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Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
STATUS QUO POST BELLUM.

Since Bill Hellenxollern b feeling Tor
peace,
At breakfast and dinner and tea,
I may as we'll tell him-by creel releases
Just when he will get it--maybss--
When . inter- den Linden 10 labelled Broad
When the Thiergartsn's called Luna
park;
When ali Of the Huns that are left can
play
The game of base ball in the dark.
When the chicks Of the "Follies" pick
Johns at spa:
When the Albany boats sail the Rhine;
When the kids Of Berlin call the Presi-
dent Pa,
And the grown-ups all toast him with
wine.
When Bill Sunday in Hunland the devil
combats
When tin lizziss toot-toot in Vienna:
When sapolio flashes from Leipzig to
Gratz
In electrics a. bright a. aehsnna.
Whom the palace at Potsdams an auto
mat;
When Gerard IL the mayor Of Cologne;
When the crown prince in Harlem has
bought = flat
And IL using tbs place a. throne.
When all Of this happsns--and very much
When we're ne longer Yankees. but
Yaps:
When we've put on our sarmufhs and
locked every door.
Why, we'll listen to peace talk perhapsi
OLIVER OPDYKE in N. Y. Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
People and Events

The celebrated rumor factories of Amster-
dam and Rotterdam, and the whispering CALLER
les of Copenhagen and Stockholm, so far out
distance Rome in product that the Eternal city
seems lost in the dust. Time was when Rome
had all competitors limping far in the rear.
Where the chatter of world politics sounded
like quadrupled band now is silence as solemn
as the byways of the Forum Much of Rome's
laures passed to the northern neutral capitals.
Geneva and Berne are plucking the remainder,
War optimists monopolize the public ear
these stirring days. Political optimists scarcely
get word in edgeways. Still, the latter hold
the endurance belt unchallenged. No matter
what befall, even though calamity looms ahead,
the genuine political optimist glimpses only the
sunshine of victory in the des of November.
Back in New York City 100000 men and Ala, 700
women voters have registered, the largest in the
city's history AS party spokesmen view the
huge figures victory is sure to<perch in both
camps. Registrars will do the talking later on.
Soldiers in United States camps may vote,
but must not be pestered with campaign litera-
ture. These regulations leave the home papers
buttressed as missionaries of enlightenment.
Not the least of the noiseless upheavals Of
war is the mysterious disappearance of the red
neckties from mans pulsisS Aeat
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Austria's Diminishing Prospects.

The note just dispatched to Vienna by
President Wilson may be taken as fairly deter
mining the fate of Austria. To say that the
suppressed nations, so long held under Austrian
depression, are to declare for themselves what
their future relations with the empire will be is
to practically settle its ACKNOWLEDGMENT. AL
ready the Hungarian Diet has in so many words
denounced its alliance with the empire and pro-
claimed the independence of Hungary. The
Czecho-Slovak republic was formally promul-
gated on Friday, and while this may be but q
preliminary and pro forma move it is an earnest
of the temper of the peoples concerned. There
fore, the Austrian empire probably will shortly
dwindle to the estate Of the original archduchy,
and the oldest and proudest Of European dy-
nasties will come to its end. The Hungarian
maneuver is quite interesting. as it involves the
status of the Slovaks who have so long borne
with their Magyar overlords. Whether these
latter hope, by seeking separate peace, to
escape from the full effect of the Wilson dictum
is not certain, but it is not likely they will be
left undisturbed in control of Slovakia. The
breaking up and reformation of the kingdoms of
central Europe, now under way is going to be
a process of tremendous interest to Americans
for many reasons, not the least of which is the
effect it will have on the outlook for early
peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Poland ON Acid Test

