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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

Greetings, are you also
having difficulty finding a
plOw?
(And how we do hate to
spade sod grOund.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

Is this more Hun prOpa-
ganda? We just received y
package Of seeds from Con-
gresham Johnson, and on the
package somebody had print
ed $500 Penalty for Private
Use."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

providence is always on the
side of the last reserves"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-04-13

Lieut.. Granville A. Pol
lock, aviator, stepping from
the sky right into the columns
Of The Times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Without Irony

The All-Russian Congress of Soviets
at Moscow, on the point of deserving
the anti-Teutonic alliance, pauses to
adopt a resolution thanking the Ameri-
can people, ESPECIALLY the laboring and
exploited masses of the United States"
for President Wilson'S message of SYM
pathy to the Russian revolution.
They say it without irony or malice.
We are sure of that. 1t is the voice of
a people infantile in it's politics and
terrible in it's souls simplicity. 1t is the
retort of people who could say with
gloomy despair: Better that the war
were lost than that one Mooney should
be hanged, one anarchist be suppressed
or one profiteer go unpublished"
The Bolsheviki were not intended for
an imperfect world, Their feud with it
is irreducible. They will have perfec-
ton or nothing, and their intolerance is
infinite. No two of them would accept
the millennium.
They are almost as helpless with them
selves and each other as with the Ger
mans.
1t is impossible to hate them, to up
braid them or to hold them responsible.
One must weep and let them go. There
is yet war to fight and win.
1t is not the kind of war any Boil
shevist thinks it is. It is not war for
capitalism or against it, no more a war
primarily for the "cultAre and we'll
being of those who toil' than for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the rich.
The most fantastic of all Bolshevist
notions is that the capitalist is promot-
ing a war which threatens in so many
ways the ramifcations of private prop
erty. No one can say for sure that the
institution of private property will itself
survive as we have known it before, or
survive at all.
It is war against the power that has
betrayed every trust of human nature,
including that of the Bolsheviki.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Vengeance in the Air

Detailed horrors of the German air
raids on London and Paris obscure the
bald official statement of British aerial
attack on Mannheim. 1t does not occur
to us to wonder how Germany, with her
shrinking pilotage, can afford to lose six
teen trained hiers and four Gotha planes
IN one attack.
AS matter of fact, she cannot. Ger
man air raids over French, British and
Italian cities no longer represent cacu-
lated frightfulness. They have become
reactions Of rage and terror. For the
Allied air drive against Germany has al
ready begun.
There have been hints Of this for some
time chiefly from London. Bonar Law
felt confident enough Of Allied superior
lty IN the air to announce it in Parlia-
ment as an accomplished fact and def
mite offset to the approaching prepon-
derance of German artillery. Official
figures have been issued showing that
the British airmen drop seven bombs to
the Germans one. A brief item (from
German source) appeared the other
day showing that even in Bavaria, which
cannot be the principal field of Allied
attack, the material damage from hos
tile raiders was increasing at such d rate
that the state had been asked to repair
it. And Allied air squadrons cruising
over German cities along the lower Rhine
in broad daylight and returning without
the loss of a machine are now matter
of almost daily occurrence.
The heart of German industry and the
arteries of German distribution, both for
troops and supply, lie along the Rhine
They cannot be moved
But the terrific meaning of this shift
to the offensive is not apparent until one
figures by periods. In eleven weeks, dat
ing from December /, British airmen
alone dropped 1912 pounds of bombs on
thirty-five places within the German bor'
ders. What will happen when America
has her wings?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Prospecting Peace With Japan

