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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
PRESS COMMENT.
A DIPLOMATIC PROBLEM.

Problems both intricate and vital are
raised for Allied diplomacy by the British
government formal recognition of the
Czecho-Slovaks as an Allied nation
and of the Czecho-Slovak forces in Rus
sia, Italy and France as Allied armies
Such an act goes further than the British
declaration in favor of a Jewish State in
Palestine. Concerning the latter Mr.
Balfour said: '"The British government
views with favor the establishment Of q
national home for the Jewish people.
This might mean either independence or
autonomy, conceivably even under Turk
ish rule. But the Czecho-Slovaks have
their national home already; their soil
Is large part of the Austrian Empire, and
To recognize them AS nation is presum-
ably to recognize their full independence.
The British government would therefore
be pledged to the dismemberment of the
flapsburg dominions, just as Italy, by
ITS recognition of the Jugoslavs, Is pledged
TO the separation of the southern Slays
from Austria
These are obviously statements of
war-alms which may greatly affect the
course of the war itself, and the question
arises whether other Allies, America in
particular, are thereby pledged to such a
war-aims program. The presumption is
that IN matters of such primary importanc
no Allied government speaks without
consulting tho others; yet the very differ
enCe of opinion which is manifested today
rs To whether Washington will or will not
follow London's course shows that the
problem exists. Unity OF military com
mand having been achieved, events would
seem to be driving towards an Allied unity
of diplomatic action.
The Czecho-Slovaks arc Austria's
northern Slavs They stretch in n belt
about four hundred miles long and an
average of ono hundred miles deep from
the western frontier of Bohemia to the
eastern border of Galicia, with the Czechs
or Bohcmans and Aloravians as the
western branch and the Slovaks as the
eastern branch In smaller numbers
they are TO he found in Austrian Siesia.
A Czecho-Sloyak nation would be approx
mately ten millions strong Serious
enough as the problem of a separation
from the IIapsburg monarchy ls bound
to he, 1t is rendered more difficult by the
fact that the problem affects Hungary as
well as Austria proper, for the Slovaks
are almost entirely inHungarian territory.
New York Evening Post
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
SEEING THE LIGHT.

Not everybody in Germany is walking
IN darkness. There are people who have
already begun 10 see the light that IS
reflected from Foch's counter-otlcnsive
allcit they have rs vet no influence with
the government and the High Command
lnveighing against the defcatism which
is rearing its head in Cologne, Dusseldorf,
and elsewhere, even in Essen, the Cologne
Aolkszcltung administers scathlng re-
bukc to those who arc complaining:
Another defeat for us We shall lose
the war We have nothing to cat, no
clothes, no shoes We shall starve and be
utterly ruined
This is a remarkably clear statement
Of fact expressed in the fewest possible
words What these Germans are saying
j. true They have hcen beaten again.
They will lose the war They have moth
ing To eat, no clothes, no shoes. They
will Starvc and bc utterly ruined II this
luScnsatc struggle Is continued much
longer hy their masters That i newt
able
As long rs the German armies were
operating on the offensive il was easy 70
d,ludc the German people with pictures
al an ultimate German victory which
was 10 provide abundant compensation
for ali their sutierlngs. Nobody could
prove that the General stan was wrong
in lis predictions Of d strong German peace
through a military decision. The super
fclal evidence was All on the side OF the
General Staff
Whatever hardships the German people
had endured their own soil had not been
invaded and occupied like that OF the
French Their towns and cities had not
Ircn destroyed and their fertile fields
devastated ~ a ruthless enemy. They
had experienced none Of those immediate
terrors Of war which had been the daily
lot Of a large percentage OF the French
for years.
Whatever privations had to he borne,
the fact remained that the initiative still
rested with the German General staff
that the war was being fought III foreign
territory and that the German armies
were unbcatcn if not unbeatable TO
ANYBODY acquainted with the German
character it has long Lecn evident that
the German people would hold as long as
the German armies held, and that the
German morale would not begin TO break
until the German troops were everywhere
fighting on the defensive.-New York
World
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
Our Y. Nj. &. A. Men.

