THE . OREGON DAILY. JOURNAL, ; PORT LAND.U SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1917. a PEACE TALK NOW IS FROWNED ON BY UNITY LEAGUE Germany Must Be Crushed if World Is to Be Left Safe for .:, People of Free Nations. HUN LONG ENEMY OF. U. S. Intrigue Against America Began . With Riots in Samoa in 1889; WifsonY Words Are Cited. or political revolution from within. For. ground for diseuMlon batwaea ths partl as our president continues : ' -. sans - of rolfbt and .the partisans of It miznt be lmnoaslbla in audi - risht.' ,. ',.-" ' ' New York. Dee. 22. The League for ' National Unity today' Issued a declara ' tlon- signed by its officers and execu tive committee, in which i .all efforts toward a premature peace are con demned and in determination of contin uing: the war until a military victory is achieved ' and the autocratic power of the imperial German government is broken. Is pledged. , "We are in this war to conquer the enemy's armies," declares the state ment, "though not his territory or popu lation. We Intend to nullify the power of the imperial German government. We do not intend that it shall gain, at the' expense of other nations, either 'an enlargement of territory' or 'an expan sion of prestige.' ' "When German military reverses obliterate past victories and the war map becomes unfavorable, no doubt om of the German parties will begin to consider the peace principles of world democracy," the statement concludes. "But no influential German party yet sees coming defeat. There is, there fore, as yet no common ground for dis cussion between the partisans of might and the partisans of right." vfllsoa ladorset Xeagie The League for National Unity was organised in Washington September 12, 191?, an is composed of representatives of the various elements that make up American national life labor, agricul ture, manufacturing, commerce, bank ing, the church, the bar, women's and teachers' organisations, and the respec tive heads of the Democratic and Re publican national committees. The for mation of the new organisation was welcomed by President Wilson In an address delivered October S to the ex ecutive committee, in which he empha sized the need of team play by the forces of Amertcan thought and opinion and . endorsed the specific work which the league proposed. Germans Seek Compromise The purpose of the league, as stated in its by-laws, is "to create a medium through which loyal Americans of all classes, sections, creeds and parties can give expression to the fundamental pur pose of the United States to carry on to a successful conclusion ihis new war for the independence of America, the preservation of Democratic Institutions , and the vindication of the basic prin- ' ciples of humanity." The officers are : Honorary chairmen, James Gibbons, cardinal,, and Frank Mason North. D. D., president federal council. Churches of Christ in America; - chairman,' Theodore N. Vail, president; American Telephone A Telegraph com pany ; vice chairmen, Samuel Gompers, - president American Federation of Labor ; Charles S. Bajrrett. president Farmers' Educational and Cooperative Union of America, and George Pope, president National Association of Manufacturers ; chairman executive committee, James M. Beck, American Bar association; treas urer, Otto H. Kahn ; director, Ralph M. Easley, chairman executive council, the National Civie federation ; and secretary, D. L. Cease, editor "The Railroad Train man." , Germans Seek Compromise The statement, bearing the headline, "An American War and an American Victory," follows in full: The Imperial German government foiled and defeated in its plan to crip ple the great self-governing nations of the world, first France, next jungiana. last the United States, is seeking to achieve through its proposals for peace what it has been unable to obtain tjy arms. The Imperial German government seeks a compromise in the irrepressible conflict between autocracy and democ racy before it shall be too late. All who are willing to compromise on this issue are willing to aid despotism, as all who urged compromise on Abraham Lincoln In the Civil war aided slavery. The . American people today are fighting for their own liberty as well aa for the freedom of the world. The world cannot be safe for democracy so long aa an organised autocracy its people still be- llevlng- it ' victorious Is intrenched in : the center of Europe, leading 10,000,000 r armed men and possessing the resources - of 170,004,000 people In the world s cen tral position for ail seas and all con tlnents. President Wilson' was the true spokes man of the : American people when he said in., his message to congress on December 4: i ... "The American people are impatient i With those who desire peace by any ' sort of compromise deeply and lndlg nantly impatient. "It -will be full impartial justice jus tice done at every point and to every . nation that the final . settlement must affect our enemies as well as our friends." 