Our neighbor "The Evening Post" has
been doing notable work toward build
ing up more friendly relations with the
England Of the Far East 1t published
yesterday its third Japan Number"
containing fine array of notable arti-
cles dealing with the remarkable growth
and development of the Island Empire.
"The Evening Post" does excellent ser
vice in urging the sending of an Ameri-
can mission to Japan. We can think at
this time of no diplomatic venture likely
to bear larger fruit
The horrible war in Europe and our
own baffied endeavor to take part in it, in
the measure we would, have at last re-
yealed the unlimited Stiffness, on physical
grounds alone, of the bugbear of an at
tack from Asia
If America, with its hundred millions,
its steel production equal nearly to the
rest of the world, its manufacturing and
financial strength in similar proportions,
cannot make itself effective in the Euro
pean War, three thousand miles away,
need no longer waste our fears on any
people six thousand miles away.
But, more than all this, we have every
reason to cultivate the friendliest of re-
lations with this newest conner among the
great powers. In this, however, we have
displayed an insularity, to say nothing
more, scarce in keeping with rich and
generous nation.
Inc Japanese are a sensitive and
high-spirited people. They have a natu-
raj pride in the quite wonderful adanta-
oility they have shown in taking on the
ways OF the West and creating in the
Far East great modern industry.
There never was time more ausni.
cious for making Japan our firm and in
alienable friend. They have shown a
scrupulous regard for their pledges, their
treaties. 1t took the United States two
years and eight months to decide that il.
rad any part or interest in the diabo]ical
outchery in Europe. 1t did not take
Japan forty-eight hours TO affirm its
strict adhesion to it's pacts and pledges.
1t went further. 1t has repeatedly Of
1ered TO send not merely its feet, but its
army, TO the aid of the Allies. 1t may
now be called upon TO do vital and al
most decisive service in this struggle.
1t would be measurelcss stupidity for
the United States to take an attitude Of
covert hostility, az the Howling Hearsts
and other Of the insidious enemies Of a
better understanding among nations
would like to bring about
a mission To Japan now might accom-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Over Forty

The notable thing in the career of
James Stillman was that he was past
forty when he became banker. When
he took charge Of the National City it
was one of the lesser banks even of New
York. He lived to see it become one of
the two or three great banks of the
world.
Its deposits had grown from around
twelve millions to near half a billion.
And this was his ambition. Yet it is
said of him that when he took up this
new work he had no desire to become
financier. He had been successful in
business and would have much preferred
to follow the softer side of life in travel
and the enjoyments which leisure may
bring. 1t was a rather striking instance
of conditions and environment creating
or revealing great talent
His career was not unlike that of his
close associate, Mr.. Hartman. The
latter had retired from active business
and was long past the meridian when a
situation called him back to reveal him
as one Of the greatest railway managers
and upbuilders the country has had
This is the stuff of Cromwells, and.
like the great Commoner, had either of
these men died at forty the genius they
possessed would have remained unknown
and undemonstrated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Scandinavia Next!

Sweden has had a rude awakening.
From the beginning of the war until the
terms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty became
public her court, her government and her
ruling classes wess stanchly pro- German.
They had been fed on German propa-
ganda, which had craftily played on Swe-
dish dlstrust Of Russia and the haunting
fear that the great Colossus Of the North
was planning to blast way across Swe-
den and Norway to the free water of the
Atlantic
ne Swedes never suspected that the
Russian Colossus had legs and thighs of
clay. They looked to Germany to pro-
tect their rights in the Baltic, menaced
from Petrograd. Yet now, when the Bal
tic has become German lake, when Fin
land has been converted into a German
dependency and the Aland archipelago, a
fortress at Stockholms door, has passed
into German control, they see that they
have much more to fear from the new
King Stork of Brandenburg than they
ever had to fear from the sluggish King
Log of Muscovy.
Scandinavia next! That is the watch
word in Berlin to-day, where an inspired
press is ringing the changes on the pro-
Ally subserviency of the Scandinavian
nations. Poland, Lithuania, the Baltic
provinces of Russia and the Ukrainian
Republic are on the preferred list of Ger
man dependencies. Are Sweden, Dem
mark and Norway on the waiting list?
The Scandinavians have every reason to
think So
The Prussian appetite for territorial
INSCRIPTIONS is historic Fed up on vic
tory, it becomes Unsuitable. All is NUT
ton that comes the VOLTS way, and past
services are easily offset by imaginary
present disservices when the victim is
ready for mastication.
If Sweden is alarmed, she has right
to be. Russia thrust her out of Finland
century ago, but left her still shadow
of what she was under Gustavus
Adolphus Now the shadow of indepen-
dence and nationality is fading out
What Finland was to her, and then to
Russia, she now faces the humiliation of
becoming to Germany. Only vassal Ger
man states can surround the Baltic once
1T becomes an inland German sea
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
FOLLOWING Wilson

