New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1916, Page 6

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1016, ’ Britain Herald. PUBLISHING Proprictors ty (Sunday ferald Bulldir | at the Post Office 1 Mat @ by carrfer to any 15 cer ptions Bnly proftable advertis Pe-aia win ns's News Sta Nows . TELEPHONE CA F AT CHRISTMAS PWhatever be el ¢ f t may have > past trials and trik rrows the and oy what 1at The somew of son r but t a rift in shaft of This is light what friends reing ladows when e one great hov tokens, trifling ected or for count ov this time of the year when | n and women v be levele ex ance and th ich the people of this land celebrate But the s and tokens of estee: rom fun It many n others. Vith the going of the years Christ- B has become tblished It as holid is the ch th worries and bows iIn reverence at feet of the Savior. Old animosities Ik away at Christmas. Eiven. it, the d. spirit of RI he jan and ¢ American commi fter enjoy jous associations o whatever heartaches, money were better spent more the world sets aside COMPANY. st at ter art of the city month sent cents a tng med T TME. en th may ulatior there in the world here dispells the at | happens hd of e manner m is in and mo greatest one day Enemies are | the ood will among men. ttee for rian Relfef. f our pted) at 4:15 p. m., 67 Church New Britatn by mall, vicissi- have the Yule- | never | comes | the clouds and 21‘ er and above all | have outgrown the ocent realm of childhood. Criticism at the American spirit in ent for general- | s that can be well afford- this way | of in its cares The world takes on a new Christ- [MAS TWICE THIS YEAR. Christmases for the American le is the treat that is being offered Ar- ng the fellowships and Ofl'n‘ stmas on December 25th, we ma, neans of offerings made on that have a joys or fan and Syrian friends an Janu- the Land of the Christ style calendar is still Minor, which, with other their of the 19th in [d. The old in Asia T in customs, nce stmas on = January an or Wes he thank which money Crar mittee at No. 70 York American consuls the v in in Armen brings 19th ern calendar. sent to and hase of food, clothing and n for Christ 19th supplies January here ‘ma the s in n in be no stock d or man is hun; sweeter than may ing s unleavened, woolen blanket, s the to ese thir be hopes give n and children as possible as a ftmas present this year, but the per that will be thus favored will direct propartion to ‘the thought- and the Christian brothe S, ristians of Americ: gather around fire to viour’s birth. e Christmas s car, be a., mouthfi ed . among. the fands of hunary pe s the committee e hex ship as soon as funds for the In addition to 1ents of food landed at the b can be secured. ship of Beirut, there at other larger annot possibly argo c point of in ac er from is from New Yor reach these and ¥ being cabled e is as rapidly as ican commissions nd mi e purchase of available supplies e the lives of the holplessl stockings Syria this y ng: and Ameri observe the centers rut than mas of the ear. gry there plain an to as a as t side and annive hip has sailed. 1 when hundreds ople. xpe cessibility, San k. other by possible composed vital part in the Christ- celebrations of aur Ar- { American people are asked for offerings an Christ- Mr. Treasurer of the Fifth avenue, City, will be cabled prompt- mission- rious distribution cen- ria and Palestine, will' arrive in ample time for the distribu- | be no cakes, candy and little In fact, but when bread, when a 1ild is shivering with cald n more coveted than a Com- many liness ey this altar d Because to send is urgent need of inland | be reached with Tabriz and Tiflis, for in- Fran- centers the com- and | sionaries are using it| Wheels Ty Tts o of wheat, flour, rice, etc are WHAT SCHWAB SAYS. FACTS AND FANCIES. “How did Deeds make his reputa- tion as a lawyer? “He was so well- to-do he could decline cases he knew he couldn’t win.”—Boston Trans- cript. At a time when most men in the na- tion fear the ending of the war in Fu- rope because of the supposed disaster ti will bring to American industry it is to hear from an optimist like Charles M. Schwab, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bethlehem Steel Company. The ordnance plant which Mr. Schwab djirects fifty | per cent. greater than that of the wonderful Krupps works at than | | | | | | good = | Some men goes ahead,” said Uncle FEben, ‘“‘actin’ as foolish as if dey had to put deir whole lives payin’ freak election hets.—\Washington Star. — | “1 understand your husband Is something of a valetudinarian, Mrs. Comeup.” “Oh, dear me, no! He eats meat vegular threce times a day.” —Baltimore American. | is Essen, and more mil- rounds of heavy turned out Germany, one ammunition month hy this Despite the fact of Mr. future for | lion are ever; New York is going fo have a Span- ish theater, and New Yorkers will have an opportunity to learn what a zarzuela is.