | largely Egyptians, the value of this| product taken each year by Great Britain averaging around $600,000. There were, also, important auantiii of fancy Rgyptian végetables sold in London markets, and a thriving cane- sugar indus was in the course of upbuilding “Moreover, agricultural Egypt just hegan to gather headway during the past ten years. It was just beginning | to realize a fraction of the production that a proper development of its lands could be expected to bring about. Its out-of-season vegetables, grown at a time when the fields of Enrope’s great vegetable gardens still lie frost-hound, had enjoved scarce half a decade of | demanding northern markets, though they compared in quality wi fancy vegetables, the first aristocracy | of vegetable foods, grown on the lit- tle garden plots in Northern France ! and in Belgium, the coaxed and cod- dled cultivations of zealous small deners. Fgypt gave promise of coming England's fairest farm.” be- “Except where?” asked the patient. | “Except when it's on the other fel- low,” and the doctor laughed heartily at his time-worn joke. “Now, all you will have to do,” id | the doctor, * to take this pr rih,; tion to the drugsi He'll give you | a little plaster. Place the plaster | | above the boil, and it'll draw the boil | to a head in a jiffy. Two days later the patient presented | himself again to the doctor “No good, doc,” he said, “it didn't draw to a head, and it’s worse than ever.” “Let me see it.”” The patient took off his coat and rolled up his shirt sleeve. | “Why, man,” said the doctor, “the | plaster isn't on the boil at all. It's two inches above it.” Well, you told me to place it above the boil.” “Did T Well, T meant for you to place it over the boil. Next time I'Il be more explicit in my instructions.” THE HOUSE OF SILENCE, President’s Personal Representative Master of the Art of Saying Nothing. (New Haven Register) However otherwise the Britlsh newspaper man may compare with his American contemporary, he does not fall behind him in thoroughness. T we observe in the report of the intoer- view between the London journa and Colonel E. M, House, the presi- dent’s personal represcntative in the field. They went to the colonel's Zeppelin watch-tower at the top of the Ritz hotel, and while some watched out for the “Zeps”, the other plied him with questions. It was a delightful occasion. American read- ers can see the humor in the inter- change, even if Britishers cannot. Sel dom has there been a more eloquent illustration of the art of speech which evades an answer. A few gems taken at random will have to serve. Of course they wanted to right at the start, whether his trip had been a success. He listened to this line of inquiry for about twenty minutes, and then hazarded the re- mark that if his own satisfaction with his trip to Europe could be construed | as an indication of its success, they were at liberty to draw such a conclu- sion, but they mustn’'t quote him ving so. This wasn't such an encouraging start, but they kept on. Did the col- onel hear any talk of peace in Berlin? “No, T wouldn’t be likely to hear any- thing about that.” Then they asked him what he went to Europe to accomplish. It was a brave question, considering the results which had preceded it. The colonel’s eves twinkled just a little as he rc sponded: “You'll find the object of my trip published in the New York news papers before T left there and in the |1 dnglish newspapers the day after I|I arrived here.” Then another man took up the at- tack. “Did you absorb any ideas of how the people of Berlin feel about the possibility of alr raids by the al- lies?” “I never absorb that kind of | ¥ thing 1 | know, as | 69¢ pair. 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The council, indeed, is to de- clare that irrespective denomina- tions, the churches had the greatest growth in their history The Roman Catholics head the list, credited with an increased enrollment of more than a quarter million; the Baptists, South, being second, with 112,804, The statistics indicate that approximately million Amer cans are now members, an impressive showing Is it not re sonable to believe that the tragic events in Furope were among the influences which increased the en- rollments so remarkably last year? able of A Trip to Heaven. (Bridgeport Farmer.) It ought to take something than the belief that more one has made a trip to heaven to constitute insanity. Bunyan and Swedenborg could have mad houses if such proot lagy, gives proof of When she tried was pushed is in accordance know them to be Europe had proceeded to a of prosperity where her people night be happy, everybody started te bush everybody else down stairs. is doing the same and Mr. wants to push the Ameri= people down stairs. The prefer® down stairs regions is gen- and alw: has Pretty nearly everybody seems to prefer the nfernal regions, for the other fellow, of madness. The Bridgeport who is in accusation, some sort of sanit heaven, she stairs. This thing s we been Once more: “When do you think the | at least. war will end? about that,” said the softly. Well, it seemed de; able to change the subject to safer ground. “Have you any message for the British peo- | j Ple?” That seemed prudent and got the frankest answer of the interview: “No, but I would like through you to |1 thank all the journalists whom 1 have “I am not thinking colonel very esy and invariable consideration.” That might have seemed like a hint that the interview was closed there was still much to be said. gentleman wanted to know whether |1 the (iermans read the president’s speeches. t “They were published in the Ger-|e man newspapers,” said Colonel House. | - And so\on for some distance with fully as fruitful results. The net con- clusion is well expressed by the Morn- ing Express and the aDily News, one of which said that Colonel House “the dumbe £ all diplomatists us close as an gyster,” and a but | 1 One e: e n h & is and the other ed They are gaps in the ranks and to be ready onslaught of allied forces all enough the government willingness to enlist. scheme vice law welling the (Waterbury Republican.) Lord Derby’s bachelor boys receiy an inspiring valentine yesterday the form of a call to the colors. wanted at the front to fll to sh vigor to prospective spring These they are now has any others wlo notice of their Britain's leaders N « n end fr are not tiag volunteers, but if draft to give uthority to have failed \ave no longer to coax and cajole with women to the men he nation who are not absolutely ssential at home to the fighting anks, for there is a compulsory now from which it i asy to escape. There is need nforcement chiefly ational indifference been ringing since the not of because of to the cry throughout Boer we 3 ite tha that thy € pre- and pared.”