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New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
The Ascendant Star of Nebraska

III we may trust an ebulllent cOrre-
spondent of The Times, the star of Ne
braska blazes high in the armament. 1t
has made $1,000, 100000 of war profits
out of its products. 1t has $500,00000O
on deposit in it's banks. A large part
of this years crop of wheat, corn and
livestock is still on the farms. Though
the figures may be a trife spiffulous, it
is still, as it were, reeking with pros
perity.
sConsider some of it's income Before
the war 80 cents was a fair price for
wheat. For the last two years it has
been above 81, and under government
guarantee this price will continue
throughout the entire crop season of
1919. And all wheat produced next year
will be purchased at this price up to
July, 1920. Nebraska can produce 8O,~
100000 bushels Corn has been selling
above 81, and a part of the time this
year sold almost on parity with wheat
A corn crop Of 200,000.O00 bushels is
common for Nebraska, and sometimes it
gets up to 3OO,000,000.
Hogs before the war sold freely at
around $3.50 hundred Now they are
S1750, and this price is practically
guaranteed SO long as the food admin
istration, cooperating with buyers for
the Allies, continues in existence. The
price of hay has doubled and tripled,
and Nebraska produces more alfalfa
than any other two states 1t likewise
produces more than 100,000,00O pounds
of beet sugar. No wonder this amazing
state has now more automobiles per cap
ita than any other state in the Union,
that its farmers are large stockholders
IN the banks, and sometimes own them
altogether; and that in general it's citi-
zens are alvin high.
Yet outside of its cities and munich
palities the whole State of Nebraska
has only about seventy-fve miles of
paved roads. 1t is going to increase
them. When the road season opens next
spring thousands of laborers and skilled
workmen are going to get busy. 1t is
reckoned that besides the Al, 900 troops
which Nebraska sent to the war, almost
as many more men have left the state
to go into war work. There never was
time when Nebraska was so short of
labor, nor when it had so much money
and was just aching to do something
with it,
We salute this sovereign Western
state and wish it godspeed in the work
of saving the nation from the wreck and
ruin that in the view of the pessimistical
minded impends upon US, now that the
booms of war are over. It's condition is
reassuring. And we fancy that in a
broad way these conditions are not very
different in the neighboring states of
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Dakota and,
for that matter, at least 80 per cent of
the Union. 1t is certainly not very diff
ferent down South with 30-cent cotton
in the air. The croakers and the gloom
ers should take vacation out West.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

has crossed the seas and won unexpected
popularity in England and in France.
From one-old-cat up, it is bound to re-
main the religion of young America and
the philosophy of old. If the league can
be rebuilt from the ground up and
cleared of crookedness and deceit, there
is nothing surer than that professional
baseball will come into it's own again.
That will be MI. Taft's task, if he
accepts the offer made to him. 1t is
large task and a long one, and only a
person Of Mr.. Taft's steady push and
patience could dream of accomplishing
it. Mr.. Taft may have felt the Presi-
dency Of the United States a large order
But here is something to beat it, as he,
fan of long standing, undoubtedly
knows. A commission composed of Mr..
Hoover, General Pershing and Mr.. Taft
would just about fill the bill-with the
Wild Cat Division to enforce orders
But all of this talent cannot be spared,
and if Mr.. Taft feels he can spare the
time to rehabilitate baseball, the whole
kingdom of baseball-which is to say,
these United States-will be rejoiced and
grateful.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Gratitude and Uniforms

