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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
Too Dangerous
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lFrom Kansas City Times.1
why rot try the league?" is an
argument sometimes heard. 1T
may not do much, but at least it
is II beginning"
The argument might be sound IL
trying the league did not involve
dangers. But the dangers outweigh
amy advantages that are reasonably
to be expected.
The chief advantage claimed for
the league is that it will prevent war
by inducing nat ons to submit their
differences to arbitration through
fear OF arraying the entire world
against them should they undertake
to fight. For the present the world
is weary of fighting and physically
exhausted. There is no immediate
danger of any great war. But If n
future Germany, bent on world
domination, were to arise, would
any treaty restrain it? Before it
entered on a war it would take care
to have allies. The league of ma
tions would be split in two. Ma
tons do not fight under the COM
pulsion of outgrown treaties. They
fight when and where their own
interests dictate, Italy ignored the
because its interests were on the side
of the entente, while England fought
without treaty compulsion because
its interests dictated that course.
If the will to war is present, ar
bttration will not save the situation.
No nation was ever willing to ar
bitrate question that it considered
vital enough to fight over.
There is no reason to suppose that
the league of nations would have
any more practical effect on world
peace than the good resolutions
adopted at a mass meeting have on
abolishing vice.
The advantage of a league is il
lusory. Its dangers are real. For
it would involve this country in
evitably in the intrigues of. Euro
penn and Asiat'c politics We
would find ourselves being used to
serve the ends of other nations. AS
Senator johnson said. we would be
sitting in the other fellows game
with all the consequences that come
to such an adventurer. We would
he in constant turmoil, for every act
necessary for policing the Americas
could be dragged before the league
A Canadian univers 'ty professor al
ready is urging that tho league con-
sider rectifying the Maine boundary
in other words, bestowing the up
nor half of Maine on Canada
Moreover, the obligations of Article
10. even under the reservation
would be an everla3t ng source OF
contention and d'scord. We would
he called on to take sides in every
Old World quarrel, to participate
in economic boycotts. to send troops
for police duty over seas.
Balancing the possible good
against the inevitable evil of the
league, we SIMPLY cannot afford this
dangerous experiment in the hope
II may prove a beginning in better
international orga nization.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
A Soma

Eden Phillpotts, in the London
SPECTATOR
The reds in the heather, the COLDS
on the fern
Heigho! Heigho!
A nip to the wind and the year at
the turn
Heigho, Johnny!
The aglet and rowan shine bright on
the Dough
Heigho! Heigho!
But seedtime or hardest be one to
him now
Heigho. Johnny
All one the wild weather, the wind
and the rain
Heigho! Heigho!
For she that made summer will not
come again
Heigho, Johnny!
Was left in the lurch at a young
woman's wkim-
Heigho! Heighoi
Who cared not a cuss for the ruin
of him
Heigho, Johnny!
oh little we mind what the seasons
may bring
Heigho! Heigho!
When hearts are a winter without
anv spring
Heigho, Johnny
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
Peace often Long Delayed
By BRIGGS

When the armistice was signed
more than year ago, there was a
few Joy killers who tried to take
the edge off the celebration by say
ing: "Ah! but do not celebrate too
soon. This is only the armistice,
and peace itself will not come until
the treaty is signed, which may not
be until next April.
April, indeed! We laughed as we
had laughed at those who, in Au-
gust, 1914, had prophesied that the
war would last three years. And
we think to-day our patience has
been tried beyond all limits and we
have been kept waiting beyond all
precedent for real peace. But we
haven't
The treaty of Utrecht, for in
stance, which ended the long series
of Queen Anne" wars, was signed
in April, 1913, at the conclusion of
sessions of a congress which con-
vened in January, 1912. In the Ma
poleonic wars a preliminary treaty
was signed in May, 1914, and a con-
gress to rearrange the map of Eur
ope and make q final settlement was
in session at Vienna from September
until June. 1915.
In the American Revolution al
most two years elapsed between the
surrender of CORVALLIS, which vir-
tually ended the fighting, and the
signing of the peace treaty in Paris.
CORVALLIS surrenderd October 10,
1881. The army was finally de-
modified in October. 1888.
But the treaty negotiations that
hold the record for wearisome
Z i Il
between Louis XIV of France and
the Grand Alliance in 1897 at Rys-
wick. Holland. So tiresome did the
proceedings become, indeed, thai
King Louisa and King William III OF
England, the chief parties to the
, conference, took matters into their
| own hands, cast to the winds all
established notions of diplomatic
etiquette and forced conclusion
Months had been devoted to a dis
pute about the place where the con-
| ference should be held. Then other
months were wasted on petty for
malities of dress and precedence.
At last William determined to
bring the mummery to a speedy
close. He had one of his officers
| get in touch with the French
marshal got permission from Louis
and the two officers met in an or
/ chard near Brussels. They walked
up and down together for two hours
and in that time did more business
than the diplomats at Ryswick had
! done in as many months.
That was then the latter part OF
June and by the end of July every.
| thing was settled. so far as Eng
| land and France were concerned
The other nations concerned quickly
| fell into line and peace was con-
| cluded almost before the plentipo-
| tentiaries intrusted with the treaty
| had decided where each should sit
at the council table.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
A BRIGHT, vivacious American

