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PAGE FOUR TILE AKIZOxNA KEiJUi!U.OAW, SUJNDA MUKA1NI, ArKlL 28, W18 1 THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN PHOENIX. ARIZONA Published Kvorv Morning by the ARIZONA PUBLISHING COMPANY All communications to be addressed to the Company; Office, Corner of Second and Adams Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Phoenix, Arizona, aa Mail Matter of the Second Class. President and General Manager Dwight B. Heard Huslness Manager Chr.rles A. Stauffer KUltor . J- w-S?f" News Kdlor H. W. Hall SUBSCRIPTION RATKS IN ADVANCE Paily and Sunday, one year -' Iiaiiy and Sunday, six months W Dally and Sunday, three months I-Jjj Iiaily and Sunday, one month MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Receiving Full Night Report, by Leased Wire. fne Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches cred ited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. ti:i.i :ri i' in ;:h Business, Advertising or Circulation ....4422 Want Ad Department 1881 Editorial or Newe 3J Job Printing 44 General Advertising Representative, Robert E. Ward; New York Office, Brunswick Building; Chicago Office, Mailers Building. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 28, 1918 There are two freedoms the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where a man is free to do what he ought. Charles Kingslcy. Give Us Unadulterated News Again the news from t'ue western front is of a depressing character and the worst way we can handle it is to try to minimize it. We think that a mistake is made in trying to detract from the serious ness of It; by frequent allusions to the heavy casual ties being inflicted upon the enemy, to the success of raids here and there and to other matters too trifling in themselves to obscure the general movement. Of course there are heavy casualties and naturally the most of them fall upon the enemy as they must do upon the side attacking a stubbornly defended posi tion. The heavy casualties were on our side last sum mer when we were driving over the same ground which is being traversed again. These things are matters of course and it seems , useless and worse than useless to refer to them. The worse than uselessness is in the effect they must produce upon ourselves. The first thing we think of or suspect is that the men who compile the news for us are trying in a weak and futile way to camouflage the real situation. When one begins to camouflage we lose confidence in him. We suspect that he may go to the extent of plain lying, gross misrepresenta tion, and any representation he may make to us at once falls under suspicion. We know by the map that within the last month the Germans have made remarkable gains. Whether or not they have fallen short of their expectations we cannot say, but if they expected more than they have wo we would then have thought that their expec tations were insanely wild. The allies certainly ex pected nothing like this to happen. But now we are not so sure that the bitter end is not yet. That, however, while a matter of regret is no cause for depression. The Germans may take all the channel ports and still they will not win. They cannot win. They can only intensify the purpose of the allies to continue the fight until there shall be neither root nor branch of Prussianism. America has yet bnt a small and infinitesimal part of its force in the field. It will be doubled many times over within the year and the war though four years old, is yet young. We shall overwhelm Germany with men, with cannon and with airplanes. It will not be this year or next but ultimately and certainly. So, the fall of Ypres and Amiens if they fall, will be mere incidents which can have no in fluence upon the destined end of the struggle. That is the thing to be borne in mind in the midst of bad news.. We need none of the minimizing ' with which it is foolishly sought to sweeten bitter The Only Way to Peace Within the League to Enforce Peace of which former President William H. Taft is the head there is another organization known as "Win the War for Peace." It will hold a convention in New York on May 16 under the auspices of the league. The league is aware that peace can be enforced only by winning the present war for until Germany has been con quered there can be no power to enforce peace even though all the rest of the world were agreed. So we can have the kind of peace sought by the league only by fighting, and the league is under no illusion as to the duration of the war. It recognizes the deadly seriousness of the conflict and the hopelessness of a permanent peace by a compromise with the enemy of peace. Recently Mr. Taft in response to a direct question as to the plans of the league made this statement: "The successful working out of the plan of the League of Nations to Enforce Peace depends primar ily on winning victory over the kaiser and the Pots dam gang on the western front. The whole energies of the nation should be devoted to that by adequate preparation. "We face a two or three years' war and we should. In our draft, provide now for an army of 6,000,000 men, train them and, as our ships are built, send them ,over- "With these we can win the war, and when we do, all the nations. Including the German people, made amenable by defeat of their present vicious leadership, will be anxious to make a league to prevent another war. "We cannot