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"Thus the War Comes to an End

Probably every daily newspaper in
America has received letter In sub.
stance as follows: "A bot B last
spring that the war would be over
before Christmas; which wins?" To
decide In favor Of A would be to have
B quite reasonably object that only
an armlsuce, and not absolutely as
sured peace, exists. To award the
cigars to B would be to bring from A
quotation from a celebrated man,
uttered in November: THUS the war
comes to an end" Evidently the legal
lights Of the Third Avenue Railway
Company take the side Of A, for Presi-
dent HUFF Of that corporation, ex-
planning why his company refuses
longer to submit to the Jurisdiction Of
the National War Labor Board, says:
'Tn addition to tanying the jurisdio-
ton of tho War Board on several
grounds, chief among which II the fact
that tho war IL over, as announced by
President WILSON 10 Congress, they have
filed n statement yiving q history Of
their relations with the organisation
backing the compliments and their rea-
sons for refusing to recognize this Or
ganizatlon."
1t may be that some formal legal
contention along the line Of argument
used by Mr.. HUFF will bring the
matter to the highest courts. Then
Messrs. A and B will know whether
Presidential rhetoric. dramatically
spoken to the Congress, Is to be used
by mankind as guide in such mat
ters rs the hiring Of railroad men and
the transfer of wager cigars
The sun., 1918-12-31
EIGHT POINTS FOR SYRIA.
Mr.. Wilson Asked 10 Help an Ancient
Race 10 Independence.

TO THE EprToA OF THE suN--Sb' The
Syrian National Committee of North
America, with headquarters at sc Gar
den place, Brooklyn, has asked tho good
sraces of President Wilson on behalf OF
Syria and has expressed the following
principles:
Article I. The complete and perma-
nent elimination OF Turkish rule from
Syria. Article 2. That Syria (geo.
graphically bounded by the Tauric eys-
tenn OF mountains on the north. the
Egyptian Arish on the south, the Syrian
desert on the east and the Mediter-
ranean on the west) shall remain
united and undivided under one form OF
government, Article 8. The establish
ment of self-government and independ-
enco in Syria under the guardianship
OF the three great nations to whom the
Syrian people are chiefly indebted for
| their preservation and liberation.
namely, tho United States Of America,
Great Britain and France Article I.
That the government OF Syria shall
preferably be n federation OF a few
autonomous states with one central
administration. Article 8. That the
Arabic language spoken by the inhabi-
tants for Centuries, shall be the only
official language for the whole country.
Article 6. Complete separation OF
church and state. Article 7. The regu-
lsuon Of immigration in order to safe
guard and amply protect the rights and
interests of the native population, and
TO prevent any menace to the unity of
the Syrian people and tho stability Of
their government. Article s. Tho de-
velopment of friendly relations and
common interests with the adjoining
Arabic speaking countries Of western
Asia.
When the British and other allied
troops under General Allenby occupied
= section OF the Orient of which Syria
was part, there naturally arose a
question as to who was TO rule Syria
In the partition of Asia Minor. The
British occupied Damascus; the French
occupied Beyrout, and It became ap-
parent to- the Syrians now residents of
the United States that the foreign In
terests might possibly divide the coun-
try into three separate divisions or
spheres.
The Syrian population OF the United
states accordingly combined to use
whatever influence they may have
against the partition and general dis
memberlnent of Syria. and to support
the just aspirations OF her people to be
free and united country with self
government.
On the event " President Wilson'S
departure for France. this telegram was
sent him by the committee:
"On the eve OF your departure for
the Peace Conference, we wish YOU
Godspeed and most respectfully and
earnestly appeal to you in the name of
syrian communities OF North America
to use your great and good influence
against the partition and dlsmember-
ment OF our native land and to support
the Just aspirations OF herV people to be a
free and united country. with self-gov-
eminent 10 be supervised and developed
into full independence"
TIE SYRIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF
NORTH AMERICA.
DR.. ii. G. HAppAp, President.
BRooKLrN, December 80
The sun., 1918-12-31

