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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

South Africa in the present war; it was
also centre from which rebellion
against Britain was fomented before the
war. 1t was to abolish not merely the
Immediate but all future peril of the
sort which had been experienced in the
De Wet rebellion that Botha and SHUTS
led Boer as we'll as British troops into
German territory.
Southwest Africa having been con-
quered and the peril abolished, the Brit
ish colony is resolved that it shall not
return. If Germany comes back to her
old colony it means a permanent menace
and permanent necessity to maintain
an army. It means, in addition, the
possible danger of the old intrigue and
the certain peril of an interruption of
communication with Britain in case of
another war, since the German colony
faces the sea route from the mother
country and offers an admirable subma-
rine base. And what is true of German
Southwest Africa is in the main to be
said OF German East Africa.
Exactly the same emotion is revealed
by the people Of Australia and New
Zealand. To return New Guinea and
Samoa to the Germans would be to re-
store to them bases for future naval ag-
gressions. Had the Germans deyeloped
their submarine plans before the war as
they did subsequently, had they been
able to station submarines in naval bases
at Samoa and New Guinea, all the Brit
lsh sea routes in the Far East would
have been cut, and the results would
have been DISASTROUS. Neither Australia
nor New Zealand wishes in the future to
have to maintain a navy against a new
German attack; they desire the danger
which has been abolished to remain abol-
lshed, and their purpose in the Peace
Conference is unmistakable.
There are other aspects to the prob
lem. On the humanitarian side the story
of German colonization is one of the
blackest IN all history; the deliberate ex-
termination Of all but handful of the
Herrero people in Southwest Africa is a
page of brutality passing even the Bel
gian and Polish episodes in the war.
To turn back helpless people to cruel
and vicious masters would be a crime
against the principles championed bv
the Allies.
1t is not British scheme of expan-
sion, then, this purpose not to return
German colonies. 1t is a matter in which
British policy is not made in London.
but in Cape Town, Sydney and Mel
bourne. 1t is a colonial, not metro
polltan policy.
But if the Germans were able to gain
American support for their desire to
reclaim their lost colonies they would
not only divide Britain and America at
Versailles, but, were they successful in
attaining their object, they would divide
Britain from her colonies and succeed
at the peace table in doing exactly what
they failed to do during the war. There
is, then, every reason to watch this lat
est maneuvre.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
SHOES G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
ING OF THE sHRAPNEL SHELL

SONG OF IHE SHhAfNEL O1ELL
CSPAT red hot from the cannons mouth,
~ Yo, no, no, and away we go!
From East to West and from North to
South,
Yo, no, no, and away we go!
Men and the devil have done their best
To put their hearts in the cannon's breast
Our masters drive, and we do the rest;
Hellfre within us to let loose first,
In myriad burning bits we burst,
Each for the blood of man athirst,
70, no, no, and away we go!
Like fiery fail is our molten rain,
Yo, no, no, and away we 60!
Moving men down like field Of grain,
Yo, ho, no, and away we go!
Night turns to day in its crimson glare,
1t tints white cheeks and glazed eyes that
Upward, unseeing nor foul nor. fair.
1t rends the lace from the marble tower
And crushes to atoms the stained glass
flower,
The ages blossoms, all dead in an hour!
Yo, no, no, and away we go!
OOllc Ol uS UuTTOW DeHeACn tnc mlr2,
Yo, no, no, and away we go!
To cool in the dark our bosom's fire,
Yo no, no. and away we gol
Mongst the friendly roots beyond the ken
OF human fiends and inhuman men
But Fate sleeps not, and we waken again
The touch of a plough, or starved pigs
snout
And up we flare and are about
Their butcher business, and murder is out!
70, no. no, and away we 60!
ISABEL VALE.
Liebhnecht, the German Bolshevist,
says he IS against peace, and If he keeps
on he's going to find the Allies in entire
accord acith him on that point.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
Admiralty, S. W, Nov. 16.

