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SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1918.
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] vestigations, and the net results in
terms of convictions and punishments,
numerically. For it must be considered
that a very large proportion of the
Hun documents—and more particularly
J the Hun letters of threat and abuse—
that came into American official hands
were of anonymous origin, and other-
vise untraceable. Sneaking cowardice
underlying the violence, no less than
violence when superior numbers per-
mitted, has been revealed by this war
as a Hun earmark; and in nothing else
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TELL OF YEARS AGO
were in a death grip with apotherf
enemy, but Spain had nothing to con- !
ccal and so she got the blame of start-
ing the thing. |
In a paper read before the Chicago) thirty-five \eaks ago today—isrs
,. - c . . . . ! I here haw been flying rumors in the city
.. «v* tho past few days of an almost complete
abandonment of San Antonio as a military
Medical Society the opinion was ex-
pressed that the so-called Spanish in-
fluenza is a non-bacterial, non-cdn-
tagious disease caused by inhalation
of highly irritating atmospheric atoms,
and that it originated on the battle-
field from poisonous gas. The theory
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sneaking cowardice so viciously ease be not contagious, and there is
no germ transmission, how in the
world did it find its way across thou-
sands of miles of sea and strike the
American continent all of a heap with
the suddenness of a cyclone?
And, while we are wondering how
did it happen that, fearing its invasion
as we did, the doors were not closed
against it so tight that it could not
slip in. at least in the manner in which
it did? But this question is not so im-
portant as why we have not been able
to combat it more successfully. Medi-
cal science has done wonders in safe-
guarding the health of soldiers and
civilians since we went to war, and
certainly it must eventually prove
more than a match for a little thing
like the "flu."
HUNS WHO WRITE LETTERS
Will it be practical sometime, we
wonder, for the Federal Department ot
Justice to issue an official survey or
statement of the number, nature and
geographical distribution of Hunnish
letters written by Huns in this coun-
try during the war, and through the
period now preceding the signing of the
peace treaty?—that is, from August 1,
1914, through the spring of 1919.
We mean, of course, the threatening
letters; the defamatory and denuncia-
tory letters; the letters damning Amer-
ica and "Gott-strafing'' England; the
bullying propaganda letters—withal,
the scurribusly depraved and viciously
arrogant letters, more or less unbal-
anced, that were seized by or surren-
dered to the department's district bu-
reaus for investigation and legally
punitive action. Such letters, say, as
American public officials and unhy-
phenated American editors doubtless
were deluged with by domestic Huns,
locally or generally, whenever the
Huns and their multiform atrocities
were publicly called by their right
names in this land of the free.
Our query is not prompted by mere
idle curiosity, nor yet by peculiarly
intimate experience of our own. The
thought that occurs to us is, why not
put each American community, or
State or Federal district, on some
formal notice as to the degree of flag-
rant Hunism that, according to such
Government ascertainment, obtains
among its inhabitants? Nothing like
the exact degree, of course; for many
of the Huns eschewed letter-writing
and otherwise managed to keep them-
selves out of Government toils in point
of espionage, sabotage, threats or vio-
lent crimes against the American per-
son. But the court records, and the
documentary and other data compiled
by our police agencies. Federal an8
local—including the evidence supplied
by those Huns who would write
apoplectic letters against everything
and everybody non-German—should
indicate at least an irreducible mini-
mum of the acute Hunism by which
•ay given community or region of ours
has been plagued in the past, and is
menaced now, and is likely to be trou-
bled with in future. For each com-
munity, such a survey might well be
of service in the necessary considera-
tions of policing, self-protection and
local tranquility.
The idea, we grant, is apparently
fantastic, but not really so. The ex-
tent to which each district bureau in
the criminal investigation service ot
the Department of Justice has been
hardened with examinations, arrests
and prosecutions of Huns and Hunism
is certainly of material interest to
the communities in the district, and is
susceptible of publication in statistical
form. (Just as the department itself,
at one particularly sensational stage ol
its work of anti-Himism during the
war, let us know bow many German
or pro-German enemies it had arrested
and convicted within a stated period.)
The department, to be sure, could
not five us names, dates and places
in summarizing its dealings with the
Huns in any district; but it could give
us a broad view of quantity and qual-
ity of th^ Hunism involved, and the
tress statistics of complaints and ia-
. manifest as in the anonymous letter
that conveys threats, scurrility and de-
| famation.
It is not altogether requisite that
I such letters were written and received
I after the United States entered the
l war; and not all of such letters were
I anonymous — apparently, at any rate;
I though one should reasonably question
j the genuineness of the signature un-
I less one can identify and place the
i writer by the name signed. Even be-
I fore we entered the war, there were
! Huns in our country who could not
j make public their Germanism without
I giving it a context of anti-American
| threats and abuse; and, obviously, the
anti-American sentiments of such crea-
tures were not dispersed by this coun-
try taking up arms against their fellou -
Huns!!
Here, for example, is a letter that
the New York World published in its
"People's Forum" early in May, 1915,
and which it recently reprinted at the
request of an American correspondent.
