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Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
BLOCKING -AMEKieANizATloN.

This country has expressed itsel1 quite freely regarding the matter oi eli1ninating foreign languages in the education Of it's children. It has come out strongly against the idea of hav- ing certain sections of the country given over almost entirely to the schools in which only some foreign language is taught since 1t means ot course the ignoring entirely of the English language.
 1t fs only quite nattffal therefore that there should be surprise express ed over the action of the Hawaiian legislature in tabling school regu- iation bill presented to 1t, which fol- lowing the enactment of the measure provided that all persons obtaining a license to teach must show a knowl edge of the English language. of American history and American civ ics."
 me bill was opposed successfully not by the native Hawaiians but by the Japanese educators who maintain ed. that it would force the Japanese schools in the islands to close. In an American possession it is quite nat ural to expect that the English lan- suage and American history should be taught from the standpoint of Ameri- ca rather than the standpoint of some foreign country. but the large number of Japanese in Hawaii was sufficient to obstruct such bill. There may be sep reason to prevent those in the Ha a~&4fan islands or elsewhere who want to from acquiring a knowledge of the Japanese language. but there is good and sufficient reason for if1- sisting that they should be taught the language of the country to which they belong if they are desirous of re- maining where they are. If they want to learn Japaneec Chinese or any other language it should be as an ex- tra and where there is an unwilling ness to follow such a course there is invariably the greatest need for it or Afaericanizatien will fail.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
Cleaned from F oreisn Ex
 changes

Betony, the blooming of which brightens many woodlands. around London at the present moment. is among most Western nations much hattered flower. Sell your coat and buy betony" expresses the Value our ancestors set on. this pretty plant. I'll e Spanish proverb-. But betony has all so found many devotees during recent years, including old "Dr." Bell. the hermit who was expelled from Ha- inault Forest and forms chief iil- srediert of the ..cephalic snuff" pre- scribed for headache. This seems the solitary wild flower with friendly feelings for bracken, and the purplish- rcd corolia, peerihg above the fern, furnishes a picturesque feature just new in most glades of Ripping For est.
 A correspondent writes; When. you mention the high price of silver you must not omit to say the. Eng bad American exchange adds 10 per cent. on to the present price of sil- yer in this country. When I was a youngster, retired Anglo Indians had tho idea that 10 foupees were the equivalent of ssevereign.t and that any more that one obtained for pound was so much profit" Take every sovereign you can get hold of out of India I was told only to dis- cover that at Bombay more rupees
 
 than could be obtained for 10 SOW crcigns.
 In April. 1915, when the war had been on for nine months. Silver was only fetching Is. 10d. per ounce At the end of August. 1914, when. so many American tourists were stranded in Budope, a U. S. 5dollar bill would only realize 1ss. Sd. in London. and it became necessary for the United States to send a warship with about a raillion sterling in gol9 10 relieve her citizens. Now. ales for us, the. boot is on the other Ieg.
 The gardens of kensingto Palace where S3 deg. was registered by the shaded thermometer, was the warm est place in~ England on Saturday.
 But that is not unusual at this pc riod of the year. London stands at the top of the table of average mea n summer temperatures for the British Isles The Camden square averages for the four summer months are; May, 54.5 deg; June,. 66.9 deg; July. 64.2 deg; and August 63.3 deg.
 Nowhere in the kingdom are higher mean temperatures recorded in sum mef; but in winter the Channel Is- lands and South West Ireland take
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
CONE TOO FAR.

Wftn the denIoraibie dis1 egard for sny7Aing but the attainment of their own selfish ambitions there is no teil- ing what the outcome will be of the effort Of the heads Of certain brother hoods to get the men to abandon their sympathetic strskes in connection with The California railroad trouble. but there can be no question but what the attitude or President Stone of the en- gineers and President Lee of the rail- way trainmen is perfectly sound in or dering the men in their brotherhoods back to work. MT. Stone well says 10 the mea Impress on everyone the necessity of using sober thought and exercising common sense and not be Carried away by a wave or mob law" and in that connection he cadeavors to make them understand the Import ance cf carrying out the contracts that were made in good faith by the individual roads and tho federal gov ernment.
 It Is certainly time for the exercis- bng of such soldering influence upon those who are ready to fly off at a tangent at the first suggestion of taking advantage of the strike. In the first place an utter disregard is paid to the agreements that have been en- tered into and which the men expect the rc'aes 10 keep but which they seem to think they can disregard with impunity. How they can do this and prate about justice and fair dealing is impossible to understand.
 When transportation is tied up. the very ends which they are endeavorins fo secure are handicapped and the service the public is entitled to is thrown out of joint. It is an effort to secure what are claimed to be rights by the commission of recognized wrongs and it is the duty of the Brotherhood leaders to impress this upon the men and make them under stand that they are hurting their own cause.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
WOMAN PERvERsE BUT COOL

