South Bend News-Times, Volume 32, Number 253, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 10 September 1915 — Page 8

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V.K JtMNlJNKSS. War is thi: great distorter of Judgment. Nothing elu make nations so incapable of estimating each other correctly, or so little disposed to do each other Justice. Even though calmer than any of the belligerent, our own notion has thown great aberations. Thost; of us who sympathize with tho allies have a reprehensible tendency to belittle (lermany and all things German, and those who sympathize with Germany have bo en atill mure contemptuous of things Fritish. The same majority which, in the Itusso-Japaneso war, had nothing but condi mnation for Iiusaia. now find.s that country an object or admiration. Tho Huropeans, of course, have gone much further than we in their h.ss of perspective. Fven the scholars of the belligerent countries, whoso culture should raise them above petty race prejudice?, seem as weak ay their ignorant compatriots. It has become thrt fashion for writers to belittle great men, when it is those men's misfortune to b :dong to latior.s with v. horn the writers are n ,w at war. Thus h'Annunzio, the: literary genius of Italy, is described by the Germans as a "monkey." An oxford professor soberly announce:; that Heine, the great German lyric poet, was "only a milk-and-water Longfellow." and that whatever was meritorious iti the philosopher Kant due to Ins being "more .than half Scotch." An Hnu lish scientific writer describes the discovery of "X-rays" by Roentgen as me rid y a "fortunate accident." and belittles German natural science. Another condemns Goethe, one of the reat world (inures in literature, because his "deliberate and colossal self-development." Another Fn-lishman finds that the Germans have had no musicians of importance except Bach and Mozart, and that "tho Herman are now surpassed in music by other nations." The Germans turn culture values upside down with the same enthusiasm. They see in the FngHsh merely what Treitsohke saw "shallow utilitarians, narrow and selfish Islanders, hypocrites with the F.ihle in one hand and a. pipe of opium in the other." They are as sure us were the ancient Greeks that all the rest of mankind are "barbarians." liven for tho French, their teachers in so many elements of science and culture, they profess little regard, and for the Italians only contempt. In military matters the belligerents show the same mutual scorn, although as the New York Fvening Post pointed out the other day, "The French liUt realize that they are using Oc -man drill tactics, and the Germans that their wireless is Italian, their dreadnauuhts Fnglish. their aeroplanes, automobiles and submarines porfocted I'hieMy by the French." It's a crazy world. Sooner or later, I.owever, it will return to its normal y-r;;v. :vd ihn mavbe the various nations now n,ragd in a blind campaign of mutual depreciation, won't hate us quite fn much for havimr kept our bunds a little better than thoy did. II ALL ni.FFNDS. A. Frcyr, one of Houston's oldest end wealthiest cotton merchants, has died and left a will with this in it: "I leave this world without regret, leaving ope" the oue.-tion. 'Is life worth li;m:V" And a reader wants to know what we think about it. If .Mr. Itreyer wasn't a fool, he wasn't honest with himsolf. How can jtny intelligent man die without reirret u hi n he hasn't discovered whether or not his life was worth while? As applied to human life in itenrral the question "Is life woith liv-ir.-r." is not an open iues:inn at all. :omA things prove tlnmselves per se. The fact that we live is proof that life is worth living. Figure the origin of man from any basis you please, the irrefutable fact remains that human proret-s is proof that his living has been worth while. The question is an open one only r.s applied to individuals, and it is then a question as to the objects in living. The person who devotes his or her life wholly to himself or horFelf is quite likely to die in doubt as to whether the life has been worth living. On the other hand, there are feme whose lives have been so thoroughly worth liini; that the dissolution of the mortal ilesli destroys them not. Hut, O Lord! what a fool the averrpe man is when he comes to make a will, especially if he undertake to estimate the value of his own life! Millions of graves would be empty if men who thought they had left wisr philosophical disposition of their estates couM come l ack and write eodif!ls to their wills, and the fellow? who would hurry back the fa-i-it would ho thoe who had once thought they were leaving this life without grounds for rrtftet. Vs old Mr. Hreycr's life worth living? Tell uh. how did he live? is i;n(;lM) iionmst ap.oit it? Kn.linil may not be guilty- of bail faith in her embargo policy, ic.it facts rcently eubrsitted to l're't Wilson by

the American cor.s u -t : . :. . don seem to discredit i - .

