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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08
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- Hat mem szereted Dumltrut
- Mem is szerettem soha.
Alexandra a viragokra muta
tott:
- A viragokat is az 8 kalapjara
szedted.
A lcany megint tiltakozott:
- Mem azera!
= Hat kieree
Fl6rika levette a lcgeny feje
rol a kalapot, viragokat mellt
tiizte es mem felelt.
Alexandra atkarolta a leany
derekat:
- Szcretsz, Florika9
Fl6rika atolelte a legeny nya.
kar es megint mem felelt.
Alexandra tovabb ostromolta
= Leszel a felesegem?
Fl6rika odasimult legeny mel.
lere 6s harmadszor mem felelt.
Alexandra megertette, beszelni
kezdett:
- Osszel megtartjuk lakodal.
mat. Kecskeim bowen tejelnek,
Van masfel hold male (kulorica)
f0ldem. Megeliink a telen. Ia
vaszra ki0viink a havasra. Le-
eeltetjuk a kecskeket. Napestig
hempergiink. Ha az egyik dom
bon megunjuk, atmegyunk a ma
sikra. Hatunkon lesz a hazunk.
OFT alszunk, ahol az ejszaka er.
A csillagos eg lesz takaronk.
Fejed ALA a karom, az enyem meg
a tied, Florika.
Alexandra olyan szepen beszelt,
hogy Florika lehunyta a szemet,
ugy hallgatta. AIT hitte, mem is
r6la van $40. Valiant nagyon
sep tiindermeset beszolnek ne.Si.
Mem is tudta, hol van. Csak any
nyit erzett, hogy ket eros kar fell
emeli a leveg6be, aztan leteszi ~
illatos fire, az ajkahoz lazy ba-
iusz tapad -. S mindez olyan
edes, olyan bodit6 volt. mintha al
modta volna.
A viragok nyiltak, illatot lehel-
TEX, a bokrokban lihegve daloltak
a madarak. Tavasz volt, szerel-
mes-edes, bolondos tavasz. =.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08

| Osz volt. A f0ldek felvettek h6-
feher ruhajukat.
Fl6rika kiment a volgybe. AIT
mondta, szenat hoz j6szagnak.
Sokaig oda volt mikor haza-
! ert. er6sen tamolygott es szena he
1lyett siro kis gyermeket tartott az
0leben.
Makra Necifor, Fl6rika apja,
ranezett a leanyra mikor meg
hallotta a gyereksirast, megker-
dezte:
- Nit tartogatsz az oledben,
Florika?
| Fl6rika leiilt a kutyor (kemen-
| ce) szelere. Mem inert az apJara
nezni, csak ugy mondta csendesen
- Gyereket.
Makra Neciforne feallt az ors6
mellol:
- Milyen gyercket? = kerdezto
S a leanyahoz lepett. - Mutasd!
! Fl6rika szettarta keblen a szug-
mant (kopeny) edesanyja fei6
tartott egy gomb0lyii kis gyere'
ket.s
! Az asszony elvette a cyerme'
lket.
| Makra Necifor felkelt az asz.
talt6l megallt leany elott:
- Hol vetted a gyermeket? =
kerdezte pipajat a tiisz6jebe
dugta.
- Talaltam a szenaboglya mel
lett, - akadozott Florika sze-
Imet lcsiit0tte.
Makra Necifor szeme megvil-
liant.
- Hazudsz te Florika! - monl.
ia hatarozottan. - Vigyen el en-.
gem a draku, ha gyerek mem q
tiled.
Fl6rika nem sz6lt.
AZ seinber szemiigyre vette
lgyermeket es nezte:
| - A szeme olyan, mint a tied
/. . A szaja is f..
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08

