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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

little sporadic knitting when there is
nothing else to do, and a chatty
morning spent at Red Cross head
quarters to fold bandages".. He has
a mental picture of several women
gathered costly about a table, con-
versing pleasantly on the topics Of
the day, enjoying a cup Of tea, and
returning home.
The average man probably doesn't
know that talking is not permitted
during working hours. That fact Of
fers an opening for a cheap witticism
at the expense OF a failing popularity
attributed to women, but get rid Of
that if you have to, and then think
of what they do If they don't talk.
They work. And the woman who
has mastered Red Cross work in all
it's branches is about as expert a
workman as the average mechanic or
man with a trade. 1t takes as much
skill and training. O..
What man who is not in khaki
gives two to three hours day for
two, three or even Ave and six days
a week, to war work? Perhaps there
are dozen in Fargo. But there are
literally hundreds of women who are
doing it, and not making any fuss
about 1t.
And most Of them are busy women;
some of them employed women, and
many others burdened with the cares
of a house and a family Of children.
All OF which may explain why
Henry P. Dawson, head Of the Red
Cross, said that if he were offered
his choice between a 100000, 900
check from the United States gov
eminent and a voluntary contribu-
ton of 500, OOO, 900 from the Amert-
can people, he would not look at the
check. He evidently
figured the work Of the women worth
$500, 900, 900.
Have your friendly little joke
about the "purlers" if you want to
they don't mind it-but don't make
the mistake Of not taking either the
work or the workers seriously.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
RussrA's FOREIGN DEBT.

While the decision Of the Lenine-
Trotzky government to repudiate the
foreign debt of Russia, is discon-
certing to those Americans who in
vested in Russian bonds, the decision
is not final, and is subject to revision.
The present government of Russia
is a de facto government, and back
OF it is the constituent assembly,
which some day must be recognized.
The Lenine- Trotzly administration
cannot ignore this great democratic
assembly indefinitely. The assembly
itself has no power now, but it repre-
ssnts the whole ideal Of the revolu-
tion. It will have the final voice in
the disposition Of Russia's foreign
obligations.
The conditions under which Rus
sia's foreign debt was contracted,
have bearing on the subject. I'm
doubtedly there was tremendous graft
for the old bureaucracy, and the new
government may feel that in recog-
nizing this foreign debt, it is paying
the debts Of the Russian, mobiles and
the old court. On the other hand,
my new government might we'll
hesitate about starting it's career
with a wholesale reputation Of the
debts Of its predecessor. 1t is not a
arm foundation on which to build
credit
The peace conference may have
something to say about the Russian
bonds. The burden of paying them
should be placed on the shoulders of
those who profted from them, but
Russia would ruin her foreign credit
for half century if she repudiated
the entire burden.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
PEssrMIsTs NEEDED ALSO.

Optimism, Secretary Lansing told
the New York bar, is national as
set.
True, optimism is a fine asset for
the country as a whole, but we need
a few pessimists, properly gagged, to
fill certain important roles.
The position Of sales manager for
a business corporation demands an
optimist, imbued with enthusiasm for
his goods, n rank partisan for his
house" and one who can see moth
ing but success ahead. But it is
comfortable to have a pessimist in
the little wire cage Of the cashier,
keeping a careful eye on credits and
expenses. They make a great team.
The stock Of optimism in America
is in no danger of depletion. Am
erica is going into the war with her
head up, alert, and confident.
But in some Of the departments at
Washington, carefully hidden from
public view but with their eye on the
supply departments, we would like
to see a view hard faced, thin Tipped
pessimists demanding to be shown.
Optimism win inspire armies to
heroic deeds, but it won't manufacture
guns and ammunition. The pesstmist
has been described as the man who
has to live with an Optimist. Both
are needed in this war.
A pessimist leading the army and
an optimist handling the. supplies
would invite disaster. It is all right
for Secretary Lansing or Secretary
Baker to look at the doughnut when
speaking for public consumption, but
in their own attitude toward results
accomplished by all means don't for
get the hole. We are willing to he
thrilled by what the government has
since it entered the
war-and a staggering record of ac-
complishment it is-but the man on
the job should forget that record and
remember only the fact that the ma
chine guns are behind schedule, and
that the clothing supply was made
quate.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York World: Some ad-
vocates of national ownership of rail-
roads are in a tremendous hurry.
Because the President, as temper
airy war measure, under the authority
vested in him by Congress has taken
control of the railroads, they assume
that by some sleight of hand private
owners can be dispossessed of their
property for all time and the govern
ment of the United States establish
ed as sole proprietor on few hours
notice.
These breathless "reformers" will
probably have to wait little while
longer. At the moment the United
States is engaged In prosecuting O.
great war, which requires all Of its
energies. 1t hardly has leisure, even
il it were so inclined, to consider the
purchase OF some 100000, 100000
worth Of property and to execute the
deeds covering the transaction.
Incidentally, before acquiring own
ership Of the greatest of railroad
systems in the name Of the govern
ment, it may be expedient TO consult
the people of the United States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin is yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have bad taste in your mouth
lazy no-good feeling-you should
take Olive Tablets.
DIR. Edwards Olive Tablets-a sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
DR.. Edwards after IL years OF study
with his patients.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tabletsare purely
vegetable ompoundm ixedwitholiveo
You will know them by their olive color.
Iohave aclear, pink skin, bright ewes.
no pimples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days youmustget atthecause.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on Che
liver and bowels like caIomel-yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con.
st1pation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and Csc per box.
All druggists. Take one or two nightly
and note the pleasing results.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

