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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1919-01-23

time. They told me of another time
when more than 10000 boys of from
fourteen to twenty years of age had
been carried away to Germany. When
was in Lille on October % it had
very few inhabitants except old peo-
pie or very young children. Among
the few exceptions were girls of from
seventeen to twenty years of age nurs-
Ing babies. which they told me were
the offspring of German fathers and
the pathos Of the situation of those
young girls is something I shall never
| forget.
| And this condition at Lille is the re-
suit of German ambition for world
| domination, an ambition fostered
among the German people through
years Of training, the ambition of a
people whose boast has been that
Knight makes right"
am sorry to say have heard peO-
pie attempt to excuse this looting of
Lille on the ground that it could be
shown to be war meAsure-the need
of Germany for this machinery and
TOT InG l1DOr Oh Ine people uepoFLeu
to Germany. But these people cannot
find any reasonable excuse for the war
itself. war that was started only for
the selfish purpose of selfish peO-
pie.
Shall Germany not pay for this con-
dition at Lille? Shall she not pay for
the machinery that was carted away
or destroyed, for the people that were
deported? Shall she not pay for the
years of idleness Of these factories
for the years Of idleness Of the EN-
ployees denied the opportunity of prof.
table employment? Shall she not pay
for the markets that have been de
stroyed and which it will take years
to re-establish If 1t can ever be done
No, Germany will never be able tt
pay for all of it. She will never bt
able to pay, and no sum Of money
could pay for the anguish Of those
mothers who were forced to stant
aside and watch their sons and daugh
tiers carried away into virtual slavery
She will never be able to pay for tn
anguish. the wrecked lives, Of thos
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girls with German babies. Money Win
not Day for these things. but money
and work can IN some small degree
pay for the wrecked factories and RI
tned business Of the city Of Lille, and
through the payment OF this money
and labor the people of Germany will
learn that might Is not right, and that
war Tor the purpose Of gratifying
selfish ambition Is not profitable.
Why Lille Was Not Destroyed.
The German retreat from Lille came
near the close Of the war when the
Germans knew they were beaten and
they would have 20 pay. and for that
reason the city itself was not de-
stroyed. But the fact that it was not
destroyed is but another evidence Of
German selfishness rather. than of vlr-
tue.
There are hundreds Of cities and
towns that have been destroyed after
being looted as Lille was looted; hun.
dreds of towns where even the mate
rial of which they were built has been
carried away that it might be used in
the. construction of Notifications be-
hind which the German army might
defend itself and Its ill-gotten gains.
For all of these Germany should pay
now. and for generations to come.
No sympathetic pardon board should
sit on Germany's case. No sentiment
alist should have a voice in deciding
her punishment. There is no more,
if as much, reason for leniency in fix
ing the punishment Of Germany than
there would be for leniency in fixing the
punishment of the ruthless slayer of
your son or your daughter. Germany
must pay all that the present and fu-
ture generations can pay, and she will
even then have expiated her crime only
in small degree.
Any Demand Not Too Great.
I am sure know the desire Of the
American people for fair play in all
things. including the settlement with
Germany. They would not wish to do
the German people an injustice in the
demand for reparation. AS rode mile
after mile over the devastated fields
of Belgium and northern France, as
passed through town after town that
had been destroyed because Of mad
craze for loot and world domination,
felt that could the American people
but see the things was seeing, they
would feel, as felt, that any demand
that might be made could not be I'M
fair. Gould they have seen the ruins
of the beautiful cities of Ypres, Ar
mentieres, La Bassee, Peronne, St.
Quentin, Noyon, Lens and many hun
dreds Of others. they, too, would
say with one voice: Germany must
pay"
The boche will appeal, and in fact
is appealing, for the sympathy Of the
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Eyes Show Character.

Eyes without color, prominent, with
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cial mind. Blue eyes tend toward a
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gray eyes indicate calm, cool calcula-
ton and self-control; if with large pu-
pill, keen sensibilities and fine intel
lect. Brown eyes, on the other hand,
express sanguine temper; when the
-ims of the lower eyelids are red, they
show much of uncontrolled temper.
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The charm of bathroom is its spot
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Take care of your health and wealth
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train of thoughts is the real thing
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The brand of popularity that one
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In order to win success a man must
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The man who does the least talking
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Nothing is certain" as the fisher
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Jealousy is the injured lovers hell.
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Be Jolly. but don't be jollied.