| Fl6rika elszediilt. A feje ide.
oda jart. Felnyogott, mint a ga.
lamb. mikor sziven szoritjak. A
gyermek kicsuszott karjai kti.
Iziil.
! Az asszony nagy szemelet me-
resztett:
= Mem vallalja?
| - Mem bolondult meg, mikor
mem az owe, - besZelt az ember.
- Burkusan Dumitruhoz kill
d0tt. Azzal latta. Dumitru meg
Oniga Pavellel, az meg massal.
Feliivoltott, mint a megsebze;t
Iallat:
- Megol0ua a rongyost! See
|retkezett az egesz faluval!
| Az asszony maga ele nezett, a
szemei megteltek konnyel.
Florika lassan felkelt az agyrol
es eszrevetleniil kitamolygott a
szobab6l.
A gyermek sirni kezdett.
Makra Necifor fiilehez kapott /:
- Dobd ki! - orlditott felc.
segere. - Megoli az eletemet.
Az asszony a karjara vctte a
gyermeket. Nezte !. vizsgalgat.
ia :. Egyszerre csak kibuggyant
ajkan $40:
- Nit tehet rola ez kis po-
lronty, hogy sziiletett? Mem faj-
ma a szive kidobni horaq Dunno
ecu (Isten) adta Vaszilikank he
lyett.
Embere ele tartotta a gyerme-
ket es ugy beszelt:
- Nezze mar no, hogy mosolyog
niagara? NIintha Vaszilikankat
llatnam, lelkemet.
Makra ,Necifor 'gyilkos szemc
ratapadt a gyermekre Elkapta
a tckintetet. Nagyon gyiilolte.
Aztan megint ranezett. Maid min
dig kozelebb huz6dott hozza s
utobb mar egeszen k0zelrol nezte.
A gyermek kinyujtotta a kezet
es megfogta az Greg bajuszat.
A ven olah aka megrandult,
olyasvalamit erzett, mintha az ar
cat angyalok cir6gattak volna. a
gyilkos harag leolvadt a szeme-
r6l.
- Sep gyefek! mondta az
tan.
Megint nezte, sokaig mem szolt.
A vad vonasok megszelidiiltek az
arcan, aztan sokara megsz6lalt:
- Mem banom hat, neveljiik
fel.
Meg tartotta magat, de a szeme
mar neyetett:
| - Vaszilikara kereszteljiik.
Megcsiklandozta gyermek mel
let:
- Du, du! Vaszilika!
Elvette az asszonyt6l es koriil-
hordozta szobaban.
Az asszony konnyei szaporan
|hulltak.
A gyermek keservesen felsirt.
| - Mama! Du-dnk Ssss! - csi-
titgatta Makra Necifor es k6cos
Ibajuszat odanyomta az apr6 en-.
berke bajuszara. De. a gyermek
Itovabb sirt.
- Ehes, szegenyke, - mondta
az asszony es elyette a ferjetol.
Az Greg koriilnezett:
- Hol van Fl6rika? - ker-
dezte, mikor leanyt sehol Sc lat.
ia. Kiszaladt az alto ele Is ma.
lgyot kialtott:
He, Fl6rika! Gyere hamar
Ehes a fad!
i Aztan beszaladt a szobaba, ug.
Iralt ,tapsolt gyern1ek elott, hogy
elcsendesedjen, mig az anyja jon
4 A hiv6 sz6ra azonban mem erke
zett felelet. Csak a megaradt Ssa
mos h0mpolyg0tt a kert alatt i I
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08

