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New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
The Senate's Plain Dutv

The women who have been pleading so
long for suffrage are confident that sue
cess will crown their efforts when the
Federal amendment comes to a vote in
the Senate on Thursday. There is every
reason to understand their confidence 1t
Is inconcelvable that the senior legsla-
tive body of the United States will in
back on the example and democratic
progress of the entire English-speakng
world and face toward an obsolete and
outworn tradition.
The more interesting point we take to
be the question of party lineup which
will result. AS Republican newspaper
The Tribune is deeply concerned that
Republican Senators shall lead, and not
follow, in this liberal and patriotic re-
form. The traditions of Republicanism
all strongly favor woman suffrage, and
woman suffrage by this particular meas
ure of Federal amendment. There is,
conversely, strong precedent for Demo
cratic opposition. Thus far the Republ-
cans OF House and Senate have main
tanned this natural leadership We very
greatly hope that when the roll is called
on Thursday next there will be an over
whelmlng answer from the party of Lin
coin making plain it's stanch adherence
to its roblest traditions.
Very great credit is due to President
Wilson for his outspoken pleas for the
Federal amendment. He has stated with
eloquence and eXactness the prime rea-
son why amid the great forces of democ-
racy now stirring in the world the stand
of the United States in this signal test
of faith in our principles of government
possesses such farreaching Importance.
There is, in addition, the point which
The Tribune has urged supporting the
immediate passage Of the amendment If
passed by the Senate at once it can be-
come law within a very few years, in
time to admit women to be heard directly
and with full voice in the making of
peace end in the adjustments that must
follow thereafter. Through these wom-
en-, and through them alone can be
voiced the will Of large part of the
manhood Of the United States, that man
hood which is pouring forth it's blood
on the fields Of France. The tie between
home and trench is close. Wives and
mothers and sisters understand better
than any one else the views and decisions
of our men who are in the furnace of
war.
Canada recognized this fact when she
enfranchised the women relatives of SOL
dlers. There is no way in which this par
tial enfranchisement can be accom-
plished in this country Nor is it desir
able The broad need cf all women's
hearts and minds in the judgments of
the nation must prevail.
We can be glad and thankful that in
doing this act of wide wisdom and Justice
we can perpetuate in some measure the
wishes and hopes of those who have
made the last sacrifice for their country.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
"Git That Guv!w
CFro,n The Phfiadclnh,o r,crtno re6o

(Fro'n The Philadelphia Evening Ledger
"The Old Guard dies but never surren-
ders!" seemed somewhat too studied to be
a bona-fide battle cry, and it was distnes
relief that Victor Hugo, among others, dis
PEELED the legend. Don't give up the ship
carried its implication of defeat, nobly bat
haplessly borne out when brave Captain
Lawrence, of the Chesapeake, struck h'
colors to the Shannon. "They shall not
pass!" bespoke iron determination. but also
an imperilled fatherland For Harry, Eng
land and st. George," though romantic was
conventional. Remember the Mans'
harked back to tragic past.
Git that guy."- looks alertly to the imrne
diate future. The bronzed Pennsylvaniaas
some two dozen of them-who arrived 10
Philadelphia yesterday are reported to have
raised that rallying cry at Chateau Thieriy
Scissors, Rheims and other places hsllowss
by American valor.
It's a significant slogan II rings true
Its terse and energetic slang is concretsH
expressive of American military purpc*
Its lusty vigor is precisely that Of thf
American soldier. It's disregard of elegarf'
Is enough to make "Kultur" balk--spd y
usually does.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

