HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-7-3, Page 3GERMANY IS BOUND BY STRICT TI RM
Nlilrhl lal y of ProviSi els; ox Peflee Teeat:y^-Sttpul:latior<ls A rt'eed to
13y' Gerillitlny Strip L'eU50118 0f the i,'OWee to
aoF4hi hate the Woxtd.
Under the treaty of Versailles,
which the Teutons have signed, Ger-
many restores Alsace-Lorraine to
Preface,
Accepts the inteenatlanalism of the
Sarre basin for. fifteen years and of
-Danzig permanently, The' people of
the Sarre basin. are to deckle by pleb -
Nolte, by district, whether they wish
' -to be ruled by Germany, Preece, or
the Neve of nations.
Reeognizes the' full sovereignty of
Belgium oyer neutral Moresnet and
cedes to 130gium; Prussian Movesnet
and the districts of Euece and Mal;-
meds.
Cedes a small strip of upper Silesia
'to Czeclro-Slovaleia, Cedes the rest of
'upper Silesia to Poland.
Cedes to the prinelpal allied and
• •assoeiai;od• powers the district of
'Meme]
Cedes to Poland without plebiscite)
most of Posen and portions of West'
Prussia and Pomerania, west of the
Vistula, and of West Prussia, .east of
the Vistelti. Parts of East Prussia
are to decide by vote whether they
'wish to belong to Prussia or Poland,
.Agrees to the creation of zones in
'Schleswig; in which the inhabitants
are to decide; by districts, whether
they .are to belong to Prussia or Den-
-I -nark.
Recognizes the independence of
Austria find agrees that this inde-
pendence shall he inalienable, except
'with` the consent of the council of
•the league of nations,
Renounces:all territorial and politi-
'cai rights outside Europe as to her
own or her allies' territories, and
especially to Morocco, Egypt, Siam,
'Liberia and Shantung,
Reduces her army within, three
menthe to 200,000 meneeswith reduc-
tions, deter'Inined by the,Alhes,-every
three months thereafter, reaching a
minimum of 100,000 by Nar'eh 31,
1920, •
Abelislres conscription within her
territories,
Agrees to dismantle all forts fifty
kilometers (thirty miles) east of the
Rhine *ithin six menthe,
Mout stop all importation, ospo'rta,
tion and nearly all production of war
materia]
Agrees to allied oecupation of parts
of Germany'tfor fifteen years, or until
reparation is made.
Reduces her navy to six battleships,
six iight cruisers, twelve destroyers
anti twelve torpedo boats, without
submarines, and a personnel . of not
over 15,000.
. Must surrender or destroy all
other' vessels,
' Is forbidden to build forts control-
ling the Baltic.
Must demolish the fortifications of
Heligoland, The fishing harbor le not
to be destroyed.
Must open the Kiel Canal to mer-
chant and War vessels of all nations
at peace with her and surrender her
fourteen submarine cables.'
May have no military or naval air
forces except 100 unarmed seaplanes
until October 1, to detect mines, and
may not manufacture or inl'port avia-
tion material for six months. -
Accepts full responsibility for all
'lamages caused to the allied and as-
sociated governments end nationals,
Agrees specifically to reimburse all
civilian damages, beginning with an
initial payment of 20,000,000,000
marks
Tidings From Scotland
A. shark measuring about twelve
feetha's been washed ashore at Sole -
burn, Stranraer.
Breehin penny a week collections
in aid of the Red ' Cross Funds
:amounted to £704.
During the thi'ee.months of esliing,
£60,000 worth of fish were marketed
-[ram the Kyles of Bute.
Alexander F. Debts, solicitor, . of
Dannon, has been appointed deputy
procurator fiscal for Argyllshire.
'Crammnd- House, which has boon
used as an auxiliary hospital since
November, 1014, -has been closed,
Mr. rend Mrs. William Waterson, 33
East Abbey Street, .Arbroath, have
celebrated their golden wedding.
