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REVIVING Oril MIUT&Bi POLICY.
Word that Secretary Daniels fa-
army. A virile military policy must
provide for this need and lay the
foundation for a sufficient force of
trained men to hold in check an ag
gressive foe until a sufficient, time
might elapse for us to convert addi
tional forces of row levies into soldiers.
stance. Any potentate who aspires to
re-establish the old Germanic domina
tion necessarily contemplates the con.
qust of the United States. If he
began to carry out his plans, what
should we do, submit or resist?
vors construction of additional sub
marines for the United Btates Navy
and that Secretary Garrison will urge
upon the Administration the necessity
of a more virile military policy makes
it clear that the lessons of the great
European struggle are not to go
wholly unheeded. It is well that we
should profit. Having a peaceful
temperament, the product of long
peace and isolation from the hotbeds
of armed conflict, the American peo
ple have grown Indifferent to pre
paredness for a possible serious con
flict. Success in the few minor wars
we have had to face has tended to
blind us to our inability to defend
ourselves should the necessity arise.
The peace idea is an attractive one.
Every optimist must feel that one day
the human family will put aside the
barbarous practice of holding period
ical debauches of slaughter. But that
time is not yet, nor are the prospects
especially pleasing for its early ar
rival. There are a number of ad-
Justments yet confronting the world
which the old arbiter of armed
strength, may be called upon to set
tle: and the United States, of course.
cannot afford to disregard conditions
as they really are. Hence, while
holding the ideal of peace strongly
in mind we must be prepared for
eventualities, even though the clouds
of trouble do not loom ominously
upon our horizo'n at the present time,
Secretary Garrison's declaration for
a more virile military policy strikes
at a far greater need than that of ad
ditional submarines, in naval strength
our needs as a nation, are fairly well
met. Contemplating any nation with
which we might become embroiled, it
must be conceded that the United
States Navy cbuld give an excellent
account of itself. Despite the activi
ties of misguided peace propagand
ists, reactionaries and pork-barrel
statesmen, we have managed to keep
the Navy abreast of the times and a
force to be reckoned with among the
navies of the world. Addition of a
few submarines will be in line of con
tinuing the policy of naval prepared
ness. The submarine has proved it
self a machine of war to be reckoned
with and the United States cannot af
ford to ignore the lesson even though
we do learn it at rathe? a late hour.
In the matter of military strength
our greatest fehortcoming is found. We
havenelth.er army nor mean of get
ting one at the present time. True
we have a sort of National police
force which we dignify with the title
of United States Army, and an Indif
ferent citizen soldiery which we call
the National Guard. But neither of
these, nor both of them, could be
utilized immediately for effective field
operations on a large scale. Taken
regiment for regiment, these troops
may be compared with the best in
fighting qualities, but they have not
been moulded into those larger organ
izations which are necessary in war
on a large scale.
For trouble with a fourth-rate
country such as Mexico our military
force would dominate the situation
easily and quickly because of the ca
pacity of the smaller units. In war
with a first-class power the same
troops would be at sei for the rea
son that they have had no training in
team work on a large scale. Where
two American regiments might be
counted upon to hold their own
against three regiments of an effi
cient enemy, two corps of American
troops might not be able to cope with
one corps of a thoroughly prepared
and trained army.
In short, while there Is nothing
wrong with our fighting qualities,
everything is wrong with our mili
tary policy. So far organization into
larger units has not passed the paper
stage. Our divisions and corps are
merely figments of the military im
agination. Divisions and corps do
not drill or maneuver together. In
fact they never get together and in
event of war we would be compelled
to weld them into a haphazard fight
ing machine and let them learn the
lessons of team work on the firing
line.
It is a sad fact that the pork bar
rel is largely responsible for this con
dition. Our small Army has been
looked upon by a majority of Ameri
can Congressmen as a medium for ex
ploitation rather than an instrument
for National defense. In order that
this community and the other might
sell supplies to soldiers the Army has
been kept scattered to the four winds
a condition that was made necessary
in the beginning by' Indian troubles.
Even today all efforts at concentra-
tion into strategic camps are bitterly
resisted by pork-barrel Congressmen.
As to the National Guard, it has
worked under bitter discouragement.
The public has given it little sym
pathy or support and the men in this
service have devoted their time to the
service at great personal sacrifice.
SecretaVy Garrison has indorsed the
stand that the National Guard must
be taken more firmly in Hand by the
Government and given at least a small
- rate of compensation, which will en
able the development of -greater ef
ficiency and discipline. It may be
said that no ' extraordinary effort is
required to develop what soldiers we
have into a capable first line.
