The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-06

VT HUNG. former Emperor of u Korea. who died a few days ago, was situated in tie later the Belgians, would have been if &he GermaDs had burned the Queen of BAl- giun.~ alive, deposed Albert put an idiot on the Belgian throne and an i nexed Belgium, Europe looking on complacently.
 Vi Hung was man of considerah hle intelligence With what bitterness of spiFit; with what cyncism as to the beneficence of Christianity and of western civilization, he must have looked upon the Paris peace confer ence and talk of the right of elf-de- melancholy fate remained a matter of little or no interest to others than the Koreans to whom Japanese as mas ters are not more welcome than Ger mans would be as masters of the Bel gians or the French.
 Nothing quite like the armed assault upon the royal palace in Seoul, ordered hy the Japanese imperial government, resulting in the murder of the Korean Queen, or Empress, who was burned alive after coal oil had been poured upon her clothing, has occurred in modern times without attracting the attention of others than few news paper correspondents and writers of books whose duties took them to the scene, and into the atmosphere of that well ordered lynching
 The Japanese dethroned Nj Hung because he sent deputation to The Hague to protest against the encroach- ments of the Japanese in Korea, which he and all observers knew
 UNCLE SAM, POETIC ADVERTISER From the Chicago News.
 War destroyed a number of things in this country last winter One of them consisted of the alluring advertisements prepared by the railroads for the induce nent of travel to warmer climates. year ago under government management the business of transporting soldiers and necessities of war. They had neither time nor facilities to place at the disposal of those who could fly the Nlorrors of a northern winter to bask under sunny southern skies.
 So it was that some staid citizens lost an engaging form of entertainment. Those enticing ads afforded large meas ure of solace to many who enjoy winter trips to warmer climate only vicari- ously. Such persons could surround themselves with a mass of this railroad ''literature.'' light the gas log and dream away an evening in imaginary flights to the beauty spots of the Pacific or the south The whistle of the steam raidia- tor became the Singing of the thrush. the window box fernery transformed it. self magically into graceful, waving palm trees: ones very attire seemed to take the form of white flannels and pana- mas, as imagination. superinduced by this contemplation of distant delights, roved at will.
 The railroads remain in the hands o+ Uncle Sam, but the inspiration to these journeyings in imagination has been re- stored. Now Uncle Sam is doing the rail- road advertising. Listen: " our troubles end, your joys begin, when on you way to the lands of no winter" Run away from winter to some land of June wealth er Migrate and rejuvenate-don't hi bernate Be a bird. not a bear"
 Countless thousands will love and re- were Uncle Sam for providing them again with the means 9f revelns in a choice winter vacation at minimum cost. Hosts of vers florists may mourn by reason ot this unsought competition, but the trained and accustomed adrnirer of rail- road advertising will not object this sea- son because the railroads have not ye1 been returned to their owners.