olah legeny volt. Amint vallrave-
tett bottal mozdulatlanul ALT y a
sziklacsucson, olyannak latszott,
mint egy Herkules-szobor. Inguj-
ia felcsuszott a karjan. Hatalmas
izmai felgombbe dudoroSodtak.
Szeles, szor0s mellet barnapirosra
fujta az eles tavaszi szel...
Makra Fl6rika v0lgyben da-
lolva szedtc viragokat. Tejarcu,
finom testii leany volt. Dercka
hajlott, mint az idei mad, hangja
csengett, mint pacsirtasz6.
Dombrusan Alexandra megszom
jazott, lement a volgybe, a patak-
hoz. Meghallotta Fl6rika eneket,
ARA tartott S a mcdve6l6 legeny ia
lalkozott hajlodereku leannyal.
- Nit csinalsz, Florika? - $40
lyitotta meg a legeny leanyt.
- Viragot szedck, - mosoly-
gott Florika.
- Aztan kinek9
= Hova gondolsz? = pirult Ell q
leany es a szemeit lesiit0tte.
- Mono! - incselkedett a lc-
geny. = Tudom en-. Dumitru ka-
lapjara szantad a vasarnapi zsok-
ra (tanc).
- Jo kedved van mama, - tre-
falt Florika egy feher h6virag-
gal megdobta a legeny arcat.
Dombrusan Alexandra leveg6t
szitt. Meglatszott rata, hogy
orul, hogy leany megdobta a vi
raggal. De azert mem mutatta,
tovabb incselkedett a leannyal:
- Ha meg is dobtal, azert meg
is Dumitrut szereted. =
Florika elbigyyesztette az ajkat:
- Hat AIT szeretem - mondta
durcasan. - Kinek mi koze hoz-
"a.
Aztan leult fire. A virago-
kat az 0lebe ontotte es szalankint
illegette egymas melld.
A legeny arcan felho vonult at.
Ratamaszkodott botjara es nez-
tie a leany feher arcat. Maid fell
falta a szemeivel.
Florika mem sz6lt, szorgalmasan
illegette viragokat S mikor mar
csokorba szedte, letepett egy hosz-
szu fuszalat es 0sszekototte yele .
csokrot. aztan felallt a kezet ra-
tette a legeny vallara:
- Mikor josz a faluba, Alexan-
dru?
Alexandra testen ttiz futott at
leany keze erintesere. Felkapta
fejet leanyra nezett.
Fl6rika szeliden mosolygott s a
kezet a legeny vallan felejtette.
- Maid 6szire, Florika,-mond-
ia Alexandra. = Ha a ho leesik.
- El0bb nem9 - kerdeZte Florl
ka IS megsimogatta legeny ha-
jat.
- Ha lemegyek, XII 6rzi KEGS
keket?
Florika elszomorodott.
A legeny eszrevette, megfogta a
kezet:
- Miert kerdezed, Florika9
"A leany 0szinten felelt:
Yelled szerettem volna tanco!-
nj vasarnap.
Alexandra szive megdobbant:
Van a faluban kiilonb legen.;-
is nalam. Szebben eljarja veled
a szomcsant (csardas-fele).
Fl6rika erosen tiltakozott:
- Kicsoda9
- Dumitru.
A leany 0sszerancolta a szemol-
d0ket:
- Az hiszed, Alexandra, hogy
szeretem Dumitrute
Al legeny vallat wont:
- AIT mondjak.
Ncsodae
Griga Paraszkiva is.
Fl6rika szaja szele megrandult.
Griga Paraszkiva csak azert
beszel, hogy hiremet koltse.
A legeny k0zelebb lepett le-
anyhoz:
A. q
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08
Kitort bel6le a keseriiseg:

