The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-17
GERMAN PLEADS GUILTY

Since the allied armies neared Ger
man soil the Huns have set up pitt
full howl that these armies were des
troying the towns from which tn,
Huns were driven and blaming Their
destruction to the Germans. The
claim was made that the German
troops did not ruthlessly destroy
towns or property.
Today comes a dispatch from Ger.
many saying that the German higf
command has given instructions tc
its armies to cease the ruthless des-
ruction of property except where il
rs absolutely necessary for military
purposes" In compliance with this
order, issued by the German high
command, the cities of Ostend and
Lille were evacuated by the Huns with
no damage to them.
1t is scarcely necessary to point
out that if the Germans had not been
destroying it would not be necessary
for the German high command to is
sue orders to cease" it. The fact
that after the order was issued the
destruction ceased, is cumulative evil
dence.
Germany has entered 5iea of
guilty 1t remains for the Allies to
pronounce and execute the sentence
sIu administer the punishment.
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Save fruit-pits and give the Teut fits
Columbus Dispatch
Gasless Sundays make Monday morn
ing's papers less ghastly.-Kansas City
Star.
The news from the front is sweeter
than two extra spoonfuls of sugar in
your coffee.-Houston Post.
'Save the pits!" Surely And the
bottomless one for the Kaiser Chicago
Daily News.
/, The suffrage resolution has failed, but
the resolution of the suffragists has not
Boston Herald.
Recent events seem to have taken the
'..blatt'' out of the Tageblatt-New York
Morning Telegraph.
Paradoxical as it may seem, i'll order
to have our soldiers go ahead we must
back them up.-Kansas City Star.
Krupp seems to be making most of
she arms and ammunition for both sides
the last few weeks.-St Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Kaiser alludes to the Allies will
to destruction" and he might add that
where there's will there's way
Kansas City Star.
The chief difference between coolies
and -slackers is that coolies are active
and are on the ar-front-Coffeyvill
(Kan.) Journal
One trouble with Hindenburg, the
Kaiser may be tempted to say, is that
he does not nnow where to draw the
Chicago Daily News.
american Soldiers Close Up Prof
iteer-Paris, September a." Showing
what you can do if you only go far
enough away from home.-New York
Evening Post
There are no dentists or toothaches
in Mesopotamia," says native of that
land, "and no poets or police" Natur
ally, there could be none without the
America there were no railroad wrecks.
Kansas City Star.
Nobody cares what happens to the
Turk, just so it happens.-M ontgom-
cry Advertiser.
With Turkey it is merely matter
of deciding who is going to do the |
carving Chicago Daily News.
The continued advance of the
Greeks profanely suggests that Hellas
broke loose.-Philadelphi Evening
Ledger.
Those 400 iron crosses the kaiser
at Metz recently probably
we're awarded for marathon honors-l
Arkansas Gazette.
OF course the brewers are entitled
20 an provided they don't ex-
sect it to play German tunes-Bir-
ningham Age Herald
Now isn't it about time for the
saiser to make another of those
peeches Of encouragement to the
Lrupp workers kansas City Times.
A Santa Fe official at Topeka says
he difference between wages and
alaries nowadays is that there. is
aore money in wages.-Kansas City
tar.
Germany being beaten on five