Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 16, 1919, Page 4

: w;,‘,@u’flet{n and Goufies 123 YEARS OLD Brise 120 & week: 5o 3 menth; e st the Postoflice wi Normich. fwm, H a0 5y # Telephiae Galls. Bulletin Business ‘ ~ Bulletin Rooms $3.3. Bullgtn Jop Office 33-2. £ Chawen St Teleptons 105 stvety - cativliet credited ia N CIRCULATION { WEEK ENDING DEC. 13, 1819 10,398 THE STALLED TREATY. No indication is given of early ac- tgn on the peace treaty. From feel- erg which democratic senators have Been putting Yorth, and from resolu- tions that have been introdueed by re- publicans it is evident that there is a reeognition of the need of geiting the fhiatter out of the way definitely soan as possible, As matters stand at the present time as ouly those who ‘are opposed to -the tieaty In any form, and they consist of only a Wandful in the senate, are satisfied. s leng as it re where Mois they are happy, vet the great majority of the to the course thyg 1tors are opposed being followed and it is believed that they are fa- ervations. thatj | <Vorable to adoption with r -.Having been demonstrated there is a majority against the treaty 2§ it came from Paris and in as it is apparent that senators who' opposed the with reservations did so at the request of: the president in his letter to them it would appear to be time ta recog- nize the sentiment that, has been ex- pressed, to get the fe working for such a ratification as ean be secured rather than to permit it to remain pi- geonholed. Yet there does not appear to be any vidence on the president's part that h cady to meet the situation. He maintains ne attitude to the #enate Lhe been the eause of much of the opposition manifested, and the statement that comes from the White House, and pry with the president’s sanction, mant indifference on the part of the executive that is chilling. The idea of OWing e responsi- ; bility upon the roul of the re- publicans for leaving the treaty where it Is ought at least to have cluded tho democrats who failed to. r pond 1o the le 1's whip. The sef acted and turned the.treaty responsibility it weould apr now resis with the ident to get the document, resubm form or such other would he acceptal tion upon it. The initiative still rests with him, Yiewed in the At of fixing the re- Sponsibility on republicans the worst of it is that he is willing to do 1 uation even it is within his power to do so. T OURSELVES, MUST PROTEC In a recent address in Waterbury :George B. Chandler, secretary of the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce, spoke upon the subject of Americani. | zatlon and during the course of his re- marks he referred to the fact that 1t Wag common prac sorators to talk fen out of the people but they had | the duties of the citi as 100 often prevails of demanding ev- erything without giting anyth n dealing with the foreign element coming to our shores he maintained that there was plenty of work to be done in making Americans of ‘them, Wwhen he pointed out that there were | thousands of colonies of foreigners in this country having their own schools, banks, social circles, speak and do- | ing business in their own language to the exclusion of English it be ap- | breciated that there Is neeq for giving fcreased attention to the matter of Americanization, This country neecdd to recognize the importance of 'making a careful dis- tefmination in admitting aliens. dangerous and the undesirable need to be stopped at the door but after being admitted our experiences teach that we should keep a careful watch over them, see.that they lea®™ our lan- guage, become acquainted with our in- stitutions, ideals and methods, that they are not permitted to colonize as they have been doing in the past and lise their own language to the exclu- sipn of English and that our instruc- tibns should be in the line of prepar- mg them for citizenship with the uny derstanding that they should becomé maturalized within a certain period of time. We have begun to realize the pre- diGament as the result of failure to zive these matters proper attention and it is time that the awakening was @fficient to meet the prevailing situa- tion. It is time to protect ourselves from the dangers that are boring from within. THEY WILL GO UNWEPT. " There will be very few tears shed when that ship carrying Berkman, Goldman ang the sevéral hundred like Mihded anarchists leaves New York for a port in the Baltic from whi tliey can be sent to soviet R They will not have been the first to be deported or the only ones who have beén sent ‘out of the country for the eountry’s good, but we will be well rid of two dangerous leaders and a lot of lesser lights whose inclinations run Aleng the same course, The chief regret in connection with fHdir departure will be that it hadn’t ‘taken place long ago. For years they bhaye been allowed to spread their dangerous doctrines broadcast. They have been the inspiration for a great ‘Famnber of 6thers and it-is long past time for giving warning to such peo- ple that activities of the kind they