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Some Famous World Prophecies In
Review J
SOMF OF THEM WfcRE NEARLY RIGHT
? j
Downfall of Germany Was Foreto'd
By Madame Thebes. Brother Johannes.
August Bebel. and General Nogi
?All However, Seem to Have Overlooked
America, the Great Agency I
By Which the Mighty Work Was
Accomplished.
Now that peace has coinc again to'
tin- world, inteiest turns to the nun and I
women of all ag?s and of all ran s who j
for hundreds of years have propos ed
a mighty world-conlliet, and to the relatively
few others a ho from tune to
time predicted dates for the ending of
the struggle.
These prophecies have come from
men and women of all walks in life,
from th** poet to the Holshevik Many
have euvt-lofH'tl the worts in m>wu
an<l allegory, others have resorted to
<?uija boar<ls, to cabalistic combinations
of figures and even to incintu
tlOIIS.
The most famous of these prophecies
have eonie from Eord Alfred Tennyson.
from .Madame Thebes, in Paris,
from "Mother Shipton." who lived during
the days of the Tudor dynasty. 40"
years ago. in England, and another is
attributed to Brother Johannes, a
monk who wrote at the beginning of
the seventeenth century.
Hut from thein ail the one that is tin
most sane, which lias been derived
without the inspired vision of the poet,
or the appeal to the occult, or to th<
forms of witchcraft, is that of August
Be be I, a ?!ernian Socialist.
licbcl's Prophecy.
Beliefs prophecy needs no words of
emotional appeal in which to set it
forth. Its force is enhanced by Its very
simplicity. Writing in l'JOO on thesubp
J cot of the "Permanent Army and the
Militia." he says:
A war between two groat powers will
with mathematical precision, lead to a
general European conflagration.
The Herman licet, no matter how
large it may he, will be destroyed by
tiie English fleet that is certain to be
its superior in force, and Germany will
" * * 1 -v.. -? I??? ?.?
lusc an ner cuiviuis
ly after the declaration of hostilities.
Should Japan Join her forces with
the enemies of Germany, and this
would be inevitable if Germany fights
England, then all the German colonies
in the Tar East will be irretrievably
lost, despite all the superhuman sacrifices
brought in acquiring them.
Hut the most fatal result of such a
war would be the loss of the German
merchant marine and of the world's
markets, which will be^eaptureaT^
England.
A war w ith France and Russia, with
England as their ally, would also mean
the complete destruction of the power
of Germany.
ltoth France and Russia would be
pleased nt the prospect of Germany
warring against England. In that case
their wishes would come true, for
France would r? gain Alsace and Lorraine,
while Russia would see realization
of her centuries-old dream of possessing
the whole of Poland and several
important ports at the mouths of
the Nietnan and Vistula.
Victories in the war of the future
w ill not come to the German arms as
easily as the newspapers and schoolrooms
would had us to believe. The
superiority over the enemy the Germans
possessed in 1S70 is absolutely
impossible nowadays.
l*ropInxy Verified by Armistice.
The truth of Hebel's prediction the
world knows from the terms of the armistice
promulgated by Marshal Foch
at the dramatic meeting of the Gcr-!
man white flag bearers in the marshal's
humble headquarters, a plain
. railroad car.
^ ? Uonlnllof
J i rue, mv vii-i v<vv <?
any part in the world conilict of thi
United States, but that can be considered
to be due to the opinion prevalent
in Germany especially, but accepted
by the rest of the world, that America
cou'd not rise above the desire of
the dollar and would to the end, as
they did for 'hree years, gather wealth
untold from the nations that were actually
lighting.
Rebel was jeered by the press of
Germany and insulted by the militarists
whose downfall he has witnessed,
but In the light of recent events the
prophetic words of th* Socialist cabinet-maker
have proved trueKven
more noteworthy in its forecast
of aerial accomplishments and the suggestion
of the League of Nations is the
prophetic vision of Tennyson, expressed
in Locksley Hall:
For I dipt into thr future, far as human eye
could see.
Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder
that would be:
Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of
magic sails.
Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down
with costly bales;
Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there
rained a ghastly dew
From the nation's airy navies grappling in the
central blue:
Far along the world-wide whisper of the southwind
rushing warm.
With the standards of the peoples plunging
through the thunderstorm:
Till the war-drum throbb'd no longer, and the
battle-flags were fur'ld
In the Parliament of man. the Fetferation of
the world."
This far-sighted vision of the poet
and that of the practical prophecy of
the socialist caoinei-maKer mnai .
Hut it is the prophecies of the seeress.
conjured from what she pleased to call
her "closed cases," that fascinate. For
in all mankind, no matter what his
creed, there is ever eagerness to hearken
to the voice of mysticism, the suggestion
of the occult.
Madame Thebes's Predictions.
Madame Thebes had a great vogue j
in Paris for ten years prior to her|
death in December, 1916. Whence she j
came no one knows. Her name is said
to have been Anna Victorine Snvlgny.
She was 72 years old when she died.
These meager facts as to her life servjg
ed but to enhance the mystery with
* which she enveloped herself.
