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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

Not only is the city centrally located as regards the whole country. but it Is also well able to handle affairs of the sort. It has learned what to do and how to do it when large gatherings seek entertainment there. As a con vention city Chicago so far outelasses St. Louis, the only real competitor for next years convention that the nine votes cast for St, Louis may be re- garded as merely complimentary, Probably no committeeman except the one from Missouri actually wanted St. Louis to get it.-Hartferd Courant.
 When Charles E. Hughes was offered $150,000 to act as attorney for the ~liquor interests In fighting the eonstf- tutionality of prohibition he indignant ly spurned it. ExPresident Taft told the liquor men they could not assem- ble money enough to engage him in such seFvice-hut Weinberg and that sort can be hired to defend such crea- lures as Emma Goldman and Berkman. Lawyers for a price endeavor to invent ways to prevent the deportation of enemies who plan only to ruin the gov
 ernment whose protection they beg.
 There is a vast distance between such men as Hughes and Taft and the Wefnhergers who bring themselves and their profession into contempt and disrepute. If ever there was tainted money, it is that of Goldman and Berkman, ard it curses all who touch it.-Bristol Press.
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WAR TIME PROHIBITION.

Those on the respective sides were able to figure out how the highest court in the land could look upon the existing situation in such a way as to give decision favorable to them re- garding the. eonstitutionality of the war-t time prohibition. act. They could produce arguments that were suffi = cient in their opinion to convince any; court but there was only yes or no decisiep for. the court to make and it finds that congress acted within it's rights under the constitution in pass ing the war time prohibition law the same as it did in its action regarding other war measures.
 Constitutional and supposedly in eff feet until peace has been declared and law will in all probability continue eff fective until the constitutional amend ment becomes a law the middle of January. It seems improbable now that action will be taken on the treaty in time to eliminate wartime prohi- bition before constitutional prohibi- tion takes effect. and the court holds that it can hardly be said the army is back to normal
 There remain two other cases in which the court has been asked to render a decision concerning the ques- tion of prohibition, one being the con- stitutionality of the Volstead enforce ment act and the other the question as to the manufacture of beer.
 Pleas have been made that millions of dollars worth of liquor have been piled up and that time should be given in which to dispose of it that it may not be a loss to the owners, but that is matter which cannot sway the court. It is to be remembered that the exportation of liquors is still pessi- ble and will be until January Is. The decision that has been rendered vii have the effect of releasing thai which has been held here in anticipa
 tion of a ''wet" decision, and from TOW on there are reasons to expect thar
 transportation lines to other countries
 will be clegged with goods that canno
 be disposed of here.
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very unharmonious little boys. they

very unharmonious little boys, they will be welcome.
 Perhaps the more modest and prin- itive the effort the better. as being more in keeping with the simplicity tof the great Christmas festival. So it is that one rather shudders at the news that suburban band of carol singers proposes to sally forth in mo- tor lorries. with harmoniums and | electric lights. It all depends on the point of view, but the nearer you get l to Albert Hall standards the further you seem to get from manager and a stable
 The PhIegmatic Brton-Sir Ernest
 Shackleton records in his diary as an 1 interesting psychological fact that just after. the Endurance sank. and the
 party were precarieusly eamped on
 a drifting ice foe. he overheard two lof the men arguing with the cook 1 whether the tea he was making should be weak or strong.
 I It shows at any rate, that the Brit isher is true to type under any con- jdttions. For at that very moment, had Sir Ernest been aware of it there were thousands of men in the trenches Of France and Flanders, whose main pre- ieccupatien, while in imminent danger lof death or initiation from half a dog en different forms of "frightfulness," was the predeninance of plum and 1 apple in the jam ration.
 I Cupid in the Workhouse-The young
 American who has written to Sir Nevit Macready asking him to find him an I English wife is probably the first to
 make such a request of a commission Ter of police, but it was revealed some
 time ago that such requests are ire Iquently received by - workhouse masters
 l Lonely men in the colonies desirous
 of finding a partner. and turning their
 thoughts to home. frequently write to
 the head of the union in their native
 town or farish, and many matches
 have been the consequence. That the
 system proves satisfactory in some in
 stances at least is evident from the
 fact that the master of Wiltshire
 workhouse was requested a little while ago to find a, spouse for a man whose
 brother had entered matrimeny in the
 same way and had found his bride a prize.
 A very ancient famIy.-There was g ; brief announcement yesterday of the death in London of Mr. William Rob- ert Phelips. It was followed by an equally curt notice that ttia funeral would te at Montacute. The notice T did not trouble to say whether Mon
 tacute was in Devonshire or in York shire. As a matter of fact it is in nei- Ether. It is in Somersetshire, near Yeo- vii, a-.d the house is among the most
 wonderful in England.
 Yet the man in/the- street and the . man in the car know little or nothing
 of Montacute and the ancient family
 of Phelips
 ! oe : quiet commoners, who own a habita . ton that a king would gladly live in : Its story anyone can find in a few t tminutes in a reference library, yet il } is a story known to very few. At the 7 present time Lord Curzon of Kedles ] ton is the tenant of this house.-Tht C London Chronicle.
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STORIES OF THE WAR
American Influence Helped.