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HME toward circumstances, to admit Ger many to the free economic intercourse which must inevitably spring out of the other partnerships of a real peace. But there would be no aggression In that ; and such, a situation, inevitable because of distrust, would in the very nature of things sooner or later cure Itself by processes which would assuredly set in." . , - .- - - - At War ia Self Defease Nor : would this, be our only recourse against the rulers of Germany; .."It might be impossible to admit them to the partnership of nations which must henceforth guarantee the world's peace." our national leader further points out. The flagrant violation by the Imperial government of the principles and prac tice of accepted international law was the occasion of pur declaration of war, but 'not Its underlying cause. The eauM of our entering the present war. as of every other country at war with the imperial -'German government- is that this autocracy endangers , our safety and challenges our freedom. From the day when it attacked our possession of Samoa by the Insidious plot which cost the lives of our sailors in 1889. to the present period when it has filled oiu land with spies, has slain our citizens on land and sea. and set them at vari ance by fomenting racial strife, the government of Germany .has been our enemy in peace as it is. now our foe In war. Its fleet threatened the fleet of Admiral Dewey In Manila harbor ; it sought to set the Monroe, doctrine at naught ; ' it proposed intervention by Europe when we freed Cuba ; it laid plans to ' control Santo Domingo and Venezuela; and it has attempted this very year to array Mexico and Japan against us while we were still at peace. The visit of. Prince Henry began the campaign to divide our loyal citizens of German birth and descent so as to render this nation impotent in the de fense of Its own security and that of the democracies ef the world. Germany even sought by the Delbrueck law to establish a continuing German citizen ship in German immigrants who had become citizens of the United States by naturalization. This in effect attempted to cause them to violate the oath which made them citizens of the United States. mil to accept a divided allegiance. Our war aims cannot be compromised. Which of President Wilson's demands on our behalf can we surrender? Can we abandon our demand for 'liberty ana seir government" (May 28) for our selves and others? Shall we give up our demand for "the freedom of the nations" (April 2)? A the president has said, "We can afford to be gener ous. but we cannot afford to be weak or omit any single guarantee of Justice or security" (May 26). Wrongs Shall Be Righted Since a lasting world peace is our chief war aim, which of Germany's crimes can we afford to accept as inno cent acts and permit to be repeated and continued? Which oppressed nationality can we safely abandon to her sovereign ty? What slaughter of innocents and destruction of their property shall we leave without such reparation as can be afforded by financial indemnity? In which cases shall the nations which have made vast sacrifices in an effort to protect the victim pay the bulk of the damages? As the president has said: "The sinister intrigue of the Ger man ruling classes to secure peace now with the. immense advantages in their hands" is "their one opportunity to per petuate their military power." (June 14.) We are In this war to eoniuer May zs) tne enemy's armies though not his territoiy or population. We intend to nullify the power of th Imuerial German government (April ). We do not intend that it shall gain at the expense of other nations either "an n- largement of territory" or "an expan sion of Industrial and commercial op portunities ' or "an Increase of pres tige" (June 14).- We, entered the war. further, with the demanJ that "wrongs done rhot.-ld be righted (May 26). Our prMidcnt has -pointed out that a return to the statua quo ante could not be sutficient and that tentorial readjustments and Indemnifies "for manifest wrongs drne" (May zb win be necessary. Ie has made It cleai that we shall demand no material compensation for the sacri fices we shall make In the war. that l. for war expenditures (April 3). But our president has made a specific ex ception from his condemnation of in demnities, in payments for "manifest wrongs done." It is hardly necessary to add that ,such payments " fin some iorm) snail be made in each 'mportant instance Belgium, Serbia, Poland. ltiu- mania and Northern France. After stating our determination to win the war, our president correctly and con cisely states (In his recent message to congress) what we mean by this de termination to win: We shall regard the war as won rmlr when the German people say to 118, through