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WILL ATTEMPT TO STEAL THE THUNDER.

A declaration by William Jennings Bryan that if the present senate refuses to approve the league of nations constitution as it is brought back from Paris by President Wilson, the issue will be carried before the people as the dominant question in the 19 20 election, makes of special interest the fact that with the exception of Senators Lodge, Knox and Poindexter, all republican senators most active in fighting the league must come up

AN OPEN LETTER TO UNCLE SAM

Dear Uncle Sam: I’m just a plain American whose heart Has thrilled with pride as through this war I’ve done my modest part To help Our Boys on land and sea. I could not tote a gun; My hair is gray, my form is bow’d, my years are nearly run. I could not march befceath the Flag, I could not face the foe— As others faced him overseas—and give him blow for blow. Old Time has worked his will with me; and so it was my fate To have this Armageddon come some fifty years too late. And yet I’ve helped! My dollars fbught, if not my flesh-and-blood; My dollars did their bit to stem the mad Teutonic flood. Anil some I gave the Crimson Cross to bind the wounds that bled; And some I gave the orphaned ones who cried aloud for bread; And some I gave to comfort those who bore the battle’s brunt And, weary, sought a breath of home behind the fighting front. An old man’s pride is here, I trow; an old man’s love, as well; A dollar’s bless’d of heaven when it cheers in war’s red hell; Yet here my duty could not stop; it ran to needs beyond; Of ev’ry loan you issued, Sam, I bought a goodly bond. I made myself this slogan, in the thought of duty done: THE MAN BEHIND THE BOND’S BEHIND THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN I You gave me, Uncle Samuel, what worldly gear I’ve got, For here the chance to work and win Is ev’ry person’s lot; Tn Freedom’s cause our fathers wrought —those men of sterling worth— A heritage of glory for the chosen of the Earth! I fear that sometimes we forget, so keenly we pursue Our individual destinies, the debt we owe to you. No country can be greater than the citizens it holds; No flag no better, brighter, than the faith that flag enfolds. And freemen are not freemen when, the crisis bravely met, They will not, if they must, give all to pay their freedom’s debt And so this loan for Victory I’ll make my proudest boast — I’ll lend my money to this Loan unto the uttermost I. I’ll make another slogan and I’ll fling it wide and far: THE MAN BEHIND THE BOND’S BEHIN% THE PEACE BEHIND THE WAR!

for re-election next year. Republican members whose terms expire March 4, 1921, include Sherman of Illinois, Cummins of lowa, Brandegee of Connecticut, Penrose of Pennsylvania, Smoot of Utah, Jones of Washington, Lenroot of Wisconsin, Wadsworth of New York, Moses of New Hampshire, Dillingham of Vermont, Harding of Ohio, Gronna of North Dakota, Watson of Indiana, Curtis of Kansas and Spencer of Missouri On t’he Democratic side, members who are either openly against the league or only half-heartedly in favor of it, who must stand for -reelection next year, include Thomas of Colorado, Gore of Oklahoma and Chamberlain, of Oregon. Reed of Missouri, one of the leading Democratic opponents of the League, last week addressed the Missouri state legislature, giving his views and reasons for opposition. When he was finished the lower house of the legislature passed a resolution asking him to resign from the senate. And that is a prety good indication of the feeling of the people. I venture the assertion that not one out of a dozen of these opposing senators is re-elected unless they change their opinions and vote right in the senate. The facts will be that every one of those senators who started in to fight the League of Nations simply because President Wilson is a Democrat and is one great and controlling factor in getting this agreement between tlhe n&tions of the world, these very same senators will begin in whole companies and platoons to declare in favor of it and, mark my prediction, when I say they will soon attempt to prove the plan wasn’t President Wilson's anyhow.—Tippecanoe Co. Democrat.

By WILLIAM WALLACE COOK

THE TWICE-A-WEEK DEMOCRAT

YES, ASK THEM.

