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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1917
Must Fie Arbitrament
of the Sword; There
Is No Alternative
On April Bth, 11)17—Master Sunday
the publisher of The Times sent the fol
lowing telegram to the Hon. Walter Wil
liams, dean of the School of Journalism
of the University of Missouri and pres
ident of the Press Congress of the
World:
Diplomacy and th** god offt* • of r* utr.*'.-*
having failed to effect ta\ of w.irfar*. W
not permit the pr* sa of the w rhl <•
at demising a scheme of p; * ve: o'* •
blfKNldhftl, WH»*age and- iff* ! t'g ■ d' s ! !<*-
all nations of the earth m* a r <>• ' m >’
during peace’ On th;*** da> of triumph >\* ’he
tomb of One who cam* ’o give light : *n .
that alt In darkn****- and :n »f !<■* '
to guide our feet ItltO th* U . t.f
to proiM»a< that, ms •ad . f p -'|
eembllng of 'ho Bros*. t nngr -h of 'h* \V rid
until 1919, th* date b* <**f alo.ul on*
making It possible for th** d< lon*’* t
summer or Jus* as snot. all the t *n
aortal lons can convene arul ••;* of t «■■ ■* pi < *••
talivea. The Am* i *an New .
aMoriation meet* N* w V • ** •
April and the National ride!
meets In Minnenpolla In ' ''
atom! that the sole pi;rj> ft’ ‘
to have the best equipped I* .oi< r of * ‘
eatate of all Christendom fon:.u > 1
which the warring powers can .!*><• I
armistice pending the a*:; ■* ! i: n' ' "• **r
and the perfection of perm.c • r. - I'.m- ’
national tranquillity to which •>.' nw* . i
aented in principle The pres n th* pal'»•:. »it
of the people's liberties It Io- bee . .<•
making wars If- cm p. it ion
ways patriotically giv* nin tl.■*■ *>'•* -•’ pf*
erutlon of wars It i- * up* l '•■<! t<*
whatever may endanger 'he • e : . ■ ■ .n
time of war. Why can not the pres, pi \. i'
11 can suppress war itself, that it h.t- in Retims
and breadth of vision, coupled wi* u ' i
inanity, to make pear** at a time when .ul :■* g
erents are weary of strife, .uid ih -d- :• •rnr*
before the world that the pen is t; n
the sword’ There would he noth.’ g n ■'
plration on the part of the her* lev;:./ un'rari
reeled Journalism of the world that w .Id t* out
of harmony with th* announced program of * }S
country’s participation m th. -trite and l '
11 e% * • nil th)
conduct' to the delegates to th* rn**etir.g place of
the Press Congress of the \V**i and.
•* In reply President Williams, under date
of April 9. 1917, wired as follows:
“I beg to acknowledge, with appreciation of
your high motives, your eioq-;- o* message in
roklng the aid of the Press Co.ngres- of rh*
World toward the abolition of w:r anti the pro
motion of peace. J am transmitting if today *o
the members of th** Executive Committee, wh.o
under the constitution of the congr* s* must do
termine what action, if any, shall be taken in
response thereto. I will communicate further
with you when I have heard from ’hen;.
Permit me to thank you personally for your j
noble and inspiring message.
The executive committee, to whom the
suggestion of The Times was submitted,
comprised the following widely-scattered
representatives of the press of the
world:
Virgillo Rodriguez Betcta. TMarto de Centro- ■
America. Guatemala < ity. Guatemala.
J, Ryan. Australian Provincial Press
tion. Lithgow, New South Wales. Austral *
Robert Beil, Guardian, Ashburton, New Z**a
land.
K. Sugiraura, Asahl Shinibun, Tokio. Japan
Dr. H Schoop. Swiss Press Association, Wied
Ingstrasse 30, Zurich. Switzerland
The Secretary Treasurer. A R. Ford, Dominion
Press Gallery, Ottawa. Canada.
The President, Walter- Wiitmni- +•*-- He**-.
