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Show I; WHAT THE WORLD ESCAPED. WHAT the world escaped by its conquest of German military despotism it finds new reasons daily to be thankful for. H The Lcagfte of Nations will not bring mankind surcease of in- H justicd, fpino political device can wholly tiansform the soul of man. H No political aitahgenfcnt can stamp out disease, crime or vice, though H laws nifty help the weak and shackle the criminal and vicious. But H the very fact that the wprlds statesmen arc now engaged in formu- H lating a concert of powers instead of meeting to prepare the world H for triumphant militarism should inspire us with thankfulness for H s&J,n.e j,le things we have escaped. H That is a fantastic, and yet we make no doubt a perfectly ver- H acious story, which comes to us out of lescued Belgium concerning H the aftqimath of German military domination. !H The good women of Belgium, who suffered and sacrificed and en dured immeasurable wrong during four years of their country's servi- tude, arc catching and shaving the heads of those loose women who Hj were the riotous companions of the Hun officers throughout Belgium H and nr-thcrn France and even in the electric-lighted and steam-heated H dugouts near the firing lines. With shaven pates these dazed de- H votees of a system that is gone, of lewd altars overthrown, are slink- H ing toward the border in the wake of those proud and arrogant mili- H tarists who attitudinized before their white slaves as conquerors of Hi the world. That world, under their rule, was to be a saturnalia of H gilded vice. As in Babylon and Nineveh and imperial Rome mili- H tarism was to enthrone a licentious qaste demanding all the special H privileges of sensualism while the millions drudged and slaved for H their kaiser and for them. H H And we can imagine the devout kaiser, rearing twin altars to H Wotan and Christ, piously preaching Sunday morning sermons as of H old to thank his "Jjott" that the world had been purified by German H Kultur. The staid empress, quite as"' devout and even more strict. H would have presided over a social realm which would have disgraced H Cleopatra or Aggripina the Younger. It would have been a world of H hypocrisy which would have made us laugh until we wept and weep H until we lauglied again. H Civilization would have taken its" fashions and its customs from H Berlin just as the. older civilization turned to jiome for an ex- H emplar. Everywhere the idle rich would have vied to mimic the un- H speakable camarillas of Germany, sucli camarillas Editor Harden H unmasked a few years before the war ifi'dcfiance of the emperor and H the military caste. H In many respects the world will 'go on in very much the 'same H way as it did before the war, but had the militarism of the Germans M triumphed we would have reverted to the customs of Nero and Ti- H berius. Europe would have led the procession, but our own land, pi o- H ducing thousands of sybarites reeking with wealth, would have fallen ' M in line. H Another feature of German domination in Belgium shows to what H slavish depths the wbrld would have sunk." Seeking to control the Bj land by dividing it against itself, the Huns fostered a faction of Bel- H gian traitors who came to be known as "Atkivists." All who were H willing to "crook the prbghant hinges of the knee that thrift might fol- H low. fawning," were set asjde by the invaders for substantial rewards. H The more the "Atkivists" fawned, flattered and truckled the more H they 'received of largesse. The more they betrayed their heroically H enduring fellow countrymen the more they were preferred before H them. Cowardly parasites, such as military imperialism always pro- H duces, were overrunning the land and were living in comparative lux- H ury while the patriots were ground down under the spurred heels of H the invaders. H ' With Germany victorious, that sort of unutterable servility would H have spread around the globe. " In our own country, if we had finally H fall -under, -even the limited dominion, of German iiilitarism, pro-Hi pro-Hi Germnaism would have meant for the rest of us humiliation beyond H the foulest dreams of abasement. H But a kindly. Providence, saWl:o it that the power which would H have shamed the world wr compelled to perform the most humili- ating act in the annals of militarism to sail its navy into a British 3 port and surrender without even 'attempting to fight . sw ' ui We would be Pharisees were we to predict for civilization a mille- l3 nium as the result of the entente victory, but at ljasb, we may con- 11 gratulatc the whole human race on what the bravelvstmgg1e of heroes lf saved' us from. ' II j 'h l1 SLIGHTING UTAH SOLDIERS. HI . i ';-.:' . I IF we may judge the national administration's treatment of Ameri- J can soldiers by the treatment accorded Utah soldiers Ave shall find 1 much to