The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24

that she has undertaken construction
of salvage submarines, to go out When
peace comes and raise the ships OF all
nations which the destroying subma-
rines have sent to the bottom. Ger
many plans to repair these ships and
add them and their salvaged cargoes
to her list of prizes for peace Every
Isubmarine commander has marked on
map the exact spot where his treas
ure lies.
| A New York travelling man picked
pimple on his face with the point OF
scarf pin and died of the infection.
| His heirs sued several accident lnsur-
ance companies for payment OF their
policies, on the ground that his death
was accidental, and the heirs have
Just won out, after the case has gone
through the New York supreme court.
We don't understand just how the
court arrived at this conclusion. 1t
looks like no accident at ALL he had it
coming to him. Just the same as the
fellow who tickles the hind leg OF a
mule.
What is the soldier boys chances
of coming back? 1t is stated upon
good authority that fighter in mod
ern army has twenty-nine OF coming
home to one chance of being killed;
has ninety-eight chances OF recover
ing from wounds to one chance OF dy'
ing; has only one chance in five hun
dred of losing limb; will live hve
years longer because Of physical train
ing; is freer from disease in the army
than in civil life; has better medical
care at the front than at home. In
other wars from ten to fifteen men
died from disease to one from bull
lets. In this war one man dies from
disease 10 every ten from bullets.
These estimates are based upon care
| full reports of the ravages OF bullets,
disease and accidents, and no DOUBT
are fairly accurate considering mod
iern warfare under its present control
During the first one or two years
of the European war, pacifists and
newspapers controlled by the pro-Ger-
man propaganda made great claims
| that England and France had bought
up the newspapers of this country 10
influence the American public against
Germany. But now the truth has come
to light. The millions of money to in
luence public sentiment in this coun'
| try were furnished by the German
government. Those who cried the
loudest and made the greatest charg'
es of being wronged were the guilty
ones themselves. The United States
was flooded with this corrupting cam.
paign, overrun with persons loaded
with bags of gold to purchase the
newspaper officials, stir up insurrec-
lions, destroy great railroad bridges,
cripple our commerce, create entangle'
ments with Mexico and Japan, and'
even millions were lavishly spent IN
| the social circles of the French repub'
lie to corrupt their government OIL
Gals. It is we'll that these facts are
now known and if the war results IN
nothing else, much good has been &C.
complished in the exposure OF gov
eminent that planned to succeed by
the use of any method available. 1t is
a satisfaction that we now know who
furnished the cash. y -
While we have all declared that pol
litics should adjourn, we are going to
lexpect some fellows to get all het up
over the matter, especially some who
thave their names upon the ballots.
No doubt they will be surprised when
told that this Is beautiful summer
The lack of things political will be a
great surprise to some politicians. II
there ever was a time when politics
should be tabooed, now is that time
We do not mean by this that we
should be less watchful that desirable
men are elected to office. Perish the
thought. 1t should be, however, only
a. question of, fitness for office and
choice of men, not so much of parties
While we profess to be a good re
publican we want to be known az
a better American. We can't forge
the little ones that lie mangled in thu
oceans depths, under the hull OF the
Lusitania; we can not forget heroic
bleeding Belgium; we can not forge
oyerrun, but not conquered, France
and the noble dead that lie buriet
there: neither can we forget WHERE
the soil is wet with the blood OF GU
own boys. Gentlemen, let us NEE
on the streets and at the polls a.
brothers, and, before and after votln'
for the man of our choice, let GU
main thoughts and task be to vii
this war. That task right now SHOULD
be very near to our hearts. When tn
democrats, at their recent state con
vention, Endorsed the candidacy o
4 William S. Kenyon, a republican, the
set good example of how best t