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FOUR THE MOKN1NU STAR, WILMINGTON, N. d, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 19, .1921. ilp iEnmitig itfar THE OLDEST DAILY IX NORTH CAROLINA" Cnbllaketi Every Mornlne i Yer T T IGTO STAR COMPANY, I. IQ Cet Street, Wilmington, A'ortli CariBa Entered at the Postoffico at Wilmington. N- C, Second Class Matter. Telephones i ditorlal , ?; usiness Office No- 64 SUBSCRIPTION KATE BY AKUJSil ne Tear , ''H1 lx Months , fhree Month ......... m Month fel'USCKIPTlQM. RATES BY MA4L Pea tag e Prepaid ne Year .... $5.0C lix Months 2.60 rhree MprjtJjs J. 25 )oe Moptb 4& Daily ajvd Sunday 17.00 S.0 J.TS .CO Subscriptions Not Accepted for Sunday Only Edition MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for publication of all news creuited to It er not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, All rights of re-publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. FOREIGN ADVERTISING OFFICES! Atlanta: Candler Building. J, B. KEOUOrt New York Boston Chicago 1126 Fifth Ave. 1 Devonshire Peoples' Gaa Bide BRYANT. GKIFFITII BRUNSON. SATURPAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1921. TWSensitive House We suppose a charitable mantle should be draped over the theatrical outburst by which the House of Representatives relieved its feeling3 Thursday. It is really a matter of no particular consequence whether the tempestuous drive against Representative Blanton was only a smoke screen or an honest explosion on the part of bur elemental Congressmen. They have done so little that has been worthy of notice that there is a certain degree cf recompense for the rest of ub in this evidence that they are in fact still alive and sufficiently normal to squeat wnen someone steps on their toes. It is, however, somewhat remarkable that a man ot Representative Blanton's rating should have been able, even by the most brutal methods, to attract so much notice among men who sit with him every day. The public generally ceased long ago tp regard Mr. Blanton as a person of im portance, even as compared with other members of Congress. His little trick to convince readers of Texas newspapers that he is the only watch-dog now on duty around the Treasury building de served, perhaps, to be exploded, but that the House shguld have felt impelled to stage an ex- rderstanding. If the significance of the incident is to be found in the fact that Blanton of Texas has ;been raised'to the dignity of serious treatment, we fear for the standards of the congressional; body. i" ' " ; rjJ Dr. Kane's Operation None will fail to be impressed by accounts of the feat performed by Dr. Ivan O. Kane, of Phila delphia, in removing his own appendix. Propped up by pillows and with a nurse holding his head forward in order that his eyes might follow the procFss, the well known surgeon "calmly cut his way into his abdomen, carefully dissecting the tissues and closing the blood vessels as he worked his w?y in. Locating the appendix, he pulled it out, cut it off and bent the stump undr." The performance was a revelation in steady nerves and self-control. A loctal anaesthetic was applied for tho operation. It is no derogation of Dr. Kane's feat to recall that time was, and within the recollection and per sonal experience of men now living, when more serious operations were performed without an aesthetic at all. We have moved a long distance from the period of the War Between the States, for instance, when a good stiff drink was some times considered sufficient fortification for a man about to be separated from an arm or a leg. Dr. Kane carried out his operation as a means of demonstrating the adequacy of a local anaesthe tic and of re-assuring prospective patients who may be apprehensive over the seriousness of an appendix removal. Haying extracted nearly four thousand of these little nuisances, including his own, the rhijadelphia surgeon would seem to have fjualified as an authority on the subject. o A Tragic Figure For most of ub there is a deep-running note of pathos in the acfeunt ef President Wilson's recent walk from the White House to the Cabinet room. We find comfort in the statement that his limp has become almost, f not quite imperceptible; but the picture, after all, is that of a man stooped and U1U- wu Proceeqea with cautious, faltering step across the space of sjx hundred yards to the Cabi net meeting., The contrast between this figure and the