Rchool of Journalism of the 1 ntver'sdy . f M,s
souri, Columbia. Missouri, 1\ S. A
Representative of the govemmen* of N« w
South Wales, Captain J. \V. Niesigh. Premier'*
Office, Sydney, New South Wales. Australia.
The result of the submission of this
matter to the executive committee ha
just reached The Times officially thru
the following communication from the
president of the Press Congress of the
World:
Mr. James Sohermcrhorn,
The Times.
Detroit, Michigan
My dear Mr Scherraerhorr:
I am directed by the member- of I.x* <
Committee of the Pre~~ t'ongrr-s of T f.> W* '
to acknowledge with appreciation youi r • - ig*-
asking that the date of th*' Congr* -- I>* advat.* *-d
in order that a session may be herd, 'at which
the best equipped leaders of *h* fn*:rrt *
of all Christendom may formulate a In si**
which the warring powers can **uh rib** ’o -n
armistice pending the Adjustment of differ***-* <•«
and the perfection of permanent plans of infer
national tranquillity, to which all have air*,,
assented In principle *
bers of the committee have voted that under
existing condition 1 if would be unwise v> hold
for any purpose a special me* ti* g to the corgr* *•
in advance of the date «*•* for th** congress to
meet in Sydney in 1919
Verv sincerely,
WALTER WILMAMB.'
President of the Press Congress of the World.
Columbia. Missouri, !’ S A , September 9. 1917
The Pen is not to have the sublime
distinction of prevailing over the war
ring millions in Furope,
Not the Pen of diplomacy; the Pen
of patient protest; the Pen of unselfish i
appeal to the German people; nor the!
Pen of the “fourth estate of the world," j
the press.
Neither is the Gross privileged to win j
the field, P ope Benedict’s intervention
is unavailing because the Christian world '
will not Take rhr* -*.vnrtl trf r-*>rr-Tr! Grr- ;
many in any cov* mint.
So the great task in hand the-aboli- j
tion of war—i tho Sword's business, and
the Sword’s alone.
The Sword is out of the scabbard, not j
to be put. back until sheathed to stay!
Texas Invites Michigan
To Help Her Make
Wolverines Feel At Home
Waco, Texas, where the National
Guard of Michigan will train for the!
battlefields of France, is in the very cen- j
ter of the cotton belt of the Lone Star
State, and while our guardsmen are
tfaera it will mako its autumnal obeia
anec tu Ki.tK t'ottei with a great expo
jiitjon and carnival.
The center of thik picturesque festival
is the (btton Palace, visited every year
by hundreds of thousands of Texans and
others. Other local industries, resources
and traditions j including the cake walk
ami The plaintive melodies of the old
south) give t*» the occasion a varied and
Two citizens of Waco—Messrs. S. N.
Mayfield and J. J. Hutchison—have
journeyed to Uetr. it to lay before tin
Board of Gommerce the thoughtful sug
gestion that Michigan provide for the
Got ton Exposition, which runs from
Nov. to Nov. IS. some feature that will
make our guardsmen feel at home. They
urge an exhibition, or at least the reser- 1
vation of a space that will transplant
a bi- of Michigan in Texas during the
They would like to have a Michigan
Day. also, made joyous for our regiments
h\ th* presence of the Governor and
other prominent citizens.
The idea and the visit of the Waco
gentlemen have the savor of southern
hospitality and graciouknes>, and The
Times is glad the . Board of Commerce
proposes to enlist the interest of other
commercial bodies of the state in the
proposal to follow our soldiers to the
southland with tangible evidence of grat
itude and of co-operation with Texas
hosts.
Another token of Waco’s good will
toward its guests from the north is the
sign over the door of one of her leading
stores, “Wisconsin-Michigan Headquar
ters.” and this hearty word of welcome
published in the house organ of this es
tablishment :
“Thr -*■;<■• <jjt*.that Waco arM all Mrl.*»nrar.
county offer** to the*** brave df'fw-!*tf*rfi l« nor a
m**re lip welcome, but it i« as deep an she deprh
of the heart; it Is as soulful as elevated feeling
can express. Every heart beat expresses a thrill
of joy for 'he pleasure of having these men wsrh
ti*; every impulse of the snui radiates a living
welcome every lilt of the voice makes known
the pleasure we experience in having this great
opportunity to weicom*' the soldier boys And
every patriotic man, woman and chird of f b *
community will feel it a duty to do whatever can
be done to make it known to these warriors in
def*nof right that 'hey ar* truly welcome."