Wilmington has reason To be proud OF
the character and ability of the young
men who recently enlisted for overseas
Y. NJ G.. A. work II if work in which
both character and ability count, and
we know that those who go from here
will give the best kind of service. They
include business men and professional,
all of them trained in the work that has
been their bread-winning occupation.
Now those same qualities arc to be gwen
in the service of their country.
And it is n service, quite rs important
as that of the "Army of the Land and
the "Army of the Sea, as the French say
Its importance is both practical and
ethical practical, because it provides
home comforts, recreations and pleasures
for our men; ethical, because it upholds
the morale Morale is the greatest factor
in any army today; it means many things
and big things, and most of all, 1T means
the well-being of the soldiers mind; II
means vision and outlook for him, and
to our country and our cause. But the
victory will come, and much of the credit
will belong to such splendid workers as
the Y. Nj. &. A. sends overseas. Fer
sonalitv counts tremendously, and we
claim that for our Y. Nj. c. A. men, too.
Ii is thew who will not only offer the
material comforts, but the friendly hand
and cheering words, TO man worried by
affairs at home or otherwise down on his
luck" and who will do it with tact and
discretion and without condesccnsion.
1t is not an easy service, or one without
pcrils Not few Y NJ. G. A. workers
and reconstruction workers have lost their
lives since the war began They go close
10 the front line trenches; il is for them To
do whatever comes their way, and we
know that WiImington's men will not
fail in any test.
As giving always reacts upon the
givcr, so we count that when these work
CTS come back to us, they will have grown
in ability and personality, and that their
city Will have the benefit The business
men will be keener and more alert; the
professional men viii be better at their
practice, because they viii have de-
vcloped their abilities in q wonderful
School-for war is a school and their
experiences will have brought them rich
rewards, not Of money, but Of humanity
and service
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
THE EVENING SMILE.
OVERREACHING.

He had been promoted to captains
rank and decided to celebrate the occasion.
He entered a swagger Vest End restaur-
ant and did himself handsomely. The
waiter fused around, smiling and obse-
quious and expectant He brought back
the change after paving the bill and was
very wroth when the officer poeketed the
lot But there was still time and, bowling
and smiling he assisted the khaki man INTO
his coat and handed him his hat and cane
Nothing happened 80 the waiter yentured
meaningly:
Haven't you forgotten something,
SIR"
The officer started "By jove, he SAID,
Il have
lie turned and picked half-crown
from beneath his plate and put it back IN
his pocket. Everybody's Magazine.
Didn't you think the new play rather
fatuous?" 'Well no; | thought II rather
thin. Baltimore American.
''The word shighbrow' used to mean
someone excessively intellectual, but now
il apparently means some one who Is dis
agreeable well, what the difference
Life
Il say, old man, lend me an Y, will
vou2" Sorry, old chap, but there's an
algebraic difficulty in the way w hat
is IT." AN y with me is an unknown
quantity Boston Transcript.
Mrs Flatbush- rs that fact that
your cook has been married twice
Mrs BensOnhurst - \ es, and both of her
husbands left her money. We'll, | can
understand why she kneads your dough
any more y Yonkers Statesman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
NOT THE HUN WAY.

A squadron of Italian ayiators led by
Poet D'Annuuzio, sailed over Vienna
ana showered "A million manifcstoes on the
Austrian capital The manlfcstces in
brief terms. told the Austrian people of
the hopclcssncss of the Prussian cause,
and advised them to throw off the yoke
Of Hapsburgism and seek a sane peace.
They also drew attention to the fact that
instead of manifcstoes the flyers might AS
easily have dropped bombs, but the
Italians, unlike Germans, do not make
war on women and children and old men.
Earlier il the war such an exploit
might have appeared useless or even
silly. Now, with all Austria smarting
under the defeat Of the Piave and suffer
ing the tortures Of famine, the succinct
announcements, 50 freely scattered, may
have q real influence on the wretched
people
And not the least effective part Of the
adventure is the contrast drawn between
the way Of the Hun and the way Of civlllz-
ed nations 1t is gwen to the Austrlans
to consider the difference between their
subjugation to the barbarous Prussians
and a peace dictated by nations who
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
The U-Boat AggravatiOn.