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DON'T envy others; get busy and
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-09
Coblenz on the Rhine
by Lieut.. GrantInnd Rice

A soldier of America lay starving in
Coblenz;
His government had made him live
four months on thirty cents,
4 comrade stood beside him while
his last franc cbbed away,
And bent with plying glances TO
hear what he might say.
Tell my brothers and companions
when they crowd around TO get
An earful on this bloody war that
left us all in debt,
We didn't mind the lighting job, but,
slogging through the rain,
Full many a bloke was starved to
death along the Rhenish Plain
And dropping out the Mayen road
were strong men, wan and pale,
The last franc in their dirty grip
along the Bitburg trail;
And as l faltered forward 1 heard
them curse and whine;
For l went broke at Coblcnz-at
Coblenz on the Rhine
Tell my sister not to weep for me
nor sob with dropping head.
When the troops come marching home
again with glad and gallant tread;
glance that seems to say:
My brother was a soldier, too, who
never got his pay
Just say l got no d. S. G. for show
ing lack of fear;
Tell her / never lost an arm. or ankle
or an ear;
But on the old Third Army stan l
faced a rougher line
Wrl
lenz on the Rhine.
We met no German bullets as we
hiked on through the mist.
Nor yet quartermaster with a shekel
in his hst;
And as We damned him daily. we
heard the low winds pine,
He never heard of Coblenz-of CO.
blenz on the Rhine
Tell her the last night of my life
(for ere this moon is risen,
My body will be out of pain-my soul
be out of PRISON.
/ dreamed l stool with her again in
lands beyond all grief,
Where 1 had something else TO eat
besides this bully beef.
Tell her yearn to see again the
trenches far away.
Where We still had a yen or two, and
sometimes drew our pay:
For though | have no love for war
like any other lout,
I'd rather meet a German shell than
German sauerkraut."
The starving soldier in the Old Third
Army zone,
His eyes put on a dying look-he had
not strength to grosn:
His comrade bent TO lift him, as he
murmured softly: Tell
That ouartermaster when he comes
I'll met him down in hell"
The Washington herald., 1919-03-09
Illustrated by ALBERT LEVERING

newspaper correspondent, Abe, but
would be considering offers from the
law firm Of Hughes. Brsndeis.
StanchheId. Hughes & StsnchheId
to come in as a full partner and
take exclusive charge Of the cross
examination of busted railroad
presidents"
Maybe the reason why Mr.. Ian
sing don't tell them newspaper cor
respondents nothing is that he amt
got nothing to tell them" Abe sug-
gested.
We'll then if | would be him,
Abe. ] would make up something"
Morris said. because if he don't
they Will. or anyhow some Of them
will. and there is going to be lot
of stuff printed in American papers
where the correspondent says he
learns from high authority that
things amt going so good in the
Peace Conference as Mr.. Wilson
would like. because Mr.. Wilson is
the doctor in the case, and you
know how it is when somebody Is
too sick to be seen and the doctor
is worried. Abe. he sends down
word that everything Is proceeding
satisfactorily. and the visitor goes
away trying TO remember did he or
did he not throw away that fifty
cent black four-in-hand tie he wore
to the last funeral he went TO.
Il got a whole lot Of confidence
in Mr.. Wilson as the doctor for this
here war sickness which Europe IS
suffering from, Mswruss, Abe said.
so have l." Morrs said; but
you've got to remember that there's
a whole lot of other doctors on the
case. Abe-some Of them quack
doctors. too. and when the doctors
disagree who is 10 decide?"
81 don't know" Abe said; but
| think ! know who would like TO-
"Who?" Morris asked.
Some Of these here Washington
newspaper correspondents you was
talking about" >" Abe concluded.
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would have stood with them ltal.
ians if the American correspond,
ents hadn't been along to start the
cries of Bravo in the right spot.
SO you see, Abe, it's a good
thing for them newspaper men to
see what kind of people the Italians
is in their own country" Morris
continued, because if this here
League of Nations idea is going to
be put over by Mr.. Wilson, Amerii-
cans should ought to know from
the start that Italy is Big League
nation and its batting average in
this war is just as good as the other
Big League nations"
Did any one say it wasn't2"
Abe demanded.
u know they didn't" Morris
said. But just the same, Abe, there
is a whole lot of people in America
which judges the Italians by the
way they behave in the ice business
and CavaIlcria Rusticana, and also
a felIer can get a very unfavorable
opinion of Italians by being shaved
in one Of them ten-cent palace bar
Der shops, understand me. so. even
If them newspaper men couldn't ap-
preciate the performance without a
libretto. understand. they could
anyhow see for themselves that the
Italians in Italy is doctors and law
yers, clothing dealers and bankers,
just the same like Americans are
in America, and if they can pass
the word back home, with few de-
tails of how it feels to be a for
eigner in foreign country, that
wouldn't do no harm neither"
That is something which an
American newspaper correspondent
wouldn't touch on at ALL" Abe said.