to be spent by each department, bureau
est agency of government.
Under an intelligent budget system
Congress would merely vote appropria-
tions in the mass. That would end for
ever the dangerous fiction which permits
the Administration to wash its hands Of
all accountability for the sum total of
appropriations. But having fixed that
responsibility where it belongs, Congress
would be entitled to assume the broadest
possible powers Of audit Having voted
the money it would see to it that that
money was wisely and profitably spent.
Congress cannot function efficiently un-
til it creates real committee on ex-
penditures, supplanting the various
makc-believe committees on expenditures
in the various departments carried for
window-dressing purposes in it's present
organization.
The House and the Senate should actu-
ally "hold the purse" through strict
auditing Of accounts. Congress is the
natural forum in which to discuss and
settle all questions as to the wisdom and
usefulness of national outlay.
Think of the enormous gain in econ
omy and in public morale which would
result if Congressman were limited to the
role of critics of expenditure, and were
effectually barred from acting as pro-
moters Of public building, river and har-
Dor and other "pork- barrel" eXtrava-
gances for the benefit of local interests.
This Congress is too deep in the ruts
of the past to feel the need of new meth
DDS and ANEW outlook. If the Republ-
cans carry the next House they can do
nothing more timely and constructive
than to create that vital auditing COM
mittee at which the torpor and timdity
of the present Congress balk
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
CreeHng Again

~
Sir: Moving picture "audiences" are
long suffering. And then, when dreary
suns have set" we accept without nur.
mur' although we know that what the cap-
t'on writer means is merely "After several
days. We agree to take the hero az a
H1elong cowboy, when we see that he has
the hands of a debutante We trv to be-
hevc that the alleged South African iunc1o
IS not the Long Island hothouse that II an.
pears to be. But these are the peccad1loes
OF professional camera men frankly Ac-
tionai. What excuse is there when Mr..
george Creeps Committee on Public In.
matlon tries the same sort Of thing?
set OF Mr.. Creeps "War Films was
shown IN this town last night::s passed bv
too-trustlng Pennsylvania board of cen-
sors. The initial caption informed snecta-
tors that what followed showed how "tha
nuns re'reating before our men, leave a
'rall OF desoatlon behind them: the words
were 10 that PLAIN effect and the clear in
TENT was to convey the meaning of "Amer-
lean troops by the phrase "our men"
NOW, our men started their advance in
summer, but the pictures that Mr.. Creeps
committee supplies to illustrate this ad
vance show snow on the ground. More
over, the "our men" depicted wear Cana
DIAN uniforms. Finally, the American ad-
vance, as such, has been in Lorraine. What
Mr.. Creel shows is series of pictures of
Arras and Noyon, indicating the terrible
conditions there obtaining when I visited
those places just about year ago.
REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFMAN.
Columbia, Penn, Sept H. 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
Beware Bulgaria!
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

10 the E0ltOr OF Inc Tribune.
Sir: The Bugars thought that they should
enter into the war to serve their own in
terest at the expense of their surrounding
neighbors. These Prussians of the Orient
had before them the criminal example Of
the Prussians Of the Occident! They firted
from the beginning of the war with the
two great infuences-the one of German0
and that Of England and, playing with the
latter like cheap yet unscrupulous mer-
chant, they did not hesitate one second as
soon as they had in hand like the other
Judas, the thirty pieces of silver; that is
to say, to be more explicit, as soon as thew
had obtained the famous German loan thew
did not hesitate to throw their lot with the
famous Augusts-and Caesars, heads of that
honorable society limited which rallied it.
self under the banner of Mahomet and Of
his Caliph, to fight until the end the balance
Of Christianity.
To-day, when the present events show
that the Prussian war machine is crum-
bling, the Bulgars are quite actiye in
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
The Service Flag at City
College

(OOD folk, look up to yonder hill
" Above the town so fair,
And see very gallant sight
Among the towers there:
Youths banner on the city's crest
In merry blue and scarlet drcst.
And when the colors take the light
And flash and float so free
Along the royal winds OF morn,
Who lift their eyes may sec
No more a bit of blue and red
Above the city strects-instead
A vision: joy Of April clouds
Flung to the light Of day
Wild dancing on the silvery sleeps
OF shepherd folk at play;
Fields glowing like the ruby's gem
And heroes charging over them!
ANNE w. YOUNG.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
The Austrian Legend

