Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 13, 1918, Image 1

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mggBBBBSgs^mss^ssss========^?^===========^^===^S^^m^mmJKjl^l9mmni inn?r.r ? T ?"' '' ? YORKVILLEJENQUIRER. MSTOP 8KB#-WKWWT.T. i t justs soss Pabii.htri ; % ^amilg Bttrspapfr: Jfor thi promotion of the political, S&jritultural and Commtrdn! Jnttrtsis of the $fopI|. j SINflLE COPT, PIVK CENT*. ESTABLISHED 1853 YOIrkTS. C. T^ES^AY, AUGUST 13 . 19T~8. ~ No77i.-> THE PASSING OF T Mr. Lloyd George Reviews t Dal GERMAN HOPE OF VICTO Dritish Prime Minister Tells the Dark Days of the Re( Bright Outlook?Says A Dig as the German Ann) Ijondon, Auk. "*!<>' the. most brilliant counter .stroke in the annals i?l the war. Marshal tleneral Koch has lriven the enemy Iwk, and he would he a .sanguine man on the (lerinan K* neral .staff who would now predict that 'ieriiiany can obtain a military vietory this year. I do not wish to K'i Is.vote I that." declared I'rime Minister l.loyd (i*'ori;i' in an extended ivview of the whole war situation today in the- house of common*, which tomorrow will take a recess until < M toher 15. Strong Force* in Reserve. "It is too early to say tin- <icrinall effort has been txnaiunu u? matin si*.ill lifiv** |*?\v?-rt til fort'fH in rcwm-, l>ul it is not too early to say that tlit* chains- thc> hail on March -'1 will not ugaltn present itself. a "I'ntll the Allies are defeated at W sea Herman > can never triumph. "The (ierinan |*-oph- and Germany's allies an* beginning to lie disillusioned. In March tiennany was promising Ki'e.it things and the |s-aee tentatives from her allies were withdrawn. Itut the promise failed, and the 4S?-rnian harvest was short, although militarily tile < acrtliuiis Wel'e then at tile height of their |s?wer. War Makers Still in Evidence. "Kvery one wants jsace, hut it must Is- a |s-ace that is just and durable, one with power lieltind It. I helievi- in a league of nations hut Its success df|M-mls upon the coil- ' litions in which it is set up. The ' iieople who made tills war are still in .1 evidence and we cannot have |s-ucc as long as they are predominant in 1 the councils of the enemy. It would 1 he useless to attempt to negotiate I fence with the Herman sword clanking fill the council t.-tlile. 150 U- Boats Destroyed. ( "The Hermans attempted their land offensive hecause the Sllhlliaritie of- ( fenaive had tailed IfiU Herman submarines have been destroyed, more | than hall of them in the last year. . "At llrst the Herman offensive against the Kritisli caused many anx- , lous moments ami the losses were coilshlerable in men ami material. Hut in i a month, before the battle was over. ^ wa wvn sent across wo channel to take the places of those t lost, and In six weeks the Hermans . Were hurled l>aek and fought to a ( standstill. "The American army will soon he ^ not far short of tie Herman army Itself. During the month of July ( ItO.'i.OOt) American troops were brought ( over, is.">,uifu of them in British ships. For the piiriMise of trun:'|mriiii.; American troops we have none with- ( out essential cargoes. ^ "fXerylMHlj knows how gallantly j the Americans fought. They fought with a trained skill that no one ( had a rIf;lit to eX|HOt. Their olllcers . showed a skilled know ledge III t lamanagement of the men under try- t ing conditions which one could hard- , Is expect from men who had not had ( a year's ex|NTleiic?* in war." I Premier l.loyd Ueorge rehited at ( much length the splendid achieve- ( nieiits of the British navy, saying: "I do not think many persons rea- , li/.e that if the Allies were defeated j on tin' water the war would l>e over." | British Navy Record. , "When tin- war began the Itritish ( navy, then the largest in the world, ( represented a tonnage of two and a , half millions. Now. including the auxiliary lleet. it is -lyclit millions. ( Were It not for this increase the seas might l>e liarivd for the com- . merce of the world. Kver.v trade route of the world is |>atrolled by its | ships." , Mr. l.loyd ticorgo then referred to , tlie other activities of the navy, such . ns convoying. patrolling, mine laying, j mine sweeping and the chasing of f suhmnrines. , ?1..,. I...... h? eontiniled. ftpuruaii ?u>? ... - "Krltliih nuvnl ships steamed 8.000.000 mlU's. To this must l?o added the efforts of the mercantile marine, which is now a brunch of the British navy and whose men face the same dangers. carrying for the Allies as well as for themselves most of the AmorWan troops that have so valiantly acquitted themselves in recent combats. "I wonder how many js-ople understand the number of men required to man and maintain the Itritlsh navy and mercantile marine. There are at least 1.500.000. probably S00.000 or 900.| 000 of whom are of military axe. " There was an attempt to comb out some of these men. but it was found Impossible, for to do so would be letting down the British fleet and to let down the British fleet is to let down the Allies. What Sea Superiority Means. "I wish to point out the necessity of not impairing in the slightest degree the efficiency, strength and growth of the British navy and mercantile marine. Paring th-- past two years Germany has made two distinct attempts to force a decision?one on the p land sr.d one on the sea. The land t offensive might ha?v ' en disastrous y but tit* sea offensive, if i. had sue- t ?...? I,..,.., flnnl If the I I'lTUlU, rvu.u ?