The long, long way to peace through Ger
man discussion of President Wilson's fourteen
points is we'll emphasized by Mr. Roman
Dmowski, president of the Polish national
council at Paris. Mr.. Dmowski sent message
to be read at Liberty loan meeting in Chi
cago, in which he pointed out that the thir-
teenth item of President Wilson's peace pro-
gram dealt with the independence of Poland,
IAN independent Polish state" including all the
territory inhabited by indsputably Polish pop
ulations. (which should be assured free and
secure access to the sea"
Mr.. Dmowski shows that such Polish state
would include Prussian Poland Would Gert
many give up Posen, Polish Silesia the Polish
part of west Prussia, including Dantzig and
that part of east Prussia that is Polish2 Would
Germany thus agree to the creation of strong
barrier between herself and Russia thus re-
nouncing all hope of exploiting Russia? If she
would. then Mr. Dmowski admits that the sense
of right and justice will have penetrated into
Germany. But he reminds his hearers that the
Poles know Germany through 1000 years of
struggle against German greed. German lies and
German brutality. 1--WE have had bitter expert
ence," he says, (which have taught US not to
nourish vain hopes. Germany will never sin
cerely accept the thirteenth point of President
Wilson's program"
President Wilson's questions had hardly be-
come known in Germany before the newspapers
of Berlin announced that two of his peace items
must be considered rejected offhand, those re-
lating to Poland and Alsace-Lorrane.
There are many ways of demonstrating that
Germany does not actually accept the presi-
dents peace program. One acid test is Poland
Germany will never let go her grip upon Poland
until the allies smash her military power
Washington Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
STANDING BY THE PRESIDENT"

Every democratic spouter in the country 10
making appeals ito vote 'er blind" on pretense
that only through that party can the president
have dependable support In prosecuting the
war Judge c. M. Skies, an upstate candidate
for state SENATOR is quoted as saying:
The American people reelected Lincoln
and his party in 1864, when his job was I'M
finished, and we stood by Taft and his party
in pS in waging war and making peace.
The Judge Is unfortunate in his historic al
lusions. In 1864 the democrats nominated
George B. Mcclellan and did their utmost to
defeat Abraham Lincoln, their Chicago con-
vention adopting resolutions declaring the war
failure. In 1898 Mckinley was president, and
how did the democrats support him?
A measure authorizing the issue of $600,000,-
600 in bonds to finance the Spanish-Amercan
war activities of our government was passed.
In the senate only seven out Of thirty-four
democrats voted for it, and in the house only
six out of $50 democrats could cast aside party
lines to support the president with necessary
funds. One of these six was Amos ]. Cum
mings of New York. On May 3, 1898, Champ
Clark said, turning to Cummings:
If it were notffor my personal affection
for the gentleman from New York, would
inaugurate movement among the democrats
in this and the other end of the capitol to read
out of the democratic party, by name, every
man who voted for the bond bill the other
day. Genuine democrats do not propose that
such action shall be charged to them.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, then a
member of the lower house of congress, fol-
lowed Mr.. Clark with an even more bitter
TRADE against the democrats who had voted
to supply money wherewith to support the
American army in the field. He wound up:
On this side of the house there arises now
and then, as did my friend from New York,
the distinguished and honorable gentleman,
Amos Cummings, who advised this assembly
that he put his country before his party"
and under his leadership certain gentlemen on
this floor, calling themselves democrats,
found it agreeable to support the measure
(the war bond issue). For myself am tired
of this constant prating cry of patriotism,
which is ever invoked on the floor of this
NIT constitutional wrong. I say that with
the true democrat there can be no such cry
as my country before my party.
That was the attitude of the democrats in
congress in lS9S-party before patriotism.
"Jimham" Lewis is now the recognized spokes-
man for the administration in the senate. Does
he still revolt at the cry of patriotism and is he
still putting his party above his country Will
the voters be fooled by the cry that none but
democrats are patriotic enough to be trusted
with the government OF the country!
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Save the Heifer Calves,

Omaha, Oct. 10.-To the Editor of
The Bee: A few days ago l was
talking to some butchers from one
Of the packing houses and they were
telling Of the killing Of calves. I
said to them that l supposed more
male calves than females were killed,
but they told me it was just the
other way. One man said he knew
of one bunch of 1900 calves that
were killed and that at least 900 Of
them were heifer calves, and he said
it runs that way all of the time. If
these statements are true, 1t is high
time law was passed to curtail the
killing Of heifer calves. l would be
in favor of law that would forbid
the killing Of female calves under 2
years Of age.
If there Is going to be conserva-
ton, as there surely will have to be
very soon, the best way to begin Is
to save the heifer calves. For one
l do not eat veal, and have not for
the last five years, and my reason is
that 1 want to see the calves of the
country saved instead of being
slaughtered as they are being by the
hundreds of thousands every year.
Until law can be passed to save
heifer calves everyone should stop
eating veal unless they are positive
that the veal Is not from heifer
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21