properly accredited representa tives, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon Justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. Great Fries Matt Be Paid . "They have established a power over other lands and peoples than their own over the great (empire of Austria Hungary, over hitherto free Balkan states, over Turkey and within Asia. which must be relinquished. he mace we make must di!vr t once fair and happy peoples of Belgium and Northern France from -the Prussian conquest and the Prussian menace, but it must also deliver the peoples of Austria-Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans, the peoples of Turkey alike In Europe and in Asia, from the impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commercial autocracy." iirvery nation must be guaranteed that opportunity for free economic develop ment which arises from free access to the seas ; but that access must not be made wholly nugatory by the immedi ate proximity of a hostile military power. In his latest message to con gress. America's spokesman- has made our position In this matter unmistak able: - V ' 'When I said, , In January. " that thm nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea. but also to assured and unmolested access to those pathways . I was think ing, and am thinking now, of Austria herself, among the rest, as well' as of Serbia and Poland. -.Justice and equality,) ox r ignis, can oe . naa oniy at a great price." . - This is the democratic solution ef the questions of . annexations and indemni ties. It Is not only founded upon Jus tice and humanity ; It is the only think able basis of lasting peace. To omit any of the guarantees" of future secur-l lty that He in the Just .solution of these, great problems "would mean only that au tne world would arm for the next, the final struggle." . : . The only peace that can assureneace is one that establishes the "community . oi power- among ins nations which, the president has shown, must replace the old "balance of power." But all nations entering into such a world agreement must enter it as equals, without hops of any , special privilege - or advantage. When German military reverses obllter-' ate past victories and the war map be comes unfavorable ta ; Germany, : no doubt some of the - German parties will world ' democracy. But no influential j German party yet sees coming defeat. I There is, therefore, as :yet no common1 Babbl Wis Is Xemser t -"Any body -of free men .that com pounds with the present German gov? ernmeat is compounding lor its own de struction." (Nov. IJ.) M (Signed) '-" ' ' CYRUS : ADLBR. . acting president Jewish Theologies.! Seminary of ": " America. Philadelphia. Pa. CHARLES' a BARRETT, president Farmers' Educational and Coop eratlve union of America, Union X City, Ga. m ; JAMES M. BECK. American Bar as- - soclatlon. New York.- P. H. CALLAHAN, chairman com mittee on war activities. Knights of Columbus. Louisville, Ky. MRS. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT. president National .American Woman's Suffrage association. Washington, D. C D. L. CEASE, editor the Railroad Trainman, Cleveland; Ohio. J. W. CRAB TREK, National Educa tion association. Washington. D. C. RALPH M. EA8LEY. chairman ex ecutive council, the National Civic federation. New York. JOHN H- FINLEY. New York state commissioner of education. Al bany. N. Y. R. H. GERARD, president National Fraternal Congress of America and .Canada, Crawfordsvllle, Ind. JAMES GIBBONS, cardinal. Baltl - more, Md. SAMUEL GOMPERS, president American Federation of Labor, Washington. EL C JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. the World Court league, Washington. J. C WILLIAM H. INGERSOLU Na tional Association of Advertising Clubs. New York. OTTO H KAHN, Kuhn, Loeb Co. New York. VANCE C M'CORMICK. chairman Democratic national committee. Harrisburg, Pa. V. EVER IT MACY, president the National Clvio federation. New York. ALFRED E. MARLING, chairman International Committee of Y. M. C. A-'a, -New York. CHARLES H. MAYO. M. D., presi dent American Medical aasocia tlon, Rochester, Minn. MRS. PHILIP N. MOORE, presi dent National Council of Women, St. Louis, Mo. FRANK MORRISON. secretary American Federation of Labor, Washington, D. C. FRANK MASON NORTH. D. D., New York. GEORGE WHARTON PEPPER, chairman National Committee of Patriotic and Defense Societies, Philadelphia. Pa. I GEORGE POPE, president National Association of Manufacturers, Hartford, Conn. WARREN S- STONE, grand chief International Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, Cleveland, Ohio. THEODORE N. VAIL, president American telephone 4 Telegraph company. New York. MRS. JAMES WADSWORTH JR, president National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage, Washington. D. C WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING, economist and author, Greenwich, Conn. WILLIAM R. WTLLCOX. chairman