Rev. Thomas Grainger•,' minister
•emeritus of Coupar Angus South `U,F.
Church, died recently at. Sterling.
A cross has been erected on the vil-
lage green at Ar•de.r to the memory of
the local men who have fallen in• the
war,
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut. Norman Hunker, R.F.A„
son of Robert Hunter, solicitor, Perth,
A captured German machine gun
has been given as a permanent gift to
the Parish Conned of Glenorchy and
InisltaIl.
The Military Cross has been award-
ed to Lieut. J. C. H. Mathnuns, son of
Rev, Walter J. Matharns, The Manse,
Malang,
The. Canipbelltown Savings Bank
which has just celebrated its diamond
jubilee, has £47,526 to the credit of
depositors.
The death is announced at hillside,
hilum, of Alexander Baird, ex -provost
and member of the School Board for
several years.
Captain J. C. T. Teggart, and Lieut.
F. W, S. Teggart, twin sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Teggart, Lacrosse Terrace, Glas-
gow, wore both killed in action,
If you are dissatisfied with your
farm get a real estate man to adver-
tise it fur sale. Then read the adver-
tisement; it may make you better
satisfied.
'BRITISFIER OFFERS $600,000
• TO HELP HIS COUNTRY
A despatch from London says:—
When
ays:When an individual comes forward
and volunteers to surrender to his
country's needs $600,000 the circiem
stances would be a noteworthy' inci-
dent in any part of the world.
Such a man has been revealed in
o. letter to The Times, "F. 0, T." say-
ing; "I have decided to purchase that
amount of the new war loan and
present it to the Government for
cancellation, Can the nation be made
to understand the gravity of tha fin-
ancial situation, that the love of
country is, better than the love of
money? By example the wealthy
classes now have the opportunity for
service which can never recur. They,
know the danger of the present debt.
They know the weight of it in years
to come,"
While there has not been a wild
rush of other %wealthy men with free-
will offerings, a number have come
forward quietly and anonymously,
and taken large blocks of the new
Victory Loan. This new movement
proves the existence in Great Britain
of another high form of patriotism:
QUICK REPATRIATION
OF CANADIAN
ARMY
A despatch from London says:—
It has been officially stated in the
House of Commons that by the 30th
of June 82.2 per cent, of the Can-
adian army will have been repatriat-
ed. The American army is not being
repatriated quicker than the Can-
adian. -
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A PLAIN TRUTH.
A man may patronize the mail order houses for years—may send them In that time hundreds of dollars—
and at the same time they wouldn't accommodate him for a two -cent stamp.' This is the plain, unva'nished truth,
If you think otherwise try it for yourself and see. These out-of,town houses do not know YOU—do not CARE to
know you—are not interested in you in any way—only in the money you -send them. Spend your money with.our
own townsmen, who know you for what you really are, who appreciate your worth, your business, your assist-
ance in building up home interests.
From Erin's Green Isle
William Corbett, a *ell -know s
philanthropist, is reported dead at his
home, 113 Crumlin Road, Belfast,
His Majesty the King of Italy has
conferred 'the Military Order of Savoy
on Lieut -General the Earl of Cavan.
At the farewell meeting of the wo-
men's branch et the Royal Dublin
Fusiliers, Gerenal Fry distributed
badges.
District Inspector Townsend was
seriously injured when struck by a
motor car when stepping off a tram
car at Belfast.
The death is announced at Knocicat-
rina, Queen's County, et Robt. Thomas,
eighth Viscount Ashbrook, in his 83rd
year.
The death has taken place at Coop-
or's Hill, Queen's County, of 'William
Augustus Moore, M,A„ 1-.P;, at the'age
ADMIRAL SUNK THE FLEET of 83.
