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ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12
GERMANY RESISTS
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-The refusal of the German government to sign the
peace protocol presented by the allied council brings a sharp
shock to Americans who have fancied that the war was en
tirely over. As long as Germany continus her present atti
tude, there can be no peace. ,
Germany has passively resisted fulfilling many of the
terms to which she explicitly agreed when she signed the
Paris pact, but this is the first instance of outspoken refusal.
It is openly admitted in Germany that the courage for
this defiance of the Allies comes from the failure of the
United States to ratify the peace treaty. It appears that
treaty may be merely another scrap of paper, so far as Ger
many is concerned, unless it is given force by the backing of
the United States and the establishment of permanent ma
chinery, such as the treaty provides, to administer it. '
In the face of such a disturbing fact, the Senate should
take up the treaty again and dispose of it in the shortest pos
sible time. Two-thirds of the Senators have shown them
selves not opposed to the general plan and purpose of the
treaty. The extremists have differed mainly on matters of.
interpretation, regarding which it should be possible now to
reach a compromise if they go about it sensibly.
Germany, licked for her sins and the world's safety,
must stay licked. No partisan controversy should be allow
ed to interfere with that consummation.
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SUBMARINE EAVESDROPPING
and the results are likely' to show in a good deal less than
20 years, however long It may lake Europe to recover.
Without a Kick
ink
Since
kicks are unlawful
knockers taboo
By H. ft A.
and
An occupation which might be considered among the
quieter sports by some people is listening to a hsh. Lucas
Malet has drawn in the story of "Little Peter" a wonderful
picture of the charcoal burner who "could hear the grass
grow, and the ureeks had a system of divination by means
of parts of fishes, but even Isaak Walton, if memory serves,
gave no interpretation of piscatorial conversation.
The fishermen off the coast of Norway, however, have
developed the seemingly occult art of hearing the fish for
commercial purposes. They lower a microphone from the
fishing boat, connected by wire to a telephone. The fisher
man listens at the instrument, and when they come to a
place where the fish are enjoying thefr constitutional rights
of freedom of speech and assembly, the listening device re
cords the fact and the story is continued in the next ichthyic
incarnation. .
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TWENTY YEARS OF UNREST
A Dutch delegation to the recent international labor
conference held at Washington reminds Americans that
after the Napoleonic wars there were "thirty years of grop
ing" before the new level of industrial progress was reached,
snd says, "We expect a similar groping for 20 years now."
That sounds dreadfully discouraging.. Nineteen years
more of the unrest, controversy and confusion that we have
experienced in the , United States since the armistice was
signed? Nineteen years more of quarrelling capital and la
bor, of political bickering, of unsettled policies regarding
industry and trade, of inadequate production and chaotic
distribution of wealth, of rattling, banging, squeaking eco- i
nomic macninery, of class envy and prejudice, before we get
things straightened out and the nation gets its stride ? .
There is not much in the present situation, it must be
admitted, to arouse any great amount of optimism. But 20
years Surely the country cannot wait that long and will
not.
Though things look bad everywhere, somehow one can'J
help believing that there.is more power here than elsewhere
to get out of the slough of despond more confidence-
energy ana consrructive acuity.
Kipling realized this when he wrote, of the American'
wnue reproof around him rings
I T a. I as
ne rums a Keen, untroubled gaze
Home to the instant need of things." )
MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN
"Sir: Please give me an unfailing
remedy for the man who whacks your
cold shoulder and says: "How's this?
Cold enough for you?"
Ans. Turn the other cold shoulder,
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MRS. B. GAINED TEN POUNDS
' From Zxlthc, A nam, comes the fol
lowing: "Sir Since taking your
kickless. column I have felt much bet
ter and have had to make all my old
clothes over. I now feel Bully.
Yours, Mrs. B ."
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THE I. C L.
The cost of Inflated Living never
bother slim people, like the Obstinate
Two-Thirder.
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HERE'S TO RAM '
The travel picture at the Globe
theatre last night depicted Ramyses
II, as the first "ColyuraUt"
Ramyses second had a rarey, eharey
wit;
Old Ramseyses was quite a, quite
a man;
O Ramyses married a merry, bearie
chit; .
Ramyses, how could you, O Ram,
Ram, RamT .,
Betwixt them and between them they
turned out clever scrit;
Their colyum was a spire of ada-
man.;
Betwixt them and between they rais
ed children, it is writ; '
O Ramyses, how could you, O Ram,
Ram, RamT
O Ramyses, O Ram, .
. Here's to you. Ram Ram,
In the van, van, van.
Of the colic col'mn man; '
Here's to you, old Ram,
Old Rammy, Rammy Ram, .
Here's to you
Old manny, canny Ram.
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The Same that Klled Cock Robin
"And who," spake the 0. T.-T,
through a discretionate crack in the
door, "Who, by the way, got Ram's
goat;"
see.
BULLI CON CARNE
Sir:My bull that cost me $456.79
plus war tax, stays out late at night
and won't come up to the pasture bars
as of yore. What shall I do?
Ans. Tell It to the cows. ,
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LEAD KINDLY CURRENT
The real cause of the present cold
spell or misspell lies in sunny Nip
pon. Peeved at the picture bride con
troversy, and taking advantage of the
coal shortage, they have turned off
the Japanese Current.
Comment of the
State Press
Snappy Gleaming! from
Press or the
, Valley
the
No Dltfe
' In Berlin the other day the Huns
were shouting "Down with President
Wilson." In congress Senator Lodge
and his followers were endeavoring
to do the same thing by killing the
treaty of peace. What is the differ
ence between the two ? asks the Unp-
qua Courier.
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They All Uve la Corvsllie
Ima Nocker is worrying his head
off about the unusually cold weather
we are having, the Gasette-Timea
says. Ima finds his Job as prop to
varous buildings on Second street
is too lonesome to be pleasant with
most of his pals home warming the
stove.
International Parade
Mexico is liable to awaken some of
these fine morning and see U. 8.
soldiers, flying machines, etc, start
on a practice march for Mexico City,
says the Tribune.
How Can This Be?
The British government having on
its hands 'two great shipyards con
structed during the war, recently of
fered to sell thera to the federation
of engineering and shipbuilding trades
upon very favorable terms. It was
a chance to secure not only steady
wages, but the profits of management,
and to demonstrate that high com
pensation to capitalistic managsia
was unnecessary. .The federation
however, declined the tender, com
ments the Brownsville times.
One Deschalea Resource
One thing Bend will never lack and
that s lava rock, says the Bend Press
A visitor lady upon arriving in Bend
the other day cast her eyes upon the
surface of the ground ard quoted:
"Oh, how firm a foundation, ye saints
of the Lord." She had visualised our
splendid resuorce of lava rock, which
serves as the ready-at-hand concrete
wall, and also makes a wear-ever
stone fence, which for cheapnest and
durability cannot be excelled.
Happy Thought
If you awake tomorrow and hear
the raindrops pattering on the rjof
the first instalment of winter ha
passed, s the hops the Oregonan liolds
out.
He Predicted It
Will someone please bring forth In
dian George so we can hang him, asks
the Register.
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