II NllOl UClOlCf q
r. Csufsagot hoztal fejemre.
Alig vagy tizenhat esztendos.s
Fl6rila apjara emelts fajdal-
mas tekintetet:
- AZ apja maid jova teszi, -
felelte aztan a szavab6l meggy6-
z6des tiikr0z6d0tt.
Makra Nicefor diihosen jart fel
IS ala, maid mcgallt leany elott,
feleje fordult S a szava mcghal-
kult:
- K az apja? - kerdezte tom
pan.
] Fl6rika lehajtotta a fej6t:
Dombrusan Alexandra, -
mondta balkan, de biiszke 0r0m-
mel.
Az ember elgondolkoZott:
Dombrusan ,Alexandru de-
rex legeny. Dolgos is. Valamics-
Ike vagyona is van. Szivcsen lat.
nam az uradnak.
Megtomte a pipajat, ragyujtott,
a fejebe huzta a baranybor sap
kat.
- Elmegyek hozza, aztan meg
beszelem vele dolgot.
| Els elindult Dombrusanek haza
fele.
Alexandra fat vagott az udva-
ron.
- 10 egeszseget - k0sz0nt0tte
az Greg a legenyt. = Nit dolgoz-
gatsz, Alexandra?
A legeny felnezett:
- Fat hasogatok telire.
- No, jol van, - bolintott
Makra Necifor, aztan fclvetette s.
feiet. - Megvan a gyerek, Ale
xandru!
Alexandra rafamaszkodott a
Ifejszere: !.
NIifele gyerek9 - kerdezte
tompan.
- A tied. Florikatol.
| A legeny osszerancolta a hon.
Ilokat:
= Mar az aztan mem az enyem,
bagye (batyam).
NTalra Necifor megtantorodott:
- Nemo p nezett a legenyre. -
Alexandra szava ugy esett neki,
mintha a fejszevel fejbe vagta vol
ma. De aztan felneszelt:
= Fl6rika AIT mondta, hogy a
tied.
A legeny megcsovalta a fejet:
= Burkusan Dumitrue lesz az.
- mondta azutan - Az forgolo-
dott koriilotte.
Makra Neciforral megfordult az
udvar. Aztan elment Dumitruhoz.
Dumitru mar tudta, hogy mlert
Jon az Greg. Alexandra meg az
6sz elejen litanitotta ra, hogy NIT
mondjon. Oniga Pavelhez utasl-
Itotta. Az meg Pityu Szimeon-
hoz, ez meg tovabb.
Makra bagye elment valahany
Ilegenyhez csak utasitottak. Egesz
map jarkalt. Utobb mar AIT Sc tud-
ia, hogy nit csinal. Csalz ment,
mintha megbabonaztak volna. AIT
hitte, gonoszat almodik. Mem fert
a fej6be, hogy az gy6nyoriisegas
Florikaja senkinek sem kell. Ma
gyon elszomorodott -. De aztan
Ihirtelen els0tetedett az area. A
gondolat ugy esett neki, mintha
sziven vagtak volna: Hazudott> a
leany, mikor Alexandrut ,nevezte
meg a gyermek apjanak!
Megbolygatott agya zugott, dol
gozott. Aztan utk0zben kifozte,
hogy Fl6rika ezt a meset csak az
ert talalta Xxi, inert szegyelte DC
valiant, hogy egy rongyos paku-
larral (pasztor) adta magat osz-
/ sze.
Karomkodva lepett szobaba es
diihosen becsapta maga utan az
| ajt6t:.
| = Hol az a leany9 = kialtott,
hogy csak ugy csengett a szava.
Florika aludt az agyon.
Az asszony csititotta emberet:
- Ne kiabaljon? :. Alszik.
| he ali lalka want - fnnnr-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1923-02-08

sebes viz morogva sodorta Fl6rika
faradt testet a letordelt agak ko.
z0tt. =.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

States q bit to build up the finest
transportation system in the
world II that system stopped at
the ocean front.
I'VE are in competition with
every nation In the world" he
said. Are you going to ask
Great Britain or France or Italy
or Belgium or Japan to come 10
New York or Philadelphia, or Bos-
ton, and load on the American
products, and haul them to the
markets Of the world. and sell
them In competition with their
own?
IF you do that, then You have
absolutely signed your own death
warrant economically. If. your
competitor does your draying and
can charge what he will, you are
at his mercy. The fact is 90 fla.
grantly potent that the smallest
merchant does not allow his bust
ness to become dependent on his
competitors hauling charges.
When war opened, the United
States found herself in just that
condition. No transportation be-
yond her boundaries"
Mr.. Begg. then taking figures
Of the cost Of the subsidy for the
State of Ohio, said:
''If this subsidy passes and it
costs $3o.OOO.ooo. I, by my vote,
WIN help to impose upon my
home people q tax OF $1,s24.0oo,
or q per capita tax Of about 81
cents. There has been q good
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
AT Dusk In Dublin