indulge in cannot be carried on here, But when these leaders have gotten clear from ‘our shores it should be re- alized that they are not the only ones who are a menace to the country, or The| !mit them to escape the sentence. !on there are reasens to expect that | transportation lines to other countries| will be clogged with goods that cannot be disposed of here. s | armament. Y| heavier than twelve-inch guns, super- | stitutionality of the Volstead enforce- |that we had .the protection that was Islreug(hemng of the mayy since that who may be. We have gone through an experience-in -connection with- this:|- couple and some of the others which points out sufficiently plain the neces- sity of eliminating much of the red tape with which our deportation ma- chinery is- tangled. It.is true that it cannot be said that evi opportu- nity was not left open to Bérkman and Goldman to prove that they should not be deported. Rather will it be conceded that ‘they .were given too | much consideration in’ view .of -thel charges_ proved against them, and ini the case of others ordered deported the leniency has been such as to per- There is reason to blieve that this: shipload will be-heard from in Russia: but it is confidently believed will not be for Russia’s m - ——— WAR TIME PRQHIBITION. Those on the respeetive sides were] able to figure ont how the highest cour{ in the land ceuld look upon the existing situation in such a way a8 to give a decision favorable to them re- garding the.constitutionality of the war-time prohibition.act. " They could produce arguments that were suffi- cient in their opinion to convince any’ court but there was only a yes or no decisten for the court to make and it|’ finds that congress acted within its rights under the constitution in pass- ing the war-time prohibition law the same as it did in its action regarding other war measures. / Constitutional and supposedly in ef- fect until peace has been declared and the army is on a peace-time basis this law will in all probability continue ef- fective until the constitutional amend- ment becomes a law the middle of January. It seems improbable now that actien will be taken on the treaty in time to eliminate war-time prahi- bition before constitutional prohibi- tion takes effect, and the court holds t it can hardly be said the army is back to normal. 3 There remain two other ,cases in which the court hds been asked to vender a decision concerning the ques- tion of prohibition, one being the con= ment act and the other the question as ‘te the manufacture of beer. Pleas have been made that millions of dollarg worth of liquor have been piled up and that time should be given in which to dispose of it that it may not be 2 loss to the owners, but that is a matter which cannot sway the court. It is to be remembered that the exportation of liquors is still possi- ble and will be until Jandary 16. The deeision that has been rendered will have the effect of releasing that which has been held here in anticipa- tion of a “wet” decision, and from tow wet —_— PLANS FOR OUR NAVY. If the navy"general board has its way it will only be a matter of half a dozen years befere this country has 2 navy the equal of any in the world. This is not a new ambition.for it was ized a few years ago that we were slipping in the - matter - of mnaval strength and the war of course found us in a bad way exeept for the fact afforded by the powerful British navy. We - bave - devoted much to- the time and the plan is to keep spend- ing,in spite of all the talk about dis- There was appropriated the navy in 1920 over $616,000,000. For the navy in 1921 the estimates are for $375,000,000, 3 décrease of $43,000,- 000, but it is to be noted that the sec- retary of the navy is not advoeating the same construction pelicy that the navy general board is. That is, if he is doing so, it does not appear in- his report, The board wants Dbattle cruisers, scout cruisers, superdreadnoughts with destroyer: and submarines ang the other vessels to equal any which of course means the ritish. We know we have a big coast 10 defend and that we have a er merchant marine to prateet, but it can hardly be expeeted that such an ambitious plan as the board sets forth will get approval at this time. The country must look well to its navy but it will not be inclined to engage in any such expensive rivalry as would result if we attempted te equal the strength of the British navy, EDITORIAL NOTES. Every sour disposition these days may be due to the inability to get su- gar, Now that an avi England to Australia the next stunt will be ’'round the world. If such a tax as $500,000 on & pint of whiskey sheuld be levied none but the profiteers would be able to buy. With these cold snaps coming with grester frequency the raising of the toal restrictions will be fully appre- iaied. When there ‘isn't anything else keeping the state department busy there is usually need for a new note to Mexico. The man on the corner : Jazz musiz is reported te be dying. 