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9 ' - X FOUR. 1,,., 1 'H , ',-)r THE MORNINGr STltt; WILMINGTON; -25, 1018. ' I PEACE AND GOOD WILL. MISCHIEF MAKERS AT HOMEv 0 THBTMEW Uf .UNIFORM LEST WB FORGET." The 5TCR PbUMed br the WILMINGTON STAR COMPANY, INC, Wilmington, y. C. UC1IBE1R THB ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use ' for- publication of all news credited to it or not other wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of re-publication of special dis patches herein are also reserved. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE I 1 Yr. Six Mo. By mail, postage paid... $6.00 3.00 By carrier $7.00 $3.50 Sunday edition only. ... $1.00 9 .60 Daily by carrier or mail ' less than three months, 60 cents per month. TELEPHONES 1 Business Office 'Editorial Rooms ..No. 51 ..No. 61 "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keep ing "watch over their flock by night. ."And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid. . "And the angel said unto them. Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which Is Christ the Lord. - "And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the v babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. "And suddenly there was with the Entered as sec(nd-class matter at angel a multitude of the heavenly host the postomce in Wilmington, jn. V,2vV der the act of congress of March 2, 1874. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 24, 1918 TOP 0 THE MORNIXC- The soul cried to Its angel t Lo! God speaks no more to those below, Nor leads their feet to loftier ways Man loves no more his brother man As in the saintly days of old." But spake the angel:. "Nay, not thus Do Made and Maker drift apart; Still speaks the voice of God in us, To nerve' the arm, to fire the heart. Strong hands still clasp; pure thoughts aspire To lift the weaker brother's load. Fair Charity and fairer Peace Now mark for earth the highest goal, And so, shall mark till time shall cease." Thus said the angel to its soul. And lo! as thus the Bright One spoke f The holy dawn of Christmas broke. M. E. BLAKE.' J Hush money doesn't .talk. "Another plot foiled." Ing plots. Keep on foil- May there be Joy of some kind in this Christmas day for you. The true joy of today is that in the hearts of tha little folk. Santa Claus had a hard time in at tempting to deliver the goody. It seems difficult for the government to run down the hog at Hog Island. Despair looks back on the old year. Hope looks forward to the New Year. Some folk would be satisfied if they could only put just that one spec in spectacular. praising God, and" saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." During this year many a fellow has missed his chance even though he has chanced his miss. We, can "get together" next year lome more, but if we won't stay to gether we can keep on getting together. As we see the light let us go for ward. We have seen the past. In the veiled future we shall see what" we shall see. We don't know what they call it but jome folk certainly are getting what's toming to them eo long as consumers lave got to consume. Nw Yorkers laugh at occasional ox :arta in North Carolina but they never lay a word about milk deliveries from Jog carts in New York. The' Star's felicitations go out to its readers everywhere and to the people of Wilmington and North Carolina up on this historic Christmas morning of 1918. - ' No doubt the advent of this momen tous holiday season finds us all in varying moods, but it is Christmas, nevertheless, and it is probably the most welcome oasis in aU tie great desert of desolation around us, speak ing from the. world situation as this otherwise joyous, season finds It. Christmas is the one calm spot in all our sea of troubles, because it is not a celebration in a worldly sense but the inward sense of a spirit of grati tude for the Bethlehem event that it commemorates. It commemorates nothing that we have ' done but what has been, done for the world in the nearly score of centuries that have gone and are rolling on. . It is the spirit that we have this day that commemorates the birth of Christ. Our outward manifestations of joyousness are not so typical of the occasion as are our innermost feelings --our devotion to the Christianity that came upon earth for our Happi ness during all' these past- centuries and for the centuries yet to come. Nevertheless, in the midst of our tem poral distress, perhaps felt by all in some particular way, we have received blessings for which we can be de voutly thankful. Let our hearts be full of cheer and benevolence to the earth's people. It is for us to take advantage of it to get all the consolation, all the joy, and all the happiness consistent with our being, our lives and the situation in which we "find ourselves. The Star wishes for all the best sentiments of a holiday that none of us - would forego now or any other time. It is a sacred holiday to the Christian world and its significance, and its sentiments, and its spirit con stitute that which enables us to lift up our hearts in Joy. The speeche Knox are given President Wilson and the American I The St&t 'but expresses th feeling delegates- to the world peace confer- j in the, hearts of, all tta stay-at-homes ence are hearing bad news from home.! when it extends to the Men in Uni- England, France and Italy ,. aj, lo j form " the Chrlstmastide's best wishes hearing what has been and is going on I and. heartiest greetings and hopes that in America to-discredit President -Wil- f for- them