Wilson who jn the. recent past towered as the 'World's most potent giant is one that may hardly fail to touch the hearts of the people. Enfeebled la physical health, beaten down by enemies more relentless tharf: history has often, revealed the great President.?? the United ptates comes to the close of his official Ufa a nnt i A . . t- tf t fvi6uttuuy tragic ngure. ' -o . ' Censup returns show that, generally speaking, the peroentageof negro population is increasing in the cjties ef'the North and correspondingly de creasing in cities pt ths section. An encouraging aspect qf this wider distribution of the colored population is to fee found in the probability of a better understating throughout the country of the "negro problem," so-called, it is to. be. ex pected that gradually, by reason of this distribu tion, there wiil conic a more sympathetic appre pjation of the difficulties that have attended ef forts in the South to effect a practical adjustment, None should suppose that an adjustment' North qr South, is to be despaired of; qB he contrary, I ii a 1 inere are many evmences pi Progress in that di rection. It will be facilitated measurably by a fuller understanding of. the "complexities of the problem on the part of those to whom the negra ftas long been only a fictltional acquaintance. - Harmony First of All " Danger of a serious breach in the Democratic party has" been averted, for the moment at any rate, by the decision of the executive committee of the National Committee again$t an immediate as sembling of the latter body. It is not to be inferred that the safety of the party is contingent upon the continued deferment of the proposed . meeting. Democratic prospects would be hopelessly shrouded in glpom if pro tracted separation of the national committeemen " were, to be set down as a primary requisite of suc cess. The chief element of danger in the call de manded by' certain of the leaders lies in thewide spread feeling that the objective was the prompt scalping of Chairman George White. Also, the belief, unfounded or not, is abroad that friends of a "particular" man, prospectively a candidate for President, ''hare fostered the proposed meeting. The fact that emphatic denial has been entered against both f these assumptions would not re move the danger of an immediate call under tire conditions. National Committeeman McLean, of North Caro lina, was largely instrumental in harmonizing the, conflicting views which came to the surface during Thursday's meeting. Holding out successfully for abandonment of the call, Mr. McLean voiced the sentiment, we believe, of the great body of the party in hip appeal for delay until there shall have been a "quieting down." No circumstance would more surely point to dis aster than that the next meeting of the National Committee should be called under tie cloud of questionable or questioned motives. The meeting will seal the party's doom four years in advance if the assembling or conduct of the Committee should in anywise suggest the predominance of candidacies over" policies, of personal ambitions or family jealousies over the principles for which a vigorous Democratic party must stand. Let the meeting come in the ordinary course, unforced by any demands savoring of factional aspirations. Uhe need of an early gathering of the National Committee is clear, but there is no apparent reason why it should be held on the first day of March. Under the circumstances, it would be difficult to select" a more unfortunate date. o Borah on His Own We have heard much criticism in the last few years of waiting for a nod from the White House. Congress has been accused of abdi cating not only its own judgment, but its functions. Let me say here, without disre spect to the President-elect, that I shall not abdicate my judgment any more during the next four years than I have during the past eight. Senator Borah. This from-the Western giant fits in well with the picture recently drawn, showing him' in pros pect as a figure of "splendid isolation" among I members of the Senate. The Borah of the next four years is 'fore-shown as a Senator who will train on occasions with the hare, and at other times run with the hounds, taking no oaths of allegiance and toting his own skillet. Observers agree thai-Jjo man in the Senate is better equipped for the role of a free lance. No member of 4hat body, however, has a background more clearly be tokening the fitness of