ON HIS OWN INITIATIVE The late Mrs, Hogan, of Dorset, left
£260 each to the Society of Irish
A despatch from London says:— Church Missions and the Irish Society
Reuter's learns that the authorities of_Dublin. ,.
are communicating with Paris re-, The Urban Council of Newcastle,
garding action to be taken against County .17owntjsas decided to devote
Admiral von Reuter, who, with the the proceeds oY a penny rate to ad -
officers and men of the German•.ffleet vertising the town.
is interned. It is confirmed that the The death took place recently at
Admiralty has learned that the Sandymount of Michael O'Sullivan, as -
scuttling of the fleet was entirely the sistant secretary of the Local Govern.
work of the German admiral, and leant Board.
was not carried out as a result of The Military Medal has beefr'award-
instructions from Berlin. ed to Sergt. Christopher Tisdale, son
—a- i of Mr. and 'Sirs. Tisdale, Drumconda,
Houses constructed entirely of salt Dublin.
are a unique feature of some of the The Wicklow Urban Council has
villages in. Russian Poland, fixed the price of best coal, delivered,
at two -pounds fifteen shillings and six-
pence per ton.
The death took place suddenly at
Winstead, Templce Road,, Rathgar, of
Michael Murphy, J.P., Sackville St,
Dublin, merchant.
The workers in connection with the
Spaglnum Moss Depot presented Lady
Cloiiclagh Anson at Lismore Castle
with a Morocco case.
There was a large number of en-
tries at the Dog Show held in the Corn
Exchange, Burgh quay, Dublin, the
last week in May.
Goorge 'Drummond, managing di-
rectot of'Woods, Ltd., Dublin, was pre -
vatted by tha staff with a solid saver
coffee and tea ser'vice.
Major-General William Fry, who has
been appointed Lioutenant•Governor
of the Isle of Man, is a son of the late
Thomas Fry, of Dublin.
An interesting lecture on "Shakes-
peare and Ireland," wastielivered by
Sir Dunbar Plunket Barton at the
Little Theatre, Dublin, recently.
TREATY RECALLS GERMAN TERMS
PREPARED FOR DEFEAT OF ALOES
What Bernstorff. demanded from
France in 1914:—All French colonies,
a big slice Of territory, 310,000,000,000
indemnity, important commercial and
patent advantages for tweuty-five
,years, razing' of all lererrch fortresses,
a "gift" of 3,000,000 rifles, 3,000 can -
nen and 40,000 hones, break-up of En-
tente and twentyflve year alliance
with Germany.
"France," he said, "must be re-
duced, sunk forever, made another
Portugal ,or Turkey, even if wchave
to kill 5,000,000 Frenchmen to do it,"
What Erzberger demanded in 1914:
,r.,�w-Seizure 00 French industries, pos-
4 session of Clsanifel islands, founding
of German empire In Africa, gradual
absorption of all neutral border ea,
Hems, complete annexation of Belgium
and enorniotrs indemnity,
Terms Imposed on Germany in 1019:
—Preliminary indemnity of $5,000,00,-
000, payment for all property damage,
France gets Alsace-Lorraine and the
coal fields of Sarre, with a Sarre ple
bicite in flfteetr years, surrender of all
German collonies, army reduced to.
100,000 men within three years, razing
of all forts along the Rhine and in
Heligoland, no conscription in Ger-
many, no submarines, no military or
naval air force, navy" reduced to a
skeleton and territorial concessions
to Belgium) Poland and Czech%-Slo-
valcia. •
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DEAD SEA AIDS ROAD BUILDING.
Bitumen For Pavements Will Be Ob.
tained From That Region.
Ample quantities of bitumen occur
in the Dead Sea region. It can easily
be gathered and prepared for use in
load malting, and there is the advant-
age that it will be obtainable at much
cheaper rates than those which now
obtain in the Near: East and in Europe.
The material can best be applied by
means of the usual tar-spraylug ma-
chine.