'That means a sacrifice that will save many other lives. It was the bluest of the blue Mon- days for thuse who were loaking for o wet deécision from the United States supreme court. Dr. Harry Garfleld has the distine- tion of making the greatest fight in behalf of the burdened public of any of the administration officials. I the Cubans are uniting tg keep down the price of sugar, it is as plain as daylight that there is 4 case where failure. would be'to their advantage. * According to the advice that comes from the Mexican government when they find an American intoxicated and in a dangerous place they shaot him. Those who expected so much frem the United States -supreme- court -in the way, of a wet decision have come 1o the conclision that- a Watched ‘pot never: boils. railroad -gdministration With -the y handling the fuel situation it will have a chance to prove to itself whether there is such a thing as a car shortage in the movement of coal. The remeval of the coal restrictions s0 quickly evidently meang that the previous declaration that it would take a month to restore the depletion of the coal must have referred to sur- Ppius stocks. that it] | eagerly due.llg.u{:iu the truth of pretty difficult to di uish_thy from The other so closely are tl?tg' terwoven, between the lines. Take. for instance al_e allezed‘ %fial;{&etwee:zv fiui&m ilson and Col, Hou: e, may- affect. the comh:’ c‘;mnisn. for Col. House has been the power. behind throne in the Wilson administra-" tion. . The president says notmmg— neither does Col.. House. The secre- }ary the K‘: ident is quq‘t:zp ng flt!.: ing, : as en a gundreg timss,!‘m :’& lge did not deny it a.uthurit;tive% so far as . can be learned. Texas friends of Col. House t there ; other. all, in- Its mostly a case of reading | at positiveness | is no daubt';e\wkn breach-ext men who claim to 1t s meral epinion, sta very ge Splnics, the temen | §s howevey, that there is as dee; strain in the relations between . president and his former Man Friday, and this is apparently sustained by the failyre of Col. House to visit the pres- ident since. his return to the United States. On equally slender threads hang the question of the president’s health; for except “much better” ng official knowl- edge is spread abroad. It g d-:ggvl if action wi!“én il|;len on the pi peace reselutiens = fore the C] r?l’tmn recess beginming, according fo present plans December 20th—although’ there again, all is problematical, Democratic sug‘port for he Knox' propesal te accept the peace treaty minus its league of mations features, has gained headway, and it may be that course will be taken with unexpeetad speed, It woild receive the almest unanimous. suppert of anti- treaty men of beth parties and many deagye ‘supvorters are ready to endarse it, if the treaty as it now stands ean- not be adopted. . The meeting herg of the republican national committee and state chairmen was the feature of the past week. Presidential candidates were brought out; trotted up and dewn after careful grooming; their chances as winners freely discussed; their good points brought to the front; then, at a word from Chairman Hays, they were wrap- ped in warm blankets and Eut to bed for “rest cure” treatment till policies and platfofms are decided on. This does not mean that the Wood hoom, the Harding boom, the Coolidge boom or the smaller boomlets are dead. Not a bit of it. Their campaign managers are as alert and confident as ever, but although a few leaders disagreed with this course of action, the great majori- ty approve it, and it was carried. The republicans showed .conclusively that they are out to win and that it will be who can command votes on a platform of Americanism, law and order, sound business prineiples and a reductien of the cost of living that is likely to name the! candidate, rather than loud shoutine at the present moment. The issye of the campaign cannot be named at this moment, for the fate of the league of nations will decide our for- eign policy, which must also fizure largely in seleetion of a eandidate. The special committee and ocouneil of twelve appointed at the meeting will conduct both open and pussy feet eam- paigns to see just where the land lies. and at the convention in Jyne it will be the man who can command the strongest following. and whose record is clegn, that will be put.at the heed of the ticket, unless all signs fail. King and Roreback were both on the gronnd constantly. the farmer in charge of the Wood campaizn. Connecticut members of conaress also svent much time on the side lines. John T, Kinz. as ra- tional committeeman was nlaced on the finance committes and also on the ex- acutive committee, Other. New -Eng- landers getting hizh positions on com- mittees were Mirray Crane Msssa- chusetts Fsterbrook New Hamunshire Sweet of Maine and Kingsley of Rhode Island, The conference between the Massa- chusetts Industries association -and members of the New England congres- sional delegation held Friday night proved extremely interesting. Its pur- pose wag to discuss the nending rail- road bills and see just how