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By Victor McNnmght.
London, Feb. 7.—(Special Corre
spondence.)—in this article 1 hope to
picture for the reader at home some
thing of the life In London, aa it is
going on today.
Try to imagine a much larger, old
er and finer Boston, with its crooked
streets filled with Canadian and
Ansae soldiers on leave, jostling along
good-naturedly among the quiet, re
served townspeople.
Visualise the news vendors with
their afternoon papers, most of which
are about the size and shape of Mr. I
Past shop windows profusely
dressed with small articles skurry
uniformed messenger boys with little
round caps perched rakish ly over one
ear. or khaki-clad girls In pants and
puttees.
Include in the picture a very few
American civilians, thoroughly en
joying the kindness and hospitality of
Knglish cousins who have forgotten
that folk from the states were onee
smiled at as "provincials." You may
also keep in yOur mind's eye an oc
casional Yankee soldier, going about
quietly and helping thus to hulld up
the new tradition that Americans can
be. and probably are, well-behaved as
well as efficient.
The theaters are doing a capacity
business every night. That the pub
lic laste te com!ng around to things
American may be gathered from the
number of plays now +lew here
that lia^e previously appeared in
tCow York. A few of thsm are
"Nothing but the Truth,'* "Fair and
Warmer," "Qoing Up,"* "The LUao
jtamlao," and **Chnrtey"B Aunt."
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FKIDAV ISVISNING, FHBKUAKY 7, 1919.
LOAN SECURITIES
In the house of representatives at Washington the
other day there was a little discussion of the evidences
of indebtedness which the United States government holds
on account of war loans made to the European nations.
Mr. Mcliaughlin, of Michigan, said that our government
had for the loans which'It had made mere "scraps of pa
per" signed by representative of the borrowing nations
In Washington Instead of bonds as provided by law. Mr
Young, of North liakota, declared that these loans were
Secured by regularly executed notes, and th.it everything
was regular.
This matter is rather new, and we must confess to
unfamillarity both with the precise provisions of the law
authorizing the loans, and with the practice of our ofli
cials in following the letter of the law closely or other
wise. As a matter of fact, the subject is not one con
cerning which there appears to be need for excitement.
The United .States government lias loaned a good many
million dollars abroad during the war. Or, to put the
matter more accurately, the United States government
hUB loaned its credit to its neighbors abroad to enable
them to buy food, and ammunitions, ajd supplies of «v
ery kind from the citizens of the United States. All of
these loans, or practically all of them, have been for the
purpose of enabling our foreign customers to continue
their purchase of American, goods. The money involved
Jn the transactions hits remained on this side of the At
luntic,
As to .the security, It la taken for granted that there
is some written evidence that the money has been loaned.
That being true, the debt is just as effectively secured,
for all practical purposes, as if it were represented by na
tional bonds. There Is no such thing as security for any
International debt—save where tangible, property Is
pledged for the purpose—other than the custom which
civilized nations have of paying their hills. Any nation
may repudiate Its obligations if it sees fit to do so. In
that case the crodltor may collect by force, If he can.
But the nations recognize that It Is neither good morals
nor good business to repudiate Just debts, and they do
not do It so long as they have real governments.
MAKING MUCH OUT OF VERY LITTLE
Many, and far too many, people, some o£ them in
uniform and others in civilian dress, are coming back
from Europe, these days, with storlea and reports that
Illustrate the truth of the old. old saying in regard to
comparisons. These people balance the merits and de
merits of the several races or nations with which they
have been in contact—usually for only brief periods and
in conditions wholly abnormal—and almost all of them
show the tendency, condemned by every loglciarf, to ar
gue from the particular to the general. The result Is
the usual—the almost Inevitable—one of reaching Con
elusions entirely wrong and of exaggerating enormously
the importance of the irritability and antagonism tftat
Invariably arise when the representatives of unlike civil
izations rub up against each other.
Human beings, or the great majority of them, are
so constituted that differences In habits and standards
from themselves seem to ho evidences of Inferiority, and
it is this fact that accounts for the dislikes which'' not a
few of our soldiers have developed for tin? French and
Knglish troops with or near whom they have been bri
gaded. .Poubtless the French soldiers have done the same
thing as regurds both the English and the Americans, the
J-'n&llsh soldiers as regards the Americans and the Frencn.
