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U S 8 Will War With England Editor The Telegram The ostrich Is is In many ways was an admirable bird lie He has a tine fine y my Is easily tamed can run very last fast and has beautiful tall tail feathers I But on the tho whole he Is hardly so fine CIne that we adopt him as our national bird In place of the ea eagle le In other words It Is not a good goodplan goodplan plan for us to copy his famous habit ot of seeking security b by buryIng bury bury- lag Ing tile the head hend In the tho sand and shutting shutting shut shut- ting out all unpleasant sights For when the ostrich's head Is thus burled buried his posterior Is elevated tempting the fates to apply a a. ringIng ringing ring ring- Ing swat with a a. barrel stave or boot Not long ago Rear near Admiral Plunket flun- flun ket made a a. speech In which he said that tills this country and Great Britain were drIfting toward war Instantly Instantly In- In n a cry went up Unthinkable able The admiral was many names ot of jingo was the mildest and we all aSSured each other that since war with England would be unspeakably tragIc It was Ipso facto Impossible It would be a tragedy surely But ButIs Is it really unthinkable ble It Is not Denny a level levelheaded levelheaded headed correspondent who Is no more a o 0 than Wit Wit- lIam lian Howard Taft can think or of It for tor one His recent book We Fight for on Oil ought to he be rend read by byall byall all ot of us who have been putting our heads In the sand For Mr Denny thinks war highly probable The United States and Great Britain are engaged now in a great struggle for tor world oil reserves Denny points out the speres or of conflict Russia the Near East Mexico Colombia Venezuela Standard Oil Is doing the fighting tor mr the th United States wIllie while no noal floyal al Dutch Shell carries on for tor the tho eta eta- pire The struggle is getting snore mOle complicated more acute Neither nation could function without oil 0 The worlds world's oil 1 supply Is limited Each nation from diplomats diplomats dip dip- and financiers down to the perennial man in the street Is determined to have an adequate unchecked supply Floods of propaganda ganda are are pouring from each side Is war in such circumstances unthinkable Obviously It Is not Obviously we are both drifting to ard the brink Obviously a minor ml- ml nor squabble over some concession In ov 01 Armenia could touch oft off a world conflagration Such a war would be a great ca- ca It must be avol d and It can be It If both sides make an t effort to reach reath an amicable compromise Some method surely can be found whereby the struggle can be abated But here Is the point It we bury our heads In the sand and keep cryIng cry cry- lag Ing le no such compromise corn com promise will be reached We Ve will keep on drifting until we drift I squarely Into war Tile The only sensible ble course cours Is to face tIle the facts and see sea what can be done about It Copying the ostrich can bring only disaster We Ve must get together to to- ether gether n now before It is IR too late PLAIN F FACT ACT What's Difference Between Parties Editor The Telegram ram Just what Is the between betseen be- be tween the two major political lartis s ot of the United States I wiSh someone would tell me November next will be tile the first time I could vote at a general election and I want nant to use my vote and Use It in- in I have asked a a. number of persons who are members of one or the oUter oUt oUt- er or of the two big parties what tile the difference is Is but no one seemed to know One man a party worl worker er for years said It has to do with tile the tariff But I said what are the underlying underlying un- un principles ot of tile the party There Thele must be something more than thana a mere technical difference He could not enlighten me There Is no excuse for a a. political party as I understand It it unless It has some definite and distinct tin tin- n- n I denying principle to guide It What hat is the underlying principle of Republican Re- Re I publican party part How do they justify can party How do they justify their existence What Is the underlying un- un denying principle of the Democratic party How do the they justify their existence I have noticed in previous previous urged ous elections that citizens are ale parties to vote fOr by the respective them straight ht But wh why Honestly Honest Honest- to tie up with one ot of ly I would like the political parties parties' or of my adopted country and vote ote straight But at real differenCe difference differ differ- present I cannot enCe between them Is there any Mr Ir Editor What Is It I trust space to the some that you ou will give enlighten en- en chiefs so that they may party be who may lighten me and others similarly puzzled as I feel sure they will gladly take such an opportunity further the interests of their respective respective re- re to parties by setting forth their merits something on the Unless I can get thing to todo todo the only I suppose parties and Issues issues Is- Is Individuals do Is to vote ote for thIs Is not as satisfactory sues but the when as voting to for a party party Is a living Jiving vital force torce and OPerating OP- OP with ones one's own o cratIng In harmony Ideals the enlightenment on Praying for subject FOREIGN BOR BORN |