South Bend News-Times, Volume 39, Number 1, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 January 1922 — Page 6

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JANUARY 1. 1922

.IMA': rw; resolution. f':5tnr.i an! tradition f -t a d ie th!. the first day of th r - yar. n s ?h time for turning ovor a row pi go In i n '". f'f J'" and embarking on r v l -:.". ri:t "f all the tradition, th!:-- one ha behind it th h'? mf-a---ro ' f rr-rnmon ro ;--. and of real If. 1 tr!-' that t lay is mt different from other day. that th re !3 n rnl end of any year n?r the fr gir.rdng ' f a V new nr.? but thit nil lif and r.!l hito'y " ror.tir.'-ii. Th mak-- of ' a '.mda r?-, have, from t!m to time, changed the ("ay-a of th month nnd the year. r:r)o V"T". Im." or.n r.t nnl vry larr frtlon.M of th wt! 1 h.iv a l'.!C rorit mVr.'Iar an l a different il-ito. hi.'-r ji;.r.n r-V.'iioia bcllf-f, for ti Nw Yar. To tho if. ''wry diy bjf!rm a nf"w yoar and a nr rpneh. T th thoughtful, oq.-h flay L- tho start r-f a nxv l'.f. Tu th i nr-rio?' -ful, rrh lay 1. the Ftart rf a np".v Lf.-. To th pun,r,,,ll. rah day Is a day rf rlutini-H. I'nt 1! J frirtun.- t tint thr ! ri day in th year vi.cn all .-t'i) fr.r a. taor.int to tnko stock f t the xrf it-.', hiisin1.-. In th" world. For living tho hi-'irf?''. lmVn" nr.d Jurt as no lr:c!n- .- ran run v. itho'it talilr.i; ?rn'- and making I;lar..-". f) r.' '.if'' can 1 o really romnlc-te which doo3 rot ocrni!onar.y jaufo to mnsi.lcr the- accompll.shiiT'n' and fricfF.'tfl, the fiüuros nnd .aiitakes, the f'tn'-flon and commission?. Today I.- t d 1; when mo-- and women piano at th- V !.t "r. of lifo and strike a balance 5 hot. I t tho-o vho v. l'.l ;-off at th maklnc of "now" rraoi-itlons. Js-l thni fay that thi. Is th iixtimo of tho v. ' ;ik or til f 1 i -h . a puerile thlnrr for childish mln.d.-. I t th'-?- who wi-h blatantly announce their supTiorlty to ordinary mortals and smugly Pmlle at thor" vim cllr.rr to this custom. Tli" makincr of a i Holut!on U In Itself a fitrn of growth. Tii5 taklnjr of a n.v vow Is h fomahol of now hop.- nrd n'.v nmMtion. Th pWdlpc: to a now cntArprl- Is a foundation for a l road- r lif'. Tho pr-r'-n who. on oxaniinlntr hi llf, can think ft r.o immi'T !n which h can linprovo himself, Is on th- down wird path. Tliat min or womui. so s lf ?ati!i"d with thomF'dv'S it tl.-y ! Ii- v they arc in no ned of a t.rv.- rrvo'.u: n. i- d'.-tined for d!.-':istor. I'ut t)i- . h.o h.ivn th-- cour.it:- t face their own -'uN and t vow to thoms-Mv-s that this year u 111 ho a differ' nt at;d a hotter year arc still filled with tli !if'M..o.l of ho). It ri.ak-s but little difi'cron'-o whit your resolution may b". It docs n t mattor if. when you reach that dv;:on. ou krid.v tint you will probably hrrak it. I'.ut it i- imrort irt that on this day. tliTc bo a .urivinr' f-r .tiilii:! 4 els-' in lif- than what you have. It i.i lmp'.rt.inf that on 'hi.- d iy you say to your."if tb.at yo;j will r a h a rrc 1 1 r height thi.s year than y-oi iV.d in tho cno jut lo-r-,1, that you will avoid s :.' of th" mistakes which tnvo hampered nd tb. w a rt--l vir df ( h 1 ;mi pledge yourself t- c1. ri'-w off'-Tt. Ail Ufr Is a r'r: It is the strutrlo a!orP that onints. And .luft a t h' r" nn:st bo ;irpoco behind n'.l o'fort. to trui.l- and llrct lifo, Kr must thcro b a w'.'.l to r.a.h .--omo dojred end. V.'bnt will vm! do with the n"t dav.s?