What must be the thouchts of our soldiers and sailors when they return from the din of fighting and hear the hubbub of Republican politicians about “American failures in <the wart” says an exchange. These men who drove the Huns from France to Belgium; who saw the German military machine wrecked and shattered; who beheld the collapse of the greatest military k.oeer in history; who mardhed into Meta and Coblenz, regarded as Impregnable strongholds—what must th«y think when they bear America - efforts and their own endeavors described by senators and representatives as failures? Did America win the war? Ask the Germans —they appear to be experiencing some sensations of defeat. Was there a breakdown of the American army? Put the question to the French and the English, who know what reverses and handicaps really are. Did alleged American shortcomings endanger the success of the allied arms? Read the terms of the armistice. Did alleged American mismanagement cause an American retreat? Ask a soldier or sailor — and then run before you get the answer.

HIS PRESENCE PROVIDENTIAL

Says Bishop O’lkmnell in Speaking of Wilson at Peace Table. "The pope’s peace proposals, which would have saved the world incalculable loss in blood and treasure bad they been accepted, have in substance a relationship of close kindred to the propositions subsequently laid down by President Wilson, which victors and vanquished in the end agreed to accept as the basis of an armistice leading to peace,’’ says the Most Rev. Dr. O'Donnell. "More he would have gladly done had he not been despoiled of the influence in international affairs by which he could Investigate and Judge, arbitrate and settle the issues at stake between, the belligerents. “It was a grievous wrong that governments conspired in secret treaties to exclude the representatives of the pope from taking any steps having for their object the conclusion of peace or the settlement of the questions that must arise on the termination of hostilities. Such action should open the eyes of those who have been blaming the pope for not condemning flagrant outrages on public law during the war. “It is a blessing from Providence that is greatly enhanced by the fact that the American democracy, with its marvelous capacity to pick out good men for the headship of the states, -placed some years ago in the presidential chair a citizen who knows how to give admirable and fearless expression to the doctrine of right among nations. • * • “It was a new experience for grasping governments in the old world to be told by one whom they cannot afford to despise that weak nations and strong have equal rights, and that justice, good will and friendship are the fundamental bonds of peace.’’

PHILOSOPHY OF WALT MASON

“We kings must stick together,” said Bill, upon a time, “through every kind of weather, through every brand of crime. By heaven ’tis appointed that all the crowned galoots, with rancid oil anointed, should travel in cahoots. To all kings I am brother; we’ll soon be going lame, if we don t back each other, and play each other’s game.’’ Then many kings were reigning some fourteen hours a day, and all of them were straining to make the business pay. I saw them blithely kinging, some five brief years ago; and they were dancing, singing, and romping to and fro. Each had his robe of ermine, each was a gaudy cuss, the Austrian, the German, the Bulgar and the Russ. I have no space to mention all kings who frolicked then, each with a high intention to boss his fellowmen. And now the kings are scattered, and some of them are dead, the snaps they had are shattered, their swords with rust are red. They did hot stick together, they made some ghastly breaks; each tanned his private leather, each killed his private snakes. And now the kings anointed with mica axle grease, find all the world disjointed, and can’t enjoy our peace.

TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE

Victorine Pierson et al to Oscar E. Hauter, Meh. 20, Pt ei£ w% ne, 33-29-6, 40 acres, Marion, $6,000. GrOenleaf L. mornton et ux to Kate O’Brien, Meh. 24, It 9, bl 22, Rensselaer, SI,BOO. Ida L. Reynolds et baron to Mearl J. Carlile et al. Meh. 27, It 1, Remington, Maxwell’s add, pt ni£ sw, 30-27-6, Carpenter, $2,500. Same to same, Meh. 27, nw ne, 31,27-6, Carpenter, SB,OOO. Same to Jasper Carlile, Meh. 27, ne ne, 31-27-6, CaYpenter, SB,OOO. Wabash National Bank to Leonard M. Bane, Meh. 26, pt n% nw, ne, 4-31-6, w% nw, 3-31-6, 320 acres, Walker; $19,000. <

