Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 13, 1920, Page 4

TREATY RESERVATIONS. ters are taking shape. for the u-)n(a.tn:n the treaty will again be up Pefore the senate for discussion. "That action is going to be quickly se- eured is not assured. It ms likely that there will be' plenty” of ‘discus- s it d the covering of ground that ::.n :l-;'udy been _gone over .Lfl‘ over. The attitnde that is taken by Sem- ator Hitchcock on a proposed com- promise reservation for-article ten to take the place of the one previously gubmitted indicates that “the demo- eratic leader is still being guided by tha wosition that has been taken by the president. To regard it:as a sur- gender rather than a compromise en- tirely rignores the fact ihat the .in terests of his own country are at gtake, that even those who have stood steadfastly’ for the ratification of the treaty unchanged during the early days are now advising the making of # reservation on this particular ar- ticle, and that it has been made as plain as daylight from abroad. that Wwhatever reservations arg deemed pecessary for the welfare = of eountry will be aéceéptable there. To protect the United States is not sur- rendering but tb do otherwise might be. ) 1h vlew of such a situation it can- not fail to be regarded that these who continue to stand in the way of the ratification of the treaty with the reservations that appeal to the ma- jority as necessary are simply stand- ing in their own light, working for gomething that is not even required by the nations of Europe in order to gecept our action, and continuing a fzht simply for partisan ‘reasons. Though no such statement has been fhade there are thosé Who feel that the president will not pocket the tredty if the necessary vote for rati fication is secured. It is in fact time that he let that be known, if it is so, to the democrats who have beefi blindly following his guidance for the treaty has taken time enough, , the eourse to be followed has been clear- Jy set forth and the quicker final ac- tlon can be secured the better it will %o for all: TIME TO COMMENCE. For a century thig country has been engaged in the gathering and. com- pilation of immigration statistics and @ucing that tifne there has been a de- cided change in the rules of admission #nd the number coming to our shores each year. Immigration has fluctuated for various reasons throughout -the hundred years influenced by hard con- ditions abroad and opporfunities here, by famines, depressions and wars. In 1518 the number of-immsi- grants was the Iowest for nearly 60 years, going even below that of the hard times of the 70's and was of course que to fhe’world war. Today, more than & year following the armistice, immigration is again on the increase. Just at present there are many coming “There from Btaly. Many are doubtless returning from that country fo which they went following the war to locate relatives and find out what the real conditions were, and with them aré coming un- @oubtedly many who are seekiag re- Yet 1 the conditions that prevail hy at the present time. How large the number will be or how soon the same move will be.general through- out other countrjgs that have suf- fered from the no ope can- tell Thers will be conditions to keep them *vhere they are and there will be sons’ why they want to locate erli?: where. It seems not improbable that the desire to seek new homes will be manifested among those who have been brought under new governments by the war changes unles¢ they can be catisfied early that their chances and opportunities at home are worth clinging to. During 40l of this centnry since our Brst immigration law, we have lately come realize that while we have wele the aliens we have not done what should to improve them end have them become citizens and then better citizens. That work les before us, 'We should mot negiect it for onr own good.and there is no bet- ter time to start than right now when we are begimming to feel the in- creasing tidé running in this direc- tien. It is no small problem, this tesk of Americanization, but it will mever be-any easiel SCHLESWIG GOES BACK. ‘When it was madé a part of the peace treaty that the préturn of Bchleswig to ‘Denmark should be de« termined by an expression of the peo= ple therein, there was little guestion but what the referendum would. re- sult favorably. It ‘was , formerly Danish territory and is still largely populated by Danes, although many Bermans have settled therein gince it came under German rule, A half ago the promise was made the return to Danish rule would Be made whenever the people so de- elared but they were never given the eppoetunity to vote upon it, or at Jeast they never would have unless the time had come when it was known for a certainty that the Ger- Wan-electorate would win. ‘Those wig, ‘Back home for the referendum. - They @re being protected in their right to