When we have made the most of
Army and National Guard the United
States will be poorly enough prepared
for a serious war. These organiza
tions would provide no greater force
than 250,000 men, even when brought
up to full war strength. For a greater
force raw levies must be called upon
and these men cannot be sent to the
firing line for many months after the
outbreak of trouble. An extension o
the reserve army would therefore
seem to be necessary, since the public
mind is set against a large standing
PBOPHETS AND FACTS.
Astrologers are a class of men who
pretend to learn the future by study
ing the stars. They have a set of dia
grams and rules by which they derive
their imaginary lore from the relative
positions of theheavenly bodies. Aid
ed by these fanciful precepts, they
boast that tjiey can predict the deaths
of great men, foretell wars', prophesy
earthquakes and In a general way give
timely notice of the course of events.
Their false science is very old. In
the early days of Christianity it flour
ished thriftily in the Roman Empire.
The great Austrian General Wallen
stein was a devoted believer in it.
Napoleon had more or less faith in
the stars. Many other great men
have been inclined to put more confi
dence in astrology than there is any
ground for. Its so-called "facts" con
tradict the most elementary discover
ies of astronomy and geology. Its de
ductions have nothing whatever to
Justify them but the impudence of its
professors. Astrology is probably the
best surviving example of pure char
latanism in the world. Or, If ohe pre
fers a shorter word, it is unqualified
humbug.
Still it has many devout disciples,
and the astrologers in various parts
of the world publish a great many
almanacs in which they foretell, ac
cording to their lights, the events of
the coming year. One of those for
1915 was published as early as last
August. Its predictions about public
affairs are naturally a little discon
certing in the face of what has really
happened since that date. It has not
a word to say about the great war
which was breaking out on the very
day of the almanac's appearance.
The name of this instructive volume
is "The Prophetic Messenger." No
over $1,200,000 less in cigars and
cigarettes.
While we economized In purchase
of foreign luxuries we also econo
mized in necessaries by buying more of
the cheapened foreign article in place
of the domestic article. We increased
our imports of cattle, horses and other
animals by over $15,000,000, bread
stuffs nearly $20,000,000, clocks and
watches over - $800,000, cotton goods
$6,600,000, fishery products $3,400,
000, fruits $5,000,000, glass $1,500,000,
rubbet goods $250,000, cutlery $800,
000, leather nearly $5,000,000, gloves,
shoes and manufactures of leather
TW1XT EASE AND Dt'Tx".
Mexico continues to unroll its end
less panorama of war and Internal
discord. One military, dictator is no
sooner driven from his seat than
rivalry springs up among the leaders
of those who have expelled; him. The
military convention seems to have
fallen under the influence of Villa and I nearly $7,000,000, butter from $304
Zapata and has chosen Gutierrez as 090 to $1,753,461, cheese $1,800,000,
provisional president, but Carranza oils nearly $9,000,000, paper nearly
holds off from recognizing him. A $6,000,000, vegetables nearly $2,800,-
new war for supremacy between the 000, wood, timber and their products
Carranza and the Viila-Zapata fac- $600,000, wool $17,600,000 and woolen
tion threatens and the only hope for goods nearly l8,uoo,ooo.
peace appears to bo the final triumph Exports of the very commodities
of some dictator of the Diaz type who which we should sell abroad In larger
can- make his will supreme through quantity, if the Underwood promises
the terror Inspired by his legions. had been fulfilled, have decreased
What has either the United States very materially. Just as examples, we
or Mexico gained by our refusal to exported $8,500,000 less agricultural
recognize-Huerta, by our Indirect aid implements, nearly $45,000,000 less
to Carranza and by our watchful wait- I breadstuffs, $4,000,000 less railroad
them how to live peacably in the
world together. They obeyed his rules
and peace did not depart from among
them. Far as their wits might wander
in search of the unattainable in meta
physics they kept their feet on the
solid ground of the practical.
It is only when men lose touch with
reality and begin to soar in the air
that they think it worth while to fight
over their speculations. Suppose every
Christian had put the plain, practical
teachings of the Master above his own
theological dreamings. Is it conceiv
able that Europe would now be wal
lowing in blood and misery?
HOW VVR ARE WHIPSAWED.
The Pacific Coast lumber trade Is
being whlpsawed by Canada and the
Democratic party. When the Under
wood tariff was passed, British Co
lumbia prohibited the export of logs in
order that they might be made into
lumber on the other side of the bound
ary and in that shape exported to this
country free of duty. But the foreign
market for lumber was almost killed
by the war and the United States
could not absorb all the lumber which
ing for the triumph of the latter? Our cars, over $2,000,000 less cotton goods, British Columbia mills could produce.
citizens have been murdered and over $5,000,000 less fruits and nuts, A surplus or logs accumulated,
over $6,000,000 less leather and its
manufactures, over $7,500,000 less
meat and dairy products and over
$12,000,000 less wood, timber and
timber products.
