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- mm' ' " m . - '.'r '. I- .-.. -C" 1 null, m' v' '"'m 'Oi, 'i'. x'lliii Editorial Page of The Capital Journal CTURLE3 H. HSEI1 Itor aid Pcbliakef WEPN'ESDAT EVEXIXU September IS, ISIS PUBLISHED EVERY EVEX1XG EXCEPT SUNDAY, 8ALEXI, OREGON', BT Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U B. BAKNES, President. CHA8. B. FISHKIL Vlce-I'rwidnit DORA C. ANDRESEN, 8. and Tri-aa. Dally by carrier, per year Pally by mull, per year .. 81'BSCIUITION RATES $."..ik Per Month Se 3.00 Per Mouth S3 IT I'LL LEASKD WIIIK TKlJiUKAl'lI REPORT EA 8TK UN KM'K KB EM AT 1 V Ed W. D. Ward. New Tork, Tribune Butldlnn. I'bicago, W. H. Stocawell, People'a tlaa Building Tha Capital Journal carrier bun are Instructed to put the papera on the porch. 1 the carrier doea Dot do ttaia, mhwi-a you. or neglecta netting the paper to you on time, Indly phone the circulation mannser, aa thla la the only way we can determine whether or not the cai rlere are following lusiructlona Phone alula 81 before T .30 o clock and 1 paper will lw aeut you by special nieawniser 11 the carrier baa mimed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL, JOURNAL Is the only newspaper In Knlem whose circulation la guaranteed by tha Audit Bureau of Circulation NOT WARRING ON BABIES. AUSTRIAN OFFER DISMISSED. If the Austrian peace offer wijs intended to in any way divide the allies it certainly fell flat. With President Wilson's prompt answer to the effect that Austria knew America's terms, and could take them or not as she pleas cd, came in quick succession an answer to the same effect from England, France and Italy. They all agree that there is only one condition on whifh peace will be con sidered and that is the utter destruction of militarism Two views are taken of Austria's offer, one, and the gen erally accepted one, that she made the offer iust as Czer- nin did before at the instigation of the kaiser and to give that sorely pressed monarch' a short breathing spell; and the other that Austria has reached the end of her re sources, sees ruin ahead if she cannot make peace at once, and makes the oner preparatory to making an uncon ditional surrender. The latter suggestion has not many Delievers tor it is recognized that the Austrian emperor is under the thumb ol the kaiser to such an extent that he dare do nothing without that monarch's consent. At the same time Baron Burian, for Austria, appeals to the pope to use his good offices in bringing about a confer ence, lhe treachery of the central powers to their al lies the Turks and Bulgars is disclosed in the plan, for Austria asks a secret conference where the big central powers can get together and save what they can for themselves by sacrificing any and all others. On the other hand, President Wilson insists that when peace is consid ered each and every small nation interested shall have its hearing, and have its rights protected. The meeting he insists must be open, public, with all nations represented, so that no secret trading may be done. Austria's attempt Jias already been crushed. Apparently she did not and does not understand the temper of th' allies else she would not have made her offer. The defeat of the Bulgars by the Serbs and Greeks v ill cause the sultan to smile. So will the action of Ger many in siding with him and against the Bulgars in the mr tter of re-arranging the borders between Turkey and Eulgaria. With the Greeks and Serbians beating them and the kaiser going back on them, no doubt the Bulgars are beginning to regret siding with Germany to earn a bribe, which they now realize they will never receive. If the allies wanted to follow the German tactics it would be a very easy thing to make a separate peace with Bul garia, but then the allies do not purpose making any promises they do not intend to keep and just now they can promise Bulgaria nothing. With a million dollars asked of Salem for the Fourth Liberty loan we may as well each and every one of us pre pare to go clear to the bottom of the old stocking and be sides stretch our credit to the limit. Salem faces a tre mendous task for the reason that she has received little benefits from the expenditure of the vast sums raised for war purposes. She has built no ships, made no muni tions, in fact has had no income outside of her usual nor mal receipts. This makes it harder for us to meet the demands made on us, but it has made us none the less willing. Certain elements are advocating the cultivation of an j intense hatred for Germany and the German people. Gert-j rude- Atheron goes the limit in this direction and call on J Americans to "remember that German babies grow up i into German men and women, who if the present form of 1 government persists, will be taught that their only object; in life is to follow the kaiser into a war for conquest of j the world." She says: "better extirpate the whole breed.! root and branch." She puts in more delicate language j ine opinion 01 uenerai Harney, who by