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IMPORTANT NEWS. Oit of th' rrroit prl-t -f hopeful prophecy fcr vb!--i corals from stnfmen. diplomats, tinaniors. 1 t'aor ! "i.lors and forceful women, the word of Thither Hur: trik 1 . r i r tho most important news. Known n. t b wizard of plant life, this at;ej rnA.n nayi ti t on tb threshold of now dlscnor!. le. :'. whl'. h his former aciiiovements will ffm Inslnlt'.rant. Th- jiast year has :n Nn unimportant with Mm- 1I- b.an dvo'.opM a rix strawborrj", larger and moie lus-'iou o.nd pUlr.fr n irreator ylold. That moars more fcvl ftr ail th- p'oplo. IT has d 'Wt'loix a', nevv' ilowors, a new prjnflower vlio'o K' d may supplant wlie.it In some localities, . new k'.r d of f'ax tb.at adds to the clothlntr sjp,oly. Tho qutv-- of focvl ie. the first of occupations. Th rrrat ter fart ars of tb.e race b..ie been the ex-pb-rt r-. wi-.o ;-. 'i ,'. no-.v areas that added to the ur.:v:r-:.l "t' s nance. A Ttr.r'-'.snk arra-uncem. nt means that there will be h-s h-;ru r in t'a wor'.d. for his work adds to tho productivity of th- e.attii by creating species of plant ;.f whb Ii a-ld to tb.. t tal of supply. IIa- b b -. rr-.".! t1" m.,t. t of t!v de sort, those Ct eat arid .ar- that are no-.v K.so'es.i? Has he If arc d to tr.'.:-. tb" eactu.- ?i ttaat it will be the frier, 1. ro tie u ray of mm? Has ho discovered soma nt . w- d' r -p-:.-nt of the potato, or of whe.t :h---r.- tb.er wbl he ;wi tb.- production that v i-i : .s. ha 1 b" reo "'r ? .1 : t fi s cvi'.'.r. 1 ran 1? tb. result of develcp- ! w hi. h i" : .ims hi.- power, o tb.e develop- :' r'. ' t ii'e S an a.-l to c:vi'.:::ition. AVcll fed

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Srvit es " 'Th- recent nianIffat:or.s of public; hostility toward the Army and Xn-y are dL-nurblns and pu73iir. c." says the Journal. '"Tho-' National Servbe have doro nothlr.?" to ratify such h. Ity. At the core they .ire loyally A'; .v.r,, as i ub'.l? fpirlto l, . l-.lgh minded, as th'y w.-re at the er-st of their popularity brought n t y t w-ir wave (f pit riot ism. "N'o r.uonab!tj cc:v- can be asried to the

opinion ajrr.ir. them.

