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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
GERMANS PROBLEM WITH
BOLSHEVISM.

Kansas City (MoD Star: In all
confusing news about Russia it is
we'll to rember one thing. The boil
shevist leaders are radical, even IA
natical Socialists, and such can have
no sympathy with German imperial
ism.
1t is this fact that explains the
solicitudc of the German press over
the possibility of a breakdown in
the Ukraine where bolshevist troops
are in conflict with the sol-called
Rada government, The Rada gov
ernment was set up through Ger
man influence. If it could retain
control over the rich wheat produc-
ing region of the Ukraine, the Ger
man path would be far easier than
it will be if the radical Socialists are
in control.
1t is presumably this bolshevist
attitude that is at the bottom of the
resumption of hostilities on the part
of Germany. Berlin is making use,
so far as possible, Of bolshevist i'm
practical idealism while still dis
trusting it.
The bolsheviki live in a world OF
distract MARKHAM formulas-formu-
las that have been abandoned by
later Socialists of other countries as
being altogether too simple to ex-
plain the complexities Of human ma
ture. Such formulas as reunion
of all the prole:arians of the world"
are dominating the action of the
real rulers of Russia. Undoubtedly
they have been ready to accept Ger
man help just as the old middlc-of-
the-rcad Populists would accept
campaign contributions from their
political enemies. But as Prof. f.
a. Ross of the University of Wis
corsin remarked in Kansas City the
other night on his return from
long stay in Russia, there is no evil
dencc so far to show that the boil
shevist leaders are crooked.
Russia is out of the war and moth
ing indicates a willingness to resume
fighting. But bclshevist doctrine, in
50 far as it penetrates the central
powers, is a deadly foe to the impe-
rlalist spirit.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
GETTING READY.

I've bought some farming inple-
ments
To start a garden fair,
And many things of many kinds
III soon have growing there
RadiSheS, beetS and tender peas,
Spinach and beans and kale--
For | will be farmer bold,
With hoe and rake and paili
III plant a row of sauerkrauts,
The luscious little fruit
And some potato dumplings, too
| think would be right cute:
Some peas en- casserole, think,
Would kind O set it up
| don't like jeas growing on ths
ear;
III grow 'em in the cupI
The things I've planned that I shall
grow
vii! make one garden grand;
I've got the tools, I've got the seeds,
And | shall till the land
Until from every corner OF
My little farm shall spring
A little bit, from soup to nuts
OF nearly everythingl
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
THE GREAT SIN.

Ii /, tragic letter that min
lister writes 10 one OF the magazines.
lie has committcn an objectionable
sin, ne says--a sin against Nature,
and one which Nature will not ior-
give.
81 am a physical wreck, paying
hospital bills and doctors fees. For
two years my life has hung by a
thread My physicians say Jhat l
will recover, but never can ! take
my place by the side OF strong men.
| must live hereafter the long-suf-
fering life OF an invalid'
1t is an intolerablc prospect.
"Whilc the world is making prog
ress must sit still and merely look
on. am full of fire and enthusi-
asm TO do my part in this world, but
my feeble body hinders me in every
effort"
And the bittercst part of his al
Fiction is the knowledge that it is
due entirely to his own folly lie
has merely reaped what he has Sown.
lie is paying the penalty not for
crime, not for vice, but for breaking
the simplest laws OF health
Il have for years denied myself
what every living creature must
haye-fresh air, sunshine and eXcr-
else. The awful result is tubercu-
losis. ! am reaping what / sowcd.
! have crammcd mind and a Grip
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

