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ective Page THE TWIN CITY STAR. VOL. 8. ITALIANS FLOCK TO WELCOME WILSON AIP FROM FRONTIER TO ROMB RESEMBLED TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION. PEOPLE SWARM FROM HILLS Shout Greetings, Wave Flags, Hats and Handkerchiefs and Form Picturesque Groups. In the Brilliant Sunshine. Rome, Jan. 3.—From the frontier to Rome the journey of President Wilson was like a triumphal procession. Mountaineers and villagers swarmed from the hills and valleys to the railroad over which the presidential train passed to pay homage to America. They shouted "vivas," waving hats and handkerchiefs and flags and forming picturesque groups which were emphasized by the brilliant sunshine, blue sky and green landscape. At Turin the President was met at the station by the prefect of the province, the mayor, the general commanding the troops and other authorities. Although the reception to the American chief executive was unofficial the station was decorated with the Italian and American colors, while everywhere in the city the Stars and Stripes were flown beside the Italian flag. The President's train left a short time later amid the enthusiastic cheers of a crowd which had gathered to greet the nation's guest. Anglo-American Pact Likely. Paris, Jan. 3.—The view is now held in American official quarters that the view of the British leaders shows such co-ordination with the American viewpoint as will facilitate a mutual agreement before the peace congress. After the close of the recent conferences and the public demonstrations attending President Wilson's visit to London, one of the foremost British statesmen summed up the situation by saying: "I would not think of having the peace congress close until it had established a league of nations as outlined by President Wilson, as the British nation has clearly shown that it expects that to be done." Real Work Will Then Begin. Mr. Balfour, British foreign secretary, after his conferences here, has proceeded to Cannis, where he will remain until the middle of next week. He and Premier Lloyd George will be in Paris on the return of President Wilson from Italy. It is then that the real work of inter-Allied conferences will begin. This will not be by any formal meeting around the table at the outset, as comparatively few delegates will be in Paris at that time. But the informal conferences will be progressively important from then on as the informal conferences will merge into the peace conference without any delimitation of dates. It is understood a special committee will be designated to formulate a plan for a society of nations on which the French member will probably be Leon Bourgeois and the English member Lord Robert Cecil, both of whom are believed to have their projects well along toward completion. SERIOUS MILK FAMINE THREATENS NEW YORK 11,000 Poor Children Unfed Because of Dairymen's League Price Enforcement Action. New York, Jan. 3.—The milk famine which began as the result of the Dairymen's league "strike" to enforce a price of $4.01 per 100 pounds is a "serious menace to the public health," and if it continues will imperil every family in the city," Health Commissioner Copeland declared in testimony at the "John Doe" inquiry into the milk situation. Dr. Copeland said that the health department had not been warned of the impending shortage and as a result had been unable to furnish milk to 11,000 children of the poor. GERMANS HAVE DAMAGED AIRPLANES AT COLOGNE Among Dismantled Machines is Skeleton of Huge Gotha Built to Carry 14 Men. London, Jan. 3—Many German airplanes were damaged by the Germans when they, evacuated Cologne, according to reports from British correspondents in the British area of occupation. Among the dismantled machines is the skeleton of a huge Gotha. It was built to carry 14 men and on its broad planes are walks, while little iron laders lead to the upper plane where the machine gunners were posted. SINGLE COPIES 5 CTS. Miss Julia Davis is the charming young daughter of John W. Davis, the new American ambassador to Great Britain. BATTLE AGAINST ANGRY SEA COAST GUARDS RESCUE MANY FROM TRANSPORT. Ship Remains Fast on Sandbar Near New York Awaiting Better New York, Jan. 3.—Battling against an angry, sea which capsized three of their boats, coast guards from many stations, albed by crews from nearly 20 naval craft, took safely, to shore 17 navy nurses and 237 of the 2,480 homebound soldiers on the United States transport Northern Pacific, hard ground for two days on a sandbar near Fire Island light. When many barrels of oil spread on the waves had failed to make the water surrounding the vessel much calmer, the rescue work was halted. Remaining aboard the Northern Pacific are most of the sick and wounded. Naval officers deemed it too hazardous to attempt to remove the stretcher cases. The vessel is in no danger, according to a wireless message from her commander, Captain Connolly. Another message received by Vice Admiral Gleaves at Embarkation headquarters in Hoboken stated that the Northern Pacific had enough boats of all classes to land the passengers if the sea calms down. OPPOSED TO FURTHER BLOODSHED IN RUSSIA Senator Johnson of California Says He Objects to Campaign in Siberia. Washington, Jan. 3.—A protest against further shedding of American blood in Russia was voiced in the Senate by Senator Johnson of California. The senator called the attention of the foreign relations committee to press dispatches from Archangel telling of the advance of the Allied troops in Northern Russia. "I don't care if the members favor the Bolshevik or the old autocratic tyranny," Senator Johnson said, "but I do say that for either to shed American blood is a crime." GOVERNMENT OPERATES CARS AT KANSAS CITY Trainmen and Guards Are Being Employed by Federal Authorities to Break Strike. Kansas City, Jan. 3.—Under orders from Judge John C. Pollock of the federal court, United States marshals took control of the street cars and property of the Kansas City Railway company in Kansas City, Kan., as an outgrowth of the strike of motormen and conductors in progress since Dec. 11. Trainmen as well as guards are being employed by the federal authorities and assigned to duty as rapidly as they can be sworn in. All are armed. More Intercourse Between Occupied Regions and Rest of Country to Be Permitted. London, Jan. 3. — General appeals against suspension by the Allies of intercourse between the part of German territory occupied by the Allied armies and the rest of Germany have been taken into consideration at the headquarters of Marshal Foch at Luxemburg. A German delegation has been received at the marshal's headquarters and has been informed that as far as military exigencies permit the appeals have been granted. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., JANUARY 4, 1919. COST OF BUILDING WARSHIPS GOES UP COST OF BUILDING WARSHIPS GOES UP ADMIRAL TAYLOR SAYS WAR CONDITIONS HAVE CAUSED ENORMOUS INCREASE. APPEARS BEFORE COMMITTEE Hulls and Machinery of Ten Battleships and Six Cruisers Authorized in 1916 Will Cost About $150,000,000 More. Washington, Jan. 3. — War conditions have brought about an enormous increase in the cost of building warships, Rear Admiral Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, told the House Naval committee, in discussing the 1920 naval appropriation bill. He estimated that the hulls and machinery of the 10 battleships and six battle cruisers authorized in 1916 would cost nearly $150,000,000 more than estimated—an increase of almost 50 per cent. Admiral Taylor said he did not think it was likely that the end of hostilities would result in any speedy reduction in costs. After the civil war, he said, there was no appreciable lowering of costs of labor and materials within three years. Estimates Exceeded 43 Per Cent. "The battleship Mississippi, a new ship delivered last year, was built on contract for $7,115,000," the admiral said, "but the company which built it lost a large sum of money, and when bids on the battleships California and Tennessee were asked for, no contractor submitted a bid under the estimated cost of $7,800,000. The government then decided to build them in its own navy yards and the cost will amount to probably $11,250,000 each, an increase of 43 per cent over the estimated cost. "The same increase will apply probably to capital ships authorized in the 1916 three-year program. For the 10 battleships and six battle cruisers, provided for in this program, I imagine the increase will amount to nearly $150,000,000. This applies to the hulls and machinery alone. I would not venture to say how much the increase will be for the armor and armament." Trade Ship Cost Rises. Admiral Taylor said the cost of constructing merchantships had increased from $75 to $200 a ton, while the cost of battleships has increased less than 50 per cent. This has been accomplished, he said, by exercising the greatest economy possible in the government navy yards and by close supervision in private yards, which are building battleships on the "cost-plus" basis. "The original estimates for the battleships Colorado, Maryland, on which construction has been started," Admiral Taylor said, "was $11,500,000. It is doubtful if they can be completed for less than $15,550,000." U. S. SOLDIER INSURANCE TOTALS $38,000,000,000 Twenty-six Tons of Records Received From American Expeditionary Forces. Washington, Jan. 3.—Twenty-six tons of insurance records from the American expeditionary force were received by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance. The records represent $1,600,000,000 of government insurance written on American soldiers overseas, and will bring the total of insurance written by the bureau to more than $38,000,000,000. 8,000 GALLON TANK OF GASOLINE EXPLODES Twenty Men and Girl Employees of Standard Oil Company Are Severely Burned. Bayonne, N. J., Jan. 3.—When a tank containing more than 8,000 gallons of gasoline exploded at the Standard Oil company's plant at Constable Hook, 20 men and girl employees were badly burned. They were removed to a hospital, where it was said some probably would die. Report Sayn American Executive Will Be Guest of King Albert at Brussels. Washington, Jan. 3.