they wish and it'is by mno this | ¢ coal_ here of coal } & of coal by-the railroads,. evident .that Det only. have.the: gby- forces in.charge "of the sit-|. uation failed -to ‘give due comsideras. tion to the meeds of jitis part of ‘the country following the strike, but’they’ 1t the sailroads cannot . get coal] enough to. keep ' the - Jocomotives | Ll good of eloping ere | do was to come ,wasngmngto 2/ een v “Besides, father pointed out, the dis- turbance ali went for nothing ds a usual thing; there-seemed to bs some- have heard -the family go orf about. Herbert before he began: coming to see mes" 3 poor -child!” it - is readily understood} t th nnot. be amount. of fuel to Keép' ing. !’hq; Wi destined for instances for public utilities has been made it simply emphasizes the- seri ousnesg <of the - situation; :for unless the traing can be kept in motion the- granmraim of all commodities will practically ‘cease. New FEngland’s transportation as well as industrial requirements in the way of fuel have been seriously reglected. We failed to gst ditention.when it was.possi= ble to move coai into New England under more favorable conditions and the result.is. that we. are ‘made to a deplorable situation at -the worst time of year. New England ex- | hansted any surpiua it may have had | during and since the strike and it h1s not only been - anpossibis to- resiore the surplus but it ha¥ not Becir ahle ts get enough current Vhen, however, ‘t ig unde o inability to get cars ft 1s ‘quito evi- dent that the riilroad administration is not free' from blame in the wmatter.| FOR. ITALIAN POST, In_the -selection: of ‘R¥bert Under- wood. Johnson by “fhe prestdent’ as the next Americah ’ ambassador = to Ttaly, whdse appointment thero a pears to be no redsen for the sehate to hold up, a' young man ig not be- ing selected, and sitherts it does not appear that Mr. Johnsor . has - been vice, but it is apparently a cage. of following one literary appointes with another, fory Mr;-Johnson-is a well known. author..and - #diter, ~even- as was Thomas Nelson Page. who re- signed: from the post some time'ago. ‘Whether-or not '* ad any’ bearing upon his*‘selection, Mr. Jofifson hag been much’ interesicd i Rgl e has written ‘much abbui it ‘has bien awarded honors by thit coufifry and it ‘is vldinly "to_be_ sasn .that sven though a man well nioag: in-his six- ties he.will go.to- his post;: a sympathy for his duties that.is'l ly to be considerably different. than would be jthe case.if the appointment WAS elsiwhiere. This is of cotizss Ve~ cause ‘0! his Erowledge of nd ‘aters est in Italy and its affajre And because of this attitnde of the man selécted to represent this gov- erament toward Italy, thscc is good reasonefo ‘éxpéct ‘that it wiill make him afl’ fhie more welcoms by the TItalian government and people. It is 2 post of much.importance and ap- parently the selection of Mr. Johnson is made- in. the expectation that his Jove for the country té which He will gb it approved will make up for the exper- fence which he lacks as a. member of the diplomatic corps. | connected. with the diplomatic ° ser- - EDITORIAL NOTES. The chedpest way to _remove the snow would be fo turn the sun on full blast for about a.week. Those who-long for exercise in:the winter time are getting it if they keep the sidewslks cléared. - - S et gt 3 People ‘kick because things go up and. they 'kick becatise they ' come down. Look at the growling over the snow. = 4 ——— The man on tHe corneér says: If there is no rest for the wicked there must be & latge number who rate themselves as saints. ‘When Germany agreed to the peace terms it apparently did ‘so with the idea of preventing more fighting ‘in- stead of complying with them. A Toyalty week ‘is now. being ad- vocated but even that will be re- quiréd for these Wyoming men who walked 250 miles to be naturalfzed: PR .0 Baf ; se n tial ring, At- torney “Generst Palimer: learns. that he bas been giyen a biack eye. by labor. satisfied they get the farmr for incbriates going full blast again and ‘the . jails feporting ‘all a- tions taken. If congress can get the freaty and the railroad bill off its chest in the \dér of the moni will do- promyre et oV oK et U Y. ks S .g'm'h:, fsor mmanw tha. “moiétqftu | g o ins”” And ‘Can’t stand the sight of him, father . would _sniff. ‘Useless, extravagant.young idiot! Naturally, my sympathies were arous- ed and when 1 found out how really wonderful Herbert. was I paid abso- lutely no attenion to-what they said. * - Military Training. Mr. Editor! The first thing to be ad- duced agaimst the record of the sen- ate military” committee’s report, is that, while the ratification of the treaty is pending, no report should have been made. National defense de- pends upon the kind and the degree of the nation’s danger. If we are to en- ter a League of Nations, ag’ doubtiess, soonér or later we are to do, what will ur