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Foreign Soldiers Ia China,

Cleveland PLAIN Dealer
There are two aspects ~ the
Japanese suggestion that all foreign
troops be removed from China, The
first thought is that this is very
concrete proof ~ Japan's sincerity
in promising hands OFF, Chinese
policy, II seems only fair that II
all japanese troops are removed the
troops or other nations should be
Withdrawn,
ON the other hand, the japanese
position In China IL altogether differ
ent from the position 81 the other
nations, Japan has until very re-
Gently pursued an aggresslveiy Inn
peria iistie course, IL has. OF course.
been no more blameworthy than
England. France. Germany and
Russia have been in the past. hut the
world war put n definite end 10
European aggression IN the far east,
Japan alone has continued Ia follow
policy OF aggrandizement. and for
a time has seemed animated by
desire TO make the most OF the OPP
portunities created 10y the war. The
new Japanese policy. Of which
Tomasaburo Kato has been the fore
most prepayment. has been based on
tho abandonment OF lmperialistic de-
signs, This necessarily means the
recalling OF japanese armies from
Shantung and other occupied areas,
II does not, however. imply amy
necessity of removing the legation
guards and other small bodies OF sol
diers necessary for the protection OF
agents and other Japan
ese who are In China on legitimate
business.
This brings up the other aspect OF
the Japanese suggestion. Never be-
fore in recent years have Chinese af-
fairs been so unsettled ny at present.
II the legations and the extra
territorial establishments ever re-
uuIred protection the requirement
just now IL doubly apparent. Not
one but several civil wars are either
In progress or seriously threatened.
II would seem. therefore, TO be most
unwise to remove the minimum OF
protection which has been deemed |
advisable ever since the Boxer insur-
rection.
Geographically Japan liz located so |
hat It could quickly throw troops
INTO China in the event Of an emer-
.ency. The other nations would prob
IDLY be compelled to place their in
erests under Japanese protection.
This Is. perhaps. an unworthy con-
but 1t is practical.
Perhaps In time China will prove
o the world that all extra territorial
lights should be relinquished, but
ust at present there is no hopeful
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
DAWES ADVANCES NEW IDEA.

The promise of economy in government has been
met by President Harding The fiscal year just end
ing shows not only billion and half dollars less
revenue collected than in the previous year, but
surplus of 1896, 759, 900.
There is enough credit due this achievement to
be divided among the entire republican administra
tion but the country will not forget that it was
through Charles G. Dawes and the businesske meth
DDS he installed as budget director that great deal
of the saving was made possible. His no easy
task, for in cutting down the expenses of the gov
eminent bureaus he came in conflict with ways and
methods which seemed hallowed by tradition to the
bureaucrats
"What" they asked, doesn't this westerner
know that it has always cost more to run govern
ment office than a private business?" That feeling
perhaps has been Of the reasons for the heavy
expenses of government, from the nation down to
the school district and township. 1t is of the
bromides that may safely be expressed in almost any
company and escape contradiction. Experience has
seemed to indicate its truth, and doubt the
politicians themselves have had their part in spread
ing the opinion.
Then came Dawes. After having demonstrated
how the costs of government could be reduced with
out stinting any needed activity he announces
cluson that is little short of revolutionary 1t is this:
The government not only can be run as
economically as a private business, but more
economically than private business
This statement requires ampfcaton, of course,
but once the public dispel that peculiar dis
respect for government which regards it as neces-
sarily wasteful, some remarkable changes in the
conduct of public affairs may be expected.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
THE NATIONAL ROAD PROGRAM.