forth orders % tie IranA psepis.
ana 10 for puhlteaA3on ln Journals
that cara 70 uao Il.
There 10 more uaaRia q tie foot
at the Nelson Column On Sack.
VIE street. whore . atRAta the
shrtil chorus Of the NWWaboyo viss
with the rattle Of th0 tzMmcaro.
Here In the OvenfnRU there sud
denly appear &Eegn nowhere
raGgsd. barefoot usoaaanA SELLING
oseensihly the eVentnG D0waUaDers
that the Free State psg1a1sA
where 10 tho bay with the Re
publican War News?" AK enc
Of them quietly,
A significant look COMES from
the younGster, and he aAya IN q
whisper. ''well. ] might have aAs
Of them under nay o0AAs W@Ws
Nfs hand dives beAeAth his laft
breast, and he pulls toTtA q cIese-
folded paper, We part. He 10
twepance richer,
He vaAishes again a. mysteri-
ousiy as he appeared, Like the
giRl messenger, he 10 - elusive
e. the wind aznong the 4eAs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
" They Ought to Be Heard" He Declares "For They
Turned the Trck"---Col. Ovvsley Says France Has
the Entire Support of the American Legion i'm Her
Efforts to Make Germany Pay Her War Debts"

Government had said in plain
ternss I'VE approve Germany's
attempt % cvade the reparations
payment. We diaapprove the at
tempt Of France and Belgium in
collecting their debt by force"
COL. OWsLEY'S VIEWS.
So far AZ my observation goes
land I am in touch. with and
have talked to not a few men
who did active fighting in Franoe)
tho lighters are back Of the
French ana the Belgians in max
ing recalcitrant Germany come
to terms. They are tired of her
backing and filling for four years.
Many Of them have regretted the
armistice and been sorry they
did not go on to Berlin and give
Germany the same medicine the
Germans gave France and Bel
GUM.
They did not feel that way on
November IL. 1918, because they
thought the armistice would &C.
cure for the allies all that
smashing victory would bring to
them. The lack Of CUTS sinoe then
by our own and other nations
has Disguised men who did the
fighting.
Many Of them rejoice at the
stuff France and Belgium are
displaying now.
They approve the statement re.
Gently made by Colonel Owsiey,
national commander of the Ameri.
can Legion. On the day the
American soldiers were leaving
the Rhine, Colonel Owsley was
quoted an saying that France has
'ths entire support Of the Ameri.
can Legion in her efforts to
make Germany pay her war
debts"
Declaring that Germany must
b made to meet its obligations.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11
"WHAT DO FIGHTERS THINK OF FRANCE:

fled the treaty, Joined the League
Of Nations. and had had members
upon the enormously important
repara4iOn committees, this crisis
in Europe could easily have besn
averted."
That truth has recently conns
home 20 the mind ana cen
science q many who could net
see IL IN 1913 and 1890. Return
Ing after Q study Of conditions
abroad. sxGoveEnor 1cwden. Of
Illinois. says. ''tho price oe $50
lattcn Il continued would produce
the rsversion Of 30 per osnt Of
our wheat fields and 20 per cent
Of our cornf1elds back to the in
active prAafie land and Of 80 per
cent Of eur cotton acres hack to
forest"
These two statements by ami
nent men, neither Of whom ID q
Democrat. ten earnestly Of what
the drifting policy Of the United
States has cost US ana the world.
sometimes think the chief
neglect Of the brave young men
who crossed the sea and gave the
decisive strength that won the
war has not been the lack of
treatment Of the sick Or other
like consideration. Wanting As
the country has been In these
regards, this failure to pay atten.
ton to the views Of the fight.
ing men has been unwise.
What do the men who put
their lives In Jeopardy think Of
Germany's studied evasion Of it's
obligations7 Has anybody asked
their opinion? Has Washington
paid any attention to them? Did
they approve Of the sudden with.
drAwal Of our troops from
France at the very moment the
French soldiers entered the Ruhr
valley?
The soldiers had been kept
there four years, and the dough
boys Understood very we'll that
the withdrawal At the very hour
France entered was q gesture
that would encourage Germany
In it's inexcusabie reputation of
q Just obligation.
1t was a. plain . movement
q rsbuke - 0AnaD a e this
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