We Must Feed Germany, So That She May Pay for the Evil She Has Done

Social order is breaking down under the difficulties of defeat and the hopelessness of the future. Like the anarchy which for years made an inferno of Russia, the fires of terrorism are ablaze in the states of Germany. It is no time to allow sentiments of vengeance and hatred to stand in the way of checking this conflagration, which will soon be at the German borders and threatening other lands. To make Germany capable of resisting anarchy and the hideous dcs]Mitisni of the red terror Germany must be allowed to purchase food, and to earn that food industrial conditions must be restored by a treaty of peace. It is not out of pity for the German people that this must be done, and done without delay, but because we, the victors in this war, will be the chief sufferers if it is not done. You* may demand reparation as much please, but unless (he German people arc furnished materials for their industries and commercial opportunities to sell the products of labor in the foreign markets, and unless the laborers have food Germany can never pay, even in part, for the evil she has done. Furthermore, if the present state of chaos continues and the political power continues to grow weaker, there will be no responsible German government with which to make, peace; there will be no government strong enough to carry out the conditions of the treaty of peace. I say to you men of France and men of America, and to you men of the allied powers that there is no time to be lost if we are to save the worhPfrom the despotism of anarchy, even as we have saved it from the despotism of autocracy. We must make peace without delay, and ships laden with food must enter the harbors of Germany. We have reached a crisis in the affairs of the world.

Civilization’s Most Powerful Machine Now Is Unified Religious Bodies

Political parties of the United States can be backed into the ocean tomorrow by churches united on any moral issue. No league or society of nations formed politically can stand unless supported by a league of churches and a unity of moral ideals. Civilizatiomdias at hand in unified religious bodies the most powerful machine for moral and social advancement conceived in any age. Bringing the inter-church movement down to plain facts and figures, it corresponds in the moral and religious field to the co-ordination of commercial effort and achievement accomplished by the National Association of Commerce. We do not base our efforts on doctrinal or organic unity but on co-ordinate Christian effort. The movement leaves every man free to follow the doctrines and spiritual ambitions of his own creed or church. * Any society of nations, the proposed league of nations, must crumble unless the world is leavened with a unity of moral ideas. These moral and social ideals can’t be put over by unrelated denominations. We desire unity in the matter of economic justice and on all moral issues and do not concern ourselves with the splitting of hairs or theological discussion. Tomorrow 174,000 preachers will go to work, all driving at the same thing—the advancement of the world’s moral welfare. If this army of spiritual leaders were united in a battle for some great issue, nothing in the world could stand against the drive.

Defeat Reveals the True Character of the German Nation and People

From the viewpoint of a psychologist the German mind is showing the same imperfections in defeat which it exhibited so conspicuously, while the war was in active progress. The most striking trait of this character is a lack of moral fiber, which throughout history all nations, like all persons, have looked up to as a supreme attribute. Thb Germans have shown themselves to be merely brutal thugs. The flight of the kaiser is an indication of their type of mind. This man runs away ; he has not the fiber to stand and share in the fate of his people, which he brought about by his own acts. Yet in Germany no one appears to have uttered one word in criticism of the kaiser’s course. The surrender of the German fleet, from the Teutonic viewpoint, was the right thing. They would rather be live cowards than dead heroes. It seems inconsistent that this appalling cowardice should be exhibited by the same people who fought their way into Belgium, France, Serbia, Russia and Roumania. But it is a matter of everyday observation that any cowardly'person will maintain what he may term his courage as long as he is winning. The pretense of a defensive war which the Germans have set up affords another indication of this same mental characteristic. If we grant that the masses of their people believe that the war was defensive we are confronted by the fact that the nation abjectly surrendered before a foot of its territory had been conquered. The lack of Germany’s realization of the wrongs which she has done leaves the world sick at heart. Yet we look in vain for the faintest expression of regret from the Germans for their atrocities. Thb simple reason for this lack is that they do not realize they have dohe anything wrong. 6 ■ Before the war the Germans had pretty well concealed their true national character by making a display of several admirable qualities. The truth has at last burst upon us and there ( is no mistaking it.

By ROBERT LANSING.

Germany has Buffered bitterly, is suffering bitterly. She has paid a fearful penalty for the crime of plunging the world into four years of and fire. Today starvation and want arc the portions of the German people. Violence and murder stalk through the streets of their great cities. Political institutions, industrial enterprise and the very structure of society are tottering. It is the price of their own evildoing, the just retribution of their crimes. Political chaos and outlawry have supplanted the highly organized government of imperial Germany.

Interchurch World Movement

By F. B. SMITH

By J. E. LOUGH

Seaatsry ol State

Professor of Psychology

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