Why should Secretary of War Baker appoint a court of army officers to investigate the many charges made against the Y. M. C. A. when she can tell (and has already told), without having any of the evidence or any of the facts or hearing any testimony, that the Y. M. C. A. is perfect, none of its members have done or could do wrong and that the only witnesses against it are "slackers" and "yellow journalists?"
Moscow has a splendid chance to gain nationwide (yes, international) fame. Let the chamber of commerce notify Secretary Baker that it is useless to hold this investigation which will cost a great sum; that it will not be necessary to bring witnesses from Europe or elsewhere to testify, for Moscow has a young "phenom" who, without having heard a word of the evidence can render a verdict and "tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth" about the matter under investigation.
Will Moscow overlook this opportunity to gain worldwide fame and honor? We hope not, for it is given to few communities to have "A Daniel is come to judgment."
THE END OF AN EVENTFUL YEAR.
Tomorrow will be the beginning of a new year. Probably the most eventful year in the world's history ends at midnight. It has been the most disastrous year to civilization that the world has even known, but its ending finds the great war over and civilization and justice are winners.
-The year has been eventful in Moscow as well as throughout the world. 