One Of THE Suns highly valued
friends urges us to suggest that resi-
dents of New York assist puzzled sol :
diers and sailors by directing them to
the subway elevated and surface rail
roads which will carry them TO their
several destinations We are glad 10
lay this recommendation before our
readers, and We have no doubt that
among them there Is sufficiency OF
knowledge concerning tho geography
and the transportation systems Of New
York 20 supply correct answers to all
questions that may be asked
The sun., 1918-12-31
TRAFFIC. CONGESTION.
A New Jersey Plan for the Relief Of
New York City.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SuN--Sir: Many
concerning the relief of commercial
trafiic congestion In the metropolitan dis
trict, and the matter Is Of such interest
and Importance rs to warrant the widest
possible discussion.
Virtually all the plans hitherto pre-
scented have been based upon what was
at one time the sound theory that all
freight routes should terminate in Man
haitian.
Present congested conditions render
this policy undesirable and modern en-
cheering methods ana motor transpor-
tation make It unnecessary.
Without going into all the complex
ties of New Yorks commercial trnffie
problem. which are we'll known to those
who are interested. the writer submits
the following sugsestions:
The construction Of ample vehicular
tunnels under the Hudson River for the
aocoinmoda. lion of commercial motor
trafIic.
The abandonment OF all downtown car
doat freight stations of weutnrn trunk
line railroads. superseding them by
depots at their natural terminals on the
west side OF the Hudson convenient to
the proposed vehicular tunnels.
Tho direct loading and unloading on
the west side Of the Hudson OF all trans
atlantic freight originating In or des-
tined to the West.
The extension of the New York Con-
Meeting Railway to connect Mott Haven
with the transcontlnentAl railroads and
transatlantic shipping located on the
west side OF the Hudson by q route
through South Brooklyn and thence by
. freight tunnel under the bay. thus
also providing an uninterrupted all rail
freight route from New England to tho
South and West.
The outstanding features of this plan
are that it does not involve any radical
or revolutionary Encouragement of ship
ping either by rail or water. and IL
adopted would mean the withdrawal
from Manhattan OF largo volume OF
non-revenue producing trafilc and also
lighterage and ferry systems which at
present constitute the most serious fac
tor in harbor congestion.
Tho writer is Of the opinion that de-
veloprnent along these lines Is the only
way TO provide facilities for tho tire
mendous volume Of commerce which Is
destined to flow toward the metropolitan
district during the next few years. and
submits these suggestions with the hope
that something may be accomplished at
an early date in the solution of this
difficult problem.
FRANK J. McGRArR.
NEWARK, y. j., December 80
The sun., 1918-12-31
ASKS ARMY OF HALF MILLION.
senator King Calls for Permanent
Military EstabIishment.

WASTINGToN, De-. 3U--An army o:
half million men as part Of the per-
mancnt military establishment OF the
nation Is favored in a resolution intro
du'ed to-day by senator King (UtaA),
Democrat
The resolution declares that even ar
tor the declaration Of peace the United
states will be required TO maintain A
considerable force in Europe for some
time
The sun., 1918-12-31

anybody else ut to pay the soldiers,
General CRowpER must Of course be put
on the job. But il he is, his appoint
mcnt will be tho War Departments
confession that It allows paying the
soldiers to be dependent on the execu-
tive capacity, initiative and skill Of
an individual, instead Of adopting a
system workable by mortals OF ordl-
nary gifts and attachments.
The sun., 1918-12-31

From the steu6enyiHe Gazette

FroW NO SIeu0fhtIWe GdKetfe.
Ernest Trombsrro, fleeing from a man
who accused him OF theft. climbed 90 the
roof of a building, where he tripped and
fell through a skylight, landing on a coun-
ter In a store three noors below.
The hrst thing he made out after the
fall was this sign;
Everything on this counter : cents"
Gee" he said 10 the alarmed shoppers,
i've never felt 50 cheap In my NE"
The sun., 1918-12-31
Government Railroad Operation
Further to the BAD.

