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' WASHINGTON
OCTOB.ER 6, 1918
EDITORIAL PAGE
OF THE
WASHINGTON TIMES
The Race For Berlin
HEARD AND SEEN
By EARL GODWIN
w. THE NATIONAL DAILY 0g
ARTHUIl BRISBASTE. Editor and Owner
j EDGAR D. SHAW, Publisher
Entered as lecond class matter at the PostoMoe at Washington. D. C
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SUNDAY. OCTOBER . 1MI.
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Revolution and Dynamite
They arc racing to be first in the German capital first
to destroy Hohenzollemism.
There is a rumbling in the streets of Berlin already,
and in the cellars where the very poor live and starve in
honor of the Hohenzollern war.
That muttering of discontent heard when hungry
women gather before the empty shops, and when the men
from the gutter fight with Berlin's police, before the Bul
garian Legation that muttering, murmuring, and rumbling,
warn the Kaiser of what is coming, as the first rumbling of
Ithe great volcano told the people of Pompeii that the end of
their history had come.
It has- often been said that Voltaire wrote seventy
volumes, and that hi3 seventy -
Revolution.
Four vears of war and murder the Kaiser has enjoyed,
and he may have a fifth year
hallucination of victory.
,- Thousands of volumes will
five vears of war. Thousands
write in small type the names of the men, the women, and
children murdered by the Kaiser's act and will.
When the Kaiser's part is done, when his killing is
.ended, when all the volumes of his murders are complete,
another volume will be added, and that will be ixua
GERMAN REVOLUTION.
That revolution i3 coming, it is on the way, the force
back of it travels toward Berlin, toward the Kaiser's palace
at Potsdam, from every corner of Germany, from every
family that has been put in mourning, from every miser
able creature crippled and starved to satisfy the Kaiser's
insane vanity.
The German revolution is talked now in the gutters,
the cellars, the slums, where hunger is most fierce, and re
sentment most bitter.
' It is spreading to the great mass of workers, taken in
middle age and sent away to be killed.
That revolution against Hohenzollemism, is deep in
the hearts of millions of German mothers, who have seen
their sons led out to butchery, while the Kaiser's six sons
all-safe, have grown fat, adding medals to their chests, and
pounds to their weight.
Our American flying machines are swiftly building.
And their flight at one hundred and fifty miles an hour
will be swift when the flying-machine war starts, and swift
IN THE DIRECTION OF BERLIN.
Before the German revolution shall have developed
strength to seize the Kaiser and his six sons, our flying
machines may be waking the echoes in Berlin's streets at
night, dropping dynamite through the roofs, searching out
ithe Kaiser's palace. .
But whether it be the flying machine from America, or
the bloody hag revolution that shall first reach Berlin,
there is no doubt that revolution will reach there in time.
In the bitter thoughts of the Kaiser today, and in the
horrible days that await him, there is a vengeance for the
women, children, and men that he has murdered during four
years past.
. NEVER DOUBT THAT IF THE KAISER ESCAPES
DYNAMITE FROM THE AIR, THE PRUSSIAN REVO
LUTION WILL GET HIM AND END HTM. From that
certain end, only flight now could possibly save him.
And whither could he fly for safety? What country is
there that would not seize upon him as a common murderer,
.try him, and execute him?
If he went to England he would probably be hanged
'for murder, with the swift justice for which England is
famous.
, If he came to this country, he would be tried for
murder and executed, to a dead certainty.
And if the French get him, whatever might be left of
,him when the mob got through, would be beheaded on the
Place de la Roquette in Paris, where all the common mur
derers are guillotined.
The race that the world watches is the race in this
picture. Swiftly, with the loud noise of the engine, and
explosion of falling dynamite, the flying machine does
its work.
Silently, quietly, through the air, from below, from
above, from all parts of the land, the power of revolution
..gathers and travels.
It is moving onward now in Germany. The move
'ment will not stop. The fate that overtook the Russian
Ozax when revolution came in Russia will overtake the
Kaiser and his brood.
Nothing can stop it.
The only question is whether our flying machines or
German revolution will first begin work in Berlin.
With revolution at home threatening, with an iron band
tof international hatred keeping the Prussian within his
own land, pressing against him from the outside, you need
'not envy Prussians, from the Kaiser downward. They know
that they must pay.
Horrible as that revolution will be when it comes,
future historians, and the German historians themselves,
will say of it, what the great English orator and statesman
Fox said of the French revolution:
"HOW MUCH IT IS THE GREATEST EVENT
THAT EVER HAPPENED IN THE WORLD, AND HOW
MUCH THE BEST."
