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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
SOMEIIME S.

SOMETIMES.
Sometimes swift flashes when know
That all the doubts and fears and Wonderings-
The old accustomed answers TO my wish
the End-are foolish things.
moments when / know that
Am greater than this earth viii let me be;
Swift illuminations in the dark,
Like lightning in their radiant brevty-
And then that Gagged and hidden deep
living, throbbing Something waits release.
A something bound by flesh and earthly laws
Until my sojourn here at last shall cease.
For mountain heights with wondrous views OF lakes
And woods and meadows where white daisies nod;
Or snowy stretches high above the sea-
Silent and white, where mans foot has trod.
And TALL dark stately pine stand guard
Or still and throbbing nights of moonlight bliss,
Or mighty, valiant deeds or stirring words;
Or music sobbing worldwide pain-an this
Wakens that something from its sleep and Their
II leaps and surges through its prison tower,
Batters and pounds against the walls Of flesh,
Cries out: There limits to my power.
Let me see farther than these eyes can see
Hear more distinctly than these can hear
Know deeper things than this dull world can teach
Sing songs for mortal too sweet and clear
Let me love than with hands and lips
Fly. shaking these feet held TO the sod
] an akin and and windst
an akin TO and to Cod"
And then the lightning goes and darkness comes
Eut that moment have known that, free
Arr unrestricted, l shall at last somewhere
beyond 3 throughout Eternity.
Marjorie Hills.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
THE CHANCELLoR's PLIGHT.

News Of unrest in Germany, of hostility to
tLe clanceIlor's equivocations over the govern
ulsuts attitude on peace negotiations and
terms. must be taken with the reserve which all
Eews from German sources is wisely re-
c@Eved- But there is ground for the suppose
ton that there Is some concerted opposition
developing to proportions which soon will be
great @l@lgh to warrant open assertion of 1t
self, When this assertion comes, if it does
come, h real gain viii have been made for the
entente nations. since it will be conclusive evil
dence that there IS revolt within Germany
against she further exploitation of the nation
by the military autocracy. There is skepticism
already over the ability of that autocracy to
keep its promises, and with this skepticism
comes vision Of the result Of failure to keep
those promises. Germany has financed this
war largely by means Of bond issues. The time
passed long since when reasonable possibility
OF Germany paying these government obliga-
tons without practically bankrupting its citi-
zenship existed. The government succeeded
with its financial policy because it has held be-
fore its people the promise of payment of
bonded obligations by means of indemnities
won by the war.
1t is not surprising that the chancellor and
the secretary Of foreign affairs are quoted as
favorable to peace by negotiation. Once the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
How History Is Ignored.

Utica Herald-Dispatch: Germ an
propagandists are as ignorant of the
facts Of modern history as modern
German statesmen are Indifferent to
the validity of treaties, which they
describe as only scraps of paper.
For example, we constantly hear
from the Prussian apologists that
from 1871 to August, 1914, Germany
was always at peace and was the
one uniformly peaceable frst-class
power.
Now here are some of the facts of
history: From 1902 10 1907 Germany's
war against the Herreros in that
portion OF southwest Africa she had
occupied was the most bitterly con-
tested conflict between whites and
blacks knows to the twentieth cen
fury. In that war 5000 soldiers and
settlers and 10000 to 10000 natives
persisted. In 1897 Germany seized
Kiao-Chau In China because of the
murder of two Catholic mission
aries, and ratified the saber TO such
an extent that when, in 1900, the
Chinese Boxers began a war with
the world 1t was primarily because
of Germany's acts. The German
minister TO China was the foreign
official against whom the Boxers
struck their first blows. In the
Boxer war of 1900 that followed
Germany, as the leader of continen-
tai Europe, sent Field Marshal Won
Waldersee as the international com.
handkerchief and waged a Hun
like war, without quarter In 1888
1889, 1S91-1Se2 and 1905 and 1906
Germany was three times at war
with and finally conquered the Arabs
and blacks in East Africa. Won Wiss-
man, Karl Peters and other German
commanders waged aggressive wars
of conquest with the utmost ferocity
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
stern Measures Needed.

Knoxville Journal: Why does the
government bubble with the German
traitors in this state who are con
tinually doing and saying things that
impede the war? Drastic action will
cure the plague. Make an example
of them. Build bull pen and put
them in it. Stand a few of them Up
before a firing squad. Every day
that is wasted in warning and plead
ing with them the situation grows
worse. Apparently a German cannot
understand any other argument ex
cept force. AS a matter of fact. the
hanging of Little, the /. w. W. lead
er, at Butte, Mont. has done more to
suppress traitorous talk and action
than anything the government has
done. The time has come in this
country when loyal Americans must
express their sentiment in determin
ed action If necessary to suppress
German propaganda and German op
position to the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Blood Guilt Placed.

