South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 334, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 30 November 1918 — Page 6

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EID Dr. Seymour, With American Army in France, is Heard From. T. J. Campbell, t!'s manager H in receipt of Of T. the Lodge Mfg. Co. a mt'st int stir.tr letter from Dr. E. Seymour, a of Mishawaka, v 1 1 Known pnysirian who is a first lieuten ant In the 2 P. Oth infarrtry, .secon 1 battalion, in France. The "doc" says: Lear Dune: Your very woronii' 1 1 r ef Seji. 2 3 lilfw In a couple of days ago and needless to say I was mighty lad to hear from you. Your new.- relativ to the fourth loan, too. was good to hear. I know you arc a pretty fair judre of th spirit of the people at horn'', and It was mighty res assuring to learn that they wf-rc with us to the core and to the finish. ! over her i Franc, j The thing we far most ii a prematura pe ice. Prltaln. PeJgium. Italy and Servil are. I think, all in it h-art and onl for a ficht to a finish, and we do no: want any note of dimension to com? froin th- T. S. A. My vi-ws have changed considerably sin'" I pet over here. I use 1 FOR RENT Orn large room furnished for light how .( k eping, i'i modern ho.ne. Ontrally Adults only. Rf(niifs phone SSI. located. Bell 2 Gil WANTED Ice apply Major Mishawaka. machine engineer, I '.ro:i. I u. king ' o , o o .Mi LOST Between lire i iien and Mishawaka, T. 4x1 1-2 United States Ti:e on rim, tinder notify Nelson Chrit.anson at Mishawaka Furnituie "o. i'hone l.'.l. Reward. 2 3t2 FOR SALI: " a. re farm, three miles from Mishawaka; new nine loom hotie, larne l.irn, otber Laild;!.r.s. seven acres tinker, good gravel ad to town; bargain. Will tak- : :ae city property. l-.J Ind. ma av. Meine phone A-772. 2'Jtl SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY Men's Sunday and wirk shoes. J3.2 5; hoys' good shoes at 12.30, $2.45 and 1.1. Also BallBand rubbers, pants, caps, slippers. Women's aprons at low pric s. DeMeester. KOI W. Sixth st. 29t2 FOR ll't Close RENT Eight-room house. N. Mill st., partly modern, to business center. Call phone ?.7,tj or 1 C T. 'j'Jtr. me 7ANTED work. No Vlome 41. lirl for general h washing. Call Bell use141. 27tf ANTED Chambermaids at Mishl.wviika Hotel. ' 0. " S paid for Liberty Bonds, room J. M. S. Ride. Strath Bond. 9 to FJ : 1 to I p. m. and ev7 to s. Bell :;77. Deo. .1. fARK REALTY CO. has recently yaoved to the new Mishawaka: e '.nU.liri' nimii " ll" 11. I

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The prosperity of the community and the confidence of the people in these financial institutions are reflected in the increased resources of the First National Bank and First Trust & Savings Co. of Mishawaka, which are in the same building and under the same management. Combined Resources 1S99 $ 89,600.00 1904 465,500.00 1909 991,400.00 1914 1,613,000.00 Nov. 27, 1918 2,8S8,959.00 DIRECTORS. Fred G. Eberhart A. D. Warner F. W. Kuss A. J. Schindler E. J. W. Fink C. A. Dresch Fred N. Smith ii i ii ii i i i p ' " i i i ' ' i in in i . . . - - - - ' - - - - - - ' -

