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Organizing the National Power. HE President of the United States being constitutionally the commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces on land and sea, it ought to be apparent that Congress would be merely wasting time if it should attempt to increase or diminish the President's powers by creating a cabinet to conduct the war. The chairman of the Senate military committee insists that the pending bills do not touch the President's powers. The proposed ministry of munitions and war cabinet, he says, are to be entirely under the direction of the President. But even this effort to assist the President is injudicious, even if it be constitutional, so long as the President is not in favor of it.

No war-making mechanism should be thrust upon the President. He would always nullify its efforts if they should run counter to his will, and it would thus be an obstruction and a nuisance. Any legislation providing for the conduct of the war should first receive the sanction and support of the commander-in-chief. It cannot be denied, however, that the proposals of the Senate military committee are in the direction of greater efficiency. There must be concentration and coherence of authority if the United States is to be successful.

The President, being; above all things fixed upon the successful termination of the war, will thrust aside any person or any system that prevents him from developing and exerting the armed strength of this nation. He will adopt any system that necessity compels him to adopt as the means of achieving victory. His mind is always open, and the fact that he opposes a system proposed to be thrust upon him by Congress will not deter him for a moment in approving the same system if it should become evident to him that its adoption is necessary for the proper conduct of the war. Opinions differ as to the necessity for a department of munitions. The Post has advocated such a department since April' 6, and it believes more than ever that the development of the nation's material resources for war purposes should be divorced from the comparatively minor duty of developing the nation's man power.

The War Department ought to be confined to the duty of developing, training and operating the nation's man power. If it attempts the still greater additional task of developing the nation's material resources and applying them in the countless ways required by the war, entirely separate from army functions, it will fail in one task or the other, in our opinion. Above even this great question, however, is the problem of concentrating and correlating the national power. We believe the solution will be a war cabinet of a few men, meeting daily with the President, just as is now proposed by the pending bill. At present there is lack of close cooperation between great agencies of the government, and therefore there is inefficiency and failure.

That road leads to national defeat. There must be cooperation. It has been found that failure to cooperate between the War Department and the shipping board has prevented the dispatch of troops to France. Is not this a sufficient hint to an intelligent nation, famous for its organizing ability Sooner or later, at a single table, the problems and proposals of every branch of this government must be laid down and disposed of by a few competent men clothed with final authority. At the head of that table must be the commander-in-chief of the militarv and naval forces of the United States, who is responsible to Congress and the people for the execution of the purposes set forth in the declarations of war against the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary.

Next Winter's Plans. i is i i a a i i a i i people a i a a i i a i a a i road a i i a i a a i There I a i a a i severe weather a i congestion, a If. Is to be a a scale, but by I a reserve stocks of coal to a for two weeks a a i i are to be a i near all the centers a i a i a a i a stress of the a or because of excessive a the carriers the people will not he helpless and obliged to suffer as they a suffered i i But -what a i i a of hope is the a i of the zone system in the i and consumption of i i coal This system has been a a for some time by coal and transportation experts, and now the administration has i to adopt it in connection i next a operations. IB i it contemplates a i the in as close proximity to the point of production as possible, eliminating long hauls i consume i and are a drain upon the physical resources of the railroads. The coal produced within a' certain zone i be a within a stated area, the lines of which are fixed with regard for transportation facilities, a i I a instances have been cited of coal a i passing each other in transit, the fuel one section of the country being shipped into another coal-producing territory.

Coal mined in the Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields has gone West, passing en route coal mined in Illinois and I i a a fields bound East. Tne of energy, power and rolling stock, to i of the loss of time, is easily appreciated. To remedy tMs situation is the object of the new plans of the fuel administration. That it should be remedied there is not the slightest reason for doubt, and that it can be remedied with comparative ease is apparent to every practical coal operator and transportation official. The belief that its adoption will serve materially to relieva the transportation lines to the A a i seaboard is well There is to be a director in charge of each zoas WJie will keep close account of the i and distribu- in his i a i steps to see a is a i a a same i a a i i i i i a i needs his zone It is a i to the American people a the government is taking steps at i i looking to an adequate supply of coal for next i They will not i from any necessary discomfort or sacrifice for the successful prosecution of the war.

