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Helping the Sick Increasing cost of medical care enlists the attention of professional physicians, medical and sociological foundations, and alert lay writers. Plans for state medicine and for guilds of doctors to equalize expense have been proposed in recent months. Conventionally minded physicians have fought back fiercely and demanded to be let alone. The whole matter of foundations and medical care is discussed with frankness by Dr. Samuel J. Kopetzky, former president of the Medical Society of the County of New York. He emphasizes the danger of standardization and routine in institutional control of medicine. He contends that a high degree of individuality, originality and independence is necessary to the most efficient activity of the practitioner. Further, if the physician suffers economic injury through competition with endowed medical service, it reduces the time and attention which he can give to the free medical care of those unable to pay any fee at all. All of this is open to argument, and should be read in connection with Evans Clark’s article in the Atlantic Monthly of October, 1930. But on one point Dr. Lopetzky makes a real contribution. He calls attention to the undoubted fact that the greatest burden in medical care today is not the physician’s or surgeon’s fees, but the charge for hospital service. Here, then, is the place for the foundation to get busy with their endowed resources. Standardization and uniformity of the proper type here is an advantage, and financial contributions will not undermine the income and morale of the independent practitioner. "Asa matter of fact, it repeatedly has been demonstrated, and all of the observations of the committee on the cost of medical care to date tend to prove, that the physicians’ charges are by no means the major portion of the economic burden imposed by illness. - “The average middle class worker is able to meet the expenses arising from an illness requiring home or ambulatory treatment. It Is when hospitalization and extensive nursing are required that illness imposes an unbearable burden on the middle class. The disease in this case suggests its own remedy. If hospital costs were reduced, unnecessary laboratory tests abolished and adequate nursing made available at a price within his means, the middle class patient no longer would face economic as well as personal disaster with the advent of illness, "Under the present system, with hospital and nursing charges fixed, the physician is the only one who tempers his fee to the individual case. Would not the foundations make a vastly practical contribution to medical care if they exerted their considerable Influence to reduce unnecessary overhead and employed their resources to lessen the costs of hospitalization to the middle class? "There are a number of w ? ays in which this could be done. Funds could be established in grade “A” institutions to assume part of the hospital, nursing and laboratory charges to patients within specified income groups; or increased contributions to the hospital as a whole could be employed to reduce fees to the entire public. "Whatever the method decided on here is a field in which the foundations could render direct and effective assistance to the middle class when its need is urgent.” The doctor’s exhortation well may be followed. Medical treatment demanding hospital care is the nightmare of all save t£e extremely rich, who can afford anything, and the very poor, who can make the best of charity wards. In relieving this situation the foundation can do only good Revolt in Spain Violence escaped by Spain in its recent peaceful republican revolution now is sweeping the country. Martial law has been proclaimed to cope with riots directed against Catholic institutions and monarchist newspapers. This violence is not unexpected. Soon or late every revolution uses it. In this case a revival of revolutionary action apparently has been precipitated by failure of the republican government to keep its promises. The masses who overthrew Alfonso revolted against more than the monarchy. They were striking at the militia-church-land dictatorship behind the monarchy. As he pointed out at the time, the success or permanence of the present republican regime will depend on its ability to free itself of that military-church-land control. Since the first days of the revolution the new government seems to have been going backward rather than forward. It has allowed the storing of arms and other subversive activities by counter-revolutionary monarchists. It has modified its original position regarding separation of church and state, and has allowed prominent churchmen to undermine the republic. It has postponed fundamental land reform and the breaking up of vast, unused estates. It has turned machine guns on labor unions. All of which is tire road to more revolution. We Kill More Despite all our talk about the sanctity of human life, our crusades against deadly diseases, and our agitation against war, we race madly on, killing more and more thousands each year in automobile accidents. Last year motor cars killed 32,500. That was a 300 per cent increase in a decade. To be sure there was a similar increase in the number of cars in operation. But this was offset by the large increase in the number and widening of roads, not to mention better road marking. It appears that the public, both as driver and pedestrian, has grown so accustomed to accidents that it no longer responds to the old appeals for caution. Some better method will have to be devised to educate the public. In this connection, figures Just made public by the motor commissioner of Connecticut show what can be done. While motor fatalities in the nation as a whole increased more than 12 per cent in 1930, Connecticut achieved a decrease of 10 per cent. Even more heartening was its record in reducing the killing of children about 40 per cent. The reduction in automobile accidents of all kinds was 22 per cent. This has been brought about through the full cooperation given state authorities by municipal officials, private organizations, automobile clubs and school teachers In lamenting that the death rate still is terribly high, the Connecticut commissioner stresses the far - *