Germany may have been guilty of
many errors in her dealings with other
nations, but she has a certain low cum
ming which often serves her in good
stead. An illustration of this is her use
of Austria as the medium of her latest
peace offensive. She is perfectly aware
of the existence Of the Austrian legend
1t has had great currency in Great Brit
ain and even greater currency in the
United States. It was cultivated for 4
long time by the President, who hest
tated even to ask for declaration of
war against Austria, though her full
completely with Germany was perfectly
manifest
This legend assumes that Austria is,
in the words of a once popular melo-
drama, more to be pitied than blamed"
She is a proof Of the truth of the copy
book adage that "evi communications
corrupt good manners But for Ger
man villany she would not be in her
present humiliating position. Thus she
is really victim of the war whose woes
deserve sympathetic consideration.
There never was legend with less
basis of fact. There is no nation in his
tory whose course is more plainly marked
by brutal tyranny. There is indeed a
charm in the Austrian which the Ger
man does not possess. But the moral
guilt of the man who stabs you with
honeyed words and the man who knocks
(lo1r,, !
1t is not strange that our Italian al
lies should be inpatient not to say re-
sentful, when this Austrian cult is
preached by people who ought to know
better Lombardy and Venetia knew
what Austrian rule was when the armies
of Francis Joseph crushed out their lib
critics, when King Bomba, a tool of Aus
tria, made life in the two Sicilies hell
on earth.
Nor are they without later evidence
that the Austrian nature is unchanged.
1.-The Austrans are not Germans" said
recent writer; "they have fought a
comparatively clean war" Have thev?
They now occupy Udine, Belluno and the
rest Of Italy beyond the Piave. They
have destroyed churches, devastated
crops, hanged civilians by the Wholesale
and ravished women. In what does their
moral superiority to the Germans con-
sist?
William Tell has become a hero a.
mythical as King Arthur, Roland, Do
med and Sir Bevis, in spite of the cir
cumstantial stories told by Tschudi and
Miller. But the tyrant Gessler is still
fit symbol of Austrian rule over sub
ject peoples. The Czecho-Slovaks and
the Jugo-Slavs will tell us that. The
atrocities committed by the Austrian
general Haynau i'll the Hungarian re-
belllon were such that when he visited
London he was seized and beaten bv the
draymon of Barclays brewery as the
man who had whipped women. The court
was furious, but that stout Englishman
Lord Palmerston, who was Foreign Min
lister at the time, wnked the other eve
and refused to give Vienna any salts
faction.
Neither English nor American tradi
tions, indeed, justify the growth of the
Austrian legend. But still it has grown
to the discontinue Of our Italian allies:
and Germany obviously thinks it has
some life in it yet.
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
To a Movie Hero

From The Eagle Pass Ter,. Gud,,
Speaking of shows, would readily nav 80
to William S. Hart, on his wav to the front
tfenches IN France We don't see how
uncie Sam can let man with his talents of
Staying men remain on this side and help
make desperadoes of the young folks when
he could be doing valuable service cover
there"
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
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New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
A New Way of Winning the War

The resembances between the thoughts Hearsts man
Brisbane and Brisbane master Hearst not so
a hey are panstaklng Brisbane ended his remarks of
November 20 murder the reflection: eve are y; +h
war and we shall do part TO WIN the war; Hearst
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23

"Thc Law Compels the Editor to Tell Who
0rns the Newspaper.
1T Ought Also Compel the Editor to Tell Who
O1Cns the O7cner"
-Brisbane's Washington Times, Feb. 23, 1918
New-York tribune., 1918-09-23
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
FOR COLDS AND GRIPPE
DOCTORS ADVISE

Physicians are warning the public
against trifiing with colds and grippe.
They say that brisk calomel pur-
gatiye, preferably Calota bs, the new
and improved calomel tablet, should
be invariably taken at bed time and
repeated the second or third night, II
necessary. In the earliest stages, one
Caiotab Is usually sufficient unless the
ca SO Is particularly severe
Physicians say that 1t is waste OF
time and Is dangerous to experiment
with other laxattves, as calomel ia alb
solutely necessary sooner or later.
One Calotab on the tongue at bed
time with a swallow of water-that's
all. No salts, no nausea nor the
slightest interference with diet, work
or pleasures. Next morning your cold
has vanished apd your whole system
is purified and refreshed. Calotabs
are sold only in original scaled pack
ages. Price thirty-dve cents, REQ
commended and guaranteed by drug
sists every where. Price refunded IL
you are not dslighted.---Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
GERMAN EFFORTS
To WIN COLOMBIA
Kaiser Propaganiisas There Are Nun
ePous and Acknowledging Much
OF the Loss of Panama.
T Fl E

