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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
What Gremany Will Have to Pay.

The most interesting and important
question that will come before the World
Peace Conference, soon to assemble IN
France, is what amount of indemnity
Germany will have to pay. Already there
are indications Of demands that viii seem
appalling.
In 1871, when Germany, having de-
feated France In war, imposed>an indern-
nitv that amounted to about three billion
dollars. the sum seemed stupendous Yet
France quickly paid the bill. But times
are different now There is talk that
England alone will demand an indemnity
Of forty billions from Germany. And we
NAV easily estimate what indemnity out
ragged Belgium Is justly entitled to, TO
saw nothing of the claims OF France and
Others Of the Entente Nations.
Fortunately, our country viii ask
nothing not foot of new territory Or q
a dollar of indemnity. We will pay our
own war bills.
But stern justice demands that Ger
many be compelled to pay the bill Of war
costs. 10 the last dollar She forced the
war upon the world, without cause, with
out reason-the result Of an insane belief
that she could win the war and exact its
money cost from conquered nations. But
she failed Now, let her pay
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
FORTUNATE CITIES.

Dark days arc ahead for most OF the
German cities In such an unsettled
condition rs that which now prevails
in Germany the centcrs of population
suffer most severely The riots in Berlin
NAV be only forCtaste Of what Is TO
follow Meanwhile Coblentz, Cologne
and the other Rhine cities will be assured
Of reign >of law and order Under the
rule Of the soldiers who are still technically
Germany enemies the Rhine cities
will fare far better than the other cities
that are fully under German control
Not Germany s enemies, but Germany s
own people, are today Germany's great
est danger
East of the Rhine, Germany must
work ont her own salvation West nf
the Rhine he Allies viii remain in CON
troll till The rehabilitation Of tho rest
of the country is certain The Allies
have no wish TO 90 farther east They
have no desire to do Gcrmany's s work
for her The misery with which the na-
iion il confronted Is the direct result
Of the course Of action which the nation
chose to follow for four years Yet there
il q certain satislation IN the knowledge
that al least Il part of Germany is being
spared the wretchedness of civil strife
through the overawing presence Of men
from nations which Germany hoped to
conquer and upon which German cg-
otism intended TO impose the blessings
Of German efficiency Cleveland PLAIN
Dealer
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
MORE GOOD REASONS.

II President Wilson address 10 Con-
grcss before departing on his voyage to
attend the peace conference at Versailles
was disappointing to some persons, IT
was highly comforting to the champions
of good roads in tho United States The
President emphasizes the Importance of
Of road improvement, and suggest cd
thet employment for. many returning
soldiers might be found on the high
wavs ANY adequate system of highway
in America must be brought about by
federal aid. IN greater measure than
the Congress SO far has been willing to
give Meantime, a number of states
have taken UP road improvement more
extensively than ever before, and the
prospects are that the next decade will
find a greater impetus in road construction
in this country than in the preceding
half century.
The war has taught Americans as
well as foreigners the great value Of good
roads Almost constant use of the roads
BY heavy army trucks last winter and
spring nearly ruined them. Not only
was travel uncomfortable but the citizens
Of Washington suffered in many WAYS
Maryland State authorities reported not
long ago that thousands Of bushels of
tomatoes had rotted in the fields because
there was no way 10 get them TO market
Had there been good roads and sufficient
trucks to haul them " Washington would
have had a plentiful supply Of tomatoes
and other vegetables at tho time when
the market dealers were charging record
prices W ashlngton Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
Government Control of Railroads.