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miliar causes known to every man and woman who takes hold of a steering wheel: "Inattention, reckless driving and failure to grant right of way.” There is no reason why every state should not equal or improve on Connecticut’s reduction rate this year. When all other forms of education fail, communities in self-protection must imprison offenders. The reckless motorist is a worse menace than the gunman; he causes more deaths. Good Practical Religion If one assumes to, criticise religion when it seems to require castigation ? he should be more than normally on the alert to pay a tribute to acts of religious bodies which command the respect of civilized men. Such an act was that of the New England Methodists in coming out strongly for civil liberties in Lawrence, Mass. For a generation freedom has been in jeopardy in this great textile center, and conditions are even worse today than they were two decades ago. In spite of opposition from reactionary clergymen and from the clergy of Lawrence, the conference went'on record as follows: "We, the members of the New England Methodist conference, protest against any breach of constitutional rights of free speech and free assembling by any city government in our state, and we recommend when such a breach occurs, and the privilege of free assembly and free speech has been denied, that our churches be opened to such assemblies. “We recommend that the Civil Liberties Union follow through the situation in Lawrence, with a view to a vigorous defense of all the civil rights of the arrested strike leaders guaranteed under the Constitution and laws of the United States. "We pledge our support to the Civil Liberties Union in this defense of civil rights.” Here is a religious gesture which accords thoroughly with the perspective of 1931. It will save nobody from hell, but it may help to make working conditions less of a hell in Lawrence. Noble Experiment Anew noble experiment, this time in the field of lexicography, has been undertaken by prohibition’s G. H. O, The prohibition bureau directs that agents hereafter shall use the term “search” rather than “raid” in referring to their unannounced and violent visits. In the spirit of constructive criticism, it may not be presumptuous to suggest a few further revisions in terminology. Thus: Instead of reporting that an ageiht “shot and killed” a suspect, state simply that "the case was closed.” Don’t say an agent was “overcome by acute alcoholism.” when “incapacitated in line of duty” is more euphonious. If an agent is kicked out for grafting, state that he has “retired.” This sudden interest of the prohibition bureau in things academic is illustrated also in the appointment of ten college professors to seek the truth about prohibition. It is possible that this may serve a useful purpose. But it is difficult to be optimistic. Just what purpose, after all, was served by the Wickersham report, if the administration refuses to heed its 7 to 4 recommendation for modification or repeal? Those girls at a western university who reported for the men’s track team should know, of course, that not all the dashing young men at school are on the cinder path. Motorists may be increasing, but the pedestrian is jetting along in leaps and bounds. The new hairdressing style covering the ears should make the girls sit up and listen. i Dorothy thinks that the chicken reel is some new’ film on poultry life. No f one objects to the epithets of a man who swears off smoking. To bring a poetic thought up to date: April showers bring May showers. These are days when a king’s subjects are subject to whims of their own. ,

REASON

THE papers say that former King Alfonso of Spain now is going by the name of Mr. Bourbon. With this name, Alfonso would be able to come to the United States and make a whirlwind campaign for office as a wet candidate. a o a Every once in a while something fine floats up from the common people which gives you fresh courage and faith in the race. tt tt tt Here’s something from the family of the boy President Hoover recently entertained, the boy who played the hero when that school hack was caught in the blizzard some weeks ago. It seems a vaudeville outfit offered the boy a big sum to sell the publicity the President gave him. tt tt tt IT was more money than this boy’s folks ever saw and they could have used it, for they are poor. But they put their foot down upon the proposition to cash in the honor the President conferred upon him. There’s real heroism in that. tt tt tt And this sense of honor is but an index to a lot of it that can be found' in the home life of millions of people who never get their names into the newspapers. And this sterling character is the real backbone ol the United States. tt tt tt Here’s something about Gilbert K. Chesterton, the English writer, which make? the average American feel like reaching for a club. Chesterton, you know, has been in this country, delivering a lot of lectures, and just has returned to England. a a WELL, he made a speech in London the other night and informed his friends that “returning from the United States was like returning from another civilization —or barbarism.” It’s pretty raw to hand that to the people who have just paid to hear you talk! a tt a Chesterton should remember that if it had not been for this land of ‘•barbarism’’ during the World war, he and bis British brethren now would be goosestepping beiore the kaiser. Personally we wish it might be arranged for Chesterton to do a little of it. tt a The most aggravating human being in this world is the smart Aleck English author and John Bull should padlock or better still, keep him at home. Chesterton should not be invited back to America.