danger from aggression - Ger- must reduce her army to 10,000 in March; shé has no navy and for an indifinite time to come is no more likely to attack us than is Belgium or Italy. ‘We have not: the slightest réason to fear attack by Russia and no other great-nation is left outside the League which can be considered for a moment. The probability is that in ten years or much less, “if we enten the league, both these great countries willi be within' the ledgue. . Although the four ¢ompulsory train- ing bills that have been before con- gress propose only six months to a year’s training, this marks only.the be- | ginning. Our general staff says that, eventually, we must adopt -two years’ compulsory peacetime training. The army officers are professionally and finaneially inferested in pressing for a-larger-and larger’ army. THe pro- viders of army equipments from shoe- strings and matchboxes to machine guns are eager for large orders and are pressing the clamor for universal compulsory - military training. It means enormous orders for them what- ever it means to the -taxpayer who looks with horror at a budget of five billion_dolldrs for next year as con- trasted with one of'lesg than a billion five years ago.” > Should we femiaiti outside and in mare ‘danger than if we were in the league, we yet have for ten years to come a body of 4,000,000 trained veter- ans, ‘quité ample to protect us. We have no need to divert the construc- tive energies of the youth’ who are in college or at work to leave the trade that all civilization is trying tol put as much out 6f business as that of the distiller and brewer and sa- loon-keeper s here today. Only one really universal trafning bill has been introduced in congress. The Smith-Te er bill, introduced by the National Education association. This appropriates $100,000,000 for the encouragement of physical training and general education through the ex- isting educational_ authorities in the artous states. It will Benefit girls well as boys, and will train the weaklings and defectives who meost need training. $100,000,000 seems & great deal when put into educa- tion. But stop and consider what the cost will be of feeding, clothing, equinping ‘and. training from six | months to a’ year 600,000 young men every year and this one expenditure is seen to be nob more than one-sixth the amount annually needed if the new policy is adopted. Our country mneeds mauy dangers, but the least of these, judging by past history, is @efense from foreign foes. Influenza slew 300.000 in oné-half year in our coun- try—more than all the killed and all the wounded’ who recovered in our share of the great war. -Industrial ac- cidents have killed far more than all who ever perished in all our wars. The real dangers which threaten us are those of .our own making. They are industmial and political and econ- omic. They have to do with the awful depletion of our forests, with the in- equalities due 'to . special privilege, with ‘mal-adjusted taxation, with our illiteracy, our high cost of living, our profiteering, our irreligion and crass materjglism. These are not to be re- moved by practice at target-shooting, while we close our rural schools for jlack of 50,000 teachers and ‘fill others with immature and uneducated young rls. 'We must not pérmit soldlers to imagine that they aré the only defend. ers of their country. They can de- fend us against only the most unlike- .’ - They are almost neg- le, with the’ physieian and health ‘board, when one contrasts the actual losses of war and of dis- ease. ‘What is neéded is a new conception of danger and of defense and the res- cue of the long suffering-taxpayer from -fictitious claims by over-scared or ifl-balanced pleaders, who focus at- tention on only one type of danger and one type of defense. CIA. AMES MEAD. Boston, Feb. 77, 1920. . Admitting The Bible. Jdr, Bditor: The Bible in the.public sehool is .a..theme appealing both to patriotism and religion. It looks both earthward and heavenward as part of 2 programme for civic improvement. The varying. as to inspiration do not jastify. gho -exclusion- of that |’ Book (which has more than- all other books- confributed.to. & s bet- nd -im; lasting are made.. And even the vary- ing interpretations of sacred writ tought not to militate sgainst its in- deferice from | “Isn’t it terrible what: parents make suffer?” agreed the story teller. t elope, because, as Her- bert again pointed out, what was the when all yow could back? There simply. do but tell them and get it o 3 ¢ ” “I know,” sympathized her* friend the furs, “Oh, Henry and old times.” “I ‘was just shaking all over and Herbert looked absolutely heroic! We sort of dashed in to father. and mother and hung onto each . other. ‘When father dropped Hiz newspaper we jumped as though he had thrown {down a bomb. “Well?' he roared- in that dreadful way of his. ‘We—we're engaged.” Herbert and I got out weak- ly, but simultaneously.” gasped h-wh-what did they. do?" her sympathetic friend. “Why,” said the girl in the gold hat indignantly, “they just grabbed Her< bo{t and me and hugged us and said they ‘were perfectly . delighted " and they had plannsd it all from the start, a:? it was alfsolutely all right—they had been scofed to death for fear T wouldn't like him. Did you ever?” “T 'mever di agreed her startled friend. “Trust parents tp spoil every- thing! .Why, they have just your roniance.”