of tliu Jtritlsh i?tjvtrai. ;.'.:, It is apparent that wh.;,- .-in"!

has been insii.tin: that i.t. e-.q. ,-.-pos in holding up AiP.er.cati s.' .j s ai:.i cargoes consigned tf neutral cantries was to prevent the trood.j from reaching Germany, she herself h. been tending1 t!tojo countries quantities of iood. Hhe lias ariiul that the increase in our exports 1a Holland, Ionmark, Norway and Sweden was proof that they were rc sldpplmr the :,tuff to her enemies. Aral y t ImKland's exports have mown corresponding increases. Thus her exports of cotton to the neutral nations adjacent to Germany have doubled within th year. Sh has shipped manufactured cotton and woolen Koods in greater quantities than ever. Her sales of cocoa, coffee and many other foodstuffs have Increased enormously. And at the same time, tens of millions of dollars worth of American poods of the same sort, consigned to the same port, have been held up for months, or have been condemned b IJrltish priie courts and bought at orices dictate, by Great Hritain. Tho relief expected as a result of conciliatory assurances from London has not been realized. It is up to the Hritish government to show that it has not been usinsj the plea of "military necessity" as a cloak to cover the illegitimate protection of Lritish exporters. I J I i A M ) 1) I tT I ) I'M H A . Dr. Konstantin Theodor Dumba, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the Fnited States, is either an extremely innocent and childlike "Kentlcman, or an astute diplomatic plotter who has dediberately wronged a friendly government and people. The request of this government for Ids recall will, perhaps, have a salutary effect on some other diplomatic gentlemen believed to have been somewhat similarly engaged. Inasmuch t.s Austro-Hungary is not accustomed to intrusting important embassies to babes, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Dr. Dumba has been Mulling right along, that his sympathy and apparent good will were mere pretense, and- that he has consciously betrayed the president and the Apierican people. Gur history records no precedent for the pernicious activity in which he has admittedly b?en engaged. It isn't likely that Austrian history does, either. Suppose the American ambassador at Vienna were shown, by autograph letters, to have been engaged in plans to "disorganize and hold up for months the manufacture of munitions" in the Austro-Hungarian em-

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authenticity of the letter and defended his action. What a roar of indignation would go up in Austria! And

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not a kitoki:k. That Ku.stland horror raised the dn:ef with certain bi busin ss at .Miqo. and so the association of ; M..:ne:ce came to the rescue' "In .i..rr to r-itore confidence in lake r mshi; s." the association got up a ..r r.-.l-er.-hip excursion to cross lake .dichiun. in the steamer Alabama. "I'ublic confidence" is now roaring in derision. Only a handful of the ass i, elation members went on the excur;ion, none took their wives and chil!r n, and the Alabama, being partly a refrigerator, was In nice ballast. Norm of the conditions surrounding

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novs to i:xi:citi:. In the California penitentiaries there are three youths under sentence of death. When we say youths

jwe mean boys in their teens.