Sickening Os It
It is reported upon pretty reliable au- j
thority that feeling against German
autocracy is becoming widespread and
strong in Turkey.
Os all the nations in the war. Turkey
is in the sorriest fix. for it is heads-you
win; tails-I-lose with her.
The Allies will surely kick her out of
Europe and, if Germany wins. Turkey
w;’,l make only a tocfc. usrm sp*4- in the,
sun for those autocrats to sit on.
Always more or less hungry, the com
mon folk of Turkey must have become
simply ravenous during three years of
war.
The job of holding her allies to it
must l>e one of Germany’s great worries
about now.
From Another Point of View
By C. T. S .
|
Paris decrees that a woman’s gown is
not to contain over four and a half yards
of cloth. Which will be tough this win
ter, will it not, on the more buxom?
• • •
A coroner’s jury has decided that the
driver of a truck that killed a little girl
was exceeding the speed limit and the
prosecutor’s office says a warrant for the
driver will bo issued "in a few days,"
Oh, ah. hum, stretch, yawn—no partic
ular hurry.
• * •
No coroner’s jury will ever accuse our
prosecuting attorney of exceeding the
speed limit.
• ♦ •
OPEN An opportunity for a middle aged
coup!** ’o mjf th** high coat of living; com** j
aa helper* In a small country horn** near Da- I
troll fair wage-*, ahould be fond of chi]
dr* n Liner ad.
As none other than Theodore Roosevelt i
has remarked, supporting our position,
th«*y certainly should.
• • * «
To reach the rxact number of sub- !
marines sunk by American warships at
takr—th** report nf Secretary 1
Daniels and divide by six.
# * •
Then the garden was visited by a frost)
and that settled our tomatoes—both of,
t * *
How would it be, in ordering coal, to
take along some friend in khaki, and sav; j
“Mr. Dealer, meet my fnend. Colonel I.
M. Withyou, of our national army. How
much is coal today?*’
\\V glean from having read
wat hews very carefully, that the Ger
mans have bontlted all the hospitals.
• • •
Liner ad. says a horseshoer is wanted.
* • •
Chance for someltody who is looking
for something with a kick in it. j
DETROIT TIMES
The Thrill That Comes Once In a Lifetime.
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KAMSAi CiTy STAB.
*o«> by M T 1 C-C. r, f y
Vp *j flvW.
THIS DEPARTMENT Is maintained to shed the light of truth on the
operations of the advertising faker, the quae* and s\*indi®f. U
welcomes letters relating experiences with advertisers who have
been unfair in their assertions or promises—wno have misled or
duped the reading public. It will pay proper recognition to honest adver.
titer*. Dishonest adve-t sers who may be found In The T mes will not be
spared It will print letters deemed of public Interest Advice wII * :<o
De g ven to investors. Only s gned letters, giving the writer’s name and
address will be considered Names wil be printed or withheld as preferred
Address, The Ad Mirror, The T mes, Detroit, Mich.
FV* tnr M rro- -
Will yntj kindly print In ymir pir** whether the fnllnnio* « srv
k * • Hr wine, m■ nus• ' 1 '< Mtyi'* «i -rat ■** * <
Inin*.* h* i'h agn ft .« a * h x »>l<*rt ix*'l rruvaazir. •* -
x\ lth- Id ntir.r
I>.-*r* It. M h * MIS J i M C
Lnnb-Broxs Ine appear* to h** a newcomer in *he realm of qunrkery
One nc-**‘i not look further than 'he advertisement Itself f* r ;.rcK>f ’‘ at is
not xhn* 1* claims to h** According ’o on** of the ad* that nac c*>me *n
our notice "I* nourish* s the eyebrow's and laahe?, making then, long thick
and luxuriant, adding wonderfully to your beauty, charm and attract ve
ness."
