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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
HOLD FAST TO REAL PATRIOT
ISM!
(By United States Senator Robert NJ
IaFoIlette.)

(By United States Senator Robert NJ
I4aFollette.)
The sober, non-jingo people OF this
republic will generally agree that we
would only be justified in engaging in
war when necessary to defend sub
stantial and indisputable rights, pre-
serve our liberty. or repel invasion.
Wars of conquest or aggression may
accord with a policy of Imperialism.
but they have no place in the fulf1H-
ment of the destiny of democracy
We have republican form of gov
eminent. Our libery is not threatened
by a foreign foe. In crucial times in
our nations history, the American
people have not failed The Reyolu
-tionary war was fought by volunteers.
It did not take long for the enlisted
men of the Civil war to become vet
Grams.
Lack of readiness is not our peril.
Our immediate danger lies in. the pos
sibility that we may be swept from
our mooriags by the tide. Of sentiment
that, under the guise of patriotism, is
actually based on commercial greed.
Frederic G. Howe in his very able
work why War;" points out that
foreign loans and investments have
been the prime cause of war for the
past 80 years. When capital mas eX-
plotted its home country. when its
profits have become so great as to de-
press interest rates, then it goes
abroad for investment into countries
whose resources have not yet been ex-
plotted, where the demand for capital
is strongest and interest rates are very
high.
The weaker nations, The smaller
countries, the unexplored and unex-
plotted countries, offer the most tempt
ing opportunities and the largest pro-
fits.
But in such countries the govern
ments are weak, investments insecure;
hence capital has invented the new
doctrine that the flag follows bust
ness" and that the country must de-
fend the financial interests of its citi-
zens abroad. This is capitals new
test of patriotism" This doctrine,
which originated in England and
spread over Europe, was adopted as
policy in this country under the last
two republican administrations when
the sordid influence of dollar diplom-
acy" ruled in the state department. l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31

shattered doomed to exc Que a wretch
ed existence as hopeless invalids.
Let her think of the millions of
mothers who are not worrying because
their boys have to eat army rations,
but who are worried day and night lest
they will never see their boys again
alive.
Let her try to visualize the hourly
terrors of a war in which 5000 600 or
100000 men have already been
killed or wOunded-most of them boys
like her boy.
Then let her remember that except
for the craftsmanship of Woodrow
Wilson the body of her own son might
be lying today in an unmarked grave
IN Flanders or France.
Mrs Smith, with true material solic-
ltude, naturally thinks it is a great
nuisance that her boy should have to
swelter in the heat of a Texas summer
and live off coarse food, and so it is,
but the troubles of her son are very
small in comparison with what they
would be If the United States had I'm
dertaken armed Intervention in Mex
leo. Her own troubles, too, are very
small IN comparison with what they
would be II she were watching the
newspapers every day for the lists of
dead and wounded in the fighting.
There are millions of Mrs. Smiths
in this country with boys who would
be subject to military duty if the
United States went to war. When they
are disposed to find fault with the poll
cles OF the president, let them devote
a little prayerful consideration to the
millions OF Mrs. Smiths in Eurbpe
whose boys are now only memories.
But for President Wilson these Ameri-
can mothers would be drinking the bit
ter dregs OF that same cup
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
Selected by Tavenner

has involved us In trouble with Haytl.
1t has discredited us in Guatemala.
II is back of the demands for inter
vention in Mexico. 1t is a prostitu-
ton OF patriotism that would tax the
people of a nation hundreds OF mil
lions OF dollars and send our sCld1erS
to sacrifice their lives for the purpose
of insuring exorbitant profits for spec
ulators in foreign investments and
foreign loans.
Are not the same impelling motives
back of the money power today?
When great loans and investments
and munition profits are dependent On
the outcome of the European war, is
ii not inevitable that the Morgan in
terests, in combination with the mu-
milton traders, will employ every
agency at their command to create war
scares and build sentiment for a big
army and a big navy which will ex-
tend their markets and protect their
loans and investments?
It is likewise inevitable that these
powerful forces should decry all prop
ositions for peace and seek to under
mine the substance and perYert the
spirit of our neutrality.
When so much of the world has
gone war mad the first patriotic duty
of this nation is to preserve our i'm
partially; hold fast to our friend
ships Our neutrality is a contr1bu-
ton of tremendous value to the world s
future If we pass through this crisis
without becoming embroiled, without
exhausting our vitality and resources,
we shall have rendered a great and
lasting service. We shall have dem
onstrated that national security is not
dependent on military superiority, that
the European system of rival arma-
ments for preserving peace is a delus-
ion. We shall have made it clear to
all mankind that Imperialism is a
menace and that democracy stands for
peace.
And above all, let US maintain true
doctrine of patriotism.
Let US protest against the cowardly
doctrine of capital that it is the office
of government to guarantee the invest
ments of individuals or syndicates in
foreign countries!
Let us insist that the army and
navy under our flag shall not be de-
graded to the mean service of doing
police duty for financial spectators
who would rob and despoil the weaker
nations of the world!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
MRS. SMITHS SON

