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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
After-War Adjustments

ton of the men who have
been in the service.
3. Problems affecting our foreign
trade, including:
(a) The development of new
markets.
OBJ Combinations for the pur-
pose of increasing our SELL
ing facilities.
(c) c h n 6 e s in our banking
facilities necessary to CO.
operate with such trade.
6. Problems affecting the continu-
ance of existing industries and
the establishment of new indus
tries, including:
(a) The supply and control of
raw materials.
OBJ The encouragement of the
production in the United
States of articles that have
not been made in this
country heretofore.
(c) The encouragement of pri-
vate enterprise in the deVel-
ment of the resources of the
public domain.
(d) The utilization of a tariff
on imports as a means to
protect and encourage home
industries.
I. Problems relating to agriculture,
including:
(a) Price fixing of food pro-
(b) Federal loans to farmers.
(c) Distribution of food pro-
ducts.
(d) The allotment of lands to
returned soldiers and sail
ors, and their establishment
in new homes on the public
domain.
8. Problems affecting the adequate
production and effective distri-
button of coal, gasoline and
other fuels.
8. Problems relating to shipping,
including shipyards, especially
those bearing on the sale, con-
tinuance of ownership or leas-
ing of both yards and ships.
10. Housing conditions and the dis
position of houses constructed
by the Government during the
war.
II. War legislation now on the sta
tute books, with reference to Its
repeal, extension or amendment
IL. And in general all matters nec-
essarily arising during the
change from the activities OF
war to the pursuits of peace
including those that may be re-
ferred to it by the Senate oil
House of Representatives.
THE United States can no longer
ignore the construction problem
said Senator Weeks, when interview.
ed on his bill Even If the major
ity of the people do not visualize
the important necessity they Ger.
tainly can have no good reason fol
opposing the projected forethough'
Of those whose business it is to pre-.
pare for the immediate future
When peace comes it will not give
us any more time for preparation
If history repeats itself, as it doubt
less will, peace may be upon u'
with dramatic suddenness similar tC
that which forced the war upon us
In one day the whole world seen,
will change.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
BeigidnS SldDeS of Germany

The Belgian government has issu-
led statement that from the coast
Ito beyond the City of Bruges the
Imale population between the ages of
Is to as have been brutally torn
from their homes and forced to
labor on German military works. The
text of the statement reads:
The Belgian government has
been comforting for several weeks
lpast with the allied governments on
the subject of measures which are
lnecessitated by methods of systemat-
| ic destruction and pillage which the
enemy is employing in territory he
! is obliged to evacuate.
Belgium has been from the be-
ginning of the war exposed to the
outrages of the German armies. At
the very moment the new imperial
chancellor is proclaiming his anxiety
! for the happiness of peoples and his
will to work for the deliverance of
humanity, the Belgian government
receives news of fresh eXcesses on
the part of the German armies in oc-
cupied Belgium. From the coast to
beyond Bruges the male population
| from Is to As years is being torn
from their homes and subjected to
the most brutal treatment. These
men are compelled to work at forced
labor for the military needs of the
enemy.
"A vengeful clamoV would rise
from the whole world if at the mo-
rnent of leaving Belgian soil, the
German armies renewed with re-
doubled cruelty the excesses which
marked the invasion of Belgium, and
if they undertook to consummate the
ruin of the country by pillage, arson
and the wholesale deportation of the
people. ."-EXchange
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
ONE BOND MORE

When Pershing's men come sailing
home.
They will not ask If you
Went through the war in khaki
dress
Or i'm the naVy's blue.
They viii not envy You the Job
That brought you plenteous pay,
While for a pittance they went
forth
On their death haunted way,
With Just this blunt and simple test
Your mettle, they will try
When bonds were sold to help us
fight,
How many did you buy?"
When Pershing's men come sailing
home,
Beware OF camouflage
When they inquire how much you
poured
Into the gold barrage!
If you desire the knightly hearts
To count you one of those
Through whom, upon night-wrap-
ped world.
The star of freedom rose.
Prepare to say: 81 could not plunge
Through shells, and gas, and
gore
But when I'd bought bonds till 1t
hurt,
I signed for one bond more!
DANIEL HENDERSON,.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
NO Opposition"

