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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-22

faster FURNISHINGS. We haven't lost
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spring and summer apparel while our
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tuned our friends for economy's sake to
purchase their needs early.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-22

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= ASTER SHOES. Men in quest of ex-
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You will find only what is good here and
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

erased from it the ground that their conduct
had not been altogether above reproach.
"One OF the ladies thus barred was the lovely
Countess Grazzioh universal favorte in Roman
society and at court where two of her sisters
adies-in-waitin2 to the Queen Other near rela-
tives Of the countess connected with the royal
household and with the government.
CAS- soon 90 it became known that Mr.. and
Mrs. White, newcomers, had undertaken to teach
Il lesson Of good conduct to the Qurina and to
Roman society by excluding from the American
Embassy as. undesirable great ladies who were
welcomed at court by the King and by two queens
An Official boycott Of the most severe kind was
instituted against the American Ambassador and
his wife. If Mrs. White at any official recep-
ton seated herself sofa, the Italian ladies
other part of the If Ambassador White
approached any group of at official func-
ton they Immediately scattered.
The American Embassy. formerly the rendez-
vous OF the Italian great world. was deserted and
the relations of the King and OF the two queens
with Mr.. and Mrs. White restricted to the
barest formaties. In fact, the situation became
impossible and intoerable that it is asserted
here, n gentle suggestion made to Washing
ton that the relations between Italy and the
United States would be improved if another
bassador sent in Mr.. Whites place; in a
word, il limited that he had ceased to be
persona grata"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

sides of the family was to be had. but to
have recently returned to Berlin
According to recent dispatches from
Washington, Mr.. White denied he had ever
made such statements regarding the war
and Americas alleged lack of interest in it
as were attributed to him in the interview
in the "kreuz Zeitung,' Of Berlin. August
1914. Mr.. White said he had seen quota
tions from what he called "this alleged in
terview," but that he certainly could not re-
call ever having made such statements.
His daughter, the countess, according 70
the same Washington dispatches, lost what
American property she had some time ago
through cooperation zetween her mothers
estate and the Alien Property Custodian.
The executor of the estate, it is understood
went 20 Washington and reported to the
Alien Property Custodian that the Countess
Scherr-Thoss has been receiving an income
OF $1,000 annually from her mothers estate
IN Maryland. This income, arranged in four
quarterly checks, was diverted to the United
States government. Officials in the office
Of A. Mitchell Palmer, the Alien Property
Custodian, could not say just when the
transfer Of funds was made
Mr.. White denied any knowledge Of the
transaction
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Our Own Constitution Itself Rewrit-
ten In His Romance of Social
Revolution

mother country. The American flag, the
American destiny and hers were TO be in
terwoven through the coming ages.
In relinqushing this most perfect jewel
in her imperial crown, England suffered
no financial loss, for Canada had long
ceased to be a source of revenue. and under
the order of things the trade relations
between the two would be increased rather
than diminished. The only wrench was
the parting with so splendid a province,
throughout which that noble insignia OF
British supremacy, the cross Of St. George,
would be forever furled.
Administrator Dru's negotiations with
Japan were no less successful than those
with England He first established cordial
relations with her By announcing the inten-
ton Of the United States to give the
Philippines their independence under the
protection Of Japan, reserving for America
and the rest of the world the freest OF
trade relations with the islands.
Japan and China were to have all East
Asia as their sphere of influence, and
if it pleased them to drive Russia back
into Europe, no one would interfere.
That great giant had not yet discarded
the ways and habits of mediavalism. Her
people were not being educated, and she
indicated no intention OF preparing them
for the responsibilities of self government,
to which they were entitled. Sometimes in
his day dreams, Dru thought OF Russia in
its vastness, of the ignorance and hopeless
outlook Of the people, and wondered when
her deliverance would come. There was,
he knew, great work for some one to do
in that despotic land
Thus Dru had formulated and put in mo-
ton an international policy, which, if ad-
hered to in good faith, would bring about
the comfy Of nations lasting and benea-
cent peace and the acceptance of the prin-
cple of the brotherhood Of man.
Having disposed of all the wrongs Of
the world, Philip marries Gloria, anG
the two sail out of San Francisco along
the path Of the purple sunset, very much
like Hiawatha, and disappear And
that probably would have been the end
Of "Philip Dru: Administrator had not
fate given its author place in world
affairs, for as an exposition of political
| philosophy the book is hardly worthy of
notice and as q literary production it
is less so.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