The letter was signed with a German
name, as it appeared in the World, and
dated New York—but no personal ad-
dress was given by the writer of it, ol
course. It is a letter that further
teaches Americans what they escaped
by the defeat of Germany; and, in line
v. ith our foregoing comment, it also
suggests to them what they ought to
know officially about the extent of
Hunism in their own communities:
How foolish it is for the enemies of the
Germans to think that they could conquer
them! No, not if nil the other people of
the earth, both civilized and savage, we»-e
opposed to them they could not be vic-
torious over the great German people, for
while one German remains—man, woman
or child—they will fitfiJ on, and it would
not be easy to exterminate seventy mil-
lions of people; and therefore you can see
that final victory is assured to us. and
post. Some even going so far as to say
that the headquarters of the department
will be removed to l'ort Clark. Express
reporters were unable to trace the rumors
to any reliable source.
Speaking of the transfer of Itev. M. P.
Reynolds of MaysvlUe, Ky., to San An
tonlo, where he is now installed as pastor
<>f the Paine Methodist Church, the Cen-
tral Methodist of Cattlesburg. Ky., pays a
Bexar and Tarrant Lead in LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Assessment of Farm Lands
Figures Compiled From State Comptrollers 1917
Report Show Unusually High Values Placed
On County Acreage in Cultivation.
Even before the County Commissioners put an added valuation of $23,000,000 on
__ „ „ Bexar County property, county acreage,, land in cultivation, according to figures
high tribute to the Voung"minister saying . compiled from the United States Census report and the report of the State Comp-
Kcutuckys Joss will be Texas* gain taoller, was assessed higher than any other county in Texas with one exception; that
i exception is Tarrant County.
The report from Coleman County is that | The average assessment per acre of cultivated land in the various counties is based
we shall soou cease to hear of fence-cutting on Pro rata basis. It docs not necessarily mean the true value of the land, but the
in that part of the State for the reason proportional assessment of cultivated land in one county compared to the assessment
that there will be no more fences to cut. ef similar land in another county. According to these figures. Bexar County and
♦ ♦- ♦ Tarrant lead all other counties, out of the total of 101 named, with an assessment of
The one thing for which the world has $04 an aero for cultivated lands.
been waitiug is the "International I'd- | The first figures in the following table show the number of acres in the county;
Metallic Monetary Association." Now, the second, the acres in cultivation; the third, the total value of farm buildings in
when the search l'or the scattered frag- the county; the fourth, the assessed value of the total acreage and farm buildings
ments of the late Congress in the city of combined, according to the Comptroller's report for 1917; and the fifth shows the av-
Berlin has just been abandoned all traces -ernge assessment per acre of cultivated land in the county.
nf I i .• ... .1 , l ■ /• _ . __ „„A n,„. ,
WILSON AND HIS DETRACTOKS.
The honors being showered upon the
Chief Executive of the Nation which
did so much to bring the war in de-
fense of liberty and humanity lo a
successful issue are as gall and worm-
wood to a garrulous person who has
never forgiven Woodrow Wilson for
defeating him for an office for which
he yearned and on which he is sup-
posed to have hoped for a life-time
tenure.
While it is not to be doubted that
much of the distinguished attention
that Europe is preparing to show
President Wilson is personal to him-
self because of the part he has played
as a leader of the world's best thought
and exponent of the idealism which
has challenged the admiration of the
peoples of all countries, and because
of the confidence of European states-
men in Mr. Wilson's judgment and his
when we have humbled uur enemies in j grasp of international affairs; to all
I nA (l llct on.I tntrAn AKAI ■■ Attttnt^lAo I **Atn I
the dust and taken their countries from
them, if any one of the former natives,
either Englishman, Frenchman, Italian,
American or any other of the inferior
races, were to raise their voices above a
whisper we will crush them to tile earth.
And again, after we have destroyed all
of the worn-out cathedrals and other
hideous buildings, including the temples
of India and other heathen countries, we
will build much greater cathedrals and
far more magnificent temples to honor
our noble Kaiser and the great deeds of
his people in destroying the carrion races
of the world.
Oh, how thankful are we that God has
selected our great and incomparable Kai-
ser and hia people to accomplish this grettf
work, for has not Darwin said (who, i
think, must have got his idea from our
great German professors) "that only the
fittest must survive," and are not the Ger-
mans the most fit in every way? So we
Germans say, "Let the carrion rot; there
are no noide men but Germans."
It is a fearful and wonderful thing,
this letter; and we think that all
Americans would like to know from
their Department of Justice, with sdfcie
workable degree of definiteness, how
many Huns of the breed of the writer
of this letter were detected throughout
the country. And ought to know-
since the Americans, too, were marked
for a "crushing" by the Huns!
THE INFLUENZA.
Europe President Wilson represents a
concrete ideal, a composite, rather
than an individual, in short, the United
States of America, and in doing honor
lo him the entente allies manifest their
esteem for, and their gratitude to, a
country which so unselfishly and so
whole-hearedly threw itself into the-
breach for the preservation of liberty
and civilization nor counted tfye cost.