Omaha, Oct. 8.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Referring to a letter in
this evenings Bee, a pastor wishes
to have the church exempt from the
closing order on account Of the
"fu" because God will take care
Of His own"
There Is very large section Of
Christians and non Christians, both
inside the church and out, who find
no evidence that God ever protected
Daniel or anybody else from the
lions" or the fiery furnace, who do
not believe that He Is so partial as
to suspend the laws of nature for
anybody or that under the same
conditions the "fu" germ will be
more considerate in getting in his
work in a church building than in
any other place where people as
semble.
The church needs, nor should 1t
ask, any special privileges Of the
commonwealth, and it stultifles itself
when it asks it.
The days Of the state-governed, or
fostered or protected church are
going, and should have gone centur-
les ago. Success to the church and
all the righteousness for which 1t
stands. but when the "fu" and pa
ralysis and the smallpox are abroad
the doors OF its assembly rooms had
better be closed. A. B. BROWN.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Wireless Girds the World

A few years ago the news that a wireless
message had enveloped the globe would have
been astonishing, would have been the news of
the day. News values have altered since August
|. 1914, and yesterday the report of this event
was printed briefly. News value is an express
sion which, being translated, means what peo-
ole are interested in" and in these days proper
lions are altered.
The short report we printed yesterday was
that direct communication between England and
Australia, a distance of $4,000 miles, had been
established. Twelve thousand miles is half way
around the globe But since the Hertzian waves
move equally in all directions, this message
moved also in the opposite direction to that in
which it was aimed and covered the other $4,000
miles. 1t did more than that; it enveloped the
entire globe in every direction. Puck offered
20 spread girdle around the world; this scien-
tifc Puck changes the girdle into mantle.
That however, is feature of the report
which only tickles the love of the marvellous
The practical side of it is not the enlightenment
Of the globe, but the sending of the message to
The intended receiver of it halfway around the
circle. The messages were received with per-
feet clearness" They went from the Marconi
station at Carnarvon, Wales. to the Amalgama-
ted Wireless company of Australia at Sydney.
The Astounding achievements Of science during
hthe war. MANY of them directly caused by the
lar, are getting little attention compared to the
-upsoody drama itself, but after the war they will
= Sme into their own--New York Times
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Voting in the South.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 1S.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: was much in
terested in your editorial entitled
franchise In the Solid South"
Very few people Of the United States
realize how many voters in the
solid south" are denied the right to
vote. Although our constitution
guarantees the right Of suffrage to
all, with very few exceptions 1t is
dangerous for negro to attempt to
vote in many Of the southern states.
If he insisted on his constitutional
rights he might be hanged or shot
without any formality, and the
event would not create enough ex-
element to be published in a local
town paper Many white men also
are denied the right to vote in Mis-
sissippi and other southern states be-
cause they do not own a certain
amount Of property. In fact, the
south is q hotbed Of political cussed-
ness and tyranny unequalled any
where by a people claiming to be
democratic.
hear so much sung Of the
Sunny South" that glorious land Of
Dixie, but such praise sounds hollow
TO me. That land is ruled by a
clique Of politicians who deny the
right to vote to thousands of Ameri-
can citizens, In defiance Of the con-
stitution.
Your editorial did me good. I
would like about 5000, 900 voters to
get wise to his fake idea that the
south Is the home Of democracy.
A YANKEE
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Around the Cities

