The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-02-03

and see what was Delng lone IN Eng
land, Scotland and France. Mr.. Kel
logg criticises the Y. M. G. A. Sc
verely, saying he had always been {
member and an active worker in ths
organization and regarded it in the
United States, as one of the grand
est and most useful organizations ir
existence. But he said that in Lon
don it spent tens of thousands of dol.
lars in renting and conducting a great
show house where it could be seer
by and would impress American Wis.
itors to London, although there were
few American soldiers there, while
at Winchester, where from 100000
to 10000 American soldiers were
l constantly held, the Y. M. G. A. Of
fered no amusement or entertainment
whatever. He charges that the high
est priced automobiles and limousines
were used in London, Paris and other
centers by high-salaried Y M. G. A.
secretaries and workers while the X.
c., Salvation army and Red Cross
were glad to have Ford ears to use
at the front. Editor Kellogg is writ
ing a series of articles telling of
things he saw and learned about the
Y. M. C. A. in Europe during his ex-
tended stay and extensive travels in
the zone where it was supposed to
be most active. His criticism of the
organization is severe.
Last Sundays issue of the Wallace
Press-Times contained an editorial
occupying nearly two columns deal
ing with the charges against the Y.
M. C. A. and going into detail. It
showed how the soldiers, those for
whom the Y. M. G.. A. was supposed
to be workign, are generally very bit
the $85, 000,O 0 contributed by Ameri-
can people and now in the hands of
the Y. M. G. A. be accounted for and
expended where it will do the most
good.
Last week this paper told of the
visit to Moscow of a Y. M. c.. A. sec
rotary who is trying to organize the
work and have a secretary in every
county, and endorsed the work edi-
~torially. Several prominent business
men and we'll known citizens of Mos
COW criticized the editor for endorsing
the organization and declared that
we Fought not to boost" the order.
The question is one that is per-
picking. The Y. M. c. A. has done a
vast amount of good, but so persist
ent are the charges made against it
that in justice to itself it should have
a rigid and fair investigation and
place the blame where it properly
belongs.
Moscow, Genesee and Lewiston are
deeply interested in securing the hard
s~urfacing of the half mile strip of
road between the Idaho-Washington
state line and the Lewiston highway.
True, this road is in Washington, but
it is not used by Washington people
except to reach Idaho, but it is abso-
lutely necessary for Idaho people to
reach Lewiston from Moscow or Gen
esee or to reach these towns from
Lewiston OF any point to the south.
Moscow's chamber of
should get busy and get an oppropria-
ton from the legislature to hard sur
face this piece of road. There is an
old and true saying that a "chain is
no stronger than its weakest link"
It is equally true that a road is no
better than it's worst part. 1t would
seem a waste of money to build many
niles of hard surfaced road on each
side of this half mile strip and leave
t without a hard surface to be cut
Up and made impossible during the
vet season.
" " "
There is grave danger that the lit
lie handful of Americans who are
with the Russian and British
q Siberia may be wiped out by the
lood-thirsty Bolsheviki which out
the allied armies greatly.
he Russians are reported, in sume
asses, to be going ove to the Bolshe-
Xxi and deserving the, allied armies
yhich lave been fighting to save Rus |
ia from bolshevism. Evidently the
russians are not worth saving and it
light be a good idea to withdraw the
llied troops and let the Russians H
ght it out among themselves and
i'll each other until there are not
nough left to fight. Then some civ I
nation might take charge and
a place for colonizing it's over
ow population. 4
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