understanding Cyou see, we speak
different languages), but k climb
ed in front and took the control and
Sergeant SASH put his hands on his
shoulders to give the signals
through what he calls his 'conven-
tons All was lovely. k thought
he knew the conventions. They
TAXED straight for a little red and
white villa, gained flying speed and
rose gracefully just above it, bank
ed, turned dangerously close to the
ground, and came back over us.
Then they rose to about one hun
dred meters. Then came one of the
steepest spirals I have seen here,
Strengthening out Just in time TO
make a perfect landing. / thought
k was certainly giving Sassi some
thrills and we waited to hear his
story. He climbed out OF the ma
chine after about two minutes in
the air. His face was all smiles as
usual, but his knees wabbled con-
siderabIy.
Did you do that?' we asked.
ayes. No. guess SO. / took it
up, think, but-well, he made that
turn and / thought it was going
over and tried to straighten it, but
guess he was driving it.
II guess he'll go back to his own
instructor.
'Foggia is a town of $4,000. with
out a drop Of running water. From
the air it looks entirely Moorish
square, white buildings. almost
without windows, decorated in pale
pinlSs and blues. As YOU walk
through the streets YOU find charac-
teristics Enthusiastically Italian"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
AT ONCE! STOPS
STOMACH MISERY
and INDIGESTION
"Pape's Diapepsin" Makes
Sick, Sour, Classy Stom-
achs Feel Fine

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into acids and cause sick, sour
gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. or Mrs
Dyspeptie, jot this down Pape's
Diapepsin helps neutralize the exces-
sive acids in the stomach so your
food won't sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick,
so certainly effective. No difference
how badly your stomach is upset you
usually get happy relief in five
minutes, but what pleases you most
is that it helps to regulate your
stomach so you can eat your favorite
foods without fear
Most remedies give you relief
sometimes-they are slow, but not
sure. 'Pape's Diapepsin" is positive
in neutralizing the acidity so the
misery won't come back very quick
You feel different as soon as
ePape's piapepsin" comes in contact
with the stomach-distress lust
vanishes-your stomach gets sweet,
no gases, no belching, no eructations
OF undigested food, your head clears
and you feel fine.
GO now. make the best investment
you ever made, by getting a large
hfty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store. You realize In
five minutes how needless lit il to
suffer from Indigestion, dyspepsia ar
any stomach disorder due 10 acid
fermentatlon.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

be more advantageous for us that We
should begin the attack and strike
now, for a war Of attack can be more
advantageously waged; hence / beg
the diet to vote a credit Of a milliaTd
or half a. milliard Of marks, so that
we may make war on our neighbOrs,
today-well, gentlemen, l know not
whether you would have sufficient
confidence in me TO grant me that
sum, but 1 hope not.
"1f We made the attack the entire
weight Of the impondersbilia, which
weigh far more heavily than mater
ial quantities, would be on the side
of our opponents whom we had at
tackled Then Holy Russia would
be indignant over the attack, France
would be armed to the Pyrenees. A
war into which we had not been
driven by the popular desire will, Of
course, he waged IL the sovereign has
regarded it as necessary and has de-
clared it; ii will also be waged with
complete brilliancy and perhaps, vic
toriously, directly our soldiers have
once come under fire and seen blood.
81 am against a war of attack of
any kind the fire must be lIindled
by others-we shall not kindle it.
Neither the consciousness of our
strength nor reliance on our allies
shall deter us from continuing our
endeavors to maintain peace. France
we shall never attack"
Bismarck was opposed, after the
Franco russian war, to the reten-
ton Of French ter".-~ry, especially
Metz, which he said would be a con-
slant source Of friction. 1t was we'll
known at the time that it was pre-
cisely on account Of his sane states
manship that the young kaiser re-
garded him as an "old fogy," and
because Bismarck refused to obey
instead Of exercising his prerogative
as chancellor-to advise--he was
shmmarily dismissed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE If SICK,
CROSS,FEVERISH
When Constipated Or Bill
Gus Give California
Syrup OF Figs"

