South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 306, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 2 November 1918 — Page 4
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NOVEMBER 2, 1918.
THE DODGERS OF BERLIN. It "was Pontiu3 Pilato who rather than make an honcat decision called for a basin of water and washed his hands of the whole Lupine s. Strongly reminiscent of that famous getting out from iirder la the recent assurance of Germany that "peaco negotiations arc Lcinc: carried on by a peoples' povernment, and that "the military powers are also subject to iL" As a matter of fact, thlj advertised reversal of power represents no free final decision on the part of either party, but is a sort ot' collaborative shunting of responsibility. The military powern aro not selfish about it. They vvero to Marno for tho war. Let the dear people shoulder the blame lor peace, also ltd penalties. On tho other hand, tho people "negotiating for peace" are in a fine jxjsition to disclaim any liability Xor the war. gnakts in theh- llttlo nets arreo. Germany Is not a war-sick Country but a fear-sick one. Ho lon us they were victorious, tho people had no fault to find with their military meters, but stood nationally for their alms and crimes, and received their ttolcn gooo-, Hoch-thc-Kai.-'ering and DeuLschland-uebor-Alles-int? without a dissenting voice. The conclusion is plain. Government and pcoplo aro mutually involved. Neither can hope to escape its just deserts by any specious shifting of blamo and bosses under pretenco of reform. Uoth are guilty. Uoth must jay. As Kipling puts it: Tho hin tht yo do by two and two, ye shall pay for one by one."
G. O. V. "BUSINESS" METHODS. KepuMlcan tactics in tho senate give the lie to the party's rosy campaign promises. Tho voters of the United States are a. Red to return g. o. p. senators and congressmen in onkr that the business of the war may be expedited. And just when this appeal is being made to tho country, republican senators aro engaged in a marntlts exhibition of political bickering In the Kenate. For the time being, the senate chamber has been transformed into a republican campaign forum. Bitter attacks on the president, slanderous indictments of democratic eenatora and congressmen these aro the tactics which prove tho hollcw character of tho g. o. p. claims. In tho meantime, tho business of tho country waits. -Mr. Wilson has asserted that at jio time in history has our nation faced more perilous days. Great issues are demanding settlement. Added to tho stupendous problems of war aro the newer and greater problems of peace. The president is laboring with mlht and main for an understanding which will bring tho world war to a speedy termination, and at the samo time assure u peaco of right and justice. Itemember, please, that under the terms of the constitution, it is the senate which must approve all treaties of peace. And now, in tpite of the weighty problems which pre.ss for an early sind satisfactory settlement, republican senators are holding up the nation's activities in order that they may ronduct a disgraceful campaign of abuse against the jresident and his policies. ITnable, because of many quarantine restrictions, to tturnp the country in the usual fashion, g. o. p. senators tire stumping it from the r.oor of the senate. It makes r.o difference that important questions are daily arising. Questions which demand all the attention of congress to secure a satisfactory settlement; it matters little that the fate of nations 1 hanging In the balance; republican politicians muit have their "say" and such 'lundamental propositions a.s war revenue bills must jwait untii fen. Lodge and others of his ilk explain that xh election of republicans to congress is the surest liruarantee of the immediate expedition of governmental
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Jlepubllcan in the sonafo have- organized what is tantamount to a filibuster. At tho supreme crisis in the nation's history, all normal activities must cease while o. p. senators play politics. What is happening now is but a foretaste of what may be expected should re)ublican majorities le returned in Tuesday's elections. Little wonder that Pies't Wilson ha-s appealed to tho voters of the United states in an effort to be rid of such .dilatory tactics.
" JAPANESE DEMOCRACY.
