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War Obliterates Baiindaries of Farms in "No Man's Land" By EDWIN 1V. HULLINGEIR (United Press Correspondent) Ypres. Belgium.--(By Mail. - Thousands of Belgian families prob ably never will find their former homes in No Man's Land. All means of identifying them have l)been shot away. They will find homes. of course, :omewhere in that desert waste, per haps on what used to be somebody else's home. But the exact location of their own sacred bit of ground may forever remain a mystery. Nearly five years of ceaseless bom bardment has obliterated the land marks upon which the pre-war land surveys were based. The old boun daries which distinguished one farm from another have literally been plounded into the earth-too deep for resurrection. New surveys will come in time probably more scientific than the old. Everyone who onec owned part of the great battlefield will receive something, equal il size and as near as Ipossible to where his former home is thought to have been. But in another sense, this can never comnpensate. Nor can the old peace of mind ever fully return to folk so attached to their own little piece of earth that nothing less than certain death from shellfire--and sometimes not even this---could in duce them: to desert it. This is one phase of tomorrow's hIluman story in that vast, cratery desolation which reaches here be yond eye-range in every direction Menace of the League of Nations Ly a single, and, at the same time, a simple illustration, Senator Spen cer of Missouri, in a speech in the United Stules senate plainly showed how great a menace to this country, particularly the Monroe Doctrine, the proposed League of Nations really is. If we had a map of the United States upon the wall, we would re fresh our inenmory by looking at tlie State of California. At the south of the State of (California there extends southward generally that long penin sula which is called Lower California. It lia. little agrieultural value. The cost of irrigation that would mnalke it agriculturally available is prohibi tive. BIut it has uponl its western border the' Bay of iMagdaleiia, the mnost wonldt'lIl ussOlblillg grouind for a navy iupon the whole Pavcific coast. excetpt plerhlats t he porl of San l'rallcisco, and it has greal fields lthat lendl tteiiselves to Ithe n bi,izan lion of an ll lly. If Japan Should Iluy Lower Salifornia. Lowel' Clifournia Ir': : ": Mexico. \le xico lhas longu oantell to sell. The distingutiheud senator froml Arizona ( Mr. Ashhnrst). has lupon more tiain onell oensionll adtvo cated the acqluisition tll Iof ower ('alif ornia ulponl t!he I.art of this govern illnt by lpurialcase. Mlexico has bieeni seeking a Iurchaser. Japlan has wantetId to buitvy. I do 1not kInow, nor does any other senator upon the floor of the senate know, that Japan has not already lougil.h Lower California,. When there is an article in comlnmerce andl he wiho has it is keen to sell and is nmet by sonie one, eager to buy andt 111n1 indful of th(e iprice, the consmll mated sale is apt to follow. If Japan has blought it, or if .Japan should buy it. it incidentally has be conle or would beconle the territorial integrity of Japan. They have as much right to buy Lower California as we had to buy the Virgin Islands from Denmnark not long ago. It that sale has been completed, or should be comllleted in the future, what stands in the way of the transaction? Nothing in the world except the an nouncemnent and the enforcement of ou1r own Monroe Doctrine. If we could imagine the Japallnese anlibas sator sitting upon one side of the table and the Mexican aimbassador sitting upon the other side of the table negotiating about Lower C(alif ornia, and could witness the con clasion when the Japanese anlbas sador said. "There is your money," and the Mexican amlbassador said, "there is your deed," the transaction would be complete. If either one of them had lifted his eyes ever so little, he would have seen the strong armn of the manhood of the United States tieel.ring to tile ambassador of Japan, "You dare not buy," and to the ambassador of Mexico, "You dare not sell property that shall come under the domination of Japan and UNION MONTHLY PLEDGE LIST BUTTE LOCALS. Barbers' union. Bakers' union. Rubber and Tire Workers. Theatrical and Stage Employes. Typographical union. Electrical Workers, No. 65. Workingmen's union. Plumbers' union. Tailors' union. Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers, Laundry Workers' union. Stereotypers' union. Pressmen's union. Building Laborers and Hod carriers. Musicians' union. OUTSIDE LOCALS. Cascades Trades and Labor Assembly. Sand Coulee Miners, No. 2020. Sand Coulee Miners, No. 8907. Lehigh Miners. Sheet Metal Workers, Great Falls. Steam and Electrical Engineers, Missoula. Yellowstone Trades and Labor association, Billings. Brother of By. Carmen, Miles City. Machinists' union, Livingston. Teamsters' union, Billings. Typographical 'union, Anacon da. once one of Belgium's most beauti ful farming districts. As yet, very few homneseekers have returned. Of these, some iook one despairing look at tlie miles of water logged shell areas and climbed back oi a train for the iplar fronl whence they camne--to wait a few monthF more until the process of reclamna tion has had tine to make a little progress. Others ire still searching along the ruined trenches and shell holes, filled with marsh grass and stag nant water for c'lunes to 1 ehir homie. The big stone at the corner boun dary--and from which, Ilerhaps, all surveys were mnade---the well inll he front yard. the house. the barn, the shade tree over the gate---all have situply disappeared unlder war's ter rible effacemient. Nothing remains to indicate where'they once were. What will lhappen when the real vanguard of the exiled Artadians fin ally arrives? Opinions here differ. Sonie piredict a general scratmble to stake out plots on the imost desirable --or rather leais unlldesirable. -loca tions, a mild restaging of somlle of the incidents in our own Alllerican history, such as when lthe squatters rushed into the middle west. And then a long series of diisputes and compnlications whenl others ar rive, who believe themselves the rightful owners of the "claims," with probably years of legal entangle ments in court. For it is easily con ceivable that under prevailing con ditions it. might be extremely diffi cult to dislodge a claim juniper.. thal lies upon the threshold of the American Republic." What WVourl Follow Its Purchase by Yet, with th at sale consummnlated, or to be consullnilated, with Lower California a patirt of the territorial integrity of Japan. there is not a man in the senate who does not know that the news of that transaction would not be 24 hours old before an American arlny woultd be marching to Lower California, and before the Japanese outlposts ulpon the pointl at Magdalena Bay would see the smoke of Almerican milen-of-war advancing to drive out the Jalallpanese fleet from its assembly grounds. And when the troops cami te oil their way, and the fleet procecedled toward the bhay, un der this treaty what would Japan ilo? Sihe would say to England and to France and to Italy. the nations whose sons have Ilingled their blood with the blood of our own, "Come; the United Stales by external aggres sion is invading my territorial in tegrily. and t demland of France and England and Belgiulm and Italy that you rally around me and fight with mie, to offs:et. the Americ(an army that I see advancinllg and thle Almerican nlary that is sleainillg toward my vessels." If France and Ernglanld and Italy and BIelgiun kept their word as it is written in this trealy, they would 1hbi round io colne to the assist lnce of Japanll as against tile United States. 3lonlroe Docmrine Our n011':y If you say that ithe langullage of the treaty is that aI regional under .tanlding, wvhatever a regional lun derstanding may be, like the Molroe doctrine, lroltects lthat territory against acquisition by pullrchase, as I have illustrated, you Ihae Inade a proposition which fails upon the con tenmplation of it. for lthe Monroe doc trine is nieither international nor re gional. It is a self-protecting propo sition. which had its origin in Ilhis conntry alone, and which lmust have its enforcelmellt alone from this na tion. Before the treaty of peace, includ ing the League of Nations, with pro visions. such as I have indicated, can ever meet with the sallction of Alner icn, there must be written into it, not by interpretation. but by inseparable reservations which shall he inter woven into the language of the ratification itself, that nothing in it shall ever lessen or destroy the Mon roe doctrine of the United States (Applause in the galleries.)