The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-07-03

Albania desires nothing fra1n tho peace
conference except its liberty, says "a IRA
ma message. 1t wants neither mandates
nor protectorates, but simply self govern
iienL Inc simple mountaincers trust tho
soldiers OF no nation. The only uniform
which is welcomed is the American. Al
bCnians associate the American uniform,
whether ii be that of an army officer of
the Hoover food mission or the American
hed cross, with charity and the helping
hand. Although they have no trust in
their own physicians, the natives vii.
swallow without hesitation any kind of a
pill or draugft from an American Red
cross doctor or nurse. American doctors
and nurses are welcomed into Mohamme-
dan homes where other Christians would
not be admitted. Albanian r1ountaineers
carry their children on donkey back for
hundreds Of miles over the mountains to
the nearest American Red Cross station.
In short. Albanians have implicit conf
dence in Americans, writes a correspond
ent.
a special cable to the London Times.
DAILY Chronicle and Public Ledger from
Ekaterinodar, says: Imagine half the
- war office and Fleet street huddIed to-
gether, say IL Taunton, sleeping three in
a room and wearing all sorts of costumes
and uniforms, working for the liberation
or England. That Is the general effect OF
this cough and ready provincial town, In
sight Of the blue outspurs OF the eau
casus. If only British enterprise could
devise The means of supplying manufac-
tured goods to this depleted region, where
~ needE stubborn maneuyering to produce
q shett. n razor, or packet OF paper, not
to speak of boots or clothes, further i'm
pulse would be given to the recovery from
boishevist ruin"
The Edinburgh mental hospItaI renort
states that mental b~reakdowns due TO
war have been more than counterbalanced
by a dimihutfon in other directions. The
wal Wns SO absorbing tina Il distracted
many from their interpretive habits and
personal worries, and was an actual pro.
lection to them, The report concludes,
however: ~ must admit looking forward
with great apprehension to the effects on
.he mind and nerves Of those who have
already suffered much, from tho serious
recurring outbreaks Of influenza. For,
Judging by the experiences which fol-
lowed the original invasion In 1850, we
may expect many more"
''You must be willing to find me in the
dance hall, the club room, the pool hall,
or even the back alley. wherever csa
serve, ii | am to remain your PASTOR"
the Rev. Earl A. Blackman, OF the Chris
tan church, told his Chanute, Kan, con-
Eregation Sunday. Il have returned from
service in the A. &c. Il. firm in the convic-
ton that ] know what the church must
Sfrer to serve It's returned soldier, You
are going to find me in the dance hall,
not because / enjoy dancing. but because
people 20 to dances. I intend to see to
1t that the dance is made a proper insti-
tuition. Why not take it away from the
devil and make it the instrument of the
church,"
Phe report OF the Y. M. C. A. shows that
n established 1,700 shops in France and
operated so factories where biscuits and
eueh supplies were produced. 1t conduct.
ed 20 hotels and restaurants, and 2,00O
butts. Nintey thousand motion picture
shows were given. 1t also enabled the
~ooughboys, through It's banking service,
to send home $40, 600, 900 to their families
without charge.
A Rome CORRESPONDENT saws that the
picturesque galaxy OF beggars vlns, :,
. sort OF hereditary succession, nave oc-
cupied the steps before the church of
Irlnita for generations. but were driven
AWAY during the war by lack of patron
age. are returning. 1t is said they regard
that of giving comfort to troubled souls
on the theory that ut is more blessed to
give h to receive"
From the London Times: "a notable
feature OF the dispatches dealing with the
situation In Washington Is the emphasis
with which the personal ~unpopularlty of
president Wilson with legislators Of both
parties Is described. That there is a fierce
desire. which is not wholly confined To
republicans. to humillate the president. is
undeniable, but that this desire viii lead
70 the rejection of the treaty the New
FORK Times declares to be Incredible"
-~rrrany's plan to place a spy with
every unit OF the American army failed
S"ie'yt because OF the prompt action OF
we department. of justice in arrestins and
lhternlng German aliens. the Scnote mill
.ars committee is told by Big. Gen.
Marlborough Churchill, chief of ave de-
partnlent of military intelligence.
James tc,uski admitted to a Philadelnhia
ssase lest week tiat he had beaten his
wife, but Justified himself with the expla-
nation that she squandered money--the
from S. to 81 a week he gave her to keen
table. The judge suggested he do a
little buying himself. and there was a rec
0ifciiation.
ratification was the bass OF the procla-
nation. they believe its failure to ratify
would invalldate 1t. On the date of the
OHIO Judges decision, an Arkansas Judge
held that Arkansas voters ave not tho
rEsf to pass on the action of that state
legislature in ratifying.
A slogan which Secse,aiss a.aser saws Is
very effective in army recruiting is; 'Join
the Army atsd Meet ;.ome Nice Girls
Mr.. Baker W the army is giving a lot
OF young men a chance to meet some hon
e-st-to-goodness American girls. He says
this makes the army q delight.
William Short. of Seattle, has been ovor-
wheiming1y reelected president OF the
Washington State Federation OF Labor.
f1iS victory is reagred as q triumph OF
the conservative b element over the
20 called radicals and aIt!!s %Gsofnpers fne-
A riot was started In Eraakfort last
week when a French offtcar sordered the
arrest OF a German civilian. Order was
en1y restored when the prsfect OF police
tisrsatefcd that French arfallery would
fire II Fra0c hoKicern ssere endan-
Gercd.
The price Of silver will not fail below
q Eer ounce in less than seven years, and
erceably not for several years iater. says
I. Baker. director Of the UNITED
mint. The silver Production OF the
unttef States last years was n,eOo.ooo
NEE ssfasEt2
Actiag secretary Of State Polk charac-
.esases reports of = uassible Brifish man.
late over Mexico AS absurd and mischiev-
lIs.
kkeparanon is being wade BY the Aus-
rAlAn fedora war sertHo homes depart
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