In none of these cases are there any circumst: nces extenuating the crimes, unless it be absence of "malice aforethought" which the law, in many states, regards as an essential to a first derrce offense. Hut these boys huve never had a real chance to make good; have never, since the hour of their birth, been offered a genuine opportunity to become decent citizens. Not one of them is old Enough to have fully realized that the straight and narrow path is the only one worth treading, even under normal conditions. Under the abnormal ones which have enveloped them It would be surprising1 were their stunted intellects sutficiently developed to enable them to fully realize the enormity of their crimes, without which realization their execution would be a hollow mockery. Home r.oble women of California say that, regardless of the propriety of capital punishment ft? a ride, these boys' lives should be spared beeui.s1 they are boys; that Cal.'ornia wii! but disgrace herself by executing mere lads. The women are right, as usual. i t was s r i ; iTt( ) com i :. We knew it! We Just knew that that Panama-Pftcific dental congress couldn't get together without showing

hip something calculated to scare the liver out tf us. and here's Dr. Fred

McKay of Colorado, with a new disease of the teeth, called "freckles." Ho says it's probably only a discoloration but we know there's some deadly germ in it somewhere. The uncertainty is enough to make a fellow rush to the dentist's and have every tooth lr his head yanked.

KOOT 'KM OUT!" It is reported that Fres't Wilson, in taking up the military program for next congress, proposes to root out a long standing and expensive evil. Ho proposes, it is said, to demand that useless navy yards and army posts be abandoned or consolidated. This, of course, will cause an awful howl to url.se from a lot of 2x4 congressmen whose sole claim to recognition at the hands of their constltum U that they regularly mulct Uncle S"am for the maintenance of an army post or navy yard, which has long since outlived its usefulness. All the same, as this paper has repeatedly urged, it's the first step to be taken in a general overhauling of our dilapidated defenses. squi:lciiinc; pussoxal lihi:uty Chicago's board of education has declared that any public school teacher holding membership in the Teachers' federation, or any kind of a labor organization, shall be subject to a fine, suspension or dismissal. The constitutionality of such action should be tried out to the last court, if necessary. Meanwhile, it Is pertinent to ask if their rule applies to members of the Chicago board of education themselves.

We were just beginning to think that China had cast aside the oldfashioned prejudices and obsolete custonis which have for centuries retarded its progress, and was preparing to take its proper place in the forefront oi' enlightened nations, but alas! our hopes aro crushed as flat as the wheels of the Chapin street electric. car. The Peking Gazette declare? that in China the man still rules the family.

Advance notices are being issued to the effect that when Sarah Bernhardt tours America, next November, her audiences will not detect any evidences of her having a wooden leg. Makes no difference if she comes with two wooden ones, we won't try to detect it.

Is there a man with soul so dead that he can't rejoice over Britain's raising the embargo on Christmas toys?

Blessings on that dentists' congress. It endorses candy, popcorn and peanuts, and life is once more capable of bliss '

Sunshine! Reported that the price of oysters will not go up. He's quite a nice substitute for eggs and meat, too.

Puck's got its rivals skinned. Has discovered a wny to get three nude female figures on Its front page.

Taft's for preparedness but he wants high protection to ride in with It.

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Letters of the People

WHAT ABOUT IT, TUBBY? Now comes the tidings that Mrs. K. H. Harrimr.n has launched ; campaign for the sterilization of ir.,000,00C Americans, after exhaustive experiments have demonstrated that sterilization if possible. Statistics gathered reveal that 10 per cent of

CL11X-U1 CITY FIRST. Fditor News-Times. In glancing over your morning paper of Sept. Sth in your editorial columns I ran across an Item entitled. "Cleaning Up the Landscape," which is very nood as far a? it yocs. but why should you pitch upon the poor farmer to begin your cleaning up campaign, where the billboards and the sign are not viewed one-ninetieth part as they are in your own city of South Bend. Let me draw your attention to one street in particular which is noted as one of your fashionable thoroughfares, and is known as Colfax u.v. Did you eer stop to glance at the condition of the sidewalk and the side of the three-story brick building known as the Owles headquarters? lf you ever do you will find billboards from top to bottom, and public boards at that; also paste all along the fide of the sidewalk. You only have to advance a little farther west and you will find many more such nuisances to attract your eyes. I am merely calling your attention to those facts, as. I believe it would bo wsll for not only the editors of the city papers but the fathers of your administration to begin their cleaning up process nearer home where they would have better facilities for looking after same, and not preserve their slight until they get away out in the country among the poor farmers to pitch their tluht. as the farmers have nearly all that they are capable of taking care of at the present to keep tho center of the' road in condition for the man of leisure to speed over at the rate of miles an hour, and not jar his weak liver. It not only takes all the money that he can rake and scrape, but at the same time a pile of good patience-, to keep our chickens and stvek. not counting the danger to our little family, corralled in safety. AN OLD FARMER OF CLAY TOWNSHIP.