Admiralty s. W, Nov. 16
Ny Dear Admiral:
I thank you most sincerely for the very
handsome terms in which you have ex-
pressed the sentiments of yourself and the
officers and men of your command regard
ing the task of the British navy in the
great war now, as we all hope, practically
terminated.
We recognize with feelings of graft
tude the debt we owe to the United States
navy for its whole-hearted support during
the past eighteen months, not only in the
antl-submarine campaign and extensive
mlne-iaying programme, but also in send
ing its battle squadron to reinforce the
Grand Fleet
We do not forget that your destroyers
came to our assistance at a moment when
our small craft were feeling the severe
strain of three years continuous warfare;
we admire the singleness of purpose which
has actuated your every effort, and appre-
ciate to the full the loyal way in which
you have worked with US throughout.
The close cooperation between our two
services has, l venture to think. been one
of the outstanding features of the war,
and sincerely hope that this association
has been as agreeable to all Of you as it
has been to Future generations in
both navies will always remember that
their predecessors stood shoulder to shout
der during these momentous times to up
hold tha cause of right and justice
l have had your letter circulated to the
fleet, by whom it will be read with genuine
pleasure
Believe me to be, my dear admiral, with
gratitude, yours very sincerely and cordially,
R. L. WEMYSS
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
of territory by the Allies, no indemnites;

of territory by the Allies, no indemnities;
only return to the status quo ante"
July 27, 1917--ufter tho passage of
the espionage act: "ls it not better to
make peace now than to look forward to
year after year Of such national and in
dividual sorrow and sacrifice, to such
wastagc and woe, to such destruction of
the best specimens of the human race, to
such irretrievable demolition Of the sus-
tanning structure of our Occidental civil
ization? How long will our people toll
crate such slaughter and such sacrifce?"
July 2s, 1917-dfter the passage of
the espionage act: "The attitude Of the
Hearst newspapers is vindicated in
striking manner by the report of our
army officers who have just come from
France. The plain truth is that,
without the intervention of some
known mechanical invention, the Allies
cannot conquer Germany with the means
at their disposal and with such reinforce
ments as we can promptly send them,
and may be defeated and brought to sue
for humiiatng peace"
August 8, 1917-after the passage of
the espionage act: "The lesson is brief
ly this First, the necessity of realizing
the seriousness Of the military situation,
and, second, the necessity of either nego-
tiating a prompt peace with advantage
to our allies and honor to ourselves, or
of prosecuting a protracted war with
PREPARATION FOR THE DEFENCE OF
OUR HOMES AND OUR LIBERTIES ON
A GREATER SCALE THAN THE WORLD
HAS EVER SEEN"
Through August and September Of last
year the Hearst fight fer peace contin-
ued, following the peace offensive of Ger
many. In January and February of this
year it developed once more, as President
Wilson gave the German overtures the
answer of the "Fourteen Points" and the
"Four Principles"
Ignoring an attempt in February of
this year to lift the embargo against the
neutrals which prevented food reaching
Germany, it may be as we'll to close the
record Of Hearst's disloyal propaganda
after the passage of the espionage act
with his discovery, on January %, 1918,
that Germany was democracy and the
war was won:
On a true sense, the great war for
human freedom is won. Whether
the governments find way to negotiate
right scbn in our Judgment, will not ma
terially affect the great result for which
the war was waged, by America at least.
That objective the characterization of
the whole world"
This comports interestingly with
Hearst's anti-Japanese editorial of March
8, 1918, in which he said, over his own
signature:
"That is why cannot get so violently
excited as some people over the possible
effects in Europe Of this present war"
A correspondent of The Times inter
viewed Hearst at Baltimore Tuesday
night on the Senatorial investigation, and
he said "In the end l may let it pass"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
they're Declin: ing

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir After the record you long since es-
tablished in regard to the help Hearst has
constantly given the Huns and the recent
confirmatory exposures along The same line,
the country is watching see whether
reputable New Workers. will demean them
selves by acting on the committee to we--
come our soldiers, of which Hylan has
made him chairman. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible. Why should not honorable and re-
spectacle citizens decline and form their
own committee? VETERAN.
Washington, y. C., Dec Z, la1Ss
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

