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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
MR. M'ADoo's SOLUTION.

The sentiment Of the country is bound to be against the continuance sf any injustice. It will be equally lnsistent that the miners of soft coal should not be made to suffer any more than the consumers should but Will not sanction tho imposition of rercascd costs upon the public just to satisfy a lot of unwarranted de- mands of any particular class. and experience teaches that the public sooner or later feels the advance in expenses.
 In this connection the telegram of William G. McAdoo 10 the fuel admin lstration is decidedly interestnr There rave been many occasions when it was telt that the coal barons werc pinch ing the consumer and this existed in tecent as well as more remote years. lt is therefore bound to attract wide spread attention when MT. McAdoo de- clared that the operators, while he was secretary of the treasury. were making anywhere from 15 to 2o0o per sent. and that tiey should be made 10 stand the increase to which the miners are entitled. Now tl.at is ar sasy solution and the wonder is that MT. McAdoc didn't advance it before and prevent all tie trouble.
 But MT. McAdoo doesn't tell how many operators mace 2G6o per cent. ol DOW many made 15 per cent. and ht toesn't tell why as member of tht government forces he permitted tht taking of such profits when it wal tnown it was being taken right out O he pockets of the people when the, needed the money for other uses. H, was satisfied to let them make al much as they des fred in order to hay, he government collect the tax there In and it Is to be noted now that h. ioesn't advocate the reduction in tn price of coal to the consumer one lot, n order to cut down the percentage sf profit but urges that it be paid ou 70 one class that has been defying tn country and gtill is turning a col shoulder to the nations need for fue According to Mir. McAdoo he woul permit the gouging to go on but hay he operators divide it with the min ITS and still keep the consumer fur iishing the dough. The former secre ary has not attempted to explain tn operators profits, however. and 1t ] probable that would throw an entirel different light on the matter.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
PROTECTING SERVICE MEN.

whether the campaign that the war risk insurance bureau has opened, for he purpose of informing the soldiers md sailors who served in the late war what their rights and privileges are concerning the continuance of their insurance winch has been allowed to .apse, will amount to anything de- pends upon how much interest can be created among those directly con- cerned and their families.
 Without a doubt there are thous- snds who have allowed their insur- ance 10 lapse and will not take it up again. They dropped it intentionally and nothing can induce them to re- sume it. That doesn't mean that il Is not desirable but they are not suf- ficiently interested in such things al this time to realize its importance Some of course don't need 1t now that the war hazard Is over and some can. not afford to carry 1t on top of what they already have.
 But there are great numbers o1 them who have given little or ns shAneht to what they ars doing In dis.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Might Have Known Better.

Mr Editor: Please allow me space to ask Charley" Williams to forgive me for entertaining the idea even for moment that he could swallow any of the stuff that was canned at Yer sailles partly opened in Washington when the car opener was snatched away from the undertaken in charge of the present democratic party by the United States senate. I might have known better.
 When a man so bubbles over with enthusiasm that he goes thousands of miles to enlist in another country's army to fight a common enemy be- cause he was too old to be taken in the draft, he is generally a man that sees, hears. remembers what he sees and hears and can be trusted to re- port such observations truthfuliy. Charley" Williams did just that. He was Cat the time he had to have his own country to enlist on account of age) the first democratic representa-
 tive the town of P1ainfield has had in nearly 40 years and-while he don't like scented bouquets any better than do-was a first class man on the job. He would have been higher up politically if he had remained at home but chod%e to fight. and his letter in Tuesdays Bulletin shows that he does not wear political spectacles that makes every act of the democratic
 partys head look beautiful. If the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING NOV. p, 1s1s
 l0,419
THE MINE swEEPERs' RETURN,

A much more impressive appearing fleet has anchored in New York har- DOT than that of the 56 mine sween- CTS just home from European waters. put few if any have been engaged in any more dangerous tasks, and 1t was ntting that they should receive the warm welcome home that they did. These little vessels with their 1900 oncers and men under Rear Admiral strauss have been engaged in remoy- Ing the mine field that was placed n the North sea for the purpose of checking the activities of the German underwater boats.
 Inere was much danger involved in Inc laying of this mine field, but in view of the greater uncertainty con- nected with the locating of the mines and the traversing of the locality where the death dealing contrivances were known to be present it is inpos sible to disregard the danger with which those mine sweepers were sur rounded. There were many ways in which slight slip or the lack of "atcnfulness would have sent the shir
 