All of which, of course, is th* sheerest Izimmyro* Any per*<<r! w; *.
sense knows that there is only cm* way tp nourish vour • * br*'i*s and
lashes, or vour teeth or your flngeroaL** for that matter anu that - by
‘siting nourishing fond The Idea of nourishing some parth ular ; ar* of
'he anatomy by external application** is 'oo silly for belief mill, sntne
people mus* be fining for I.ash w In** or its manufacturer*- wou.d no*
continue to advertise
The Keep Welt
Column
sugar:
Tha* sugar help* to ward off
fatigue ih tli*- belief of many j f h*>r
onstra'ed beyond
doubt *hat sugar ha* remarkable
sustaining power *han eaten b>
those undergoing great
Scientific experiments carried out
wi'h fh* atd of the ergograpn an
ns'r.rnent for re gist t-nng a course
]> variation* of muscular po»»r
-how ’ha* sugar gives an Increase
in physical power ranging from f
to 75 p»r cent
One of 'he fir*? observer* 'o dra*
attention to ?hi* virtue of sugar w*j
a physician wbo lived in Newcastle.!
England
It i* no? "known however. who
lov»n?*d or discovered sugar I?
ha* been known since the dawn of
blatory. but not in all countries
The Invention of the fir** process
for refining *ugar i* ascribed to the
Arab* and a Venetian merchant i*
said to bav* purchased the secret
from them and introduced ?he pro
co** Into Sicily.
The over u*c of sugar however.
1- • gr*'it < 'tua* of ill health *-•
dally among people who do no? g*»t
f-nnith egerejse daily l s 1* par
Ocularly harmful when eaten In run
-centrated form**. -*#«*h a* candies
One r*‘**on why stigaT ha•* i—
high food value i* that it I* readily
ttillred for combustion. and if taken
he'ween meals rreaMy increase* di*
calories and may lead to over nour
t * h rn • n f *
Health Questions An»w*rH
Mi** t» K "What can one do
to relieve the inflammation egos*
bv noiaon ivy?’*
I.Ib« rai application of a strong
*nap and water will help If applied
«arl> enough An application of
the Ivy effect*
N«***d«*d Humor
She | *trona)v disapprove of
leavtnr th« word *'nhe\ * in the mar
Mag* /•♦rvmorty
Me Oh, leave t* 'here, mi dear
It put* a Ilule n*eded humor in the
solemnity. ’ i
The Ad-Mirror
And Advice to Investors
If The Times Prints It, The Times Believes It
Pointed Paragraphs
I
Nature doesn't u-e self-mad** .*.<au
'•* *• for her pa'tet n.
flood 'hristlans pra> for th<- ,c*
A quiet i-eddirg is rtf ' i «
lud** ’o ,t noisy ciivor* *
Today's pun Many a government
•leather forecaster has been bad: •
' either •-a’* n
The ruore a man * on.plisn* th*
time he has to talk about ;t
When it comes to mistak*“ fb*
.pplv iv* ay*- **x*epd** the d* t,;; n<;
I’ an easy matter for i stingy
to.'tt to get rich— but what * th*
Political club** lire used I"h;*-flv •*>
i • • pposing candldat* - o-j’ *.r r, ,
n a man he sal<l '*> h< pir'i.t
ng »ben h** gi'*** Ns en'll*
f t'entlon to It 7
If a wife isn't bo«s during th*
h'>n ymoon she doe-n't ,tin**'in' '
m i* h as a ruler
The average man either bon**!s
about h!- good health or howls ah ~
his ach « and pains
Fall a man a diplomat intend of
a ar and he will be ples-*d. «*t i*
may amount to the same thing
“Our Fighting Men”
PETER E TRAUB
Peter K Tra it>, assign
• to *he ( comn and of th** Fifty
first infantry brigade of the n*w
T * **n'y sixth division of the army,
which comprises *h* N* w England
\a»i nal Guard, is '*.3 vears old and
a native of New York. After /tat!
