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Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Fr1Qhtfulness IN Reaction

The German finance minister's plan of
raising S22500,000,000 by "levies on capital is
direct response to the reparation obligations
accepted in Germany's ratification of the peace
treaty. That document calls for the payment
of 100000, 900 within the next five years and
such further sums thereafter as may be decided
upon by reparation commission
Minister Erzberger has spoken Of the tax
rates necessary to make this preliminary pay
ment as "frightful" As now submitted by him,
they are all of that. They are assessed not
against income but against property. Persons
having no more than $3.50 in total property
possessions are exempt, but above that amount
the rates start at 10 per cent and end at IS
per cent, for properties exceeding $750000
This means that the weather. people of
Germany must give up to the state over one
half of all they possess. They cannot do this
all at once. That would involve forced liqui-
dation absolutely ruinous to industry and all
concerned They will be given time to pay,
but pay they must, first or last and pay they
must under such levy if they flee Germany,
as many of them are doing, for they cannot
take their real property with them.
There is no precedent in all history of a
people brought under so heavy an industrial
servitude as this. The billion-dollar indemnity
imposed by Germany on France in 1871 was
the greatest of the kind known up to that time,
but compared with this preliminary levy on
Germany it was about as 80 days in jail
to the 80 years through which the repara-
ton provisions of the peace treaty are to run.
This is German military frightfulness in
reaction upon Germany. 1t expresses itself in
other terms on the rebound, but they are terms
which be understood by all.-New York
World
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
MUCH IN LITTLE.

German scientists have obtained
paper pulp from hop vines.
At present more than two-thirds
of the Polish industries are at a
standstill owing to lack of raw mate
rails and machinery. of which they
were stripped during the war;
American exporters should think
Of Munster (the south Of Ireland)
as a prosperous farming region, with
a population almost as large as
Connecticut's and an area a little
greater than neutrality-suspicious.
I91D, 1895; area, 1882 square
miles, but with less spending power
per capita than the average Amer
lean.
Java has taken leadership in the
cultivation Of quinine away from
India will have "a per cent less
wheat than anticipated All of
Asia will undergo a shortness of
food also, the rice crops of China,
Burma, Japan and India being far
below normal. This will mean that
these markets will be smaller pur-
chasers this year than heretofore.
AS is known, Czechoslovakia and
Poland have for five years been
isolated from all connection with
foreign countries and as a result
their stocks of all kinds Of goods
have been exhausted. At present
they are in great need of raw
materials and manufactured goods.
The prices which at present are paid
III Poland for most manufactured
necessities are very high and very
large imports are needed to supply
imm eliate wants
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
The Soft Drink Bar

The Bartenders' Union-it will not dsband.
Il is proposing to maintain itself in perfectly
good standing as labor organization. Expert
mixers of beverages-why should their talents
be wasted? Well-they are not going to be
wasted, not temporarily; not even during
the Decentralization" dry spell. The drink mix
ers know few tricks about mixing drinks that
will put punch in the punch that has no high
wine kick to it. And as to cocktails-well there
are cocktails and cocktails-and not every cock
tail has an alcoholic juice to it. There is the
oyster cocktail for instance. that is mostly cat
sup and cayenne pepper, and there are other
cocktails with less alcoholic kick than the new.
orthodox, us per cent beer.
AS to what can be done with highly gas
seated water. gill or so of Mr.. Bryan's favor
lite beverage or selection from forty other
concentrated fruit juices may be with little
ginger or little cayenne pepper put in. and,
perhaps, with few other mysterious touches
known to the artistic drink mixers, and, there
you are with nonintoxcant brew that, like as
not, would cause red Indian to deliver few
impromptu remarks.
There are floating rumors about an artificial
champagne made from gassed water and pine
apple juice, which, according to the vouchers
Tor this kckless substitute, will fool anybody
who don't know the difference between cham
payne and gassed cider, and it is alleged there
have been many in the years agone who have
imbibed gassed cider under the belief that they
were putting down champagne. The soft drink
has really never yet been developed to the limit
~ Observation-Disclosures American
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
e. title Folks Corner 3