- - , submarine had succeeded our armies j in France would have withered away. No Americans could have come over * to nssist us and the French troops. ^ Ammunition could not have been } shipped and we could not have sent i the necessary coal and materials to > enable France and Italy to manu- ? facture munitions. ^ "If France, Italy and Great Britain i were threatened with starvation the I war would have been over before this < stage had been reached. "1 do not wish to minimize in the t least the great assistance rendered i p by the American. French. Italian and s Japanese fleets, but the British fleet t is so incomparably greater and its < operations are on a scale of such I greater magnitude that I must digress t especially upon this point. Its lm- I HE DOUBT CLOUDS he History of the War t< te. (RY IS VANISHING FAS1 the House of Commons o: ;ent Past, and of the Presem merican Army Will Soon b< r, and No Less Efficient. { urtunce ami the ImmenMity of it < fforts In the war should he realized. U. S. Naval Mission Impressed. "The American naval mission which came over recently, saw i j,-reat deal of the effort of the Hritlsl navy and was immensely struck witl the vastness of the work which Is be inK done. It was especially anxiout that ste|*< be taken to make known not only here, but In America, tin intrantic char.icter of the task we an doing. "I'nless the Allies ha?l been com pbtelv triumphant at sea from thi outset of the war no effort on th< land could have .saved them. Thi British fleet hiw Ixnn mainly respon siblc for that complete triumph which could not have' been securei and maintained without gigantic of forts In men and material. Any dis triliution of resources which wouh impair in the least the effort wouh lie ruinous to the forces of the Al lies. Empire Force 7,500.000. "I would like to jioint out, in dealing with the army and Its growth that the maintenance of the navy ant tlfe mercantile marine Is the firs charge on the resources of the coun try. Our military elTort has heen sub)ect to the demands of those obligations tin our rusourees in men ant material, yet since August, 1914. Including those already with the colors Ureal Itritain alone has raised for thi army and the navy. C.250,000 men, foi the most j?rt voluntarily. The Dominions eontrihuted 1,000,000 and India 1,250,000. "If America were to call to th? colors the same number of men a: Ureal Itritain, in proportion to isipulation. it wouhl mean nearly 15,000,1)00 men. "On the western front, after thi enemy had been relieved of till apprehension on the eastern front because of the Itrest-ldtovsk |icacc, tin Hermans brought all their best dlvitions against us and our allies Therefore, when the (ierman oftendve lu-gan March 21 the Allies wen confronted by the flower of the tierman army, who had rested and mad< preparations s|iecially for the great idow while the French and the British were tln-d by the prolonged offensive on our part under the most >xhuu?ting condlUona. - ^ Dne U. S. Division In Line March 21 "Considerable American forces had Keen expected to reach the battlermnt by spring, but its a matter ol fact on March 21, there was only oiu American division in tire line, although there were three or four divisions behind the line which wen nought up after the attack began. "The weather conditions were tht nost favorable that the enemy coubl lave chosen. Our united command ivas not yet an accomplishetl fact, ir spite of sill endeavors to achieve it ind each general was mainly concerned over the tierils t?f his own 'rout so tlisit when the blow came he reserves of the Allies' armies went lot available to meet it where It fell "Those were the conditions nnslei \hich the long-prepored ami careally tilanned blow of the picked roo|>s of Germany fell ii|>on the Brltsti army. The enemy's object was tc iblain a military decision this year iefore the American army could com* ip. Ilrst of all by severing the two irmicM and then attacking the sepault'il French and Hritish forces. "We must understand tile enemj Ian in order to realize what th< Ailor of the ltritish army achieved f tlm two objects had been obtained In- American forces could not haw irrlved in time to save the French irmy. That was the German calcuat Ion. I.et us not forget in the light >f what happened afterward that it ,vas not such an Impossible effort. "How did the German plans prosier? There had been four and a hall nonths of such fighting as never beore was seen on the face of the rlot?e. What happened? At first he German army achieved consid rable success and we had anxlouf Momenta?very anxious moments Those who knew most about the situitton were the most anxious. Our osses were considerable in men. in Material and also In prisoners. "The second German blow might *ery well have overwhelmed the Brltsh army, but before the battle was >ver. In a fortnight's time. 260.00T nen were thrown across the channel ind. in a month's time., 355.000. Every run lost had been put back and every nachine gun replaced. Not merely lad the deficiency been supplied, but he number had been Increased. "At this moment there are more Machine guns with the army ir 'runce than ever before. It was the irst German miscalculation. They -alculated that we could not do it. Strategy of Presa. "We owe a debt of gratitude to a lection of the press for misleading he enemy. They led the Germans tc >elieve that we hadn't even been able o make up the deficiency, and the lermans made their plans accordngly. v-u u ?>??? >*! In t he I ney nil nrir, ? ?*.. ..?