;'**li.g from West point b** *-ntered
th** «'alry, first serving as second
* .’-nant of the Fir*' tavalr. it*
subsequently served with the Fifth
-J--.-* r -• ■ Ts *’ l f-f~! t»,7T*t ~r • r*7;* *•
cm*.a Ir' regiments in I'M! he b<
■•*' 4 sistant ch.*f of the Fdip
pine constabulary, *lth th** rank of
*o'*inel. Me came from Manila last
‘•p r ;t:g being recalled for servic*
The Old C»ardfner Say*
If lettuce an*l radi'he- ate
*\* r ;n a cold ft » * n<* -. t 1 •
• apply the fai * t ib' - t;t
• v after the cot,dr *1
, * An)b*»d> ran M»k* a c*»l«:
frar* ». h% usinz f v : i* !. t '
a tia t *.s Sltsh. **f COtir ,: e, th* sen 1
*t n an he prolong .1 I . o. * r
* • ty, glsss with blankets r*r
mat* when cold wea-ber cm
" »91f fliin’'* kttiw ing out
dr can be transferred *«* a
frame'of this kind »f th* ip
[irnaeh of cold xntliir and Will
nature nicely
By Webster.
Anniversaries
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th*> M.ihuwk river.
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f t- .N • I> »<1 in New York.
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r , « • « r *** h«*a v a attack* n
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ron \ y * nillTiin sy «
r*, }l ;t itt-, firmer '
r.- ■ > *>. r f • ir-nt f’flts (n h* rn 1
I rr V-.rkit ** nr • day.
; *' • -r: •'n rk f. Older and
• * . *...j s -.-i-t- f * 'hr - *
t'an rnd-a- ' r* s* A \ Inter Qu*-
br - >■*■ v *rn sa-.. t.-day
\f • v ! • “ i *•> • - -t* n* '”■*!>
T - .» V»*l ■ ill# rat tread
> -i • * a•*au iii a <>un ty, N Y . * 1
>*-s r u nr t in-.
• **• r-• K * ■ \ r- n-'sl ss-'mta ry
* l> . - « • .»r« !<-sr hr *n in
Ph («■'• t■ 1 v \, iV r« mrn t-.'isv
M i > ■ - r ? ■ rr*- **r t "n ' ted
n, p-«f - * '•■jirtin horn at Vow-
R* n ‘ y*-sr- *g< t day
I!*-- \f n V *« **ll'rr who
... - ■ • • nn-t■ •s • * f.-r the
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Etiquette
I*nr: . W• *v Jimuw - Jun*-*-, >i;u
•' ts *♦ w •' * # h r'
Jinim * it!. 4i[!ick», I tlUin’t
mean nothin*
.?* un;* W* li. ! -han’t *n»ver play
w*h * *un No g**ri leman
*•*» .* ** ii. mill -*h they nr*
marrie*! Judge.
P()PK\S VKM K MOVE MAY BE
ST El* TOWARD UNITY OF CHRISTIAN
( HI R(TIES, SAYS DR. STEI*ZLE
BY THE REV CHARLES STELZLE
Will the pope *p* .v-• arive he the
beginning of another movement for
Mi* r**'*.-*t«ibl “htn*n' of union among
'he varioii- hranehes of »he Chris
tian church?