WHETHER or not Senator
wv Lodge spoke hastily upon
the Presidents note to Prince
Max, his strong p.>a for continual
ton of the struggle uEtil the attain
ment of a strong Ai.ie>. eeace is a
striking illustration of the unity of
American statesmen on the prosecu-
ton of the war. The significance
of the Senator's speech is that it
clearly shows the minority party in
Congress is a party which is stand
ing by the war and backing the
Government and the President to
he limit in the prosecution of a
virile war policy
In other governments the minor
ity" during a national war, is syn
onymous with being "the party of
the opposition party which, if
it could get control, would reverse
the war policies of the government.
Throughout this war the United
States has furnished a striking ex-
ception to this rule. 1t has given
foreign countries an exhibition of a
government where the minority
party instead of being the party in
opposition to the prosecution of a
foreign war. was the party which
We'd with the majority party in sup
porting every measure which had
for its object the vigorous prosecu-
ton of the war to a victorious con-
clusion, and in upholding the head
of the nation in his policy of using
force to the utmost and in setting
his face against tho compromising
peace.
The public press of the various
allied nations has frequently com.
mcnted upon this exhibition oi
standing by the war which the mi.
ncrlty party IN the American Con.
gress has so frequently given. The
morale of Americas allies has beer
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
RIGHT, MIR. LANSING

ECRETARY LANSING struck a
popular chord yesterday when
~ he said there could be no peace
with the Kaiser or any of the
Hohenzollerns on the throne of Ger
many.
For those who read doubt into the
Presidents note to Prince Max and
who feared that the administration
might be venturing discussion of
peace terms with the military au-
thors of the war, Mr.. LansinS's S
declarations. unquestionably bearing
the stamp of Presidential approval,
will clear the atmosphere and rem
der further explanations unneces-
sary.
The Lansing speech is clear-cut
statement to the world as to how
and with whom we shall talk, peace
Either Germany must dethrone the
Kaiser and all his ilk, or we shall
dictate peace on German soil, from
the very throne of the Hohenzol-
lerns, and with our troops holding all
the main cities and strongholds of
the empire.
These are strong words and few
months ago might hFve sounded
much like what Europe used TO be
fond of calling American bluff. y
Now they are the solemn statements
not only of what we desire to do,
but what, with the assistance of our
Allies, we are we'll able to do.
Germany's fate is in her own
hands She may stay the bloody
hand of doom by complete sur
render now, not only of her armies
and her loot, but of her Kaiser and
his villainous family as well, or she
may go on sowing the wind to reap
the whirlwind that is gathering to
encompass her.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
THE WRONG MAX

Henrietta S. Lieber, writing to the
New York Times, says; The new
German Chancellor seems to have
sailed into the good graces of the
Allies on the recommendation OF
Ambassador Gerard, who, however,
distinctly named Prince Max of Sax
ony, brother of the reigning King
of Saxony. having met him in con-
nection with his work in the prison
camps and found him "a very hu-
man person." Gerard himself does
not seem to realize that these two
are not one and the same person, for
in his interview at Los Angeles he
again recommends Prince Max of
Baden on account of his intercourse
with Prince Max of SaXony in the
prison camps.
prince Max of SaXony is brother
of the present King, and Is Il prelate
of the Catholic Church"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Generous to Bulgdrid-Huh!

Correspondent writing to a New
York contemporary says:
"a section of the American and
English press are saying a good deal
about the need for generosity" to
Bulgaria. May l suggest that it is
easy to be generous at the expense
of others, and that these "liberals"
might we'll show their liberality by
their concern for the rights, not
only of Serbia, Greece and Rumania,
but of justice itself. which demands
the punishment of Bulgaria for the
unspeakable outrages committed
against her neighbors?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

