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New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
Bombing Afghan Towns.
tSprin gfeld Republican,

(CpTln S1lSlQ tkGpu bllCdn)
 It is interesting news from London that British aviators have been bomb ing kabul, the pital of Afghanistan, and Jelala bad. which lies on the way 10 the capital. Kahul is about 100 miles from the famous khyber pass, where fighting has been going on. and Je1ala bad is about half as far, both being within easy range of raiders When the question of the abolition by international agreement Of the use of bonn bplanes in war came up at Paris, British military experts were strongly opposed, for they believed that aerial bonn bardment would prove highly ef- fective in Englands little wars"; it perhaps was not suspected. how ever. that occasion would come even before the treaty of peace had been signed.
 That the new weapons which have been developed in the great war in some ways greatly strengthen empires against revolt is obvious. The famous Roman roads, which made all roads lead 10 Rome because they started there. were built chiefly to put down revolts: the wonder is that. having provided the paved ways, the Romans did not go a step further and invent the bicvcle-after the fall of Rome this very simple Contrivance became impossible because there were no longer good roads. By sturdy march ing the Romans did marvels, but where would the eagles not have flown if borne aloft by the strange devices Of m modern civilization:
 fch icto nd of border states locomotion is still very primitive. There are no railways and good highways are few: conditions are very much as described by the late Lord Roberts ("Bobs'D in his account of the famous ride from ka- hul to Kandahar which 1<ipling has celebrated Distance and the difficulty of transport are still the chief prob lens of the Wardens of the marches when one of the periodical dsaf fec lions of the border states breaks out I can be seen, therefore, of what in, - mense value the airplane may he, not only because of it's speed. but because it needs no special highway and can operate over the toughest country. Yet it's use for the bonn ping of towns is regrettabe even when the enemy is unCl\ llIeD or only partly ClNlllZS0. [ The theory, Of course, is that such at tacks aeainst which there is no pos sihle defense. will terrify the Afghans ! into submission. Ii may have that ! effect, at any rate. while the airplane is novel and may to the natives seem like magic. But i' has also been the general experience that the use of bomb bplanes for attacking towns causes intense and lasting hatred: much of the special bitterness against Ger many. indeed. comes from just this war on women and children At a time therefore. when antipathy to white rule is becoming so pronounced , in Asia and throughout the Moham- medan world, this resort to a mode of 1 warfare which was eNecrated when l the Germans used it may cause som c uneasiness. Even if efica cious now, 1 its after effects may not be helpful to the 1British empire.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
Tho Leopard's Spots.
(\eW York Hera1do

Seven thousand Bavarian officers, it is reported met in Munich recently and protested against the extradition of the fugitive kaiser and hundred blacklisted German generals. They endorsed these words:
 The kaiser was our ideal of honor. The whole nation demands the refusal of his cxtradition."
 The fugitive kaiSer's defenders are seeking also to prove that he loved peace. The Pan German hope, still much in evidence and backed by a mysterious army, is alive to the ex- pectation of a national upheaval that Will overthrow the new republic and restore the reactionaries. This ex- plains the effort to get the former kaiser back into Germany.
 Does the leopard change his spots :?
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
LETTERS OF AN ALTRUIST @TO His Grocer
By Edmund Vance Cooke. M.

Dear Sir: Your monthly invoice.ten- IS JoNfully received "as rendered." | take this kindly monthly mention AS earnest of your marked attention My eyes are quite suffused a sighting Aour Flease remit i'll your own writ
 ing
 I send your invoite for coTrec+ion. @ My warm, yes, my sincere advice is That you revise your currentsprices, If you'll forgive the obvious jest, I'll also add, revise the rest, Since "currant prlcen is but one item, Revise them all, ad infinitum, Currar1ts to cabbage, chalk to cheese, ButteE to bread and pines to peas. l trust sir. that you apprehend me 'r And would not willingly offend me, And 1 shall be affronted deeply If your bill lets me off so cheaply. Dc you not comprehend. I wonder, The oyerhead' labor under2 And aae you slow in realizing NourA Ana arket- price is daily raising? Therefore, as herehefore Contended, Your invoice sh0' be well amended Yet. why sphnit You to such rouble; l send herein a check for doublc,E Hoping I've thus approximatcd
 Your prices as anticipated.
 This Settlem ent, dear sir. I trust Is Not hostile to your rules of justice. Copyright, 1919, \. F. A. )
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
 COMMON CoUNc1L MEETING.