self-determination in his alignments for battle. It is gratifying to hear that universal disarma ment will be foremost in the (Idaho Senatorjs pro gram of action. We question .if the Senate con tains a man more capable of pressing this issue to the point of definite settlement. o It is most gratifying to learn from a visiting authority that the future of Wrightsville Beach may be made secure without serious difficulty. He has confirmed the belief of citizens generally that the recent injury was entirely reparable and that adequate protection against subsequent wearing away would be found, The promptness with which expert counsef has been sought in this important matter will be commended by everyone who ap preciates the value of Wilmington's famous sea shore reeort. learned once and for all that no nation or group of nations can ever, again bo to grow rich from an unprovoked assault upon" its neighbors Put why does the Transcript ignore the more obvious and more important lesson of the World 'War-'-namely, that civilization needs and must have, if Jt is to survive, a new system of international re lationships, a -new law governing the relations, ot nation to. nation? All history proves that the hope which iie Transeript expresses is an idle one.- All history proves that so long as the present system exists and there is no law among the nations forbidding wars of aggression, such wars will occur from time to time when the interests or aspirations of great and powerful natiqns conflict. " All history proves that If we are to limit the lessons w hich we draw from the World War to the narrow con clusion which the Transcript draws, then we shall have learned from the great struggle nothing tfcat will help us in any practical way, nothing that will save civilisation from another catastrophe of the same sort, but of even greater magnitude. THE POOR OLD HOSS Charlotte Observer: One of the gamest organ izations in America and one which has enlisted the consistent-' adnjlratiOQ of The Observer, has its headquarters at (te Union Stock Yards, in Chi cago. ' It is known as the Horse Association- of America, and Wayne Dinsmore is its secretary. It is as diligently engaged in saving the horse fom the withering blight of gasoline as Congress has been supposedly diligent in Its efforts to save the cotton field from the bojl weevil. It is a heroic fight the Horse Association is making and we have always been partial to its literature. The extent of extermination wrought by the automo bile up to the present time is indicated in the statement- that there are now 25,000,009 horses and mules left in the United States, and only 10 per cent of that number are to be found in the cities, towns and villages, or employed anywhere in non agricultural work. The field of the horse has been gradually re stricted untl he is now practically unknown out side the farm, and even he has to put up a stiff fight to hold his own. The breeding of horses and mules has been relegated almost entirely to the grain producing States of the West This part of the country does not produce onerfourth of the work animals it uses and is constantly drawing upon the West for its work stock. The farmers in this part of the country who want stock are be ing supplied with what is termed the "chunk'." That sent us to the dictionary, and we find that a "chunk" is "a strong, thick-set horse." His career, it is also developed, is somewhat pathetic. It is history that many of these "chunks" are sold directly to Eastern farms, while others are horses produced and worked on the farms of the Missis sippi Valley until five or six years old, then passed to Eastern cities, where, after six or eight years of service, they are re-sold as sore-footed, city worn honees, to dealers who sell them at a very nominal figure to farming sections of New Eng land, to work the balance of their days. Sueh horses represent a complete cycle from farms to cities and back to farms again. It is more true now than in the past that the good horse or mule pays a profit to the producer, the dealer and ulti mate user, while the poor one loses money to all concerned. Contemporary Views THE WAR'S COST Charleston Neics and Courier: Dr. Richard P. Strong of Harvard, a noted economist, , declares tha,t the total cost of the World War was three hundred and fortyeight billions of dollars. Dr. Strong's estimate is based upon careful studies and it is regarded by other students of the sub ject