Dead Sea bitumen *ns undoubtedly
used in ancient times. It is evident
that the walls -of the temples and the
palaces of Babylon and Nineveh were
joined with bituminous cements, and
there are bitumen -lined cisterns in
Syria •of great antiquity which are
still water tight and fit for use. A
road surface treated with thio• aephallt
according to modern methods :nay
prove a most satisfactory solution of
a very troublesome problem in the
Near East, where, because of climatic
conditions and the narrow wheels of
vehicles, the macadam road is often
a source of trouble owing to the dust
that arises from it.
lTreaty
Germans C .ai m T e ty
Worthless as Lasting Peace
A despatch from Copenhagen
says:—Tho acceptance pi --the Peace
Treaty has left Berlin, and, indeed;
the whole of Germany with a feeling
of resentment, and, in the words of
the Berlin correspondent of The Ber-
lingske Tidende, "there yawns be-
tween Berlin and Paris a gulf wider
than that which yawned in 1871."
Germany has accepted a peace
which she was not able to reject, but
it is wellto recognize the spirit in
which she accepted it. Perhaps the
best expression of this spirit is found
in Vorwarts, which says:
"This peace, being the product of
.force, is worthless as a real peace,
because the German people will never
believe in it, It is a peace which will
last only so long as the balance of
Powers remain the same as that
which dictated it."
The story is told that once the
Kaiser, now plain William Hellen-
zollern, asked the great Joachim to
teach two of his sons the violin.
Joachim replied: "Your majesty, I
fully appreciate the honor of teach-
ing your sonsbut I am very sorry,
to say that ail my time is so taken
up with talented students that I find
it impossible to accept your majesty's
offer," Ever after that time Joachim
was no longer a favorite with the
Kaiser.
ANCIENT SLINGS.
Weapon in Common Use on This G6n-
t!nent Before David's Time.
Popular sympathy has always been
en the side of David in his little bick-
ering with the giant Goliath. It ought
to be quite the other way, because
there never was a minute when Go-
liath had a chance against an agile
antagonist who could choose his own
position and distance, and who was
equipped With a long-range weapon.
This is a problem which has been
thoroughly worked out by modern
inilltaey men and naval tacticians. A
fight of the kind can have only one
result.
We are accustomed to think of the
sling as an Old World weapon, but
there is no question of the fact that it
was in common use among the natives
of ,Mexico, Central America and Peru
long before -Goliath and David were
born,
A Spanish historian," Bel Castilla, de-
acribiug n battle with Mexican natives,
writes: "As we approached with our
army they shot from above so many
stones that they covered the ground.
They hacl slings and plenty of stones,
and they shot arrows and stones so
fast that they wounded five of our foot
soldiers and two horsemen."
In Peru have been dug up many an-
cient vessels that bear paintings Illus-
trative of combats in which slings
were used.
Xeres, another Spanish historian,
describing the capture of 0 Peruvian
city, says of tine native troops: "In
the van of their army came the sling -
men, who hurled pebbles from slings.
These slingmen carry shields made
from narrow boards, very small. They
also wear armor jackets made of quilt-
ed cotta n,"
Many of the actual slings used by ,
early and even prehistoric Americans l
have been obtained from graves or
otherwise recovered. They are made
of various materials, including human
hair, wool, llama hair and vegetable
fiber. -.
Couldn't Fool Him.
Johnny paid the first visit to a farm
the other day. All his life he had lived
in the heart of a great city and when
ire, suddenly came in sight of a hay-
stack he stopped and gazed earnestly
at what . appealed 'to hien as a new
brand of architecture.
"Say, Ml'. Smith," he remarked to
the farmer, pointing to the haystack,
"why don't they have doors and win-
dows in it?"
"Doors and windows!" sinned the
farmer. "That ain't a house, Johnny,
that's hay:"
"Don't try to josh me, Mr, Smith!"
was the scornfull rejoinder. "Don't
you suppose I know that hay•don't
grow in lumps like that!"
Markets of the World
Bread ufle,
Tar'onto, Jure $0.—Nan, Wheelie.
