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New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

IT T is a bedraggled and worn out dove.
She is weary with many efforts
n and futters piteously under the
contemptuous scrutiny of the rest of the
world. She is dragged to earth a long
way from her goal, helpless to resist
when pounced on by her masters, and
made to essay the flight once more. Such
a picture arises out Of the comment of
the American press, which has no illu
sions left about a German agreement to
peace under the conditions existing to-
day.
Each succeeding trumpet call from
Berlin appears to get less and less wind
TO its aid. Peace terms from the Will
helmstrasse are like songs that have
gone out Of favor with too much sing
ing; they have an arid and monotonous
sound to them. Our press tucks them
away on the "inside" Of the paper, and
the editorial writer's rise to the attack
without vigor. The game has too much
sameness, is stale and has lost it's SAVIOR.
There is always a programme to be
discerncd in the Germans moves One
day Count Czernin bewails the Allied
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

patch dismisses the matter as a scheme
of internal politics:
Germany unquestionably has purpose
in making such foolish peace proposal,
for even the stupid Hun isn't so stupid he
would expect the Allies, at this time, to
stop fighting and agree to any such peace
is proposed. The probability is that
the present peace offensive is to allay the
antagonsm to the government in Germany
The military party can say TO the slow
thinking people, See, We have offered a
generous peace and the enemy will not
accept it; what else can we do but con-
tinue to fght-and what else can YOU do
but sucer?'"
1THE BALTIMORE sun" advises
newspapers not to use up valua-
Bile space in discussing German peace
offers, adding that their absurdity varies
in exact ratio to what the Huns con-
slider their chances of winning by the
sword. "The Chicago Daily News" finds
Germany hasn't learned anything from
the war and doesn't understand in the
slightest degree the new idealism that is
awakening the world THE Milwaukee
Journal speaks similarly:
Evidently Germany has as vet learned
but little from the Germans at the front
The bureaucratic mind is rather heavy and
does not easily drop the mouthngs of
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

crultlng has become an imperative ma
tlonal necessity. Without it there will be
falling off in essential production, or at
best an inadequate increase; without it, as
President Wilson has said, our national
existence is threatened
The United States Employment Service
Will need the utmost cooperation of gov
ernmental departments, of employers asso-
clatlons, trade unions, of unorganzed en-
p!oyers and workers. 1t will need the patient
cooperation and patriotic support and en-
couragement of the entire American peo-
pie What will be launched on August will
be not completed, fully equipped, smooth
running machine, but great and essential
national policy That policy is based upon the
faith of the President and his Administra-
ton IN the men who are enlisted in the
civil service, in the men who operate Amer
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
The Battered Dove Tries Again

refusal to mention terms, but adds be-
nevolently that way out of the dilemma
if there are terms to communicate,
which there must be, assuredy, is for
each party to whisper his terms in the
ear of neutral. Close on this, before
forgetting is possible, "Vorwarts," of
Berlin, settles the war amiably, through
Spain, without annexations or indemni-
ties in the West. This, it has been
pointed out, is open diplomacy of kind
-Germany's kind. But the back doors
are not forgotten. Keep on trying to
fool the Allies; some day they may bite!
So, according to Senator Lewis, of Illi-
nols; there is a proposal to Italy through
secret channels in the hope that Italian
breezes may spread the Infection Bel
gum, Northern France, Alsace-Lorraine,
Rumania and Serbia may go on living
If Germany is given her hand in Poland.
Llthuania, Esthonia and parts of Russia.
Y UT the time fuse was not set at the
proper moment. The gods and the
Franco-Americans disturbed the ar
rangement. Consequently, as "The New
Republic" observes, "the coming Ger
man peace offensive has ceased
to be dangerous. 1t would have derived
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

From time to time" writes "The Utica
Press with regularity and more or
less frequency, come reports that the
employees of this or that plant have
struck for shorter hours or more pay, or
often both. The munition workers IN
England, the sailors on the Great Lakes.
electric workers at Lynn, the paper in
dustries near or remote from the war.
are in the list. In these strenuous times
every one should be busy
The New Republic points out edi-
torially how necessary the new pro-
cedures Of the United States Employ
ment Service will be to a continued
maintenance of the now tremendous
flow of essential supplies:
by common consent. central labor re-
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

