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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-16
FACTS ABOUT THE
AMERICAN FLAG.

The origin Of the Stars and Strips
as our national emblem is shroaded
in doubt. While the early colonies
displayed many and various colored
emblems, it is understood that at
Cambridge, Mass, on January End,
1776, Washington displayed a flag con-
sisting of thirteen strips Of red and
white, with the union jack in place
OF the stars, the strips being emble-
matte of the union of the thirteen
colonies against British oppression.
Where and when the blue field ana
white stars originated is a matter Of
conjecture. Perhaps the majority OF
authorities consider the design to
have been suggested by the coat of
arms Of the washington family
which contains both the stars and
stripes.
1t may be surprising to know that
the American flag is among the old
est flags OF the nations, being older
than the present British jack, the
French tricoIol, the flag of Spain and
many years older than the national
emblems of Germany mad Italy.
Naturally. in an uniformed country,
previous to the days of national unity,
there were many forms of flags used
by the individual colonies and various
military bodies. 1t was not until 1777
that a national emblem was adopted
by the Continental Congress, on July
14th, now celebrated throughout the
country as Flag Day Most of us
know that the resolution then adopt
ed stated. "That the flag of the
thirteen United Std be thirteen
stripes, alternate red and white; that
the union be thirteen stars, white in
a blue field, representing a new con
stellation," but did not define how
many points the stars Should have
how they should be grouped, nor did
is make any provision for additional
stars.
1t has been generally; accepted that
the American emblem has always re-
tanned the general formation of the
original flag adopted by the Continen
tai Congress. but a series OF flags
in the National Museum shows very
we'll the periodic changes which have
taken place. From the time OF the
Revolution the stars and stripes have
varied in number. After the admission
of Vermont and Kentucky into Tia
Union in 1892 and 1894, CongreeA
enacted 'That from and after the frs,
day of May, one thousand Geven
hundred ninety-five, the flag of thu
United States be fifteen stripes alter
mated red and white; that the union
be fifteen stars, white in blue field;"
the intention apparently being to add
a stripe as well as star for each
State admitted.
The inadvisability Of this plan was
apparent in few years, for in 1918,
when the number of States had in
creaser to twenty, Congress passed
new resolution to the effect that the
number of stripes be reduced to thir-
teen, to typify the original thirteen
states and that the number of stars
be increased to twenty and that ION
the admission of every new state into
the Union, one star be added to the
union of the flag, and that such adj
dition shall take effect on the Fourth
of July next succeeding such adj
mission. -Leslies.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-09-16
IN cHANcERY on NEw JERSEY
TO JOHN A. JACKSON:

BY virtue OF an order of the Court of Chancery
OF New Jersey made on the day of the date
hereof, in a certain cause wherein Annie B.
Jackson is petitioner. and you. John A. Jack
SON, are defendant, you are required to APP
pear and plead, answer, or demur to petition
er's petition on or before the 27th day of
September, 1896. or in default thereof such
decree will be taken against you as the Cham
celIor shall think equitable and just.
The object of said suit Is to obtain a decree
of divorce dissolving the marriage between
you and the said petitioner
Dated July 18th 1926.
MARY WOOSTER SUTTON,
Solicitor of Petitioner,
66 East Front Street, Red Bank, New Jersey.
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FIN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY

TO DAISY BROWN zEILINGER:
BY virtue of an order of the Court OF Chan
Gerry oil New Jersey, made on the day OF the
date hereof, in certain cause wherein George
Zei1inger Is petitioner and you are defendant,
you are required to appear and plead, answer
or demur to the petitioners petition on or be-
fore the twentieth day of August, next, or In
default thereof, such decree will be taken
against yon as tho Chancellor shall think equit-
able and Just.
The object Of said suit is to obtain decree
of divorce disso1viug the marriage betw cen you
and the said petitioner,
Dated June 10, 1896.
EGNER AND BEATTY,
Solicitors of Petitioner,
20. Address, 14s Market St., Newark, n, J,
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BY FRITZ SCHOTTHOEFER.
Foretxu Editor. Frankfurter Zeitung
frankfort