--Chi cago Republican. T.he Car of Progress 0- Cr lBy "OBSERIIEII." Two classes humnan kind divide. '1hlse pull the car, the others ride., Wage earners and the farmer folk. their business is to wear the yoke and like a bunch of well-trained steers, to drag along the charioteers. To spur the cattle to their load, and keep the outfit ill the road, re quires of coulse, all ample goad. In chief a servile lying press. Some corward preachers help.. I guess. Tyrannical. implerious, hold, as RIonman despots were of old. bi" business flourishes the goad and Ihowls along a. varying road. Quite smnooth at times, and then with jolt and fall down where the cattle are or get ground up beneath the car. Class consciousness, does it abide, I think you. with those who drive and ride, and fix a servile, galling yoke upon the necks of common folk' Such consciousness begins to find a lodgement in the toilers' rnind. It slowly penetrates their hide that they're as good as those who ride. For centuries of graft and greed have not produced a nobler breed than have the years of honest toil in nmill and 11ine and on tile soil. Still I surnmise the cday draws near when all class strife shall disappear. For in my heart the thought abides. that they who pull and he who rides shall some day all join hands in one and push the car of progress on. FACTSF OR 8ULLETIN BOOSTERS GENERAL OFFICES: 138 'N. La Salle Street, Chicago, 1ll., Oct. 29, 1919. Butte Bulletin, 101 S. Idaho St., Butte, Montana. To the Manager: Dear Sir and Brother: We were very lluc(h pleased with your cartoon of Monday. Oct. 2V, entitled "Stuck!" You are surely getting out a paper that ought to bring dtown the wrath of the profiteers on your head, and the thanks of the common people. We are writing to ask if it would be possible for you to send the cut which you used for this illustration, in order that we might reproduce it in our National Co-operative News. Yours for co-operation, NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, By C. F. L. Towanda. Pa., Oct. 28, 1919. Editor Butte Daily Bulletin, Butte. Montana. Dear Sir: I am formerly a Butte miner: I amn greatly interested in your progress for the welfare of Butte. . I am enclosing $1 money order for Bulletin for one month, so I can get tome truth of the steel and (prob ably) coal strike. C. McG. R. D. No. 1, Towanda, Pa. Wallace, Idaho, Nov. 7, 1919. Butte Daily Bulletin Pub. Co.: Enclosed you will please find $5 in postoffice money order for six months subscription to the Bulletin. Can't go without it, as it is a great paper to tell the truth. I have quite a bit Sf difficulty in getting my paper regular, as often-times Ilwouldn't get. Ilny for three or four days. and, then again, I would get three or four copies at once. Sometimes 1 would get them all torn up and sometimes I would not get any. It seems the postoffice here is neglecting their duty. Am a little late in sending the money for the continuation of my subscription, as I neglected to watch the label on the paper. C. F. T. Wallace, Idaho. Baird, Mont., Nov. 8, 1919.. The Butte Daily Bulletin, Butte, Montana. Dear Doctors: I have been taking your medicine, off and on, for the past year, and have gained a degree of health that I thought impossible at the time 1 commenced. However, depending on getting my supply from I my neighbors, I have missed doses now and again, which led me to try other remedies with disasterous re sults. For instance, the other day Some kind intentioned passenger threw off a copy of the "Missoulian" and a copy of the "Whiner," and, as I was suffering at the time for lack of mental fodder, I ignored their stench and took them eagerly. It is nI edless to say what happened-I was horribly physicked. My consti Stution, which had become almost free of poison under your treatment, could not stand the putridity of such nostrums. As I am still weak and trembly over my experience, I am enclosing a check to cover cost of a three-months' course of your regular I, daily treatments. Yours very truly, F. H. Baird, Mont. i WITH THE EDITORS TlE. JPRINTING( PWESS Is the tliachine gun of the workers --why support your masters' press? Listen to these timely words of New Democracy: The printing press is lhe machine gun of the workers. A niajority of the workers are still engaged in us ing this machine gun in the interest of thle exploiters against their own