South Bend News-Times, Volume 33, Number 56, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 25 February 1916 — Page 8

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SOUTH BEND NWS.TIMES

Evening Sunday.

J' HIN 1 I K N I'.Y ZUVFR. IMItor. X ifav.:iu I,or,i.i;v. IRVIN s. BOI.K. Cir. u r M-.'i lnv.j.r. AdTrftl:ig Manager. gap.bifl. i:. t.mmi:i;s. Puiii.her.

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n.uvhijK right nt door to Porto Bico. and within easy distance- -f the I' lii.uii i c.ir.;il, of which Porto Ilbo i ;i s rt of Atlantic bulwark. The lJ.mi.-h West Indies he. roughly, near the middle of th- great hain f i-hmd running fr-m Florida around to the northeastern omcr of .otnh America. There is Cuba, then Haiti and Porto Bin, then the Danish island. Beyond is the- hain of Lesser Antilles, nearly all French and British. We'd feel safer If w had that litt!- link in the chain than if Germany had it.

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FEBRUARY 25, 1916.

COMI'LIMENTINCi BI(. BUSINESS O. K. BUT DON'T TAKE IT TOO SERIOULSY. "Tl. ulory of thi ( o!intr has .-n in tho cners'y, the fri.;!it of fr-c hu.-iiu- iiiaiia'etiitnt. Thf Klory of th- r..iii:ry has not ?!i in th- ko ornnu-nt nianaf?--iii' ii? of any ba5-;n,vs." .-' ;!k x-I't' s't Taft in :uMp sin a Kroiiji of tailio.nl i:in 1 1 . oth'T ' i nin,'. His words sfrvf as a n lii.nd'-r of tho chani;' that has conio ahoiit in th last . r or two in th Ainorican attitude toward biff I ". ; ä t m .- . Tti rt' was a ji ri'il. xtrndinu o f r nearly a dec ade, v. Io n hii.-ipr.-s i j i t i u rc n ihr d frn-i. The liiu'Rer ti-y wer'. th- i,r '.tep alI"' r.j to be the presumption of their iniquity, in tio opinion not only of "profes- : ion.ii 1 1 1 u k-r.ik rs." bi;t of a lare part of the public. Leohis of r.at enterpri es were feared as strong. iathb:s neriiies of the community Tankers and rtilroad magnates and manufacturers and mer hants who h.id formerly ft It t hems"l'es honored for their achievements became conscious of an atmosphere of publie distrust and condemnation. Now that wave of criticism seems to have pased. Nearly everybody is patting the bi-r business man on ?ho back attain, and telling' him what a tine fellow he is. The "captain of industry' is in the ascendancy a'-,'ain. Th reformers t hemselv s are on the defensive. "Reformer." stran-; ly i ikmuIi, is oittn ust d now as a term of repro.K h. In genera!, the t lohmcy is doubtless w ludesotne. r.uslr.e.-s men, h the main, des-rved all tlb- opprobrium hi i;n d upon them i,e( au.-a of their misdeeds. And there was even palliation fur rebating, cutthroat competition, political corruption, etc., in the lax state of public sentimer.; a: the tim when such pernicious practice became prevalent. l'.ig business has had it Ic-son. however, h.i paid the pen;ilty. and with few exctptions has changed its methods and its outlook t"1 harmonize with the new moral standards. There is clan,'r now. however, of overdoing thp new cordiality toward business of the Prodigal .-'on type. It would lie unfortunate if big bu.-ii.ess repr sentativ es should take renewed ; i ; p r i c ia t i on of their service? a a warrant to r- !a their moials ;nd return In the selfish and unfair p:a tiers of old. And In one i ispe. Mt . T.it!.- uiiei anc, js likely to uiv n w run'; impre.-iou. It i true that our business institutions have been noue etlic i nt than our government: but never in the lo.-to; of the I'nited S;ates haf ;!ie government 'oeen guiltv of the- moral lapses that characterized manv of our big cairporatious in the era cf "free business management." .ir national gov - eminent, with all :t mistakes, has .vtood for honesty as notablv as our bu-'ross has stood for c tficienev.

CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT IN THE ARMED MERCHANTMAN MATTER. Thing? of international import are moving too fast the.-e days for intelligent discussion at this distance, but the country having become pretty well settled to Pres't Wilson' policy, it incurs to us that congress is making a mistake in interfering. The Hurries of legislative bodies, the result of amhiti jus bodies bidding for th- limelight, have more than or.ee brought nation" to the verge of war. and not uncommonly actual'- plunged them into it. Thi. demand of congress th;it the president warn Americans to keep off from armed merchantmen, merely bc ause Germany has threatened to sink them, is all rifjht from a humanitarian standpoint, but it bodes international entanglements that perhaps certain congressmen would be unable to comprehend even if the full text were before them. I'res't Wilson has been reasonably successful to date in maintaining the dignity of the nation, ihis too without blood, and at the same time surrendering none of our legal rights. So far as Americans needing a warning is concerned, it is rank nonsense. Any American who lacks caution to the extent that he would attempt to travel aboard an armed merchantman in these times, especially in the light of the German threat, deserves the bottom of the sea as his grave, but our legal rights in the matter i a different proposition. There aie a lot of things about this war. difficult for the mere layman to understand. Perhaps congressmen know all ahout it understand it thoroughly. but personally we know of but few congressmen to whom we would care to trust the job of strict interpretation. We realize too that the president's attitude is cjuite as threatening toward Germany as is that of congress, but vve have confidence in his closer knowledge of the affairs involved, and his aptitude for handling them, if undisturbed, without serious break. That i.s what the people of th i'nited States want. We. as citizens back hemic, here in South Bend, do not care a rap for congressional oratorical contest, and us long as the school board row lasts, the newspapers do not need war scares in order to find something for big headlines.

THE MELTING POT

FILLED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF

tin: modi:il miss. "Wake me early mother deux." Was what mother usej to hear. Put things are changed these days. And daughter now- has other wayti. Hits the hay at half past one. Sister's bound to have her fun. Far from beir,-- an early riser. Daughter thinks she's much wiser. Gay white lights and tang-o places 'aii on her to show her gTaces. Horrid sh- says, was made for mothers Put, not for sisters nor for brothers. Before .she cliu.bs to the second floor leaves this note under mother's door: Pleuse remember, O. mother of mine, I'm to snooze until half pat nine.

PUBLIC UTILITY CITY PARTNERSHIPS NNEV YORK AND CHICAGO. New York city, as a result of a spectacular investigation of its public utilities, is just waking up to the fact that it has been robbed of millions by traction inte rests, and that it can have no return on its vast subways investment until the year 1L54, or later. In th'.s respect, as in many others, comparison between New York and Ghicago is inevitable. The Windy t'i.y hasn't always been wise in its public affairs, but its present traction arrangement affords an illuminating example of what a city may do for itself when it tackles a business problem intelligently. Ghicago is in partnership with its traction interests. The company spend all the money for improvements instead of gel ting the city to spend most of it, as the Interborough has done in New York and divides its profits with the city. Since the ordinance went into effect, eight years ago, the people of Chicago have rece-i' near ly $ 1 H.OOO.OUO as ther share of the earn-in;,.-a their nickels. The public income from this source is steadily mounting. In 1914 it was JS.uOO.OOO. And the traction lines themselves are making a satisfactory protit. This seems to be an admirable plan for most municipalities. Public- ownership and operation ef public utilities is perhaps the ideal system, but it calls for an ideal community. Any city must have a very highly developed civic spirit and a group of public men especially trained for handling business enterprises to make public- ownership successful. A fair, workable partnership between city and private corporation not only orings profit to both members of the tirm but serves as a training school for everybody concerned. It gives the public an intelligent comprehension of its interest in public- utilities, and gives the corporation an appreciation of its responsibility to the community. Almost any e ity. berge or small, can work out some such system if it will take the trouble.

Tili; Till i: STORY OF ADAM'S SOI I, mati:. As the Tribune would have it.) Adam was not happy in the Garden of i;den: When seen by a Tribune reporter ho said It was too lonesomein his garden. The Tribune reporter stiid he would fix up a story and see what publicity would elo for Adam. He turned in his story to the managing editor who immediately wrote an editorial on the fact "that it was not meet for man to live alone." Two days after this story and editorial appeared in the Tribune, hvo Joined Adam and lived happy ever after until forced to leave their garden home.

