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Evening star., 1918-12-01
By FRANK H. sIMONDs.

Copyright, 1915, New York Tribune. Incl
TIME approach Of the hour when
the representatives OF the
various nations which have
been at war will meet at Yer
sailles to frame a document
restoring peace has served to concen-
1rate the attention of the world upon
the possibilities and the probabilities
of what must prove the most momen-
tous international assembly since the
congress of Vienna. And yet, despite
the intensity Of world interest, the
problems and the difficulties which
must be surmounted are as yet little
understood, particularly in the United
states.
we have had since November II one
of the most dramatic and astounding
paSeants in all human history. We
have seen the surrender OF great
nation on the battlefield, followed DS
the swift revolution within that coun,
Try which has swept away all the olo
landmarks, all the familiar forms OF
government. And While the great
enemy. Germany, was surrenderinS
and Transforming itself, Austria-liun-
gary has resolved itself into chaos
of races. At the moment when the
discussion of peace is imminent, we
are not. in the least certain that we
shall have in the case of the two
larger nations with which We have
been at war any recognized govern
ment. speaking with the sanction OF
the German people, or any concely-
sble group of representatives, col
lectively speaking. for what was a
month ago the HapsburS empire.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Dilemma in Two objectives.

IfuS, 10 lIly Q1llQ, IS the 12Ial Q1lenl-
ma which grows out OF the combination
Of two wholly dissimilar objectives at
Versailles. 1t was the dilemma faced
by the conquerors of Napoleon, who
were as eager as are the victors of to-
day to get some insurance against the
Europe, not for fifty-two months, but
for twenty-five years. hhey solved it
by separating the two objectives. They
made prompt peace with France in the
treaty of Paris, and in this treaty they
deliberately surrendered their own ma
terial claims against France that France
might not be left in a state of sullcn and
enduring resentment which would make
a new war almost inevitable.
Having done this, they went to Wen
ma and there. in real congress, un-
dertook the reorganization of Europe
and of the International relations of the
world, which was expressed in the
treaty OF Vienna, fortified by subse-
queDt agreement made between kings.
At Vienna France appeared as an
soon reasserted her old influence in
European gatherings. The decisions
made at Vienna were an abomination.
They contained the seeds of untold
wars and revolutions, but this does not
lessen the strength of the argument that
only by the separation of the two OBJ
jectives could any agreement have been
made, and had the Vienna document
been as good as it was bad it would
not have been possible if the victors of
1914 and 1915 had pursued toward
France the course we are bound to pur-
In war and in peace. in all human re-
lations, it is equally essential to fix
upon the objective. Is the Versailles
gathering to be primarily for the pur-
pose of compelling Germany. at last
conquered, to make just restitution and
hy-
lnanity? To make her repay to the
French and Belgians what she has
stolen, seized, destroyed? II SO. it is
easy to frame q treaty which does these
things and We have the power to en-
force this repayment, however long
and intricate may be the procedure
We have liberated French and Belgian
soil and reclaimed AlSace-Lorraine; the
German colonies are in our hands, as
is the German navy and the weapons
OF the army. We are occupying the left
bank Of the Rhine and we can continue
to occupy 1t until Germany pays up,
just as German soldiers stayed in east
ern France until the indemnity of 1871
was paid.
But If our first objective is to reor-
ciety. by creating league Of nations
to which all peoples willingly surrender
the right and the power to settle their
international differences. an Organiza-
ton which in the nature Of things will
be Suarantor OF things as they are,
of the map made at Versailles, Of the
surrenders made by Germany-will Ger
many, bleeding from the wounds of set
tlement. made in accordance with JUS
tice, to be sure, be a willing member
of any such association or surrender,
save for the time and language alone.
her freedom Of action?
More than this, if, for example, GER
tain nations in the number Of those as
sncSated with Germany 20 to Versailles
with the view that seeking reparation
Evening star., 1918-12-01

"why do you want such large.
lobby for a picture theater:
Got to have placefto park baby !,
rriages"-Louisville Courier-Jour-fa
nal ,d1dnr-'
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Price Is Too High.

SAHo Tic OILY
condition, of league of nations be
to make a peace with Germany which
Will make the victims of German
aggression and violence in the na ct
Tour years bear the eventual burdens
OF that aggression then it seems to
me that the price is too high, And
the danger is very real. Nor is there
less danger that We NAV be brought
to the position of seeking to lessen
the effectiveness in Britain.s hand.
of the one weapon on which orr
victory in this war depended. namely
the British navy. operating without
regard to copventions. regulating the
freedom of the seas
Even Utopia would be intoIerah,e
if in it only the red-handed murderen
were to have immunity from the con.
sequences of his recent crimes. ImereJv
because he had changed his name ar
his employer. More than this we
hear much today of healing peace. .
and certainly every one hopes that
we shall have this blessing. But
even a healing peace must be designed
first to heal the wounds of the in.
nocent victims before it strives to
cure the wounds of those who were
injured seeking to murder their
neighbors. And if any one is to bleed
to death. to follow the figure OF
speech, 1t certainly should not be the
women and children of France and
Belgium.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Second Difficulty Imposing.