—Boston Globe. American deals concern. he in munitions war brilliant peace has sees after Schwab a America among been de- | — ool the Furopean nations, | ~Scorn all except the perfec o Furopean natlons. ' e.ipo.g when it comes to marriage.” This the great works of | __charlotte Perkins Gilman. Too American the Bethlehem | late to cl ify.—Chicago Tribune. plant as well as all others, can clared because industry, Steel “My malady headache.” ian with your old coctor wouldn't take. my seriously. He says it's only Te said that to a wom- money?” “He did.” !“T am astounded. You suffer from | | migraine.”—Louisville ~Courier-Jour- | nal. | d to the making of goods de- in be tur manded peace times as easily as they were adapted for war business. The calamity howlers will not like the views of Charles M. Schwab aired before the Lotus Club of New York. The speculators and gamblers of Wall | street will not rest so easily in their chairs if the people analyze the re- | of would “It requires exceptional ability to hold a government position.” It does " replied Senator Sorghum; ‘“a ! man who can take care of a family marks of this great leader indus- | 5, the average government sal- They rather | ary has ability amounting almost to have his optimism pointed the other | genius.”—Washington Star. A picture of the gloom that is | IS1 «Lioya Northeliffe, | trial progress George, “understands the intang- But the inevitable ; ible psychology of the C truth must dawn upon the American | beople,”” which goes to confirm our that Lloyd George is in a class himself.—Macon Telegraph. coming is more in keeping with their plans and scheme: people sooner or later. The war's ending is not going to disrupt Ameri- | can industry in precisely the manner | public say it will. There may he A Yale professor, in a speech, warmnly defends the much . ; sed American politician. Now, it | a temporary 1ull, while the | &bused ! s the | Could be only fair on the part of our pariousplants overhauled and | yiticians to drop their natural pre- turned from war into the processes of | judices and say something nice about peace. After that the business will go | college professors.—Providence Jour- on the same as in the past. | nal. As the United States is the greatest | producer.of steel in the world, so Mr. | M | Not having children of my own, | Schwab the greatest director ‘of I often zo to play. | steel production. 2 = Bl | With neighbor Watson’s little boys whereof he speaks. He estimates thinelshoor Bve ] | Who live across the way. the year's output of steel in this | 3 e | There Is a toddling youngster there couptry at something like 40,000,000 | | I toss about, and, when tons which, he says, is the greatest |, o, ¥ ? ne through ev'r: in the history of the world. If th vt St | e says, “Do it again!’ man who the biggest | of all manufacturers in the war muni- tions business is not afraid of an early many perhaps, are —_——n | DO IT AGAX : is Therefore he knows is considered | I bounce him up to* touch the sky, And play a choo-choo train; | Then climb about on all the chairs, | And make out I'm a crane. | do a thousand fancy I cackle like a hen; And ev'ry time T He yells, “Do it again. peace in Europe, but rather welcomes such an occurrence, why, in the name of all common sense, men being fl‘ight(\\;ed out of their senses at the prospec It would seem that the sooner Europe tries to mend its broken self the better it will be for America. We are the builders, are i tricks, | of an early peace? finish one 1 play the bhear, and monkey, too, And climb the And lead a band of pirates bold | | | | g | | old rain spout, | o And chase the Injuns out. | HOMFER McKEE'S PRAYER el baldish head, | And twitter like a wren. 1 No matter how fatigued I am He laughs, “Do it again.” I my There are two questions to be here | asked which are indeed pertinent to the moment and for many days to come. The first is, who is Homer McKee? The Billboard, a theatrical publication, which has little to do with prayers and such confesses that it does not happen to know who Homer McKee may happen to be. And so the first question is unanswered from that aquarter. The only thing known is Homer McKee is not an actor, nor is he connected with things theatrical. The second question is, Why should the monthly bulletin published by the Kansas State into the theological and print psalms My strength is fair exhausted now, My breath has flown away; | And yet I cannot satisfy | This lad who's three today. But I would give e'en more than that, A thousand times plus ten, If I but owned a little lad Who'd say, “Do it again!” JOHN J. DALY. “] HEAR YOU CALIANG.” | Ole Cap Kidd was a slick old soul, of Health delve | Before he died he amassed a roll; But he never knew what he could do | On the stock exchange with a branch | or two. Board and prayers and meditations which have chiefly to do with the spiritual | In Cap Kidd's day when the world was young - | answer to that is probably easier than | If tieyglrokelile ! ung: the one to the first question, ber-.