PRESIDENT Wilson'S policy is the basis on
which the Moderates carry on their cam W.
p p,1i; Before America entered the war no
s,''eu statesman mad consistently advocated
any policy other than struorio y, 49,,
military force was the only weapon 70 ha
used in obtaining peace. There were MAY, nv
Moderates in Europe, but they were not
strong enough to make Roadway against th os
cry tt OF npac'fist" which was raised against
them. Now no one accuses President W.,
son of being "paciAst." and when tha ~
crates follow his lead they are on tho samo
ground. 'Ae same
IN the Moderate group are Protest,nts
and Catholics, Jews and Gentiles. FREQ trnd
efs ana protectionists. rich and poor, but
mighty few Tories '' wv
~, mere are various degrees of Moder,tos
inc Marques of Lansdownc mud 800
Eonert Cecil are both classed az Moderatas
cut considerable gulf separates then'
Lord Lansdowne is seventy-three. Lord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Am Augury

After nine months of silent reflection
the House of Representatives. has over
come its hesitation to laySvss sPfssle gious
hands on Grandfather's Clock. We have
been at war for more than eleven
months, and all the revolutionary. slam
bang spirit which war arouses has been
required to move the House from its
calm, bucolic acceptance of the principle
that in the matter of adjusting our
working hours to the suns working
hours whatever was was right.
We are rash enough to congratulate
the House on its emancipation. 1t may
be objected that the delay of Congress
in doing a simple, obvious thing. demon
strated by European experience to have
many advantages and no disadvantages.
cost the country last year from S2O,-
100000 to $40, 100000. But dollars and
cents, and economic convenience mean
little to meditatve minds to which
ancient routine is precious. The Grand
fathers Clock summer working schedule
was q strangling habit. 1t is a hopeful
thing that we have overcome it. But
it is still more hopeful thing that the
House of Representatives, NUMBERING
along in ancient grooves and faithful
to outgrown traditions and methods of
legislation, should have failed last Fri
day to respond to Mr.. Wingo's sheer:
"Well, when are you going to change,
the thermometer"
When such sheer as that has lost its
power to terrfy the House is already
on the way toward it's own liberalization
and reformation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Contempt of Court
From Case ana Common,

MRS. Carico, midde-aged and ta,kat;vo
'urallst' was appearing in a suit brought INV
her husband She insisted on loudly con,
mentlng on each answer given by the srs+
witness. Repeatedly the Judge raouos+oa
her TO Keep quiet, but she persisted in audi
ply d'sputing the words of the witness. nj
nally the Judge said:
Mrs Carlco, the court demands that von
remain quiet Unless you do SO you will be-
held in contempt" WIZ 10
Giving the judge savage look the woman
CURED: '"-
who is that old guy that kecns h,t.,n,
in all tho timer" 'e'''"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
A Week of Verse
Moment Musicale

(These two poems are from The Mssnn.
Poets. an anonymous series OF poems apn.ss,
in The BcokInan)
THE round moon hangs above the rim
81 Of silent and blue Swallowed trees
And all the earth is vague and dim
In it's blue veil of mysteries.
On such a night one must believe
The Golden Age returns again
With lyric beauty, to retrieve
The world from dreariness and pain.
And down the wooded aisles, behold
What dancers through the dusk appes
Piping their rapture as Of old, g5s
They bring immortal freedom near.'ssi
A moment on the brink of night
They tread their transport in the dew,
And to the rhythm of their delight,
Behold. all things are made anew!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