Inc more information we get ABOUT
the receipts and the expenses Of the
railways the worse 1t looks for Gov
eminent operation. September. as we
have seen, showed increased expenses
over the corresponding month Of the
previous year, under private manage
ment, at the rate of about a billion
and a half of dollars a year. The
Government, however, had piled upon
the public such higher freight and
passenger rates that the September
operating income scored q slight i'm
provement over the corresponding
month of 1917.
But now come the preliminary re-
ports for October, disclosing about the
same operating revenues as in Sep
TENDER, but further rise Of expenseS
The operating income for October, In
truth, was nearly $12, 1000, 900 less than
in September. 1t was some $4,000
600 less than October Of last year.
1t is the same old story. The Gov
eminent can always spend more and
more; it cannot earn.
There Is every reason to expect
worse yet. In October the railroads
were still hauling millions of tons of
war freight. They were still carry
Ing hundreds of thousands of troops
and other Government officials, rushed
from one part Of the country to the
other on war business. With the
signing of the armistice on November
IL we must assume that Government
freight and Government passengers,
up till then crowding the capacity of
the railways, began to drop. Is there
anybody who would. venture to as
sumo that as the traffic of the rail.
ways comes down, under Government
operation, the expenses Of the rail
ways, under Government operation.
will come down? On the contrary,
we have this very day notice of
new wage increases.
The outlook, then, is that either the
Government must raise freight and
passenger rates still higher. or must
pay out Of the United States Treasury
more and more millions to cover Its
rental guarantee for the operation
of the roads.
At the end of September the Gov
eminent was S212, 100000 behind the
nets OF private management for the
nine months Of the previous year. It
Is true that in all the nine months of
this year the Government did not
have the full benefit of It's increased
rates, while 1t had slapped up ex-
penses from the very first day Of the
year. But, with all the increased
rates in force during October as they
we're during September, the Govern
ment's nets are now seen to have gone
still further to the bad. To the $212,-
100000 Of earning decline at the end
of September, therefore, must now be
added another S16,O0O,000, putting the
Government operation behind for the
ten months, as compared with last
year, $22s,O0O,00O!
Is this the reason the National Rail-
way Administration, after piling up
the expenses beyond what can pos
sibly be borne and lacking the ability
or the courage TO cut them, is wildly
anxious to throw the roads back at
the heads of the owners in the worst
smash ever recorded in private or
Dat
having created this impossible bur
den for the railways, the Government
cannot thus, at a moments notice and
without provision for their future,
rid itself of the roads except at the
penalty of national ruin.
The sun., 1918-12-31

lily, to provide for the American de-
fence, to promote the general welfare,
and to secure the blessings of liberty,
not to a world federation Of nations,
not to humanity in general, but
singly and solely "to ourselves and
our posterity."
The sun., 1918-12-31
Ono Way to Write 1t.
Soft Snap of the winter wheat.

The fierce gales whistle,
Tho snow storms beat,
While safely slumbers
The winter wheat.
1t has no worries,
No cares to damn;
Its price is promised
ny Uncle Sam
lis lot we envy
Without hitch
To sleep all winter
And wake UP rich.
McLANpBrRGH WILSON.
The sun., 1918-12-31
Explaining q Missouri Failure

An interested crowd watched q chimney
sweep try to climb the flag pole on the
dome Of the Monroe county court house 70
put the oahls back on the pulley and earn
$40, He made several attempts but finally
gave UP. He was too old his legs too stift
and his feet too biE, the stan too fraEils
and the distance 10 the top too great.
The sun., 1918-12-31

In proposing NoN HINDENBURo for
the presidency OF a league for the
protection of the personal liberty and
life Of the Kaiser Prince HENRY dis
plays a keen recognition of ability
For more than four years HINpEN-
BuRo in one way or another has been
engaged in promoting the purposes OF
the organization now Offering him its
leadership.
The sun., 1918-12-31
NEW YORK, December 30
The Curiosity of One of the Presidents
Warm Supporters.
From the Erenin1 World

We wonder IL President Wilson, being
right on the spot when the results of
the British elections came In, saw any
thing worth setting down in his note
book as to the value of the coalition
rather than the party idea " hen appeal
ing to electors for support in an era OF
transcendent issues.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Wizards in the science OF numbers
allogc that Eleven was influential in
determining the end OF the war. There
arc also certain people who persistently
maintain that Fourteen will be a de-
cisive factor in the making Of peace.
The sun., 1918-12-31

It was an epigram Of the war that
the Lusitania took all our soldiers 10
Europe; and now, what with her quick
turn grounds, II sometimes seems as
If the Mauretania were bringing most
Of them back.
The sun., 1918-12-31
sartoriai Progress. in Oklahoma.

