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The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
The Russian Crisis.

1t is proper and pertinent at this period that the
common people who do the fighting and dying, should
demand information of the war arrangements, the
American included.
What is being done and what is going to be done
about Russiai
Are the allies going to exhibit another hasco, such
as those in the of Gapo, Greece, Rumania and
Italy1 Are they going to sit gazing, key in hand,
while Germany steals the Russian mule, and only at
tempt to lock up the barn after it's empty!
That the latter is just exactly what is transpiring
Is already strongly indicated by what Lord Robert
Cecil minister of blockade, promptly offers the Boil
shevi peace proclamation when he says: If it rep
resents the real opinion of the Russian people. which
do not believe it would be direct breach of treaty
obligations and Russia's alliance"
Hang the real opinion of the Russian people! The
real fact is that such government the Russian peo-
pie have able to get, is playing into Germanys
hands; that it is trying to release million more
German veterans for service the Western front;
that it is threatening the final crucfxion of Rumania
and probably also of Italy For the allies to wait longer
for the Russian people to find themselves is not
only stupid but criminal also for it additional
and continued slaughter. Treaty obligations in the
hands of those tinerant anarchists Trozy and Lenne
are Just as sacred and safe they would be in the
hands of the Kaiser and Won Hindenburg, and
so, and any puttering over such obllgahons by the
allies is rank comedy, to be paid for in blood
What are the allies going to do about Russia9
What are WE going to do about Russia?
We cannot recognize the Bolsheviki government and
help Russia with food fuel and funds. The Russian
government that is against Germany is against
The Boshevki may things for three four months
and then give way to something better, something
standing for the genuine popular opinion and arn But
the crisis is immediate and pressing. Within those
three or four months Italy may be devastated and Rus
sia utterly ruined.
Shall we say, Fight with eat with Germany
Sail we join with the allies and pay and supply the
big proportion of the Russian soldiers who still will
fight Germans and who perhaps actually represent the
real opinion and desires of the Russian people?
Or shall we, in the good old allied way, just let
things slide until Russia sold out to the German
tocTacy?
Ii is the time for administration to give Rus
sa to give the allies give Us its exact attitude to-
ward such international treachery is under way
at Petrograd.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Protect Them ali.

The port of New York is war zone. 1t is under
martial law now. 1t should NOT possess this solitary
distinction long. The ports of Philadelphia, Boston
Baltimore and all the others the two seaboards and
the Gulf should also be under military guard.
Likewise the Erie Canal should be placed under
military control at All of the inland water
ways including the locks at Saut Ste Marie and the
straits Detroit should be declared war zones There
is question quite so vital in the United States
today transportation both on land and water If
railroad eulverts and bridges well guarded it
may be taken for granted that they WILL sooner OF
later, be dynamited The enemy spy system is going
to make its supreme effort when American war prepa
rations reach their climax. In few months we will
be sending troops and supplies to Europe at an un-
precedented 1t is far easier to blow them up on
American soil than torpedo them on the high seas
The first German line of attack on the enenlys COM
munications is on American territory.
1t will be found in due time that the Presidents
alien enemy proclamation is not sufficiently drastic
The American intelligence system will prove that fact
couclusively before long
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Letters Which Show the Spirit
Of Our Boys at the Front