Our ida of an accomplished musician is formed when we see somebody going along; the street with a eukalale.

With all this talk of a possible war vith Germany that is going Iho rounds there are a lot of people who have taken a sudden interest in preparedness. They favor a large standing army of men who like to fight. n. n. w.

jo far nobody ha. turned In a poem on spring for us to pu'hi&li. (Follows sound like a rap on wood.)

When the tension breaks what becomes of it?

ANY SIXOND? They've hinted and they've threatened and they've called me many names. They've said that T am simple and lacking much in brains; That 1 would letter drive a hack or be blowing1 suds behind the bar. Or that I'd make the finest pilot for that old Hill street ear. You may wonder why they call m such a numskull all tho time When they know that I am young and enjoying- youth rublime. I will tell kindly reader aa I end this boresome little lay It's Just because I fail to hand you such a? this eah day. ro you blame me for not heeding as they call me just a shyster? Can't you see the reason why I'll not be a funny rhymster? We'll bet our bottom dollar which we call our top one too That you know and know I know, this is something I can't elo. F. K. T.

The Public Pulse

(YnmTmWtJon!" for tbl column may b signed anonymously but must te aenxntanied by the name of the writer lnsjre sroJ faith. No repisibUity for fact i.r entlr.ients exprewed wr.l be assumed. Honest discission 'f puMic question ia Invite!, bot Hith the right respired to eliminate vicions and objectionable matter. Tfae column la free. But. b reasonable.

We know of nothing more persistent than a mouse. Unless it is the school board.

The day gang finally agreed to meet the nisht bunch.

siiokt ioi-:m. Nasty rain. A soaking dip. Shooting pain. It's the grip.

It's wonderful how a clean sweep (such as the British made) of tho seas, could leave so many commerce raiders.

"Grand opera music reminds me of my mother-in-law having hysterics," said the barber the other nisht.

We suppose that when the head writer said "Wilson i.s firm in his stand" he was referring to the fact that his feet are not bothering him.

Our idea of nothinjg to be is a commander of either a ubmarin? or a Zeppelin.

It's easy.

With Other Editors Than Oars

WHOSE WHITE COAL IS IT? AND WHY GIVE !T TO THE RICH? The wat'-r power of navigable streams is greater th.it the sum of .ill the power of eerv kind now in use in the I'nited St.-'tes. Aeeordili-: to GoToj-d Pmchot. ;h Shields bill, now I efore the v n ttr. Wot'M y i e to the power interests the t;se of thi wafer ', n'.ar, without any compensation. Mills similar to tlr.v vetoed bv Koosevelt and Taft. Why should they p;i-s to.iav .' This is io partisan mat'e v. I; has nothing to do with one's political pt c f re nets. Iien the advocates e.f pe, I. e-.it-. inv -price must admit that the kind of prepiredness represented by conservation of national reso.nces Is wise Franklin Fat. and Git'ford Pine hot are both opposed ti the pa.-agt- of this bid. Savs Mr. Pmchot: "The wat'r powe r me., , p,;u-e that eonservnMofi hampers le-v elopm rt!. The .idiuir.i oe it.ent r i ? t of c'y Houston shows, on the contrary, thai the most rapid development is in the- national forests, where conservation is b--t etifore-td. cn Xj'.v oihei hand. 1." public s. i' ice corporation.; own and are ImMing un-d'-velop.d and o-tt of use ;tn amount of Water po-.vr to four-tifths of all there- is developed and in u.- by all the j uloic service corporations in tk- winde I'nited S'ates." Whoe water pow.r is t his o' the navigable streams, anyhow? r of the i. it. o:il forests, w hie h the Ferris bill would also Ktve ;t.tei the hands of the power intrrt sts ? Is it mir wh.re ..;? .iid our children's? cr Is P the exclusive pre. petty of a few grabbers? If the ordinary c.tizen de sn't watch out and watch his senator it's e .u-y jo see whose preipe rtv it s soon going to t-v:

CASE OF THE COLLIER JUSTIN THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO. The I'nited States collier Justin is reported in Washington dispatches as having been finally sold to a New York bolder for $.",01.107. Tile- navy appraisers fixed the value of the vessel at $7."..unu. Had it not been for an irregularity in a form r advertisement of the sale i f the Justin, she wo-ild have been sold on a bid approximating the value el by the board of appraisers and the government l nib ted to the tune of something over $100,000. This incident naturally raises the question as to how many : of Fru le Sam's e ast-e.tf ships haA e been sold for a fraction of their value in the past. There's room for an investigation in the Justin affair. I Fither the navy appraisers are grossly incompetent or theie has been some tall old grafting by somebody. That sticks out like a lighthouse in a fog.