class. The labor press could be a most powerful weapon in the hands of the workers if they had the knowledge to identfy themselves with it. As it is, the worst enemies of the labor press are to be found among the working people, among those whose interests that. press is fighting for. The reason for this is simply ignor ance. and the ignorance of the masses of the people is the mainstay of cap ii alist exploitation and class rule and also class justice. To overcome this ignorance, or rather the fortifica tions of self-deception, intellectual laziness and lack of self-confidence that surrounds it, more is needed thanl merely education. Education remains futile if it is not met by tlie will to be educated, and this will be absent in many cases. It is the logic of events that must serve as ant eye-opener. It is the dialect of inexorable facts, as they are produced by the social life of so ciety, that must function as an edu cator. Things are more eloquent than words; conditions are more convincI ing 'than arguments; fact outweigh reasons. Let reality do its work, let reality prepare the soil into which the labor press will then be able to sow the reed of thought. The masses of the working -people can stand a good deal in the line of injustice, exploita tion. abuse and deception, and our *fathers" were entirely justified in raaying that "all experience hath shown that mankind are more dis posed to suffer while evils are suf ferable. than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomled." On the other hand, a good, wide awake. up-to-date labor paper can mlake a person feel very uncomforta ble, inasmuch as it compels its read ers to do some independent think ing, to form judgments of their owil, to revise their old opinions, convic tions and coienceptions of things, and to act intelligently. A good labor paper is a great stim ulator, and most people do not want to be stimulated; they prefer to sleep and to dream, and whenever they have a desire to look at the world Anoka, Minn., Nov. 16, 1919. The Bulletin Pub. Co., B.itte, Mont. Gentlemen: I am enclosing money order for $9.50 to apply on my sub Ascription. The Bulletin is certainly Se most daring and best labor paper APPEAL AID y hearty wishes for your success and continuation. Yours fraternally, T. McK. Wallace, Nov. 3, 1919. The Butte Daily Bulletin, Butte, Mont. Dear Sir: Enclosed please find Added pressure it hI,'in_ brouglht to hear on the Bullelini advertiseol's anrid itely several of money order of $5 for subscription theml have beeni for'(e. lt, wilthdh'aw Iheir Ipltlonogl.'. to your paper for six months. 1 really appreciate greatly your The Shiner Fnur'itui re 1Co., one of the Ihlltclin's first patrons, has been induced by 'ae wh'oring sclads and fihts fougr threals from the finat;(lial powers to disconlinue advertising in this publication; other adver- it here in town, but sometimes I don't tier's l'have l )een hoht',li..tn 1by the BSaime inflllttellCeS. I got them, so better I subscribe for it bto have them regularly every day, be As a result of lhe organiztiion of the Moinlaina l)ev\eloipent association, a child of the ce I won't be without them any A ,eoield) Mtiliig (:n. alntI ,is siubrllilllat illlteress, Ihie imterchants of this city and state are Very truly yours,, being wlhipped into itno otl, tire to he used as icatsltWS fo'r the sinisler purposes of the co fIpt. For the education of the working tand despotic polilticl a.nl financial gro tIhat I ('otrols this state. Wallace, Idaho. War on the free press is one of the most iliporlaltt 'features of the intensive canmpaign ieer T.odge, Mont., Nsov. 5, 19in. To the Editor, Butte Daily Bulletin, that is to be conducld t agilaitistl. he intlrests of the pIeoplle of this state. D)er Sir: Enclosed herewith, you wFill find $1.25 postoffice money or Freedom for Ihe privileged min)ority, alject shivery for the toiling majority, is the slogan! dle, same being subscription price to your paper for one month, and 25 The despots antd heir ltools do (n1t, feel safe, nor do they feel confident of success if a cents due on last month's subscrip press tihat dares to expose their schemes can be mainfained. tio find your .aer authentic on. I find your paper authentic on mining conditions, coal mining espe Tills is the reasll f(,I' the fi ght tto putn the Bulletin out of businOSS. cially---for I have had thirty years