Republican national committee, New York. TALCOTT WILLIAMS, director School of Journalism, Columbia university. New York city. RABBI STEPHEN a WISE, Free Synagogue, . New York. U.S. ATTITUDE 0(1 PEACE UNCHANGED STATEMENT SAYS ' ' MSS1SMWSSBS State Department Has Announced That America Stands Squarely on President Wilson's Message GERMANY IS PLAYING A GAME Kaiser Seeks to Gain Much and Give Little or Nothing; Greater Pan-Germany Is His Object Greeks" Are Seeking J MoreTradeWitliTI.S. Sseelal i Jtssreeeatatlve Arrives st Saa Fraaclsee te rui ' far Cestaitrelal Ageaeles, ef 2Tatloa. ... San Francisco. ' Dec .J3. L N. 15. Armed with credentials from Premier yenlselos and other Greek government officials PoVybtos P. Leckos, general representative of the liberal press In Athens and actively connected with Pa- trts Hestla Rotnloa, the official organ of Veniseloa- government, arrived in San Francisco Friday In furtherance of pre liminary work the ultimate object of which is the extension of commercial relations between the United States and Greece. Leckos plans to establish a company to be known as the American-Hellenic Commercial corporation, with American headquarters in New York and branch offices in a desen or more financial and commercial centers of the United States. Madras Irrigation Delegation Coming Madras, Dec- 22. At the Madras Commercial club Thursday night How ard W. Turner. Ora Vantassel, C E. Roush, McKlnley Kama and W. R Cook, r prominent local business men, were named as delegates to the Ore gon irrigation congress. They will leave on the Central Oregon special for Portland on the evening of January 1 and will establish headquarters at the Imperial hotel. Madras, being in the heart of the north unit irrigation dis trict of the Deschutes, is vitally In terested In the success of the congress. Logger Is Drowned In Luckiamute River Dallas. Or.. Dec 22. Louis Welnart. 21 years old. was drowned In the Luckiamute river , near Alrlie Friday afternoon. He was assisting in breaking up a log Jam when he fell into the swollen stream. The swift current swept him rapidly out of the sight of his companions. The body has not been recovered. By Carl D. Groat Washington. Dec 2!. U. P.) Amer Im's Ttonitlon toward neaoe is un changed. the state department official ly stated Friday. It remains as outlined by President Wilson in his message to congress. There can be no peace nego tiations while Honensollernlsm. with Its horrors, exists. The state department answer was given in the latest of reported German peace feelers, extended In an effort to get a peace mcNrement started by Christ mas. The department added that it had not received any of these feelers, either formally or informally, and was not advised of Russian Minister Trotsky's statement that he had given the allies two months in which to join Russia's "general peace" movement. Germany Play is g a Game It was pointed out that Germany's lat est endeavor toward oeace is still a game to give her much and her enemies little or nothing. She Is striving to gain advantage in Western! Russia, which would more than offset the loss of Al .sace-Lorraine, disposition of which she might be welling to leave.' to Alsatians. Economic industrial and political ab sorption of border province of Russia and the creation of a colossal Inland empire of the rest of that country is the aim of the central empires, accord ing to Russian officials today. With everything to lose by a continu ation of the war, Germany is seeking a way out and hopes to make Russia the price she will exact in return for other concessions she may have to make in order to reach an agreement with the allies. Greater Fan. Germany Is Object The game Kaiser Wilhelm is attempt' lng to "put across" in Europe now. If successful, will create a pan-Germany greater and more powerful than any the Teuton statesmen ever dreamed of. In the demands of Ukraine. Courland Esthonla, Finland and Poland for Inde pendence, Russian officials here see the Indelible tracery of Germany's most re cent ambitions. At the beginning of the war, the kaiser aspired to create a pan-Germany of Tur key. Bulgaria. .Serbia, Roumanla, and possibly Belgium, a Russian official stated. Balked In her desire to secure Belgium ana now realising that she cannot re tain Northern France, the Germans turned their attention to peaceful absorp tion oi xneir auies, Bulgaria and Tur key. Rstslaa Revelation Fatefal Then came the Russian revolution and Germany beheld opening up before her tne greatest opportunity In her hlstorv absorption of the richest provinces of tne Russian empire. While, on one hand. Germany Is openly encouraging the Bolshevik! whose policies are the antithesis of Prusslanlsm she Is secretly encourage ing uaraine. courland, Lithuania and outer states to strike for Independence. Klamath Falls Is Going Right Ahead Asphaltic Post Road Plan to Be Proposed