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Show CHRISTIAN CHARITY. It was freely stated soveral weeks before tho signing of the armistice that tho allied countries would bo compelled to feed tho Germnns as soon as tho fighting on the western front stopped. The prediction has proved true. Immediately Im-mediately following the cessation of hostilities Dr. Solf, the German foreign Sinister, communicated with the Washington Wash-ington government, stating that, if tho armistico terms wore carried out, the Germans would face starvation. It has been decided) however, that there will be no modification. Another appeal was made to President Wilson to hasten the peace conference. Then a question was put up to the president whether the United States would be atjlo to immediately im-mediately supply tho Germans with food. An affirmative answer has been returned. At the same time; Secretary Lansing has pointed out that if foodstuffs food-stuffs aro to bo shipped to Germany from this country, it will be .necessary for tho Gormans to employ their own bottoms for transportation purposes. . This probably will be done. At the present timo there is great fear in Berlin that, unless aid soon reaches the central empires, there will bo Bolshoviki uprisings which will get beyond control. In fact, tho whole of Europe, some of tho neutral., countries especially, fear that the "Keds" will get tho upper hand in most of the. countries coun-tries of the continent. Just now the Socialists are in full control in Germany. Ger-many. How far they will go is uncertain. uncer-tain. Anarchy, however, will'cDme with hungor, and the fears of Dr. Solf appear ap-pear well groundod. According to Washington advices, steps are to be taken at once to organize relief work in tho same systematic manner in which -it was carried out in Belgium, but the president desires to be assured that public order wU be maintained in Germany, Ger-many, and that equitable distribution of food can be clearly guaranteed. Possibly thero will be some feeling in this country, and in the entente countries as well, against feeding the Germans, but it seems imperative, and there is no doubt that all the allied nations able to do so will extend a ' helping hand to the fallen foe. Christian Chris-tian peoplo could do no less under tho circumstances. Premier Clemenceau made the announcement in the chamber of deputies, not without some feeling in the matter, that the Germans held out until tho last minute and then begged for food, but he did not object to the plan for feeding them. In after years, when some of the bitterness caused by the present war has passed away, the Germans themselves will bo free to acknowledge that they wcro treated better than they deserved, and we are sure that the people of this country will have no cause for regret that Uncle Sam played the Good Samaritan.. Sa-maritan.. '; ( Old Folk's Coughs will be relieved promptly by Piso'd. Stops throat ticklr; relieves Irritation. The remedy tented by " more than fifty years of use U PESO'S |