Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 13, 1918, Page 4

Qorwich Bulletin und Goufie? IR W s T ey P o 122 YEARS OLD ted Press Is excluslrely eni o ey o G bomy dosnch: to It or not PAper and alw the =g Fights of republicaiion of special despateh- e alo reserved. CIRCULATION Bee. 7, 1918, 10,407 DECIDING PEACE TERMS. Much is beingssaid in England at the present time about the bill of ex- Jenpe and damages which must be collected from Germany. Other coun- tvles are llkewise making out item- ize@ acoounts for .presentation to the peate conference. It is estimated by ra.omm that the war bl of all allles will amount to $120,000,000,- 000 and he has declared that the Huns must pay to the limit of their capac- ityy Tt s to be remembered, however, that the British. Tsles at the presen: time are n the throes of a pelitical campalgn. Political claims are being #gt’ forth by both sides for the in- fluence which may be had upon the ectian which comes on Saturday ot this we=k. There I every reason to ve that the counting of the bal- Jota will show that the administration of Premier Lloyd George has been rousingly supported, but it, may be well not to place too much depend- ence upon the demands which will be presented at the peace table untfl ey are actually decided upon and it forth in conerete figures. ‘.And even that does not mean that the alaims of any one of the allles Will positively be met in full. They must come up for due consideration by - the entire assembly of delegates #nd 1t is the conference that must make the decision in accordance with ihe capacity to meet them and the probability of fulfilment. THere are tand indemnities possible as an offset to.{he money claims and the fact to e comsidered that this country is not Moking for territory or big indemnity Wyt the future welfare of humanity #nd the right of self government. Such #% NS manv other blg problems which’ must come before the peace ~t,etini: make it eviden: that there ie muech which cannot be decided in advance and that the whole task of Arawiig up the peace treaty cannot be cempleted in a minute. M'ADOO ON THE ROADS. One of the great problems before the éountry a: this time concerns the that is going to ho taken rel- to the raliroads. These systems aré now under government control, pitced there as a war necessity and ascofding to the legislation adopted at the tims they were taken over they €30 be retained for a period of 21 months ‘following the war. How lons that period of control whieh the ecountry under present leg- islative right can exercise is going to be, whether the government should #ick to the limi* and what the cenditions will be under which they will be turned back to the own- W are questions which are receiv- ing serious thought at the present time In the halls of congress and among those who are expert upon raitroad matters. Director General McAdoo, who has #een In charge of the railroads since the Fovernment took them over and who is to give up his work the first of the year, has, with the sanction of \h. president, recommended to con- tlon to the effect that over the railroads N e!londad so that the period sheald continue until January 1, 1024, h‘it‘d of expiring in 21 months af- the war. If this is not done he [#¥84 that the roads should go back ‘omve or the Fontrol be continued the -full* authorized period. There ia no question but what Mr. MeAdoo's, plan will meet with much ftion because of the apparent linallon to government ownership, thé Indicated paving of the way to, an eutconte, but he has been n el touch with the situation and e ble that his views, should known. For that reason his ideas, ,though they are not adopted, are tp %o accepted for what they are in alding to reach the right so- * ' 'WOODEN SHIPS. : which is now given to the no more wooden ships will eted and worlk will cease on where the expenditure al- made is not In excess of $200,- it evident that the ship- @ congiders it not only un- to progeed further with this that it looks upon such as of-government funds. m of $200,000 represents a ‘mere than a quarter of the cost wooden ships whica the gov- for. How many the be Bohvod um aven thou h there are many vessels mot a quarter. done, and the shipping. boatd declares has already kas been started or such material 4§ bas been made ready for such.ships will be allowed tago to waste. There ccru.lnly is @& usc . for the mm!hhiml!noth\thGnr- vice ‘in which the goversimgnt sought to place them. There is going to be much. opportunity for saillng as well a8 steam craft and it seems not un- “I've just been to see Thehll," an- noungced . % bunr hat, “and I had a nice time!" o 'Dur me,” murmured - the' young matron’ who was roiling bandages. “Thelma must have chsered up a lot since ymerdly. then.. When I faw her. last night she was too blue for words. She said evarythlnt had’ ;pue wrong with her for weeks” "Qh, aho hasn't cheered up any,” re- the other. “That's really why I nJoyed her so much. You see I spent te last two weeks with my