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A LAND OF CANNON.
A delayed dispatch from Coblenz brings
the information that most of the German
cannon that were turned over to ihe
American forces under the armistice
terms will be brought to the United
States. The guns will not be used by our
Military forces. It would cost almost as
Jhuch to revise our equipment to fit the
German guns as to make new guns and
anyhow we have a decided preference for
American weapons and greater faith in
their shooting qualities.
What then is going to become of all
these guns? Can there be any doubt?
None whatever. Immediately upon the
opening of the next Congress Hqn. John
Doe Congressman from the 444th Dis-
trict of New Hampshire and Hon. Rich-
ard Roe Congressman from the 711th
District of Georgia are going to rise in
iheir places simultaneously and offer the
following resolution:
“Whereas There have been turned over
to the American forces as a result of the
armistice certain and several German can-
non. etc. etc.
“Therefore he it resolved by the House
of Representatives the Honorable and
August Senate of these United States con-
curring That one of the said cannon be
sent by the War Department without ex-
pense to the population of the sovereign
state of New Hampshire or (Georgia)
to be placed as a fitting monument etc.
etc. in the courthouse square at Bing-
ville.”
And almost before the Honorable John
Doe and the Honorable Richard Roe re-
gain their seats more resolutions of the
same kind from Texas. California Kansas
and Maine are going to pour in. Fortu-
nately there is no indication of a grave
political crisis over the question of dis-
posing of these cannon. There will be
cannon enough for all. ' Towns can have
anything they want from a Big Bertha
to a trench mortar or a machine gun. The
Germans had a lot of cannon in this war.
and while we were not in the game long
we got our share.
Wherefore in years to come we very
much fear that the town without a cannon
in its courthouse square or ornamenting
the city park next to the bandstand is
going to be self-proclaimed a town with-
out a single soldier in the big fight or so
shorn of political influence as to have no
standing with the Congressman from that
district.
The cannon our men captured in con-
flict have too great a historical and senti-
mental value to permit of them being dis-
tributed indiscriminately. Perhaps most
of them will be used in our national parks
and to contribute to the military mon-
ments at various points about the coun-
•rv.
But this much seems clear—if all of
those German cannon are shipped to
America the Light Brigade will ha\e
nothing on us. We will be a nation with
“cannon to right of us and cannon to lift
of us” but fortunately having no German
gunners they will not “volley and thun-
der.” M e took all that out of them at
Chateat Thierrv and Sedan.
CHEAPER IN PRISON.
One man and only one in all this great
wide world has solved the high cost of
Jiving problem. His name is of no mo-
ment: all that counts is what he did and
how he did it. Suffice it to say that this i
tnan is a native of Illinois and that aside
from such a distinction he likewise ha-
served a term or to be exact a portion
of a term in the state penitentiary.
Prior to getting into prison this man
was an idler at some times and a reformer
at ethers. Between the two he managed
to make a living until the law swooped
down upon him and sent him to jail.
Just why he went to jail wc are not ad-
vised but it has no bearing upon how he
solved the high cost of living.
It seems that while in prison this man
was a model sort of a prisoner. He
showed up regularly at meal times did
no more work than he was compelled to
and didn't try to escape. In fact he took
to jail life like a duck to water and hence
one day when the kind-hearted warden
called him into his office and thinking to
please him told him that he had been
paroled the prisoner was non-phised.
What had he done to deserve such a fate?
Hadn’t he been the best kind of prisoner
he knew how to be?
But the law is inexorable and when
the big gates swung open the once pris-
oner stepped forth a free man. restored
to his citizenship rights and entitled to
sally out and hunt a job like anybody
else. This latter he did. At least he avers
that he visited many localities in search
of work and he was amazed nay griev cd
to find the amount of work there was in
the world. W ith all the able bodied men
in the army he was beset by jobs on all
sides in a perfectly bewildering array.
Unfortunately however he didn’t know
how to do anything much except loaf and
talk which were the trades he had worked
at hardest before he went to prison. But
he was willing. He accepted one job after
another only to loaf too much or talk too
much or both and get ‘‘fired.’’ Somehow
he couldn’t stick. He was never actually
idle but he was never very long in one
place.
