New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1919, Page 6

blilent sperits? to « Geprecate th of America anid ps we did not unders 0108y the peoples of pe who not advanced in ation to the point attained by swestern neighbors, a beaten foe not Among have Chivalry enters thing It impression were only dead foe. their scheme of ble they gained the Germany's enemies hxious to halt the war. fitical critics of President Wilson that the HMun- the fact no doubt, claim n situation to the League of Nations monopol- tke Peace Con- false is due attention of This would be a ftion. The league being handled by a sub-commit- nd at the same time other prob- connected the war dis- od other Thus work was prcceeding on all lines bting frcm the hub. the ce. as- proposition immediately 1f more its were being by committees. POLITICS HERE AGAIN. lore than ordinary interest is be- displayed politics, although is an off year, and the situation S\obably cause unusual exoite- n election day. Republicans Democrats alike are waging live- to the pri- the city in ampaigns previous ies of the former and ention of the latter and the re- s are so uncertain that, oddly 1gh, the political sharps refuse to r their usual predictions, because reveals nothing and the retain their horizon s only ef wink and rincipally, interest is demonstrat- fin the race for seats on the Board ucation. Candidates are numer- of the side antictpafe Democratic at three on the fce and least ting the two democratic members he board whose terms expire this fing. Two of the candidates have endorsement Taxpayers’ ociation, which, politically, is ellent asset with which to begin The association is well-or- and its leaders appear to cast a spell over a large num- of voters. However, they are on outside and the regular pilots of party in m there. of the an finess. nized 3 may succeed i the association has one liability is the fact that Judge John Walsh 1st leave the board should the Tax- yers' candidates the nomina- bns. Judge Walsh has been a mem- r of the board for more than foriy- e He, himself, does ow when he was first elected. that time he has unselfishly de- ted himself to the interests of the hoo! department and there are few en so well posted on the depart- win years. not Dur- fheir [ prica. keeping | the 'RUG FIENDS, drug erim- ardent riminals' become drug fiends become 8 a question that has Porters on both sides. Dr. James A. Hamilton, Commissioner of Correc- tion of New York, is inclined to the belief that the use of drugs breeds criminals. Dr. Hamilton igf eonvinced * 1 drug cvil is one fhat threatens fo!u dermine the nation. “Drug‘addietion | increasing menace that, if allowed to continue unchecked, it will ruin not only the individual but the nation as well An idea of the legitimate traffic carried on New York City may be gained from official report that during one month the 2,600 drug stores sold 876 ounces of morphine, 72 ounces of cocaine, and 1,690 ounces of heroin. These are the sales accounted for. There method of keeping in touch with the he declares. in the is no dope smuggled past the cusboms offi- cials and who, according to common report, are numerous and well sup- The drug traffic sordid subject, so intertwined with criminol- is such a ogy, that the average citizen holds up This hands in pious horror of becom- ing contaminated through interesting himself in it. The day is not far off, however, when every thinking man and woman must give it attention. It is one of the most vicious and de- praving practices to which man has descended because it wrecks the lives of those who become addicted and the lives of their families. It is far worse than alcoholic intoxication. Throw- ing the unfortunate fiends into jail is fill the madhouses. Severe laws do not seem to have had the desired ef- | fect. channels of education. | has failed entirely. must be substituted. Something else New Britain battalions will march on the State Capitol at Hart- The hearing before the Committee on Education concern- not ford tomorrow. ing the school revision bill has been postponed until April L. before the Committee on Cities and Boroughs a proposed amendment to the New Biitsin charter bas been cancelled permanently. on Let us hope that the Italian jugger- naut proves to be nothing more harm- less than a flivver with a flat tire. In the eves of the Toronto Globe, {here is reason for calling Caruso the teno His “‘golden voiced income tax amounts to $154,000. All required to complete the Ment's needs. It is believed that the ajority of the Democratic i1l rally to Judge Walsh when dele- htes are selected for the city conven- on.. Five candidates are in the race for ¢ 56hool board berths om-the Re- 5 voters comfort of the United States Senate is to have Woodrow Wilson drop a pic ture postal seying: “Cross shows building in which I am stopping. Am having a fine time. KEurope is some place. Remember me to the boys at not the solution; that simply helps to | The subject must be treated as | Repression | The hearing | dis- | fiworld conflict even less with church serjvices.