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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1919-07-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
The Pacific Fleet.

The fleet for service in the Pacific
sailed yesterday and will appear at
San Diego for a brief stay early in
August.
This movement, because of its i'm.
portance, is awakening discussion.
There are persons who seem to see
trouble ahead, and are disposed to re-
gard the movement as an aggressive
step on the part of the government.
The same persons, or persons Of like
disposition, read into the voyage
around the world the fleet made under
the orders of President Roosevelt a
sinister meaning and purpose. That
feet was intended as trouble hunter,
and would find trouble
There was no such result. Not seek
ing trouble, the fleet found none. 1t
was everywhere well received A visit
from it was accepted as a compliment; ;
and both the fleet and the country
profited by the voyage. The officers
and the men were made the prouder
of their service, and the country the
prouder of them.
So now. In strengthening itself in
the Pacific the country is not hunting
trouble, and trouble will not be pro-
voked. Our interests in that ocean
are so great we should be remiss in a
plain duty if We longer neglected to
provide amply for their protection.
They need protection. The great war
is over, but only dreamers imagine
that peace among the great nations
has been restored forever more.
Our western coast may not become,
as is sometimes predicted, our great
est coast. But it has been rapidly ad-
vancing in Importance, and should re-
ceive attention commensurate there
with.
Look at how rapidly the western sec
ton of the country-often referred to
as "the great empire beyond the Mis-
sssippi"-has been advancing. States
have taken the place of territories,
and some of the states are among the
richest in the country in natural re-
sources.
Let us have an adequate naval force
N both of the great oceans. Our in
terests are great in both, and are GER
tain to become greater under any
progress and policies the world may
show under the changes the war has
produced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Continue the insurance.

During the war 90 per cent of the
4,000, 900 men in uniform were insured
with and by the government for an
average insurance policy of $500.
They carried a total amount Of insur-
ance larger than the total amount car
ried by the entire remaining insured
population of the United States. 1t is
today estimated at the war risk in
surance bureau that perhaps only 10
per cent of the approximate 100000
who protected themselves and their
families throughout the war are aware
that they can continue to carry this
insurance permanently with the gov
eminent.
Constant effort is being made by
the War Department to inform the
balance of its fighting men of the op-
portunity which is theirs and convince
them of the wisdom of availing them
selves thereof. To Washington's 49,
900. fast returning to civil life, the
following message is timely one:
"The government stands ready to
furnish each man or woman who held
a government insurance policy during
the war with the same protection for
themselves and their families for as
long time as they desire. They can
continue to carry the policies they had
in the Army at practically the same
cost at which they originally pur-
| chased them. Or they can convert
those policies into any one of six new
permanent forms of insurance at a
cheaper rate than it can be bought
elsewhere. Come and talk it over with
US. The fact that you may have al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Geography.

Geography used to be only an aux
Hilary study. Like history, it was be-
lieved to be beneficial and ornamental,
but it was subordinate and supple
mental to the essential studies of read
ing, writing and arithmetic. But that
was in the time when geography was
relatively stable and before it assumed
such fluid and changing character as
it has today. Geography seems to
have become a subject of transcendent
importance. A man cannot read the
news Of the day with interest and
profit unless he keeps nap close by.
Newspapers publish maps to illustrate
the news. The remote regions of the
earth como suddenly into the lime
light. Just now it is Shantung. To-
morrow may bring forth place of
stupendous moment in the worlds af-
fairs, but the name of which is not
known in the United States today un.
less it be known to a few ar-traveled
men or to those whose diversion it is
to pore over aliases and maps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Henry Ford on History.

Henry Ford as a witness in his
libel suit at Mount Clemens, Mich,
testified that he did not read history
and that he considered it "bunk."
Characterization elected from him
certain opinions that fully illustrated
his unfamiliarity with the history of
the United States, as, for instance, the
cause Of the war Of 1872 with Great
Britain. and the fact that the sinking
Of the Maine was a factor in precipitat-
ing the war with Spain in 1898.
Mr. Ford is not alone in his disre-
gard and derision Of history. There
are many others who look upon the
study of the past as a waste of time.
Perhaps they are Influenced in their
view by the manner in which his
tory is taught in some schools. To
the average school pupil history is a
bugbear, a menacing tax upon the
memory in the matter of dates and
names. As a matter of fact, history
can be made a most interesting and
fascinating study. 1t can be made a
pleasure and delight to pupils. Some
teachers arc capable Of investing. it
With such an interest that the classes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
The Labor Unrest.