WAKA GENERAL NEWS

to think that our war was agajns: German militarism and Prussian "kultur," and not against the great masses of the German people. In America we have many fine people who came from Germany, and other. of German ancestry, but they are not the Gern. ana of the past two decades. People living In America are apt to form thir judgments of the German people In Germany by what they know of the fine exGermans we have In America, and who are some of our very best citizens. This is a mistake. The Germans in Germany, high and lowalike, are beasts of the lowest typa and are not fit for decent people to live on the fame earth with. We're after them all und not one lota of consideration should be accorded them when the final peace settlement comes. Of course there are a few (Maximillian Harden, for example), who are splendid characters, but they are very few and In no way representative of the people of Germany. CirmianM Art Different. The point I am trying to make Is this: The Germans of Germany are not to be judged by the Germans of America, and the Germany of the last few years Is altogether different from the Germany of Bismarck's time. The Hohenzollerns have demoralized the nation as i whole, and it is entitled to no con sideration whatever. The kalsr Is pro!. ably as little to blame as any one. It's the German military machine (or perhaps "disease" wouM be a better name) backed by the people as a whole that we are after, and It muct be destroyed now an 1 for all time. Kegardlng your nephew, Sergt. McCutcheon. I may My that It Is ut?"rlv Impossible for me to get any Inf ormat ion for you, much as I should like to do so. Rut of this ! you can rest assured, no news 1 ; Kood news, and the adjutant general would certainly hwe notified vom pr.-inptlv hid his wound proved before you heard from not able to pretty little get this you will ha, e him. for even if he is write hln-elf some . nurse or Salvation Army lass will do it for him. And. by the v y. banc you've j'jot to the old sure ther" ne"d never spent with Thev hn . t take off your bat Solvation Army; they're with the good" and yon be afraid that a dollar them i geiir astray. 'en wonderfully efficient at the front and have won the unbounded Irr Ira tic n of everyone over nere. Thun a re rirv! the V M. C. A. surely are .-cid cor. ilng every minute and rever overlooking a bt. Their work N f ol 1 !.-rs lint' far harder than that of th and It no plac? for weakYou'vo got to hand It to hem. I am very comfortably located here in Teloehe and there Is very little prospect of an immediate rbanrre. There should be two doctors here, but I am all alone with ; a couple of thousand n en to keeo in trim, so it ties me down pretty ' much. Will have material for many j a talk fest when I get bak. Of course, even when peace Is declared, l it will be a long time before we see I America again, but I expect to b? ! back In the old town again sjme ! day. j Give my regards to the boys nt I the club. Say "Hello" for me to i Harry Bell. John Beynon, Carl i Schnait, George McNeal and any j other old friends I may have j around the Diamond "D" place. If I you find time, write me once In a j while. I With kindest regards to Mr, j Campbell and. that family of young i warriors of yours. ?!" llOWn. $1 a month buys h L. Barnard & Son. Advt. Dr. Makielskl. osteopath, Second st. Advt. 12G W. ltf

VISITING PRIESTS

ATTEND FUNERAL Among the priest who attended the funeral services of 'the Rev. Fr. H. Bleckman. held at St. Monica's Catholic church Friday, were the following from out of town: lit. Rev. II. D. Alerdlng. D. D.. Fort Wayne, Ind.; Hev. Leyes, C. 8. C, Notre Dame; Rev. Henches. C. ß. C, Notre Dame; Rev. John Cavanaugh, C. S. C.. Notre Name; Rev. L. D. Monahan, Peru. Ind.; Rev. M. J. Aichinger, Auburn, Ind.; Rev. L. A. Eberlee, Chesterton, Ind.; Rev. Hefbert Leiden, Monroeville, Ind.; Rev. G. Hottenroth, Goshen, Ind ; Rev. James P. Walsh. Three Oaks, Mich.; Rev. Frank J. Gnlbba, Gary. Ind.; Rev. J. J. Sennetz, Igansport. Ind.; Rev. J. H. Rerg, Hammond, Ind.; Rev. E. J. Foerburger. La fayette, Ind.; Re J. A. Sullivan, ; Hammond, Ind.; Rev. J. G. Dennett.! Fort Wayne. Ind.; Rev. Paul A.: Welsh. Areola. Ind.; Rev. William C. ! Miller. Whiting, Ind.; Rev. John M.I Schmitz. Union City. Ind.; Rev. Edward J. Mungovan, Valparaiso, Ind.; ! Rev. Thomas Jansen, Gary, Ind.; 1 Rev. Edward F. Barrett, Hammond. Ind.; Rev. James Connelly, Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Rev. Joseph S. Ryder, Gary; Rev. Lucias Oerzich, Gary; Rev. R. Soer.ger, Monterey; Rev. P. J. Carroll, C. S. C, and Rev. John F. DeGroote, C. S. C, SduTh Bend; Rev. J. Oberhol. Attica; Rev. Peter Gudnik. East Chicago; Rev. J. C. Walsh, Lnporte, Ind.;Aev. Anthony Ellcrlnr,'. Michigan City; Rev. Fr. Jansen, Elkhart; Rev. F. H. Joseph Kroll, Fort Wayne; P.cv. Abraham, Michigan City. dies AT Addie Lark, year old, died Orphans' home OKPHWAGE. one and one-half at the Mishaawka , late Friday night, j Funtal services will be held from J the Finch and Spmgue chapel Sun day afternoon at three o'clock. Dr. J. A. Rurr-'tt of the Prcabytelan church will officiate. Burial will b in the city cemetery. MISS WimiORIl IN COUVnr I MIA"OII Folks nt Holm," and "Carry Mo P-ark to Old Virginia." Col um-I hh rtMXnI No. 2197. Beiger Furnl-J tnro Co. Advt. IIT1 THATCH F, MI7LTI NO. The Woman's department of literature vili meet on Monday afternoon at four o'clock in the club rooms. Miss Dobbir.s will be the leader and will Jlscusa It-sen's drama "Iledda Gadler." CAMPBELL AND NTOU SING "Your Lips atv No Man' 11 nl But Mlno," nnl "Wlien I Srnl You A 1 Mrturv of Botiln." Columbia No. ?5S0. Iicigcr Furniture Co. Adt. 1 When looking for watches don't overlook us. In all stlyles and sizes. I. dies' bracelet watches ln many styles and at all prices. Vogt the .jeweler. Advt. Commencing Deft. 1, the Chicago, South Rend and Northern Indiana Ry. freight office will close at 4 p. m. No freight received or delivered after that time. Advt. E. S. Stewart, Agt. soitii sini: DANcn. Mixed dances at Orchestra hall Saturday night, over Ellsasser's pool looms. Everybody welcome. Advt. We give two guarantees on all diamonds we sell They are positively as represented, and can't bo bought for less money anywhere. jVogt the Jeweler. Advt. ACCOIIDIAN SOLOS Ry BIcto -"ShnnMlootors Mnrch," niul "My Floponoc," No. 981, 8." xnt.s. Roigvr Furniture Co. Advt. ITALIAN MONARCH TO VISIT PARIS NEXT MONTH PARIS. Nov. 30. (Ilavas) King; Victor Kmmanuel of Italy will visit j Paris in December, according to an announcement made here today. Patronize the advertiser he is there to serve you. I TH EATER TODAY EILEEN SEDGWICK ln a western thriller that takes you back to the early overland dajs, "ALL FOR GOLD" RUTH ROLAND Fourth Episode "HANDS UP" "THE PHANTOM TRAIL'1 SID CHAPLIN in "THE B0MBAD1ERS" There' a laugh in every foot. EBONY COMEDY Featuring the All-Star Fboney Players, Good Luck in Old Clothes USUAL ADMISSION.