So much for the first obstacle. But
there is q. second only less imposing.
At Versailles two things are to be
sought, and they are. by no means
easy to harmonize- We. the conquer
ors OF Germany. are going to impose
upon Germany the sentence of the
civilized. world. We are going to
make her. pay for her crimes in two
ways. We are going to deprive her
of certain provinces Inhabited by peo-
pie who are1;erman, not by their own
wish. but by the decision Of the sword
in the past. We are going to free the
Danes. the Poles and the Inhabitants
Of Alsace-Lorraine. In addition. we
arc going to compel Germany to pay
anywhere from SIC. coo. .00o. 900 to $780,
eo6. $4,000 as reparation for wanton
injuries done In defiance OF the &C.
ceDted rules Of war.
1hf0 10 one nusnAse on the prO-.
gram. But in addition. we. with the
Evening star., 1918-12-01
Easily Gets Privilege.

The leader of the soldiers asked the
courier what kind of treatment the
German :couriers received in Holland.
On learning that they were given an
entire railway compartment. the SOL
dier said he guessed the Dutch should
have the same privilege in Germany.
He told the courier to go to the mill
tary conmandant's office. There the
courier found an old-time officer, who
at first sternly refused permission.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
TRIBUTE EPA|D
TO GEN. PERSH|NG
Section of Pixies Peak,
Ocean-to- Ocean Highway,
Bears His Name.
GREAT NATIONAL SYSTEM

The first reconstruction work to
come out of the program for postwar
highways transport activities as be-
ing developed by the highways trans
port committee of the Council of Ma
tional Defense. is reported FROM north
ern Missouri, where the Missouri di-
vision of the Pixies peak-ocean-to-
ocean highway has been formally des-
ignated ''Pershing's transport route.
Information to this effect comes from
Harry W. Graham, director of division
No. 1. Missouri highways transport
committee.
This important initial step, aside
from the interest which attaches to it
from patriotic standpoint, marks the
beginning of a great national system
of roads which is expected to grow,
out of the transition from wartime
to postwar periods. This system.
cnce established, will mark an epoch
in the economic history of the eoun-
try, growing out. as it does. of real
ization of the need for meeting the
increasing demand for efficient high
way transport.
Modern System Is Object.
; While the reconstruction program
character as to affect practically every
industry and every interest, yet at
every turn it will De bound up with
the question of modern highway and
highway transport system. Therefore
MIR. Graham, in connection with his
work cn the Missouri highways trans
pert committee, has established the
first link in what promises to be an
historic nationwide thoroughfare.
In making an urgent appeal in BE-
half CT the movement for the early
reconstruction of the Pershing trans
port route. Mr.. Graham suggests that
every community along the proposed
road should organize "PershinS's
Hard Road Club with the end in view
of leaving no stone. unturned until the
Pershng transport route becomes a
permanent factor as Cne of the lead
ing transportation arteries of Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. Graham Explains.
Mr.. Graham tells the story as fol-
lows:
LAS manager of the Missouri divi-
sion of the Pixies peak-ocean-to-
ocean highways, formerly known as
the Hannibal and st. Joseph cross
road highway, ] have this day tNo-
vember 25. 1919, designated the Mis-
souri, division of the above highway
the "Pershing Transport Route in
honor of our great American general!
in command of the American Army Of
OCCUPATION in France.
This honor is both fitting and ap-
propriate. as this highway passes
| through Linn county, in my division
and and childhood. This highway passes
j, by the old Pershing home. in La
clede. over which he played and work
ed until he almost reached his ma
turity. -.
Evening star., 1918-12-01
THINK PRESIDENTS TRIP
MEANS PEACE QUICKLY
European Public Certain That His
Coming Removes All Chance
Of Long Farley.
CabIegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.

: WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION. November 29.-One
idea invariably associated in the
minds of the European public with
President Wilson's overseas voyage is
that his coming means a speedy sign
ing of a peace treaty.
France is a newspaper reading ma
tion and it is harder to find an in
dividual who does not look for his ar
rival than it is to empanel a Chicago
labor jury. All know that the Presi-
that it signifies the termination of ne
gotiations and the final settlement of
the great war.
We stopped for meal at modern
hotel in the MoseIle valley and the
proprietor gossiped while his wife
served the steaming viands. THE war
is finished and we are glad he said.
Peace has not yet been signed. but
it soon will be- for your President Will
son is coming, and he decides quickly.
Diplomats are not able to remodel ma
tions as easily and quickly as you
would buy leg of mutton. but Presi-
dent Wilson would not come unless
everything was ready for his sigma
ture.
All of Same Mind.
The other night we stopped at the
edge of village, while the chauffeur
was replacing punctured tire. A
number of French soldiers, women
and children gathered around. AS
usual the soldiers talked about girls,
the departed kaiser and the weather.
Peace has not been signed yet, said
one of them. but it soon will be. Yes,
Wilson is coming and that means that
peace will be signed within a month,
said another.
Between stews in Paris restaurant
a waiter with a face rosy from many
years of Burgundy vintages leaned
socially over the table and gave his
Impressions of King Georges visit
and then concluded with the state
ment that President Wilson would
not leave the United States unless
the peace treaty was ready for sign
ing. 1t would never do to argue with
that waiter at the risk of spelling
the meat. His opinion. like that Of
other citizens, would not admit that
inside diplomacy was possible.
Politicians may have different plans.
but speedy peace treaty Is what
the common, people expect from Rresf-
dent Wil8oE& visit. s. s
Evening star., 1918-12-01
If Germany Gets Leniency.

Now it would be conceivable that
should the victors Of the present war
follow the example of those of a CEN
tury before, remit to Germany their
just claims for indemnities. content
themselves with taking for France
Alsace-Lorraine and distributing Ger
man colonies as they chose. they
might successfully establish some or
derly regime in Germany and, in ne
sotiating with it, formulate a consti-
tuition Of league of nations. Re-
member, J am not for 4 single moment
suggesting this a right just or
proper course. On the contrary. it
would. in my judgment. be singularlv
ineqEitable and jntolerable. But if
the league or ,nati0ns is the chief
concern OF the peace congress this
would offer a way, and ] think the
only conceivable way, of bringing
Germany into it.
II, by contrast, We proceed to frame
cur demands and impose them upon
Germany, .Alsace- Lorraine, Schleswig,
Irussian Poland, with Danzig. the Ger
man colonies and an indemnity of ten
to twenty billions. in what spirit will
the German people be with respect to a
league OF nations. organized by their
enemies who have just imposed upon
them this terrific sentence? And grant,
ing that Germany succeeds in estab-
fishing some sort of government which
sends duly authorized delegates to
Versailles, will that government be able
to obtain ratification of its treaty from
the German people, or will it and the
treaty both be repudiatedc
Evening star., 1918-12-01

empire. He was unable to get far
ther than Cologne. because there was
no room in the railway trains. He
went to the workmen and soldiers
council to apply for seat on
train. He found a group
of common soldiers seated in a big
room. joking and smoking and spit
ting on the floor
Evening star., 1918-12-01
First Is Doubt About Stability and Au-
thority Of New German Government,
and Second, Danger of. Split
Among the Allies.

Germans, are to frame new inteln;-
tional system, a league of nations
which is to regulate all International
relations in the future, serve as a su-
perstate, with police power and with
many other powers over the whole
body of nations. such as have here
tofore been exercised only by the CEN
trail government within separate
willing and sincere partner in this en-
terprise the league of nations Will
be a failure for it's success must rest
upon it's universally. With Germany
out, it is no more than perpetuation
Of the existing alliance against Ger
many. Moreover. Germany may cas-
lily. if the reds gain control. join
hands with the Russian reds, and then
we shall have the old situation of
rival alliances once more.
After Napoleon's Day.
But in facing the same difficulty
that must now be faced again the
conquerors OF Napoleon were far
more logical than the victors of the
vent a new outbreak like the French
revolution with it's twenty-odd years
OF consequent wars. But they real
lied that this would be impossible if
they undertook to write Il treaty
which imposed upon France any such
W
resentment in the minds of the
French people. Therefore they sac
r1hced their claims against France
in the main, giving the French peo-
pie almost complete immunity from
punishment as bribe to win them
to the new order.
Actually, the situation was this:
For more than twenty years French
armies had overrun Europe, making
war in foreign countries. enlisting
the subjects. requisitioning the funds.
The revolution, and Napoleon after
it. had made war at the expense of
the enemy, and France was free from
debt at the hour when the emperor
abdicated. Here was a clear warrant
FOR indemnities. a clear chance for
.retrihutive justice. but the conquerors
deliberately put it aside. They de-
prived France of her conquests. they
restricted her practically to the linn
its of 1889. but there they left it. and
the additiona! burdens placed upon
the nation after Napoleon had re-
turned and regained power only to
fall at Waterloo, were, in fact, in
significant.
The result was that France for the
moment accepted Louis XVIII and the
Bourbons. No permanent resentment
was engendered against the conquerors
OF Napoleon as result OF the treaty of
peace. In due course of time France
upset the Bourbons, then the Orleanists,
returned to the Bonapartes and then
eNiled Napoleon III, but the only modi-
fications OF the territorial arrangements
of the Napoleonic settlement. so far as
France was concerned. were the acouisi-
ton of Savoy and Nice by vote of the
Inhabitants and the loss of Alsace-Lor-
raine by conquest. The holy alliance
was a failure, because it was an ef-
fort to turn back the tide of human
progress. but the treaty it's founders
framed with France stood the test of
time, +
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
HERE'S THE WAY TO GET IT
When Child aFaIIs."