}xusn | s e TG Tl o e el Ty the Rulletin prints the prayer written v‘ If they deal in stocks and are neat and | by the unknown Homer, which is an | deft. answer In ftself. And, be ft sald by | , oo other day | 4 ove just the other day | way of introduction, Homer's little | peciged to take some change away | contribution to the realm of liturgy, To give to his relatives far and near or ecclesiastical literature, is indeed | So they'd be protected when days worth while. It is twentleth century | ceanichean stuff, but it carries as much weight as some of the psalms of old, even that call for | Went out sunning on “weeping and of teeth. | range, | He shot so fast and he shot so fine Listen:— | He slew all the sheep in the gam- Teach me that sixty minutes make | boling line. an hour, sixteen ounces one and one hundred cents one dollar. Help me to lve so that T can lie | down at night with a clear conscience, without a gun under my pillow, unhaunted by the faces of those to | whom I have brought pain. e o i f i Lol Grant, T beseech Thee, that T may | e | earn my meal ticket on the square, | Which he called s and In doing thereof that I may not | same old thin | And Glove & Co then cleaned the gang : stick the gaff where it does not be- | \yp;1e pysiness was rushing with a | biff and bang. ‘ | side, while its aims and aspirations | are purely physical and material? The | law they'd all be is | He bought a seat on the stock ex- | change, more than the ones the market’s gnashing pound, | When the sheep were slain and his | blood was stirred He waded in for another herd. | Then he got the lambs and the bulls i and bears And when he quit he had all of theirs. and of long. Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money and the rustle of unholy skirts. Blind me to the faults of the other fellow, but reveal to me my own. Yes, ole Cap Kidd was a slick old ho | But a piker compared with Glove & Co.. When they get the boys running, they | give one shove! | | Oh, you might kid Kidd, but you can't | | kid Glove. | Guide me so that each night when 1 look across the dinner table at my wife, who has been a blessing to me, I will have nothing to conceal. Keep me young enough to with my children and in their play. And then when comes the smell of | JOHN McCORMACK. Most of the Christmas will be done early tonight. laugh lose myself shopping | to | | = { One more day before Christmas. flowers, and the tread of soft steps, | Apd then the New Year of | and the crunching of the hearse’s | in the gravel out in front of | And then the turning | my place, make the ceremony short| Over and the epitaph simple: l Here Lies 2 Man. of a New Leaf. | | I | unpardonable | meeting expressed ::momfln making an arrest, and then | have | his prisoner over to Officer Hellberg | The mayor’s ery is for greater police | government | time of the vear, | when there is a general desire to use | the 3 | filled | cther | Britain | as the | Merry Chris Town Topics! ‘What better argument for Mayor Quigley’s proposal that the safety board be split into a fire and police commission can be asked than the action of the present board on Thurs- day night? This hoard has handled the fire department affairs in a mas- terly way, but as to the police de- partment it has exhibited a woeful lack of judgment and Intelligent knowledge of conditions. The board has ever bungled the police depart- ment affairs, as evidenced by the mayor having to appear before the commissioners to give them sensible advice. As the latest example of the lack of knowledge himself as op- posed to what he said was the exist- Ing scheme at night of having Officer Gustave Hellberg go out with the pa- rol in response to a call from a po- the officer making the arrest pany him bhack to headquar- | ters, thus leaving his beat unguarded for some time. Tlad Mr. Steele but | taken the trouble to investizate he would have known that this is not so. The officer acco. making an arrest turns | and the latter brings him to head- quarters, and for the very reason that the patrolman’s beat must not | be left unguarded. Infrequently it 'ha.p,"f'nfl that particularly unruly prisoner makes it necessary for both officers to take him to the station. | Another statement of Mr. Steele showing a lack of familiarity with police affairs was when he recom- mended that Officer Hellberg, door- man and patrol officer, he required to appear in court daily as a witness. Such a scheme would be utterly im- practical and Clerk Magnell stated the case plainly when he explained tht an officer on the bheat might re- ceive a complaint, make a private in- | vestigation and then make an arrest and call for the patrol. He would simply turn his prisoner over to Of- ficer Hellberg. What would the lat- ter know of the facts in the cases were he called as a witness? The commissioners should know that hearsay evidence is not permitted in court. Tikewise, certain members of the board seem intent on ‘getting” De- tective Bamforth by making the de- tective sergeantship a position to be shifted quarterly. 