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The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-01
School Childr en- Should
Attend Regularly, Says
Prof. Law


gested condition of the grammar
grades at the Morgan City High
School, all children who contemplate
attending school this session are ad-
vised by Professor L. A. Law to
report to their classrooms tomorrow
morning.
81 make this announcement" Mr..
Law stated, because our seating
capacity is very limited and students
who fail ~ attend regularly will
lose their desks and be forced,
through necessity, to accept temper
airy arrangements until places are
vacated by the resignation or remov-
al of other pupils.
"At present, we even had to make
use of the City Hall for the accom-
mediation Of 100 primary children
and two of our teachers.
BECAUSE Of the general >uneasi
ness prevalent before the diphtheria
quarantine, we have enrolled, under
the conditions stated above, CTS pu
pills, but the attendance should reach
700 or more within short time, if
we are to go by the record of pre-
ceding years"
Mr. Law stated further that
there are now IS members of the
faculty, including himself, 6 of
whom are in the High School De-
partment.
eve have applied for an addition
al teacher, he said, "but the request
has not been acted upon yet by the
School Board. At the present time,
the High School teachers are as fol-
lows: Mr.. Laws, Chemistry and &C.
ometry; Miss Wilson, Mathematics,
Latin and Penmanship ! Miss Gillian,
science; Miss Prausch, English; Miss
Lafferty, History and Latin; Miss
Wade, Domestic Science; Miss Lam
mond, Music and Art
The Morgan City High School be-
gan it's 9Th. session in the model
brick building erected by the Parish
School Board in 1909, on September
5th; and, on the 9Th, the organiza-
ton and enrolment Of the classes
had been effected and the grade
schedule and High School curricu-
lum completed On September 18Th,
by order Of the Local Board of
Health, school was closed fer four
teen days, during the epidemic of
diphtheria; reopening on Thursday,
September 9th.
Prof. Law who succeeds himself
as Principal of the Morgan City
School is an educator Of statewide
reputation. He graduated from the
State Normal College, at Boiling
Green, Kentucky, in 1905, and was
appointed in 1912 to fill the vacan-
cy in Morgan City, caused by the
resignation of Prof. Carnes, who &C.
cepted the Professorship of Mathe-
mates at Southwestern Industrial
Institute in Lafayette. During Mr. |
Laws administration, the Morgan
CAy School has grown to its present
proportion and is a model of its
kind in the State. ranking As one
Of the fifteen approved Louisiana
High Schools, whose graduates are
admitted to standard universities
without preliminary examination.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12
By Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd

hcsitatcd, stopped short, dropped back
into her lap. II would be fun to see
where the bride lived. The procession
halted. Far down the line guests were
leaving their carriages and mounting
the steps Of big, imposing house.
Now was the time for escape-not now;
the street was blocked. 1t would be
necessary to stay in line and follow
the empty vehicles to the first corner
beyond the house. Little by little,
the cab jerked its way toward the
spot where the awning and the carpet
ran down to the curb.
"Why not? A flush came into Prls-
cilla's cheeks, a sparkle into her eyes:
Why not? All her traditions, inherited
and acquired, rose to offer conclusive
answers to the question; but she put
them aside. Even the veriest Puritan
may have his moment OF madness.
Priscilla's was upon her. The spirit
of adventure had her in its grip, and
she flung the proprieties, the deceenclees,
to the wind. In so large a crowd, who
would ever know? She had always
wanted to do something really shock
ing. Here was her golden opportunity.
The fates had cast it at her feet.
The cab was stopping, q magnificent
being in livery was opening the doors,
the time for hesitation was past.
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

A very swell wedding! All outsiders,
save her, had been shooed out OF the
church; but she had been overlooked.
OF course she was an intruder; but
leaving now would be in the nature
of looking a gift horse in the mouth;
so she stayed until the ceremony had
been performed, the bridal party had
trailed down the aisle, and the crowd
was preening itself for flight. Then
she passed out into the sunlight,
through the ranks to which she did
not belong.
Motors and carriages galore were
in waiting. One by one, they received
their aristocratic freight and rolled
away: and. as Priscilla stood watching,
a hanson forced its way in between a
big Panhard and luxurious victoria
and smiling jehu bcckoned to her.
She stepped into the cab, the driver
cracked his whip, and they were of
in the wake OF the coroncted carriages
and the gorgeous cars. The cabman
waited for no order, and in her. excite
ment she overlooked the fact that the
Abbey was still unseen and that she
had not given the Clarkson's address:
Not until the procession turned oil
from Pail Mall and was bowling along
past Green Park did it dawn upon her
that she was still attending the wedding.
The guests were all going on to the
reception, and the driver had taken 1t
for granted that she was one oil the
elect. Her hand went hastily up toward
the little window in the top OF the CAD,
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