No, 1 Northern, $2.2414; No, 2 North
ern, $2,213/s; No, .$ Northern, $2,171/1'
Na, 44 wheat, 32,111f1, in store here
William,
Manitoba oats. No, 2 OW, 77140;
eeta No, 1 feed 7514c; No. 1 feed,
73%e No. 3 feed, 69e, in store Fort
William,
Manitoba bao'ley-No, 3 CW,
e1,281/s; No, 4 OW, 31,28x,, in store
Fort William,
American corn—Nominal,
Ontario oats -=-No, 8 white, 77 to
80e, =cowling to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No, 1 Winter, per
ear lot, 32,14 to 32.20. No, 2 'clo, 32:11
to 32.10; No. 8 do, 32,07 to $2,15 fa.
b. shipping points, according to
freights.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 Spring, 32,09
to, $2,17; Noef2 do, 32,06 to 32.14; No.
3 do, 32,02 to $2.70, f,o.b„ shipping
Points according to freights,
Peas—No, 2, nominal,
Barley—Malting, 31,19 to 31.23,
nominal
Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal,
Rye --.No, 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour—Government stan-
dard, $11, Toronto.
Ontario Hour—Government stan-
dard, 310.50 to 310,75, in jute bags,
Toronto and Montreal, prompt .ship-
ment.'
Millfeed—Car lots, delivered Mon -
$real 40 tof342 per ton; shortbags s, 342 to 34ded: 4
per ton; good feed flour, 32.90 per
bog.
Hay—No, 1, $20 to 323 Per ton;
mixed 318 to 319 per ton, track, To-
ronto.
Straw—Car lots, 310 to 311 per
ton, track, Toronto,
Country Produce—Wholesale.
Butter—Dairy, tubs and rolls, 36
to 38c; prints, 38 to 40c. Creamery,
fresh made, solids, 47 to 48c; prints,
48 to 490.
Eggs—',4w laid, 35 to 36e.
Dressed poultry—S ring• chickens,
60e; roosters, 25c; fowl,- 32 to 35c;
ducklings, 320; turkeys; '35 to 40c;
squabs, doz., $6.00.
Live poultry—Spring .chickens, 45c;
roosters, 22c; fowl, 26 to 30e; duckl-
ings, lb., 35c; turkeys, 300.
Wholesalers are selling to the re-
tail trade at the following prices:
Cheese—New, large; 32 to 32%c;
,twins, 32% to 33e; triplets, 33 to
333/ze; Stilton, 33 to 34c.
-.Ater—Fresh dairy, choice, 44 to
64, 1 Oseamery prints, 52 to 51c.
„-_-': 36 to 38c.
Ec,ggs—New laid, 44 to 45c; new
laid hi cartons, 47 to 480.
Live poultry—Spring chickens, 60
to S5c; fowl, 33 to 35c.
Dressed' poultry—,Spring chickens,
GOc; roosters, 28 to 30e; fowl, 37 to
38c; turkeys, 40 to 450; ducklings, Ib.,
40 to 45c; squabs, doz., 37; geese, 28
to 30c.
Potatoes—Ontario, f.o.b. track To-
ronto,- car lots, 31.75; on track out-
side, $1.65.
Beans—Canadian, hand-pick, .bas.,
$4.25 to 34,50; primes, 33 to 33,25;
imported hand-picked Burma or In-
dian, $3; Limas, 120.
Honey—Extracted clover: 5 lb. tin,
25 to 26c lb; 10 lb. tins 243/ to 25c;
60 lb. tins, 24 to 25c; Bnclewheat, 60
lb. tin 19 to 20c. Comb: 10 -oz., 34.50
to 35 doz.; 10 -oz., 33.50 to 34 dozen,
Maple products—Syrup, per im-
perial gallon, 32.45 to $2.50; per 5
imperial gals., $2.35 to 32,40; sugar,
Ib., 27c.