ALREADY uniform looks different"
wrote some kill-.ioy cynic in Western
newspaper the other day. And with Just
enough truth to give the words bite The
ingratitude not alone of republics but
of civilians will begin to infect US all
unless we are careful The short men,
ories that heroes Of all times and battles
have experienced at home are beginning
to work. The thrill that uniform gives
when the guns are sounding is on the
wane and, if we are to do justice by our
fighting men, must be replaced by a SOL
ider sense of obligation.
But the wounded No. Here is q
visual symbol of all that has been suf
fered, and no cynic can cast suspicion on
our gratitude in their presence. The city
gave warm welcome to the 500 men
who landed Sunday. Most of them went
to Debarkation Hospital No. 3, the old
Greenhut building, at Sixth Avenue and
Eighteenth Street, which has been trans
formed into unit with 1900 beds. There
are plenty of other hospitals for soldiers
in and about the city. 1t is our privilege
to have these heroes as our visitors. and
nothing should be left undone that can
cheer and help them on the road to recov.
cry. We are not referring to the regu-
lation hospital and restoration work
which is the nations duty, and which is
and must be performed to the limit of
efficiency We mean the lesser acts of
courtesy and entertainment and good
cheer. Nothing is too good for these
men,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
The Bolsheuik Bureau
of Free Lore

This is the fuu tert, In TRANSLATES
decree issued by the Bolshe,,;r.
Vladimir aud published in the 80,
Sortet organ 'Izvestija.' Portions e' -
haze been already included in cob,.
patches. 1t is reprinted from. "Ths Nv '
Europe" A similar project Of ps.es ,.e~
s'onat Rights an Connection scith The ss'' g
cialisation Of Women in the City ~ ~
'insk and Vicinity" has been n.b,;as, S0,
IN the Local Gazette Of the WavE.~',
and Soldiers Deputies.
HEvERY girl who has reached l..
1 eighteenth year is guaranteed h.
the local Commissary of Surveillance ~.
full inviolability of her person,
ANY offender against an e;vbtssn
year-old girl by using insulting lanvuss.
or attempting to ravish her is subject :.
the full rigors of the Revolutionary Tr
bunal.
ANY one who has ravished gir, w,,
has not reached her eighteenth vea, :
considered state criminal and is Gah,s
to sentence of twenty years hard laho.
unless he marries the injured one.
THE injured. dishonored girl is g;v..
the right not to marry the ravisber y
she does not so desire.
"A girl having reached her eighteenth
year is to be announced as the properv
Of the state
"Any girl having reached her eich-
teenth year and not having married il
obliged, subject to the most severe
penalty, to register at the Bureau ~
Free Love in the Commissarat of sm.
veiIlance.
Having registered at the Bureau n
Free Love, she has the right to chooss
from among men between the ages of
nineteen and fifty cohabitant Husband
Remarks: G) The consent Of tbe
men in the said choice is unnecessar,.
t2) the man on whom such choice falls
has no right to make any protest what.
soever against the infringement.
THE right to choose from a number
OF girls VINO have reached their eigh.
teenth year is given also to men.
THE opportunity to choose husband
or wife is to be presented once
month.
The Bureau Of Love is autonomous
"Men between the ages of nineteeo
and fifty have the right to choose from
among the registered women, even with
out the consent of the latter, in the in
terests of the state.
Children who are the issue of these
unions are to become the property of
the state"
The decree states further that il
has been based on the excellent "exam-
pie" of similar -decrees already issued at
Luga, Kolpin, etc.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

crimes are paid for. The Allied fleets are
to enter German ports.
If Germany tries to evade the armls-
tice terms, or the peace terms, she Will
only invite harsher terms. If she sabot-
ages her wealth. she will have to settle
in provinces, ports and cities, and both
the Prussia which Frederick the Great
constructed and the German Empire
which Bismarck reared at Versailles will
vanish from the map of the new Middle
Europe.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
One Way Out of the Mooney Case