Many strikes are in progress in diff
ferent parts of the country, strikes
for better pay. as rule. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate how many men
are idle now in consequence. but the
total runs high into the thousands.
And industry is suffering in conse
quence. Mediatory methods are in
roked, but without general success,
and rioting has occurred in several
places, with some loss of life.
This would be a sinister symptom
of serious unrest were it not for the
tact that the strikes here and there
are yielding to arbitration and settle
ment. The causes are local and indi-
vidual. They have a somewhat com
mon origin in the general demand
of workers for more pay. high though
the pay in the industries is at present
As these demands are granted, or as
strikes are settled on the basis of
compromise, with some advances, the
general cost of production, transporta-
tion and distribution rises, and the
vicious circle continues to develop.
Suspicion is not, of course, lacking
that there is back of these demands
and strikes an evil influence, seeking
to promote industrial disturbance and
Al,,%, To-
fuence has been at work in the United
States to compass these odds is known.
But the American workingmen arc
not susceptible to it. They are prob
ably in these affairs working out their
own issues, irrespective of the whis-
rerings and cellar-meeting talk of
agitators from abroad and some of
home birth poisoned by foreign rad
iealism.
Belief to this end is not merely
optimism, but is based upon the char
acter of the workers as a class. They
are not easily stampeded or beguiled
into strange proceedings of revolu-
tionary nature. The average American
wage-earner has his aspirations, which
cause him to seek betterment. But
he is not an insurgent against the
system of government. The "direet
action" socialists, the I. W. WIS, the
left wing radicals and the bolsheviki
ruling or even an influential factor
in the labor situation today. Organ
lied labor is stoutly opposed to the
methods proposed by these forces, and
unorganized labor is sufficiently intel
igent to realize that political radi-
'alism makes for disorder that leaves
the workers infinitely worse off than
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Wilhelm's Letter.

A letter is published in Berlin said
to have been written by the former
Emperor of Germany to then Chan
cellor Won Bethmann Hollweg, dated
July %, 1914, in which the kaiser ex-
pressed the opinion that Serbia had
met Austria's wishes in her reply, and
that all grounds for war had been re-
moved. The latter, however, expressed
the belief that as the Serbians were
"orientals and untrustworthy," Austria
should occupy Belgrade until the Ser
bian promises were fulfilled.
1t is strange that letter Of this
character. bearing so directly upon the
question of Wilhelm's responsibility
for the outbreak of war, should be
only now disclosed The charge that
he permitted the war to break when
he could have prevented it is not a
new one. 1t is, indeed, nearly five
years old. For the last eight months
it has been matter of constant dis
cussion. Coming down to a very late
date, it was pertinent to Won Bethmann
Hollweg's recent offer to stand as re-
sponsible for the war and its publica-
ton at that time would have been ap-
propriate.
The authenticity of this matter will
need to be established beyond any
cayil. And even then it is of little
moment as TO the major question in
volved in the accusation against the
kaiser. He might make technical Of
tense against direct personal respon-
sibility for the outbreak of the war,
and yet be guilty of the crime against
humanity with which the Paris peace
conference has charged him.
No matter what the. kaiser may have
thought at the end of July, five years
ago, regarding the suficiency of the
Serbian reply, the fact remains that
he did not stop German mobilization,
and he did not give heed to the eff
forts that were being made by Sir Ed
ward Grey, British minister of for
eign affairs, to localize the conflict.
He himself, according to this letter,
favored localization, and yet he was
answering kilograms from foreign
chancelleries in terms of inability to
check the proceedings that were max
ing for war. If he was not a puppet
figure he was an arrant hypocrite.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
look forward to the history period

look forward to the history period
eagerly.
Those who did not know the history
of Europe during the past hundred
years were badly handicapped in un-
derstanding the causes of the great
war that began five years ago. There
was Immediately upon it's outbreak a
general scurrying to read. People
found that they were ignorant of the
fundamental relations of groups of
peoples in central Europe. Not even
the circumstances of the Franco Prus-
sian war, which in 1901 sowed the
seeds of conflict in 1914, were gen
orally understood. Many who had
previously thought all history "bunk"
had reason to change their minds re-
speeding the value of an understand
ing of happenings.
1t is impossible for the modern citi-
zen who is interested in national af
fairs to have n correct understanding
cf the issues and responsibilities of
the present without knowing history.
Henry Ford, by his acknowledgment
in court, confesses to a handicap of
which he is perhaps not fully con-
seious. Educators and writer's of text
books should take note of this matter
and insure that the teaching of history
hereafter shall be so attractive in the
schools that no American child will
ever slight so important subject or
fail to grasp the fundamentals of his
torical relationships and causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

lowed your policy to lapse since your
discharge from the service will not
keep you out. You are dealing with
the United States government, CRATE
full for your services and liberal in
its rewards
That any Washingtonian should per-
NIT the opportunity accorded him to
pass without giving it deep consider
alton would be a reflection upon his
intelligence, once the matter has been
called to his attention. There should
be about $19O,o0o,ooo worth of insur-
ance with the government in the
hands of the Districts fighting men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Political Uniting.