make progress by further debate with Germany and Austria. Blows are the only arguments now possible to win permanent peace." That must be the answer to the pacifist and the near-traitor. Blows are the only answer that the German war-lords and the people under the'm'c'ah' understand. A decisively beaten Germany is the only one thnt we can make a treaty with and it must be so decisively beaten that it will make little differ ence whether the rest of the world makes a treaty with it or not. , Urged on by the spirit of world-conquest the Ger mans have paused at no 'sacrifice of moral' obligations ' or specific treaty declaration. Ambition for world power, desire for conquest these have been the only ruling considerations. Millions of armed men and back of them more millions represent the only pos sible answer to German arrogaance and lust for dominion. Mr. Taft may not be right as to his figures. He Is certainly right In principle. We must prepare to call upon the last man and the last gun to make the victory sure and the peaca of the world secure. No Battle Ground Here The offensive being conducted by Jess Willard and his manager. Col. J. C. Miller, against Minneapolis and ;at of the Germans against the apparent im mediate objectives of Amiens and Ypres are dividing public attention. We think the first should be dis posed of, though the latter at present is beyond our reach. We should, however, do what is at our hand. If Willard and Fulton are crazy to fight let them be taken to France where the fighting is already staged. There is no need of a battle ground in Min nesota or anywhere else' in the United States. We suppose that both Willard and Fulton are within the draft age. If so, why are they running at large? Col. Miller is perhaps too old to fight but he can make himself useful 'in kitchen pojice duty, the function of the kitchen policeman being, as we understand it, to peel potatoes. The fewer warriors o this kind we have in this peaceful country, the better it will be for all of us. It is said that It costs between $4,000 and $5,000 to shoot off one of those big guns with which Paris is being bombarded. That cost is exclusive of the wear and tear of the gun. But that is not the most expensive gunnery on record. In the United States court in Phoenix yesterday it was found that iu cost a citizen $3,000 to shoot off his mouth and that was exclusive of the wear and tear of him for five years at "11-worth." The more we see of the gyrations just south ot the Mexican border the more thoroughly we are convinced that we erred by omission to make a clean up there three years ago so as to be ready for a real war. The Rose Carnival in Phoenix was a demonstra tion of Phoenix roses and in that honest respect it differs from the annual Pasadena flower carnival where often the flowers are brought all the way from hot houses as distant as Kansas Sity. It is nothing to go "over the top" in Arizona, but Arizona is going higher this week. Its limit is the end of the period fixed for the receiving of sub scriptions to the Liberty bonds. Such self-denial as we have exercised since we got into the war will nicely prepare us for the greater sacrifice we must make before the war is over. If people are not patriotic they should be made to act as if they were. THEN THEY SHELLED THE NUTS My brother wrote me about a dinner some of the soldiers gave for two visitors at camp, members of a famous Canadian regiment, who were home on sick leave . The sergeant had been carefully coached about giving the toast, but became flustered and this is what he made of it: "Here's to the gallant Eighth, last on the field and first to leave it." Silence reigned, then the corporal came gallantly to the rescue: "Gentlemen," he began, "you must excuse the sergeant; he never could give a toast decently; he isn't used to public speaking. Now I'll give a toast: "Here's to the gallant Eighth, equal to none." Chi cago Tribune. FOCH AS SHE IS SPOKE From us you'll hear no scornful "Tush!" When others laud the name of Foch. We leave the Teuts to murmur "Bosh!" When people speak in praise of Foch, The secret service men should watch All aliens w ho disparage Foch, And pinch the first who dares to broach An adverse thought concerning Foch. Come! Voice, your feelings toward the Boch! A trio of huzzas for Foch! Chicago Evening Post. CAT NEEDED TUNING The landlady bustled up to her new lodger as he came down to breakfast the first mornin. "Good morning, sir," she wheezed. "Good-morning," said the lodger. "I hope you've had a good night's rest," said the landlady. "No," said the mild-mannered littlo man. "Your c-at kept me awake." "Oh," said the landlady, tossing her head. "I suppose you're going to ask me to have the poor thing killed." "No, not exactly," said the gentle lodger. "But would you very much mind having it tuned?" Pitts burg Chronicle-Telegraph. A PROTECTIVE POLICY A colored recruit said he intended to take out the full limit of government insurance, $10,000. On being told by a fellow soldier that he would be foolish to pay so much when he was likely to be shot in the trenches, he replied: "Huh! I reckon I knows what I'b doin'. You-all don't s'pose Uncle Sam is gwine to put a $10,000 man in the first-line trenches, do you?" Boston Transcript. HUSBAND'S WORK IS WIPE'S. SAYS SHE f 4 111 r t , im W- j. i7,iwih rfwini Mrs. Benedict Crowell. Mrs. Benedict Crowell, wife of the assistant secretary of war, who is acting secretary in the absence of his chief, believes that it is a wife'8 duty to understand her husband's work and aid him all she can. The Crowells with their two children have taken a charming old house in one of the villages near Washington. J GOOD SCHOOL LUNCH Miss Dorothy Bailev. teacher of the school at Whitewater in Cochise county writes Miss Zimmerman, Home Demonstration Agent of the University Extension Service that the school lunch advocated by her has proved a wonderful success. Other county schools should follow their pattern. "Our equipment was purchased by the trustees at a cost of about $16. It consists of the following articles: 2 granite pails (3 gal.) 3V4 dozen wmte enamel caps; 4 dozen tea spoons (white metal), 2 dishpans. 