Drumright Derrick: An author
ity on art objects to whiskers on
statutes, but we can't think OF a
better place for EN-.
Milburn News: A woman may be
beaten, but she rarely acknowledges
same.
FL Reno Democrat Suing for a
Separate peace is nothing new.
Husbands have been doing that for
years.
Muskogee Times-D ocrat:
Strict qualifications are required OF
all officials in Russia now, and no
one IS allowed to hold office unless
he can prove absolutely that he is a
natural born fool.
Sulphur Democrat: The Ger
mans need not fret. We won't take
everything when we get to Ger
many We won't take the German
word
Tulsa Times: The kaiser has as
sumed the attitude of the one Juror
who said he had met eleven of the
most obstinate men he ever knew.
According TO the kaiser, he is right
and all the world is wrong.
Wagner Record: In the course
of his sermon one OF our pastors
worshiping God with moving pic
turc than with an ice cream freezer.
Come to think OF it, we guess he is
about right.
Jcnks Inquirer: MANY a soul IS
wrecked because too lazy to pole its
boat through the rapids Of tine.
Durant Democrat: The Stacker
in the poultry ward is becoming as
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
A FIRST LESSON ON THE WAR

pie, by the people, and for the
people"
William Hohenzollern, the man
whose ally is God-not Gods ally
king OF Prussia and emperor of Ger
many, wills for all the people of his
kingdom and empire, and can will
no wrong, even though that will be
"frightfuness.'
Abraham Lincoln, whose great
concern @aS that he should be on
Gods side, once president of the
United States, lowly, yet exalted
unto heaven, toiled, suffered and
died for the endurance Of a dem
ocracy Conceived in liberty and
dedicated to the proposition that all
men are created equal"
Kultur is the new religion of the
German people. The people of the
United States are Christian.
Kulture poclaims: 1--WE (the Ger
man people, are of the race of the
Thunderer; we will possess the
earth"
Kultur commands and asserts:
"Bc as terrible as Attila's Huns.
Providence has willed that we shall
be his instruments
Christianity proclaims: Blessed
are the merciiul; for they shall
botain mercy
kultur Kisses: 80, Germany hatel
Slaughter thy foes by the millions
and OF their reeking corpses build
a monument that shall reach the
clouds -
go, Germany hate now! Arm thy
self in steel and pierce with thy
bayonet the heart of every foe; no
prisoners! ! Beat in their skulls with
rihe-butts and with axes. Strike
and thrust, true and hard: turn our
neighbors' lands into deserts. Ait
erwards thou wilt stand erect on
the ruins of the world.
Christianity proclaims: Blessed
are the peacemakcrs; for they shall
be called the children OF God. Ye
have heard that it was said OF them
of old time, Thou shalt not kill
and 'whosoeyer shall kill shall be
/ in danger Of the Judgment; but |
say unto YOU That whosoever is an
cry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judg-
ment."
Thus may it be seen, in this world
war, that conquest, tyranny and
savagery battle against justice, lib
crty and civilization.
Thus may it be seen that Kultur
binds back to that faithless age
when mankind was savage and soul
less and void Of the knowledge of
truth.
Thus, too, may it be seen that
this is the same war waged first
in Heaven and again in the garden
OF Gethsemane.
As Michael overcame Satan, as
. Christ overcame Sin, so, too, now
in this world war, must civilization
overcome the Beast, or, afterwards
Germany will stand erect on the
Iruins of the world
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
POOR MR.. McADOQ.

Poor Mr.. McAdoo!
Think of the jobs he's hitched up
The treasury, the railroad crew,
The income tax and then a few,
Each week they hand him some-
thing new,
To tax his time and temper, too.
He has to know when loans are due.
What source to get his billions
through,
What fund to pass each dollar to,
Which tax is what, and who is
who;
What bonds to sell and what re-
new,
Which trust" to coax and which
TO sue.
He stretches out each day or two,
To do the things he has to do.
The job would founder me or YOU
But it's a cinch for McAdoo
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