'If this goes into effect it will make New Britain’s po- Jlce department the laughing stock of the countr; Tt will provide material for cartoon The plan is absurd. | efficiency. Certainly the the detective bureau every three nionths does not tend toward this. Tre only time a detective hurean | should he changed is when it is | proved positively inefficient and the | aim of the commissioners should be | to make the bureau efficient and per- | manent, rather than disorganizing it | by doling the job to various men for th onth periods. Far better would it be iispense with the de- tective hurean entirely, than subject it to such humiliation and genuine disorganization. These are .acts that show need of separating the {wo departments, since it seems impossible to secure a single commission to handle both branches effectively. shifting of ce it to Mayor Quigley’s special message to the common council relative to the need of better protection at railroad crossings and the lack of adequate trolley service was a well-balanced comprehensiv and intelligent one. The salient points in the condemna- tion of alleged lack of protection and gervice were forcibly presented, yet his honor noticeably refrained from making any snap judgment sugges- tions. Suggestions without careful thought and legal study of the ques- tions involved are impossible if they mre fo bring the desired results. In making appointments to the special committee the mayor should see to it that he names men whose stand- ing is such their statements will carry more weight than those of the ordin- ary layman. A careful analysis of the messag® shows the veiled threat that if the railroad does not grant the reasonable requests made the city will seek to have them compelled by recourse to law. While it did not come within the | province of Mayor Quigley to touch | upon the subject, it is a fact that in | connection ith insufficient trolley | service the residents of Fim Hill, | Maple Fiill and Newington have as | justifiable a complaint as any. At no | summer or winter, | during the hours of the day or night | trolley particularly to | Hartford, are people given | proper accommodations. During these | rush hours the cars are comple before they leave New Brithin thoge who board them at the stntions have to stand up or walk—for the next car is just as crowded it does no £00d to wait. New not the only place with a | grievance against the trolley company, hut it is hoped that as soon local gement secures tha | and I¢ promised, bet- and real g ™ new | ter service hotween Hartford and New Britain can be assured. Once again it is Christmas time and the Herald's wish is that it may bring the people the city joy and hap- | Diness. friend on the Merry Chris filled with the good will to- | But in slapping his back and exclaiming the well wisher, spirit of peace on carth ward men, had best be cautious. He might so salute one of t un an- ates “hung in” on the market. . o ox sorowful mortals declare it see how this can be a nas to them and the out- New Year a hing These hard fo is for the happs look but Aifference months do Six months > when the speculators were cleaning up fabu- lous paper fortunes on war stocks he What a malke. { than a pair of boots. | ters and catch | should be handled entirely by of the timid disposttion or he who lacked sufficlent cash to dabble a bit—ah! But now-—what a different The envy is all on the other ily. story. side. e 'Tis reported that there will be a noticeable lack of new Packards about the city next spring. e Cheer up. Almost anyone can have a little money, but It is quite a dis- tinction to be broke. » e e The market panic is bringing prov- erbs into play. Prosperity seeks soli- tude, but misery Ilikes company. Think it over. o Revenge {s sweet, even to the chil- dren. The latest stunt of those youngsters who visit stores and offi- ces seeking calendars s to leave a couple of so-called “‘stink bombs” on the floor when their request is re- fused. .o Only two days to Christmas. That white Christmas does not look as white as it did a week ago. Ry An ounce of prevention is better Referring to the conditlon of the gutters and oross- walks during yesterday's rain. To some extent the flooding of these might have been prevented by a time- 