So one day he sat down and figured it
all out. Then it dawned on him. Having
been a reformer before he went to jail
he was not long in arriving at the situa-
tion. It was all the fault of the high cost
of living. He had averaged since being
out of jail $2.95 a day which in pre-war
days he would have considered very fair
pay. But he couldn’t pay room rent board
and dress himself in the latest style on
any such an income in these times. The
more he pondered the matter the plainer
his conviction became that something had
to be done. Either he had to earn more
money or go into debt and his sensitive
soul shrank from such a thought. Then
the bright idea dawned that solved the
high cost of living problem for him. He
would return to prison. That was it.
So straightway he went back to the
penitentiary and demanded of the warden
that his parole be revoked and that he be
given his old cell and three square meals
a day as of yore. The warden remon-
strated the prison was over full and the
high cost of living was making itself felt
in the grocery bill at the institution too.
But the erstwhile applicant was obdurate.
He declared that unless he was admitted
forthwith he would go out and commit
some offense which would violate his
parole and thus force them to take him 1
back.
So in order to save him from crime the
warden relented and opened the gate.
Now he is back in the good old cell eat-
ing regtllarly and worrying not a whit
about how high prices go. For him old
high cost no problem at all. Let the tax-
payer worry about that.
AIR JOY-RIDERS.
? ■?
The air joy-rider has arrived. Before w c
have been able to check the automobile
joy-rider and curb the speed-law violator
we are beset with a peril from above in
the shape of the fellow who goes cavort-
ing around the blue heavens in some-
body’s airship without the slightest re-
gard for either his own safety or that of
pedestrians.
In England they are already enacting
laws governing the air but in this coun-
try we haven't solved the high protective
tariff-free trade issue yet let alone traffic
regulations for airmen. But we have got
to get busy. We can't put it off much
longer.
In one of the New England states the
other day some adventurous person went
joy-riding in one of the navy’s big bal-
loons. Before the guards could stop him
he cut loose and disappeared a mere speck
in the sky. There is no telling how many
stars he bumped into nor how much he
dented the corners of the moon. He may
have irreparably injured some of the best'
comets we have for al! anybody is aware.]
At all events he went joy-riding all over
that locality while anxious sailors and
civilians vainly scanned the upper atmos-
phere for him.
But the worst of the escapade was
when he decided to come down. He
showed no more respect for private prop-
erty than for the navy’s big balloon. He
landed right smack in the top of one of
the best and most venerable trees on
^arah Mill's farm. His balloon puncturing
a tire or something in the descent he
fled leavirig the big gas bag perched high
up among the branches like an overgrown
last year's bird nest. He has not been ap-
prehended and the chances arc he w ill not
be. He is gone.
Of course the navy sent for the balloon
when notified where it was and no doubt
the tree will recover its wonted majesty
in due course of time. I he incident how-
ever joints out to us the fact that some-
thing must be done towards handling
these aerial joy-riders.
Experts tell us that it is only a < it -
t:on of year- and perhaps months until
great passenger-carrying airships will be
turned out by the factories of America.
Britain France and Italy and that traffic
via the highways of the air will be in
full swing.
It is then that the air joy-rider will be
the greatest menace. If he pays no atten-
tion to speed limits dashes across aerial
streets as his prototype below does with
the automobile the aerial pedestrian will
have an even worse time than his plodding
colleague upon earth.
Moreover if air joy-riders are permit-
ted to alight upon housetops and perch
upon chimney tops and in the branches
of the trees it is plain to be seen that the
lowly dweller will have to emulate the
kaiser and Von. Hindenburg and maintain
an elaborate system of funk-holes in
which to hibernate during siesta hours.
In fact the possibilities are so many and
varied that the whole mundane sphere
may have to revise its manner of living
unless wc police the heavens as wc now’
police the streets.
Then too it will be too bad after all
these years to have the pavement along the
Milky Way ripped up by a lot of unfeeling
joy-riders in second hand airplanes who
have no sentimental regard for such an-
cient thoroughfares.
“LESE MAJESTY.”