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U.W.W. FUND PLEDGES ARE DUE ON MONDAY

i The first payment on pledges to 'the United War Work fund is due Monday, Jec. 1. Payments are to jbe made at the banks designated by I the subscriber on his pledge card. Payment in full is earnestly desired; however, the partial payment plan calls for 5 per cent December; 2 5 percent January 15, and 25 per cent March 1. The need of r'.me of the U. W. ' W. organization fcr immediate re'allzation on the fund is great. Some had already anticipated the camt paign in their outlays. The Y. M. jC. A. It is known mortgaged the future to the extent of $15.000,000 to provide for the two and a quarter i million boys over there by the first ! of November. The great press of work due to the cessation of active training and fighting has thrown a tremendous strain upon these organizations to care for the needs of the men who crowd these houses of cheer during their idle moments. THIEVES ENTER HOME WHILE PEOPLE WORK When Mr. and Mrs. Nick Chrisman, 312 . Broadway, returned frnm tViotr wnrlf tnt nlfht thev - j

were very much surprised to find i that their home had been ransacked Permit me the space in your valufrom top to bottom. They also dis- 'able paper to answer your article cf covered upon investigation that a re- I Friday, which appeared in reply to ceipt for ISO for a fourth Liberty ; mv statement of the 27th. Let me loan bond, $40 In money, a ladies : say. however, that it has never been purse, a man's pockethook and ; ! m' desire to enter the field of connumber of trinkets had been stolen. , troversy with you. My article was The thieves must have entere 1 ' simply an expression of what has

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W'-cn Mr. and Mrs. ooyai American citizens since the apwei o home for dir.rer at ' pearance of your editorLals on Brit-