The resolution presented by Coun- cilman Gill at the regular meeting of the Common Council, afd adopted by that body to haAs tAs monument in Central Park repaired and cleaned meets with hearty approval aboYt the city. The attractive structure has slost much of it's beauty in the accumulated grime of years and it is hardly an adornment to the city in it's present condition. The gilded angel is sadly out of place upon it's dirty'perch. We
 suppose that the basins at the foot of the main shaft will. receive their
 share of attention whifef the rest of the structure is being renovated. The water in them has stood so long that
 it is highly discolored and even the
 dogs wishing a drink are hesitant
 about quenching their thirst there,
 When the fountains are operating they
 do not give current of water which
 will carry off the dirty stuff that has
 remained in the basins, and a thor
 ough cleaning will do them good.
 The councilman should have gone
 further in his resolution and called
 for an annual cleanup day on the
 monument, with an appropriation for
 taking care of the fountain basins more often. They can be made .Xery
 attractive with a little care.
 s .~lAMong a* host of other resolutions
 of 8 minor nature, one introduced by
 Alderman Paonessa calling for a sNcommittee 10 look into the advisabil- e-ity of selling City Hall was intro 5. ducea.. The aldsrman objects to the Eflaracter of theSBuilding, stating that
 it is not proper one for the city's Muse He is in favor of building a new
 City Hall on the corner of Main and sa East Main streets. He is right in his Aby better building, but wrong in his \ intention of changing it's present lc- <. cation. At the present time the city
 building is centrally located and in an
 1Qeal spot. US removal to the corner ,, of Main and East Main streets or to < any other place in the city would \ mean a loss in accessibility to the { public. The post office would be a 4great distance from the city building
 should it be moved, for one thing. City 7 Halls proximity to the banking center,
 where there are handsomer surround < arig buildings, is an asset to it. Central < Park will be regarded as the center tof the city for many years to come
 and the center of the city is the proper place for the building. If the
 city will rebuild upoH it's present site . it will gain in surroundings and use
 fulness for it's home.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
That Welcome Home.
(Ansonia Sentinen

The soldiers and sailors of Ansonia, should be proud of the splendid recep-
 tton and cordial ''welcome homs S~that
 was given them by the people of thel city on Saturday. It was an event. that has hardly had an equal in -thel long list of patriotic celebrations of which the city has been so justlyI prouI The parade was. according tol general agreem ent. "the best ever
 and the other features of tkT day N celebrations measure up to and surg passed the highest anticipatons on those who had planned the function
 From the beginning of the perfecS day WcatherwiAs there was not hitchl to mar the smooth running off of thea program of festivities. Eyerythif s1 went well and the enthusiasm of thH residents and visitors gave the needed impetus and zest to the many ,detailS of the complicated arransements F Praise for those concerned in arransS ing the affair was general throughout the city and the day will so down IA Ansonia history as one of exceptions success and unadulterated pleasure fn} all concerned.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
LIST OF NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE

ADVENTURE OF LIFE, by E. W. ,sMackenna, NJ. D.
 S~My aim has been to Impress uron all who care to read the wonder and the harmony of life. I believe that the goal Of nature is life; the aim of life is the developme rent Of intelligence, and the object Of intelligence is a knOwledge of God.
 "Tbc charm of if consists partly in it's literary style, by means of which much purely scientific and highly in structive matter is robbed of it's cus- tomary obscurity and dryness: partly in it's profound sincerity and aptnes3 of illustration. Nation.
 AMENITIES OF BOOK COLLECT
 ING AND KINDRED .AFFEC,-
 TONS, by A. E. NcwtoM . "one of those collectors, who care ka bout the insides ofshpoks and their sAiterary quality, ha Written 8 first book that appeals to all book lovers. We ramble with him through auction rooms and book stores of London New York and Philadelphia, meet noted booksellers, and learn much of the process, ethics and delights of book collecting. "A. l.. X. Booklist
 For a man who urbIushngly ad- mitS that he never had any education that the happiest, time of his life was a brief conn ecton with banking house. and who has made money in the electrical business, the book is a marvel of erudtion.' .''-Boston Tran script.
 .e < F"CHNRMED AMERICAN" by
 Georges Levys.
 'These notes from the trench e5 were written by a naturaHzed Ameri- can, q native of France from the AL sation border. The notes present such 8 story of the horrible realities Of War that the publishers deferred their publication till the return of our own troops. The translator VOuches for the absolute truthfulness and the writer himself says at the end: Every word in those notes of mine is true. War is. not a pleasure. or necessity it is curse. Book Review Digest. cot UEAGE, TODAY AND TOMOE- ROW, by Jeanette Marks.
 This collection of essays on cour- age has nothing 10 do with carnage and battlefields. Book Review Di- gcs:.
 Essays of brave purpose. fine in ! feeling and abounding in incitem ent to resoluteness and cheerfulneG5 in meeting life as it comes
 FIGHTING THE FLYING CIRCUS,
 bxs E. V. Eickenback
 * * CRTZZT " OI"F C,REATFST WIT n ANIMAL. by tnos A. Mills. LETTERS OF ALGERON CHARLES
 SWINBUENE, edited by Edmond Gosse and J. J. Wise. vols. Happily these volumes reflect Swinburne in many moods, often gen.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

erous and sometimes entirely sane''- Spectator.
 HISTORY OF THE YANKEE DIN1- SION, by H.A. BenNeI. l. W. w. sby F. F. Brusscnden. \ study"of Am ericarfs ssyndicalism Author is special agent, of the L. 5. Dept. of Labor. ..' SOCIAL WORK. by F. c. Cabot.
 Essays on the meeting ground of doctor and social worker. STUDIES It LITERATURE, by Sir Quiller-Couch.> and close acqua1ntfnce with great lit erature so .senthuSa14cally that these collected essays are TT mate inspiring and unacademic. ."-z4, L. A. Booklist.
  TENDENCIES IN MODERN AMERI- CAN POETRY, by Amy Lowell
 An excellent critical estimate of The new movement in poetry. Herself an imagist, her account of that school has moro of interpretive than critical value. "A. l.. A. Booklist.
 "A book that needed to be written and if is doubtful if anyone else in America could have written it.''-N. I. Times. a' WITHOUT THE WALLS, by Katrina TrasN.
 The scenes are laid in ana Without the walls of Jerusalem just Meceding g and during Jesus crucifxioHa,'
 Tn this little book is a wealth of thought and of beauty that the reader can neither escape nor forget. IN. '. Times. WORLDS AND I, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
 "These intimate "reminiscences dis close to us her complete life from her earliest babyhood days. The final chapters contain much comment on spirituallstiC phenomena.
 
 Fiction. AGAINST THE WINDS, by Kate Jor- dan. FOUNDER, by. Hodges. , GAMESTERS, b.? H. C., Bai1ey. HIS WIPES JOB. by c. s. Mason.
 