Frankfort.
Americas part in international CO.
operation ID, in my opinion, the most
important problem Of the present
time. Since my arrival. have no
t1ced that O great many Americans
ara not yet satisfied with the part
that the United States is taking In
international affairs. It is my opin.
ion that this part Is not so small as
It may appear II you look only on
the official conferences or formal ne.
gotiations Of any kind during the re-
cent wears. But even without official
participation America is exercising
continually q great influence in the
whole world, and particularly in the
evolution OF Europe.
America does not always interfere,
but she 10 always present. You know
that In astronomy It Ia possible to de-
knoWn planet merely by its attrac.
tion ana repulsion for other planets.
That Ia the case with the United
States. They are certainly one Of
the biggest centers Of gravitation in
this world, Whatever statesmen and
peoplea do in Europe or Asia, they
certainly look with one eye-I hope
Il viii always be the right eye-at the
American continent. They feel there
In something which cannot be neg
leeted, which must be most serious.
" taken into account. What will
America think about this or that. and
what will she do?
I may be allowed to state here
that sometimes 1t Is rather impossible
to foresee which attitude VAN be
taken on this side Of the Atlantic.
And not inxreQuently we have met
Evening star., 1926-06-06
German Editor Says That All Europe
Keeps Watch Constantly on America

with a silence which could be inter.
preted in many senses.
In saying this, it is not my inten.
ton to give a lesson to America, We
are convinced that she has serious
reasons for everything that sho does.
To follow any capricioais idea rushing
through the brain is the last thinG
which could be expected ffom the
Americans. America knows what she
wants: That is . great advantage to
her. But It is also an advantaEe for
US. We have the certitude that she
Will come into action only when she
has earnestly examined the situation,
and that then she will do something
OF real and practical value.
In this place I can give only my
personal opinion. know that per-
fectly well. / am German, but I
would not venture to speak on behalf
Of the German people. leave that
TO the men who have been charKed
by the German nation to take caro-
OF her interests. But what I NAV
say Is this: We appreciate highly
the work Of America In the recent de-
velopment Of European affairs. with.
out the American financial interven.
ton In the reparation question, Eu-
rope would not yet have succeeded in
overcoming the dangerous crisis, in
which we lived since the end Of the
war. The settlement of the repara.
ton question opened the way to Lo.
carno. which may lead us to complete
pacification. And peace in Europe
means peace throughout the world.
tCopyright. 1926)
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY SIR PHILIP GIBBS.