this Christmas and all future son. What is said by republicans-' In the j Chrlstmasea -and all- other times and United States senate and in the press seasons will favor them with the best creates b6th interest and amaaement j there Is in life, , The' American heart In the sntente countries. .They are warms to the ntah . la the now familiar ' giving the American president, great uniform of soldier and' sailor and: ovations, while, a great party ' in Am- wherever one-vmay be this Christmas, erica is agitating for repudiation of h nation' . salutes liim. Naturally, the president at the peace table. We we ffiel particularly warm in our Yule don't know what kind of Americanism tide sentiments toward those of our to call that. Probably Europe doesn't soldiers who are here tn our own city, either. The streets" have been filled with them sof Senators Lodge and warriors' from overseas, some of ven. conspicuous promi- them;-sailors and Soldiers from every- nence in England and Frencfi papers, w"re- manes no umwBu uwr: creating the impression that Ameri- one aetually-engaged in battle on land can sentiment is hopelessly ' divided or seaf he . is in the nnifOrin we all about the manner of peace .that is to love, and fee served Ixis country be made for the world at .the peace whether in camp or S A. T. C. in naval table. The publication of thesV speeches 8tation or afloat-wherever he may abroad is embarrassing if not annoy- ave been, he is the man who answer ing to the president and the delegates. the call for e rest of us. and may . - jK God bless every one of them! Of course, Europe is bound, to. accept , them as indicative of the strength of "Our boys are back. They've bravely the opposition in-the ranks of the now The workVat they set out to do; majority party. They took the job and saw it through Europe reads Senator Knox as-say- There's no more fight left in the Hun. ing that the matter of establishing ' a Sbd bless our- boys this Christmas league of, nations to enforce peace Day should be negotiated after the peace Tley fought1 and bled that we might conference settles the terms of peace And though theest wo have we give, with Germany and her allies. That God knows we never can repay." is contrary to the Wilson plan, for the president is insistent that a league of nations, if the peace terms as agreed upon are to be enforced and the future peace of the world is to be assured, should itself be first assured. Senator Knox emphasizes his CURRENT COMMENT. Death of Walter Hlnes Page. In the death- yesterday of Mr, Walter Hines Page, . our Ambassador to the Court of Sti James during the epoch- opposition to j making years of the great war and that idea by contending that the peace j the troublous," exhausting times that conference should -deal only with is- -"""E 'Jf lf t? S sues between the allies and their J hi8 country. ' Assuming the duties of enemies. v I ambassador without previous iraming c j -r s, I in diplomacy, he speedily won recog- The speech of Senator Lodge on nitlonfor his worth and work. Fol- Saturday was , even stronger and more J lowing in tho well chosen footsteps of pronounced in its opposition to the his distinguished predecessors, Mr. in Page constantly ana successiuuy aa- I hnreil tn atreme-thAn the ties that bind Lodge's speech objection was taken to two nati0ns of the same tongue and five of President Wilson's fourteen I with like ideals ties that have been basic points for world peace Senator Bealed and sancitfied by the blood of our 'Dravest on - iana ana ecu.. w ucu Lodge would defer not only considera- the great war came the American Em- NOT FAIR TO THE LAND NOT TO v RAISE LIVESTOCK. It takes eight quarts to make a peck of corn, but it takes only one quart of "corn" to make a peck of trouble at a cross roads Christmas frolic There are big things that Wilming ton can do as soon as she gets down to business alter the New Year holidays. They need not last very long. The French Academy conferred an honor upon Marshal Joffre but he con ferred great honor upon the Academy when he became a member. 1 Father Time will start something in the way of a new year next Wednes day. Better get ready to kiss 1918 good night next Tuesday night. The man who preaches theories has more followers than one who preacher methods. One is a man with an idea. The other is a man with a plan. You have been on the way another year without knowing where you are going. Better be more forward look ing when you start next year next Wednesday. An Idaho farmer, wno has had great success in raising livestock as a par( of his farm system, declares that a farmer floes not do justice 'by his land when he neglects to rais,e live stock on it. A farmer who neglects to raise cattle and - hogs not only miss es the profit in it but also deprives his land of the benefit. That is what a Grangeville (IdaTio) farmer writes to. his home paper. That Idaho man especially empha sizes the profit in hog raising. He de clares that while the war Just closed has crippled industry to certain ex tent, it leaves agriculture and live stock raising in splendid shape. He added that farmers anywhere in the United States "need not fear to invest in hogs at this time." That Idaho man nad just marketed a carload of hogs, 60 In all, for which he received a check for $3,093. When he began feeding them for the market the hogs averaged 100 pounds apiece. After 90 days' feeding, their average weight had increased to 294 pounds per hog, and then their owner sold them at 17 1-2 cents a pound. More livestock, he said, in comment