MUST BE AT LEAST 4 BY 5. A Piehtiiond. Ya., legislator presents a bill providing limitations in women's dresses as follows: "That no female shall appear m public within this commonwealth with a skirt which eioe-s not reach within four inches of the ground, with a waist or miiIio' which exposes more than three inches of the ih.es: or back, and that no transparent skirts shall be w o r n . " ' He deflated that "short skirfs and low cut waists w re re.-ponsihie for the downfall of manv young men." Patently, a legislator with a past.

THE SUGGESTION THAT UNCLE SAM BUY THE DANISH WEST INDIES. TJo re seems to !.,. no cood re. .son whv the Fntte-d S-...S shouldn't buy the lan;h West Indies if l, niiii'k is disposed ?o sell them re.isonablv. e'f coarse, the islands are not w,,:;h much. Most of them are fertile e -no-.jgh. but their total aua is mall. .id then- is l.ttie te recomm.-nd then, for eploit.ition or d- "lopm.-nt. We still have plenty of loo?. i for d. ' ' pm nt m - h !-o n n g Porto Pico, which b.ts ;. - eme .i.m.e:j. an. I a -rrie-a it tir.il e.-rulit ions. He--rb ..- 'i-l.i buy. along w ith the- islands. a "Negro -ti:.o -a bo ii has n ;n s ro.-r. ss lately. F'.t I'-nma: m: ,'.. 11 thm to semeb.-dy e!e oM.,a-;v. u.r ic- .':c- It ;s s tie that Germany wants then; for a n.ia! l i.-. And it's not precisely plea-int jwt Uuw tu think i: Uviiiiai. liaing a sUeTij,' base for

' A HABIT. THAT'S ALL. e'ed. House, in London last week, reseived a suite of rooms on the top !loer of the Pitz-v'arlto.u. thereby i 'rcasioning much surprise, as the zeppelin rai:is have 1 made the upper doors of the hotels decidedly unpepular j with the British public. j Wonder if they don't know over there that House i-s ' freim Te xas, where the high r up you get the safer you are from miscellaneous miss.lt s. It was just forc e of habit, that's all.

iMorriu; riisTs. (Ashville. N. C. Citizen.) It may be that the man, woman or child who pays five or ten cents to see a moving picture show has no right to complain to the extent of the individual who pays a dollar and a half or two dollars to see what used to be called the "legitimate drama." But still, there are many people who think that the common courtesies of life should bei found in the motion picture house as well as anywhere else. Our remarks are prompted by the recent receipt of a letter wherein" the writer asked whether or not there is a remedy for the petty annoyances one experiences in the motion film houses. "For instance," he wrote, "why does one have tr be bored to death by a know-it-all man or woman who sits behind, and in a loud voice informs the entire theater of the next scene to be thrown on the screen. Then there is the individual who persists in reading aloud every sentence that appears on the canvas. We also have the supercilious ass who tries to impress one with the idea that he did violence to his own convictions by going to a moving picture show, and he it is who bursts into a loud guffaw at what is intended to be a dramatic moment in the production. I will not use your time by going through the entire list of picture pests longer than to recall the contented soul who arrives at the theater, out of breath, with a bag of peanuts, and sometimes popcorn, to grate on your sensitive nerves as he munches the while. I had almost forgotten tho giggling school girl whose raptures are so audibly expressed when love scenes are the order of the day. But she, poor thing, can't help it " We have here the pathetic wail of one who is evidently a long suffering soul, but we fear there is no remedy unless the offending picture patrons "take a tumble" to themselves. To many the absence of the spoken lines in a moving picture theater gives a license to make all the noise they feel Ike making. et. as a matter of fad. consid'-ta-tion for Uie pleasure and eeunfort of their neighbors should p-omp them to observe the preeprieti1 as they are cd. served in other places ef amusement. The Citizen cannot s e how ir etMi help itie plaintiff here cjuoted. beyond suggesting that, perhaps, the management of the various picture houses tnieitt feel inclined te throw some "'pointe-d paragraphs" on the serpen.

