Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-03

merely ran against a mine. Owing to the fact that Germany has a
horde Of submarines in the vicinity where the vessel was injured, the
presumption is that a torpedo did the business.
If it costs Europe Il billion a month to fight. al if the fighting
i M" Nnr cH"'r"I Wnr for 'I nnv I' %r%. there /" r. ar" r>"'i ix vino l",n "y W ohisa.
tions i'll order merely to live after the war is over.
The belief seems justified that Italy does not consider that Ger
many will triumph in the present war. 1t is not probable that Italy
would hav" voluntarily conc in with what It recognized as the losing
side. since its participation in the conflict was Sc long withheld.
If America wanted Germany to make its winnings urc and
certain, ii cutting off Of the shipments of munitions of war would
turn the trick. Germany is the only country engaged in the war
The fact remains, despite all commercial club or booster club
country ar extremely dull. L.aborcrs are out Of employment. bust
ness stagnation prevails, and people are beginning to wonder where
1t should be reflected that Germany sold arms and ammunition
to Spain during the Spanish American war. That does not justify
America in returning the same sort of treatment during Germany 5
conscience a little.
There is only one sure method to keep nations from fighting in
the futurr--th"t is; cease to prepare men T." fight and quit making
things to fight with: So long as nations support standing armies
build n"vics and rear standing armies for.
There are indications that President Wilson may change his
policy with Mexico. About the only change that seems likely to-
Uncle Sans army. So long as there's more than III would-br
president left in Mexico there's bound to be fighting.
If the allies get full possession of the Dar1anc!IrS within the
near future. their chances of success in tn" war will b" materially
improved. 1t will result in furnishing an outlet for vast stores Of
foodstutfS held in Russia and which Russia does not need.
From all accounts. South Dakota and the territory surrounding
it are enjoying a greater measure Of prosperity than any other sec
ton of Uncle Sans vast domain. With another good crop. it bids
fair to forge still further ahead by comparison. Arms and amnu
milton and foodStutfs are about the only things that distracted Eu
rope can buy these days.
Those fellows who arc failing to give Billy Bryan credit for
having anything to do with the preparation of the notes to Germany
should reflect that the secretary Of state IN Wilson 5 cabinet Is am
editor. The Saturday News never prints anything particularly
brilliant III its editorial columns but that some unapprrciativc ga
loot drops in to ask who wrote it!
Some one has raised the point whether the fearful lombard
1t will be recalled that some years ago some Jealous enthusiasts
entertained the theory that the IS of heavy artillery would pro-
ducr rain in any locality. But if the rains of 1915 are produced
by the European war, what produced them in 1912
Some time age some wiscacre assumed TO say that if Germany
ever reached the point where it recognized coming defeat. it would
draw all the leading nations into the conflict in order to be able to
say that it could not be expected to whip the whole world. We
}doubt whether the Germans would feel S" inclined, but if such be
Ithr case they are getting Uncle Sam in a rather irritable condition.
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The railroads themselves are largely responsible for the state
Iof the public mind concerning railroad manipulation Of politics and
finances. That certain few Of the railroads have inlnlgcc in poit-
zeal manipulation is beyond question and that certain other roads
have sought to dictate state and even federal politics is also W-
Ill -r: IL