as conservative. ' It is ppssible to set down on paper symbols rep resenting three hundred and forty-elghi biiliop dollars, but it is not possible for the Jiurnan mind really to conceive of sueh a sum. It is far beyond human comprehension, which, perhaps, is a pity because it is desirable that as many men and wom en as possible contemplate and consHer -thin sum, and they could, do that .to better advantage if they : were able to comprehend it, Yet, in a sense, our. rery inability to conceive of it makes it ;aU: the more impressive ;l and it is a fact distinctly grati fying that Dr. Strong's estimate has attracted considerable attention and has fixed the thoughts of people, for a little while at least, upon the sub ject of the terrific cost, of the World War. Thus we quote frqm.t&e PpstQn Transcript, commenting upon Dr. Strong's figures: "All the world ii bearing part of this loss. jThe war nwJCPfii ptipn the rieher. Eyera those which have earned for themselves, from the spoils of i war, new colonial empires, are actually no better off. The World War,, in' fact, has demon strated that war is not a profitable undertaking. Th bill of tbrt hundred ag4 forty,Jght billions o dollars is g concrete proof ef this fct. And as Civilization propeeds to pay this bill., we. mj.y hope that it has learnjd once, and for all thd lesson that ,H)I nation, or group of SfttiPSfY can agtis hopt te grow rich from .an unprovoked assault on its neighbors. The day has passed when international highway robbery can be a profitable venture." Of course we all hope that civilization has THE STATE ROAP BILL Charlotte News: The passage of the Doughton-Connor-Bowie road bill by the house of repre sentatives Wednesday night by an overwhelming vote removes the fear that the measure was going to have rough sailing. The antagonists qf the bill mustered surprising strength the preyioijs night when by a decisive majority, they forced adjournment over the wishes of the proponents of the measure, but In the meantime, the Doughton forces seem to have become solidified and they romped away with the bill on its second reading. The opposition to it appears to have spent its entire strength and the outlook for the final en actment of the measure in the house by an over powering majority will help the senate to dispose of it favorably. Heavy opposition in the house would undoubtedly have been reflected in the senate also. It appears from the lineup that the east is fur nishing the greater part of tho opposition. This is natural in view of the fact that the east has been feeling the effects of the depressionary period more than the west and central portions of the state; Jt may also be accounted for by the fact that the east is not nearly so dependent upon hard surfaced roads as these other sections. The sandy loam which prevails in that part of the state makes the easterners strangers to the well-known mud in the piedmont and mountain sections. COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER Whiteville News Reporter: It is probable that Columbus county will have a whole time health officer after March first. Dr. Floyd Johnson of Cerro Qord9 has been strongly recommended for the position and his appointment is- dependent npon the next meeting of the beard of county com missioners. The salary of such an ofilcial is paid by counties and the State Board of Health on a 0-50 basis. At present this county has a health officer in the person of Dr, J. R. Thompson, of W&nnanish, Dr. Thompson is a good officer and attends faithfully to the discharge of his duties when he can be reached, but the difficulty is in reaching him with the wretche d telephone services that exist between Whiteville and Wapnanish. An instance of his inaccessibility occurred last week when-he was . badly needed at the county hoine and could not be reached, jje is frequently needed at the jail and there is no way of getting him ex cept by mail. A whole time health ofneer would reside in Whiteville and aside from looking after the jail and county home inmates, Tie would be ready to answer calls at ail times from every part of .the county where cases bf contagious cTiseaees are reported, or where be is needed on any mat ters connected with the public health. KILN-DRIED' POTATOES Fayetteville Observer: The latest thing in farmr ing is the sweet potato dry kiln, which is making good business for the growers and dealers down in Georgia,. especially in the Moultrie