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SHANTUNG.
Twenty years and more ago two
German missionaries were murdered
in China. The Kaiser immediately
sent a fleet under his brother, Prince
Henry, to exact reparation, and Chi-
na, helpless and overawed by German
power and threats, made a treaty
that gave Germany full control for
ninety-nine years of Shantung, in-
cluding the great ports of Kiaochow
and Tsingtau, and extensive mining
and railway concessions; but the trea-
ty stipulated that without the con-
sent of China Germany should not
transfer to any other power the rights
that the treaty conferred. That was
in 1898.
On August 23, 1914, Japan entered
the war just ended. Having directed
Germany to evacuate all its posses-
sions in China, it attacked, and fen
weeks later captured and occupied,
Tsingtau. With Tsingtau went the
rest of the territory occupied by Ger-
many.
The Entente Allies made a secret
treaty with Japan in which they
promised to uphold the right of Ja-
pan to succeed to the rights of Ger-
many in China. It was the price they
paid for the support of Japan in the
. war. Japan nevetheless publicly an-
nounced that its purpose in expelling
Germany from the peninsula was to
restore the province to China. In
May, 1915, it made an agreement
with China by which it was to make
the restoration, on terms that Japan
itself had prepared and dictated: but
the terms were expressed in language
so vague that, interpreted as it will
be by Japan alone, it can be made to
leave Japan in almost if not quite as
strong a position in Shantung as it
would have if it had not nominally re-
stored the territory to China.
The settlement by the Peace Con-
ference leaves the whole matter in the
hands of Japan. In effect, the Allies
who made the sacred treaty stand by
their bargain. President Wilson con-
sented to the arrangement. Un-
doubtedly he was placed in a most
difficult position. If he had opposed
approving the treaty, he would have
been in a hopeless minority in the
Council, for Great Britain, France
and Italy were against him. If he
could have persuaded the Allies to
vote with him that Shantung should
be restored unconditionally to China,
Japan would not have signed the
treaty. If he were really opposed to
the demand of Japan, but yielded the
point in order to get his way in other
matters, he took a course that it is
easy to criticize but that almost any
man in his position would have taken.
Any other course would have wrecked
the Conference. Compromise of some
sort was necessary.
. But that does not make the decision
just. Every right-thinking man will
hold that it is not just. We do not
permit a man to take even a thief by
the throat, dispossess him of his stol-
en goods and retain them for his own
use, even though he offer to restore
the loot to the owner on conditions.
Shantung was wrested from. China
without right or justice. Japan did
well to recover it from the original
highwayman, but it had no right to
profit by German rapacity.
Now the United States is in the
same position that the President oc-
cupied in Paris and must face the
same problem. Shall we, too, consent
to the compromise and agree to the
wrongful provision in the treaty, or
shall we refuse and wreck the meas-
ure, which contains good as well as
evil? Stiff opponents of all compro-
mise, and the more or less partisan
opponents of the President at every
point, will say no; but a great many
of us have learned that we cannot al-
ways have everything our own way.
—Youth’s Companion.
Appearances are Often Deceiving.
Few articles of commerce offer so
many opportunities for covering up
poor quality and faulty construction
as do automobile tires. A good-look-
ing outside covering may be only a
shell within which are hidden shoddy
materials and bungling workmanship.
The United States Tire company
cites this fact as reason why motor-
ists who want good service from their
tires are buying in enormously in-
creasing quantities the “good tires”
made by the company whose steady
devotion to quality has made it the
largest rubber company in the world.
United States tires are made from
the best materials and by the best
tire makers. Sueh a combination
ought to produce tires of the finest
quality, and most manufacturers
would be content to go no further.
But in this company’s factories every
step in the process of manufacture is
watched by trained inspectors whose
duty it is to find flaws, and whose pay
increases as the number of flaws dis-
covered increases.
One out of every twelve employees
is an inspector, and on the more im-
portant operations, one out of each
eight employees spends all his time
looking for imperfections.
The company believes that it owes
this carefulness as a duty to the great
army of motorists who have placed
The Passing of the Hello Girl.