We not only bought more and sold
plundered, or compelled to flee from
Mexico. We are no nearer the Attain
ment of our goal the establishment
of constitutional rule in Mexicothan
ever. One unconstitutional ruler
promises to succeed a-nother by the
and
British Columbia lifted the embargo
on exports In order to keep the log
gers busy. This action dumped 250
000,000 feet of British Columbia logs
on the market in. the United States.
These facts were stated by Repre-
triumph of brute force, which less, but we bought more of the com- sentatlve Johnson In the House, and
Representative Townsend inquired:
What became of those logs when they
came over the line into this country? Were
they not manufactured in this country and
wages paid here for doing that?
Mr. Johnson replied:
That Is easy to answer. Before those loes
ognlze him and shall we watchfully should increase by millions its imports Vet ThTpe
right
from
constitutes the title to rule in Mexico, modities we are best able to supply
The half-civilized or wholly barbarous ourselves and we sold less of the arti-
Indians and halfbreeds regard their cles of which we have most to spare
constitution as a mere ."scrap of pa- and In producing which we boast that
per." If Carranza or Villa should trl- we excel, if would be ludicrous, if
umph in war, shall we refuse to rec- less serious, that the United States
wait for his overthrow? If we do, we
may continue our waiting until Mex
ico, as an organized, responsible na
tion, is entirely destroyed and has
wholly relapfeed into primitive sav
agery or has been reduced to order by
another nation, stronger and more
courageous than our own.
The American people have such a
of livestock and breadstuffs. - This is
the record of the country which be
lieved it could feed Europe.
a nnromsT school. '
In the October number of the Hib-
bert Journal there is a curious account
of a holy Chinaman, Tuang Chwang,
into the district of the gentleman
Alabama (Mr. Heflin), to the retai
yards down there and to other South At
lantic points. We pay the freight and throw
In the logs. Why. Mr. Chairman, we are
actually shipping fir doors, made in the
County of Chehalis, State of Washington, In
the farthermost northwest corner of the
United Statea, diagonally across the whole
United States and selling them down South
for a few cents less than what the Southern
pine door manufacturers sell their product
who made a nllerimae-e from his own
doubt it is as genuinely prophetic as rooted repugnance to an armed occu- country to India many centuries ago for. We do it simply to keep the wheels
any other publication of the sort, but P-tlon of Mexico that they have pa- to learn the lntlmate lore of Buddhism, f oi" 'und- Tho consumer is not benefited
what an imposition upon the credulity "enu 'willel1 lne iruns oi me win- The journey, which took place In the
of the world it is. The only predic
tions which any human being can
make are those which are derived
from the formulas of exact science.
By this means the position of the
heavenly bodies can be foretold for
thousands of years ahead, but there
is na science which can utter a soli
tary dependable word about the future
course of human events.
ing policy, hoping against patent facts
that those fruits would be good. There
has been in their minds, however, a
growing doubt that it could bear any
fruits except continued and worse dis
order. This doubt is ripening into a
conviction that either we must leave
Mexico to settle its internal troubles
In its own way or we must step in and !
year 629 A. D., was exciting and peril
ous. Nothing but Yuang Chwang's
extreme sanctity and the consequent
favor of the heavenly powers saved
him from destruction time and again
as he proceeded on his way. On one
occasion the boat which bore him
toward his destination was captured
by pirates who belonged to the hide-
REUGIOX AND CHILDREN.
settle them in our way. We would oug Bect that worshipped the Goddess
giaaiy avoid tne latter alternative, Dm Durga wltn human sacrifices. Yuang
the conviction is growing that the pol- chwangf on account of his evident im
Icy of watchful waiting combined with portancei wa3 chosen for a victim.
Some investigations made not long ineffective meddling, rather than aid- ia ary U.
ago by Sidney Webb, the English so
ciologist, bring to light a curious con
nection between religious belief and
fecundity in human beings. He has
found that members of the Catholic
Church can be relied upon to bring
more children Into the world than
Protestants. This is true in Ireland,
were bound and he was
ing us to avoid it, is bringing nearer stretched upon the aitar of the god-
tne day wnen we snail De compeweo. to dess ready to be slaln. But during
adopt it.
By our extension of the Monroe Doc
trine we have assumed a responsibil
ity to the civilized world for the good
conduct of American nations toward
other nations. Our veto on European
in backwoods English Villages and in intervention has imposed upon us the
Canada. There is no place in the dutv so to shape our policy that these
world that Mr. Webb finds where it nations shall not give occasion for
is not true. Protestants are every- Europe to intervene and, in case that
wnere, for some occult reason, pro
ducing fewer children year by year.
while members of the older church
keep up to their primitive standards
with very little change. The facts
seem to indicate that Protestants, tak-
the preparations he had been dili
gently praying for his captors. The
powers above sent a storm to preserve
their faithful servant and the break
ing branches of the trees, the terrific
thunderbolts and blinding lightning so
impressed the pirates with his holiness
that they set him free and begged his
blessing as he departed on his way.