Arrarer.tly there ere many undercurrents of pow

erful rropicandi at work to discredit an1 err.a-J-late tho National -rvleo.s; no ether atisfactory exrlanati n rf the present conditions c-an be adva need. "If this i true th- rvlre will bo ur.rvh'e to counter It alor.e. Th public will have to como to tho rf?ei:e of it.s Army and its Navy a.sra!nt such unmanly attacks If the nation Is to have competent b.and. and brains to defend it In the future." If this piaper aecurately ranges pTihlir. opinion, there Is more of a reason behind the sentiment than ran b'o traer.i to any definite work of propaganda. The people have never had ar.y reason to surject tho loyalty or the public spirited sentiments of those who wear its uniform. I Jut the public has never welcomed the thoutrht of war as a T'iofe.ion In th!j republic. It has T eliovod that Its afety lies In the readines.j of the ordinary citlron to leave his plo-x- in the furrow at si?ns of dantrer and tS rush to tho defense of the f.as?. It h?s heliovod that Its ?rreatcst bulwark Is In the hearts of men who bvlieve In liberty and who want liberty. This nation w,a peopled by thoe who came to this land of liberty to escape the tyrannies of monarchy' an 1 the chief foundation of fuch monarchies wa.s a largo army of profcvional soldiers with compulsory w rvioe. The repugnance cf the porpular mind to a large standing army is not so much a matter of Its cost, rrhich is great, as It is In recognition of the fact that the professional eoldler linked In the mind w ith syst-, m.s of government foreign to the American id-al. The pcoplß know, lilstorlcally, that tho building up of a large class of professional soldiery ha always been followed by a peries of oppressions at home and a likllhood of wars with other nations. The whole trend of thought Is toward the elimination of the standing army and supplanting It with other forces of defense. mil- soi purpose of an army, in this republic, is that of defense. We are not interested In attack on weakt-r nations or the forcibly taking of other lands. Nation bullded upon the theory' of empire have a far different use for their armies than has America and to their theory' such armies are essential and necc ssary. Thi3 country -welcomes the thought of any plan which will make every" citizen better able to defend his flag In the event of attack. It has approved the Plattsburg Idea of training men In the arts of warfare but It has never applauded any effort to make of Its citizens simply soldiers. The people are Jealous of their Ideals and their traditions. There is no hostility to the "services"' but there Ls a real hostility to any program whioh contemplates a professional military class in this country. o A NATION'S RESOLUTION. If there Ls any one pledge that the American people as a whole should take at this time, It Is that no subterfuge be permitted to Bhelvo the passing of a law for the soldiers' adjusted compensation. An honest nation oucht to pay Its debts, and If there be any debt that this country oww, It i to the men who preserved It against attack. The obligntion Is as plain as though It "were evidenced by Liberty Honds nnd be it remembered that these men were the only security of all the bonds that were issued at the time they were written. Had it not beer for those men, these bonds, now In the possession of those who purchased them, would be worthless, and in the place of paying Interest upon tnem to the holders, the nation would be paying taxes, perhaps in German marks, on indemnities. Because of its insistence upon the passage of this bill and its- work in keeping alive the spirit which prompted It.s men, the nation owes a large debt to the American lcglon. It Is fortunate that congress authorized the formation of an organization which should perpetuate the spirit which the men who went into uniforms carried with them to camp and battle field. That was a spirit of service and of devotion to the nation, too fine a thing to 1a lost through freparntlon in civil life or dissipated through lack of organization. The wisdom of congress In giving sanction justified more and more nt the spirit which moved these men to call each other "buddy" is being perpetuated and continued. The taVrf which It attempted In civil lifo was a heroic one. It tried and has notably succeeded in .aiding all th? men who took up the uniform in the hard road to readjustment. "When some fell into paths of mlofortune, it has been there to aid and help. When othors found the competition for work difficult. It has sought for employment. It has stood, firmly and always for justice to all ex-service, men nnd has made it. appeal to a fierce of Justlco on the part of tho people. Without Its work. It. Is quite probable that the plea that the country Is too poor to pay the men who saved it would rueeeed. TUit tho people know better. They arc realizing that a deep Injustice has been done between those who were called to serve and thoe who remained at home. The word "bonus," repugnant because ot Its Inaccuracy, !s disappearing and the money which will be given to these men will be raid as a debt nnd a just debt. Whatever ei? happen- at Washington in the year pome law which puts, the country on a selfr spotting basLs must be passed. o It i-? easy to find fault because n"hoiy wants it. o OtfeerEdJtorsTIianOtsrs

