WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 191ff.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 191-3
WILL PEACE COME?
After reading Germany's peace pro
posal, one falls into a revery and
wonders if the world at large is to
have the best Christmas present of
all peace.
Coming as it docs at the Christm is
season when the thoughts of all the
citizens of the Christian world art
turning toward peace on earth and
good will toward men, toward the
meek and lowly Nazarene who travel
ed through life preaching, "love your
neighbor as yourself," it seems that
this might be the psychological mo
ment of all moments to discuss end
ing the slughter of men in which
tho rulers of the world are engaged.
The Kaiser may be blamed for
starting the war. But it will not rest
upon his conscience that he prolonged
it. Without discussing the merits of
his peace proposals, his willingnessto
evacuate the conquered territory in
France and Belgium, his propositi 'j
establish Poland as an independent
kingdom, his desire to repossess his
own lost colonies, the Kaiser has
made possible negotiations which may
bring the allies and central powers to
a lasting peace.
As for ourselves, we confess that
we are a trifle pessimistic about the
outcome. The war itself marked tho
downfall of our civilization. It show
ed that we were rcully not Christian
nations but barbarians covered with
a thin veneer. It showed that the
teachings of Jesus Christ were mouth
ed upon our lips but hnd not really
penetrated the hearti of the rulers
and parliaments of the world, while
their peoples were still blind in fo!
lowing their leaders, no matter how
insane, into paths of murder, arson
and lust.
Wo doubt yet whether the nations
of the world ure sufficiently ehnsten
ed for their past sins. We doubt
whether the rulers aro sufficiently
gorged with war, whether the muni
tions makers have profiled enough,
whether the speculators in war goooi
have reaped enough profits to permit
the dove of peace to light.
What a gr.-at thin-r it would be at
the present moment if there were
somewhere in the councils of one ti
tha warrine- nations a man whosj
! heart beat for the common people like
j Abraham Lincoln. What a blessing
it would be if the Christmas time
would soften the hearts of thoe who
are eager for revenge and conquest.
L'pon David Lloyd George rests a
great responsit ility. The world at
large will judge him by whether cr
not he ends the war. True he has the
interests of his nation to defend. He
should and will endeavor to seize all
the advantages to which his nation
is entitled from a nation which is
suinir for peace. But the world at
large is anxious and eager that the
sword should be sheathed and ham
' mered into plow shares. The neutral
nations who are suffering, the com
mon people of the United States, who
are helping pay the terrible cost of
i this war, should demand that peace be
'granted.
I President Wilson may be the man
'of the hour. It would not be unbe
! coming a nation of the United States
iat this time to join in asking that
'peace be granted in view of the fact
.that the United States is a heavy suf
ferer. At any rate, it may be taken
j for granted that all the weight of Mr.
. Wilson's character, his moral influ
! ence will be cast on the side of peace
Great Britain and the allies, ho-.v-
cver, regard this war as a holy cru
;cade, they believe that Germany
brought on the war with the ambition
of conquering the world, and they feel
: that now is the time to curb, forever,
I the menace of German militarism,
i They feel that in order to crush Ger
iman militarism they must decisively
defeat Germany and practically send
jthe Kaiser to Elba or St. Helena.
I If Great Britain persists in this
view, If Lloyd George spurns the Kai
ser's proposal, the war will go on.
Destruction, desolation, death in
place of mirth, rejoicing, happiness
on Christmas day.
i It is doubtful if Germany can be
i conquered. German ingenuity so fa
jhas enabled it to ge; food and sup
I plies. Germany, whenever food was
(necessary, invaded the allies' territory
and seized it. The present Roumanian
'drive has given Germany at least one
year's supply of food. Germany's fi
j nancial system and her man power
seem just as able to withstand ths
i strain as the allies,
j If the British lion fi'ils to meet his
enemy half way now, he may get a
I better peace later on, but he will do
j it at a terrible cost in money and men,
iat the cost of the loss of some of the
igood opinion of the world at large
land at the risk of meeting reverses
j somewhere along his far flung battle
, line.
In this weary world uneasy rests
the head that wears a crown, and un
easy too, rests the uncrowned head of
David Lloyd George.
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER PRE
SIDES OVER AMERICAN CIV
IC ASSOCIATION
Washington, Dec., 13 (United
Press) With talks by Miss Mar
garet Wilson, the President's daught
er; Percy Mackaye poet and play
wright, and Dr. Henry E. Jackson, of
the United States Bureau of Educa
tion, the twelfth annual convention of
the American Civic Association open
ed here today.
Miss Wilson presided at the after
noon session, which was devoted to
a discussion of the use of the schools
I as a community center. She made no
, extended talk, however. Dr. Jackson,
! of the Burenu of Education, discussed
'the same topic at length and Mr. Mac
ikaye spoke on the growth of the com
j munity drama.
The delegates of the convention will
be the guests of the Washington Real
Estate Hoard tonight at which time
officials of the War Department are
expected to outline the plans of tho
Federal government for the improve
ment of Potomac Park, the District
of Columbia's future municipal playgrounds.
The Wheel That Squeaks the
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Adv.
Judge Neil Pleads for Mother's Pen
sion in England
By Wilbur S. Forrest
(UnitedPress Staff Correspondent)
London, Dec. 12 The American
system of Mother's pensions forBrit
ish war widows and their children
may soon be raised in the House of
Commons.
A WOMAN'S TORTURE
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Judge Henry Neil, of Chicago, who
jhas fathered the plan through 27
I American state legislatures, is telling
I the British authorities about it in
! London today. The Chicago judge is
pointing out to Members of Parlia
ment that it will not be good for the
future of the British race nor will it
be human to jam Britain's already
numerous children's institutions with
tots -whose father have fallen in the
war. He is urging them to pension
the mothers like America is doing and
allow the children to grow up under
real material care.
Immediately after the war the
mothers will cease to reap their war
separation allowances and will have
to fall back on the small government
pension allowed to war widows. The
natural result will bo an over crowd
ing of British orphan asylum.
This was the way Judge Neil oui
lined the situation to the United Press
today:
"You may put a baby into a cleaner
bed than its mother can provide, give
it clean cow's milk, tend it with the
most scientific and sanitary care and
yet it will pine for tho lack of a moth
er's coddling. It needs the warmth
of her arms, the squeezing and sort
of massage she supplies. Mother's
love makes all the difference between
viril and weakly children."
are now either serving with the army
or doing war work.
One can understand why a Tory
should find it hard to ser1 under a
Welshman, but Lloyd George and the
times are different. The Oregonian.
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England Puts An Knd To The Gypsy
Business Till War's End.
London, Dec. 12. (United Press.)
The last remnants of a gypsy band
that has wandered aimlessly about
England for years, was rounded up in
Sheffield today, one man being must
ered into the army and three others
imprisoned for petty thefts. The Scot
bind Y'ard man who trailed and final
ly caught the wanderers believes that
they avho put an end to the gypsy
business at least for the duration of
the war.
Before the conscription law became
effective there were hordes of gypsies
and van dwellers following their peri
patetic existence throughout England
imd Scotland. Practically all of them
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To the Stockholders of the State Bank
of lmbler, Imbler, Oregon
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the above named bnnk will be held at
the banking rooms at Imbler, Oregon,
between the hours of 2 and 4 o'clock
p. m., on Thursday, January 11th,
1917.
This meeting, called for the elec
tion of a board of directors for said
bank and the transaction of any other
business which may properly come be
fore the meeting.
SHERWOOD WILLIAMS,
12-11-13-16-18 Cashier.
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