—President Wilson is expected in Brussels early this month, according to diplomatic advises from France. The report says he will be the guest of King Albert. The king is planning a state banquet at the Winter palace in honor of the President LIEUT. DANIEL C. ROPER, JR. C HARRIS & EWINE Lieut. Daniel C. Roper, Jr., son of the commissioner of internal revenue, after having been through many of the hottest battles in the war was wounded in the Argonne forest on October 9. While he was in the hospital he suffered also from an attack of influenza. Lieutenant Roper is one of three brothers in the service of Uncle Sam. He was hit in three places by pieces of a high explosive shell while leading his platoon into action. BRITISH DELEGATES NAMED PROMINENT MEN WILL SIT IN PEACE CONFERENCE. Representatives of War Office, Admiralty, Air Board and Other Bodies to Be Present. London, Jan. 3.—It is officially announced that the British delegates to the inter-Allied conference at Paris will include Premier Lloyd George Foreign Secretary Balfour, Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer; Viscount Hardinage, permanent under secretary for foreign affairs; Sir William G. Tyrrel, senior clerk in the foreign office; Sir Louis Mallet, former British ambassador to Turkey; Sir Esme W. Howard. British minister to Sweden; Sir Ralph Pagent minister to Denmark, and Sir Eyre Crowe, assistant under secretary of state for foreign affairs. Lord Robert Cecil, former assistant under secretary, will go to France in connection with the proposed league of nations. It is expected here that the conference will begin on Jan. 13. A majority of the British delegates will leave London on Jan. 4. Secretary Balfour already is in France. With the foreign office officials, who will accompany the premier and the other cabinet members, will go representatives of the war office, the admiralty, the air board and other departments. FOUR MORE TRANSPORTS LEAVE FRENCH PORTS Announcements of Sailing is Received by the War Department at Washington. Washington, Jan. 3.—The departure from France of four transports with about 2,000 troops, was announced in a cable advice to the War Department. They are the Tolosa, the Ulua and the Abangarez, for New York, and the Minnesotan, whose port of destination was not indicated. There are only five casual officers on the latter ship. PERSHING PROMISES TO MAKE PITTSBURGH V American Commander Accepts Invitation Cabled by Chamber of Commerce. Pittsburgh, Jan. 3.—General Pershing will be the guest of Pittsburgh and will make an address here shortly after his return from France, according to a letter received from the American commander by George S. Oliver, president of the chamber of commerce, in answer to its invitation, cabled several weeks ago. 80,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT BURNED AT FORT WILLIAM Friction From Motors Is Believed to Have Started Fire Which Consumed Elevator. Port Arthur, Ont., Jan. 23.—Eighty thousand bushels of wheat were destroyed by fire in the Parrish and Retnbecker elevator at Fort William. The building was a total loss. Friction from motors is believed to have been the cause. The concern is a subsidiary of the Superior Elevator company. POLISH FORCE IS MOVING ON BERLIN POLISH FORCE IS MOVING ON BERLIN ARMY INVADES GERMANY AND 18 REPORTED TO HAVE CAP-TURED SIX CITIES. GOVERNMENT SHOWS ALARM New Minister of Teuton Army and Navy Has Ordered Arming of Large Bodies of Troops to Cope With the Poles. Berlin, Jan. 3.—The Polish army advancing along the railways toward Berlin has captured six German cities, according to information received here. The Polish mobilization and advance has alarmed the German government. Counter measures are expected to be undertaken immediately. Herr Noske, newly appointed minister of the army, and navy has ordered the arming of large German forces to oppose the Polish invasion of German territory. Much alarm is felt here regarding the Polish advance. 50 Miles from Berlin. London, Jan. 2.—Polish troops have entered Frankfort on the Oder, 50 miles east of Berlin, says a Berne dispatch to the Express, which adds that the Poles have occupied Beuthen, in Prussian Silesia and Bromberg, in the province of Posen, 69 miles northeast of the Posen city. Negotiations Threatened. Copenhagen, Jan. 3.—The Allied armistice commission threatens to break off preliminary peace negotiations if the radicals seize the German government, according to a Berlin dispatch received by the Politiken. London, Jan. 3.-Poland is in despair, owing to the invasion of bolshievist troops and the apparent indifference of the western powers to the plight of the country, according to a Warsaw dispatch to the Mail. "Telegrams are sent begging intervention by the Allies," the dispatch states, "but no reply comes." Factories Destroyed. The correspondent says the situation is made worse by internal disorder in Poland. Factories in all the industrial towns have been destroyed by the Germans, and thousands of Poles who were sent to Germany during the war are returning and there is no employment for them. They are taking the law into their own hands and terrorizing their former employers, compelling them to give them money. Lodz is in the hands of the Red Guard, which has shot some of the officers of the regular troops. The government, headed by Joseph Pilsudski, is weak, the correspondent says. DESIRES INQUIRY INTO TAKING OVER CABLES Senator Kellog of Minnesota introduces and Speaks on Resolution in Senate. Washington, Jan. 3.—Demand for an investigation by the Senate committee on interstate commerce of taking over of cable lines was made in the Senate by Senator Frank P. Kellogg of St. Paul, and a resolution introduced by him for this purpose. At the same time he advocated development of cable communication especially as a means of building up trade between this country and South America. BOLSHEVIKI MAKING ATTRACTIVE OFFERS Returning Russian Prisoners of War Are Said to Be Rejecting Inductions to Join. Washington, Jan. 3.—Advices to the State department announce that returning Russian prisoners of war, on coming out of Austria-Hungary and Germany, are being offered 300 rubles monthly, clothing and food, to join the Bolshevik red army. According to this information, few of the prisoners accept this offer, and popular feeling in Russia is strongly against the Bolshevik. SENATOR URGES PURCHASE OF LOWER CALIFORNIA Arizona Solon Introduces Resolution Requesting President to Open Negotiations. Washington, Jan. 3.—Senator Ashurst of Arizona introduced a resolution requesting the President to open negotiations for the purchase from Mexico by the United States of Lower California and of about 10,000 square miles of other Mexican territory lying north of 31 degrees latitude in the state of Sonora. The resolution went over. CRITIGISES BAKER'S POLICY SENATOR WEEKS TAKES FLING AT WAR DEPARTMENT. Office of Adjutant General Comes in for Lion's Share of Blame for Alleged Errors. Washington, Jan. 3.—The war department was sharply criticized in the senate by Senator Weeks of Massachusetts (rep.) for delays and errors in compiling casualties among the Expeditionary Forces and for failure to cooperate with the Red Cross in the matter of forwarding letters from wounded soldiers to relatives in this country. Criticism was directed especially at the office of the adjutant general of the army, Senator Weeks saying that Major General McCain, the adjutant general who retired last summer to command a division, and who was succeeded by Major General Harris, should have been retained. He could not believe, he said, that a change in the office during the war was business-like or desirable. Information Often Wrong. Senator Weeks declared that the war department's information as to casualties often had been wrong. "During the week ended Dec. 14," he stated, "the Red Cross received an average of 20 letters a day from parents who had been advised by the war department that their sons had been killed on a specific date. In every one of these cases the parents wrote that they had received communications from their boys subsequent to the date given by the war department. That seems almost miraculous that so many errors could have occurred in cases of this kind." INCREASE IN TELEPHONE CHARGES IS REFUSED Minnesota Railroad, and Warehouse Commission Denies Plea of Big Companies St. Paul, Jan. 3. Tetelphone rates will not be increased in Minnesota, at least for the present. In a decision handed down by the railroad and warehouse commission the application of the Tri-State and Northwestern Telephone companies for an increase in rates was denied. The decision in the case of the Northwestern company will apply also to the application of the Zenith Telephone company of Duluth. The companies asked an increase in rates that they might increase wages. The commission holds an increase in wages can be made without increasing rates. Rio Jansiro, Jan. 8.—At the invitation of the British government the Brazilian fleet now in European waters will visit Great Britain. THE WEATHER. Fair today, colder near Lake Superior, slowly rising temperature in west portion; tomorrow fair with rising temperature. DAILY MARKET REPORT Minneapolis Grain. Minneapolis, Jan. 3. Dots, January, 65% c; February, 66% c; May, 67% c. Rye, January, $1.59%; February, $1.56%; May, $1.61%; Barley, choice, 93.4% c@$1. Chicago Grain. Chicago, Jan. 3.—Corn, January, $1.41%; May, $1.35%. Oats, May, 60% c. South St. Paul Live Stock. South St. Paul, Jan. 3.—Estimated receipts at the Union Stock Yards: Cattle, 1,100; calves, 500; hogs, 3,500; sheep, 1,700; cars, 105. Steers, $9.75 @14.50; cows, $@10.10; calves, $6.25 @14.25; hogs, $17.15@17.25; sheep and lambs, $@15.50. Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, Jan. 3. — Hogs, receipts, $8,000; bulk of sales, $17.55@17.95; butchers, $17.75@18; light, $17@17.90; packing, $16.95@17.70; throwouts, $15.75@16.90; pligs, good to choice, $14.50@15.50; Cattle, receipts, 14.000. Beef cattle, good, choice and prime, $16.25@19.75; common and medium, $9.75@16.25; butcher stock, cows and heifers, $8.40@14.50; canners and cutters, $7.50@8.25; stockers and feeders, good, choice and fancy, $10.50@13.75; inferlor, common and medium, $7.50@10.50; veal calves, good and choice, $15.75@16.25. Butter, Eggs and Poultry. Minneapolis, Jan. 3. — BUTTER—Creamery extras, per lb, 64c; extra firsts, 61c; firsts, 60c; seconds, 59c; dairy, 51c; packing stock, 41c. EGGS — Fresh, prime firsts, new cases, 57c; current receipts, rots out, 16.20; checks and seconds, doz, 40c; dirtles, candled, 45c; quotations or eggs include cases. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, fat, 10 lbs and over, 25c; thin, small, cripples and culls, unsalable, roosters, 17c; ducks, 22c; geese, 30c; hens, 4 lbs and over, 22c; hens, under 4 lbs, 17@18c; springs, all weights, 22c. ee | ete caer suaglisone cual mmede | eet eileen | ene CHE TWIN CITY STAR PUBLSHED EVERY FRIDAY BY “ CHARLES SUMNER 8MITH, Minneapolis, ‘Minnesota, Matered in the Post Office at Min- aeapolis as second class matter. MEMBER " NATIONALSNEGRO PRESS | ASSOCIATION \ : Mon GEMBER FQ aE Sara Subscription by Mail, Postpaid. “ ONE YEAR oo. cccseeese eee 8200 SIX MONTHS $125 THREE MONTHS ..........-. 6 ADVERTISING RATES. One Inch—1 Insertion—One Dollar. Liberal discount given on 3, 6, 9, _ Months, or 1 year contracts. We do nbt rn free ads, or over-run the time contracted for by our a: vertisers We Gespect their right tc advertise gt intervals, and rather have them do’so, than to run continuously an “adv.” and an increasing account. Write-all Checks payable to THE TWIN CITY STAR 1317 North Sixth Ave. MINNEAPOLIS - - MINNESOTA Call at 1317 6th Ave. N. on Wednes- day to insure matter for publication. ‘The Star’s Phone, Hyland 1205. Send your subscription. Our prices have not changed because of the war, ‘Let your dollar do its duty and The Star will reach a higher standard of service and better circulation. Let us not draw the color line, — Reciprocity between the racés will be the salvation of the Negro. We are all Americans now. _ Join in the celebrations! Send in your subscription for 1919. ‘We 6 not expect that a Negro will sit at the peace table. He could not, unless delegated such a privilege by President Wilson, and that is improb- able. However, a good lobby of intel- [gent Negroes would do much by way of medigtion ‘by their presence and work: THE BEIRAYAL OF A RACE. tyres eration and among all ‘acts of peopyp, high and low, rich and Boor, you find traitors and con- spirators. Cesar had his Brutus'and Charles I hig Cromwell. Hamlet had his uncle-afid Macbeth his wife, But who are the traitors and conspirators among colored Americans? The mo- ment a colored man {s picked out by ‘@ white man, and in some instances by his own people, it is not long be- fore he begins to conspire against his people and join pr lead an army of con- spirators, The time has come for the Dlack man to choose his own leaders and deputize them to lead him in deed and in fact. ‘The present war should be a lesson to the colored Americans. They should stop and think and decide whether it 1s wise for men who have been picked by white men to lead or represent them. Is‘the race being betrayed by conspirators? Some St.Paul Negroes celebrate, ac- cording to press reports, the tertiary of our arrival in America in 1620. Another example of what Editor Ben Davis of Atlanta calls “the celebra- tion of their induction into slavery.” ‘This is done only by Negroes. ‘There is an urgent need of social centers for our young men and young women. Efforts should be made to establish a desirable place for the so- ¢ial accommodations of our young People. New Year's Eve, was celebrated at all the churches, clubs, cafes and ‘theaters. Several dances and home parties were held. The entry of 1919 ‘was merry event. READ THIS: CAREFULLY. It you receive @ newspaper by, mail and do not wish to pay for it, just refuse it by informing your postman. ‘Then it will be returned to the pub- Usher and he wil be notified to dis- continue sending it. There is no reason why a person should pay for & paper forced on them, but every reagon why {t should be paid for wien ordered and accepted. ‘We notice that many of the new- comers from the South are becoming paid subscribers to the Twin City ‘Star. They have been accustomed to patronizing their own newspapers, ‘where the real news of the Negro is published. ‘The Twin City Star stahds for equal rights for all American citizens. SUBSCRIBERS WANTED — Make the Twin City Star a live and depend- able. weekly Negro newspaper by sending your subscription. ‘Why is it that many of the persons ‘who want their news in a paper, never subscribe for it? Buy Baby Bond's. | ADVERTISE IN THE STAR MAN THE MASTER Man Is fond of calling himself the “proudest work of nature,” and yet— Many bugs can see better. ‘Most other animals have a much bet. ter developed sénse of smell. Many other creatures have the sense of direction, which he lacksrentirely.- ‘The flea ean jump farther tn pro- Portion to its size, ‘The splder can teach him things about rope making. ‘The worms taught him how to make uk. ‘The wasps showed him how to make paper. ‘The birds can sing more sweetly. Nearly all the world creatures pro- vide for their families. Dumb: beasts eat and’ drink *onty what 1s good for them. Many other creatures possess pro tective coloration. And the rooster— No, we'll take that back— ‘The rooster cannot beat him aj crowing —Youngstown Telegram. FLASHLIGHTS Nothing pleases the average person more than to be called a “real busy man.” One can’t help wondering Just whit School of life a man goes to to learn to boast. ‘The man who is loyal to his country would never be disjoyal to his wife and childreb, ‘The man who has spent his money to make others happy need never have any regrets over dying poor. Any pretty girl can get admirets, but thert’s something to the plain young woman who’ wins admiration, If It weren't for the nelghbors what would some folks do when they need- ed a hammer ora screwdriver? ‘The world owes no man a living; what it does owe every man is a chance to make a living, and it usually. pays him that. - Beauty may be only skin deep, but any peach can tell you that it doesn't have to be any thicker to fool the men. —Detroit Free Press, i lade cite ce aia” . THINGS WE NEVER HEAR | ; — , “The coat is cheap enough, | } miss, but it doesn’t leok well on | } you." | “No, our two-fora-quarter cl- | } gars are no better than our | 3. Straight tens.” ° : é = } “Really, I don’t care to ride | } downtown in your car. It’s the | : Yfamplest rattletrap I ever en- | } tered.” ; _ | } “The fact ts, doctor, I quit go- | } ing to church when you com- | » menced that new serles of dead- | y ly dull sermons,” ; * a ! } “No, my dear, even if you did | > make It yourself, this isn't a de- | } Uclous strawberry shortcake, I y had a better one today at the | } serveself.” ’ Je cecccccccccccoccocoeese FOOLS YOU HAVE KNOWN ‘Yourselt—Lite, : Your rival in love. ‘Your wife's first husband, ‘The actress who refuses to return your smile. ‘The man who returns the smile of the actress on the stage, . Your uncle who tries to advise you About the stock market. , Your other uncle who refuses to take your advice about the stock market, WORTH KNOWING A form holier for concrete work has been invented that can be left in the concrete to re-enforce it or to provide & socket for attachments. Gold is being mined at a depth of more than 8,000 feet in South Africa and it is belleved that the shafts can be sunk 8,000 feet deeper. An inventor has patented a tool by which live electric wires can be tap- bed and other wires attached without danger to a person using it, Chinese are estimated to destroy $10,- 000,000 worth of gold annually by thelr custom of burning small pleces of gold leaf on cértain anniversaries, — | Gasoline motor cars on one Buro- pean railroad have radiators on their ‘roots to cool water that is used to pre- gent thé taster’ Sverbintion THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. _C. P. HEAD ASKS INTERNATIONALIZATION OF AFRICA Convention of Negroes of the World to Meet in Paris, During Peace Conference Interested Primarily in Democracy Here. DU BOIS GIVES MEMORANDUM TO COL. HOUSE New York, Dec. 16.—A memorandum pleading for the privilege of self- ‘determination of the Negroes in Portuguese and Belgian Colonies in Africa, and proposing a convention representing the Negroes of the World to meet at Paris, France, sometime during the sessions of the Peace Conference, was {asued by the National Association for the Advancement ot Colored. People today. ‘The memorandum was submitted by Dr. W. E. B. DuBois to Colonel E. M. House, white,.one of.the United States Peace Commissioners in Paris with President Wilson, as his confidential adviser. a * Africa Should Be Free. Africa should be liberated, says Dr. DuBols, and proposes the formation of a governing international commission that would represent! the independent African republics. Barter of colonies without regard to the wishes of welfare of the inhab- itants has been a constant source of friction, Dr. DuBois contends in opeming his memorandum. Therefore, he argues, if the aims of the war are to be realized, it is necessary that the duly expressed opinion of civilized Negroes throughout the world be taken into consideration im determining the status of the African colonies. Qualified Interests Named. : ‘The public opinion, which should have the decisive voice in the disposition of the former German colonies, Dr. DuBois enumerates as composed of: The chiefs and intelligent Negroes among the 12,500,000 natives in Ger- man Africa, the 12,000,000 civilized Negroes of the United States, educated persons of Negro descent in South America and the: West Indies, the inde- pendent Negro Governments of Abyssinia, Liberia and Hayti and the educated Negroes of France, West Africa and Equatorial Africa, British Uganda, Nige- ria, Basutoland and the 4,500,000 members of the Union of Africa. Dr. DuBois demands the utmost liberality im @e treatment of the natives, thetr manner of living and their general customs in the.Government of this ‘African democracy. He advocates the modernization of Africa through the schools and the use of properly trained colored officials in local self-govern: ment. He recommends the socialization of income and the applicatton of the newer ideals of industrial democracy. Appeals Against Prejudice. i In conclusion, Dr. DuBois appeals for the casting aside of the old prejudice against the Negro, and pleads for a redeemed Africa that will aid in the redemption in the public mind of Negroes all over the world. 