noon everything was all reported the matter who are Investigating. to MISHAWAKA FVNiniATi NOT HS. Funeral services for Mrs. Emma 11 V.e held from St. Monlca.B catholic church, Saturday mornintr at 7:30 o'clock- Burial will I jbe ln tho st Joseph s cemetery. Funeral services for Sister M. FthAr formerly Miss Laura Dundon. will be held from St. Joseph's Catholic church, Saturday morning nt 9 o'clock. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Funeral services for Grace, four-ve-.r-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Fafford, 2 29 E. Eighth Ft'., will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:2 0 o'clock from St. Joseph's Catholic church. Rev. Dean I AMoench will officiate. Burial will be In St. Joseph's cemetery. pi:atii or sistkh. Miss Mattie Brown has gone to Nlles, Mich., where she was called by the death of her sister, Mrs. Sarah I KIngery, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Adah Weaver. Mrs. KIngery' Is !U"vived by two daughters. Mrs- Weaver and Mrs. Elsie Cottrell. She nin leaves three sisters. ,auss Drown "lM of this city; Mrs. H. U Nlms. Berrlen Center, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Straw, Bloomlngton, 111.. and a brother, David Brown, residing In Florida. Funeral services will held from the home o. Mrs. K nff - ery's sister-in-law, Mrs. Kit KingALL STARS WIN GAME. The Fast Knd All Stars defeated j Co. L, Home Guards team in a game t of Indoor baseball at the Armory! "gym" by the score of 52 to 2 la.-t j night. Batteries were as follows: j Home Guards, Frankel. Beuland and j Klme! All Stars, Buyse?, Opelt and j Groh. The game was largely attended. Another game between these two' teams is scheduled for next Friday night. HEARS FROM SON IN FRANCE. Mr. and Mrs. N. Krushanskl, 531 O'Connor st., have received a letter from their son Frank, with thi American forces in France, In which he says he has been up against th real thing. He had a narrow escape from being taken prisoner by the Huns during an engagement in which the 47th U. S. infantry, to which Krushanskl is attached, distinguished itself. LATH AM-RO WE NUPTIALS Raymond I. Litham and Miss Myrtle A. Rowe, both of this city, were married by the Rev. Dr. R. Earle Parker of the Methodist Episcopal church Friday afternoon. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Glen Plders. 523 Alice tt. The newly married couple gone to Wisconsin to reside. have AURORA VTSTTOIt. Rev. Horace Cady Wilson of Aurora, Ind.. spent Thank.Ivin.? with Dr. and Mrs. II. J. Graham. W. Third st. Mrs. Samuel Rnggs, of Fvanston. 111., also spent Thursday as tha guest of her mother, Mrs. Graham. IIITRE FROM AKRON. Mr. and Mrs. Paul K, Immel. Akron. O.. are guests of the farmer's parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Immel. 401 Lincoln Way west. LIe"t. Walter K. Thrush was a Thanksgiving visitor at the Immel home. ATTENTION MOOSE! Mooseheart Legion will meet at Moose hall, Sunday afternoon. Dec. 1. All members requested to be 'tirf;ont. T. v. Nie?e. North Moose., Advt. Puy a Columbia and play fT'Conl n you wouhl llkp to your hear tlxm, ?-0 to $2.25. lay lUHgcr Furniture Coas you play. Adxr.

"FINIS"

. My Dear Mr. Titus: I Assuredly now, since with you' ! second philippic presented herewith. ( you have been given the occasion tc : tell all about yourself, accompllshj ing. no doubt, the major part of your purpose. Just a word or two and o far as I am concerned, the controversy is at an end. Indeed, it seems quite useless to pursue it fur- ! ther, since even though I be but "a sruesser" and in your Judgment but a very poor one, nothing is very likely to be gained by disputing with man who even when he reads, is :naMe to quote, nor mark a plain distinction. From the very beginning of our discussion of Britain's probable policy at the peace tables, it has been predicated on the overthrow of tho : Lloyd George ministry, dlstlngulshlng all the way along between the old England, the land-grabbing, money-bagging, sea-dominating England, and the new England, progressive, Just to the rest of the world, and internally industrially democratic England, stich as has been Lloyd George's promised ends and aims. If it is possible to get that through your head, or if you care to get it throuch. and then take note that it is this dear old England, land-grabbing, money-bagging, sea-dominating, to which we have been objecting, and not to the Lloyd George new England, you will have something of an idea, as we have reHtV. I I 1 U C KbPUbS. rifar f T- 7nvr oeen in tne minds or all fair and

right. They 1 lsh Policy. There are hosts of splenthe police 'did citizens that do not agree with