complain of. The heroes that Utah gave to the nation, their I parents and friends are by no means satisfied and already the voice I of complaint is being heard above the shouts of victory. More and I more will these complaints become vocal. Such of them as are justified justi-fied we shall hasten to indorse. Goodwin's Weekly desires to be the I friend of those who risked or offered to risk theirjives for their country. coun-try. To them belongs the best we have and we should not hesitate to point out wherein the government fails to accord them what is or what will be their due. In retrospect the people of this city and of the state find that the A administration at Washington has shown them little favor. Whether 1 ill-will toward us was back of the neglect or whether it was merely due to blundering may not be decided offhand. Time will disclose to j us the truth. But it is safe to say, even at this time, that the record of the administration in relation to Utah, has not been enviable, Without going into all details of the neglect and merely noting ' some of the conspicuous things which have aroused universal complaint com-plaint in this community, let us consider somewhat at random the Fort Douglas fiasco. Much was promised Salt Lake. We were lead to believe that tin Fort Douglas was to be one of the country's principal centers of war j activity. Something like a million dollars was expended to rear a r-M cantonment that should take care of thousands of soldiers. Scores of jJm admirable buildings were constructed and quarters and accommoda- jm tions were provided that would have been adequate for a vast num- ill ber of men. There was no good reason why that vast number jM should not have been maintained at the Fort Douglas cantonment, but "iffl hardly had the work of mobilization started than the Washington au- wj thorities began to treat the cantonment as if it were an expensive Ml folly. Utah and Idaho soldiers were mobilized there and hurried away Ml to other camps. W As the winter of 1917-18 approached orders were given practically Jm to abandon the camp and the absurd reason assigned was that the ffl cantonment did not meet the requirements of winter quarters. The Jll soldiers were scattered among other camps and one contingent was J sent to suffer from the extreme rigors of Iowa's climate. The most 7j that could be said in defense Of those who issued the order was that Jl tltey had failed to acquaint themselves with Utah conditions, had neg- JhI lected to learn about the mild winter climate, of this state, sll The year-round climatic conditions of Utah warranted the loca- Mm tion here of one of the greatest cantonments, but the administration ji preferred to locate many of its most important camps irt the demo- am cratic South. Our own criticism is not needed to acquaint the public H with the disgust of the soldiers at being sent from ideal climates to IB the unhealthy and disapreeable, but democratic, climates. Already JS the soldiers themselves have given expression to their disgust in jR terms that leave no room to doubt that they always will cherish a jI deep-seated antipathy toward the administration' which so needlessly l m forced such conditions upon them. V The Washington authorities promised some big things for Fort lH Douglas and even went so far as to make preliminary demonstrations 1 as if really in earnest. But invariably something happened to stop 'M work. J9 The administration did not build the much-advertised branch S railway, although a corps of engineers was sent here. to inaugurate the work. It did not give us the "quartermasters department which it 9 promised and which our mercnants and dealers deserved because of 3 their patriotic devotion and liberality. H But the administration did do something It accepted all our war ; work, our over-subscriptions to Liberty Loans and to funds of mercy. l And it did leave some pontoon bridges at Fort Douglas. Why lpJ pontoon bridges should have been sent to Fort Douglas one can only Km conjecture. Perhaps the administration intended to establish a war Br museum and install the pontoons as an exhibit. m I DEALS IN LEGISLATURE. m T7ACILE in finding excuses for its political program, the Demo- W, A cratic legislative ring argues that C. C. Richards should be chosen speaker of the house because Joseph W. Funk of Cache county a m Solon from the north is scheduled to preside over the senate. The W1 specious contention is that since the northern part of the state is W honored by the choice in the upper house of a presiding officer the lower house ought to select none other than C. C. Richards, now of $ Salt Lake, but erstwhile very much of Ogden, as presiding officer of ithe lower house. For want of a weightier argument a legislative majority might be warranted in putting this contention forward in trivial times when little is at stake. But these are times of magnitude