—Chicago Uews. troduction in the programme of .the schools since the admitted, formal plan is to 'have well selected passages of the scriptures without any denomina- tional ¢oloring or teaching. - But an early familiarity with the Secriptures through the agency of the schools can- not fail of beneficient and far-reach- ing results. As. literary ‘forms and models of expression the sacred books are unsurpassed—they are rich with a tone at once uplifting and purifying. The mind of childhood cannotf come in- to .contact with such’ exalted thought without finding an_incentivé to nobler and better effort. Does some one argue {that a mere form will yield but lit- tle .of potent influence upon the yoéuth of our land—that more is needed than a merely formal scriptural. reading, whether by the scholars in unison, or by a leader. We beg to claim that such reading will not be without a most wholesome influénce. ' It will serve to direct the attention’ of youth if not to enlist their interest toward the best literature-—the best code of- laws and the highest realm of morals the world has ever known. What may seem to be a meére form at the first will abide to awaken independent ihterprétation and furnish_ food . for thought in ‘the later matured years. And so such mental discipline will not be without avail in the whole course of ‘life. '~ Passages of scripture. will be remermagred. that' Have heen reiter- ated in the curricila of the schools.and will prove a vaiuable asset in’ the formation. of character. Secientific, lit- erary and historical data as interest- ing as.they may be will not be in- teresting enough to wholly obliterate from mind' and heart ‘those lessons from Holy Writ obtained in the years spent in the public schoels. s CITIZEN. Delphos, Kane., Jan. 30, 1920. Freedom, Liberty, Prosperity and Hap- piness. Mr. Editor: John Troland seems to be one, “into whose ears reason and argument can only be wastefully pour- ed.” T did not aver that the suppres- sion of freedom of speech “is the pro- voking source of all our country’s ilis.” Evidently Mr. Troland. is another one of those patriots who thinks that when the Constitution of our government says, freedom, liberty, prosperity and happiness it means for me, but not for you. ALBERT BOARDMAN. Norwich, Feb, 12, 1920. Stories That Recall Others. F Where Age Counts. Joe was visiting at Grandmother’s house and was being put to bed when he recalled that he had almost: for- gotten to say his’ prayers. He then said them at his grandmother's knee— his usual “N I lay me” ending by asking a spiritual blessing far father, mother, and his. two little sisters.- At its close he realized that he had not remembered his grandmother. “Why, I forget you, grandma;” he said, and then smiled encouragingly, “but don’t you mind that, pretty soon I'll be big enough to make my own prayers and then I can pray for everybody.” . It Stops Then. In the southwestern part - of the .county a farmer has found a plan to keep autoists from speeding by his home. Last, summer several of. his chickens were killed by automobiles, and when one of his pigs, weighing about 100 pounds, was crushed under the wheels of an auto, he decided it was time to do something to . stop them. He dug small ditches one foot .wide, and eight inches deep, across the road about ten feet apart and this plan proved successful. He says that after & Jmachine going at 35 miles an. hour ikes dne of those ditches and the occupants of the machine are almost thrown out, the machine always slows down to a very slow gait on a second passing. % Suits the Republicans. Most of the consternation over: a possible candidacy for Mr. Bryan seems to be in the Democratic camp. —Detroit News. i jow it -does bring up|- ruined By Hoaling The Throat (Opens the Pares and Penetrates) [For Chest Colds, Head Colds and: , is enclosed with every| hottle o Hayes' Healing Honey. |¥ou get the - g nd some Liver Pj to the Public by M Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. The ordinances of the Ci of Nore wieh ‘impose ‘4 penalty of !5‘yupan amri OWREr, GCCUDANU OF DErson having thé care of any land of bullding abutting the public nighways of the ity wiiere thefe is 2 sidewalk, either graded of paved, who' tails 1tg have removed therefrom ail snow, sleet and ice with in three pours after it shall have been deposited,’ or within thrée hours after sunrise when the same has fallen in the night season, and also- upon any such party who fails to have thé snow on_such ‘sidewalk removed or properly sanded within two hours of l? becom-~ ing so deposited during the day time, for each successive period of four Jhours thereafter that it remains after proper rotice given. This will: give notice to all affected by the foregoing Ordinances that the same will be strictly enforced and any- i one failing to comply therewith prose- cuted frem this time forward. JAMES P. FOX, decl19d Street Commissioner. OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘Thes wood alcohol route is effective for-those who wish to leave the world but it is such a painful trip that the method will never be popular.