because | bet that every last one
Of them has already sent back to
America an article about this trip
TO Italy, which when the readers of
his newspaper looks at it, Mawruss,
not only would they think that he
understood Sonnino's speech from
start to finish y understand. but also
that every time the newspaper fel-
Ter is in Rome. which the article
would lead one to believe has been
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there is neighborhoods south of
Washington Square where not only
a majority of the people speaks
Italian, but the minority speaks it
also. So you see how complicated
things becomes when a new begin
ner like me starts in to talk foreign
politics"
For that matter, all US Ameri-
cans is new beginners on foreign
politics, from Mr.. Wilson down,
Abe" Morris said. And that is
why Mr.. Wilson done a wise thing
when he visited Italy the other day.
and took a lot of American news
paper fellers with him, because, be-
tween you and me. Abe, it wouldn' t
surprise me in the least if some Of
them reporters went down there un-
der the impression that the only
thing which distinguished Ragusa
from Ravioli or Spalato from spa
ghetti was the difference in the
shape of the nuddles, but that
otherwise they was cooked the
same, with chicken livers and toma-
to sauce, which you know how it is
in America; 90 per cent of the peo-
pie gets their education from read
ing in the newspapers, and the con-
sequence is that if the American
newspaper reporters has a sort of
hazy idea that Sonnino is either an
item on the bill-of-fare, to be pass
ed up on account of having garlic
in it, or else a tenor which the Met
tropohtan Opera House amt given
a contract to as yet, understand,
then the American public has got
the same hazy idea. So Mr.. Wilson
done the right thing travelling 10
Italy. even if he did have an un-
comfortable journey"
What do you mean-an uncom-
Portable journey?" Abe demanded.
Why | understand he travelled on
the King of Italy's royal train!"
Sure. ! know" Morris agreed;
but when a king is sleeping on a
royal train in Europe, Abe, he can
be pretty near as comfortable as
a travelling salesman sitting up all
night on a day coach in America,
and if he spends two nights on such
The Washington herald., 1919-03-09
YES, ABE" Morris Perlmut-
4 ter said to his partner,

4 ter said to his partner,
Abe Potash, few days
after Mr.. Wilson's return from his
visit to Italy. up to a short time
ago hardly anybody in America
had ever even heard about ltaly's
claim to the Dalmatian territory. y
Naturally" Abe replied; be
cause if there IS six people in the
whole United States which is en-
gagged in the business of selling
spotted dogs to FIRE engine houses,
Mawruss, that would be big al
ready"
Morris threw up both hands in a
gesture of despair. What is the
use talking foreign politics to a
feller which thinks that Italy $
claims 10 the Dalmahan territory
means she wants the exclusive right
to make New York. Cleveland. Chi
cago and Saint Louis with a line of
spotted dogs for fire engine COM
pazies!" he exclaimed.
And ! wouldn't even have
known that it meant that much. "
Abe retortcd. entirely unabashed,
excepting that SIX months ago my
wife's sisters cousin wanted me |
should advance her a hundred dol
lars to pay a lawyer he should
Drng suit against the city for her
on account she got bitten by one of
them fire-house Dalmatians, Nav
russ, which up to that time | al
ways had an idea they was splash
ed-up white dogs. So go ahead.
Mawruss. I'll be the goat. What is
Iialy's claims to the Dalmatian ter
nIory?"
well, in the first place, Italy
thinks she should be awarded all
them towns where a majority of the
people which lives in them speaks
Italian" Morris said; like Fiume.
Spalato, Ragusa
Also New Rochelle. Mount Yer
non and the Bronx" =" Abe added;
and # she wants 10 get nasty,
MIawruss, she could claim all the
/. territory east Of Third avenue. from
NYnetielh street up to the Harlem
River, too. Furthermore. Mawruss,
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a royal train. the way President
Wilson did in going from Paris to
Rome, which is about as far as from
New York to Chicago, y'under-
stand, it wouldn't make no differ
ence how many people is waiting at
the station to holler Long live the
King understand me. he is going
to feel half dead anyway"
And yet there is people which
claims that Mr.. Wilson don't give a
whoop whether he makes himself
popular or not" Abe commented,
which before | would lay awake
two nights on a train, | wouldn' t
care if every newspaper reporter in
the United States never got no
nearer to Italy than a 50-cent table
d'hote including wine"
Maybe you would care if you
was going to Italy to make speeches
the way Mr.. Wilson did," Morris
said. Which if the King of Italy
was to go to America and make
speeches in Italian at the Capitol in
Washington, it would be just as well
if he would bring along an audi
ence of few dozen Italians with
him. and not depend on enough
BARRIERS, shoeblacks and vegetable
stand keepers horning in on the
proceedings to give the Congress
men and Senators a hint as to
where the applause should come in.
