Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-29

Adding up the number of prisoners reported taken
by the Germans from the Russians and by the Russians
from the Germans dSclOSeS rather strange condition
Figures as reported show the Germans have captured all
the Russian forces and the Russians have taken
than the entire German armies With the entire force of
each country prisoners Of the other looks though the
war ought to end.
recent dispatch describing the lootng by German sol
ders of French and Belgian towns says that at Manes
there 700 pianos at the depot marked for shipment
to Germany and that these were taken from homes IN
Malines When the war is over how the original
of those pianos can grin they in fancy their former
enemies forced to listen to the tnntabaons OF the old
music boxes.
The Oregonian says that General Scotts success in
stopping hosites at Naco by conversation was largely
due to the presence of American forces ready to Shoot
The admission that the trouble stopped by convera
ton is a remarkable coming from the big daily, but
then it is like Woman whom the poet describes as uncer
tain, coy and hard to please"
The younger Pankhurst has intimated the suffra
gettes will get busy again as the war ends, This
would almost reconcile the English to indefinite
tnuaton of the war However if the war keeps up long
enough the hunger strike may become matter OF neces
sty with many that it will no longer awaken sympa
thy
The excuse is made by those proposing amendments
to some of the laws that the same ARE and need fix
ing to make them workable" AT the same time is noted
that at every legislature there is who wants to
amend the tax laws and surely they old enough to
have reached perfection years ago They were ripe
long before Moses time
One reason the Russians refused to take layoff
the fighting business over Christmas they feared the
Germans would get rested up and so be able to go at II
again in time to get Tuchow Sedska, Wislca, Zmigrod
or some other sack of Russian danes in their stockings
on the Russian Christmas.
London newspapers commenting on the recent English
raid on German port say "two can play at the game
That happily expressed for so far as actual results are
concerned the whole aerOpane business outside OF their
use as spies is just playing the game of war"
The practice of economy is good as we'll as neces-
say thing for the poor but the harder the times the more
liberal h4 rich should be in their living and expenditures
The extavagances Of the wealthy are boon to the poor
shoe factory at Manchester New Hampshire, is to
resume work with the new year, employing 1000 work
men, This should boom the paper trade as that is what
the New Englanders generally sole our shoes with
Japan is setting the world example in the treatment
of her German prisoners. They shown that extreme
courtesy that the Japanese noted for and that means
"the most distinguished consideration"
Those who think perpetual motion an impossibity are
not familiar with the thing stuck away in some part OF
the house that counts and registers howatts and other
mysterious things.
The only way to dodge the tiresome news is to
take ship on one of the deep vessels and then destroy
the wireless Either that join expedition to one of
the poles.
Nowadays the soldier instead of being accustomed
to arms should be an expert with the potato digger or the
shovel
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