The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-08-02

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Those facts form no reflection upon republican q
;,s+i+ntions They are the sort OF developments
nrobablv inevitable with any people suddenly en- t
a~ncipated from autocracy.
In course of time, as a result of painful ex- c
perience, stability must come. RAVal 1actlohs VIII >
1oarn that for a democracy to endure, there must c
he shown on the part Of all a spirit OF compromise p
a willingness on the part OF each lndlVlaual 10 give !
as we'll as to take.
Curiously, while the war is a menace to 1fee
Russia, it has had the opposite effect IN ohlna'
whore the distractions of the European powers
have given the new republic an opportunity TO
work out in large measure it's own destiny.
There are likely to be more democracles be-
fore the war ends; or, if not, they will come very
sneedily after it's close. No country burdened
with a large war debt will relish the thought OF
maintaining also an expensive privileged class.
The simpler and more democratic the habits OF
ROYALTY. the better will be it's chance OF surviving
amid after-the-war conditions.
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There are two reasons why there IS very little
ocean pleasure Watching this year-oWners OF
Yachts not taken over by the government DO not
care to take a chance with the U-boats.
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Senator J. Ham Lewis is worried, almost
enough to have his whiskers cut off-because ne
had a dream of peace some folk jumped to the
conclusion he had cold feet on the war.
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MIGHTY easy money for some lad under PERISH
;no-in memory of the Lusitania, a New Yorker
offers a S. 1000 liberty bond to the first Amerlc IN
aviator that drops a bomb on Berlin.
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Oh, we'll, the government hasn't a thing on a
lot of us in not knowing where the money IS TO
come from to meet obligations, though it has more
of a cinch in being sure of getting 1T.
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The Teutonic cheftains think the U-boats can
clean I'M the world in As months. This is suttl-
Gent time for an American army to be trained de-
spite the present rate of progress.
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Cen. Goethals is no man to be pecked at and
hindered while doing a job. He built the Panama
canal without interference and could stand tor 1t
when he got to Washington.
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The world to the people on Mars looks exactly
like it did before the war. Wonder 1t they nave
the same sort of martial time on Mars that we
indulge in down here?
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A Washington lawyer wants dollar war bonds
H,nnhi Now. if he ran a department store wee
know what he was after-selling 'em for SO cents
to attract a crowd.
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Toe Cannon is too old to fight, but knows how
70 size up public sentimental a republican con
ference he told his colleagues this was no tim
for partisanship.
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Beer seems due to %supplant the demon rur
o%therwheres than in the food control blll-a Jel
seyman was drowned while swimming to try I
win a key of beer.
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The Germans think our aviation schemes ar
"American bluff" By the time they get into az
tion. however, they'll know they are made OF wiz
the-war stuff.
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A Washington correspondent who fails to brln
o,t an officials denial at least once a week IS NJ
in good standing with his associates.
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The Russians perhaps have been too much e
crossed in the desire to shoot German spies l
stead of shooting German soldiers.
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War experts are convinced the western tro
will remain at it's present boundary lines until
big American army gets there.
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To believe half that it printed on the sub]e
Bloody Bill had the allies almost licked when Y
Gle Sam sat in the game.
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Now women are to be registered for war VOL
There certainly is huge amount OF register
to do.
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Some men have 50 much thinking to do tn
80 lie no time for work.
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Owing to warm weather the corn crop y is n
working three eight-hour shifts.
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@ rha Russian slerion Of death has lived up