that attracted wide attention, the United
States playing leading part in bringing
about this concert of the powers.
In March, 1907, President Roosevelt ap-
pointed him Ambassador to France. He re-
signed in 1909 in the first year Of President
Taft's administration.
The peace delegate member Of an old
and distinguished Maryland family. His
father was the late j. Campbell White, or
Baltimore. In 1873 he married Miss Mar-
garet Stuyvesant Rutherford Of New York,
the daughter of noted astronomer. Mr..
White has a home at Newport, r. l., fine
residence in Washington and owns consider
able property in Baltimore.
According to stories from Rome in 1906
Mr.. Whites recall ambassador was at
the suggestion of the Italian government
on the ground that he had proved himself
"nersona non grata" One dispatch from
Rome December 5, 1906, which was extern
.iyely published in this country, said:
..When MIR and Mrs. White arrived here they
were waited on by court officials who, in accord
ance with custom and etiquette in such cases re-
ouested them to arrange for an evening when the
members of the court and OF the aristocracy. OF
the diplomatic corps and of the official and polit-
;caI world could take part in u reception at the
American Embassy, at which the court chamber
,a;n would make the presentations. OF course,
the purpose of such diplomatic reception is TO
acouaint new ambassador and his wife with the
reonle of the capital in which they are stationed
."ro the chamberlain's amazement. Mr. and Mrs.
white instead of leaving the reception entirely
in their hands insisted that list of those who
.gera 10 attend be submitted to them. When it
u,as laid before them the names of several of the
ladies' of the aristocracy and of the court were
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Dru Makes Funeral Reforms

Shocked by the public display Of
grief at the funeral of the wife of a
cabinet member and disgusted by the
curiosity manifested by the public,
Dru sets about reforming the burial
customs of the nation.
When the opportunity presented
itself, he directed attention to the
objections to this method of disposing
of the dead, and he suggested the
formation in every community of
societies whose purpose should be
to use their influence toward making
lnternents private, and toward the
substitution of cremation for the un-
sanitary custom of burial in ceme~
terles. These societies were urged to
point out the almost prohibitive ex-
pense the present method entailed
upon the poor and those Of moderate
means. The buying of the lot and
casket, the cost of the funeral itself,
and the discarding of useful clothing
in order to robe in black, were alike
unnecessary. Some less dismal insig-
MIA Of grief should be adopted, he
said, that need not include the entire
garb. Grief, he pointed out, and re-
spect for the dead, were in no way
better evidenced by such barbarous
customs.' -
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
\ Warm Spot
"a For Germans

The marriage April 2s, 1909, OF Mr.
Whites daughter, Miss Muriel White, to
Count Thoss, son of one of the peers of
Prussia and closely associated with the
Emperor, caused another social as we'll as
religious sensation. The Ambassador was
reported to have protested against the re-
fusal OF the Roman Catholic Church au-
thorities to permit the marriage service to
be performed according to the rites Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, in addition to
the service Of the Catholic Church. of which
the Prussian member. MIR. White did
not attend the wedding service, but subse-
Quently explained that his protest to the
Catholic authorities was not because of any
dislike for the doctrine of the Catholic
Church. Count Thoss at the time of his
marriage to Miss White was a member Of
the Royal Prussan Curassiers. When the
guest in Germany of his daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. White on several occasions took
luncheon with the Kaiser and it was always
accepted that the relations between the two
were very cordial
That Mr.. White still entertained o warm,
friendly feeling toward Germany and the
Kaiser after the latter had started the
world war has been shown in various pub
Ashed reports, as follows:
August 26, 1914, after the war started,
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-IIenry White,
- whose appointment by President Will
con delegate to the peace confer
eace has been the subject of much public
criticism because Of his former kindly feel
ing toward the ex-Kaiser and Germany,
even after the war had begun, and because
u the fact that his daughter is the wife of
count Ernst Herman Scherr-T -Thoss of Prus-
'a' was in the diplomatic service more than
'n'fty years His first appointment was In
1'0o' as secretary of legation at Vienna.
i"e same year he was transferred and made
second secretary Mt London, and was ap-
pointed first secretary of the American
'esstlon there in 1886. In November, 1893,
Nc retired. He participated in contro
'''sy with Ambassador Thomas Bayard over
VINE remarks which had been made by Mr..
'aSard and quit the service.
"nen President Mckinley entered Office
"hite resumed diplomatic work, and
,''S MS old place as first secretary at Lon
'' which legation meanwhile had become
Embassy. He served continuously there
'4'i 1905, when ne was appointed Ambas-
sador to Italy.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