Those who retail this sort of talk forget that ill
tempered gossip of the same sort can be collected In any
London a Larger, Older, Finer Boston
Lacks Youthful Enthusiasm of N. Y.
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FCRTHT5R CONCESSIONS
TO AMERICAN TASTE.
The hotels and restaurants have
also made further concessions to
American taste, or lack of it, by in
stalling jaza orchestras and banjo
bands. A big restaurant is advertis
ing a series of American balls.
These things are not being done to
attract Americans, because the num
ber
now
effort. The explanation lies in the
simple fact that London purveyors of
amusement have come to the conclu-
of our countrymen in London
Is too small to justify any such "1 Xr'
«at. th«\
fivunn's ••TrtinmnnAi"" nnnora FeStPO in AniPlica and
Bryan's "Commoner papers which
are displaying without criticism news
stories about Secretary Daniels' plans
for a great fleet of electrically pro
pelled superdreadnaughts.
Knglish people are In-
amount right here at home by anybody with time to waate
in listening to what our city and country folk aay about
each other or to What our city and country folk aay About
.a different parts of the country constantly indulge. Re
ally,' however, the inhabitants of the several sections
neither hate nor despise one another—they are only both
ered and fretted because their Ideas on a good many
subjects, most of them trivial, are unlike.
And that is all there is to the so solemnly exploited
hostility between the soldiers who only a few weeks ago
were risking their liven side by side in equally heroic and
effective defense of the cause in which they all believed.
—New York Times.
all things
pertaining to America. That the Lon
don public is pleased may be taken
as one more bit of evidence of the
growing feeling of good will for us.
So far as the visitor can see, Lon
don on the whole is very gay and
light-hearted. Great as was the feel
ing of relief in America when the war
ended, it was naturally far greater
here, where the people have had to
suffer more than most Americans
realise.
Prices are high in London fully
as high as In New York for most
things, and higher for many. Tlie
good old days of buying articles of
excellent value for very moderate fig
ures are gone, perhaps forever. The
quality of English-made clothing is as
genuine as ever, but one can buy as
cheaply at home in America. The
newspapers print articles every day
Or two warning of still higher prices,
saying that present wholesale prices
are aa high as prevailing retail prices
for stocks bought a few months ago.
M'fiAR AND BFTTKR
SCARCE AND HIGH.
Many articles of food are scarce.
Sven In the best hotels there Is no
cream-for coffee. Neither la there
fnfv Tw waitresses carry around
tat the pockets of their aprona little
bottles of saccharin* pllla, and the
*ho d—tree to sweeten his cof
fea or tea la given two or threa ot
'or ihe parpoao. Butter la
«oM out apartngty. White broad la
mnro pieaittful. but moat Mats
and aDan dear.
taw naoamplalnlngly
Mllnaa
KtvyvMi
SABOTAGEENDORSfi)
Among the many peculiar things to which the
league majority in the House of Representatives at Bis
marck stands committed is an endorsement of sabotage
and the-list of vile crimes of like character which are
known under a variety of names. This position was
taken when the House killed *thc bill making it a crime
to adyocate criminal syndicalism. The purpose of the
bill was to reach thos^ pests who urge the commission
of acts of violence and destruction as a means of* terri
fying employers to grant whatever demands their em
ployes may see fit to make. This method 's one winch
has been habitually employed by I. W. W. agitators, and
its malignacy has been folt especially in the country dis
tricts, where the most unreasonable demands have been
made, under tho threat, expressed or implied, that if
the demands were not granted the farmer emP'oyer
would suffer in the destruction of his property in any
one of a dozen criminal ways.
In rejecting this measure league members have de
clined to interfere in any way with 'the activities of the
agitators who each year arc responsible for untold dam
age, and whose activities Inject an element of uncer
tainty into tho whole business of harvesting crops.
Without such legislation the agitators have a frco hand,
and the members voting to kill tho bill have placed
themselves in the position of approving the threats of
violence which are habitually made, and, lnferentlaliy,
the commission of violence itself.