President Wilson places the blood
guilt where it belongs. on the skull
crowned brow of German militarism,
and all the sophistries of Wilhelm
strasse, all the lying pleas of mill
tary necessities and all the evasions
of Prussian diplomacy, cannot wipe
away the crimson stain.
Germany, says the president to his
holiness, stopped at no barrier OF
either law or mercy; swept whole
continent within the tide OF blood
not the blood OF soldiers only out the
blood OF innocent women and chii-
dre1 also; and OF the help'es, Loor. !"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

hope of victory by arms vanishes Germany mas
only negotiation as means to save her 1rohi
financial disaster which is part OF the price
she will pay. The chancellor cannot be blamed
for the difficulty he is finding in terminating a
definite peace policy. He cannot AFFORD 10
commit the government to peace demand Ior
indemnities for fear of alternating the neutral
nations which are not yet in the war, nor can
he afford to commit the government to pollcy
which foregoes indemnities, since this is cam
did admission that Germany's war Is failure
and that she must pay the price in financial
ruin.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

WASHINGTON despatch from James
Kelley to the Chicago Herald: We
may send 100000 or 100000 Amer
/, lean soldiers 10 France; we may ap-
propyiate sums of money so vast that.
TO quote a phrase used to me today
by world financier: They read
to me like astronomical calculations.
But neither millions of men nor bill
lions of money can strike so effective
blow for world democracy as did
President Wilson today in his answer
to the pope's peace plea
The end of the war began today,
and In Mr.. Wilson's 1000 words the
peace plans OF the world are set
forth.
The bugle call TO cease firing
may not come for months or for
years, but the surrender or defeat
of Germany was made inevitable
when Mr.. Wilson. on his own type
writer, held the German government
| up TO the gaze of all mankind as a
! treacherous, murderous world free
oooter, and told the German people
what they must do to be saved.
Message to Teutons.
| Mr. Wilson's note is addressed to
his holiness Benedictus XIV, but his
message is to the German people
i He tells them they have followed the
CORY flag of an imperial bucaneer
through rivers OF blood and weller
! of broken pledges toward the i'm
possible goal OF the domination OF
! the world.
| While they follow this leader there
can be no mercy and no pardon, fol-
any word they gave would be worth
no more than the bond of their fore
sworn master that he would respect
and protect the neutrality of Belgium
| AS long as Germany means Hohen
zollernism, the war viii go on, and
/ if this means the end of Germany il
| the same torture TO which Belgium
/ France and Serbia have been pat. the
blame will be upon their own heads
Germany Arraioned.
| Show the world a government thai
| the world can trust to keep its
pledges, instead of an autocrat, Graz
| ed with ambition, TO make the whole
earth stand ct attention to Hohen
lzollern drillmaster. and peace Is
yours for the asking, is what the
president tells the German people In
potter words.
He tells Inc pope tn2r the ciIcuIl
stance OF the German people respond
ing with temporary zest" 10 the
sanguinary frenzy Of their ruthless
master does not concern US. but, nc
adds:
1T is our business to see to it that
the history of the rest OF the world
is no longer left to their handling"
The president does more than
speak of the present and the future,
he Eliminates the past, and in the
searchlight of his denunciation Ger
many stands revealed as the blood
stained plotter for and inciter of tbs
European cataclysm. The document
burns with pitiless accusation.
It gives the lie to the cantins
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
REAL WORTH OF PRODUCTION.

John Locke spent seventeen years medltat-
ing on the scope and limitations of man IS nen-
tai faculties, and then wrote the work that
marked an epoch in the history of philosophy
his famous Essay on Human Understand
ing.' For this he received one hundred ard
fifty dollars When Emmanuel Kant, ninety
one years later, completed philosophical COM
rnent on Lockes studies in his 'krltlk OF
Pure Reason he was paid another one hun
dred and fifty dollars.
Now, by way of contrast, consider the re-
port that Charlie Chaplin is to quit his job be-
cause it pays only miserable six hundred and
seventy thousand dollars year and viii ac-
cept more adequate returns for his ple-hurllng
services with a company that will pay HIM one
million dollars annually.
Is misunderstanding and the art of falling
down stairs more useful than philosophy Is
Chaplin with his million worth more than
President Wilson with his seventy-fve thou
sand dollars a year7 Is the acrobatic comedian
worth to the world five hundred times the
value of the university professor who trains and
teaches our young men on salary OF about
two thousand dollars a year9
The man or woman who is doing sincere and
earnest work of importance to the world is
paid in something greater than money. We
should not rail at the huge sums paid the Chap
Inns. the Pickfords and other stars of the
screen drama. Those who do not believe that
rewards are distributed fairly or equally
should read Emerson's essay on "Compensa-
tom It will restore their mental perspec-
tive.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Those Who do Not Salute the FLAG