It seems a pity that there shpuld be
any among our own citizens, evfcn such
as may be nursing a grouch or political
disappointment, even hidebound party
pigmies, who could be mean enough
to show their spite and envy with the
idea of discrediting, not merely the
chief citizen of this Union, but their
whole country and its unimpeachable
accomplishments. But, as between
what President Wilson represents and
what General Pershing has set forth
in a plain, straightforward statement,
in which there is neither boasting nor
vainglory, and what a few narrow-
minded and disgruntled politicians
may say or do, the judicious will easily
lust of lis conHtitUpnt members, excepting, AnderBon County
we believe, .Mr. Kvurts, who was recovered Austin Countv ....
after much painful anxiety, the world is j Bastrop County ..
ready for just such a sensation as bi-metal- j Bee County
llsni runnlns down cyclones and defying i Bell County
the lightning. There arc two mighty ail- j Bexar Countv
hercuts whom the United States has not j Bosuue Countv ..
yet contributed to the International 1 Bowie County
r.cague, John Sherman and Mr. Grant. The I Brazoa Countv
former has declared on the floor of the I Brown Countv
tlU8t iu the InterUtt- I Burleson County*.'
remedy. I Burnet County
The free trade papers of this State that , raiah,, Countv "
have been demanding a remors. less apptl- r! ' '
cation of rhe knife to the customs tariff, '' ! '" ? ""
claiming that was the Issue on which Mr. .,! .
Carlisle was elected speaker, ore now left
iu a very sad plight, for Mr. Carlisle olinty •
bluntly tells them tiiat he Is opposed to I °'"u bounty ...
radical changes. The conservative hidden- ! Colorado County .
tal protectionists are still on top, as the j Comal County ...
new speaker promptly repudiates the whole , Comanche County
free trade outfit. Concho County ..
Cooke County ...
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO TODAY—-1003. Coryell County ..
The fc»an Antonio Humane Society will Dallas County
give a free public entertainment at the I He Witt County ..
Grand Opera House about the first week in I>ent«»n County ...
January. The object of the entertainment 1 Eastland County .
is to bring home to the public the nature j Ellis County ......
of the work the society has been doing in Erath County ....
San Antonio for the past several years. Kails County
There will be an excellent musical program Fannin County .. .
and brief address by County Judge K. 15. Fayette Countv
Green, Yale Hicks and Rev. Homer T. Wil
son.
♦ ♦ ♦
A hunting party composed of Henry
Hoecke, James Winfield, Charles Winkler
and Gus Franks returned from Hondo Can-
yon yesterday with threo buck deer. They
report having had fine sport, with doves,
quail and ducks iu abundance.
Fort Bend County ...
Franklin County
Gillespie County
Gonzales County
Gray County
Grayson County .....
Gregg County
Grimes County
Guadalupe County ...
Hamilton County ....
Hadleman County ...
Harrison County ....
Haskell County
The Knights of Columbus will confer the
first degree upon fifteen applicants. This
will complete the second class of candi-
dates for the third degree which will b« |Turu rv.„ntl>
conferred here January 13 by the National Hn% r tvJ
degree team. Catholic clergymen from all ir^.i
parts of Texas and from Louisiana and
several hundred visitors will be here for
the ceremony.
Hood County
Hopkins County
| Houston County
Hunt County
Jere Simpson is manifesting a desire to i 'If* £ IV ,,.:
break Into politics again. While living the , 011 county
life of a recluse Jere evoluted sufficiently j ,{e*fer8on * OUI,ty
to favor so good a Democrat as Judge «|°hnson ounty
! discriminate.
There is something new under the | Fortunately, the European statesmen
sun, even if that something be only ! and the people generally seem quite
a theory. j capable of properly appraising the
Not many months ago we read ot swashbucklers in the American Con-
an ailment that had become epidemic 1 gress and out of it, and their efforts
in Europe and that for want of a ' at detraction will only recoil on them-
better name had been christened Span-
ish influenza.
About the time we began to discuss
the possibility of its spread to this side
of the Atlantic we were suddenly ap-
prised of its appearance in the East,
and, almost simultaneously, in prac-
tically every part of the United States.
In the history of epidemics there has
never been anything comparable to
this affliction in the rapidity of its
spread from border to border and from
coast to coast.
There have been many theories ad-
selves.
There is a pleasing prospect that
Chile and Peru may kiss and make up
instead of trying to scratch out each
other's eyes. "Dogs delight to bark,
and bite, for tis their nature to, but—"
ctc.
The appointment of Mr. Perkins and
Mr. Schiff to supervise the expendi-
ture of the war work fund calls to
mind the fact that the subscription
went over the top very handsomely,
vanced as to the origin and distinctive j We felt perfectly sure all the while
character of this disease, many per- j that it would.
sons claiming that it is simply an old
good a Democrat as J udg« r ^ .