% ... .... touth. In the centre and in the north where they thought- they were destroying the British army with tothing behind It. In six weeks they were hurled hack and forced to stand still by the British army. They were lefeated in two of the most sanguiniry battles of the war. They were eft unhealthy salients under the Are >f our guns and with an extended line, "Their purpose was to overwhelm he British army. They declared It rnd they announced it in their inipired press, but on the 1st of May hey left us to go south to make an>ther attack, for it could not be done n the north. It was one of the finest hings in tenacious v&lor in the whole listory of the British empire. Lad* Under 19 Helped Save Day. "Only a great emergency could hav justified the sending of lads of 1 and a half years, with only a fe< ) months training, to France. Whei they arrived there they went straigh to the front, and as soon as they wer there they had to face the veteran L and the victorious troops of the one my. Hut no veterans ever fough ? with greater steadfastness than thes . lads who helped to save the cause o ^ the Allies from disaster. J After the enemy's experience ii that six weeks of lighting, althougl we know what the plan was, the Brit s ish army was not attacked for thre or four months. The Germans ma come again, but that will be becaus i, they have failed elsewhere, i "I wish to give warm recognition t i the assistance that the French gav i in these operations. After May 1. th - Germans turned off ami attacked th s French. i, "In analyzing the elements of th l> Allied success, stress should be placei [ on the rapidity with which the Brit ish made good their losses and th - rapidity in which the American troop [ were brought over. These two matter p were essential parts of the Germai p miscalculations. "Another vlcment of sucrvxH wa i, the united command, which wa 1 achieved only after a long struggle There is no generalissim in tin- stric - sense of the word. What has heei I achieved was a unity of strategi I command, which has answered ever: - purpose, as the Hermans know to thei cost. Masterly Handling of Reserves. "From the moment Marshal Foci achieved strategic command the for 1 tunes of the Allied armies were re l stored. There have been mishaps bu the masterly handling of the reserve: has baffled the Hermans' effort am ended in their retreat from the Marat "America already has a powerful large and victorious army in l-'ranct the equal of the best troops. It i: growing every day and there will In no break in the increase of that arm; until America lias an army not fa short, if at all inferior in numbers to the Herman army itself. "Uermnny never again can main tain the same number of division: that she had. She now is begging fo Austrian support. Militarily, thi Hermans have passed the height o their power. Russia Has Become Clog. "Itussia, moreover, litis become t clog to the feet of Hermany. The idet that Hi vat Britain is acting hostility toward the democratic government o Itussia has nothing in common witl fact. It Is always our policy- to dea with de facto governments, but it i! impossible to decide or ascertain frou I tiny to day what the government is o . a single village in the vast territor; of Russia, t "We have not the slightest desire t< , and certainly no Intention of lmposI Ing on them any particular form o: government. Rut when we see Herr many using her authority over largi . tracts of Russia and exploiting their to the detriment of the Allies am . against the will of the people them. selves, we feel at any rate that tin Russian people ought to be free ti decide for themselves. I "The Russian people resented thi 1 interference of Hermany, and the) i are more and more seeking Alliei help. We will not hesitate to givi . it to them wherever possible, i "The t'zeeho-Slovak movement is t > remarkable one. The only desire oi the Czccho-Slovaks is to leave Rus. sia and come west to tight for thi Allies. They desire to take no pari iar Russian |>olitics. All they wish h I to get away, and they have usked us for shi|>s. We have arranged to di i the best we can for them, but we an . not exploiting this Czeclio-Slovaf > business to Interfere in internal Rusi sian affairs. Bolshevik! Alone to Blame. "We took ships from wry imi>or tant essential worn eisewHere 111 or der to son<1 them to Vladivostok foi . the purpose of the Czecho-Slovaks , Acting undoubtedly under (icnnnr duress, the Bolsheviki government rei fused to allow them to get through tc Archangel and Vladivostok. If th? Czecho-Slovaks now are the centre oi ; activities hostile to the Bolsheviki, th? hitter have only themselves to t>lam< and nobody else. The Czecho-Slovaks ? are anxious to get away and it is impossible to blame them for getting asi sistance wherever they can. "We are told that Siberia is Bolshevikl, but if so why did not Silieria supi i>ort the Bolshevik! government? Thej . could not get sufficient men to forir a decent sized army and had to era ploy German and Austrian prisoner: t in order to attack the Czecho-Slovak forces to prevent them from getting through to Vladivostok. To Juitify Wilson's Course, i "I wish to make this clear because I there has been criticism of the actior I of the president of the United State: for the decision he has taken, in con junction with the Japanese, to send 'forces to Vladivostok to rescue th< Czecho-Slovaks from a plight due tc the organization of German prisoners ? of war into a force to intercept and i capture them. "In regard to the question ol peace, the attitude of those person: in every country who consider anj effort toward peace as dishonorable . and treasonable ought to be stead: fastly discouraged. But I do not re ? jjard the present moment as one lr which an honorable peace Is possible We went to war because the Brit 1st people saw that something fundamental to human happiness and hu man progress had been put in Jeopi ardy by the military power of Germany. That something will remair i In jeopardy as long: as the Germar military caste is in power. I "There are three events which > prove that the German military cast* still holds sway. First was tht Brest-Litovsk peace treaty by which the German high command swept . aside von Hertllng, von Kuehltnan and i Czerntn and imposed a drastic