When a child fails in school, must
it always be the fault of the chld7 May
it not be the faults of his parents? Or
Of the school which he attends? Inves-
legations have shown that there Is a
host of children whose mental slug
gishness Is due to physical causes, DR..
NJ. P. E. Groszmann writes in Hu.
manitarian. Even conservative esti-
mates place the percentage of children
suffering from some physical allment
at 75; this means about 18000,000 chill
dren of school age in this country. Al
most all of these ailments are remov-
able, even preventable. They range
from decayed and maladjusted teeth
with their manifold sad effects upon
the efficiency and the temper Of the
growing child to such serious defects
as nervous disorders, tuberculosis.
blindness, etc.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

Try a Want Ad 70. results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
Lsroe Feet and Bad Cough.

Aluggins was the possessor Of very
large feet and a very bad cough. He
entered boot shop and the young as
sistant turned the shop upside down
to find something to fit his "out size. "
Muggins had just tried on the fortieth
pair when he started coughing.
ITS nasty cough you've got" said
the assistant.
Yes" gasped Muggins. doctor
says I've one foot in the grave now"
q shouldn't worry" said the assist
mt You'll never get the other in /;
Is too big"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
How's This ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
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cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
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After you have taken Halls Catarrh
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+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 7bc.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

People In the great cities nm many
pages Of the big newspapers with
WANT ADS. When they want what
they want when they want 1t, they
patror,ze the WANT AID. columnA
The same thing can be done In this
tDwn and this papsr-the introduct1op
nf the wanter 10 the wantea.
If you have anything for sale, cor
SsRt, Tor exchange: II you want to buy
sr rent anything. II yOu want to get :
position or II Tou want TO hire soma-
eody-
A little WANT WIN bring yOu what
YgC want
The cost b iAsignincant Oompanua
b ths satisfactory result
WHAT DO YOU wAleEs
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

Try a Want Ad tor results.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
ADVERTISEMENT OF DIssoLu-
TION

Notice is hereby given that the
partnership heretofore existing be.
tween E. G. and E. B. Barton, OF
Chickasha, Oklahoma, under the
firm name of Barton Brothers, was
dissolved on the 7th day of February,
1918, by mutual consent, E. G. Bar.
ton retiring from said firm; Z. B.
Barton is hereby authorized to con-
tinue the business, to collect all
debts due said partnership, and pay
all outstanding claims due be them.
Dated Feb. z, 1918.
E. B. BARTON.
Z. C. BARTON.
9-6t.
War Savings Stamps pay your 4
per cent interest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

Mr. and Mrs. j. H. Winery of Ma
pies we're visiting with friends and
attending to business matters in this
city today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

I'd Burton returned today from
Oklahoma City where he had beeL
looking after business matters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14
326 Chickasha Ave.


]. n. Horne Of Pauls Valley is
spending the day in the city visiting
his son, H. e. Horne.
Mrs Fred Freeman of Cement is
spending a few days visiting with
friends and relatives in this city.
]. w. Jenkins of Shawnee was
transacting business and visiting
with friends in this city yesterday,
Mrs Ora Bruss, grand matron OF
the Eastern Star, was the guest Of
Mrs J. Van Dunham between trains
yesterday.
MIS- Mahoney, of the Bon Ton mil.
linery, has returned from the east
eru markets where she purchased a
very large stock of spring millinery.
valuable Miami Lead and Zinc
lease surrounded by good develop
ments. Want equal partners to join
III ground floor interest to develop
property before organizing company
opportunity for big returns on in
vestments of from $125.OO to $25O00.
Must act quick. c. A. Sanford, phone
2, Eisfelder Bldg. Phone 1907
2-12-1S
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

"Many man." said Uncle Eben,
''thinks he has done a days work when
he has made up a good excuse fob not
dOin' no work yesterday"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-14

The higEesT spot CASH prices VIII BE-
paid for some clean cotton rags deliV
cred at once at the Daily Express OF.
flee. a-11u