Parker for the presidency and there is hope i ''onp/ ounty
that he may yet work up to the paint of ! *Vlu , V,111.. ou!1 y ***
wearing socks. Kendall County ....
♦ ♦ ♦ ' Lamar County
The United States has another grievance Lavaca County
against Turkey. An American citizen has 1 J^eon County
been grossly outraged, the consulate In- ; Limestone (ounty ..
suited, and massacre threatened in Asiatic ! McLennan County ..
Turkey. Reparation may not be swift -it Madison County ....
seldom is in such cases -but it Is Inevit- Medina County
able, and there will be added to the de- Milam County
maud in this ease some further satisfaction Mills County
for the Beiruth affair, which It is now seen Mitchell County ....
was too lightly passed over. | Montague County ...
♦- ♦ ♦ j Morris County
Those who have succeeded in untangling , Nacogdoches County
the Terrell election law say they under- 'Navarro County ....
stand it tolerably well. * Palo Pinto County ..
W.U-S. [ Panola County
Red River County ..
I Robertson County ..
Rockwall County ...
Runnels County ....
Rusk County
Shelby County
Smith County
Tarrant County ....
Taylor County
Titus County
Travis County
Upshur County ....
Van Zandt County ..
Walker County
Waller County
From the Mail Box
obtruder with a new name, a world
traveler with an alias for every tour.
Some of the doctors have recognized
in the "Spanish flu** a reappearance,
There are cotton growers who have
said they cannot raise the fleecy staple
at a cost of less than 30 cents a
pound while the high cost of living re-
or, at least, a lineal descendant, of the ; mains as it is now. There is a farmer
cpizootic that came from over the seas living near Cameron who claims to
many years ago and that was fatal
alike to human beings and to live
stock; very similar to la grippe, which
was supposed to have been imported
from France at a later period; much
the same as the unadjectived influenza
that was epidemic throughout the
country at another time, and some
h*ve proclaimed it as something dif-
ferent and as yet undetermined as to
its source or specific characteristics.
Dr. Woods Hutchins, a distinguished
physician and surgeon and writer on
medical subjects, thinks there was
never any reason for calling the un-
welcome visitor "Spanish** influenza.
Inasmuch as it did not originate in
Spain ana did comparatively little
damage there, while raging furiously
in Germany, and he says it has just
leaked out that there were 280,000
cases of the disease on the western
front as early as February and March
last. Of course, the Germans did not
want to admit that they were up
Pgaiutt such a terrible foe while they
have clcared 52,300 from eight acres
cf land planted in ribbon cane. Still,
we must have cotton growers as well
as cane growers.
We may judge from recent remarks
of Senator Sherman of Illinois that he
has no very high regard for Repre-
sentative Mann of "Hyde Park, Chi-
cago." Still, if we were to estimate
Mr. Mann by the Senator's opinion of
him we should probably think better
of him for Sherman's denunciation.
And, of course, this is not meant to
be complimentary to Mr. Sherman.
It matters not so much why the al-
lies will occupy Berlin; the material
fact is that they will be there to pre-
serve order and to let the German
people know that they are there. It
Germany had won the war. her troops
would have entered Paris as (heir
crowning achievement, whether there
was any need for it v not, other than
to swagger and humiliate.
*
AN EYR-OPKNKR.
To the Editor of The Express: While
driving out River Avenue recently, I was
suddenly struck with the present unslght-
liness of that once beautiful thoroughfare.
On my left, in front of a neat looking
cottage, stcod an old dilapidated and rust.y
lard can, overflowing with filth, parity
scattered on the sidewalk and st.reet; driv-
ing along, on my right came to view an
old barrel, with the staves partly knocked
In or out. overflowing with paper and
refuse, and further on an old wash tub
with It.s contents partly scattered over the
street, as though a hungry dog had ran-
sacked its contents, or a chicken had
scratrTed to find a meal.
And all along, that beautiful thorough-
fare was marred by those unsightly ob-
jects.
I wondered why this unslghtllness, and
when t.old that our sanitary officers had
instructed the householders on that street
to place their refuse out in front of their
homes, when there is an alley donated by
the property holders partly for that pur-
pose and where refuse has been deposited
for the past twenty-five years, I was
amazed and astounded at such an unwise
and insanitary proceeding.
It is a potent fact that every stranger
and every citizen drives along this thor-
oughfore to visit the most beautiful park
in the country, and to see those unsightly
receptacles along the route ts an eyesore,
a disgrace and a poor advertisement of
the civic pride of the city. 1». II. S.
ALL JKffS NOT ZIONISTS.
To the Editor of The Express: The large
majority- «»f American Jews belonging to
the* reforiu wing of Judaism dissociate
themsePes from the Zionist movement and
are opposed to Zionism, particularly that
form known as "National" Zionism. Fran-
tically all .Tews that ally themselves with
reform Judaism have but one flag the
Stars and Stripes. We are wholly and
solely exponents of Americanism and seek
no other country but the United States.
