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OUR FLAG
EDITORIAL
THE GERMAN IN DEFEAT
Through four long years we li®vc
had an opportunity to study the
German cuaracter as it revealed it
self ia victory or in the hope of vic
tory The conclusions that we reach
ed were not complimentary. Now
lor two months we have watched
bearing of Germans in defeat, and
we cannot revise those conclusions
Germany in defeat is the reverse oi
the mtda' of -\yhich Germany in vic
tory is the face; the qualities tha
are stamped on the one determine
those thai are displayed- on the
other, »n appropriately reversed
form.
The arrogance that tore "P the
most solemn treaties and that strucl
blow fater blow at smaller and
weaker nations finds its complemen
in the hasty readiness to maJce ai
abject surrender when the tables at
Ir.st are turned. The savage cruelty
shown f0 those who were temporar
ily in the power of the Germans is
repla.* d by a whimpering plea tc
tie spared the hardships and- suffer
ings tnrx* must follow invasion. As
the German fought without chivalrj
in victory, so they fight withoul
sp'rif in defeat I.ike their Bul
garian illies, they would not defend
their own soil: when aggression fall
ed they -were ready to quit. Theii
navy surrendered without striking 2
Mow. The kaiser ran away in s
panic from his own army and' hi
own people.
It Is all explicable enough whet
you the keyword — materialisn
The Germans would fight for loot
far conquest, for material gain; the;
would not fight for anything else
"When It Degan to appear that it
would cost a good deal more ^
fight than they could hope to make
by fighting, they were only too will
ing to stop. That may be business
like, but is also despicable.
Tha case would be different if
there were any reason to believe tha
Germany surrendered because il
recognized the evil it had done and
the falseness of its war-time ideals
There is no such reason. There is
not <he slightest disposition on the
part of the new German leaders tc
be repentant or contrite in heart
They ci rely recognize *hat German
made a miscalculation, that il
would h ive paid better to keep out
of the war. There are a few hon
orable exceptions, but the lie stiJ
remains powerful between the Rhin
an! the Vistula. The people d<
not look the facts of Belgium, of tb
submarine war. of their Eastern pol
Icy, |a »be face and say, "We hav«
ainflbd." They; do nbt even admit
that tlifiir army was whipped. They
lie to one another, just a8 the im
perial government again and' again
during tfce war lied to them. Hav
ing avoided the final military catas
trophe by begging for peace, they
boldly welcome home their "unbeat
en" soldiers. The Prussian philos
ophy, which teaches arrogance in
prosperi»r. subservience in adversity*
materialism and deceit always, has
marked Ibis people so d«eply that
no political revolution can alter
their babit of mind.
It Is even questionable whether
a genuiDe revolution Is yet possible
in Germany. The material disturb
ance and lass that accompany such
occasions frighten the German. His
ingrained' disposition to obey some
one else unfits blm for the job of
tho revolutionary. It is dangerous
to predict in such times as these,
but the German soldiers returning
from th» front show little of the
eager reforming spirit. They wll
give the Ebert government Its
chance, since the imperial party
made a mess of things; but if the
moderate Socialists fail, as they veiy
well may a reaction to monarchy
is more likely than a further de
cline to Bolshevism.—The Compan
ion.
The reports that Albert Ballin,
the gre<*t German steamship man
ager, eoinitted suicide just before
the signing of the armistice has
brought publication from far off
Sydne,', Australia, of what bears in
ternal external evidence of be
ing a genuine letter written bjt Bal
lin to 1).-. Rothenau, a privy coun
cilor at Berlin, in December, 1917.
The le"er assailed German newspa
oer articles on "prepardeness for
embarking on brisk trad"e and man*."
factures a soon as peace has been
concluded" as manifest propaganda
for th-j heartening of a war-weary
ueople.
Baliin declared that he had "vain
ly begged the Berlin authorities no
to engage iu unrestricted subma
rine warfare,basing his opposi
tion no* on moral, but on trade
grounds. "In antagonizing Ameri
ca, we have done a disastrous
thing," h° said, "a thing which will
throw a cold shadow on our econ
omic l'lp for a generation." We bas
ed this on his conception of Ameri
cans as "probably the most idealis
tic nat'on on the earth's surface."
