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Show SOCIALISTS 0EFEI1 lElLKIllt! Economic Battalion Charge Drives Big.gUn Crew From Field. ROUT IS COMPLE' Linguistic Explosives Close Range Throw Stra egists Into Disorder. Socialism threatens to supplant as a topic among the curbstone ( gists who watch tho war bulletin tho windows o The Tribune. J of the war sturtcnta strongly resent Socialistic invasion and showed iti tcrday "by walking away from the' cialist debaters. Others remained ; engaged the enemy in batUc. ' ' Wo wei o perfectly satisfied i everyone enjoyed themselves until ti Socialists tamo along," said on i strategist, aD erpert on naval a'fi with considerable bitterness. "I n see why these Socialists ran't stick their own business and not bother j tlemen who are following the war r. out political bias." Thn naval expert and several d orthodox war fans gazed sad-eyed j the groups which eddied and floj back of the red line ou the Eiden Away into the street the Socialistic guraent surged. Voices wafted up t! tae center of theso groups and i craned their necks to hear That t said. "You see how it is," remsji the naval expert. Experts Are Disgusted. Penetration of the debating scci developed the fact that the naval pert had not exaggerated the gro of the situation; debate had indeed teriorated from spirited battles, red-"scraps'' red-"scraps'' at sea and the conqnest continents to a more squabbling o economics. It was enough to make chops mado of the sterner war st look disgusted. There is no denying, however, t the injection of Socialism into the i ruestibn ha3 had the effect of stii lating activitv along the sidewalk h tlefront. Something was about dm happen. What with the allies and Germans in tho western theater or-war or-war just soe-sawing back and forth i tho 'Germans aud Russians dome same in the eastern theater, the a inventive and creative of the war st! cists were beginning to burn low s smell of tho wick. They had floral plight of Belgium threadbare and 1 moved armies up and down Europe i through almost every conceivable time evolution. Mixture Is Fiery. The mixing of Socialism and however, makes argjments at onei combustible and inflammable that i debaters yesterdav moved off the a walk into the'str'eet. This was at the suggestion of the curta policeman, who is also censor. He I this precaution in order that idiw bvstanders and passers-by might i be hit bv stray expletives. Thev were talking about the h ing of food to the war suffer tho other side. One hungry-km strategist suggested that we might ablo to send more were it not we are rather hard up now omv-That omv-That was a chance for a Socialist-he Socialist-he hopped to it with more jot u a kid takes when he pries op? penny bank. ' ' Why haven t eP',-to eP',-to send to Europe?" he ta Enough was produced W . State? last month to last the ' world for eighteen months. "! vou or I or anybody anywhere n -"enough when t.his country : duces sufficient for the vear and a half? . I'm a'S question in economics. Ends in Debate.- "I don't give a by censor) about economics, ir the other fellow; "I" ""jSS" the war situation, not fcoc 'iali , Scattering firing followed. tie damage on either side. e -.. ment finally resolved itselt into some economical debate and xte deserted to a newly term a S ,,, debaters. , Some pyro eclinicaUa ; , rnainlv the sky-rockets and m dies of the dictionary's from the now group, it -story over again ment, involving, heavy siep- P., armies of grim fighting weMJfc nonading, the kifin.g anil o thousanifs-and along comes b ,f economist who touches ! o t ,., with the red flame of Souaiun what's tho use?" B nfc: strategist, who every day since tho war t first put up. JdieJvidkco |