St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-03-31

As an Offset to an opinion formed
more Or less on financial and econo-
mic considerations, may be pleaded
the present strategic situation. The
capture OF Przemysl gives the Allies a
great present advantage in one Of the
arenas OF war. If that advantage is
not counteracted 1t may speedily have
very far-reaching effect. To coun-
teract it must be the first purpose of
Germany and Austria. Were they to
submit now they would have to ac-
cept the terms of the Allies from pre-
face to colophon. They declare they
are lighting for victory and we may
be sure that if this declaration is not
sincere they are certainly fighting for
terms. They will want to yield as
little as possible; the Allies will de-
mand the most that can be Wrung
from the defeated.
Both parties hope something de-
cisive from the spring campaign, and
both talk in that spirit. Sir John
French is not more confident in his
expressions than is Kaiser Wilhelm.
The cue of each is hopefulness, even
boastfulness. Each knows that there
is a great struggle ahead, and each
is using language to conceal his
thoughts. We shall not have to wait
much longer for the decisive stage of
the conflict to begin. The war
must be fought to finish,
and each side will aim at
reaching the finish in the least
possible time. A peace that shall be
a mere standoff will contain the
germs of another war.-Boston Tran
script.
Some Advice to Burlington
Chittenden County has an unenvia-i
bic record for the present term of
county court, as the calendar shows
IS divorce cases. A stranger might
be led to suppose Vermont to be in
competition with the state of Nevada,
whose legislature is contemplating re-
turning the state to its former plan of
lending itself to the breeding of di-
vorces.-Northfield News
The Banner believes in divorce
when married people find that they
cannot get along together without
fighting so much as to disturb the
whole neighborhood. We haven't
much use for the theory that whom
man hath Joined together God isn't
willing to have put asunder, but we
do feel that there is something wrong
with the moral atmosphere in Bur
ington. Go over to the state prison
at Windsor, to the House of Correc-
ton at Rutland or to the Industrial
School at Vergennes and you will find
that the city of Burlington is supply
ing inmates for these institutions
out of all proportion to the popula-
ton of the city. At one time with
in a few years, if our memory serves
correctly, the city of Burlington with
a population of less than $4,000
furnished nearly or quite one-quarter
of the entire enrolment at one of
these institutions. Particularly is
this condition true in reference to
crimes against virtue and chastity.
When the recent agitation for and
against equal suffrage was at its
height a few weeks ago we noticed
that Burlington women were promin-
ent and active in both camps. Now
that the suffrage issue is temporarily
laid aside, The Banner would sug-
gest with all due respect that the
good ladies of Burlington get togeth-
er and see if they cannot bring about
little cleaner condition of affairs
in Burlington. Now we don't mean
for minute that they have a lot of
unfortunate women arrested and sent
to jail or prison for a few weeks or
months but that they get after some
of the well-to-do and supposedly re-
spectacle citizens who are renting
houses for immoral purposes. Then
they might try to find honest jobs at
living wages for a few girls who are
perhaps not perfect. In this convic-
ton, though it is not exactly part
of the same subject, we went to urge
that an association of some sort be
formed to furnish work and places
to live for those paroled from prison
or released on the expiration of SEN
tence. We should like to see our
Vermont governors much more gen.