—Springfield Republican. ne: c is a disease and ‘has become such-am [y, he invented it.- And there'comes astime in every man’s life when he ‘“‘peddlers” who dispose of contraband } Whose other vices are being treated, through | His manhood urged him as his name | | | | { | | | | t | the shop,” ¥ Not War's Gone ONDAY, MAkcCH ey ILORER el Hacvey. ew York Times.) of The New York ffead with amusement tem- @mazement the reports of jiof Coloncl George Harvey 5 of Nations at St paguc By dinner in Indianapolis. e 4 ipected o serious discussion | { fliestion by the editor of % erican Review. T found éch by the funny man of Week! Hacvey many snjects 1o the reasons, dryan | ainst it Wilson is for i fPhe" democrats and socialists Wilson witisfied B0 does fabbi W 86 is Wilson Wilson wrote it Einglish statesmen "Wilson originated Maft is the real f Wilson had somcthing B9t anyhow. jese arguments nly conclusive #ue. r. Dick, the genial and humorous, It . not highly intelloctual, idiot in avid Copperfield.” found it im- Jsaible to w Anyiking without Pringing in° King Charles’ head. Col. ffiarvey is the M. Dick of the dis- ussion. When he writes he can hink' of nothing but Wilson's head BlfTe secs nothing in the league but a ‘elub with which to hang old friend [Woodrow. | Colonel Harvey admiis that he dis- covered Wilson. The discoveree aft- erward!treated him as the north pole treated its discoverer, P It froze him out. Admiral Peary accepted this philosophically. expecting every- thing in nature to act after its kind ‘Colonel Harvey can't get over it. The chilblains on his pride continually do ache, and he cannot forget them. I have heard of scientists so ab- sorbed in their profession that they would botanize on their mother's graves. Colonel Harvey is as devoted to the cause to which he has dedi- cated his life to get even with Wood- row. is with it. wrote it it ther of it to do and reasons against are the B who start- £ dozen or so f8nd even they meals at Ver- i ovies” in Con- ™ Jood a3 promised ‘the senate'l emphatic vote; but 2 CHRISTOPHER L. ¢ only evening? Afternoon shows Wilmington, Del., Macch WARD, 193 191 95 “Blistered Ships.” (New York Herald.) While no completely adequate pro- tection against torpedoes and mines has been realized duving the war, it is genecrally agreed that the depth charge has proved the most successful instrument of counter attack and that the system of “blister construction’ has provided the most valuable rem- edy of defense. This term “blister” is applied to the li steel pontoons or air chambers which are built along and projected cight feet from the un- derwater sides of the ritish monitors that were employed with such siznal Sliccess in the operations off the Bel- gian coast and up the Mediterranean The results achieved when ‘‘blistered ships were in direct contact with the enemy appeared so remarkable, in- deed apparently so conclusive, that the admiralty now feels warranted applying the *blister” to heavler classes of vessels, and this innova- tion, as described vesterday in our Washington diispatches, is, obviously enough, watched with keen interest by American officers The Army and Navy Gazette London, of a late date, gives the ¢ it for the device to Sir Eustace d"E court, constructor in chief of * the British navy, who advocated it before the war and subsequently fitted longi- tudinal air chambers to several the older cruisers. When Hun sum- | marines appeared in the Mediterran- ean and forced most of the allied v sels to abandon the off shore of Gal- lipoll, the Bdgar and her sister cruis- ers thus equipped continued to per- form the essential work of hombard- ing the Turkish batteries. Later the British monitors were and the value of the d rted when the Erebus or survived a serious torpedo tack which got home. It is, of course. true that the system has its disad- vantages, but not, as generally pected, in an unprofitable loss of {speed. With the monitors this dimi- { nution was only onc-half a knot, and reasoning from this it is hoped that in the capital ships the loss will not exceed one knot in the maximum spoed provided. What lends | this “Dblistering” probable effect on our capital the limitations of the Panama x Harden complains that the an_ president wears a ‘“flashy Probably the Sparta- gcomplain that he wears a collar. nto_Globe. nois doctors, who admit they Mnow anything about the *“flu 0 hiore about the “slecping sick- " #re peifectly sure one is the ongeqyence of the other. Such are omé ofe ) scientific S et that ho is sors the inventor’s regret.