The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-04-13

T~-~-~--~~-~ good view to take of it, but when war comes it is nothing less than what Sherman termed it-Hell.
 Back to Miss Addams. She visited Washington and called at the war de- partment to press one of her pacifist hobbies, that of keeping people out of war
 In discussing President Wilson's "seleetive conscription" plan she in- sisted that members of certain reli- gious bodies that had been traditional iy opposed to war and whose mem- bers had never borne arms, be ex- empted from military service As these noncombatant religious bodies have few adherents there has never been any objection to chasing them with the peace-at-any- price advocates. But when Jane Addams asked to have included in the exemption list all in- dividuals who had religious convic- tions against fighting, even in de- fense of ones country, the limit of pacifism was reached. Of course, the war department did not entertain her plea for the broad sweep of in- dividual exemptions.
 There are millions of patriotic men in this country who would be ready to volunteer for military service. But there are some "slackers;" and if Miss Addams' plea prevailed the number would be greatly increased. Thou sands of men who had never had conviction about any moral issue would "get busy" and have a convic- tion against fighting, and thus shirk true mans duty.
 Jane Addams is an authority on the social problems of Chicago, but when it comes to war she is about as convincing as Miss Rankin, rep resentative in Congress from Mon. tana.
 While Canadian xxyipp pir,pr glory in France, other Canadians are mi gra ating to the United States to escape military duty. Every country has it's J. P. Morgan, we are told, never bothers himself about what the public thinks. MT. Morgan has no intention of running for office.
 If some fellow would put on the mar ket a. suit case guaranteed not to leak he would find many customers in the pro- hibition belt.
 If the President would just say so, bellicose Texas would undertake to give the Teutons a thrashing without any out side help.
 Guarding a railroad bridge may be rather prosaic, but every soldiers career can't be crowded full of romance and ad- venture
 The rush to get married continues in Chicago and New York. It is significant that most of the applicants have foreign names.
 The American flag has been carried On a European battlefield. American dollars have been fighting over there for some time.
 There is no rest for the weary. When this Hawaiian craze dies out some other fad equally as foolish will\tak Its place. The girl who marries a stacker to keep him out of the trenches may have to take in washing to support him some day.
 
 Billy Sunday has already captured New York and Gothamites are expected to hit the trtail in large numbers.
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 If Colonel Roosevelt fails to get into action somewhere in France" he will te a sadly disappointed man.
 Miss Jeanette Rankin's age is no longer secret. That's what a woman gets for entering public life.
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 The Kaiser is not the man he was He no longer. talks about the divine right of kings.
 No dyed-in-the- baseball fan is go- ing to run when it rains.
 
 LUKE M'LUKE SAYS
 Get the best of a man in an argu-