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The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
More Earthquake Shocks.

Santiago.-The authorities at Co., Quimbo reported that q strong earth quake and tidal wave had been eXper- fenced there again. No further dam age was caused. The population was on the alert and no casualties were re- ported. Scarcely a house remains standing in the Vallenar valley in northern Chile as the result of the re- cent earthquakes and marine disturb anceS
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24

because of it's newness as a day of na- tional observance. But Thanksgiving is real old-fashioned- So we know all about the proper celebration of this old American holiday.
 Popular opinion insists upon fixing the first Thanksgiving day in 162l, when the Pilgrims celebrated the gath ering of their first harvest. They cer- tainly had a large feast; it lasted five days, and they and their 'ndian guests ate at least five deer. The first Thanks giving day observed in all the states was on December IS. 1777; it was rec commended by proclamation of the Con- tinental congress after the surrender of Burgoyne. For II years there after congress recommended day Of thanksgiving. and the several states made appointment In accordance. Then there was an interval in which the fix ing of the date was left wholly to the states. The first congress under the federal Constitution adopted a reso- lution asking President Washington to recommend a day for national thanks giving and prayer, and the Presidents proclamation named Thursday. Novem- Der 26, of that year. The anti-Ted- eralists made such a rumpus over 1t that 1t was not repeated until 1I95. when President Washington, without recommendation by congress, set Feb ruary 19 as a day of thanksgiving.
 Then Thanksgiving day apparently went into the discard as national holiday. Anyway, until 1915 there was no other national appointment. In that year. by a resolution of con- gress and proclamation of the Presi- dent, April 14 was set apart as a day of national thanksgiving for the res toration of peace.
 That was the end of an off ,ial national Thanksgiving day for nearly half a century. It was revived by President Lincoln when he appointed a special day of thanksgiving for the vic- tory of Gettysburg. August 6. 1868.
 In the meantime the American peo- pie had been celebrating Thanksgiv- ing day pretty much all over the Union. without bothering about presi- dential and gubernatorial proclama- tions. The American knows a good thing when he sees 1t. President Lin coin, being of the people, took occa- sion with his Gettysburg proclamation to natiOnalize the November Thanks giving day. So for 60 years or so Thanksgiving eats have been attacked and dernoIiShe0 s= a notriofic dutv
 Theoretically. of course, we should be planning to attend church in the morning to give thanks to Divine Providence for the mercies and bless ings of the year to us both as individ- uals and as citizens of the greatest and wealthiest and most fortunate na- ton on earth. Individually, as con- pared with the peoples of other na- tions, we Americans are most of us
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Explanation of Mock Suns

Mock suns are similar in point of origin to the mirage of the desert, only they occur in the arctic circle. As the long winter night of the polar region wanes, once every 24 hours a light glow Is seen at some point on the horizon. Often accompanying this glow Is seen the phenomenon of the mock suns. Up in the heavens as many as five of these spectral orbs
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu ticura Ointment. Remove surplus Ointment with tissue paper. This is only one of the things Cuticura will do if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used for all toilet purposes.-Advertisement.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24

wire fence. Such is the perversity of human nature. that many people still get their exercise by jumping the wire fence on the first mans place. The other is ndisturbed.-COllier's Weekly.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Cheap Material.

"Your honor, when we were mar ried my wife said I was her soul mate."
 'Yet, there she stands, charging you with nonsupport."
 T do," spoke up the wife. q soon discovered that he had a marked down soul, and it was no bargain either. r."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Peat-Cuttlno in Ireland.

The peat-cutting industry is carried on very profitably in Ireland. Work usually begins at the bogs at the end of April. The skilled cutter, who has two men with low sideless wheelbar- rows in attendance. uses a kind of
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
No Golfer.

Good morning, MT. Wombat, how's your golf?'
 q don't play it. If you've got any, thing to sell, start your discourse. ."- Louisville Co1rier-Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
Defined.

Knicker-Would you say Smith is a liar?
 Radio Fan-Well, I'd call him a two stage amplifier.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24

A bad man is far less dangerous than a cunning one.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24

Poetry is truth set to music.
The Holbrook news., 1922-11-24
By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

TIER Armistice day Thanksgivingl T b e one a day of martial
 thrills and. mayhaps. poignant memories the other with its les- son that "peace hath its victories no less re- nowned than those Of war;" We may not
 know just yet how to celebrate November II,
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
The Hughes Plan.

