The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-01-24

will never consent to go back to for
mer restrictions. Getting appropria-
tons in a lump sum-" which can be
Expended in the discretion of the de-
|partment, has become so common that
any effort on the part of congress to
place limitations upon expenditures
will be resented as an intrusion upon
the prerogatives of the bureaucrats.
Men who have become accustomed to
have government autom obiles call at
their residences in the morning and
wait until they are ready to go to
their offices, will never again be will
ing to ride dow ntown on a street
car. Officials who have had a multi
tude of clerks at their beck and call
will never again be willing to get
along with the number really required
to do the work.
| There is only one way that even a
measure of former economy will be
established-and that is by the ousting
of the men who have become intoxi-
Gated with the spirit of extravagan
and the substitution of men who have
had the management of private busi-
ness and have become accustomed to
conducting their affairs on business
principles.
Wants No Unpleasant Sight to Mar
Trip.
Mr.. Wilson has been in Europe
about month and still has not set
eyes on any of the devastation
wrought by the war. Upon his return
to France from Italy it had been
planned that he should make visit
to Brussels and the territory of the
war zone. But it is now announced
that pressure of business in Paris
probably will prevent the acrrying out
of that trip. The Presidents plans
for the immediate future are not
definitely fixed, but it is more than
likely that he will take his place at
the peace table without having viewed
| any of the work of the Huns.
Considerably with the news that
Mr.. Wilson will not take the time or
trouble to see with his own eyes what
France and Belgium have suffered
comes the information that the Ger
mans are crying for Wilson peace"
They are kept we'll informed of what
is going on in Paris, London and
Rome, and they know full we'll that
IN the countries that have felt the
weight of the German war machine no
mercy can be looked for. But not on1v
has the United States been spared the
experiences of Italy, France and Bel |
gum, but the representatives of our
country at the peace conference re-
fuse to acquaint themselves at first
hand with the evidence of Hun fright
fulness. Small wonder that the Ger
mans turn to Wilson in their hour of |
need, and also that the evident toll
erance of Mr. Wilson toward Ger
many is as for from acceptance as
Four"
1t is very certain that England.
France, and Italy know Germany and |
the Germans. They have ample rea-
son to understand perfectly the Ger
man character. 1t is equally certain
that Wilson does not knew Germany
or the Germans. Why should bc7 All
his information of the country and the |
race has come to him by hearsav He
has had no contact whatever with the |
men who control German thought
and action. and has no visual knowl-
edge of the effects of German policy
either in peace or war. That hcinp the |
case Mr.. Wilson should profit bv the
suggestions of those who have the |
acquaintance of which he has beer
deprived. But instead we find him
attempting to force his views mon
the. others at the peace conference |
and secure for the Germans a reduc-
ton of the hardships in store for
them. Unless all signs fail Mr. VIII |
son is riding TO a fail