In the clamor over the Mooney case,
one possible method of giving him new
trial, despite the refusal of the United
States Supreme Court and the courts of
California to set aside the verdict under
which he was sentenced to death, has ap-
parently been overlooked. Many people
were killed in the bomb explosion Mooney
stands accused Of having caused. He
was, we believe, tried and convicted for
causing the death of but one of these.
That case is declared now to be closed
book so far as any new trial is con-
cerned. There is strong opposition to a
pardon that would let him go free.
But cannot a way be found to try him
for causing the death of one of the other
bomb victims? The evidence against him
and for him would be as available as in
the case 50 long in the courts. If the
question of double jeopardy is feared as
possible technical defence, no pardon
for the present conviction need be
granted by the Governor, who could stay
execution of sentence until the new trial
was finished. If necessary, legislation
could extend the period Of such stay.
Against this it may be argued, first,
that it is unfair to compel him to stand
trial again and, on the part of the state,
perhaps, that a conviction cannot now
be had because of the sentiment aroused
in his behalf. Neither of these argu
meats is particularly convincing. It
cannot matter much to Mooney whether
he be tried for the death of John Doe
or for the murder of Richard Roe. On
the other hand, if the states case is not
strong enough to warrant his execution
for the murder of Roe, it cannot be cer-
tain beyond the reasonable doubt on
which the law lays so much emphasis
that he killed Doe.
The procedure suggested is extraordi-
nary. But the whole case is extraor-
dinary, and any solution that permits
reopening of the case and a final decision
upon the merits, with justice done alike
to Mooney and to the State of California.
is worth all the effort necessary to OBJ
tain it.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
On Abdicutior,

X AlsER, king and potentate,
AN All the tribe of Once have -beens
Though we chorus "Abdicate."
7 is not thus we'd deal with queens:
We're bit inclined to frown
When we see, across the map,
Phyllis doff her khaki crown,
Myrtle chock her motor cap:
We would keep each natty nurse
With her spotless crown atop;
Neither are we quite averse
To the solemn lady cop:
Kaiser, king and potcnsate,
All the tribe of Oncehavc- beens,
Hustle up and abdicate--
Wen delay the case of queens.
SEYMOUR BARNARD.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
French Fears
By Bampton Hunt

RtoIyrlg'i 1918. New York Tribune
nARIS, Nov. "a NJ. Claveille. French
Minister Of Railways predicts that the
shortage of rolling stock will certain
ly increase rather than diminish owing to
the fact that 1--WE shall have TO revctual
Germany and Austria"
What Frenchmen cannot understand is
why, after having won victory in the
war that was none of their seeking. the
Allies should be expected to make further
sacrifices in order to come to the rescue
of the people who by their own thousand
fold guilt have themselves to thank for the
plight in which they are to-day.
1t is not overlooked here that by main
tanning the blockade of Germany until per-
haps the signing of peace the Allies are
practically preventing the Boches from re-
victualing themselves. AS a means of in
ducing them to sign whatever peace condi-
tions the Allies may decide to impose this
method is undoubtedly sound. The Ger
mans are anxious for a quick return Of the
days of tight waistbelts, and we are anx-
ious to have them safely placed in posi-
ton where they cannot again inAict the
awful ordeal we have suffered during the
last four years.
But it must not be forgotten that the
Germans themselves are the cause Of the
prvations they are enduring, and if any
body is to go on suffering it does not seem
reasonable, the average Frenchman argues,
that it should be the Allies
1t is feared that President Wilson may
allow himself to be too much inclined 70
treat the Boche as beaten, but honorable
enemy, with whom the dictates of human
ity necessitate resumption of friendly re-
latons as soon as possible
Your President Wilson," said middle
aged Frenchman of good position in lie
to me to-day, docs not know Germans 81
they really are. He knows only Germs''
who have lived many years in the uni'ea
States and who, in the nature Of thing
are a much better type of men than thea
brethren at home. The German people ere
distinct from all others in mentality sna
their general outlook on the world. Inei'
national character is absolutely exceP.
tionai. Consequently. only exceptions
treatment in the present juncture VIII mee'
the circumstances"
Another aspect of the problem before 'ne
Allies is suggested by The Temps, wniea'
in careful article, agrees fully with WIZ
son, that although arms bring about VIZ
tory. only justice can bring about peace
But" says THE Temps, Justice pre-
supposes good faith What is the SINGER
ity of the men who speak in the name O.
the German people?"
Hindenburg is Still under orders OF Wv
Berlin government, the journal points o''
and the declarations of that governms"'
are signed by Solf-the Solf Of last ~'h'e''
who gloated over the collapse Of huss'A'
the Solf, who, as has been unwittsngy a'-
vealed, was intrusted last summer WIZ Wv
duty of opening the oratorical ofenslss "
favor of peace. AS The Temps suss's'.
for a man who spoke few weeks ago n"us'
orders of Ludendorff. TO speak now IN ~.
name of the German democracy is no'"Rs
short of derisory.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
"The Dear Good German People"

