The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-12-25

THE BIRMINGHAM A( tion. if William had returned home crowned with the victor's wreath, laden with booty, and followed by his six hero sons C"by Gods care preserved uninjured). to make his triumphal entry through the Brandenburg gate? The walls of the capital city would have trem- bled with the hallelujahs of the vic tory choruses and the cheers of the enthusiastic crowds. The dead would have been forgotten, the maimed unnoticed; the devastated countries beyond the border would have been regarded as pleasing background to the Ger man cities and lands untouched by the fury of war. An indemnity of thousands of millions would have been extorted without stint and with out mercy from the attacked and vanquished foe. But no one in Ger many would have given thought to the criminal source of all this splendor. The few apostles of truth among the Germans who had ex- posed the gigantic fraud of the hostile attack and the war of defense,' and who had paid the price of their courage with banish- ment and loss of property would bara baar fara,,or
 This is a severe indictment of Ger many, but it is true. A victorious Kaiser would now be laying down the law for the universe from Potsdam, Defeated, he is an exile and deserter in Holland. A powerful government which tried to conquer the earth and was defeated has been supplanted by a so-called republic which whines and protests against the terms imposed by it's victorious enemies. The Kaiser lost his throne, not because the Ger man people believed there was any thing wrong in his policies, but be- cause he failed.
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 Four thousand dogs are said to he facing death in Madison county because their owners won't pay licenses. The man who doesn't think enough of his dog to pay tax on him "is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils"
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 Shortly after the holidays several prom inent Americans are expecting to receive delayed Christmas presents in the form of cabinet appointments.
 It must be proud moment in the life of travelling salesman when he regis ters at Marion hotel and is mistaken fo- presidential adviser
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 A slight decrease In the sales of auto mobiles may tempt some capitalist to build an apartment house instead ofo a garage
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 The stage lady who had her bowlegs broken to make them straight may be a martyr to something or other: it is hard to say what,
 If Birmingham is to have 7-cent fares, a number of desperate suburbanites may buy fiivvers on the installment, plan.
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 Leaky oceans are blamed for earthquake shocks, which is equivalent to saying they are not preventable.
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 The most confirmed pessfmist should stop to consider that so far we have es- caped flu epidemic.
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 Financial experts say the business crisis has passed They haven't given thought to the Christmas bills.
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 Mississippi claims to have pig that hunts birds. The laxity of prohibition CT forcement in Mississippi is appalling.
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 The watchword of Constantine is con ciliation." It remains to be seen how far it will carry him.
 Secretary Colbys South American junket is a duplication on small scale of Woodrow first Nisit to Europe.
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 New York's crime wave is sapping the nervous energy of New York's police re- porters
 A LOST SET OF TEETH From the Mobile Register.
 Percolations from Marion may De read as indicating what ideas the