| HE word liberty" is the most dangerous
in our language. 1t has caused not
only rivers Of tears. but rivers of blood.
1t has broken up civilizations. dynas
ties and Kingdoms. 1t has let loose innumer
able devils of cruelty
1t has overthroWn religions and broken
many codes of honor and old loyaltes. for in
the quest of liberty men have gone mad and
done desperate and bloody things beyond the
ferocity of wild beasts.
1t is today in very homes. and i'm this
nation of ours Great Britain) the most dan
Gerous, the most abused word, and the cause
of many of our social troubles. 1t is for liber-
tvs sake that many wives leave many hus-
bands and many husbands leave many wives,
breaking their vows forgetting old loyalties,
smashing their home life. 1t is for the sake OF
liberty" that young girls f1out their worried
mothers. quarrel with their anxious fathers,
take risks which end sometimes i'm frightful
tragedy.
1t is for liberty that people abandon the
restraints and checks of the conventional code
which safeguarded the morals of their predeces-
sors. 1t is in the sacred name of liberty" that
political agitators and youthful Communists ad.
vocate complete overthrow of our system of
civilization. even by way of violence and blood.
shed
All over the world today, and in this coun.
try Of ours youth is restless, intellectually
bellious. dissatisfied with the conditions of life
because it desires the fufment of some vague
dream of liberty which will give 1t the right
and the power to do as II jolly we'll likes.
20 liberty. what games have been played
IN thy namer'
That was the cry Of woman going to her
death by the guillotine when the French revo-
luton was drenching her people In blood and
when the tyranny Of Robespierre was enor.
mously worse than the weak oppression Of the
later Bourbons.
Before the revolution in the salons OF Paris
the intellectuals had talked great deal by the
light of candles in paneled rooms. about the
divine light of liberty. They had proclaimed
Jean jacques Rousseau to be the new prophet.
because in his Social Contact he asserted
his faith in the natural man. liberated from
all tyrannies Of dogma and authority.
When the mob Of Paris carried this theory
into practice the inteectuals were the first
to be hanged to the lampposts and the terrible
Cry. of "A la lanterne!" rang out below those
gilded salons where pretty ladies had prattled
so brightly--in the sacred name of liberty
x x X
All through history this word has been the
Evening star., 1926-06-06
DISARMINC MEN OF ANIMOSITY
CALLED GREATEST PEACE MOVE
Merely Taking Away Guns Will Not End Wars,
Says General o. Ryan, Regarding Geneva
Conference.

the event Of war. Thus one govern
ment with an army Of 400. 900 men
apable of immediate concentration
may in effect be maintaining a
greater armament threat against po-
tential enemies than q government
with an army Of 600 900 men with it's
components scattered in colonial serv-
ice.
But success In war Is no longer to
be forecast in terms Of men and arma-
ment alone, or Of organization and
leadership. War today involves the
employment of the population. Rela-
tive efficiency in the production Of
war munitions may determine ulti-
mate success.
Comparison With L. s.
This United States with it's 100. .0O0.-
600 Of population, it's unlimited natural
resources and it's unrivaled industrial
capacity for armament and munitions
production, and with it's skeleton
army. is infinitely more formidable as
a war antagonist than some other
countries which maintain large stand.
ing aF1niee-
And 50 the complexities which af-
feet q Just determination Of the
problem Of mutual reduction Of axzna-
men4 might be added to by comsid-
erations OF topography, climate. past
performances, present policies and
treaty alliances.
I therefore doubt whether any
formula can be developed at this time
to govern the reduction Of armament
among the governments of the world
AS the League and World Court
demonstrate their dependablity to
substitute reason and law for war,
and confidence in their permanency
and effectiveness increases. arma.
ments will correspondingly decrease.
The taxpayers Of all countries will de.
mand to know Of what use is their
maintenance. Financial aenemia will
settle the armament question quite
automatically IL the circumstances
justify It.
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Evening star., 1926-06-06
The Most Dan gerous Word i'm This World

