DEAR ENEMY

"My re-election pledge is a sacred thing to me," writes the Mayor of Chicago, referring to that resolution to defend the youth of Chicago from the propaganda of King George which helped Mr. Thompson to win his present exalted position. It is satisfying to see that he is fully as good as his word, if not better. He is not satisfied with attacking the superintendent of schools, who seems to be practically a member of the British Secret Service but he has appointed Mr. U. J. Hermann, a well known sportsman, to search every history book in the public library for traces of the "British taint", or in brief, to go gunning for the British lion.

Mr. Herman will be assisted by the librarian. Mr. Carl R. Roden, who will act as a sort of gun-bearer. Mr. Roden was appointed after the previous librarian had been discharged through the efforts of Judge Frederick Bausman. Judge Bausman recently contributed an anti-British article to the American Mercury, which is edited by Mr. Henry L. Mencken. Every loyal supporter of Mayor Thompson wishes that these gentlemen will have a happy and successful lion hunt. It would be poor sportsmanship to wish anything else, or to point out that not only the Revolutionary War, but all succeeding ones, are now concluded by treaties of peace.