Japan, which lias f w :i I . n regarded as a military autocracy, in spite of its con-titutior.ai government, has now taken cn tb- dMr.ii character of a monarchic
democracy, after the pattern f (".r-Mt I'ritain. The new premier, Takahi llar.i, N a 'commoner." a man who V egan life as r newspaper report r and who represents
tht popular party now dominant in th aftairs of the nation. It is the first tim- that th actie head cf the Japanese gocrnment v'.er teen ether than a no"blerrMn. The program ar.nouneed by Pn tr.i. r liara is in keeping with this Mtuatien. He desires to Lring the Japanese government wholly into ai;r meat with the spirit of democracy now animating the world and so strongly xemplified by the nations with which ?he is allied in the war again.-t Germany. Naturally, then, he 1 . lare for peace a- the permanent policy of his country. Japan ha never been a jnilitar:ii" nation, he d vela res. i: ory war she has : fought h ts i yn d' f!:ie. T::- . is U of the army iiint Ui Japan than mo. foreigners suppose. His peo- - .. -
MANCrACTUrunLS and other employer? in M. Jo?-ph county will, tif coow, rt mcinlier tliat Undr cniplojcs untie r e-tate law, uro entitled to four hours In which to otc and this free from Icnallzlng or restraint of any sort. In mor-t eitle? tho factories clo-c fT four hours, ciüur In the inornlnar. or In tho afternoon, or better still, they dhido up, and part of tliem closo In tli mornings and part in the afternoon. The ballot is tho high privilege of every American, and to seek to restrain it, or thwart its use is not only un-patrlotie In theso times, Isit un-American always and. ubjeit to severe punishment. JJesIiles eonere.-s recently pa.sscl a corrupt lmictices act that Jilts tlds matter inirtlcularly hard. In some localities, factories that are Iaying bonnscs on particular lines of work, or for continuous .service, are saying to their men, "yes, you may have your four hour, but It counts against your bonus," which Is penalizing and capable of restraining a man from voting, Just as much as though ho were hired to stay away from the polls. This lndng a congressional election the federal corrupt iractices act applies, and wo would dlllke to sec any of our manufacturers, here or in MHliawaka, taken before the federal court for encouraging any of their men, individually or collectively, to stay away from the joll.s by recalling Ioniises or by wage reductions. We have all !ccii patriotic, loyal to the fundamentals of democracy, Incident to the war, and we can afford to continue so, practicing tliat democracy among ourselves. South Itcnd and Misliawaka, furthermore, have lecn freer from labor troubles during past years, than niosi any other cities in tho country. It wouldn't be wise for the manu
facturers to stir up any ill-feolinic anions: their men by not arfordin--theni all the time tliat the law allows: this without pcnalizliuc restraints to In applied tlurmigh the pay-em eIoic for the ecrci.so of their right of franclil-. We mention it in passing. Attention luis already Tccn called to it by Chairman 31. I Foley of the state council of defense, and by the federal department of Justice. Government agents may also lie here to kecj tab on violations of this order, and of other?. ewlJcrry methods, as they lune oeratel in Michigan at the primary, and threaten to repeat, will hardly Ix tolerated in northern Indiana, if vigilance can detect it. We might just as well understand each other and meet the situation like patriotic, self-respecting, Americanixcil men, ''IkutcIs of ImxHc" supplied to corrupt, or coerce, in luilf of the privilege seekers, notwitlitaudüig. INCIDENTALLY we have a great 1 long telegram from the National Security league, so-called. Its disguise of monopolists of American patriotism and infalliblists as to what constitutes legislative wisdom, luvvlng liad something of a liole klcktl into it, it is Tcginnlng to threaten. We aro frightened, terribly frightened. We know they arc great lawyers, these counsel for the arms and munitions manufacturers, whose only secmltog idea of wise patriotism is arms and munitions making, and big congressional appropriations to fatten the makers, but we guess we have a right to print facts from the Congressional Ilceord, ami are not so very particular about their roar. Had they only approached us without an evasive lie insinuative prevarication on their lips, we might feel different about It, but when they say as they do, tliat a
republican fron "Wlsoonsin with a record that resembles Barnl-art's" introduced a resolution In congress to imctlsrato the league, they again slander Congressman Ikindurt's record, ami on two of the mo?l ltal incasuns liavlng to do with American loyalty. Congressman IVcer, to whom they refer, otcd against the declaration of war. and Congressman Itarntutrt voted for it. Coiurrcssnian Ikirnlutrt voted against the nefarious Mclxmore pro-German sea-swecping" resolution, and Congressman trrvr otetl for it. Some dlfTerence. Tliese measures go to the heart of loyalty, much more so than how either of them voied on enlargements of the army, or appropriations to line the iwckct of arms munition and supply manufacturers, hi pre-war days, when v were trying to keep out of war instead of get into it, though still insisting iiikmi our neutral rights. We anticipate that more of the league's sweeping statements and assurances are of a similar order: not so very particular about anything, sne how men voted to afford certain industrialists, strong lehind the league, with a government patronage, war or no war. What they call preparedness' Is their hobby. Kvidcntly they see nothing else, ami we anticipate that much of their interest Jn the next congress Isn't over loyalty to America, a.s much as it is to the establishment of a military system that will keep up the business of manufacturing arms, powder, army clothing, etc,, forever. lractically their whole schedule against Congressman Itaiiiliart, iarts of it false at that, has to do with pre-war militarist measures. The test of loyalty is anti-surrender to Cicnnany not surrender to the American army supply profiteeip, -or their special political pleaders.