their enact- ment into law would affect New Eng- land industries, Commenting on the meeting Congressman Merritt said “The conference was a. representafive ene both from the view neint of the or- ganization and congress. There were presented facts and figures to shaw | the difficulty and extra expense under which railroads in New England must operate owing to the fact that the haul in New England is necessarily shart and that all care must practiéally lead and wunlead in New England. To equalize, New England roads must therefore be allowed a proper pro- portion of all joint rates to cover their terminal charges and demurrage on cars, All speakers emphasized the need of adequale revenue, not oniy in the interest of the roads but to nrocure an adequate transparfation svstem, “Mr. Merritt. as ¢id all men who attended the meeting. referred to the address of Senator Kelloge who showed great ap- nreciation of the necessities of New England and whose speech was re- garded as a verv complete exnlana- tion of the situation, Mr. Kellogg is a member of the interstate commerce committee and hizx yiews will carry areat weight in the senate mow con- sidering the Cummings bill. | The resignation of Dr. Garfield as coal administrator has stirred up con- siderable doubt as to the wisdom of the president’s plan of dealing with the matter. Dr. Garfleld made many moves that seemed impracticable during last winter’s famine, put he had the con- fidence of congress as to his insistence that the people. the industries and the public generally should be proteeted. So when he condemns the president's proposed commission, official Washing- ton sits up and ‘takes notice. In fact. congress is getting rather suspicious of more commissions, especially when they give added power to the president. Very few persons outside official life realize the absolute vower to control industries and all policies whieh lies in th hands of the president under war- time'l?:isla.ucn. The -coal strike; the sugar famine: our relations with Mex- ico, the fate of the neace treaty. whether or not the railroads are to be thrust back into private ownership without safe-guards to the public or the owners of the roads. rest entirely in presidential hands this moment, tegether with the salution of all war- time and reconstruction problems, That may seem an overdrawn state- ment, but it is true. Upder the press- ure of war necessities conzress passed stringent war-time fezulations whieh are still in foree, givinz upheard of powers to the president. Some of those laws remain fn effect six months after peace shall have been officially de- elared-—other but thirty days. And un- til the time limit has exnired President Wilson can do pretty much what he pleases in regard to all of the ereat avestions affecting the United States cither national or International, Con- gress can pass laws—but the president has power to accept or veto them: to map out policies, and has the means to carry them out, under his war-time nower still in foree. And consress is likely to gzo slow in adding to the scape of his power if 1t has any “sav” about Restraint in ‘Use of Lanauage. The old saying that the fools are not all dead is a gross underestimate.. As a matter of fact, the fools are greatly in the majority. If they voted to- gether they would elect the president. —Philadelphia Ledger. Seme peodle are so q:smmutea that they are unhappy unle fhey have something to worry ebout. s AY, DECEMBER 16, 1919 “T've ‘a_letter from Myrtle,” called the, girl in- the blue cape. waving an envelope as she dashed up the steps. “I just met the mostman.” -~ “Good!™ said the girl nitting a miser bag. “Now we'll find out what she's been doing since she” went to the ‘woelly west.” o - “She .promised to .tell us all abput ] the Dubbins’- ranch and. what. - the country was like,” added. the. serious girl expectantly. ‘‘She was so anxious to mieet An- -nette’s family—her. father must be a character,” exclaimed. the girl Who was read it!” % "“;lmgflt Violet,’ in the ihe '*.read.- the. blue cape, having ontents of the big ¢ is ‘the most heavenly you ever saw! 5 the station in" her car and Mr. Blas- come drove it for her. ~He owns &|No' movie hero can manage a horse ranch down the valley and the Dub-jas well as Chester does. and I guesg! ¥ like fany road agent who tried to hold him| 'heme to him ‘since he came out here.jup would have bins’ heyse has always . been Just think! 