How gorseously green Ireland is,
how supremely thick English walters
seem, how BohemianIy pleasant war
companions are. is breezily told in an
Interesting letter from "over there, 3"
recently received by typically Amer
lean father from typically American
son. The letter follows:
In the Irish Ocean.
Dear Dad:
Was awakened this morning by an
argument outside my stateroom win
dow and hoped up in time TO hear a
little Irishman pipe up:
"Hurrah for Ireland"
''Hurrah for He'll" growled some
one nearby.
That's right. that's right" shrilI-
ed the excited little Mick, Every man
for his own country"
And there was the Good Ould
Emerald Isle" itself, and believe me,
those thousand or so songs that MAY
has about the little bit OF Heaven"
sounded about right after two weeks
on the water. Shut your eyes. Pop,
and try TO picture to yourself your
geography idea of Ireland. / know
mine was that Of a dreary, desolate.
barren sort Of country. filled with
peat bogs. entirely over-run with po-
tatoes and surrounded by fog.
You can imagine my surprise In see
ing the most beautiful stretch OF coast
line imaginable. with beautiful green
lawns stretching UP from the shore to
old store castles on the hills, and all
the land, up and down the sides Of the
hill, laid OF into square fields Of the
most wonderful shade of green and
enclosed by hcdrss OF darker green.
And in some places where the ground
was steep. rocky cISgs cT-pYcd oIJ
and dropped away into clTs that
reached straight down 10 the sea \ !
the houses in Ireland are white and
here and there among clamps OF shade
trees wee scattered homelike little
while cottages with roads and lawns
SO neatly kept, even the poorest, that
nowhere in America could You lrd A
place to compare with il. And once
in a while We would ghmIse, from
far out at sea, through our glasses a
water fan, tumbling from some high
peak, disappearing :ato a beautiful
wooded glen, only TO come out again
farther down on the slope in another
larger fall, and 80 on down to tie s"a.
You would enjoy IT Pop; not the
voyage, perhsTs, because that's more
or less like what Jcff said to Mutt
when Mutt hit him on the head with
a hammer-'Do IL again, Mutt: II
feels so good when you stop
The voyage was kind OF npnot-
onous. tholSh We had occasional
thrills when TIE cruiser suddenly fired
hro2dside and the destroyers fitts /
about from wave to wave. for al ihe
world like wasps in search Of rr y.
and then when a fellow got drunk
and tried TO walk the rail. and
picked out a dark stormy night 10
do it. and fell over and was drowned.
But these were just minor incidents,
nothing really big happened, though
We had hopes for a naval hattie.
Then, too. We had sports and games
and boxing bouts and concerts, for
among a bunch of fellows. if YOU
search long enough. you can generally
uncover at least one artist: a couple
OF poets, a piclgCCkct or TWO. a bar
Der. and a hundred or more fools with
nothing TO do who are willing 10 lis
ten. But We were fortunate in find
ing two artists. One is the son OF
some famous Italian terror and knows
twenty-five operas by heart-I didn't
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27


prevent them from going down with it. They knew
whom they were dealing with, knew they were en-
numbered with certain humane instincts which the
Prussan code Denies that they were relatively as safe
If one of their own ships were hard by As to
the Americans no vision of the Lusitania no specter
of "spurles yersenk" before their eyes to OBJ
their plain duty to the poor creatures whom they
bested in running fight of the sea.
Of course. it was entirely logical and natural to
the Hun. Why shouldn't he sink his submarine even
while craving the protection of the white flag of
renderi Have not his fellow Huns on the land also
raised the white flag, and then treacherousy waylad
the force that came to take them prisoners? Have
not the. eveslords of Berlin told him his plain duty,
which he must carry out to the letter, though his life
be the forfeit? Is not "all fair in war; What is
war for, anyway? Is it game where one has to
obey some foolish rules?
Thus it will continue to be to the end of the
chapter There certain reprisas that American
public opinion will sanction but not the denial of life
to these poor unfortunates of the submarines be-
devilled and enslaved by government which is run
ming more amuck than ever.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
either OF them. and the attitude OF

either OF them. and the attitude of
the administration will take toward
the postbellum settlement of
points at issue between European
nations.
II a war declaration Is asked for.
of course, IT will be Forthcoming.
and that, too. in spite of the con-
scientious belief of some of the
members that such a declaration is
not needed at this time.
The question OF American partici-
patton in questions affecting the fu-
ture of Alsace- Lorraine, whether
Austria shall have seaports or
whether Its seaports shall be taken
away from IL. etc. may be definite
ly answered by some suggestion in
the Presidents message. II a def
mite course is recommended this,
too. will be the cause of some de-
bate, with the probability that more
independent action win be had than
on any of the other larger war ques-
tions thus far settled, or submitted
for discussion in the Congress.
The japanese question will be dealt
with perhaps-at least IL the recent
exchange between Viscount Ishii and
Secretary Lansing took on the aspects
of a treaty. 1t will have to have the
approval Of the Senate. The possible
clear definition of what Japan's inten-
tions are in the present struggle may
be asked for. if this comes up. Few
members of Congress appear TO know
what Japan's part Is, or promises to
be. in the resent war. They all know.
of course, the ardent protestations
made by the japanese with regard to
admiration for democracy against au-
tocracy. but the members know. too,
that Japan Is not a democracy itself
or anything approaching it. They
wonder why. II SO strongly in sympa-
thy with democratic ideas. Japan does
not back its word with gunfire. And
they wonder. why, IL Japan is so
strongly convinced of the superiority
of democracies over autocracies, ia
pan does not itself take on more of
the aspects of a democracy.
The Russian question will not be
extensively touched, some of the men,
bers think. They wish 1t would, how
ever They want to know just how
we went about to keep Russia in the
fight for democracy. and why it was
that we failed so signally in the at
tempt to do so.
And all these questions just scratch
the surface-there are more!
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Restricting the Press.