II b not generally konwn. am
sure, that under the Hughes propo-
sition. presented with such IN
ssacuiar air upon he opening of
tbs osnfsrsnos. there u sanction Tor
IN incrsass In the boat Strength It
bs9A Japan and Great Britain. The
sa1masins Tonnage q 1spaA tsdAy
= H.Soos q Great Britain. sS,Soe,
q a. United States. ss.soA Ths
fhss Hughes plan wsuld author4ss
0rsaa Britain b increass 70 eo,oees
Asr1ca would have b reduce -
eo.ooo. and japan csuld increase
from s1.oeo - $4,000. Isn't this
"rsduct1oo and limitation" - ths
point cf absurdityf Ths lAmit q
drsadnaushts. which light fnAr and
putting our sanction On fnorsass IN
the Black Hand boat warfArsi Il
- . gold brick-tha& part q shs
program-and Il n strange hat any
natien which was supposed - havs
absorbed tbs lessons q The war-
would buy II and deceive thsmsssvss
and the world The plan would psr.
NIT an submarines laid down b.
fore November 7 to b ccmpisfsA
and they are the largo typs q sub
marines which Germany sent across
the Atlantic ocean.
DO you know that they are to b
500 feet long. with . displacement ef
a.eaS tons and s.boo-horsepowsrf
They are each equipped with sfx
tubes and heavy storage for sixteen
a1.inch tropsdoes. Moro important
stfli: they have . cruising radius Of
10000 miles. q submerged speed Of
ten knots and surface speed OF
twenty-one knots. The United statee
alone could construct and keep at
sea forty.three OF these assassins, or
part Of this size and the balance of
Its tonnage In smaller murderers to
s,ink about In the nsfarious business.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
British Cannot Forget.

The British cannot forget. They
suffered too much to wish q rscur-
renee Of the agony. They know
from bitter experience that this
talk Of q nation at war using u
boats In an honorable way IL all
bunk. Stilettos and submarines
may be used honorably In war, but
they never have been 30 used. and
their very purpose 10 to strike In
the back when the enemy can be
taken unawares. The argument Of
Lord Lee. First Lord Of the British
Admiralty. was unanswerable, and
the average man simply cannot
understand why the delegates did
not first Of all resolve to make the
U-boat an outlaw, and then take
up reduction Of tho weapons which
civilized nations may employ.
II we are to have nothing in the
way Of reduction except the scrap
ping Of antiQuated dreadnaughts
with twelve-inch guns or less. the
scrapping Of those on the building
ways and an agreement for q ten
year holiday-we will save some
money in taxes and make q splendid
gesture. but We viii be deceiving
ourselves II We think any real great
fundamental step has been taken.
Let US suppose. for example. eight
years from, now Japan or Great
Britain should declare war against
the United States. and both under
the theory Of the majority at the
conference would have plenty Of
submarines. aircraft. poison gas and
INT mines. What could we ex-
pect7 II either island kingdom
should declare war and say. Come
and fight U.S." by the use Of these
agencies they would be almost I'm
pregnable. Our navy would have
to be in every unit three times a.
powerful to have q chance to win
victory. And yet the American dele
gates stood for this policy that would
render this country almost impotent
when. II our delegates had stood
with those Of Great Britain. the
world might have witnessed the doom
Of assassination by naval agencies
instead Of "giving them license to
thrive and multiply" to quote Lord
Lees apt remark.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
New War Weapons.

May 1t not be true that, having
limited the number Of dreadnauShts,
the action will stimulate . nation
with imperialistic aims to use all
its resources to secure new and
more terrible weaponsf It II not
reasonable that nation. inoculated
with the German germ Of aggres-
sion. win Be tempted to multiply
and enlarge submarines now recog-
nised a. legitimate, to invent great
er destructive agencies Of the air.
and call upon chemists to make .
more deadly gas than Lewisits
which the American army was
ready to employ at Metzf That
poison was guaranteed to destroy
all animal lie within . radius q
twenty milsA
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Anti-Handshalke
League In Paris