If will he "rn* mb* red that early
In t v < \< ir l'*>p* R*-ne*lict XV np
poinTed .v *-*t*rirtti * ion of four cardi
pals so op<-ti negotutiona with the
A’ g :n t.;.r« -r*d the t;r**ek
( athollr church, looking t**ward or
ganlc *iri on I ih* -peace proposal
another movement in this direction’’
There l« no doubt that when
peace ii shut)) I* tied some kind of
} T.4.1C l s tO Fnf'it' e |*. ar e will be
formed l*v 't;< pc* ll '* r ai state-- of th*-
world. It is argued *haf fhta exam
j-1* will •simulate the desire for re
I'r-’-.Ti* —untoTT
If M* pop* j >< ,f t> j.lan goes thru
if will undoubted)? gi\»- him an tin
usual oj jKM tunii. t<> i ail another
general * f nn<*ll rtf the Chrtullin
'f ir'h. of which many haw> been
held in the pa«t. ,
Iv<• v!<>’! t to the seventh century
i vi n ► councils w*>re held to
<ir>'« rmlne great theological ques
!|on* hv,(\ th» finding- of these roun
dls h t recoirnurtl today by prartl
‘ nil .1 J'fr.fr •fafit h« well as fit**
Aripi* n. Ho* in i' cholic and Greek
f Mfholic r |t tiffin -
'R ' If* ri C cholic church Ir
making * and J»—t rtf the temporal
1 • **•* < prtp*', emphasising his
pur*' rpi t'lil leadership, and the
\ . " < \ r< l*rofe 'nn l Prisco
j :li i t v •• r< adV to idupt Itself to
pi n wi>i<h would bring action
fr r th* union of fh»> » athoilc and
I‘rofr taut churches lnde*»d, In the
Imied State- an important mnrr
rpent I- under way in. she Protestant
£ pit coxi ai cLur< L to bring about or
< ivie Advertising
nv ft. Annisums niti rn
Author of "Th* Riddle of Orion*
allti," ’’PkfT'hology and
Parenthood.” ate.
All cities want to bo wid.-lj and
favorably known Th**> want »s»
«.raw to themselves n*-w Inhabitant*
and ne w busmen*. To this end civic
advertising of many kinds I* done.
Ihit those lack of th** advert Ping
sometime* forget an !mi>ortan»
point.
They forgot that for really sue
cessful advertising of a city, no lor
than for really successful advorti.*
Ing of a store. It Is necessary to
hav* goods worth advertising
A merchant. thru Ing* nlourl •
worded ad'erttsenieiit*. mm he able
to sell lnf*rior merchandise J t *
time Only for a time. Soon or lat<-
patronage will drift to a rival mer
chant with a better stock
The first merchant will .«nff. r h*
cause, notwithstanding his glowing
advertisement* Me left It possible
(or people to talk abou*. him a I
versely In fh's way he ha.* acquit
ed a bad reputation
Vnd teputatlon Is a!wa\s the in- r
chant's grea»*-** hindrance t>. r.i*
greatest asset
IJkeWiSe wilh cities
Money .-pent In civic adverti.- ng
Is only money wasted if civic condt
t l ons are such that visitors can tak»
wa> with them and spread thru
the land unfavorable idea* ahou*
!he city.
\ city that is palpably a dtjstv
city Is foolish to advertise until it
( eans Its streets and keeps then
clean ito is a city that tolerate
the smoke nuisance
Nor doe. it paj to adveivis.v m
the case of a city that mak* * no s*>
rlous * ffort to cope with v i-*e and
crime Let a citv get »he reput a
Mon of being a paradise fur wr«m
doers and anv di slraM* c w• ■
•ure to be painfully sl<vw, no nn''"r
how If advertises
« iti* s wlv>«e boards of health at<
n ..»"— n * perr'ltftng insanitiirv
conditions In residences, hot*
churches, theater*. oftV es. .*
I.U till* *, free' «rs, etc , need n*-v
er expect an inflow of eager boni*
seekers. Th* drlf wdl be out. n«c
In
Repulsion, rather than sttrartp»n
will again he sh“ result If vl*i*ois
Ands city niggardly in providing
l reafhmg sphc*« In the wa\ of pi.'.'
grounds atd parks Med! rlt> >
the school system. inf*‘rlo; ? . v\|M
regard to library facilities, w *in
llarly have a hlighflng Influenc*- or.
the city's prospects of grow'h
'Never go ‘here to live” Is the
warning the visitor* will ’ake hi V.