IN h 1o ANA b1LEL propaganda
now coming from all quarters
w. in Germany discloses the ex-
pected attempt to divide the
vctors on the question of the ultimate
disposition Of the German colonies. 1t
is to America, too, that the Germans are
looking in the matter of the colonies, as
we'll as in the question Of "the freedom
of the seas" for the initiative in a move
which shall split the nations which have
won this war.
1t is, therefore, Of utmost importance
that the American people should under
stand the question of the German colo
nies. The obvious German man@uvre will
be to establish the idea that the single
question involved is one of territorial
expansion. 1t is already being artfully
insinuated that the British are prepar-
ing to grab" German colonies with no
other intent than to increase their en-
pire and enlarge their commercial
markets.
Now, what are the facts? First of
ALL the decision Of the British in the
matter Of the colonies will not be- made
by the inhabitants of the United King
dom; the problem is imperial, not Euro
pean And in this connection we have
reported this week the demand of New
South Wales, following that Of New Zea-
land, that the German colonies shall not
be returned. Prime Minister Hughes
of Australia when in this country last
summer spoke with great emphasis in
the same sense; the will of the Union of
South Africa has been made clear and
is the same
Now, Britain has won this war in no
small measure because Of the support of
her colonies. She cannot by sheer force
compel a restoration of German colonies
to Germany in the face of the opposi-
ton Of her own colonies without the
gravest consequences In point Of fact,
the Pacific islands of Germany were TAX
en- by Australian and New Zealand
troops, who occupy them, and the con-
quest of German Southwest Africa was
mainly South African enterprise
And to understand the attitude of the
British colonies it is useful for Ameri-
cans to go back in American history to
the time of the victory of Britain, with
the very great aid of the American
colonies, over France, which eliminated
in the capture of Quebec At that time
the suggestion Of a return Of Canada to
France would have precipitated a revo-
luton in the Thirteen Colonies, and for
the simple reason that it would have
meant a perpetuation of the condition of
warfare in America
It was not that New England or New
York was primarily interested in the an
nexaton of Canada; what concerned them
both was the imperative need for peace
on their frontiers, for an end of Indian
raids, border warfare and incessant at
tacks by an enemy whose forces assailed
American colonies whenever European
differences brought France and Britain
into conflict New England and New
York sent their militia to the struggle
against Canada to end nuisance and
peril which had troubled them over
many decades.
Now, the position of the Union Of
South Africa, for example, is exactly
that of the Thirteen Colonies, save as
the situation in Africa is far worse
German Southwest Africa was not e5ere-
| ly the base for an invasion of Rr;+;sh
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
The Highwayman Within
(Fron The Kansas Citv starl

VTTOHE 7He huH5uS CIV HtarE
The threatened hotel workers strike in
New York involves only walters, cooks and
storeroom help. You never hear of check
room employe walking off his job, except to
retire to a mansion on Riverside Drive. or
else to the hospital when some ruined patron
attacks him.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
The Great CornsiIk Controversy