THE MELTING POT COME! TAKE POTLVCK WITH US.

"Xo questions asked" may be interpreted to mean disregard of public safety. If Mrs. Ogden Armour accepts her stolen jowelg without doimr all she can to bring the thievea io justice, wc opine she will be compounding' a felony. Crime is more of an offense against the public than against the Individual. "All things come to those who wait." even lino weather to the delayed vacationist. The idea is that things travel in cycle?, and that if one waits long enough the thing desired will come around to him. Occasionally a man wins something at roulette. Diplomat fo C'ircutnlntntlon. (News Item). This memorandum, which Dr. Dumba gave to James J. Archibald to deliver to Foreign Minister Burlan, ha-s been sent to the president by Ambassador Page, to whom it was delivered by the British authorities. An Investigator has discovered that women lose their umbrellas more frequently than men. We thought it was their purses, left on tho counter and street car seat. That UpsMo Down Thins. (As it Appeared in the Valpo Messenger). h:iilltiav :nu What has become of the old-fashioned scrubbing mother used to give us with castile soap? U nearly exhausts the cipher box to report the crop estimates this year. We'll have plenty to feed ourselves and a handout for the European bo. Vc Bet Contents Mean Yittles. (Cor Ft. Wayne Journal-Gazette). Games, music and contents went to the evening's entertainment and at a late hour the guests departed voting Miss Whiledgc a very able hostess. "AUTOLSTS Escape Death." Headline. Unusual and remarkable. CATALOGUING the czar hy his pictures we would place him in the

industrial class. He looks like a factory superintendent. Tin: philosophy or Lin:. Money's not all that brin-rts one pleasure. Good health. I think's a precious treasure; Just a buslul of dollars, to spend at one's leisure. I'd take it, yes, and durned good measure. All through life one has to struggle, To dodge from the loads some hxve to juggle; Some think it's brains that bring one wealth; I'd rather be dippy and keep good health. How would it be, with both wealth and brain? I'm sure I'd be happy, and never complain. Though it came from 'Wall street, a corner on grain. I can prove it's a gamble, but good just the same. Contentment's a treasure of life, Just try and brush away all sorrows and strife; Hold up your heads, put on a smile: It's a mighty good habit, and surely worth while. People with money and automobiles Oft times gain them by covered-up eleals; The poor'l take a jitney and go for a ride; If they got it crooked, 'tain't much to hide. Let's all take advantage of opportunism es, And lay by a portion or all of our dimes; When I went to school, I was some what a scholar. Now am I right? ten dimes make r. dollar. EDGAR S. ALLEN. Mishawaka. WE regret that Alfonso's trip to the U. S, has been indefinitely postponed. BE is one of the fe.v kings that have been caught in a double corner. C. X. F.

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What The Papers Say;