Readers of magazines demand a national press and
not a sectional press
That is the keynote of advertisement addressed
to the public and appearing in these columns.
We would ask our readers to note the plea made
by the Authors League, for the members thereof
not the least among the sufferers should this law
ever be enacted.
The United States thanks to discriminating readers,
has been fortunate in its magazine service The best
thought of the best informed writers is offered from
week to week, and month to month"; in national pub
catons. Now it is proposed to sectonalize these pub
Eeations, which egslating them of business
That you may be informed along these lines we
therefore suggest your reading the advertisement Of
the Authors League.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
|Sammy's Friends "Over There" Make
War Life Less Lonesome for Him
Warmest Greetings Meet Him; Our Allies
Across the Seas Like Him, Men,
Women and Even the Children.

Those other sons OF other mothers
are going TO greet the sons OF Ameri-
can mothers with glad hands and
CHEEKY words when they cross the At
lantic TO fight the Kaiser.
Here are excerpts from a real war
magazine, the So!xante-trcis. Its edi-
tors and writers are French boys fght-
Ing our and their enemy beyond Yer
dun.
Read this:
I'VE are going to see the Ameri-
cans. 1t is really true at last? Yes.
and we see them. indeed. They are
handsome. Their faces are of Just the
type We imagined, clean-cut. with
sharp outlines. Many Of them are
blord. OF light hair and compuexion.
They smile at the children; they pick
them up and carry them in their mus
cular arms. 1t is curious what a calm.
strong air they have"
That promises well for the recep-
tion our boys will get from their COM
rades-in-arms, doesn't IL?
Pretty girls approach them" this
French magazine says, "a dictionary
in hand, TO take their first English les
son. They make gracious gestures.
and forget for the moment that there
Is Frenchman in the world. So swag-
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Support for La Toilette.

Is Senator la Toilette right in his
outlook upon the situation in his own
State? Or has the Democratic or
ganlzation there a more accurate sum-
up Of the situation7
The question is being given some
consideration here, because both the
Democratic organizat ton and Senator
La Toilette are urging that an cleo
ton be called at once to fill the va
cancy created by the death of the late
Senator Husting.
Senator La Follete thinks an imme-
diate election will show Wisconsin to
be standing behind him. His division
OF the party will have a candidate in
the Senatorial contest and his most
prominent supporters in the State hope
to be able to put this candidate over
against the field.
The Democrats, on the other hand,
are convinced that it would be the
best thing for them to insist upon an
immediate election. They feel that
their chance of winning would be not
Mt all impaired at this time. In fact,
they reason, they can as well elect
n Senator at this time as at any other
time And they say their chance would
be materially strengthened at this
time. because the best use can be
made of Senator La Follette's strange
antics in the Senate on war measures.
OF course. somebody ls mistaken as
to sentiment in Wisconsin. 1t will be
interesting if an election Is called soon.
to see which side 1t Is. And 1t will
be interesting to see what effect two
disconcerting movements on the out
side will have-the effort of Gov. Phil
lips to jockey the situation SO he can
ultimately become a candidate. ana
the organization OF a Loyalty Legion
to guarantee the election OF patriot
in Senator Hastings place.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
The Railroads and Priority.