We Jook upon Judaism as a religion and
deny that there 1< a Jewish nation. We
are American citizens «»f the Jewish faith.
hs others are American citizens of the
Christian faith. A Jewish flag to us is
undesirable, and m<»re than that—unthink-
able. People of the Jewish persuasion
should be citizens of all countries—at their
will and if the laws of certain countries
militate against them It Is time these laws
were changed. To that end the coming
American Jewish congress must bend its
efforts. Zionists have made it appear that
all American Jewry are National Zionists.
This is an untruth, for as I have implied
there are large bodies «»f American Jews
who repudiate Zionism, particularly that of
the National stripe.
RAUUI HENRY COHEN.
Galveston. Texas.
CONDEMNS "WHEELS/'
To the Editor of The Express: Saturday
morning's Express, reporting the Hoard
of Health discussion concerning precau-
tionary measures recommended to prevent
the spread ol influenza, stated that It was
the opinion of physicians present at the
meeting that the "wheels" oi>erating on the
streets of San Antonio to secure war dona
tions. are a grave danger from a health
standpoint j:nd should be stopped.
The women of this city in full sympathy
with the lofty ideals emphasized especially
by the I nited States Government in its
war measures, have been greatly surprised
at public nauctinn of tbe«e wheels or
chance and Lave regarded them, not only a*
a menace to health and an apparent viola-
tion of the law. but also a* a lowering or
the standard raised by our high principled
President.
We rejoiced when {rambling and other
questionable occupations and pastimes
were placed under the ban in order that
the American soldier might have every en-
couragement to be the flue mauly man that
he i«.
We reeret anv compromise alone this
line for it is not the spirit of the time to go
backward.
MRS A. II. CADWALLAPKR.
INFLUENZA
BOURNE. Tex.. T*r ft.—punish infloftiuft
ha* attain mad* It* appearance In Bourne and
a number of people have been stricken. in
♦ h# John Pcrrn Tamil? three of th* children
are very ill. .No deaths fro a this aoarce up to
I'riday. ... i
600,320
465,920
f>54,KOO
047,840
003,120
sos,:{Jo
624|000
868,720
882,OHO
611,840
437,760
(123,360
327,040
546,5<M)
132,480
608,640
741,120
S25,fl00
rail ,i»20
622,0 o
257,700
C.06.720
r»87,o20
."j 77.2X0
. <ii) 1,400
r» 4»,
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600.280
502,000
624.000
603,120
476,800
536,320
610,520
. 506,880
184,960
709,760
652,800
575,360
602,880
199,680
510,680
440,020
533,120
487,040
558,080
500,720
308,720
618,240
250.200
520,320
787,840
571,520
615,680
571,520
588,800
473,H00
500,080
533,766
382.720
604,800
608.000
704.640
623,360
♦571.360
316,800
865,920
613.760
445,440
566,460
504,560
165,760
677,760
678.4(H)
613,120
538,860
664.060
558,080
05,360
693,120
629.120
533,120
588,800
577,920
581,120
254.720
642,560
384,000
531,840
506,340
332.10>0
Washington County 401,920
Wharton County
Wheeler County ....
Wichita County ...
Wilbarger Couuty .
Williamson County
Wilson County
Wise County
Wood County
Young County
711,680
572,800
<136,560
503,920
722,560
520,320
552,320
420,480
560,000
172,086
164, «8
157,228
100,759
348,511
185,534
222,202
161,116
137,866
173,629
130,555
97,536
167,641
120,290
63.042
185,693
233.495
238,751
427,581
167,866
41,453
252,560
80,582
250,587
236,335
353.301
163,913
343,465
173,631
446.194
256,701
290.216
370,656
199,689
140,755
760,025
72,323
193,954
19,759
402,825
70,238
155,309
201,399
158,776
133,187
258,581
223,953
92.272
408.186
00.942
253,510
192,371
343,927
107,442
258,070
145,431
249,416
245,776
270,208
30,401
313,779
160,753
138.445
415,065)
443,513
88,785
111,785
203,139
94,872
106.302
244,170
52,668
151,883
377,414
104,636
1 <54,601
223,646
201,082
71.377
232,076
239.724
144,858
266,807
262,228
201.170
105,011
234,073
127,437
223,203
81,709
108 160
178,951
213,636
160,354
174,656
202.460
363,266
139,971
219,830
! 45,976
131,758
$973,000 51.581,200
1,800,000 4,581,200
1,100,000 5,833.810
664,000 4,503,148
3,400,000 13,668.025
2,200,000 15,051,830
1.600,000 6.645,470
1,300.000 4,902,490
1,030,000 3,529,850
172,000
886,000
1,032,000
1,500,000
978,000
500,000
1,300,000
1,568,000
146,500
4,499,375
4,717,805
3 ><98,620