experience in coal mining in all its WVe believe tlint Iliet'e ae a sllffice.lt nliltner who a ppreciate the wvork the Billetin is detlartments, with its trials and un ldoin'[ to make the (C'alll|l1iaii agaiinst it a 'aiilirt'e. ijust conditions, beginning at the ten der age of nine (9) years, to aid a XWe appeal to all whlio believe ill ainitlaiini a free press to contril)ue to its Spport and I father lroen downith it miner's make upi the deficit cised by the w\ithdrawal of alvert'isilig. for the man of the mine. Respectfully, This is the best reply to the frenzied crew of proliteers who seem to believe that lhei W. B. J. SBear Creek, Mont., Nov. 19, 1919. Imasses are on earti1 siinply to supply their demands for someone to rob anid oppress. ;ianager, Butte Iulletin: Enclosed find check for $25 for Patronize the Blilletli adverlisers and tell itheni whyl shares of stock in Bulletin Publish ing Co.. for Local 4457, U. M. W. (live wihat you. can to the Free Press Fund so that the light for opllpression can continue .i A., Bear Creek, Mont. toladi the aultocrats will vet fle dctllleoiied! We are only a sntall local of about ye 0 men; have been on strike for We receive daily dozens of lIllers similar iiin otte to those in this advertisement, and w te three weeks, as we were forced to go Itli strike at the Flaherty mine about know that the Bulleliil meets willi Ilte approval of its readers. foour days prior to the general strike We certainly would like to do more It is for this rarSll tieat WO fee justificd ill asking their contintuted support. 'for the BIulletin, but because of the strike it is all we could do until we ireturn to work. :We look upon the Bulletin as the ibest paper in the state to defend the rights of the working class. And as the masters' press is doing its utmost to put it out of business, we certainly must do all we can to ikeep it going. AYou might oblige and let us know how ninuch would 15 copies of the S , 0 weekly edition cost, Saturdays' pre Iferrd. Would gladly accept same any time you send them. Fraternally yours, J. M. The Bulletin Publishing Co. lt tio, Butte, Mont. I Gentlemen: You will please send iPe the Bulletin for one year. I en 1 1 S Idaho St close check for $9.50 to pay for it. Publishers, 101 S Idaho St. I like to read both sides of any Squestion of public interest, and like .. Respectfully yours, * * -- l J. H. H. at all, they like to do so through the rose-colored glasses of the capitalist pr'Oess. Thus you see the labor press ihas to fight against two ironts; agalilst cap italisml on one side, and against, the prejudices, the intellectual laziness, and the lack of initiative of the work e;:.I themselves. Bul the fight is alb soluttly niecessary; there is no way of avoiding it. The labor press has become in displensible to mlodernl sociity in gen eral and to the working class in par ticular, and it will and nmust continue the fight for social justice and real democracy, even though its worst enemies pretenld to speak and toi act ill the name of Ile worling class. KAISER MONUMENT NOW BEARS YANKEE TRIBUTE Tarnopal, P1olvnd.-- (By Mail.)--I The German monument erected in honor of the haiser's visit to Tarno piol in 1917 liha been turned into an allied memorial. Instead of destroying the nlonu ment as the Germans did with all allied memorials, the Polish people have simply added their inscription to that of the Germans andl turned the ionument into one of praise for the allied forc·s. Duiring the (cctllupation by the Ger nlan troops the huge mon lloiumenllt was erected,- bearing tlie inscription, "William II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia, stopped here on .July 28S, 1917." It was a division of Polish-AmUeri cans, members of the Frenich army, that took the town for the Poles, and Sthey simply added t hi is inlscription, "and on July 4. 1919i'. the Sixth divi sion of American ('hiasseurs entered Ithe town. They ' tay.id." WEST VIRGINIA NEGROES LYNCHEO iY WHITE MER (Special onii,', I'riss W ire.) Huntington. W. -a., Dec. 1 .- Two negroes ' who were alleged to have killed EdwUard Neck of Logan county, were lI;t;'aI froni a I train andl. lynched by a nmb ;. Cihaptminasville; on Sunday night. according to a re-i port received ht.lt:. 0- -- - ---- -- / ONLY WAITIGC (W ith apologies to 'I, u .lis oiut:;lon Only wailiting till the workers Aiwaken froml their sleep: Only waiting till the shirl.