The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-23
CITIZEN REPUBLICAN
r. A. BLISS, FUs.
SOUTH DAKOTA

menlS.ssf -MdCoWlHey WIS oue VI lHS
leaders of the Irish republican army
which declared itself at war with the
forces of the crown, and, according to
his own written words in one OF tho
seditious documents for which he
was convicted. had he been taken at
his word and dealt with as an
avowed rebel, according to the uni
versal practice among civilized ma
lions, he you'd have been liable to
be shot Instead he was sentenced
to a moderate. term of Imprisonment
and given all the privileges of a po-
litical prisoner. Since MacSwlneys
arrest, Is officers have been brutaliy
and treacherously done to death
without any chance of defending
themselves" Surely" he says, the
sympathy extended to the lord mayor
whose condition is due to his own de-
liberate act, is due rather to the be-
reaved widows and families OF the
murdered Irish policemen"
The president of the Canadian Bar
Association declared this week: With
Americans we, the representatives OF
the British empire hold and will hold
against all other states on this con-
tinent for our common civilization
from the Rio Grande to the North
Pole" ] FIVE are menaced by the un-
repentant forces of central Europe,
-hc.lac- to shoulder we will face east
ward, if by Asiatics we will right
about and march westward; If by any
other common foe we will stand back
to back but never face to face in
fraternal strife"
Statistics compiled by the head OF
the automobile squadron OF the Chi
cago police department show that
1899 cars valued at 100000 have
been stolen in the first months Of
the year in that city. OF this number
only 93S have been recovered. There
is no doubt Of the existence Of
gigantic ring Of automobile thieves
which has agents all over the country
equipped to repaint cars and change
engine numbers.
Prof. Karl Ballod, who has just
returned from Russia to Berlin, said
20 his fellow German radicals last
week ~ once was of the opinion that
soviet Russia and Germany could
support one another economically,
sat I have nov abandoned this opin-
Gt He urgently advised against
eeanmending that German workers
ttie ia Russia. Industrial produce
ION of soviet Russia, he said, has
aNen to about one sixth OF its for
nar volume.
4%hen asked to explain the situa-
.i4n which has developed between
Iolarl and Lithuania, Prince Lubo-
1nirski, Polish minister to the United
foY toI
."rhe goat jumps on the tree that is
bent" meaning the Lithuanians had
attempted to make capital OF the
Polish disadvantage. The minister
stated that 100000 acres of grain
had been lost because Of the boil
shevist advance.
Experiments with gas made from
corn stalks have been successful
enough to warrant the superstition
that such gas may soon be used to
light the homes and cook the food and
run the engines of the American
farmer, say the workers In the exper-
iment station where the problem Ia
being worked on.
1t is said that any festivity that
has gone before will not be able to
complete with the festtvity of the re-
ception Brazil Is planning for the Bel
gian rulers. Above all, she intends
to outdo the United States. There
isn't going to be enough time be-
tween features to mention the subject
OF financial aid for Belgium. in the
form, perhaps, of a loan.
Robbery by hypnotism is the latest
criminal twist in Mexico City. Gen.
eral Palemon Rojas recently issued
a complaint charging that two per-
sons robbed him in his own home Of
a handbag, a guitar and five pesos
IN cash, after one Of them had put
him into an hypnotic trance.
old fashioned methods Of manu-
featuring have been discarded In
France and the bonus wage system
has been put In practice in order to
increase production says the report
Of the French government representa-
i've, III offering new issue Of
French bonds to United States
buyers.
Recent excavations in England
nave disclosed the grave OF Abbot
Roger III. Of Chichester. who died in
I -N 'S, according to the records, the
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bertha will DO found beside it. A
wall has to be removed before the
excavations can be continued.
Eight leading chambers Of COM
merce OF Japanese have declared that
sne American merchant marine act
I IS at direct variance with the spirit
of commercial treaties between the
United States and Japan and that il
may cause diplomatic complications,
Chicago post office clerks say they
VIII not call q strike to enforce their
point Of view, but will fight the post
Slilce department through public
opinion"
Three waterfalls. each with a dron
oi more than 100 feet which. 1t is be-
Aeved. no white man has ever seen
before have recently been discovered
within 40 miles of Portland, ore.
Realizing the value Of roof over
knetrs heads, good food and fair CON
0lkonA women are not scorning DO
snestlc work as they have done. saw
ne British employment agencies. &C.
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