The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1917-08-07


Barring one or two awkward
| phrases his cable letter, intended fol
President Wilson, is a model of the
English narrative style. No rhetori-
Gle florishes were attempted. The
Kaiser simply set forth tersely ar
account of the situation as he saw il
on that fateful 10th of August.
One can scarcely keep from smiling
when King George is quoted as say
ing he had ordered "his government
to use every possible influence with
his allies to refrain from taking any
provocative military measures" The
Kaiser has been used to ordering, y
but the English sovereign long since
ceased to do more than request. He
still speaks of my army" and "my
navy" but such terms are mere relics
of an age when the sovereign ruled
as we'll as feigned.
Although the Kaiser's letter to
President Wilson, which was never
sent, has no official status it will play
a part in history and when peace ne
gotiations begin will be pointed to by
William, no doubt, in vindication of
his course. But it will be too late
to avail him anything. There has
been too much "frightfulness"-too
much brutality-on the part of the
German government to be overlooked
when settling time comes.
The Central Labor union of Boston
promptly turned down a proposal that
union labor try to get higher pay for
soldiers on the ground that our troops
are fighting for liberty and not for
wages. That's the kind of spirit you d
expect in a town that made certain
tea party famous.
One difference between the whisky that
was sold when the state was wet and
the kind surreptitiously distributed now
adays is that two drinks of the latter
paralyzes the man who used to take six
and trot along home.
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The American dollar is worth 81 so in
China and that's about 70 cents less than
it used to be worth over there. One
days receipts of a moving picture thea
tire would make millionaire out of
Chinaman.
Lemons used to sell for 80 cents
dozen in New York. They now cost 6
cents apiece and nobody seems to know
just why. In the meantime Congress
continues quibbling over food control
The more a fellow reads about those
grand old tanks in France, the more he
wants to climb aboard one and see how
it feels to trundle through a few Ger
man trenches
Uncle Sam has not treated the Semi
mole Indians as we'll as he might have
done yet they are willing to let bygones
be bygones and help to catch slackers in
King Alexander of Greece was crowned
with impressive ceremonies. Venizelos
is probably willing for Alexander to get
power.
Utah now has one of the most drastic
prohibition laws in the country Time
was when the atmosphere of Salt Lake
City gave a visitor a singularly keen
thirst.
The records show that the young wom-
en- of Birmingham are inclined to think
twice before marrying a Stacker In
after years they'll never regret it.
The army needs cooks and it's worth
that the man behind the
pot is as valuable as the man behind
the gun, if not trifle more so.
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We may eventually get around to
wearing paper clothes but they won't be
any more transparent than some of the
gar ments worn nowadays
The I. W. w. will discover that while
Birmingham is a hospitable town, there
are some people for whom the latch
string is not hanging out
Since the Steel corporation decided to
a shipbuilding plant in Mobile
the staid old town has been scattering
smiles all over the gulf.
I'VE are invincible,' says the Kaiser
That's good line of talk for his
troops, but does he believe it?
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After leading tranquil lives for 10 these
many years, Annistonians are now dodg-
ing shoals of taxis.