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THE COMMONWEALTH Afternoon Daily and Semi Weekly -The Commonwealth, Inc. Scotland Neck Bank Bldg. Scotland Neck, N.G. I " Entered at tLe rest office at Scotland Neck. X. C, as second class matter under Act of Con gress, March S, IS79. Subscription Hates: (In Advance') THROUGH MAIL One Year $3-00 Six Months 1.50 SemiAVeeklly One Year 1.00 By Carrier 10 Cents per week All articles submitted f v pub lication must bear the author's -1 j vi: name, not necessarily io. puuu cation, but as a good faith. guarantee of All draft?, checks, money or ders, tve, should be made payable to The Commonwealth, Inc. Friday, May 18, 1917 The latest note to England was "eouelieil in no uncertain langu age. ' It bore manv figures. Amidst the press of more excit ing matters, don't lose sight of the fiy and the tramp. Swat him and kick him. If this talk of economy is kept up it won't be long before a at man is looked upon with suspicion. In enumerating the crops to be planted this year, it is significant that the authorities omit all men tion of wild oats. College athletes are debating the question of continuing their sports during the war. If they haven't brains enough to farm or arm, then the governors of their respective states should take them by the slack of the pants and kick them into the front first batch of conscripts rank of the LIBERTY BONDS Everyone knows, who reads the daily papers, that the secretary of tire treasury is asking the people of the United States to sIioav their patriotism and subscribe for the two billion dollars of bonds, and that these bonds can be obtain ed in denominations of 50, 100, $500, and 1,000. These bonds draw three and 1-2 per cent interest, and mature in 1947, but are redeemable in 1932 and should any subsequent issue of bonds be made, at a higher rate of interest before the termination of the Avar, the holders of the bonds have the privilege of con verting same into an equal amount of bonds bearing the higher rate of interest. The Scotland Neck Bank and the Planters and Commercial Bank, of this city, are handling these bonds for their customers free of all charges for so doing. RUSSIAN PROBLEM SOLVED All who have been students of the world happenings, the vacar ious willowings of various nations during the less than three years of the great Avar, the fear of this or that country, be it small or great, Avithdrawing from the alli ance, to make a separate peace, and thus undo the work that has been done towards establishing an international democracy, has look ed, with fear and trembling, at the internal dissentions in Rus sia. Viewing backward m world history Ave knoAV what France went through, after the monarchy was overthrown, before the rep ublic became staple and on firm footing. In a lesser degree, also, the internal affairs of China, Avhen the emperlor, Avas deposed, was in a state of chaos, until the firm hand of Japan took up the reins and Ave can AATell view with ap prehension a nation like Russia when the cry 'freedom' is sound ed throughout its realm. Russia, country of the down trodden, and the hotbed of arar chy. Russia the antithesis - the antipole, AVherein the tAvo extrem es -the fabulously rich and the miserable poor, have never met Avherein the serf-the slave alone is found of all civilized countries of the globe. What is there for such as these, to have liberty throAvn at them in one great av alanche. France went wild, but Russia is still bewildered, though Avoe unto the world if the Russian bear awakes in her hunger and snarls a menace to the world. And still we fjare idle. We do not grasp the full importance of adjusting the conditions of Rus sia for her, for she is too igno rant to do it herself, or through her Avorkmen or soldiers council, and so far no great man has yet arisen to lead his countrymen to the light. What have Ave done to aid, and what are her allies doiiur? Practicalhr nothing. It is true that the Root Com mission is even iioav on its wav and will, no doubt do much a mong the better class to advise, but this is not enough. What they need is leadership, some country to take the helm in the battle of protecting Russia from the ravages of a common enemy. In "Commerce "and Finance" there is an article that offers the best solution7 and is Avritten in masterly style by F. R. Serri, and all, Avho can get a copy, should read "all things consid ered.'' A feAv words tells the entire story "call Japan to the rescue" but Ave cannot stop there, Ave must quite a little from the arti cle, some of the sentences being taken at random, in order to bring out the strong points. "It might incidentally save Japan to the democracy," Avrites Mr. Serri. "She has stood back, suspicious, uncertain of herself, restless, waiting, watchfullv, nominally for democracy and vec so equivocal has appeared her po sition that in the Zimmermami note Germany turned to her as a possible friend in this AATa r. 'Like the United States she too must be induced to make the great decision, not faintly, not dubulously, but whole-heartedly. Then only would she be pulled out of her isolation, hatching im perialistic dreams, into the swirl of the democratic nations fight ing for the safety, and peace of the world. "The ordeal of that struggle, the baptism of fire, Avould purg her soul. It would irrestiblv impress upon her mind that the safety of the world depends upon united action against the aggres sor, the disturber of peace. She Avould, by her oavii act of effec tive co-operation, help to make such action more possible in the future. With Japan converted, there Avjould be but one nation of consequence, outside of the league of democracy-Germany, and she could be lured into it after the Avar. "The call to Japan would in itself be a frank recognition that she was a great power. It would shatter the bogy of the yellow peril. The division between the white and the yellow nations would dissapear. The snobbish ness of the white race, its jeal ously,its narrowness, might as a result change to Sympathy friendship, and brood good will." 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