Personal assessments of New
Workers this year increased $780,
100000, and recently assessments
jumped s146,0OO,0O0. These are
tentative figures, which suggest an
unusual volume of business during
the swearing-off period.
Minneapolis stands out this year
as a rare model of municipal econ
omy. A reduction in the tax rate
for 1919 has been decreed. The size
OF the cut is not so important as the
fact that the taxing authorities re-
fused to join in the wartime squeeze.
A new lease Of life seems assured
to Madison Square Garden, New
Yorks famous auditorium. The TAX
ing over Of the Grand Central palace
by the government diverts consid-
cradle new business to the garden,
insuring operating expenses and
some over.
Down near Pacific Junction Or
chardist Henry Evernham scores a
$4,000 apple crop from 100 acres.
The record is exceptional in Iowa
this year, and is credited to Missouri
river water percolating vitality
through bottom lands. Wayne
county (Nebraska) apple kings will
please sit up and take notice.
According to the high signs of the
trade in Chicago shoes costing sew
eral plunks more than the official
maximum of $12 pair will continue
to be sold until the stock is exhaust
ed. Footwear costing SIS and $40,
as the trade views the tag, is not
unreasonable, considering the excess
Of leather needed for Chicago fit.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Bound About the State

York News-Times, referring to the
fourth Liberty loan drive. says 1.-THE
country has gone over, but It looks
like the big cities had gone under
The bigger the city the greater are
opportunities for hiding and dodgins
duty.
Dollar weeklies are rare prints
these wartimes. Even the S1,50
weeklies are getting as scarce as
they are improbable. Crete News
is the latest driven from 81 20 $3.50.
The 50 mark is the popular limit,
and any weekly worth its salt Is
worth 50 year.
What happened to the surplus
apple crop of Wayne county remains
a mystery in that section. The
Wayne Herald maintains an air of
unrnffied innocence, like the cat
which absorbed the canary. AS none
of the pippins were green enough to
disturb the interior department the
Herald plays safe in putting over an
air of innocence.
York. News-Times scents an ap-
preaching hour when consumers will
rise in their might and lambast
profiteers in vital spot. "The con-
sumner pays the bills coming and go
ing" observes the York prophet.
HE Is getting a tired feeling that
no amount of Washington hot air
will ne able to dispel." Lead on,
York. Start something!
Berlin, Otoe county, sticks to the
news map, although it has ceased to
be Berlin. The precinct was one Of
the first civic divisions to 60 over
the top with its Liberty loan quota,
and treasury officials placed the
achievement at the top of the score
board of 100 per centers. The Ber-
lin Of bygone days Is renamed Otoe,
In Otoe precinct, Otoe county.
In a garnet corner Of a farmers
house in York county, neatly blan-
keted from prying eyes and cold
weather, reposed a surplus hoard Of
flour. The hoarder seemed as much
surprised as the discoveries, but his
greatest surprise came when he was
persuaded to hand over a fine of
$3.50 to the Red Cross, besides send.
ing the surplus back to where he
got 1t.
Look, look, what have we here?
A 2S-page boom number Of the AL
lance Semi Weekly Times, overflow
ing with fairness and booster meat.
Pictures, penwork and potash IL
lumines the highways, which, like
the roads of Rome, lead to the "best
city in western Nebraska" If there
be doubters, let them read the Times
and be convinced. Aside from its
quality as a community write-up,
the number is notable sample of
artistic nrint-shnn work
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Over There and Here

Since the allied drive began, July
| IS, 100000 Hun prisoners have been
| captured and counted. This week s
haul will push the score over the
half-million mark. The labor prob
lem Of the allied armies seems fairly
well settled.
Charles H. Grasty, writing from
Paris to the New York Times, re-
ports that competent authorities be-
lieve Rheims cathedral can be "suffi-
GENTLY restored to maintain its rank
among the worlds art treasures"
Only the walls remain.
A former East St. Louis man serv-
ing with the colors in France tells
the home folks in a letter Of the
12Sth infantry going into the trench
es for it's turn and coming out with
out the loss of man. The Huns
gave them hot time for eight, days,
but never touched EN-.
The newly elected king Of Finland,
Prince Charles of Hesse, brother-in-
law of the kaiser, is known at home
as "the Eddie Foy Of Germany" He
Is the father of three sets OF. twin
boys. Aside from this his main
achievement, like other princelings
is that of living off the state and
looking wise.
Investigation by the district attor-
ney's office into war charities in New
York reveals over 100000 con-
tributed by patriotic people since
April, 1917, squandered or diverted
to the pockets Of smooth workers"
Very little Of this crooked work
comes to the surface now. Grand
jury indictments and prosecution
put the war crooks out of business.
October prices for milk, butter
and potatoes in London range from
1914 cents quart for milk, 81 cents
pound for butter and $1.45 a
bushel for potatoes. The principal
articles of food in Great Britain
average 116 per cent advance over
the prices of July, 1914. Prices Of
necessaries on this side equal the
British jump, and we have scarcely
begun to fight the profiteers.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
an Wars Red Glare