DITr.S SlIOVM PICK Tili: ltlKHT COCNTKll is. (Kansas City Times.) Iiu-ei.e V. Iebs plans to tour tho world, speaking acainst war. That's tine, if he pj.ks hlr countries with discretion. The trouble before was tli.it be wu-s electioneering the United States a-cainst war when It was Germany that needed his services. There was no danger of this country undertaking nr4 aggressive war. Cut Germany was specializing in j::t tb.at. Wlv n the po'icc are called out to suppro a ar.iJ. it'.- tho gang that r.?e.ds to bo labored with, not the po'dco. if Mr. poKs will devote himself to talmiiin' down the war loving countries he will b- mcag'd in a worthy mission, although he miy not get anywhere. WASTKP. (Toledo evs-Ik) The new Japanese yearly budget Appropriates the equivalent of J323.000.CÖO for army and navySchools pet $25.500.000. K'.even times as much for war preparations as for education! The person who does rot see the fallacy of that In a 14-carrct idiot. And people are beginning to seel I'eople, of all nations, of all races, are coming out of their trance. The super-hypnotist. War, Is far frcm dead. Hut hl ultimate extinction Is inevitable. ILajad writing 1ä on the well.

If ShakespeareWrote for Broadway By James J. Montague.

The I'aleony Scene from Homeo ar.d Juliet: (A yard before Papuiefe hou ."". Haleo-y above library window. Thcr" is a tound of an e.xpnHive motor off ?tag. You can tell it la expensive from tb.e hum of tho exhaust. If that's do sn't ccnvlnee you the fact that it is in this sumptuous neighborhood ought to. Take o-.e look at the house and you will ! unibe to Imagine a Ulvvtr within a blork of it. The hum of the exhaust cea.-es. and Iiorneo enters.) Komeo He Jests at draw who never lo.-. a stack. (Thi3 is a technical Joke. It will not hi lot un those who play the rational game.) Juliet appears on the balcony. Juliet (apparently to the moon) Good looking chap, but a fas: worker. !ien nowadays th-y usually wait to b Introduced before kissing you. (She lights a cigaret.) Ttomeo Hello! there Mis-s er 1 say I don't s"em to remember your nana. Juliet Aren't you getting a little fu.y? That didn't srem to deter you from acting a little cf tho cave man at the party tonight. Itomeo Vw i I was a little, carried away. You never can toll what that bootleg stuff Is going to do to you. Julb-t (offended) Oh, so that was it! Well, you'd better run along homo ,iV., your coop clear. When

I wart to b woot-d by wood alcohol'

I'll spend a few aiinutc in dad's wire closet. Itomeo Don't get yore now, kid. Honrstly, I think you're u howl. I'd he crazy about you if I was old man Volstead himself. Tell me your name please lo. Juliet It's a name you won't care for. Itomeo Furo I will. I'll Inscribe it on th tablet. of my heart (aside Golly. I'm glad that fellow U0J me to read one of those Harold Cell Wright novels. A guy certainly gets a lot of smooth stuff out of them. Juliet Very well my name l& Capulet. Juliet Annabel Capulet. Itomeo (starting) (We do not mean starting his motor. They always "start" when they are surprised In plays and novels. And we are Just as good at starting them as tho next fellow. After his start, Itomeo continues): The deuce you say. Juliet (lighting another cigaret) Evidently your imbibing affected your hearing. I do not recall that 1 said anything of tho sort. Iiorneo Cut f ay your name can't be Capulet. Juliet Have It your own way. Suppose you tell me what it can bo. Itomeo Cut that would make you Old Man Capulet's daughter. There's only one family by that name In the telephone book.