■ But lie feared the effect on Great
Britain still more. He ascribed the
: great growth in German wealth to
intercourse with the British em
pire. "Her home ports, her domin
ions ?u<3 colonies were freely open
ed to our shippers and traders," he
declared. "I wondered at this gen
erosity and even called it folly. Is
it to cc imagined* for a moment
that those relations will be re
turned?"
Ballin expected, or at least pre
tended *o believe in, German vic
tory, bat he saw only trade disas
ter ahead. He thus commented on
th© future: "With a hostile British
empire, galled and fretted- with, our
military success, raging at itg loss
> es, hopelessly alienated, how are we
to procure the raw material which
this emuire alone can supply? That
L great empire is self-contained an<1
wg are not, and all the military vie*
r tories an' all the wild will o' the
wisps about "Hamburg to Bagdad'
will not help us."
It is to avert this disaster that
German leaders are so strenuously
objecting to any after the war
econoiaic.barriers, relying on a lib
erality of spirit on the part of oth
er peoples which Teutons would* in
■ the fullness of their uower have
called "folly."—St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
BU stic* and war bonnet, gaunt
let *!nd spear, sword and' pen, all
were laid aside, while the Angel Az
rael touched the hero In his slum
r. ber aad awakened him to everlast
ing peace. What a perfect ending
to a life tuat knew no ease, but ex
pended its last vestige of vital force
Ijin service for humanity!
' A couple of good swift kicks a-re
3 reported' to have ended a bolahe
• vik uprising at Vladivostok, Pity
that lieutenant can not go all over
Russia *>; apply his sovereign rem
edy fOi* tha malady.
As might have been expected
the defense for a negro who mur
d'ered a schoolboy on his way home
from church is laid by asserting
that the slayer liStf. been drinking.
What will this class of criminals do
when the country is made bone dry*
A lof of idle words are now being
prodigally wasted by radicals in dif
ferent parts of the world, but the
future of the race will be secure
as long as sensible people keep their
wits.
One of the world monuments to
Theodore Roosevelt's great genius
is the Panama cauai. It will stand
a triunuh for his energy as long as
the octans of the earth bear com
merce.
Mexico wantg delegates at the
peace meeting. If any people in
in the New World need; the teach
ings of neace, it is these same neigh
bors of ours.
| The impulsive Pole should re
strain his impetuosity. He will
not only need help now, but often
in the future, but most of all he
needs a little self-restraint.
The mother of Empress Zita ouly
had $4,000,000 with her when she
reached the border of Switzerland,
showing how the llapsburg family
has come down in the world.
Heir LieUknecht and his un
washed followers a^ making -life
one long drawn out round of plea'
sure ior tb0 Berlinese. ^
Free epoeeh does not mean thai
you arp at liberty to at>use anJ"
one without incurring the rtssponsi
bility of your internees.
W. Hohenzollern is said to b<
greatly depressed. Well, he has ha
no cause lor great elation recently.
\Vi«h coal prices w hat they are H
is no easy matter to keep tfte hom<
fires turning.
WOMEN'S SHOES TO HE f
HKiHEIt IX TWO ASPECTS
Chicago, Jan. 20. — Higher shoes
lor women ior lyly, higher prica
r>ther than reductions, aBd shor
skirts, are the views of the Nation
al 3ho& Travelers' association as ex
preased in resolutions at th« cio»
of its seventh annual convention.
Women's shoes of eight and on1
half inches or higher, in brown
gray, beaver, blaok aud white, weri
decreed by the 3hoe travelers wh<
added that "long skirts are un
sightly, unsanitary and Prevent fr«<
action in walking or other pursuits.
Scarcity of material is expected; tc
make orices even higher, the travel
ers agreed
WHAT O.lSW IS t '
(
"CANDY as a FOOD has "won— -\\\ v, •>
The Government buys it by the tou." ^4 ^ \ JBilU
Candy is good food, pure and "wholesome It is tbe universal food; '
i* s'aaKs all languages; it dries the tears in the eyes of little chil
dren; and wreathes the faces of old a^je ia smiles. It is the unspok
en message from the lover to his sweetheart; on* of the first tok
ens sent to the absent cne; it briags joy to the home; it is the a<!r
vance ajent of happinees in every clime. It makes regular visits to
the home, the. church, the hospital, the trison, the battlefield and trench.