1 came west without a cent after his father died and he had to leave cai- lege. And he has done it all him- self—I mean owning his ranch and a milljon cattle and chickens and things and he is only 29 now. “ 41 think the west develops 2 man terribly, don’t you? Most men we knew back home who are 30 don't make enough to pay club dyes or else live at home and their fathers pay the bills. I do' admire independence in a man, don’'t you? And .ability and energy and brains. There isn’t a man in our crowd back in Chicago who has half the brains that Chester Blas- come has. You'd know it just to look at him. He is simply different from afly one you ever saw. both in looks and ways. In the first place he has blue eyes, but they are a very differ- ent blue from what you are accust- omed to seeing, deeper and more €x- preesive, Hig nose is perfectly straight and while I wouldn’t be so foolish as to judge a man by his nose. I always have been wild over straight ones. “‘One has a perfect comfidence in| the way he drives a car, tog. Why, if Anngtte had been at the wheel on the drive home I should have died - of fright ‘because part of the road was awful, but Mr. Blascome looked at me so reassuringly and his hands were so firmly gripped on the wheel doing nothing violently. “Go. on .4nd|Chester has made that long trip over il g6 dragged out|mind. telling Chester she doesn't want envyelope. | to be bothered with him and it seems place L very rude to me—I try to be extra Annette: 'met me: at|nice to make up for it. 2 He was only 19 when he|gshoot absolutely straight and never : i that 1 was perf foctly - calm. e it 0dd, how ygy ean just feel in the very air that a person is absolutely de- Riascome stayed te supper with us that first evening and has been 'so hice apout taking us around singe. It seems that this is the off time for .cattle or something and he is pevfectly free, so he says, Anmnette ie* so. terribly < busy doing things around the house always hm.:th she doesn't get out very much with us and of cgt?rse 1 miss her terribly, but' it certainly would not seem right to re- fuse to.goe on rides and tramps after here. ' Anneite is very careless apout e things.. She does seem to “1 do wish you could see him ride. a’ surprise—he can misses. You would know to look at him that he is absolutely fearless. “Did I tell you he is at least six feet tall Of course there are leads of iall men in the werld, but some- how you don’t notice them espeeially. If CHester Blascome walked down the street he'd be a regular proces- sion—you know that way some persons have of drawing every eye just by sheer force of charagter, or something? ‘Well, he has jt. “ ‘The odd thing is that he isn't a bit wild~ western, but is just as pol- ished as any man you ever met and at_heme anywhere. He has a wond- erfill mind and has read everything and takes all the magagines. There is something about the way he loeks at a person that is perfectly thrilling. “ ‘1 must stop now because Ches- ter is due here to take me driving and I must not keep him waiting. I'm ust crazy to see you and all the girls again and shall be terribly hurt if you don't all write me after this long letter from me tellhg you all about my trip and the ranch and everything. I can hear Chestgr's au- to now. Heaps of love. MYRTLE , “Well!” said the girl knitting the miser bag “that is the most vivid and technical description of the west 1 ev- er heard. How scon do yeu suppose is .the wedding?"—Exchange. NEW BOOKS Gems of Literature. Selected and ar- ranged by Thomas F. Foran of New London: Flexible Leather, 332 pag- es. Gilt top. Published by Yale Uni- versity Press, Price $2.50. 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And yet thui fascinating power of the story is rath- er in the clean cut analy and character. and in the u valiation of the elash and conflicts of life's invisible forces out of which the thrilling incidents come. It is a vol- ume of 25 interesting, holdinz chap- ! ters. Gleaned* from Foreign Ex. changes Processions of cheerful-looking dig- nitaries always raise the idle ques- tion, “Who has wern a smile the great- est number of hours on end?” Most gightseers would give the palm to President Wilson hut many previ- ous recards must have been broken on Peace Celebration dav, natably by the king and cueen and Sir Douglas Haig. To wear a perpetual smile gracefully ig ane of the fine arts. and to carry it suceessfully the heart must smile in unison. t s of l — The Barony of Swinfen. The short interval . that elapsed - between * the 1 bestowal of barony upen Lord Swin- | fen and the death of the new peer— less thap a menth—suggests that as has oecasionally hapnened in the past, the Letters Patent may not haye pass- ed the Great Seal. In that event. the peerage would have had no aetual existence, and therefore could not be inherited by the heir. One of the most recent cases of the kind oceurred seven vears ago. . A barony was bestowed upon Sir Themas Borthwick, a prominent Scottish Liberal, but he died before the issue of the Lettera Patenf. An entirely new creatien was made in favor of his son, the present Lord Whitburgh, while the widow was given the style and, title, but mot the precedence, which she would have held had her husband liv- ed long enough for the completion of the formality. Nevember Frosts, Rirely does a real frost griv Londen in November, and not often at amy time. In the last hundred years Londoners have expe- rienced only “eight prolonged periods with the mercury consistently below 92 degrees, Most of these accurred aféer Christmas, but one of the worst. frem the point of view ‘of length: be- gan on Nevember 25, 1890, and lasted