fotgot she was prisoner and that q
plot was afoot to make her queen.
How funny they look" she gig
gled
Hum! Hum. They look no fun
nier than you did when you were
a bee baby" rasped Fuzzyhum.
Peggy giggled bee giggle for, OF
course, she had never been bee
baby Fuzzyhum heard her giggle
and flew into rage.
Quit that laughing and get busy"
she ordered. I'VE haven't time for
giggling or nonsense in a beehive
Some of the babies were queen
bee babies. some were worker ba-
bies and some were boy bee babies,
or drones. The queen bee babies
got the most food and the best. the
work rs came next, and the poor lit
tie drones had to take what was
! left Peggy was sorry for the
drones, and she sought to feed them
! like the others.
Don't bother with those lazy
drones' ordered Fuzzyhum. There
are too many in the hive now. We
don't try to raise them"
How awful" exclaimed Peggy.
"You bees are as bad to boy babies
as the Chinese are to girl babies
Il don't know anything about the
Chinese, but l do know that drones
eat lot of food they don't work for
and a hive is better off without
them" said Fuzzyhum. 1--WE sting
'em to death or drive 'em out to
Starve.'
That's cruel. I'll put stop to 1t
when I'm queen" cried Peggy.
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz! Treason!
Treason, Who are you who dares
to talk of being queen?"
Peggy whirled around to find her
self facing an irate lady bee much
larger and more imposing looking
than the workers. And the lady
bees eyes were flashing with anger
and her singer was ready for ac-
ton.
THE queen" rumbled Fuzzyhum.
Now you're in for a row."
tTomorrow will be told how Peggy de-
fies the queen,)
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Shoe Leather and High Prices.

The Shoe and Leather Reporter, replying to
letter from Senator Capper, who inquired as
to the reason for the proposed great uplift in
the price of shoes now promised for the fall,
passes the buck in several different directions
Increased consumption of leather, due to the
war, is the principal cause alleged, but advance
in prices on steers on hides on leather, in labor
costs, and in other ways are made to share the
blame. Finally, we are told: 1T would be
conducive to better understanding if the
American public could be informed that shoes
have been selling at SIS and $50 for many long
months in both the warning and neutral coun-
tries of continental Europe" Well does the
Amer can public know this, and what is more
it knows that for the last five years it has been
urged by the Red Cross and other charitable
agencies to contribute of old clothes, worn
shoes and the like. that poverty-stricken mil
lions might not go naked and barefooted
through the winters in continental Europe. Are
we to be reduced to that condition? Only a
few in Europe could pay SIS and $50 pair for
shoes, and not many in this country can stand
such prices The Shoe and Leather Reporter
winds up its statement with the comforting con-
cluson: THAT there have been occasional alb
normal profits and losses in the leather indus
tries, just as there have been promotions and
casualties in the war" Ability to pay will rule
here as elsewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Peace Terms for Austria.

Conditions for peace presented to the Aus
trian government in the main the same as
those assented to by Germany. The exact amount
of indemnity to be required from the smaller
country will not be determined finally before
May, 1921 The peace commissioners recognize
the inability of the Austrians to pay all they
are responsible for and will deal with them ac-
cordingly.
Prewar debt is to be apportoned between
the new nations that have arisen from the
wreck Of the empire on the ratio of revenue
provided. War debt is to be assumed by the
new republic; such portion of it as is held by
nationals of the new countries is to be disre-
garded entirely. AS an offset to this all gov
ernment-owned property of the late empire,
including public service utilities and crown
lands, goes to the new nations as reparaton in
part.
Austra's army is to be reduced to $4,000
men, and universal service abolished. Arms or
munitions may not be exported or imported,
and only factory will be permitted to man
ufacture such materials. Others must be dis
manted or converted. This determines the flu
ture of the great Skrupa plant. Making of war,
which has been really a fine art with the
politicians who revolved around the Hapsburg
court for many generations, will go with their
army to the discard. The shrewdest, most
INSCRIPTIONS diplomatic double dealers the
the world ever knew no longer can menace
humanity.
Other details of the treaty are carefully
worded, so that the high and mighty power
that precipitated the world war by undertaking
to crush little neighbor is humbed to the
limit And yet the terms are just and have due
regard for the present and future of Austria.
Vienna will cease to be world capital, but
may yet become the political and social center
for happy and prosperous people.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Future of Dairy Farming,