.45<z= II can't help it.f' the Hyde Park man said, with acid sloom.a running Ei1 handkerchief around the limp rim of his melting collar. .swhen .tht thermometer begins to hit the high spots strongly feel that every worn1tl should be, gently but ffmH removed by the just hand of law from the sass ssst 1f ss sn s Tass ssy .sSld o' m th,s !. left around to fhfuriate us!
 'sNothink." Ne proceeded His friend from Woodlawn. whose day in the city had left hifn iooklne as though he had Deen shoveling coal in a paf& ticulariy well khesfed boiler room, ssnothing Sd enrases me. awes ne and completely fabelsasts me as wonder ing how under creation a woman can emerge from a blasting hot day that wrecks mans appearance and look as cool and freshly comfortable as though she had been spending eight hours in lerks, well ventilated re- ings just like us and there is no sane reason for/their being immine to 100 in the shade, now is there? T have watched them with a hawks eye to see how they did it. Frequently T have inquired of 1mogene, but she ev- idently belongs to the union. She doesn't tell.
 "Al1 day I have in plain view my stenographer,z Daisy Crpwfeot. and I am certainsthat girl cherisheE the be- lief that | suffer from unreduited af. lection for her owing to the fact that made my mind uTs that here if evef was my chance to find out how they did the trick Here was Daisy un- der precisely the same Atmospheric conditions aE myselfs I wol1d reach the office still holding onto my resolve not to let the thefmometer worry me. a trifie damp and gasping from my sprint across the already. sizzling pavenents. Cool as a January morfiz white friiis at her neck and wrists immaculate, crisp frorlz, shining. per fectly arranged hair powder still powder on her countenanee and not dough. as it riEhtfullv should be.
 AS the day wore on and the melt- ing process had begun with me. she remained the same. That girl could work at top speed banging the type-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

If we are to judge by the statement that has been made by Ambassador Morris at Tokio. it must be realized that we will know within few weeks what is going to happen to the KoI- chak government. The allied nations have indicated an inclination to rec ognize the govtrnment set up at Omsk and there are indications that Mir Morris believes that this step should be taken
 The fact of the matter is that there is no established policy in regard to Tussia and there hasn't been for a long time. With that government to- ward which there has been favorable inclinations on the verge of most se- rious difficulties 1t seems quite proper that those who have been posing as it's friends should let it be known just how much sincerity there has been back of our display of feeling.
 1t has been made quite evident that there has been no sympathy wasted on the government of Lenine and Trotsky and though there has been no declaration of war against it our troops have been fighting in Russia and at the present time the British
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

are operating on 1an4 and sea in the north and nrltinh and french are sup porting the anti bolsheviki forces in the south.
 light asAinnt the reign of terror in Russia. He has parentlyzexhausted his resources in men and war mater ial and unless he can get the support that he requires at this time reports point to the possibility of his defeat working to the great advantage of the bolsheviki, an outcome to be deplored and one which might De prevented if there was some definite policy in re- gard to tket country. Kelchsk Ap- pareatly needs leip and needs lot If if t
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

the lead, and for the whole year Seilly, with a mean temperature of 52.3 deg. beats London by two degrees. Perhaps the governments announce. nent that surplus tin hats" are for sale may suggest all alternative to those tourists who are reported t6 have been seen and heard of on the battlefie1ds of Belgium searching for souvenirs, and actually taking steel helmets from crosses on lonely. and scattered graves. Probably for their purposes one tin hat would do as well as -ahofher and, putting aside all question of elementary deeency. which rarely troubles the souvenir hunt CT
 cured more easily. and a little work with cl1isel and hammer would give them the required shell- -sattefed ap- pearance.
 No article on Newfcundland ,s complete unless it mentions New foundland port,r wine that is car ried almost as ballast in vessels that have delivered salt cod to Oporto. The wine has become, standardized" as it were. and West-end wine merchants though it has probably never crossed the Atlantic. Canada used to get cheap claret that had come as ballast. or at minimum freight, in vessels that would have returned empty from Bor- deaux to the French islands St. Pierre, Miquelon, etc.
 Quite a crowd of United States sail. ors and soldiers gathered round the automatic ticket machines at the Tenn pie Station yesterday. They were seeing London, and from the way they ignored the booking office it seemed that they regarded the ticket machines as one of Englands sights.
 "No,'' said a hurley blueJaeket. i've havent's them way home. Of course, we can get gum from nhachines4but ; kt.-I-1 fHA 1a a dy. sure"
 One of the greatest blessings for the impecunious professional r1u usician has been the growth in popularity Of pie ture palaces in recent yeafs- Many good church organists have given up the organ. and now play the piano at some picture palace instead. For this state of affairs the clergy and their
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
rAosE BURIED IN FRANCE.