American military prestige has caused the emigration of thousands of anti Armenian Fartars from Erivan, Armenia. Convinced by a widespread rurffor that American troops were coming to protect Armenia, the Tar tar prosecutors of that race are eni- grating in dreves.
 f- The largest single group of these
 emigrants is caravan of 5000 per sons, comprising the population oi
 fourteen Tartar villages on the south
 west slope of Mount Aiaghaz, which is
 now encamped along the railway line on the border of Turkey at Echmiad
 gin, awaiting permission to enter the
 sultanis domain. More are on the way firm in the belief that the American army is on its way to Asia Minor to punish all those who persecuted the Arnlenians.
 The rumer has had saiutary effec upon the pFeearious situation of Ar menians living amongst the Tartars Under Turkish rule the Tartars hay, been the widest, most uncontrolle, tribes. !, Up to the present they fearet Inc one,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16
PLANS FOR OUR NAVY.

If the navy general board has it's way it will only be a matter of half a dozen years before this country has navy the equal of any in the world This is not new ambition for it was realized a few years ago that we were slipping in the matter of naval strength and the war of course found us in a bad way except for the fact that we had the protection that was afforded by the powerful British navy, We have devoted much to the strengthening of the navy since that time and the plan is to keep spend ing in spite of all the talk about dis armament. There was appropriated for the navy in 1920 over $G16, ,o00, 900. For the navy in 1921 the estimates are for s573,000,o ,o00, T decrease of s4S, S,o00,- 000, but it is to be noted that the sec- retary of the navy is not advocating the same construction policy that the navy general board is. That is. if he is doing so. it does not appear in his report. -- s-..,t-
 The board wants battle cruisers Isceut cruisers. superdreadnoughts witt heavier than twelve-inc guns, super destroyers and submarines and the necessary other vessels to equal any other. which of course means the British. We know we have a big seacoast to defend and that we have a greater merchant marine to protect but it can hardly be expected that | such an ambitious plan as the board
 sets forth will get approval at this
 time. The country must look well ts
 it's navy but it will not be inclined te
 engage in any such expensive rivalr,
 as would result if we attempted t, equal the strength of the British navy
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 13, 1919
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THE SEALED TREATY.