pie desire nothing more than to Insure the righteous peace Of the world hereafter, and desire nothing for themselves that has to be attained by conquest. Ho disclaims any aggressive intent in Siberia and China, and particularly with regard to America. He intends, he says, to cultivate Kood relations with the United States and sec "every shadow of misunderstanding removed." This task Is much easier than it would have been a few years ago. We have been learning something about our friends and enemies, actual and prospective. Most intelligent Americans know by this time that our fear and distrust of Japan has been due chiefly to German propaganda. It will be easy to get along with Japan hereafter, at least while such men as Premier Hara remain in power.
THE VOICELESS CAMPAIGN. When has there been such a campaign as this? Can tho oldest citizen recall an autumn when tho first Tuesday after the lirst Monday in November approached so silently? No rallies no picnics no political mass meetings no stump speeches it is unheard of. The "llu" has finished what the Liberty loan began. Having surrendered tho first half of the usual campaigning time to the loan, omce-seekers now find, in almost every community, that health edicts supported by publi . opinion forbid all public gatherings not absolutely essential. Campaigning of the accustomed type is thus relegated to the status of a non-essential industry. Terhaps it is Just as well, too. The candidates can reach the voters as effectively through the newspapers and mails as they ever did from the stump. In fact, the Importance of stump-speaking has been steadily waning In importance in recent years. It has come to have little value in itself, serving chiefly an a device whereby speakers may, through tho reporting of their speeches, reach the larger audience, the "great reading public. They can do that now, and are doing it, in direct statements and appeals. The public seems content, and may incaed bo able to make up its mind more easily, and vote more wisely, than if its ears were? dinned and its judgment confused by the voices and tricks of ordinary political oratory.
If the United States had put the time and money into teaching English to foreigners which she put into teaching German to Americans, there would have beer no need for establishing schools at the military camps to teach the foreign soldiers the meaning of "gun," 'cannon," "Forward, march!" and "On to Berlin."
The German chancellor has complained tha. Tres't Wilson does nut make clear what his peace conditions mean for Germany's future. Well, let Germany do the worrying about that. What we are concerned with is the world's future.
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thi: iKKsnK:v'is noti:. (Indianapolis News.) The president's recent note to the German government seems to have met with approval, both at home and abroad. In this country ther- are a few dissenting voices, but for the most part the press sees in it a demand for surrender, and for the elimination of the war lords of Germany. More than that, it i3 admitted that tho is.ue has been presented to the German government in such a way as to make evasion dilhcult. Whatever discussions there may be in the future should be between Germany and tho allied governments as a whole, since the matters presented in the recent German note have been referred to the allies. It Is now for them to say whether they think an armistice advUable. Further than that, the president made it plain that the tiuestion of an armistice was now purely a military one. He made it quite plain that there could be no armistice that did net make it impossible for Germany o continue military operations. Whether the correspondence will bring peace or not no one can say. Meanwhile the f.ghting will go on. and our troops will continue to move over tr.e sea more than 2,000,000 of them having already gone. The only t-a'e assumption is that the war Ls to go on, which we think quite likely. The president's blow delivered on Germany's home front may help toward victory by developing av longing-Xor. liberty
