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Show ' TWO THE PRESS-BULLETI- ' ' ' ' EDITORIALS (By C. D. McNeeley) THE DEVIL IS SICK . . "The Devil was sick the Devil a monk would be; The Devil was well the Devil a monk was he, Almost four hundred year? ago Francis Rabelias confided that profound philosophic truth to the world, and it is as true today as on the day it was written. ; ' In all history it would be difficult to find a record of the Devil suffering from so severe an illness as afflicts him now. He is at death's door. He sees the black ilimitable void before him, and he writhes as his affrighted imagination depicts its unknown horrors. - He bellows for the priest. He will become a monk on his sacred word of honor he will if only he can be made well and whole again. ': ; . - But the priest knows the Devil. He knows the sinful pride and lust of power that festers in his heart. He knows all the evil that is there. And he has all the reason there is in heaven and on earth to fea? that if once he makes him well again the devil a monk will the devil be. Listen as closely as he may the priest can hear falling from the Devil's pallid lips no such word3 as "I have sinned ; I will make restitution; forgive me." The devil is not penitent. He is not convinced of the evil of his ways. But he finds himself sore beset in a losing fight, and on the point of extermination. So he pleads: "Let us cry quits. We are doing each other great harm, my powers of evil and you hosts of light. I am fighting only in self-defen- se. Let us see if we cannot compromise our war. Let us talk it over quietly in some secret place where none may hear, and where the noisy rabble may not intrude." But the high priest of civilization knows what compromise means and can only mean. It means the Devil is to retain his kingdom and his principalities, including even some of those over which he has recently extended his dominion. He is to be given time and opportunity to recuperate; to grow well and wax lusty - again. He is to emerge in the end the same old Devil, only strong-er than before, and so with added temptation to loose himself once more upon the earth he has so foully devastated. And so the high priest will be obliged to refuse to go into se-cret conference with an unrepentant foe seeking an armistice only that he may save his own life and power and later renew his aggressions. It is true the world wants peace. It is the dearest desire of the human heart in every bleeding, agonized land. But it is real peace that is wanted an enduring peace, because founded on justice. An armistice only, that leaves existant all the old in-justices that festered into war, an armistice that adds new in-justices to them, can never suffice. We cannot let all we have sacrificed and suffered go for nothing, and worse than nothing. We cannot accept inconclusive peace when a conclusive peace, carrying with it salvation for the world, though at the price of further sacrifice, is certainly in prospect. And the prospect becomes daily more clearly outlined. The props, one by one are tottering and breaking that have held the autocratic coalition of Middle Europe tigether and made it pow-erful. The bells that toll the doom of the House of Hapsburg , are sounding sounding within the Austro Hungarian empire as well as without it. And once that house of cards fall the Ilohen-zoller- ns will stand naked and isolated and friendless before the constantly mounting power of their enemies. With only Prussian-junkertu- m to support them, they too, soon or late, must face the specter of revolution' at home while hopelessly striving to beat back a world in arms that batters at their doors. The peace balls that come from he Hohenzollerns and the Hapsburgs means only this that Democracy is invited to' come to the rescue of expiring Autocracy. It is an invitation that is instinctively scorned and rejected by the people of the free na-tions of the World their governments have an opportunity to speak. Exchange. more attention than ever before will be turned to the produc-tion of the precious and baser metals, and upon a scale so large and expansive that what has been done in the past in mining and milling operations will seem insignificant in comparison. We believe that the people of this country have acquired a wider and broader view of economical and industrial matters since the war began, and that when normal conditions have been restored they will broaden the scope of their operations and in-vestments; and that, realizing the great opportunities offered in the mining field, there will be greater activities in the acquire-ment and development of mining properties. There is no doubt but that mining, as a general thing, will be greatly stabilized as a result of the prominence the industry has attained because of the service it has rendered the govern-- i ment during the war, and this condition wili still further increase j the popularity of the industry. Salt Lake Mining Review ' " n n MINING IN THE FUTURE The outlook for the mining industry in this country, after the war is over, could not be better qx brighter. The stimulus to certain branches of mining operations, caused by war demands, will