Revolution is on the way to Berlin, revolution that will
-end the Hohenzollern line of usurpers and murderers, and
. the rule of autocracy on this earth, and it will be indeed,
"much the greatest and much the best event that ever hap
pened in this world."
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Before long something will break out in the City
of Berlin, an3 wake that Prussian town from its four
years' slumber of murder outside and peace inside.
There is a race on to Berlin, a race between revo
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streets from the clouds.
In either case, there is an awakening coming to
Berlin. America hopes that her flying machines may
have ike pleasure of arriving first.
Whichever may arrive first, will arrive eventually
and work as revolution usually does, most unpleasant'
ly for the Hohenzollern murderers, and altogether for
the benefit of future generations.
of This Draft
Bet Your Money
A reader of this column puts up a
question for Mr. Hoover to answer.
Ha compares suear conditions In
New York city with, sugar conditions
as he finds them In Washington. D.
C, the Nation's cltr.'and comments
In this way:
"How Is it that the people In New
York city can buy as much SUGAR
as they need and mora it th wi.h
and never sign a single piece of
paper, wone cere In the Capital of
the United States and elsewhere, we
sign for what we get, which Is two
pounds per person a month, and
lucky to get It at that?
"This did not Impress me in the
first store I was In so much, but I
made it my buslnes to go to a num
ber of stores and found they were all
the same. No signature needed for
any amount of SUGAR wanted. AH
was needed was the cash.
"There Is something radically
wrong somewhere." ..
In the first place, there Is a CER
TAIN and EXACT amount of sugar
on earth. If we all eat twice as
much as we should, then that sugar
supply will dwindle twice as fast as
it should and there will be no sugar
left If the New York man does not
stand by his Government In all
things. Including the sugar ration,
then he Is doing his share toward
helping the Kaiser, and yon and I
will have to .tighten our belts a lit
tle more aid EAT EVEN LESS.
That's all there Is to that. Because
a man in New York has a chance to
Just About People
Have you seen a copy of the
American Army GAZETTE?
LIZ JOHNS is going around
town with a smile on his face al
most as expansive as his waistband
since he has brought the paper
"over the top." There Is hardly a
man in Washington that knows as
much about the army as our genial
mend, and his ripe experience is
certainly showing in the character
oi his paper. Pretty soon, Liz is
going to blossom out in a new suit.
The genial smile of CONGRESS
MAN ADDISON SMITH of Idaho is
so much in evidence around the
Capitol that he shared honors with
Uncle Joe in popularity. He's been
around the Capitol so long, first as
secretary to SENATOR SHOUP.
then as secretary of SENATOR
HEYBURN, both of Idaho, and now
as Congressman, that he is almost as
much of a fixture as his namesake,
"ANDY" SMITH, of Congressional
Record fame.
Speaking of Andy. He has a son
in the army and exhibits his picture
to his friends with pride. Andy
wears a smile that won't rub off.
and when looking at the picture of
his boy reminds one of nothing so
mucn as a aiona Lisa.
His office is in Statuary HalL
And thereby hangs a tale.
A constituent of CAMPBELL
CANTRILL was waiting for the
Congressman just at the entrance to
the old Hall of Congress. A guide
had stationed his party just under
neath the clock at the other side of
the room to hear the echo. Mr. Can
trill's constituent had had his
morning's morning and then
some. He wouldn't have been from
old Kentucky if he hadn't. The guide
kept repeating for the benefit of the
party, "Do you hear me? Do you
hear me? Do you hear me." The
surprised Kentuckian looked around
and saw no one else near. "Do you
hear me?" repeated the guide, and
the exasperated Kentuckian replied.
"Hear you, yer fool! Of
Gossip and Chatter
Who remembers the baseball teams
that played where Franklin Park
now stands? That was before the
Civil War. MIKE SCANLON played
there: so did EMMET URELL. E.
J. BABCOCK an" ohers?
"Who remembers." asks WILL
CHANDLER, "when Mrs. James
Brown Potter chocked society by re
citing 'Ostler Joe?"
How would you shock It today?
FRANK O'CONNOR, copy boy on
The Times, contributes a huge bale
of cigar store coupons to be turned
Into "smokes" for the boys at Walter
Reed his brother Is there.
ARTHUR DETMERS. an engraver
and an expert in the propagation
and culture ot dahlias, residing at
2519 Wisconsin avenue, Georgetown,
has eight hundred fine plants en an
unimproved lot in Quebec street
northwest. Tbe dahlias are just be
ginning to bloom. Mr. Detmers says
every ono of tlif flowers will go to
cheer the disabled and sick soldier
boys at the Walter Reed Army Hos
pital in Georgia avenue as ft present
from Mm.