Mrs. Henry Smith of Winamac, Ind,
wrote a letter to President Wilson
complaining of the hardships her son
was compelled to undergo as mem
Der of the national guard on duty in
Texas
The president, in his reply, has ex-
planned to her that the national guard
is at the border mot for the purpose
Of drill. but for the purpose Of pro-
tecting the country" and that he
cannot believe that the men of the
national guard would wish to be ex-
cused from it, or would lose heart be-
cause of the discomforts and incon-
venience of the service"
If Mrs. Smith were a wise woman
she would not be writing to the presi-
dent bewailing the trif1ing hardships
to which her son is obliged to submit
as a member of the national guard.
She would be down on her knees
thanking God that the president is
exerting every honorable effort to
bring about a peaceful solution of the
difficulties with Mexico, and that her
boy is not already out on the firing
line with the boys of 10000 other
American mothers.
The hardships to which the national
guard is subjected on the Texas from
tier are about equal to the hardships
Of an ordinarily strenuous vacation in
the Maine or the Minnesota woods; but
war is serious business. When Mrs.
Smith thinks about the petty incon-
veniences to which her son is subject
ed, let her think also Of the millions
Of boys in Europe who are in the
trenches and who are dying daily by
the thousand in the midst of the most
CHASTITY warfare known to human his
tory.
Let her think of the millions OF BOYS
on the field with arms blown off, or legs
blown of, or faces blown off, perish
ing in horrible agony for the lack of
medical assistance which cannot reach
them.
Let her think Of the millions OF bows
in Europe who after this war is over
will be cr1nQled for life or with health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
The Daily Story
A Choice of Weapons-By F. A. Mitchell
BY r. A. Mitchell.

The came afternoon Zeke received q
caller who bore II demand for ara apolo.
~ for bis attack on the Journal u tho
Nineteenth Century or that he would
give ". de Pombea satisfaction.
who's ". de Pombcaug' be asked
1.-THE gentleman you saw this morn.
ing. When there IS any dissatisfaction
with the paper he attends % the mat.
ter"
''You mean he's the fighting manT
Eyes. monsieur"
"And in order to get satisfaction
must fight for IT."
ayes, monsieur"
1--WE sometimes fight duels IN Arneri-
ca. 1 am not entirely ignorant Of the
code. As the challenged party I am
entitled to the choice OF weapons"
Eyes, monsieur"
VERY well I will send you the
terms on which I will meet your prin-
cipal"
ut IS immaterial 10 VI. de Pombeau
whether he fights you with the sword
or the pistol"
"You mean he knows the tricks OF
both"
This ELECTED no reply. and the gentle
man departed.
The next day he received by post the
following list Of ways that Zeke would
meet NJ de Pombcau, who was wei
come to make his choice between them:
First.-The parties to fight "over
handkerchief" a form sometimes, but
rarely, used in America wherein the
disputants are separated by their sec
onds holding a handkerchief between
them. 1t was certain death for both.
Second.-Bowle knives in a room per.
fectly daTkened.
Third.-Rihes Mt 500 yards.
Fourth.-The parties 10 swim from
opposite sides of the Seine toward each
other, holding a pistol in the right hand
above water and begin firing at viii.
Fifth.-Crowbars within a chalked
ring ten feet In diameter.
Sixth.-Each disputant 10 eat a sau-
sage, one OF the sausages 10 be poi
soned. Two sausages were to be put
in a covered dish. a ribbon 10 be at
tached 10 each and the dsputants 10
draw them by the ribbons.
When monsieur received this list Of
methods of obtaining satisfaction from
the American he was much disturbed
Indeed, he was shocked. He instruct
ed his second TO protest against any
such barbarous methods OF fighting
and begged his antagonist 10 remember
that France was not America. lie
would meet him in a civilized way, and
only in a civilized way.
To this Zeke made no reply, believ-
ing that it was not only the end Of the
affair OF the duel, but quite likely the
end of the blackmail process. In this
he was right. He heard nothing more
from NJ. de Pombeau, and he was not
again attacked in the Journal Of the
Nineteenth Century.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
First Conservation Measure.