In connection With the problem of bringing back the bodies Of those who fell in battle or died in France from disease the suggestion has been made by General Pershing that they De left in the great cemeteries near where they fell. He fuilv understands the conditions and ile realizes what is go ing 10 be involved in tho transfer as those familiar with battlefield scenes more fully understand. The advice which he is giving is in accord with that which is being advanced by oth- CTS. The French government is even disposed to prevent the removal of any and all bodies, even of the French soldiers, except, from tempor- cry to large cemeteries. It under stands what tho period Of gloom through which it has been has meant to the country and 1t is anxious that next few years as it would be with the great number of transfers,
 That the cemeteries that contain the Americans will. if left as they are and cared for as they will be. be as em- blematic of the patriotism and ideals of the Americans as those at Airing ton or Gcttyspurg cannot be question ed, and when they understand the facts there win be many who will put aside the sentiment that is now call ing for the bringing back of the bod ies. s
 Yet at the same time it cannot fai to be remembered that this govern ment has promised relatives that thu bodies of their dear ones shall bt brought to this country if they desir, it. It may be perfectly proper to pre-. sent the sdvisabflity Of not attempt. hstf '. xtf of rrornise, end when requests are made this country cannot fail to do it's ut. most to carry out it's word in this re spect. fit has duty before it tha it cannot shirk and there is no reasof to believe that it will e
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
Let Us Be Men.

!. MT. Editor: What mortal fools we are. confess that am as big n one as apyyuf the rest. have been walk
 ing to and from my home to my bus
 mess for five weeks. through both the heat ard the 'rains fearing to use the street cars. lest T should be--boycotted. I dared not be seen getting on or off the car. for there stood a car striker
 ready to take down my name on his to Pat Rooney; then feared the worst --that many if not all of my customers would leave me. This has been tho condition existing here fin this city since the strike began and the cars be to this scare like a lot of dummies. We have lost. while the service of the trolley cars has been suspended, trade to the amount of sev- erai thousand dollars. We are still losing very much by the interrupted
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
PROEIrEERlNc.

No one will be so rash as to claim that the whole reason for the high cost of living is due to profteering. There are many things that have con tfzbuted to it and there is no doubt that the profteers are doing their part. And yet because one happens to be a packer. a wholesaler. a broker or a retailer of necessartes of life it does not mean that he is a profiteer.
 There are those at all times who for one reason or another can get higher prices, carry a class of goods that commands better prices or feels that the service they render is enti- tied to more money than is asked by others engaged in the same line. There are likewise those who are ready and anxious to take advantage of the pur- chasing public on all occasions. They are in business. and willing to dip in- to any line. for the purpose of getting rich quick in the shortest possible time regardless of the means they employ.
 The investigations that have been started have shown many things. I; is plainly evident that the cost of do- ing business Is greater today than fi was before the war. Naturally this must be reflected in prices charged and it is. but it doesn't warrant the eKaction of 100 and 150 per cent. prohi when z5 and 30 per cent. profit were considered sufficient before the war and this especially when it is realized that the profits are being taken or much larger amounts and therefore would be proportionately larger ever if the percentage of profit remained the same.
 But wherever the pfofteers are To- cated they are entitled to no sympa- thy. The prosecution and penaiizins of them will help in bringing down the living cost but it cannot however. b. expected that it will do the entire trick, because all are not profiteers and profiteering is not alone to blame
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Possibly Archduke Joseph was in power long enough so that he will be able to purchase an estate and settle down in Holland also.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

!. If the Carranza soldiers were abl. to take care of the bandits after ths Americans had chased them fer sev,
 erai days. why couldn't they have don, 1t before?
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Hx It must be evident to the Hapsburgs Il that they are not being rated any
 higner among the allied nations than are the HohenxolIerns.s
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Some of the coal mines are not be- ing operated and others are working on only half time and yet people won der why it Is impossible to get coal. or why a shortage and higher prices are threatened.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

President Stone of the locomotiv. broth erhood tells the California strik- CTS to go back to work. It sounds lik, excellent advice.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Mir. Hoover is. advising Europe to work. There is chance for a lot of that to be literally spread through out this country
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Notes of the supreme council seem to nave. about as much effect upon Rumania as those of this country orf Mexico.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Certain features of European geog- raphy win be bit uncertain for a considerable time after the opening of scfoCi,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

Even when von Bernst6rn advises his countrynnen to cultivate the friendship of the Limited States he understands that it will require in tensive work.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

In view of the value of pitiless publicity, it ought to be an excellent time to bring 1t into play oii the prof. iteers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

The man on the corner saysi It takes more energy to come back from than it does to start on a vacation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
EnlroklAL NorEs.

| September doesn't appear to be will | ing to wait until August has com pleted its engagement.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29

losing money. clerks have to be dis charged and the strikers with families are getting perhaps $ per week a9 help from the union. A fine lockout for the coming winter. ONE OF THE BUSINESS MEN OF
 NORWICH E Norwich, Aug. 2s, 1s1os
Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-29
The c.messey's oass Aesin.