"AlI right, sergeant, get together
the men for the ration party, and
be ready to leave as soon as it gets
dark"
"Ycry good, sir, the men are al
ready detailed
These orders are issued every
night by the O. c. of the company
to the platoon sergeant, and are
sometimes accompanied by various
lnJunctions to be careful of such
and such route, and that a Ger
tain field at the back of the line is
sheIled at exactly the same time
every night in an endeavor to To-
cate ration parties and reinforce
mentS.
You have all heard OF ration par
ties, but never have you experienced
the sensation of knowing that your
next meal is being brought up to
you by men risking death by rifle
bullet, shell fire or shrapnel in order
that you may eat; and YOU know
nothing of the disappointment felt
when trooper is told that his prec-
louS water bottle has been pierced
by shrapnel ball or a sniper's bull
let, as it was being carried by a
member Of the ration party from
the transport wagons, about two
miles back OF the lines, up to the
firing line.
Imagine that you are in the
trenches impatiently waiting, with
ravenous appetite for the appear
ance Of the ration party to bring
your water bottle full OF water or
sometimes a piece of cooked meat,
or as a treat, some hot stew--and
then to be informed by the duty
sergeant that the ration party will
not be able to put in appearance that
night because the enemy are throw
ing over heavy stuff at the rate
OF a million a minute covering the
ground in your sector with a per
feet drum-6re as far back as a couple
of miles.
No man is required to be a per-
manent ration carrier. Every man
takes his turn for that duty Just
the same as for his trick as a sen
try. The sergeant generally picks
out four men from each platoon,
sixteen men being reckoned enough
to carry rations and water for the
whole company. | have known
men to walk up on the top of the
communication trench when bring
ing up rations to the front line,
in full view of any lurking enemy
sniperj and quite regardless of dan
ger, so that the precious can of tea,
so dear to the heart of the Britishcr,
will not bump against the side OF
the trench, spilling a few drops of
the precious liquid. These return
trips of the ration party are usually
uneventful, except in cases where
they find the communication trench
es have been blown in, when they
have to take to the open ground,
where chances for a quick trip to
the hospital are always considered
good.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

Every German or Austrian in
the United States, unless known
by years of association to be abb
solutely loyal, should be treated
as potential spy. Keep your
eyes and ears open. Whenever
any suspicious act or disloyal
word comes to you notice, COM
municate at once with the Coun-
Gil Of Defense for Carter County,
second floor Chamber of Com
merce building, phone 765.
We are at war with the most
merciless and inhuman nation in
the world. Hundreds of thou
sands Of its people in this coun-
try want to see America humli-
ated and beaten to her knees, and
they are doing, and will do, ev-
erything in their power to bring
this about.
Take nothing for granted. En-
ergy and alertness in this direc-
ton may save the life of your
son, your husband or your
brother.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
REPENTANT SOCIALISTS.

Our American Socialists, so long
the dupes of Prussianism, are at
last coming back into the fold of
Americanism. Morris HilQuit. the
New York leader who ran ior mayor
last fall on the Socialist ticke,, and
who has been one Of the bittcrest
critics of our American war policy,
at length declares himself satisfied.
"The four principles on which Pres
ident Wilson summarizes his pro-
gram" says Hilquit, ARE uncxcep-
tionable from the point of view of
all advocates of just, democratic
and lasting peace"
Another late convert is Herbert S.
Bigelow of Cincinnati, who not long
ago was horsewhipped by a mob on
account of his anti-American utter.
ances. Bigelow has seen the light
as a result of the German-Russian
peace conferences and the subse-
quent action of Germany. He says:
The will Of the German govern
ment to annex territory and domi-
nate subject peoples by military
power must be defeated. If i, can
not be defeated by the power of the
Germ7n people themselves it must
be defeated by the economic and
military power of the allies To
this purpose, he adds, the Soc alists
will give as earnest support tc our
national cause as will Republicans
and Democrats.
Other Americans are glad to wei
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
THE SALUTE.
(By NJ, E. Buhler, OF the Vigilantes

(By NJ, Z. Buhler, OF the Vigilantes
When a soldier meets another
Higher in command,
Up, in instant recognition,
Goes his hand
Gives salute in silent greeting;
IT'S the way
That he says at every meeting
"I'll obey!"
When an officer, in passing,
Has salute,
Quick his heart and hand responsiv,
Grave and mute,
On the sea or on the earth he
Pledges as they meet,
By his rank, 81 shall be worthy"
So they greet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
From Other
Editorial Pages
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
THE BLACK FLAGS OF
CRACOW.

