The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 6

PAGE & THE SEATTLE ST Tet Servier of Entered econd-Class Matter Be. year, $5.00, in the State of Wa: month, $4.50 for 6 montha, or per week. Another Teuton Fake Hussarek, Austrian premier, has announced that Aus- tria is to be federalized. There are to be four states, says Hussarek: Austrian, Czecho-Slovak, Ruthenian and Illyrian, Questions affecting Bukowina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ru- mania and Poland, it is announced, are to be left for “future arrangement with the nation: It sounds plausible, but ir Then you “tumble.” 1207 Seventh Ave, Near Union St. is MEMPER OF SCRIPTS NORTHWEST LEAGUE OF N Je, Wash. under the Act of Congress March 3, I8T® By mail, ont of city, BSc per month; 3 months $1.50 May 8, 189 6 montha, $2.75; The Outside the shington. By oa $9.00 per year. German- s concerned.” ncomplete: What of Hungary? Hussarek is talking about federalization of Austria only. And every one of the subject races of the dual mon- archy is split between Austrian and Hungarian rule. A Czecho-Slovak state including only the Austrian rovinces of Bohemia and Moravia, and excluding Slovakia, in northern Hungary, would not even satisfy the ancient Czech aspirations for autonomy within the empire—certain. ly it would satisfy no one now that the allies have recog- nized, and the Czecho-Slovaks of this Slav race. have earned, the independence Autonomy for the Ruthenians under Austrian rule would not satisfy the Ruthenians in Hun ; and no “| but their beliefs are identical with those of Lenine and Trot. Lenine and Trotsky, in fact, learned from them, in that Bukowina, where there are many Ruthenians, is spe- cifically omitted from the so-called “federalization” plan. An Illyrian state would of the Jugo-Slavs, most of provinces of Croatia and Sl govina, which also are om include only a minute fraction whom live in the Hungarian lavonia, in Bosnia and Herze- itted from the federalization plan, and in independent Serbia and Montenegro. As for the later arrangements with Rumania, this ap- itly is to affect only the handful of Rumanians in Bu-; owina—not the large block garian Transylvania. And the arrangement with Poland is apparently left! of Rumanians living in Hun- WASHINGTON, D. ©. there, All Lenine and Trotsky know about political devilish TTLE STAR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918. BY WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD Oct, 24.—Lenine and Trotsky,| \ Bolshevik masters of Russia, may go into Germany when believes in a political but not a social revolution. the kaiser is unseated, and extend their reign of terror) want capital let alone, but he will favor a political revolu- [ i-|tion, a limited monarchy, perhaps, instead of the present Jt is possible that such a leader may be in ness they learned in Germany, from German socialists and radicals, jput Russia into upheaval cay agro, P Every school of radical its double in Germany—is th double. |RADICALS FIGHT AMO} MAKE THE STREETS UNS. | various radicals, | year ago was rendered deadly party. With a ruler gone inté In fact, all the radicalism and socialism that has|power for a short time. many other parties will be agai The republican party in G xe from Germany many years thought in Russia today has e child, indeed, of its German The members of these parties in Germany are not dif- jferent from their Russian brothers. is off in Germany they will spring to the front to try to get jtheir favorite ideas and theories into power. As soon as the lid SELVES, AFE All the fighting and killing in Russia has been done by | Life in Petrograd when I was there a dangerous by the street fight- jing which went on between various branches of tHe socialist the ash heap, with no stable government, the juicy plum of government seems to hang} |so low that almost every leader thinks he can grasp it. ¢ many jermany cannot escape this. » for instance, who do not believe that an equal vote will give everybody his rights, and who believe that the} working man should control all machinery, operate all fac-} The communists of Ger- tories, and send capital into oblivion, are on tip-toe, at this moment, to be ready to spring into the arena and force | their ideas to the fore. } These communists are a | sky. branch of the socialist party, |Germany. The leader of these communists is not named, as yet, but that Germany will have its Lenine or Trotsky, | or both, who will use mass terror, if possible, to put over their ideas, is beyond a