—Toledo TO FATHER JOHN J. BRADY. (Chaplain of the 5th Marines.) = bhis to wait and pray! thundering sounds long years, Had rolled through that sears burnt in every one. praye for three of Europe. The iron Had deeply to the heart of kept him touch with Heaven's throne. now, his count Men of this city Have mustered. and for 'liberty, Have pledged their fealty kin forth win. in And involved ‘round the flag Left their to France to fight—to ice was Not his to wait and pray! Had not his spirit thrilled as he had read = of all the dead Of France piled to all Of their heroic confidence. the heavy pall Ot grief, which over speak out More clear than words, thought of doubt, it was ours to act—no reason why, But in the strugsle place our best do or die awful carnage, how the high, mute evidence Did not Britain hung beyond all particul interest to of battle ships is the its adoption may have vessels, as, owing to imposed by the width canal locks. the | tion to the breadth of beam demand- ed by the application of airtight pon- toons cannot he c« lered in the case of American dreadnoughts. This a contingency will have to faced if the “blister” h as appears to he promi. by the plans adopted for British ships of war. That L more to to Not his to wait and pray! he gave To go ther Without a boys, Went o'er the top—withstood ock—the smoke—the noise Gave clear his benediction, helped the wounded—those who fell— Smiled through the scenes of horror, dark as hell. Gas had no terror: caused no. fear, For in his ministry was near. to mini he stood oo, ter gun to save beside the | - be the or the attested heavier No Cause to Worry. (New There is no need of impatience with shell and bullet York Times) he knew his Lord : our republican friends—at least with those to cast and nize. A great of .them who have votes Not his to wait The truest form times is shown rushing to the help of men. leaving them alonc To bear the brunt of conflict hard and stern by their truly learn Christ, their life, Of one who is ‘their fricnd and com- rade in the strife. Thus tho’ the face has not known before, God's presence has been ‘mid cannon’s roar —JOHN H and of pray! service responsibilities to recog- deal must be allowed for politics, a fact of which the Lon- don newspapers are not aware. \When the time comes there will be a League of Nations, and the work of the peace conference will be ratified. Let them argue while they may often- By Not But side—that they may | of Saviour, through the Senator T.odge made known that he would support a League of Nations if it were amended, and yet it should not have surprised anybody. He saw defects in the present plan, and so do £ood many of its supporters—Pres- | ident Lowell, fgr inst The cove- nt will amenc Already the republican senators rankinz below Senator lLodge casually letting it known that not violently L and irrevocably against the league | Take Senator Kenyon, of Towa. He says he will support the general work of the peace conference. Meanwhile he takes the privilege of hammering lines it had truest felt | @ CLIFFORD v be >d are oy (Note—The author of this verse is the Rev. John FL Clifford of Tucson, Ariz. He is one of thirteen Y. M. C. A. secretaries who wear the Croix de Guerre. He was with the Fifth Ma. rines at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Woodl), briefly | inj, d- | n-| of | nd thel, ex-| addi- | none . It came to many as a surprise when | it as hard as he can ports it. before he sup No harm done. He is a re- publican at present, but lets it be known thai when the time comes he Wl be a patriot. He must make ha naturally, while the sun shines. Pres ently the night cometh when no man can work, but only vote. At present, { the vote not yet being in order, he fears greatly that “the real substance of the Monroe Doctrine” is being abandoned, and this “real substance” he declares to be “'the right of Amer- {ica to settle American questions.” The Des Moines Register, published in Senator Kenyon's state, patiently points him that the Monroe forth by President nator Kenyon, does such thing as “the to seftle American declared, says The opean monarchies the territory of any nor set up European on the western continent incurring the hostility of the United States.” Very well put, and | quite a different thing. Neither { President Cleveland nor President | Johnson nor President Roosevelt, all of whom have been accused of extend- ing te Monroe Doctrine, ever e tended it to cover “the right of /Amer- ica to settle American questions.” Then, there