low ln6Jc61 Oub ~ Llocs ~ va o.
extenuation that, during two months
on the Continent, Priscilla had met
many beautiful cathedrals, and no
nice men. Not that the men had been
unappreciative From Naples to Ber-
lin, from Budapest to Paris, resplendent
officers, registering students. gallant
citizens Of many types, had invited
her smiles; but she had not dared to
smile.
"In our country" she explained,
when writing to home friend, lone
knows that a man will stop when one
crosses ones fingers and says Kings
x; but l doubt, l seriously doubt,
. whether these heavenly. angels, IN
comic-opera clothes, understand the
rules Of the game"
And so, being wise young woman,
with wholesome respect for unknown
explosives as well as o mighty curiosity.
concerning them, Miss Warrington had,
while travelling, restricted her smiles
to, the ranks Of bell boys, walters, and
porters, and had eliminated IRON
her calculations all men who conld
not be tipped. The small coin oi the
realm, so she found, furnished an
excellent line Of demarcatIon. now
at the end of June, Priscilla was estao-
lished in England, and was finding
difficulty in keeping her smiles from
becoming catholic. As she looked from
her cab, she reflected that there was
something very satisfying about tweeds
and boWlers, after o surfeit OF uni
forms and caps. These big, sturdy
men. with the strong mouths and the
boyish eyes, reminded her OF the
dear. safe. comfortable men at home.
They looked as though they might
know the rules Of the game and abide
by them.
"But l don't know any Of the crea-
tures." sighed Priscilla; then she
briehtened' Weren't the rest OF her
party well under way for Windsor
Hadn't she q whole, smiling June day
ali 10 herself? Wasn't she wearing
her smartest frock and hat in honor
of the Clarksons, with whom she was
going to have tea, after seeing the
Abbey and st. Margnret'sY
"Sfop at ST. Margaret's first, !"
she said blithely to the cabby, as
he turned into Westminster; and wnen
he drew up before the church and she
stepped out with froufrou OF chlttons,
she signed to him to wait. Extrava-
gance, Of course; but this was day
for extravaganza:
The slender. figure was swallowed
by the old gray doorway. inside the
church there was q shadowy quiet,
rose perfumed. A few tourists buAzed
about. under the eye Of q dignified
verTer, but Priscilla did not join
them. She was q mercurial young
woman, prone to shifting moods;
and now, all Of q sudden, she felt
distinctly "churchy." The word Is
her own; but it describes well enough
The vague, yeArning emotionalism which
nrompted her to slip into an out-of-
the-vay pew and drop upon her knees.
When she rose the tourists had van
ished. but a group Of fashlonably
dressed folk had replaced them, and
Others were drifting in. :,
There's going 70 be . service,
thought Priscilla, gtin IN soulful mood.
al believe I'll stay for il. J"
She settled back in her seat; but,
GRADUALLY, she realized that the char
scter OF the gathering was scarcely
devout. Everybody seemed TO know
everybody else, and conversation,
tbourh subdued, flowed freely. The
RirI's brain searched and, found the
answer to the riddle. A Weddingl
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

Du1 NY uouub VIII press 70
their lips the waiting cup. even
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

may be Of service in defense of
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

d rather meet q nice man than
see the Abbey" Priscilla War.
rington admitted to herself, as
she whirled down Piccadilly in
hanson and eyed the pass
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12

yUu. LaS..sI 70 TeceiVe LI1e care OF
Baxter Springs news., 1917-07-12
south

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
Especial to The Times)

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 80.
America must devise system
to put large number Of her re-
turned soldiers on the land after
the war. in the opinion Of Assist
ant Secretary of Labor Louis f.
Post.
Only. n this way can the in
dustrial readjustment, which must
follow the war, be effected with
out strife and strain on the coun-
try's stability.
Every war has a land problem
trailing It," says Post.
Following our revolutionary
war the soldiers were given LAND
warrants" to wild western lands.
The bulk of the land titles in
many states today originated In
these grants, but few of the sol
diers themselves ever settled the
lands. The system rally fostered
land speculation and monopoly,
Having no capital, the grantees
usually sold to spectators.
Again Faced Problem
After the civil war we again
faced the problem and the home
stead law was the result. Again
the net result was the loss Of the
public domain to the nation and
the further advance of speculation
landlordism and land monopoly.
I'VE ought to begin right now
to lay plans for settling the post.
war land problem RIGHT. The
settlement of the soldiers on the
land will have to be undertaken
because that Is the only way tc
|avoid industrial crisis and wide
spread unemployment.
1.-THE cessation of the war In
dustries, the contraction Of In
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
ACLEAR COMPLEXION
Ruddy Cheeks Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says d. Edwards, a Well.Known
Ohio Physician