section, where the boll -weevil has destroyed the cotton industry, forcing the farmers to go into peanuts, corn, pota toes and other food stuffs, We have seen and eaten of these Georgia 'dry-kiln potatoes, and they are most excellent, notwlthstancUng the fact that the' drying process eliminates most of the mois? ture,. leaving only the fibigr and sugar. It is said that tjt, absence of moisture renders the potatoes frost-proof find rot-proof, and these are great points gained vin the i sweet potato business. Now the question is, Why should not central and eastern North Carolina where there are fine potato lands, establish sweet -potato dpy kirns? THE REAL TAX COLLECTOR Charlotte Observer: The prohibition enforce ment officer in South Carolina has turned over to the federal government more than a million del .lars squeezed put of moonshiners,, bootleggers and 'other, violators of the prohibition laws in that Slate..- We suggest that he be called imon to tell the other states how he does it; If like results ere produced ii the other forty-seven states, the government, might be able to take off at least half .of the taxes the people are now being called upon, to By "Let the bootlesarer tav the taxes." mirht. v. a nnA oincran m. ' aorn wouja uo witn nis . army i ml .XtilkU- m - "t I xxxe iiiuuimuuu emorcement officer ought to pe developed into a real tax collector. . ' Daily Editorial Digest "There is a touch of 'humor" says the S pok&qt Spokesman-Review Ind. Rep.) "in the British suggestion that the United States join in a general writing 'off of all interallied loans" and while the rest of the American press may not consider the proposition j- a laughing matter It eertainly has re fused to take it seriously. ' A few wtriters make the suggestion, how ever, that America agree to wipe the slate clean if the foreign powers agree to disarmament. Although pome grant the British argument that John Bull's plan is really based upon altruism, since he owes less than is owed to him. most editors call attention to the- faet that many of the debts to Britain, like that of Russia, are "bad' anyhow while others point put that the allies are prettv well loaded down with the "spoils of war" in which the United States did not share. Ne praetieal statesman would dare to support a policy of cancellation "as matters now stand," declares the Rochester Timea Union (Ind.). but the time may eome when it might "good business to reeegnize the inability of Europe te meet itsx obligations," in which case there should be "conces sions from the other side," sueh as a willingness "to disarm and keep the peace." The New Haven Journal Courier (Ind.) speaks with even more emphasis: "there is no reason in the world," It believes, to cancel the debts as an aet of charity but there is "every sound reason in the world - why we should .do so" if our creditors ''will pool the resultant power 4n advancing the werld to a basis of avowed peace co-operation by -means of disarma ment." At present, however, the Balti more Sun (Ind. Dem.) thinks the situa tion demapds that "The United States should not offer to - cancel these : debts -unless it can secure certain guarantees from the debtor nations andJt Is net in a posi tion to exact those guarantees." The Port Huron (Mien.) Times Herald (Ind.), one of those who be lieve that Great Britain, under the arrangement projected, "wwuld give up nearly twice as much as she owes this country" considers that though w are "still too near the war" now, "possibly, a few years hence, this na tion wilj lopk with' greater favor on "forgiveness of indebtedness." The Johnstown Democrat : (Dem.), like most of its -contemporaries, disagrees with this view. "Britain's magnanim ity is proverbial," t remarks, "but Mr. Chamberlain omitted, the advan tages which Britain was prepared to forego. There is an impression abroad that' she fared rather well in the divis ion of spoils." Ixoklng at it from this angle, the Springfield Republican (Jnd.) venture the assertion that "America Is pretty well skinned" al ready, and; "Britain's crop is gorged with former German territory in Africa and the Pacific, while her jurisdiction has been mueh extended in Asia Minor. She has oil-blessed Mesopotamia. Persia is virtually under her control. Franee has likewise enormously extended "her colonial empire, and 'so f. has Italy. America hs nothing; she cannot even lay cjaim to the little isjand of Tap' Since " we asked for