Finding fault with the telephone
girl is to be no longer possible in the
near future—not because telephone
service is to be perfect, but because
there will be no telephone girls. If
fault is to be found, the telephone-
user will have to find it with himseif,
because he will make his own connec-
tions. The telephone companies are
turning in dispair to the automatic
telephone, we are told by an editorial
writer in The Electrical Review
(New York, July 12). Invented long
ago and in successful use in many §
small places, this device has hitherto |
not been adopted in any large city.
Now it is to be used as the straw that
the drowning telephone organizations
will grasp. Failing to maintain their
corps of operators at adequate
strength and efficiency, they are hop-
ing to discard the. operator altogether,
and to replace her with a machine |
that throws on the subscriber the
onus of making his own connection—
and getting it right.
RE ———————
WHEN PEACE CAME TO VERDUN
The artillery fire died out, and
there was a pause that seemed like
the sudden end of the world. Then
from the forty bells, high in the tow-
ers of the old cathedral at Verdun,
pealed forth those silver tones that
proclaimed again, “Peace on earth.”
The armistice had come.
Slowly the great doors of the ca-
thedral opened, and in rushed six
hundred Allied soldiers. Dr. Maurer,
of the Red Triangle, says a writer in’
Association Men, quietly walked to
the altar rail and knelt there. Cap-
tains, lieutenants and soldiers reach-
ed for the bell ropes, and he feared
the opportunity for religious service
was lost. But they saw the lonely
figure and came into the choir space.
As he rose all was quiet.
“Boys,” he said, “I believe we all
want to sing and that we ought to
sing the Doxology ”
At its close Dr. Maurer raised his
hands, and Mohammedans, Catholics,
Protestants and Jews bowed their
heads and fell on their knees. Amid
the ruins, six hundred soldiers knelt
—Mohammedans bumping their heads
on the stones, Catholics devoutly
crossing themselves, and Jews and
Protestants with hands clasped, faces
shining and eyes lifted.
Dr. Maurer led in that ever wonder-
ful prayer, “Our Father which art in
heaven.” He then suggested that the
Americans sing, “My Country, ’tis of
Thee,” while the English sang, “God
Save the King.” At the close of the
singing the French soldiers pushed
forward and sang, as only Frenchmen
can sing, the “Marseillaise.”
The French general came forward
and took Dr. Maurer’s hands. “I
want to thank you,” he said, “for
leading these men on this occasion
of grace to offer praise to God forsthe
deliverance of France and for the
safety of the world.”
Northwest Predicts Record Apple
Yield.
Milwaukee, Wis.—Indications are
that the northwest will have a boun-
tiful crop of apples this year, perhaps
the best on record, but unfavorable
weather conditions have retarded the
crop in the middle west and eastern
States, according to the opinion ex-
pressed by apple dealers gathered in
Milwaukee for the International Ap-
ple Shippers’ Association convention.
Wanted to Know.
“Say
pa, are
best 7”
“So we are told, my son.”
“Then why don’t we have them
first 7”
Just Out of Cold Storage.
“How do you like your eggs, sir?”
“Soft boiled, and see that I get ’em-
that way. Those you served me yes-
terday morning were merely thaw-
ed.”
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How to Tell Edible and Poisonous
Mushrooms.
Mushrooms are highly prized as
articles of food by many people. Al-
though their nutritive value is not
high, they may be prepared in various
ways which render them very deli-
cious.
Doubtless more people would seek
wild mushrooms and other fungi if
they were sufficiently informed to dis-
tinguish between the edible and the
deadly poisonous growths. To assist
the novice the Bureau of Plant Indus-
try has prepared a booklet called
“Some Edible and Poisonous Mush-
rooms.”
Readers of the “Watchman” may
obtain a copy of this booklet free by
asking for F. B. 796, addressing their
request to the Division of Publica-
tions, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C
3,000,000 Pounds of Yarn to be Sold.
New York.—Major H. B. Williams,
chief of the clothing and textile
branch, clothing and equipage divis-
ion, Q C., is in Boston arranging
for an auction of approximately 3,-
000,000 pounds of yarn. The material
has not as yet officially been declared
surplus. Notification, however, has
been made that this will be done with-
in the next day or two.
The exact quantity and kind that
will be offered at the first sale has not
as yet been determined, but it was
said that there would be approximate-
ly 2,000,000 pounds of heavy and 1,-
000,000 pounds of knitting yarn. De-
tails of. the auction will be announc-
ed at an early date.