is Senator Norris, of Nebraska. An organ of his, The Lin- coln Journal, announced that he was against any league of any kind. The Omaha World-Herald surmises that Mr. Norris began hearing from his | constituents; but however that may be, The Lincoln-Journal subsequently published a corrective item saving that the senator held no such poslition. “Any|statement that T am opposed to a League of Nations is wholly incor- | rect.” says the senator. revised. “lt is ! true that T have objections to some {of the provisions of the constitution | of the league, but- The World- | Herald declines to follow him further, and why should we or anyvon So, | too, Senator Spencer, of Missouri. Later on there will be a vote; a | slightly amended covenant will be placed before the senate. Much capi- tal of one sort or another will bave been made, and the vote will be unan- imous, save for certain senators who, havinz carefully ascertained that their votes will make no difference, | will give a perfectly innocuous imi- tation of Ajax. ’ I out Doctring, as set Monroe and not not provide right of questions. Register, could not annex American state institutions | without to for any America BTt “that I | | | The George Washington League. (Waterbury Republican.) league oppose the of nations will, predict, far short of enrolling the that it hopes for more understanding than The formed George Washington in this city to league we fall 10,060 members it of the attitude of the people its declaration of prin- its resolutions endorsing of the senators from tic Nowhere in either of documents it appear that | the George Washington ague de- | to see established league of | nationa of any sort, | The great ma: jority of the people of this country undoubtedly do. The new organization does not say specifically ‘that it opposed to a league of nations of any sort, but a definite statement upon this point is conspicuous by iis ahsenc. The declaration of principles says: | “We regard the draft as now p | sented for a proposed covenant of league of nations . as fa- to our independence, sovereignty liberty.” Again the resolution endorsing the position of the sena- from Connecticut says: “This league heartily endorses the patri- otic position of the [United States senators from this state . o their forceful opposition to the draft of a constitutign of a league of na- tions submitted by the presi- dent In both these statements there seems to be a slight recogni- tion of the possibility of there be- | ing offered an acceptable plan for league of nations but nowhere does the George Washingten league state clearly its position upon that point. Furthermore the documents league idea. conveyed that very unless shows | appears in | ciples and the position Connecticut. | these does sires a is | | a | tal { and | as the is The general tone of hostile to the impression is the Georze Washing- ton league would like to see this country stand pat—would like to see the world return to the status quo ante. The closing sentence of the resolution on the stand of the Con- | necticut senators reads: “We pledge to them our undivided loyal support in their leadership in the cause of American nationality as opposed to the ethereal dream of a world gov- ernment.” The George Washington league apparently does not realize that the of nations is no longer an “ethereal dream.,” but is a practical reality now being ham-, mered out upon the forge at Paris by the sledge heals of world wide | public opinion. That it is at pres- I ent in its final form or its most de- sirable form. no one contends, but that the purposeful determination | of the world has created nothing hut | a dream is absura Tt may he that the George Wash- ington league has simply failed | through carelessness to make clear its { position, and that it stands ready te | support the league when it shall have heen amended that this | country’s more powerful abjection | it arc removed. If so, the new organization should hasten to issue a defin‘te to that effect, With the new league's stand upon | the matter of congressional free- | | dom we are in entire accord. Wl i also approve it In so far as it may | | promote intelligent discussion of the | league of nations and assist in the | | tagk of framing the constitution of | that league. We insist however, that the social and political world | does move: that no everlasting po- policy may he enunciated. that If “steadfast adherence” the policy laid down by George | washington M his farewell address would prevent this country from league o | | to | | statement 1itieal and [ to | matter, The McMILLAN STORE, Inc. “ALWAYS RELIABLE” Store Open 9 a. m. to 6 p. m, Saturdays 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Store Closed Monday Evening 6 p. m.