Wellington, y. spOndenoe
of The Associated Press.j The hrst
CONSUMPTION measure in the British
overseas dominions was virtually
placed on the statute book on June
10, when the military service Din
passed its third reading in the house
of representative with only four votes
in opposition. Though the bill has 70
pass the upper house, II Is considered
as good as passed. During the denaIes
the government described the bill as
one providing for compulsory service
when voluntary enlistment failed tha'
is, the voluntary system will coniinue
but it will be backed up by scheme
of compulsory service, thereby lu5ur-
ing the number OF reinforcements inc
country is required TO send away every
four weeks. The minister for defense
Colonel j. Allen, pointed out that uH-
der the new bill no class OF men was
exempt. because that had proved 70 nc
a mistake in England. The few lapoF-
ties in the house opposed the hAl. One
OF them, F. webb. declared that since
New Zealand had provided bHVVV
men out or her population 81 "a mlliIon,
it was an insult 10 the country "a say
that the voluntary system had iaileu'
In England New Zealand was pelhs
held up as a recruiting example 20 tAs
rest OF the empire, and IN proportion
to the population New zealand lel
Australia South Africa and tanad@ ~
the number OF men furnished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
As TEMPS SEES US.

An analyzation of the political stu
alton in the United States, with a view
to the war condition in Europe, is
printed in recent issue of the Paris
Temps 1t says:
I'VE cannot, of course, understand
how anybody in the world can have
one sole thought beyond our cataclysm.
Yet across the water America pUrsues
her way as though nothing were hap
pening Happy land! This day-terror
and nightmare that besets US has left
the American politician serene We
had hoped that at least there would
be some enthusiastic Outburst at the
Chicago convention; and We had
hoped let US admit il, that sympathy
across the ocean would crystaIize in a
standing vote for Mr. Roosevelt, who
had so openly espoused our cause But
not one word, not one breath disturbed
the political machine, which went its
way along the paths of peace as
though nothing had happened. nothing
were happening"
The paper surnises that Mr.. Wilson
is sincere in his friendship for all the
European nations, and that he does
not exclude even the meanest of the
allies. It adds:
after all, we have no right to quar-
rel, If Mr. Wilson sees America first
and always and last; and tries to keep
her out of trouble; though, Of course
we would have felt more comfortable
with an ouspoken friend at the head
of the greatest nation on earth. Mr..
Hughes is a man of quiet ju-
dfcial ways; and his Germano-
phiIe propensities are. no doubt,
overrated. So we are where we
were; no better, no worse. We have
faith in President Wilson's impartial
ity; we have faith in ex-Justice
Hughes fairness But we have gained
no outspoken friend at court. Prob
ably America is strictly right; proba-
bly, our hopes were wrong. We do not,
cannot understand. for we are in the
fray. And, after all. what is it that
we demand, IL not strict impartiality.
strict fairness2 That we shall get at
the hands Of America no matter which
way politics Will watt her"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
Rrarn TeIenhOne Girls.