and got notch ing "in the way of territory or repara tions" there seems to be ?'no good rea son why the United States should con sent to a cancellation ef the debts .of its allies" in the opinion of the Bangor- (Me.) Commercial (Ind.) and the Ann Arfepr (Mich.) Times-News (Ind.) declares that Vour debtors might ;ust as well understand pow that the debts will never, be eaneelled." The Kners; ville Sentinel (Ind. Dem.) reflects a popular view when it remarks, that 'the American tax payer 'is a patient and long-suffering animal but we faney he would develop a disposition to buek up to some purpose against a proposition to add ten million to 'the burden alreadv on his back." The Wlehita Beacon (Ind.) sees in the "rich tracts of territory" and "pro tectorates" in oil and mineral bearing countries sufficient argument against the plea that America is under uch moral obligation to her former allies and the Omaha News (Ind.) considers that Great Britain and Italy "have Trton vast acquisitions rar. outbalancing their financial losses." The flaw in the "altruism" of Brit ish officials IsNpoipted to by the "Wheel ing Intelligencer (Rep.) which de clares that they would "eancel a debt that Is partly impossible of collec tion" and partly composed of money originally obtained in the United States, if we will eancel a debt that is all good and that was funded directly by thi3 country," The Boston Tran script (Ind. Rep;) suggests that in de manding ''a remission of lawful debt, the British government is pleading, bankruptcy" while the Richmond Times Dispatch (Pm.). follows this thought With the statement she "has ,mple rurees jf nor, ready cash" and ii the government "is not prepared to pay in the money that ft pwes to ihe United states: .. . .'-then. it. ought to ruikfc a counternroposUion to, trans fer some ojf . its territorial colonies to the United States." ... ... The Boston Post (Ind. Dem.) and the Newark News (Ind,) both bring up the question, of Gernvany in connection wilh he uYscyssion of payments: "if ' Germany pan pay, she - ought to, pay'," says the latter, "But if Ger many can pay. can not dismissing all question, of whether she ought to--vitain'p&y "to us over a lon term, one-thirteenth that amount?. Does anyone faintly suppose the - British position,' financial' v, to be anything like as parlous as the Germans?" The Indianapolis (Ind.) quotes from the London Post and Times which oppose a demand for cancellations and, charaeteriiin.r America's service record as "something that is entitled to. consideration without offending against a proper humility," expresses little doubt that the British news papers referred io, "reflect the true sentiment of th: people of Great Britain." ther takr tg raying the seoct market as a substitu rac or tc? Maximilian Marfifn Maximilian Harden is odp nr rare persons whose rrim..;-, lllo yiy. Bjiaifu war. V rarer,, tney nave n-j, the peace. His weekly1 articles, w'nni, , writing for the American Dr, !' packed full o? meat. ThB ...7s8, r followed Harden's We,, at i ... been "Pnet I Those Wh previous 0 ha, are aware that he nrfn. . "r'ti rather Ions articles. in us ' magazine, Die Zukunft, tho ffi',ir!li article oy me eaitor. He what reluctant ta undn.i.n ..." ...... . .. lie customed form of newspai una not over a coUumn in lencth "r He finally consented to try the experiment was an instant . aa Aitnougn tnese weekly brief, he has contrived thorn a wealth nf tVir,,ir,v,. "II - ...vuiii inn uceps Article, . to Pack on wonder at- Mia piaati ... speech. - 01 hu, The articles are as remarkahi , what they susreest i nd i runt u. what thev directlv rfii,r ',, ' 'o: recently of the ward strangers they were; always regarded, as aT ter of course, as deadly enemies We can think of parallels fact one cannot heln thinUin. ., parallels when he undertakes to tr" on the continent of Europe ami caV siders ihfi waiter nf .t.n,;j . orp T Am Q 1 1 I .O Oil ..