F. f. V-Not being possessed of an asbes-
tos tongue, l can lay no claim to con-
sumption of cornslk extending over
period of forty or fifty years. But never
theess, believe that | have valuable in
formation that will throw light on the pres
ent controversy.
According to New England usages, when
| was boy the difference between a cigar
and cigarette was one of size, the matter
of paper wrapper having nothing to do
with the name. A big "smoke" was cigar,
whereas a little smoke was a cigarette
Thus, piece of rattan obtained from the
butt end of whip was a cigar, but a piece
Of rattan obtained from the part near the
tip was cigarette. And large amount Of
sweetfern rolled in paper was a cigar,
small amount of sweetfern rolled in paper
cigarette.
While on the subject of rattan I wish to
recommend this material as tongue burner
par excellence. H. A. K
Springfield, Mass.
f. F. V.-Coming as | do from that Sec
tion of the North Country where pine
stumps are the chief agricultural products
Pm hardly competent to enter the Great
Corn Silk Controversy.
But did you ever stack up against a piece
Of the rattan from a discarded baby car
riage? There a smoke! And one could
prove it was just the same as a real to-
bacco cigarette by blowing a mouthful of
smoke through a white handkerchief
ways providing there was some dude pres
l.;
showing the yellow stain which we firmly
believed was pure nicotine.
And, besides, no one knows anything
about youthful smokes who hasn't scraped
the red bark from the kinnikinck bush and
dried it in front of an open fire or rolled a
"cig" from the dried seeds of the ragweed
and piece of newspaper.
CAPTAIN c.
Port of Embarkation.
Revolution is the broaching of the
wine of freedom, and Bolshevsm is the
ensuing delirium tremens.
THE COWARD
He was known the village coward.
The with a yellow streak
Some O. them called him sissy
Others dubbed him sneak.
He was nervous in his manner,
And he started when you spoke
To all the village hangers on
He nothing but a joke
But when the Great War started
DO you think this modest kid
Begged to be exempted?
(You bet your life he did,
ESTER
LAMB.
The Mayor has offered Foch the free
dom Of the city, and we'd altUays under-
stood that 1t belonged to Charley
Murphy. F. F. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

80 Grosvenor Gardens, S. W, Nov. II.
Ny Dear Admiral:
To-day marks the practical termination
of the var which for four years has been
waged against the Central Empires, a war
which was brought on by the ambitions Of
Germany, and largely by the desire to curb
and crush the power of the British Empire
1t is fact patent to all the world that
the defeat of Germany was in large part
accomplished by the power of the British
navy, and I wish, in this informal way, to
express to you, and through you to the
officers and men of the British navy my
personal feeling Of satisfaction that the
British navy has successfully achieved its
great task. In thus expressing my own
opinion l voicing the sentiment of all
of the officers and men of my command all
of whom to the last man feel it an honor
to have been associated with the British
navy in this great war and to have con-
trlbuted in some degree to its success.
Believe me, my dear admiral, yours most
sincerely, VIM S. SIMS
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
A New Offensive
tFrom The indianapolis stor)

tFrom The Indianapolis Stor)
Our War Department bought $4,000, 900
pieces of soap for shipment overseas in the
last six months, which sounds as if we are
preparing to get INTO contact with the Bel
Sheviki
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

Revolution is the broaching of the
wine of freedom, and Bolshevism is the
ensuing delirium tremens.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
The German Colonies
By Frank H. Simonds

(Copyright, 1918, Nev York Tribune Inc.)
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
NauaIComradeship

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: sure the following letters, ex-
changed between Admiral Sims and Sir
Rosslyn Wemyss, will prove of interest to
your readers. These were printed in the
English papers that reached here by the
last mail. G. A.
New York, Dec 9, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

-W r NMISTAKABLE propaganda
now coming from all quarters
~ in Germany discloses the ex-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12
THE COWARD

The Mayor has offered Foch the free
dom Of the city, and we'd al,Uays under-
stood that 1t belonged to Charley
Murphy. F. F. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-12

The misrepresentation is as plain as
the animus. For England never asked
us to build wooden vessels. Instead, she
built wooden vessels herself, and even re-
quested our Shipping Board not to in
terfere with her own wooden ship con-
struction by the letting of our contracts.
From June Is, 1917, onward in more
or less close contemporary conjunction
with Germany's peace drives, Hearst ad-
vocated peace by negotiation on basis
Of the status quo ante, and sowed the
seed for it in "defeatist" propaganda.
Here are few specimens:
July 5, 1917-Gfter the passage of
the espionage act: eve can imagine no
craftsmanship more futile than for us to
exhaust our wealth, to endanger our pros
perity and to sacrifice young men,
not to equalize the political relations of
the world, but to pull down one power on
the ground that it aims at dangerous
domination of the world, and then to
place another power in the same seat of
world empire and world dominion
The sensible course for US to pursue is
to use our influence and strength to
maintain the European balance
of power"
July "a, 1917-ofter the passage of
the espionage act: "the Presi-
dent should declare and adhere to war
programme and peace programme which
contemplate no conquest, no annexation
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05
MAN BADLY BURNED
GASOLINE ON CLOTHING