But it is i i to convince the average person a it is necessary to cold he knows that the i States is underlaid i a larger of coal a exists in all the rest of the world i The a of Gen a Wood i i a i is i ing- for A a a a a a i lj i in a microscope i each for a large One a a to a liberal a i is that It enables a pessimist tp be in several a a As a temporal why not i the patients to go outside of the training- camp hospitals to a The suppression of the Berliner Tage- blatt is a fresh proof of the straits to which the governing: caste of Germany are reduced. The simultaneous suppression of the socialist Vorwaerts, though additionally symptomatic, Is of less importance. The imperial authorities never handled the socialist press with kid gloves. The Vorwaerts and other organs of the social democratic' party hove been suppressed scores of times since the outbreak of the war. In fact, nothing is more striking than the docility with which the socialist press accepts the rigorous measures applied to it, and continues, in general, to give its support for the continuation of the Schelde- mann, Ledebur and the other leaders enter formal protest, but continue to vote war credits and to furnish support to the government.

But the suppression of the Tageblatt is another affair. The Tageblatt has the largest circulation of any newspaper in the German capital and has long been recognized as the leading liberal organ. Teodor Wolff, in addition to being the editor-in-chief, is the nephew and heir of the multimillionaire proprietor, Rudolph Mosse. He was for many years Paris correspondent of his papier, and still occupied that post at the moment of the declaration of war. He can, therefore, form a more correct estimate of the allied forces leagued against Germany than the average junker from Pomerania or Mecklenburg or the coal and iron kings of Westphalia and the Rhine province.

He sees that the extremists of the conservative and the national, liberal parties are driving Germany to destruction, and has nof. hesitated to say so. He has repeatedly warned the unyielding advocates of annexation, the "last ditchers" of East Prussia and Westphalia, that they are, by their excessive demands, creating a situation which leaves the allies no choice but to continue the war until Germany lies helpless at the feet of Its adversaries. the extremists could not suppress Herr Wolff's opinions, they have suppressed his newspaper, the means by which he g'ves expression to them. The a that this has been done is fresh proof that the powers that be in Germany still obey the behests of the junkers and the national liberals.

This will furnish food for reflection to thousands of German liberals, as it measures the value of the government's recent vague promises of politi- cs.l reforms and concessions to the people. The and the national liberals are neither national nor liberal, and who, under the-leadership of Herr Basser- ann and Dr. Paasche, have gone back on al 1 the principles of Dr. von Benningsen, the of the party) believe that by dragooning the press and applying a merciless censorship they can keep the nation learning the truth as to whither their reactionary policy is leading the nation. They believe in screwing down the safety valve and stoking the fvirnace to its utmost capacity.

They have, up to the present, kept up a head steam, but they are testing the boiler the bursting point. Germany is said to be cheered by the world's agricultural statistics, but she'll be disappointed in our man crop. A the Colonel recommends ting a to sleep. Bill the Boche beat him to it in the role of Svengali. It must jar Al Burleson to tljink he was only a i a Postmaster General when his greatest reforms were effected.

Judging; by Von Hertllngr's latest output, Von Hlndenburgr had just finished laying- his sword significantly before the kaiser. The announcement that summer shoes are to be simple fails to overcome the financial complications Involved in getting a pair. Mayor Hylarfs orders for smokeless and hatless office hours won't frighten Tammany appointees, who don't keep office hours, anyhow. Old Doc Garfleld may draw all the i i he pleases, but woe betide the man who Baltimore outside tire Washing-ton con el Psychological Army Tests. The high assumption that there is small difference between the individual units ofi a kind seems often to serve merely' as a spur to the scientifically inclined to find out just what these little differences are.

The a scientists have been faith- on the job from the beginning, being aided and abetted to no small extent by journalists and magazine writers zealous In the search for "live stuff." No doubt the general idea is a a of the i a i of the man for the right place. There i be a disposition, to reject the conclusion obtained the psychological tests a 2 per cent oC all the soldiers in the American a are so defective as to constitute not only a nuisance but a veritable menace. It is the ancient between fact and a has a purpose in the prod i every species as well as every Individual of each. The rejections from the general may not, therefore, be considered as necessarily justifiable or final. In a the fundamental error against which the free world is today ar- a is the mad Teutonic concept a the Teuton is to be all in all and a the Teuton God has so ordained.