RY FREDERICK LANDIS

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy SAYS:

The Trouble With Revolution Is That You Never Know Where It Will Stop. RIOTING in Msdrld, with radicals or rowdies burning Catholic institutions and making hostile demonstrations against the clergy is a very unhappy start for the new republic. The trouble with revolution is that you never can tell where it will stop. It was farthest from Francisco Madero’s thought to let his country in for fifteen years of chaos when he started out to reform her politics, but that was the result. China went republican twenty years ago, but the turmoil continues and she may go red before it’s over. One of the allied war aims was to stir up revolution in Germany, but they got it in Russia, first and it went to much greater extent than they had in mind. U tt u On Insanity’s Border WHILE blessing out Europeans in general and Englishmen in particular for their bullying, unappreciative attitude toward his art, Charlie Chaplin takes occasion to remark that patriotism is “the greatest insanity the world ever has suffered.” That is not true, of course, except as all forms of mass emotionalism border on insanity when carried to excess. The same element of crowd psychology which often carries revolution out of bounds can make patriotism a narrow, ruthless creed. In Yugo-Slavia, for instance, it is patriotic right now to honor the student who started the World war by killing Archduke Francis Ferdinand. a. tt u Coloring Niagara PATRIOTIC Americans, as well as patriotic Canadians, will be shocked to learn that the colored illumination of Niagara Falls is not pleasing in the eyes of their royal highness, Prince Takamatsu and Princess Kikuko of Japan. Maybe, if they had lived beside the falls as long as some people have, or visited them as many times, they, too, would see something besides ’gaudiness in changing the grand splash from white to yellow, yellow to red, red to green and so on. It isn’t a case of horseplay or advertising, but just one more illustration of the law of diminishing returns, coupled with the rather new ability to color powerful lights. tt tt a A Doubtful Triumph ONLY by comparing it with the futile blundering of fifteen or twenty years can the indictment of Jack “Legs” Diamond be regarded as a triumph of the forces of law and order. Remembering that he has been haled into court a score of times, without coming out much the worse for wear, it may not be even that. The essence of the problem which he and his kind symbolize was revealed clearly by the fact that at the very moment the state of New York was polishing up its case against him and making grand preparations for a long struggle, four men were “put on the spot” by New York racketeers. It requires no great degree of imagination to understand why people fear the law of the underworld more than that of the upper, why the gang can command perjured testimony while the state finds it hard to get a little bit of truth. tt Aid for the Widower NEW HAMPSHIRE has a father’s aid law by which county officials can use state funds to console, assist and encourage the head of a motherless household. They even may hire a woman to fill in the breach. About the only thing they can’t do is find him another wife. Asa mere novitiate in the new social philosophy, I often have wondered whether a government matrimonial bureau wouldn’t work better than some of the schemes we are devising for the benefit of widows and widowers. a u tt Know Your Bees NIGHT life certainly has caused a profound change, when bees keep neighbors awake, as was brought out in a Brooklyn case Monday. Neighbors of Miss Anna von Lehn complain that her bees not only stung them with terrifying impartiality, but kept them awake by buzzing. Her father explained that the bees were friendly to those “who knew them.” “That’s the difficulty,” said Magistrate Folwell, who seemed to think that the neighbors were not on sufficiently good terms with the bees for their own safety, and ordered the hive removed. tt St tt Russia Is Trying THE trial of nine Russian executives for ignoring plans and recommendations made by American engineers throws vivid light on one aspect of the Soviet regime. Underneath all the political balderdash, honest efforts obviously are being made for industrial improvement. Equally obvious is the handicap of the buck-passing, shiftless attitude which goes with state-con-trolled business. Russia experiences little difficulty in getting technical experts, but she is having the devil’s own time getting her conscript workers to follow their advice. Is there an official diplomatic representative of the Vatican at Washington, D. C.? There is no official representative of the Vatican recognized by the United States government in Washington, nor is the United States represented diplomatically at the Vatican. The United States does not recognize the Holy See at Rome as a sovereign state. There is an unofficial papal representative in Washington but he is not recognized as a member of the diplomatic corps by the state department. What surname does an illegiti- | mate child usually take? Usually that of its mother.

DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Give Your Hair Proper Care

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor. Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hyseia, tbe Health Magazine. AT the request of the United States public health service, Dr. H. H. Hazen prepared a brief statement for dissemination to the public concerning care of the hair and scalp. He has emphasized particularly some well-established facts which should be disseminated widely. The hair should be washed often enough to keep it clean—that means for short hair, at least once in *wo weeks and for long hair once in three weeks, Dr. Hazen does not believe that the use of egg in shampoo is of any more value than throwing the egg into an electric fan. It disseminates the egg, but accomplishes nothing for the hair. He recommends any good toilet soap that will lather freely. It is especially important to rinse the

IT SEEMS TO ME

IN one respect the life of a columnist is trying. There is no possible way to suit the taste of all your clients. Even though the number of readers may be small, disagreement is inevitable. The same column which brings out protests that I have become too sour and too vicious in attacking some public figure also will arouse a certain number of letters complaining that the tone has been much too mild and that I ought to swing my right and not be content with lefthand jabs. And, of course, a frivolous column incites replies that no newspaper man should engage in banter with so many serious subjects for his pen lying all about. But if I turn moralistic on this invitation I run into the ranks of those who object that it bores them to read comment on politics or other social problems. There is only one way out. And I purpose from now on to follow that more rigorously than I have done in the past. A good rule is to try to get a few words down every afternoon which have the justification of being precisely what you yourself want to say, or as near that goal as you can manage. tt tt tt My Best Friend THIS isn’t so easy. There are sterner critics. But lam quite frequently dissatisfied with my own columns. I have bored myself often. Sometimes I do get enthusiastic about a Broun piece. In recent months there has been a considerable difference of opinion concerning columns written around and against James Joseph Walker. Some of * the comments have been resentful. Some have merely expressed an indifference. And a few have liked the bulk of these articles. I side with the few. It has been the work I admired the most The only apology which I would offer comes out of my misgiving that I

Times Readers Voice Their Views

Editor Times:ln your recent editorial entitled “Dangerous Precedants,” you seem to be censuring the United States government for suppressing Communist and Anarchist publications and to take the attitude that such a policy is a threat to all publishers in this country. Now, in my opinion, such a policy is not a threat toward any patriotic and truly American publication, but deals only with those publications owned and controlled by enemies of this government. Surely the editor of The Times knows by this time that Uncle Sam is waking up to the fact that every Communist is a potential enemy, and even a friend of Communism ought to realize that the Constitution of the United States was not written to defend the enemies of this nation, but for the protection of of our loyal citizens. Can an organization which has

It Won’t Be Long Now!

hair thoroughly and to dry it slowly rather than by a hot blower. If the hair is too dry, a small amount of oil may be rubbed into it after drying. Dr. Hazen emphasizes again the folly of singeing the hair, because the hair is not a hollow tube and singeing it does not prevent the escape of vital substances. One of the difficult problems of modem life is the attempt to keep gray hair from visibility. Employers hesitate to select gray-haired men and women for fear that they may be too old for the occupation. A philosopher, asked as to what he would do with white hair, answered “admire it.” However, that does not answer the psychologic and economic question. It is possible to dye hair, but the dyeing process may involve the use of ingredients which are harmful to -the skin, particularly in people who are sensitive to paraphenyleridiamine. A careful hairdresser will ascertain the presence or absence of