Cousin Mly, and if you know my Cousin reasonahle that the shipping board | Em can make such disposition of this ma- terial and such work as has been done as will partly if not fully offset the losses sustained by cancelling the confracts. Wooden ships cannot be entirely disregarded and with yards established and the lgbor situation improving it is reasonaple to believe that private capital will recognize and take advantage of an opportunity, cven though the plans of the ships Lnaerxo ajterations. FOOD FOR SUFFERING HUMAN- ITY. As yet we have no' definite idea as to just how the food situatien is go- ing to be handled in order that the needy peonle of Europe may be given what they require and that other Eu- ropean peoplés may be allowed to re. cefve supplies for the preventioa’of storvation and disorder. Anyon€ must realize that it is no easy problem to solve. The situation fn any one of them is bad enough but taking them all together the troubles pile up ac- cordingly. The task which lids before Mr. Hoover who has undertaken the job of relieving the distress is to deter- mine just where the suffering pre- vails and how extensive ‘it is, the ount of supplies which arg avail- able in the immediate vicinity and cquntry, to determine how the needed help can be gotten to them the speed- ‘iest and what sections - should be drawn upon for that purpose. It is a case of getting in touch with the food situation of practically the en- tire world. Even_though MT> Hoover has not worked“out his programme he appre- clates the fact, according to his state- ments, that the world's food. situstion is acute and that there is a tremen- dous need for eonservation, To meet the requirements there can. be no question but what the people of this country are convinced of the wisgom ot saving that suffering humanity may get relief. That does not mean that we are going to give to Germany or that we are golng to see that people there fare better than many do here; tut it means that by saving where we can we are going to make avail- able such supplies that can be used to the best advantige ‘here Mr. Hoover's investigdations show that they should be used, whether given away or.purchased. There is still a chance for much work for the good of humanity and this country never turns a cold shoulder on tbat. CONSERVATION WORK. There are some lessons which have been learned and some organizations created during the period of the war which it will be posstble to make zood use of in the years to come. - All will not, and certainly should net, disap- pear with the signing of the terms of reace, and this is especially true of what has been done in behalf of over- coming waste. In this connection it is to be noted that two of the sections of the wor industries board. are by direction of the president to be turned over to the department of commerce, These are the resources and conversion sec- tion, which will be retained but tem- porarily and the conservation division which 18 to bhecome a permanent branch of the department of com- merce. Its function has been the studious conservation of resources and facilities by sclentific commercial | and industrial economles, There is plenty of excellent work which can be done in that direction whether there is war or peace, and having experienced the benefits from the practices which have been fol- lowed during the war it is a grand good idea to not only urge their con- tinuance at all times but to make the best use of the material which has been zathered for keeping to the front the elimination of waste and the pro- motion of precision in business. The fact that great developments are looked forward to in this country in the years to come does mot mean that we can totally disregard the im- portance of eliminating waste. We must have the proper regard for and make the best use of our resources, EDITORIAL NOTES. There will be ne happier day than that which brings the announcement that the casuaity list is ended. The one regret of Mexico must be that peaceful conditions have prevail- ed_there as lonz as they have. The man on the cerner, says: Self determination is a great thing when it comes to Christmas presents. The daily casualty list shows that the Connecticut men were not ahsent when there was important fighting to be done. War savings stamps and early Christmas shopping are two things which should be kept tn the forefront these days, scribed as the greatest pageant naval history. but could it comparg with some thot arded tHat the most beautiful of all A twe day embargo has been placed on hogs at Chicago. There are cer- tain kinds which ought to ‘be ruled against forever. Everyone can imagine those croco- dile .tears as they flow down the cheeks of the Turkish sultan as he weeps for the Armenfans. These are of courss the days when you should not be so curiogs about every interesting logking package that is brought into the house. We don’t hear much said in Wash- ington these days about the ratifica- tion of that Colombian treaty to