and t humiliating peace on Russia. Second there was the humiliating and en> slaving peace Imposed on Roumania Third, there was the sweeping from > office of von Kuehltnan after hit t relchstag speech. When Peace Will Coma "I am a believer in a league of na tions, hut its success must depend <>n e the conditions under which it is set R up. v "The people who made this war still n are there in Germany and they canit not have peace as long as they prce dominate in the councils of the s enemy. When we have demonstrated - to the enemy that there will he a t power behind a league of nations to e enforce its decrees, peace will come if hut not any sooner." n THE COAT ON OUR BACKS h Mutt Give Everything if it Shall be e Necettary. .. "The United States must prepare for deprivations," is the warning of Barnard Buruch, chairman of the war in0 dustries hoard, find closer in touch e with the effect the war program will have on industry than any other man t, in the country. "Up to this time no man or woman has lacked for anything because of j war conditions," he conttnued. It will l?e otherwise in the future. t. "Just what tho new war program is _ to lie we are not yet sure, nut it inH volves a tremendous expansion over anything we have considered up to this time. ? "The increased size of the army s means a shortage of production. Mil, lions of men will he taken from pfOn t ductivc activities Into the army. Their ? places cannot all be filled with?kifle? c workers and there must be ^'peris y during which the industrial subetitufcr r are learning their duties and acquiring skill. "Then the demands of the military establishment for supplies are increasing even faster than its personnel. No one has any idea of the increased t demand for military supplies unless he can check upon the flow j of requisitions and estimates from the government through this department. And the problem is not alone one of ' fuel and steel, for ordnance and ships: ' it includes clothing, shoes, foodstuffs, everything that man is accustomed to utilize for his comforts of living. \ "Civilian requirements and the nonessential industries must yield to the ' needs of military establishment. There is but one Important thing before us: To win the war. "I should not hesitate to take anything anyone might have for his own (. advantage, if the taking would benetlt the whole of society and help win the war. Every man's life is at the call of the nation, and so must be every man's property. 1 "We are living today in a highly or 1 1 ?*- a/wtinlinm Thn OtfltA IgaiUit'U OUllU Ui OWiUiioua. A ?v w... Is all: the Individual is of importance only as he contributes to the welfare of the state. Hie property is his only us the state does not need it. Ho must not hold his life and his possessions at the call of the state" LETTER8 TO PRISONERS . " M Croil ' ifffr how 11 xiifcjn " Americans in Germany. In response to numerous inquiries which are daily reaching tho Red Cross, both at national and division headquarters, regarding the regulations for sending money and letters to Allied prisoners of war in Germany and Austria, the bureau of prisoners' relief has issued tho following instructions: ' For sending money: Send the bu' reau of prisoners' relief, American Red Cross, Washington, D. C. check or money order made payment to the American Red Cross, with a short let1 ter stating what shall be done with the money?to be transmitted to prisoners as cash in the form of camp currency, or to be used to purchase food, clothing and supplies through one of tho foreign relief societies, according to the directions of the sender. The size of clothing and number of shoes should be stated. Write plainly the full name, nationality, rank and prison camp of the prisoner. To avoid unnecessary delay and correspondence, Bend the postal card or envelope received from the prisoner showing his latest prison camp address- It will bo returned If requested. Write plainly your own name and address as sender. This information is given to the society In Burope to be sent by it to the prisoner f with the relief. It Is usual to send amounts monthly as follows: For privates, from |5 and not exceeding $25; for officers, from 1 - -? ? 11 # C A T. 14 ait. 10 ujm not cauccuius ?uv, IV ? ??vlsable that food instead of money be sent to prisoners of war. While it is not possible to send money or packages direct from this country to Allied prisoners, the desired result may be accomplished by following the instructions given above. The American Red Cross assumes no responsibility in attending to these matters. No letter should be sent to the ' American Ked Cross to be forwarded. Letters should not be longer than two pages and should be written on one side of the paper, inclosed in an 1 envelope as follows: On the front of the envelope should ' be written the full name of the prisoner and the address of the camp where he kscontinc-d. In the upper right hand ' corner, where on an envelope contaln' ing an ordinary letter, the stamp would be placed, should be written ^ "Prisoner of War Mall. No Postage, via New York." On back of envelope. ' should be written name and address of sender. The letter unstamped and unsealed, should be placed in any postoffice or mail box. N*o reference should be made to the war or to any government matters in such letters. T li?? Mim# tn (tin Attention of the 1 Red Cross that th*? Italian prisoners In Austria are very badly In need of extra food and clothing to be sent thom by tholr relatives and friends. Vincent H. Huck, charged with se> dltious utterances, was found guilty in the Davidson county. Tenn.. crim1 inal court last Thursday, and given a s fine of $500 and six months In the ! work house. He was charged with ' aaying the United States was