Fx-Secretary Of the Treasury NlcAdoo
has recommended, In his official report
that government control and operation
of the railroads of our country be con-
tinued for the next five years But II may
we'll he doubted that i would be wise TO
accept this recommendation
That government control and operation
of our railroads served a good purpose
during the war is not to be doubted In
no other way could the railroad facilities
of the country have been settled down to
effective war service. Also, 1t has demon
strated in various ways that the co-or-
dination of all the great trunk lines Of rail
road. and OF the subsidiary lines, resulting
from Federal control, opened the way 70 q
railroad service such as had not been
reached in this country previous to the
present experiment of government control
and operation
But that il would be good thing for
the people to have the present system con-
tinued is something else. The govern
ment service, for one thing. has been more
costly than the previous independent cor
porate control. Our people have had to
pav more for travel Increases in wages,
increases in the cost oi mterial, made
necessary these increased charges upon
the people.
No doubt the best results Of our ex-
pertinent in the line OF government control
and operation Of the rilroads IS the
revelation that has been made Of how the
different railroad systems may he co-or-
dinated in the details Of their operation,
In the direction Of giving a much more
effective service in transportation, eS-
peciallv cf freight But It need not he
feared that the lesson thus learned will he
forgotten after the railroads are restored
TO separate corporate control, The benefits
surely viii be continued
The general opinion Of the public, We
believe. is that the railroads should be
restored TO their respective corporate
control and operation as soon as may be
possible. There is no assurance Of real
benefit to the people in the continued
operation and control by the Federal
Government
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
PRESS COMMENT.
NEGROES OF THE UNITED STATES.

'Negroe Population in the United
shows that Of the nearly 100000
colored persons in this country in 1910
only 40,339, were Of foreign birth. Per-
haps more curious is the statement that
OF these only 473 were born in Africa,
the source of the slave traders evil wealth.
1t is curious because, In spite OF Congress
and of the cooperation between the
American and British navies to end what
had been designated as piracy, slave
trading between African and American
shores went on practically to the beginning
of the civil war.
Stephen A. Douglas-to quote one
witness unbiased on at least this sub
lect-declared that $1,000 slaves were
smuggled into the United States IN 1889.
Indeed, 1T vas tnat very year that Captain
W. G.. Corrie was expelled from the New
York Yacht Club for using his yacnt
Wandercr to bring slaves from the
Congo to Jekyl Island Most OF theSepo
creatures were between the ages OF 13
and Is, and would now, if alive be between
- and ~ II the slavers were AZ active in
other years of the late '50s rs they were
in 1859, and the ages of their victims were
as low it seems strange that there is not q
more considerable number of African
born Negroes in America. 1t cannot
even be assured that the 473 mentioned
in the census report were all slaves.
For all of that publication, tney may have
come from Africa since the Civil War.
Perhaps there were Negroes who do
not wish their sad early history known.
or who have forgotten it. Yet mere is an
instance where the census taker might
nave picked up some human information
if he were not hampered by his orders.
To know that Negroes own q total OF
| thrty-eignt acres of woodland In Adams
county, Wisconsin, may be important to
somebody; but to know how many Ameri-
cans experienced all the horrors of slavery,
beginning with the rush on the Congo
village. would be a great deal more in
teresting New York sun,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest
THE NEW BATTLE.

There are other battles to win,
There are other fights to be fought:
We must struggle, as ever, with sin,
We must war with tyrannical thought.
Oh there's much in our lives to improve.
There are goals that in peace We must
We've been Jared from the old, narrow
groove,
And now we should live as VIC preach
The day of the small mind has fled.
There is work here for big souls to do.
The dcspotic nation is dead.
But men were tyrannical, too.
We have lived for ourselves overlong.
We have worshipped at self's petty
throne
And chosen the right or the wrong
From the interests of none but our
own.
n it pleased us, the motive was good.
IF il cost us. we said If WAS bad.
I'm separate lines we have stood,
Eacn seeking to hold what he had.
And now, a. grave problems We face,
Self seeks TO cnslave lis again,
But each ono should stand in his place
And do what is best for all men.
As we take, We must learn how TO give
The thing that s important Is Right
The creeds that we speak. we must live.
For the truth with ourselves we must
fight
We rnint turn from our old, narrow ways
Where selfishness lured us along,
And must grow in these glorious days
Too manly To profit by wrong
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
COURAGE OF A PRINCE THAT WAS.