IlKAUTirYING YOITK HOME. (Dayton, O., News.) The summer season is rapidly drawing to a close. This fact has been impressed during the last week when the mercury took a sudden drop and caused many to seek their winter coats in order to feel comfortable. It also marks the end of beautiful lawn contests in many cities. These contests have been conducted for the purpose of creating an interest in home beautillcation. In many sections of Dayton are numerous homes where the owners gave their undivided attention to seeing that their homes were just as beautiful as naturo could make them. Flowers, roses and green shrubbery were in evidence all during the summer months. The appearance of Jack Frost reminds one that it is time to think of home beautitication for next year. One who has a desire to make his homo beautiful in 1916 must not wait very long or he will be too late. The United states department of agriculture has just sent out a warning to property owners that it is time to think seriously of next year's work, and has issued instructions regarding planting tulip bulbs and narcissus bulbs. It any person desires to have rich beds of tulips or white glow of narcissus, it is necessary to think of tho early spring appearance of your home early in the fall. The bulbs must be planted before the ground is frozen. The department says the work should be undertaken as soon as or before an early frost has begun to make the annual Mowers in the bed look weakened. There is more interest being shown in the beautifying of the city now than at any time in tho history of Dayton. In face of thiy, it is evident that many will heed the warning of tho department of agriculture. HAIilKS VS. FLIES AND DIRT. (American Journal of Public Health.) From a careful analysis of a three months' stud v. the object of which was

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? t New York city health depart -Du.nr fe.di instilled in the following

conclusions us outlined in the Weekly Bulletin of June 19, 1915: Fly factor Almost twice (1.9) as many infants were attacked by diarrhoea among fly-exposed as among the lly-protected infants. Dirt factor The group of influences other than Hies and artificial feeding, associated with a dirty home and designated as the "dirt" factor, play a similar part in diarrhoeal incidence among infants. Almost twice (l.M as many infants were attacked by diarrhoea in dirty homes a3 in the clean homes. Artificial feeding factor Of somewhat greater importance is the inlluence of artilicial feeding. Almost tv and a half (2.4) times as many infants were attacked by diarrhoea among the artificially fed as among the breastfed infant:. Files and dirt factor The influence of flies and dirt combined is ef similar

importance io tiuu oi unu.t-iai iccuuia Almost two and a half (-.4) times as many fly-exposed infants in dirty homes were attacked with diarrhoea as rlv-rotected infants in clean homes. Dirt and artificial feeding factor The inltuenrne of dirt and artificial reeding combined Is still greater. Three and a half (3.3) times as many artificially fed Infants in dirty homes were rttacke-d by diarrhoea as breastfed infants in ciean homes. (In this case, however, the influence of lly exposure is not eliminated.) The above is important Inasmuch as it is the first really reliable information worked out from s largo a number of observations. THE PEACE TALK. (Dayton. Ohjo. News.) The peace talk is pleasant to listen to, but it ought not to be taken too seriously. There is likely to be a great tleal of it before peace actually comes. In the first place. Germany herseir nas not spoken upon the subject. The "rumors" come only from "promiiitat

authorities," or "high officials," or ., "persons in position to know." These j are indefinite terms, and are not 'authorized by the government. j Then, the allies will have a whole : lot to say about peace. They do not seem to be whipped. In fact, the

struggle is nowhere near a final issue. Russia is practically out of business, it is true; Germany ha.s won a tremendous victory over the enemy in that region; but there is Italy and France and England yet to be reckoned with, and they do not seem to be suffering to any great, extent. So it l. hardly likely they would consider such terms of peace as have been proposed by tho "rumors," even if we consider Russia entirely done for. All of the warring nations arc getting ready for a winter campaign, if indeed they are not ready for it nt this time. The allies have made contracts for war materials for delivery one and two years hence, and Germany is unquestionably in position to carry on the struggle for some time to come. So it seems strange that at this time any of the contestants woula be willing to consider peace terms dictated by one nation alo-ne. That Germany would very willingly accept peace at the terms mentioned in the papers, goes without saying. It would be a complete victory for her. To recover all she has lost in the way of colonial possessions, to dictate as tc the future of Poland, to receive an indemnity for her losses during the war what more could any nation expect at the close of a war? The allies would also be willing to sign a peace agreement upon such terms as they might propose, so we should not expect too much in the way of peace. That the end of the war will come suddenly, as the end of most wars have come, is of course true. But we do not see anything in the clouds at this time to indicate the rays of the sunshine of world-wide peace will break through immediately.

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