MT. Editor: As 6 lot owner in the Yantic cemetery and a frequent vis- itor who has had a peculiar interest in it since it was opened in 1s42. cordially endorse the remarks signed A Citizen in The Bulletin of Aug. 2Sfh. 10 walk tnrouAN ail Of the principal paths in the cemetery. and was pleas- ailtly surprised with the excellent con dition of the grounds except for th1 -careIessness of. visitors who throw iown empty boxes and papers or the round, instead of placing them In the -eceptacles provided for them.
 I have no acquaintance with MT Jarvis except in his official capacity nut have never known the grounds to ,e keNt in such good order AS they nave been under his jurisdiction
 These remarks apply equally to the r'ity cemetery, which I visit freduent- : ly. but not so often as the sYantis
 WILLIAM c. GILMAN
 Norwich, Aug. 2S. 1913.
Evening journal., 1919-08-19

them say that, but senator Reed, OF
Missouri. who has studied this matter
carefully. says that II. these countries
have nothing 10 say then those who
want il admit that the club is no good,
that II is a failure and that these ma
tions cannot be trusted. But the paper
which tells what the club will do SAYS
that thines which have 10 do with
peace and war in The world would,
under this club plan. ne decided by the
club and not by a few men represent
ing some of the countries. so YOU see,
children. II our Senator's let the United
STATES agree 20 Join, we not only might
have 10 do what England would want
but also what these dark countries
would want Z think, Jack that before
long YOU can tell the Chinese boy that
his country will never have a chance
10 tell the United States what 10 DO.
because / don't think our Senators will
le us Join such a bad club
Il hope ! can tell him that soon an
swercd Jack. who was trying hard TO
keep the Sandman away.
Evening journal., 1919-08-19
Uncle Ted's Bedtime Stories
The Mystery of the Dark Countries

Uncle Ted had Just finished his sup
ser and was seated by the front Win
tow reading the evening paper, when In
rushed Jack. breathlrss and with his
hair mussed and what looked very
much like red nose. "Now what have
you been up 90, you little scamp ask
ed Uncle Ted 1T looks to me Ike by
little Jack has been lighting.
well, puffed Jack, you'd ilght, 100
mo" answered Uncle Ted. u hope
my fighting days are over, and YOU
know ! have told YOU that good little
boys don't fight. Now tell me what u
was all about"
'It was that Chinese laundry boy
said Jack. 81 went down 90 the laun-
dry TO take naddy's collars. When I
gave the bundle 20 Ching Loo he
smiled all over and then started TO
laugh at me. lie said. You white peO-
ple won't have a word 70 say when
President Wilson gels his world club
going said, What do YOU mean =? ami
ne said, The yellow, black and rcd
people will run The world then, and
guess YOU won't have anything 10 do
about it, Then ] got mad and just
punched him one"
Jack said Uncle Ted slowly. FIRST
of all YOU should never lose your fem
per and fight, and second 10 so hap
pens that the little Chinese boy was
right"
You mean" inquired Jack in very
surprised voice. "that the white peo-
PIE will he told what TO do by people
like the Chinese boy IL our Senator's
agree 10 the Peace treaty and The
world club plan you told us about The
Other day"
Yes" said Uncle Ted. when the
club plan for the countries was first
written The members We're TO be Eng
land, France, Italy, Japan and the
United states, but later on many other
countries were named 10 belong and
vote and do Just as these have al
ready named. The way The plan is now
there would be fifteen white countries
snd seventeen countries n people he
longing 10 the black. brown, yellow and
red races. Since each country has one
vote YOU can see that these dark cOun-
tries with two more votes in The club
than the white countries could make
the white countries DO just what they
want A very great many NJ the people
IN those countries can neither read nor
write. Many Of them do not believe in
God but worship idols. and some or
them are so bad that they eat one an
other.
Ugh - said Ruth, who Just came in,
what people do that ?"
Some OF the people who live in IL
IBERIA do that Liberia would be one
of the members of this club. II is 10
,ated on the coast Of Africa and the
100000 people who live there are az
black. Most Of Them are unable 10
read or write. Another country that
would vote Just like the United States
ls Haiti The people are so bad that
lhe United states has 20 keep lots of
our marines there 10 keep order and
protect Americans from being killed or
robbed There are nearly as many peo-
pie in Haiti as in Liberia, and there