| FASHIONABLE SPRING APPAREL NEW SPRING DRESSE Moderately Priced. 19.95 * $35.00 The Favorite Styles in EW SPRING COATS. $19.50 * $45.00 SPRING DRESS SKIRTS In the wanted shades, also novelties in our extensive showing. Priced S = $$5.00 © $22.50 NEW MARABO CAPES. You'll want one to wear with your suit after discarding your winter furs. We are offering several splendid values in grey, taupe, natural and black. ; s - $7.95 * $14.50 SPRING WINDOW DRAPERIES. 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Men’s at $1.98, $2.98, $3.98, $4.98. These were bought o go on sale last Wednesday. but as they were late in being delivered we offer them this week at special prices. Priced several exclusive new spring also in the rose, brown, green and com- reached depart the from country has it must then this point where that policy. properly supervised rather than trol and private enterpr actual government administration 1 con< He Didn’t Write It (Letter in Boston ail. YO the Editor of the “lohe P Apropos|of Senator Lodge and the «ague of [Nations. While Gen | Was president, he visited devising a]of course was ente: shipping, | around town. the way freight | FlANCOCK street, Senitor house was pointed out Prompiness| entertainer remavked: “'Mr. For |1 understand that Senator | does not believe in the Bible why should he? He didn’t write as : [ replied Grapt as‘quick as s flash though it were constituted of all the| ch o Grant as quick as X s, various lines under a single or asso- Botton. Viereh 3. rits ciated direction through the necessary agencies for it Lo work in harmony. Carrying out this plan has no neces- sary relation with that for securl from the government the financial means of conducting'the use of the lines in associations. | The main purpose is not to prepare the way for government control and direction, but for an effective co-op- eration of the lines for the best re- sults at the lowest cost. There is oc~ casion for considerable modifying of the existing law for the regulation of interstate commerce, which has never been properly adjusted to the trans- portation problem. it has always been doubtful whether in its origiinal form it was intended to apply to that at all, but it has been extended to it in a complicating way. Working the existing lines, built up and connected in the way they were, as a single har-! monious svstem hereafter, ls no easy but it only needs an effective co-operation between the owning companies and government authority for a common benefit. { This, no doubt. Will acquire consid- crable reorganization and association with a view to co-operation hetween different sections and a fair just- ment as to outlay and income on the various lines and at their connections What is essential its working out to advantage is such an adjustment of rates and eharges and of outlavs that the necessary capital will be attracted and the results of its use will he equit. ably distributed. It must be under- stood that this i8 a kind of public service affecting many rights and in- terests bestdes those of eapital and System In Traffic. (New York Journal of Commerce.) Globe.) Hines of the has Director General road administration playing the advantage of his practical ability and regular system transferring and distributing traffic with the greatest and efficiency at the lowest cost. of be been Grant and driven : Boston experience ined and for in the On t o hir sident, Sumner Well, it this the entire system tion to transporta- by rail has treated (et FAY NOT A CANDIDATE, Withdraws I'vom Race to School William B. Fay, , date for nomination board and had his hands of the registrars Saturday evening that ed to withdraw. The withdra 7 Mr. Fay will not meet with the ap< proval of many af his friends who had persuaded him to a candids the place. He was considered man for the place had professor of mathematics at the school for ana close tauch irs eity His withdrawal Zwick the only younger wing party. The ing are Dr and Vibberts For Board. Electiong wha was a candi< P the theny « petit notified v ong beent High as he several with school ears affs in tha Dr. Frang of, tha 1blica for leaves candidate of three ca Zwick MAJOR AMPUTATIONS IN ARMY ONLY A 14 Washington, March to official advices, the { amputation cases’ States date which arm and arm apu putations ording major United, 34 of casess ard am« forces to 208 are an of these approximaic and 1.7 600 ions, If anybody geis Up anything in { ioining a lP8%Ue of nations to help ‘rm the world of the curse of war, Jabor directly involved, but that it can be best directed and conducted by Paris in honor of Col be the space Writer; House it won't —Detroit News.