which the president referred. If the fuel administrater eould only claim that he guides the hand of the weatherman there would be no ques- tion but what he -would gei full credit for his wi ufls‘“ ot the kind of proJress that will put lt over the top is being made in the sale of the war savings stamps. It furnishes a chance to save and help at_the same time. The one time crown prince has freed his mind regarding Ludendorf?, but pessibly the latter doesn't. think dt neceasary to follow it up by his opinion regarding Freddie Hohendol- lern, We are prepared to M-r now that the ryeportad attempt by the former kaiser on his own lifs 'was another gross exaggeration. Such an act as that would m rank fne “Isn'sahe that spinstery looking one who used to write poems on prohibi- tion?” asked the interested matron. “The same. You see Cousin Emily is very religious,,and it is part of i:er religion to be lnsis'tenny cheerful. She is so cheerful that her :mile is like a militant challenge to frown in her presence. if-yqu dare! Of courss reo- ple like that may make the werld at large a hetter place to live im, dut when you have to live with 'em it's different. “T arrived at Cousin BEmily's at 2 o'clock in the morning. The train wasg nine hours late, had no diner on it and it was raining sheets. But Cousin Em- ily- was there to meet me. She had the brightest smile in the world, as if she really enjoyed staying wup all night. So, of course, I had to pretend that T enjoyed it, too. And when we had to wait an hour for a taxi and Cousin Emily slipped ani fell into a puddle 1 didn’t dare say anything more than ‘Oh, really!’ becauss she acted as though she always fell into puddles for sport whenevor a ehance offered. & “We got home ahout 4 and bed, inténding to sleep for ever next day, but Cou lieves that early mornine is the best and -brightest part of the day every one should be wp to, enjoy i She came in ‘and wolke me for that ex- press purpose and I had to xv out with her and enthuse aver dewdrops and other phenomena hefore I had even & cup of coffes, and vou k¥rw what Pm always like before bregk- fast! “Well, the cook left the first day 1 was there—T've always chought it was hecause Cousin Emily told har the 1 went to ever ani 'mily be- | bread about u the e h Caus!n E)auy .u.ld m ‘would, soon. lnd hq&u%r -us tn o the"!l?’“ 'ourn!ves. .‘:’o “1d had to pretend, ;:M (“lh'. v m’m re Suat the things 1 had ‘come. for., We h@utd nicely if: the 1 t then, so ¥hs ust n, care fil:;dto? L‘o‘l::l’t was g of an op; but I wasn't; lgel.ue 'xgi dldn't hqn very fast, nml we IQI-I' fro and !mmpl-d all in the garden, Go stn Emily said that it mad lm- )fimnh better able to mfilt‘ poor Helgiany, W] S :be lell‘ & dutmyfid And wh the celiar stairs and hurt her ankle she said it would be so niee for me to wait an her for a few days have. practical tmhg for my Cross aid@ work. 1 P; s}ty untg hahe ;ru ablo t:: take care ©f hqnd ut: the pervefud sunghine of her smile tad begun o dazzle me g0 that needed - dark glasses.. Of course, 1 m been intend- ing to stay longer, g0 it was necessary to have a good excuse for leaving, I got my sister tq telegraph me that the family were all ill and needed me at once. Cousin Emily was almost aym- athetic over that. but T could ses t she really envied me ‘the posses- sion of an Invalid family because it offered such @)lendid apnavtunjties far being a little raw of sunshinec. “T got away at last and it took me tenty-four heurs to gét rid of the sirained cheerful expression I had been forced to acquire. I never felt hap- pier than this morning, witen I found I had not forgotten haw to frown. Anu then I thought of Thelma. She is the one person I know who affers the greptest contrast to Cousin Emily, so I went right around to sec her. And you can't imagine how restful it was to hear her corPwunin about (hings!™ “I dare say,” agreed the matran who had been listening, “it's a.rvelief to keow that discontented people have their uses, ign't it? Thelma is prob- ably happier than Cousin Emily at heart, because she doesn’t live under such a strain."—Cheago News. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The Columbia Red Cross Elestion. Mr. Editor: As secretary pro tem.! of the executive committee meeting for the annual election of officers of the Columbia chapter, A. R. C, I wish to explain the apparent conflict of statements in the following item: “The Bulletin ' of Dec. 4, under Columbia news, has the following item: ‘At the annual election of the Red Cross ehap- ter by the executive committee Charles K. Hitchcock declined to ac- cept & nomination for re-election as treasurer for the ensuing year.' This is a mistake. Charles K. Hitcheock was not nominated for treasurer at the meeting of the executive commi tee of Columbia chapter, A. R. C. After its election on Nov. 21 the five members of the executive committee who were present at the annual Red Cross meeting discussed informally the arrangements for the election of officers the following