The ravagcs Of the German C-hoats
along the Atlantic coast are becoming
more and more IN aggravation We say
agcravation. because tie losses by their
ravagcs. thus far have been inconse-
qucntial measured by the extent of
tonnage DESTROYED But il is aggravatlng
that they have continued their destructive
work so long without being destroyed
This week witnessed the destruction
of vessel uncomfoTtahly close 70 New
York harbor. ard Of sailing vessel Of
Cape May by one or more Of these Ger
man assassins or the sea This seems like
rubbing it in" Our people become
rcstivc under such All irritation. Many
of them. no doubt, would rather face
actuaI1angcr than submit to these petty
aggressions.
One naturally hesitates 10 crtlcise
ollr Navy Department operations 70 the
slightest extent The department has
done a magnificent work III transporting
more than q million men, together with
supplies and munitions. TO Europe, with
out the loss Of Single vessel on the out
ward voyage This Is an accomplish
ment that has challenged the admiration
OF the world. But this U-boat nuisance
for that is what il is-at home, is be-
coming unbearahle, because it IS so
irritating. Cannot something be done TO
put a stop TO II?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Thus penal Institution owned and
operated by the United States govern
mont, through sheer ignorance, had turned
loose upon the community man who was
literally bodnd TO murder.
Instances like these are more convincing
10 tho layman than any amount OF ez-
position Of psyehiatrical principles, and
they ere making Chicago a disciple Of
scientific method in handling crime. This
method is making it's way slowly but
surely. The founding Of the psychopatbic
laboratory was the first step. The estab-
lishment of separate courts, su ch az the
boys court, the morals court and do
nestle relations court, which specialize in
certain classes Of crime, was the second
The great need now is for colony where
the criminal defective, once identified can
be given permanent home under the care
of the State, and enabled 10 live without
menace 10 life and property.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
SIMPLICITY IN WAR TAXATION.

For some time now the Ways and
Means Committee of Congress has been
raking and scraping around to ind new
subjects for war taxation and 1t has
succeeded in discovering a great number
and q wide variety 1t IS now proposed
to lay special taxes on almost everything
used in one 5 daily life, provided IN some
eases il costs above u certain specified
sum Apparently the result OF the com
rnittec's dcliberationswll be tax schedule
burdensomc and annoying to the people,
easily evaded and requiring the outlay
Of great deal of money in the collection
of the war ieyics. ii seems as # a brief,
simple schedule would be far better III
every way There are so-callcd luNuries,
some Of them Of doubtful benefit to those
who indulge IN them, which may properly
be made the subjects of war taxation, but
the bulk Of the extraordinary taxes now
necessltated should be laid upon excess
profits, especially war profits and incomes.
Large sums of money must be pald
over to the national treasury 10 help
meet the enormous expense Of the war.
The average man realizes that and IS
ready to do his part without grumblng,
but he ought not to be harassed ard irri-
tatcd more than is necessary while he IS
about it, nor should evasion be made
easy for him 10y the complicated nature
Of the aW-Ohio State Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
An Admitted Distinction.

In Yesterday Every Evening was
printed letter written by A. A. Watson
of Dover, a local leader Of the now
decadent Organization faction Of the
Republican party, Tcsenting some severe
jnsinuations hurled at him III an editorial
printed in the Dover State Sentinel, the
new organ Of the Independent bolters
faction of the Republican party This
editorial, and the pcppery reply, PLAINLY
indicate the brand Of harmony that
prevails among the Republicans of Kent
county. In the words Of the old doubter
about an alleged natural history phe-
noInenon, there amt no such animal.
The Sentinel editorial that melted Mr.
Watsons vigorous reiolnder had this TO
say, at its end: Americans and RepUbli-
cans fight IN the open Americans do, at
any rate. And if the Sentinel would have
Republicans fight with them, il mus urge
them to come out from the mIre and
muck Of Republican partisan iacuonal
fights in Delaware with their Inyanable
sordid incentive and ON with patriotic
Democrats who are cordially supporting
the Federal administration in its conduct
Of the great war for Worldwide democracy
Otherwise. thev will be giving aid and
comfort to the German enemy There Is
no evading this conclusion.
Meanwhile, let the Kilkenny cat fight
Of the Republican factions IN Kent con-
tv. and elsewhere in the State, continue
The people well know where and how they
NAV find relief
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
lombard helpless cities with pamphlets
instead of INT or poison gas.-Clevelnnd
Plain Dealer
JUST FOLKS
BY Edgar A. Guest.
TOYS AND LIFE.