its efficacy from a military victory
which the German staff has failed to
win MAKE no mistake warns Col
onel Harvey in his "War Weekly" "the
hateful Hunnish propaganda is already
abroad with suggestions that the war is
practically won and that we can now
afford to take a breathing space, and
that there will be no need of further
conscriptions for the army So
far as America is concerned this is only
the beginning. AUX armes,
citoyens!'"
Out in the country the journals wake
long enough to breathe soft laughter.
"The 'Vorwarts,' after making the new
German terms public" says "The De-
troit Journal" declares that they con-
stltute "a very reasonable peace pro-
gramme.' Which means that, as usual.
German socialism sees no sin in worth
less pledges, policies Of plunder and the
imposition of a reign of injustice upon
helpless neighbor." And from "The
Topeka Capital" owned by the Governor
of Kansas, comes this: mo negotiated
peace with Prussian militarism will end
war any negotiated peace with
Prussian miltarsm will be peace of
failure" In Columbus, Ohio, "The Dis
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

lean Industries, in the capacity of our peo-
pie to rise to the impossible whom +bo ox
istence of the nation demands that the inn
possible snail be achieved. 1t is for the en-
ployers and workers of America especially
to say whether that faith, which is recejv-
ing such glorious vindication in Franco
shall also triumph in the factories Of
America"
The New York Times" discloses
some OF the evils that the Federal agen-
cles will have to meet and correct.
Steel plants and munition factories have
been foolish enough to send out agents
through the coal territory to induce min
ers and miners helpers to quit their Jobs
Tor higher pay in the steel and ,nunjtion
plants. Not only did those plants get
nothing much worth while for their pur-
poses from that sort Of labor. but tbev
soon discovered that as they pulled away
men from the mines they cut off their
own coal supply
But there was worse offender than
'he government. itself. When it wanted
TO put up barracks, warehouses or termi
nails, when it wanted to convert fields and
forests into camps and drill grounds. when
1t wanted to do any big piece of work. it
paid men, good, bad and Indifferent. ALL
sorts of inflated wages"
Canada, which is an essential part of
the Allied war-making power, has fortu-
nately gone ahead at its industrial lob
without interruption "The Toronto
Globe" is moved by the threatened Brit
lsh strike to report OF the industrial sit
uation in Canada:
Canada is spared the humiliation and
the tragedy of Coventry It's big muni-
tons output goes on uninterruptedly. EN-
ployers and employed cooperate in their
service The country is proud of this con-
dition, and the imperial government, act
ing through its Department Of Labor in
connection with the Imperial Munitions
Board, IS carrying on a striking publicity
campaign in order TO maintain the exist
ing spirit of activity and camaraderie.
THE Dominion has done great things in
the new industry of munitions making Dur
ing the year 1917 Canada produced 81 per
cent of all the shrapnel, - per cent of all
the i.5s, 27 per cent of al the 6-inch shells
used by the British army. This industrial
achievement is worthy OF the military rec
ord of the country, and will be more than
Canadas munitions makers,
like Canada's soldiers, are in this war till
it is won"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

years. 1t looks as though those bureau
cratic minds would have to be put to rest
before the world can have lasting peace"
THE indianapolis News" finds the re-
ported peace terms Sin no way related
to the realities of the situation.''
The terms are appraised metaphori-
cally by The st. Paul Pioneer Press:
The fend who has looted the house,
murdered the men and ravished the
women might as we'll demand free right
Of escape with his booty from the officer
Of justice who held him by the throat"
And The Boston Globe" varies the
figure:
Germany speculated in war as a man
might speculate in stocks She speculated
with her eyes open, trying to discount any
chance OF failure. But there were ele-
ments in the world market which she over
looked. Hence for two years and three
years she has been trying to call the specu-
iatlon off, to draw out what is left of her
capital, and wait for better chance. For
two years she has talked peace-and found
no hearing.
"The world does not intend that Ger
many shall call off the old speculation; it
does not intend that Germany, having
started the wrong kind of war, shall end it
on fair terms and then prepare to start
the right kind of war"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

