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CROWS AND BLUE JAYS To Follow Your Own Idea Is Is to Be '* Pro-German"

H U M A N intercourse as we know it, would obviously be impossible without the u>e of' words. T o revert to the emotional, indicatory noises )i the jungle or even the dramatic sign languages of the Plains In-dian-, would be a tragedy. And vet these primitive means of in-tercourse and conveying mean-ing- had a directness effective and unmistakable. They lacked the subtlety of language but they also lacked its sophistry. When the sentinel crow sends out his shrill and rapid caws, the flock is off. 11 you are a hunter your chances are unmitigated zero. I remember once in the Adiron-dack's, working: into painful posi-tion to shoot a squirrel, and when '• ready seeing its bushv tail stuei

m n»v victor's hat. being .startle 1 '>. -he -udden scream of a hlue-,;. wSiiCai was even more erfec-»ve on Mr. Squirrel than u was

i n inc. Xow these toetho^ are all fhl for animal intelligence.

, u'v usually work for rife safety those concerned, out the old

r "\v will not distmemsh between ; ru :md a c ine. He iust caws

n sight. Tha t ' s what a large - ".her of men are doing now in

is country. Just cawing on lit or hearing of anvone who

•'< esn't agree with them in every inute particular as to America's

V1 or her best procedure in this " f his coun-try in war." lLa FoDctftt, 11i 1 ?-quit, thousands of ot ers. a»e g»»-ing counter to the ' i l l of the-r country in war." Hard the*!

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A formula is merely a symbol ot convenience and its application must be scrupulously examined. Stevenson realized this and wro;e humorously oi it ifl hi- "Truth of Intercourse." pointing out the difficulty,.even under the mos? propitious circumstances, of mak-ing people understand what we mean and feel by the .use o ' word*. He felt keenly the limita-tions of the ntost common terms of endeaouenl md aflFectioa In his hrilliaut book, "The Use of Words in i^eascfung," Alf rc! Sodjgyick has elaborated tlits thougln In Ins usual lucid and cogent, way, , And these tw» critic- arc com-uderiug the time" o i peaceful human endeavor. when men sSl down and tak:» thougld together and trv to twi-

calls attention to K innymede, where Englishmen ioufhl vvilh the French again>t the Engiisii king and got Magna Charta for their treason. l i e c .es Robert E. Lee in the civil vtar; and Loo? }i t t , the Karl of Effingham and o;he;> who resiy. -d George the Third during the American Revolution. He reminds us of Karl Liebkneclu who »n effect demands the defeat o l tlie Im-perial German governi ent. He's a hero in thif countn a traitor in Germany. Hard t en shows that anv one who may »e again c t a majority in time of war, may ho called a traitor as 1 that c-htstory indicate-, and his U the c m \ , giving a man t!i - ! an war time, proves noil nq bis me.-its a; all. And

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est pc»litical shift may change the traitor to tlie saviour of si«cie'\. Tliere is nothing intrinsic in such a word. * *

W H A T A B O U T T H E FOR-M U L A 1 'RO-CRRMAX? I make no plea fur its abolishment. 1 hat is n.either wise nor neCcs sary. BUI I do want 16 (n>mt out what the crow or ihe blue-jay or any omer jav does and may do with it. He bawls it our instead of applying it quietly but effectively, with accuracy and reluctance. His perceptions are avian and the flimsiest simula-crum on crossed sticks will send him unto a frantic frenzy. Cul-pable and guiltless, designing and innocent, friend and angel all evoke his clamorous squawk. A vast and righteous resentment is being aroused. And the" very object of consolidated and con-secrated pur|K>se, is being de-feated.

There are two obvious classes of pro-Cennan. First , those who want a military victorv for rhe Imperial German government, for whatever reason. Main- of these persons probaMv cannot help feeling as they do. Having^ an overmastering sentinunt for their Fatherland they forego rea-son and cling preciously to their own blood. Others may be im-bued with the docirine of biologi-cal survival: i. e.. that might de -termines right, as Vernon Kel-logg pointed out a*rer Mb visits and conversations at Von pus-sing's headquarters. Then there are undoubtedly a few agents ;"" sons who have wounds too deep to !>e eradicated bv a mere acci-dental juxtaposition of nations in a worldwide lining up. such as we have in this present war. The people in this class, if their feel-ing actuate them to work against an old foe that is in trouble, are in this sense pro-Germar. These are once removed, or Pro-Ger-mans by marriage. Knowing:, humane largeness of mind ought to help in considering these scarred ones, who are onlv so human after all. And it might be borne in mind that mane of them have l>een too honorable !** ktck the foe when lie is down.

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T H E S E T W O C L A S S E S , it seems to me, demarc tlie rational limits of pro-German it v. But acting under tlie whelming mo-tivation of war, carried away be-> ond reason, people in this conn try are applying the label to a third class. Those who on ac-count of ideas or ideals they hold more dear than anything else in life, are not in entire accord with everything that the allies avow and each thing that they do. For three years these people were thought 1 id spectators of t!»e 'FA*.ro; can war.

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from fh&ons full let beakers brim To make the heart leap lighter;

rAnd any eye that erst was dim Shall bolder grow and brighter!

While gentle jest the ezening £ffi With fellowship's rare feeling,

In ruddy deeps zve'll drown the 0 b That dare a rash re: eating!

With festal song the rafters ring, And Yuletide toasts come after,

When from our Hps the tokens j / » t«e As light as lovers' laughter.

We'll drink to all things fair and tine A glass to the girls who love us!

We'll pledge in wine to eyes that shine Like the quenchless stars above us!

Tor once, while troubles disappear, We'll clasp the hand of Folly,

i mind clam her as a comrade here To make the hour more jolly;

* We'll pledge the future without fear. And drain beneath the holly

'A health to all of goodly cheer fAnd "death to melancholy"!

Like molten rubies, through our veins The blood is swiftly floi^ng—

It fires our hearts, inspires our brains, And sets our cheeks to glowing.

Let ei/ry lad drink deep tonight To the joy that goes with giving,

^ind brim a bowl with red delight

And send care to the- dezii! Its blessed blood the taliant : i«r

Pours freely for our pleasure, So pledge in trine to thine and mine

And quaff the fullest measure!

A bumper to the friends we've met. And those from whom we've partoi:

A farexcell drop to all regret That makes a man dazenhearted!

A hail unto the coming year, A godspeed to' the dying:

A LEMON TREE

By W A L T E R H U R

One round to ail the heart holds dec — And truce to sounds of sighing!

What boots it if the zvinds blow cold'— We care not for the weather

When lintage.old makes ru4/i heart K d And all are friends together.

Within, both hearth and hearts are avr»'f. Though outside stiKiilakcs flurry—

This toast, then, smiling at the storm. "To hell with ev>v worryf

Our sptrtts notv are tery itght, Though pocketbooks are lighter,

For, wliile full bright our Ikes tonight. The Future's hope is brighter.

We'll dro^vn all thoughts of death and d And mannerless collectors,

Relinquish all our old regrets And dream we dine at Rector's.

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Then quaff to all the tips weve kissed, To those that -wouldn't let us;

Xor breathe a si^h for ioys we've mis*rd Anr crier's that once beset us.

A truce to tears and al! sad things The wh'dc we hold our wassail.

And mellow wine to Mem'r\ brings Sweet s+*r*3 from Fancy's castle.

To Face has, ^oiious god of wtnc, We'll empty this late chalice.

Then Nace the cuP upon his shrine And pass from out his palace.

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