- Provisions—Wholesale-
'Smoked meats—Hams, med., 47 to
48c; do„heavy, 40 to 42c; cooked, 62
to 64e; rolls, 36 to 36c; breakfast
bacon, 48 to 52c; backs, plain, 50 to
51c; boneless, 66 to 68c; clear bellies,
33 to 350,
Cured meats—Long clear bacon, 32
to 33c; clear bellies, 31 to 32c.
. Lard—Pure tierces, 36 to 352,i.,c;
tubs, 86% to 37c; pails, Hee to 3714;
prints, 37% to 38c. Compound tierces,
31% to 32c; tubs, 32 to 321/%c; pails,
3214 to 823'1c; ,prints, 33 to 33eefrc.
Montreal Markets.
Montreal, June 30.—Oats, extra
Nb. 1 feed, 87%c, Flour, new standard.
grade, 311 to 311.10. Rolled oats,
bag 90 lbs., $4.25 to 34.40. Bran, 342.
Shorts, $44. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car
lots, $33. Cheese, finest easterns, 29
to 31e. Butter, choicest creamery, 53
to 54c. Eggs, selected, 52c; No. 1
stock, 48c; No. 2 stook, 44 to 45c. Po-
tatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.25 to
$1,40. Dressed' hogs abattoir killed,
$31 to 331.50. Lard, pure, wood pails,
20 lbs. net, 38 to 381c.
.Live Stock Market;.
Toronto, June 30.—Choice heavy
steers, $14 to, $15; good heavy, steers,
313.50 to 313.75; butchers'' cattle,
choice, 313.25 to 313.50; do, good,
312.25 to 312,75; do, med., 311.50 to
311.75; do, coni., $9.76 to 310.25;
bulls, choice, 311.25 to $11.'75; de.,
med., 310.25 to 310.75; do, rough, $8
to $8.25; bntehers' cows, choice, $11.25
to $12; do, good, 310.50 to $10.76;
do., med.. $9.25 to 39.75; do, come
$7,50 to $8; stockers, $8.75 to $11.75;
feeders, 312.50 to 313; canners and
cutters, 34,50 to $6.25; milkers, good
to choice, $90 to $140; do, corn. and
med'., $65 to 375; springers, $90 to
$160; light ewes, 310 to $11; year-
lings, 312.50 to 314; spring lambs, per
cwt., $20 to 321; calves, good to
choice, 317.60 to 319.30; I•Iogs, fed
and watered, 323; do, weighed off
care, 323,25; do, f.o.b., $22.
Montreal, June 30,—Choice steers,
$12.50 to $13.50; good quality, $10 to
12; inferior grade, $7,50; choice
bulls and cones, 311 to 312; poorer
quality, 36 to $7; milk -fed calves, 38
to 312 per 100 pounds; hogs, $22.50
to M.
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REJOICE AT LIBERTY
PROBLEM QF THEIR GOVERN-
MENT DIFFICULT FOR ALLII;z,
No Longer Simpic•MInded Savages But
-Have Acquired Vloee of Per -
num Civilization,
Among' the many Peoples whose
prospects for the future have been en-
tirely changed by the world war stand
the nativoe of the leveler Gerena:n
colonies in Africa and the South Sea
Islands, The story of the barbarity
0tef ntaeepIfenerd adcuorlianrgrlerhl' ohslahsotePr ou
years,
and has ehawn that the treat-
ment 00 the Belgians was not a sud-
den outbut'et of passion, but was
characteristic of a scientifically devel-
oped syetem of atrocities practiced on
the black subjects of the imperial gov-
ernment.
Plow Germany tt'eatetl the natives is
a !tor';: which is now as familial' as it
is tragic. The details of the atroci-
ties committed there, revolting to the
point of nauseation, wore aired in the
Reichstag before the war by the Social
Democrats, and have been told during
the last few years by Allies who havo
learned of German barbarities from
the natives who have survived the
wholesale slaughter common there. It
was not the cruelty of a few unscrupul-
ous leaders in the case of the Ger-
mane, but the policy of the govern-
ment aria the complete failure to un-
derstand how to successfully manage
human beings which lay at the root of
the failure in colonization.