By way of making a case in a of the 2-percenters, so ruthlessly judged by the war psychologists, we have the up- to-the-minute account of the American youth whose ambitions to become a flier were a by the experts because of an alleged "tin ear." It appears that he broke into the game somehow and at his lirst flight on the western front brought his foe. It is possible that he argued crudely that he didn't shoot by ear; if so, Ihe mental process is of a character calculated to go far toward bringing a 2' per cent individual up to a 100 per cent requirement. No layman naturally would have the temerity to go against the army psychologists. In a sense they and their kind have been too long established in every walk and age of life to submit meekly to criticism. The fact that the late Joseph Choate was known in his boyhood as "Joe (Tie dunce," and that it took an unmilitary President to resurrect Grant from obscurity may have no real bearing on the discussion; nevertheless, we confidently look for an Increasing quota of the "2-per- centers" to qualify as nuisances, from the expert standpoint, by proving that the experts are wrong.

If Bill Hohenzollern is gambling on the failure of the United States, somebody is putting him up againqi a shell game. Ordnance experts are reminded that the absolutely perfect small arma equipment will be designed about the time the millennium arrives, and then It won't Te needed. The of the musical industry in the United States is sard to have been enormous in recent times. This explanation of the prevailing lack of harmony is as food as anar otbcr. KAISER, AUTHOR OF WORLD WAR, 60 YEARS OF AGE TODAY Today, on tne sixtieth anniversary of the birth of Emperor William, it la dlfflcolt to refrain from" calling- attention to the irreparable evil that he has brought not atone upon Germany, but also upon all mankind --evil to such an extent that his name Trill for all time be doomed to execration--an execration that -will grow instead of diminishing- as the passage of time develops the perspective of the welter of slaughter and destruction in which he has plunged the entire world.

Four and flve years ago Germany had reached an altogether phenomenal degree of prosperity. Her trade rapidly acquiring superiority above that of all other nations, even those of Great Britain and of the United States, In the various foreign markets. Her economic Importance was undisputed and her colonial empire had become of vast extent, beyond even the wildest dreams of the founders of new Germany. Germany had everything to gain by adhering to a. policy of peace.

She was in a fair way to obtain a mastery in the economic field, and this would have brought political predominance in its train. Forced War Over Suddenly, out of a clear sky, without any provocation and in the face of the entreaties and protests of the most Important and eminent captains of finance, of Industry and of trade among- his countrymen, the kaiser, bent on military glory, plunged Ger-, many into the war which has now been In progress for near four years. Today, on his sixtieth birthday, he flnds himself with practically all the -world, civilized and uncivilized, arrayed irt arms against him and cursing his name. He sees' Germany bereft for all time of her immense colonial dependencies and of all her great oversea trade, from which she derived such untold He sees every family in his dominions plunged into mourning by his hands, his people confronted with inevitable ruin and his dynasty doomed. These are reflections -which must force themselves today upon his mind unless the latter has been wrecked and, as alleged by so many persons, he has been overtaken by his inevitable fate, namely, insanity PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS AND COMMITTEES IN BRIEF SENATE Senate was- not in session but will meet tomorrow at noon.

Capt. Pillsbury, district officer of the shipping board at San Francisco, described to the. commerce committee the condition of the shipbuilding industry on the Pacific coast. Rajr, H. Robinson, of Chicago, discussed concrete-' ship, construction.

Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board, had been called upon by the commerce committee for a detailed statement of the association -with the Emergency Fleet Corporation of Theodore E. Ferris, chief ship designer, who resigned Friday. Alfred Thoma and Clifford Thorne submitted arguments 'on the administration railroad bill before the interstate commerce committee. Further testimony taken by the military committee made public yesterday discloses that Gen. Pershing- was authorized to buy large supplies for bis men, such as uniforms and in England and Spain.

Fidus Achates of King Leopold. Count John d'OuItremont, who has just succumbed at Brussels to the brutal treatment to which he had been subjected in the prison labor camps of Germany, whither he had been, in spite of his years, deported owing to the refusal of the Belgian govern- to liberate the Germans taken prisoner in East Africa, was the grand marshal and grand master of the court of Brussels. As such he -was a familiar figure to every American who has been presented at the court of and I may add that I mourn in his death the loss of a very old and valued friend. He owed his release and permission to return under surveillance to the intervention of King Alfonso. During the last SO years of the reign of Leopold John d'OuItremont was the fldua Achates of his sovereign.