Wc have of course always had a hazy
idea of the meaning of “lese majesty.” We
have heard it used in politics and busi-
ness. in the course of ordinary conversa-
tion and in the class room. Sometimes it
was used correctly and sometimes it was
used incorrectly but in all our experience
we cannot recall having heard of an in-
stance that approximated our idea ofwhat
“lese majesty” really meant until we read
that some Hun or other had stolen the
kaiser’s 696 uniforms.
When an American doughboy captured
a German count's night shirt and unfeel-
ingly slipped it on over his uniform and
went to sleep in it. "lese majesty" came
very very near to being enacted. But it
took a German to really commit the deed
in all its perfection.
According to a Berlin dispatch Ger-
mans from the plebeian throng made a
raid on the private wardrobe of Wilhelm
and likewise the wardrobe of the former
empress. They helped themselves liberal-
ly. The kaiser’s numerous uniforms in
which he was accustomed to parade him-
self for the edification of his armies were
taken along with the robes of state which
the kaiserin wore on festive occasions.
But “lese majesty” was exemplified to
perfection by one ragged German soldier
whose discarded private's uniform was
found on the floor. He had donned one
of the kaiser's handsome costumes and
gone forth arrayed as Solomon in all his
glory. It is not known just which uni-
form he took. Thus we are unable to say
whether he is at present a German field
marshal or merely colonel of the Prussian
Guards. The kaiser in his palmy days was
an honorary commander in Russia and
other countries so it may be that this
uncouth "kulturless” German private is a
general in chief of a Russian legion or a
Japanese knight of the Setting Sun. But
whether he knows it or not. he has com-
mitted "lese majesty” in all its ramifica-'
tions. He is an accessory before the fact
during the fact and after the fact. He is
the whole works.
We trust that he gets along nicely and
meets with no mishaps. He is entitled to.
the uniform. \\ c do not know his name
or residence but the fact that he was a
private in the German army and ever
mustered up courage to wear a uniform
that actually once adorned the classic]
figure of the “All Highest” entitles him
to the garb.
If he knows what is good for him he
will betake himself and his uniform to
some peaceful spot where the people are
more or less unfamiliar with it. He might
use it as a vaudeville costume or he
might break into the movies with it
which is mostly it seems what the kaiser
did with his uniforms. At all events he
should proceed with great caution while
wearing it in Germany. Some member of
the proletariat might take a shot at it or
implant a bomb under the high boots;
with the gold spurs. In fact any number]
of things might happen to anybody even
faintly resembling Wilhelm the kaiser in
Germany these davs.
But whatever the fate of the wearer
may be we have this much satisfaction.
\\ e know exactly what "lose majesty”
means now.
• oo
The question seems to be can Glass live
on a McAdoo salary?'
■ oo
Aou can lead a woman to the voting
place but you cannot make her pay her
poll tax.
otj
Hunger seems to have an odd effect on
the Russians. It appears to make them
desire to murder somebody instead of
looking for a job and a place on the pay-
roll.
— oo
In Passing.
Tiirough the dim window I could see
The little room—a sordid square
Of helter-skelter penury:
I’iauo whatnot splintered cha : r • ♦ •
•o small a room that I
S* rm almost nt the woman’s side;
G e<j a«k—to* fat for vanity
Aid far too frankly old for pride.
H gr<«- apron round her waist:
i d. i < loth by her on the chair:
zh in some wild headlong haste
ad < ome jn and settled there.
'• bends her back r tries
1 4b the keys with heavy hand;
A chi-d’s first finger exercise
her on *he music stand.
Kov Helton “Outcasts in Beulah Land*’ (Holt;.
oo
Grass.
I’jh the bodies high ns Austerlitz and Waterloo
oho vol them under end let me work.
1 am the grabs. I cover all.
And pile them bijh at Getty»burg
And pile thei high at Ypres .nd Verdun.
Shovel them under and let me work.
Jwo years ten yean and people on passenger
trains ask the conductor:
What place is this?
I Where are we now?
II am the grass. Let we work.
--Carl Haudburg "Chicago Poet” in “Corahuakers.”
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
EURGPE FACES
Him KE
FOHWORKERS
Many Employers Frightened
by Prospects Into Quit-
ting Business.
NEED U. S. A. LABEL
Now Is Time for Us to Adopt
Distinctive Trademark
for All Our Goods. *
By KAVMOSU U. CAKKOI.L.