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what the oll n.a:i w'of. 1 do if he know I was out hero whimpering soft nothings to you? Juliet He'd probally have you locked up. lie is high tempered at time.. Iiorneo ITe'd do wors- than that. My Dad aril he are flehtir.g right now for the control of Consolidated Tickles, and each one of tb.em b.a hired a sjuad of She r locks to watvh the other one- They like each other as II. G. Wells liked Premier Br: and. Juliet Look at here, lad, you don't mean to tell u:e that you are cne ot these despicable, scoundrelly Montagues. Iiorneo That's me, thanking you for the honor you do my patronimic. Juliet Listen You'd better walk right out of this yard. Father has trained the Celgian po'ice dog to bite eve-rybody that even looks like a Montague. P.omco - All right I'll go, on one condition. Juliet As for Instance Iiorneo That you go along. Juliet Aren't you just a trille precipitate? Jlomeo Well, you see, I'm sort ol fond of you. I've kno.vn you for two or three hours row ami we've boon getting along fine. Julitt Cut I haven't got any clothf-f. Itomeo Nat a bad rig you're wearing. Juliet Oh! this llttl? old rag! Won't do at all- Of course I've a couple of trunks full of last weeks things, but there isn't a going away dres.s among them, cad as for a trousseau. Iiorneo That can wait. T;Kre' plenty of dressmakers on the line de la Paix, and your old man hasn't yet succeeded in getting away with all the Montague cash although heaven knows he' tried hard enough. Juliet Give mo a match. (P.omeo tosses up a cigar store card ol matches, and she lights another cigaret.) Romeo -Well, how about It? Juliet Do you suppose there are any ministers who work nights? Itomeo Lots of 'em all denomination.. Most hard working and conscientious- of the working classes, parsons are. Juliet Very well. It me get a few toilet requisites and a traveling bag. You can be calling in the taxi. Itomeo Never mind the taxi. I've got the wagon here. Hurry, won't you? Juliet I'll be right down. (Curtain.) (Copyright. 1022.)

vnin glory. put the "cockadoodl (1 os" rf th- Bachelor art a wcsrli. s.s to the oars. Thon, blv-ej bo the Steam-roller f Matrimony, whieh turmth foil lr.'.o wisdom, egotism ln'o nv. bsty. srlnsf rs Into wio women. r.nd 1 lchelors .nto human hires' And. bie:vd be the huban Is and wives and -vidows and wi. lowers, an I rd! those who have been humanized by the alcheny of marrlasr, vm even unto the muh-divorced! For. without them, the journey cf Life wo al l be as a ride In a second-hind diva or over a detour revered with broken glas-! (Copyright. 1921.)

JAPANESE "TIRED" OF SIBERIAN MESS

ling to a.o it flat, to ptrur!" jtbr- -;h a b ir 1 v infer .as t .-. It leouil w It!. out thm. Tb.oe rr-obj-i tl r.s were j r r. I to the confer- , r.eo tb r. xt tay, an 1 gravely r-

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::".; ! r rf agent. a j. art of that d v - c ri f r r r " e . - ? . u i i . u o . S.j.'o th n tb or.ly r.ows has ! C t t. -'' ' rJr i 5'.:!', deadlockjod. frrn cf t: rrreerr.-.!; r-.ay e. ..o out of th- I,i!r"n affair. ! :t ! - T-. t Nlivf I hTfl that it will inv"'-.o f..rt:..a. im r,r.iticn y J i par. of tb-- C'nita governmentWhile pr f l!y r-i'l :bhevi;:. 1 Ch.ra 1 To under the ; wing f M ov. ard It Is Fall In i Tokio tl -t !.- t tb- ; a-t r f Jap-is' ' p:rp. - sn s:f:t.g. - n l;d at ViV i la-live-''. ' .- n 1 bar F'frn Sibe.-'a ; ! to ri-.. ',.- . 'f .-, - y p. spread cf il" lshevi-:a to t!a shores of Nippon.

Reflections of a Bachelor Girl The man who boasts of his devotion to a rich Rnd beautiful wife may ho making a virtue of necessity; but when he boasts of pbaving golf for bis HEALTH, he is making a virtue of a luxury.