ing to expert figures recently compiled by J. S. Bache & Co. on Aus. 20. 191.",, the funded debt of the railroads in receivership aggregated $l.Hal,l and the capital stock $701,6-,:J.S-,:t. This receivership condition is worse than that of 1S9:. which was the historic year of railroad bankruptcies, when in 11' months 74 railroads fell into the hands of receivers. And what does it all mean? Has it no relation to the condition of the wage-worker? The railroads, forbidden to raise rates, forced to combat the rising tide of prices of labor and material of everything entering into the making and running of a railroad, are driven to the only alternative of retrenchment. They are compelled to lay off men. It ought to be plain to all that railroad bankruptcies are due chiefly to the fact that railroad rates have been held down to bankrupt levels and that unless railroads are permitted to advance their rates to a level somewhere near that to which their expenses have soared, ruin stares in the face the greatest single American industry.

so.MirrniNG i;i.si: ni:i:ii:i. South Bend. Ind.. Feb. 24. Fditor News-Times:

While the honorable mayor of our!

city. Fred W. Keller, is working so diligently for the "deer peepul." why not direct him t passages of scripture relative te one's own door yard, or eye, or whatever it is? But perhaps it is another case of: "If your hens refuse to lay. If you cannot draw your pay. Hurry up. Ien't waste a day. Blame the mayor." However, forgetting' lyrics of our past, action on the part of the administration should be taken for the

obtaining of a new police patrol fori the oitv. It is a need that seems to!

have been overlooked, since the iolice department is not the tire department. The need ,of this patrol was never so strongly emphasized as Wednesday night when Leo Strantz was struck by a switch engine at the Chapin st. crossing of the Iake Shore tracks. For some weeks the police patrol has been in the repair shop. It has seen several years of use at liest and is a frequent subject of the garage doctor. The ancient oh, so ancient auxiliary Pierce Arnnv, purchased second-hand and lacking material pep as well as facilities for police work, was used in this case. Now Mr. Strantz is no relative of mine; he is perhaps unknown to you, but when I saw that mangled mass of suffering- human flesh lying by the tracks, conscious, mind you. but complaining- not, and then, in a brief interval, pictured to myself the ride back to the city and to a hospital, as I knew he must be taften, lying on the hard floor, not even lying, but seated, propped as comfortably as possible apainst an oflicer's leff, T felt for those whose relative he was. Mr. i-ttrantz died at 10 o'clock. His wounds were no doubt fatal, but when one stops to consider the possibilities of dispatch and comfrt, one shudders. His last hours, conscious as he was, must have been horrible and he was a man the same flesh, the same blood, the same spirit as the rest of us. and a brother in the broader sense. A man at the crossing criticized the of!le-ers. ridiculed the lack of a stretcher, hurled sarcasm at a city possessing no better facilities. It was unjust to the men in charge of the machine; unjust to the police heads. We hope the members of the administration responsible will feel the sting. Iet's be content with our tire eejuipmcnt and see to the purchase of a patrol. Your father or mine may have to occupy Mr. Strante's place some time. II. M.

i Bacteriologists are knocking anothe'r favorite belief. I They declare that leprosy is not at all contagious, and that not in one caso in a thousand does a child inherit

it. They re inclined to believe that it somehow from eating poorly curod r-alt fish.

llockefeller foundatiem .has donated ? ". . t various ducaihmal institutions, wherefore we look for another rise in gasoline'. loiter: We's got it:"

The fa t that a man covers up his automobile engine hi cold weather elites not prove that he will think I to blanket iw hulaC.

