The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-10-02
THE STRANGEST ALLIANCE

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THE STRANGEST ALLIANCE
Everybody, the Turks, the Russ
ians, the French and the British, is
agreed on the freedom Of the straits"
is One of these phrases which can
mean two quite contradictory things,
says an exchange. That is the situa-
ton today. The British and French
are at grips fighting under the same
banner for opposite ends. The straits
are free" in times of peace, no mat
ter who is in control. The struggle
now going on is for their control in
time of war Now there are two
ways to control the straits-from the
land and the sea. If there are no
land ornaments commanding the
straits, the control of the straits will
pass to the leading sea power, Great
Britain. If there are land ornaments
the straits will pass out of British
hands. France, Italy, Russia, and of
course Turkey, are determined not to
have the British control the straits.
Who shall the land power be? Obvi
ously the Turkish land power is the
only possible one at the moment.
Therefore the world behoIds the pre-
posterous spectacle of diplomatic
teamwork between Poincaire, Lenin
and Kemal. Surely this is one of
the strangest alliances in all histo-
ry.
Two questions of moment have
been decided within the past few
days in the United States, which nei-
Their can be credited or charged
against the administration the tar
if. The legitimacy of Baby Guy Still
man, son of former great New York
banker, has been established, and al
SO the legitimacy of the third child
of Professor and Mrs. Herman of In
diana, the mothers of the two chill
dren going into the courts, one to
prove that her child was legitimate,
and the other to prove that her child
was illegitimate, the court, in each
case, having the sense to give the
child the benefit Of the doubt, in as
far as possible, to remove the stain
put upon the child's life by a parent
whose misconduct was proven. The
i.wo cases are probably without
p%i4llel in the court records of the
country
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Over in the Yakima country in
Washington, lambs worth more than
100000 were shipped to the Chicago
market in one day last week. 1t is
said that this is one of the best years |
that the flockmasters have had in a
considerable period. The unfortunate
fact remains, however, that in Latah
county, where sheep could be raised |
satisfactorily, at least in small flocks,
but few farms have sheep. The sheep /
fits in pretty well with 1.-The pig, the
COW and the hen,'' and simply adds
another source of income from the /
farm. Almost every prosperous far
mer in the middle and eastern states
has his 14Ack of sheep, perhaps only
few dozen, in connection with his
pigs, his beef cattle and hic chickens,
and finds them profitable.
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The Spokesman-Review, excellent 4
sometimes coiors its news to con- II
form with it's editorial policy, if we
judge Alright. It's account of the pro- !
ceedings of the Washington State, 4
Teachers association meetings, pub 4
lished in Sundays paper, offered an I
excellent example of this. The
entire report was written SO as to q
place in disrepute the 1910 plan for h
raising money for the public schools, f
as well as advocates of the plan, which n
Is being fathered by many of the ed
ucators OF the state. The Spokane Z
which is entirely within its rights, q
but the prejudice shown in it's news 4
articles is SO pronounced that it +
would seem likely to have the oppo- s
site effect from that desired by the
Review. I
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It was for the purpose of saving c
he lives Thousands of mothers and Il
infants annually that the Sheppard r
rowner act came into existence. E
What this measure will have to COM Z
at is ignorance, prejudice, short 7
ightedness or poverty, chief among I
he causes of disease, suffering and Z
cath. The exact number of babies 1f
hat die in the United States each | f
ear is not known, because only 20 &
( the states have reliable birth reg
stration figures. Similarly the COM