CrlstobAl, Canal Zone. Feb, 20
The attitude OF Colombia toward Ger
many is playing n part In her internal
politics during the presidential cam
paiKu now proceeding. There iS no
straight out pro-Crerm8u party in the
country, but political capital is being
made out OF the alleged attitude Of
the candidates on the subject. But
the German resident in Colomf6ia.'
who believe in the. imminence of
final victory for Germany. are siren
uousfy exerting themselves to win the
sympathy of public men In ell parties
and are throwing their money and
influence on the side of such rs they
believe to be favora Bile 10 the German
cause. Besides this a concerted and
definite German propa ganda is being
directed toward Colombia from Ger
man center@ in Spain.
Natural sympathy With France.
! Colombia's natural sympsthies have
/ been with France There is much
/ French influence In Bogota, whose in
/ habitants have long called 1t the
Paris of South America" The peo-
pie OF Bogota are Intellectually cul-
tured OF high degree, fond OF bellies :
lettres and the fine arts, devoted to
music, and otherwise they have many
qualities In common with the French.
Moreover. the Colombians are per
I haps, II any distinction can he made
on the subject, the most intensely re-
publican of all tho South Americans.
Simon Bolivar found his most deter
mined ami Iersevering followers
there, and IL was from that country
that his revolt against Spain spread
over the continent. Bogots's isolation
from the outside world has made the
city free from many OF the CONNER
clai Influences which have been sx-
erted upon the great South American
seaports, such as Buenos Ayres and
Valparaiso. by the aggressive German
trade influence OF late wears, so that
the tastes of the dominant social and
political circles in the capital have
remained singularly FREQ from the
poison of "kultur." Travellers agree
that nowhere Ia the charm OF Latinic
culture better illustrated than In the
metropolis of the Andesl German
Ideals fnd no response in the hearts
OF the Bogotanese.
German Faker Departed
Nevertheless the German propa
gandlsts have been vigorously work
ing upon Colombian susceptibtlities
along the line of the anti-Ame, can
sentiment provoked ny the separation
OF Panama. An incident recently oc-
curing In Panama City illustrated
the methods used A Colombian resi-
| dent Of Panama wrote a wholly false
account OF an alleged Insult TO the
American flag by Japanese vessel
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21

that he was in Colombian waters,
that the country did not belong 70
either Panama or the United States
and he would not change the flag,
/ The article went into greater details
| to magnify japanese hostility to the
/ United States. 1t was a lie out Il
the whole cloth, and when the author
OF il was discovered he was promptly
| put In Jail and then deported from
Panama by the Panama government.
This incident has created a sensa-
ton in South American circles. The
World correspondent has not been able
TO trace any direct connection between
the writer OF the false article and Ger
man agents. and 1t is possible that the
man was actuated solely by personal
spite and acted on his own initiative,
but the German propagandists are US
ing men OF his type to foment hatred
Of the United States there cannot be
any doubt.
lure of the Winning side.
BY no means are any large num-
bars of Colomb ians of standing and
influence affected by this pro-German
movement, but there is always to be
taken into consideration the fact that
some of the more unprincipied would
be ready TO get on the winning side.
as II dppedIS u AilSifl. anu AIiN IEi
mans are promising big things to
those who side with the kaiser. Ac-
cordingly. in the event OF an apparent
big success in Flanders this spring,
even If It should be only a flare"
that class OF Colombian politicians
might be expected to exert rnen-
selves strongly and perhaps openly
on the German side and endeavor to
do something effective to prove their
sincerity The most that they might
be expected to attempt would be In
Jury to allied vessels calling at Col
ombian ports. ORA very remote pos
sibility--an effort TO damage the canal
by agents secreted around the 18th
mus.
Concentrating on Colombia.
The rupture OF relations with Ger
many by several OF the Spanish
American countries has resulted in a
tendency among Germans to concen-
trate in Colombia. There are enough
OF them in business throughout the
republic TO afford employment to their
countrymen, and many of them own
large plantations, where the demand
for labor lis always far IN excess Of
the supply, especially now when pro-
duce brings such high prices There
can be little doubt that many OF these
business concerns in Colombia were
originally subsidized from Berlin. In
terests closely allied with the Ham
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21