Dr. NJ Edwards for 17years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel all;
ments. During these years he gave u
his patients a prescription made of a
few well-known vegetable Ingredients
mixed with olive Oil, naming them
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets. You will
know them by their olive color.
These tablets are wonder.workers on
the liver and bowels, which cause a
normal action, carrying off the waste
and poisonous matter in ones system.
If you have pale face, sallow look.
dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head.
aches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out
of Sorts inactive bowels, you take one of
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for
a time and note the pleasing resulta
Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the
successful substitute for calomel-now
and then Just tokeepin thepink ofcondi-
ton. l0c and 25cper box. All druggists
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

workers at the same time will call
for farseeing measures.
Bill Meets Case
"The Crosser bill pending in
congress, providing for the colo
nization of public lands and for
the purchase Of other idle land for
colonization, points the way to the
true solution. By providing for
the advance on easy terms and
long time of money to make the
lands productive the principal
obstacles to the back-to-the-land
movement are removed.
''At the same time the proviss
ion that title shall always remain
in the United States, thus prohib-
iting alienation either by the
original colonist or his heirs, safe
guards against monopoly or ex-
plotting by new-made landlords.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
WANT SUGAR. SHIRTS

things the 18th regiment railway engi
ueers somewhere in France" would be glad to get:
syeetened milk, fruit seedess
chocolate lump butter indbe pencils
then the old be thrown when
dychewng cigarets tooth trench
eoapsbe air pillow lice killer adhesive skim travelling
kit, Saturday Evening Post
about the needs of the in France being
out thru the northwest by the committee the 18th
Saden and A o. Burmeser Tacoma of the home
committee The regiment left American lake Aug. 1.
The address a member
18th Engineers railway, American Expedonay
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
GILL BLAMES MATTHEWS
Especial to The Times

Especial o Times)
SEATTLE Oct. 30-Charging M. A. Matthews was
largely responsible for agitation against Mayor
Police Chief Rockingham
syndicate running full blast charged
By Maj. Gen. Greene
Gs statement declared that faction
plying the Camp Lewis
unfortunate that Gen the tail of DR.
Matthews political kite municipal campaign" he
-i f~-oN' ~
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
ONE ON MARSHAL BOYLE
united Press Leased WIRE,

PORTLAND, Ore, Oct which United
John quite
hiatus here today.
and as precautionary chained his prisoner the
OF the
Portland dinner today. Boyle to
Diggns but found he had left the
Deputies from the
Of experimenting with
Virgins. -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Armed with imitation revolver,
and. with yellow glasses for q
mask. 14-year-old would-be rob
Der picked up BY police on Pacific
avenue.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

All places where food is stored
put under heavy guard in New
York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
j. s MUST PUT TROOPS BACK ON LAND

flated prices and credits and the +,
return to civil life of 100000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
DEATHS


Edward Bales, 1S-months-old
soE of Mr.. and Mrs. Cole G. Bales,
2547 So. L, early Monday. Body
removed to c. o. Lynn's.
Funeral of Frank Jackson Tues
day afternoon from George w.
Piper's.
Funeral of Mrs. Dora e. Booth,
wife of Charles L. Booth, 1918 e.
9th st., at 3 p. m. Tuesday from
C. G. Mellinger's. Interment, Ia
coma cemetery.
Funeral of G. G. Smith, drown
ed in middle waterway Sunday,
at 3 p. m. Tuesday from Buckley
King Co.'s. Interment, Tacoma
cemetery.
Funeral Of Nels p. Einung at
|p. m. Saturday from Lutheran
church at Falkland. Interment
Falkland cemetery.
Z Funeral Of Daniel McNulty al
$3.50 q. m. Wednesday from st.
Leo's church.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
HAMPER FOOD CAMPAIGN
UNITED Press I.eased Wire.l