 But through it all these valiant crews came and even though they did not confront the guns of the enemy and even though their participation was not in dealing z fatal blow tc the enemy their record of service can. not be disregarded. They faithfully performed their duty and it was b, 10 means desirable one. It required as much courage. though it may no have provided as much excitement, a. the hunting of the submarines ant whatever honors were bestowed upor them were fully deserved. And be. cause of the fact that their work wa. done following the armistice and no subject to the shells of the enemy i Is gratifying to know that their ser rice was given tho recognition it de served on their return home. The rendered highly hazardous service un Ser most commendablo and skillfu guidance.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
PoeRoMs.

Pogroms are by no means unknown in eastern Europe. They have called forth repeated protests and denuncia- tions, not solely from relatives and racial friends but from the whole civ ilized world, where the injustice and horrors of such conduct are fully un- derstood.
 It was not so long ago that the Jews of this country were protesting against pogrOms in Poland and now they are taking a similar stand against the frightful treatment which Jews are receiving in the Uk- raine. Pogroms of that kind are by no means. new to Russia The whole sale slaughtering of Jews has been pe- riodically resorted to there but it is unfortunate that under what are ex- pected to be better conditions there should be evidence of its continuance.
 How much good the protests will do is probfematical. Nevertheless it is well that such action is taken when ever there are possessed the facts to back up the charges and when it is insisted that S0,000 Jews have been Killed ana 4UU ClIleS dilu lOWHS Wlpeu out it can be appreciated that terrori- zation of the Jews is occupying the attention of people in Russia who should be devoting their efforts to de- cidedly different things.
 But it is time that such protests should not be confined solely to the Jews for civilization is interested ir helping humanity and it should do its utmost to put an end to such conduct We are open in our denunciation o1 the Turks for the way in which they have slaughtered subject people but il the reports are true conditions in cer- tain sections of Russia are equally as
 bad. With conditions what they art
 there now it is unlikely that much car
 be accomplished but whatever pres
 sure it is possible to exert ought to bt
 used with the hope that when there 1 is an improvement in the chaotic con
 ditions, even in Ukrania. that there will be an end to pogroms.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
STORIES OF THE WAR
An Appeal from Armenia.


 An appeal of the women of Armenia to the. women of America to help them and protect them from the Turks has been forwarded from Geneva by an Armenian girl, Nelly de Warhramoff, for distribution in the United States. | In a note accompanying it the, girl says that hr appeal has the approval of Antony Kraft Bonnard of Geneva, secretary general of the federation of Swiss committees of friends of Ar menians. The plea reads:
 "To you, our sisters women of the | United States, we cry out in our an- guish.
 From our mountains, our plains; from the desert. as well as from your own hosDitable country, we, women of Armenia, all raise our voices. Listen to our appeal Who better than we could speak? Our men are dead Yours also have fallen. but as soldiers on the | field of honor Ours have been COW ardly pursued and murdered. The ! children that we pressed on our breasts have been torn away from us | by thousands ;our young girls are l lamenting in harems. 1 Have pity on us. Who else could protect us? Shall we be left in our despair? No. that is not possible. Il
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regarding this opportunity and it will be the purpose of the bureau to make them see 1t through its educational campaign. It may seem that inas- much as the men have Intentionally stopped paying premiums that ought to decide it, but in view of the difh- culties that have been experienced in getting inquiries answered it is but right that the bureau should do all ths- it can to restore the insurance to those who through disgust or lack of understanding are depriving them selves of what they are entitled to and ought to have.
 One point that should not be over looked is that it is not too late for any who dropped their insurance to ~have it restored if they act within IS months from their discharge. and if any believe that because they drop ped their insurance it cannot be re- gained it is but just that they should be informed to the contrary. The campaign is for the purpose of pro- tecting fully the service men.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
FROM LUCHLE'S DIARY