burg American line were promoting
when the war started, big banana.
growing scheme on the Atlantic side
of the country to rival the United Fruit
company. And II seems not improb-
able that there is a wireless station
In the high mountains back to Santa
Marta, because some of the German
propagandist papers publish dis
spatches from Germany regularly.
The "rankest' OF these papers is called
Transocean. and Is printed daily In
Bogota. Its news and editorials are
Of the most violent pro-German sort.
Its circu' 80 throughout Colombia
is calcula * 20 incite hostility to the
United States among those who cher
ish resentment over the loss of Pana-
ma; the columns OF Transocean are
largely devoted to that subject.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
WANT PETERSBURG PIKE
IN NATIONAL HIGHWAY

Members from the chambers Of
commerce of Petersburg and Hope
we'll yesterday Joined in a campaign
with the Richmond chamber to have
the Bankhead highway. known as the
California to- Washington pike. to be
routed through Richmond. Petersburg
and Hopewell, so as to take into its
line OF roads the pike between these
cities.
Such a plan would materially help
the government, as 1t would pass sev-
eral plants working on government
supplies. besides connecting six can
comments In this state. A definite plan
was mapped out for arousing tho in
terest of the citizens along the pike
TO the advantages that would be real
lied by the routing of the highway
through these three cities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
SERVED MEAT TO HUNGRY
PATRONS AFTER MULE DIED

Memphis, Tenn. Feb, 20.--A negro
has "A restaurant on South Florida
str Get His patrons demanded meat
or meatless days. The restaurateur
met the demand. Another negro. q
draFman, lost his mule He appealed
% the police The police traced the
mule to the restaurant. They found
rump steak. chops and roasts being
eagerly devoured In the rear was
found the hide Of r mule The negro
fnces two charges. The police have
HIM for purloinlnE the mule and the
federal pure food people have him
for selling mule meat for beef
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
OPEN N0STRILS! END
A COLD OR CkTARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed In.

Count Atty! Your cold in head or
catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos.
trils will open, the air passages Of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more snuffing, hawking,
mucous discharge, dryness or headache;
no struggling for breath at night
Ges small bottle Of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist and apply q
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
In your nostrils. n penetrates through
every air passage of the head, soothing
and healing the swollen or inHamea
mucous membrane, giving you instant
relief Head colds and catsrrh yield
like magic. Don't stay stufed.up and
miserable. Relief 10 sure.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
JEFRED SOLDIERS; FINED:
PROMISES To BE GOOD

Memphis. Tenn. Feb. 2o.--Mrs.
Sarah Johnson, fifty-six years old
watched a regiment of soldiers
marching through the streets and
jeered. A policeman arrested herr In
police court she testified her father.
serving in the Confederate army. had
been killed during the War Between
the States. Therefore, she had all
ways Jeered United States soldiers. A
IS fine and a promise to jeer no more
was her punishment
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-02-21
SHE WILL ADDRESS
WORKERS CONFERENCE

The civil service department /,
sending Mrs. Martha y. Mccain ia
the vocational conference in this city
tomorrow.
Mrs. Mccain will address the con-
ference on Opportunities For Women
In the Civil Service"
The government is requiring a great
number of workers at this time in
every branch Of war work and there
is a great field for the ambitious
worker Mrs. McCaun's lecture will
be one Of a number at the conference
on vocations for women.