From distant WIeringen comes the
cablcd story that Frederick William,
lately heir apparent to the throne of the
kaisers. has already dismissed three
cooks and fixed baleful eye upon the
fourth
These proceedings are open TO various
interpretations The young master may
be moved BY a desire 10 make exile safe
for autocracy He may be striving 10
keep alive In his internment the
principle Of the in periaI prerogatiye
Or he may have q palate in perpetual
revolt over the fading Of u certain
fond dream of Partisan dalnties
to have been spread for a prince Of the
Teutonic realm in the late summer Of
1914 Whatever the impulse behind
them. however the doings at Wieringen
reveal a state of daring desperation
calculated TO surprise the universal
mind.
Judging by interviews recently reported
the world that reads the news has felt
that Frederick Williams personal
courage quite possibly did not measure
up to reasonable expectations, he being tie
eldest son to a War Lord of Brazcn
Tongue His ex-Highness. We have
been told, did not want the war; did
approve Of the attack on Nerdun,
knew that the Fatherand was whipped
after the First Battle of the Marne
If his was not the craven spirit IN restraint
what them And yet. at the very peak
of his reaction from the spirit of Fright
fulness, the Crown Prince that was
sits up and fires the culinary chiefs of
staff!
In the face OF such circumstances We
are forced to modify conclusions III
which we had deemed ourselves right and
happy Until q 100 per cent. Ameri-
can reveals himself with courage to
Dust one cook let alone three, under
present conditions Of supply, quality
and wage demands not to speak OF
the cost Of roast beef-we shall believe
that the eldest son Of Hohcnzollern is
regular bold onc-in spots New
Work World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
THE EVENING SMILE.
HOW TO KEEP THINGS.

An Oriental story tells of man who
was asked to lend rope to n neighbor
His rcpl, was that he was in need Of the
ropc just then
snail you need it long time7" ask
ed the neighbor
Il think | snail replied inc owner
as ! am going 10 tic up some sand with
il =
"Tie up sandi" exclaimed the would-oe
borrower. Il do not see how YOU can do
that
ooh. YOU can do almost anything
with rope when you do not want TO
lend it /" was tine reply.-1he Christian
Register
= wonder why a growing girl is 50
as long as she is girl. her deeds arc
al mlss-doings Bal imorc American
= want 70 apply for . position rs
stopping you?'' How do You spell
the pesky word7" Louisville Courier
Journal
Teacher Willie. did you ever sec
a zebra" Wille@"Y es, ma am
What did II look like 1T looked
Just like camouflaged horse '-YonkcIs
Statesman.
n don't see how you can cherish
two locks Of hair" why not2' One
is brunette; the other blond They
were both given me by the same girl :
Louisville Courier-Journal.
We'll Pat" said the visitor, we
m,,st All die once1 That's phwatt
hothers nc replied the very sick man.
III Oh could die half dozen times Oh
wouldn't mind IL Boston Transcript.
'How's prohibition workin' in Grim
SON Gulch3" All right, replied Three
Finger Sam The boys are beginnln
to realize that a mans conversation IS ies
as interestin when he's sober an a heap
more reliable Washington Star
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

loving thought with it, will illustrate
to you the real JOY of real giving.
If we bear carefully in mind the fact
that gifts are bestowed to bring pleasure
or happiness to meet the need Of the
recipient-not TO exploit ones own gen.
erosity or lavishness of expenditure, they
cannot help returning us joy-the Ie-
fection of love Try it!
Don't be n "Spugp You cannot be,
in reality, with whatever you give
no matter to whom-if the gift is an
expression of love or gratitude Ii we
'1ift lame dog over the stile, and do 1T
with kindness and affection, possibly
with soothing note in our carcssing voice,
we again may experience the happiness
that is the outcome of real giving.
So we can see that every gift given IN
the proper spirit enriches the giver more
than the recipient, and II, year by year.
the custom of Christmas giving increases,
it but shows that we are appropriating to
ourselves more and more happiness, year
by year.
He who feels that Christmas giving
oyertaxes his financial means and I'M
poverishes him for weeks after, Is indeed
a hopeless misanthrope, and has not learn
ed even the rudiments of real giving.
So, in the giving, kind word, or gem
of priceless value, it should not be Tor
gotten that it is the thought that ac-
companies the deed of giving that really
counts-counts at Christmas and at all
times. Unless you follow this plan, and 1t
is based on the life prccept of one who
gave always and His all, your glft-mak-
ing will be bereft of all real meaning
and joy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
CHANGING WINDS.

remember, remember.
When | had reached sixteen,
How rare my judgment vas Of age
How piercing and how keen.
A man Of twenty-five WAS old,
And almost senile he
" ho doddercd past me at the age
OF thirty-two or-thrcc.
| remember, remember,
" hen | Was sixty two,
How much my views had broadened out
How ripe they were. and true.
A man of fifty was a child,
And one had just begun
To enter happy middle age
On reaching eiehty-one
Kenneth l. Roberts IN Lie.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
RIPPLING RHYMES.
by Walt Mason.
ktIITUR AND CULTURE.