These members have placed themselves In the faise
position of approving something which they do not act
ually approve. These members are farmers, and they
know by experience something of what it means to have
the work of the farm interrupted through the agitation
of them who foment strikes, and who use the menace ot
violence as one of the method^ of winning strikes. The
farmer members of the legislature do not approve of
this. And the fact that they have voted to make it
easier and safer is a demonstration of the abjectness!
with which they have abandoned tho right to follow their
own judgment, and have placed themselves without re
serve in the hands of a Socialist dictator, one of whose
efforts was to promote a bargain between the farmers of
North Ifcikota and the I. W. W.
LEAGUE LIMITATIONS
It is quite natural that the smaller nations should
desire representation in a permanent league of nations
on a basis of equality with their larger neighbors. In
terest and sentiment alike contribute to the creation of
this desire. The same principle was the basis of much
discussion at the time of tho creation of the American
republic. In our case tho smaller commonwealths car
ried their point. It Is a matter of history that when the
composition of tho national congress was under consider
ation the states with small populations insisted that they
be given equal representation with the nfcore populous
states, although the first proposal had been to base mem
bership in both houses on population. A compromise
was reached whereby membership in the House of Rep
resentatives was based on population, while representa
tion in the senate was equal, regardless of the size of
the state. This latter provision, of course, gave to the
small states an influence in congress out of proportion to
their sine, which was obviously inequitable. It also gave
very complete recognition to the sovereign entity of the
state, without which at that time no union could have
been formed.
There has been no suggestion of a similar compro
mise in the formation of an international league. It is
possible that something of the sort might prove useful.
But with or without such an arrangement, the greater
nations will wield a greater inuence in the affairs of the
league than will the smaller
ones.
should be. The representation of a nation, while it can- ^m
on to
Hum 'syrUi*' so'uth of®'*!-'
not be proportioned exactly to its population, or to any! l"nico.^ To the northern group be
other element of Its national equipment, must bear some Pago, Vifd'^a number ^smaller^and
relation to these things. iless important islands. Including Ugl-
One sees no soliciting for public
funds on the streets. When tho wrlt-
ork
eration. My conclusion may be su-
ment and relief for men in the serv-
crrv
war the streets in New York and oth-
er large American cities have been
bright with the national colors and
in London. AVhen President Wilson
visited in England he was greeted
with a fine display of flags, American
and British, but these were all taken
down when he left. All of which is
further evidence of the temoera-
WH5l°n\to
ahlllinr and tw^nTn.Lmor® 'Jjf.?.
Girls in uniform, clad in trousers
or *ery short skirts, are to bo seen
everywhere, and the tntoreotiag garb
which lift mediately arrsots the at
tention at stranger*, pawaa abaolute-
I V*
s" r.
curtailed service during the war,
but their sacrifices amount to noth
ing when compared to those of Eng
land and France. The present flrst
3TltT ^°nli%t0 Edinburgh. Hopub]ic of Ragusa. The Intercst of
«iV" about $-1, or between these varies a good deal Most of
six and seven cents a mile. There
are no day trains at all between Lon
don and Kdinburgh on Sunday, and
so many other Sunday trains have
been cut off on various lines that one
is hardly able to get about at all ex- Hon or luxuriant southern vegetation,
cept on week days. Sleeping car ac
commodations are booked a week
ahead, so limited are they.
In the middle of
oonst?lnt
efforts were be
ing made to raise money for relief
1
GRAND FORKS HERALD. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919.
ly without-notice among the towns
people, who of course became accus
tomed to It long ago. These girls
serve as 'bus conductors. Royal Air
Force assistants, Wacks, window
washers, messengers,] ambulance
drivers, and in & number of other
capacities. It Is a common sight to
observe a pretty, clear-skinned, pink
cheeked girl skimming past on a
motorcycle with a side oar containing
a soldier as a passenger. AU of the
girls go about their work in a busi
ness-like way, and seem entirely un
conscious of their sex. Recently there
has been a disposition on the part of
staid Britons to write letters to the
editors of the dally papers, urging
that girls be relieved from their work
as 'bus conductors on the ground that
such hard, unsuitable work was rob
bing them of their femininity. As
soon as the army is demobilized the
girls will be replaced by men conduc
tors, but In the meantime the gener
al public is disposed to think that
the girls arc all right, as they un
doubtedly are.