About six o'clock last Saturday ev-
ening Mr.. H. o. Rice, an employee of
the Kopp Garage, met with very SER
ious accident, which will lay him up
for number of weeks, at least, and
which came near costing him his life
While at work he CHANGED to spill a
quantity of gasoline on his trousers
Half an hour later, when he had for
gotten the incident of the gasoline, he
came near to the flame of torch, and
his clothing leaped into flame. He
tried to reach the water hose, but for
some reason failed to get it to work,
and in his excitement and pain started
to run. f. S. Frye, another employee,
caught up five gallon can of water
and started after him. Just how it
would have resulted, had not Rice
caught his foot in cord and tripped
over, it is hard to tell. Frye caught
up when the unfortunate man fell and
doused the five gallons of water over
him, and soon had the fire extinguished
but not until he had lost so much Gu
ticle that grating may pc necessary
in order to heal the wound.
Rice has an arid farm few miles
from Lund and was working like a
beaver to provide for his family and
keep his place going, His injury is a
serious calamity for him.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05
HCEDAR NERO. & LIVE STOCK CO.

of iron land, according to Mr. Yors-
ton.
Chicago and Salt Lake interests
have underwritten the bonds of the
company to the amount of $750,000,
which will defray the expenses of the
railroad construction, the sinking of
oil wells and the opening Of mines
Salt Lake Telegram Herald Republi-
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05

A new railroad from Cedar to Lund,
taking in iron and coal lands, is as
sured, according to an announcement
made last night by w. X. Yorston, who
is chief engineer of the project.
The Old Capital Petroleum company
is to be reformed and to this property
will be added 1000 acres of the best
coal land in the state and 1000 acres
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05

Mr.. G. Moorehead, representing the
Mergenthaler Linotype company, was
in Cedar Wednesday en- route to st.
George, where he went to install
Linotype machine in the office of the
Washington County News.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05

Miss Ruby Leigh is working in the
Leigh Furniture & Carpet Company
store with her brother, Mr. w II
Leigh.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05

Mr.. John Foster accompanied the
sightseeing expedition into the noun
tains today, we learn.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-01-25
KIDNEY SUFFERERS HAVE
FEELING OF SECURITY

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take Is Absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing druss.
Such = medicine is DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard Of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle Of SwAmp-Root.
Swamp-Ksot is scientifically compound
ed from vegetable herbs.
1t is net \ stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything
According to verified testimony it 10
natures great helper in relieving and over
coming kidney, liver and bladder trou-
bles.
A sworn statement Of purity is with
every bottle of DIR. kilmers Swamp
Root.
If you need medicine, you should have
the best.
If you are already convinced that
Swamp Root is what you need, you VII
find it on sale at all drug stores ID bottles
of tive sizes, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try thu
great preparation send ten cents to DR.
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. T., for
sample BEETLE. When writing be sure ant
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-01-25
No Time to Make Z Swap.

An Indiana man was travelling down
the Ohio on a steamer with a mare and
two-year-old colt when by sudden
careen OF the boat all three were tilted
into the water. The Hoosier. as he
rose putting and blowing above water,
caught hold Of the tail Of the colt. not
having a doubt but that the natural in
stinct Of the animal would carry him
safely ashore. The old mare made for
the land, but the frightened colt swan
Justify down the current with its owner
still hanging fast. LET go of the colt
and hang onto the mare !" shouted
some of his friends. Boob y ex-
claimed the Hoosier, spouting the wa
ter from his mouth, ''it's mighty fine
telling me to let go the colt, but to a
man who can't swim this amt exactly
the time for swapping horses"