I was greatly surprised this morn ing when I received the announce ment of the marriage of Elaine Shires and Major Morrison. I trust that he will never discover any of the pc culiarities of her disposition which made life rather trying for me during the short time we were attached to the same outfit in France. How well remember her expression one day when the major came into, the hut and asked if one of us cared to take a side car trip.
 T fear you'll have to be content with my society" remarked. laugh ingly, flor motorcycling makes Elaine's head ache, doesn't it, you poor dear?"
 Tt happened once, she replied giv- ing me a cutting look. Anyway, I'm quite sure, Maj. Morrison, that Lu- cille will enjoy the drive" This with sweetness in marked contrast to the almost malignant glance of moment before: I am afraid there is strain of insincerity in her makeup.
 Please sew that button on the top sergeant's blouse. Elaine, and do have Germaine make the chocolate rich"
 T think I can attend to everything '' she interrupted me, and Maj. Morri- son drew his arm through mine and led me to the door where his motor cyle was waiting in charge of his ord erly.
 You girls over here are wonderful, :, he said earnestly and I was awfully glad that my devotion to duty had helped him to form good opinion of the woman welfare workers in the A. E. F.
 I'm afraid" said the orderly, that you won't be warm enough in that cape"
 That's so Hartley" said the major who was wearing his mackinaw ! Run up to my billet and get her my ] trench coat"
 We had delightful ride over to St
 Mihiel, where the major was inspect I ing some roads that our men had | been restoring since the armistice, an6 on the way back I suggested that wt
 walk little in the battlefelds, for i wished to see those trenches before I the German prisoners got them al filled. Two hours later when we re. | turned to the hut Elaine was jus finishing the serving of the early ev. l ening chocolate.
 ''We had beautiful time, dear. Tn so SOIly you WeFeli dIonS, l Salu.
 And you have two beautiful tear! in the trench coat.''
 'Where?" I asked, dismayed There's a rent on each shoulder" "Oh, dear, I wonder how it eve l happened
 i Perhaps when you were reaching il
 to the barbed wire entanglements try 4 ing to get that boche potato mash er," said the major indulgently. That coat will certainly requir
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first aid to the injured. I'll. be glad to try my hand at mending it,s offer ed Elaine.
 But I should be the one to do it." hastily objected.
 'sNow, ladies, no quarreling over this rather doubtful honor. By good for tune there are two tears. so you can each exercise your skill if you'll be so kind.n
 days outing, I did not rise early. the next morning, and when 1 did get to the hut I found Elaine taking the last stitches in her mend. The major was looking on admiringly. -
 New are you going to let me watch you do the other shoulder he asked.
 No indeed I haven't time to do it now. but I'll try to have it done be- fore dinner. l fear I'm not such a lightning needlewonan as Elaine"
 I was astonished to see how neatly Elaine had repaired one torn shoulder, and 1 decided that I must equal her, so I want into the comp1ny tailors shop that afternoon an asked him for some instruction. He seized fher trench coat and darned it. almost in; visibly in no time at all.
 But. Kel," I said as he handed it back to me, T was to have done it myself and now you have done it" Lieut.. Whipple. who carried the coat over to the evening mess for me, said it was the most beautiful eX- ample of mending he had ever seen. Indeed, all the officers at mess prais- ed it, though Major Morrison himself said little. 1 suppose he was pained by the contrast between it and the | hot Esioin had Cn hastily. 1 It was about a week later that Elaine asked me to mend her uni | form.
 l "fou are such a wizard at mending l that wish to have the benefit of l your cleverness,'' and l looked aghast at the crooked tear. I was just at
 tacking it timidly when Kelley, the I tailor. came into the hut. Are you needing little help again?" he asked good naturedly. You are a master darner. aren't you? said Elaine, smiHngly so ap- pealingIy that he really had to take her coat and mend it.
 You are wonderful!" she exclaimed Thank you ever so much. I never saw but one darn before that equals this?"
 I I nonchalantly gathered my sewing kit together and went to the othel end of the hut, apparently oblivious
 to any insinuation in her remarks.
 noticed that from that day Maj Nor.
 rison sought my companionship mucl less than he had and I felt certain tha
 Elaine had confided to him her sus
 picions m regard to the triflling mat ter of the darn. I must say I thinl
 it was exceedingly small of her } Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