From fhs Antlcrs Timss.Rccord.
MIN Cars orchestra furnished the music.
The grand march was led by Mr., and Mrs.
". y. Summer, and notable feature Of IL
was the increased number OF dress suits.
The sun., 1918-12-31
Whitmans Are Quests.

Gov. and Mrs. Whitman are the house
guests OF Mrs. william Bayard Van
Rensselaer, until after the inauguration
when they will return TO New York city.
The assemblaEe OF Democrats leaders
in Albany tonight looked as though an
old fashioned convention was at hand.
Charles f. Murphy was here, at the head
OF the Tammany delegation which filed
two special trains From Buffalo came
William II. Fitzpatrick and Norman l..
Mack, William II. Kelly. the Syracuse
Democratic leader also was on hand.
The general impression OF Republicans
was that this pre-inaugural rush indi-
Gated frenzied crowding for the few
jobs that Mr. Smith will have 20 give out
and many OF the applicants will go home
disappointed as the plums are limited.
Troy Democrats were confident TO.
night that Thomas +, McDonough, poN.
teal lieutenant OF Joseph j. Murphy OF
Troy, would he named as state Supterin-
tendent OF Public Buildings. This Official
controls over 5000 900 in patronage. con.
sisting mostly OF small jobs, and the
post usually has gone TO The Albany
county organization representing the
party in power in the State.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Tomorrow morning you can begin
filling a book of blue w. S. S. to keep
company with the existing folders OF
the green variety.
The sun., 1918-12-31

1t is the eagle, not the stork. that
brings a bright new year to the world
to might.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Government fixing OF prices ends at
IL o'clock tonight, when the head
walters will take up the burden.
The sun., 1918-12-31

While most OF us are content to turn
over n new leaf, there are certain Hol-
landers ~ho also want TO turn over
the Kaiser.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Old Mr.. CLEMENcEAU Is the John L.
Sullivan of French politics, and there
is no Corbett.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Is a man who buys headache pow
ders to-day systematic or pessimistic?
The sun., 1918-12-31

New smile: As lonesome as oliver
street.
The sun., 1918-12-31

Dr. IT. @. HAbDAD, president
BRooKLrS, December 80.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
JUDGE REED FINES POSTyILIIE
FARMER.
Philip Scngar Fined $50 and Costs
i'm Federal Court Today.

Philip Sen,gar of Postyille, far
mer, was fined $50 and costs for vio-
lation of the Reed amendment in
federal court Thursday morning by
Judge II. T. Reed. Sengar was
charged by United States District
Attorney F. A. O'Connor with trans
porting several quarts of liquor from
East Dabuuue to Postyille, Ia, for
beverage purposes.
Answering the claim of counsel
for Mr. Sengar that he had purchased
the liquor for medicinal purposes to
treat his children for influenza, At
torney O'Connor suggested to the
court that the defendant had eviden-
tly failed to remember the purpose
for which he had secured the liquor
and proceeded to imbibe rather
literally of it.
One of the direct results of his
libations was his arrest at Postville
on a charge of operating an auto
mobile while in an intoxicated con-
dition. A search of his car resulted
in finding of the liquor referred to
by Attorney O'Connor. He was fined
$25 and costs by the municipal
rities.--Dubuque Telegraph
Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11

with the glory and qualification Of
winning the war. The big job of po-
tatoes aren't peeled We shall be with
out vegetables for the next meal.
Don't imagine for an instant that
that old Scotch mother lacked pride
and satisfaction in her son. She
understood and felt all that mothers
feel-but she knew the potatoes had
to be peeled and that was her job to
peel them. And peel them she did
And that's what we must do as a
nation keep on peeling the potatoes.
The men are coming home soon. We
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
---O----- ---~
PRESS DAY TROUBLES.