A few weeks ago we called attention
to a preposterous situation by asking
this question:: Is it possible under our
laws for an enemy alien to be a voter?
Certainly not" is the instructive an
swer
But the answer is wrong. 1t is pos
sibe for subjects of their imperial
majesties William II of Germany and
Charles VIII of Austria Hungary to
vote IN ten of our forty eight states. If
they are of voting age and have avoided
internment.
Our people fell into this trap limo
Gently Years ago many of the states,
never dreaming Of the possibility Of for
eign wars, extended the right of suf-
frage to aliens who had declared their
intention to become naturalized citizens.
These declarants are not recognized as
citizens by the United States. They are
not citizens in law or in fact. Yet thew
are voters-voters here, but still subject
to foreign allegiance.
Since the states fix their own suffrage
qualifications, the Federal government
cannot directly take away right to vote
for state officers which a state has
granted. Congress may pass and submit
an amendment to the Constitution for
bidding the states to give suffrage to
non-citiZens. That remedy has been pro.
posed by Senator Kenyon, of Iowa. But
1t takes long time to get an amendment
TO the Constitution ratified.
There is enc other thing that Congress
can DO. 1t can regulate suffrage in the
states in so far as the election of ma
tional officers is concerned. 1t can pass
a law forbdding any person not a citi-
zen from voting for Presidential and
Vice-Presidcntial electors, for United
States Senators or for Representatives.
Mr.. Flood, Of Virginia, has just intro
duced bill Of that sort, but limited so
as TO apply only to non-citizens who are
subjects of the nations with which the
United States is at war
This bill ought to 20 through unop-
posed. 1t might be subject to some con-
stitutional difficulties in peace time. But
in war time enemy aliens lose all privi
legcs. There can be no hindrance to the
governments informing those of them
who try TO register or vote. 1t is a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
The Lloyd George Puzzle

In what class does Mr. Lloyd George be-
long? II his war utterances were the only
guide he might be placed among the Mod
crates or the so-called Never Endians"; he
might even be placed with Labor. The
little Welshman" is at heart radical. an
extremist. lie is called by some an oppor
'unist' by others he is considered an UNI
bending, unyielding advocate of the "lnock
OUT policy Both do him an Injustice.
lhrough all his pre-war career he was
radical; he fought for the workingmen and
had his full confidence and loyal support
ne was regarded as a "frcbrand" by The
SOLID financial and land interests; he was
constantly in the thick of some revolution
airy movement, something which appealed to
tne masses. And then he became Prime
sinister with Tories as his chief sunnort-
ers' All the Liberal leaders maintained .
negative attitude toward him. and II is No.
yond dispute that many of them thought
ms leadership would be brief On one s;de
ne was influenced by imperialists. on tho
o'her he vas constantly reminded that this
was peoples war and that vested interests
must give way before the rights of ~
masses. viz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

scandalous absurdity that Germans and
Austrians should participate in the
election of our national and state Of
fcers. Let Congress and the ten offend
ing states-Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana
Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska
Oregon, South Dakota and Texas-con,-
blne to end this intolerable abuse
There is little difference between a
vote and a bomb in the hands of an
enemy alien.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

The lineup for imitation or sound
1nance goes on. We print on our
financial page to-day the very clear and
succinct statement prepared by the Irv-
ing National Bank. There is here no
muddled belief that soaring prices are
somehow IAN act Of Cod" OF an effect
OF the war, over which the government
can exercise no control. We know Of
no surer way to breed discomfort and
dissatisfaction with the war than by
spreading this poisonous doctrine" and
we are glad to see one more institution
OF standing set its face against the be-
hef that we can initiate bank credits and
not initiate prices at the same time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

plish almost incalculable good 1t would
be graceful and merited recognition of
q people who have already made distinct
contributions to civilization, and will, it
is evident, make many more
We very cordially second the proposal
of THE Evening Post" and hope that
the sending of such a mission may not
long be DELAYED
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
A New Weekly

y new Jewish magazine printed cxclu-
slVe!y IN English, "The New York Weekly
Jewish News made its first appearance
last week According to the editorial an
houncemcnt it will be responsive to all
great jewish movements and will devote
special attention to the Jewish woman and
nc' nome. Its twenty pages contains news,
editorials, articles, review Of tho Jo,v;sl
press, short stories, poems. serial novel
social events, woman's mage. n chi,dran,s
page, book reviews, music and drama h.
NOR. cartoons and Illustrations
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
No Straight Course