-I, , 1- ....... J i w im-ii hyv tasej this same theory, that a human i, born : under another fla js at l potentially an enemy. ea' There is something anpaliine m ... Vr,,o-Wt that . l..nr , , " 'f .iiue"- mm. a. i-i-vtuzeu heine tr. uiui in ut my vs ltlng-rcom subject himself to the rr4np questio of ridiculous bureaucrats, and pay series of extortionate feos before r ttkcv woo a. iiiii-inaae houn-'a. i UBrtAll a AU stt-i rm m ll1 uvvuiuciins ctrr ever r n t in izc-' at all critically when you do orJ """""y looKS io see it thf phntogW is really yours. My travelling coir panion on the recent trip to Lon , had no visa, but he got by. The pi-, poses'-of these formalities are d) continue an array of superfluous e' ficials in their jobs, and (2) 0 'J the' police plenty of lecal pretexts f(! persecuting you if they don't like Americans oueht to be ashaneii the fact that their own irovernp,.' is perhaps the worst offender in theJ respeeis- V imposing an exorhltSt yisa fee-tn dollare it has reveaV to other governments the rich w siDunies or tnis .source of fortuhi revenue. Here is a step that would he mightily t-o liberate the world fro bureaucracy: let the American m ernment suppress all passport fees ar: formalities wherever foreign goven' ments will grant reciprocity, roir petition for American trade and trav will do the rest. loiJ T I European News and Views Br WiliLIAM IVY - (European Correwpoiident of The Star) LONDON. Feb. A great to-do js being raised in Europe over the dis covery of documents purporting to prove that the former German govern." ment gave the Bolsheviks pecuniary aid with which to get Russia out of the war. On reading "this'.' news -thousands of otherwise normal, human beings fly into a state of high indignation. Epithets like .''shameful " 'cowardly," and the like are-scattered on the w lads. But against whom is aPl this indlgpa. tion directed? It must of course be intended tp'apply to one or both of th parties to the bargain either to the government of WUhelm II, or to Inn and Co., or -to both of them. Let us try tpapply it to Lenin- He was in Switzerland, a refugee badly "wanted" for many years, back b,y the Czar's government. His dream of a decade had beej lo overthrow, the gov, ernment of Russia and substitute a socialistic regime. To him all "eapi. talist" governments were enemies. The Csar fell, Russia was in a state of turbulence, Lenin saw that his hour had come. But he could not get to Russia without crossing Germany. "Would his enemy, the "capitalist" Ger man government, help him? What a piece of luck' fox Lenin! Not only would the Germans let him get back and lead the revolution, but they would give him a good round sum in the bargain!- To.be permitted to do what one has wished for is happiness enough, generally but to be paid for it! And by one's enemy! Lenin must haye had a good' long chuckle when he got the eheksup posing that he did get it. Abyhow it is hard to get -indignant at him for seizing a srolden opportunity. But can one get indignant with any more reason asainst the Kaiser's gov ernment for its part in the affair? There the object was to get Rula out of the war, ap thfl easiest way seemed to be to brip about a pacifist resolu tion. It will be remembered that Ger many's enemies eheered every sign of such a revolution in Germany, and if there had been any mean or bribing German revolutionary leaders to that end, it Is unthinkable that It would not have been done, v Not only that, but tv is pretty well known th&t bribery did play a part in determining the attitude tof some of the near Eastern powers in the war, and , that it was used by both sides. It will. probafely be shown soma day, for in stance, that Turkey was bought into the war by Germany and bought out of it by tt -AHiM'- Rnd thre are good grounds for suspecting the same thing with resrard to Bulg-arii. It would seem that the German gov ernment can be accused, at.rnest, of Pandora'p crimer-epenin; a box whose contents Were unknown- No doubt It was believed that Russia's elimination would brlns about a speedy German victory over the - Allies, after which the German army eould finish, off Lenin and install a "strp.e'Beemmnfc; in Russia. ThAis "Lenin was undoubtedly delighted to see 'Germany defeated, and to accuse him of -pferraanifm"- be comes nonsensical. An now Ludendorrf wants to ereate a German army to drive Lepin,, off hja throne. JSome AUied statesmen are very prjucfl attracted by th proposal, but here agajn in ?aner-'a boi far one can't iHelp iWoswiBgwhat Luden-, dorff would jdo with. his . army after -tlSu rope, become. conftmed gamblers. Most of them have an American in come, in dollars, put before they can use it they have to convert it into pounds, francs, marks or lire, and the number of these units that they cap buy each week varies widely. The American abroad watches the exchange quotations with, an anxious eye. He talks to everybody that may be able to throw a little light on the obscure