German Officlsl Policy.
The official policy to be carried on
in Attica and the South Sea Islands
was announced in the Koloniale Zeits-
chrift in the early days of German ex-
pansion, after the acquisition of one
of the colonies: "We have acquired
this colony,' it was written, "not for
the evangelization of the blacks, not
primarily for their well-being, but for
us whites. Whosoever hinders our
objects we must put of the way."
"Put of the way," a translation of
the]' own phrase, aptly describes what
they did. They "put them out of the
way" by wholesale massacres, in puni-
tive expeditious against virtually un-
armed natives. in which• they would
kill 75,000 men, women and children,
as in the Majtmaji rebellion; as in the
case of the Hereros, who were driven
by thousands into the Iiailahari De-
sert and left to die of thirst; by abase
of power, which gave to Dr. Karl
Peters, "protector" of the Laud of the
Tana, the nickname Mkouo-wa-damn,
"the man with the blood-stained
hands"; by systematic slaughter which
reduced the lIereros of German South-
west Africa from 80,000 to 15,180, the
Hottentots from 20,Q00 to 9,781 and
the Bushmen from 30,000 to 12,831,
They "pat out of the way" their cap-
tives, by making them virtually slaves
through a eyfitem Ot enforced work,
and by allowing the owners to flog
them to death and otherwise kill them
for minor offences. They "put them
ont of(the way" by failing to make al-
lowance for the natives' lack of de-
velopment in their system of so-called
justice by enforcing the laws which
aro common in a highly developed
civilization and then increasing the
punishment out of all proportion to
the crime, by such ancient forms of
torture as branding with hot irons,
flogging with the siambok, starvation,
heavy shackles, and hanging by the
thumbs. They "put them out of the
way" by taking the, men away from
'their home comnmufties for forced
labor, and thus decreasing the birth
rate. They "put them out of the way"
by driving them in throngs into miser-
able, dirty, unventilated; vermin -in -
tested huts to sleep, where`they met
death from many diseases.
Problem For World Statesmen.
It is little wonder that the people
are rejoicing at their liberation from
German tyranny. Yet the problem
confronthtg the government which
now takes charge of them Is a difficult
one. No longer are they the simple-
minded savages who loved to deck
themselves for their ceremonial
dances. They have been cowed ants
hardened by their treatment at the
hand cif the Hun. They have learned
to Irate and to fear with a new itrten-
sity, They have been taught few of
the "Christian virtues," and many 0f
the vices of a material civilization.
German science has overcome some
of the native diseases, but others have
been introduced. The savage in his
Primitive stage may have been un-
moral; the German has taught him to
be immoral. Once rich in the posses-
sion of land, cattle and horses, and
free to live the lazy and- comfortable
Ilio of the trollies, he is now bereft of
property and of personal freedom. •
Twenty Years Ago.
Operations were rare.
Nobody swatted the fly.
Nobody had seen a silo,
Nobody had..;appondicitis.
Nobody worn white shoes.
Nobody sprayed orchards.
Cream was five cents a pint.
Most young men had "livery bills,"
Cantaloupes were muskmelons.
You never heard of a "tin Lizzie,"
Doctors wanted to se0,yotn' tongue.
MMiilit shake was a favorite drink,
Advertisers did not tell the truth.
Nobody cared for the price of gaso-
line.
Farmers came to town for their
mail, '
The hh'ed girl drew one -fifty a week.
The butcher "threw in" a ohunk of
liver,
Folks said pneumatic tiros -were a
joke,
Nobody "listened in" on a telephone.
Str'awsteeks were burned instead et
baled,
Publishing a country neivspaor
was not a business.
People..thought English sparrows
wove bit ds,
Julee Vorno Was the Only convert to
the submarine,
Haricot boas is another name for
string been.
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