He was always by the late king's side, and acted as the inseparable companion of the monarch in those incognito expeditions' to Paris, Geneva and London to which the king was so much addicted. Inasmuch as Leopold usually endeavored to screen his identity when travel- Ing- abroad as much as possible, John -was occasionally compfelled to adopt some queer disguises, and in London was recognized on one memorable occasion acting as driver of a very disreputable looking cab. In -which seated the late ruler of the Belgians HOUSE Met at noon and adjourned at 5- p. m. until noon Monday.

Debated the agricultural appropriation bill. Passed omnibus pension bill granting Increases in pensions to several hundred civil war veterans, Democratic Leader Kitchln announced that no amendments to the war revenue bill would be considered until Congress Is ready to provide for additional tax levies. Lieut. Thomas P. Bryan, IT.

S. N. before the Ho.use naval investigating committee, discussed censorship of malls in New York. Intoxicating liquor would be barred from all national parks and forest reserves under a bill introduced by Representative Randall, California. Member banks in the Federal reserve system with capital and surplus exceeding In cities of more than 100,000 population would be permitted to establish branches, not to'exceed ten In number, within the limits of such cities, under an amendment to the Fefleral reserve act proposed by Representative Bank-head, Alabama.

Representative Sims, chairman of the Interstate and foreign commerce committee, introduced a "daylight saving" bill, upon which hearings will soon begin. Lord Furness Noted Hunting Man. Lord Furness, who has been advanced to the rank of a viscount on the occasion of the New Year, was in America during the early stages of the -war in connection with the purchase of horses for the army. He is a noted i man, having been master of the York and A i He IB the econd peer of his i and a son of a prreat a a i of i i the late i or "Kit." Furness, who. a i at the of i ladder, ci eated the great Furness i of steamers, as as one of biggest i i i concerns i i i -who "was the i i a financial backer of the Consolidated Lake Superior Company, of Saulte Ste.

Marie, and died as a member of the House of Lords and a. multimillionaire, mourned by his fellow countrymen as a i a i With the good sense that characterized him throughout his life, the late Lord Furness declined on receiving his peerage to equip himself, i so many men who have been raised to the upper house, with a mythical lineage dating back to the Norman Conquest. He never made a secret of the fact that his father had started work as a farm laborer, had then -worked in the docks at Hartlepool as a trimmer of coal and had finally set himself up as a corn merchant in a small -way, working day and night. As soon as Christopher was 18 years of age his father sent him to Sweden to see if flour could be bought there cheaper. This was in 1870.

At that time a great part of the food supplies imported Into Hartlepool came from Hamburg. But Hamburg had been shut up and the River Elbe blockaded by the French warships as the result of the between France and Germany then In progress. Youth's Investments Profitable. Hearing of this blockade for the first time while at Gothenburg, in Sweden, young Christopher Furness immediately went out and bought samples of all the flour he could find. It seems that it is impossible to tell what flour i make good bread except by baking- it.

Christopher took all the samples to a bakery and induced the baker, for a good price, to work all night and make loaves from every sample. Armed with complete knowledge, he bought every sack of good flour in the town of Gothenburg by 9 o'clock the next morning. He then went on to buy up all the flour waiting In Swedish and Danish ports and shipped it to England in the steamers that were lying idle owing to the blockade. The bold stroke was enormously successful. The flrm made some $300,000 to $400,000 through the 18- year-old Christopher's quickness and daring, and when he came back to England his father quite naturally made him a partner.

Seven years later, being only 25 years of age, he quit his father's firm and started out for himself, having already half a million of dollars to his credit. "With that sum he started the Furness Line of steamers, into which he by degrees amalgamated twelve other steamship companies, the entire concern representing some 180,000,000. DE FONTENOT. On his birthday, January 37, 1918. "Democracy shall, perish from the world; Then only shall my flaunting- flags be furled.

All other rulera shall bow down the knee, And their 'All Highest' Lord acknowledge me." The hosts of Freedom rally to defy The blatant, blasphemous and boastful Lie-Reveller in War, thy music Is the cry Of mortals shrieking in death agony. Rapine and murder, treachery and hate Go with thy legions and make desolate The fruitful earth with sword, with shells and flame; And maids and matrons shudder at thy name. Dishonored treaties mark thy infamy; Honor and Truth alfke unknown to thee; Thy name anathema! Thy hellish reign Merits a million-fold the brand of Cain. evil g-enius! everlasting blame Thy need, not glory and the world's acclaim; spirit sinister! thy miscalled fame Will whelm thy memory in lasting shame. Life's waters stilled and stagnant, and their course Dammed by thy mandate at their very Souls, countless souls, untimely reft from earth, Curse the dark day which saw thy monster- i For lives a i for i "which cannot be, i i i a i i Would a i her lost a i a a a thec.

