Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07

ing.
Even the natives of his own coun
try have denounced the conduct %
!, DR.. Dumba in proposing to force them
out of employment. Surely no mar
carrying the title of diplomat has ever
fallen down SO completely. But he
is o Let his presence on Ameri-
can soil be only an unpleasant mem
DRY.
President Wilson put the dumb
on Dumba the Austrian ambassador
to the United States, and he did it t.
the queens TASTE" The Doctor may
have considered himself a. mighty
brilliant man, but ne was not bright
enough to put his plans owe in this
country. Uncle Sam proved not to be
the easy mark DR.. Dumba supposed
and now that distinguished" diplo-
mat is the laughing stock o fall civil
lization. 1t is little wonder that the
German ambassador disclaimed any
connection with the Dumba scheme.
. .
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ltfon buildings of America, 759 in num-
Der, are said to exceed 500, 000, 600 in
value, inclusive of libraries and equip
ment. The current expense of their
work last year in the United States
aggregated $13, 200, 900. The total
membership is 62O,7S9, and there was
a gain of 100000 in bible-class enrnH-
ment. There are now $4,000 men and
boys in these classes. What a vast
army of workers for the salvation. Of
young men. Added strength to the
arm of this wonderful movement.
! This gigantic struggle for supre4
macy across the sea is costing the
countries involved Immensely in a
financial way, to say nothing of the
fearful loss of life. In the first three
weeks of August, 1914, when the war
first started, Great Britain alone spent
$128, OOO, 900 for military and naval
service. During the first three weeks
of August this year, just twelve.
months later, she expended the aston
ishing sum of $481, 00O, 900 for the
same purpose, an increase of 1858 ,000,-.
600, or a gain of SIT, 600, 600 per day.
Is it any wonder England seeks to ne
gotiate loans in the United States p
She must be on the verge of bank
|ruptcy by this time.
A number of our North Carolina
Congressman have recently been talk
ing to the newspapers about some OF
the things they will and will not favor
during the approaching session. This
kind of talk may as we'll be left alone
President Wilson knows better than
any other representative of the Amer,
lean people what the country needs. in
the way Of remedial legislation. and
he should have the support Of every
Democrat in Congress upon whatever
measures that may be outlined in tho
message he will ask them. to consider
The Congressman who follows Wood
row Wilson will have little explaining
to do when he gets back home.
Ex-Governor M. r. Patterson. OF
Tennessee, is out after the scalp OF
United States Senator Luke Lea. Mr..
Patterson once held Tennessee in the
hollow of his hand, politically, but that
day has passed. 1t was his unbecom-
ing conduct. while q champion of the
liquor trafice, that gave that state q
republican governor. Even the mint
able Bob Taylor was powerless to stem
the tide against the Patterson regime.
While the Ex-Governor later forsook
his old haunts and Joined the temper
ance forces. he has not served on pro-
baton long enough to have outlived the
record which placed him on the, shelf.
He ought to wait awhile longert5
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If there should be a break between
the United States and Germany It will
not be the fault OF Ambassador Berns-
tori. He has taken every possible
~precaution to prevent President Will
son from severingediplomatic relations
with Berlin. 1t is. a matter of com
mon knowledge now that DR.. Berns-
torf would have been given his pass
ports weeks ago had he not taken Wig
orous measures to assure the Wash
ington government that there was a
misunderstanding in Berlin when the
unsatisfactory note on the sinking Of
the Arabic was written. That note
came painfully near the breaking
point. The United States, may, with
some degree of p~ropriety, agree to an