We could tell of other pleasant ex-
penny.
The American market is thus used
as a convenience by British Columbia
under the beneficent Underwood tar
iff. When that province can sell lum
ber, it prevents logs from crossing the
boundary. When it cannot use all its
logs, it dumps them on us. No act of
the Dominion Parliament or of the
provincial Legislature is necessary; an
order in council does it. Under this
beautiful arrangement, British Co
lumbia keeps at least Its logging
camps busy, while American mills are
glad to saw Canadian logs and sell
them without profit, merely to keep
the wheels turning.
That is a beautiful example of the
way in which other nations "work
our tariff to their advantage. It is i
sample of the Democratic brand o
prosperity.
ALL 13 ONE.
There is an old theory that mind is
made up of atoms. Each of them is
supposed to contain a small fragment
Gleams Through the Mist
Br Dean Collins.
Post Mortem bong.
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The clerks and Judges peel their coats.
And gather round to supervise
The counting of the heavy votes.
And after ail is said and done
There's one thing lies before us flat;
This year don't seem so good a one
In which, to 2ect a Democrat.
of that word. Indeed, it is quite likejy
that there is no such entity as "mat
ter" in the common, ignorant mean-
ng. "We dare say it is all an illusion.
The vulgar mind interprets its sense
impressions as something solid and
enduring in the external world, but it
has very little warrant for doing bo.
What there may be in the- external
world neither the vulgar nor the
learned have any way of finding out.
The best that any of them can do Is
to affix some interpretation to the
impressions of sense and perhaps the
most illiterate is an likplv to be rie-ht Though George may keep his toga still
as the most nrofound Scholar: hut on Ana D matter oi me laws,
the other ban ho ia not onv m In other things fared but ill
llkcOv n Ka. T-fo-Kt I With, those indorsed and sealed by Os;
T . 1 . -i , . 1 ---- . " "
rau Ul moaern investigation leaas And withycombe is in the chair.
us oacK to tne speculations or bpinoza, I vvest we'll forget. West we'll forget.
tne great Jewish philosopher. Haeck
el's notion of a basic substance which
produces everything is a mere modi
fication of Spinoza's thought without
any improvement in it. . The Jew of
Amsterdam frankly called his funda
mental entity "God." His notion was
that God manifested himself under the
two forms of, the material and the im
material thought. Spinoza did not
give them these names. He called
them " extended substance" and
"thinking substance," but it came to
the same thimj. The point is that the
world was to him at bottom a unity
and not a duality. The resolution of
both mind and matter intq a granular
structure by modern science recalls
another great philosopher, Leibnitz,
who taught that the universe was a
congregation of "monads." Each
monad, though infinitesimally small,
was a thinking creature as well as an I That I am not a Democrat,
atom of matter and the aggregation of Please don't forget, please don't forget.
them made up both the mental and.
the physical world. Leibnitz managed
most ingeniously the difficulty which
we mentioned in connection with
Herbert Spencer's psychology.- How
does' it happen that these isolated and
unrelated beings, the monads, or
atoms, act harmoniously and unite
into wholes which seem to be abso
lute unities? Leibnitz replied that they
were "timed" to act thus by the infi
nite Creator. Granting such a Creator,
there is no philosophical difficulty
I Ah, sweet 'twill be if only we
In calm forgetfulness may rest
And nevermore the tantrums see
Peculiar to the woolly West;
I When the militia's roused no more
'Cause some official's in a pet.
I say, when all of this is o'er.
We'll not regret, we'll not regret.
In fact I see but little cause
To mourn or wail or shed a tear
O'er candidates or bills or laws:
Things have gone pretty well this year.
Though the Administration hence
Had sent its call. Its standsrds set.
A skinny vote of confidence
Is all they get. Is all they get.
So. on the whole, it seeirrs to me
That the result should p!case us well.
And fill our hearts with Joy and glee;
W hereby you easily can tell
Because you find me tickled at
The way the status is upset
"Sir," said the .courteous office bey.
I have a fine Joke about wet and dry
and a camel "
'Tush, my son." I reproved. "Joe
Miller holds the copyright on that
camel Joke."
I might offer one, then," pursued the
C. O. B "about Oregon still being of
a wet climate although it is dry. and
California "
"No," I roared, felling him with a
paper weight. "That Oregon stuff won't
which does not yield to his benevolent I get by the local censors, and the Call
Intervention.