Chicago Tribune: There are four
classes OF men who do not salute the
flag: the careless, the forgetful, the
ignorant and the German sympathiz-
ers. For the ignorant, 1t may be re-
peated that 1t is proper to remove
the hat and place it over the heart
as the colors go by. For the care
less and forgetful, 1t may be sug-
gested that their laxity not only
serves as cover for the German
sympathizers, but is likely to arouse
suspicion as to their own loyalty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
POWERFUL BLOW FOR WORLD
DEMOCRACY is STRUCK BY
WILSON'S REPLY TO BENEDICT

hypocrisy OF Germany that she Is
fighting a war Of self defense; that
she is battling-and battled from the
lbeginning-fo self preservation; that
she is nation defending herself
from the premeditated ra2acious as
saults OF covetous neighbors, who
modified when she sat with folded
arms, who attacked when she de-
sired peace.
No plea of self defense is possible
Grand larceny--the grandest larceny
of all ages-was Germany's game, the
larceny of the whole world. Mr.
Wilson puts it more politely. more
automatically; he calls it world
domination.
Secretly" so says the president
and cunningly for fifty years her
( rulers have plotted and planned.
| builded for the day when her legions
could overrun the earth and plant
! the Prnssian eagle on every soil.
We hope the phrase ito dominate
| the world sinks into the soul OF
every American, and particularly
those Americans who, with potential
disloyalty in their hearts, have been
asking why America went TO war.
! This is the Answer.
This is the answer; there in the
presidents note is the reason. We
went to war to save that for which
i our forefathers fought and died: that
| for which all real men joyfully will
die-freedom.
The north fought to free the
slaves: north and south and east and
west today are fighting against Teu-
| tonic slavery.
To enslave the world, Germany has
| drenched it in blood.
"Her vast military establishment.
controlled by an irresponsible gov
| eminent" when the moment came,
i struck as a thief in the night; struck
as strikes the assassin, but without
/ the assassin's regard for sex or age;
struck as ii pleased and as it plan
ned; struck without regard for sacred
obligations. with scorn for the very
/ laws it had helped create, and to the
UNFOLDING of which its national hon
1 or was pledged; struck ruthlessly
and suddenly, hoping that terror and
surprise would supplement Its men
and its guns; struck foe and friend.
| belligerent and. neutral, and IN so
| striking, struck the hour Of its own
doom.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Spare us the LealslatureI

Cedar Rapids Republican,: The
worst thing about that Liberty bond
tax legislation is that it will neces-
state calling the legislature together,
and when they are together there is
no telling how long they fay stay in
that condition. Life is so comfort
able without Legislature to think
about II is enough to have congress
shooting OFF it's mouths-mostly
mouths, and not cannon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
a plnicul. Undertaking..

Washington Star: An effort at
this time to be anti-English without
being constructively pro1German Is
too delicate a matter to be undertake
en- except by profoundly discern
ing and delicately discriminating In
tellect. And even then the public is
is in no mood to appreciate the pro-
fundity or the delicacy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Eric ndless Coal earans.

Springfield, Mass, Republican: An
outstanding fact in connection with
the presidents action in fixing the
price of soft coal is that the coal in
dustry has fewer friends than any
other industry in the country. Coal
'barons'" are the most unpopular
personages in America.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

New York landlords are so..,. n
themselves against coal sou es.llyi y
slipping over on tenants an are eeze az
clause in leases which does nm M.
1T obligatory on owners - no. max
heat. ~ TURNS
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Often Fatal.

Chicago Evening Post: The oldest
German language newspaper in Iowa
is dead IT died OF inability to be
American. The disease Is prevalent
and ant to prove fatal.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

peace has been made, and !. Z
made In stockholm at all. Ana i swasa'
OF course, 1t will have 10 no ana thsI
ed. y We denopn|
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
Surprise In store.

Kansas City Times: Some bright
morning in, the next year or SO the
Stockholm socialists will be surprised
to pick up the paper and find that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
1errifylnu.

Des Moines Register: Pretty soon
the rich man will have a nervous
chill every time he hears the word
taxes"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

l find the gayest castles in the air that
were ever piled far better for comfort and
use than the dungeons in the air that are
daily dug and governed out by grurnbling,
disconnected people.-Emerson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Wiser and better men than Nicholas Roman
off have unwillingly Travelled into Siberia, ig-
norant alike of their place Of destination and
the fate awaiting them.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