to 'heir fro nds ”!t ni«v he , t c < :
'own In which to do business, bir It
is a mlgh’.T poor residence town
"It’s *.hort In public playground
I; hasn’t a park that deserves -
name
Its libraries are a joke The main
one Is poorly equipped and th- r*
[ are scarcely anv branch on< *
''lts schools nr* out of date Yout
1 children won’t hav* half * chance "
1 you bring them up in Mia' place "
Internal improvements. In shor'
1 must alwavs pre**de (ivM idv* "
! Ing After these have been effected,
; but only will the advertising
prove worth while
r,f><>d sfr*ei« (rood h *U*es, g**o
.cpor!« good libraries, good stores
good parks, good plavgrour 1- >
policing, good «anttsr> condlficr
generally these ar amng th**
waies every ambitious citv m..st h>
able f n offer *hnj the advertis«m* pt
which it hope* will help i* *x;.'in<
Wwxlrow’u WhiMkcrn.
When President Wilson was s
young lawyer in \'orM Caroltn-* h*
affected ‘ whiskers On one occa
sion, when pleading a ra«" before a
Jury, he received very somnolent at
ten Mon from nil but *h*> sheriff wb .
watched him closely V the do**
of his argument Wilson moved over
to the aheriff hoping for a few kin 1
wortls ''Woodle," satd th*- sh* rlflf.
"do you know *hAt one of your -id*
whiskers l<* shorter than th*> other'"
That night the ambitious lawyer
-haved clean, and ha« d*me so ever
since lj»dle«‘ Home Journal.
ganic union. One wonders vrh,»t w,;i
b<* the eff#-r * of the death of cyan r:
upon the fif-ek Patholic church
the star*- rhureh of Kussl.i art far
aa union with other religious bodl» -
la concerned.
The sectarian sptrP arnor.lt Pro
featant churches in this country Is
being remo\ed. largely thru the
social work in which churches ar*
One of the things most greatly
feared hr the \arloua denomina
tmnal leaders is the effe< t rtf thr
war upon "denominational loyal
ty" for the men In the trenches
formerly holding religious an
tagonl.irus are coming to discover
the foolishness of sectarian prejti
dice
However, organic union between
the rpore than 2"0 Protestant de
nomrngTinn* rn trie —rmr-d Kta'c
will he comparatively slow The
chnnces ar» that they will not get
very close together through a die
cussion of theological differences in
a General Council This will hr- ac
compllahed thru the gradual d r au
ing together of smaller groups
that Is, two or three denominations
at a time
Ft«rt hermore. it |s well known
that when a country or a group of
>ia»lona has been divided on ac
count of the war, as a rule the
churches are the last to get to
gether.
And yet, it Is not Impossible
that' the pope m»» attempt to bring
together the great religious bodies
of she w'trld for *he adoption of ;*
united peace program for establish
meet of Christian ideals
If the Pope can accomplish this
more than human *a»-k. he will de
/serve the gratitude not only of the
churches but of *h« entire civUi®U
world.
HT carrier In Petrolt. fl cents a week; els*
where, 10 cents a week Ily mall. 93 a
year. Call Main tf>2o Kntered at the I’ost
office In Detroit ns second claaa mail matter.
The Orientals In the War
/
BY DR FRANK CRANE
(Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)
Shall China and Japan !>♦* welcomed
as allies of equal standing with America
and France in this war?
Vest For many reasons.
It will help to dissipate that old laißa
boo of the Yellow Peril. For many years
western peoples have been frightened by
nursery tales of the danger of the
heathen Fast. Certain newspapers,
partly ignorant and mostly vicious, have
not scrupled to play upon race preju
dice in their endeavor to amuse suspi
cion and foment hostility toward Japan.
There never was the slightest founda
tion to this nefarious propaganda. ( hina
has never been a nation of conquest.
Japan’s aspiration,* of expansion have
never reached to the West.
The world has discovered that there
is but one peril, but one fevered modern
nation that has had the nightmare of
universal dominion; it is that nation
which i- now at war with the rest of
mankind, that nation whose cry is Welt
maeht oder Nledenjanjr.