1y cleaning of the snow from the gut- basins. » e The board of public works should prevent such blocking of the public sidewalks as has occurred on North Bigelow street where the New Brit- ain Machine company is building an addition. so constructed that bar the walk and yesterday noon hundreds of people were forced to wade through several inches of wa- ter and slush because the walk was obstructed. Such a condition should never have been permitted to exist. . Postmaster W. F. Delaney has act- ed wisely by refusing to heed anony- mous letters or telephone communi- cations criticizing the service, seek- ing Information of a more personal nature, or attempting to make a com- plaint against any clerk or carrier. The postmaster’s contention is that If anyone wishes to make a com- plaint and considers it a just one they should have the moral courage to let their name be known to the offi- clals to whom such a complaint is made. The postmaster would treat such Information as confidential, but he will insist upon it as a proof of good faith. Not long ago Chief W. J. Rawlings of the police department had to issue a similar edict about anonymous letters and frequently newspapers have to advise their read- ers that all communications must be accompanied by the sender’s name as evidence of good faith, although the name will be treated confldentially if desired. they absolutely .o Yesterday was the shortest day of the year. Now as the days begin to lengthen the cold will begin to strengthen. . From the recent prosecutions for failure of property owners to clean their sidewalks within six hours aft- er a snow storm it appears that the authorities are determined to have their ordinance enforced this winter. And it is well that this is so. There is no good reason why all sidewalks cannot be cleaned in thls reasonable time and for the safety and accom- modation of the public, as well as in Justice to the man who does clean of his walk, all property owners, whether they be private citizens, large corporations or the city itself, should be prosecuted. e Tt has been suggested that if the fire department is to have a filying squadron and a new chemical truck to be made from the chassis of an ordinary touring car the police aux- iliary car be remodelled for this pur- pose. It is a fast and sturdy machine and might answer the purpose. In its place it would be advisable to pur- chase the police department a serv- iceable ambulance, P night was a bad one for Chairman G. Babcock of the safe- tv board. The board of public works absolutely refused to grant his two requests; one that thig board take onto itself the responsibility and work of placing red lanterns on the traffic standards each evening, and the other Tuesday | that permission be given for the in- stallation of permanent and orna- mental traffic standards at the inter- section of the principal thoroughfares about the center. Regarding the first request the board of public works justly claimed that the traffic system is essentlally one of safety and it that board. Referring to the permanent standards the commissioners thought they would prove a menace to traffic. The small posts used now are fre- quently in collission with traffic, but because of their frail construction do | no damage. Pointed Paragraphs. (New York Globe) A mule by any other name would be a chronic kicker. If time is money that of some men must be lead nickels Some men are unable to think when drunk or to talk when sober. “Know thyself,” but don’t overdo things by being too exclusive. When a couple is matched but not mated it's a sort of friction match. Even a poor man who hasn’t a dol- lar may be well off as long as he re- mains single. No self-respecting man cares to make love to a girl who makes love to a pug dog. There is no hope for the poor girl who is stone blind to the sparkling beauties of a solitaire. how he did envy those who | were getting rich so quickly and eas- | 'OF HAVING ULTERIOR MOTIVE | math of the German proposal to the X ;he terms a thr Supports to the staging are | marine warfare. BERLIN PRESS ACCUSES U. S. Say Wilson Was Actuated By Desire to Help England in Sending Out Note to All Belligerents — Lan- sing’s Statement Called Threat. Berlin, Dec. 22, 6:30 p. m, Via Lon- don, Dec. 28, 2:20 a. m.