 ; KINGS WIDOW, by Mrs. Baillie Key holds LAST MILLION: How They Invad eC T'rance-and England, by Ian Hay l LOVE STORIES by Mary Robert. Rinehart. Capital short storieG--amusing 2 i &prightly and with an agreeable mix tltre of romance and real feeling. - Outlook. SECOND MARRIAGE, by Viola Mey- nell.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

if nerr,ission to the firm to place upon it's service flag the shield Of the 1-nited States as a symbol that it is ready to fulfill it's obligations to the men who went from it's employ nent to war. Aassssszzss
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

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New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

:: : ;: :::::| ,: 5: sertion of the Ell no more ice to the common council ening, realizing the situagl s5K steps to remedy matters if possible
 The reason for, the refusal of, the Berkshire Co. to sell any more of it's wares here is not made public. It is probably because better prices and 8 better market exist elsewhere. The citv had q promise that ice would be supplied by that company but it has evidently thought better of it's wol.As. It was said, at the start of the season, that New Britain would be sure Of sufficient ice, according to the report of the ice com mjttee of the Common Council and this was the reason that there is no more in storage5t than the 400 tons now in the city. This is scarcely three or fours, days supply, Ing manufacture of Wtifcial ice might be possible al the. Cremo Brewing plant in, short time but there will not be enough from tha@ source to supply the wants ofthe community. The mem- bers of f4fe ice committee have been given free rein in an endeavor to ob- tain a supply of the necessity imme edi- ately. It will prove costly undouHed- ly, but we must have the ice. Thus the city has been misled by a corpora ton the conduct of which, even now, is being investigated in New Haven, It's reliance in the promise ef the ice wholesaler will cost a great deal of money.
 It is planned by the committee to endeavor to obtain ice in nearby states and to transport it here at once. There will be special meeting of the Coan mon Council next Wednesday to hear it's report and to take action. Whether a source of supply will have been dis covered by that time is questionable, New England has been thoroughly sCraped for other cities during the past few months. Ice will not be easily obtained in large quantities.
 The ice store houses along the large rivers in the state of Maine would seem the most promising of results in the quest of the committee. There are large plants, particularly about Ban gor where there might be a supply. But the chances there have been largely lessened hy the famine in nat ural ice this spring. The cost Of haul ing from so far away will add appre- cably to the price of the commodity, but it might be possible to bring it down on lighters by way of the sound and up the Connecticut River to Mid dletovn and thence to New Britain.
 The arbitrary actions of Mir. Walker of the Berkshire Ice Co. are in- explicabIe. lnvesti gations elsewhere have not brought forth any par ticular satisfaction and probably would not here. He should be held liable in the courts for his failure to keep his word if the ice committee is in a position to prove that he gave it. Tho committee is hardly to be blamed for the present difficulties except for placing cred ence in the promise of the company where trustWorthiness now seems lacking.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

The only prohta b1e advertising medium an the city. Circulation books and press room always open to advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

but for the obligation of complyins with the conditions of the mortgage.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
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New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

4Arplane races across the Atlantic have no casualties: auto races in In diana polls cost three lives. Does this mark the transatlantic flight as tame sport ?-CleYeland Plain Dealer.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
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New Britain herald., 1919-06-19
FACTS AND RANCHES

The wire strike is failing. say the officials. It is succeeding. say the union mem bers. Everybody is satis- fied-except the public. New York Tribune.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Entered at the Post Office at New Britain
 as, Second Class Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

The person who really got stung in the war was the one who thought that peace would bring lower prices.-Ta- coma Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

A number of senators are inclined to regard the relations of the peace treaty to the league of nations ar arrangements as one Of those cntansling alliances. Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

We imagine those residents of Ger many who are paying 10 cents in Am arican money for copies of the peace treaty will feel they have been chea ted .-Detroit News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Ii begins to look as if the peace fullest spot in Europe for 8 long time would be the Baa ocbester Post Express
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Maybe the Germans have fifty bill lions of loot laid away to Jay the pro posed reparation CharE Ees.-Buffalo Commercial.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Mexican generals might bear in mind that we do not have to look tha other way quite so carefully when anything untoward happens down their way. as We did from 1914 to 1918. Circumstances have changed
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Did any man ever taIt m toNe Nith a picture of girl playing tennis = Philadelphia Public Ledger.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Who says Rolsh e1ism is d vroneo The Hunga rians have mad # 2 criminal offense to give or accer a tjp.-Toledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