! here IS m end To kultur, the
kind that's spelled with +" X with
all the other rubbish they We carted
il away, 1t les with broken scepters
and last year cast of crowns, with
wornou robes ot ermlne and
princcIy handmcdoWns We've seen
what il accomplished III bringing up
the Teut. il took kindly peasant
and made of him brute. 1t gave rs
Wilhelm hombast IN place ui
Schillers screed, displaced the true
religion and gave sordld creed It
brought mighty empire Ia rum
and decay. aud 80 the dump got
I\ultur, the kind that spelled With
* And now the Ieuts will
sample, from countries ri the free,
he soul uplifting Culture. the kInl
that s spelled with Z = and when
they have absorbed IL aud got ii ia
their souls, they Woulen / touch the
* Kind with tongs or ten-iuot
poles Our culture will convince
! them, convince them soon OF late,
that love of man IS greater than
! frightfulncss or hate, that Justice
takes Us further than panoplN nf
might that wrong can never conquer
for long the truth aud right The
culture OF our churches, the culture
of our schools, will bring the light Of
reason to biood-besotted fools, will
bring to slavish peoples the truth
that makes them free the culture
that enlIghtens, the kind that's
spelled with q =
Observation-Disclosures
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
FREE OF CHARGE.

Why suffer With indigestion, dyspepsia
torpid liver, constipation, sour stomach
Jf-food-after-eau,ng. etc. Eren
you can get sample bottle of Green :
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This medicine has remarkable cliratiy z
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4 gentle laxative. Try II. For sale II
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Apache Tribe, No 81.
olive Temple. l.. q. E.
Wenonah Lodge. 5. of II
Liberty Gonelave, s. u. NJ
Mechanics Lodge, | O. o. +.
Lenapc Tribe, lmpd .. r ".
Sheet Metal " Workers Association.
James Young Conclave, II. or 5. W N.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Start right out Monday morning, on
that bclatcd Christmas shopping Get
il out Of the way before next seek comes
to an end ON stores are ready to ae-
comnodate You, and YOU may buy any
thing your desire o. fancl may call for
DO all your Christmas shopping next week.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
HAVE A TALK VITA PALMER
Some Women .SCOl,l

Some Women SCOlI
their husbands for using money for Life In
suranre- ctherS with more sense but
equally bad taste scoid the agents for not
making The husband insure, Still we keen
good atured and serve all who come III
time. Your next turn National life ms
Go of VI. (MutuaN Charles Palmer
General Manager, 40 Equitable Building
Wilmington. Del Bell telephone I4oO N
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Germany may Al least congratulate
herself that she has escaped the horrors
Of military invasion But Germany,
and German people, had no thought Of
this when her brutal armies invaded Bel
GUM, France and other counties, leaving
i trail Of dcsolation always behind them
whether on the advance Or IN retreat
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Get ready to welcome our soldier boys
from abroad when they return home.
They have nobly performed their duty,
and deserve all the lonoTs that may be
conferred upon them on their return.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Now, then, hurry right along with the
Christmas shopping Time is growing
short Resolve to get every bit Of it out of
The way before the close of next week, any
way DO all you can this week.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
Pronounced Victories.

Americans could not pronounce
Those foreign towns you couldn make
eml
But point them out aud sec them pounee
Upon the chance to 90 and take 'emi
Cartoons Magazine.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Of being able 10 hold our export trade alter
the var saws one Manufacturer we
regard IL as OF 4 strictly temporary nature
and have handled il as zIch ever since tn
war broke out"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

Every Evenings classified advertise
ments bring results Proved to the salts
faction Of many and will bc 10 you. Adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14

oreign countries, had become a perna-
ent factor in he distribution of otir
Gods. We also have direct representa-
tives in MANY foreign countries and
advertise freely ID Journals sent to foreign
markets
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-14
FACTORS WHICH WILL AID.