reasons for" excljanp fluctuations, but generally without getting much in formation of practical value. The exchange begins to rise, and he is torn with'- doubt,; Shall he buy francs pow, or wait until they go a little higher.? Next. Jay the rise is checked and a slump sets in, and he bitterly blames himself for not buying at the top of the market. But perhaps it will turn again. Better wait till tomorrow. Tomorrow, alas! it s worse. Curses! Why didn't I buy three days ago, when I could have got a franc more for every dollar a hundred francs p every hundred dollars.! j He consults the teller at the bank "Still going down! Qf course it may! take a turn for the better, but you never can tell. Jt looks bad just now." Well, one has to have francs. "Give me two hundred dollars worth.! The following day, of course, there is an improvement. "Why didn't I wait? I'd have got fifty francs more." So the daily speculation goes on. One thinks, "Well, ir it ever goes to 16 again, I'll plunge." But when it does go to 16, one reflects that after all, ifs op the up-grade it may gp to 17, lStrm-perhaps 20 who' knows? The n result, however. is that one's income varies widely. The franc, for example, has ranged all the way be tween 10 and 17 1-2 to the doiiar within , a year. There is no doubt about it's being exciting to have an income that fluctuates as much as 40 per cent. rt will seem tame to these Americans to have an income that remaips the same from-week to week, which will happen when the exchange stabilizes or when they go back to America. - Will KISSING THE BITU.E ttoicnng to a Bible and kissing Th Book in taking an oath Was inter to make the obligation so sacred ?v impressive mat one would speak on 'the truth' and all of it. AVe all kr.o that whatever sanctity may have taehed to the obligation by making tl Bible a part of it, has all hut paw v unesses not only have the privjlp or Deinjr sworn without tho r.ible hi without raising a hand even, and t! average witness who clasps the lw and makes a motion at kissing it gi never a tnougftt to the hook, as th Bible nor the reason for ha vine h Bible in the ceremony. A copy of wy ster's Blueback speller or a 'rtietinnm ...1.J 1- . 4.1 t iu nve me same errect on the mf. who is going to tell the truth; ar swearing on a stack of Bibles as hi: 8s the courthouse won't stop him wv purposes in hi6 heart to lie. But a Iff isiater who would abolish kissing f. Book for sanitary reasons, which most sensible, otherwise leaving tt Bible to function as usual in the em mony, finds opposition on the crotii that merely kissing 'the Book promote irutp, and it . won't do to pass up tli custom established by the father, Sometimes one can hut think that son folks break Into the' legislature really belong in other state institu tions. -Landmark. THE GJST OP DEMOCRACY The ultimate bend of the demncraH Pt the future cannot be eternal pnr cipies of right embodied in a ced ' laws; it pannot be the iselflsh ties c! business: it aannot be the cnercM force of government ani polfr conW- The only enduring basis upon whicM free people can rest their political I'! altles is the conscious and reasons conviction pf the average man, Tt democracy of the future, mqst he, mo? than a body of laws, more than a r cial or political program; it must i be a faith , a loyalty. For. after the creative and forward lookine w raents in hupian life are our faith?. 1; state the nroblem in terms of nsyrnt ogy. we must secure in pome faJ"" an ftffec.tlv eire-anliatlnn of the sent! ments of the averasre man nrw those eemprhensive puliiii-al f moral vilnen ilnc at the cor of tk democratic ideal. Dr. Alhion W. Sma in The American Journal of Soeiolo?: JiRA.MEJR TO BR Ifi iHr.EXYlUfl imperial to The Star) GREENVILLE, S. C, Feh. IS. Jon F. Kranver. Drohibition (oinrnissl'''11 of federal government. h;is acfP;1; an invitation in sneak in Greenvii TTVhrn nr-r Bi. a Arl ppsslns several COf r - - , o - r. Bettitqar oj Meney v . It will not . e - surprising if the. Times Never really come tp the family that saves. If your in come should stop or be reduced, jsAjftNGS ACCOUNT will provide opportunities, MmiortiSnd happiness lor URtil matters adjushemaelves-: Why not start & r Savings Account with ;u today ? The Wilmihgt Co. 0LDESTD LARGEST orth Carolina Savings Bank r, 4 -. t" -1' -v"
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Feb. 19, 1921, edition 1
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