LondOn-Telephone girls bravery
during Zeppelin raids and the Irish re-
bellion which they helped to Quell fea-
tured the annual report of the post
Office department in conjunction with
which the telephone system in this
country is operated by the government
When the Zeppelin raids have been
anticipated, sometimes when they have
been going on" says the report, the
women have come out of their homes
to their work-even when bombs were
dropping. They have played an i'm
portant part in the scheme of AFRAID
warnings and have set a very good
example to tho whole country. I'm
Dublin, when the bullets were flying
and the fires were raging. the women
stuck to their work in the exchange,
and il was due to them that co4nmuni-
cation was kept up and that we were
able To obtain the military forces which
suppressed the rebellion" More than
25 900 women have replaced men in
positions in the postofflce department
and telephone system, the report fur
Their shows. Out of SO. 900 men Of mill
fary age in these departments. Sc 900
have Joined the coIors and q, 200 others
have attested and only await the call
m aPFns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31

When General Jackson prepared TO
receive the British at the battle Of New
Orleans he depended upon the marks
manship OF his army rather than its
discipline. Netrly every man Of the
Americans was a good shot. At that
gion, and all Eentuckians were hunt
ers, for their principal meat was game.
The consequence was when the British
marched up IN soldierIy alignment
against these riGemen they were pick
ed Off In such numbers that they suf-
fered a terrible defeat.
Zeke Brown was one Of these Ken
lucky hunters who helped to win the
battle Of New Orleans. Not long after
peace was declared between the United
States and England Zeke was left a
fortune by relative in New York and
concluded to 20 abroad to see some
thing Of the world. Americans were
In those days more popular in France
than in England. and he went to Paris.
Zeke liked Paris so well that ne re-
solved to stay there indefinitely. But,
having too much of the American spir-
it to remain IDLE, he concluded to set
up a small banking house to satisfy the
requirements of his countrymen visit
ing the city.
Now, at that time there were news
papers in Paris that did not scruple TO
obtain an income in an illegitimatc
way-in other words, by blackmail.
They would attack some one or his
business and wait either for hush mon
ey or an advertisement The Journal
Of the Nineteen Century was newly
established paper and was straining ev-
cry nerve TO get a start. This journal
published a warning against a certain
American banking house, intimating
that it was intended to get in deposits,
after which its founder would return
to his native country.
Zeke was astonished. He consulted
a lawyer with regard to suing the pa
per for libel and learned that it would
be useless to try to get judgment
against it, for there were no assets on
which to levy. He went to the news
paper Office called for the editor and
was proceeding to give him an opin-
ion Of his r1-scally proceeding when he
was stopped and told that there was
one man connected with the paper who
heard all such complaints. The editor
tapped bell, and an attendant appear
ed, who was told to show the caller to
the office of NJ. de Pombeau. On
Zeke's entry a gentleman, dressed in
the height of fashion, arose to receive
him, bowling politely. Zeke told him
that he represented a blackmail sheet
and if the paper ever attacked his
business again he would "break his
jaw"
NJ. de Pombeau, unruffled. resumed
the seat he had occupied and whatever
he had been doing. When Zeke had
finished he left the office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
THE POWER OF FAITH.

The British Medical Journal says
that a. patient who believes that moth
ing can save him helps to seal his
own doom.
That is to say, all the skill and ex-
perience of the physician are OF lit
tie avail unless they are augmented
by the faith of the patient
The popularity of the various forms
of faith-healing seems to attest that
there is much in it
The body is the slave of the mind.
To imgaine yourself i'll is actually to
be i'll. To will yourself we'll is often
to become we'll.
It has now been made an open ques-
ton whether the presence and the
drugs of the physician are not Of i'm
portance primarily because they eX-
cite faith.
1t is a curious paradox that truth
dwells only in compromise.
Desire to attain certain qualities of
character will lead, il the desire is
strong enough. to their attainment.
One is vitality what one aspires to
be.
The power of aspiration and the
power of faith do not act as directly
on the body as they do on the char
acter. They are hampered by grosser
conditions and limitations. But, new
ertheless, their power is great There
are innumerable examples of the sick
" man, actuated by a keen ambition
to be strong, becoming almost mirac
ulously robust-healed by faith in the
feasibility of his throwing off his ills
The biblical invitation to the physi-
clan TO heal himself is nowadays often
addressed to the patient
Be wise and temperate, learn the
benefits OF fresh air and exercise, and
believe that there is nothing much
the matter, and you viii be well, dur
ing most Of your days, at any rate.
Faith may remove mountains Ger
tainly then it can remove the woes of
the hypochondriac and the jumpy
ueurotic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31

It will be unfortunate if the courts
take it upon themselves to reverse the
laws made by the people themselves,
as it seems there is a disposition tC
do in the deep waterway matter. The
public is more or less reconciled TO
the usurpation of power that has over
ruled legislatures and the congress of
the United States, but when the courts
attempt to interfere with the public
will as expressed at an election they
are likely to arouse a sentiment which
will demand a return to the separation
of legislative and judicial powers in
the manner that our fOrefathers con-
templated when they framed this gov
ernmeut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
FeIon and FutiIity of PouItices.