without a break until January 22, 1891, alfogether B9 davs. The only other long frosf invelving Novembep set in an the 14th of that month in 1879, and continued for 44 days, breaking up two days after Christmas day. - It was general all over the country, and so severe that 35 degrees of frost was registered in | Scotiand a few miles across the bor- der. Caral ‘ll‘lil‘? Up-te-Date — The earol singers will soon be with us and even if they enly consist of a couple of very pervous, very breathless, and very unharmonious little bays, will be welcome. Perhaps the more modest and prim- they itive the effort the better, as heing more in keeping h the simplicity of the great Christmas festival. So it is that one rather shudders at the news that a suburban band of carol- singers proposes to saily forth in mo— tor lorrics. with harmontums, and electric lights. It all denends on the point of view, but the nearer yoy get to Albert Hall standards the furthem you seem to get from a manger and a stable. The Phlegmatic Britan—Sir Brnest Shackleton records in his diary as an interesting psychologiegl fact that just after.the Endurancé sank, and the party were precariously camped on a_drifting ice floe, he overheard two of the men arguing with the ecook whether the fen hie was making | should be weak or strong. It ghows, at any rate, that the Brit- isher is true to tyve under any con- ditions. For at that very moment, had Sir Ernest been aware of it there were thousands of men in the trenches of France and Flanders, whose main pre- -accupation, while in imminent danger of death or mutilation from half a doz- en “different forms of “frightfulness,” was the predominance of plum and apple in the jam ration. Cupid in the Workhouse—The yvouns American who has written to Sir Nevil Macready asking him to find him an English wife i§ probably the first to make such a request of a commission- er of nolice, but it was revealed some time ago that such requests are fre- quently . recelved by — workhouyse master: - ILonely men in ‘the colonies, desirous of finding a partner. and turning their thoughts to home, frequently write to the head of the union in their native town or f§arish, and many matches have been the censequence. That the system proves sa stances at least is fact that the master of a Wiltshire workhouse was requested a little while,| ago to find a spouse for a man whose brother had entered malrimonz; in the same way and had‘found his bride a prize. A very ancient family.—There was a brief announcement yesterday of the death in London of Mr. William Rob- ert Phelips. It was followed by an equally curt notice that U funeral would be at Montacute. The notice did not trouble to s whether Meon- ! tacute was in Dévonshire or in Yark- | shire. Asa matter of fact it is in nei- ther. It is in Somersetshire, near Yeo- vil, 274 the house is among the most woaderful in England. Yet tho man in/the_street and the man in the car know little or nothing of Montacute and the ancient family of Phelips. They are just a.family of proud, quiet commaners, who own a habita- tion that a king would gladly live in. Its story anyone can find in "a few minutes in a reference library, yet it is a story known to very few. At the present time Lord Curzon of Kedles- ton is the tenant of this house—The London Chrenicle. STORIES OF THE WAR American Influence Helped. American military prestige . has: caused the emigration of thousands of! anti-Armenian Tartars from Erivan, Armenia. Convinced by a widespread rumor that American troops were coming to protect Armenia, the Tar- tar persecuiors of that race are emi- grating in droves. 3 - The largest single group ef these emigrants is a caravan of 6,000 per- sons, comprising the population of fourteen Tartar villages on the south- west slope of Mount Alaghaz, which is now encamped along the railwav line on the border of Turkey at Echmiad- zin, awaiting permission to enter the sultan’s domain, More are on the way, firm in the belief that the American army is on its way ‘to Asia Minor to punish all those who persecuted the Armenians. Phe rumor has had a salutary effect upan the precarious situation of Ar- menians living cmongst the Tartars. Under Turkish rule the Tar{ars have been -the wildest, most uncontrelled tribes, . Up to the present they feared no one. < Still Behind Barbed Wire, Hundreds of men and women of all nationalities, - considered undesirable, but accorded refuge and- hospitality :by* The “Netherlands, are still een- fined behind barbed-wire fences in the big war internment camp. at Harder- ‘'wijk. Holland. They still are sources |of trouble to the “Dutch gevernment. Many of them'are war refusees, es- caped from Germany, er Belgium, and to "their number, since the war, have been added several scores of Russians, of Bolshevik tendencies, whom the :government has confined here for safe keeping: © - & . The Russians have been particular- 1y .troublesome, by tthe means taken by one of the Dutch military officera in charge of .the camp te contrel their actions are repoprted in