No indication is given of early &C., ton on the peace treaty. From feel ers which democratic senators have been putting forth. and from resolu- tons that have been introduced by re- publicans it is evident that there is a recognition of the need of getting the matter out of the way definitely as soon as possible.
 AS matters stand at the present time only those who are opposed to the treaty in any form, and they consist of only q handful in the senate are satisfied. As tong as it rests where 1t is they are happy, yet the great majority of the senators are opposed - to the course that is being followed and it is believed that they are fla 1Vorable to adoption with reservations. Having been demonstrated that there is majority against the treaty as it came from Paris and inasmuch as 1t is apparent that the democratic senators who opposed the ratification with reservations did so at the regus st ,uf- the president in his letter to them 1t, would appear to be time to reeog- 'Rize the sentiment that. has been ex-
 
 such a ratification as can be secured rather than to permit it to remain pi- geonholed. -
 Yet there does not appear to be any evidence on the presidents part that he is ready to meet the situation. He maintains the same attitude to the senate that has been the cause of much of the opposition manifested and the statement that comes from the White House, and presumably witt the presidents sanction, nnanifests ar Indifference on the part of the chiet executive that is chilling.
 The idea of throwing the responsi bility upon the shoulders of the re- publicans for leaving the treaty wher, 1t is ought at least to have included tho democrats who failed to. respond to the leaders whip. The senate ba, acted and turned the treaty down. Tn responsibility it would appear nov rests with the president to get tht document, resubmit it in it's presen form or such other as he believe: would be acceptable and obtain ac ton upon it. The initiative still rest, with him.
 Viewed in the light of fixing the re sponslbllity on the republicans tn worst Of it is that he is willing to dt nothing to relieve the situation evel though 1t is within his power to do SC
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MUST PROTECT OURSELVES

In recent address in Waterbury . George B. Chandler, secretary of the l. connecticut Chamber of Commerce. spoke upon the subject of Americani- zatlon and during the course of his re- marks he referred to the fact that if .s was common practice for soap box -orators to talk about the rights of the i-people but they had little to say about 'lhe duties Of the citizen. It is a case as 100 often prevails of demanding ev- 'erything without giving anything.
 In dealing with the foreign element coming to our shores he maintained that there was plenty of work to be done in making Americans of them, when he pointed out that there were thousands of colonies of foreigners in this country having their own schools. banks, social circles, speaking and do- ing business in their own language to the exclusion of English it can be ap- preciated that there Is need for giving increased attention to the matter of Americanization.
 This country needs to recognize the importance of making a careful dis examination in admitting aliens. The dangerous and the undesirable need to
  be stopped at the door but after being admitted our experiences teach that we should keep careful watch over them. see that they lea1n our lan- guage, become acquainted with our in- stitutions, ideals and methods that they are not permitted to colonize as they have been doing in the past and hse their own language to the exclu- sion of English and that our instruc- tons should be in the line of prepar- ing them for citizenship with the un, derstsnding that they should become naturalized within certain period ot time.
 We have begun to realize the pre- dieament as the result of failure to give these matters proper attention and it is time that the awakening was ls1n1cient to meet the prevailing situa. ton. It is time to protect ourselves from the dangers that are boring from within.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16
THEY WILL GO uNwEpT.

There will be very few tears shed when that ship carrying Berkman, Goldman and the several hundred like minded anarchists leaves New York for port in the Baltic from which they can be sent to soviet Russia. They will not have been the first to be deported or the only ones who have been sent out of the country for the eountrys good, but we will be well rid of two dangerous leaders and a lot of lesser lights whose inclinations run along the same course.
 q, The chief regret in connection with their departure will be that it hadn't taken place long ago, For years they have been allowed to spread their dangerous doctrines broadcast. They have been the inspiration for a great plumber of others and it is long past time for giving warning to such peo- ple that activities of the kind they indulge in cannot be carried on here,
 But when these leaders have gotten clear from our shores it should be re- alized that they are not the only ones Rho are a menace to the country or
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Cleaned from Foreign Ex'
 changes