Douai, the French city just libers
ated from the Hun invaders. traces
its history back to the seventh Gene
fury. Its site. has been trodden by
battling armies for 1000 years. A
strange feature of Its history Ii that,
| In the sixteenth century Douai was o
haven of liberty for English Catho-
| lies exiled from home and by them
was produced the Douai version OF
the Bible, in use by English speaking
Catholics throughout the world.
Three centuries later the English as
sisted in liberating the exiles' refuge
from the Huns Of modern times. In
peace times Douai had a population
Of $4,000 and q score of thriving in.
dustries.
There was a hot time In the old
toWu of BRUCE when the allied lib
orators drove in and chased the in
vaders. For BRUCE Is quite an old
town. redolent with memories Of the
counts Of Flanders and dukes of
Burgundy. who there held forth and
fought and feasted, regardless OF ex.
pense. Its name, THE Bridge"
\ sprang from primitive structure,
the first that spanned the sluggish
river Reye. In the height of its
glory and opulence. centuries ago, 1t
| was known as the "Venice of the
north" being bisected by canals and
enjoying the commercial advantages
of an inland seaport. These advan-
tages long ago vanished. Canals and
river long unused filled with silt. and
the town relapsed into commercial
| decay. Still the city preserved its
charm for studious tourists. archae-
ologists and artists. and was es-
teemed by the latter "the mother Of
the arts Of Flanders"
Beirut, one Of the latest detectives
| Of the allies, Is the chief seaport on
the Syrian coast Of the Mediterra-
mean and one Of the most ancient
settlements Of Phoenicia. More than
! half the population of the place is
European and American and foreign
capital is heavily invested there. The
town Is beautifully situated in the
narrow, garden-girt coast-plain at
the foot Of the Lebanon.
Baku, the Russian port on the
Caspian sea, which has fallen into
the control of the enemy, Is a city of
about 100000 Inhabitants and lays
claim to rank next to Petrograd and
Moscow In Industrial Importance.
Baku has petroleum industry that
produces raw material to value of
$50,000,000 yearly, and Is the dis
tributing center to the huge agricul-
tural regions Of the Caucasus, the
Transcaspia and northern Persia.
Durazzo. the seaport town on the
coast Of Albania, which has just
been bombarded by the allied war
ships, was place of considerable
Importance and splendor In ancient
days, but since 1t came under the
sway Of the Turks at the beginning
Of the sixteenth century It has fallen
into city Of sorry dilapidation. In
ancient history 1t occupies q place az
the scene Of julius Caesars last sue
cessful resistance In his struggle
with Pompey.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Storyette of the Day.


Senator Lewis said on his return
from France:
II hope that Our war decorations
for valor will be given with a more
sparing and a juster hand. than has
been the custom in the past.
You often see across the water.
a shabby private, minus a leg or
an arm, with a single modest deco
ration on his breast, and you then
say to yourself That decoration was
earned But often, too often, you
see politicians and elegant young
princelings whose breasts are a
jingling glitter of decorations, and
before this sight you say nothing.
You just shake your head.
,'One day at a dinner noticed
three decorations on a personage's
tunic, and I murmured maliciously
to the Frenchwoman at my side:
"'Can you tell me, madame, why
the duke got those three decora-
tions?' :
"'To be sure I can said the
Frenchwoman. He got his third
decoration because, he had two, and
his second because he had one, and
his first because he had none"
Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-21
Collins and Henri,

hunt in the Powder River country,
Wyoming.
The Evening Star club was organ
lied in Lewis Hall, Thirteenth street.
About fifteen members were present
and elected D. P. O'Connell presi-
dent and w. J. Ford, secretary.
A very pleasant party was given
to Miss Maggie McShane and her
friends at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Taggart, Walnut
Hill.
A grand fair is to be held in Ex-
position hall for the benefit of St.
Joseph's hospital in the near future
c. w. White has returned from
trip to Wisconsin, where he is
heavily interested in the pine reg
ions.