800
DENVER, Col, Oct 29-Ralph w. Smith, food administrator
fcr the city of Denver today declared that
week. campaign beginning their
with distinct opposition many turnout the
state result has
disseminated In effort
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Japanese steamer Ide Maru of
o. s. X. line. due at Milwaukee
docks Tuesday with freight from
Orient.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Try FIR. Kneipp's health bread
at Duenwald's, 1112 Broadway.
adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Steamer Santa Rita completes
Tacoma cargo of lumber and will
leave for West Coast.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

We rent guns. Hofstetter's. 1908
Pacific av. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
CAST UP BY THE LAKE

BAD AXE, Mich, Oct. 80. =
Life preservers from the steamer
City of Bantford have just been
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
Here and Elsewhere

Men under military guard at
Camp Lewis put to work beauti-
flying 361st regiment headquar-
tiers building with sidewalk and
rustic fences.
10-in. and Aft. slab wood. Key
stone Lumber Co. Main 1913. adv.
Infantry regiments, machine
gun battalions and engineers will
do guard duty. relieving military
police for other work.
Lutheran churches in U. 8. may
substitute English language in
place of German, Swedish, Norwe-
gian and Danish.
DIR. e. e. hurry, Dentist, War
burton Bldg. adv.
Hotel and restaurant men of
Spokane approve program of meat
less Tuesdays and wheatless
Wednesdays.
Y. Nj. O. A. workers at Camp
Lewis will belong to drill corps.
Campbell's Ship AIDES and
Axes. Palace Hardware Co., 1911
Pacific ave. adv.
Liberty loan total thruout the
west is $295,6S2,000.
U. s. is preparing, thru Red
Cross, to feed American soldiers
and sailors taken prisoner by
Germans because Germany doesn't
supply sufficient food.
Dr. Cozza, dentist, 208 Provi.
dent. adv.
Walter Thomas Parker, Taco
mas only representative in draft
army of colored men sent to Camp
Lewis. is given Bible by Tacoma
woman.
Steamer Admiral Farragut ar
IlNco vi oOuuu, CUHpi5tluB idbI
voyage in Alaska trade this year.
We rent guns. Hofstetter's, 1903
Pacific av. adv.
Steamer Santa Rita completes
Tacoma cargo of lumber and will
leave for West Coast.
Try FIR. Kneipp's health bread
at Duenwald's, 1112 Broadway.
adv.
Japanese steamer Ide Maru Of
0. s. X. line. due at Milwaukee
docks Tuesday with freight from
Orient.
Armed with imitation revolver,
and with yellow glasses for q
mask. 14-year-old would-be rob
- =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
LOCATES SON AT CAMP

Private Mellsner Company e, 36th engineers
years. - -
After long search for daughter
told there soldier name They
called on A. Burngame, physical director building a.
A. c. A. Just minute" he said very
He did - - -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Walter Thomas Parker, Taco
mas only representative in draft
army of colored men sent to Camp
Lewis. is given Bible by Tacoma
woman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

washed ashore here. The City Of
Bantford, according to marine
records. sank in Saginaw Bay in
1892.
Every cannery in state will be
under license by food administra-
ton next Tuesday.
City detectives arrest AL Adler
on charge of stealing 5000 from
his employer.
COMMERCIAL BHNDERY q
PRINTING GO. Main AT. adv
Enlistments for navy increasing
in Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Steamer Admiral Farragut ar
rives on Sound, completing last
voyage in Alaska trade this year.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Liberty loan total thruout the
west is $295,682,000.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Police Of Tacoma and Seattle
fail in search for May and Birdie
McElfresh, Seattle school girls,
who have been missing since Oct.
20 when they left their homes to
visit a friend at Camp Murray.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
BIRTHS

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest p.
Pamment, 1924 No. 18th st., Oct.
81, daughter; Mr.. and Mrs. Aud
ley Brennan, 422S Thompson av.,
Oct. 8, son; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
A. c. English, So. cad ST., Sept.
80, daughter; Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd
Ray, $500 No. Orchard ST., Sept.
Is, son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
TO SEIZE LUMBER MILLS

Omitted Wire.)
WASHINGTON D. G, Oct 29-The government is prepared
all lumber
today.
The lumbemen
production product will have the rghtof
shipment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Dr. Cozza, dentist, 208 Provi.
dent. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

U. s. is preparing, thru Red
Cross, to feed American soldiers
and sailors taken prisoner by
Germans because Germany doesn't
supply sufficient food.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30
AMERICAN RAID VICTIM