Processions of cheerful looking dig nitaries always raise the idle aues- ton, Who has worn a smile the great est number of hours on end?" Most sightseers would give the palm to President Wilson but many previ- ous records must have been broken on Peace Celebration day. notably by the king and queen and Sir Douglas Haig. To wear a perpetual smile gracefully is one of the fine arts, and to carry it successfully the heart must smile in unison.
 The Bapony of Swinfen. The short 1 interval that elapsed between the bestowal of barony upon Lord Swim fen and the death of the new peer l less than a naenth-suggest that as has occasionally happened in the past, the Letters Patent may not have pass ed the Great Seal In that event, the neerage would. have had no actual | existence, and therefore could not be i inherited by the heir.
 l One of the most recent cases of the kind occurred seven years ago, A barony was bestowed upon Sir Thomas Borthwick, prominent Scottish Liberal but he died before the issue of the Letters Patent. An entirely new icYeatien was made in favor of his son.
 
 lwidow was given the style and title tbut not the precedence, which she would have held had her husband liv- led long enough for the completion of the forrnality. ,
 | November Frosss. Rarely does a. req, frost grip London in November, and net often at any time. In the last hundred years Londoners have exne- trienced only eight prolonged periods with the mercury consistently below g degrees, Most of these occurred after Christmas, but one of the worst fren the point of view of length: be gan on November .25, 1890, and lasted without a break until January P, 1891 altogether 5s days. The only other long frest invelvins lNovemhev set in an the 14th of tha month in 1879, and continued for 4. days, breaking up two days aftel Christmas day, It was general al over the country, and so severe tha 55 degrees of frost was registered il lSeotiand q few miles across the Dor der.
 Carol Singing un-te Date - Tn t tcarei singers will soon be with us an' 3 ieven if they enly consist of a coupl tcf very nervous. very breathless, an
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

I've a letter from Myrtle called the girl in the blue cape waving an envelope as she dashed up the steps. 'I just met the mostman.''
 "Good!" said the girl hitting a miser bag. Now we'll find out what she's been doing since she. went to the woelly west"
 She promised to tell us all about the Dubbins's ranch and what. the country was ike,' added the. serious girl expectantly.
 HShe was so anxious to meet An -nette's family-her father must be a character exclaimed the girl who was doing nothing violently. ..Go on and read it!,''
 :" Dearest Violet tread the girl in the blue cape, having dragged out the contents of the big envelope. |" This is the most heavenly place you ever saw! Annette met me at the station in her car and Mir. Bias- come drove it for her. He. owns a ranch down the valley and the Dubr bins house has always been like home to him since he came out here. Just think! He was only 19 when he came west without a cent after his father died and he had to leave cel-
 
 self-I mean owning his ranch and 3 million cattle and chickens and things and he is only 29 now.
 I think the west develops a man terribly, don't you? Most men we knew back home who are 90 don'T make enough to pay club dues or else live at home and their fathers pay the bills. I do admire independence in g man, don't you? And ability ane energy and brains. There isn't mar in our crowd back in Chicago who has half the brains that Chester Bias come has. You'd know it just to lool at him. He is simply different from any one you ever saw. both in look: and ways. In the first place he ha' blue eyes, but they are very differ ent blue from what you are accust omed to seeing, deeper and more ex pFessive. His nose is perfectly straigh I and while I wouldn't be so foolish a. i to judge a man by his nose. I alway ! have been wild over straight ones. One has a perfect confidence il i the way he drives a car, too. Why, Annette had been at the wheel on tn drive home I should have died o i fright because part of the road wa awful, but MT Blascome looked a
 me so reassuringly and his hand were so firmly gripped on the whee
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who may be. We have gone through an experience in connection with. this. couple and some of the others which points out sufficiently plain the neces- sity of eliminating much of the red tape with which our deportation ma chinery is tangled. It is true that it cannot be said that every opportu- nity was not left open to Berkman and Goldman to prove that they should not be deported. Rather will it be conceded that they were given too much consideration in view of the charges. proved against them. and in the case of others ordered deported the leniency has been such as to per- init them to escape the sentence.
 There is reason to blieve that this shipload will be. heard from in Russia but it is confidently believed that it will not be for Russia's good.
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Still Behind Rarbed Wire.