2 white enamel bowls, 2 ladles, 1 large spoon, 1 butcher knife, 2 large serv ing trays. We use the stove for cooking at present. Later when the days are warmer we shall have an outdoor furnace built. Our cooking is very simple. On Monday broth or soup is served. If we have a soup bone the meat is used with vegetables for a. stew on Tuesday. The rest of the week we fall back on the good old pink bean. We find this easy to prepare and serve and it meets the approval of the children. With the one hot dish and the lunch the chil dren bring from home we serve an apple each day. The work of pre paring and serving the hot dish is done by the teacher and pupils. Two children are appointed to serve the rest, who are seated in their own seats. Three wash dishes and ' the other help as needed. The cost of the hot lunch as served in our school is slight. We served from 32 to 43 children, eighteen days at a cost of about $17. This purchased 4 boxes of apples, 60 pounds of beans, salt pork, potatoes, salt, soda, etc. The cost is divided among the children in proportion to the number of days present. Those who were present every day last month have been as sessed 52 cents and their share. "We believe we are headed in the right direction. We know our plan is a success, the satisfaction of our patrons tells us that, and with the help of the County Home Demonstra tion Agent of the University Exten sion Service, we are going on with the good work." o : I Where the People I May Have Hearing j The Honor Flag for Mohave Kingman, Ariz., April 21, 1918, Editor Phoenix Republican, Phoenix, Arizona. Dear Sir: It is my belief that the newspaper publicity regarding Liberty Bond ac tivities is about the best that can be had and for this reason I take pleasure in advising you that so far as I can determine Mohave county, which over subscribed its quota about a week ago, is the first county in the state to fly its honor flag. Our towns of Kingman, Oatman, Chloride, Hackberry, Yucca and Goldroad have each won an honor flag, and Oatman, I am glad to say, has won a star. I think that this little mining camp with a population of about one thou sand has made a fine record. Its al lotment was $58,000 and up to this morning it has subscribed $130,000, Mohave county's allotment of $125,- 000 has been exceeded up to the pres ent writing by about $100,000, - and we hope to win a star for the county flag. I offer you this information not in any sense of smugness but in the be lief that its publication will prove a stimulus not only to your community but to ours in the future. As chair man for the Third Liberty loan of Mohave county I vouch for the cor redness of the figures given you, you can use this information in your columns I think it will do Arizona and the government much good. Thanking you inanticipation, I am l ours, J. H. ROSEBERG, County Chairman STHSKS OF ALL THE PEOPLE Over and over again it must be reiterated that the purpose of War Savings campaign is to enlist all the people of the country in the vitally important work of putting at the service of the government the labor and materials it must have for the successful prosecution of the war. When it is said that in the present year the government is to spend a specified amount of money, what is meant la that the government most have, for purposes of war, goods and services valued at that amoeuat The goods are the supplies re quired in the shape of ships, air planes, shells, guns, rifles, motors, horses, clothes, and food for the sol diers and sailors. The services are the services rend ered by the fighting men and by all who supply the various requirements of the Army and Navy. These goods and services have to be provided now. And, if the government is to have, in the enormous volume required, the goods and services that need to be provided now, civilians who can not fight must go without many of the goods and services they used to enjoy in time of peace. This is inevitable, for there is not enough available energy and labor in the country to produce all that is required for the war and also to pro vide the comforts and luxuries we used to enjoy when there was no war. In short, the needs of the nation for the purposes of war can not be met unless we save, and save by go ing without the things that are not absolutely essential to the efficiency and health of the individual. When we save and lend to the government we transfer our spending power to the nation, and what the government spends is substituted for what we have been spending instead of being added to it. The success of our efforts in the War Savings campaign will be meas ured by the speed with which Amer