—The Lokal Anzeiger, though admitting that Presi- dent Wilson's note to the belligerent powers has great political significance, wonders whether it comes as an after- Entente or is independent of it. The Lokal Angeiger declares that Germany and her allies cannot take a stand un- til the Pntente answers is received, which from advance report it con- siders gives no cause for aptimism. On the character of this answer and whether it proves to be a reply to the speeches of Premiers Briand and Lloyd George the paper thinks the fate of the Wilson note appears to stand or fall. The Anzeiger says it has no desire to belittle the efforts of the president but relterates that they are subordinate to the next move of the Entente. Count von Reventlow, In the| Deutsche Tages Zeitung. declares that | the character of the Entente opinion is that “the United States are mixing it.” Count Reventlow devotes the greater part of his editorial to the | statement of Secretary Lansing, which | at against Germany that America will enter the war on the side of Germany’s opponents should the emperor, instead of consenting to‘ a conference under any circumstances use her naval weapons against Eng- land and damage what he terms the Anglo-American cause. “Wilson’s step,” says Count von Reventlaw, “is nothing but an effort to save England from catastrophe.” The Tageisch Rundschau says sar- castically that President Wilson well | understood how to commit his peace | stating Germany’s peace terms to the United States if a conference with the entente, as it regards probablé, becomes impossible. French Comment Paris, Dec. 23.—President Wilson's note and the statement of Secrefdry Lansing continue to be %2 sensa- tions of the day and take precedence of everything else in the morning pa- pers. The president’s action by né means meets with favor among the commentators who only vary in the manner of expressing their opinion. The principal reproach is the words of Stephen Pichon who, writing in the Petit Journal, says “The note makes no distinction be- tween the states who provoked the war and those whom it was forced upon. The belligerents, whoever they, are, see themselves treated in the same manner by President Wilson He does not remember either the violation of Belgian neutrality, the crimes of the submarine warfare or any of the monstrous acts which re- volted the conscience of his compa- triots and that of the civilized world. Germany, her victims, Belgians, Ser- bians or French, it is all the same. “America can appreciate this sin- gular conception as she pleases. Weay should be lacking In the first of our duties in not holding it up as an out- rage to our honor and our dignity.” Georges Clemenceau, former premi- er, in his newspaper, I’Homme En- | chaine says: “The moral side of the escaped President Wilson. He puts on the same footing all of the belliger-t ents without asking for what reason 1 war has proposals while business was good in | America, but that it was inevitable that some time America should enter | the world war efther as a combatant or a would-be peacemaker. The Rundschau asserts that Mr. Wilson should remember that America, while profiting from the war, made its quick | ending impossible by restricting sub- ‘“President Wilson is actuated,” savs this paper, ‘by vanish- ing profits on one hand and the fear of submarine warfare on the other hand. He knows that if the German peace overtures were rejected it would spell sharpened and intensified fight- ing at sea. The Wilson plan will meet more recognition with the Entente than with the Central Powers.” George Bernard, in the Vossische Zeltung, views President Wilson’s proposal as actuated purely from American, selfish motives. He refers to Secretary Lansing’s statement regarding America being drawn to the verge of war as a dis- tinct tip to Germany that America desires to avoid such a conflict, pri- marly, for selfish reasons. The Vossiche Zeitung declares also that President Wilson need not de- celve himself into thinking that he can lay down any precepts for the conference. There will be no truce, it =ays, but the fighting will continue, with- Germany’s terms increasing in reverety as she achieves military suc- cess. ‘“President Wilson’s steps we wel- come,” are the words with which Odor Wolff opens his comment in his paper. He adds that quite regardless of feeling for or against President Wil- son or the desires in some connec- tions for war with America, no pol- itician capable of thinking has the right to reject peace proposals be- cause they come from Washington. Herr Wolff points out that President Wilson undoubtedly has many sources of information as to the feeling to- wards peace in various countries and, therefore, is not guided by parliamen- tary speeches delivered for home and enemy consumption. If the peace conditlons of the entente are actually reflected in the speeches of M. Po- krovsky, the Russian flnance minis- ter, or David Lloyd George, the Brit ish premier, he asserts, then the path to peace is not a smooth one, for such | peace would add merely a humilia- tion. President Wilson, howcver, he continues, is obviously alming for a peace that®would be a recontinuation and Germany, despite what the writer alludes to as the angry clamor the greedy, desires such a peace. In ending his article Herr Wolff de- clares that whatever may be the