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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
BY LORD

london Tiis". cable service Copyright 1919. by
Fubiic l--dsel col u The Sioux City Tribune.
PARiS.-,by mail.)-Few of those
who scan these lines can have any
idea of the immense dimensions of this
molnentoUs conference on which the
future OF the whole of mankind direct
~ or indirectly depends.
The English speaking people do o
understand AS yet that the real diff
Guilty viii not be Anslo-American
questions such as the Freedom of the
seas which appear so often in news
paper headlines. AS n matter of fact
one of the compensations Tor the delay
in the formal opening of the confer
ence has been the opportunity that it
has given the president and the Brit
lsa statesmen to compare notes. AS a
result of this intercourse, the American
and British delegation will enter the
conference with no serious differences
of opinion.
The British have found thai the
president las no intention of chal-
longing British sea power, but hi all
he means is that in peace as we'll as in
wal there shall be joint international
control over the rules of the sea call
culated TO insure free and equal treat
ment for the shipping and traders Of
all nations, an ideal with which Brit
ish opinion is hardly likely to quarrel.
. THE REAL PROGRAM.
American ana English readers are
inclined to forget such urgent matters
as the future of the Arabs, now repre-
sented here in Paris by Faizuli, son OF
the king of the Hedajaz, and such diff
1icult problems as the future of Rus
STA, Poland. Bohemia, Turkey and
Syria. Reading this in America, some
Americans nay ask, What can these
things have to do with US? Has the
establishment of a stable German re-
public or republics any interest for the
United States?"
Herbert Hoover told me some weeks
ago that, in his belief, spring would
see Germany on the verge of famine.
L have just sent a correspondent into
that particular part of the Rhineland
that mas aa appearance of prosperity,
n he reports that, despite the SEM
blance of plenty in stores and market
places, everything is being consumed
without restriction and thai there are
no reserves of food. A starving Ger
many will mean a b%olshevist Germany.
1 him it will be seen. before many
months lave passed that, whether we
like 1T or not, this bolshevist question
and a hundred other matters are in
separately tied UP in the future peace
of the world. The United States, fav-
oring a league of nations and Great
Britain as one Of the great supporters
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
Yanks Didn't Boast.
DIR. John Ervine, in the Quito

DIR. John Ervine, in the outlook.
The American soldiers came, and We
liked them. They were fine. healthy
looking. resolute men. with the self con-
fidence of men who know what they can
do and are determined to do it. They
]astonkhed us by their modesty. I do not
mean to suggest thai there were not any
American soldiers who bragged-there
probably were, although I never met any
but ! do mean to suggest that the very
great majority of them were men of quiet
demeapor who made few assertions, but
who asked a great many questions.
am not sure that their inquisitiveness
did not astonish us more than their mod
esty. They were always making inquiries
they eve carried note books in which
they jotted down our answers to their
questions-and they manifested a desire to
know all that there was to know. There
was no attempt to teach us how to do
the job: there was, on the contrary. a
great anxiety to be taught.
Rumors began to run about the trenche
of the VIZ in which the Americans were
testing this and testing that. comparing
our gas respirator with the French one.
accepting this idea from us and tina idea
from the French. and perhaps another
idea from the captured boche. And train
ng! In no place In the world are so many
rumors born and spread as in trenches:
and after a while the stories OF the way
in which the Americans trained becs me
legendary in character. And a most ex-
traordinary change in our attitude to-
wards them took place.
Imagining that they would be full Of
boasts, we had prepared to deprecate
determined. we actually took to boasting
In their behalf: and our favorite express
sion was: The Yanksli put the wind I'D
Jerry when they get at himr!"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