Spc<iai ('able to The han Antonio Light
and the Philadelphia Public I.edger.
Copyright 1319 by The Public ledger Co.
" ith the American Commission in
Paris. Jan. 14. —As it is the concern
not only of America but liberty and
civilization that provisos arc established
at the peace conference which will
thwart similar attacks such as the
Germans made upon the working world
your corrcsxM»udcnt has bceu closely fol-
lowing the preliminary inquiries of our
peace commission into European labor
conditions. This side-line quest has a
double-barreled interest in that beyond
the necessity of the rejuvenation . of
Franco and Belgium as prosjierous na-
tions in counter-poise to the future
world paramountcy attempts of Ger-
many under other leaders there rise to
view new trade opportunities for the
United States as the outcome of di-
minished European production.
Industrial power as well as military
power is based upon manpower. Uur
investigations have revealed that the
problem turns upon three distinct fact-
ors population wages and the aptitude
of the mechanic to resume his former
occupation after four years of soldier-
ing. to say nothing oi the permanent
displacements occasioned by the intro-
duction of women into the factory shop
and mill.
.More Babies in Germany.
Anybody can estimate lost manpower
by simply totaling the battle losses of
the various countries but for birth aud
recuperation possibilities one is con-
fronted by the startling fact that dur-
ing four years previous to the war
when on^ child was born in France
eight were born in Germany. The out-
look is exceedingly dubious for France
ever passing Germany in forced popula-
tion growth. .
Wages have reached such a height
that 1 have authority to predict that
hundreds of European employers scared
by the rise are simply going to snuff
out and never resume business. Henry
Ford figuratively speaking has thrown
a monkey-wrench into the British eco-
nomic machinery by paying four
I»ounds. ten shillings (s2s। for 40 hours’
work to mechanics who formerly got
much less weekly for 72 hours work.
Fear American Wages.
In France and Belgium there is that
fear that “American wages” and enter-
prises that excelled before the war arc
either closed or for sale at bargain
prices. Crowing the Atlantic with
American soldiers has been the dpctrine
of shorter hours and more pay making
fresh worries for the European rnanij-
facturer. already menaced upon their
«a>tern horizon by Bolshevism.
But more serious to immediate Euro-
pean production than either of the fore-
going curtailment*! is the general atti-
ture of the soldiers upon their return
to the former occupations.
My observations have be< n made prin-
cipally in Belgium where industry is
feebly struggling to lift its heavy head
from the rains left by the Germans.
Furiously enough soldiering or enforced
idleness as the case may be. has robbed
the individual of incentive to work
even in instances where the hand retains
its former skill at the loom lathe or
plow. Men re-enter their . old jobs
working a few hours or weeks and then
aimlessly wander off never to return. It
Ain’t It a Grand and Glorious Feelin ?
How Great Wars Were Ended
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE.
Copyright 1913 by Tho Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.)
FRANCE’S WAR WITH "THE
FIRST COALITION.”
This was the first war in which the
French people under their own rule
proved themselves great fighter*. Up
to that time French soldiers had been
led by officers who were for the most
part noblemen : men whose military rank
was often due to royal fa»-nr rather than
merit.
But the French revolution had cleaned
ut the nobles beheading some and ex-
iling others. Thus for the first time the
people had a voice in the management
o’ their own army.
There was urgent need just then for
tin* strongest possible army if France
was to he saved from utter destruction.
For the revolution had turned loose a
swarm of foes against her.
l earning that tho old monarchy was
overthrown and that the revolutionists
were fighting among themselves several
foreign powers—Prussia and Austria
foremost among them—decided it was a
good time to fall upon the weakened and
distracted young French republic and
tear it to pieces.
France Weakened by Revolution.
This alliance against France was
known to later history as “The First
Coalition.” Its armies prepared to
strike a deathblow to tlie newborn re-
public. And the French stopped light-
ing among themaeltes long enough to
scrape together an army to meet the
Invaders.
The wiping out of the nobility had
left the French soldiers without officers.
One historian describes thus what hap-
pened : “The republic's officers were
men promoted from the ranks solely by
merit. When these officers proved in-
competent their soldiers refused to obey
them and often even shot them. Realiz-
ing that. France’s welfare and very ex-
istence in this crisis depended on her
soldiers the republic granted the army
ail son* of privileges and made it an
will take years for industry over here
to get back into its pre-war stride.