Salem, Or, Dec 22. The state high way department has prepared for sub mission to the government for approval a project for hard surfacing 21 miles of the Pacific highway in Marlon county from poet road funds. The project begins at the end of the present pavement 1.1 miles north of Salem and extends to the Clackamas county line. It is proposed to lay an asphaltic pavement, and the. work will be done by the highway department. The estimated cost is S4SS.t4C, of which the government will pay half and the state half. If the government approves the project. Governor Out of Town Salem. Or.. Dec 22. Governor Withy combe was out of town Friday, having gone to Portland. . Maury L Diggs Is Released From Jail . San Francisco, Dec 22. (U. P.) Maury I. Dlgga, convicted several years ago with F. Drew Caminettl of violat ing the Mann white slavery law, has bn released from McNeil's Island prison, according to advices received here today. He is reported to have left Tacoma for California today. OREGON SO Li mm AT CAMP MILLS VHEN MAYOR SENT PROTEST SaSSMMSMWM'' 4t Former Governor Oswald West Found Men to Be in Excellent. Health and Spirits. The Oregon boys had been moved away from Camp Mills several days when Mayor Baker's telegram protest ing' alleged bad conditions at the camp was sent to the war department, co co rd tag td former Governor , Oswald West, who returned Thursday from a trip In the East. Like many others who visited the camp. Governor West says he found the boys in excellent health and spirits. "Hearing many rmuois as to condi tions at Camp Mills. Long Island, and because Mrs. West and I had relatives and a number of intimate friends In the camp. I felt It my duty to pay It a visit and learn the truth." ha said. I found the location offered a poor site for a winter camp and I under stand It was never so intended. It seems to have been chosen as kind of a relay station between the permanent camps and points of embarkation. The Oregon boys were no doubt held there longer than -was intended, and thus cascht by the bad weather. The camp carried but few ef the conveniences provided at the perma nent camps and at times things wars anything but pleasant for the boys. How ever, I found them ' In excellent health and spirits, eager to ret to France, and being treated splendidly as to food, clothing and equipment. "Much credit Is due the government for the way It is looking to the moral welfare of the boys in this camp, and parents who have boys on duty there can rest assured that everything possi ble has been done to give them protec tion In this direction. "When I visited the camp, which was several days before Mayor Baker had wired the war department. I found they were In the process of moving and all were gone at the time his wire reached the war department." Savin OartlfleaU eeS TMft ataawa r.TTTj patriotic rill of tfca mttad Stmtaa ia fotne to faiTaat tj wr ehanca ia war aa turn evrtifleatca Tit Cnitad Htaaa tnrnmVt wtO par 7Q intaraat ) thaaa an4 win tvpay the principal o Jaaoary 1, 1S2S. Bay wat aaTtns eartlflrataa at The Journal oataaaa Men From Banks to : Train for Of ficers Tratalsg Seseel WIU at Cast Xtarey en Jaaaary Xegalar Aosy If ta wm Also Be lee ted. 1 San Diego. CaL, Dec II. t. X. &-; Under command of Captain Wallace Phlloon., aide to 'Major General F. S. Strong, an officers training school will open at Camp Kearny January I, ac cording to a statement made public at the camp Friday. This school win be permanently attached to the Fortieth division. A quota of 111 men will be allowed to go up from the ranks of the Fortieth division, US men will be accepted from colleges and 210 men will be picked from the ranks of the regular army units now Included 4n the western de partment, making a total of 71 men to be enrolled for the three months Instruction. French Capture Submarine Crew Paris, Dec 22. (L N. 8.) French torpedo boats captured the commander and 21 members of the crew of the Oer man submarine which aank the antl OjUated French cruiser Chateau Kenault In the Mediterranean, it was learned here Friday. The Renault was escorting several ships when attacked. The U-boat de livered one torpedo, then submerged and came up on the other side of the cruiser, filing another torpedo Into her. In the meantime, French destroyers came up and sank the submarine with shell fire. The struggling German sailors were picked, up out of . the water. ALLEGED-SYMPATHY FOR GERMANY LED TO FIGHT, SAYS MURNANE Timber Grove School Board Con troversy. Over Teachers' Ap- ; plication, He Asserts. - Quebec to Consider Secession Question Quebec Que.. Dec IS. (U. P.) The Quebec legislature .la to discuss the question of seceding from the Canadian confederation. A resolution. Introduced today by J. N. Franooeur, deputy for Lotblnler, reads: "That this house is of the opinion that the province of Quebec would be disposed to accept the rupture of the