BRITISH WOMKV ARK
INVIJTEKATK SMOKERS.
Clgaret smoking has become a
very common practice among Eng
lish girls and women since the out*
break of the war, and in any smart
restaurant or hotel dining room tho
girls who are not seen polling away
at after-dinner clgarets are in tho
minority. Out of say fifty girls or
women, one may count about five
who are not smoking. Common as
the practice has become) the strang
er gets an occasional start when ho
sees a bright-eyed young woman in a
nun-like costume of dark blue smok
ing a cigaret in a hotel lobby. rOn
inquiry he finds that she Is a nurse.
The problem of feminine unem
ployment has become an interesting
one since tho cessation of hostilities
shut down many munition plants. It
is estimated that between 150,000
and 200,000 women workers are now
idle In Great Britain from the cause
referred to, and the government is
paying them millions in unemploy
ment benefits. A large proportion of
these women were formerly em
ployed in laundries or in domestic
service, but they do not wish to go
back. So, while laundries and house,
wives are begging for help they are
allowed to beg in vain, while the
women wait for the government to
find jobs for them in faqtoriee,
Tho Northcliffe papers which are
always up to something or other, are
now scolding the government for its
slowness in demobilizing the army.
This is a popular crusade, as the sol
diers wish to get home, and their
families and old employers want
them back. The war office remon
strates that peace has not yet been
signed and the Hun may need fur
ther attention before he Is willing to
stay put, but this rather reasonable
plea fails to convince' the restless
ones.
JUST FOLKS
Tho Doctor.
I don't see why Pa likes him so
And seems so glad to have him
come.
He jabs my ribs and wants to know
If here and there It's hurting some.
He holds my wrist, coz there are
things
In there, which always jump and
Jerk,
Then with a telephone he brings
He listens to my breather work.
He taps my back and pinches me,
Then hangs a mirror on his head
And looks into my throat to see
What makes it hurt and It It's red.
Then on his knee he starts to write
And says to mother, with a smile:
"This ought to fix him up all right,
We'll euro him in a little while."
I don't see why Pa likes him so.
Whenever I don't want to play
He says: "The boy is sick, I know!
Let's get the doctor right away."
And when he comes, he shakes his
hand
And hustles him upstairs to me
And seems contented just to stand
Inside the room where he can see.
Then Pa says every time he goes:
"That's money I am glad to pay.
It's worth it, when a fellow knows
His pal will soon be up to play."
But maybe if my .Pa were me
And had to take his pills and all,
He wouldn't be so glad to see
The doctor come to make a call.
The Island Pharos
The chain of islands which forms a
natural breakwater to the coast of
And this is as it iDalmatia is broken into two groups
Jan. opposite Zara, and P*sman. a lit
tie farther south....The southern
group, lies south of the harbor of
Spalatto. and includes Solta, Brazza,
Lesina, Curzola. Meleda. the more dis
tant Lissa, Busi, and Lagosta, and a
few small islands which belong to the
WJts
funds of various sorts, all of course Greeks, a colony from the Aegean
praiseworthy and entitled to consid-
:.1'aros.
,'ree
perficial, but it would appear that keen found are similar to the most
Americans are much more energetic ancient ones of Greece and Asia Mi
in the way of providing entertain- "0^•
was
with Uie flags of all the Allies Such destruction of the Greek city. Many
decorations are almost totally lacking
deaj. ___
them have historical memories, reach
ing from the dawn of history to times
which are within the memory of
many now. and some of them are re
markable for their geological forma-
Lesina was once a Venetian arsenal
and station of thy fleet. The vegeta
tion is sub-tropical. Rosemary fills
the air with its aromatic scent, olean
ders. lemons, lofty palms, carob and
bay trees are continually met with.
and aloes are often used for hedges.
the island Pharos of the
founded in S85 B. C.. and a
republic. Coins which have
iind he
to bo
lce. longed to the Roman province of Dal
vw m,.rc
fx. neighbor. Brazza.. The Illyrlan pl
BRITISH C.YPITAIj. rates mastered it, and under their
Ever since America entered the'
remains of walls appear
Pe'asglc. From 221 B. C.. it be-
niatia. and shared the fate of its
,or(ishiP
the celebrated Demetrios
born, who was' like a condottere
of the
middle ages and the Renals-
sancP- an*
Christ)&n
became
^rpeop.r'^Sate^aTd6" Vernon" ^^"0^0* I~'na lie.
hlKh 8p,r,u
enthusiasm.