find the cost TO be $1,s1l.OOo for
its 3.sss. 3iS In habitants. or -
cents head. Rhode Island. whose
total exports hardly can be COM
pared with those Of North Caro-
lima. would pay $s3s. 900 az its
share Of the ship subsidy, an aver
age Of IS cents q head, while the
Southern cotton min State would
pay $l,1e1,0 zoe. or only a cents a
head.
Certain so-calIed economists
seem to believe that the nation
could prosper amply by supplying
only Its own wants, and doing bus.
mess between the States. but this
10 not borne cut by statistics and
facts. The maximum net profit
from production, no matter wheth-
er Il be farming or manufactur.
ing. comes from the sale Of sur.
plus over and above the amount
required to meet operating ex-
penses plus home needs. II is
known that the United States IL
producing today In seven months
enough to maintain itself for the
entire twelve. Il follows logically
that. unless the product Of the
other I've months IL disposed Of
somewhere. there will be unem-
plOynent ana low prices generally.
Mr.. Begg. OF Ohio, who made
such q striking speech on the
ship Subaidy bin In the House.
drew attention Of his fellow.legis-
latOrs 20 the overlooked fact that
It would net help the United
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deal said about whether the poor
farmer will get anything out Of
this or not. NY farmers are i'm
telligent. My farmers prefer to
tax themselves 81 cents q year to
having Great Britain or Japan
tax them any amount they wished
by increasing ocean freight rates
80 per cent or more, as they did
during the Boer war.
COSTS ABROAD.
Our ancestors fought Great
Britain to escape taxation. but the
opponents Of this bill are fighting
their own people to make it pos
sible for Great Britain and Japan
to tax US Indirectly at will. The
people Of my district would pay
any necessary tax levied by their
own Government. but they refuse,
as did their fathers. to pay
tribute, even u levied As indirect
tax" 80.
q
Although fts.i3 next to iInpossi.
BILE to get the exact per capita
costs Of ship subsidies In other
countries, some interesting figures
are obtainable from a recent
report given by the Department
Of Commerce.
For example. 1t 10 shown that
Canada IL paying $2.72 a head
year for mail subsidies and the
deficit created by its government
owned and operated fleet. The
Union Of South Africa pays $1.62
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-11

subSidy to Texas would Be $685.
600. which. divided among its
4,s6o.sSs persons would mean .
tritle ever 10 cents q head, or
about one-ssventh Of the cost to
New Yerl.
Other States exporting large
quantities Of bulk material are
Nebraska, Kansas, the Dalsotas.
mississippi. Arikansas. etc. States
exporting manufactured articles.
where the ocean freight rate %
not such . large factor. proper.
tionateiy, are Missouri. Illinois, In.
diana, Ohio. Pennsyivauia, etc.
Yet when the per capita cest Of
the subsidy to these two groups
OF States are compared, It ID seen
that It IL the bulk exporting States
that are getting the real bargain
by the passage Of the shipping
bill.
Nebraska, for instance, would
pay IL cents n head N compared
with 50 cents In Illinois. Kansas
would Fay 10 cents per capita
in contrast with Ohio Of 30 cents.
The DAjotas would pay 3 and 4
cents for each inhahitant. e. con.
trasted with II cents In Indiana
and a cents In West Virginia.
The cost 30 Pennsylvania Of
the $4,000. 900 ship subGidy Of
$S,193.0Oo wOuIa mean an fndivid.
ual cose Of 90 cents.
Michigan, which experts far
more machinery, automobiles. etc..
than does Pennsylvania. would
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hotels, in the clubs, at the CAPT
toll and elsewhere. Listen at
tentively to all they say. When
you have found out what they
think, or what the prevailing
opinion OF Washington 10, write
down that the folks at home are
thinking exactly the reverse.
The Washington opinion and
propaganda II that all that could
be done for the soldiers has been
done. The American Legion ut
New Orleans attested the bitter
feeling at the treatment the fight
ing men have received.
The Washington opinion-otfi.
cial opinion. I mean--ls that
France is wrong, that all the
United States can do ~ to q
foreign policy Il to ship It In q
derelict ON the ocean ana watch
It drift.
Outside Of Washington the PEG
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In Dublin ia q strange.