and portent from Capitol Hill to Versailles. If the Democratic majority would be in accord with the times they should try to shed political pettiness and chicancery and do their best to select only their worthiest members for offices of dignity and influence, thus making it possible to perform high service for their state in an era of reconstruction. With unfit men at their head the Democratic legislators will find no inspiration to achieve nobly. If they begin the session, as usual, with political barter and trade, they will fail to reach any goal worth while These are times that call for conservatism. All manner of reforms re-forms are proposed by those in whom the spirit of Bolshevism is ill-concealed. ill-concealed. Men of violent souls and erratic brains have begun to torture a world at peace as did the militarists a world at war. Innovation Inno-vation is their slogan and in their irrational haste to change the old order they offer crude innovation as valid improvement. If we are to reconstruct the world, including Utah, let us do it rather in the spirit of the Versailles conference than in the spirit of Ithe Reds of Russia. "Let us destroy and spare not and then we can build the world anew to our liking," say the Bolsheviki. In Russia they have destroyed de-stroyed and spared not, but the rebuilding has brought only despair to the great mass of the people. What riches they had the Russians have allowed to be wasted by the Reds. In consequence reconstruction reconstruc-tion will require long years of unlearning amid tears. If we would be wise let us preserve our democratic institutions without embracing every measure that presents itself in the name of reform. For speaker of the house the Democrats should have their sanest, soundest member, one who has vision to see not only the pitfalls of leform but what is best for the far future of our state. The speaker can do much to shape legislation, to keep our laws in line with the substantial tradition which for so long prevented Utah from threatening threaten-ing its business structure by ill-considered radical laws. We believe it essential that at the very beginning of the session the members should take stock of themselves, of their tendencies and of the perils that are liable to lurk in those tendencies. All should make a solemn resolve to use constant and wary judgment, to avoid deals and trades, to act broadly and, above all, to be true to those conditions which have won us prosperity. In these shifting times c even a little unsound legislation may do widespread harm. f CALIFORNIA CLIMATE. TN more or less sunny California all plants grow big. Among the JL biggest is the dementia California. Roosevelt would have used a shorter and uglier word or he might have called it "nature faking." A traveler from Europe might call it "camouflage." But whatever it is called it is easily recognized by all who have spent some time in Cali-; Cali-; fornia. f Someone has remarked that there are but two seasons in Cali fornia night and day. The night carries its drear and drizzle into the day, but the days of gold seldom lend their brilliancy to fl the nights. Perhaps that is why the people of San FrariciSco pr'efei'Hd jil live ill cabarets rather than at home. And perhaps that is why visitors fl and as many from Salt Lake as elsewhere try to turn the night ll into clay. H A Californian, with his teeth a-chatter will remark to you that "It must be terrible to live back in your country where the winters Vl arc so cold." The Califoinian is deceived by his own camouflage. He has laboied so many years to delude the tourist that he deludes him- ' It would cost more to heat a 'house in noithern California than in 11 Salt Lake City, Duluth or Boston if one undertook really to heat a 11 California house. The Califoinians never have tried it and do not 11 know. True, one must pay $15 to $22 a ton for coal in California, but 11 even if our coal were as cheap in California as it is here and we grow 11 quite hysterical when the price reaches $8 a ton it would cost as 11 much to heat a California house as a Utah house. If you live in Cali- f fornia and are honest and such cases have been known you will heat your house practically the year through. If you don't you will H be miserable. And you will heat it not only at night, but during much t of the day. jH The Californian began to falsify about the climate in the days of iH the Argonauts and gained such a facility by practice that his descend- M ants do not confine themselves to prevaricating solely about the cli- H mate. They achieve camouflaging triumphs in many fields in agric- H ulture and in industry, in literature and art, in science and philosophy, H in new thought and in old, in health and in sickness, for better or for H worse. H We are not traducing California, nor even Californians. Califor- H nia is a grand state, if the truth be