In fact. | was speaking to one of
them newspaper fellers which went
to Italy, Abe, and he says that he
listened carefully to all the speech
es which was made in Italian, Nav
russ, and that once he thought he
heard the word Chianti mentioned.
but he couldn't say for certain. He
told me, however, that the CORE
spondent of the New York Evening
Post also claims that he heard Or
Iando, the Prime Minister, in a
speech delivered in Rome, use the
word II Trovatore. but that other
wise the whole thing was like hav-
ing the misfortune to see somebody
give an imitation of Eddie Foy
when you've escaped seeing Eddie
Foy in the first place, so you can
imagine what chance Mr.. Wilson
The Washington herald., 1919-03-09
BY MONTAGUE GLASS
Everything Is Proceeding Satisfactorily MAYBE.

on an average of once a week for
the past ten years, Mawruss, him
and Sonnino drink coffee together. :"
Amt he taking as big chance
when he writes a thing like that2"
Morris commented.
"YowI A chance!" Abe Exclaim-
ed. why, to read the things that
a few of these here Washington
correspondents used to write when
they was in America yet, you would
think every one of them was pes
tered to death with telephone mes
sages from the White House where
Mr.. Tumulty says if the newspaper
Teller has got little spare time that
evening the President would con-
slider it big favor if he would step
around to the White House. as Mr..
Wilson would like TO ask him an
advice about a diplomatic note
which has just been received from
Lord George in regards to the free
dom of the seas or something"
But don't you suppose the news
paper which nervy individual like
| that is working for would FIRE him
on the spot2" Morris observed.
Not at ALL" Abe said, because
the newspaper owner likes people to
get an idea that the newspaper has
got such an important feller for a
| Washington correspondent. just as
much as the correspondent does
/ himself. Mawruss. so you can i'm
asine the bluff some of them fel-
lers is going to throw now that they
really got something interesting to
write about like this here Peace
Conference. If Mr.. Wilson gains
all his fourteen points, yunder-
stand. the special Paris correspond
ent of the Bridgetown, Pa, Daily
Register is going to write home,
And he could have gained fifteen
| if he would only have listened to
me- Also, Mawruss. during the
next three months, if the Peace
Conference lasts that long, the
readers of the Cyprus. N. J., Even
ing Chronicle is going to get the
idea that President Wilson, Glenn
enceau, Lord George and a Teller
by the name of DeIos M. Jones. who
is writing Peace Conference articles
for the Cyprus, N. J.. Evening
Chronicle. are in secret confer
ence together every day. including
Sundays. from 10 a. m. to mid
night, fixing up the boundaries be-
tween Roumania and Servia."
well. them boys has got to pro-
duce something to make their boss
es back in America continue paying
salary and travelling expenses,
Morris said, because from what
this here newspaper correspondent
tells me. if he didn't get his imagi-
nation working, all he could write
for his paper would be descriptions
Of Paris scenery. including the out
side of the buildings where on the
insides. with the doors iockcd and
the curtains pulled. MIR. Wilson and
the American Peace Commissioners
is openly and VIGOROUSLY carrying
on open and notorious peace con-
| versations with the other allied
Peace Commissioners. and for all
the newspaper correspondents know
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correspondents and lets them know
what's been going on" Abe said.
He meets them" Morris re-
piled. but so far as letting them
know what has been going on is
concerned. all he says is that every
thing is proceeding satisfactorily.
and is there a gentleman that would
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fellers who were working under the
rules of the old secret diplomacy
blabbed everything they knew"
But distinctly read it in the
papers the other day that every
morning at half past 10, Mawruss,
Mr.. Lansing meets the newspaper
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like to ask him any questions, which
naturally any newspaper correspon-
dent who could ask Mr.. Lansing
such questions as would make Mr..
Lansing give out any information
he didn't want to give out, wouldn' t
be wasting his time working as a
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ised before he left America that the
old secret diplomacy would be a
thing of the past" Abe said.
SO he did," Morris agreed, "and
by what gather from this here
newspaper man he kept his promise,
too, and we now have got a new
diplomacy. compared to which the