South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-16
CRUSHING THE KAISER WITH WIND.
JUNE 10, 1917.

They say history repeats itself sometimes long
stretches but il repeats. IL is of the that
history has OF doing things. The pendulum swings
way and then the other and every and then
spot where been before telling how often.
History sometimes reflects similar passing of that
point long as four thousand-possibly minon-years
agone.
For forty days forty nights it has been raining
down on the Potomac-raining words Noahs ark on
Pennsylvania midway between the white house and
the capitol is adrift upon of OnEersau0n. The
ARK "a distance the advisory commission
OF the council Of national defense, harbors all the
Noahs. and little who months ago. foresaw
a world deluged blood and began building against
the evil day. Engineers mechanics. college teachers.
railroad presidents miners shpbuildersal there,
and many more besides. They moved on Washington
10 help their country in the great crisis And their
country rented pleasant for them installed
ographers Ming cabinets and has set every Noah
at at
Building arks for the people? Not at all. Uncle
given them the job of supplying the deluge.
the forty cdd DAYS and nights Jhat have passed
since country set crush kaiser, all the
big Noahs have talking talking talking.
They are flooding the departments and bureaus with
advice about submarines and soy beans. tanks and
tankage. and goodness knows what
And what do the departments and bureaus do about
IL? DO they say: That's good idea, Noah. Go ahead
with it, Put it through. and send the bill" Well,
hardly.
They Noahs committee report to the fourth
something the secretary fles
it. and sends Noahs committee a Of thanks and
Herewith the incident is closed
AS for giving the advisory commission funds to ac-
compish something. the very thought gives con
gress and cabinet chils "Bilons defense but
cent for experts" is their
Why this strange attitude Some say that the spec
tace OF intelligent offering the government some
thing for nothing nils the statesmen with deep dstrust
so contrary 20 washington ways YOU know There
be something darky wicked behind the yolun-
teering.
But there is better explanation. The simple truth
is that the congress and the cabinet do not yet fully
realize America is out to crush the kaiser They
are doing their level best and are
excellent progress but they vet
our peace-time government must he entirely and dras
tically remodeed for It's departments. viewed
warning units are preposterous. For instance the
war department has dredge rivers and construct
public works and supervise shipping These are
vaguely divided half in different
departments
All well and good. perhaps in times Of peace But
IS that the crush the kaiser? why expect secy
Baker TO keep eye his battery of mud scovs
river while he keeps the other eve
his half million soldiers somewhere along Frances
bIood-red streams Is that the
There is WORK today for fifty departments and tho
sooner the right men empowered to carry
The rational way the the war will be over Let
the congress bId the deluge of advice Let
the great experts work unhsmpered by the red
OF the elder bureaucraces adequately
Let there he crushing the kaiser with con
versation They can safely leave that TO the editors.