For the orientals to join us in our
-o?.t *1 r ;yr-„ ie i•? •H > i« * -’Dp,.Hi' ■I *
at arms, would thus forever do away
with the dangerous fiction of the Yellow
Peril, and show u that th*. real peril lies
in any nation that Rives itself up to
militaristic vanity.
It would also hasten world peace, for
it would finally array the habitable world
against Prussian junkerdom.
* It would promote the prospects of
world government. For it would tend to
l)j-ihr about that consnou.-ness of world
solidarity of interests, that sense of
world unity, which alone will be able in
the future to prevent such |K >tilential
outbreaks of egotistic nationalism as
(lermany has exhibited.
The millions of the Fast are not to be
ignored. A place l>elonjrs to them at the
council table of the world. They have
a rigiit to a voice in the com in ft con
clave of nation* which shall take up the
task, at the conclusion of this war. of
making the world safe against the super
heated vanity of any one militaristic
nat ion.
The entrance of the yellow men and
the brown men into this conflict will j?ive
to it the Character it should have that
of the world struKßlmy to find and tie a
jburjflar, and not that of one nation be
»iny jealous of another.
This war is not France seeking ven
geance for 1870 against her former con
queror. it i* not Fngland s envy of Ger
many. nor Russia’s ambition in the
Balkans, nor Italy’s hate against Aus
tria. All these are are minor flames dex
trously fanned by r.erman intrigue. But
j they have been swallowed up in the
j mighty conflagration of h world on lire.
The war now is everybody against
[ P.ermany, Austria and Turkey. .Every
body against the breakers of treaties
i and the bringers of savage frightfulness
I into modern war. Everybody against
; the assassins of Serbia and Armenia and
( the rapers of Belgium.
This i* a war of mankind against the
common enemy, and surely the orientals
are human, and as such have their place
in the tight.
Laugh With Us
Tii* fnrm*r alleged » freight train of tho (P*-
frndnn' company ha<l io* on*» of his nmlco
"No*', M? Jon***,’ -Aid th** _____
aMorn«*> for th* corporation
to '} • n|!(t *'l J> '* > «.,0 . vJ
f'ciipl«-T! ’! *itn» -TanM _
A 111 \<r.; k.tuliV --II til** 'fl
in irt a)*• f; * r >r your : ■ .
mill* ta.ih <>) • **_ f ra< n. th Jig* •J' .
prop4-rf> of tii** dcf*>n<lHtC. | fIH
w iion hit !>y th- f"ilr i IP.*
"Well, sir.'' replied Mr
Jones. "1 didn’t wl??i*rh th** occiincnce. b*it I
ruPl'orc »hine/» must have he* n ai*ouf nn you nnj.
This wa- a pretty bright nail*, and I rr kon if
that train had t«*ok out after bitn In the
which fririt** the tra« k there where he was klll*-d
he would have (rot behind a tree.”
An Irishm in and a o* «#-r* arguing ns to
the merits of their respective countries.
"Ah, wef'l,” s«,d Snnrly, **»hev
. . t(_le down an old f .istlr. in Sint
1 land a.nd found many w Ir» -un
JA A ,V r !*• »hlch shows ti.al ihe
jKL . , J t* !• graph was i noun thr-re
Czf i \ ho*»r dr* tls *;' u ai* ago
L _ ' Well - o<| f*(• "t| ■ Tore
down an otild castle In Oi*w
P land. an«l. hegorra. fh*-re wa
no wires found untfher I*,
which shows that they knew all about wireless
telegraphv in (Mfeland hundreds av years Ago ”
A man who «aa addicted to drink supported
himself in a small city hy giving lessons Ills
vie** gradually became known,
and he lost mo«r of his pun*!* ——-y
in consequence A frier.d nr hi« j jjy
took It upon himself to ad JnA !
mrinish the t#-ach*r to reforin J j
i.o*.k here,’ be said, "yotj S 4 -f'Jj
«< holars in , '1 ’uj
town if you would give up ' n I
drinking Why not do it?" ***£+ '
“What are you talking
about'" was the indignant reply. **T am giving
lesaows in order to h* able to drink Khali I
five up drinking in order to obtain achoiara!"