Look at the tongue mother! II
coated, il is a sure sign that your
little ones stomach. liver and bowels
need a gentle. thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, Iistless, pale,
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act
naturally, or is feverish, stomach
sour, breath bad; has stomach~achei
sore throat, diarrhoea, full of cold,
give a teaspoonful of california
Syrup Of Figs, and in a few hours
all the foul, consttpated waste,
undtgested food and sour bile gently
moves out of its little bowels without
gripping, and you viii have a well,
playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless sfruit laxative;
they love its delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for q bot-
tie Of California Syrup Of Figs
which has directions for babies, chill
dren of all ages and for grown ups
plainly on the bottle. Beware of
counterfeits sold here. To be sure
you get the genuine, ask to see that
ii is made by California Fig Syrup
Company" Refuse any other kind
with contempt. Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

to give my bit to help win this
big fight for our glorious country
and our liberty"
Hans Olson's bit to the Y. NJ.
G.. A. amounted to $50, and the
solicitors went away feeling that
they had met a real foreign born
American citizen. Such men as
Hans Olson are the foreign born
citizens that have done their full
share in making this great Coun-
try what it is.
With the same array Of facts be-
fore him, another man in Hans OIL
sons position might have said: This
is a rich mans war. Let them pay
for it. They have been robbing the
farmer for fifty years. Now we got
a chance to get even. I didn't want
to get into this war anyway, and I
don't propose to give up my hard
earned money until Wall street has
paid all it can.
The facts before the two men are
the same, but one man sees them
distorted through the prism of his
own selfishness.
Thank Heaven the Hans Olsons in
North Dakota and Minnesota are not
the exception but the rule. Among
the thousands of farmers who will be
in Fargo this week, are hundreds of
men of foreign birth, who, like Hans
Olson, see the war not as an oppor-
tunity to make profits for themselves
but as an opportunity to render SER
vice to the country that gave them
freedom and equal opportunity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
Why Bismarck Was
Deposed

Chicago Post: We hear 1t said,
repeatedly, that Bismarck was re-
sponsible for the war mania which
now affects the German people from
the kaiser to the most ignorant
peasant and which we call kaiserism.
The man of blood and iron" had
enough sins to his credit, including
the lying Ems telegram, which pre-
cipitated the Franco Prusstan war.
But the experiences Of three wars,
and, 1t may be, the passing Of the
years, taught him wisdom.
Bismarck resolutely set his face
against the policy Of aggression and
to the last repealed the idea Of a war
In which Germany should wantonly
make the attack. "A passage in one
OF his later speeches to the reichstag
FEB. 8, 1883, only two years before
he ceased to be chancellor-ts OF
peculiar interest today,
IF / were to come to you today"
said the Iron Chancellor, and to say
to you--the circumstances being
other than In my belief they now are
We are seriously menaced by
France and Russia: there is pros
pect OF our being attacked; and IL is
my belief as diplomatist, judging
by military intelli8ence, that II would
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
Germany Sees Wilson AWed
By La Toilette, Hearst, l. W. W.

fluences cited above that are respon-
sible for the election of Judge Hylan
for mayor of New York over Mitchell
the candidate Of the capitalists. This
result was nothing short Of moral
box on Mr.. Wilson's ear
That the anti-war sentiment is
ever increasing daily in the United
States" remarks The Vossische
Zeitung Of Berlin, lis shown in the
fact that Mr.. Roosevelt is no longer
regarded as representing the true
public opinion in America. All the
great metropolitan dailies to which
he had contributed articles have
dropped him, and he is now assoeiat-
ed with an obscure western news
paper in Kansas City"
Pro-GeFmans Quiet.
The Deutsche Tages- Zeitung Of
Berlin says that Wilson's greatest
and most active opponents are the
Socialists and not so much the pro-
German element which keeps COM
psrativeIy quiet" drawing this in
ference from the fact that most Of
the Socialist papers in the United
States of America have been sup
pressed or placed under restrictions,
Including The New Yorker Volks
zeitung, a Socialist paper printed in
the German language"
Besides the Socialists and the I.
w. W., many organizations repre-
senting the farmers and labortng
classes that are opposed to Wilson's
war policy, have come into existence
since the outbreak Of the war" The
Berliner Tageblatt says in an edi-
torial headed, Wilson's Fight
Against the American People" and
concludes that cit is the ever grow
ing anti-war feeling throughout the
United States that forces men such
as Senators Stone, Hsrtwick and
Gronna into line with men like
Hearst and La Toilette"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14