The confscated rolling stock which Ger
many is now whining about was stolen
from US in 1914. We are going to take
back these locomotives and GERS so we can
rush supplies to our own starving people
in Northern France and Belgium.
There is one thing France cannot do,
and that is to distinguish between the
German government and the German peo-
pie. We must stop talking about the "bad
Kaiser' and the "dear, good German peo-
pie" In 1914 it was undoubtedly the Ger
man government that hurled itself at the
throats of France and Belgium, and hu-
manity and democracy, but it was also the
German people. And when, on the Sd of
August, 1914 speaking before the Reichs-
tag-that is, before the people of Germany
Won ollweg made his abomi-
nable statement: eyes, we have invaded
Belgium, and this is against international
law, but we are in state of necessity and
necessity knows no law" not a shudder. not
a tremor shook that good German peope:
not n cry Of indignation was raised. In 1915
it was undoubtedly the Kaiser and Tirpitz
who ordered the sinking of the Lusitania,
but when that crime became known it was
the good people of Germany who howled
with JOY and shouted with enthusiasm in
every corner of the empire
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Neither Hatred nor Weakness

Don't let US be too generous, because
with certain people generosity means weak
ness, and we have not the right to be
weak.
The spirit of revenge must find no en-
trance to our hearts There is no room
for hatred. No revenge and no hatred-but
neither must there be weakness We have
no right to be weak. Our dead forbid it,
And the voice of our dead should be heard
above all others. From their graves, over
which the earth has barely closed, we can
hear them say, Justice. Don't be too
generous"
Always remember that victory must not
be the victory of any people. 1t must be
the victory of an ideal, it must be the vic
tory of liberty and civilization, but it must
also be the victory of justice
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

TUST as we want reparation, we want
restitution. We want restitution of all
the territories occupied by Germany,
and in France we cannot make any differ
ence between the territories occupied since
forty-seven months and the territories
cupied since forty-seven years. We make
no difference between the five departments
forming the provinces of Champagne and
Flanders and the five departments forming
the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
Just as we want reparation and resti
tuition, we want guarantees. eve must
have complete restitution at once, and we
demand real guarantees for the future. A
society of nations is a splendid thing, but
we formed such league at The Hague in
1907, with forty-four nations pledgng
themselves to keep the peace. In the
future we need q deterrent as we'll rs a
pledge. We must have guarantees that
will enable our children and our children's
children to live in security without fear"
And we believe that the best guarantee
against the repetition of such crimes is to
punish the criminals.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

beneficiaries of all this systematic house
breaking and pllage.
And here is example of how the dear,
good German people appreciated these rob-
berries. Here is letter recently forwarded
to me and which was found on German
officer made prisoner by the French
troops:
"Mansbach, July 3.
Il have safely received the twenty-one
parcels, and many thanks for them wish
you could have been there on Saturday, at
the unpacking of the FIVE parcels, which
received together, to hear the remarks
made at the sight of the pretty drawers,
the petticoat the shirt, the little bonnet
and the shirtwaist. One could see that
they came from well-to-do people 1t would
be best if you could go back to such places;
you might find more things. Everything is
useful to us. YOUR MOTHER"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
SHOES G. SHIPS G.
SEALING WAX
sPOILs OF WAR