of today so restless and so rebelliouS some
times is up against the inherited experience OF
the ages-anG of that middle age for which II
has such scorn-when it demands the liberty
to live and love it likes, to deny obedience.
to ridicule duty, to laugh at convention.
The code of honor, the rules of the game OF
life are denials Of liberty. To play the game
properly we have to deny ourselves-which Is
terribly irksome-lest should hurt others.
in an unfair, unsportsmanlike way.
Some of those husbands and wives VINO
leave each other in the name of liberty by way
of the divorce court have not always played
the game by each other. They have not played
fair. In seeking liberty they have perhaps
smashed wretched woman's life or wrecked
an honest mans home, so that liberty Is pols-
oned fruit when 1t comes and a new tyranny.
in which their conscience has no freedom. but
a secret torture.
Loyalty is often opposed to liberty. because
to be loyal we have to sacrifice our desires,
our passions, our desperate temptations Duty
is opposed to liberty. because it means obedi'
ence to other peoples will. to drudgery. to
boredom We have to turn deaf ear when
pleasure calls temptngy when beauty
lures u.s. when there is good fun outside the
window.
We may have no religious faith to say
thou shalt" and shalt not" 1t is easier,
though hard still. to obey the law OF self.denial
IL we believe in Divine well as human pro-
hibitions.
But l suppose most of believe in kind
ness rather than in cruelty, in tolerance rather
thar in intolerance. in some decent code OF
honor which is based on courtesy and fair play.
and pity for the weak. II we do believe In
those things. there is such thing as abso-
lutte liberty, because to be kind instead OF cruel
Is the law Of self-denial.
This cry for liberty, therefore, Is mock
ing voice. Not even a desert island with
man and one woman can there be absolute
liberty for either of them Those two must
compromise. yield up self-desire, submit some
thing to the other.
The best can hope from liberty is free
dom to think fearlessly. to be secure In our
work and home. to have access to the world OF
knowledge and of beauty, to have fair share
in making shaping the social code In which
we live. and to be free from interference by
evil powers Of governments, police or public
opinion, claiming authority over our souls and
bodies beyond the limits Of Justice and fair
play. Even that is hard to get.
am all for liberty. But I realize its limi-
tations, and the danger Of that word which
in the mouths Of fanatics, libertiness and rebels
has caused much agony. crime and disillusion.
Downright. 1P26.)
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY GEN. JOHN r. O'RYAN,


Former Commander. 9th Division. A. f. F
Many good people have been mis-
led by the relation of armament to
war and have even gone SO far as
to say scrap the armaments and you
automatically end war, for how then
could nations f1ght?"
The truth Is that armament con-
sists Of inanimate things, quite harm
less in themselves until made to func-
ton by man. The man behind the
gun is the true source Of the war
evil. He, with his passions. preju-
dices and ambitions. is the problem.
Pacify man, and his armament will
fall into disuse. Reduce his arma-
ment either by agreement or force.
and fail to pacify him, and he will
break loose and fight when he wills
to fight.
But it may be asked. 'Is it not a
desirable thing. while attempting to
solve the underlying problems, to
bring about q reduction Of ornaments
upon some equitable basis?" Lot US
assume the answer to be yes, and con-
Must Sec Whole Problem.
It would not be equitable or prac.
ticable, for example, to reduce exist
ing land forces on a basis Of COM
mon percentage Of reduction, al
though that might seem offhand to
he a reasonable proposal. Land
forces must be considered in relation
to naval forces. Governments which
depend mainly upon naval prepared
ness for defense might welcome re-
duction of land forces, particularly
when such reduction would reduce
the power. But that would not be the
attitude Of a power weak in naval
forces but strong in land forces.
Then, again. a government with
colonies to maintain must ordinarily
consider the peace time garrisons Of
such colonies. unavailable for home
service or expeditionary purposes in
Evening star., 1926-06-06
BY HARDEN COLFAx.

Plans are in order to keep the
price of Goldfish within the reach of
the most humble purse and to assure
to the beach bather that he will
emerge from the surf at least As
clean as when he entered the water.
Perhaps the men Immediately con-
cerned might not characterize their
inspiration in these terms, but never.
thelesS these are some Of the ideas
which underlie an international meet.
ing which will start in Washington
next Tuesday with the title of Pre-
liminary Conference of Experts of
Maritime Nations on Oil Pollution of
Navigable Waters.
The $50. 0.000.0 900 annual fish bill of
the American people. plus the
amounts which other nations pay for
such food, stand in a fair way to be
increased unless means are devised of
preventing fishing grounds from be-
ing pushed further and further away.
And 1t is no exaggeration to state
that some beaches have become so
Evening star., 1926-06-06