fighting t to save the British government and I with referring to a bill head as "yel1 low, just like your friend Wilson." British mercantile tonnage at the - outbreak of the war amounted to 1S. 500,000 tons gross and the figure at i the present time Is 15,000,000 tons ? cross. Sir Lea Leo George Chiossa Money, parliamentary secretary to the ministry, announced to the house of commons last week.. s, I HEARTS OF GOLD ) Upers Always Stand by tbe Uil- J g form. IH COIUDE ALLOWED TO SUFFEi ' I V * > T*o Touching Little Incidents Which Werve to Show That No Matter ^low Rough He May Appear, the t Soldier Always Feels for Others. c 49 (Passed by the Censor.) t OwmpoDdence of The Yorkvllle Enquirer. i fCamp Sevier, Aug. 7.?Speaking of ' standing by one's fric nds. the principle 1 la strong among soldiers and it is de a v^loped tarly. T!.ai politician whose 1 TMifl I n-.vt itt that "F Si Hid Ii\ I?!V ? ffionti.!," is a piker In that respect as r (piiiparcil with the way soM'e-s sl-ck '-#?;,,hcr, DUi there Is no do ii:t of D.e 1 Cpct that the aforetsaid politician s certainly sticks to his friends. Let a ' soldier get in an argument "Hh one 0 who is uot a soldier and if there are c a^iy other soldiers in the vicinity he'll ' l^e backed to the limit. Let him get M it any kind of trouble and he's go> t> scores of sympathizers among his fel- " low soldiers. Let him be in need of assistance. Hnanclul or otherwise, anil ' Jpldiers will go to the rescue at once. 11 There Is, or was, a soldier at Camp ftvier whom I'll call Donle. ills home " in the middle west and like every 11 her fellow whom I've run across 1 Aim that section of the country, he a mighty likable kind of chap?big 1 nrted-and kindly, always wearing a 1 llle and glad he's enlisted in the " iffht. Iiut like a good many other ' soldiers I know he was inclined to lie U Just a little wild at times. He liked to hear the music of the "Ivories" v along about pay day. He liked to hire '' a big automobile and turn on the cut P out and hear her go "a-chug, chug," at forty or so while he reared back in the back sent nnd pulled on a fifteen cent cigar which really isn't worth luit Ave. ^ This fellow of whom I relate had a position in this army which had to do with the lumdling of a little of Uncle s Sani's money. The shaking of the n "ivories" Is frowned down on by the a inllitnry authorities, hut boys will be I (l?o>m. and occasionally a little game is staged somewhere along alsiut pay b night, the players taking a chance on 11 .retting jugged for their fun. Don't a get the idea that there Is any great e amount of gambling at Sevier or any ' other camp, because there Isn't. You tl know how it Is. The sale of liquor, ' for Instance, is prohibited In Green- ti ville nnd Charleston nnd Yorkvllle and r other South Carolina towns. Yet one u who knows can buy liquor In any of a those towns. . 11 Well, Donle sat in a big game one v night with a big bunch of kindred 11 Nothing but deuats and trays ? say that you lone on those figures. '< Donie lost his roll In short order. He h dkln't wnnt to quit. They never do when they're losing. He thought of o that government money In his care and he couldn't see any reason why It M wouldn't he all right to borrow a little >' of it from himself as custodian, giving himself his note or something like 1' that. He did it and another fifty or so went to the fellows whom luck was 8' with. Some time during the night that 11 Uttle game was broken up by one who had authority, and Donie with the 11 rest of 'em was haled up for an explanation. It came out that he hail I' lost some of Uncle Sam's money along with his own. There was the 1 deuce to play. Some of the fellows who were in the c party with him and had gotten hold of the lucre and some of the fellows who n never play but who never go back on a soldier friend, got their heads together. Without consulting Donie or ll anybody else, they started In his eoml>any to raise enough money to make l| good his shortage. They raised it, too, in quarters anil halves and dollars. a There Is more to this story, but no more of Interest in this connection. 1 This much of It has been related 1 merely to prove my assertion that soldiers stand by soldiers, no matter ^ what the circumstances are. The question as to whether or not the boy did a wrong in using this money though he intended paying It back and there was ' no doubt that he would, never entered their minds. That part didn't in- ' terest them. It never does. Here was a fellow in "dutch" as they say. He * wears yellow and brown, same as a they wear. Therefore it was up to them to give him a lift. c That's the way they look at It. So far as religion goes, the average soldier may not be as strong on church ? attendance and the mid-week prayer meeting as he ought to be. Hut so ' far as doing good to their fellow soldiers, they're pretty good. I heard n 5 preacher for whom I have a lot of respect, say one time that "putting 0 stilts under the other fellow was ninety-nine one-hundredths of re- 11 liglon." The oftencr I think of that 1 statement the more I think of that preacher. There is at Camp Sevier a soldier who is married. Furthermore, he has r three children. Of course he isn't the only Sevier soldier who is married n and I don't guess he's the only one who has three children, though I fi haven't made clpse Inquiry into do- a mestic affairs of many soldiers. Prior to induction Into the service he was a tenant farmer in a certain b section of South Carolina. He didn't ' have much except maybe a mule and a cow or something, and it was Just a ? little hard for him to go to war. About a month ago he received a h letter from his wife. All was not well at home. There had been a lot of s rain. It wAs hard to tell the