could have pounded just a little harder. There is a feeling in New York City now that dismissal of the charges against the mayor constitute a complete vindication. There is nothing in that. The final decision does not and will not rest with Governor Roosevelt. He draws his authority from the people who elected him. And so does the mayor. It is quite true that both gentlemen went into office on the high tide of huge pluralities. It is quite possible that Mayor Walker might be returned again in 1933. Yet even then no final judgment will have been rendered. After all, voters have the enduring privilege of changing their minds. Nobody can win permanent possession of the silver mug of popular sanction, even though he capture it three times hand running. It still can be taken away from him. This column is enlisted for duration. tt tt tt Pig and Peasant A FRIEND of mine, who returned from Europe last week, found on his steamer a number of American technicians of one sort and another who had been employed by European governments. One told of his experiences in trying to teach hog raising to the peasants of a primitive section. They could not seem to grasp the idea of sanitation in their piggies. “One day,” the American agriculturist explained, “I prepared a disinfecting bath for a group of pigs, and a curious thing happened. The head pig walked without tco much protest to the edge of the pool. “There he stopped as if he had just thought of an excellent excuse to go no further. He looked at me and then at the peasant w’hom I was instructing. And the pantomime w r as obvious. That pig was trying to say, as he took in with that one glance the pool and the peasant: ‘Why me? Why not him?’” One of the returning Americans had been in Russia as foreman of a machine shop. His attitude to-

denounced the Constitution and sworn to overthrow our government justly claim any privileges or immunities from that government? Ycu say It is time for the respectable and powerful press to oppose the postcffice department because it is trying to suppress these dangerous and vicious enemies of this nation, but I believe that any really respectable and loyal American newspaper publisher will get behind this effort of Uncle Sam and help him to ferret out and expose and suppress those organizations and publications inimical to our peace and welfare. 4 The time is coming when there is going to be a showdown between friends of constitutional government and fees. Uncle Sam is not color blind and the people of the United States like the color of a red flag about like an infuriated bull does. Any man who wishes to enjoy the of Communism would bet-

sensitivity before making too much of an exposure. Dryness of the hair is due to lack of oil secreted by the glands of the scalp. Sometimes the difficulty is due to a lack of proper activity by the thyroid gland, which is associated with dryness of the hair. Under such circumstances it is desirable to have an investigation of the glandular condition by a competent physician, who will be able to determine as to whether the thyroid gland is functioning properly. When the body in general is in ill health toe hair is likely to be ill also. Falling of the hair after a serious illness is common. When the body begins to improve and its hygiene to reach an optimum state the hair will return. In case of hereditary baldness, the hair tends to fall out promptly and in localized areas, indeed, according to a definite pattern, and it is not possible, so far as is now known, to prevent loss of hair in such cases.

HEYWOOD BY BROUN

ward the Soviet government was distinctly friendly. But he confessed meeting certain difficulties. “A lot of workers in our place,” he said, “come to us directly from the farms. They have never seen a big industrial plant or any of the wonders of modem machinery. “Part of our job was slicing big steel plates into the necessary forms and sections. These farm kids would smash against the plates with their fists and get a notion of the toughness of the stuff and then watch a great knifelike blade in the plant come slowly down and slice the steel as easily as if it w T ere so much cheese. Many of them couldn’t believe it. They felt that there was some sort of trickery or American sleight-of-hand in the process. They had to know. They had to prove it for themselves. And as a result we lose six or seven fingers every week.” tt tt Wanting to Know THERE is to me something heroic in this story. I am moved to an admiration for all self-sacrificing skeptics. I never have agreed with the popular conception that a skeptic is by nature a cynic. On the contrary, he is the hopeful one who seeks always to inquire and prove for himself and others that life has possibilities not yet realized by those who seek the easy path of acceptance and conformity. But I do feel that part of the truly religious fervor which Russia has given to the worship of the machine arises from the fact that industrialism is so very new in that country. Any well-knit and carefully organized factory must be exciting at first glance. But people who have lived with machines and been around them for years find dynamos dull gods and subject to error and fraility. After all, there never has been made any sort of mechanical contraption which did not owe its creation and its continuance to the hands of man. (Copyright. 19 31. by The Times)

ter go to some country which has a Communistic form of government, because he never will realize his ambition in this neck of the woods. Some people may smile knowingly when they read the above statement, but right here and now I make the prophecy that the present Christian civilization and the various nations who uphold and maintain Christian standards will remain long after the atheistic government of Russia is a dismal nightmare. Communism, without atheism, contains much that is good, but when the leaders cf the Communist party denied God, It destroyed itself. If you don’t believe that statement, wait and see for yourself. I predict that the present government of Russia will be overthrown in less than ten years. Keep pour eyes on Russia and see the power of God manifested. "Watch and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.” E. F. MADDOX.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most interesting writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disasreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