UNITED STATES TREASURY Transactions a i a i a i i a ary 25, 1918. Revenue receipts, this day Ordinary disbursements, this day 3 4 6 4 9 0 4 0 4 6 Revenue receipts, this 1 83,929,325.72 Revenue receipts, corresponding last year. 48.323,611 SO Revenue receipts, this fiscal year, to date 650,040,106.96 Revenue receipts, last fiscal year, to date 410,828,919.98 Ordinary disbursements, this S.49 Ordinary disbursements, corresponding month last year 69,837,316.14 Ordinary disbursements, this fiscal year, to date 2,998,771,636.26 Ordinary disbursements, last fiscal year, to date General fund, assets and liabilities In Treasury: Available gold $76,795,644.80 Available silver dollars 26,364,784.00 United States notes 11,908,879.00 Federal reserve notes 31,222,585.00 Certified checks on bankjr. 46,338.09 National bank notes 21,948,920.36 Subsidiary silver coin 5,623.261.67 Minor coin 1,221,806.66 Silver bullion 8,784,020.39 Unclassified In Federal reserve a 90,321,642.67 In national banks 41,696,680.12 In treasury i i i 4,309,679.52 Total assets in general fund 11,010,056,086.87 Subtract liabilities 171,054,984.91 Net balance in general fund $839,001,100.98 Total cash assets In general fttnd 1,010,066,085.87 Gold coin in Treasury 694,287,476.81 Gold bullion in Treasury. 1,686,988,204.92 Total $2,381,275,881.73 Silver dollars in Treasury.

491,069,516.00 Bank notes received for redemption this 28,922,744.00 A Uttlt Gentleman. From London Anrwers. "I wonder which of use will die first!" said a little boy pensively to his sister. "You will," the little ffirl, briskly, you are the oldest." "No," answered her brother, not anxious for the privilege, "ladies first!" ORDERS The following officers will proceed as follows: First Lieut. W.

V. Parker, Massachusetts institute of Technology; First Lieut E. G. Betts, Camp" American University; Capt. A.

F. Bigelow, Birmingham, P. Putman, New Tork; Capt. R. K.

Kernan, Durham, N. Capt R. E. McQulllln, San Francisco; First Lieut. E.

M. Hood, Camp Dodge; Capt. H. A. Ladue, First M.

W. Leon, A. Quennell. Spring- Armory; First Lieut. A.

B. Jones, Buffalo; First Lieut. 3. J. Blythe, Fort Myer; First Lieut.

M. Blundon, "Waterboro. S. Capt. J.

J. Light. Camp Meade; Maj. A. B.

Kratz, Fort Myer; Ideut. C. S. Camp Lee; Capt. B.

Duke, Suffolk, First Lieut. C. J. Camp Meade; First Lieut. A.

F. Victor, Camp Keade; Capt. C. G. Anderson, First Lieut.

R. H. Retneck, Wake- fleld, First Lieut. E. L.

Marek, Suffolk. Capts. R. W. Berry and L.

P. Morrison, Franklin, and First Lleuts. J. M. Jenkins and H.

D. Klnney, Camp Meade. The following officers will report as Indicated: Capt. E. S.

Berry, 27th engineers; First Lieut. J. A. Cameron, "Western department; First Lieut. A.

W. Spence, Camp Bowie; Maj P. Newberry, Camp Hancock; First Lieut J. S. Patton, Camp Beauregard; Capt.

L. T. Gerow, Camp Samuel F. B. Morse; Capt R.

Kernan, New'Hampshire College; First Lieut R. G. Garman, chief signal officer; First Lieut R. Vaux, Ohio State i versity; Capt. F.

B. Wood, chief signal officer; Capt. E. T. Caldwell, chief of ordnance; First Lieut.

L. Ryan, Fort i First Lieut. W. F. Parkin, Garden City; First Lieut.

W. T. Emerson, Kelly field, No. First Lieut. H.

R. Wilson, chief of ordnance; First Lieut. M. S. Muir, Camp Meade; First Lieut.

R. C. Abbey, chief of ordnance; First Lieut. R. Ronalds, Ohio State i sity; Capt.

S. H. MoVitty, chief of ordnance, Capt. C. J.

Bailey, Central department; First Lieut. P. R. Powell, Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation; First Lieut N. Coval, chief signal offloer; First Lieut.