IT. as is alleged, there are bands of paci-
hsts IN almost every workshop in Britain
they should be hunted to their holes like
the rats that they are. Without any desire
TO crItlclse the administration of country
which has done magnificent deeds for the
cause of freedom during the present war it
must be admitted that there has been ex-
cesslve leniency in dealing with the Boil
shevlst elements in Britain which attempt
to hinder the action of the government
and army in carrying the war to a vic
torlous issue"
The new deal for labor, initiated at
Washington, comes at time, according
to some writer's, when the labor situa-
ton in the United States, despite the
attention given it by the Taft-Walsh
board, is still in an unsettled state.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04
New Alignment, in England and Over Here

not so discerning and farseeing as this,
but there was general disinclinaton
to condemn the strikers at Coventry and
Birmingham. Although the strike was
called off, it is of interest that observers
in England and America said that there
were other influences at work aside
from those having to do directly with
the apparent principles involved. Frank
Dllnot, writing in "The New York
Times" said:
During the war great many men have
learned the work of munition making, and
possibly they have joined unions, and they
are pretty certain to include a sprinkling
OF those Socialists who, while not pro-Ger-
man, were decidedly pacihsts"
Mr.. Dilnot goes on to say, however,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

that the labor party in Britain has
not, as whole, any hestations about
the war British labor was and is anti
militarist. For that very reason it will
not falter or grow weak to the very
end"
"The New York Times" said edi-
torially:
Labor was never more powerful in Great
Britain. In the opinion of many, it will
predominate in future governments under
the new franchises Labor itself is angriest
at this organized effort, by whatever min
gled forces of fanaticism and of defeatism
in part suggested or directed, to check the
flow of munitions and SO to betray the cause
of all free labor and freedom"
"The New York Herald is more un-
sparing:
New-York tribune., 1918-08-04

ME sudden flare of trouble among
British war Industrial workers
. q is almost coincident with the be-
ginning of new industrial
policy in the United States. Commenta-
tors find an interesting parallel between
the British munitions strike at Coventry,
which was brought to a close without
costly interruption, and the programme
just initiated by the United States En-
ployment Service.
The Coventry strike followed an en-
barge laid down by the British govern
ment to prevent factories, by paying
higher wages, from getting dispropor-
tomato share of the nations skilled la
bor supply. One of the employing fac
tories apparently misunderstood the en-
barge order and posted notice declar-
ing that sem-skilled workers only were
to be employed thereafter. The result
was widespread belief on the part of
workmen that they were being driven
INTO the army.
The Boston Transcript" points out
some of the underlying phases OF the
situation as it developed and it's rela-
tlonship to the labor background in
America:
obviously the whole success of British
var industry depends on distrbu-
lion, and The Cabinets strong stand for the
legality q its embargo order is easily un-
oefstandable. Labor's opposition to il, how
ever IS more surprising. 1t is based on the
chargc that the embargo is an unlawful
festrction upon the right of skilled work
ers TO secure the highest price they can
command for their labor. This position, on
'heir part, is distinct reversal of the
ground ordinarily assumed by Organized
'anor On similar questions II will
~ seen, indeed, that the strikers stand
asainst the embargo resolves itself into a
cifect attack upon Standardization Of wavcs.
mere, again, IN an anomaly. During the
war Itself large part Of the efforts Of
'@'ofltes everywhere, especially in Britain.
'as been devoted 70 the conquest Of Just
sucn national standardization. Mean
"hiie, the Whole campaign Of the American
mar Labor Policies Board under the chair.
'nahsnip Of man who certainly cannot be
se' dawn among the enemies Of labor has
"sfn IN the direction Of Standardization"
Editorial opinion in many cases was
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
AMERICAN SAVINGS WILL
MEASURE WHEAT EXPORTS

Eve haze aIEea1y exferEeJ Ia.
Whole II ibe sor 50 ~ 81 lHfs Is h..as
hHfgesl. otsf $40 aspss hr Herlaal DO.
naaas - aHf sarHiafIeH II -
nee arF lHen fe9 tfs fssia 81.
fin fsliaa - ~ fief rsllps X wheat
- as ~ reIau II ~ frWfi STATES
safieleai aaH.es sa easrf ear Own
nsMfe HufH sae Hes' harvest
.rlsefHfaee aa eRpoHss = wheat
1nfm HaN f.srHnal ave llmifed callFly
~ volume ~ saslns maa. by lle Amer.
iean People o. fhalr con. alsion *
Wheai end nilaHi Hnaiiueis
Eve euntlnue'i ehsui shipments for
December - far - our situation al
laNed hut eYeu Niih 81 the e.nssraa-
tiun nntle We msFe SIN aeahte 10 i.afi
seYsrni hundred fhsusaad fans ~ '.4s'l-
slufrs urgently fequirrd ~ lie slllssi
nations during iIie niunil ~ peeeinb.r
alone"
HERBERT HOOVER.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
orIsin Of tn. Greek Church.