The hardest feat of a married man's life is to listen to his wife's conversation, and preserve that "interested" lok with one eye while he concentrates the other on the sporting column.

"Mid-VIrtorhin:" anybody, who has always respected the marriage laws, never gotten around the divorce law--, never Ignered the prohibition laws, and nver broken the speed lawt.

So naive Is woman's vanity, that the Devil, hims- lf, could find one to call hiia "Angel Coy," merely by telling her that he needed "a lovely woman's elevating influence" to iavo him from himself.

As a Widow Says

"By Jove!" exclaimed the Bach-' elor. with a low whistle, as he handed the evening newspaper to the Widow, "the young Preseotts are suing each other for divorce! What on earth is the reason?" The Widow lifted her Jewelled lorgnette and scanned the headlines above the fresh morsel of gossip. "Oh," she hazarded nonchalantly, lotting the newspaper slip to the floor, "I supposo he didn't Ilk the color of her hair "What?" "Or she didn't like his collars. Or cne of them wanted the windows open all the time and the other on 3 wanted them closed all the time or ono liked grand opera and the other r-referred Charlie Chaplin or something like that." "But." protested the Bachelor mildly, "aren't those rather slight reasons for taking the long, tiresome trip to Ueno ami missing the season In New York or Florida?" The Widow shrugged her white shoulders and waved her black ostrich fan languidly. "Not any slighter," she replied, "than the reasons for which they probably married. No doubt he married her because he DID like- the color of her hair, or the dimple at the corner of her mouth, or tho way her eyes twinkled when she laughed, or the way she poured tea; and doubtless she married him bcai:.se she liked the cleft in his chin, and the way his clothes fitted, or Just because some other girl liked him. Why are people always hunting for the cause and cure for divorce, anyway? That's simply locking the door alter tb.e horse is out of the --table. "What they should concentrate on Is the cati.-e and cure for fool marriages! What they should hunt l'or and wop oviT i.s the foolish reasons for which most people take, the most vital step in life!" "Make 'em fill out a pre-matrl-monial questionnaire?" suggested the Bachelor. "Certainly," agreed the Widow, her blue eyes sparkling In the firelight. "And if a man couldn't give a valid and intelligent reason w hy he wanted to spend hi3 whole life with a certain woman, and she couldn't gi.o a convincing and sane reason why she was yearning to exchange the attentions and flatteries of a lot of men for the inattention and criticism of ju-d one, they should be refused a license. Whereas, all that the clerk of tb.e marriage bureau

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of us fib about that!" "And all that the clergyman asks," added the Bachelor, "is IF you will take each other, not WHY you will take each other." "And all that your parent ask Is 'Can he support you?' or 'Can she cook ?' " "And all that your friends ask," grinned the Bachelor, "is, 'What on earth can they see in each other?'" "And all that the world asks," finished the Widow, "is. Will they keep a car and a cook and a cellar, and are they worth taking up?' There are too many laws," she continued, "designed to keop us IN the bonds of matrimony, and not a single one to keep us OUT, when we are not lit nor ready, nor entitled to enter them. Why, a burglar can call a clergyman right down to the jail and marry a little murderette, while they're waiting for trials, if he wants to!" "No!" protested the Bachelor. "It's been done!" declared the Widow. "AXYbODY is supposed to be good enough and wise enough and capable enough to get married! But, if you want a divorce, you've got to prove that you are entitled to it. and worthy of it, and can afford it and all that. You've got to give a sane REASON for it!" "Oh yes, I suppose so," and the Widow regarded the tins of her silver slippers on the fender, meditatively. "You have to call it 'brutality' when perhaps it's only that you can't stand tb.e way he whistles when he's in the bath-tub; and jou have to call it' desertion,' when perhaps it's only that you can't stand the brand of her perfume and her lipstick. But you've got to GIVE a reason, whether you have one or not!" "Ah well!" and the Bachelor puffed his chrar lazily, "haven't you always a reason for divorce If you can only think what it is?" "Of course," acquiesced the TVidow, "but you can go ahead and marry, oven when you CAN'T think what your reason is." "Which is why most of us never think of marrying, until we've lost our reason!" concluded the Bachelor with a grin. But the Widow only lifted her eyebroks. "That remark," she said witheringly, "w ould be 'reasonable grounds' for divorce in some states. Thank heaven, here comes th-i coffee!" (Copright, 1921.)