federation pact of lt7 If. in the opin ion of tjie other provinces, it is be lieved that the said province is an ob stacle to the union and the progress and development of Canada. The alleged pro-German sympathies of the Rev. Mr. Wettdaufer. clerk of the school board at Timber Orova, Clackamas county, furnished the under lying cause for a fistic battle at the recent meeting of the board, according to M. J. Murnane. a former member of . the legislature and a close friend of', B. Sullivan, chairman of the . school board. " - - According to Murnane. the board net to employ a new school teacher, and received the application of a young lady of Swedish descant, who attended the meeting and presented various creden tlals as to her capabllltlea. . Mra. Wettdaufer. Murnane says, is a member of the board, while her hue , band la clerk of the board. Mra. Wett daufer voted against the employment . of the appllcaat, while Chairman Sul livan and Director Bucks, the other member of the board, voted for her. Mr. Murnane says there was some . discussion regarding the result of the voting, and that Mr. Wettdaufer picked up the applicant's credentials and started from the room. Chairman Sullivan knocked htm down and recovered the credentials. .- The difficulty, Murnana says, grew out of the supposed disloyalty of the clerk or the board. Chairman Sullivan is one of the pioneer residents of Clack mm county, having taken up a home stead In that county mors than 48 years ago. He operates two farms sear Timber Grove, and owns a home on the east side, purchased that his ahQdrsn should have the advantages of the Pod land high schools. Darnell Goes to Work C; Peoria. 111.. Dec 21 (L N. S.) James Morrison Darnell, the marrying parson, a bo wss released from prison a few months ago, after serving a term for Mann act violations, la swinging a It pound hammer In aa Implement factory here- He declared today ha liked the Job. Klamath Falls, Dec 22. The progress of the city of Klamath Falls is evidenced by the building permits Issued by the city council at the regular meeting. me new amain state bank was granted permission to remodel Its re cently purchased quarters at the corner or Sixth and Main streets at an approxi mate cost of $2000. A new building is planned for the corner at a later date. The Ewauna Box company is author ised to proceed with tbe erection of a new factory on the former location on 81xth street, the estimated cost of which la 115.000. Fred Garrtch waa given a permit for the construction of a house at Ninth and High streets at a cost of $4000. The crosswalk: just beyond the govern ment canal on Esplanade In Hot Springs Is to be raised and repaired. Store Open Ton ight X. Until 9 o'Clock : For the benefit of those who cannot shop during the day -'and for those who' just remem- fcered some "last-minute" gift ' the store will be open. CHECKS CASHED ON THE MAIN FLOOR ' ipnmnOw &(fjx Cam Besperate femaiy .Break Throng Ik ? Germany's, prof est contempt for America's wr preparations is somewhat belied by evidences of her desperate determination to win before our soldiers arrive in force. Thus dispatches tell of westward -moving German troop-trains congesting the roads to Flanders, of Austrian forces shifted to the French front, and of a growing intensity of Teutonic artillery - fire along the whole Western line. Advices that leak out from Germany all indicate that the Kaiser's only hope of victory lies in delivering a "knock-out" blow, before American forces can get into the field. In THE LITERARY DIGEST for December 22d, one of the leading articles deals with the possibilities in the German drive on the Western front, and how it may affect the Allies' chances of victory. Other features are: Turning the Light On . Our War Activities Editorial Opinion Upon The Charge Before Con great of a Lack of Efficiency v in our War Administration Is the U. S. Government Competent to Run the Railroads? Germany's Deep-Laid Plot Against U. S. When the Germans Awake Building Cities While You Wait Wanted:- A Clothes Administration Daylight in the Workshops Fooling the Enemy's Eye Christmas in the Redeemed Jerusalem India's Christians for Free India News of Finance and Industry A Revenue Tax That Passe th Understanding Fixing the Blame for the Halifax Tragedy German Wails Over Submarine, . failure Transportation Evils and Remedies (Prepared bj the U. S. Food Administration) , - - e The Best Food to Fight On -:- -Good ResulUFrom Poor Fuel Heifetz: New Wizard of the Violin When the Soldier "Goes West" Best of the Current Poetry Many Striking lllt&trations, Including thm WV Best Cartoons. This Week's Digest Cover Unusually Attractive, Depicting American Jackie 9 Receiving Their Christmas Boxes at Sea "The Digest" for Your Children i "The Digest" will prove to be the most educat ing influence in your child's life. 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