ave have worked for better living"
Said the soldier just returned.
ave have aimed at cheerful giving,
And some gratitude we've earned.
When fellow fighting nation
Grew alarmed about its wheat,
We supplied the information
That corn bread is good to eat.
"Into castles we have wandered
Where the walls were thick and high
And the wealth that had been squan-
dered
On the structures made us sigh.
But the plumbing showed examples
OF prehistoric type;
So we left them valued samples
OF the beauties Of lead pipe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
POLITICS AT HOME
The Tour and the Third Term.

To stump, or not to stump. That is
the question. Did the President mean
it! Did he return from Paris with a
fixed purpose to canvass the country
in favor of the peace treaty. Or was
he only sounding" the opposition to
the treaty? ..-- -..
The announcement was that in a
few days after submitting the treaty
to the Senate the President would start
on tour which would take him across
| the continent, making frequent stops.
| A fortnight has passed, and not only
is the President still in Washington,
but no itinerary has been published.
A desire to hear him has been every
where manifested Numerous invita-
tons have reached him.
The politicians have been canvassing
the subject outside of its relation to
the peace treaty. The treaty, Of course,
| has come first. Everybody has been
| able to see the value of such tour
| from the treaty point of view. The
people would feel fattered by such an
appeal to them by the President on a
| matter of such great Importance.
But some have asked: How about the
third tern' Would that movement be
forwarded by the appearance of the
President explaining and advocating
a piece of business which has brought
him into worldwide notice'
His stumping tours have never taken
the President across the continent. He
has once or twice meditated journey
of that length, but something inter
fered. He feels indebted to the west.
In 1916 he ran better race in that
section than in the east. The repub-
lican state of Kansas gave him a large
majority, while the republican state of
California elected him. He had nearly
four thousand the best of the poll in
the Golden state, with the republicans
carrying their state ticket handsomely.
If the President makes the tour, the
third-termers-and there are many of
them-will bestir themselves to capital
ize it for their purposes. Crowds of
unprecedented size will gather. No bet
ter opportunities could occur for i'm
pressing upon the people by his friends
the Presidents personality as affected
by his latest performances-his prom
inence at the peace conference, his
ideas of the future as expressed in his
numerous deliverances in Europe and
the acclaim he met with abroad.
In the democratic camp everything
awaits the Presidents pleasure AS
yet, although aware of the speculation
corrected with his name, he has made
no sign. He is recognized as the mas
ter of the democratic situation. An
other nomination is his if he says the
word, or maybe even if he says no
word forbidding it. There are several
booms booming other men, but all are
at boomers risk. They will come to
nothing if the Wilson boom gets an
authoritative start, -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

Amusing ones self while waiting in
a government Office to see some official
has always been a problem.
How to cool your heels" in the
outer Office while the chief or Sec
rotary or whatever official it was sat
in a conference" is no new problem,
either. Everybody who has ever come
to Washington can tell you about it.
If one has not experienced it himself.
all he has to do is call at some gov
eminent office.
Officials are pretty busy folk, at that.
so that in the majority of cases there
is nothing to do except wait until the
busy one gets less busy. There is the
problem in little. But how to wait
gracefully is another and entirely diff
ferent matter.
You kick your heels on the floor
during the first 1--WE minutes. survey
the tips of your shoes the second five
minutes, Irvine your legs around the
chair legs the third five minutes and
play with a pencil the fourth ten
minutes.
If the conference" is not ended by
that time you usually are thrown on
your own resources. Casual glanceS
at the girl stenographers may furnish
some amusement to bachelor callers.
but sedate married men usually con-
tent themselves with looking out the
window.
This pals. in its turn. What in the
thunder are you to do now?
The very latest 1919 waiting amuse-
ment consists of fitting the women's
hats one sees on the hat rack in the
office to the various women one sees
sitting at the desks. A sort OF mental
fitting, of course. as a general hre
alarm would be turned in If the
visitor suddenly rose from his chair
and began to actually fit the hats on
the heads Of the young Swomen IN
question.
Vie. First, look intently at the hats.
Note their general contour and Char
Then covertly at the girls. Don't
he too intent about this part of the
problem. Note their general appear
ance and character.
Now look back to the hat rack, and
try to determine, using your gather
ed knowledge. which hat belongs to
which girl.
is that you leave the matter Of color
to the last. Try to determine which
girl goes under which hat without
noting that one hat is blue. another
red and another black. 1t is usually
not SO hard to determine if you take
into account the color. because many
women wear hats to match their
dresses. It doesn't take much detec-
tive ability to determine that three
hats, red. white and blue. are worn
by those three girls in red. whitAand
blue dresses. respectively.
The great test Of your ability comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Foolish Question.