told. To lie about it does not make H it grander. And the Californian even the native son is a good fel- H .low, taken by and large, but the truth is not in him at all seasons, H and, as we have remarked, there are only two seasons. A Californian H who will not tell the truth by day will not tell it by night. But he will H suffer for an untruth. He will let you wince and cringe with cold and H will wince and cringe himself a bit, and then he will smile and say: H "Isn't this just wonderful weather?" H Perhaps the Californians have lived in the fog so long that some H corners of their minds have become misty. H The worst a Californian will say about any day is that it is "a gray day," by way of hinting that most of the days are gold. But the H worst that a visitor will say about some California days may not be H recorded here lest the printed page become as ribald as a pirate of the H Spanish Main. H h- H GERMAN INSURANCE PLAN. RECENTLY our svate chief in charge of workingmen's compensa- H tion insurance iued an annual statement in which he begged H leave to exult. On its face the report was encouraging to those who H are advocating a complete monopoly by the state of the compensa- H tion business. j We recall that other states issued equally cheerful statements ; early in their experience of state insurance and later called on the taxpayers to save the institution from what amounted to bankruptcy. It will be noted that the commissioner, in his report, tells of cer- tain dividends paid in excess of the regular compensation. Those who , received the dividends have reason to exult and be glad with the com- missioner. They may be the last who ever will receive a dividend H from the state. Most of us pay assessment to the state in the form of taxes and if the compensation law pioves as unsatisfactory in Utah as it has proved in other states we shall be paying more taxes shortly. fl And yet the reformers are demanding that the state take over all the compensation business and establish an exclusive monopoly. In these days, when ideals of justice are held aloft for our wor-hip . we should not neglect to apply the piinciples of justice to our public business. If dividends can be paid in the early years of a state mon- opoly it is only just that those who receive the dividends should pay assessments when lean years come. Manifestly this is impossible, ' HHlHHIiHBMMMflJ M , for the lucky recipients will be scattered to the four winds or will not M f be able to repay even if they should remain within the state's juris- M j diction. If that be true, would it not be wise and just if the state, B instead of paying dividends, should use the money to amass a greater M surplus to provide for the future. It has been the experience of other M j states that the first years put the states under a much smaller liability V than the later years. The reasons are patent. Standing claims accu- M j mulate and big disasters in mines and factories are bound to occur. u One such disaster is sufficient to run the state's compensation argosy fi upon the rocks. If our memory does not fail us West Virginia was t compelled to reconstitute its entire system as the result of a few great j I catastrophes. V But this is not to argue against workingmen's compensation it- M i self. It is a recognized part of social justice. But we should not m maintain that because Workingmen's compensation is good state mon- ' opoly if the business is good. M The state should be interested solely in securing adequate cornel corn-el pensation for injured workers and it should make no difference to H the state whether a company carries its own insurance, places it with m a regular insurance company or accords it to the state. M State monopoly of workingmen's insurance is a German idea. In H Germany the state, founded as it was on military autocracy, saw with m alarm the growth of radical ideas and cast about for means of keeping H the workingmen satisfied with militarism. Various- methods were M adopted and among them workingmen's insurance. The ruling classes H realized that the worker must be kept comfortable in his servitude. m The German state had an ulterior motive. Compensation for the m workers was simply a sop. The safety of the autocratic state was m the object really aimed at and naturally that was a state business. M Those who point to foreign instituions as models for America are M discrediting the very spirit which has made Americans great in all M the world. By our individualism, personal initiative and energy we M have become a race whose achievements have not been paralleled for i1 magnitude in all history. We have just won a titanic war in a few m months because we relied on individual initiative,' energy and the M resolve to complete any task begun. H We are different from the rest of the world. Whatever our faults we have some qualities which are peculiar to