Omitted Press Leased Wre)
SACRAMENTO, Cala Oct 29-Fred Phelan. 49, of Mr.
and Mrs Fred Phean pioneer was killed
In the German air raid Kent England according
word received by the parents today.
Phean served three navy anxious to get
into action against the kaiser Joined the British
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Campbell's Ship AIDES and
Axes. Palace Hardware Co., 1911
Pacific ave. adv.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Y. nj. O. A. workers at Camp
Lewis will belong to drill corps.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Men under military guard at
Camp Lewis put to work beauti-
tying 361st regiment headquar-
ters building with sidewalk and
rustic fences,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

Hotel and restaurant men of
Spokane approve program of meat
less Tuesdays and wheatless
Wednesdays.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-10-30

16-in. and Aft. slab wood. Key
stone Lumber Co. Main 1913. adv.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-08-07

GIowa naprzod zleciai re. schodow Wiodacych ma
estrade.
Oratorska ia scena wywolala rozdzierajacy
krzvk kobiet. ktore tlumnie rzucily sic ku swemu ia
w%orytowi otoczyiy go ola zasloniecia pred ME
bezpieczefstwem. Dowod ten czu}ego przywlqzanla
omal ME stall sic fatalnym ola pana Humna, ktory
bardzo byl popularity; ME wiele BOWEN brakio' by
ME zostal zaduszony przez straz niewieScla. Wick
sza czeSG swiec zagasia slychac byio tylko strasz-
ny halas.
- Teraz, Sammy rzckl Weller, uwaznlc
zdejmuiac surdut pojdz sprowadz nocnego
stroza.
A coz ty bedziesz robil tymczasem:
- o mnie ME troszcz sic, Sammy; zaJne sic
zalatwieniem malego rachunku I tym Stigginsem..
To powiedziawszy, MIN Sam mia{ czas pow
strzymac go, bohaterski starzec dotarf do mlejsca,
gdzie sta{ Stiggins / zaatakowai go Z wielka zrecz-
~noScia.
- C~hodzmy, starry rzek} Sam.
- Wystepuj-ze!- woia} Weller, ME ~zwazajac
liza sfowa syna. bez dalszej przedmowy zaaplikowa:
wielebnemu Stigginsowi potezne uderzenie w sao-
we, potem zaczqf uwijat sic ko}o niego Z lekkoscla
godna podziwu w gentlemanie takich lat.
N1dzqc, re prZedStaWlenla lego Sd OeZshutc'%'
ne, Sam mocno ~nasunaI sobie ~kapelusz, ma ranle
zarzucil surdut OLGA schwyciwszy stangreta pote-
znie "a pas, sila Sciagnal go re schodow ma ulice. u
szedlszv za1edwie kilkadziesiat krokow, uslyszcli
halas, spoWodowany rozproszeniem sic wszystkich
czlonk6w sekcyi Brick-Lane, oddzialu Ebcnezer:
wieIkiego towarzystwa wstrzemiezliwoSci; a wkrot-
&c potem uirzeli wielebnego Stigginsa, wsrod nai9-
;awan posp0lstwa, prowadzonego do lokalu' udzle-
loneeo przez wladze miejskq.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1917-08-07

nam. fla ~uczynit, a praca POLYTECHNIC byla... Wiec
plaza sic wan nalezy...
To m6wiac, opat posunal bryie zlota glowq
skinai ma pozegnanic; ks. Petrek zagarn2l W pole
datek oddalii sic W milczeniu...
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-17
Maintaining Belgian Relief.

Germany has finally agreed to permit Ameri-
cans to continue to carry on the relief work es-
tabtshed in Belgium under restrictions no more
severe than have prevailed from the first This
lifts out Of the way one irritating obstacle be-
tween the two countries The break between Ger
many and the Upited States endangered one OF
the most important Of our scif-assumed war tasks,
on whose continuance depended the safety and
comfort OF millions otherwise helpless. While
details for the service may have to be readjusted
II is reassuring to know that the relief work will
be maintained and so far as possible hunger and
misery will be prevented.
1t is worth noting in this connection that men
who have been connected with the relief work
express the belief that Belgium will come out of
the war in better condition economically than
either Of the beiiigerents. Several reasons are
ascribed for this, one Of them being the fact
that already in this country interest to the amount
Of $400000,000 has accumulated, owing to inabil-
ity to make remittances, which item will figure
in the restoration of the Belgians to sefsustain-
ing condition. Nor will they be burdened with
the immense war debt piling up over the other
combatants. With all its misfortunes and wretch
edncss Belgium is better off materially than sew
eral European countries.