A NEW socisty has Just b ssu,A
In Paris under the titie Of Ia
Hgus oontrs h poisnes d main.
Tor years there has been soms N
rest IN Paris At the lsvslopms,t q
the Handmade" AZ first the nsvs.
nsnt was In the interest Of hysssaA
It was said that microbes passsa
from person 70 person more rsaAily
BY me hand shake than ~ any seAss
means. -.
More than that, n was arrived cAas
the hand shake al nst afssrl ~.
ficient differsntiation bstwssn sAs
various grades q greeting. A -
brace or . mere saluts save 60 -
opportunity 10 discriminate saA tes
embrace could be reserved Dor pr.
ticular intimates Of whose Ihyssnis
innocency one was assured. while Tor
the otAsrs. the moro o. les 1istna1
salute was . perfectly nfs asehslIs1
indioAk1nn Q - -
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Mon Stand Horrors.

OF course. many more women than
( men are anti-militarists. Their tastes
inciins them to the soft and pleasant
ways Of peace. largely because they
, are moro fitted to engage In them
, than In the rough activities Of war.
rurthermore, while women do not
, actually suffer a. much In war a.
men do. they do not achieve the re-
wards Of war to the same degree.
To most women. the coming Of .
war In the coming Of q calamity. In
countless ways. they feel the desola-
ton Of war. and at the Same time
miss that close touch with It's higher
side which 10 20 stimulating to the
human male.
For these reasons most women
.'"ve always been on the anti-mili.
~ ''s'G side. except when they have
. iised that danger was 1t hand.
..en they have urged the man 70
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Bv ADMIRAL FISKE. 80
III Foremost American Naval Strategia)
M is Within Truth Say That Most of the Men Who Fought for Us
France Are Less Prosperous Than the Men Who Did Not G0Ihs
is One of the Causes of Anti MlitarEm."

nature. and has not been taught the
art BY training.
The result has been that tens Of
thousands Of men attach to navy
and army officers. a. class, an
odium which they do not deserve.
One tactless or inefficient colonel
can cause an anti-militaristic feeling
that q hundred competent colonies
cannot overcome.
Another reason for anti-militarism
which believe TO be more potent
than ID realized ! hesitate to men
ton. because It may seem ridiculous.
This u q feeling Of actual jealousy
on the part of civilians who do not
wear uniforms against men who do.
I apologize for accusing the men Of
the United States Of any such weak
ness; but the frequent use. in Con-
gress and elsewhere. Of the phrase,
"strutting around in gold lace" a.
well as other similar phrases, shows
that there are many civilians whom
the sight Of a handsome uniform sf.
fects unpleasantly. But II those
men knew how officers themselves
feel on this subject and noted how
eagerly they seize every opportunity
to get into cts clothes" they
would not blame the officers for
what they cannot help. For some
reason. probably Of q psychological
kind. handsome uniforms have al.
ways been found necessary in naviss
and armies. The experience Of five
thousand years 90 teaches.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08

n UBLIC OPINION. the only
King in America. has com
PEELED the delegates from
the United States to recede from
their first untenabie position on
the submarines. But they Changed
from increase to reduction. whereas
Public Opinion demands complete
humiliation and outlawing this
pirate craft
II the conference postpones the
settlement of the submarine quss-
ton It viii leave the worst danger
Of sea war stiil menace to the
world
At the Paris Conference the
American proposal was sink Ill
submarines; build none" II died
''in committee" We should stpl
stand by ttat position. It II the
only one worthy Of the United
States.
The day when tho dreadnaught
was the backbone Of naval strength
and the sure reliance and protection
in war has passed.
But II seems that fact had not
penetrated to the experts and dip
lomats Of the Washington Con.
ference. The ship Of the line.
whether the kind of the day of
Nelson or Dewey or Rodman. II
q tough old bird. She 10 at once
the concentration Of power and the
most beautiful thing that floats
since the days Of the sailing ship
Of the line. But she II no longer
the sure dependence which tho big
fellows at Washington seemed to
think. 1t is not time to scrap
these big ships, but We may a.
well realize, II submarines and
fighting aircraft are to be spared.
that there win be q real debate
as to whether q dreadnaught II
q liability or an asset.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Great Disappointment.