Its constant associates a re love, j"o,r, i>^e, bappineas, smiles s.nd
laughter. Can as much be said of any other food?'
IN THE UNITED STATES, THE & UGAP. CONSUMPTION PER CAPI"
TA PER ANNUM IS 84 LBS.
Candy Manufacturers use I 8 oer cent or
Other Manufacturers use *J , i IT o~rcent or
Tabie Usage , 75 percent or
i J ill I
, / } ' ■' 100 ^percent
6.72 lbs. ner capita per anlauni-— .29 oz. per capita per day.
14.2S los. per capita per aniBWTO— .63 oz. per capita per day.
63.00 1M. per capita per ajroum—2.70 o*. ner capita per day .
84 lo? per capita per annum—3.68 ex. oer capita per <i»y.
20 per cent restriction in of au«ar oy Confectioner* is 20 percent
of .29 oz ,05g <*. f| | |
The saying accomplished by, this icteasur^ p*? capita uer day is repre
sented by about 1-17 oz- I » 1* *! I -!**' *■> v*-- ' ' ' j
As 1 oz. of sugar is about three t!«aspoansful, th esaving per capita
per day ca-n also he measured at1 a<bouf. 1-6 of a tepasoonfel.
Another way of putting its '•*' '' * '* f*:
6.72 lbs. at 7% cents (average* ptficeb—25c »er annum, or lc per "week;
1. e.. the public, by saviDg l c I worth of sugar per capita per week
can keen every candy factory itu^nnlnjc, .furnishing employment to at
leas* one hundred thousand ppq*ple k *' ' ' \ *
•6.72 lbs.
14.28 lba.
€3.00 lbs.
84.00 lbs.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE
BY FORD IN CONTEST OF
NEWBERRY'S ELECTION
Washington, Jan. £1.—In a peti
tion received today by Vice Presi
dent Marshall and laij before the
senate Henfy Ford, democratic can
didate 'or United States senator,
who ja- d<efeated on the face of re
turns by Truman H. Newberry, re
publican, gave formal notice of a
contest o' the senate seat and
asked for a recount of the ballots.
Excessive us0 of money in New
berry's campaign .Intimidation of
voters, improper rejection of bal
lots, "flagrant violation" of mlcM"
gan election laws and many other
charges .were made by Mr. Ford In
I hia petition.
father-in-law of captain
ROOSKVEIjT dies in rostiis
Boston, aJn. 21. — Thomas St.
John Loekwood, lather-ln-law oj
Capt. Archibald Rooeevelt, d*ie<ii Jan.
4, but <he fact did not become gen
erally known until the following
Mondal morning when the home
was communicated with in reference
to the death of'Mrs. Rooservelt. Mr.
Lockwocd's daughter, Mrs. Archie
Roosevalt, did not arrive here from
New York until two days, after her
father's death.
Captain Roosevelt -was accom
panying her when a message Over
took him on the train, which he
left at the nearest station with the
purpose of going immediately to
Oyster Bay.
The nUflfortuneg Hardest fo be3'
are tfcose which never come. —
Lowell.
She ventured in the briny deep
A little while ago,
And y«liod "Murder! Fire! Police!"
A crab bad pinched ber toe.
And' though at that momentous tim<
Her screams were plainly heard,
Yet when a "lobster" squeezed hex
waist
She didn't say a wond.
You ajng a little song or two,
You have a friendly chat,
You make a little candy fudge,
And' then you take your hat.
You hold her haud and »ay "Good
night,"
As sweetly as youi can.
Ain't thata of an evening
For a great b'g healthy man?
Hot Clam or Red Snapper Brott
.Hakes a goad drink tbese cold' days
Kellers are serving them. tt.
$100 Reward, $100
The readers of this paper will b»
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease lUat science has
teen able to cure In all lt« stages and
that Is catarrh. Gatarrh belntr greatly
Influenced bv constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Medicine Is-token Internally and
s-ts thru the Blood on Uw Mucous Sur
ges of the System thereby destroying
tJw foundation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the con
atttutlon and assisting nature In doing 1U
work. The proprietor* have so much
falfh In the curative powers of Hall s
Catirrh Medicine t!»at they offer One
Hundred Dollars tor. any case that It falls
to cure. Send for flat of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHEN BY *-CO.. Toledo.
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