2 ‘The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in indorsing the stand of Dr. DuBols, issued a statement yesterday, in which it emphasized the fact that the association stood for the liberation of the Negro here as well as in Africa. James Weldon Johnson, fleld secretary of the association, in discussing the memorandum, said: = ~~ After all, the association is primarily interested in assuring the Negro here the fullest political and economic freedom—that freedom to which every American citizen is entitled. We ate interested in the African democracy, because that, too, means the liberation of the Negroes and the elevation of the Negro in'the public mind.” Me a a . pe oe oe bg Sfitteee q co A aoreson 7.1, waweine NEGRO DELEGATES SELECTED TO GO TO VERSAILLES Washington, D. D., Dec. 14.—The executive committee of the National Race Congress, meeting in the Mount Carmel Baptist Church a few days ago, elected John R. Hawkins financial seeretary of the A. M./E. Churches; Rev. Wm. H. Jernagin, Judge Wm. Harrison, the Rev. J. Milton Waldron and Rey. A. J. Stokes as delegates to the international conference of the darker races of the world, to be held im France during the peace confer- ence. A commission was appointed to plan to work of raising a defense fund of $250,000, as authaorized by the National Race Copference here last October. The committee voted to work for a federal antilyncping law, improved Negro labor conditions;-and the re-entfranchisement of colored citi- zens deprived of the ballot. MARY “CHURCH TERRELL APPOINTED. Washington, D. C. — Mrs. Mary Church ‘Terrell, former president of the National Association of Colored Women, and the only colored woman im the country to serve on a board of education, has been appointed to the position of Assistant in the Personnel Department of the War Camp Commu- nity Service, the headquarters of which i located at 1 Madison Avenue, New York City. Mrs. Terrell is the wife of Judge Robert H. Terrell of the municipal court of Washingtoz, D. C., and brother of Hon. R. R. Church, Jr, of Memphis, Tenn. MAJ. MOTON GONE .TO FRANCE. Maj. R. R. Moton, successor to Dr: Booker T. Washington, has gone to France by appolitment of President Wilson. He will speak to the Negro troops over there. Whether he will be present as the race representative at the peace table has not been de- cided. ‘There is a feeling that Maj. Moton cannot represent the Negroes of America without, their consent. Prof. W. EB. B. DuBois sailed for France on the same ship, with Dr. Moton. He will meet the representa- tives of “The Darker Races,” several of whom were present at the Univer- sal Races Congress in London in 1910. Dr. DuBois should control a great lob- by and wield a great nfeeace among those at the peace table. € Read the Negro Papers. THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY— > DON'T MISS IT. ’ It you wish to add to your income, you can do so by accepting an agency for The Twin City Star. Good com- mission to competent agents. Use your spare time in soliciting ads and subscriptions. Only honest and intel Uigent agents wanted. Call Hyland 1205. SIMMON'S GREATEST ORATION. Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons, who stands today unsurpassed by any ora- tor in the Nnited States, delivered his greatest oration before an immense ‘audience in the Eighth Reg't. Armory in Chicago, on Nov. 15, 1918. He ana- lysed the Causes of the War, paid tribute to America’s place and part in the Victory, and demanded justice for all men. “The Monitor, edited by Rey. John Albert Williams of Omaha, ‘Neb., published the: oration in serial form. The speeches of Col. Simmons should be published i book form. He fs eloquent, logical amd forceful. His matserpleces of eloquence would be a valuable contribution to the leading Ubraries, and it placed within easy touch of everyone, would do much to bring about a better relationship be- tween the races. + N. A. A.C. P. BUTTONS. Every Member Should Wear One. It is the express wish of the Central Branch of the'N. A. A.C. P. that all members should wear.a button show- ing their connection with this organ- zation, that stands for the rights of our race. I have therefore in con- formity with that desire received 100 buttons ‘which will be sold to mem bers at the small figure of thirty-five cents (35c) each. “The button is very beautifully and artistically made and one which every member should be proud to wear. The Secretary will always have a number of these but- tons with -him and will take no of- fense it stopped on the street or any- where else to purchase one. Let each member have a button. Wear it in a conspicuous place, be prepared to tell what it stands for when questioned and thus advertise the Association for the advancement of colored people. A general meeting will take place as early as is, convenient and ment- bers are kindly asked to watch the Twin City Star for announcement. Brown S. Smith, President. R, Augustine Skinner, Sec’y. . Paper ea Boutell Bros. have in their employ a colored lady as elevator operator, who has given very satisfactory ser- vice. Are you a delinquent subscriber? If 80, why not send your subscrip- tion? Conservative estimates place the number of colored soldiers now in the United States aray establishment on both aides of the ocean at little ess than 400,000. . fees Do not forget to send the money to the Star which you owe for sub seriptions. ‘The colored men and women of Oklghoma have organized a Council of Defense, as an auxiliary to the organt- zation operated by the white citizens, and very satisfactory progress is be- ing made. The women’s branch is in charge of Mrs, Nellie B, Henderson of ‘Oklahoma City. Buffalo, N. Y., Has Weekly. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 10—The Buftalo Enterprise, published by A. J. Wil- ams, made its appearance in this city yesterday. ‘There are sald t6 be ten thousand Negroes in Buffalo. e plreila ONO) men, ORSET: J will give you lithe, uncorseted grace ) and constant comfort, yet mould cs j your figure to the present fashion. 3 They are fitted to your messure in = your own home by 2 trained corset- ES jere—the Spirella way. A teléphone = call or post-card will bring an expert = en , to your home to explain the Spirella SEN service and boning in detail. en 8 Spirella Corset Shop Cait SY CORA &. CARR . aD 308 Aurora Ave. Gp 2 ‘St. Paul, Minn. CIO RN caf) —$—$a$_$ —<_ __=__________— BEN MARIENHOFF For 28 Years at 318 Hennepin Avenue. . Tailor _to Men IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS AT POPULAR PRICES x Your Patronage Desired. MINNESOTA MEAT CO, Wholesale and Retail Makers of Home Made Sausages of All Kinds 40 So. Third St. iene eiee ave! 409 Nicollet Avenue GRAND INSTALLATION BALL AMES LODGE OF ELKS South Side Auditorium JANUARY 6, 1918 MUSIC BY McCULLOUGH’S ORCHESTRA Admission, 50 Cents. ff cm ao RS Co Xmas <j | ee | N. W. Trunk Co. | (== J Nas Mioobiet Ax: Sa or ah |i Sully a. ~~ < GS LET US START PAYING YOU INTEREST FROM JANUARY 1 “Your money deposited in our Savings Department on or be- fore JANUARY 10th, will draw interest from: the first— that is the beginning of our first interest quarter. * HENNEPIN COUNTY SAVINGS BANK.. MARQUETTE & 4TH MINNEAPOLIS The Purpose of an Advertisement") is to serve your needs, It will help sell your goods—talk to the people you want to teach. An advertise- ji ment in this paper ‘fis a reference guide to those whose wants are worth supplying. | In our delirium of joy that the war 1s ended, let us not feel that our work is ended. Much remains to be done and many problems solved béfore our aay is again back to normal care- free conditions.\ Let every woman re- ‘main steadfasti) at her task quite as willing to give loyal service to her country during this trying period of reconstruction and readjustment as during this struggle for world democ- racy. Readjustments must come gradually ‘and Uncle Sam will need every loyal citizen to help him over this task, Do not feel that the armistice signs our release from work any more than it does our fighting soldiers across the sea. Let us stand ready and willing for any orders we are given, to make this period of readjustment as speedy and orderly’ a one as possible, and as proud a record for America as she has made in other war activities. VICTORIA CLAY HALEY. | St. Louls, Mo. / . ‘There will be three congressmen from the Twin Cities who will stand ‘as a stone wall for equal justice for all men—Thos. D. Schall and Walter Newton of Minneapolis and C. C, Van Dyke of St. Paul. IMPORTANT NOTICE Unless notes are written plainly and properly arranged they will not be inserted. Many people send in notes regardless of names, initials or composition. Arrangement by the publisher will be charged for. Free notices must be correctly written. The Star office, 1317 Sixth avenue north, Minneapolis, is where you should call for interviews and bring your advertisements, complaints, news, etc. The editor will not take notice of business transacted over phone. Call at the Star office every Tuesday. M. Mr. M. G. Rutledge, the well-known proprietor of the Foraker Cafe, which was for several years the best restaurant among our people in this city, is now residing in California, at 3833 Thomas Ave., East San Diego. He sends his regards to all of his old friends and patrons. His wife joined him last spring. Mr. Rutledge was always active for the best things for his race and when here his "Foraker Cafe" was a model restaurant in every way. Success to the Rutledges in their new location. FOR RENT—Three nicely furnished rooms, large bath, suitable for housekeeping; also, one large room with two closets, for light housekeeping. Both in a modern home; married couples preferred; no children. Call Drexel 4856. Mr. John Withers, the expressman, has been seriously ill. He is slowly recovering. The 92nd Division will remain overseas, according to last reports from the war department. OLD CHARACTER PASSES AWAY. Charles Gardner, known as "Ice Water," died at the City hospital on Dec. 29. He was one of the old sporting fraternity, having been associated with prize fighters and race horses. He was illiterate, but recognized as an authority on national events, giving date and location, etc. He was of a good disposition and in recent years had been employed as a doorman by Messrs. Oliver and Shull at their clubs. It is reported that Deputy Sheriff John H. Allison will remain under the new sheriff, Mr. Martinson. Also that another Negro will be appointed. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hudson and family, of Detroit, Mich., are visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. Trevan, 519 Humboldt avenue north. The marriage of Mr. Harry Harper, of Minneapolis, to Miss Carrie E. Bugg, of Waterloo, Ia., was solemnized on December 28. Mr. and Mrs. Harper are at home at their residence at 2936 Clinton avenue. Mr. Morris Gibbs has returned home from service in the national army. Mrs. Gale P. Hilyer has returned from a visit to relatives in Montgomery, Ala. Miss Mattie McMahan is an authorized correspondent and agent of the Twin City Star. She is one of our intelligent and energetic women, interested in race welfare, and an active church worker. Miss Mahan is from Knoxville, Tenn. The management of this publication will appreciate any courtesies extended her. Mr. Geo. W. Clawson is an agent for The Twin City Star, and one of our new advertising and subscription solicitors. SEND IN YOUR NEWS Some people think an editor should know about their business without being told and it should appear in the paper. The editor knows the things, you do not want in the paper. If you have something you want published—send it in. The other will find its way. EVERY DAY is BARGAIN DAY at the ROOT & HAGEMAN STORE, 407 Nicollet Ave. SMOKE THE RELIABLE SIGHT DRAFT CIGAR THAT'S ALL 92ND DIVISION TO ENTER GERMANY. Coblenz, Dec. 26. — Following the cancellation order of the 92nd Division (colored) to sail for home, comes word that they are to relieve divisions now stationed along the Rhine for patrol duty. They are to take up their new positions by February 1st with headquarters at Coblenz, the bridgehead. LUCAS-PERRY WEDDING. The marriage of Miss Clara Lucas to Mr. Wiley C. Perry, of Oklahoma City, Okla., was celebrated at her mother's residence, 109 E. 25th St., Minneapolis, on Dec. 28th. After the ceremony the young couple left for Oklahoma City, where they will reside. TWIN CITY ENTERTAINERS DANCE DRAWS BIG CROWD The dance of the Twin City Entertainers' on New Year's Eve was a big success. There was a large cosmopolitan crowd of merry makers. Best order prevailed. The feature was the dancing contest for the championship of 1918. The winners were, first prize, Miss Margaret Anderson and Charles White; second prize, Miss Richardson and Marion Hall; third prize, Miss Dena Blackwell and partner. The attendance was very good. Remember the Elks installation reception at South Side Auditorium on Monday night, Jan. 6, 1919. Mrs. John W. Scott, 5107 France Ave. spent the holidays visiting relatives in Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. Scott was formerly Miss Belle Kidd. She returns this week. The "cullud politicians" are, as usual, applying for the spittoon-cleaners positions at the Capitol during the Legislative session. It is rumored that Minneapolis will soon have "its own cullud home." Evidently it is becoming too soft here for the collectors for the Attucks Home, which is located in St. Paul. There is a reason—for the charitable solicitations by the "leading citizen" and his partner. Mr. S. G. Franklin of Minneapolis, and Mr. W. H. Gaston of St. Paul, appeared before the Trades and Labor Assembly in protest against the word "white" in the by-laws of the locals: They were promised favorable action by a unanimous vote. Mr. Roy Scott was a visitor during the holidays. Mr. Fred Kinnebrew visited his mother in Indianapolis, Ind., returning this week. Mrs. Grant Ramey sustained painful injuries from a fall down stairs. She is much improved. The New Year's morning celebration at Stewart's Hotel was a great event. Every table was crowded with guests, and laden with refreshments. N. A. A. C. P. ELECTS OFFICERS AN INTERESTING MEETING. The Minneapolis Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a business meeting on Dec. 22, at Bethesda Baptist Church. Pres. Brown S. Smith presided. Prayer by Rev. T. B. Stovall. The minutes of the last meeting were read by Secretary R. Augustine Skinner and approved. After a few suggestions by members to wage a campaign against unlawful discrimination against Negroes, a Committee on Grievances was appointed to investigate complaints, viz., Mrs. W. R. Donovan, Chm., James Tooley and Rev. T. B. Stovall. An appropriation was allowed to defray the expense of investigations. The president and secretary are ex-officio members of this body. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: President, Brown S. Smith (re-elected); vice pres., Mrs. W. R. Donovan; the President, Augustine Skinner (re-elected); treasurer, Mrs. Hester Keeyes, Pres. Smith expressed a hope that the members would take more interest in the work of the association. He stated that there were over 500 members in the Mineapolis branch, and the treasury was in good shape, but there was a reluctance upon the part of many to take active interest in the work, which had fallen entirely on a few individuals. He expects great results during the coming year and invites every member to appear at all meetings and take their part in the proceedings. Rev. G. W. Dudley made a short address and was voted thanks. Chas. Summer Smith read extracts from "A Century of Negro Migration," by Carter G. Woodson, Ph.D., editor of the "Journal of Negro History." A note of thanks was tendered Miss Eva B. Walker, who had served several terms as treasurer, declining another term. A campaign for more members is on. The N. A. A. C. P. is the only national organization that is waging war against race-prejudice by investigation, publicity and legal redress. LET ONE DOLLAR DO ITS DUTY! Become a member! Do it NOW!—Ed. THE ARCADIA RESTAURANT. The management solicits your patronage of its Soda Fountain service, including Hot Drinks, Coca-Cola, Brazilla, Ice Cream and Sundies; also, Choice Candies, etc. Everything Sanitary at Popular Prices. The best place in the city to enjoy your meals. W. S. Simmons. Prop.-Advertisement. THE TWIN CITY STAR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. A. B. To Appear at the Metropolitan the Week of Jan. 12. "The Smarter Set," the leading colored theatrical organization of the country, is booked to appear at the Metropolitan Opera House, St. Paul, beginning Jan. 12, for one week. Mr. Salem Tutt Whitney, the leading star, is a member of Gopher Lodge 105 Elks of this city, and its members will all be boosters. The Elks will also do something big toward entertaining the company—St. Paul Appeal. The four harmony kings, W. A. Hann, E. Drayton, W. D. Burns and W. H. Berry, appeared in the Twin Cities during the last two weeks. A. MISS CATHERINE D. LEALTAD. Miss Catherine Lealtad lectured at St. Phillips Guild hall for the benefit of the church. Miss Dorothy Quinn, of Radcliffe college, appeared with her. PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Mrs. J. A. Sutton, formerly Miss Alice Vassar, has returned from Waldeck, Sask., where her husband died recently. She is employed as stenographer in the office of Atty. B. S. Smith, 702 Sykes block, and offers her service as a public stenographer. Mrs. Sutton was for many years in the office of Atty. F. L. McGhee, of St. Paul. Miss Isabel Ford has returned to work as typist in the office of the treasurer of Hennepin county. DR. BROWN'S MODERN METHODS New Scientific Treatment. Dr. R. S. Brown finished a postgraduate course in auto-hemic therapy under Dr. D. V. Ireland of Columbus, O., also studied the treatment of all rectal diseases, caused by constipation, piles, etc., by electrical appliances. Dr. Brown has added to his office equipment about $500.00 worth of electrical apparatus for special treatment of blood diseases, such as dropsy, rheumatism, hardening of the arteries and general improvement of the blood. He has spared no money to provide his patients with the most modern methods of medical science. Any person wishing to consult him on these new treatments, may do so, without being under obligation to secure his services. He wishes to explain the advantages of scientific treatment by electricity in many cases where surgical operations have heretofore been the only cure. Several of his patients are relieved from chronic complaints and speak in praise of the new treatment. Mr. Geo. E. Jones, the famous chef, has charge of the culinary department at the Waiters and Porters' Club. He has a reputation for his sanitary service. Manager Lee Wheeler has renovated the kitchen and opened a new dining room. A Cash Deposit Required on All Advertisements. Notices of Entertainment, etc. Must Be Accompanied by Cash. Peoples Christian Assembly. ELDER G. W. MITCHELL, Pastor. Assisted by Mrs. G. W. Mitchell. Comel and Serve the Lord. 1204 Washington Ave. So. Services Sunday—11 A. M. Sunday School—1:30 P. M. Praise Meeting—3 P. M. Preaching—8 P. M. ```markdown ``` CHAS. E. BUTLER GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HATS, SHOES, TRUNKS AND VALISES 1101-1103 Washington Ave. So. Phone: Tri-State 82978 MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. High Grade Specialists in Wet Wash Dry Wash and Family Laundering OUR WORK IS OUR BEST ADVERTISEMENT POPULAR PRICED SHOE REPAIRING. SPECIAL SAMPLE SHOES WE FIX 'EM WHILE YOU WAIT. Men's Sewed Soles ..... $1.00 Ladies' Sewed Soles ..... .85 Men's Nailed Soles ..... .85 Rubber Heels ..... .40 Ladies' and Boy's Nailed Soles ..... .65 SEVEN CORNERS' SHOE REPAIR SHOP. 1424 Washington Ave. So. Minneapolis HARRY LEVITON MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS MADE TO ORDER. Dry Cleaning and Fancy Dyeing of Ladies' and Gent's Garments. Phone N. W. 