you in this connection, and who look upon your articles mentioned as be - ing unfair, untimely, and untrue to fact. But I had hoped that another more able to answer you might appear upon the scene; and since I have been disappointed ln this, I to contribute this final j concluded statement. Sir, you seem to question my Americanism. Indeed you have gone j so far as to charge me with being a British propagandist. Since you j are such an adept at the guessing game, I would advise you to make i another try, for, as usual, you are ; far astray in this matter. I am an ; American through and through. I : am not a British American. nor would my name indicate that I am ja German American; but just an (American without any semblance of I a hyphen. If you dispute my word. perhaps I may be allowed to use a personal reference to convince your 'sceptical mind- When the opportunity presented itself I very gladly i j offered myself and my services to i I our men. It was impossible for me to enter the army, so I seized the next best opportunity. leaving be;hlnd a family, including small children, I Journeyed to France. Upon . nrrivfnc "over there" T sousrht no . easy Job fof durin, al, thoe days r encoUntered the pame dangers. pxperlenced thf pame hardship as ! he mpn Jn the When they tWert lnto thp trench, it was my 'happy privilege to go with them, : When they slept ln old barns wlth the cattle, I slept alongside of them. When they hungered, I fed them to the limit of my supply, and then suffered these pangs with them. I was glad to do it, and it was far from "playing at the game of soldier." While our editor was eleepinS in a comfortable bed, tho writer, with our splendid heroes, was curled up in the bottom of a muddy trench with our splendid heroes, was curled face. If It had been his lot to fall with our gallant sons, upon "No Man's Land." he would have been willing to have made the sacrifice. He bears in his body to this day, and will carry to his gravo, a scar from the hand of the hun. If Mr. Zuver thinks for a minute that this is a mere "playing at the game of soldier," then it strike, me at being a peculiar form of play. Not many of us would care to take our amusement In that way. Returning from France I gladly offered my time, and my single talent to my country ln raising money. I covered the county, and pnrt of an adjoining state In the IJberty Lonn drive. I spent my own money In this work. I have covereij j yiXr the entire state ln the United Work drive. I have freely and willingly elven of all that I had, and would do It a thousand times again If need be. So, I trust Mr. Zuver, you will be somewhat fair, and remember that the best way to judge a man's patriotism Is by the fruits he produces. not by the splendid phrases he may sling together. Now Mr. Zuver. would.it not be wise for you to remember that we are still the ally of Great Britain. You made a clever move to evade the real meaning of this particular part of my preceding statement. Nevertheless, the fact still remains that England and America are still allies against Germany. True the new9.proper censorship has been removed, but this pertains to news only, and ln no sense gives a man the right to criticize and Jeopardize

the cause for which we have beeniness eVitir-tr Ar.v Indication of this enirit then

on the part of any individual now clearly evidences this same feeling even ln the days of fighting. It is an evidence that one was waiting for the "lifting of tho lid" to blurt out pH his pent up indignation. Granted, "the wild boar nfelv cared in HoUand. Does not occur to Mr. Zuver that our ght was not against the kaisT alone, but it was acalnst Germany. We were al - so fighting the German people- Hence it is with the German people that we must now conttnd. When we it

peatedly pliinly Indicated, of tho Fngland tfcs.t we are driving at. The abovti sentence Is rather Involved, but we are shooting It. qjlto apparently, at an Involved brain. If you can make a v2stlnctlon, wo can approve of much of the rest that you day, but notwithstanding all that you say of yourself, and your Americanism, antl-hyphenisin, patriotism, etc., the question remains in our mind, why is It that you can read day after day of all kinds of raillery against the United States, denouncing ita ante-bellum, bellum and post bellum activities and Ideals, yet never say a word, but the moment that Great Britain, or any phase of it Is touched upon, you flare up and discover that in the language of the president, while we were still fighting, that "it Is a thrust at America?" Ik there i o other way to take a "thrust at America," than by way of England? Then with reference to the distinction made yesterday, between bellum and post-bellum criticism of Britain, you: aasert that we drew it on the fact that the "wl!d boar Is safely caed up in Holland," which It is where you again grow inaccurate. We said nothing of the kind. Wj said "the wild boar is somewhat caged up In Holland," and that "somewhat" Is exactly what was meant. Oh ve3. we realize that we have been fighting the German people, well as the kaiser, but there were principles Involved In lighting the former that leaves them a show for their ally, while the allied world is demanding the kaiser's head. True, the war isn't over. The battle at the peace tables is yet to bo fought. Germany by the armistice has been rendered Impotent to resist the demands of the conference. The battle at the peace tables Isn't altogether a matter of settling with Germany but with the whole world, that wars may be no more, and if you think the United States should step down and out, and not stick for what It started In to do, I do challenge, not your Americanism, perhaps but your American ideals. I fcr one, and there are