doubt. Lenine and Trotsky terrorists|and the state of oppression to which the Germans had sunk |from Russia may come in and help them. Miliukoff’s double in Gerr | autocracy. | He It will receive tremendous a Germans in the United States. KERE EASIER TIME THAN RUSS the republican leader. His jo to fight Germany and had no ti into effect. same handicap. Germany. republic than Kerensky did. The first sign of it sky’s, because Kerensky, tho he believed that Ru to be a republic, was too busy trying to get th many will be some man who He will cannot last, however, as too st him. rmany will be a strong one. tance, even financial, from NSKY OF GERMANY WILL HAVE REPUBLICAN The Kerensky of Germany is still behind the scenes, waiting to be called onto the stage by destiny. He will be b will be easier than Keren- ja ought Russians me to put his republican ideas The Kerensky of Germany will not have the With no external enemy to fight, his only opponents will be the members of other radical parties in He will have a better chance of putting over his will be, perhaps, when | some body of German soldiers refuses to fire on flames of revolution. the German soldiers. a mass of revolting citizens. That will start the After that it will be impossible for any one to disarm Demobilization will not take place properly, and hundreds of thousands of German soldiers will go to their homes, pell-me ammunition. every socialist and radical le: armed supporters. Like Russ with thousands of political ide: idea, ll, with their rifles and their They will line up behind various parties, and ader in Germany will have Germany will be stewing with a gun behind every Elections will be settled by ballots, not bullets. No one who is familiar with the situation in Germany can see any other trend of events in Germany. till it can be seen whether Germany and Austria will jointly) Better Be Safe be able to dominate a Teutonized and delimited Polish) Than Sorry “state.” Dear Mina Grey: I have been All in all, it’s about the clumsiest fake that has come) ***P!"s company with a girl whom out of official Teutondom in recent months. Vienna knows that Americans ordinarily use the name “Austria” to denote the Austro-Hungarian empire. And the success of this federalization fake depends on Ameri- cans’ not knowing the difference between the two. The plan lems of the Hapsburg emp ire. And Americans will be itrengthened in their growing belief that the only solution s' for “Austria” is—dissolution. Rent Board Making Good The Fair Rent commission of the Emergency Fleet cor- poration, appointed to protect shipyard workers from the ex- orbitant rents that have been oh cont ed ulation of this city, seems to ti sional men on the = a id G. Cosgrove—have been able ing that the business and le possible by the sudden in- making good. rofes- notably the chairman, Howard to approach the critical situa- tion from the viewpoint of the tenant. Guided by the dictates of public welfare, the delibera-| Dear Miss Grey: Is there any tions of the commission have ized by they keep it up! been conspicuously character- common sense and fairness. Every member of th board shares in the credit for the good work that has been | done, for nearly all the decisions have been unanimous. May The poor homesick dreamer who orders “punkin pie” in a restaurant draws nothing but the punk. The $15,000,000 Car Deal _ Seattle voters are called upon to pass financial proposition that has ever been upon the biggest put up to the municipality at the election of November 5. It is important that privilege on that day. every voter exercise his suffrage! one issue transforms the November election from a comparatively uninteresting one to a tremendously vital one. There is strong argument both for and against the! purchase, Let every voter s tudy the matter honestly. Whether the purchase is made or not, the November vote will have an important bearing upon the future of the| Dear Mise Grey: I have written city for many years to come. Belgian refugees declare they found some German. were “kind.” Probably the same sort as the “good Tn. juns” of frontier days. True to its nature to dynasty is likely to die nas WAR Certeis stepped down from the white ripple run across the waves | TONY GIVES ME AN ANSWER | BUT NO INFORMATION | a—________—_"_» CONFESSIONS OF A ae end, the Hohenzollern Ue IRIDE grapevine swing and watched a long before a puff of wind, while I, hair apologetically, repeated my ‘ques tion: “Why did the U-boat captain defer to you 80? He was humble— too humble. Please