Another declares that it i rather
difficult for his firm 10 determine what
factors might enable them to hold their
developed export trade after the war
we viii be helped, he says. by the
length Of time necessary in Europe for
reconstruction Of factories, shortage Of
abor. higher prices Of labor, lack Of
capital, with probable high interest rates.
and possible shortage of shipping space,
and probable higher prices Of raw materials.
Still another manufacturer believes
that the holding OF foreign trade after the
war depends very largely upon the tariff
II the tariff would he sufficiently hIgh,
he SAYS, II believe that we Will have
obtained customers and developed business
relations and the feeling toward our
country would be such il would be very
difficult 10 get the business away from US.
In opposition 20 these optimistic news,
NAV manufacturers frankly told the
Tariff Commission that they did not ex-
uect 10 hold their export trade alter the
war. we haven't the remotest notion
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-21
ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS ASSAIL WAR RECORDS
 STATE REPUBLICANS
So Long As It Endures Men Now In Office Has No
 Right For Peoples Confidence.

By The Associated Press.
 Springfield, Ill.,, Sept. 2O.-Party harmony and patriotism dominated the convention of Illinois Democrats here today.
 A platform was adopted warmly eu- logizing the war administration of President Wilson and the record of nited States Senator James Hamilton LeUwis, and sharply criticizing the Republican party for supporting can didates whose loyalty to the govern ment was questioned. It was decided to ask the Republican committee to cooperate in the elimination of poli- tica1 meeting during the fourth Lib- erty Loan campaign.
 Springfield, H., Sept. 20.-Criticis- ing in strong terms the war records 01 certain Republican leaders, the Democratic state convention in it's platform adopted here today declared that as long as the Republican party endures the presence of these men in the official positions in the organiza- ton it has no right to ask the patri- otic people of Illinois for further con- fidence
 The platform praises the results accomplished by President Wilson and urges the reelection of United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis and the loyal Democratic congress- men from Illinois.
 Pianks attacking Republican lead CTS read in part as follows:
 ''It (the Republican party) has re- Aos. 11,o skf1 Sny1- al committee and member Of it's ex- ecutive committee one who was deem- ed unfit to be it's national chairman for the specific reason of question able loyalty to the cause of the Unit ed States in this war.
 "It has retained as it's national leader, and committeeman in Illinois one whose record of disloyalty has been explicit by his own party asso ciates.
 Suspicious Characters.
 Tt endorses without protest on it's party ticket as Republican nominees the presence of Congressmen. Mason. Britten, King, Wilson, Wheeler Tom Williams, Rodenberg and others whose conduct in congress has left their whole heartedness in the cause of the nation open to suspicion.
 ''It has accepted as members of the Republican state, committee" men whose patriotism is. equally shady. Sherman Is Endorsed. Ut endures without protest the ag- excessively unpatriotic attitude of it's Republican Unied States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman who at every opportunity shells war measures with poison gas from behind the en- trenchment of senatorial privilege. The platform endorses the woman suffrage constitutional amendment now pending in the, United States senate. sf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-09-21
HAIG BRUSHES
 OLD DEFENSIVE
 LINES OF HUNS i
Chief Importance of Sue cesses Scored by Troops
 In Recent Operations
By Associated Bress.

By ASSOclateO bFeSS.
 London. Sept. 20-(Bia. Montreal.) -'Ehe chief importance of the suc- cesses scored by Field Marshal Haig during the past two days, it is point ed out here. lies in the fact that the advanced defenses of the Hin- denburg line west and northwest of St. Quentin have been broken down. The new front borders the linden burg line almost everywhere ex- cept west of St. Quentin. where the town is girdled by most powerful defensive system, completed on the east and south by the double water line of the canol and the Somme. Narrow .gullies and sunkels3 3oads constitute further. 9ormiaa6& ob- stacles. The positions taken hS the British form network of ,Waaded hills commanding the CarhbrH5sSt. Quentin road, and. additional loss, of ground here will constitute fur ther breach of the Hindenburg line.
 Menwhile General Magin, on the right, is indomitably hammering the St. Gobain position, central pillar. of the army line, while the Americans are preparing to turn the southern most Hindenburg bastion at Metz, all giving promise of most mementous operations next month.