War is hard taskmaster. The current fallacy
business as usual" in regard to it is just about
ploded Business is not as usual; merchants and manu-
facurers engaged the production and distribution of
nonessenals, of luxures, great and small, suffer-
ing acutely already and going to suffer more.
The nation will applaud the decision of the govern
ment to pool the of the Eastern roads, so
as to gain their maximum efficiency for work. 1t
would be idle to assert that millions of our people
are not going to suffer severely under the order
of things. So fast is the alarm spreading that it
became necessary for Judge Lovett, administrator of
priority deny the reports that he is contemplating
an order shutting off from the automobile in
dustry This is only instance of the reports that
are gaining currency Delay in freight shipments
causing business embarrassment in many directions
The railroad congestion is great that it is only by
the relentless pruning of varions operations that any
relief can be obtained.
The proposals of the railroads themselves are
sensible The abandonment of competing passenger
service the of trucks and electric lines for
pooling of rolling stock and equipment, the exclusive
use of railroads for freight and of others for
coal-all these things in line with the scientific
efficiency which is being sought.
The newspapers have refrained from telling the
public the real gravity of the railroad situation The coal
faminine was only isolated and local symptom of
a condition which steadily growing 1t
has become clear that the roads, unless rgidly
trolled wohld become utterly inadequate to their
burdens The step taken by the government is none
too soon and there no assurance that it sufficiently
drastic.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
A Little Hunnish Trick.

The American destroyers operating off the Irish
coast have harpooned giant submarine, taken bag
ful OF prisoners, buried one of them with military
honors, and had taste of Huunish honor-one that
has bitter salt sea taste in it.
1t was quite a mouthful although unmportant in
its way When the German sailors caught like cor
nered rats, stood deck with hands raised in token
OF surrender, the American observed with strict
hdety the tradition of the white flag They could not
DO otherwise But they did know that certain OF
teir prospective prisoners busy below opening
he cocks so as TO- send the submarine to the bottom
f the sea, and prevent the Americans from obtaining
legitimate prize of war, and possibly obtaining some
precious German naval secrets
They would not have sunk their ship. of course
,ad they not known that American humanity would
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27

New York, Nov. S-There Is a su-
perstition in New York Office buildings
that the red-headed Office boy Is the
most intelligent of all the bean-shoot-
ing pests. A boy who has a red head
and a face slightly sprinkled with
freckles is always sure TO land a job
telling callers that the boss is out or
h. depending upon the caliber OF the
caller.
1t seems to be stylish to have red
headed office boys. a reporter with an
h.Guiring mind, visited two OF the
largest office buildings in town and
discovered that more than half were
red-headed boys and three out of every
five wore green ties.
Three years ago a boy working in
an Office could only make 81 a week
and what stamps he could swipe.
About 81 OF this generally went for
car fare for II II a trait OF the aver
age office boy to live as far away from
the Office as possible. Otherwise he
might be able to come to work on
time now and then.
But to offer an office boy 81 n week
just now would be encouraging him to
sneer right in your face. ANY office
boy. knock-kneed or with warts. can
demand IS a week and ct it, And II
he has a red head he can get $40 and
even si2 a week.
Incidentally the New York office boy
wields as much power as many auto
Gratis. 1t is up to him whether or not
you can see the man you want 10 see.
There is a broker in town who
awakened to the fact two weeks ago
that he lost the biggest order OF his
career through the impertlnence of the
lad at the outer gate.
Tortola De Valencia. heralded as one
of the worlds greatest dancers. has
arrived in New York TO find that New
York doesn't seem to care much about
her. The critics have paid scant at
tention to her and some have COM
mented unfavorably upon her dane
inE
Those who understand the finer
things of Terpsichore declare that she
has an art of her own, like Pavlowa,
Chalif and Duncan, but that her SUI
rerb dancing. highly emotive and sub
tie. cannot be properly comprehended
by a great ma iority.
The average New Yorker. accustom-
cd to the deafening noise of the jazz
the fox trot. does not seem to take TO
Tortola's plastic beauty and exquisite
fervor.
The Department Of Health waved
its mas gic wand and asked for white
rats. They were needed for expert
mental purposes in the laboratory
two weeks ago. Now. TO the depart
ments sorrow. there are white rats
under the chairs in the Offices. white
rats in the waste baskets. white rats
running about the floors. white rats
everywhere-and white rats coming
into existence at almost every hour
Of the day.
One woman started from Brooklyn
with a shoe box with six of the ro-
dents inside. Arriving at the Health
Department Offices, she took of the
lid and found nineteen.
Verify. white rats are needed no
longer.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27