IMH TIIIM, rmT. Public- Service Magazine. Frank P. Walsh and his three pro-labor conferees on the late federal commission eiwelt extensively em the "cjusrs" ef the present socalled industrial unrest. Yet it seems to us they have overlooked something of vital import in the condition of American railroads. American railroads are among the biggest employers of labor. They not only employ vast armies of men. and women. teo. but pay a high average wage. Now. it seems to u that an impartial eiest for the causes of this industrial unrest will make anyone appreciate the far-reaching effect of the appalling railroad receiverships in this ceeiintry. To. lay ::7.s ; 7 miles of American railroads ate in a fctate of bankruptcy. Aetord,-

c onsi;nt of tiii: goyi:km;i Kansas City Post.) The majority of the American people will favor Sen. .Stone's plan to free the Philippine islands at an early date. It is intolerant that a liberty loving land should hold any people in subjection. The antagonism to American rule is the most obvious sign of our control. The aspirations for freedom should not be checked at the point of a bayonet. The Philippines remain as one of

the great points of misunderstanding between this country and the

South American republics. The

Spanish strain holds strong prejudices and rightly. , Our occupation of the islamls has been to lung confiticed. Almost two decades have e'apsel. As far as the world knows, we claim entire righi tai the Island. The world suspc-;s our motives. The Philippine-.-? alwajs will ' a menace to the future. Bight thinking Americans have no elream of 'vierld power, no "manifest destiny." nej "rightful expansion," none of the ejuirks of Furopcan diplomacy. If the islanders are not raely for self control after IS years of supervision they never will be. A Ni:Y OOM PLICATION'.

St. I mis Globe-Democrat. In capturing a British me rchant vessel and bringing it into an Amer- ' :r an port in charge of a prize crew. ; a German commandei has tied another knot in th? international Tng'.e of this entangling war. This remarkable fat. accomplished with' an unidentitie-.i vessel saiel to be a small auxiliary .-miser, reveals to t!h- world that Germany has another roving raider loos., upon the high seas, and one whose captain has a grim sense of humor. In putting the Appam inte :r port he seems say to the Fnited States: "I am in entire nc-currl with your views as to the strict application of accepted principles f international law to the disposition of merchant esvls. and here'with deliver to you oneBritish ship with passengers and ' cargo intact. Kindly acknowledge leceipt and oblige vours truly." ' And no a- the uuesticn l what; ale we Koiii to du about i. This

capture aprears to have been made anel the prize brought into port in strict accordance with accepted rules of international law, leaving out of account The Hague convention, as everybody seems to be doing. By these rules the Appam is the property of the captor, subject only to the decision of the German prize court, and these rules permit the captor to take his prize into a neutral port. "The supreme court of the Fnited States." says Halleck, "has followed the English rules and has held valid the condemnation by a belligerent court of prizes carried into a neutral port and remaining there." But that is subject to the consent of the neutral government. "It is the first duty of a captor," says another, authority, "to convey his prize into a port of his own country for adjudication. In former times he was permitted to take his prize into a neutral port. This is still the rule of international law, but the almost invariable practice of neutrals in recent wars has been to forbid such a use of their ports except in cases of distress or emergency." Will the Fnited States follow "the almost invariable practice," or the rule of international law? The latter, it would seem, if we are to be consistent. To compel the Appam to leave our port, as The Hague convention requires, would be to restore the ship to the British, and to say to Germany, we cannot uphedd yetu ii preserving the lives of these people, although we have insisted that such should be jour practice at all time-s. On the other hand, there is "the almost invariable practice' of neutrals" and Great Britain. We forsee more complications anel niedre e-orrespondence.

sOMi: TARDY KFPAKATION. (Boston Post. When Theodore Itoosevelt boasted that he "took" the Panarmt strip ftom the country that owned it. Colombia. he laid the complete foundation for the Colombian claim for monetary recompense and some xpre ssion ejf regret for the action. There is no getting away from his exact meaning. The "revolution" was a manufactured affair, assisted by official of the Fnited .states, and the recognition of the new Panama ircA eminent w as suspiciously swift. In fact, it is said to have been formulated before the "revolution" toe k place. Now it appears as if the senate of the Fn.ted States were ready to make some sort f reparation. The treaty expressing "mutual regret" ar.d offering to pay Colombia $15.i ..coin has been reported favorably i'.v th" foreign relations committee. and it will prooahty b- ratified. Coloiiihii will i;ot like- tip scaling" down of the- sum from the original ' r.)i.ii.iii.iifi'i in the propose-d treatv. but as $ 1 ü , i . i u . 0 1 ' i is more than th -traditional half loaf, she will most likely ieg;ird it as much oetle.i thaa Itothii.f

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