You can learn lot from boys
BY the way they use their toys;
Some are selfish in their care:
Never very glad to share
Playthings with another boy;
Seem TO want to hoard their Joy.
And they hide away the drum
For the days that never come
Hide the train Of cars and skates,
Keeping them from all their mates,
And run all their boyhood through
With their toys as good as new.
Others gladly give and lend,
Needless that the tin may bend;
Caring not that drum heads break,
Winding not that playrnatcs take
To themselves the JOY That lies
In the little birthday prize.
And in homes that house such boys,
Always there are broken toys,
SyInbohzing moments glad
That the youthful lives have had.
There, you'll never find a shelf
Dedicated unto self.
TOYS are made for children's fun
Very frail and quickly done;
And who keeps them long to view,
Bright of paint and good as new,
Rohs himself and other boys
OF their swiftly passing Joys.
So he looked upon a toy
When our sodiler was boy,
And somehow today we're glad
That the tokens of our lad
And the trinkets that we keep
Are n broken, battered heap.
Life itself is but toy
Filled with duty and with JOY;
Not too closely should we guard
Our brief time from being SCARED;
Never high ON musty shelves
Should we hoard il for ourselves.
1t is something we should share
In another's hour Of care
Sonnet hing we should gladly give
That another here may live;
We should never live il through
Keeping it as good rs new.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
Iiibernian knights.
Oriental Lodge h af Z.

Ifibernian knights
Oriental Lodge, X Of p
Excelsior Lodge. X Of Z
Fairfax Lodge q O. T.
Alpha Council L. O. Il c.
Local No 3l3. / B l. "
Laurel Council, L. + Of \
Liberty Lodge, A q L ".
I4randvwiue Lodge, ; of II
Columbia Lodge |. o. O. l.
St Georges Castle, X q l.
Local No 1926 G. & ! Of \
Wilmington Tlnsmith's Union
Third Ward Democratic Clth
Friendship Conclave, ; " NJ
Manitou Tribe, lmpd o. Il Nj
Star of Delaware Lodge, 5. OF b
Delaware Tribe, lmp'd O. X. NJ.
Washington Council, L +. Of \
Dihgent Council, Jr O L \ NJ
Washington Council. O I \ VI.
Jacobs Camp, No 1921. NJ " \.
Delaware Hay1nakers' Assoclation.
Lady jefferson Home Communion.
Telegraph Council, Jr o. L. a NJ.
James A. Garfield Council. ID. OF \
Canton Delaware, z NJ / q. O. L
Washington Camp, No. 4 L. q. ). \.
Wilmington Lodge, No. lS3, l.. O. Q. NJ.
Wilmington Lodge, No. Ia L. O. e. l
Plumbers, Gas and Steam Filters tnlor
Court Diamond State No 4, L. Of +. \
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

In French, the commander Of our
army in France is General ''Puerchingue.
But there is no doubt he will fight as well
under that foreign orthography as under
the home spelling.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Why are our Delaware soldiers kept
at home In camp? Their forefathers
fought bravely in the American Revolu-
ton, in the War Of 1912, in the Mexican
war; and in the great war for the preserva-
ton of the Union. Are they to be kept IN
camp inactivity at home, while Others
fight the battles of our country ON foreign
fieIds7
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

The west boasts Of beating the east
in the important work of ship construc-
ton. But wait until all the returns are in.
Also, wait for the supreme test Of the
quality of workmanship.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

There is no excuse for an able-bodied
loafer these days, and none should be
permitted to exist All able-hodied men
should be compelled, if they are in
any manner reluctant, to either work or
fphf 2
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Buy Thrift Stamps Buy War Savings
Bonds The government will use the
money in prosecuting the war, and thus
all who invest their spare cash in this
manner viii be helping along the good
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

TO think of the Kaiser calling on Austria
for reinforcemcnts During all the pre-
vious part of the war he was sending help
to Austria and cursing her for her weak
ness
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