New York Times; To the sue
cess of the Hapsburg policy Of obi
vide and Rule" the races oppressed
by the Hapsburg have too often
contributed by their jealousies of
each other and their Quarrels among
themselves. In the Austrian parlia-
ment, which reasscmblies Tuesday
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

come them back. And their CON
version is fortunate for the Social
lists themselves, | lthey had per
sisted in their anti-American, anti
democratic policy, they might not
have done any great harm TO the
country, but American Socialism it.
self would have committed suicide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
SfIRAPNEL.

That captain in the regular army,
and whose name is Hankcs, and
who resigned, or tried to, rather than
go to war against his kinsmcn In
Germany, and who has been sen
fenced to a federal pcnitentiary for
Is years, probably realizes now that
when he took the oath of allegiance
to the United States he said some
thing that meant something.
Those Russian soldiers who are
forced by the Germans to salute
their own officers, something they
have not done since the Car was
deposcd, certainly is a dose the boil
sheyiki will gag at. But the boIshev-
Xxi are just what Senator McCum-
Der dubbed them, black traitors TO d
great world idea and their allies.
Germans executing Red guards
in Russia, but letting the regular
soldiers go free says a dispatch
from the east. Well, who cares what
q
becomes oI the Neu guard crowd
,,
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factories ana millinery m2nuIactur-
ing eS'aDnSIimentS mad better be
oI',InE rl'cls III ShiPS than keeping
up their non-eSScntlal work IS d. pa
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
AROUND THE WORLD.

Peru needs sugar mills with
modern machinery, the equipment
OF those now in operation being
antiquated.
Bulgaria has 2o4 postal savings
banks, and the deposits have reached
the unprecedented amount of SILL
820,S00.
Ontario, Canada, proposes TO re-
qusltion one-ffth of this years
fish catch and supply the people
with fish at cost.
New Zealand estimates its wheat
acreage for the new crop at lS9,-
600 acres as against 2l6000 acres
last year New Zealand has been
compelled to import about 100000
bushels of wheat from Australia.
Egypt presents an attractive field
tor the sale of electrical supplies.
hardware, lamp chimneys and mex
oensive leather goods. Before the
war most of these articles were i'm
ported from Germany and Austria.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
BABY BONDS.

A thrift stamp costs rs cents.
Sixteen thrift stamps and 13
cents. or Sab, this month buys a
war savings stamp.
The government redeems the
war savings stamp at SIS on Jan
/, 1928
Your profit Is 81 cents, or four
per cent Interest. compounded
quarterly.
Buy stamps at postofflces, banks
and patriotic stores.
You are saving money for the
future and helping the govern.
ment win the war.
Begin buying today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
THE UNCONSIDERED.

Some are protected more or less
BY ornamental uselessness.
The robin sings in peace complete
Because he is too small to eat.
bennington Tribune.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26