There Is trouble in the print shop
No language can express,
| For Wednesdays rolled around again
The day we go to press.
The compositors are hustling fast,
Each has a dirty proof,
The makeup man is cussin
In way to raise the roof.
The devil pied the galley
OF solid nonpareil,
The foreman saying things to him
That makes the birthstone smell.
The stenographer is jawing about
The ink spot on her dress;
Any gol-darned fool can tell
We're trying to go to press.
Everything is all 'balled-up,"
The forms are in mess,
And now the old mans asking
When we're going to press.
Through the room there rings ALOUD
A piercing hell-born wall
The Office dog is yelping, cause
They've stepped upon his tail.
The pressman now Is ready-but
The id old form won't lift,
So he whites out a "dutchman
And gives his quid shift.
The forms are on the press at last
The press is running great
Rut we've got to take them on again
Forgot to change the date!
They're on again; the motors down;
We're running swift and slick
But papers on the roller now
And you, bet is there TO SUCK.
The whole d-n bunch is mao as SIN
An cussin', more or less,
F.aIF lN1dO
For hell breaks loose on wednesday,
when the paper goes to press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Here, Folks, is What Junker Is.

A junker is member OF a noble
Prussian family, who belongs to
landed aristocracy, and, as rule,
adopts the profession of arms and
enters the caste circle of the officer
corps. Thanks to the survival of
feudalism in the organization of Ger
man society, the term has acquired a
broader significance. Hence as COM
monty used today it indicates a mar
row minded, arrogant, and, often,
bellicose member of the aristocracy.
Since 1862, when under the leader
ship of Bismark, the aristocratic
party came into political power, the
term has been applied to those who
hold refractionary views, because
they desire to preserve intact the ex-
elusive social, military, and political
privileges belonging additionally to
the well born"
Junkerism and junkerdom indicate
the policies and the customary round
OF ideas, Judgements, and prejudices
characteristic of the junker class.
They have been and still are of
great influence, for they have affect
ed Prussian domestic policies By
their organized efforts to preserve
and protect large landed estates;
they have moulded German social life
by their assumption OF complet :
superiority to the, ordinary man, es-
pecially to the man who engages in
trade or manufactures, while the
Prussian officer corps has taken it's
distinctive tone from their naughty
aloofness from the civilian popula-
! ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11

and it makes a pretty good sized
organization.
Did you get the center table
cover and handkerchief / sent you?
You ought to have received It by
this time. Write and let ne know
as soon as you receive it. 81
Hear the Fourth Liberty Loan
went over the top in high. Fine,
it's an encouragement for us to know
what a tremendous backing We have.
1t can have but one result. De
cisive Victory" Till that is reached,
We are on the job.
/ have not seen any of the Glen
wood boys in this Division except
Olaf Berge, since we left Camp
Dodge, and him haven't met or
several weeks. If we do meet its ac-
cidental.
have received no Public Opin; on
for several weeks. Hope / will get
some of them soon.
Give my best regards to all my
friends.
My love to you, ma and the rest.
May God bless and protect you !. I
Your loving son,
OSCAR.
God surely has been good to HE,
and to show that l appreciate His
goodness l wish you would give $40
for me to the China Mission. Thanks.
May God strengthen us all in faith
and help me to be humble, and bow
to His will in all.
Your soldier boy who loves yol,
and thinks of you,
... OSCAR,
Written by, Band Sgt. Oscar P.
Lovsteun, Hq. Co. 351 Inf. Band,
Via. N. Y. American Elk. F. P. o.
.795.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
She Peeled the Potatoes.

The story is told of a woman help
er to the cook of the Ottawa Canada,
Country Club. She was peeling potac
toes when a delegation arrived TO
inform her that her son had shown
great bravery and brains in battle
across seas and had been given the
military cross by the kings own
hand. He had gone out under bitter
fire and brought in wounded men.
"Ay," remarked the mother, James
had ever strong back" and went on
peeling potatoes.
Now we've got to go on peeling
potatoes in America. We can not stop
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Charged Cigars as Potatoes.

The funniest thing that has hap
pened lately is the mishap of man
whose wife pays the store bills He
had been in the habit of having his
cigars charged as potatoes, and the
other day his wife took her pencil
and began reckoning. She found that
they had eaten more than ten car
loads of potatoes and she doesn't be,
lieve the account is right. Now the
grocer and the smoker are between
the upper and lower mill stones and
lit is hard to tell who will be pulver-
ICED finest in the end.