the English change oY front, and were
ready to listen to other proposals. To
them he opened up wide vista of COM
mercial and territorial expansion, or at
least its equivalent Germany was to have
the freest commercial access to South
America, and she was invited to develop
those countries both with German colonists
and German capital.
There was to be coercion of the gov
ernments, or political control in that terri
tory, but the other hand the United
States undertook that there should be no
laws enacted by them to restrain trade, and
that the rights of foreigners should have
the fullest protection. Dru also undertook
the responsibility of promising that there
should be no favoritism shown by the South
and Central American governments, but
that native and alien should stand alike
before the law so far as property rights
were concerned.
Germany was to have a freer hand IN the
countries lying southeast OF her and in
Asia Minor. 1t was not intended that she
should absorb them or infringe upon their
rights as nations, but her sphere of infu-
ence was to be extended over them much
While England was not to be restricted
in her trade relations with those countries,
still she was neither to encourage emigra-
tion there nor induce capital to exploit
their resources.
Africa and her own colonies were TO be
her special fields of endeavor
In consideration Of the United States
lifting practically all custom barriers and
agreeing to keep out Of the Eastern Hemi-
sphere, upholding with her the peace and
commercial freedom OF the world and of
the United States recognizing the necessity
OF her supremacy on the seas, Englsnd,
after having obtained the consent of Can
ada, agreed to relinquish her own sphere
of political influence over the Dominion
and let her come under that Of the United
States. Canada was willing that this situa-
tion should be brought about, for her trade
conditions had become interviewer with
those Of the United States, and the people
of the two countries freely intermngled
Besides, since Dru had reconstructed the
laws and constitution Of the big republic
they were more in harmony with the Can
adian institutions than before
Except that the United States vas not
to appoint a Governor General, the repub-
lies relations with Canada were TO be much
the same as those between herself and the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
The World as He Wanted II Re-.
made lin 1912. i'm
Novel

"Tho ground was more advontaro,,.
''e'e' ana he felt confident he could dis
lodge him. When he gave the command 10
retreat he was surprised to find Dru ,noss-
ing his troops outside his intrenchuo,.,
""o preparing to follow him. He slowly
rctreated and Dru ms slowly followed Now
ton wanted to get him we'll awav from, bic
stronghold and in the open plain. and then
wheel and crush him. Dru was merely
keeping within striking distance. SO that
when his two divisions got in touch with
Newton they would be able to attack h;r,
on three sides.
"Just as Newton was ahont 10 tnr,, n,,..
two divisions poured down the stones Of
the hills on both sides and began TO
charge And when Dru's centre began -
charge it was only y matter of moments
before Newton's army was in q panic.
He tried to rally them and to face the
oncomine enemy but his efforts were in
vain. His men threw down their guns.
some surrendering but most of them flee
ing in the only way open, that toward the
and the lake
"Dru's soldiers saw that victory was
theirs, and, maddened by the lust of war,
they drove the government forces back.
killing and crushing the seething and help
less mass that was now in hopeless con-
fusion.
"Orders were given by General Dru to
push on and follow the enemy until night
fall, or until the lake was reached, where
they must surrender or drown
''By o'clock of that fateful day the
splendid army Of Newton was thing for
pity, for Dru had determined to exhaust
the last drop of strength of his men to
make the victory complete and the battle
conclusive
"At the same time, as far as he was able
he restrained his men from killing for he
saw that the enemy were without arms
and thinking only Of escape His order
was only partly obeyed, for when man
IS in conflict with either beast or fellow
the primitive lust for blood comes to
the fore. and the gentlest and most humane
are oftentimes The most hoodthirsty
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

States at the peace table is not known but
"The Baltimore Star" in an article discuss
ing his appointment 10 the peace commits
sion, said:
1T IS of more than passing interest IN connec~
ton With the appointment Of MIR. White 10 note
the concident publications in The Baltimore Sum-
in which his family is interested financially. Of
articles tending to SOW discord among the Allies
the peace table"
The Baltimore American in an editorial
upon the appointment Of M White, had
this TO say
The delegation without any OF vide
Republican standing and national experience Us
such. Mr.. White will serve a Republican in
a sense, while at the same time he viii be we'll
enough versed in the political personages and
their positions to be a ready reference for Mr.
Wilson Mr.. Baker. who is scheduled to relieve
the President when the latter shall return home
The delegation will. 70 all intents and purposes be
a delegation of Nor does this necessarily
imply limitation for its usefulness although it ini-
poses vast responsibilities upon that Theirs
serious matters OF record alleged against Mr.
White. Any who is upon record as giving
expression to such views those stated by
Mr.. Henry White should be regarded as ipso facts
disqualified for membership upon the peace dele
CATION. On August TO- 1914. Mr.. White vas 70
ported in Baltimore newspaper as saying that
the none OF the business of the United
States. and it should keep out of it. This may
have been q permissible sentiment at the unoueus
but it counter to the views OF rnultitudes
OF Americans. 1t has turned out that Mr. White
was wrong -tragically wrong. All Americans
since have come 10 know that it was indeed, tbs
supreme business OF the United States. Probably
Mr. White has likewise been convinced althosyxA
his family connections with the Prussans sureSv
must have created aympathies difficult 70 unbxvs
den
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