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Nothing Changed But the Price Slight Drafts Still the Same Fine Old Cigar You've Always Liked When your dealer asks you six cents apiece for your old friend Sight Draft, don't get the idea that he is trying to put something over on you. The plain truth of the matter is that our labor and other manufacturing costs have increased so much that we had the choice of cutting down the size of the Sight Draft cigar, using inferior tobacco, or raising the price one cent. We believed you would rather have the same old Sight Draft quality, the same old size, even if it cost you a penny more. So, from now on Sight Draft will be six cents. Try a Sight Draft today. It's worth six cents, and you experienced smokers KNOW it is. W. K. Gresh & Song, makers. W. S. Conrad Co., St. Paul, wholesale distributors. — Advertisement CHOICE CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE ON SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS. B. M. McDew 802 Sykes Block. N. W. 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Why Polish State Must Future of Europe Is Dependent on Reconstruction of Ancient Nation IF Germany had a natural eastern frontier—as she has natural boundaries to west and south—the establishment of permanent peace might not require such extraordinary safeguards. But, Germany lying where she does and her people being what they are, the future of Europe depends on one thing—the reconstruction of Poland." The speaker was no less a person than Roman Dmowski, for twenty years a leader of the submerged western Slavs in their aspiration toward a renewed national life, long the representative of the city of Warsaw in the Russian duma; today, by virtue of his position as president of the Polish national committee, recognized by the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy and the United States as the official representative and spokesman of thirty-five millions of people. "To take up the German-ness of Germans first," he went on in the course of an interview with Rowland Thoms appearing in the New York World, "they are a people capable of talking about their drang nach osten—their expansiveness toward the east—as if it were something scientifically inevitable and sacred, like the law of gravitation or the budding of trees in springtime. No such peculiar and specific force, of course, now exists. Nature no more drove the Germans to the expansive eastward than up or down in any other direction. What did drive them was an alluring opportunity. Whereupon they invented a mystical force which was supposed to be above even their own ideas and emotions—just as they later invented a special and sacred kultur when they felt the need of justifylp overweening ambition in their own eyes and the sight of the world, and still later conflured up an ancient German Gott to make expediency and morality mutually self-supporting. "Such worship of mental straw race—such confusing of formulas with forces, the sound of words with verities, exculpations with justifications—is the natural refuge of sentimentalists who shrink from looking their own impulses in the face. "By a special drang nach osten, then, Germans have sanctified for themselves their cupidity of territory and trade in certain directions. Many such canonized phrases will confront and trouble the peace builders in their coming work, for an orthodox formula may be a deadly thing. Witness what was justified in revolutionary France by the cry of liberty, equality and fraternity—what is happening under the same watchword now in bolshevistic Russia. To guard the future against the force of the ancient and haloed dogma et a drang nach osten is therefore vitally necessary. Would Safeguard Future. "And," interpolated Mr. Dnowski, a faint smile hovering about his firm-set lips, "if a certain step is taken the future will be effectually guarded, Germans hereafter will have to take their drang nach osten in in plain drang-ing. They will find thems-ives butting their heads against a wall, to be colloquial. And that wall will be Poland—the strong Poland which can and must be constructed, not easily, perhaps, but surely and firmly, if sufficiently intelligent and foreseeing statesmanship is used at this time. "That brings us to the second standing menace to permanent peace in Europe—the fact that Germany for generations has had no natural eastern boundaries, that a tantalizingly easy way to aggression and conquest has inain always open before her—and, now that Russia is chaos, is easier than ever before. "If this were not the case, if Germany faced to the east some well-defined physical obstacle, as she faces the Rhine gorge, the Alps, the Boheman and Carpathian highlands to the west and south, the potentialities might not be so grave. But as it is, Asia, through Russia, lies open, unguarded and dangerously inviting to Germany's thwarted ambitions. "Let us not in this exhilarating moment of victory permit ourselves to become unduly optimistic or too credulous. National psychologies do not British Monarch's Position. Great Britain has no document which may be regarded as a constitution. Instead of a paper constitution there exists a mass of precedents and conventions which serve similar needs with greater flexibility. No matter upon what the thing may be based, the royal power of the monarch is not absolute. As executive he is the nominal administrator of the decrees of parliament, the representative body of the lords spiritual, the lords temporal and the commons. BALTIC SEA Menea LITHUANIA WEST PRUSSIA Danzig Sonigsberg Vilna EAST PRUSSIA POSEN warsaw Brest Lotwsk POLAND Breslau Radom Lublin VOLHYNIA BOHEMIA AUSTRIA SILESIA Cracow Przemysl Lemberg GALICIA HUNGARY Poland and Its Historical Territories, From Which, Mr. Dmowski Says, the New Democratic Polish State Must Be Reconstructed. change very quickly. In the throes of her defeat Germany may seem—will undoubtedly deem herself—disenchanted with the fruits of her national ambition. But what man experienced in the workings of the human mind would venture to risk the possibilities of another 'war like this one on the chance that Germany's disenchantment will be permanent, that the final outcome of the defeat, in German minds, will not be discontent, humiliation, angry or sullen, and persistent determination to recover at least part of what has been lost; or, failing that, to seek recoupment and expansion and domination in fresh directions? No man of probity and experience will risk so fateful a gamble. It must be made impossible for Germany to be unsafe to the democracies of the world. To do that it is vitally necessary to have a strong, trustworthy non-German state on Germany's eastern marches. And the one region capable of becoming such a state is Poland. "For it is idle, worse than idle, to dream of constructing such a new state in Europe for these specific purposes unless the work is done along surely effective lines. The requirements are extremely definite. A small state will not do. Who would set a pygmy watchman to guard a full-grown desperado? A state incapable of full economic development will not do. The chance of entanglements are too great. It must be self-contained as regards natural resources. A state artificial racially will not do. It must be one, as far as possible, racially cohesive. A state wherein irresponsible visionaries play the demagogue over an unleavened lump of peasantry will not do. It must be a state capable of having a real citizenry, as the United States has—composed of a people of established and developed civilization, racial culture and traditions, practical abilities, proved liberalism. Polea Best Fitted. "I believe you will find nowhere in central and eastern Europe a race more fitted than the Polish people to be the citizenry of such a state. And I can state without fearing contradiction that nowhere else in that region will you find another race with so unclouded a moral and historical title to the territory which will be needed. "Just what is Poland, aside from being the region from which many immigrants came to the United States? Where is it? "To see real Poland you will have to make a map of Europe in your mind. On that map note how Germany lies in a great alluvial drainage basin, with the central mountain masses of the continent walling it to the south and with five rivers running down from them to the North sea and the Baltic. Westernmost is the Rhine. Next comes the Weser, with its port at Bremen, and the Elbe, with Hamburg. Fourth is the Oder, with Frankfort, and Stettin. Last and easternmost the Vistula, which rises in the Carpathian ridges, flows down by Warsaw and empties "into the North sea at Danzig in West Prussia. "In the Vistula valley and its drainage areas live the thirty-five million people of the submerged Polish nation. That region is Poland. Part of it is still marked 'Poland' on the maps, but most of it needs identification since the 'partitions,' when the autocrats who then ruled Germany, Russia and Austria each took his helping. "Germany's slice you will find on the west, extending all the way from the mountains to the Baltic. Silesta Cautioning the "Cub." The editor was handing it to the cub reporter. "This blaze occurred at a ball." "I know." "Remember, it was a full-dress affair; and don't—don't—" "I won't." "Don't say the guests rushed into the street scantily clad."