the way was nick named "Squaw killing Harney," who speaking of the In dians of the plains years aero, said h defense of his mode of warfare which meant "extirpation" that "nits make- lice." The mistake the advocates of such measures make is that they fail to see America's obiect in entering the war and its aims now that it is in it. We are not making war on German babies or German women. We are indeed not waging war against the Germans as a people, but against the system under which the German people are ruled and unaer which they are taught the doctrine of German dom ination of the world. We would do away with the system, would make the military rulers subjects of the German people. We would do away with the "divine rights" of Kaiser and emperor, -would destroy Prussianism and set the German people free from the tyranny of militarism. It is not necessary to cultivate a spirit of hate for Ger man babies, or a desire to exterminate them to accomplish the things we have set out to do. With the system de stroyed, the teachers of "might makes right" removed, the doctrine that Germany was created superior to all other nations and was directly ordained by God to rule the world, exploded, time will soon obliterate the false teachings, and the German people of the next generation win una meir true piace among the nations of the World 1 : f It seems the kaiser was so certain of success but re cently, that he had a nice quarters built for himself, in a little wood back of the Somme front, where he was Der- fectly safe of course, but from which he could be easily called to the front to rejoice over what "me unt Gott" had done. The allies have possession of the house but needless to say the kaiser was far from the place when tney iound it. When it comes to dying for Germany the Hohenzollern family do their part of it by proxy. The Serbian armies, lone separated, have attacked and beaten the Bulears and have succeeded in uniting ik: -P mu - t i . -,1 .n . , ., . men luices. ine ureeits acunrr witn tnese against their hereditary enemy will give a good account of the Bul gars. In fact they have already done so for in their first offensive they, combined, have broken through the Bulgarian tront tor a distance of five miles and captured 3,000 prisoners and many cannon. 9 Rippling Rhymes M-H by Walt Mason SELF DENIAL. Has anyone heard anything about those long range guns with which the Huns murdered a few innocent Par isians but a short time ago ? Maybe- Hindenburg has mov ed them back of his lines ajid will use them in fighting the Americans. Evidently he would prefer doing his fighting wiih the doughboys at about the range these guns would give him. Hood River wants five thousand apple pickers, and yet it is not very long ago that there was not that many apples in that famous little valley. I do without a lot of things, because I wish to can such kings as Carl and old Red Bill; as Hoover says, "That man is wise and loyal who'll economize, and do it with a will." It's been a grievous hurt to me that I can't sail across the sea and slay my share of Huns; it's made me shed the tears of brine that I can't reach the battle line, all loaded down with duns. When first I suffered from this smart there was rebellion in my heart, and I remarked, "By James, it's tough when one who's strong and bold is said to De too tat and old to play these martial games." But now I see that one can aid who does not wield a shining 1, 1 .1 1 i nn -a oiaue, or piy a saweuoii gun; and every time I save some scads I'm backing up our fighting lads, and helping bqueicn me nun. i m wearing last year's mohair suit, and hope by this to queer a Teut, and make old Bill des pond; the coin I'd spend for raiment gay, for shirts and neckties recherche, will buy another bond. And every bond for which I pay brings nearer still the happy dav when triumph will be ours; when our brave boys will homeward come, and we shall make the old town hum, and load them down with flowers. The New York Times is a great paper but its chief editor is gullible to an inexcusable degree. He did not even wait for a real bait but jumped at an artificial fly dangled before his nose by Austria and labeled "peace." T HE WIFE J t'XA ajrAl a T. T 'li '(-. - . - m i .- jr. u. f-:. . -1 'i .