Need U. S. A. Trade Marti.
Meantime opportunity rides with
these countries feast disarranged in
their labor habits to fill the huge gap
caused in world production for in
peace labor cannot be controlled or
•coerced by government edicts as in war.
and use it freely upon all our outbouud
Now is the time to get out a “Made
in I’. N. A.” national trade mark stamp
goods.
At the Theaters.
"Turn to the Right."
N’ot the least of the surprises to bo
found in ’Turn to the Right" the
widely praised laughing hit to be pre-
sented by Winchell Smith and John 1..
Golden at the Majestic Theater Friday
and Saturday is the fart that the title
has a coherent connectiori with the
plot. “Turn to the. Right" i* exactly
what three erring youths of the play
did—they >uccumbed to the sweet faith
and Christian mother-love of a saintly
old lady. The transition from crime
to honesty and right living was inevit-
able for the trio from the moment they
crossed the threshold of the cozy qot-
tage where Mother Bascom brewed love
and sunshine into her justly celebrated
peach Jam.
“Turn to the Right" is a play of a
farm-house and a peach orchard in full
bl«Mqn. Its characters are homely nat-
ural type«. Tb<* fact that it ran a solid
year in both New York and Chicago
is considered proof that the public still
hungers for clean wholesome plays of
the “Old Homestead” and "Way Down
East” type.
"The Reckless Eve" at MajeMlc.
With “The Reckless Eve” shimmer-
ing in the star spot and a list of six
other big acts there's enough sparkle
variety and dadi on this week’s Majes-
tic bill to satisfy any one. As a musical
comedy “The Reckless Eve” was big
and strong enough the first time it was
down here to justify playing it over the
circuit again this year. There are some
new names in the cast which add to
rather than detract from the merit of
the original production while the best
object of adoration. This spirit cf army
worship was seized upon afterward by
Napoleon to forward his own ends; and
a century later was the main theme of
the Dreyfus scandal.
"The ‘scratch’ army marched against
its more numerous and well-trained foes
of the coalition. A levy of troops had
been made on August IU 1795. All
France responded gallantly to it. And
no less than 750000 enrolled themselves
in the martial roster.”
"France” writes Esmein "was saved
by that admirable outburst of patriot-
ism.”
French Win Brilliant Victories.
Then followed a fierce and tremen-
dously effective campaign. At the de-
cisive battles of Wattignies and Wls-
scnibourg aid Hondachoote and else-
where the French won brilliantly de-
cisive victoria which not only put n
sudden mid < onjplete check to the in-
vasion's progress but drove the Prussian
•ml Austrian armies pelhncll out of
France.
N’ot only this but the victors also
pu* down an insurrection which aimed
to restore the corrupt old monarchy aud
stamped out factional uprising-.
Nor did the victorious French stop
there. They followed up their triumph
so vigorously that within a year they
had driven their foes out of Holland
and Belgium and had cleared the left
bank of the Rhine. Then in the sum*
mer of 1795. the coalition —or what whs
left of it—sued for peace. “This peace”
says Esmein. “not only ratified the con-
quest of Belgium and the left bank of
the Rhine and Santo Domingo but paved
the way for fresh conquests.”
France had learned that’ her patriotic
troops led by former privates could
thrash the best disciplined forces of Eu-
rope. And in spite of later perils that
knowledge kept the new republic alive
and made it respteted by nations which
recently had sneered at it.
of those who first created the various
roles have been retained.
Other acts on the bill are Maria Lo's
new and beautiful creation "Art
Studies” which afford a glimpse into
the world’s greatest academics and sa-
lons; Bessie Browning who is “Back
Again" with her absurd costumes mirth-
provoking impersonations and songs;
Maud Ronair and Joe Wald in a rapid-
fire bombardment 01 conversational wit
revealing what happened “When Tvui-
inie Met Maggie”; “Rube” Beckwith
and Orville Whitledge two ex-soldiers
in a joyous jamboree of piauiatic jazz;
and Waldstein and Daley world’s pre-
miere comedy and trick roller skaters
who would cut a unique and interesting
figure on any bill.