cotton ? from the grass. The wife was .not n very well. Soon there were to be foar children in the family. The oldest boy was about ten. He could fi work a little in the field: but he had s rotten poison oak on his feet and It a wis (tiring a lot of trouble. The col- tl orsfl wage hand had walked off. Big- c ger money and easier money could be J made at the camp towns, he said, r MOney was very scarce with the fara- .tl My. The government^ checks were n coming regularly to be sure; but with d everything so high, and with the farm e and all. It was getting serious. C Vsr two or three days after re- tl ' . t ? - . . eipt of that letter, that soldier went iruund looking like the biggest tombstone in a cemetery. He seemed to save lost interest in everything and here was a weight on his soul. His tent mates couldn't ascertain he trouble, though they tried hard to ind out. The soldier was non-comnittal and when they would ask him vhat was the matter he'd simply say. 'Nothing; just don't feel good." One of his mates, suspicioning the rouble, got to looking around pretty lose in the tent next day. He found he wife's letter and read it. Then he rot busy. There had been a pay day n that outfit a day or two before. The >oys were flush. The mate went tround from tent to tent showing that etter and then asking them to come Lcross a dollar each. Few, if any. efused. Through his association with the roubled soldier, he had some time iini-e learned the name of a banker n his trading town as well as several ither people there. A postofttcc niony order for $76 went to the hanker ust week along with a letter which aid, in part: "This is to be used in ;etting 's crop worked out ,nd for buying some little things for lis family. Uncle Sam's soldiers lave got plenty more and a good rinny of them love to spend a little of heir extra change this way. So if :uiy nore is needed just let me know. Yot. leedn't go to any trouble to let '? oiks know where this eante front." If anybody doubts this story let in come over und I'll introduce them o some of the parties. A friend of nine told me about it und I didn't lelieve it until 1 made some Investiation. Standing by one's friends?soldiers irlio less than a year ago were civllans from everywhere, have a monoioly on It! Jas. D. (Srist. AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS Vith But Little Fust Wonder* Have Been Accomplished. The Equitable Bulletin publishes oine figures demonstrating the retarkable progress achieved in war ctlviiies by the United States. The tulletin says: "If we art to talk and reason inI'lligently upon the great events of he day we must keep ]>oHted. If we re to understand the progress our ountry is making toward the great ay of victory we must follow closely he official announcements of the nuhorities. They tell us that we have ransported over a million men to Euope with the loss of but 291 from the ndersea enemy. We have sent saw lills into France forests and gathered he timber wherewith we have built a ost seaport and constructed a double rack railway to the battle front for ur troops and their supplies. To get ^^Oger^jerigocMrt^aMmr^progress awing facts which the government as made public: "tVe now have over 160,100 army Ulcers. "Our army exceeds 2,600,000 men. It ,-ill be 1.000,000 by the end of the ear. "We have delivered 286 combat lanes up to June 8th. "The weekly production was then 0. "We are now building 78 advanced raining planes per week. "Wo had built 1,195 elementary raining pl.ones to June 8th. "Over 2,000 Ltl>erty motors for airlanes already delivered. "Now producing them at the rate of 5 per week. "Have delivered 37,260 airplane mahine guns. "We produced 900 heavy Ilrowslng inehine guns in May. "Also 1,800 light Hrownlngs. "We have provided 16 new plants a make heavy artillery. "Provided 1.600 locomotives for use i France. "Also 22.000 freight ears for the rmy In France. "'Engineers building nnd operating ail ways In France will soon number 5,000. nc nave oo?,u'jo nurses auu muies i the army. "We have 24,000 medical officers nd 148.000 men In the medical force. "Base hospitals have been Increased rom seven to 72. "Beds number 72.667, with a vast ncrease under way. "Over 600,000 soldiers ha\-e taken he psychological tests for mental lertness, etc. "Only about one-fourth of one per ent were rejected. "Our army Is divided as follows: "Regular army 11,365 officers. 514,76 men. "National Guard In U. S. service 7,070 officers, 417,441 men. "Reserve corps 31,968 officers. 78,60 men. "Natlonnl army enlisted force 1,000,00 men. 'Death rate in the army from naural causes declined from 20.14 per ,000 in 1898, to 5.13 in 1916. "Drunkenness virtually banished rom the army. "We have 260 naval vessels in Euopean waters. "They carry 3,000 offlcera, 40,000 len. "Admiral Sims says the Allies are inking submarines faster than they re being built and building ships later than they are being sunk. "1,622 new merchant ships have een constructed during the year endlg June 10th. "We now have about 10,040.000 tons f merchant shipping. "From 3.000,004 to 4,000,000 tons will o constructed this year. "The sleeping giant Is awakening. Iteadiiy irresistibly the day of reckning and of retribution for the enely approaches." A dispatch to the London Times nom Tokio under date of August 4, ays: "The decline In leading stocks fter the publication of the text ot he government's proclamation conernlng the aims and purposes of the apanese expedition fo Vladivostok eveals the Interpretation placed by he business community 01# Japan's ailitary activities. A feeling that the le has been cast for much greater vents than the assistance of the 'zechs is reflected by comments in he press." > 'u # FINISH UF THt dULSHlVIH Looks Like Geraan Regime