- r .v. k i ' .Mi 9 J " ' vi 1 ;l MTHiitiy tllll I Ji I II ill WJIm III BHM1 mmwjm Sn ths name of lhe women of Flanders, Who are ploughing the German fields, Yoked to the ox and under the lash Buy bonds lest the country yields. In the name of the girls and the children The Belgian, the Serb, and the French- ' You know what a German victory means. Buy bonds for a stronger trench. In the name of our murdered seamen, Of hospitals bombed from the sky, In the name of Good Friday in Paris, In the name of Decency buy! LUCY PRICE. BUY Fourth Liberty Bonds Any Bank Will Help You THIS ADTXBTTSEBCEH-T COHTEIBUTED THXOUOH in Cherry City Baking Company LADD & BUSH, Bankers yflfrlk LIBERTY BONDS tlll Will be for sale on and aftertSaturday, Sept. 28 By JANE PHELPS t UAITKR XXaV. I on her. nud lie had also givon Tlark Brian cnuht a Jifth avem.p l.us ntiiuuoh hgn ink-rest than tho banks h square. It would tak liun nearly i Rave. So he had no fear but that ho home llo rode n top. the only pawen-l would aerommodato him atpxin. That .. ,mv no imuuu in- inmignt or - settled, Itnau Kave neither it, nor the i " ..... ., , , ! fai't of hi extravagnnee, any further "(.ood 1-ttlo scout" he said aloud, !; thought. His mind dwelt upon how jwjsh the o hers had kept away. Xext sweet S!!ie King was; what a jollv jt.mo III have Molhe meet mo jip: j little studio she had, and what a Com , town somewhere." showing he intend-' fortable plaee it was to visit .cd there should be a "next time." j It was after two o'cock when he When the conductor came for his , switihed off the lights.' fare he had no change, o took out a ! Trety late for an old married : dollar md (bin last one) and handed man,' he muttered with a grin. i1 ,"n- . j 1'fh wac nt homo when he arrived i ' f , 8 'ot money, these the next night- the had sent word "'".' lie somoquuert. '-11111 it .what time she would be homo so that was worth it. I II have to borrow tt;hi might meet her; but he had been pay the rent tomorrow. Clark will lot 'sway from tho office when it came. He me have- it." , had not gene back, so misled it alto- Clark wj the man who had loaned ; gether. him money once before. Brian had paid j Ruth tad been terribly disappointed when she renlized that Brian was not at the station. 8he had lingered some little time hoping he would come for her. Then she had gone on home, a lit tle hurt, but her mind made up to show no signs of it. 80 she had met him with a loving kiss and no reproaches, Rltho oe saw she hail been disappointed. "Gee, Ruth, I would have gone back had I thought of it! But I forgot all about your promise to let me know the train yv.i were coming on. I'm awfully sorry, dea." and he was. He felt chagrined that he had failed to remem ber Ruth's message. 'Never mind, dear. I'm hero now. Had an awfully lonesome time, dear ' ''No not so Tory," Brian flushed and stammered a little. "I went out to dinner. There wasn't any use eating alone." 'Indeed there wasn't!" Ruth said heartily. "Where did you gof" "Bown town. To the" Brevort." "How in the world did you come to go way down there?'' As she asked the question Brian re called what MoHie King had said: 'i"ou tell her, then the others will have nothing to gossip about." Tes. Molie was right. He better tell her himself. 'I asked Mollie King tn dine with me. She is good company. The Brevort is handy for her. so 1 asked her to meet me there." "Oh ' then, after a minute, "did you ask her BOTH nights!" """"" "Tes," with a little bravado. "I was lonely. Mollie is the best company of anyone I know. If you WILL leave me alone, I have to find some one to take your place, you know," thia lat pleasantly. ' 0f course you do. And don 't think for a minute I object to youi having company," yet, as she sail! it, Ruth's heart contracted a little as she thought of MDllie King, and of TWO nights in Bueeession. "Well, let's have dinner. Yon must be hungry. How did things go in Phil ly " Brian changed the subject He did not care to be asked if he took Mollie homo or what time he himself go I in. "Oh, everything went beautifully! " Ruth responded with enihasiasm. "'jt is the loveliest old house, and will lend it-self to certain schemes wonderfuly. I am deighted that Mr. Mande let me have the work to do. Even if it did another a little through her mind ran the picture of Brian and Mollie at dinner together. ' Brian listened, occasionally asking a question, but, in his thoughts, Mollie. and her smoke-filled stuijo insisted upon intruding It was so easy to talk to Mollie. .she sort of looked" up to a fellow. But a wife who earned more than he did, then insisted upon talking business well he loved Ruth, but ho couldn't help it if he wished she would not be so superior. The fact of the matter was that Ruin was not at all "superior.'' She constantly tried, in her talk with. Brian, to eliminate anything that might make him feel that she was sensible of her earning power. She constantly tried to make him see her business a business, done because of her lovw for it, instead of the remuneration she received. She had sensed hi. of resentment toward that phase of it. from the start, and was constantly on her guard when talking to him. After Brian fell asleep Ruth lay for some time, wide awake, 'thinking of uer nanikKime. care es lin.hon o ? Mollie King. "He belongs to me; she can't take him from me." she muttered befor mean letting you dine with woman," she added with laugh. 1- J.V , . xiir inp remainder nr rhn Mollie King was not mentioned. But fe!1 asllpP to dream that Mollie she was in the mind of both. Rath told'i . t"I"',l Bmn from her; and that of the dt tails of her business, in which- an wa,ted to go. Brian was only politely interested; but 1 v r"rKu,n Made Uncom fortable by Mrs. Curtis)