millions of others, who feel that. Germany subdued, the time is ripe jto establish conditions under which we need never fear another such uprising or international injustices conducive of It. You are wrong when you say "all fair and loyal American citizens" think Just as you do. When did you take your census? Or is it, that only those Americans can be "loyal" who do agree with you? In that case, of course, there Is nothing more to bo said. The rest of us are all traitors, which, If you please, is a line of accusation that was started by yourself. The trouble with you is that your head Is like the Esqulmo; you stop counting at nine, and seem Incapable of but one Idea at a time that to rail at Germany, and glorify Britain. Well, rail away. ZUVER. down to the peace table it will be. and must be, to reckon with Germany as our common enemy. Therefore, the same rules which applied during the days of actual fighting, must of necessity apply now, insofar as the allies are concerned. Hence I say again, "that a word against our allies now, is still a thrust at America." It must be so until the final consummation of the war. Surely Mr. Zuver understands that tho crafty, scheming German leaders are only too anxious to detect even the slightest differences as between the allied nations; and they are Just as quick to uso these differences in squeezing out as easily as possible. If our Gov't, of which I am In hearty accord saw fit to ask us to refrain from ailed criticism during the days of actual fighting, surely in these more perilous days the same challenge Is sounded. It was in unity, we "licked" the hun in the field of battle; let It be In this same unity that we "lick" him in the final asslzee. I for one, am willing to take our President at his word, and refrain In any sense from criticizing the splendid rations that fought with us. Again our editor begs the question where he states that I would pardon and excuse England for faults of the past or present. I'll condemn wrong ln any nation or Individual, myself included. Nor am I in favor of England employing what Is termed a "land-grabbing policy" at the coming peace parley. When the time comes. I believe we will find (if I may Indulge ln Mr. Zuver's famous game of gueR.lng) that England and America will be In perfect accordIt seems however, that what Mr. Zuver wants Is for England to step down and out, and allow us to play the leading rde ln the great drama. No real American Is ln favor of this, and It is my feeling that if a plac of pre-eminence is given any nation, that right should go to France. Why should we claim such an honor? Dare we forget the long bloody years of the war before we entered? Let us not forget the crimson streams of French, English and Belgian blood that ran like rivers before we went over. Let us think of the nearly two millions of allied graves over yonder. Let us not be unmindful of the fearful price thee nations paid during the first years of the struggle. I do not believe American citizenship wants the chief seat. However. I do believe our voice should be heard; and In no uncertain sounds. We must remember that our first buslIs still to settle with Germany. In fairness. Justice and Inter national love, settle with each other. Furthermore. Mr. Zuver gathers a wrongr meaning' from my previous statement or lie grossly warps what I had to say. I did not state that the British navy accomplished all that was done In crushing Germanv ition tne rilgn seas. I aia say. and still 1 maintain that It wa the largest singrl factor In crushing the huns on , the water. In this I am supported bv no le.s nn putho-lty than ou- own Admiral Mayo, commander of our European fleet. Of couie we aided.