tives and shall hold Office until removed
by the House. The Senate shall be COM
posed of one member from each state.
They shall be elected for life, but may
be removed by majority vote Of their
constituents at the end of iive-year
periods.
The reforms which Administrator
Dru brings about in the affairs Of the
nation have a familiar sound to ears
that have gathered up all the various
words and phrases Of the last four and
half years.
The telephone and telegraph were
taken over "at fair valuation"
The government was represented
on the directorate Of the railroads,
the nation sharing in their earnings.
This method was extended to all other
Z large corporations. Labor was repre-
sented on directorates as we'll, hav-
ing share in earnings after the pay
ment of wages and interest on
capital.
"A SAe@uudCeO income lax was ITStI
tuted, with q minimum tax of 70 Der
cent on incomes Of $1O,OOO,OOO and
over.
There was universal suffrage. Philip
Dru believed woman could be morally
and socially free only by being eco
nomically Independent Of man.
Customs barriers were tor,, Go,,-7,
III other words free trade"
Mexico was invaded and protec-
torate declared. The terms Of set
Element included these words
nor shall we demand any indemnity
as the result Of victory further than
the payment Of the actual cost Of the
war and the maintenance Of the
American troops while order is being
restored"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
CHAPTER VII
DRU REARRANGES THE WORLD

DNU REARRANGES THE WORLD
Dru's administration did not escape
becoming embroiled with the world
powers. Finding that the nations Of
Europe are plotting against the United
States, he proves his diplomatic ability
by organizing new coalition, which
divides up the world without much re-
gard for that self elf-determination" which
we heard so much about as result of
the Russian revolution However. Rus
sia doesn't come in for much considera-
ton III Colonel Houses book. Japan is
told to go ahead and take all of Siberia
she can get, and it is left to some un-
named power to exploit Western Russia.
Germany showed that she at least felt
that that exploiting of Russia favored
by Colonel House was part of German
destiny. AS matter of fact, Colonel
House showed great partiality to Ger
many in his book, not only placing his
approval on Mitteleuropa, but giving
Germany all Of South America as her
iield. Because Of its possible bearing
on peace negotiations the whole of the
chapter on the dividing up of the world
is given herewith:
Busy General Dru had been rehabi1i-
tating domestic affairs, he never for mo-
ment neglected the foreign situation He
felt that it was almost providentaI that
he was in q position to handle it unham-
pered, for at no time in our history were
we in such peril of powerful foreign coaIi-
tion. Immediately after receiving from
Selwyn the information concerning the
British German alliance, he had begun to
build, as it were, fire behind the British
Ministry, and the result was its overthrow.
When the English nation began to realize
that tentative agreement was being ar
rived at between their country on the one
hand and Germany and Japan on the
other, with America as its object of attack,
there was storm of indignation; and
when the new ministry was installed the
diplomatic machinery was set to work to
undo, as nearly as could be, what their
predecessors had accomplished.
In the meantime, Dru negotiated with
them to the end that England and America
were to join hands in a world wide policy
of peace and commercial freedom Accord
ing TO Dru's plan, disarmaments were to
be made TO an appreciable degree, custom
barriers were to be torn down, zones OF in
! huence clearly Defined and an era of
friendly commercial rivalry established.
1t was agreed that America should ap-
proach Germany and Japan in furtherance
of this plan, and when their consent was
Oht tbn rvo1,ld fo11ovy
Dru worked along these lines with both
nations, using consummate tact and skill
Both Germany and Japan were offended at
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
CHAPTER VI
DRU INSTITUTES REFORMS

Under Philip Dru's constitution the
President becomes very much the same
kind of d figurehead as is the King Of
England. The Dru constitution pro-
vides that the President shall be elected
for term Of ten years, shall be in
eligible for reelection, but shall be pen
stoned after retirement, and that his
duties now devolving upon the Presi-
entirely formal and ceremonial" The
duties now develving upon the Presi-
dent are, under the Dru regime, to be
transferred to an "executive' who shall
be elected by the House Of Representa-