explain him, Tony.” “Jeanne, you should have been a diplomat’s wife,” Certeis waid, appar. ently much amused by my remark. talent for intrigue. “Which remark, I take it, is a diplomat’s wa; am a very inquisitive young woman? “No! I am not joking. You have a But this time—you suspect a conspiracy when none F y of implying that 1 Now, Tony Certeis, you know per- fectly well that I've a right to be curious about that U-boat person,” “He was once an acquaintance—only that, I assure you, Jeanne, 1| Certeis made the statement frankly. knew him years ago—at Bonn.” “Oh, Tony! Then you really di with the crown prince of Germany? Bo that’s the reason the sub-chief w: I had spun off the whole rigmarole 4 go to the University of Bonn? And Chrys says you belonged to his set. ‘a8 80 awfully obsequious to you!” just Uke @ flighty school girl before I realized that I was handing Certeia an easy answer. “Exactly so,” he replied. of a science shark. So was I. But Certeis’ tone revealed a certain glance, he smiled gravely, and offering a hand to hel; he went on: “When I located the U-boat with my invention—m y submari. tector—and when I got in touch with the captain, we were astound both of us, to meet under such novel conditions. my statement that all his commun: had been destroyed, and that he would have plies and orders. Perhaps, Jeanne, due to the fact that I held his ship's fate in th We had atrolied close to the “Mansion” by this time. talk in @ friendly spirit, I said: “Tony, it I really am a good diplomat, let me he! your secret service work for the government!" boku “Never—positively never—Jeanne! swered emphatically. “Considering what you have accomplished h you did out there"—his glance swept over the me "em bave done your share of war work—for the (To Be Continued) “Most of youths of the German aristocracy go to echool or four thousand other students. This subm: the Prussian princelings and at Bonn, as well as three arine chief was some kind he did not belong to the court set.” pride of caste. Catching my puzzled Ip me from my swing, de. ed, But the man accepted ications on this side of the Atlantic @ to depend on me for #up- the humility you noticed was mainly hollow of my hand!" To close our some time, tn It's far too dangeroust* he an- Then, as if to break the tensto mom: he surveyed the wrecked world around acres gi us, saying humorously: , Jeanne, and what sea—"I should say that present!" I thought I loved and wanted to make my wife, During this ime I have taken treatment from her |many umes which I consider very unfair, Many times I have wanted |to give her up and forget her, but Jeach time when I talked it over with doesn’t even begin to solve the racial prob-| her sho asked forgiveness, and as I jeared for her I forgave her. Put | thie has occurred so many times | that I now realize I do not love her that I am only trying to make my self believe I do. What would you advine me to do? MISTAKEN Certainly you should not keep up an association which brings s0 much unhappiness. A love | which requires constant readjust- | ment is not true love and can | never result in a happy mar riage. Explain your feellngs to | the girl im a manly way. | Selfish Love | An Aid to Enemy punishment for a man who regis tered for selective service when he was not yet 217 He is my sweet heart and I do not lke to see him go, tho I am Germany's bitterest enemy. RITA | There ts no punishment for this over-enthusiasm. The new law includes him, however, if he | t= 18 or over, Your enmity, you must remember, will not ac complish any good purpose | long am you are too selfish | make any personal sacrifices Duration of War Or “Existing Emergency” Dear Miss Grey: For how long a/ term are the selective service men enlisted? ANXIOUS MOTHER. For the duration of the war, or “until the termination of the existing emergency,” aa the army law states. as to Weeping Wives | Should Read This | the following scrap of foolishness at |\eisure. Perhaps there is “food for | thought” between the lines. In caso | you see fit to print it, I hope it will |help sore of those whose letters I | | have read in your colurnna, I am not beautiful, and am mar. ried, and have two beautiful children And my husband is attractive to all the ladies, And he comes home ev. ery night with a great big grin, and the children scream with delight at the sound of his voice. And hubby | “sits in” @ Uttle game once a week | (whatever that !s); and comes home | late that night with a great big grin. | | And I am sound asleep, and don't} | know