All European countries are build
ing for the after war period. At
the drop of the peace hat Germany
is ready to start the next race, just
as she began the present one-pre-
pared. France is giving serious otti-
cial thought to this problem. Eng
land has what practically amounts
to a reconstruction Ministry, head
ed by Lord Balfour. The. United
States alone has ignored it. This
nation is as unprepared for peace as
it was unprepared for war.
Senator John w. Weeks of Mass
achusetts has just introduced in Con-
gress a joint resolution calling for
the creation of Committee of Re-
construction. 1t provides for
committee of twelve, six from each
house of Congress, the appointees
to be equally divided among the
Rpublicans and the Democrats. 1t
then apportions the reconstruction
problems in twelve departments.
The shortest way to glimpse the
magnitude of the problems is to
enumerate the Weeks classification
of them as follows:
/. Problems affecting labor, in
cluding:
(a) Unemployment which may
follow war.
(b) Utilization of discharged
soldiers and sailors in civil
employments.
(c) Cancellation and arbitration
of labor disputes.
(d) The relation of men and
women in similar employ
mentS.
(e) Substitution of female en-
ployes for male, and vice
versa.
CD Feasibility of organizing per-
manent employment agencies.
(g) Requirements for labor af-
ter the war, both in Agri-
cultural and industrial oc-
cupationS.
Ch) Distribution of labor.
O Employment of surplus la
Dor on public works that
may be constructed or COM
pleted.
| 2. Problems affecting capital and
| credit, including:
(a) All m t t er S relating to
| trusts and combinations.
(b) Federal loans to private en-
terprises.
Co Federal supervision OF cap
ital issues.
| 3. Problems affecting public util-
tiles, including:
| (a) The establishment of a rail-
road policy after the war.
| and the relation of the In
terstate Commerce Commits
sion to the railroads.
OBJ All questions relating to
communication by wire.
4. Problems resulting from the de-
mobilization of our industrial
and military war resources, in
cluding:
(a) Il II d i S p sa of surplus
Government properties and
supplies in this country and
abroad.
CD The conversion of munition
industries into those of
peace.
Co The demobilization of the
war strength of the army
and navy, and the disposi-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
The Shotgun in the CiDil War
Briggs

A recent note of mine in your pa
per, (the New York Times), under
the above caption, has brought me
number of inquiries, and I blame
myself for inexactness.
said that both Northerners and
Southerners came to the field with
shotguns These were but temporary
'expedients, and abandoned as soon
as military arms could be secured.
AS to the SO caliber musket carry
ing a ball and three buckshot; at
the outset there were both Union
and Confederate regiments so arm
ed. This musket soon disappeared
igiving place to the then modern
Springfield and Enfield, (English)
rifle, caliber 5S. But 1 never saw or
heard of a soldier, Northerner or
ISoutherner, who reprobated the
shotgun or the "buck-and-ball," Gas
lit was called), gun on any conscien-
tious or humanitarian grounds.
FENWICK Y. HEDLEY,
New York, Oct. Z, 1918.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
WELL KNOWN PEOPlE

John p. Forbes, former TE,lnt-
ingdon neWspaperman, is now on the
staff Of the Stars and Stripes, the
American Army newspaper in
France.
General S. w. Miller formerly
commandant at Fort Niagara and
well known by reason of recruit
ing service here, has been trans
ferred from Fort Sill to Columbus,
Ga.
John Wanamaker. the Oldest
member of the Philadelphia Board
of Education, stirred up the mem-
bers of the board by demand for
an overhauling of the school finan-
cial system.
John H. Daley, Pittsburgh.
councilman, Is protesting against the
use of pleasure cars in that city
saying there is too much of it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
PLANT A TREE

NOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH has
" again called attention to the
importance of tree planting in
a proclamation fixing October 1S
as day for the special planting of
black and white walnut trees, espe-
cially the former. Since the begin
ming of the war and several years
previous thereto, the walnut trees
of this country and throughout the
world have disappeared rapidly in
furnishing stocks for rifles. 1t is up
to the people to look after the future
supply and this can only be done by
immediate planting.
Not only walnut trees but every
species of fine shade and ornamental
trees ought to be planted now, and
unless the municipal authorities OF
Harrisburg choose to take a hand in
this important work it will be neces-
sary for the people themselves to
undertake the planting of trees with
out further discussion. At the
Island Nursery of the city there are
scores and scores of the finest trees
which should have been transplanted
long ago. but which are permitted to
remain where they are not needed
while we talk about tree planting
and walt for some careless or indif.
ferent official to make up his mind
regarding the Importance of a Shade
Tree Commission.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
UPPITY WID HIS FOLKS