The signature of President Harding has author
lied the appropriation Of s1eo,OOo,ooo for good
roads for three-year period beginning July l. This
amount is to be spread over $4,000 miles, making
total of II, 900 miles Of federal aid highways.
The magnitude Of the project is glimpsed in the
statement that this is considerable less than half the
ultimate mileage. Federal and state engineers are
mapping out a system to comprise 100000 miles Of
thoroughfare-enough to belt the world seven times
The new highway act requires that all federal aid shall
be spent on connected system Of highways consist
ing Of not than per cent Of the road mileage
in each state. These traffic ways are to consist Of
interstate primary roads and intercounty Sec
ondary roads.
Funds to match the appropriation from the na-
onal treasury must be put up by each state desiring
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

federal aid. The federal government requires that
the type Of surface must be adequate to the traffic
anticipated, with reasonable grades and curves, and
that the state keep up repairs.
There are some citizens who disspproye of this
system OF matching dollars, even in such good
cause as better highways. Others object to much
coordination. However. II must be admitted that
until the method Of federal aid was evolved, good
rural roads were rare and that Nebraska, in COM
mon with many other states. now has many miles
Of smooth roadways the need for which is constantly
increasing.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
Too Much Land Cultivated.

Omaha, June 26.-To the Editor
of The Bee: I notice some Of our
representatives in Washington are
trying to interest the government In
q large irrigation project to put more
land into cultivation. 1t brought to
my mind the propaganda that was
scattered broadcast last fall and
winter, trying to have the farmers
cut down production, and it was
taken very seriously until the re-
markable advance in grain in Feb
ruary and March. Secretary Wal
lace ran up the IS. o. s." signal and
asked the voters to write to their
congressman and ask them to vote
against lust some such scheme as
is brewing in western Nebraska, and
we'll said that it was an inopportune
time for the government to put more
land in cultivation when the markets
were glutted and the farmers selling
their produce far below cost. Presi-
dent Harding in a speech in the west
deplored the condition Of the farm
ers, because they had to take so
much less for their crops than they
would have done II they had raised
a great deal less.
Some brainy man in the western
part Of the state went into brain
storm" and abused the secretary
with ridicule and sarcasm because
he would suggest that the farmers
use a little common sense and take
lesson from all successful "busl-
ness" and frown upon the govern
ment going into competition with
them. The government through the
war used every inducement in Its
power except force to get the farmer
to produce more, and still more,
thereby causing millions of acres of
land to be put into cultivation that |
might better have been left for graz
ing. and now the same old bugaboo,
overproduction, stares the farmer in |
the face. The poets may sing back |
to the farm" but they can sing until |
they are black in the face and they
won't get anywhere with the young |
man that don't need naturalization
papers! GEORGE COWLES,
401S North Twenty sixth Street.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
The Boys Narrowing World.

From New York Evening Post
Commander Wild, head OF the
Shackleton expedition. writes TO the
London Times that MARI. tho Boy
Scout. has developed into an all
round useful man." and gives
sketch OF the party's adventures that
will make whole nations OF young
sters green with envy. He speaks
OF sending Mari with three men
ashore on Elephant Island. near the
edge OF the Antarctic continent. ito
get some more blubber and also
some more meat" This meant shoot
ing sea elephants. Weddell seals and
wild fowl. He tells OF running
among penguin covered icebergs and
through pack Ice; OF a volcano in
eruption near Clerks Rocks; OF a
storm 80 great that one man was
flung through the side Of the bridge
house; OF rigging, spars and decks
sheeted with ice; OF run OF 200
miles before the wind In one day.
with engines shut off: of waters
playing football on the floes. II Is
enough to cause an ordinary red
blooded boy, who must study algebra
or run errands in summer, to gnash !
his teeth in despair and wonder why |
heaven permits such inequalities of
fortune. If asked to state which |
person, in modern times. has reached |
the summit Of human felicity, young
sters the world over would answer,
Mari, the Boy Scout"
Two generations ago boys had a
chance to be midshipmen or cabin |
boys, or at least pilot cubs on the
but now any one who
runs away to sea faces the truant
officer. Once, as all boys books
relate, there was
wild west, and youths in thousands
entered it annually with their
fathers prairie schooners or as COM
panions to hunters, or as full-fledged
indian fighters. What is needed in
his modern environment. which so
sternly restraints boys, is a concerted |
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
More Traffic Accidents,