IsNea End. LENINE AND TKOTZKY ON THE BUI Great Czecho-Slovak Army is Nov the Rallying Point of All Russlam Who Seek Real Political Indepen dence. Washington, Aug. 6.?It looks as i the Bolshevlki was about through li Russia. The most striking evidence of this is that Lenine and Trotzk; are both dodging bombs, and lntima tion that one or both of them an likely to depend on the Germans ti protect them from their own people. When limine cnlleil on Helfforieh the new German ambassador at Mos cow. according to a Swedish press re t>ort reaching the state departmem today, the streets leading to the embassy were closed tend Bjied with tin German troops, who, according to tin last previous bulletin from the chaotit zone had been denied permission U come to Moscow, except as legatlor guards. Officially this government is taking no stand against the liolshevtki 01 any other Russian faction, but the Rolsheviki evidently have no idea that this tolerance should he mutual It hus just been announced that tlx reason Ambassador Francis and tht other Allied diplomats left Vologda was because they were prevented from communicating with their respective governments. Atnbnssudoi Francis has been saying that he win out of communication with the Fnited States for weeks, but not until today did it appear that the denial of (hi use of the cables and telegraphs wa* the cause of the northern exodus. Comment is Declined. The state dei>artmcnt would ^ not say anything as to the likelihood ol Allied forces now being sent to Siberia, as well as those already at Murmansk finding themselves the objects of Holshcvikl hostility, hut thi question cannot but lie suggested tc every official mind. Ambassador Francis before he left Vologda made a statement to tin Russian jM-ople. Presumably il wa> an explanation of why lie had to take his departure, hut no word of it ho* i'01110 over the euhles. The state detriment has to guess like the rest ol us at the announcement of its representative in Russia. The extremist Interfelence with the beyond the simple withdrawal of win service. Messages from Franco have come In hashed and jumbled out ?f all sense. This was at first attributed t?i the ordinary hazards of code telegraphing In the hands of Incompetent operators, but the impression is now that it was the result of a monkeyish fHMlcc. * ' - ? With the English they have gon? even further than with us. All telegraphic communication between Russia and England has boon suspended by the Bolshcvlkl. Column is Gathering. The Allied column is already beginning to gather at Vladivostok. The first detachment of British troops hus arrived from Hongkong. It numbers something less than a thousand. There are already more marines and bluejackets than this from the British naval vessels in the harbor. Itumor is persistent that American troops have nlso landed, but this is i-mphnticnlly denied. American marines. whose uniform differs from that of the soldiers only by being a darker shade of khaki, have probably been mistaken for army forces French troops from Cochin, China havt probably reached the Siberian port by this time, and a couple ol t lion sand Italians who were subject.* of Austria when the war began l^ul who are now fighting companions ol Czecho-Slovaks, will represent Italy'.* contribution for the present. Japan Is assumed to be already on the job. Gen. March is expected to make ar announcement about the Amerlcar contingent, who Is to command It and what units it will comprise tomorrow, but it will be some time befon We get the political details of th? expedition. The advices from the other spher? of Allied activity, the Murmansk coast, indicate that there la probablj the centre from which the new eastern front will develop ultimately The Bolshevlkl is out of power thereabout, and the people are reported te have become enthusiastically proAlly. It has been stated that If th( bulk of the old Russian army Is as sured of equipment and regular pay it will not be difficult to gathei enough of them to constitute thai line. It was the failure to pay the troops as well as the dlsorganizatior accomplished by the German propaganda, that melted that armv. Germans Are Alarmed. The prospect is alarming to th? Germans. The Czccho-Slovak movement fills the columns of the newspapers. The Post puts it thus, according to a dispatch from Berne.received today: "There Is in this movement a burst of enthusiasm that makes it particularly dangerous. These people who, after four years, recommence to fight are not mere vulgar traitors, they are idealists, who are animated with the conviction of fighting for a national idea. This explains the force of attraction that they arc exercising. The opposition of the Czecho-Slovaks is, to say, the nucleus around which vari OUM U12HUII11JHJ will*: ami group themselves. Tho Cossacks have rallied around them. They are supplying: them with cavalry- The Social Revolutionists support them by stirring up trouble In conquered regions. Japan is furnishing them with arm/ and ammunition. "Finally England and America arc helping them by intervening In the nqrth of Russia. Feverishly Followed. "The Czecho-Slovak movement cannot fall to make a profound Impression In Austria. The Slavic people* of the Dual Monarchy are following their movements with feverish expectations and the first successes ol their brothers, the help promised bj Japan and America, and the agonlxbig call by the Sovlsta, have re IawaKencu an tncir nopos. it is nign time that the situation should bo cleared up." Although the Russian situation is clearing up. while there is no military purpose disclosed in the president's plan of economic assistance to y the distressed country, the logic of events iK>ints to a military develop ment of the utmost importance. Our * agricultural machinery, railway equip* meat, food and clothing will put the country back on its industrial feet, and the patriotic groups that are f springing up everywhere will do the 1 rest?unless all the signs t?oint the L> wrong way. t m . FRIEND OF THE SOLDIERS ) What the Home Communication Service is Doing. , Correspondence of Associated Press. "Home Communication Service," * branch of the American Red Cross t work, which has already become well - known in the United States, now has ? its own department at the American Red Cross headquarters at London, . occupying an entire tloor at 40 Gros? venor Gardens, under Captain Herbert i Rdenborough. He commands a large .staff ot workers and "searchers" who : art- stationed at many places through * out tin-ill lirilain when- ttl?