Apart from theological discussions.
such as those rising from the addition
of the words. "snd the soa," la ih~
creed. the separation OF the Latin and
Greek churches may be traced 60 the
founding af Consisntinapls and The
political division OF the Roman EN-
pire, according /. Bible student.
fgnatius. patriarch Of copstaniInopie.
had been deposed. and WAS succeeded
by Photfus nho summoned n council
of the East In se7. aud passed ssi-
tenes Of exeoIss1 uniaatlon on the sish-
op of Roge. The churches became re-
snlfed towards the end OF the ninth
century aud remained 40 until the
nsiadls Of the eleventh century. when
la 1864 Michael cerslarius. patriarch
Of the East, resswsd the eandeinHa-
lion of the Latin church. aud was is
turn accommodated by Pope Leo
TX. Efforts toward reunlon we're
made from time IA tlnie. ssa at Ter
rara u43g) the Greek prelates signed
= decree Of union. but we're foreea
by the people and clergy to repaa'ais
IL. Sisee then the two comnuhioiis
have remained separate.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
EUROPE NEEDS FOOD
Food Administration Declares II Is an
Absolute Sin 10 Waste Food--Feod
Has Become Sacred.

Europe Is s,ill sending an insisiens
call FOR more food. We must send IL
II the war IS TO 20 on efficiently. X
We eat 1t al We cannot ship 1t. ana
the food administration has already
tried to picture how much that wheat
Is needed b. people who will starye Il
they do not get II, the food administra-
ton states.
"For the least bit ST heedlessness
on your part Ia food conservation some
one somewhere In the world must suf
fer priyation." an Official statement
declares. 'sfhe food administration
has mastered the problem Of Ameri
cas- food In such way that every
ounce of food conserved and kept n
the currents OF trade coca 10 an empty
stomach In Europe.
''It Is an absolute Sle to waste fsod
Food has become sacred.
Food mea8s life. IL means some
body's life. aud you cannot escape re.
sponsibillty.
There Is no waste VI feea among
the allied nations"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
BETRoTHAL OF The JUNGLE
Maiden and Intended Each Supposed
to Mediate on Advisabliity Of
Union Before Ceremony.

a second beating of tomtoms thun-
vas coming. Down IN avenue nude
tor her by women of the tribe slowly
erept the tiny figure. Ii was draped
in the soitest eastern stuils: jeNeled
ankIeis aud bangles tinkled merrily.
\ gauzy vel of wondrous workman
ship smatled the ilgure, but through it
Piang recognized his beloved paplta.
Slowly she approached: fearfully she
raised her eyes 10 the man who await
ed her, Florence Particle Stuart writes
IN 81. Nicholas. her little feet fal.
tered, aud Papita leaned heavily
against the woman who supported her.
But NJ that moment Plang gave "a
strange whistle. three soft notes OF a
NINA bird noated over the barrio aud
Papiia became suddenly alive. Again
the notes stole through The jungle. The
bride threw back her veil.
THE unwilling maid seens TO have
forgotten her woe.p said one Ecofnful
woman 10 another.
The priesgess commenced the eere-
mony that was 10 last all night. II
vas llled with weird chants To which
Papita responded with renewed yigor.
But her eyes furfisely glanced toward
spot near tie curve OF the creek where
slender reel swnsed increasingly.
After several hours the priestsss
led the wsy 10 the water aud inoeh
placed paplta la her gala sInta aud
pushed her out into tie str.am. lie
got into another aud thu two boats
uosed each other while tie crowd show
cred them Hiih oils aud perfumes.
When tie command canae 10 part. the
boats shot on ia opposite directions.
A maiden aud bridegroom are each
supposed 10 lacd.lair. Ia Oriental fash
lon. ca The ACCESSIBILITY " this union bs.-
fore the aaal evfeiuung 80 read The
Dsak marriage laws.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
CAoPsTIcXs ARE NOW PAsSE
Chinese lnssnItary Methods Of Eating
Affected b European and Ameri-
can influences.