and through which the government
will seek to force the budget, most
of this ancient spirit of quarrel and
schism will be wanting. The three
Czech parties have combined. and
they cry for "a single Szech; state
consisting Of the historic and in
separablc lands of the Bohemian
crown and OF the Sloyaks." Such
state cuts in two the central Eu-
rope Of the German dream.
The Austrian Poles, furious at
the violation of the nation unity"
by the peace with the Ukraine and
the old Polish territory thereby
handed over to the Little Russians,
are uniting with the Czechs, ltal-
ians, Rumanes, and south Slays. In
parliament these anti-Germar ele-
ments slightly exceed the govern
ment bloc. The Social Democrats
hold the balance OF power, and they
are expected to use it to over hrow
the government. Meanwhile, in
Cracow, which still remembers its
part in the Polish instructions of
1880 and 1916, the peace with the
Ukraine is celebrated by the dis
plays of black flags, insulting the
icstivity at Vienna. The position of
the Austrian government has been
ticklish for long time. The hitter
ness and the independent policy of
Czechs, Slavs, Slovenes, Slovaks,
Poles against the government have
been steadily increasing. The worse
the plight of Austria the sharper the
demands OF the DISCONTINUED nation
alities.
For Germany as well as Austria
the Polish question is making trou-
bic. The Poles of the Kingdom of
Poland are calling by means of the
Peasants Union for Polish sea-
port, necessary to any sort of re-
yived independent Poland, intoler-
able to Germany. The Peasants
Union also demands full independ-
encc for Poland if it be united with
Austria, but that union is said to
have been given up by both Austria
and Germany. Austria. has her
Poles at home to contend with. She
is in no position to fulfill her ambi-
ton as to Russian Poland, nor has
Germany any disposition to help it,
The whole Polish movement
seems to be growing, and it has been
stimulated by the Ukraine peace. 1t
is noticeable that the Wolff Bureau,
controlled by the German govern
ment, omitted from its report of Mr..
Wilson's latest address to congress
the passage containing, besides the
reference to the evacuation and res
toration of Belgium, the ascription
to Count Czernin of the view that
"an independent Poland, made up OF
all the indisputably Polish peoples
who lie contiguous to one another,
is a matter of European concern,
and must, of course, be conceded"
Also that national aspirations must
be satisfied, even within his (the
Austro-l1ungarian) empire, in the
common interest of Europe and
mankind" National aspirations
and an independent Poland of all
tn ePoles are anathema to official
Germany and Austria. In Austria
IT least these national aspirations
have become stronger and more
dangerous Of late. OF course Ger
many RACES at the thought of \ gen
uine independent Poland to which
her own Poles might ask to belong
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
(By w. f. Lindsey Governor
New Mexico).

War, government, and religion
are indices to the self-defnition OF
nations and peoples.
For contrast OF self-deinition OF
the imperial German government
with the government of the United
States Of America index and define,
in parallel, the wars, government
and religion OF the two nations.
Under the guidance OF Otto Won
Bismarck, the man OF blood and
iron," Prussia and part OF the Ger
man states have fought three wars ;
That with Denmark in 1864, a
war of conquest, ravishing that ma
ton OF Schleswig- Holstein.
That with Austria in 1866, 4 war
of subjugation, effectively removing
a rival.
That with France in 1870, 4 war
of conquest, despoiling that nation
Of Alsace-Lorraine and billion
dollars.
Under the guidance Of the people
of the United States our people
has fought FIVE wars
That with England in N76, estab-
fishing a new government deriving
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-26
Political Observations.

1t is said OF Governor Gardner
of Missouri that, individually, he i,
dry" but politically, he is wet"
"Will you cooperate or will you
obstruct ?'-the question that Pres.
ident Wilson propounded to the
president of the Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners-might with
equal propriety be propounded tc
some senators and congressman.
Seven states have already ratified
/ the federal prohibition amendment
Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky
South Carolina, North Dakota
Maryland and Montana. Thirty
six states must ratify the amend
ment before it becomes a part OF
the constitution.
In a recent statement given out
| by the Republican Publicity Asso-
citation it is announced that "thC
! president is not a great administra-
| tor" and that some OF the eT-
ecutive branches Of the govern
mcnt are rccling and staggering
with a burden which they do not
understand and cannot carry Such
is politics.
The movement in congress for
higher prices for wheat vas not
initiated by the farmers, nor is it
supported by them. They suspect
chat the movement comes from
politicians who think they can get
options on large blocks Of farmer
vote at the coming congressional
elections by spectacular demands
for more money for farmers.
Much bitterness is being voiced
by the Nebraska Democrats against
Senator Hitchcock on account OF
his attitude toward the war. In
all his career the senator has never
done a thing to make him more un-
popular, and it is very evident that
If an election for senator, at which
he was a candidate, could be held
this year, he would be badly de-
tcatcd.