Wahoo, Neb, July 14.-To the
Editor Of The Bee: One Of the most
prominent Saunders county farmers
yesterday, in commenting on two
articles that appeared in the last is
sue of the Country Gentleman,
namely, "Nebraska's Great Farmers
Union," with its picture of the Farm
ers Creamery at Fremont, and the
article on THE Dairy Mans Difficult
ties" stated that, in his opinion, the
methods of farming will be revOlu-
tionized during the next five years.
His first prediction is that the best
land in the county will raise in price
until it reaches $500 per acre and
never drop below that price and
that, second, the large tracts will
give place to smaller and more in
tensiveIy cultivated farms. He pre-
diets that in the future the Saun-
ders county farmer will devote more
of his time to the producing of poul-
try and dairy products, they being
more dependable as surer income
and pin less of his hopes on grain
alone.
He believes that the paving of
roads in Douglas county through to
Fremont, Valley and Yutan. the es-
adjustment of the Yutan bridge and
the eventual hard surface roads that
will cross Saunders county, east and
west and north and south, will re-
suit in the esta blishment Of general
trucking lines that will pick up the
farmers milk, cream and eggs at
his door and his small fruits that he
will eventually produce and take
them to the markets at Lincoln,
Omaha and Fremont, relieving him
Of the whole responsibility.
He further states that one of the
reasons why the Saunders county
farmers have not taken kindly to the
dairying products is that the fer
tility Of the soil and the resulting
good grain crops have caused dis
like on his part for dairy enterprises
because of the time required in get
ting the products on the market, but
that if this objection is removed the
Saunders county farmers generally
will go more to dairying and small
farming. The scarcity of help and
the still increasing cost Of machin-
cry. etc, is another item which he
states will influence the building up
Of the smaller farms.
GEORGE A DAVIES.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
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want man unless there is little
joy in his makeup.
Now, l believe l see way out Of
this trouble, if someone will only
grasp my idea and push it along.
Why cannot we, as a nation, have
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons
as holidays. and make every man,
woman and child take one of these
holidays, and have all of our games
then? / think it would be only a
short time until our churches would
be enlarged. and we would have a
quiet Sunday instead of the noisy
ones we now have Look not with
contempt on the man that goes to a
Sunday ball game, but rather on Mr..
Money Bags that cannot let him
have one afternoon a week, and
on our lawmakers and on our voters.
We would be just as rich and a
great deal better. to spend a small
part of our six days in pleasure and
give to God the one day He asks
of lis A MOTHER.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

you need honey gatherers,' OBJ
jected FuZZyhum.
II don't want her." declared Busy
buzz. Shed keep me busy keeping
her busy and I'm busy enough now,
goodness knows" And away hurried
Busybuzz for the clover fields.
Hum. Hum! l guess I'm as
busy as she u.s." rumbled FuZzyhum
Grossly. with all these babies to
feed l haven't time to waste on
idlers."
I'm not an idler," declared Peg
gy Indignantly. eff the babies need
feeding I'll help you feed them.
Then I'm going home"
Hum Hum! Bee babies always
need feeding. You can feed 'em and
feed 'em, but they'll not stay fed,
and new babies are always coming
along by the hundreds"
Peggy didn't wait to argue that
matter further. She pitched right
in and began to feed the baby bees.
And she quickly found that she
had a real job on her hands. There
were hundreds of them. all hungry
for dinner. AS she 6ed them she
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
CHAPTER III.
The Bee Babies.

"You have no right to keep me =,
L prisoner in this stuffy
hive" said Peggy Bee to Busybuzz
set me free this instant"
You'll never be free" shifted
Busybuzz. Here you work and here
you die. Follow me.
There was nothing else to do, so
Peggy reluctantly obeyed. She
made up her mind. however, that
she would seize the first chance to
escape. And If she couldn't escape
any other way she might consent to
take part in Honeydew's revolt and
become the new queen of the hive.
Busybuzz led the way to a high
wall in which were set hundreds and
hundreds of cavelike holes or cells.
Over the wall were crawling active
lady bee workers. Looking into a
cell as she passed by, Peggy saw
curled up in it a plump, white,
wormlike body with a head resem-
bling bee. In all the other cells
were other plump bodies.
why, they look like babies-bee
babies" exclaimed Peggy.
"Of course they do-and why
shouldn't they" shifted Busybuzz.
They are bee babies, and your job
is to tend them"
MY gracious. what a lot Of them
there are to tend" gasped Peggy.
BusybuzZ now called to an ener-
getic lady bee who was bustling
around among the babies.
"Fuzzyhum, this is new nurse
maid I've brought you. l don't know
whether she is much good, for she
is the looking around kind, but you
may get some use out of her"
Hum. Hum. Keep her yourself
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
THE SONS OF HAN.