A BRIGHT, vivacious American
II girl, with heart bubbling over
- - with fun and the joy of living,
and soul that is crying to serve,
followed a little trail through a de-
vastated region $50 miles into the
mountainous interior of Armenia. AT
the charming little city of SiVas,
which has never heard the shrek
of a train whistle or even motor
klaXon, Miss Mary L. Graham want
ed to hang. up her hat. The balmy
sunshine, the glorious sports of win
ter, the opportunity to bring to the
girls of the city the realization of
the better things in life-took a firm
! grip on her. But she had to find a
place to hang her hat.
With her youthful vigor she threw
! herself into the work and soon be-
came one of the principal figures of
| the town. A mission school support
ed by the Congregational Church in
America was Immediately founded.
The young girls of the city took
such a great interest in the school
! that within a short time the number
! of teachers in the institution had to
/ be increased to seventeen-all Ar
menians. From this educational
oasis in the torrld Armenian intel
| lectual wastes there flowed a cur
rent of life that transformed the
| young womanhood of Armenia.
Her Teachers Murdered
Then came the war. Armenia's IS
| trouble commenced. Leaders in the
sturdy little country were the first
! object of attack by the bloodthirsty,
! prosecuting Turks. Educated peo-
pie held priority on the death list.
! Seven of the eight men on Miss
Graffam's teaching staff were MUIR
dered in cold blood by the invaders.
The nine women on the staff were
driven with the girls of the school
on the march of death" toward the
desert. On the bridge leading to
the trackless waste Miss Graffam saw
1000 Armenians fleeing before the
savage Turks.
The red-blooded American could
not sit by and see her schpol, her
friends. her girls. the very ambi-
ton of her life, the whole soul of
Armenia driven before the criminals
Powerless. she decided to give her
all by sharing the fate of her stu
dents. She followed. Turkish SOL
diers threatened. Miss Graffam's
name was plainly written on the or
der of execution of the Kurdish ma
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Commissions C. b. Connellev,
of the Department of Labor and In.
dustry. was right at home among the
teachers to-day, as he has been in
that profession since young man.
hood
Harlan Updegraff, who took
prominent part in the Educational
Congress this week, is a member OF
the faculty of the University OF
pennsylvania.
Col. Edward Martin, Commits.
sioner of Health, has been visiting in
eastern counties.
DIR. William McAndrew, who
was one of the high school speakers
at the Educational Congress, is as.
sistant superintendent of New York
city.
President G.. L. Omwake. oi
Ursinus College, was among visitors
here this week.
Col. Alfred II. Brooks, of the
United States Geological Survey, wa.
among Harrisburg visitors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
GOING TO IT