whether he lost or won (what. ever that is). | And I don't rartt and tear my hair easily digested food. Process. ; Spanish Influenza Support the patient's weakened vitality by a sustaining, Borden's Malted Milk is a standby for the convalescent. It builds up strength speedily and surely. Pure full-cream milk and nutritious grains—partislly predigested by a special Indtet on Bordente—at all drug storee—im equare packages only, Borden MALTED MILK and blame some poor Httle woman And sometimes, when hubby wants a fresh handkerchief, and I've been out the afternoon before, and forgot hubby just grins ‘cause I'm ashamed. And we're none of us per- fect, so why do all of us blame the rest of us, when all of us are just plain humans? IJ thank yo KC. H. Honorable Discharge No Bar to Service Dear Miss Grey When a man has an honorable discharge from the United Btates army ts he subject to registration or to be called again into the service? INQUIRER He must be regiatered in order that he may be examined and clansified. If fit for service he will probably be called again He will be treated fust Ike any other man. | Would Join | Over There | Dear Miss Grey: I am a boy 19 }and will be in this next draft, but have not been calied yet. My cham in over there in the field artillery of the Dlet divination I would like to know if there would be any way to get into his company A BOY READER. There in no way I know of that you may get into a certain company unless Fate in kind to Chum | you. You must simply take your | chances with the rest of the | boys. | Youth Cannot | Mate With Age Dear Mine Grey: I noticed a letter from a “Batch of 46," in your column last week. Why is it that men of 46 and so on want to marry girls in their twenties, and don’t pick out | women their own age? | I came near spoiling my whole life by marrying a man over 20 years |my senior. Fortunately I married a |man my own age, and realize now what an awful mistake I would have made by marrying the older man One of my best friends has married such a man and ts daily regretting it. We want men who have not much more experience in life than we have, so we can enjoy the same things together. But to marry a man as my friend has done, who is | past all that, isn't fair to the girl. TWENTY-TWO. This Day in the War |, et oct. 1917—Austro-Germans start Italian drive | OC8%. 24, 1916—Von Mackensen's | Germans, Turks and Bulgars take | Rashva, Rumania. OCT, 24, 1915—Allled aviators bombard Ostend. OCT. 24, 1914—Germans advance near Dixmude. | | | FAR AND NEAR Peace oe GROUNDS FOR OBJECTION Scoutmaster—This coffee tastes Uke mud! Scout—Well, the kitchen squad said jt was ground this morning. Boys’ Lite A FOOLISH MAN “I guess I don't know how to man age a wife.” “It ts evident you don't know much about wives in general, or you wouldn't try.” eee What would the war poets do tf “Yanks” didn't rhyme with “tanks” and “Hun” with “run? } } eee | | Thief breaks tnto Seattle home and collects 20 cents from the family mafo. The kainer isn't the only crook | to suffer from Liberty bonds and war | savings stamps. | eee | When peace comes, are we going to puniah all those palatially interned | German «ples by driving them out in to the miseries of civil life? OUR LITTLE ONE-ACT TRAGEDIES Scene—A flat—dining room. Mlace—Honey-noon lane. Time—Dinner Characters—Hubby, Sweetie, Scene L Curtain ain te discovern Hubby eating iret meal that Sweetie has thrown together since the fatal trip to the altar). Hy (courageously)—Sweetie, thie steak i* great! Sweetie—Do ooh like um? Hubby—Well, Jet's have the des sort, Sweetie Sweetie (brings in onke)~—My first cake, ducky, (Bxlte to kitchenette) Hubby—Looks #0 niee—too nice to cut (Smacks hin lps.) Cuts cake and sinks his molars into Sweetie’s “first.” Hubby (in terror}—Helpt I can't get my teeth ont of this meas! Sweetio—running in from kitehen- nette—Oh, ducky, I put varnish tn stead of molneses tn my cake! Curtain. ee What is #0 rare as a day tn June? Pretzels in an American food em porium ried—up stair: needed. many hours nace heat and Oil consumed is needed—no Perfection Oil Heater is easily car- coal-stove fires are required. Buy Perfection Oil Heater to- day. Dealers everywhere. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (CALIFORNIA) s or down, from this room to that—anywhere heat is Lights at the touch of a match— gives instant heat. Nosmokeorodor., Steady, comfortable warmth for on one filling with Pearl Oil, the ever-obtainable fuel. 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