them back than would Americans
dream of allowing Germany to occupy
CUBA. The SoutE African butch dread
the Germans as much as the Eelgians
do.
One of TIE chief mysteries of the sit
uationuaticn is the result of the great
shroud that covers Russia. The only
news coming out Of Russia is of two
kinds. wireless sent ont by Lenipe and
Trotzky, of the bolshauist government
and wireless OF Petliura, president of
the Ukraine government. The other
kind of news is that brought out of
Russia by refugees OF which is spread
by the people fleeing from the bolshev-
list armies in Esthonia and Poland.
URGES INQUIRY IN RUSSIA.
l have for some time been of the
opinion that the world powers hould
sink their pride for the and
get into communication with the bill
shevists with the purpose of sending
an allied commission into Russia to
find out what is really going OF there.
Such a commission should be accom-
panied by persons whom Russians do
not regard as hostile.
We are beset by appeals to send war
like missions. one suggestion is that
We should have III eNpeditionary army
in the Baltic province, another that
we should send armed forces from
Odessa and Kiev, joining up with he
Ukrainians. So far as Great Britain
is concerned any attempt to transfer
further British troops to Russia will be
resented fiercely by our people. We
have had more than -four and a half
years OF war and our soldiers did not
enlist for the purpose of policing Rus
STA. l have no doubt that when u
army is demobiliZed an army could
easily be raised in Great Britain COM
posed OF Adventurous spirits who
would go anywhere they We're sent, but
1T seems to me imperative that we
should first find out what is happen
ing among those $4,000, 900 of people.
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE.
Any communication dealing with the
peace conference would be incomplete
without some allusion to the difficulties
in southeastern Europe. There Is the
important question of securing Ru-
manian national unity and that equally
important question of securing in the
Hellenic kingdom the reunion of the
Greek people. particularly the Greeks in
the archipelago. the Balkans and Asia
Minor. There is that old apple OF dis
cord in Macedonia to be dealt with and
there are the Adriatic issues in which
Italy. the Southern Slav n the AL
banians are all Interested.
Up to the present no program of the
conference has been published and it's
future proceedings are wrapped in
mystery. l have e~ndeavored to lift
the veil on one or two topics. For
the rest ! a only advise my readers
to follow the Philadelphia Public Ledg-
'er peace conference news service which
is organized here in Paris or a
thorough and American basis and to
consult their encyclopedias freely.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
Educating the Farmer.
From the Hartford Couran,

49, 49, tiCtN &Ouls VII
The office of information. department
of agriculture, is doing fine work in
educating the farmer to the possibilities
of his calling and, at the same time. is
trying to instill in his heart a love of
poetry. AT least that is the impression
derived from the latest circular sent
out from the information office. After
three lines of verse we get this
prose:
How the north wind howls around the
gables! The old house rocks and the
blazing fire on the hearth leaps higher
into the b,ackened. throat of the chimney.
Good evenings for popping corn, roast
ing apples. and t%oasting shins at the
Where comforts for next s lne pare are
gradually crystalliZing in the form
of ice.'
''lce'' is the little word that ushers in
the moral, for seven lines follow urging
the farmer to fill an icehouse, the whole
being expressed with all the imagina-
ton which marked the prelude and with
utter disregard OF the fact that filling
like better the picture of the blazing fire
on the hearth. the popping corn and the
roasting apples, though we miss the
pitcher of cider which was bro&ght up
from the cellar early in the evening. but
which, i'm Difference to public sentiment,
has disappeared.
We like to think. too, of the farmers
who, upon reading the circular letter.
will proceed to build and fill an icehouse,
and We like to think also that the mails
are CARRYING these circulars to a. hardy
Louisiana and to the jewellers in south
ern California. where ice is made by
machinery. At any rate hey will en-.
joy reading it.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
He relt TOUGH.

FROM Judge.
Every man in the service, says an army
contributor. knows the possible results OF
a typhoid serum injection. They can
therefore understand why Private Tubbs
was moaning and grooming instead OF
snoring. Finally some of the less uatient
ones whom he was keeping awake began
10 direct remarks toward his cot: "Shut
up down there." Somebody put . muf-
iier on that lily livered roughneck!" and
the like.
Fellows" responded the sufferer pa
thetically. I'm 3 sick man. I'm telling
you-there's been many a man died feel.
ing better than I do."
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

are children" The instinct OF play in
children. puppies. kittens and all other
young creatures is so strong that 1t
oVercomes hunger and cold and misery.
1t is the antidote for every i'll Of life
~ Is the great and universal symbol of
the survival of life itself. II the chill
dren OF Russia have forgotten how to
play. they have forgotten how to live.
Inc piteous state of the children of RUS
sia IS the gravest revelation Of the in
.ens,t;' OF the crisis that has paralyzed
the life of the country under the destr,c-
tive regime Of the b~olsheyists.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
Keeping a Diary.
From the Los Angeles Times.