—Kansas City Journal. The Change. "Germany is no longer toasting the day." "As events have turned out, it was more of a roast for her." THE TWIN CITY STAR. MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. farthest south, then Posen, then West Prussia with its Baltic port of Danzig—all are Prussian provinces now. They once were Poland. The population still is Polish. To the south of map Poland is Galicia, an Austrian province. Its chief city is Cracow, the ancient capital of Poland. Other cities are Lemberg and Przemysl. The population of the province is predominantly Polish. To the east, in Russia, lies Volynia. That, too, was part of Poland once, and today, although the peasant population of the region is Ruthenian, its civilization and almost all its middle-class population—its professional men and merchants, the intelligent, educated citizenry who are the necessary pillars of a true democratic state—are Polish. The same thing is true to the north, in Lithuania, which also was once part of Poland. Three Reasons for Action. "There are three reasons," Mr. Dmowski continued, "why the reconstruction of national Poland is so vital an issue. "The first, already touched on, is the necessity of setting an impassable boundary to Germany on the east. Poland is the only country so situated, geographically, as to be able to provide this service, the only natural obstacle between German scheming and Russian disorganization. "The second reason is the Baltic. Even before Russia collapsed that body of water was becoming a German lake. Now that Russia is gone Germany is the only nation of large population haying Baltic ports. Give reconstructed Poland again her ancient outlet to the seas through her old port of Dantzig and the company of democratic nations will have its own entryway to the trade of all northeastern Europe. "The third reason is the breaking up of Austria, which is as serious a menace to permanent peace, unless provided against with intelligent forsight, as even the German-Russian boundary situation. Leave central Europe a group of small, weak, half-developed nationalities, and the Balkan question, which has all along been largely a question of Teutonic pressure toward domination of the Black sea, Asia Minor and the Persian gulf, will remain acute. What solid anti-German barriers will stand there? Bohemia — the new. Czecho-Slovak state? But that will have only twelve million people. Restored and reconstituted Roumania? She will have at least fourteen million citizens and around her will stand Hungary, Bulgaria, Russia. What could Bohemia, Roumania or both of them avail against Germany, with her compact sixty-five million population? Effective Barrier Seen. "But add a national Poland and the situation changes. You have then to the east and southeast of Germany, cutting her off from Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, three thoroughly non-German states with a population of sixty-one million liberal democrats—a mass and spirit with which aspiring autocrats and bolshevist visionaries alike must reckon. "For these three purposes—to save Russia and Asia from encroachments; to preserve the freedom of the Baltic; to end forever the Balkan question and the possibility of a fresh Hamburg-Persian Gulf obsession in those worshipers of mental straw men and ancient tribal gods, reconstituted Poland is the one natural and trustworthy peace structure. It is vital." "What did you do while politics was adjourned?" "According to my way of looking at it," replied Senator Sorghum, "politics never adjourns. When politics gets so fierce as to get into a fight, the argument necessarily ceases. But old politics is always somewhere around." The Portuguese government has purchased the Trans-African railway in the province of Angola. Portuguese West Africa. NATIONAL CAPITAL ACTIVIS Marines, Oldest Branch of Our Military Service WASHINGTON—The Fourth American brigade was cited the other day. This brigade comprises the Fifth and Sixth regiments of marines and the Sixth machine-gun battalion. These are the marines who immortalized themselves at Bouresches village and "leathernacks," always ready; picked men, physically perfect; sharp shooters and expert riflemen; the first to land and the first to fight—the marines! "What we have, we hold," their motto. Their stereotyped report: "The marines have landed and hold the situation well in hand." Their battle cry: "E-e-e-e-y-a-a-h-h-h vlp!" The marines constitute the oldest branch of the military service of the United States. They are even older than the nation itself, having been established by the Continental congress in November, 1775. Pretty much all the world has seen them since; in their 143 years they have made history from Tripoli to China, from the Philippines to Mexico. In 1913 an attempt was made to abolish the marines as no longer a serviceable branch of the navy. But the people would not have it. Congress took measures to strengthen the corps instead of disbanding it. When we entered the war the marines were recruited up to 30,000 and sent to the front as land troops. What Is a Bolshevik? And What Is Bolshevism? What Is a Bolshevik? And What Is Bolshevism? "WHAT is a bolshevik?" "What is bolshevism?" These are questions which many Americans are asking these days. Probably the word bolshevik was first used in Russia in 1905 after the splitting of the socialist ism as taught by Marx is the panacea for all social and economic ills. Therefore establish at once a socialist republic. Abolish nationalism for internationalism. Inasmuch as Marxian socialism prescribes seizure and nationalization of private capital, public utilities and all means of production, everything in sight is to be taken over by the socialist state. Theoretically, compensation may be made to escape disorder and violence. But just now compensation is sentimental and unnecessary, owing to conditions. Bolshevists hold that the upper and middle classes must submit unconditionally or perish; they are excluded from participation in the government, which must be entirely in the hands of the proletariat. If they resist, terrorism is as justifiable against them as against a tyrannical czar. Opposition is treason to the socialist state. Bolshevism abhors genuinely democratic and free government. Its dictatorship supersedes the dictatorship of the autocrat or the military despot. Its leaders advocate and practice to the extent of their power the merciless suppression of all civil and political rights. Europe Discovers the American Superphysique Europe Discovers the American Superphysique EUROPE has discovered from our armies in France that the American physique is superior to any of her own. American mouths show American dentistry—and good teeth mean much to a soldier. Americans, except the Froude declared, every English family had beef every day. Certainly never since then has every English family had beef once a week. And England has long been better fed than Europe ever was. Just now we Americans are eating less and complaining of high prices. We do not know when we are well off. This country has had more food and better distribution of supplies than Europe ever saw, notwithstanding our railroad congestion and faulty methods of transportation. Moreover, here are better care for the body, more conveniences, more comforts and more mechanical appliances to make life easier. We are farther along the road to material felicity than ever was any country in any period of civilization. The United States is the nearest approach to Elysium. As the result, the average American is a better animal, a better intelli- As the result, the average American is a better animal, a better intelligence and probably a better moral person than the average. From an entirely scientific viewpoint, the average American has doubtless a better endowment, a better chance, a better living and a longer life than the average European. Europe also discovered in the American a first-class fighting man. When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah! When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah! "WHEN Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Hurrah!"—there will be great doings. Already the advance guard is arriving and it is easy to get an idea of what will happen when the soldier and sailor boys return chance for the home folks to help—not only their own, but the boys who have no home folks. Those who find no job waiting for them must be given work. The disabled must be rehabilitated, trained and made self-supporting. Then there's the boy who took a war bride and has no home In the old days, when a pioneer's son married, his father gave him a piece of land and a horse or a pair of oxen. The bride's father gave her a cow and chickens. The mothers contributed pots, pans and kettles. The neighbors got together and had a house-raising. First they knew the young couple had a neat little cubin with all the necessary fixin's. Of course this sort of thing can't be done in the twentieth century in just that way. But it seems as if the same kind of spirit might prevail now as then. Love and co-operation are not lost virtues. And with love and co-operation almost anything may be done. All the world knows about those 12 days at Chateau Thierry—how they blocked the German advance that was rolling on toward Paris six or seven miles a day; how they threw back the crack guard divisions of the Hun; how they drove them backward into the retreat that ended only with surrender. "Soldiers and sailors, too; "leathernacks," always ready; picks shooters and expert riflemen; the fir marines! "What we have, we hold," "The marines have landed and hold the cry: "E-e-e-e y-a-a-h-h ylp!" The marines constitute the oldest United States. They are even older the lished by the Continental congress in world has seen them since; in their 1 Tripoli to China, from the Philippines. In 1913 an attempt was made to serviceable branch of the navy. But grees took measures to strengthen the we entered the war the marines were front as land troops. You know the rest. What Is a Bolshevik? A "WHAT is a bolshevik?" "What is which many Americans are as bolshevik was first used in Russia in 1 WILLIAM HARRIS ism as taught by Marx is the panacea for fore establish at once a socialist republicalism. Inasmuch as Marxian socialism p. of private capital, public utilities and a sight is to be taken over by the social may be made to escape disorder and vise sentimental and unnecessary, owing to Bolshevists hold that the upper and dittonly or perish; they are excluded which must be entirely in the hands of ism as as justifiable against them as a reason to the socialist state. Bolshevism abhors genuinely demotorship supersedes the