Just what improvement has the
elimination of Huerta brought in
Mexico? The Administration exerted
extreme measures, including the sac
rifice of nineteen American lives, to
force Huerta out. Yet the situation
has not changed for the better. In
fact, it gives every evidence of grow
ing worse. The malcontents are as
far from harmony as ever, Mexico has
two presidents at the present moment,
and Carranza strikes us as less cap
able than Huerta for the task of pre
serving order in the federal district
and protecting the lives of foreigners.
policy falls, to intervene ourselves. I --v,ir.v, v,0foii v.mr, n,wan? I of menta.lit.v- cntim-ionsnps-s will and
bhould the latter contingency arise, tot-hiris. In rln time he so on. The union of countless mind
we shall be shirking our duty if we came. to Nalanda, the great seat of atoms forms the Immaterial part of a
The expansiveness of public libra
ries is an encouraging sign of the
times. Long ago they began to put
new life Into the public schools. Now
they are stretching tentacles into mu
nicipal departments and making the
dry bones rattle. There is scarcely a
city in the Union where the libraries
are not felt as a power for progress.
fall to step in. We shall be put In
unenviable contrast with Great Brit
ain. which, when Belgium was at-
Ing the world over, are not bringing tacked, promptly answered what she
forth children enough to keep up considered the call of duty, not con-
their relative numbers, so that both sidering the tremendous cost when
in the ' United States and In other honor was Involved. Unless we change
countries they are falling behind, our nolicv toward Mexico, we may
Naturally the most prolific por- soon be driven to choose between-the
tion of the population has the best more arduous, the more costly, but
chance of occupying the whole coun- the honorable course and the easier
try in the long run. If the Protes- course of inaction which would bring
tants do not produce children enough
to hold their own the Catholic must
possess the land in the course of time.
This is as certain as mathematics
It would be instructive to learn Just
undying shame upon us.
BLAMING IT OX THE WAR
Any allusion to business depression I Hons.
Buddhist learning in India at that human being. . Herbert Spencer was
time, and it is of this we really wish one of the thinkers to whom this
to speak. The ground where the uni- theory appeared probable. He based
versitv stood was purchased by 600 his psychology upon it. Many others
merchants and presented to Buddha would probably adopt it if they couia
himself some 1100 years before Yuang conceive how isolated mind atoms
Chwang undertook his pilgrimage, could be Welded together into a con-
Other millionaires dying in the odor I tlnuous consciousness, now can tne
of sanctity, or wishing to purge them- states of consciousness within one
selves of the odor of sin. gave new atom be transferred to another? This
endowments from age to age so that question never has been answered and
in Tuane Chwang's day the univer- I perhaps never will be. But an answer
sity was extremely wealthy. It com- can be suggested from the analogy of
pared favorably in this respect with 1 physical . atoms. These minute paru-
some of our own American lnstitu- cles of matter are entirely independent
Neither Stanford nor the Uni- of one another, to all appearances at
u wou a oe instructive to .earn ,ui ...., ta " versitv of Minnesota could outshine least, but in some way they are bound
wnai it is mat prevent tne rroies- , - . .. At tha no 1 fr.tr. o r,r.rW -nHth Hmh and
tant peoples from multiplying Some adays by Democrats with remarks to - - chwang's visit it had 10,000 organs which is perfectly capable of
say it is their superior civilization, the effect that tho war did It. When " , . .if, (v,i .n I ,, aB f , on inriiviihie
arbitration treaties lately concluded
by our Government are "absurd," but
concedes that they may amount to
something a trifle better than "harm
less bleating." He is worried, how- flow of wealth to us and might have I turies blank materialism proved un-1 energy. So that the entire external
which we know to be true but which
we cannot explain.
Recent experiments with the X-rays
seem to indicate that the atomic the
ory is of far more extensive applica
etnrionts n fairlv respectable enroll- acting as If it were an indivisible
the cream was stolen, the explanation Columbia has Just about that whole instead of a congregation of
usually was: "The cat did it." Now number this vear. Including the Sum- distinct atoms. It appears, therefore,
that the cream has been taken off our mer school students. The University that however difficult It may be to
National milkpan and only skim-milk of Nalanda had no Summed school, conceive of atoms merging themselves
remains, the Democratic explanation I Indeed it is Summer the year round I Into a unity the thing actually nappens
is: "The war did it." in. that enchanted land and the classes I in fact. There are many conditions
Facts presented by the Admlnistra- I kept on without any vacations.
tion itself show that the war did not I The remarkable point concernin
do it, for it was done before any per- I the University of Nalanda was Its un
son except those in innermost secrets fettered freedom of teaching. We
of the European powers knew that doubt whether there is anything to
there was to be a war. It was done compare with it In this land of liberty tion than has been supposed, isot ouiy
before the assassin fired the fatal and light. What university nave we does It probably appiy to mina ana
bullet which set Europe aflame. The where a dozen different sects can and consciousness but also to energy Itself,
worst that can be said of the war in do all teach their conflicting tenets Nobody knows just what energy is,
this connection is that it aggravated without a solitary Jar? This was done but we know a great deal about It.