Our old friends, grandma and the
old women of the other sex, have been
enjoying quite a long vacation. 1t is
time to call them back to arms.
FelOn IS not just a curse wished on
you. 1t is an infection of the perios
teum or covering membrane of bone
with the ordinary pusproducing germs
that enter through some tri1ing
scratch or abrasion of the skin The
extreme pain of felon is due to the
unyieldiug, dense toughness of the
membrane which prevents the few
drops of pus from finding vent. 1t is
comparable to the condition known
vagely as liberated tooth"
Disaster is the certain result of pro-
crastinating with poultices, either the
best of Understandings ffaXseed
meal pOultices, or the worst, the high
priced canned mud that you apply
hot and thick till you grow delirious.
And as for salves, antiseptics and
drawing" applications, they are used
only at The risk of losing the finger or
life itself, no matter il all the old
women in America recommend them.
The Intense, throbbing, unbearabls
pain of felOn, as well as the danger
Of gangrene or necrosis OF bone, is
relieved promptly by surgical incis-
less damage Will be done by the felon.
Anybody who exhibits a badly SCARED
or defOImed finger which he attributes
to a felon is mistaken; the deformity
and scar formation are really due to
procrastination. timidity, maltreat-
ment or self-Testraint, which amounts
to the same thing when surgical con-
ditiOns are concerned.
What does surgical incision mean?
Lancing? No. Lancing passed out
away back in the antiseptic era. This
is the aseptic era the age of intelli-
gence, and efficiency. We don't lance
felons any more. We cut down freely
painstukingly, carefully, under an
anesthetic of course, and see exactly
what we are doing. No blind stabs
No torture. No half-success. No sec
ond and third atttmpts. If the felon is
freely and Immediately incised under
ether or chloroform or gas or other
general anesthetiC, that IS the end OF
it. Provided. OF course, you have not
postponed or sidestepped the opera
ton and allowed the felon 10 progress
TO serious stage. After such incision,
drainig the pus. pain disappears com
pleteiS. and healing is at once begun.
week is plenty long enough for any
sensible individual 10 devote 10 nurs-
ing such foolish illness as felon.
Old women (of both sexes) prefer
to suffer agonies OF pain while fussing
with dirty poultices and the like. and
hence these misguided folk can exhibit
some horrible results.
Just as extraction can never be
done too early in the case of an "ul-
ceratei tooth" (alveolar abscess), SO
surgical incision can never be done
too early in a case OF felon. And Just
as unwarranted delay. due to timidity
or misinformation leads TO unpleasant
results and determinations in the neg
lccted case OF "ulcerated tooth,p so
rocrEStination leads TO many an UNI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31
IN FOREIGN TRADE.

1t may be of some significance that
the annual reports OF American indus
trial corporation for 1915, now ap-
pearing I'm considerable numbers, con-
tain frequent references to the for
eign business experiences Of the year
The American Wooden company has
this interesting comment on its new
foreign activities:
"a valuable export trade developed
IN 1915, particularly to Canada and
South America, which. because OF the
war, could no longer procure their &C
customed supply of fabrics from Eur
ope. IL has been the policy of the
company TO cover these fDze1gn mar
kets, first by engaging men with q
thorough knowledge OF the peculiar
1eQHiEamea1a.Qt Lhe-maEket tsa-zfs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-31

In his freshman year. he played one
OF the tackle positions on his class
eleven. The following year he was
a first sub" on the varsity
He was popular with his classmates
and was elected to one OF the most
exclusive "frats." He was passably
good looking and could have taken a
prominent part in the social life of
the university but he had work to do
and declined practically all of the in
vitations. You mustn't draw from this,