ica's fighting strength is put into the war; by the ease with which the sec retary of the treasury finds a mar ket for successive issues of our war loans; and by the distribution of War Savings securities. While the sale of the War Sav ings securities is a very important feature of this campaign (the secre tary of the treasury having turned over to the War Savings organiza tions the great task of marketing this issue of $2,000,000,000 of War Savings Stamps) all of us who are in this work must keep constantly before us to spread the gospel of saving to win the war to every nook and corner of the land. How the money savings are in vested is of secondary importance. The vital thing is to, save labor and materials save man power reduce personal consumption In order to In crease the power of the government to command the men and materials it needs. Neglect of Old Glory Editor. Republican: Are Phoenix people less patriotic or more ignorant than the majority of Americans? I am sure that they can not be classed as either, and yet this is the question which quite naturally came to my mind yesterday while wit nessing the splendid Liberty bond pa rade. In all the time that I stood watching the demonstration from in front of the Adams hotel very few hats, I noticed, were raised in salute of Old Glory as time and again the colors passed by. I have seen dozens of patriotic dera onstrations since the beginning of the war, and in not one have I observed such seeming apathy as was displayed yesterday in this particular. No one would think of neglecting this honor if they were observing a patriotic parade in San Francisco, for instance. The hat of every male spectator is raised as the flag passes. This does not refer of course to the small flags nor flags drapped across automobiles and the like but to the larger flags carried at the heads of divisions etc Thinking that this item of patriotic etiquette has not yet reached Arizona, I deem it a patriotic duty to call it to your attention. Patriotically yours. A VISITOR FROM CALIFORNIA. THE FACE OF THE THING (By Edgar Kennison) "We must fight on until we have destroyed This Hateful Thing, of treachery and force, of which Ger many has shown The Face." President Wilson, What face is that, with visage dread, That, gloats o'er the dying and the dead; That knows nor shame, nor sacred Truth, But only power that is won by ruth 'Tis the face that came "with the Sons of Men" When Job was tried for his faith, and then Mocked at God and sought to prove His power for evil greater than love, But the man of God tho' sorely tried Out of the depths to his master cried: "I know my Redeemer lives alway; He will raise me up that last great day! Once again that sinister face, Mocks God's mercy and scorns his grace; We cry, like Job, when sight grow dim: t "Though He slay. . . will I trust in Him." Only the all-avenging God, Can help us break the tyrant's rod: To faith and service let us cling. And shame the face of the Hateful Thing. , o BUYS STOCK OF TIRES F. H. Shideler, manager of the Auto Tire company, Phoenix, is In Los An geles on a buying trip. He wired yes terday he had secured the largest stock of tires the company has ever handled her i n WASTE OF WATER POWER (Christian Science Monitor) The flood waters which go to waste annually in the great central valley of the United States, and often cause great destruction of property, if im pounded and employed in the develop ment of electric power, would render the use of mined coal unnecessary within the borders of the country. This statement has been made repeatedly by competent engineers, but appavently it has not yet made a very deep Impres sion on the public. Consideration cf the promise which "white coal" offers of a permanent solution of one cf the greatest ecnomic problems confront ing the nation would not now be inopportune. Do not wait till tomorrow phone that WANT AD, to The Republican and dispose of, or get what you want. BONDS or BONDAGE THIS company will appreciate the privi lege of handling your subscription to the Third Liberty Loan. As in the past two loans, we will make no charge for our ser vices. "We will gladly credit your subscription to any individual or organization you may designate. You may arrange to pay for your bonds on any of the following plans: Cash Government Plan, or Instalments, covering a ten months' period. THE PHOENIX SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST CO. "Phoenix' Only Savings Bank" Our Bond Fire The Liberty Bonds you buy will provide ammunition for these great war guns will build our ships and airplanes will feed and protect our soldiers and sailors. Through these Liberty Bonds every man, woman and child is given the most precious opportunity to aid their government in winning a war for humanity and freedom. Every American should be proud to share in this privilege to loan his country part of his earnings at 4 interest. Americans will sacrifice everything but honor to maintain it. Buying a Liberty Bond is not a sacrifice it is a good investment backed by the best security on earth. Buy a Bond that the Stars and Stripes will wave over us forever this is asked in the name of our defenders who have assured us of their willingness to sacrifice all, perhaps life itself. Back the Boys Up Buy a Liberty Bond This space patriotically contributed by C. P. Lee and E. T. Garrett, Public Account ants, 318 National Bank of Arizona Bldg.