6,890,625
3,267,495
1.106,150
3.094,911
7,219,400
6,784.850
3,590.000 15,427,050
1.314.000 6,746,520
1,048,000
2,118.000
427.000
2,315.000
2.096.000
2.846.800
6,477,183
3.062.570
8.182.220
5,782,360
3,757,000 14,599,545
1.664,000 9,333,810
2,919,000 10,723,200
1,293,000 4,669.985
2,923,000 19,345,345
2,151,000 6,570,490
2.419,000 9,615,620
3,175,000 12.095,010
2,477.000 10.043,394
1,267.000 8,192,050
691,000 2.063,045
1,261,000 3,172,955
1,848,000 8,060,720
863,000 1,971.770
3,939.000 15,417,605
599.000 1.700.770
786,000 5,175,417
2,437,000 8,999.410
1,249,000 5,493,160
;,ooo
1,250.000
1,255,000
990,000
4,043,570
3,307.870
5,153,500
5,188,410
143,000 15,948,605
903.000 2,129.070
2,070,000 3,923,320
1,141,000 5.031,735
3,239,000 10,849,620
720,000 3,900,356
568,000 4,939,5X5
785,000 9,943,255
2,607.000 10,626,720
1,407,000 5.726.695
2,139,000 10.031,790
568,000 7,917,999
2,819,000 10,906,9«i:i
1,975,000 10.250,505
720,000 8,233,930
2,433,000 8,760,955
3,984.000 15,750,140
475.000 2,534,580
856,000 5,338,800
1,952.000 10,995.525
661,000 3,386,965
$22.00
22.00
30.00
23.00
21.00
18.00
28.00
24.00
38.00
17 00
14.4K)
10.00
24.00
21.00
35.00
30.00
41.00
20.00
20.00
28.00
18.00
40.00
57.00
29.00
20.00
40.00
20 00
35.00
30.00
44.00
50.00
22 no
17.00
34.00
6.00
37.00
20.00
26.00
40.00
28.00
23.00
10.00
20 00
45.00
37.00
DEAL, BUT NOT NEW;
MAY BE ATTAINABLE
BRITONS VIEW PROPOSED WORLD
COURT WITH HOPEFUL
SKEPTICISM.
567,000
1,564,000
514,000
1,236.000
2,729,000
907,000
770.000
1,558.000
1,248.000
700,000
1.354.000
1,242,000
1,060,000
1,755,000
3,406,300
5,440,880
9,413,100
3,625,590
12,653,590
4,084,646
2,961,680
7,078,680
5,907,085
3,012,100
5,160,540
4,261,290
3,673,050
4,345,605
2,646,000 17,545,880
1,229,000 4.711,055
785,000 2,557,560
2,831.000 12,331,830
M 1,000 2,881,990
1.520,000
435,000
71 i,000
1,530,000
1.493.000
505,000
775,000
979,000
5,325,800
3.470,725
2,715,630
5,616,520
9,477,980
2,309,250
8,803 m
6,751,305
3.4105,000 18,043,590
1.024,04)0 5,860/230
1,935.000 6,546,655
1.075,000 3,509,435
920,000 4.460.000
HALL CAINE VOICES DEMAND
THAT KAISER BE PUNISHED
By E. (I. FITZHAMON.
(Staff Correspondent of 1'niversal Service)
LONDON, Dec. 8.--Universal Service
herewith presents exclusively a series of
statements bearing ou the project of a
league of nations obtained from leading
Britons. *
Sir Hosslyn Wemyss, first sea lord:
"Far be it from me to belittle the Idea
of u league „f nations, but it is nothing
,!ew- s,|rl1 project was put forward
27.00 | V.1'1* l',e negotiations for the peace of
34.00 I'trecht in 1713 by Saint Pierre, but It
64 00 2,lLnrtt conK' anything because of the
24 00 ! " ffU'u,ty of working it out satisfactorily
all around.
"Again in 1895 Emmanuel Kant tried to
work it up. The present question is
l*. , r *,le peoples have been prepared
sufficiently for each nation to surrender
Its self government and put Itself into the
hands of an International commission.
If that high plane Is alreadv attained then
the nations must feel assured of per-
petual peace.
"Meanwhile the best guarantee that man-
kind has been able to devise for the peace
of the world is the power of the British
navy. That power has never been abused
in peace and never dishonored in war."
Archbishop of York: "There Is a greater
desire for bringing about an International
concentration of power commonly referred
to as a league of nations than there is an
understanding of the difficulties such a.
plan will Involve and the sacrifices it
will demand. It is an ideal, but perhaps
it is attainable. Upon the close fellow-
ship of the great English-speaking na-
tions and dominions depends the hope of
fulfilling that Ideal.
"It Is now their duty to make democ-
racy a saving and uplifting power l'or
the world. Unless the moral conquest of
war itself shall be achieved forthwith the
present victory cannot be pronounced com-
plete."
Lord Robert Cecil: "Any league of na-
tions must necessarily be an experiment.
To give It a fair start, we must make a
sound and good peace. For any true
partnership of nations, it is Imperative
that the territorial settletnent be based
upon natural justice. It is important to
re-establish the sanctity of treaties because
any new international organization is nec-
essarily created by treaty."