—Meri- den Journal Hartford’s $1,000,000 housing fund has been finally raised while Water- bury is content to drift along and in- identally only show a population ine crease of 17,000 in ten years. Well, you can’'t expect péople to come here ‘end sleep in the“streets or be hit on ‘the” head by profiteering landlords. ~—Waterbury DemocTat, 3 The mature consideration of the problem of what to do with a rest- less worid in order to cufe it of its ’serious ‘errors of judgment leads in- variably ‘to the same conclusion. The only way in which mankind can re- Heve itself of the heavy Dburdens | -} which the selfish greeqd and ambi- tion of mankind have placed upon the droopping -shoulders. of civilization is to work- hard and to depart from ex- travagant induigences~—~New Haven Journai-Courler. The construction of sidewalks is one of the visible anq outward mani- festations of yrosperity, push and progress in any community. Side- walky take a town out of the hick class. They are, as it were, collar and cuffs on our community shirt. They make us unashamed t6 go right in:- ‘and sit down with company; to take our place in the society of up- to-date, self-respecting, business-like Connecticut towns. — Manchester Herald. Those who have read attentively the explanation given the Rotary club by Charles L. Campbell, treas- urer of the Connecticut Light and Power company, of the reasons for the new rate system put into effect by that company cannot have failed to be impressed by the reasonable- ness of the explanation. There is no fault to be found with the justice of the ‘company’s computation of the charge for its service under three heads: first, a flat charge of 50 cents for the work, such as reading meters and bookkeeping, that is the same whether or not electricity is used: second, the ‘demand” charge, or the varying charge for expenses of mai tenance of the part of the company's equipment necessary to give the cus- tomer service; and .third, a charge o five cents a kilowatt hour for the ac. tual current used. The layman will pereceive no. reason why this system of computing the charge for electric- ity is net just—Waterbury Republi- can, STORIES OF THE WAR Fought in Italian Army. Having completed a term of service of mere than four years in the Italian army dwring which time he was in some of the thickets fighting pn the Austrian. front, James Mastaduno of Brooklyn, N, Y, has returned to the United States. His story cover- ing his experiences from the time he sajled for the “old country” ‘with a group of volunteers in July, 1915, un- til the -time he got crowded with interest. Arrtving in Italy in midsummer, 1915, he enlisted at Genoa, and after a brief period of training, 23 days in tall, he was sent with the 90th Italian jInfantry to a reserve position on the {Austrian _front in the province of —— At once!'" Relieves Indigestion, Heattbum, Gases, Dyspepsia, caused b, IR {3 Buy, CHEW A FEW—STOMACH FEELS EINE! box at any drug store, “Read back here is f - at unet price to yield 7 Per | KIELY & HORTON 40 Wall Street, New York S . 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It was with the latter regiment that he served in many campaigns fought in six feet of snow in the Alps. The war over, he réturned to his native town, Tunio, in the province of Caserta. He sailed from Naples and after an exceedingly - stormy passage of 23 days arrived in New York. One of the most interesting phases’ of the young man's story is his des- cription of the conditions in Naples at the time he sailed from that port. According to his estimate at least 4,000 Italians were in that place waiting to be shippéd to this country. *“It is sometimes necessary to wait in Naples over a month before pasage can be arranged,” he gaid. ‘I waited 'there over two weeks myself after I had ob- duno’s | tained my paseport and other neces-. sary credentials.” The desire of the Lalians to come to -the 'United States at this''time is greater than. ever, he says, 4§ The Communist Labor party would be mors satisfactory if it would com- mune - less and laber —] City Star. i T Exciting as a Lottéry. 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