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mere plaything. If she is trying to
involve the Unite«! States in war
and on the »ide of her enemie». «4»«-
could hardly have adopted a lietter
plan
The people of the United States,
however, have great confidence in
the wisdom ami discretion of Presi
dent Wilson. They believe he
in »»me way ami with honor,
to the country over which he
sides, keep us out of the «crap
A LOCAL NEWSPAPER S DUTY
Beside* the mere fact of making
a living, the local new»|«aia«r owe»
a duty U« ila town and community
which, if not di»charge<i as it should
lie. makes that paper a dev relict in I
a certain sen«-
Aside from »ustaming th«« srh<»»i»,
church««» and other means which go
for the moral u,»lift <»f it» town ami
A GRAVE CRISIS
communitv, it should urge »uch
public improvements a* ar* con«»-
The tor|» «i -mg
th«- gr«-i»t trim- lent with the ’financial welfare of
Atlantic liner "Lusitania" with the the people
It should encourage
con«»|uent great loss of life ami a with whatever ability it may p«»«.-*».
like destruction of the American every wwiblc «-nterprisv, whether
tanker, “Gulflight" a few days public or private, which will add to
previous by German submarines, th«« bu»in«*w goo«! of its t««wn
present» the gravest crisis to Presi
Especially, when « public enter
dent Wilson, «inc* the tiegmning >>f prise is undertaken, in which th«-
the greatest of European wars
It interest of every citizen is concern
places the heaviest of responsibilities ed. th«* nrwa|iaper should endeavor
upon him ami which places him open to promote harmony among U h -
to criticism, whatever shall be his lieople in order that th«« I m *»1 re» u I la
action.
may be obtain«*«!
Everybody recognizes the right of
As a rule. wh««n the local n«'»»-
the United States government in pa|»«r champions a (asternal fight,
time of need, b» require every abled it r««*ulta in mharirmny ami more or
bodied citizen within prescribed ag«» I»*« hard feeling among th«« people
to rally tn th«' colors ami, if need ami is sure to result in tinam'ial in
be. sacrifice his life in defense of jury to itself. By this, we do not
his country The dutv is «»bligatorv mean to say the newspaper should
on th«« United Stat««» to protect th«« not offer criticism when th«' same 1»
liv««s and property of her citizen» merited. Such criticism should not
This mutual obligation on the |>art use harshness in an offensive sense,
of th«« citizen to th«« government hut in »uch manner that th«« criti
ami the government, to the citizen cised will feel kindly t«iuar<! th«*
must t»e preserved at all hazzard», paper. Il is an old ami very true
if we retain th«« respect of ourselves saying ' you can lead a horse to
ami that «if the other nations of the water but you cannot make him
earth.
drink.” Men are not unlike h<»r»«s
Prior to the lieginning of the in this particular You can pursuaile
present European war. the leading them but when you undertake to
and many of the mimir nations of drive th««m, trouble Iwgina.
the world, mutually agr««ed to cer
The local n««w»|»a|»«r, in order to
tain rul««s ami regulations governing wield the influence it should, should
the nation» at war towards neutral have th«« good will of its readers. It
powers. Th«*»* rules have usually may diff««r in opinion with a reader
maintain««'! ami signatory nation» socially, morally or politically. But
have adhere«! to them until the as there are two md«*s to every
preaeol time.
<|ue»tion. remember th«* other fellow
Germaay has assumed the right to may lie right ami th«« newspaper
disr««gard th««w international war wrong. Above all. a man shouhl
regulations and Englaml in turn, not be totally condemne«! simply I»«
ha* retaliated,
Germany's rule cause he dares to express his opinion.
seems to ba, "might mak««s right"
ami that she will respect the rights
PROBABLY BE NO
of neutrals in a manner which suits
STREET IMPROVEMENT
herself.
It is Germany's action
which has brought the crisis upon
the Unite«! States and which the
From all indications The Tribum
president must handle in »»me way can gather, there is to lie no street
which will protect the general wel- improvement in Scio thia year. A
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fare ami dignity of the nation.
The action of the warring nation»
ami (iermanv in particular, has giv
en a deathblow to international
agreements regulating usages in
time of war. Unless such agree
ments are. in a measure, binding, it
is better to not make them
No
nation, hereafter will he willing to
accept Germany's word in matters
along these lines.