not lessen when peace has been declared. On the contrary, when Germany has been crushed and the attention of the world is turned to the rehabilitation of nearly every line of endeavor, III IHEfiJMIES The Allies Will Dictate Their Own Terms Of Peace Under The Armistice Bulgaria Entered The War October 8, 1915 Turkey Is Expected To Follow Bulgaria In The Near Future, And This Will Open The Way To Austria Through The Danube River. Paris, Sept. 30. An armistice has been concluded between the Allies and (Bulgaria on the Allies own terms. The announcement was made official-ly today. Bulgarian representatives agreed to an armistice probably the firs step In Bulgaria's withdrawal . from the alliance with the central powers a few days less than three years after she entered the war on the side of Germany. It was on October 8, 1915 that Bulgaria issued a manifesto an-nouncing her decision to cast her lot against the entente alliance. She had been fifteeu months in deciding ,, her course. : Paris, Sept. 30. The progress in breaking the hold of the German in-vader on French soil is shown by the fact that no. longer is any of the French departments entirely occupied by the enemy. The situation was es tablished by the recapture of four communes of the department of the Ardennes The Bulgarian manifesto declaring war said that '"Bulgaria must fight at the victor' side." Bulgarian troops invaded Serbia October 13,' 1915. Jler entrance into the war led to the overrunning of Ser-bia, Montenegro and Albania by the armies of the Central Powers. Bulgaria's Joining the Central Pow-ers was one of the reasons that led Rumania to enter the war on the side , of the Entente late in August, 1916. The population of Bulgaria was not unanimously in favor of Bulgaria Joining the Teutonic alliance. The government took harsh measures . against those opposed to the war. Late in 1917 reports were current that the military party in Bulgaria was being faced by increasing opposition. FIGHTING TANKS FOR FIGHTING TOWNS The ten cities of the Twelfth Federal Reserve District which most-evinc- the American fighting spirit in the Fourth Liberty Loan drive are to have tanks in action on the battle front-name-after them. This badge of honor has been definitely agreed to by the War Department at the request of Secretary McAdoo, as head of the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign, it is announced by George A. Van Smith, director of publicity for the Twelfth Fed-eral Reserve District. , It means that each of the ten cities of the West which most signally distinguish themselves in oversubscribing their quotas of the Fourth Liberty Loan will have its name carried through the Hun ranks as a tank smashes its way across the trenches. No more effective means could have been devised to carry to the men at the front the message that America is backing them up to the limit. To have its name printed on the sides of one of these fighting monsters, under such restrictions, should be a high reward for the patriotic efforts of any community. Do your share. Buy your last dollar's worth. Don't nuke excuses. Make sacrifices. . I SJ McCALL K. 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Phone 179 YlllIIIIIIIIIlHIBlIBaBBBBBSBSBSHIBNl!BiBBaBinRfliiS OXFORD I (Formerly Budweiser) 1 Pocket Billiards 1 First Class Cafe, Modern Rooms In Connection. 1 Tobaccos, Cigars, Drinks, 1 499 MAIN STREET I J. W. MATTHEWS, Manager. 8 THIS IS NO GAMBLE! RTMHI IT IS A SURE THING!JPiBH : IT CAN'T mSBi- 'v !HAND . y v-- 00' AND HOLD THESE S 't lriN THE GAME OF LIFE -- hw 'AGAINST THE FUTUR-E- ' tiK sJwrWM COULDNT PO BETTER . I - 'Sflb. COUftTtSV GOODRICH BUBPf SCO 1 country are rendering so substantial-ly a service In aiding the Four Min-ute iMen ns spokesmen of the national cause that I would not. willingly fail to acknowledge the debt the country: owes to these theatre managers. Their response 'to requests has been hearty, and their cooperation is most helpful. Will you please convey to them my appreciation of their aid In giving this exclusive privilege to your spea-ker. Cordially and sincerely yours, (Signed) WOODROW WILSOX. Mr. (William MdCornick Blair, Director. Four Minute Men, Committee on Public Information. It is the desire of the local organ-ization that during the coming three weeks especially, while the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign is on, the people will avail themselves of this great opportunity to get the facts re-garding the present government call for money to support the men, who are now winning the war for human justice and enduring peace. Buy Liberty iBonds and go to the picture shows to learn the truth. WALTER ADAMS, Chairman. OFFICIAL W NEWS BY FOUR MUTE MEN Go to the picture shows! At present, and from now on until the end ot-th- e war, the moving pic-ture theatres of Provo like the mov-ing picture theatres everywhere throughout America, are doing a great patriotic duty to the govern-ment and to the people by furnishing a medium through which the govern-ment Is giving war facts to the public. Our people who attended last Sat-urday night the first show in either of the three theatres in Provo had their first experience in hearing the Fourillnute