ffam tho cleveland Flain'psalsr,
The proof Of the pudding Ia again
In the eating, Since restrictions
were thrown about the traffic court
bringing an end 90 workhouse sem
fences for speeiers there has bcen
n marked let down on the part az
drivers. There has come with that
let down an increase In serious tfht-
fic accidents, The automobile toll
during the last few days has assum-
ed proportions that have again be-
com" alarming.
II speeders are not 10 he sent 70
Jail. method ~ punishment must
he found that lust IN effectively leads
Ia careful driving, The, experience
Of this city indicates clearly enough
that some motorists must have re-
we're and unpnlatahle punishment
hanging over their heads II they are
10 exercise n reasonable degree OF
caution IN operating their cars.
A measure OF responsibility must
also be borne by pedestrians. per-
hnps parents whose children have no
other playground than the streets
should more emphntically warn their
children OF the danger, But chill
dren nj best cannot always be eN-
pected 10 remember. Grownups. on
the other hand. who drive automo-
biles are expected not only TO re-
member. but 10 drive their cars at
II speed and I'm a fashion that has
regard for the safety OF others.
II Is simple enough to say tins
children should not be In the street.
that they should go 10 the publif
Fairgrounds. II IN quite anothe
matter, and one impossible of attaii
ment. 10 keep them Off the stree
ut all times and In all places. Auto
mobile drivers must recognize that 4
fact and drive their cars according
ly. II more rigid traffic restrictions
and more severe punishment for vio-
lation are necessary to impress that
idea upon them. the necessary step
should be taken. whether It be Jail
sentence or something equally effec-
tive.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
Accusing Lincoln.

From the chicago tribune.
Miss Mildred Rutherford. described
by the Confederate Veterans associa-
ton as that great hearted southern
historian" is out with a new history
in which she says that Abraham
Lincoln, by a clever plot, caused the
south to secede. All, Mildred, you
don't know the half OF it, dearie;
you don't know the half. Slipping
down to Virginia and Disgusting him
self as Robert T.. Lee he instruct
ed Stonewall Jackson to advance
down the plank road at the battle
OF Charlottesville. Then he hur-
ried over to the plank road, hid be-
hind a log, and fired the fatal shot
at General Jackson when the latter
rode out to reconnoiter. But, Mil
dred, the worst thing that Mr.. Lin
coin did, and which you should put
into your history right away, was
when he disguised himself as John
Wilkes Booth at the theater and
ran around to the stage and fired
into the box where he was supposed
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
The Ghost Of Enpire.

H. N, famiinsoR In iisrpers MAGAZINE,
We realize that the foundations o,
the British empire have collapsed.
u was past its time. and II has gone.
IL ~ on the maps, IL In IN our for.
eign office, IL is boldly asserted in
those newspapers which are chiefly
reported abroad. but II II only a 70.
mantle ghost haunting the battle
ments OF a ruin, our commercial
greatness. nicely adjusted on an @s-
port OF coal (which now our Gus
toners do not want). u staple export
supporting the tonnage or our para
mount mercantile marine. has gone
with II. II was not the war. but
the peace and its treaty that ruined
Europe; and the infatuated English
electors who really believed In Mo-
vember. 1918. that important British
statesmen meant what they said
about hanging the kaiser. are now
aware that IL II they VINO have been
noosed.
We are beginning 70 see that II II
useless TO walt for high tide TO
float our ship again. Its propeller
shaft is fractured. and II In fairly
on the rocks. The king II on the
throne. parliament sits and goes on
with the next chapter In the serial
story where II was left In 1914. and
the Stock exchange maintains tho
silk hat and dainty quota
tions. Nevertheless. the old sane
lions for our society have dissolved.
and We know It: and We know. too.
that we must seek new and finer
sanctions. That will take at least IA
for the liquidation Of an
empire. and Its reassembling as n
is not to be accom-
plished like the construction OF n
track. for 1t will be based.
ike the empire, on nothing more
tangible than some images In the
rind.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
.'wo Deals in Books.