In the wood. in the ruined wood
Where War hath been and gone
No tree top spreads Ieafy screen
From fail of dusk to dawn
For feathered guests that would bide
Till the curtain of night was drawn
To the wood to the silent wood,
AS silent the dead,
Four footed folk creep in the dusk
Creep, creep, with mufled tread
But at the dawn they stink away
Their muzzles dripping red.
In the wood in the shattered wood
AS dawn illumes the east
crow sits a splintered trunk
And summons to the feast
His carrion crew, who speed to share
The banquet of the beast.
To the wood to the evil wood,
The evil wood-folk HE;
Busily at their crimson trade
With beak and snout they pry
Under tangles Of withered leaves
Where shapes that stir not lie
In the wood in the darksome wood,
There is little glen
Where bird and beast do wend and where,
Beyond all mortal KEN
Clad in the livery OF war
Lie things that once were men.
In the wood, in the war-racked wood,
Wars hands have reared mound
OF leaf and branch and earth and rock
With shattered tree trunks crowned
In tribute to the dead folk who
Beneath the bulk lie bound
In the wood, in the stricken wood,
They sleep. beyond wars scourge,
Slow bending into natures mold
While grasses round them surge
To weave living shroud for them
And the west wind sings their dirgc.
In the wood. in the charnel wood
The fingers of the
Pluck at the mound, till through the riffs
The golden glimmers run
And CLEAN of glory kndles on
Crosses for valor won.
H. c. W1LTBANK.
When charity campaigns lay off print
ing the names of the wedlthy aVho haze
given large amounts, We'U admit that
there is hope eventually of civiliSimg the
aUorld
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Systematic Pillage

When in July, 1918, the American boys
entered Chateau-Thierry they found stacks
Of parcels ready for shipment, containing
all the linen, silver and jewelry of the un-
fortunate inhabitants. To whom were
those parcels addressed? Not to the bad
Kaiser" but to the women of Germany, to
the old men of Germany, to the good Ger
man people, who were the accomplices and
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
CHEERING UP ALEX

We learn that Alex. Crspen. of Panther Lake,
is seriously ill with the influenza.
Sixty years ago this month the first grave
was opened in the Andover Cemetery, Novem-
Der. 1858.
---Andover Correspondence, NeW Jersey Herald.
"American Forces A Adranced to Soil of
Late Enemy" says an "Americdn" head
line.
When, ave are inspired to ask, did zoe
make peace With Germany?
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Outwitting Mr.. Creel
New York, Nov, 23, 1918.
From Thc yoronto ,you o,a r.,,

From Thc Toronto MaR and Empire)
1t is possible now to disclose the fact
that "An Atlantic Port which has figured
prominently in the dispatches in the past
couple OF years, was none other than New
York.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Croundless

From The Kansas Cttu Sta,l
Lots of longer skirt rumors are heard
these days, but none of them is confirmed
by The Associated Press.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

You can purchase merchandise advertised In The
TRIBUNE with absolute safey-for II dissatisfaction re-
suits In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon request. No red tape No uul6hi'ns
We make good promptly II tho advertiser does net
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
Food (?) for Germans

"Why not start something about what
sort of food We'll send Germany?" pro-
poses Haywood Broun, II say, let's send
them tripe and parsnips."
All right, Haywood Well, folks,
what do you think we ought to send 'em?
"Eveny time l try to telephone" says
Uncle Abimelech Bogardus, of Preok-
ness, N. j., 81 thank the po1vers that
the gup'ment meuey thought of tokin'
orer my farm, for DURATION"
f. F. V.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26
"Loot With ZeoW

And again.
"Griemitschau, Saxony, August II, 1918.
Il am very glad that you can send me the
parcels of linen, for | can use everything.
Send me what you can, for there is nothing
left here. hope you can send me thread
for stockings Send nothing to any one but
me, for nobody thinks of me. Since four
years of war / have received nothing for
my children. All the others are receiving
things. Times are growing harder and
harder. Couldn't you send me some choco-
late, if you find some? Loot with zeal. I
would prefer to go there myself with my
big sack, to collect everything which could
use. Have you got some good soap? If
you can find me some underwear send it t.
me. Anyway, send me anything you cal.
steal, for | can use everything"
| don't believe there's a woman in the
United States who would ever write a let
ter like that.
Such a letter, which no American womah,
no French woman would have ever written
or signed, gives little idea of the character
of the people We are dealing with. The
dear, good German people" There is no
good German--except the dead Germans
And us, let us remain steadfast, strong and
unltcd-steadfast, because the danger is
not yet completely over; strong because
Germany understands only strength:
united, because union gives US victory
New-York tribune., 1918-11-26

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