[From the Birmingham Age Herald ]
Roland Winn, who is in a base
hospital at Mars-sur-Allier with a
wounded knee, which he got in the
fighting around Chateau Thierry, has
sent to relatives. here a translation
from French paper of an incident
wherein an Alabama negro attempt
ed to fraternize with an Algerian
trooper whom he pistook for an
"uppity' member of his race. 1t
reads:
Boy, whah you com from %
asked the smoked Yankee, pleas
antly.
"Blarjrhy andhausj whatdugsy,"
the Algerian answered. or words to
that effect.
The American negro frowned.
'Niggah, you listen to me. Use
frum Bummingham. Alabama. Just
case y'all got heah fust an done
learn this heah monkey talk, don't
you go pretendin' to me that you
done fergot how to talk y'own Ian
guage. Y'all keep on acting uppity
wild me an Ah'm goin' to bust you
right on tn jaw. Wheh y'll com
frum, niggah ?"
"Kahbd shcmfww vbgeacf," the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Scripture For the Kaiser
kansas city starl

kansas City Starl
The Kaiser, in his speech to the
Krupp workers, showed himself
som nething of a student of the Scrip
lures. Has he happened lately to
turn to Ezekiel vii, 25 and 81? He
might learn something to his ad-
vantage by doing so:
Destruction cometh. and they shall
seek peace, and there shall be none.
The king shall mourn. and the
prince shall be clothed with desola-
tian and the hands of the people of
the land shall be troubled: I will
do unto them after their way. and
according to their deserts will
judge them: and they shall know
that l am the Lord.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
THE PRESIDENT TO MAX
New York SUM

1--WE are ready to accept your we'll
known terms of peace as the basis
of negotiations" said Prince Maxi
milan. do you mean that you ac-
cept those we'll known terms?" re-
plies the President.
I'VE propose an armiftice while
the negotiations are going on" said
Prince Macmillan. There can be
no armistice," replies the President,
while your troops are In the terri
tory you have invaded"
I'VE are ready for parley with a
view to peace" said Prince MaXimil-
ian. "Of whom are you speaking?
replies the President. ut is vital
that we should know whether we are
parleying with the German people
or with the criminals who involved
the civilized world in this awful war
With them, devoid ,of honor, as
have remcrked before. we have ne
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
Handwriting on the Wall
[From The Gazette-Timesl

[From The Gazette -TimesJ
The Germans must now either
force the Inauguration of q German
Government responsible to the peo-
pie and thus, setting aside the Ho-
henzollerns, put themselves in a po-
sition to accept the Allies terms
honestly, or go on with the war un-
der the oppression of their Prussian
masters. There are no two roads
open.
The President asks for informa-
tion and the next act In the great
drama will show whether the Prus-
slams are determined t. fight 1t out
against the world and against the
German people or recognize the
HI ndwriting on the wall.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
THAT $50 BOND