When purple dusk drifts low between the
weather beaten walls
And shadows paint an eery scene where
each dim alley sprawls.
Expressionless and almond eyed, on cat
like feet they go,
The Sons of Han, the yellow men whom
shall never know.
Behind their stold masks they hide a
thousand buried years;
The rivers of achievement glide beneath
their unshed tears.
What mystery is in their hearts, what
vision in their eyes
Is secret as the silent moon that mounts
the lonely skies
Who knows what gongs are ringing in
their wistful dreams at night,
What junks are slowly swinging down
their tabled Streams Of Light?
With bannerets and dragon flags, with
lanterns and with song
Perhaps they see the hosts OF Ming In
vision pass along.
Grimacing gods and lustrous jades, fan
tastfc silks and scents,
Two-handed swords, with carven blades,
black lacquers. Tartar tents.
Are In my mind at sight Of them as 81
lently they go.
The Sons of Han. the yellow men whom
II shall never know.
Herbert S. German in the New York
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Many Questions Answered.

Helen i've have no inrorma-
ton regarding the sailing date for
the Fourth division. 1t has been
released for return home, and is now
in the back area making prepara-
tons for the start, but we can not
tell you which one. Neither can we
give you the name of the transport
on which the engineers regiment
will sail or the date on which it will
land in America. Watch the papers
for announcement
G.. A. N.-If there is a bill pend
ing in congress to give SIS Liberty
bond for each month he was in the
service to each honorably dis
charged soldier, we have not heard
Of it. The $50 bonus is the only law
of this kind yet enacted. Several
moves have been set on foot to Sc
cure six months additional pay for
each honorably discharged soldier,
but nothing has come of any of
them.
A Mother-The First and Third
divisions have been designated to
remain in Germany, although how
long they will be kept can not be
said. These divisions comprise
about 10000 men.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Service in Siberia.

A Worried Mother-No orders
have been issued for the with
drawal of the 9th infantry, now
stationed at Vladivostok, Siberia. 1t
is employed on guard duty there,
looking after American property
and assisting in maintaining
order Your son, having vol
unteered, may be held for the full
period Of his enlistment, unless he
was accepted only for the emer-
gency. If the latter is the case. then
he will be released from the service
as soon as he can be spared after
peace has been declared, but can
not be held longer than six months.
Would advise you to write to the
adjutant general Of the army to
ascertain the exact status Of this
soldier.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Labor and the League of Nations.

That the American Federation of Labor
heads should send out an appeal to affiliated
bodies asking support for the League of Ma
tons is no occasion for surprise. At the late
Atlantic City convention of the Federation, the
league was endorsed in principle by vote of
$4,000 for to APO against. This was after care
full and dspassonate discussion of the league
on the floor of the convention, it having been
privately debated among the delegates for
more than two weeks previously.
Organized labor, however, is under no de-
lusions as to the nature of the proposed COM
pact between the nations. 1t was known to the
delegates before the vote was taken that certain
Of the principles embodied in the labor magma
charta" written into the treaty had been modi-
fed by the Peace conference at the instance OF
Sir Robert Borden of Canada, who was un-
willing to go as far as the others In spite of
this. the document is accepted even by those
who have misgivings as to its entire service
ability, because it offers reasonable solution
for the political troubles of the world willie
setting up machinery by which some of the
economic problems may be dealt with.
Organized labor of America, through its CEN
trail congress, frankly accepts the protfer of the
statesmen assembled at Paris, pledging its faith
by the overwhelming vote of endorsement. 1t
will be we'll if the statesmen do not keep the
word of promise to the ear and break it to the
hope" of these men.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Observing the Sabbath.