Will the W. B. & A. Improxe;
As to your solid facts about the
Inconsiderate manner In which tbe
Washlneton. Baltimore and An-
' napolis Electric Railway Company
treat their patrons. Every day I
! observe the hundreds of passengers
; lined up. like cattle, waiting patiently
! to be loaded in the cars at Four
teenth and New York avenue. This
ruliway comi.i.iny should never have
be- h permitted to enter the city
prorr. Its enly reason (or entering
was to relieve the congestion on the
! regular. H street line, and. also to
On the U. S. A.
help Germany by depleting OUR
food supply, that's nq reason why
you and I should help the Kaiser
MORE by further depletion of the
food supply. Get that Into your
thoughts and nail It.
One condition which constantly
handicaps retail distribution of any
staple foodstuffs In New York city Is
In Its very size. It Is, of course,
much easier to Induce both the re
tall grocer and the consumer to live
up to his two-pound honor-ration of
sugar In a 'small town or even in. a
city the size of Washington than It
U in a metropolis like New York.
Moreover, the very large foreign
population In New York complicates
the whole proposition! Besides, it
Is worth bearing in mind that the
success of all sugar distribution de
pends in large measure upon, the
loyalty of each Individual retailer
and would-be purchaser.
If there is a bad condition In New
York, then it is np to everyone to
co-operate to make it better.
As for the matter of having the
consumer sign any pledge when par
chasing of the retailer, there Is no
nation-wide regulation to that effect
put out by the Food Administration.
It is a matter determined by the Fed
eral Food Administrator of each
State.
And finally, I understand thai the
condition In New York city Is well
appreciated by Mr. Hoover, and steps
are being taken to remedy the wrong
and stop the leak.
course I hear you. Now, what the!
do you want to say?"
The self-constituted chaperons
of the young women who are con
tributing their services to the Gov
ernment as war workers ought to
call a halt on their activities. I am
told by a young woman who is work
ing in one of the departments that
her landlady not only begrudges her
the use of her parlor for the enter
tainment of her friends, but insist
that they leave at 10 o'clock. This
is taking advantage of the demand
lor rooms with a vengeance. House
rules within reason are all right,
but it seems to me that the younr
women of the city should hardly be
censored for wanting to entertain
their men friends a little later than
10 o clock. In the summer time it
was not so bad. But it's getting a
little cool to tio much sparking in
the .parks. Remember, chaperons,
you were once young yourself.
Wherein We Record a Kiel.
WILLIAM F. SHEAN dropped Into
the office to register a lack concern
ing the attttnrlA nt w .,:..
hotel clerks.
He was here representing the
Seranton fPa.l RnnnT t tj. .
conference of retail dry goods and
ucpurunenc store interests.
Mr. Shean arrived In Washington
Tuesday night. Tried fifteen holels
in a vain endeavor tn t mnmt v
clerk would tell him of any probable
iuuuiius uuuse, ma ne nnaiiy op
pealed to a man on tha street, who
directed him tO a roam in fh nnrth.
east section of the city, where Mr.
Shean secured accommodations - for
me nignt.
He reoorta an nttmrinnnt nt inn
delegates at this conference and
claims an are relating similar ex
periences this morning.
Thanks to E. J. DtlFFY tnr n
cigar store coupons for the boys at
Walter Reed. Send 'em in. GEORGE
BABCOX will exchange them for
tobacco, which wounded and con
valescent soldiers want.
save, on expense, In maintaining a
human terminal at Fifteenth and H
streets northeast. The public will
submit only a short time to the pres
ent deplorable condition of affairs
and then It will leave the Washing
ton. Baltimore and Annapolis in favor
of the Baltimore and Ohio and Penn
sylvania Railroads, at a little more
expense but decidedly quicker time to
Baltimore. As soon as the Washlns
ton, Baltimore and Annapolis ob
serves a largo decrease In its pas
senger receipts, then prompt actloa
will be taken looking to the com
fort of the trarellng public
DAVID K. BURHANS
A. DRESNER, general manager of
the Genera! Film Exchange. 423
Ninth street N. W, has some good
Ideas on the subject of Liberty
bonds. I can't give you all of them
for I haven't room today: but here'a
a couple:
Bet Your Money on the U.S. A.
He Is the best in the paddock of
nations. He never lost k race;
never has been disqualified.
Buy Buy Buy
Liberty Bonds Today
Bonds. For Liberty. Liberty Bonds.
Songs of a Day Long Dead.
Lfcten to the cricket's song.
Singing on the hearth.
Recollections fond it brings
Of days once full of mirth.
Linen to the cricket's song
Singing here tonight.
Could I only call them back.
Those happy days ro bright
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