dictatorship of Its leaders advocate and practice to the suppression of all civil and political Europe Discovers the EUROPE has discovered from our physique is superior to any of her o dentistry—and good teeth mean much British, are the only soldiers accustomed to bathe—and medical science appreciates the bath. American soldiers are bigger, huskier and show more "pep." Dentistry and bathing are well in their way. But the real reason for the American physical superiority is the plentifulness of food in the United States. Europe in our time never has had enough to eat. In America we waste enough to feed the French and Italians. In the reign of Henry VIII. Froude declared, every English family since then has every English family he has long been better fed than Europe. Just now we Americans are eating. We do not know when we are well off, better distribution of supplies than Euro railroad congestion and faulty methods. Moreover, here are better care for comforts and more mechanical appliances farther along the road to material felicid period of civilization. The United States. As the result, the average Americangence and probably a better moral pers. From an entirely scientific viewpoint a better endowment, a better chance, a average European. Europe also discovered in the Amer. When Johnny Comes March "WHEN Johnny Comes Marching He great doings. Already the adv to get an idea of what will happen whi C. W. H. chance for the home folks to help—not no home folks. Those who find no job waiting for abled must be rehabilitated, trained in the boy who took a war bride and has. In the old days, when a pioneer's piece of land and a horse or a pair of ox and chickens. The mothers contributed bors got together and had a house-raisin had a neat little cabin with all the nec Of course this sort of thing can't just that way. But it seems as if the s as then. Love and co-operation are no operation almost anything may be done. E-E-E-E YA-YA-YA-YA YIP! JACKERS ked men, physically perfect; sharpe first to land and the first to fight—their motto. Their stereotyped report: the situation well in hand. Their battle at branch of the military service of the man the nation itself, having been estab- lished November, 1775. Pretty much all the 143 years they have made history from to Mexico. No abolish the marines as no longer a t the people would not have it. Con- corps instead of disbanding it. When recruited up to 30,000 and sent to the And What Is Bolshevism? is bolshevism?" These are questions asking these days. Probably the word 1905 after the splitting of the socialist party. It was applied to the majority faction, "bolsha" meaning "majority." The socialists split over the "fundamental law" decree. The minority, the menshevikl, was composed of the conservatives who did not favor vloience as a method of obtaining reform. The bolshevikl were the radicals who favor bombing, sabotage and terrorism as the means to their end. Whatever bolshevism originally meant, today it means something about like this: Bolshevism proclaims that social- for all social and economic ills. There- public. Abolish nationalism for interna- prescribes seizure and nationalization all means of production, everything in alist state. Theoretically, compensation violence. But just now compensation is no conditions. and middle classes must submit unco- from participation in the government, the proletariat. If they resist, terror- gainst a tyrannical czar. Opposition is political and free government. Its dicta- tion the autocrat or the military despot, the extent of their power the merciless rights. American Superphysique armies in France that the American nown. American mouths show American to a soldier. Americans, except the A man with a rifle had beef every day. Certainly never had beef once a week. And England ever was. less and complaining of high prices. This country has had more food and Europe ever saw, notwithstanding our is of transportation. for the body, more conveniences, more chances to make life easier. We are city than ever was any country in any cities is the nearest approach to Elysium. man is a better animal, a better intelligence than the average. unt, the average American has doubtless better living and a longer life than the american a first-class fighting man. thing Home Again, Hurrah! Home Again, Hurrah!"—there will beance guard is arriving and it is easy then the soldier and sailor boys return in force. The welcome will be warm. Nothing will be too good for them. But there is more to the home-coming of these boys than a warm welcome. There are many serious problems to be met and solved. To take care of these men, to see that they are returned to useful positions in civil life, is primarily the duty of the federal government. Uncle Sam is a capable person when he gets started. Nevertheless, he has a big job on his hands and there will be plenty of only their own, but the boys who have for them must be given work. The dis- and made self-supporting. Then there's no home—— his son married, his father gave him a exen. The bride's father gave her a cow and pots, pans and ketties. The neigh- ing. First they knew the young couple necessary fixin's. To be done in the twentieth century in same kind of spirit might prevail now not lost virtues. And with love and come. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON (By REV. P. B. FITZWATER, D. D. Teacher of English Bible in the Moody Bible Institute of Angola). (Copyright, 1918 Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR JANUARY 5 PHARAOH OPPRESSES ISRAEL LESSON TEXT—Exodus 1:7-2:3. GOLDEN TEXT—He shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.—Psalms 72:4. DEVOTIONAL READING—Psalms 2. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL—Exodus 5:1-11; Hebrews 11:23-27. The book from which the next eight lessons are taken is a continuation of the story of the chosen people. Its central theme is redemption—the deliverance of Israel from bondage and their separation unto God. The question of relationship from Egyptian bondage is a type of our own redemption from sin's bondage (I Corinthians 5:7). Pharaoh represents the devil, and Egypt the world. I. The increase of the Chosen Seed (1:7). After Joseph's death Israel quickly grew into a nation. This increase was the fulfillment of Genesis 35:11, which promise was repeated to Jacob just before going into Egypt (Genesis 46:3). If it be the problem of how a little company of seventy persons could become an host of six hundred thousand men in so short a time, let us remember that God promised it, and all difficulties will vanish. There is a time coming when there shall be another amazing increase in Israel (Ezekiel 36:10, 11, 37, 38: 37:26). II. A New Dynasty (1:8-10). Joseph's elevation in Egypt was during the reign of the Hykos kings. Being of Semitic origin they were not hostile to the Hebrews, but when there "arose up a new king which knew not Joseph" (v. 8) the amazing growth of the Israelites excited his envy and fear (vv. 9, 10). This fear was twofold: (1) In case of war they might join the enemy and fight against them, (2) Lest they should remove from the land, thus cutting off a vital source of revenue and exposing to danger the eastern border of the land. III. Measures to Check the Growth of Israel (1:11-22). These measures place on exhibition the folly of worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 3:19). Their fatal mistake was that they left God out of their calculations. God had promised that Israel should be great in numbers and mighty in power. He who plans against God shall miserably fail and shall be shown to be a fool. 1. Cruel Taskmasters (vv. 11-14). They were placed under heavy burdens. Cruel taskmasters were placed over them who forced them to labor in building treasure cities and all manner of service in the field. This measure was ineffectual, for "the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew." This rapid growth resulted in more intense burdens being heaped upon them. 2. Murder of Male Infants by the Midwives (vv. 15-21). This measure also miscarried, as the midwives feared God and chose to obey him. Because they refused to destroy God's people he gave them homes and children and the toys thereof. 3. Drowning of Male Children in the River (v. 22). In order to make this measure effective all the people were charged with the responsibility of casting the Hebrew male children into the river. This mandate seems to have been given shortly before Moses was born. This plan likewise was folled, and the very child who when a man upset his throne, was sheltered and nurtured in his own palace. IV. The Birth and Education of Moses (2:1-8). The measure which was designed to destroy the Hebrew menace, also brought to Pharaoh's palace and educated there the very man who afterward shattered the Egyptian power and set free the enslaved people. The faith of Moses' parents caused them to ignore the command of the king and hide him for three months (Hebrews 11:23). Faith in God is the antidote for fear (Psalms 27:1). His mother discerned in him a proper child, or a child fair to God (Acts 7:20), and believed him to be the deliverer of his people. She no doubt instilled this truth in his mind from his childhood. Perhaps led by the story of Noah's ark she made an ark of bulrushes and placed Moses in it and left it at the place where Pharaoh's daughter would be attracted when she came down to bathe. Miriam, his sister, was placed where she could watch the affair. She came with a suggestion at the opportune moment as to a nurse for the baby. Education at his mother's knee gave character, and education at the Egyptian court qualified him to be the historian and lawgiver of his people. *Necessary Ingredients "Love suffereth long and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself." Get these ingredients into your life. Then everything that you do is eternal. It is worth doing. It is worth giving time to. Self-denial when regularly kept up and not only indulged now and then, out of laziness or partial affection, is one of the clearest tokens that God's holy spirit is with men, preparing them for eternal glory.—Keble.