Omaha, July 15.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: Man is made of three
parts. part Is energy. part is divine
and part is pleasure loving. If he
lacks one Of these he is an unnatural
man. Now. God gives us seven days
in every week, six days for ourselves
and one to worship Him. We are
spending six days in work. the one
day left in pleasure seeking Where
does God come in? AS an individ-
ual how can God bless us when we
steal His one day?
AS the man is, so is the nation
Are you not afraid our great United
States will crumble and fall as
others have done in the past, when
they forgot God? Now if a law is
passed, stopping all amusements on
Sunday, where is the working man
going to get his PLEASURE? We don't
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Third Army Sailing Dates.

Miss j. H,-The announcement
you saw to the effect that the
smaller units of the Third army are
losing no time in getting out of
Germany" had reference to va
rious groups, such as the air service.
the repair shops. salvage corps, and
such, connected with headquarters
at Coblenz We have not as yet
noted any sailing orders for the
13Sth aero squadron, which has
been stationed there. Two divisions,
the First and Third are to be held
in Germany, and some Of the other
units will no doubt be kept with
them. Watch the papers for an
nouncement.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
IODAY
The Day We Celebrate.

Thomas E. Wilson, who rose from a clerk
ship to be one of the great leaders of the Chi
cago packing industry, born at London, Ont, 81
years ago.
James Speyer, international banker and pub
lie spirited citizen of New York, born in New
York City So years ago.
Joseph L. Bristow, Kansas newspaper pub
Usher and former United States senator. born
in Wolfe county, Kentucky, So years ago.
Bishop John c. Kilgo of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, South, born at Laurens, S. c., So
years ago.
Evelyn Briggs Baldwin, who led several ex-
petitions to the Arctic region. born in SPRING
field, Mo-, 81 years ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Wooded Freak in Brooklyn.

A maple tree planted years ago by
the city of Brockton in front of the
residence of Z. F. O'Neill, West Elm
street, died before its time, but some
how the seed of a wild cucumber
vine became lodged in the wood Of
the tree and, with the vines now be-
ginning to spread, the hanging gar
den is attracting much attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

The agreement between the grain dealers
and the wheat administration that the United
States prices will be REFLECTED" in purchases
Of wheat from producers is all right as protect
ing the man who raises the grain. Now let a
similar arrangement be made for the benefit of
the folks who buy the bread. and all will be
forgiven.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
Sailing Dates for Casuals.

M. E. L.-Sailing dates for casual
advance. When there is room on a
transport these unattached organ
izations are assigned, but it Is not
possible to tell in advance when
they will start. This applies to the
medical corps who have been at
tached to the casual camp at Brest.
This department does not appear in
The Sunday Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

Senator Pomerene says the United States
must be on guard for the next two years, and
Secretary Baker is "scrapping' the army as
rapidly as he can. These democrats should get
together
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

Half a million dollars worth of diamonds
came over from Holland in package no bigger
than cigar box. This may recall to some Ne
braskans that another cigar box once held con-
tents of considerable importance
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

Nebraska "suffs" aim to meet with the leg
islature and see that the ratifying job is prop
erly done. So far this move is not threatened
with referendum.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

An Omaha parson says he would not give
much for another Billy Sunday revival. But
somebody must shake up the sinners
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

quiet Sunday. /. IS to go aboard the May
flower without papers, and stay out of sight.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

All China asks is freedom from Japanese
aggression. Surely the big nations can afford
% grant that much relief to the Celestials.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

The man who beat his wife because she
:ould not supply the table on SIS week ought
o 60 to market himself occasionally.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
BY DADDY.
1.-THE NEW QUEEN BEE"

peggy and Billy are changed into bees.
Peggy finds herself a prisoner Of the lady
bees, who take her to their hive. Honey
dew plots to make her queen. but Busby
buzz forces her to work.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

According to the Omaha Hyphenated the
only settlement of Shantung short of war is to
let Japan have its own way. That was all the
kaiser ever asked
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

: Des Mcines police made the mistake of i'm
personating federal officers. 1t is bad enough
% initiate copper"
Omaha daily bee., 1919-07-22

London crowds kept up the peace celebra-
ton over the second day. But London has not
yet gone dry