ZEE In Dublin 10 q strange,
illusory thing these days.
The outside cars rattle over the
paved roads. people 90 shopping.
business as usual" n the motto.
and q new Free state 10 created.
butt Is always strlmering I'M
dsrneatA. Tragedy comes when
the pot bolts over. Strange
things happen In the Dublin twi"
light.
I am sitting quietly IN my hotal
entry. Suddenly. out Of the
darkness. a little girl appears IN
tho glare Of the doorway. She IL
poorly Glad. Her face IN anxious.
She Elances furttvely to right and
left. and then trips. lightly % O
fairy. up the steps. She softly
lays q 1it&le envelope On q seat Nv
the doorway. and. hastily Aeacand-
inH. steals away nilently into the
dark street.
The Ynissive II In the name Of
the Republic. ana bears the su-
prescription Of de Valera.
It 10 = prociamatlon, In gran
dose legal ternaiAnloU1 q nn1s
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By JOgEPHUs DANIELS,
Secretary % tho Navy in President
Wilson's Cabinet.

IVY HY not ask the fighting
Nv man what they think
w about itf -
Eur fur years the French ana
DSagian g0vsrnmsuts sought In
EVERY possible way to secure pay.
Tnaut ct &C least reasonable sums
% repair part Of the wanton de-
structien Of property. The
French I'm 1919 were shell shock.
Cd from war and made an excss.
sfve demand. That mistake cost
them much Of the sympathy
Of the world. But they were
then in the same boat with Lloyd
George. who demanded payment
SHILLING for shilling by Ger
many to cover the entire cost Of
the war. Later. when Lloyd
George was wiling 70 reconsider
and accept the heavenly in.
stead of the ''heIlish peace,
Tory members Of Parliament
-c,Ild not permit acceptance Of
Wilson's reasonable fifteen biilion
dollars. The mistake, therefore,
Of France In 1919 ought to pref.
udice the opinion Of mankind a.
TO her present attitude.
1t was not until the Omitted
States had "renigged" and re.
fused to have any part In Euro
pean settlement Except to let
George Harvey with his tortoise
shell glasses ana knee breeches
and monocle cit in O tree and
hoot). ana every other resource
exhausted, that France sent the
sheriff to levy on the property
OF the debtor.
WHAT IT HAS COST Us.
The debt was due. It had
been adjudicated. Germany was
IN honor bound to pay. Instead
Of paying, 1t permitted all NOV
abies to be carted out Of Ger
many where they would not be
attached. Moreover. Big Busi.
ness was raised UP as the Over.
lord to defeat the payment Of
the reparation.
''If the United States" says
Ray stanasrd Baker. had ra&i.
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pie wish something done-they'd
rather have somebody do some
thing wrong than to so on for
ever with q do-nothing policy
that carries the ship Of state into
the whirlpool.
This sentiment 10 particularly
strong with men who fought in
the war. Nothing gave them
such disgust in the war 40 con-
tinued waiting and waiting. They
went over to Europe to end the
war. Every delay ana wait and
Fabian policy got on their nerves.
Than they knew Il was often
wise to mobilize ana then move
on the enemy. but when nothing
Ia doing and every gesture en-
couTages Germany they say ''FNor
God's sake. do somsthing. Rave
some policy. I0G 40 quit drift
ing"
tcspyxawAs. 101e, ~ Twsney.firnt Can
tuT9 PFNa3)