a condition already existing and pro- at Nalanda, though instead of a mere The laws by which It Is transformed
duced bv causes having no relation dozen sects there were more than a from one state to another are per-
to the war. hundred. Buddhism began, like Chris- fectly familiar to scientific men, and
The authors of the Underwood, tar-I tianity. as a rule of practical life. It 1 so are a great many of the different
RIGHTEOUS WAKS. iff promised that it would Increase had no 'metaphysical doctrines and no guises in which It manifests Itself. But
Colonel Roosevelt continues to ar- exports, expand our foreign trade and Darticular organization. Buddha laid knowing facts about a thing Is not by
gue valiantly for what he calls "right- improve business conditions generally. I down some very simple rules for living I any means equivalent to knowing the
eous wars," in the New York Times. I During the flsoal year. 1914, the Un- the holy life. He called them "the thing itself. In spite of all tne stuay
If he cannot get a righteous war he I derwood tariff having been in opera- I wav." meaning that if a person followed I that has been expended upon it, ener-
will do his best- to put up with a tion for the last nifie months of that them he would in the course of ages gy remains a mystery and perhaps
righteous peace, but evidently nothing I year, our exports decreased by about escape from the curse of existence and I always will. No doubt, everything that
which is not "righteous" in some as-I 1100.000,000 and our Imports in- pass Into Nirvana, or nothingness, exists can be resoivea into energ
pect will satisfy the bellicose and creased by about $80,000,000. We sold The primitive Buddhists had no theory Bodies, for example, even the most
pure-hearted Colonel. He thinks the less goods abroad under a tariff which about God, the soul or future lire, solid of them, are notning, as iar as
was to enable us. to sell more, and I aDart from the belief that rebirth was our experience goes, but a set of lm
we bought more goods abroad of the I a curse to be evaded as soon as pos- I pressions upon our senses and these
kinds we are best able to produce. I slble. They were pretty desperate ma- I impressions, as Herbert Spencer and
This alone would have checked the teriallsts. But In the flow of the cen- I others have shown, are only forms of
But a civilization which is bound to
end In self-destruction can hardly de
serve the adjective "superior." There
is nothing really superior in sterility
and decadence. Others say that it is
pure self-love which causes the Prot
estant nations to be relatively child
less. The inhabitants have become so
fanatically enamored of luxury and
pleasure that childbearing is not tol
erated.- Its pain and inconvenience
frighten the Protestant women from
their obvious duty to the world, we
are told.
Whether any of these explanations
are true or not, it is a curious fact
that 'Protestantism and race suicide
should seem to be Intimately con
nected.
The war Is certain to lull durini
the Winter in Eastern Prussia and
Poland. It is likely that the freez
ing of the theater of operations will
enable the Germans to withdraw
heavy forces for use in France, while
the Russians will detach forces to
crush the Turks. Jack Frost will
plfy an important role In the war
fare of the coming six months.
The world's biggest naval gun has
been perfected secretly by the United
States Government. Every once In
a while we display almost human In
telligence in military and naval mat
ters.
A German order offers a substan
tial cash reward for the capture of
machine guns. However, we don't
Imagine any one is going to get rich
capturing those death-spitting de
vices.
It is denied officially that the Ger
man Crown Prince has been wounded.
We thought not, and we continue to
doubt if that fire-eating youth will
get within actual bullet range of the
firing line.
Berlin reports that nearly 450,000
allies are prisoners in German hands.
That is a greater force than Great
Britain can put in the field in a whole
year of strenuous endeavor. ,
Petrogra predicts an early triumph
of- Russia over Germany. Of course.
If Petrograd predicts it, then It must
be coming.
ever, by the question what the United 1 turned the stream the other way.
States would do if some warlike em- That tendency was increased by
pire should obtain the mastery in I weakening of confidence among f or
Europe and then proceed to encroach I elgn Investors in our securities, dat-
upon the shores of North or South I Ing from the triumph of the Demo-
satisfactory to many devout followers I world resolves itself into this subtle
of Buddha. They, accordingly, acted and mysterious entity.
just as the fathers jt the Christian The X-ray experiments to which we
did centuries later. 'rney took irom rerer indicate tnat tne energy wnicn
the surrounding Infidels the tenets they involve Is transmitted In the
America. cratic party in 1912. They sold back which they supposed were needed to atomic form. The rays themselves
Colonel Roosevelt does not mention to us large quantities of our securi- round out their faith. Christianity are a kind of wave motion, which of
the Kaiser specifically, but clearly he ties and took our gold in payment, gleaned from the Greek philosophers course Is continuous, but the energy is
has that enterprising potentate in Our own Investors also lost confidence many a gem of theology wmch we a different tning from tne Tkaves. it
mind when he makes these timorous in our securities and ceased furnish- need not specify here. The Buddhists is emitted apparently In granules or
speculations. If Germany should come tng capital for construction of new gathered from the Brahmins, a much atoms so that its ultimate nature seems
off victor In the war we may feel and expansion of old Industries. Busi- 1 older sect than they, the doctrines of to be very much like tnat or matter.