HOMMTSSIONER LYNCH will
I not need to bother about his
recollection for four years and
being relieved of that little annoy
ance in the life of the average Of
fetal he will be the better able to
work out the important highway
problems which confront his de-
partment.
His program for 1920 is construc-
tive in character and will continue
the good work which has made this
city an example for other munich
palities.
Only the other day a prominent
citizen told how he had mentioned
Harrisburg in company of persons
at New York and was immediately
met with a most complimentary
reference to the paved highways of
this city. So 1t goes everywhere; T;
our good name is prime asset
which we are all beginning to
appreciate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

wearing her child will be born with
a hare lip.
A little farther south along the
coast is a baby suffering from
ophthalmia. The doctor had been
called in only because blowing sugar
in it's eyes has failed to cure it.
Protestant and Catholic alike often
sew up bits of paper, with prayers
written on them, in little sacks that
are worn around the neck as an
amulet, and green worsted tied
around the wrist is reported to be
the never failing cure for hem
orrhage.
When stripping a patient for ex-
animation ] noticed that he removed
from his neck what appeared to be
very large scapular | asked him
what it could be. 1t was haddock' S
fine bone-a charm against rheuma-
tism.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
RIGHT, MR.. FRAYNE

r-UGH FRAYNE. New York
II labor leader, hit the nail
squarely on the head when he
told the State Education Conference.
Thursday night, that much of the
discomfort of the masses can be dis
spated by proper education in the
public schools.
Mr.. Fraynes remarks were by far
the most important of the whole con-
ference. What he said goes to the
root of the whole matter. We have
neglected - shamefully neglected.
everyday business economics in our
public schools. The fundamentals
upon which business is founded are
strangers in the classroom. Business
as it is conducted in the United
States is a matter the pupil is sup
posed to learn about after he leaves
school, If ever.
So, to the man ignorant of the
methods of business, the flannel
mouthed agitators have come with
their truths and have set class
against class in a manner that never
would have been possible if the man
on the job had understood all the
facts in the case. Only compar-
atively few Americans are good
: businessmen. but every American
should have at least theNrudiments,
the fundamentals, of trade. He ought
to know how hard one dollar must
work, twenty-four hours to the day.
to earn five cents during a whole
year. "He ought to be able to base
his judgment on facts. He ought to
know the equities and the justice Of
every complaint or disagreepent.
But he won't know those things
until the school of the State teaches
them. Mr.. Frayne is right. Properly
taught school courses in economies,
social justice and fair play would
do lot toward quelling public dis
content.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
Liberal

GFrom the Home Sector.l
Lights and noise were tabu, but
there was some verbal expression of
thought in undertones, The column
was slogging forward the night be-
fore the attack on the st. Mihiel
salient.
Wonder where we're bound for
now?' spoke one doughboy during
a momentary check.
II dunno" replied a voice in the
dark, but I heard an officer say 1t
was Metz
Huh! Metz?"
"Sure-and he said the general
meant to take 1t if it cost a hundred
thousand lives"
Silence for about five seconds;
then: Liberal son of gun, amt
he?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
AGENTS OF THE DEVIL

HE reds of the United States
are planning to send Internal
machines through the mails
disguised as Christmas packages.
These are the men who want to
reform" the country and give us
q "model" government, and they
choose the season of peace on earth
and good will toward men," when
the whole world pauses to do honor
to the Babe in the Manger for their
nefarious schemes.
They would do murder i'll the
name of Jesus Christ.
Beside such beasts Judius Iscariot
stands out as a saint.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
My God, LdfdUette

The famous speech at the tomb of
Lafayette attributed to General Per-
shing and others is still i'm the minds
of Americans. Last week crowd
of homesick doughboys visited the
same spot. After n moment of ST.
lent awe, one spoke up: MY God,
Lafayette, we're still here."-Amer-
ican Legion Weekly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