"Would you advise me to keep out of
politics?"
"Young man." replied Senator Sor-
ghum, "you were born citizen; the
voting privilege is yours whether you
desire it or not; you are going to be
taxed and generally supervised by the
people you assist in electing to office
There's no such thing as keeping out
of politics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Music and Words.

~ am afraid you won't enjoy the
concert. There is some German music
On the program"
81 won't object to the music" re-
piled the blunt critic. "In my opin-
ion the Germans made a great mistake
in not devoting themselves entirely to
harmonious sounds instead of COM
plicating them with articulation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
young Teddy"

young Teddy" has been nominated
for the New York state assembly. As
the district is republican, he will, of
course, be chosen. His term of service
will begin next January. The assembly
sits for four months. This will give
the debutant an opportunity to show
his quality while the republicans of the
state are considering the matter of
their state ticket, to be voted for at
the following November election. :.
There are a number of announce
ments for governor. Conditions are
giving the republicans so much con-
fdence, great eagerness is shown for
that nomination
The aspirants are only of state wide
reputation, and one or two scarcely up
to that mark. But they are all hus-
Ting politicians, and it is within the
possibilities they may make it so live
ly for one another that, when the time
comes, dark horse may become the
solution of the difficulty.
Would "Young Teddy" fill the bill :
He would be very young man and a
very young politician for the honor.
The Office of Governor of New York
is of very great importance-of so
much Importance it. is sometimes made
a stepping stone to the presidency, or
to the United States Senate. Mr.. Cleve-
land stepped from it into the White
House. Mr.. Tilden, Mr.. Flower and
Mr.. Hill all sought to do so. Mr..
Roosevelt stepped from it into the
vice presidency, and thence into the
White House, while Gov Whitman
sought a third term last year in the
hope of Strengthening his presidential
prospects.
In politics there is good deal in a
name, and in New York politics a good
deal attaches to the Roosevelt name.
This should help the son of his father.
If, in return, he shows any of his
fathers qualities the performances are
certain to be appraised at a generous
figure. The public is disposed that
way.
So here is inspiration for the young
man, now that he has entered the game,
to do his best. He should show quail
ity in his canvass next fall for votes.
He will benefit if his majority is large.
He will attract state wide attention,
and maybe wider attention, if his
course at Albany next spring reveals a
good grasp Of public questions, and
the nerve to tackle them on their
merits. He need be neither a slave to
the organization, nor reckless kicker
over the traces. His father, while al
why's showing independence, never be-
came either. It was not until he en-.
countered the great temptation in 1912
-"when self the wavering balance
shook"-that, master politician that he
was, he made his colossal blunder.
From that he never entirely recovered,
though his friends believe he had so
far recovered that, had he lived, he
would again have been elected Presi-
dent Of the United StsteA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

To try the ex-kaiser for sill the Of
lenses for which he is held morally
responsible would require consider
ably more time than he can reasonably
be expected to live even with the best
of care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

The afauent citizen who puts away
cellar full of alcoholic cheer is likely
to find his taste for it diminished when
the element of sociability is destroyed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

Germany has resumed commerce
and is no doubt wishing she had de,
voted herself to Christmas toys instead
of Zeppelins, submarines and other
quaint but undesired mechanisms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Generous Admiration,

@You have some fine sirloin steak"
eyes replied the dealer; "remark
ably fine. Shall cut you a slices"
ooh, no. l merely stopped in to con
graduate you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

Pennsylvania in refusing to part
with Harry Thaw does not undertake
to offer any convincing reasons for
particularly desiring his society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20
Too Much Optimism.

An optimist, too much inclined
To sing a lazy song,
Dreamed on; and then woke up to find
That he was in all wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

The public is rapidly losing interest
in scientific investigations of the high
cost of living, and only asks that some
means be found for calling it down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

The White House is now entitled to
equip itself with a doormat with the
word "Welcome" in letters large
enough to be read from the Capitol.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

Lenin has had a remarkably long
career as the man highest up in an
orgy of graft.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

The bolsheviks long ago ceased to do
enough work to enable them to explain
idleness by the claim that they are
strikers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

"No man I ever saw" said Uncle
Eben, "was quite as good his ownsef
as he thought ev'ybody else ought to
be-"