From The Los Angeles Times.
This seems to be the season of the year
when we begin to keep diaries. Two
weeks from now is about the season OF
the year when we stop keeping diaries.
Every once in a while we read Of men
who have kept diaries for years AMI
years-since babyhood or longer.
What weird idea to be locked up in
that relentless with the past.
Only, of course. they DOM really.
We saw ono Of these diaries once. Six
months of II were filled with two entries
repeated over and over: "Saw May"
Ibid not see May" The last entry was:
Married May"
That Was the only ssnsihle- diary we
ever saw, and We haven't Aouht in the
world thai 1t Wa all faxed up afteswar.
TO jolly along Nay.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

edder points OF dots may b. seen. 1t
may take several days to fade.
Measles-The rash can be felt. The
papules are red. raised places which
later more or less run together.
German measles-The ash generally
resembles that CT scarlet fever, though
in some cases it resembles measles
more. In the same person the ash
may resemble measles on one part Of
the body and scarlet fever on another.
The rash is quite apt to come and go.
1t will he foL,!d on the top Of the foot
when it has disappeared from other
parts of the hody.
Early symptoms: Scarlet fever
Sore throat and shivering.
Measles-Eed eyes, weeping nose and
cough.
German lMsasles-There may be no
symptoms prior 20 the breaking out of
the rash.
Sore throat: Scarlet fever-Sore
throat is about the second most prom
inent symptom. The interior OF the
throat may look n good deal as though
it were broken out with the eruption.
Measles-The throat is red and some
what sore. Koplik's spots can be seer
especially on the inside OF the cheeks.
German measles-The throat is not
sore or but slightly so.
The tongue: Scarlet fever-The
tongue is coated and red points stick
through the fur--strawberry tongue.
Measles-The tongue is less red than
in scarlet fever.
German me~asles-Tongue indicates
nothing.
Feeling: Scarlet fever-Peeling is
characteristic.
Misunderstanding absent or insignih-
cant. h there is peeiing it is gem
orally limited to the shedding Of scales
by the body skin.
German Enthusiastically no peel
ing.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

the few men that l met at that time
who saw the size of what is now i'm
pending here in Paris.
European diplomacy has not dis
played conspicuous brilliance in the last
I'VE Years. and it is my opinion that
Colonel House and his colleagues, with
their cards frankly laid upon the table.
will show themselves to be a very
good match for those trained diplo-
mats of Europe.
The Italians have strong representa-
tives. Their head man is Baron Son
nino N he has the same advantage as
Clemenceau in being able to speak
English perfectly. He is tenacious and
vigorous. He is, | believe, half Welsh
and half Hebrew. and one of severa!
strong men who have been revealed
during the war.
j do not know the Japanese repre-
sentatives n so cannot speak of
them. AT the time of writing Great
britain has not announced the full
list of her delegation. but 1 can at any
rate mention the prime minister.
Lloyd George, who is in the prime of
life and Vitality and has just been re-
turned to power by an sy-rwhelming
majority of the peoples votes. He has
as good a knowledge OF the problems
to be discussed as anybody. He is
quick in debate. c~onciiiatory and does
not haggle over ~trifles.
l am confident that many of the
peace conference troubles that are an
%ticipated will vanish when they come
to be discussed.
IRISH SITUATION SERIOUS.
There are features / do not like. i'm
the irish situation in particular. The
southern Irish, largely Roman Catholic.
nave at the recent election returned
some 40 Sim Fein members. "Sinn
fein' meaning ourselves alone" their
policy being that ireland should stand
as a separate nation. Exactly what is
to become of the prosperous north, or
protestant section. OF Ireland. is not
stated. Sim Fem represents the Ro-
man side OF the Irish character. which
must be considered. l greatly fear
That II the golden opportunity is not
taken to attempt an Irish settlement
by the new English parliament before
the of the peace conference. we
shall have bad news from Ireland.
which is under the strictly martial
ule of Field Marshal French.
Then [ hear that a project is on foot
by which Great Britain should eX-
change Gibraltar for Ceuta on the
other side of the Straits of Gibraltaa.
There may be excellent reasons for
such accommodation to spain. 1t may
even be true that the fortress of Glib
raltar is out of date. but Gibraltar is
as much part of John Bulls equipment
as his legendary bull dog. INC to rob
us of the rock will demand all our pa
thence and a very substantial reward.
do not believe that the question of
ownership of the conquered German
colonies will be a difficult matter to
settle. The Austrians would no more
dream of allowing Germany to get
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