Oriental Dignity's Surrender To Humor By N. P. Babcock

j With the f.a of Japan mingling 'among the banners of our allies on Fifth av. during the recent Liberty ; Loan campaign, one unacquainted with the development of the East, might have thought it questionable tsfte for a revival of Gilbert and Sullivan's masterpiece of travesty. 'The Mikado," to have been sta-red in a New York theater, immediately after the close of that campaign. A proposed revival of this opra in London Just before the war. was 'called off as likely to give offense to England's F-istem Ally. It was arcued that to burlesque and make sport of their exalted ruler, would furnish good ground for the reent:.ent of loyal Japanese. Neither Sir William Gilbert nor .sir Arthur Sullivan was alive at the time to s-ay how they viewed the matter. I am incline! to think the former might havs said, with a lift of his bushy eyebros, "Why must :?.n Engliahm&n s-upj'se every other rian to be a bigger ass than himJtlf?" Instead of being a compliment t'J the Japanese, the banning of the opera wva realiy an Insult to the.r intelligence; it presupposed the existence of a cuticle of aSurd pride, so thick that genuine wit and humor couldn't penetrate It. Ho.v fale this supposition was, is shown by the New York revival above alluded to. At each performance of tho oper.. Japanese residents and visitors In 'the city, were present in lar-je numbers, and their lauhter and applause quite equalled that of theOccidentals. Why should It hae been otherwise. It was burlmqtie pure and Mmple, nothing contained the slightest reference to traditions they :riay have held sacred; no rejection was to be found upon their form of government, past or present; n jibes at any of the fundamentals of !helr belief. You may tud the history of Japanese ci llizatiui., and fate to discover any sovereign potentate, from tho Emperor Jlmmu Tenno, founder of the Empire, down to the present dynasty, who could by the greatest stretch of imagination be taken a the prototype of that Mikado to whom we are presented in the Town of Tltlpu. As for Pooh Rah that multiplltier of o.'llce-hcldlng he is perhaps niore reprcsentati e cf our own political system, than of any other, and at all events, he cannot b claimed exclusively as the ancestor of any Japanese of whatover exhalted rank or sensitiveness, because aa he himself declare--., ho traces his ancestry back to a "protoplasmal primordial atomic globule." which certainly is goin some' backwards. Therefore had our Japanese theater-goers failed to enjoy "The Mikado," it would have tended to prove that their ears were longer than Gilbert might have assumed them to be, and which of them would have cared to maintain hl traditional dignity against the invasion of a smile at such a cost as that? A brief glance at the manner in which thl, perhaps, most popular of all the Gilbert and Sullivan works, originated and was developed, may not be without intereft. In the winter of 1S84-5, Gilbert was casting about lor a successor to his not ever-successful "Prlnces Ida." Let me quote here from a work by Francis Celller; "One day an old Japanese sword which, for 'years had been han-xlng on the wall !of h!?i study, fell from its place. This incident directed his attention jto Japan. Just at that time a comI pany of Japanese had arrived in j England and set up a little village iof their own in Knlghtsbrldge. For material for an opera, Sir William had not to Journey to Yokohama or Tokio. He found all he wanted In Knightsbridge within a mile of his home in South Kensington." Although obviously It was from hU own brain and imagination that hand very materially. On my return trip our gunners (America!) sunk a German "sub" after it had fired a torpedo at us. Yes, Mr. Zuver, we have a splendid navy, and we played'our part in the whole affair. I did not say that our entire army was transported by Rrltlsh ships to France. I did say that nearly our entire army was carried across in this way. You ask "why did England carry our troops over?" Recaue we had no ships of our own. Had we waited until we could supply ships of our own, perhaps the war would not be over yet. You think England did It to save herself? Rut you must remember, sir, that It was our light as well as England's. You have admitted repeatedly that we had better fight the huns over thre. than to wait for them to come over here. Thank God. we had the Rritlfh ships to carry our men across. Again, th editor claims that England's attitude Is one of boasting. England is rot saying that she did It all. How foolish for any man To make Fuch a charge. Lloyd George has again and aealn made the statement that America turned the tide against Germany. We all know thl and It is not necessary for our editor to give us the information. However, It behooves us to be careful. Vt we full lnfo th earne error 3Id at the door of England. Again I say that altogether, we defeated Germany. Side by side the trl-co!or of France, the Stars and Stripes from America snd the Fr.ion Jack of Prltaln have 1 een carried over th" bloody fields of France. Together tr.?y raMd Into the awful carnage. Who In the davs would tenr them apart hallowed and sealed as has been this Union by the best bb"'-d of these lards. In harmony, devotion and blessed urlty we fouirht. and ln this ram? Frlrlt let us return fr'-i our Arma ceddor.. to love, ch-rlh ?PP , t e.-.rh tb' r.ew .lav unburn. G W. TITUS. Mishawaka. Nov. I'i, 191S.