The Bishop of London : "For a league
of nations to be effective, the way roust
18.00 be paved by world-wide demonstrations
12.04) that those guilty of waging this war made
145.00 a colossal blunder from a material vtew-
29.00 | point. There was absolutely no necessity
22.4)0 for the central x>owers to outrage the peace
20.00 ! of the world. I consider this war the
59.04) j moat unnecessary war ever waged, and I
40.00 am absolutely convinced that unless the
19.00 whole world sees and knows that this kind
37.00 ; of thing does not pay, the whole Idea of
28.4)0 the league of nations is a baseless dream.
33.00 ! "Therefore, the perpetrators must be
55.00 punished. I claim that to punish the
5.00 . wrongdoers is an essential part of up-
25.00 holding the righteous judgment of God
33.00 well as the essential foundation for a
20.00 successful realization of the league of na-
27.00 ' tions ideal."
34.00 ' J- C- Hearnshaw. of the King's College,
24.00 ; London: "A league pt nations at the
20.00 present time would be exposed to two
18.00 verT opposite perilR; on the one hand, to
12*00 Prussian militarists who regard the state
14.00 aH tl,e only institution that deiriands al-
legiance; on the other hand, the cosmo-
politan pacifists who would destroy na-
tionality altogether and reduce all peoples
of the world to one indiscriminate unity.
"There must be congmlty In the funda-
mental ideas among the members of a suc-
cessful league of nations. The congress
1° 00 ' Chapelle, which was brought
iV/wj | to conclusion exactly a century ago, was
1 a most perfect example of a working con
cert of the nations of Europe, but that, in
the end, failed."
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of the
exchequer: "One of the results must he
to make It plain that men who plunge the
world into fearful conflicts for the sake of
gain to themselves or their country shall
always be held guiltv of bloodshed."
"That, perhaps, is the greatest feature
of all that will be aimed at In the league
of nations, the whole object of which will
be to make a recurrence of such a war
Impossible forever."
Sir Donald MacLean, member of Parlia-
ment from South Midlothian: "The only
hope of securing the ideal that this war
will be the last, will be the establishment
of a league of nations, backed by suf-
ficient force to insure that in the adjust-
ment of international differences the rights
of the weak Khali have an equal place with
the claims of the strong.
"Difficult work and dangerous times
lie ahead of the nations. Such a league
easily can fall of Its purpose nnless great
sincerity in support is given by the most
powerful nations."
W.S.S.
32 00
24.00
11.4)0
25.00
24.00
32.00
17.4)0
12.00
64.4)0
17 00
20.00
47.00
17.00
20.00
27 00
19.00
28.00
37.00
7.00
47.00
27.00
45.00
33 00
22.041
18.04)
24 04)
By EDWARD MAK.SHALL.
Table to The Express.
LONDON, Dec. 6.—Hall 4'alne in the
following Interview voices the senti
ments of the best thinkers in the allied
countries.
Britons, who have suffered, Frenchmen
wuu have suffered, Italians who have suf
i.-:'id these are Dot ready to forgive the
Kaiser because he has surrendered.
Thev want him punished. They want him
vcrv iireadfully punished.
liall Calne, perhaps more than any other
individual who is at liberty to speak at
Lusitania. It will be enough. The facts
are clear and after Ambassador 4}erard's
disclosures the evidence la sufficient.
"He was an absolute monarch. On the
question of principle in this <-onne< tlon
read Milton's Essay on the "Right of a
Wronged People to Try and Execute Their
King."
"Recognize the clear fact, that for four
years international law has been so vio-
lated that it may bo said not to have
existed, so that what is international Is
no longer law and what Is law Is no
longer international. Therefore, let the
Injured nations act on the accepted pre
this moment full of obviously necessary cepts of morality.
s,teeth restrictions, is qualified to do so "The peril of the world's peace is too
for the people of the allies ;is a whole great for the aeademic quibbling of inter
and the fart that from the war's beginning I national jurists. A world-criminal who has
he has worked in close concert with the j deluged Europe in iunocent blood is liv
"'ill
PRESIDENT JOINS ENLISTED MEN
IN OBSERVANCE OF
SABBATH.
British government, setting aside all his lug in security and comfort and the world
own affairs save his occasional contribu- has a right to demand that he should be
tions to this newspaper through the Ed- ' delivered up to world justice.
. .• _ 1 11 II .1 I.I.. "'I'lia U I.. I ; .... , i.... «-
ward Marshall Syndicate, unquestionably
puts h!;u lu position to speak with some
authority.
No man In England has closer friends
than his among the lenders of the Brit-
ish government, and the French govern- »
incut and iu Italy bis name holds magic.
This does not mean that this Interview Is
iu any sense an official utterance, but It
does mean that It expresses the real
feeling of the great majority of the peo-
ple of the European allies and that many
Individuals of great Importance are aware
that it has been given.
"You ask me." said Sir Hall Calne,
"what should he done with the Kaiser.