Make Your Own Cereal.
Besides being a source of enter-
tainment for the children, popcorn,
which is the corn kernel cooked
whole, instead of being ground and
then cooked, obviously has high food
value, as well as a good taste and
when properly prepared for the table
it may acceptably take the place of
many breakfast foods now on the
market. Popcorn may be eaten with
milk and sugar like .other breakfast
cereals, or the parched kernels which
do not “pop can be ground like coffee,
and eaten with cream and sugar or
can be boiled with water and served
like oatmeal.
New Hampshire Will Ratify.
Governor Bartlett has telegraphed
the Governors of all States for infor-
mation whether the States had adopt-
ed, or would afford an opportunity for
the adoption of the woman suffrage
amendment before the next Presiden-
tial election. He said he would call
the New Hampshire Legislature into
special session to obtain action if a
' sufficient number of States were like-
ly to afford a similar opportunity.
Governor Bartlett added his belief
Paid $500 for Coca Cola Formula;
Sold for $25,000,000.
Sale of the Coca Cola company, of
Atlanta, to New York interests for
$25,000,000 became known at Atlanta
recently, the final transaction being
dependent upon reports of auditors
for the New York capitalists confirm-
ing statements as to the earnings and
financial status of the company.
The sale includes the name, trade-
mark, formula of Coca Cola, contracts
and good will of the company and
such realty as is actually used by it
in the distribution and sale of the
product in various cities. It does not
include, it was said, bottling rights
nor various buildings owned by Asa
G. Candler in New York and other
cities,
Principal stockholders are Mr. Can-
dler, his five sons and daughter. Iden-
tity of the purchasers was not an-
nounced, but the transaction was
made through the Guaranty Trust
company and Chase National bank,
both of New York. Many years ago,
it is understood, Mr. Candler paid
$500 for the Coca Cola formula and
rights to its manufacture.
Here's a fine object lesson for men,
women and corporations in business.
The Coca Cola people company was
one of the foremost advertisers in
America. The concern grew from a
$500 proposition to a $25,000,000, due
largely to the liberal use of printer’s
ink.
400 Goats to be Uused by Forest Ad-
ministration.
Four hundred milech goats have
been procured by the forest adminis-
tration of the Angeles forest reserve
and are to be used this summer for
lessening the menace of forest fires.
This is to be accomplished by grazing
the animals in the fire brakes. thus
eliminating much of the danger of
spreading fires by keeving these bar-
riers clean.
Wires are being strung through the
middle of the fire breaks, and to these
the goats will be ring-tethered so that
each animal may graze only in the
fire brake and yet cover considerable
ground.
The 400 goats are to be used in that
portion of the Angeles forest reserve
between the Cajon pass and Great
Bear lake. By reason of the benefits
to the forest, the goats are accorded
free grazing privileges by the gov-
ernment. esides supplying milk to
the families of the forest rangers, to
whose lot it falls to attend the herds,
it is expected that there will be a con-
NS iorears quantity of milk to be sold
to trout fishermen, campers and other
sojourners within the forest.—Ex.
Same Here.
“Hungary is left her wheat and
mineral water only under-the treaty,”
says Count Karoli. Count, permit us
that his State would favor the amend- | to address you as—“brother.”-—Knox-
ment.—Ex.
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Do your Jams and
Jellies ever “Candy”?
Many women have been so discouraged by this trouble
that they have almost stopped putting up fruit.
Yet, there is an easy, simple way to avoid it. Use 14
Karo (Red Label) and ¥ sugar in your preserving syrup,
instead of sugar alone.
Karo is a fine, clear syrup, with a natural affinity for
the juices of the fruit.
It blends the sugar with the fruit juice—brings out all
the “fruity” flavor.
You, too, will obtain perfect results this summer if you
will use 14 Karo (Red Label) and ¥; sugar instead of all
sugar for preserving.
You will find your jelly clear and firm—your preserves
rich with heavy syrup—your jams deliciously mellow and
“fruity”. Not a sign of “candying”.
For Cooking, Baking and Candy-Making Karo (Red
cooking and
baking recipes use Karo instead of sugar. It is sweet, of
delicate flavor, and brings out the natural flavor of the food.
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