Prom The Vancouver Sun,
Two deals In books are reported
IN the days news, The first tells Of
the purchase by IA wealthy American
syndicate OF the former German
kaiser's memoirs for a sum close TO
a quarter OF million dollars,
The syndicate will probably find
the deal profitable, Readers will be
curious 10 know what the kaiser has
10 say about himself. Newspapers
will find Il good business 10 pay well
10 satisfy this demand,
The memoirs will he printed many
million times, They Will be read
with keen interest.
The second deal In books il the
shipment Of 1900 Bibles To Ocean
Island. In the midwestern Pacific.
No royalty 10 pay on those books,
Nobody will make n quarter OF \
million out of them. Except the
printers and bookbinders who put
them together. no one will make 8
cents out OF them
But the expensive memoirs viii
feed curiosity: the 1900 Bibles will
feed souls.
When you look at things compare.
lively the we'll known and awesome
"million dollar deal" may not mean
very much after all
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

Indication, There Is no eentrallfsn
government, no sense or nallnh"s
unity, no generally recognizable au'
thoriy, .,
Japan eonfuses the issue when "
suggests that all military forces Dc
Withdrawn. The Japanese forces
that were thrown into China unar.
the old impsriallsIie program are ,h
a very different footing from lps
foreign forces that are maintain vi
for the purpose OF protecting the les
cations and safeguarding legitimate
foreign interests.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

The apportionment of Nebraska for federal aid
road construction for the coming year is s1054 1925.
Iowa gets $1,401,915 and Kansas about the same.
This is lot of money, but there lot of bad
roads to be fixed.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

Illinois dealt vigorously enough with the rioters
at East st. Louis; what is she going to do about
Williams county?
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
-OPINION--
What Editors Elsewhere Are Say,ng

movement for seif.ehpression, Every
exploring expedition ought 20 have
us compulsory quota OF Boy scouts
There ought 20 he several on Mount
Everest Flght now. Amundssn
should have taken q number along
when he sailed for the Arctic, More
use ought 10 have been made Of them
IN the war, Young Marr's good luck
Is a sharp reminder 10 the juvenile
world OF It's grievances.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

10 be sitting, Then he hurried back
~ the box and committed suicide,
thereby throwing much ablaquy on
MF, booth and the ", X, south Get
u all, Mildred, dsaTiei get II all
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

"There is no greater influence for community
good in the American small town than the town
band," Secretary of Labor Davis declares. What
gives his statement more weight is that he used to
play the clarinet in the village band at Sharon Pa.
And President Harding was in the home band at
Marion.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

Carter Harrison is back in Chicago after more
than years tour of the world. Perhaps he is feel
ing fit enough to run for mayor again against
Thompson.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

One of the new British peers is being objected
to as profiteer But why not give them all titles
so they may be distinguished from ordinary honest
folk?
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

France proposes to punish stay-at-home voters
They usually get enough by contemplating the cleo
ton returns.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

One thing Americans are unanimous on is that
murder settles no great issue.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30

One Of the reasons why little learning is dan
gerous is that it makes you want more.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-06-30
Saving Grace of Good Hulnor.