Hundreds of men and women of all 'natfonaitties,.- considered undesirable, but accorded refuge and hospitality by The Netherlands. are still con- lined behind barhed- -wire fences in the big war internment camp at Harder iwijk. Holland. They still are sources of trouble to the Dutch government.
 Many of them are war refugees, es- capped from Germany. or Belgium, and to their number. since the war, have been added several scores of Russians of BoIshevik tendencies, whom the government has confined here for safe keeping.
 . The Russians have been particular -y troublesome, bu tthe means taken by one of the Dutch military officers in charge of the camp to control their actions are repoprted in the
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SHE LIKED THE WEST

that I was perfectly calm. Isn't it odd, how you can just feel in the very air that a person is absolutely de- pendabie.
 MT. Rlascolne stayed to supper with us that first evening and has been so nice about taking us around since. It seems that this is the of time for cattle or something and he is perfectly free, so he says, Annette is so terribly busy doing things around the house always that she doesn't get out very much with us and ef course miss her terribly, but it fuse to go on rides and traInps after Chester has made that long trip over here. Annette is very careless about some things. She does seem to mind telling Chester she doesn't want to be bothered with him and it seems very rude to mel try to be extra nice to make up for it.
 "1 do wish you could see him ride. No movie hero can manage horse as we'll as Chester does. and I guess any road agent who tried to hold him lup would have a surprise-he can
 shoot absolutely straight and never
 misses. You would know to look at l him that he is absolutely fearless. I
 Did I tell you he is at least six
 feet tall Of course there are loads l of tall men in the world, but some
 how you don't notice them especially,
 If Chester Blascome walked down 1 the street he'd be regular process l sion--you know that way some persons | have of drawing every eye just by 1 sheer force of character, or something l Well. he has it.
 ." The odd thing is that he isn't a I bit wild western, but is just as pol ished as any man you ever met and at home anywhere. He has d wond- erfl1l mind and has read everything and takes all the magazines. There is something about the way he looks a a person that is perfectly thrilling. :" I must stop now because Ches. ter is due here to take me driving and I must not keep him waiting. Tn ust crazy to see you and all thu girls again and shall be terribl,
 hurt if you don't all write me aftei
 this long letter from me telling vol
 all about my trip and the ranch apt Il everything. I can hear Chester's au , to now, Heaps of love. MYRTLE T ''Well!" said the girl knitting tn , uiser bag that is the most vivid ant
 technical description of the west I ev ] CT heard. How. soon do you suppes is the wedding ?"-Exchange
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

With the railroad administration handling the fuel situation it will have chance to prove to itself there is such thing as car shortage in the movement of coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

Those who expected so much from the United States supreme court in the way of a wet decision have come to the conclusion that a watched pot never boils.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16
slippina Into the Country.

It is said that more Russian Reds are slipping into this country than the government Is sending out of it. And the statement would still be true If only half dozen had slipped in.- Kansas City Journal.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

Dr. Harry Garfield has the distine- tion of making the greatest fight in behalf of the burdened public of any of the administration officials.
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Restrajnt in .Use af Larouaee.

The old saying that the fools are not all dead is a. gross underestimate. AS a matter of fact the fools are greatly in the majority. If they voted to- gether they would elect the president Philadelphia Ledger.
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EDITORIAL NOTES,

Every sour disposition these days may be due to the inability to get su- gar,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

The man on the corner says; Jazz music is reported to be dying. That means sacrifice that wifi save many ether lives.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

With these cold snaps coming with greater frequency the raising of the coal restrictions will be fully appre- ciaie ed.
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When there isn't anything else keeping the state department busy there is usually need for a new note to Mexico.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-16

e According to the advice that comes from the Mexican government. when they find an American intoxicated and in dangerous place they shoot him.
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Dutch ppress to have been so severe that recently a number of Dutch soldiers are said to have mutinied rather than obey the orders
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The removal of the coal restrictions SC quickly evidently means that the previous declaration that it would take month to restore the depletion of the coal must have referred to sur piGS stocks.