The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-07-18
But See Hope for Us as
a. Nation in Our
Farmers.


iof Morocco last year. This speech.
which was made at a yacht regreita
banquet at Hamburg ana was large
~ addressed to Hamburg merchants
containing a pointed reference to the
Agadir incident The passage in
Question was as follows: "As you all
know. gentlemen, the flag must wave
in honor and it must not be reck-
lessly spread 10 the breezes or hoist
ed where we are ont sure that we
can defend It. You will understand
why / have practlced seh-restraint in
spreading the German flag at places
where many persons perhaps long
TO see 1t floating. ! was governed by
an old Hahsaetic principle craven on
the town hall at Lubeck:'the little
flag is easily bound TO the staff. but
it costs much to haul 1t down again
with honor"
The emperor went on 10 say that
he could claim that. during his reign,
1.-THE. honor Of the German flag had
never been insulted from any quar-
fter; Then addressing himself to the
Hamburg merchants present, he add
Eed& II pledge you, and ! stand for
1T, and my flag will follow you where
fever you lead the way" This latter
fremariu shows that the emperor
does not believe in the old political
maxim that trade follows the flag.
He Is less aggressive, and in con-
tent to have the German flag follow
trade.
Woman sutfraglsts. the Socialists
and other advocates of the equal
pay-for-equal-wor doctrine are
much wrought up over plan Of
the Imperial postal department. Just
announced, whereby 5000 male en-
ployees are to be replaced by women
on the score of economy. 1t is es-
/ tlmated that yearly saving Of about
! 1000. 600 marks, or practically ST.
5O0,O 900, will be effected. The salary
OF some $500 OF the posts to be ILL.,
led with women will be $50 marks
a year. This makes SASS a month.
The United States has reached It's
period of decline, is announced by
Baron II. Won Barnewok, a widely
Travelled German. who contributes to
the "Reichsbote." a Berlin news
paper, an article summarizing i'm
pressLons he gained on the latest of
his many visits tosAmeriea. Articles
of this nature are not infrequent in
the German press, but ordinarily
they are written with such mani
fets animus that they deserve no not
lice. Baron Won Barneloow, on the
contrary. writes in matter OF fact
way. without trace OF anti-Ameri-
can feeling, and appears genuinely
glad to be able to see some hope that
the decline may be arrested
That this decline has begun.
writes the baron, must. be observed
by and person who visits America
after an absence of few years. The
change for the worse has been very
rapid. The scenes that have attend
ed the Republican campaign for the
presidential nomination are but one
Indication OF the change, which is
married. by a hitherto unknown in
difference. a tendency to let things
take their course; an unhealthy and
excessive self-appreciation and a gem
eral coursening OF moral views. All
these. says Baron Won Barekow. nre
products of the rast few years. The
moral coursenlng has worked down
from the top. from the newly rich.
An1ther Indication OF decay is..the
falleged fact that the American intol-
erance OF the drone, OF the gentle
man. of leisure. is beginning to dis
appear. Suggested as possible
contributing cause of the decline is
the fact that the birthrate among
the old American faVilles Is failing
on, while It remains high among the
South European immigrants. The
old families OF the New England
states and OF the south have as yet
been less affected by the dernoraliz-
ing tendency OF present American af-
fairs than the people on any other
section.
It is. however. IN the farmers of
the United States that Baron Won
BarnelSow secs a possibility Of arrest.
ing the downward movement. AS
yet, he says. they have not been
touched by the moral decline. The,
jewellers in the country, he declares,
represent today throughout the re-
public the dependable. conservative
element by which an upright Chris
tlanity and high standard of fam
lily life have been preserved: they
represent he most Industrious and
deserving portion OF the whole pop
ulation Of the country" An especial
work Of praise is spoken for the Ger
man-AmerIcan farmers.
The attempt OF a party OF Rus
sian emlgrhnts TO America to gain
the land 'of liberty and opportunity
without paying the Russian trans
port fees resulted in the death OF
two soldiers OF the frontier guard is i
an incident reported from schmallen-
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