pretty certain that the Monroe Doc- I ness depression and a vastly increased I Karma and a universe of mind. This discovery leads to eomo interest-
trine, that dearest of all our National percentage of unemployment among I Karma means "deed." It signifies ing considerations. Haeckel long ago
idols, would receive no more consider- workingmen was the result. In the in Buddhist faith that a person's deeds taught in the "Riddle of the Universe
ation from William than the cathe- I fiscal year 1914 we paid for a Demo- determine his destiny as he is born that the immaterial and the material
cratic Administration by exporting
$24,638,419 more gold than we im
ported. That Is the net adverse bal
ance in our dealings with other
nations.
We were growing poorer and had
already been reduced to poor condi
tion for the crisis of a great war by
and reborn down the ages. In this I worlds are at bottom Identical. En-
way Buddhism fell into two principal ergy, he argued, is nothing but a form
sects. One of them clung to the orig- of matter and matter is a iorm oi
Inal materialistic faith. The other energy. Nor would' he admit that'what
adulterated their creed with a min- we call psychic entitles are essentially
gling of these Brahmanistic specula- unlike the material. To the great
tions. Some admitted more of them, I German thinker It seemed prODable
some less. Just as some early Chris- that mind and matter were both ema-
the Underwood tariff and by the tians absorbed a good deal more than nations from some fundamental sub
threat of further disturbing legisla- others from pagan philosophy and rit- stance which contained the qualities
tion. Although the new tariff reduced ual. In this way the two primitive sects of each and perhaps did not bear
of that venerable realm was world- I the cost of luxuries, we were less able I of Buddhism broke into a hundred or I much external resemblance to either,
wide dominion. It contended with to buy them, for we imported much more. But they all dwelt together in As long as energy was thought to be
the Pope for the absolute rule of the I less. In the fiscal year 1914 compared I perfect harmony at the University of I continuous while matter was atomic,
world and lost out, but if it had not I with 1913 we imported nearly 1 1 8,- I Nalanda, each teaching his own tenets 1 or granular. In its nature, Haeckel's
000,000 less in works of art, overland nobody quarreling. Was such a I theory was not very convincing, but
$1,500,000 less in automobiles, over I spectacle ever seen In the world before I now that energy is found to have the
$500. 000 less in hand-made lace, near- I or since? Imagine two Christian sects I atomic structure its likelihood is
drals at Rhelms and Antwerp did, if
it ever obtruded across his path. He
does not seem to be a man who pays
much adoration to any idols except
his own.
What should we do if some victor
ious European warrior were to de
scend upon us with a great fleet and
army? There Is talk everywhere now j
about the reinstitutlon of the old
Roman-Germanic Empire. The hope
been for the more than imperial
genius of Hildebrand and one or two
more Popes it would have won.
Today no Hildebrand sits on the
pontifical throne and William the
ly $1,600,000 less in embroideries,
about $800,000 less in fine porcelain.
Kaiser appears to be fully as ambi- I nearly $4,000,000 less in feathers and
tious as ever Frederick Barharossa 1
was. Excommunication would not
stay his conquering legions. What
svould stay them if they should direc
their arms against this country?
World-wide empire today must in
clude the United States or else it I
would be a mere name without sub-
plumes, over $8,000,000 less in fine
linen, J2, 500, 000 less in furs, over
$500,000 less in Ivory, over $16,000,-
less In precious stones, over . $500,-
000 less in spices, $400,000 less in
spirits and wines, $8,000,000 less In
coffee, over $1,000,000 less In tea.
holdiner forth at the same university ereatlv increased. If it turns out. as
and always keeping the peace. Pro- Herbert Spencer believed it would
fessors of our. religion have fought 1 that mind is also atomic there appears
bloody wars over smaller matters than to be no insuperable obstacle in the
the difference between any pair of I way of a complete - monistic theory
these kindly Buddhists. The explana- I of the world. We may unite with the
tion of their wonderful harmony turns new thought disciples and say that
out -to be incredibly simple. In spite I "all Is one and one is all.
of their theological differences they I The fundamental substance which
all clung faithfully to the practical I Haeckel's theory requires is not nec-
nearly $900,000 lesa In tobacco and I precepts of Buddha. He had taught l essarily materialistic in the gross sense
Arizona brewers are going to turn
to the .brewing of near-beer. They ono Oswald in the state.
fornia joke is contrary to the by-lawa
of the Native Sons."