What a'o the greatest Amnrian institution? Ask a boy of ln. and h"'I! say ' Pio and the Movie.-,"; ask ! im nt 20, and. he'll answer "Baseball and the Loco-match"; ask him r.t 4 0, and he'll say "Florida-golf and rteno-divorce."

A man never confesses any sin of importance to a woman until ho Is either dead tired of it or dead certain that she will find it out.

Perhaps, the happiest people are those who were "mated In heaven," but just managed to escape meeting each other here on earth.

"The Amazing Interlude": That period of temporary peace which sometimes exists between a prima donna and her latest husband.

Military Authorities Feel That Land of Snow is Vliite Klephant." TOKIO, (By Mail). Tb. Japan's soldi.-rs In Liberia wart to come homo. They're not in love with the beautiful snow. The poorb want 'em to come home t o. beoau-o the taxpayers hive, be n toll that from JCö.cHn.ena to J 3eöAn. might be reduced from tb.o nt budget if tb.e cost of the Siberian rxp"dition could 1-e eliminated. There aro rvilenccs, some think, that tb.o military authorities themselves are coming to regard tho Siberian affair as a white elephant on their hands, and tb.at they'd like to unload. Information from a source very close to the lafe Premier Hara is tb.at just before his assassination ho was considering plans to ffect soon a withdrawal of th Japanese " Siberian icrct. Thi? informant says Hara had gaug-d the i-i:ua'b.n in all its aspects and bad deliberately concluded that even if the milltar.sts

opposed him which ho w as not certain would bo the case, he c-u!d go to the mat with them and win. That, however, is merely a matter of speculation now. No definite movement is under way for F.herian withdrawal r.nd there pooms to be r.o prospect of any for tb.e piesent. The severe Siberian winter is setting in, and the general opinion is that it would he ery di'fb-ult to g- t cut before spring, because of weather handicaps. CYuifcronco Poadhx kfM. Meanwhile the deadlocked conferences at Dairen continue between Japan and tb.e Far Lastern U-pub!ic. The deh-gatf of the Far La -tern Ib -pu'die. which lias if tophal at ("hit. a. and which, t heor t it aily, ,i nonl'ib!ii5t buffer stab' bfw..n Japan ar.d the rest of Siberia ri Kussia. have insisted upon a sp i::e Japanese agreement for troop withdrawals. Japan declines any agreement other than to withdraw when convinced the Far Kastern Iiepublio can maintain law and order and protect lives and property in the territory it claims to control. There is a rather general disappointment In the fbilren conference. In fact the Japanese and Russian newspapermen covering it got so disgusted not long ago that they met in solemn convention and unanimously passed resolutions that Unless the conference perked up, they were go-

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MAINE GOVERNOR IS AGAINST U. S. HAND PORTLAND, Me., Dec. 31. Government Interference Is threatening the independence of Individual states and encroaching upon state rights, Gov. Percivai Baxter declared in an address h "-re. "Gradually the federal government is reaching out and getting its grasp on the states' activities," said the governor. "It docs this by doling out considerable sums of money on condition that plans approved by the federal government are adopted. Gradually it has been encroaching on our school department and thosa departments having to do with roads, hexlth, forestry and fisheries. "It Is strange that the question of state rights, the rock on which the country split 00 years ago, adopted then in the south, is taken up now in tho north. Very few persons realize that gradually the federal government is going to invade mo t ef tb.o state dejiartments and take aw.'iy their independent e."

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