our hearts are bleeding. yours will bend over our wounds.
 Hold out your hands to us. We only ask for the right to live and to love; but to obtain that. Turkish domination must be done away with. Tell to your government so. We must obtain a complete and final release.
 Beware of Turkish intriguesl
 Do not believe those who islander usi
 Our peoples only crime is to be Armenians, that is, Christians.
 "Our wish is to rebuild our country and our homes with the survivors who i have been spared to us
 Do help us, women of the United States!
 Help us. we women of Armenia who are weeping but still hoping. for we trust in Gods love-"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Said former Justice Hughes is a re- cent speech at Pittsburgh. "The reme- dy for Bolshevism is not bourbon ism, and the guilty escape if the charge is so broad as to embrace the innocent" It is an admonition which we may all well heed, and that with out relaying one whit our vigilance against any real menace to our gov ernment or it's institutions.-Ma chester Herald.
 It is feared that when the Leviathan gets to running as flagship of the American line in competition with the Imperator, the other ocean monster of the Cunard line, the former will be at disadvantage because of the fact that is being an American vessel it
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

party is resurrected before next years campaign it will be by such demo-
 crats as Williams and not by single track minded" dictators who appear to believe as MT. William Hohenzol- Tern of Holland did when he resided in Germany some years ago that he was senior partner in the firm of Mineself & Gott Co. It might just as well be a
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

A New London auto driver crashes into Norwich machine here and es- capes punishment. Had it been re- versed and Norwich driver had struck New London machine in New London nothing less than $50 could have been expected by the Norwich driver regardless of who was to blame
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

Deutsch senior partner as an American one for the world is done with men who act as if they wished to be con sidered of more consequence than God
 c. B. MONTGOMERY. Oneco, Conn.
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Housing conditions are reported to be bad in Germany but they are not to be compared with those In northern France and Belgium.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

The announcement that the other nations are to go right ahead with the league of nations doesn't look as if the worlds heart was broken.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

With five members of the police force at Petersburg. Va. arrested for, bootlegging one would almost be afraid to wear white ribbon down there. s-,~ IL
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

What task there is before the war department is shown by the face that relatives have asked for the bodies of 10000 soldiers buried in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: As time advances the turk gets more elu- sive than ever.
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It was said there was no statement as to where Attorney General Palmer would go for rest. If it was trou- ble he was seeking he could find it in any direction. s-7.. s.
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It isn't too late to think about mak- ing Thanksgiving more realistic to those less fortunate than others.
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is ruled by prohibition. while the lat ter being English, can give it's pas sengers all the spurious liquor they want It Is assumed that a great many people will want to travel ons the wet boat Prohibitionists will probably welcome this opportunity to show that there are people enough who prefer a dry boat to make the Leviathans 3 successful competitor of the Inpera- tor.-Waterbury American.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

While silks and satins used to indi- cate wealth the woolens and cottons now single out the rich.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-26

They'd Never Stand For That.
 A three months labor truce would certainly mean a hard winter for the professional agitator, driving him perhaps, to humiliating contact with honest effort--IndianapolS News.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
4 Factory at Strutford- vom


on-Avon raises big question of prin-
ciple, which should not be lost sight
Of. II is admitted that an aluminium
factory is unobj as factories
90. There Will, as the invading firm
explains, be no smoke. no smell, no
noise. Compared with other factories
this one viii roar like any sucking
dove 1t is not proposed to affront
the ghost Of Shakespeare with blast
furnaces, nor to start leather tannery
or sewage farm under his very nose.
"It is, however, proposed to build
an aluminium factory, which is an un-
romantic object at its best And the
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
The Early Genius
Of KpHns