Saving Grace OF Good Humor.
Omaha, June 25.-To the Editor
Of The Bee: A sense Of humor is a
wonderful thing. An Omaha youth
had just been married to "the most
wonderful girl on earth"
A friend with big automobile Of
fered to take the happy pair and
some friends on a celebration joy
ride" They sang and laughed as
they drove up and down Farnam
street.
Officers looked askance at their
antics. They were arrested. The
bride and groom were separated.
They failed to get bond. They
spent two nights away from each
other at the Jail.
When they met in court the mo-
torist was fined for reckless driving.
and the nthe judge, as is his wont,
asked the bridegroom if he had any
thing to say.
Instead of the surly reply which
Is so often the answer of prisoners
who feel themselves outraged by the
law, this Omaha youth, his soul still
singing, replied to the magistrate
with a smile.
"Well, Judge, we were celebrating
just bit. But If we had had tin cans
and signs and old shoes dangling
romthe car suppose it would
have been all right"
His smile, his cheerfulness, his
friendly banter, saved a difficult
situation and secured freedom for
himself, for his blushing bride and
for other members of the bridal
party.
If more Of us could meet our
vicissitudes and trials with a smile
as this patient bridegroom did, how
much easier would seem the daily
tasks Of life. l.. D. MEM.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
SEIZED IN 100000
CAMP DIX THEFTS
Five Civilians and Twenty Sol
diers Held in Bootleg
Larceny Plot.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
CAMP DIX, N. J., April 5.-The army
authorities here announced tonight that
with the aid OF the New Jersey State
police they had succeeded In Arresting
several members OF the gang of boot
Camp Dix within the last two years
equipment valued at between 100000
and 5000, 600. Two of the prisoners,
Frank Mecervey and Robert Richards.
were arrested at Bordentown, and three
others. whose names were not made pub
lie. were arrested at Noristown, Pa.
Twenty soldiers are also under arrest in
the camp.
The stolen property, the authorities
here said consisted of clothing,
blankets, revolvers, saddles ana automo-
bile accessories. The Investigations by
State Troopers Dickman and Manyon
showed that the method of the thieves
was to bring load of bootleg liquor into
the camp, unload 1t In a little frequented
section. and then load the truck UP with
army supplies from warehouses. The
liquor was given to men inside the reser-
walton. sometime to guards and sentries
on duty.
line ar1ny duulOTltleS Hiduo SeteIdl
arrests In New York six months ago.
The State police. working outside the
camp, according to Col. Dennis p. Quin-
Ian, are primarily responsible for the
new roundup.
The State troopers and the Govern
ment agents will go to Norristown to-
morrow to question the three men held
there. The arrest of the soldiers came
about. the authorities at the camp say,
after Mecervey and Richards had fur
nislled their names to the State troop
ers. Most OF the stolen goods are said
to have been disposed of at Trenton,
philadelphia, Bordentown, Pemberton,
Wrightstown and Mount Holly to pri-
vate individuals and storekeepers. About
half of the stolen property has been
recovered.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
DRY AGENT DENOUNCED
FOR ILLEGAL ARRESTS
CiUil Rights More Important
Than Dry LdlU, Says Judge.

Special Dispatch to The New YonK HERALD.
TRENTON, April 5.-Judge Bodine in
the United States District Court said
to-day that it is more important that
citizens should not be deprived of their
rights than that prohibition should be
enforced. lie denounced Walter A.
Neely, prohibition enforcement agent.
for causing tho arrest of Joseph Es-
posito. -. of 102 Mott street, New York.
and Vincenza Vellio. also of New York.
and directed the release of the two
prisoners.
vellio and the boy were arrested Sum
day upon information obtained by local
police indicating that the two had been
disposing Of liquor. although none Of
the contraband was discovered. Neeley
had the man and boy committed to
Mercer Jail as Federal prisoners, giving
the warden in lieu of a warrant or COM
mitment a paper signed by himself
authorizing detention OF the two.
Neeley attempted to justify his failure
to have the man and boy legally COM
mitted by the fact that he had reported
the case to Prosecutor Oliphant, who
had promised to handle 1t under the
State law. Mr.. Oliphant denied to-day
having made such a promise.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
ONLY 10 PER CENT. OF
CANADIAN RUM SEIZED
Futility of Border Patrol Is
Admitted in Capital.

Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALD.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. April SIN con-
nection with the campaign announced by
the Government against rum smugglers
along the Canadian border. it Is learned
that responsible officials estimate that
nine gallons of whisky get into the
United States from Canada for every
one seized.
While general effort has been made
to patrol highways leading from Canada
rum runners only occasionally meet real
opposition along 1900 miles or more Of
border line.
Canadian officials are cooperating to
some extent, but American authorities
realize that II successful patrol Is
maintained 1t must be through their
efforts.
The New York herald., 1922-04-06
RUM SHIP UNDER ESCORT.
Schooner with $4,000 Bottle,
Being Brought Here.

Spccidl Dispatch TO THE NEw YoRK HmaLD.
NEW LONDON, April 5.--Another rum
laden schooner Is being escorted down
the coast by the cutters OF the Coast
Guard service. Tho forty foot auxiliary
schooner Marguerite was brought into
this port yesterday afternoon from Cape
Cod by the Acushnet. This morning
she was met by another cutter, which
will run alongside her on the voyage
to New York. The Marguerite has on
board 10000 bottles of liquor and a
crew of seven mon. She is said to be
bound for Bermuda.