Transportation is still cheap in
London, although curtailed on. ac
count of the shortage df men. .An
average ride In a 'bus coots ono or
two pennies. A taxi ride from one
whose treachery led to the
martyr«
were here, and it
known as "the Holy." The
population is Slav, and the Greek
name "Pharia" is preserved to some
extent in the Slav name "Hvar." It
is the longest of the Dalmation Is
lands. being seventy kilometers long
on the
retains a
There are many ruined palaces of the
Venetian period, some of which are
fine.—F. Hamilton Jackson.
Shores of the Adriatic."
In "The
v., skj7NCE*AT I1A8T.
~I)allaa News: A certain
a
Sd sSdmJm or Sihu,.* He had not thought of any
cents The'
forty
oouiImiu mi« when one day a brilliant ^opportunity
Sf.n'n tarose-
i^sr^s5»v53s ssA
oy nis Darner wane ne was neing
way of curing his talkative barber,
The
ana cheap service they give diacour- u»o rasor on his face.
ageo the visitor from walking about
and hunting tho placet ho wishes to
And.
barber asked If ho could
My dear man," replied tho gentle
man. "if you hadn't mentioned it
Just now I should never have known
there waa a rasor on my faoe."
"Thank you, drl" foamed tho bar
ber.
The gentleman (continuing)—"I
thought you war* using a Ale."
Ai.
MRS. HASKELL
WORKING TO
HELPG.A.R.
Declares She Went to Legis
lative Session Session to
Help Improve Conditions
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 7.—Mrs.
Prances M. Haskell, "the lady from
Pierce county," the only woman
member of the 1919 Washington leg
islature, came to the session, she said
recently, to try to help improve the
surroundings of the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic who
must rely upon the state for their
living.
"Help beforehand rather than
after" is the creed Mrs. Haskell de
clared she follows in her work for the
Speaker Fred A. Adams made Mrs.
Haskell chairman of the house pub
lic morals committee and also ap
pointed her to the committees dele
gated to handle appropriations, edu
cation, state soldiers' and veterans'
homes, state library, medicine, surg
ery. dentistry and hygiene.
Mrs. Haskell. made friends on the
opening day of the session when she
introduced a resolution intended to
permit the men of the house to smoke
during the sittings. A Washington
rule makes it necessary for a resolu
tion to be passed before the legislat
ors can smoke while at work making
laws. None of the men wanted to in
troduce the resolution becausc Mrs.
Haskell was present, so she intro
duced it herself.
In her G. A. R. work Mrs. Haskell
speaks with authority for she is a past
president of the Tacoma branch of
the ladies' department of the veter
ans' organization.
She has been active for some time
in politics in Washington. When
Charles E. Hughes ran for the presi
dency she organized women's clubs
for him throughout the state. At
present she is president of the Pierce
County Women's Political club.
THE "BMTE RIBBON" PERIOD.
Nenana. Alaska. Jan. 2.—(By Mail)
-The epidemic of Spanish influenza
in Nenana and Fairbanks is apt to go
down in Alaska history as the
11,^^4^'^*
?1
Yanks Are Still Smiling After Monthsi
jkKn „,. uj ami congress c!ose
ribbon period, by reason of an order day with the election of offlccrs.
rr.
Of Suffering in Foe Prison Lamps
heft to right: Private Chester Burt, Sergeant Fish, Private C. Kimman and Private Oscar Robinson.
This photo, taken at the American hospital, Dartford, England, sho ws fanr tetsrpy Tanks releosei amder
the armistice terms after spending months in German prison camps where they saffiErexl untold hardships aJt the
hands of the Germans.'The caps they wear are souvenirs brought from Ge rrnany.
by the public health authorities. This
has compelled every one to wear on
the hat or coat a piece of blue ribbon
lettered "Health Department," for
which a fee of $1 was required. If
the original ribbon was lost, a dupli
cate cost $2, and persons failing to
w.ear a ribbon were subject to arrest
and quarantine confinement.