ourselves and which we should not ignore in making our laws and establishing our H institutions. To say that government ownership is a, success in Ger- j many or France is not to demonstrate that it is desirable in this coun- M try. The very reverse might be true. Certanly the spirit of our M countrymen, the spirit "which has so mightily achieved, is all away H from' paralyzing state monopoly. H DOES PEACE MAKE YOU WEARY? WHEN the armistice was signed editors, managerial and literary, settled back in their chairs and wondered what could be so in- m teresting as war. They had been on the firing line more than five M years even though they seldom traveled ten miles from their sanc- K turns and they rediscovered the old secret that the human race likes m war. The editors, as well as their readers, being American idealists, B hoped for an early peace, and yet when the war ended they realized M that the curtain had rolled down coldly and forbiddingly on the most B fascinating of dramas. H The Marne had become just a river again where the sunshine and m the shadows frolicked as of old and where the little fishes streamed B away in soothing schools. H Romance had fled back to the shelter of novels. Peace had spread H its' lazy wings over the earth. The editors sighed and murmured with Omar: , ( , : ngKBlSBBlBi' H t "A loaf of bread, a jug of wine and thou M "Beside me singing in the wilderness m "Were pa ddise enow." M But neither the loaf of plain living, nor the wine of riotous living , could compensate for the thrills of warfare. 1 "It is well that war is so terrible, else we should all come to love Hj it," said General Robert E. Lee. M No one, except an incurable militarist, would admit that he loved l Hi war. But war is interesting. It is one of the most absorbing of the $$ things that interest mankind. -4 12 War allures, not because it deals in death, but because it brings J out and intensifies life. Or if the gamble with death has something $K of witchery in it to bind the souls of men, yet, on the whole, it is the wl struggle of life with life, of human soul with soul, that casts its sor- eery over us. j And when wars end we seek diversion according to our various jffl bents. The Berlinese go back to dancing. The poet goes back to his W, verse, the scholar to his books, the scientist to his germs, the as- M tronomer to his stars, the theologian to his God. The human soul cries m out to be interested. j That is why the editors swiveled uneasily in their chairs. How lM ' should they be able to interest the reader now that they could no ml longer dip their pens in the fires of war. Once more they must scribble n in deep black about industrial affairs, government ownership, taxes, m public improvements, good roads and bad roads, budgets, baseball, J tennis and perhaps occasionally a prize fight. It was a most discouraging prospect.. The world would stifle of -"&' ennui. 1-fli "The tumult and the shouting dies, "The captains and the kings depart " ' tH And when they depart the life assumes its prosaic tinge once IB more. rm But, if you will believe one editor, life is still interesting. The $j. mental state we have been describing is a disease or a temporary M dementia. The world, which has been seeing red, will see with normal m eyes once more. And then the jaundice will disappear. We shall find -M the old things attractive again the books, the plays, the sports aye, ijm even work. jM "Old thoughts, old hopes, old aspirations, 9 ''Outlive men's lives and lives of nations." m p "p p ? . jib A correspondent states that the king kept on hia hat in honor of JH President Wilson. Your Englishman certainly is an enthusiastic Ism creature. JB ,, "H In .Los Angeles they are trying to find the man who started H the town. And the starter remains silent. JHi JhH New York women say that Washington women are pretty, 'but H hot stylish. Washington women say that New York women are 19 stylish. jmm t P P ? ffll All the world is praising Americans just now. If we would pre- 1$M serve our reputations we should keep our jazz bands at home. mm The greatest voice of protest in the country is stilled by death. JIM Let us not forget that many of the ills he denounced still live. JUl 'MM When the League of Nations is formed Woodrow Wilson will -Wm mention himself favorably for the job of umpire. '$Bmi 'iMMi Emmett Dalton, the former bandit, is trying to picturize the ad- Hj ventures of the Dalton gang. We foresee failure. A real bandit neverjgft was one-tenth as interesting as the stage or dime novel bandit. - fH Henry Ford admits Jihat his favorite instrument is a cash register. IfgH 3JI 3JC 5C 5JC 4 ifi&KW j It is said that McAdoo has quit his job as government controller J&4 of the railroads so as to gain contj ol of the government. TPl rHi Following an official investigation eggs dropped in Chicago. H However, it is not always safe to drop eggs. H |