cause OF mob risings, religious warfare ana
political strife of the fiercest kind. The desire
Tor liberty is passion in the human heart,
stronger than hunger and unafraid of death.
The history of Ireland is one long struggle
for liberty. Even now De Valera and his re-
publicans not satisfied with the liberty OF
that country and desire more blood. more MUIR
ders. more tears of women. to attain its perfect
fulillment.
In Russia for hundreds Of years men plot,
ted secretly women risked their lives and
bodies, suffered floggings, torture, execution
and living death itself that Russia might
be liberated from its chains.
And when at last their revolution swept
away the monarchy and all it's tyrannies a
man named I.enin with little gang of ruth
less friends set up form of government
which, to say the least of it, was not, nor is
not, liberty.
There Is no free speech I'm Russia. free
press, no freedom of the individual to trade.
or live, or even think as he likes. He is under
a new law, harder than the old. more intoer
ant terribly cruel If any one dares to defy 1t.
This eternal search for liberty is like this
unending search for human Happiness. 1t is a
will.o the wisp always eluding We never
get to the journeys end.
There is no such thing as liberty for the
individual soul. nation has right to a GER
tain measure of liberty, which, think, on the
whole, have gained.
But in the end each one of must realize,
sadly that as long as life lasts we cannot lib
crate ourselves from laws. restraints taboos,
social prohibitions spiritual checks within our
own consciousness which must be obeyed, un
less we become outlaws among our fellows and
traitors to our own code.
There is no such thing as liberty. 1t Is
most unfortunate, bat none Of US can do as
we like! All along the road Of life, from the
cradle to the grave there are signposts and
danger signals
"Verboten." as they say in Germany.
Keep off the grass" say in English.
mo admittance. this way Safety first
NO exit" "Defundu' the French say.
"Rien Faire." our Tommes used to say.
Nothing doing
y
It is all most annoying. Sometimes highly
exasperatng Often IL obey those sign
posts we miss very jolly bypath in life, or
give up an hour Of good fun. perhaps even sac
rifce the happiness for which our soul most
yearns. But long experience has taught
that II we disobey the warnings and claim our
liberty the price is higher than the profit.
There is no liberty. for there must be law.
and all law is restraint Of liberty. The youth
Evening star., 1926-06-06
By WILLIAM MARTIN,
Editor Journal de Geneve. Geneva.

Labor conditions are so different in
America and in Europe that the ex
periences of one continent can hardly
be taken as a basis for development
in the other. American industry de-
veloped during the nineteenth cen.
tury in a country in which labor was
scarce. and hence dear, but in which
raw materials were plentiful and
there was ample outlet. The result
was that American workers were able
to obtain relatively high wages, which
assured a high standard Of living and
made it easy for them to unite in the
defense Of their interest. They have
thus never felt the need Of State in
tervention on their behalf. The evo
luton Of European industry followed
quite different lines. Labor has al
ways been plentiful and cheap. The
economic conditions, however, were
unfavorable, as the ma jo1ty of the
European countries have not got the
raw materials which they require, and
the nature Of the European market,
which is subdivided by national
frontiers and intercepted by customs.
has made mass production impossible.
The social conditions were favorable
not to tho workers but to tho employ.
ers. The workers, in constant dread
Of being replaced by the surplus labor
available In the country, have been
unable to defend their interests, and
their standard of living has declined
In proportion as the big industries de-
veloped.
Reform Movement Sets In.
In the middle of the nineteenth CEN
tury the miserable living conditions
Of the workers reused a certain num-
ber of individuals to action, but led
only to incomplete results. because
Of the resistance offered by the en-
ployers, who had a. surplus labor sup
ply at theiz. disposal. international
agreements appeared necessary II In
dustry was to adopt generous So
cial policy. In 1875 the Swiss federal
government convened at international
conference for the legal protection of
workers. Three conferences were
held before the war, the first in Berlin
in 1890 and the next two at Bern in
1906 and 1913. Private organizations
were established to supplement on an
international basis the state action.
Ultimately labor bent all its efforts
toward the Observation-Disclosures OF
social problems and remedies. As a
result Of this triple effort on the part
|c8 the guWeEnKnents. owners and wosS1
Eers. the International IA1sDF oggarn-
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