posed 81 to outsiders At prevailing prices.
Rear Admiral F.. T.. Bowles. who has
charge of the housing program of The
United States shipping board. emergency
fleet corporation. says there are ,,NO
houses on the Elmwood tract. They are
modem in every particular.
"Scon after the signing OF the armistice
terms many shipworkers suddenly
thought they could better themselves by
entering other occupations said Admiral
Bowles. Many of those who left Phila-
delphta were those who had rented houses
In Elmwood. Hundreds OF me houses were
vacated"
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20

in spite of it's shrewdness. is predomi-
nantly idealist and tender minded'
faces an Ulster and a landed ar:stocracy
which. in spite OF its sentimental OBJ
stinacy in religious and economies. is
realist and practical" And there is
this added circumstance. that it is ''tough
minded realists in England VIII, have
usually governed or tried to govern the
irish idealists. Even Spenser became a
realist when he turned from Fasryiand
to write of the irish about him.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
TOO MANY
From the Boston Herald.

A reader suggests that there
should be a referendum on the
continuation o! New Years az ~
legal holiday. 1t would be inte:-
esting to e how all our holidays
would turn out subjected to sucl, a
test. We could put them on the
ballot like the 10 amendments. to
. the state constitution and let the
people decide by a yes or no vote
which ones should remain. And
they could also pass judgment on
those projected ; holidays which
somebody urges on every legisla-
ture. There Is Lincoln's birthday,
for example. q holiday In q num-
Der Of states. Including New York
and Illinois. Il would hong ago
have been = holiday here but for
its neatness to February -. That
argument may not long SUFFICE to
block Il since NewsnYear's day 10
still n46rsr Christmas.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
aeaMst Against ,de.u.t.

Henry Seidel Candy. in Atlantic Monthly.
You cannot bring Il men together any.
where in the world without feeling their
division into tough and tender minded.
into those who are interested in facts
and those others whose minds are stirred
chiefly by ideas and emotions. And the
toAxh are usually TOO tough; the tender
to3 RENDER. and coof1ttts between them q
inevitable.
So Il 10 in IrelarA. whore a south which.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
EDITORS NOTE.

tThe following article by Lord North
clitfe. famous British publicist, cred
tied with being the best Informed
newspaper ma in the world. is the
most important preliminary story of
,he peace conference which has yet
appeared. Readers should note the
frankness with which NorthcHffe dis
cu.ses various world issues.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
Russian Children.
From The New york a.

From the New York Mail.
No single item Of news that has been
received from Russia paints 20 wildly
he picture Of national dl~stntsgration AZ
the announcement in a letter Just re-
.cetved from Ak. ". G.. A. worker in that
country TINT Russian childtne.. hive fbr-
gotten wow to Pity. 'fhSsts chndi1K,"
~ wr.ees this womsn. have ZEN - much
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
esI Workers Homo.
From the Now York Sun.

The houses that were built In Elmwood
By the government 70 b. rented to Hog
Island workees. are to Be sold to the
workeFs q th9lf ,Mosket value. which IL
coRsldefablyI over thAn the actual cost
Of the building. Any house remaining
sStsr h sale TO the weFken wiz b .dis-
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-02-20
TIE Limit.