the 4. ‘ 6w Just [ gift problem. Kryptoks enable the wearer to see near and distant ebjects with equal clearness. They da not have the age-revealing seam or hump of old- style bifocals, o Any friend of yours who exhibits one of the “eyemarks” of the per- =3 the Gift They . | “Kryptok Gift Certificates will easily solve my Christmas “I can picture my friends now. In the very act of receiv- ing the Certificates each will reveal one of the three ‘eye- marks’ by which you can always tell people who need Kryptoks. One will peer awkwardly over his reading glasses; one will immediately shift glasses; and the third will be wearing her old-fashioned bifocals with their ugly seam. But when they wear eyeglass troubles will end, and no one can tell that their eyes require double-vision glasses.” KRYETOK THE INVISIELE BIFOCALS as I do, all their son who needs :(v-ynt-kl \_m‘ll ;a:{- ly ~apprecia 5 as -’&\rifiml gift. Drop in and let us tell you how easy it is to make somebody a present of a pair of Kryptok glasges. C. A. SPEAR 218 MAIN STRZTE:TR:I:SK':‘JN SQUARE s Shis ROYAL WORCESTER' and your crops will grow. MANENTLY. to your pasticular needs. . Write for NOHWICH!TALL_OW USE PROSPERITY Brands ™" b Animal Fertilizers MORE ,GREATER. be- #ecognize a3 moat essential to MORE cro We havee A FERTILIZER .FOR: EVERY NEED Qur 24 page FREE mema baoklet tells the particular iype bes: auited Write “or our *Gee! How that ferfilizerst Rentatare wachiixe : EAT. BUOOD and BONE. it today. CO., Nerwich, Conn, 219 &% WE BUE RAW FURS =~ representatioe to ~all. | Dutch ppress to have been so severe that recently a number of Dutch soldiers are said to have mutinied rather than obey the orders . OTHER ViEW POINTS Ole Hanson undoybtedly expressed about the same opinion on ‘the treat- ment meted out to radicals in this country as everyone else has held for the last year or so, but unfortunately the government in dealings with the situation cannot quite do it the Seattle way.-—Waterbury Democrat. Just ask your friends what they think of the league of nations consti- tution which placed the United States at the beck and call of the smart diplo- mats of Europe, with. a Creel, or a Herron, or a Hale, or a Howe, vr a Barron representing us with ail that is thereby implied, and you will quiekly understand (rom this source why the elections have been going against the administration even in the once solid south.—Middletowrn Press. Once on a time there was a manu- facturer of breakfast foed who put in each package of his product a letter of the alphabet included in the word “sugar.” When the consumer had heen Jucky enough to get the letters spelling S-U-G-A-R he could take them to his grocer and receive for them. without expense to himself. 20 pounds qt gran- ulated sugar.. This is not a fairv tale, but in the light of present events it is hardly to be expected that anybody will believe it—Hartford Times. No one who has had same experience with national political conventions will eriticise the selection of Chicago for the rgpublican convention mext June, QUALITY MACPHERSCN'S “FCR QUALITY” OUR GUESS— A SMOKING JACKET $10.00 . There’s the woman who doesn’t know “what in the world to get him”—and the man who's “given everybody in the | world a present” except himself. In both cases our guess is—a Smoking Jacket. It is almost as closely associated with Christmas as Santa Claus and Mistletoe. —Made of wool, silk and velvet. " Prices From §150 to $2000 J. C. MACPHERSON Opposite Chelsea Savings Benk Not only is the city ¢entrally located as regards the whole country. but it is also well able to handle affairs of the sort. It has learned what to do and how .to do it when large gatherings seek entertainment.there. As a eon- vention ciiy Chicage so far outclasses St. Louis, the only real competitor for next year’s convention. that the nime vetes cagt for St, Louis may be re- garded as mercly complimentary, Probably no cemmitteeman except the one from Missouri actually wanted St. Louis to get it—Hartford Courant. When Charles E. Hushes was offered $150,000 to act as atterney for the liquor interests in fighting the consti- tutionality of prohibition he indignant- ly spurned it. Ex-President Taft told the liquor men they could not assem- ble meney enough to enmage him in such a service—hut Wainherg and that sort can be hired to defend such crea- | tures as Emma Goldman and Berkman, Lawyers for a price endeavor to invent ways to prevent the devortation of enemieg who plan only to ruin the gov- ernment whose Dprotection thdéy . beg. There is a vast distance between such men as. Hughes and Taft and' the Weinhbergers who bring themselves and their profession inio contempt and disrepute. If ever there was tainted money, it is that of *Goldman and Berkman, ard it curses all who touch it—Bristol Press, Slipping Into the Country. Tt is said that ;nare Ruasia: Refldqs are slipping into this eountry than the government lg sending out of it. And the statement would still be true if only half a dozen had slipped in—~ Kansas City Journal. 'CORNER