'Oh, well," he retorted, as he crawled
through the door, "just say, then, that
the dry results of the election won't
have any effect on the character of
your darned colyum."
And he rolled down the copy chute
with a malevolent shriek.
e
Solemn Thought.
Think, think today, O fellow man.
How many fellows "also ran."
This is getting plumb back into an
tiquity, but the bulletins the other
night reminded me that:
If Father Noah lived today
When things went dry, you'd mark
ellim chase all purple elephants
And Berpents from the ark.
Which has. of course, no bearing
whatsoever upon the report that:
I saw one day a mountain pass;
The mountain side, I wist;
Perhaps there was some mountain maid
The poor old mouutuin mist.
We take pleasure in announcing that.
besides the compositor and the proof
reader, we have now three (3) people
who follow the wheezes and the merry
quips in this colyum. In support of
which claim we publish exhibit C. which
has been received by R. S. Moore, who
is number three on our list of const,
readers. Soon we hope to have every
body infected with the malady, and then
it will be a cinch to get out this
colyum on short notice, and our life
will begin to be all one sweet song.
If Father Noah lived today.
With strife "twixt many a nation.
He'd doubtless have a word to say
For peaco and arbitration.
And I'll just make a little bet
Though the allies hold the passrz.
You'll find in every town that's wet.
The Germans hold the glasses.
And as to raining cats and dogs.
Dean Collins' tale sounds phoney;
But 'twould beat buying 10-cent hogs.
For they'd make good bologna.
If Xoah wero In town today.
He'd say. "Well. I'll be blowcd.
For the papers always used to say
'By gosh, next day it snowed." "
And If the state goes wet or dry.
Ere many hours, we'll know it;
And hear about It by and by.
From that Dean Collins poet!
Reflection of an Also Ttan.
Votes this time aren't mine.
The silent vote Dum tacit, clamat.
Constituencies have wings.
It's a long ballot that has no turning.
It's a wise candidate that can dope)
out his own precinct.
If wishes were ballots all candidates
might arrive.
Better 50 Georges in Congress than.
must be careful not to
near-beer.
make too-
The Kaiser is said to be dissatis
fied with results. Did he expect his
army to overrun the world in a
month ?
Judge McGinn is to be commended
In his decision to bar morbid women i
from the trials of immoral cases.
Nude pictures are barred from the
mails. Because of the immoral in
fluence on the males, we take it.
Having carried all surrounding ter
ritory the dry forces will concentrate
on California two years hence. ,
Secretary-Garrison suggests a more
virile military policy. About time we
were waking up along this line.
Campaign pledges come home to roost
In the ballot box.
Cast your vote upon the water, and
after many years tho state goes wet.
"Who was elected Sheriff.
O, tell me, have you heard?"
I asked a guy. He looked at me
And answered: "Not one Word."
It would be inappropriate to closo
without apprising you of the fact that
The French hold all the passes
But Mexico still hopea to have
In Europe's show alono,
A sideshow of its own.
e
We forget whether we Intended to
say in closing:
m w m
"Safety first," or
"Do your Christmas shopping early,"
Defeat has again met the Turks
We are beginning to believe that de
feat is the Turk's first name.
But either is a good idea.
Home. James.
Why Not Say -400 l eant f
Belmont fTex.i Cor. New Orleans Itenii
The British Admiral who forced the while gathering ferns along tha
fight off Chile had more valor than banUa of tho Guadalupe for a church
discretion, it develops. . . . T3Hit r-iri rnrr.n
TO Rnn ritarnvpreri a. larsra alligator
japan says sne win nom -j.sing-j.au sleeping under tho foliage.
a prize until the end of the war. Then
what?
Mexico now has two presidents, and
the number may be increased at any
hour.
Old Jack Frost Is now punishing
Europe's fighting men with night at
tacks.
A rope was scoured and the animal.
after a strugKle. was captured. Ha
measured eight fet in length, and. ac-c-ordu-Ets
to alligator experts, is almost
200 years old.
How he came to visit the (ji.adalunn
Is a mystery, as "gators" are not found
in this section of the country.
SpeskInK of Bis; KIsh.
New York Sun.
The late Justice Brewer was with
The Belgians are holding both sides I party of New York friends on a fishing
of the Yser. Must be no opposition, trip In the Adirondacks. and around tho
campfire one evening the talk natur-
The fireplace is beginning to call I ally ran on big fish. When it came his
upon the furnace for reinforcements.
The job-hungry are now watching
the plum crop.
Recovered yet from the election?
turn the jurist began, uncertain as to
how he was going to come out:
"We were fishing one time on the
Grand Banks for er for "
"JkVhales," somebody suggested.
"No," said the Justice, "wo were blt
log with whales."