A nationwide food survey is to be begun at
once. In view of experience with former sur
views the best the country can do is to sit tight
and hope for the best
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Democrat: Germany has
helped Austria out OF some bad
places since the war started, and If
it lets Austria lose its Adriaric coast
IL the present juncture it viii prove
that the kaiser is much more en-
barrassed By the pressure on the
west front than ne has admitted.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

| that the KAISER II mucu AoIS GILL
| barrassed By the pressure on the
wesr front than ne has admitted.
Iowa City Citizen: Perhaps it is
not practicable. but it would seem
that something equitable should be
done TO equalize the price on stocks
of coal already bought and paid for.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Why should
the catfish have been considered
| choice food, while the dogfsh was
held unfit TO eat The world knows
] better now, and proclaims that dog
fish properly prepared is real deli
cacy.
| Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Michaelis
| remains the master. The reichstag
has got to support him. He is crafty
enough TO get in front no matter how
or which way the reichstag goes.
Des Moines Register: The story
that T. Roosevelt would be sent to
Russia at the head of an army has
not yet been followed by the infor-
nation that the colonel has been
I mea sured for new uniform.
yiIlisca Review: If you can't smile
go out and herd sheep. They won't
care.
waterloo Courier: 1t is not the
original cost OF peace but the up
keep that is engaging the attention
OF the entente allies.
| Cedar Rapids Gazette: Hog bristles
viii take the place of aigrettes on
winter millinery at only moderate
! increase in cost.
Anes Tribune: Considering his
sightIess condition, the blind tiger
has remarkable success in eluding
| the hunters.
Boone News-Republican: The
kaiser is sending out doves pretty
regularly, but so far they have failed
TO return with any emblem of land.
Ing anywhere.
/ Perry Chief: The old time slaugh.
! ter house, which everyone considered
a dirty nuisance, fit only for an iso
lated spot, may take place along.
side the U. s. mint.
Sioux City Tribune: One notice.
able feature about the temp" bars
7 is the absence of loud conversation.
! Des Moines Tribune: The Ameri
cans ought to learn the art Of war
easily in France. School is in ses.
sion day and night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

A despatch from Terre Haute informs that
a link of only a few miles of traction railroad
is to be built from Ridge Farm, just over the
state line in Illinois, to Clinton, Ind, which will
make it possible to travel by trolley from st.
Louis. No, to Skowhegan, Me-, about L 400
miles. But who wants to go to Skowhegan,
Me-?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Iowa City Citizen: Perhaps it is
not practicable, but it would seem
that something equitable should be
done TO eoualize the price on stocks
of coal already bought and paid for.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Besides and besides this of men, there
and kingdom of spirits that world
is around u.s. everywhere; and these spirits watch
US, they commissioned to guard us.-chariotte
Bronte.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Why should
the catfish have been considered
choice food, while the dogfsh was
held unfit TO eat The world knows
better now, and procIaims that dog
fish properly prepared is real deli
cacy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Des Moines Tribune: The Ameri
cans ought to learn the art Of war
easily in France. School is in ses-
sion day and night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Michaelis
remains the master. The reichstag
has got to support him. He is crafty
enough TO get in front no N latter how
or which way the reichstag goes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-31

Sioux City Tribune: One notice
able feature about the temp" bar
is the absence OF loud conversation
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-25

tearing up things in general.
Clinton seemed to be pleasing
the farmer, while l was cutting
such capers across the field that
the ranch foreman grabbed the
lines in order to prevent further
damage. Frank was doing a
little better than myself; but
that's not saying much for him.
| was fired on the spot, but the
farmer offered to keep Frank in
order that he might get Ilinton's
services. l couldn't hardly bear
the thought, at that time, of
wandering over the country
alone SO persuaded Frank and
Clinton to give up their Jobs
and 60 with me in further search
OF work that would prove a lit
tie more congenial to our tender
hands. In less than three weeks
| was back home. Frank and
Clinton got work in a freight de
pot in Wellington, Kan., and
remained there throughout most
of the summer.
So if Tucker really has ad,
vice to keep us out of the war,
he'd have to make another sug
gestlon. We would gladly plow
IT we could; but we can't, and
there's no use talking about it.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1917-04-25
Spain's Role Difficult

Spain is finding the role of
foremost neutral Nation" 10 be
difficult one. In addition to
the enormous amount of work
attendant upon Spain's task Of
looking after the interest of the
belligerent countries in tine
various Capitals, she is finding
it more and more to time, a
German shell or torpedo finds
Its way into the hull of a Span
ish ship, and protest after protest
is sent to Berlin, all to no avail.
The destruction OF another Span
ish vessel, with loss of life. was
reported Wednesday, and the
Spanish populace is becoming
more and more inflamed against
the Kaiser and his "kdlture. "
Spain is finding out. as the
United States did, that Germany
has no more regard for the fore.
most neutral" than she has for
the smallest, and each day adds
to the difficulty of AlfonSo's en-
deavor to maintain his country's
neutrality that he NAV be medi
tator between the warning Pow.
ers when the end shall come
Charlotte Observer.