*> arc In i constant touch with camps and hospitals where American soldiers are to bo found. Relatives at home of Amorlcan sol dlers in Europe desire information of i many kinds about the men. The aim of I the Red Cross Home Communication service is that all these inquiries are ' promptly and adequately answered, i This work has many phases, but tho > most important is that which deals willi inquiries about men who have In-en ' wounded or taken sick. Tho Red Cross aims to keop in constant touch with every American hospital caso and to see that the fullest reports on each caso go forward promptly to the anx' ious relatives in America. The soldier - in the hospital is followed carefully throughout his stay there and throughout his convalescence and everything possible Is done to see that he is kept > in touch with home. Emphasis is placed particularly on one point?that Information gathered by the home communication service i shall be absolutely correct and clear, ' and shall lie transmitted with the i greatest possible promptitude. It must be born In mind, of course, that all lines of communication between Europe and America are at present over-burdened, and military use of those lines of communication must 1 not be interfered with; but, aside from this consideration, the home communication, work of the Red Cixjss takes precedence ovor everything else, and ' no unnecessary delays ure permitted. The work of tho home communication service in England is Just starting, but already nearly 200 reports weekly ' are being made to Washington, and, * ThrougH WusTiIngto'n "to" tluT"rainilie's In ?" ~ ' America of the men in England. In all tho eamps the soldiers aro informed that this free heme communication service is available. They aro told where they cun find tho special representative churged with tho work in their district, and arc encouraged to ? ? t- ? A.ll -aS mua a# Klu o/.f i'ii-n manu lut; luiaoi iu>v vi mo uvi * ?>? , In the bokiiitulo, tin* representatives of ! the department are in daily touch with , every American patient Mick or wounded, and frequent report* on his pro{ gress are made to headquarters. Captain Kdcnborough came lo the Red Cross from a groat business house , in Now York, where ho was a recognized export in filing systems and business methods, l or the statistical branch of his London oftico ho has de. livered a comprehensive system of indexing, and compiling which will enable Instant reference to the hospital | history of any one of thousands of ( American soldiers. The system will be , expanded indcllnifly as need urines. , and inquiries from relatives or ol, ficial departments regarding soldiers . in this country con often be answered . from these records within a few minutes of receipt. If necessary this first report can be supplemented by the departincnt's "searchers" ;uid if possiI Ido by. an Interview with the tnan himself.* The work of the hospital In Croat . Britain Is complicated by the fact that a large proportion of the American , hospital cases must necessarily go to British hospitals, scattered all over the . British Islea For instance, American troops are taken ill in transit or at points where they are brigaded in small bodies with British troops, as in the case of the numerous aviation units. These men are taken to the , nearest available military hospital,, whether it is British or American. But even if they are in British hos! pltal, Captain Edenborough's represen, live is at hand and follows their cause , Just as carefully and comprehensively t as if they were in a purely American institution. On a recent day, for example, the Red Cross records showed that there were about 1,000 American soldiers in hospitals in Great Britain, a large number of whom were in British hospitals. In each of these cases the home communication service department has a complete record of the patient's illness or wounds, and the address of his nearest relative in the states. The Federal trade commission, aft! er an exhaustive investigation, has re' commended to 1'resident Wilson that I the railroad administration be given a monopoly of the transportation and distribution of meats. It Is urged that the far-reaching packer influence on American business can be emascuI lated by transferring from the pack! era to the railroad administration the roiiowtng: All stocKyarus in ine counI try. All so-called branch houses of the packers used in the distribution . of meats. All stock cars and refrigei rator cars now owned by the packers. All Icing plants located along the > railroads throughout the country. i This would leave the packers the lone business of slaughtering and skinning. "Work, tight or go to Jail." This was the law laid down Thursday by the i Federal government through the Unlted States employment service to loaf ers, part-timers, and labor camouf flours generally f In Pennsylvania, r marking the beginning at Altoona of a statewide campaign against work slackers.