week. At the close of this conference two membem"""'9"‘ir and reconstruction before new of the executive committee waited upon Mr. Hitchcock to learn if he would accept a renomination, which he positively declined to do. In ac-j cordance with this refusal he was not nominated at fhe election of officers. One other member of the former groun of officers also refused to serve again, and therefore was not renominated. I trust that this statement will clear up the evident misunderstanding. GERTRUDE E. GATES, Secretary Pro _Tem., Executive Com Columbia. Chapter, A. R. C, Annual Meetmg for Election uf Officers. Columbxn Dec. 9, 1918, The handing over of ‘the German navy on its surrender is being de- in It may well be that, have been seen in the past in point of beauty? Probably not, and it may be haz- in the annals of the Navy was that! witnessed by no less a person . than! Metternich on Maxl 2,°1794, when from | the summit of a hill behind Cowes he watched the Channel Fleet put to sea with the East Indies and West Indjes | convoys—more than 400, ships in all. “I consider this,” he wrote, “the most| beautiful sight I have evar seen.; I might say, indeed, the most beau- tiful that human eyes have ever be- held.” Scapa Flow, to which the Germans| may invited to sequester their odd | 70 airships, is pot by any means at this season of the year an unpleasant ;@ place. While we are suffering from | chilblains the Orkney man is revelling in_what he calls his “peerie” summer. It usually breaks out in November, ! this “little” summer, and lests enopugh to make our colder winters seem very severe. The mildness of | the winter climate is of course ‘due to! the injustice of the Gulf Stream, which | washes those rock-bound islands more thoroughly than the mainland of Scot- land. Woman candidates at the forthcoming ! election seem likely to be few but a: notable one is Miss Violet ‘Markham, who is standing for Mansfield.She did so much in the early days of the Na- tional Service movement to‘make her sex's part in it helpful and commend- | able that she should at least secure the support of the women voters. She had an uphill task, for farmers, the most consedvative of emvloyers. jibbed at the offer of a woman's ald except in the milking shed and the dairy, but she and Mrs. Tennant per- suaded them to accept.it. Thus the work of the Women's Land Army. be- gan and continued, and but for this great and effective agricultural force long | there would indeed have been dearth in the lan Careful search is now being made for the graves of our fallen heroes in France and Belgium and the other theatres of war. Some of the known cemeteries are in good order, whilst others have been damaged by shell- fire but no wilful damage has been done to a single grave by the enemy so far' as has béen ascertained. It is now hoped to find some of the grdyes of the “Old Contemptibles” who retreated from Mons, and Graves Reg- istzation units have gome to. Italy, Galiipoli and other Bastern battles flelds. In France alone about a thaus- and cemeteries and very many thous- ands of isolated graves have te be dealt with, They will be marked and fenced in, and their identity preserved for permanent.marking. ‘The photographing of graves will now be carried out more quickly, but in many cases cemeteries will require photographs can be taken. Arrangements have been made to inform relatives of the condition of any grave about which Inquiry is | made. Over 1,000 local autharities have al- ready decided to build houses under the -British Government’s housing programme, The number of houses to be built under local schemes will ex- ceed 250,000. Mr. H. R. Aldridge, secretary of the National Housing and Town Planning Council, said Nov. 13th that although | local authorities were pressing forward at full speed with their housing schemes, the shortage of building ma- terial was causing grave anxiety, and it was felt that unless the Govern- ment took. over the organization of supplies the schemes wquld fail. For thé erection of 300,000 houses 6,000,000,000 bricks would be required, but the existing plant in this country could not produce in the time avail WEATHER, T BRiNGS RETURN OF » © INFLUENZA Public Must Be Careful To Easi ',_‘ Cure. WMToDo. “Encouraging reporu of “the fewer cases of infuenza this vex should not allow us to requ our vtt. ance or to become. careles; lier that the danger is al Ka a well known authority. ~With the! coming of cold weather there is apt to be a return of this fl"’lh“\ll epi- demic and jts seriouspess will depend on the extent of the precautlofs taken by_the puhllc to prevent infectian. - When t e air is full of infiuenza you may Be constantly breath- them inte your nose and throlt. erms, ¥ Baft m:ir dmer may be avois yo yourself lmm\me 0 lnr'ufl lt yau orer® i ihe Fiva:Part Trinngle. Fogiors | “MYSTIC FACES” 'SOME R e e 4—SHOWS SATURDAY—4 luutlfllll{ estroy t! ‘xerm fore | lt uly hegins. wo 5 7 | 3 K whieh h’z Norvlah 50 lrd. most suc- cessful results were obtained by