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Show Uncle Ted's Bedtime Stories PAID I.N Wl.li "Chlldten." said Uncle Ted, "now that )ou lime started another school year I wnt to tell you about something some-thing that may be bt ought up In somo of your classes. Do you know .what tho United States will recele for Its shaio in winning the war with Germany?" "I don't know for sine," spoke up Jack, "but jesterday one of the bos said other countttes' that sent soldiers sol-diers to fight (Jet tunny will get lots of land and money ftom Get many." "Well, you see It Is this way," continued Undo Ted. "After tho wnr over each one of the countries that had been fighting Get many sent some of their big men to Pails where for several months they met, talked nnd decided what cwcli coiintty should get It was decided thnt little Belgium should bo completely restored by Get many and also that Germany should pay back nit tho money thnt Belgium had to borrow from other countries during tho wnr. Oieat Bil- resentntlvos, will receive more, land, England, Japan, China and others will have a lot more than they had before the war, either In land or money. Now while the United States did not enter the war Just becuUBe we wnnted more land we alt thought that when tho final arrangement had been made wo might get something to repay part of our losses and the money we spent. We went to tho rescue of France and England at a time In the war when It looked very much like Germany might win. Our wholo Idea was to help to tho limit nnd bring the war to an end as quickly quick-ly as possible." "Doesn't tho United States States get anything," asked Ruthe, "after all our soldiers did?" "I'm coming to that In a minute," wns Uncle Teds reply. "When the men from the several countries went to Pntls, President Wilson, us ou knov, sent himself to represent the United Slates. He hud one Idea and that was to get nil the other men to help him form the world club or league of nations. From that time until today, when ho Is again nwuy ftom his wotk In Wasbintgon trying to get the people to believe in this club, ho hns spent neatly eeiy bout or his time on this mnttcr and saying ho believes It more Impottnnt than out own government. TIiIh meant thnt in Paris, ho had little time to help thu United tSatcs get something to mulco up lit part for tho money tho peoplo had to raise by taxes and bonds, and until ho talked with the big Senators tho other day at tho .ito Houso wo dldnt know what the United States wns (o get. At that meeting In a teply to a question, thu President said thut tho United States may get an island called 'Yap' and admitted thnt he had never heatd of It befote." "Whero Is this Island?" asked Jack. ' ""It Is located In the Pacific ocean south of Japan and about 800 miles east of the southern pait of the Philippine Phil-ippine Islands. It Is such a small island that It looks like a pin point on tho map. It belonged to Germany boforo tho war nnd about tho only thing tho Untied Slates can do with It Is to locate a wireless station theie. But heie Is tho important part of this matter thai I want to explain to ou. Many peoplo In this countt believe Hint we should have made Gormnny give enough either In money mon-ey or land to pay for tho sinking of tho Lusltnnla when hundreds of Americans Am-ericans wero drowned. If tho gift or tho Island of Ynp Is supposed to pay us for tho loss of Amorican lives on board the Lusltnnla It Is nothing but an Insult.' "What kind of peoplo aro there on this Island?" nsked Jack. "That Is tho bad part of it Jack" answered Undo Ted. "Tho Island Is very old and tho peoplo lead a llfo something llko tho llfo which tho Bolshevists In Russia aro living. The children belong to everybody Inatead of onglng to Mien own fn'lur and moi'.r like ou and Ruth Instead of nni-j like our- then mom ts made -if stone nnd sometime um-piece um-piece of It will weigh tunny hundieds of pounds.. Mart led nnd unmatrledl men belong to clubs where the women wo-men are not allowed to go nnd w bete I (the pei son who runs the club Is a. woman known ns "the queen of the club The food, ill Ink nnd clothes or these people all grow on iiees. Tho men wear strings of pink hIicIIh around ar-ound theli necks which nto loaned f t oni ono to nnother, and flowers In little holes In their ears. Cuffs made of rhells are nlso worn. The women who llvo on this Island wear a dress made of leases or fiber, nnd Instead of a oil such ns Is worn by the women wo-men of Tut key, they must weai n tln cord of flbet about theli necks nil the time." ' Tncle Ted," said Jack, "I don't think that It Is right to treat our country this way. If wo were, not to get any laud or money from the war (hen to glvo us this Island looks lo me If Just llko making fun of us." ' That Is Just the point .luck." was Uncle Ted's quick teply. "It would be belter to havo a clear recoid from this wnt so far as getting land Is concerned thnn to have to take such n piece of land as the Island of Yap, especially If It Is supposed to pay for the loss of Ametlcan lies on lite T HntlAHln It iunmiuiu. "Who does Yap belong to now?"i asked Jack with a frown. I "It belonged to Germany beforo the war but It was captured by Australian Aus-tralian .troops In 191s," was Undo Ted's answer. I "Let theufkecp It then," said Jack. i "If tho president couldn't look after the United States better than that tit Paris, then I think wo ought lo all bo too proud to accept It." |