German newspapers which have
just reached New York emphasized
editorialIy what they call popular
antagonism to Wilson's war" Sen
ator La Toilette, william Randolph
Hearst. the Socialists, and the /, w.
w. are credited with being the chief
factors in this attitude.
The Koelnische Zeitung remarks
that throughout the United states
the opposition against wilson's war
is growing daily. The forces at work
are tremendous and the movement
has taken on such proportions as to
cause alarm and is being considered
with deep concern in Washington.
Ia Toilette the Leader.
German Americans. Irishmen, and
Socialists are making common in
order to obstruct the war prepare
tons and to paralyze the future con-
duct of the war" the writer says,
The leader OF this movement is the
radical Senator La Toilette Of Wis
cousin, who has gained the support
of not a small number of congress-
men. who do all that is in their
mower to prevent all measures that
are under consideration for an eifec-
tive prosecution Of the war.
THE organs Of the Socialists pub
fish sharp articles denouncinE those
that profiteer by a prolongation Of
the war, laying the blame for Amer
ica's entrance into the conflict at
their door.
View Held by Hearst.
aThis view is also held by Will
liam Randolph Hearst, who in his
many newspapers, declares frankly
that the United States is fighting
EngIand's battles.
$50 far the government does not
dare to prosecute him." the paper OBJ
serves, and adds:
ct was this man and the in
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-01-14
(By Arthur Gleason OF The
Viuilankss.


Paris, Dec. 20. - The British labor
movement is more interesting than
the war, because greater issues are
| involved. 1t Is the most radical and
the least socialistic labor movement
in the world. At the present
moment, 1t is distinctly anti-social-
istic. 1t is necessary to define
terms, or else my friend, Joseph
Wanhope, viii be jumping on me for
talking loosely.
Socialism, as understood by Eng
lish workers, is the state control Of
the means Of production and distri-
button. State control means govern
ment control. Government control is
control by a cabinet directorate
(Milner, Carson, Curzon and COM
pany), by Parliament professional
politicians modified by big business
men and a few gentlemen Of leisure),
and by a set of permanent officials
Civil servants in government depart
ments). The English worker dis
trusts all three Of these agencies OF
government functioning. He is I'M
able to see that the tendency toward
state control Of public utilities has
brought him any comfort in wages
or hours las matter OF fact, it has
bettered his status.) He believes that
ticians, and he distrusts politicians.
Lloyd George who for q time charm
ed him has lost influence with him,
because of Mr.. Georges new alliance
with the Tories.
Workers Control.
If state control is under suspicion
by the British worker, what then is
the direction Of his radicaIism? 1t
is in the direction Of workers con-
trop', Of syndicalism. The British
worker wishes to share the manage
ment Of the factory with the capital
list. He wishes to have q say on
wages hours, discipline, employment
and discharge of workers. AS soon
as the war is over, the great trade
unions will be in control Of Britain.
The Triple Alliance (the Miners,
Railwaymen, the Transport Work
ers), the AmalgamRted society of
engineers, and the cotton trades will
be the masters of Great Britain.
They represent an organized power
which power is irresistible. They
will not attempt to own the factory,
nor to organize the market, nor sell
the product. Their exercise of func-
ton lin the immediate future) will
stop with what concerns their own
status (piece rates, hours OF labor,
etc.
1t is the habit of the British mind, |
like the American mind, to push I'M
pleasant facts into the background. |
Let tht future deal with women, with |
unskilled labor. Meanwhile the or
ganized trades push on to mastery.
syndiealist Advances.
And in this Syndicalist advance Of |
the trade unions, what becomes Of |
Actually, the tendency |
toward state control of industry in |
The radical movement in !
cludes (actively and consciously |
Of the factory, lin |
hours, wages, etc. by the workers, |
and ownership Of the industry by the |
state. The only question now Of liv-
ing interest are which industries |
shall be state-owned and what shall
be the percentage Of control in the
factory assigned, respectively, to the
owner and the workers.
One Of the places today to study |