-MAY 12, 1931

SCIENCE -BY DA VIP DIETZ—-

It Is Surprising That So Little Knowledge as We Have Can Give Us So Much Power. “XITE know very little, and yet It W is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power." This sentence, from the writings of Bertrand Russell, occurs to me at the close of the annual spring scientific meetings in Philadelphia and Washington. It sums up so admirably the situation. America’s leading scientists assembled first at Philadelphia for the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Society, America’s oldest scientific society, founded by Benjamin Franklin before the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The opening session was devoted to a symposium on “The Changing World.” In the symposium, a group of America’s leading scientists, Dr. William M. Wheeler, Dr. Arthur H. Compton, Dr. Willis R. Whitney, and others, undertook to chart the past accomplishments and future hopes of toe world of science. From Philadelphia, the scientists moved on to Washington for the meeting of the National Academy of Science. The academy meeting was followed by others of more specialized societies, such as the Geophysical Union. * a About the. Future ALL the proceedings bear out Russell’s observation. The announcements were for the most part quite remarkable and show that man is making great progress in the understanding of nature and her forces. But they also leave us with the feeling that there is very, very much more to be learned than we now know. And finally, as Russell says, it is surprising that so little knowledge gives us so much power. Since the eminent members of the American Philosophical Society set the example by speculating upon the future, I am going to indulge in the same pastime. Max Beerbohm once pointed out that each century makes the mistake of supposing that the next century will be merely an enlarged and aggravated picture of itself. But each century has always succeeded in developing definite characteristics of its own. It is my feeling, therefore, that prophets who see merely an exaggerated twentieth century ahead of us, are prophets without sufficient courage and imagination. And after all, why not be a bold prophet while you are at it? For this reason, pictures of bigger and bigger cities, with ever-increas-ing traffic jams, tiers of sidewalks, layers of subways, and so on, make Ho appeal to me. My own guess is that cities will not grow much larger than they are now. It seems reasonable to believe that cities of the future will be merely business centers. Nobody will live in them or raise families in them. u st a Using Sunlight THE biggest revolution in human habits that the world ever has seen will come when science learns to utilize the waste energy of sunlight. Today, upon every square yard of the earth’s .surface upon which sunlight falls, energy amounting to twothirds of a horse power, is going to waste each second. Attempts have been made to utilize the energy of sunlight. A few years ago, Dr. C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Institution, built a solar cooker at the Mt. Wilson observatory. It consisted of a curved mirror which concentrated sunlight upon a pipe containing oil. The hot oil flowed into a reservoir which surrounded an oven. The oven became sufficiently hot to bake bread. Other attempts have been made to use mirrors to concentrate sunlight upon a boiler, which in turn generated steam to run a steam engine. Another way to use sunlight is the way plants do It. They use the energy of sunlight to bring about chemical changes, converting the carbon dioxide of the air and the water of the soil into sugars and starches with the aid of the energy of sunlight. Man would be freed from the cycle of the soil If he could manufacture his own food directly, instead of depending upon plants to do it for him. Most hopeful of all the recent experiments is in Germany seeking to use the energy of sunlight to charge electric storage batteries. If that problem is solved, every man will be able to have his own electric power plant on the roof of his house. Power then will be as cheap as air and in that day the world will be anew kind of world.

PETAIN’S APPOINTMENT May 12

ON May 12, 1917, General Petain was appointed command-er-in-chief of the French armies operating on the French front. General Foch succeeded Petain as chief of staff of the ministry of war. General Petain, in a statement on the day of his appointment, urged America to send as many men as poseible as soon as they could be transported to France, to be put into immediate training under French commanders, but to maintain their autonomy as American units. This day in the World war also commemorates the capture of Bullecourt by the British in the Arras district, and the British bombardment of Zeebrugge, the German submarine base on the Belgian coast. In the Arras district, the British captured many prisoners and greatly improved their position.

Daily Thought

Petcr then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.—St. John 18:27. In general, treachery, though at first sufficiently cautious, yet in the end betrays itself Livy.