•flic fees for the ribbon have been
used to pay expenses of civilian sen
tries employed in guarding trails to
Nenana and Fairbanks and of quar
antining travelers. Not a single case
of influeriza has developed here or in
Fairbanks.
FORTIFICATIONS
AROUND PARIS MAY
BE DEMOLISHED SOON
Taris, .Tan. 10.— (Correspondence
of the Associated Press.)—The ques
tion of the demolition of the ring of
antiquated fortifications which sur
rounds Paris will be brought up be
fore the municipal council during the
course of the next few months. This
is not as a result of the armistice or
_, because of league of nations which
ls
veterans. "1 hope to do things foriev,er or because of the fact that with
the G. A. R. homes and also help in I modern artillery the fortifications
public welfare work." (would be useless. The matter has al-
Mrs. Haskell lives in Tacoma. In
expected to put an end to wars for-
r®ady
politics she is Republican and ac- council. It dat^s back from 1884.
cording to her friends and fellow jThe plan, however, would have to be
members of the lower house, her referred to parliament by the mu
brand of Republicanism is "regular."
been brought up before the1
nicipal council after its adoption.
Louis Dausset, an alderman of the
city of Paris, is sponsor for the pro
ject. He argues that the benefits to
be derived are a closer, easier contact
with tho Paris suburbs, elimination
of the necessity of entering or leaving
Paris through the various gates and
the freeing of valuable land for build
ing purposes.
AGREEMENT THAT
STOPPED STRIKE
IS NOT SETTLED
London. Feb. 7.—The effect of the
agreement which has ended the strike
on the railways leading into London
on demands which may be made bv
employes of omnibus and tram car
lines, is not as yet definitely settled.
The secretary of Licensed Vehicle
Workers' union said today:
"As the terms of settlement appear
to be satisfactory to the parties con
cerned, any action of ours must ob
viously be delayed or held up."
Rivers And Harbors
Convention Closes
Washington. Feb. 7.—The 14th an
,n.ual convention here of the national
I
rlivers
,lvers *nd..narDors.congress
harl?ors
Clemenceau Takes Rest at Birthplace
much fHt htf OfQ tesill&iBC his Utfes* A* «u
mlor Clemenceau of France recently vfatfted his native village. Truche-S ur conference, Pro-:
W^gtay. It waa hia Srst ratt slace the *2tl of the ww£\rei™^ ur-Mer. The. Photoa
EVENING EDITION. *M
Cntnn
ELECTRICIANS
OF LONDON TO
QUIT SATURDAY
Thousands of People Pre
pare For Darkness by
Buying Lamps.
London, Thursday, Feb.' 6.—In ex
pectation that electric light would be
cut off tonight, there was a great sale
of lamps and candles here during the
day, but at 6 o'clock this evening it
was announced that the electrical
trades union strike had been post
poned.
It is now planned to call out the
engineers in London's sixty power
houses at midnight Saturday.
While the outside electrical work
ers will strike tomorrow, there ls an
other union—the electrical Rower en
gineers association—which is "a sort
of aristocracy among electrical work
ers. Its secretary said today that the
members would insure a reasonable
supply of electricity.
One newspaper here estimates that
five million hours of work is being
lost daily, apart from the losseB of
shopkeepers, theaters and railroads as
a result of the strike.
While a majority of newspapers^,
are against the strikers, the West
minster Gazette, summarizes the
men's case saying that "the govern
ment picked industry to pieces for the
war and must put it together again
for peace."
The strike has brought several
movements for volunteers to carry on
public works and for societies to com
bine the middle classes for their pro
tection.
Some of thex electricians struck in
the evening but up to a late hour
none of the public services was af
fected. All the power houses were
working as usual.
MEASURE IS TO
QUIET POPULAR
RECRIMINATIONS,
DECLARES LAVAL
Paris, Thursday, Feb. 6.—During
the debate on the bill, introduced in
the chamber of deputies today by
Louis Nail, minister of justice, im
posing severe penalties on profiteer
ing middlemen,^peputy Pierre Laval,
Socialist, said the measure had been I
closed to- introduced "simply in an effort
quiet popular recriminations."
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