th r..' .piece, it was h-.er.t;.a! to s:;h : ..master of stn maiir n-.i.t ' hlmejf. that h sh-.;:M h.i , accurate models 'uj'i.n hl 'h t --r:. jout the details of :h-. pro,l;.. t:..i ,To quote CUier nr.iir. - I "Through th- co;. rt.v rf th dijretors of the ;vr.:k,-y.Tsst..ii;f. Vi!i 1. 1 Japanese m.aie d.n r und a. Japjanese tea-girl wer- p.-rmltt d ;,- I'.hrlr services to th.- Sivoy m-in.'g -jment. and thri-urh th.:;r aid "ur ;ctor$ and actresses r. I came vr Japsnny. The GfUh.i, te-cirl. was a charming and w-ry a: ie instruct re ss. although she kr.- or'.v two words of Eni'.i-'h '.xper.c please.' thut 1 eir.g th rt of a cup of tea as serd by ;r t KniyhtsbrK'ge. "To her was corntr.it: .1 th (.ia. of teaching our lad;." Ja; ar.f !- portmert; how to u,ir, ..- j-.m - r d mce ln tiny steps with t '- Vir spread and "-n ip ih( f?t: .:hr;i . in. a gracefully n ; i--r: . ) w spread .ind snap th f ir. . V. r : v rath, delight or h. .?. .. . ! ..- to giggle brhind it. Th ;. .s ., taucht th-:n th ar f '; ; toucfttrg the f -s a j.ii tl. :....r. . ' th'js to the mir i.te-t -If it'. . .Savoyards wer mi.ie to I k 1. the real thine'." The same authority vajrf tbJapanese were very pruid of hav -1'vrn also to as-!: in tb pro ?; ;: of a new op.-r. , .md w. !! micht th-' b for, when produd nt the- Sf Theatre on March 14. lsr. "Tr.Mikado" ran c'r.tin'ioii!- f r du.VK, anil jt'dplng from the -;.',. that attended Its l.iS-.-t r.i..il : .New York nearly t h irt y - f n;r 1 1 s later it has the !v f..t- ;tn ai;; u e-nJIess Journey. iLubin Would Teach Backward People How to Produce Go,ds Needed. Tavld Lubin. American deb-.-at" ' "- the International Intitu? f Agriculture, has su'-'ges? I to -he Ita! 1 1' ;and British government .'ciN . 1 financiers a plan to blrwk ;.r: .m encroachments In fi-reign s Jby teaching the backward p.np.--; of the world how to m nuf.. t j: their own goods. It is prop s. ,; . . send a commission to th :iv.: I States to advocate tbt adaption i jthis method. Mr. LuMn's plan is to o: .ir.17.'' -'. international industrial it ague whh-:i would establish commercial bav s zones of foreign trade and to t-a. !t khe people of thos; rones Importal.' methods of business ar.l manfa c u: . It is pointed out that th:s wo-;! i illimlnate the necessity for them t.i purcha-se manufactured artl 1 w either from Germans or from ai.: others. "At a first glance, it would m-.-m Inadvisable for the English or American exporter to help l-;ii!d ;:p in dustries in a foreign market," -il !.Mr. Lubln." Thy woubl f 1 th.: jthej- were, by teaching raw a(r t become expert, d-stro ing th .r :own trade, and even running tb-r r;-;. of having that labor return to cti,peie y ineir own nome m ari :. think reflection will show that thiIs really little to fear from the ! -t timate competitor. In t. t competitor is, as a. rule a "uio'T. and the stronger th competition :!. more valuable the custom. It -th Fnlted Stales ai.d Great Ilritam competitors but they ai al-o i li other's best eustomtr. Nelth-r b i - much t fear f i u 1:1 MoroC' o, for i . stance, as a cornptit or, ir.:t likev. they have little to gain at present 1 ' her custom. However, if Morroci be converted into an Ind.: serial :.- ter, it would becom-. a ru.h.inT "Under the pie-.er;t sample-tn; . : method of ine.r-aing b isln'-v, ty.! th-re is no buin-ss worth wi.f.'- !' (anybody ther-, but If Mor" c 'taught to us- hi r raw iai-or, !.ovilJ start iri n.nr.;jfacV:r- : !. jrl'iht Off. f'.ubl " -sold l.iv. !:!- l'icts arid maehiiT-ry. ThT" i.iIfo be it ualn on r.nane-i.,! :::.. ! rne-nts, on hanking trar.-a. t:' i -, 'i hr-r irrea. --rI . olurne of ; - a:'. imports. I "Also. or:'- tii ir.t r-r, ; '..!: J ib-velopmei. t vr sLr:--!, w .- " , 0 s r .1 have a blo-"k to the G rr:i an .:.': we have complained of. whi- ' 'üIfo dangerous b-riu I-t:1 'business '. as accompanied , ;..;.- eal rr:-dd!lr.g in the ro'J.try v.r. o! : 1, (and h-r ;rei!.ts carrie.i !. o k .'-; , to help build up her rrm: .t:vl !.: ir'.rmles used to build' z-- ?h- r ; "We are und r the ;rr.pres-:..r. ' ; we are living in th, :w-: '.!'b . itury. but frf.m :;r. ind -.-tr: 1 ; : f view this tr1;I or:.;.Th- b, s r'i y. part of : countr i- s the- .f.r'.'l. are still r. W earth ' '-ed bv th a j.ointed : hand, reipir.g , mnkir? sh"-- and e bth' s ' ; .The difference b'Tw.rn t.l. of th- hand ;i d the i.-w 'the machsn is s--r; r:-,1.: the U-isin of the Me.'.;-. rr. r n-. civilization was bon . i y ". "a 'and ears ago. M-.: h f f t.: 1 ji.er.s- t-rritory S where two thousand y ir ;.-:o. Why 'ri::e it ha sr.: th :r..irMi France. riVa.. !. th- I':. : ! , "It is in th'- ir.t.-r m of tii't.s now f Jhtlr.g '!'t.':..i ny ade her fcrnr :-bl- tl ;he ;.'-.a-hir.-s at lra-l-rs br::.-.-i i j.- :r w ' rlers 1. ; rts." r. . "r FIRST IN THE NEWS-TIMES

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