rng upon the agricultural situation of :he country generally, is the farmer's and land owner's greatest need. "We must get more stock on our lands,", ;aid he, "if we would Increase their value and make homes for more peo ple. Those who are only growing ground crops are robbing the soil and not getting as much out of the land as it should- produce." ' tion of a league of nations to enforce j bassy in London became the centre of peace, but also would defer to some j tremendous activities, and Mr. page s A.0ti. ..d,,. duties and responsibilities were in I a faimriredfdla. He met them armaments, ireeaom or tne seas, -secret Dravely wlth nlgh courage, but in the diplomacy, and the removal of econom- end the 'Strain told and he was forced nic barriers. to resign and return to hs home for President Wilson hardly hopes to He ral,led, TnL faw,, -via 1 rhn o..me and he nassed away yes- get me actual iorm oi a iean auupi- i terday. to be held in grateful remem ed at this conference but unless he brance by his fellow countrymen and actually gets the conferences commit- by our "kin across the sea." New -v. SJ. u , I lorK. xi.era.iu. optimist who would believe that the nations couia ever oe gotten x-getner T - controversy Over the Peace on that and the other,, propositions. I Centenary Lincoln Statue, to stand in They seem to be favorable to the presi- the Canning inclosure in Westminister j,. i, v... v London, has now neen seinea uy mo ueuis luoaa V , n ,"Dt decision of the British committee ac tion, in America is sirengmeninB me cepting the Sainit-Gaudens copy as European opposition to the president's I "most . suitable lor -erection in the nUns. In his Paris letter to the New chosen Site." The Barnard statue , is also acceptea, out ior eietuwu Lincoln in London. York Evening Post undsr date or some other English city.' Where is the old fashioned gent who used to git up Christmas morning and after making a sweet toddy, go out on his front stoop with a muzzle-loading shotgun and 6hoot bofe barls to celebrate? Many old fashioned ladies and gen tlemen can sit down and remember that Christmas today is mostly imagin ation compared with the old timey Christmas when the Virginia Reel and The Lancers characterized 'the "Christ mas Hops." Charles F. Stlelow and his brother-in-law, Nelson Green, will be two hap py men th'is Christmas. Two years ago they we,re convicted in a New York court on the charge of murdering an old farmer and his housekeeper. Stlelow was sentenced to electrocution kand Green was sentenced to life Imprison ment. Stlelow several times came within an' acev of being executed, but each time at the last moment Governor Whitman stayed the sentence and final ly commuted his sentence to life im prisonment. A few : days , ago he ex tended them full pardon -for Christmas and restored both.men to citizenship, . They were, convicted on circumstantial " tvidehce, ; tut: investigation and "new leyelopments showett. thet both, were NEW-YORK W,ANTS- MORE COM MERCE. During the world war, the port of New York has done the greatest com merce - in her history possibly . the greatest commerce ever done by any port in the world. In spite of the fact that the port has been congested,. New York does not, want her commerce di verted to dther ports. She wants to keep on doing about two -thirds of the .commerce of North America. She is decidedly opposed' to having any of her commerce diverted to Philadelphia, or Baltimore or Norfolk or Wilming ton or any 'old port. New York wants to hold her immense commerce and get some more. - STie wants more har bor Improvements -and better pier fa cilities. She wants the, government, Instead of diverting her commerce, to open a new outlet through the upper East river, and one of her own schemes to help herself Is a movement already on foot to. provider greater pier sys tem and Increased harbor facilities. New-York isn't waiting. She has al ready gotten busy. - Paris, December J3, David Lawrence This -gives the place of honor to the thus denrecates the Dosltion of Senator statue most deserving of it and origi v .ii. nallv selected for .the Westminster site . . . while providing place of refuge for what such opposition Is liable to ac- the Barnard WOrk As Lincoln himself complish: might say, for, people who like that "A close friend of Senator Knox'here jnd XlnA wiloo seen told me that he believed the senator ike- LSiftUP Jv Kut would never have made his apfech" 0 quires is Londo opposiUOn to Mr. Wilson In connection lmprtan i". " iSousatue with the negotiations In connection Possess as Its conspicuous statue with the negotiations at this time if he had known the true situation. "As a matter of fact, the desire of Mr. Wilson to see a league of nations provided for in the peace treaty Itself rose out of his wish to 'seoure some International organization before the spoils of war are divided among the belligerents and each country satiated has become apathetic toward further consideration. Mr. Wilson believes strongly that unless binding steps are taken to prevent further war before each nation gets what it Individually wants out of the peace conference, never will any tower on earth bring the nations into agreement. "If Senator Knok knew -that- the whole strength of the American peace delegation depended upon whether It could carry the point of insisting upon a settlement of the primary questions which affect the broad policies of world peace wherein the United States is primarily Interested because she has no territorial ambitions would not be Inclined for a