Fancy yourself guest for the first
time AT Chinese dinner. IN trout uf
sou. Is yen seat yourself on your baci-
less chair. are small plate, Il Spoon
for soups. aid pair of ehopstieks
or the insricacies OF the manipulation
II the latter nothing need here be said :;
1t Is matter of practice. Each course
i brought ON in n large dish and placed
h the center OF The table. The service,
then, Il simple: each person serves
himself. and the service Is direct.
You will and so will everybody else
~ thai table. put your sticks into the
dish in the center. convey therefrom
food 10 yonr mouth. insert the sticks
INTO your mouth ~ far as you choose
and return 10 the center dish for more.
Nathaniel Pfeifer writes in World out
hook. by The time each guest has had
three helpinrs II will require slillful
smneuyering 10 get n piece that has
not been Touched over by sticks that
have made at least two trips tn at
least one other persons mouth.
The sanitary consequences are Oh
sious. As the chain Is AS strong as
iis weakest link. 80 the health OF that
company i a. good rs That OF It's sick
est guest. Aud n yeu have been
brought un under the tafeigge OF occi.
dental doctors and have mn uncomfort-
able knowledge OF germs, your mind
dnells uneomfortably as you eat, OF the
condition 81 your fellow guests. II by
chance your sis-n-yis remarks In pass
lng that he has u bad cold. your hun
Ter may be appeased quite suddenly.
Little by little. however. this Is be-
ing changed. Today ia the homes Of
many upper class Chinese. who hnye
been educated in Europe at America
or have come into contact with foreign
Influences. the system of individual
dishes and individual service 10 com
Ing more and more Into use.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
WAR BREAD COSTLY TO
BRITISH GOVERNMENT

Every year the British government
pays s2oo.UeD.Ooo toward the eost "
that nations war bread. That l. ths
principal reason Why English bread
prices are lower to-day 10 the consumer
than in Amsriea incidentally shs
british bread Ia aach pssrsr sbaa he
a.nerieao
Crssf Britain hes taken over an
home grown grsin. bought NJ "a aFes-
trars price. aud ali Imported whs@ss
bought 10 n.arksts - he world II pre-
sniling prices. THIS IL tsrusJ ever "
tie talll. by lhs So srn1Dsnt II . prfs~
that allows the ndBltsratsd war bread
leaf 81 -four pounds ~ eel al - esnls
The t.o pound loaf eosns y csnts. and
The ons p0sna loaf sslls fsr : sesis.
la nilllag. however. "a Ter cent
more nour . extracted frem he wkeas
than Ia Am.Fles. Add iasre - . eens-
paisory sdaltersiisn % ~ per esEs
and 81 allowable sdaltsfstsss Of ~
per eeAf.
Compared with American bread. tls
British prusiucf - ouiy sbest o. per
cent pure at is hssf
la France under conditions so@s-
shat similar bot wiih a larger sxtrae-
ton. n. fuaF peaad loaf sells FOR 10
cents
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22

A novel Eaa rapid way whereby 80
dsterinIns the sge of MA egg las been
developed by ~. Grossfeld. French
investigator He has supplemented
the usual method by one dependent on
specific gravity. notes the Boston
Transcript. The existing way where
by 10 determine ts.s age of eggs Is by
Gambling th-m and tnking note Of the
mirage which farlns about the yolk."
Mr. Grossf-ll has determined shat sps-
cine gravity Of normal Eggs in the
way attributed To- Arcinnedss. and
there has heen figured ont the loss In
gravity for each week of keeping. For
quick Inspection of quslliles OF eggs.
lie has devised farn ef hydroineter.
The egg takes the place of the weight
ed bulb aud the scale indicates the
specific gravity and ut the same time
the age ~ the egg. A little cage has
been arranged 10 bold the egg aud Is
capable Of quick handling. Big eggs
aud little eggs are subject to errors Ia
the readings. but with eggs IN the VI
entity Of % grnlnlnes the indication Is
instantaneous
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-22
90. ceo.,rie.sr May .. Trained.

There are several varieties Of boa
constructors, the hest known being the
Giboia ar land boa constructor.
This IL tile smaller. and leHst vlcloas
Of the tribe. II Is harmless and Viii
NOT attack unless attacked, writes
correspondent. la fact. II eaught
young II may be tanned. and the Ma
tives Of the Amazon valley frequently
keep them around their houses Instead
Of house eats. as they keep the place
clear Of rats. mice and other yeruiin.
and even of larger msrauaing animals.
You can buy these snakes In the mar
kets OF Para. Names and other North
Brazilian ports. where they are offered
for sale In boxes. like chickens or rai'-
bits aud the owner will haul them gu,
and demonstrate them To you.
The water boa constructor Is the
largest known snake in existence.
growing to the length Of Z 'rty "a forty
feet and tile thickness Vt "a nan's upper
leg.