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Show i THE CITIZEN ! S j A J the committee of nineteen, who in turn foist it upon 600,000 communists and, ultimately, it is handed along to all under the Bolsheviki yoke. To all sia that has been brought is actually governed by the five nts and purposes Russia today of the central committee. ing members How about the proposed League of Nations as finally drafted and passed down with grave sanction Viigon, Lloyd George, et al., and anxiously waiting world beclouded blessings to ai war-tor- n tjfig jt upon he one panacea for all its. ills? You, dear reader, will recall that it provided for an assembly of by resentatives of all concurring nations, which for the sake of be likened to the 600,000 Russian communists. Its iparison, may fy Jg traj committee was to be composed of nine members, representfive of the major naval powers and with four members to be cted at random as occasion required. Here, again, in the and direction of the five leading nations is found absolute an logical sequence to the Russian Bolsheviki system. The Citizen does not like to be disagreeable in discussing this which even today, after being utterly League of Nations proposition, the people, finds its ready supporters and rep udiated at the polls by advocates within this country; but The Citizen does sc for the eccl intend to let the protagonists of a wSrld, which would eventually reduce the people of this fair land to rjeonage existence similar to that of the common people of Russia, their misleading propaganda upon the nation without exposing citizens of the intermountain west, it 'jjJo the liberty-lovin- g elja Every daily and weekly paper, or magazine, in all the land, is tjay receiving printed matter from central bureaus where schemes ail being concocted to enmesh this nation so deeply within the net oflinternational entanglements, disguised as small navy, disarmament or similar free literature, that it must, perforce, sell its birth- If right for a Wilsonian mess of porridge. c.' The attack being made on the naval appropriations by the con-It is the unholy hope glfcss is but another move in this direction. that by forcing the nation to become lax in providing national projection at sea, she may yet be forced to appeal to her European 5 allies of the late war for protection. J It would be suicidal for these United States to disarm alone, but bl; this suggestion is being freely made by beguiling league protagonists up' who hope to garner support from the ranks of those among us who ii: would gladly Chinafy America to witness the fruition of their abso-dictatorsh- lead-mouth- ip ed super-governme- nt it "'I Mi - Ikj- fj program. ce peace-at-any-pri- PAYING THE BILL. It h League of North Dakota is fighting for its kl existence. As with all socialistic theories which seem so beautiful I when the agitator is explaining them, somebody must settle when the bill comes in and the people always pay. mil-- c Vj North Dakota farmers have had the pleasure of putting up lions for the league activities and its state-owne- d enterprises. Mr. iTownly, the leader of the league, says the farmers have been saved ?2S million dollars a year. Just how he figures it he does not explain, hut the farmers are beginning to realize that they are selling their ' wjieat, hogs and cattle for the market price the same as in other tfctes, and that they are out the millions in additional taxes they ve to pay for carrying out the league program. State bonds have gone begging on the market because investors are afraid of the rule of the political experimenters who have had control of North Dakota. The Non-Partis- an 1 j REQUIREMENTS OF CIVILIZATION. . f and general manager of the Admiral .Line, in a recent address on Steamship day celebration in San Fran A. F. cisco, r. i vice-preside- nt said: here arc three primary factors in the scheme of human exist-- I cnee, first, agriculture; second, transportation; third, manufacturing. one of these alone can make ports, build cities, make prosperous Peoples nor civilization each is dependent on the other, and each is necessary to the other. 11 ; Haines, r U 1 Mr. Haines pointed out that land and water transportation were dependent on each other for the fullest development, and the country was dependent on both. Continuing, he said: Water routes bring to our ports banks, manufactories, distributors, importers, exporters and merchants. These make cities, but not without water lines radiating over the sea to fetch and carry. One of the most important problems of American shipping is finances. Ships do not finance themselves, neither do they develop trade territory without a guiding hand. We gained a large volume of foreign business during the war. If we keep this business and enlarge it we must develop our foreign trade relations with our own ship lines. Ships built by the government under war conditions and costs must be sold at the going market price if American lines are to use these ships and hold the foreign trade which has already been developed. ST. MARYS TO EXPAND. Thursday night thirty-tw- o young women received their graduation degrees at St. Marys Academy. The exercises were marked by appropriate ceremony and The Right Reverend Bishop Joseph, who delivered the principal address, predicted that next years class would receive their degrees in a new and modern building a building dedicated solely to the great work for which St. Marys has been noted for many years the education and character building among the young women of this state. No one enjoys sitting in a hot, stuffy hall like this on a sweltering June night, and so I will make a dangerous forecast. That is, that there will never be another commencement program given in this hall. Thus, tersely and without embellishment, did Bishop Glass make a most portentious announcement for this well known institution, which has become an important factor in educational work in our state and has long been identified as one of the leading colleges in science, art and music in the intermountain west. WHEN DUTY CALLED THEM. H Again has been demonstrated the fact that citizens of this country will sacrifice all, even their lives, when the insistent call of duty comes. The great conflagration which, last week, razed two of the big oil and gas tanks at the plant of the Utah Refining Company, was a spectacle of grandure with flames mounting hundreds of feet towards the ambient blue ; but it also furnished it tragic aspect ; and therein lies a message for all time to come. It proves beyond peradventure of a doubt that man is as willing today to sacrifice himself to duty as he has ever been in any of the past ages. The three heroes who lost their lives in a brave but futile attemnt to save their employers property, deserve more than the cnconiums of the populace for their great sacrifice the maimed and sorely burnt deserve more commisscration than they will ever get. The families of the dead will, no doubt, receive the customary money payment and the injured will be taken care of until again restored to health. Then their great and generous act of sacrifice will be forgotten. The call to business, to the accumulation of more profits will sweep away the faintest memory of their heroic work. Perhaps some day the man who sacrifices health and, mayhap his life, in the call to save property, will be accorded the same place in the annals of his country as the maimed and dead heroes of the battlefields. But not now. The world has yet a long ways to go before due recognition of her industrial heroes may he had. Mexico will lay claim to the nine islands off the littorial of from the Upper California, according to newspaper reports coming republic to the south. Why not? capital city of the And at the same time Mexico should demand annexation of the moon and several other sidcral planets. She stands about as much chance of extending her possessions heavenward as she does along the U. S. Pacific coast. fire-bra- nd Good morning! Have you a little skim milk habv in jour beverage for hogs. home? Also, skim milk is said to he a first-class 1 |