I think tho greatest disappofnt-
ment at the conference was the &C
ceptance by the American delegates
OF the contention that the submarine
should remain with civilized nations
In the company of ships that wake
honorable warfare, What the world
thought Of submarines Immediately
after the war IL best seen In the
fact that in the treaty Of peace the
allied nations denied Germany the
right to q single submarine. There
should not be one rule for Germany
and another for the rest Of the
world. In accepting that dictum Of
the builders Of submarines, who wish
to go on building U-boats. and nava.
officers more technical than states
manlike. the American delegates did
not voice the enlightened public SEN
timent of this country. While graft
fled at Secretary Hughes proposal
to reduce the number OF ships that
fight fair. the public expected that
to be followed up with o declaration
that the U-boat Is q stiletto. slulk-
or. q pirate. an outlaw, . stab-you-
in-theback sort Of disreputable
craft having no place in the navy
of country that fights fair.
Experience Ii . dear teacher. but
Il seems that our own delegates
and those from France and Italy
and Japan could not sven learn
that.
Some people. even IN naval and
diplomatic circles. have short men,
cries. The British suffered most
from the U-boats. For three years.
As the chief maritime power. II
sought to lind . way 70 circumvent
these undersea assassins and failed.
II was not until the North Sea bar
rage vas constructed that . real
answer was found. Lot w not for-
gst that In the world war German
U-boats sunk 1900. 900 tons of
merchant shipping valued ut over
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Can the British Empire
Be Reborn?

and 70 view with sympathy; the
latter II more enigmatic. Must
there be an inappeasable antago-
nism Of races. the East set OF
against the West, with always in
the background the possibility Of q
conflict which would make previ-
Gus wars look like, mere sklrmishes
In comparisoS?
MATERIALISTIC VIEW.
Colonel Wedgwood 10 a mater1alist
enough to believe that II the issue
came to be one Of force alone. force
In the familiar sense, the power Of
Britain could continue to impose It.
self on reluctant. q resentfui. even
. rsbellious India for perhaps long
time yet. though at q profitless cost.
Moreover. the issue In not ono of
force alone; certainly not Of military
force. The growing unification Of
native sentiment under Gandhi's
leadership in the movement toward
non-co-operation brings into play q
kind Of force against which the
miiitarist IL first puzzled. then
checlkmated and may b overmas-
tered
Colonel wedgwood counts Gandhi
as his friend. has studied the man at
both close range and from afar. His
conclusion II that Britain must move
quickly II India IL not to drift
through anarchy into more than
transient hatred. For he sees that
Gandhi has evoked something
among a15.o00,00o brown-skinned
people. formerly weak through dis
union. which Ii knitting them into
new state. Unhasgiing grant OF
homo rule under q face-saving do
minion status may. he thinks. II
made speedily. bring about recon.
citation and lead to a temper In
which II win be possible. from In
dia a q base, to recast the rela-
lions Of the white races to all Asia
toward peace instead Of struggle.
Delay. he 10 convinced. win lose
India to Britain and may lose Asia
to the hope for world peace.
Much more leisurely in his think
ing and emotions L. viscount Hal
dane. who writes the preface. He
doubts whether there 10 any cause
for alarm at all. A process Of change
Ii upon mankind. but It il slow as
q glacier and need excite as little
heat. I'VE are learning" he tells
us, shat democracy Is in the main
conservative In tendency.
What It asks for Is more knowl-
edge, for itself and it's rulers, and
more knowledge has not in the past
resulted in violent action.
The moral seems to be that we have
to educate democracy and ourselves
at the same time. and for the rest
to have faith In human nature"
The Washington times., 1922-01-08