1897, lie foretold the growth of law
essness so menacing in the Unite,
States to-day. In the course of hi
address he said:
At what point shall we expect
the approach of danger? BY what
means shall we fortify against
il? Shall we expect some trans
Atlantic military giant to step
the ocean and crush us at a blow?
Never! All the armies of Europe,
Asia and Africa combined with
all the treasure of the earth
(our own eXcepted) in their mill
tary chest, with a Bonaparte for
commander. could not by force
take a drink from the Ohio or
make track in the Blue Ridge
in trial of a thousand years.
At what point then, is the ap-
proach of danger to he expected?
! answer, II II ever reaches US il
must spring up amongst us: it
cannot come from abroad. II de-
struCtiOn he our lot we must our
selves be its author and finishcr
AS a Nation of free men we must
live through all time or die by
suicide.
hope I am over wary: but if
I am not. there is even now some
thing of evil omen amongst us
I mean the incTeasin disregard
for law which pervades the coun-
try-the growing disposition to
substitute the wild and furious
passions in lieu of the sober
Judgment nf courts, and the worse
than sewage mohs for the eXecu-
tive ministers of Justice.
The answer ~ simple. Let
every American. every lover of
liberty. every -wisher to hi,
postCri'N swear by the blood Of
the Revolution never to violate
in the !eHst Darticul?" the laws
Of the country, and never to
tolerate their violation by 9th
ers. Let reverence for
the laws he breathed by every
American mother to the lisDing
babe that prattles on her lap; let
IL he taught in the schools. in
semirsries and in 20 leges: let II
he written in rriwors. in smelling
hooks and in almanacs: let it be
preached from thr pulnitS. pro-
clrimcd in Legislative halls and
enforced in courts Of Justice. And.
i'm short. let it hecor0e the po-
litical RELIGION cf tho Nation: and
lct the old Hnd the young. the
rich and the moor. the grave and
the CAV NJ ell sexes and tongucs
ard colors and conditions. sacri-
flee INCREASINGLY uDon its affairs.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

ments in the price of foods. The
State Bureau of Markets is raying
more attention to this phase of the
food question than to all others to-
gether.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

Now If Mr.. Lodge can be content
with his victory, and Mr.. Wilson with
his, we may be able to get some rea-
sonable action soon on the Peace
Treaty,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

The Thanksgiving turkey seems
perfectly safe: nobody has the money
to buy and the bird is too valuable
for the farmer to kill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
. MUST SETTLE

THE coal operators and the soft
coal miners must settle their
differences. MUST is the word.
The public will listen to nothing
else. We must have coal and the
people outside the mines stand
solidly back of Administrator Gar
field in his demands that the mines
be kept running. If either the miners
or the operators, or both, are un-
reasonable 1t will go hard with them.
If by reason of idleness at. the mines
millions of people are rendered idle
and homes are cold in winter, the
strike as an institution in the settle
ment of labor disputes will get such
black eye in America as it will
not recover from in many years and
the whole labor movement will come
under the ban of public disapproval,
whether it deserves it or not. That
is the temper of the public at this
moment.
But it is to be expected that rea-
son will prevail. Bach's Review.
discussing the mine situation takes
a most liberal view of the whole
matter, saying:
That the coal miners are not
Immediately returning to work
Is not to be wondered at when
thf thf pleasures OF a vacation from
considered. The claims of the
workers VIII be reviewed under
circumstances favorable to them.
Their action in striking is not
the tyranny of leadership which
pertains in the union. they had
little choice but to strike. The
defeat in this and the steel strike
is not especially q rebuke to the
workers themselves. but square
blow at BOlsheVist despotism en-
' dcavored to be put over Ameri-
can workinSmen by revolutionary
leaders.
1t cannot be doubted that the
whole soft coal disagreement could
have been adjusted had not radical
leaders insisted upon demands of an
impossible character. The people
as whole are oppo ed to six-hour
days and fvc-d2Y weeks More and
ihC'C II - bt'OlItilS EeucIdllg IeCOS-
nized that work and work alone.
which means increased production.
will bring down the high cost of liv-
ing. and with living costs down and
wages continuing high, there will be
small reason for wage disputes. The
American people are slow to anger,
but mighty when aroused. and just
now they have their eyes on the soft
coal fields, fully determined that the
miners shall receive every consider
alton to which they are entitled, but
not one penny more They sympa-
thize with the workmen in their eff
forts to benefit themselves and i'm
prove their condition. but they have
absolutely no time for radicalism of
leadership on one side or pig
headed stand -patism on the other.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

Profits are legitimate only 1chen
they come from Seruicc.-WooDRow
WILSON.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg dressed
many tons of meat which was
sent abroad to the army last
year?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

Come on with these army provi-
sions, Mr.. Mayor our bean bag is get
ting low and our bacon supply short.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22