Us kids started a new gang yesterday, it is called the Boy liolsheveekys. Why did you taik that naim? sed Ma. Abie Ulumenstine gaivo us our naim, I sed. I dident know you played with Sweeds, sed Fa. What is yure order going to do now that you have started it, sed Pa. We are going to tite for Ideels, I sed. I dident know thare was any moar Ideels left unproteck-ted, sed Pa. Our noabel army is talking cair of the Ideels worth whilr sed Pa, I know, I sed. but Hie Hoy Bolsheveekys Is going to help our older brothers wich is fiteing in tho trenches & workshops, I sed. Good for you, sed Pa. That is the way to shout. I am sure yure noabel band of yung heroes will do grate things until you start sumthing else & fergit about tho Boy Bolsheveekys, sed Pa. Wen I wa3 yung. Pa sed, us kids was all the time starting sumthing &, newer flnnlshirig it, sed Pa. I was eeleckted Presldenc, I sed to Pa. That is too bad. sed Pa. You have a grate ree-spons-i-bility, sed Pa. You aro likely to lose sum of yure frends, sed Pa. A President always has plenty of friends, I Fed to Pa. You wait see, sed Pa. Tho only President I know that has plenty öf frends is our grate President Wilson, sed Pa. Peepul cant help beeing his frend. Dut presidents of railrodes & clubs, etc., has pritty ruff going, sed Pa. Watch yure
step, Bobbie, sed Pa, You must not dis-courage our Uttel son, sed Ma. If the other boys though enuff of Bobbie to inak him President of thare order, sed Ma, you should feel com-plimented. I hoap you dident expeck them to make you thare President, sed Ma to Pa.
Certlngly not, sed Pa, I was meerly warning Bobbie that Uneesy lies the hed that wares a crown, sed Pa. Taik His Nibs the Kiser for a example, sed Pa. He is losing wate laltly, the palper say. His hed is about live pounds liter than it used to be. It is too bad. too, sed Pa. beekaus tho German peepul are vary hard up for fav. Well, sed Ma, I am glad litte. Bobble stands so well with his playmaits that thay have made him thare cheef. It Is in the blood, sed Pa. As I have offen toald you. it was tries-aim with m? wen I wa3 Uttel. The other boys always wanted to rally around me, sed Pa. Yure mother toald me that wile thay was rallying around you thay afi'en sent you hoam to her with a lor.g story of woe, sed Ma. Deer old mother, sed Pa. she fergits. Littel do the old reecal of the Triumphs of thare children, sed Pa. I guess that is so, sed Ma. Yure mother newer men.hunei any Triumphs to me. But I hoap Bobbin gits along famous-ly with his Boy Bolsheveekyj. sd Ma. It is mch a cute naim. yet so feerce. sed Ma. You bet we are fecrcer than Boy Scouts, anyhow.
the ages of 18 and 50 years not to be engaged in some useful occupation. This leaves South Benl about the last town in the state that has not passed such a war ordinance.
DUAUTII Ol CASKI7TS IN WARSAW. Warsaw undertakers have exhausted their supply of caskets because of the "many deaths there as the result of the "llu," and have been compelled to borrow from their brethren in adjoining towns. W. U.'s, find out if any of your departed citizens were pro-Germans or "copperheads" and then borrow, your neighbor's plow. Tine boxes would even be too expensive for such purposes.
KI MAY GO TO WAIt. Ed Rimpler is endeavoring to enlist in the United States army. Goshen News-Times. Too late to become a hero now. Ed. Ought to thought of that a year or more ago maybe you'd been more successful.
NIAVS FROM Tili: FRONT. Special Extra! Wilbur F. Welty of Nappanee has been qualified for general military service by the Warsaw draft board. John i'chock of Syracuse was rejected.
GAIN IN MILES MADE BY ALLIED TROOPS ON WEST FRONT, FRIDAY
LONDON, Nov. 2. Friday's attack in Flanders was rewarded by an advance of more than five miles on a 10-milo front. It brought the allies to the Scheldt from IlcrclK'm to Gavero, 10 miles south of Ghent, This advance probably will enable the Belgians to push tho enemy over the Derivation canal to tho Terneuze canaC South of Valenciennes the attack resulted In an advance of two mil.es on a four-mile front and the capture of Aulnoy and Ireseau, thus reaching the southern edge of Valenciennes, width is tUxxlod. The French and American on the southern part of the battle line attacking through Attigny liaio advanced lctwecn three and four miles and are Hearing Buäncy.
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