E. J. Livingston, chief of ordnance; First Lieut. Dean, chief signal officer; First Lieut G. ris, chief signal officer; Capt D.

Brown, Ohio State i i Capt a chief signal officer; Capt M. F. Owens, Massachusetts Institute of Technolog-v Resignations accepted--Maj A. ins, Capts. P.

L. Bush, A. Mayhew, First Lleuts. H. J.

Stehl, J. E. Swift, T. Brown Honorably discharged--Cols E. i ple, E.

L. Kearns; Lieut. Cols. I. P.

Ewing, M. L. Case, H. F. Conard.

K. V. Falardeau, Maj a Morton M. a Field, Kernagrhan, J. G.

Tetlow, F. a er, R. Arnold, R. L. Browne, A Stivanson, J.

D. McKeon, R. R. Johnson, First Lleuts. LeR.

E. Brown, jr E. L. i R. L.

Kent, W. C. Lang, L. L. Holdridge, A.

Hall, A. H. Johnson. The following promotions In the national guard are announced: To be first i ants, Second Lieuts. A.

Narramore, R. Mallonee, R. H. Spotts, J. N.

Broadlick, A Stuart, W. Bass, V. I Wagoner, Page. The above-named officers will report to the commanding general, 35th division, Camp Donlphan. The following appointments (promotions) in the national army, 90th division, are announced: To be captains.

First Lieuts. 1, Timmons, J. A. Given; to be first i a Second Lleuts. M.

C. Burke, P. i The following a i and tions in the national guard are a Promotions--To be first lieutenants, W. Rust, H. S.

Blomberg Appointments--To be second lieutenants, Regimental Supply Sergt A. L. Wilson, Sergt. F. Vassell.

The above- named officers will report to the commanding general, 32d division, Camp MacArthur. The following promotions I the national guard are announced" To be first i a Second Lieuts. S. M. Brown, R.

Hail. The above-named officers will to the manding general, 35th division, Camp Doniphan. The i assignment of officers to the 66th artillery (coast a i corps) is announced: Col G. A i Lieut Col F. a Majs G.

a a F. K. Capts M. Chase, a A a A FOSP, A i i a .7 H. Blias, i McDaniel.

i a I. a W. Sacket, i i A a i a i a a Clark, Copeland, a A. Davis, B. Freeman, H.

A i W. R. Goodrich, B. K. Harris, ey, J.

W. McCaffrey, S. McConnell, i g-an, TV. Montagne, L. Pyle, J.

Rogers, E. "Vigeron, W. W. Wertz, Second Lieuts. C.

Anderson, C. Bagnall, G. Barber, C. L. Baxter.

W. E. F. Btrchfleld. C.

L. i K. Cox, A Crocker, F. E. Downey, P.

Gates, A Hammitt, R. H. Heath, McConnell, W. Marx, H. Pierce Potter.

H. J. Ross, L. G. Ross, I S.

Saxton, W. L. Smith. G. A.

Stlllman, W. R. W. G. Wilson, D.

M. Wright NO SOCIALISM FOR RUSSIA. Movement Confined to Small Part of Country Centering Around Petrograd. Dr. Frank Billings, in Cartoom Magazine.

Those -who know Russia i that aoclallsm cannot last. Why? Because the of socialism is confined to a narrow part of the country, of -which Petrograd Is the center. That is the seat of all of the anarchy. That Is the place to i all of the Russian anarchists who were in America up to the time of the revolution have gone. In addition to that, the confusion of the past and the conditions of the present are due to Germany.

Germany has more spies, more paid agents in Petrograd than in any other place on earth. The council of soldiers and workmen includes among: its numbers many German spies. Many of the bolshevikl are spies. Ijenine, the premier under the alleged government just formed, has been in Germany since the revolution, and under the old regrime. consulting with the German government.

He preachpd sedition in Chicago, in New York and other places in America before he returned to Russia. Petrograd Is hated by the Russian people. The number of these anarchists, of these pro-German and spies in comparison with the loyal Russians is not large, but they are in control for the i being: because the Russian people and the soldiers themselves believed that they were the beat exponents of a democratic liberty. Russia has had to learn her lesson, and she is learning: it just as Kerensky and Terest- chenko learned theirs. The Bed Exhibit.