moment to lend his support to the elements here which are seeking to weaken Mr. Wilson's hand. "No one supposes that an exact for mula for a league of nations can be made In the next few weeks, or, in deed, during the present conference. but an agreements is possible upon a provision in the treaty, making mandar tory upon the signatory powers the es tablishment of a league in accordance with general principles enunciated. "Undoubtedly the creation of a league will require a separate confer ence to decide upon details to which neutrals will be given an opportunity to express their objections or ad herence, but Mr. Wilson coftsidWB it a paramount necessity, to have some provision in the peace treaty itself compelling the establishment of & world organization." Making a peace treaty with, the Cen tral Powers is quite -a different- thing from maklnga world peace agreement 1m. for the future, peace of the World. Germany and her allies will - have to pay to the extreme limit the enormous 1 penalty of this war, but -the, possibili ties are that if the conference adjourns without arranging: ..peaci'Ior the balance of Europe and the world, Eu rope is liable to keep on fighting to settle its own troubles regardless of the peace conferen. in ' .that event there is, of course, the possibility that we may again be drawn ia6 a Eu ropean war. iV-'1 i THAT Justice Is the highest human attribute and takes precedence of mercy. ' '' s . V ; ;- THAT it has been positively estab lished by numerous documents and from various sources, that Germany deliberately planned and brought on the war for the purpose of world domi nation. , , THAT preliminary to the beginning of hostilities Germany organized a worldwide propaganda, calling into service three hundred of. her most cap able men whom she summoned to Ber lin on July 10, 1S14, for final instruc tions, of which number thirty-one were sent to the United -States. THAT Germany had not less than two hundred and fifty thousand agents, spies and propagandists - actively at work in this country plotting destruc tion of munition plants, inciting labor strikes and seeking to foment racial disturbances. i THAT Germany waged the war with the full consent of the German people, and that no protest from the German people during the progress of the war was ever made. THAT the appeal of the women of the allied countries to the women of Germany to stop the deportation of girls and women from the occupied portions of France and Belgium was never acknowledged much less com piled with. THAT there Is scarcely a home In the portions of France and Belgium conquered by the Germans which is not todav mournlnsr the absence of a daughter carried off into a life of slav- : ey worse than death. THAT In many parts of these con quered territories all things of value, agricultural implements, industrial machinery, merchandise and household effects have been destroyed or carried off with the criminal purpose of im poverishing these regions." THAT en active propaganda is now being, carried on to soften the peace terms for Germany, seeking to have the world forget her nameless atroci ties and to accept her return to the family' of nations on easy terms. THAT "no word of.penlfrerice has come from Germany neither from the pul pit nor from the people. THAT forgiveness must follow re pentance, and that to forgive the un penitent Is to condone the offense. THAT justice to" an outraged world demands punlsliment of the outlaw, and a season of contrition. THAT crime unwhipped of justice repeats itself with added arrogance and vlclousness of purpose. THAT justice must right wrongs, and. that the felon cannot claim mercy until his evil deeds are atoned for. THAT while today we celebrate Christmas in peace and plenty thous ands of French and Belgian homes are no more, and other thousands mourn the absence of daughters the knowl edge of whose death would bring to them a Christmas blessing. J. A. TAYLOR. Wilmington, N. C. December 25, 1918. of Lincoln an artlstio effigy of the great President, exemplifying his dig nity and tho strength of character .be neath his homeliness, and not one merely accentuating physical ungain liness. If the Saint-Gaudens work idealizes Lincoln, Is a public opinion which also idealizes him likely to ob ject to. the sculptor's conception? At least the grosser fault of caricature is avoided. Certainly the final outcome of the controversy justifies those who protest ed against the Barnard statue as mis sepresenting Lincoln under any canons of art. A curious light is thrown on only one member frankly In favor of the agitation by the poll of the Ameri can Centenary Committee, showing the Barnard statue as against fifty one opposed. With informed opinion so unanimous, why has there been any to-do about the matter New' York World. Our Best Wishes SUBSCRIBERS TO FOURTH LIBERTY BONDS As bonds are now ready for delivery, please call and make payment. THE MURCfflSON NATIONAL BANK For a Merry Christmas And the Happiest of New Years To All Our Friends and Patrons. Ton ; oatr buy flour in Australia for $5 ar berrelut ?lt does not, cost; near as much, to come ;to , Wlmlhgton a,s ' it W. J. BRADSHAW & CO.? Inc. Peace, is. bringing - exposure of a .lot of hot air.' In a great many! instance it was hot air that went over the top". The New York World saysr . "Hog Island presents one of the least credit- able phases of the : war shipbuil41ng program, but of dishonesty, the depart ment' of Justice investigators - find, no evidence. 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