" HE fifty-dollar Liberty Bond
= was designed to meet the
needs of the man or woman in
very poor circumstances, or the boy
or girl of small income, who desired
to contribute something toward the
winning of the war, but whose linn
tied means made large investment
impossible.
But it was NOT intended as a
sALvE for CONSCIENCE.
The ffty-dollar Liberty Bond has
its place in mighty few houses in
Harrisburg these days of high wages
and general prosperity.
To be sure, there are those who
are dipping as deeply into their in
comes as it is safe to go when they
put down their names for one bond
but they are not many.
A great majority of Harrisburgers
who have subscribed only $50 worth
toward the Fourth Loan should go
Immediately to the nearest bank or
headquarters and sign up for at least
one more bond of the same denomi-
nation.
TWICE AS MUCH should be sub
scribed this time as last. We simply
must give Uncle Sam this money.
Failure at home would be as bad as
defeat abroad. But we will fail un-
less every man and woman in the
land does his and her level best.
Somehow, somewhere we ought to
be able to rake and scrape together
double the amount we raised last
spring. One way is for every man
who bought a $50 bond last time to
buy $1O0 worth of bonds now.
You don't need to pay cash. The
banks will let you have the money
at Az per cent, the same as you re-
ceive on your bonds, so that it will
cost you nothing for interest. Or
you may pay for your bonds at the
rate of 81 a week on each $50 bond.
Nothing could be simpler. nor
more liberal.
The only thing to which you have
to make up your mind is that you
must sacrifice. That is essential.
But for every dollars worth of
goods you do not buy now in order
to put money into Liberty Bonds,
you will be able to buy two dollars
worth in the years of peace and
lower prices that are to come.
Every patriotic impulse, every eco
nomic principle urges you to buy
Liberty Bonds, and the necessity of
the moment demands that you buy
at least f1O0 worth, and as much
more "as the Lord has prospered
thee"
Turkey appears to be getting ready
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
UNITED WE STAND
New York Times1

IlNVW
The country has rejoiced that in
the loyal determination of both par
ties TO support the war policies of
the Government, politics has been
laid aside. The Republicans in Con-
gress. who in time of peace would
have been called the opposition
party, have Joined the Democrats in
forming a great united Government
party since we entered the war.
Their conduct has deserved and re-
ceived unstinted praise. They have
been actuated by a noble spirit of
patriotism. We cannot believe that
they will show any different spirit
now.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

Algerian replied, so far as any one
knows.
The American negro sighed in the
manner of one confronted with a
disagreeable duty and sadly shook
his head boy. All done warned
you," he said mournfully, and put
all he had into a righthand swing
to the jaw. The Algerian dropped
and lay quiet.
"Ah done warned him." the
American negro justified himself as
he walked on, nursing his knuckles.
Actin uppity wild his home folks."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

immeasurab bly, strengthened, while
that of Germany has been percept-
IDLY weakened by the knowledge that
in the United States there is no
such factor in the halls of national
legislation as the party of opposi-
ton"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

To be alive only to appetite, pleas
Ure, pride, ntoney-mdking, and not
to goodness and Kindness, purity and
1oUe, history, poetry, music, foCerS,
stars, God and eternal hopes, is to be
all but deGd.-Mdltbie d. BdbcocE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

In the excitement of what is hap
pening in France, we had almost for
gotten that tomorrow marks another
anniversary of the discovery OF
America, and we can imagine the
Kaiser now looks upon Columbus as
another enemy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

Turkey appears to be getting ready
to bid fearful farewell to the only
ally in the world bearing a worse
reputation than herself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

In his address II the Senate. the
President said: II tell you plainly
that this measure (the equal suffrage
amcndment) is vital to the winning
OF the war" And forthwith twenty
Democrats, including nearly all the
Democratic leaders, proceeded to vote
against it. Later. they will undoubt-
edly be out on the stump asking the
people of the country to return a
Democratic majority in both houses
of Congress in order to stand by the
President" and the President will
probably be Joining with them in the
request
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg is turning
out machinery to make rifles
and big guns?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

The school boy is having all the best
of the influenza argument.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
HISTORIC HARRISBURC

This place was the council site for
chiefs OF half a dozen clans OF
Indians for years before John Har-
ris built his store and established
the ferry
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11
UNANIMOUS.

UNANIMOUS.
who stood up for Jack when he
married Miss De Flirt?"
mo one. Everybody called him
fool"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

It's a virtue to contract big debt
for Liberty Bonds
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-11

The Wilkes-Barre Record re-
marks: Reports from the three
cities of the county as to the light
ness of registration last Saturday
are not surprising. 1t was expected
that the figures would be consider
ably below normal, due to well-un-
derstood causes. The absorbing in
terests of the war, the business of the
Liberty Loan campaign, worry over
the. epidemic of influenza and gen.
Ieral hstlessness due to the extra
ordinary political situation in re-
gard to state affairs-all these ele-
ments combined to put a quietus
upon accustomed activity. 1t is evil
dent from the reports that there has
been less interest in registration in
Dem.oocratic than in Republican cir
cles.'