From Life. Little Boy (visiting in Washing-ton) -Father, when are we going- to see all red tape? COMMENT ON PASSING EVENTS HEARD IN WASHINGTON HOTELS Martin W. Littleton, former member of Congress from Oyster Bay, sees a of the war ending thla year. "The world has been literally upside dewa --la now," said Mr. Littleton, at 'WHllard.

"But the people of every nation are flndlnr themselves. The Yeds 1 of Russia have found themselves; the reds of America are flnd- ingr themselves; so are the reds of England and of France and of Germany. It took an insane man to start a -war like this, and will take a fanatic to end it. The bolshevnd are serving- a great end. Out of mil this has come talk.

The powers are talkinr and talking 1 There are many points upon which both sides agree; and there will be more talking-, in my opinion, until both sides can approach a position where thare can be a common understanding, and then the war will end. I believe it win end this year. "Also believe that when the war la over there will be no titled ruler in Europe-there will be no kaiser, no king, no Mr. Littleton, with Mrs. Littleton, is on his way to Cuba for a vacation.

Speaking of the differences between the administration and Congress on the conduct of the war, Mr. Littleton said: "A month from now It -will not be men- tioned. I do not believe It is going to have any political effect. The truth is that man happened to say more than he Intended and ought to have said, and another did likewise There is doubtless a great deal of inefficiency in the departments, but It has been the history of every war that these i i i i occur There are bound to i a made a i the great accom- i Predicts Allies Will Win War in A of Wichita, newspaper er, who to France last for the A i a Red Cross, and i sail again for a In a week to a i sit a i a a come when A i a a i a i i on a v. U1 not be 1 ran IIP i i wo a 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 A i a soldiers In a equal to the new men that Ger a a a as a of the debacle In i a a i Mr A at i WHIartl "TO a i year, a i 1 9 1 a i i i Mr A In all a i i 111 he I a i a Kansas governor In his absence It is said he 1 have no i i Jn i i i i he said "The blgrg-er i that a to do with the i i of the -war have submerged al! a a have i i a i in i a a There Is i more a a to every observing man a a Republican party i stand In nationaJ campaign absolutely united.

It i be united for big purposes, giving grave consideration, not to the demands of a i a i but to higher demands of patriotism. Out of the sacrifices of i Is i to a i as well as to men a new strength, a i i a in Its a i i -will lead men to give a higher regard a to the One great word of the a word of service." "Irish" Potatoes Unknown to Ireland. "We speak in i country of thp I i potato," a H. Conner, a a i of Ireland, a Raleigh I I a a is a a 'Irish 1 potato are i i a i i of a i I a a i i the a call in A i a the I i po tato i a Coat a the i is a crosy called Irish a and the yam I i i a i i I i I a a a a a I a a i I i a i a pif i I a a i i a i a I i a are a horn" i "That i come the -war is ended may not be a a i a i a i i coma i A i a I i have a a along cause of home a given not i moral assistance, a i i a Prosperous City Unknown to Americans. "If a i a a i i i A i a a a to i a of the a i of i a or a it is the biggest i in the i States to New York, it not astonish us," observed Fred Emerv, of New Tork, st the Willard I made a i through British i a and I was amazed one day to discover a in a i was a i of 30,000 a I had never heard of, and I to say that few persons In -Washington ever heard of it.

"It 1s Kamloops, at the head of the zler River, and Its name signifies the confluence of two rivers Kamloops Is one of the most i i new cities I have ever visited- It is destined to become one of the a i a of British i a With people it has up a to us who call ourselves Americans, yet it on our continent. In every -way It If a modern city. The streets are paved, electric lights i all the avenues, and for half a i along the approaches to city there sre great electric signs i i welcome to visitors "Kamloops is a a i Indians i i i a i a there are scores of fur stores The i i are modern, brick and stone lighted by electricity, and is venience almost that can be In Washington. Yet, I confess, i I saw the a on the railroad schedule, I i not there was such a. place on the i It happened that a lady In our a attended a church fair, and she a for 10 cents a chance on a fur coat which was being raffled.

Two a she was i fied that she had won the coat, which was worth probably $200 Politely Interested. the Union. He--What became of Percival I refused i He--Then i a is 01, She--Yes, he a to He--The wretch--and how much -would scoundrel have rotten? NEWSPAPER!.