The fellow who advised us to do our
Christmas shopping early ought TO
have invented way of getting the
money AT the same time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
Criticism

[From the Blighty London.1
A critic Is one who knows how
but doesn't.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
DeDisers of Iniquity

Woe to them that devise iniquity.
II, 1.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The Harrisburg conference,
which gave rise to the Federal.
ist party, was the first convention
ever held here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22


-Mayor-elect Moore, of Phiia-
/ delphia declared Yesterday that the
! Department of Public Welfare pro-
vided for under the City Charter
and through which he intended to
solve the greet problem of unrest, is
in jeopardy. It cannot be organ'z zed
next year unless the present council
men busy themselves ~ once wit n
/ providing money for its creation. he
said. At tho same time. Mr.. Moore
! took q fling Mt the system of book
| keeping which had seemed to per-
meate the now 1920 budget, and said
that he would not permit his admin
ist ration to he held responsible for
any of the shortcomings of the Smith
regime. AS a sample of the manner
in which he said the budget for next
year had been complied he pointed
to the fact that the appropriation
asked by the Department of Public
Works for street repairs and resur-
facing was only 100000. Mr..
Moore intimated that n man with
only half an eye could see that at
least ten times that sum was i'm
peratively needed. and that Mt least
Sis, 100000 could be expended for
such purposes. He said that an i'm
mediate increase in the tax rate and
an i~crease in the budget appropria-
tions were urgent, and should not be
passed along to his administration
when 1t was the duty of the present
councils to face the Issue squarely
now and boost the levy. "Tf the pros
ent councils" he said, do not pro-
vide sufficient revenue for next year
as the law provides 1t may be nee.
essary to reduce overhead expenses
The present councils have the power
to fix the tax rate that will permit
the business of the city to go on In
full for next year."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-22
LINCOLN, THE PROPHET

A BRAHAM LINCOLN was a man
u Of vision. but not-a visionary.
Speaking at Springfield, ILL.,, iii
1897, lie foretold the growth of law
lessness so menacing in the United
States to-day. In the course of his
address he said:
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-03
WHO WANTS TO Be
SIBERIAN WATCH
DoG7' TOXIC Wall

u.oriou flmss ,ahle Copyright. 1912,
Ny Iuhlit Ledger COZ
T'DklO Feb ; the kokumir
puhlnhc, what purporlS 10 he
the test oi the Siberian rail
way agreement. the outstanding
feature being the exclusion ~ Jap.
in from participation ~ the actual
administration ol the railway Al
though Japan & one oi the SIX ma
tons cooperating N the control
under Russian ownership Com
mevtlup on the ,irniiican, exclu.
ION thc kokumln says the lion,
share ot influence has fallen 10
America, who but Yesterday fccog
nycl liulns special iniefcNS IN
o,ntiguuu, territories, referring
90 the l,li and Lansing agree
ncni
Japan continues the kokumin
sent scyen,, thousand men. and
pent ten millioy yen Tor the bene
~ oi Siberia. Vet mus, retreat 90
'hc rear and accept the inglofiou,
fule ol watch dog
Events viii prove whether .hc
kokumns prS,imiVm !, justified
The recognition oi the kolchak
government now appear, near.
which may iIyorably affect the
whole situation and render un-
necessary further continuation OF
allied mcIdlng
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-02-03
WAR INQUIRY BY
CONGRESS- ASKED
Resolution to Investigate De-
partment Offered,

WASHINGTON. Feb i. Repre-
sentative Siegcl OF New York n'ro.
dnccd today a resolution authorizing
the speaker TO appoint a select Com.
mlttee ui eight membef, lu rn,c,tl.
gate charges made on the floor oi The
house and ~ the press regarding the
administration oi the war department
The resolution. which was referred
to the rules committee. mcmionS ,pc
officially published statements that
Provost Mar hal Crowler wa, fepri
manded by General March chief OF
staff, for having expressed hi, views
before congressional committee.
complaints being contained IN list, oi
casualties. non-dellyrfy oi soldier,
mail. nor payment oi soldiers alllt
ment, and alleged ml,,rca,mcpt oi ~
jurcd soldiers