out- come of the proposals, the discussions of peace has in any event begun and | cannot be hushed. The Boersen Zeitung accepts the Wilson note in a friendly manner but declares that there must be no confusion between the German and American propositions, since, it says, the Germans made their overtures in the conscilousness of vietory won while America makes hers, according to Secretary Lansing, because she is on the verge of participation in the war. The paper disagrees decidedly with President Wilson’s words re- garding the war aims of all the com- batants appearing the same. It re- iterates, as does every other paper, that Germany is fighting for self- preservation and not the protection of small nations. The Boersen Zei- tung compliments President Wilson on not having offered himself as a mediator and expresses confidence that he will appreciate the German standpoint if Germany has to con- tinue the fight in case the entente abides by its determination to an-; nihilate Germany. The Kreuzzitung has little confi- dence that President Wilson’s step | will lead to anything, though it says that he, having suggested a peace conference, now has certain moral obligations to work for such a meet- of | each of them is fighting. Failing to | take Into consideration these impon- derables, he helleves himself just {when he speaks to all in the same | terms. He has not felt that the ends | of the war could not he understood in | the same way by both sides and cor- rectly it would seem almost blasphem- ‘the objects acal the Frenchs | ous to hear it sald that seem the me on hoth | Lincoln’s answer to | and British officers to mediate be- { tween North and South in 1863 s freely quoted and analogies are drawn | between the situations then and now “What citizens of the United States would blame us if we answered Wil- son as Lincoln answered the medid- tors then?” asks the Echo De Paris. RECORDS AVIATIS AT PUST OFFICE of Other Years Present indications at the post office are that all previous records for the receipt of incoming and outgoing mat- ter of all nature, as well as financial receipts, will be broken this year. At - noon today it was stated by Postmas- ter Delaney that the receipts have greatly exceeded those of December 23 last year, with a steady tide of cash throughout the day. Through the capable working force in the office the mail has been kept down wonderfully well. On account of the all-night service and the increased working facilities, the fears of working the , foree on Christmas day became some- what allayed. Foreman John Meehan with his assistant, James V. O’Brien, enjoy the distinction of having had every outgoing piece of parcel post ready for shipment before closing | time at 10:30 o'clock every evening this week. This applied to mail leav- i 1ng the city. The prosperous season ! has added greatly to the parcel post business, making 1916 the heaviest in | the history of the office. | " Postmaster Delaney with his assist- | ant, B. J. Munson, has completed the | following arrangements for hours, de- | liveries, etc., at the office tomorrow and Christmas Day. The stamp Wwin- | dow will be open tomorrow from 11 to 12 o’clock and there will be one delivery of mail by the carriers. The last mail to be dispatched will closc at 12:16 o’clock. The parcel post de- partment will work as long as therc is matter to be delivered. On Christ- mas Day, the stamp window will be open from 9 to 12 o'clock. The reg- istry window will be open from § to 12 o'clock. The money order win dow will be closed throughout the day. The last mail will be received at 12 o’clock. There will be one de- livery by the carriers, but the parcel post delivery will be maintaimed until all matter has been handled Considerable inconvenience been caused by persons using Red Cross seals on mail matter and de- positing the same without having the regulation stamp affixed. This means that the clerks have been forced to mark all letters with the postage re- quired at the other end of delivery. Postmaster Delaney spoke today of the commendable manner in which the public has assisted in making the work of the post office force lighter by mailing matter early. In past vears it was the custom to wait until the last minute before depositing mail thereby flooding the office during the last days of the season. and making it very unpleasant for the employes The postmaster issued a number of valuable suggestian week ago, and has ing. The paper expresses itself as somewhat puzzled over the presi- dent’'s motives and inclines to the belief that America does not want to see England too much weakened by the war. many have adhered to them “The New Britain Trust Company will bo open Saturday night fr 3 to 10 for the receipt of depogits— It objects strenuously toadvt. Mail and Receipts Far in Advance °