Men who spoke by auth-ority of the President of the United States on the Fourth Liberty Loan. There are a number of these men now qualifying for this official work, and the messages of the government to all the people will be given through them to the public regularly in this way. To the busy worker, man or wom-an, who has not sufficient time to read the Official 13ulletln Issued by the government we here announce that the picture shows are at present giving only authoritative messages from the U. S. Committee on Public Information. What you hear from the Four Minute Men In the picture shows is official and you may get it while you are enjoying the relaxation from your work and the entertainment of the show. Because the theatres are serving the general welfare in this way we urge the people to attend the shows and to wait for the messages of the Four Minute Men. The following letter has been sent by our President to the director of Four Minute Men and suffices to show the public the importance of the ser-vice thus retidored: The White House, Washington, February 20, 1918. My lar IMr. TUalr: The motion picture theatres of the ' A N M THE HUN PIG SQUEALS , The Germans, after using every diabolical engine of destruc- - tion that they could construct, have protested agaiiist the use of shotguns by the American soldiers. It was all right for the Huns to use gas and flame throwers, to crucify captured Canadi-an soldiers in the trenches and perpetrate the most diabolical crimes in order to strike terror to the hearts of the Belgians and Frenchmen who were defending their country, but It is all wrong for the Americans to use shotguns, from the Berlin point of view, and The Hague convention is invoked. Since the imperial gov-ernment abolished international law at the outbreak of the war, they are estopped from making any special pleas at this time, and it will go hard with the Huns if they dare execute any Amer--. ican soldiers who happen to fall into their hands. According to the Washington statement, shotguns are used only as authorized by the accepted rules of war, being employed in guarding prison-ers and in general police work. But even if they were used in the trenches, the German government would have no cause for complaint. So long as the barbarian hordes of the kaiser were ' victorious they showed no mercy. Now that they are losing ground' on every front, they demand that the war be conducted in a genteel and lady like manner, and complain that the Ameri-- . cans are too rough with them. It is a great pity they did not think of these things before they forced us into the war, for they should have known that their gas, liquid fire and hand gren- ades would have no terrors for the young gentlemen from this side of the ocean, who had not been trained as soldiers and who were not supposed to know anything about war. The "sawed off shotgun is a nasty weapon, we admit, and we do not blame the Germans for being decidedly averse to having their paunches filled with buckshot; but as the shotguns are not used excent in the manner authorized by The Hague convention, very few Huns ' will be affected. As regards the threats of execution contained in the Berlin protest, it is only necessary, to state that if that sort of thing is started, not one stone will be left standing upon another in any portion of Germany through .which the American soldier may pass, and, as they are now on the way to the Rhine, the autocratic rulers should think twice 'before inviting annihil-ation. As a general rule, the young American soldier is kind-hearte- d, lie considers himself the champion of the onpressed, and would cheerfully yield up his life in defense of the women and children of his own or any other country. He does not thirst for human blood and war is not his trade. But he can fight like a string of wildcats when aroused, as the German soldiers are now well aware, and he will not be pacified if any of his captured com-rades are put to death upon pretense that The Hague convention - has been violated. Our advice to the Germans is to fight as fairly as their brutal and cowardly natures will permit, and not give the American boys just cause for wiping them out to a man. Tribune. Tooaceo Impoverishes Son. It has been calculated that a ton A tobacco vltbdraws more than a htn dredweljfht of mineral conratuenti from an acre of land. This would ap-pear to be an astounding waste of ma-terial, which must be of enormous value to the soil, considering that TB per cent consists of calcium and potas-sium salts .ind 15 per cent of mag-nesium and sodlu.ii salts, Including nearly 5 per cent f the essential to all plant phosphoric adl Boulevard. The word boulevard means "bul-wark" or fortification, and thus has direct reference to the old ramparts. But since the middle of the nineteenth century the title has been applied to new thoroughfares not traced on the site of an old enceinte. Egyptians Fond of Pigeons. Certain Egyptians carry on to a re-markable degree the business of rais-ing pigeons. On one estate the 14 pig-eon towers, etveh composed of about 1,200 clny Jnrs, set one upon another. Each Jar forms a comfortable house for the family of pigeons occupylug It . . |