From the Boston Transcript.
You look unhappy. old man."
Il am. l am almost as unhappy as a
woman with a secret that nobody wants
to know"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
IS THE SAME OLD HUN
Stops Over in Friendliness to
Yank Prisoners.
Commander Of Prison Camp at vIIIIn.
gen Sends Astonishing Message to
American Officers.

Vichy, France.-The following as
tonishing communication was received
here by Mr.. Lee Shippey. Y. M. @. A,
from American prisoners who have
just arrived there from the Villingen
camp. They and other prisoners from
the camp at Rastatt have little faith
In the change Of tone Of the Germans
and treat the communication as SIM
ply another insincere and treacherous
piece of propaganda. 1t consists of a
message of the commander of the
prisoners camp of Villingen, Baden,
to the American officers on their de-
parture to France, On Tuesday. No
vember 20, and is a. follows:
Sooner than you expected, your
day of liberation has arrived. In a
short time you will be back again
with your own dear people IL Ameri-
ca. Tell them that the German peO-
Pile has no more grievance against
them. Germany does not consider It.
self as conquered but as conQuering,
as you can see by the troops coming
back from the front, because 1t has
now its own liberty.
snow 1t Is your turn to give the
German people a just peace In the
peace terms which will give them lib
erty, to live justly and peacefully with
the world at large and which Will leave
us no hate to again disturb the peace
Of the world.
"We hope that you will reach your
home safely and find everyone In good
health.
II again request you not to part
from Germany with hatred against US
and to influence your people to look
upon Germany as 1t is now. not as 1t
has been judged, perhaps Justly, up to
the present time.
"'The new Germany has the desire
to live In perfect peace with Its recent
80 enemies. but In the same manner
claims an honorable peace which Will
give her the possibility to live as
promised by President Wilson.
"Again happy returns home"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-25
HORAT|US HAD
NOTHING ON HIM
Tony Held Mountain Pass When
Austrian Hordes At
tackled It.
BODIES IN HEAPS ABOUT HIM
Stood All Alone Working Suffering
Machine Gun Until italian Army
Arrived-Another Chicago ital-
Ian Wins Medal for VaIor.

New York. - Out on Sixty-t bird
street, Chicago, Tony Bruno used to
wrap hot towels about mems faces and
s%oliloquize about the benefits of a
hair SINCE. That was four years ago,
writes G. v. Julian In the Chicago
Tribune. When Austrian hordes were
beating against a certain mountain
pass In the Trentino on the holding of
which depended the fate Of an italian
battalion, there stood, all alone in the
pass, working a sputtering Italian ma
chine gun, Tony Bruno, barber on Six
ty-third street. Chicago.
Tony wondered whether the italian
army was wei coming up to help him,
and IL 1t didn't-well, Tony wondered
who was going to buy macaroni and
cheese for the four little Brunos at 52S
West Twenty-eighth street.
His Mind Relieved.
Four hours later when Austrian bod
les lay In heaps about Tony his mind
was relieved. The italian army ar
rived. And now he's on his way home.
"Why, you're a regular Horatius,"
said some one on the pier, who had
learned the story Of Tony and the
mountain pass.
saw, naw." said Tony. "Tm just q
barber"
Sergeant Bruno wears the Italian
war cross conferred upon him by Gen.
eral Cadorna.
About the time that there Is a Won
drous homecoming at the Bruno home.
domestic cheer will also reign at 1923
West Polk street, where little Ulanda
Reali, aged seven, will see her daddy
for the first time In four years. Cor
poral Mike Reali came back wearing
the Italian silver military medal for
valor, the italian war cross and two
wound stripes.
Wins War Cross.
Like Sergeant Bruno, Corporal Re-
ali left his wife and family In Chicago
and fastened to repel the Austrians
who threatened Italy In 1915. He won
the war cross q year later, when, az
ter having his right leg broken by
shrapnel, he walked ten miles to de-
liver a message with which he had
been charged.
Corporal Reali captured an Austfi-
an machine gun single-handed, after
many Of the men In mis- platoon had
been killed, by leaping into the pit and
bombing the crew with some Of their
own hand grenades, which he seized
from a pile near by. He killed two
Austrian officers and several men.
Since last spring he has been attached
to the American troops in Italy.