In a diplomatic sense, no president
of the United Slates has had »»diffi-
cult problem to solve as this now
resting upon Prraidenl Wilson. If
he pilots the Ship of State through
these troubled waters with that
honor and dignity which our nation
should retain, we will stamp him-
self as being <x»e of the ablest preai-
dents of our history.
Rut in adjusting the difficulty in
which tier many'» action has placed
us, he is dealing with a nation -
shall we «ay without honor?
(¡ermanv violated neutrality
When
agree-
I at will and forgets the inter-
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REPARATION TO
BE DEMANDED
A Oiploaitic Brüh Will hraiij n
PusiUt WthM's Filie» n
fuient
(('«mtinue»! from |»ure 1)
Kul»marine operations on condition
that the United State* indue»« Great
Britain to |» rmit foodstuffs to resell
(«♦•rmsny freely.
It is (MMMubie easily to forecast;
the rM-gotiatiofui up to thi* stage
The grave question is. what shall
I m * don«« in view of this err tain Qer-i
man reply?
Th«» Uniu-d States cannot, without I
I im of dignity and. what is of great-1
er importance, !< mm of prestige, e»m
•ent to accept tierman r»-«»ation of
murdi-rous warfare ««n th«« I» mhs of
a targam with («real Britain. It
cannol c«»n»ent to enter into nego
tiations with Great Britain about a
matter which lielong» exclusively to
th«- United State* and Germany •O <*■» <11>
Nor can it <on»mt to a prolonged
| zl
«liscuwuon of th«« risk* involvwl.
which may I m « »he effort of German
statesmen.
Such a discussion would he futile ,
In February !a*t. following the e- i
tablishment by Germany of hersul»-*
proving the street ami who would,
pmlmhly. take the matter to the
courts it the city should attempt to
enforce the improvement. For this
reason the council ia somewhat leary
of taking up the matter
(ter thing is certain
If our city
I
Most Pleasant Evening may be Spent
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marine zone als>ut th«« British Isle». •
Secretary Bryan informally fwopos-'
ed to the Berlin authorities that
they "undertake not to use their
submarine» to attack merchantnn-n i
of any tlag except w hen n««ceeaar v '
not be interfere»! with or detain*»! ‘
by the British authorities if consign |
e»l to Hgemrie« d<«*ignat«'d by th««:
United Slate* government in Ger-;
many," for the use of non-combat-1
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Cigars, 1 obacco, Etc.
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YOU ARE JLH'AYS WELCOME
to enforce the right of visit ami |
search.” on condition that "ship-1
ment» of f<»»d and fomistuff» will j
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The Health of Your Baby
Depends lorgly upon the regular movement
of the child's bowels.
A gentle laxative
is very likely just what your child needs.
ant population.
charter is defective, it is to the in |
tercets of the people of Scio to know j
it. A copy «if the charter should be i
submitted to th«« state attorney.
general and have him |uun upon it. I
f^exall
If we are wr«»ng in our organic law .
by all mean*, let us get right
Th«-
pr<>gr««ss of <>ur town should not be
blocki-d in this manner,
BABY LAXATIVE
\A ill tend to produce a gentle action sure,
safe and not followed by the weakness
which so often accompanies bowel regulators
Th«' Scio condensery distribute*
to the farmers, milk handler* ami
employ«*« at the condensery, a)x»ut
$40,000 annually.
If the plant
could I m « operated to its full ca>»a-
city, thia sum would l»e doubled.'
The condensery plant is due to th««
co-operation of a few business men
of Scio entirely
If we had two or
three more manufactories of this'
character, in other lines of course.
Sei«» property would he doubled in
value and the town would I m * look-1
plan was devised by which the im ing up in the world.
provement could lie miule ami peti
tions prepared. /igned by a large
Money can’t buy Glasses
majority of the property owner»
asking the city council to take the
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necesmry action, that the work
Dr. M. L. Morris
might lie done.
This petition was presented to the
Which are not hacked by a
G ua run tee of Absolute Satis
city council last Saturday evening.
faction or your Money Back.
Aft«*r discussing the matter for
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»»me time, the council adjourned to
?nd ■ 4Ik Mmdo it E k I Muth
Friday next, when the matter will
AT THE SMITH BOAIDINC HOUSE
again be taken up. It is expected,
however, by those interested, that
no action will be taken,
There in »»me doubt if our city
charter will »tarn! the test if brought
before the courts. It is al»i known
that »»me two or three |M*r»»na are
opn«»ae<l to the proposed plan of im-
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