Film Attractions.
"Bonier Wirelew” at the Grand.
“Border Wireless’* which will be
shown for the lart time r.t the Grand
today is. like all the William 8. Hart
photoplays a thrilling and interesting
picture. The story deals with the for-
tunes of Steve Ransom the role por-
trayed by Mr. Hart who is the sou of
a Ulvil War veteran and intensely pa-
triotic but when his father is swindled
out of his ranch io Wyoming by a pow-
erful railroad company and both his par-
ents die shortly afterward. Steve be-
comes a vengeful man and a bandit
wreaking havoc upon the railroad that
caused his father’s last days to he spent
in grief. The story is consistently de-
veloped is full of logical if exciting ac-
tion and is wonderfully well played.
Wanda Hawley is the leading woman
and a good cast supports the star.
American Transport Safe.
HaUftXt N. S.. Jan. 11.—Th ' Amer-
lean transport. Tuckahoe which had
been reported in distress was towed into
Halifax harbor late Monday night. The
Tuckahoe reported by wireless that she
was leaking. She was bound from New
York fnr St. Nnzairo. France.
When Pitching on the crow* teke
a piece of tape r.nd ztlteh alone with the
perun. to prevent the seam from etretch
Ing and getting out of ahapr.
Copyrights 1919 by The Tribune Assoc. (New Tork Tribune.)
JANUARY 14 1919.
j^hafiso Light
Samauthy Sharp
says a warm heart ZW
and a happy smile
cannot be purchased
with cold cash. — m
■ tii- Hit
Mashal Haig is TxM'rt
to be made an earl /'7/]■ ’
which is in strange v'^/.C
contrast to some of
our ungrateful He- //J' \
publicans who are
endeavoring to in- ” I ~~y
'duee General Persh- / ' pry-
ing to run for I’res- J
ident. .The only title the kaiser has is
“ex-”.
.
Sometimes sweet simplicity is merely
ignorance.Potatoes and collars are composed
chiefly of starch.
an
There are twp ways of giving a man
a blaek eye—hitting him or lying about
him.
at.
Santa Claus and state and county
taxes come too close together to suit
father.
ait ait ait
If every man was what he pretend-
ed to be. there would be less need ot
police courts.
Sometimes success is due to luck but
usually it is due to eight hours or more
daily Work.
The Cnited States has more gold aud
Germany more gold bricks than any
nations in history.
ait
The trigger of an "unloaded gun
end the hind legs of a niule are things
’twer better to let alone.
No. Maudie tea wagon is not
necessarily a water wagon. It all de-
pends oa who makes the tea.
& ait Uh
There is a prune famine in Mexico
hence it is incorrect to refer to \ llm
as being full of primes.
d&g ait as
Residents of dry territory air always
asking for extradition papers for John
Barleycorn in wet territory.
-t'St ah .
If the traction company cant make
the street cars nay any other way. why
not turn them over to the packers.'
/lie man who is always in a hurry
seldom arrives ahead of the inau who
takes his time but does his work thor-
oughly.
That two million-dollar brewery being
built in China is certain to have
queues in front ot it when its doZrt
open lor business.
Two women were admitted to the in*
permost circles of the Republican Cen-
tral Committee at a recent meeting. We
can guess who moved to adjourn.
jekie
t Fish oil treated with hydrogen is said
to odorless and tasteless and suitable
for food. However ns ci general propo-
sition we prefer our hydrogen straight.
A eounty teacher was lien ring a his-
| tory lesson the other day which dealt
with the career of George Washington.
Turning to one of her young hopefuls
she asked: ...
“Gordon what wan Washington s
farewell address?”
Gordon w ithout unnecessary delibera-
tion. answered “Heaven.”—Columbus
Dispatch.
Trouble in the offing
’Never worries me.
Because 1 am no sailor
And never put sea.
—<’obb Webb in the Meri
huana Gazette.
<<
A smart man never makes
the same m/.tnk<* twice es-
pecially where bfs mistake
was in thinking be could
beat the train to the cros^
ing in n flivver. I
Shooting oil wells is übouff
ns uncertain as shooting craps. •
By BRIGGS
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