New ships are sliding down the ways
nearly every day. We are now building
much faster than the German U-boats
can destroy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16

Iron Crosses, about $50 in box, were
among the trophies Of the Allied advance
this week. They may do nicely for SOU
! vsalw.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
RIPPING RfIY MES.
by Walt Mason.
GONE TO WORK

The village pool hall looks rs bare
as banquet hall deserted, the loaiers
used to gather there, unWashed
and fianncl-shirted But Growder's
order, "W ark or fight broke up
their long vacation and NOW the
! pool hall r. a sight. scene OF
des0lation The ratings Of the
courthouse square are shorn OF all
the slOuches, who used to drape their
persons there, and air their woes
and grouches. They hung there III
the long ago, content win their
condition, to sit and lei their Whisk
ers grow was all Of their ambition.
For living they had no excuse, their
faces showed detection; they mere
lY threw tobacco juice III every
blamed direction but now they re
working by the day, they're plowing
and they're hoing; they're rearing
. up two bales Of hay where only one
was growing To cultivate the fer
tile soil see them daily farlngi
their bones are creaking as they
toll, and they are hoarscly swearing
The dungeons Of the village jail are
empty now and drearyi no Richard
/. Roes within them wall 10 NIllles
! who are weary. The skates who
used to beat their wives and steal
their neighhors' chickens are driven
now to useful lives; they re sweating
! like the dickens. The war Is shaking
things around, from old time ruts
it's tossed us, and when it 5 done it
may be found it's worth whateer
it cost us.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-16
CHICAGO LEARNS ITS LESSON

So Chicago IS learning the lesson that
nearly all criminals are In some Way
mentally defective. that large percentage
OF mental detectives are potential crInl-
mails. and that society can protect itself
against the damage and expense OF crime
only by identifying and isolating these
detectives, who make up approximately
two per cent of the population. The
problem will be solved when these un-
f0rtunates are identified in the public
schools. and taken in charge by the States
at once
For example not long ago, boy Ia
Chicago named Pethrlck horribly muir
dered and mutilated woman and her
baby tie was identified IN the psyche
pathic laboratory as a case OF dementla
praecox of the most dangerous sort At
large in the community he WAS as sure to
kfl as Il beast OF prey Judge Olson
learned that this man boy had been
recognized in the public schools rs a
mental defective, but was considered
harmless, and nothing done about It
Under scientifically constituted city
government, this boy would never have
been allowed at large
1t Is not denied that some crime Is com
mitted by normal persons, but the
StltAllStS hlltN Jitf1b AtANaN AfAAtAN0 fAAN NV
The psyehopathic character Of most crime
is Enthusiastically revealed 70 the scientific
mind by it's nature and method Tor
instance, man named Wheed in Chicago
drove to the entrance Of large manufac-
turing plant in a brown automobile with
white wheels, got out OF his car, Ind be
hind lilac bush, murdered messenger
who was bringing the payroll from the
bank, and tried to escape with the money
The open way in which the crime was
committed and the consp cuous auto
mobile made it easy 10 arrest the criminal
and also made it reasonably certain that
he was IA defective.
GETTING DOWN TO FACTS.
The psychopathie laboratory looked up
the mans record Ii was learned that he
had served a sentence in the United States
penit entiary at Fort Leavenworth Some
letters written BY him while there were
obtained These letters proved conciu-
sively to the scientists that he was a case
of dementia praecox Of the violent sort.
His heredity confirmed this diagnosis.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-04-25
aeaAh Conditions Good in Army Camps.

The health OF troops in the Uni.
ted States continues very good,
according to U recent report t.
the Surgeon General of the Arm,
oy the Division of Field Santa.
ton. Admission, non effective
and death rates ale somewhat
higher than last report, due chief
ly to prevalence OF influenza and
bronchitis with comrliratine
pneumonia, in many Of our nor
thern camps.
National guard camps, as 8
group, continue with renarka'
bly, low rates. Very few new
Gases of measles and meningitis
nave, occurred.
National army camps. continue
0 have high sick rates as COM
Jared with camps of othergroup'
hough the rates are lower THAI
asst report. Scattering cases o
measles are reported from al
amps.