TN two recent articles I pointed
out that an unreasonable degree
Of anti-militarism has prevented
our being prepared when we enter
ed every war, spd has cost us an
exorbitant expenditure Of blood
and money.
In this article I shall attempt
to show some Of the causes OF
anti-militarism.
The original cause Of anti-militar-
ism IL the distrust of the military
with which our nation. started.
This idistrust Is clearly justifiable.
for the reason that military people
have frequently been tyrannical. and
have often been used as instru-
ments of oppression by rulers. 1t is
necessary that the military should
be prevented from committing acts
of tyranny and from being used by
rulers as instruments Of oppres.
sion. Any anti-militaristic spirit
for the furtherance Of this pur-
pose merits only praise.
The history of our country shows
that before each war a strong anti.
military spirit has prevailed: that
during each war q strong pro-
military spirit has prevailed; and
that soon after each war q strong
anti-military spirit has again pre-
vailed.
OF course. II Is natural that this
succession Of phases should have
occurred: but this does not mean
that 1t was wise. The general facts
Of history have been SO well known
to most intelligent people that one
might have expected them not to
vibrate from one extreme Of feeling
to it's opposite. One might have
expected them to realize that wis
dom must be in q state of mind
between two extremes. and that
the fact Of rushing to either ex-
treme tended to make them rush
to the other extreme afterward.
Doubtless, 1t was necessary to
rush to the military extreme. when
suddenly caught in q war for which
they were unprepared. But after
the war was over. It was not
necessary to rush to the anti-military
extreme. Why did they do it7
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Great Prosperity.

Largely because of 1.-The cares
OF this world and the deceitfulness Of
riches"
For q few years before the last
war, for instance, all the civilized
nations lived In great material
prosperity; and although there were
many poor people in each country,
yet even they enjoyed a degree Of
comfort which the rich had not en-
joyed a few generations before. The
conditions of living grew increasingly
comfortable. Most of the buildings
in large cities had running water.
electric lights. steam heat and tele-
phones. Men, women and children
had better clothes than people had
ever had before. They adapted
themselves readily to these condi-
tons. Discomfort, danger. disorder
and pain became increasingly alb
horrent to them.
In other words. the conditions of
war became increasingly abhorrent
to them.
This was wholly natural. II 10
wholly natural for any man or
woman to become habituated to even
the most luxurious conditions Of
living. It In natural even to yield
to such temptations a ovsreating
and lack Of exercise.
A. the people liked the pleasant
conditions Of peace. the casiest way
for political leaders and writer's to
win their approval was BY preach
Ing smooth things:' by telling them
that their liking Of tho pleasant
paths was because Of superior
spirituality on their part; that peace
: was ennobling. while war was
: hrutalixing; that the highest human
? expiration was The asptration fcr
: Ssaoe. sto
WRITER'S AND POLITICAL
LEADERS FIND IT EASIER 10
APPEAL TO PEOPLES wEAK-
NESSES THAN TO STIMULATE
THEIR MORAL QUALITIES.
ONE OF THE MANY WONDER
Full THINGS ABOUT THEODORE
ROOSEVELT WAS THAT HE DIS
DAMNED TO APPEAL TO PEO-
PIES WEAKNESSES. HE AP-
PEALED TO THEIR BETTER
NATURES. AND YET HE LED
THEM.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
Will Irish Free State Make the British
Union Jack Undergo a Change?

the union with Scotland. he Gross
Of St Andrew with the blue ground
was restored. and In 1901. after the
union with Ireland. the red cross Of
St Patrick was superimposed on
st. Andrews cross, leaving . thin
strip Of white ana constituting the
Union Jack a. We know It today.
Another consideration arises. II
tho term United Kingdom" dies a
natural death. scores Of companies
and associations who use the words
The Washington times., 1922-01-08
By JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
(SecretWy Of the NaUy IN Wilson's CabineD
els the Conference Giving Us Gold Bncka Unless Submarines Arc
Declared Outlaws Ts and Dangers Wars Still Rema" Says
MAN Who Ran American Navy In Great War.
Unless Submarines Are
IN Wilson's Cabinet

OF course Great Britain can have the
same number. and smaller nations
are unaffected by the washington
limitation and could build them with
out limit.
The terrible effectiveness Of this
recognized big neet Of U-boats win
be appreciated when one reflects
that at no time did Germany have
over six Of the big U-boats which
carried terror to shipping on both
sides Of tho Atlantic. II any nation
wished to exceed the number allow
ed. the deception could be easily
carried out. for submarine parts can
be made In different parts Of the
country and hastily assembled.
The Washington times., 1922-01-08

the flag Of 81. George, ~ the first
union flag. The English upright
cross was placed over . white MP
right cross. leaving . small border
OF white with . blue background.
the diagonal white cross being ad.
ded. This change was made by royal
proclamation when James I. became
King Of England.
On the death Of Charles I. the
cross Of st. George again became
the national flas. but ~ 17ea. sftR