What is worrying the democrat particularly. they say. Is, will th president come back after he get rack ?-kansas City Star
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Mexico's presidential candidates are getting to be almost as militant as those in the United States Genate.- Newark News.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

K kolchak's dignity rises i'll keepln' with the number or Nersts ne re treats in daN.-Toledo Blade.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

If the Salvation Army wants to perform a public service. let it teach the restaurants and bakeries how to make hnuts.-ConCord Monitor.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

If may please the professor who eays that 1ocusts taste like shrimps to know that thousands of persons will take his word for it and gn no further in the matter.-.-EeH York sun.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

If England should have an oil boom, the war debt would melt away like a summer cloud and Carranza would be told to keep his on.-Portland Ore goniall.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Some of the gentlemen who were favored with an advance peep at the treaty failed to find it anything like as interesting as the discussion created by the incident. Washing ton Star.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

With the high prices of everything 2 now prevailing, a handful of change lasts no longer than 1t used to with 8 hole in the poCket.-Boston Trans script.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

The governm ent of Sweden coming to America for 3 lnan--a mere tr1He, bv the way, s25 900. .000-is another reminder that Uncle Sam has hecomc Q the whole worlds uncle.-ProYidenc Journal
New Britain herald., 1919-06-19

Talk of Samuel Gompers for presi dent, on 8, labor ticket or som
 other is natural enough. His stauncl Am ericanism makes it easy to forge that he was born in England.- Sprin gfield Republican.
The Washington herald., 1919-06-01

be fairly flooded with distinguishes ed
men and women who will come in
connection with the meeting of the
league. They :ell me that the sec
retary of the league is particularly
interesting person.
The Marquise de Fontenoy say;
that although the official career Of
Sir Eric Drummond. the newly ap-
pointed secretary of the general
league Of nations, has been briefly
described in the newspapers on the
occasion OF his nomination. due at
tention being accorded to the fact
that he was for many years the
principal private secretary of Lord
Grey. of Falloden. and since then
of Foreign Minister Arthur Balfour.
whom he accompanied to the United
States In 1917, Yet no reference has
been made to the romances of the
historic house, and clan of Drum
mond, of which he is destined in due
course to become the chieftain
Nor has mention been made OF the
circumstance that IL he is today the
next heir 10 its many honors. it is
The Washington herald., 1919-06-01

Cambridge. he practiced law at Jo-
nanhesburg. He served In the Boer
war and In 1907 became colonial sec
retary for the TransvaaL He COM
manded British troops in the cam
paign In British East Africa in 1916
ano In 1877. later going to England.
"here he was appointed South Afri-
can representative in the Imperial
War Cabinet. He has taken a promi-
nent part In the deliberations OF the
Peace Conference at Paris, being one
OF the leading proponents of the league
Of nations.
Premier Lloyd George. of Great Brit
ain, IT Is understood, is considering
iavorably a proposal from the Amer
lean peace delegation that he visit
America this year. He will come to
the United States especially to attend
the first meeting Of the league of ma
tons in Washington IN October.
In 1917 Welshmen in the United
states sent a delegation to England
TO invite David Lloyd George, who
was then, Chancellor OF the Exchequer
to come to the United States to at
tend the Welsh National Eisteddfod
at Pittsburgh. He was forced to de-
cline. but promised to cross the At
lantic at the first opportunity. The
war came before he was able to make
good his promise.
Every time think of the proba.
eility of the initial meeting of the
league Of nations being held her,
next October. l get thrilled TO death
Just think what It will mean
Washington will be almost as ex.
citing and interesting then as PaNs
IS now. 1t will mean that in adci'
tion to royal visitors, the city will