even know there had been that many
written. did you?
And when they dragged the other
fellow up out of the hold away from
his "crap" game, and sat him down
at the piano he could play anything
they asked him from Chopin's Polo
naise in b fat to McSorley's Twins in
fat. Then we discovered an octette
that really could harmonic with
fellow who could initiate a ukelele.
but 1t was almost impossible ever to
get the whole eight together.
OF the English stewards, though.
my waiter is a scream. He only
shaves one side Of his face. Pop. and
he stands around open-mouthed Tor
all the world as though he had just
Con1e 10 Life" from out OF --Pick-
wick Papers" and hadn't yet become
accustomed TO his strange environ
ment. For some unintelligible rea-
son he has taken me under his wing
and my health and nourishment seem
to he the object of his particular at
tention.
lie tells me ] mustn't eat this or
that and whispers confidentially that
such a dish is very good and that
he shall ave SOON OF at" for his
bNh ne EoN1 NalA 81
the orders all wrong anyhow, hut
he means well and he tries so hard
that l humor the poor Old fellow
along and half starve some davs in
consequence. which undoubtedly keeps
nnn from being sessick.
He's English and so are al The
other stewards, but FOR general sn
around dunhness he takes the prize.
After counting and figuring for han
au hour. trying TO learn the English
money. found that in changing a
xlr-hiIl ore of me stewards rad nsd"
just G. CENTS on the deal. SO you sec
they are not al as stupid as-1ley
Hook.
Don't be awfully SURPRISED if 7
should walk in and eat 1NlriE; Iaas
dinner with you. I can't tell yOu any
more now. but viii write later.
With love and best wishes. a. al
WAYS. your afectionate,
GE1IsGE.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Out Where the West Begins.

Out where the handclap's little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells little longer,
That's where the West begins;
Out where the is little brighter,
Where the SHOWS that fall are a trfle whittier,
Where the bonds Of home wee bit tighter
That's where the West begins.
Out where the skies are trfle bluer,
Out where friendships little truer,
That's where the West begins;
Out where fresher breeze is blowing
Where there S laughter in every streamlet flowing,
Where there's more of reapng and less of sowing
That's where the West begins.
Out where the world is in the making,
Where fewer hearts in despair are aching
That's where the West begins;
Where there's more of singing and less of signing.
where there's more of giving and less of buying,
And man makes friends without half trying,
that's where the West begins
arthur Chapman Denver, Colo.
To the members of the Rocky Mountain Club ir
warmest fellowship.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Nnrrls Not a Repubiican.

In Nebraska some OF the promi-
nent Republicans are insisting that
George w. Norris, one of the will
full twelve" and a candidate for re-
election there next year, is not Re-
publican. The Democrats, however.
do not claim the Senator and while
the situation Is in such a good condi-
ton for harning Norris cause. they
are pointing to the fact that the Ne
braska Senator sits on the Republi-
can side in the Upper House.
eff that doesn't settle the qu stion
of his party ai..iiation we don't know
what does the DEMOCRATS are say
ing. The latter are very much elated
over the outlook. The Republicans
appear to have no one whose cause
they can espnuse to bring about Nor
ris' defeat y the primaries. The DEM
orrats think they have strong can
didate in the person of former Gov
ernor Morehead. and they believe
that with the latter holding his party
strength and gaining the Republicans
who have so roundly condemned Nor
ris' course. it will not be difficult to
supplant Senator Norris with one of
their number.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-27
Overcoming a Difficulty

Reference at social affair was made to the in
genuty of school children in getting around difficult
questions when Representative Frank Lester Greene,
of Vermont, recalled a fitting anecdote.
One afternoon the teacher of public school was
instructing juvenile class in geography and after
others had answered various questions, she turned to
small boy named Jimmy.
James" said she, describe to me the route you
would take if you going to Bermuda
"Yes, maam," returned Jimmy, little doubtfuly
Il would go to New York and then-and then"
Eyes, Jimmy" interposed the teacher. What
would you do then?"
"WlIy would get steamer" answered Jimmy,
with happy inspiration, "and leave the rest to the
captain" philadelphia Telegraph.