-hs A,\1re orced to earn their li op; Till the night fr1om earth is ladetl And p1)overtiy is gone. T'ill the dIawin ofr light is broa king 'lThrough lpro'judice tl rd sic !ll, Only waiting till the toilers Hlave at last galthered 11ol0 All the riches that the spoilers Hlave ever claimiied to own. Qulickly reapers gatherl' The last ripe shock of wheat, Ih'iftlr tihe thiein ing parasites 'Ph rightful owners cheat; Only waiting till the thinkers )lopn wide f'reetdorm's gate ItBazenly closed by the botchers \Vithunt vole or debate. Till eaciht prisonetr tried and true Is set at liberty To enljoy theI lighil and sunllshilne That Ilnature gltve so free. Only warlling till the children Are' forcd, no mlore to toil Irn gloomy sahops and factories, rTo increase rolbars' spoil Tl'ill all (ur sufferinlg sisters No lonIger' klno~w tile want That forces tholn to walk tihe streets, ) tishonoreia i i'' t he shnlllb i they Only w;.v i:ng i till the traitors - 'I hoel i rit of ilsane greed-- - A\r doinr g sri le useful labor 'To a1lone for their misdleeds; Til the editors and fakirs Xith Ii heir politics and creeds,` And the rnasters wild lawr-nuake'rs Are raked out like Iad weeds. Only waiing till the evil iFroI. . out the world is iorn; Only waiting till tihe devil IHais galthered ihonme his own; Evein now I (hear the footsteps Of free minli oni their way, \'li'n rthey call nme I aul waiting, ,lst wailing for tilh day. - P. C. 'i\\" I 'NII'IPAIAZE IJI'E.. (Special l'nited Press Wire.) New York. Der. I6.--The heads of I several New York traction companiesi and the city officials are working on t plan 1ihireblry thei city will take over the trlnslporaltiona lines, it became known today. Biulletin Want Ads Get Results. Phone 52. Your Spare Time Can be spent profitably in reading literalure which is educational, entertaining and amus ing. The Bulletin has for sale the following: Copies Price 24 The Subsidized Press ...........-......50c 13 Wealth of J. P. Morgan ............--------c 54 Debs in Prison ...------------................--..........25c 356 British Rule in India -----------................. 10c 15 Lessons of the Revolution ------............10 5 Good Morning, Oct. 1 .............------...--..10c Cl' International Notes lBy JOHN IlI.:. C('HI1IR, IN THE PR()OLETARIAN. About the middle of October the Ilopes of thl' coullter-revolutionists rall high. "lPetrograd is about to F';all"--"Food supplies are on hand to feed the starving population"- "If the city is not captured sooni thou santlls will lie of starvation a nd dis ease"---so said the leading ipapers of Christelldoml. Buti the wo1men alnd children are being left to starve. due to the continued blockade of Chris i lian capitalism, for the' ia ies of detmIocracy and civilization anlld hu iatn proglress have not only failed to reach the "strickenl city," but evi dently have been badly deftxetted altnd driven back by the red army defend ing Petrogra)"d. 'Tlhe main rIteason for the advance of General Yudenitch. inl fact for the whole forward miovemnent anld tile at tempt to capliture Petrograd, was a desperate effort to defeat the pl(lls for a gteneralI peace in the Baltic states. Stuc'h a peace was to be niego tiated between' the bolsheviki and the sthllonians. Letts.and Lithuanians on or about Oct. 25. The soviet policy of .:elf-d!eterminlationl is a genulillne one. yet the l;ourgeoisic in the conu tries in qllestion, however nlmuch they I desired independence, feared to make peace with red Russi;a. They pre ferred to intrigue with the allies for support for their feeble armies so as to continue to oppose the soviet forces, hoping to see bourgeois gov ernment re-established. The czaristic attitude of the anti red generals, Kolchak, Denikin and Yudenitch, has thoroughly disillu sioned them as to the stand of these gentlemen on the question of Baltic independence. Added to this was the sudden onslaught of the Baltic barons under the leadership of the junker general, Von der Goltz. Fin land, too, has come to realize that these feudalistic mIil HOT ASHES ('AU'SE FIIIE. A small fire, caused by hot ashes being dumped in the basement of the Belmont house on East Quartz street, called the fire departments out at S:40 last night. The blaze was soon extinguished without a loss to the property. Bulletin Want Ads Get Result. Phone 52. SAY YOU SAW IT IN BULLETIN