Lloyd George is brave; he is clevey. ha -
quick to sense public opinion; he is a sk;1fuI
polltielan' tine orator. a keen Judge Of
'ne dramatic. Asquth can outmanmnvra
MN IN debate; he has more logical r;nd
@nd can turn better phrase. But How'd
George knows how and when to anneal -
inc masses; he uses methods Asouirh would
shun. To-day the Tories are not SO frendlv
toward the Premier; they have changed liz,
!ie' ne mas shifted with events Lloyd GEORGE
IS Dig enough to change his mind and 70
carry ms supporters with him. To-day
Lloyd George is the British dictator h,t
dictator in the fourth year of the war is too
puroened with responsibility to steer
sefalsht course regardless of the obstacles
IN front of him. Even tank crav,,s $3.50
some or the broadcast, deepest bitches
Nofthcllife and Lloyd George are to+,,,x,
alHerent, and yet much alike. Both ars
frequently revolutionary in their metbods
Sorvncil"e nights with a sabre; George uses
a napier. Northciffe depends laree,y ,' uses
brute strength; George dances around 0p pud
ua.Zles MS opponents Both have the Same
ooJecnve' but totally different offensive
methods. They clash frequently. If ronon+,
can Dc believed, but they have n hnaa
amount of respect and regard for aas,,
other. Northcliffe is sometimes cal1od a.
greatest power in the land" That NAV ~,
true, but think the British Prem;er T.
shade more powerful "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Latest German Peace Argument

The elastic properties of rubber are be-
ing used by the Germans in their latest
missile, the bouncing bomb. This curious
device has base Of rubber SO weighted that
the bomb wher thrown through the air
strikes upon IT, The impact causes it to
leap into the air and also releases the time
fuse. This fuse is so arranged that the
bomb bursts when at the highest point
some six feet from the ground. Its destruc-
tive power is then much greater than if it
exploded while on the ground
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Columbine
CFrom The Pagan

IRON 1he Pdgdn)
Tonight am Columbine,
A fitting, soulless Columbine
With my spirit in the lust~e of my eyes
With my heart in the softness of my breast
Mine is the power of the Gods
The power to create and destroy
soulless, spiritless, am L
On clay ] alight-dull, cold, and shape!sss
To the pressure of my Quickened tread
yields
And 1T softer grows, and warm
Soft and softer--warm and warmer,
I'LL the clay pours from It's depths,
A torrent Of blood
That surges with praise and, desire
Praise and desire for me for me -
Praise and desire which pass my lifees
soul
AS the living fluid passes my heedlessiees-
Without touching it, without scorchins 7
And the clay sends forth its last in blooa'l
And it passes my feet as the love Of o
heart
And l dance, dance, dance,
Never ceasing, never firing.
Tonight | am a daughter Of JOY
A fitting, soulless Columbine.
LEoNoRA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

Robert Cecil ifty-four. Lansdowne is erect,
stately, aristocratic in appearance; Lord
Robert EBobbie Cecil" as his intinaates
call hlm) is tall. but stoop- shouldered. Both
nave har-trigger minds. Lord Robert
gives one the impression that he is diffident
IN the presence of reporters, Tut the mo-
ment he is questioned and put on his mettle
he seems to enjoy the queries. Sometimes
ne is amazingly frank; at others he fences
with marked skill. Lord Lansdowne is dig
nlhed IN the extreme; he weighs and meas
ures every word; ne is much less "human"
than Lord hobart Gail
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Wars Effect. on the Spine
(From The Eausos Gin, s,1.

'From Tie hansas CITY Stur)
John j. Collins, of Emporia, Kan, now in
France, writes: "When | was coming ovcr
here got humpbackcd looking for subma-
rincs, and now | am getting sway backed
looking for enemy airplanes"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17

purchase merchandise advertised In THE
TRIBUNE With absolute safetyfor " Dissatisfaction re-
suits In any case THE TRIBUNE guarantees to pay your
money back upon request. No red tape. No clubbing.
We make good promptly n the advertiser does not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
Shore Grass

The moon is cold over the sand-dunes,
And the clumps Of sea grasses flow 80
glitter;
The thin chime of my watch tells the qa,l
ter after midnight;
And still / hear nothing
But the windy beating of the sea.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-03-17
A Hint to MIR. Creel
tFrom The Macon Yer,o,u,b,

'From The Macon Teic0roph,
George Creel says much of the matt.r
printed about the war should he throu,,,
INTO the wastebaskct George, you will 30
member Ia himself doing considerable writ
ing about the war. WV