WRlTING under this head, "Ths
Passing of Kipling,' in "The
Catholic World Joseph j. Reilly,
Ph.D., concludes his article thus:
kipling wrote his early and brill
iaht tales because he had interesting
thlngs to tell and not because he had
any deliberate intention of celebrating
'he romance of English rule in India
tie was, however, credited by many
fnghshmen with that achievement.
Inc soft impeachment had narrowing
results, for it led him to take himself
with fatal seriousness and in conse-
quence to play up to the part assigned
MIN by the jingoes among his country
men until he grew to regard himself
as the glorifer of imperial England
throughout the world. No one, whether
peasant or potentate, has since been
permitted to entertain an opinion al
variance with his. Such temerity
We're lese-maje
The future, like death. IS a great
!eveller. The sanctity Of regulations,
often left inviolable out Of Difference
10 the past, means nothing to her She
dethrones Cowley for Milton and
"lllis for Poe without even by your
leave" to the usurer and with d.
vine serenity casts into the darkness
VI opllvlon the regulations Of men ana
oooks' permitting many a writer ol
oulNy tones to be borne t. immor-
.ailty on the wings of single perfect
i'ne. Contemporary adulation, no mat
'ei no" profuse, can make no CLAIM
upon her final judgment. What that
hnal judgment may be on the largest
part of Kipling's work. criticism,
'hough uhcndowed with the gift OF
prophecy. has right to- hazard a sus-
piclon- hlpllng has given us few Of
~ .me greatest short stories in English.
ihey are great despite his narrowness,
MS eneminacy, his pseudo omnisci-
e"ce' ms irritating personality and his
"'iac'ous views and they were written,
'S miracle, when their author was
sc"rcely more than a boy. 1t was
Jean swift who cried, on reading "Ths
iaie OF a Tub" in his decline, Good
uou' what genius had when | wrots
''."' oook! So too might the Kiplins
- Tie last quarter century lament as
nc read anew the masterpieces of his
.wen'les, had not the gods denied him
'ne grace Of sel.-criticism-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14
ON THE STATION PLATFORM-A French War Storv

dis hand. He was about to ask the
latter his address, so that they could
keep track of each other, when a
stout gentleman, with an affable
countenance, appeared on the plat
form.
"Monsieur Pradil, how are YOU?
If you'll allow me, I'll drop you at
your villa. have my carriage here.
And how is Nine. Pradil?"
Pradil turned purple. Bernage.
hanging from the platform of the
tram, which was beginning to move,
became pale, assailed by world of
doubts. Pradil married? To whomo
Why hadn't he said that he lived
here? Why had he shown so much
embarrassment at moments? And
MS silence during his journey
abroad! Had he ever started fo,. the
Indies? Hadn't he, instead pre-
pared that safe retreat where Jac-
-
quellne went later to join him?
Bernage had an access of violent
rage. He lived over his sufferinps
of the past. He couldn't jump off the
train, which was now under full
headway. He couldn't stop until he
had fulfilled his mission. But ba
wanted to know. He would come hack
later.
Would he come back later?
Suddenly, he shrugged his shoulders.
Would he come back later? The
present, to which he had devoted
himself completely, absorbed him
The past, which had tortured him
seemed fictitious, futile and vain
fantastically disconnected with the
three years of war. He took account
OF the fact that he was, for the time
being, at least, another man whom
that past didn't concern any longer.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Il see that you know what hap
pened to me-"
Pradil had an air of surprise.
what was that?"
"You know very we'll. Your ex-
preston itself indicates that YOU
have heard. And otherwise, if YOU
didn't know, you would have asked
me about my wife - which you
haven't done"
"But l assure you-"
Anyway, listen to me. | want
you to know, because you are
almost my only friend. Jacqueline
left me-"
Pradll made a movement to speak.
but Bernage didn't give him time.
eyes, she left me. She ran away.
1t happened about six months after
you started for the Indies. Yes, you
went away toward the end of the
summer of 1913, wasn't it? Well,
on February ~, 1914, she disap-
peared. Where? How? With whom?
| don't know. We had been married
four years and our life together
seemed to me to be very happy. We
had no children. If I regretted that,
am sure it didn't cause Jacqueline