"I answer: take him into cnatody, try
him in an international court to which
accredited representatives of the 4rennan
people also are admitted, charging him
with crimes acalnst humanity far out-
side the recognized boundaries of law.
"Do not allow bim to assume the role
of martyr.
"(Jive him a just and open trial and,
if he is eoademned. let sentence l»e ear
ried out by established international au-
thority.
"If nei*cs<ary to save time and avoid com-
pilations let him come up for Judgment
on one count only—the Mnking of the
The abdication of the Katser was a
manifest subterfuge, a cowardly attempt
to escape from the consequences of his
i onduct until the storm he bad raised had
blown over him.
"Deal with the criminal according to
the Just demands of the world's outraged
conscience I He is waiiiug and watching
for the first sign of popular reaction in
his own country. It may coine at any
time. Then be will resume his criminal
career.
"As long as he is allowed to live In the
safe harborage of a neighboring country
there will be a seething cauldron of dia-
coutent in the heart of 4*ermany which
under the influence of inextinguishable
fires at any moment may boll over.
"There 1s only one security for the
world against the sacred dynasty of
Uohenxollern.'
"End it!
"There <an be no league of frse na-
tions until this is done. It Is the right.
"We in England believe that President
Wilson an be trusted to realise that.
Therefore, we rejoice that be Is coming
over to the peace congress
"The banner of the world's future bears
one legead only:
"•End the Hohenxollern!' "
JEWISH POGROMS ARE TO BE
INVESTIGATED BY COMMITTEE
FOOD SERVED AMERICAN
SOLDIERS SATISFACTORY
tfr AssoHated Pres'.
WASHINGTON'. I>. C., Pee. 8.—An-
nouncement that a Joint polish and Jew-
ish committee will go to Holland to in-
vestigate the stories of Jewish pogrom*
recently puMlsncd, was made today by
John F. Smulskl of Chl-ago. prestdent of
the National Polish Department. The com-
mittee will sail within ten days, but the
exact date, it w#-. said, is dependent upon
the appointment of the three Jewish com-
missioners.
The sngge*tion of ibe Joint committer
originated at a meeting of the National
Polish Department and the Polish National
Defense Committee recently In New Yorte.
and the Jewish organizations now fcava
agreed to the plan.
Br Associated Pres«.
"WASHINGTON. P. C, Dec. The
food served to the American soldier, both
in the Camps ana in the field, has boe-i
"universally satisfactory," Brig. Oa. W.
T. Wood, acting inspe< tor general of the
army, says in bis annual report mad?
public today. General Wood said one in-
spe-tor reported that not a single com-
plaint regarding food had come to him
during «»ne trip, which included visits io
camps of .TOO.OrtO soldiers.
By A«socintod Press.
ON BOARD THE r. S. s. GEORGE*
WASHINGTON*. Dec. h (Bv Wireless to
the Associated Press).—President Wilson
attended religious services this morning
with the enlisted men of the American
forces on board the George Washington.
I he services were held in the quarters of
the men some distam-e below decks. The
President joined in the sinning and the
prayers and in the recital of the services.
Later the president took his usual walk-
on deck and then rested. He did not work
durlug the day.
The George Washington is running
through smoother seas and en-ountering
warmer weather.
4By Staff Correspondent I niversal Service)
ABOARD THE I S S. GEORGE WASH
INGTON, Dec. 8 (By Wireless to !"niversal
Servi.e).—Thus far President Wilson. « n
the first lap of bis momentous journey,
has been "taking things easy," allowing
himself a well-deserved rest. lie has spent
a few hours each day attending to the
mass of correspondence piled up on his
desk and getting things into shape for
a ««erle* of conferences with his fellow-
delegates aboard ship.
Tomorrow the President will begin work
In earnest and will hold the flr*t formal
inference with Secretary of state Lan-
sing. Henry White. Jules J. Jusserand snd
Count di Cellere. French and Italian am-
bassadors. respectively
The George Washington is rnnning
through a series of eontlntionc squalls, but
is riding ahead steady as a church
At Its present speed the vessel should
reach Brest Friday, the 13th. a good omen,
*in«e 13 is the President's lucky number.
The President and bis party will pro-
• eed immediately to Paris, reaching the
Fren-h capital Saturday.
There will l»e the customary formal ex-
changes on that day between President
Polncare of France and the American ex-
ecutive: but formal meeting* with the
ether i^eace dignitaries will not take place
until Monday. The actual conferences pre
liminsrv t« the i*»*ce congresa proper mill
begin Tuesday. I Member 17.
President and Mrs. Wilson again par-
ticipated in the boat drills yesterday. Mr.
It Is admitted that complaint* have he*n Wilson a««isting his wife from their snlta
recorded regarding some of the clothing ' to the lifeboat assigned to them,
equipment, nut tbe import say a "these de i The naval escort Is keeping a roe 4 flip,
fecta were unavoidable in many cases and i tan e from the George Washington Wa
were remedied u Iu u practicable.'' | will probably ptta lira Aaores Iueadaj.
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