mruu;h the simple’ hrez:hmr lmo‘ the or ‘mof tion agalnst influens :Dldl ronchitis or cal mz throat could he lrnployed than IN now to the nearest drug store an get a onmplete Hyomel outfit consist- a, bottle ¢f the pure Oil of Esnmsi and a little vestpocket hard rubber inhaeling, device into which a tewr drops of tie oil are poured. Carry this inhaler with you during tho dw anq each half haur or so pul ur mouth and draw en hrea[hs of its pure healing nrmhgdq air into the passages ef your nose, throat and lungs to destroy any germs that may have found lodgement theTe. This simple precaution may save you a serious illness and the oss of several Wesks, work. It is pleasant to use t at all expensive, as the in- ha!er will last a lifetime and further pplies of the ‘it ‘af Hyomel can e at any drug store for a few centa, undreds of ‘pecple ln this vicinity, used Hyomei In this way during t recent erisis and avoided ‘danger. ?rvmy “BY ORDER OF GEN. Matinee 2.20 Tha Ui S Governmient Prosests the “America’s Answer” THE STORY OF AMERICA IN THE WORLD WAR TAKEN BY THE U. S. SIGNAL CORPS, A.: PERSHING SEE JUST WHAT OUR BOYS DID IN FRANCE It is Your Duty, as Well as Your Privilege,-to See’ “AMERICA’S ANSWER”- - = TODAY AND SATURDAY JOHN J. ? d 6.45 Matinee220 - Eyening.64S WflJJAMDUNCANinAFlGl{l‘ FORMHMQNS should not neglect it now, for the dan- ger is by no means aver. able more -than 4,000,000,000. At Bradford he added, 10,000 houses would be erected, and at Bristol 5,000. Over twenty other municipal authorie ties had decided to build 1,000 houses, and the remainder from to 1,00 In London the special di;fliculty wi the lack of building land. Although it is pretty certain that the language used at the forthcoming Peace Congress will be French, offi- eially it is probable that maost of the " SKATING RINK OLYMPIC HALL AFTERNOONS 230 TO 5 FEVEN?NGS 8 TO 19.,10 P. M. 4 STORIES OF THE WAR Huns Expected to Stay. (C?mupondenu of The Asxoelatvd British delegates will use her own Press.) language. There is no one In high| That Germany expected to ocqupy places with quite the exceptional for a long time, and perhaps permu- nently, the northern portion of France, is shown by the fact that the Hun military authorities changed the names of all the jmportant streets in tha lurger towns which fell into their hands. There is scarcely a village where a distifictly German designation was net given to a road.or street, Such names as “Kaiser Withelm Strasse” “Bismarck -Strasse” “Von Hindenburg Stiasse,” took the places of the French names.. When the American troops operating wi the Eritish entered these towns they took particular delight in destroying these signs - and replacing the origingl French markings. The Germans told the French in- habitants of ,these towns that in fu- ture France would be divided into two parts—North France. which would he- leng to Germany, a®' South France, which the Frénch would be: permitted to keep. They put the inhabitants uu- der severe disdipline and .required them to stand at atteption and saluce whenever onetof their “officers address- ed_them or passed them on the strect. mastery of French as a spoken lang- uage which Sir H. Campbell-Banner~ man could boast. There is also the precedent of Ber- lin. The most-anxious moment for the Englishmen was when Beacons- field announced that he intended t6 address the Conference in- French. No one dared to hint that his ex- ecrable accent would be a bar, and the difficulty was only got over by Lord Odo Russell representing that the del- egates should not be deprived of the pleasure of listening to an address in English from an acknowledged mas- ter of the laguage. When all the world is taking the steps towards peace it seems odd that Rumania should declare war on Germany. The formality, for it ean be nothing else, is a necessary adjustment of in- ternational relations. When Rumania was eut off from the Allies she was forced by Germany to enter into an abominable treaty of peace. Her de- nunciation of that infamy and the re- sumption of hostilities make her atti- tude “correct” in that mumbo-jumbo’ “when the German officers enterel of diplomacy of which we hope to 3 any of the homes, the whole family see the last rites at the coming con- | w5 required to stand at attention un- tevence.—London Chronigle: til they left. Breaches of this order were severely punished. The Boches had the population thoroughly cowed 2nd permitted them only the mest or- The ladder's top ism't easily atuin-l ed, but the view is worth the effort. TODAY .-nd SATURDAY \.u. b BARRYMORE IN A SGREEN VERSION OF HER LATEST STAGE. SUECESS Our Mrs. Mcchasney MABEL NBRHAND =N Joan of Plattsburg A Big Patriotic Comedy- Prams: B Ginary priviliges. 3 ‘When the Americans and Bflu came in, the people wept with joy at their deliverance from their ;oppres- sors. e It sometimes happens that 2 woman - loves her enemies” because.it. gives her a chance to say such horrid things about them. 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