From her "closed cases" Madame
Thebes predicted the fall of Khartoum,
the death of Queen Victoria, the assassination
of President Carnot and the
death of President Faure, in France,
the San Francisco earthquake, the Bal
kan war and ths defsat of Thsodon
Roosevelt when, at the head of ths Bui
Moose he Bought to keep Preside-n
Wilson from the White House, and al
most countless other facts, accordlnl
to h?r devotees.
Numbers of her predictions did no
come to pass. But what cared her do
Ivotees? When she published her al
manac in 1014 it was read with avidity
! And the readers beheld many Strang
I things at which they marveled. Bu
when they r< ad that "in the month o
July, 1911. all Kurope will be upset b;
a war in all the < ountr.es, ac< ompanit <
.by enormous disaster," they gasped.
When the great wax started th- r<
was a rem wed rush to obtain c-opi's o
her almunuc. Kven the then liaught;
. >??u ft\r all the*.- enuld get
and her vogue increased still more.
it. framing from mention ng a date
M niame 'i h* b? s wrote: "In Xovembi-i
a great emperor will lose his crown an*
the war will end. Indian, Canadiai
and Austral an contingents will partic
ipate, and so will the Japanese licet."
When her almanac for 1915 appear
d interest in the march of th- Hum
toward l'aris was almost forgottei
while the people p* rused In r utter
a net sI'mplircii's
of Germany.
Hut it is of Germany, in view of re
cent events, that her prophecies an
most int< resting.
"Where is the man of whom I knov
and of whom I prophesied last yeai
who will rise up in Germany to mak'
them listen to a word which will domi
nate all words, and who can save hii
native land from a part of the jus
punishment reserved for it Uy Provi
dvnee'!
"Germany will increase in spite o
her loss. She will rise a republic. Th<
German elements of Austria will ut
tach themselves to Germany by thi
lien of the Danube and community o
religion."
To Americans. Madame Thebes paii
scant attention. "American farmers
hold your wheat and corn," she com
manded. "You will receive high prices
New York is threatened, but her ca
tastrophe may be only financial."
Of the former Kaiser, Madame The
bes said: "William II. will die mad ant
a physical wreck. The crown princi
will die at the hands of an assassin."
Frequently she prophesied the end
inir of the war. giving dates. But th<
failure of her forecasting were forgot
ton by the world, which continued t<
hang upon her utterances until hei
death.
Mother Shlpton's Forecast.
Turning back in the centuries, wi
conie to Mother Shipton, who flourish'
ed in the days when witchcraft wai
rampant In England. She is said t<
have been the daughter of Agathi
Southill. known among her neighbor
as "the Devil's Child." As Ursuh
Southill she lived from her birth it
1846, in Dropping Well, Knaresbor
oagh. TorfcatitWr* - v -j?
Chronicles of her day are filled wit!
the many exhibitions of supernatura
power she gave and for a time hei
predictions as to the nobles of Henri
VIII- were feared?and accepted.
Itut it is of events far In the futuri
that she made a prophecy, which hai
been preserved in almost its orginal al
legorloal form, that gave her rank ai
one of the forecasters of the world.
This prophecy as at present extant
runs:
"Carriages without horses shall go
And accidents fill all the world with woe;
Primrose Hill in London shall be
And in the center a bishop's see ;
Around the world thoughts shall fly
In the twinkling of an eye.
Through the hills men shall ride
And no ass or horse is' by their side.
A grent man shall come and go.
Iron in the water shall float
As easy as a wonder boat.
Gold shall be found, and found
In land that is not now known.
Fire and water shall more wonder do.
Fngiand ..halt at last admit a Jew.
The Jew thnt was held in scorn
Shall of a Christian Is- born and lorn.
A h'?use of gla<s shall come to pass
In England ? but. a'as.
War will follow with the work
In 'he land of Paean and Turk:
And sta'e nnd state, in firreo strife.
Will seek each other's life.
Bu' when the North sha'l d'vide the South
An eagle shall bui'd in the Lion's mouth.
Taxes for blood and for war
Will eome to every door.
Three times three shall lovely France
Bo led to play a hloody dance.
Before her people (thall be free
Three tyrant ruler* *he shall see.
The BriH*h Olive next shall elimh
In marriace with the German Vine.
All Kneland's sons that plow the land
Shall he seen hook in hand.
X^>arnine shall so ehh and flow
The poor shall most wisdom know.
The world then to an end shnll eome
In eighteen hundred and eiehty-one."
So great was the belief in rural Eng
land in the efficacy of Mother Shiptor
that when the year 1S81 arrived manj
of the peasants are said to have pre
pared for death.
It has recently been said that th<
last two lines of this prophecy are t
forgery, put in the mouth of Mothei
Shipton by one Charles Hindley.
Brother Johannes' Allegory.
Another famous prophecy is that o;
Brother Johannes, written in Latin bj
the monk in 1600. His subject wau
Antichrist, who. he said, would be de
stroyed in a great war. In reading th<
allegory in its application to the war
the following key must be used:
France is represented by a cock.
England by a leopard.
Russia by a white eagle.
Germany by a black eagle.
Austria by "the other eagle."
Mercy, justice and truth by th<
Lamb.
The translation of the allegory pre
sented by the Paris Figaro reads:
'Toward the year 2000 the Antl
Christ will manifest himself. His armj
will surpass in numbers all that can bi
imagined.
"There will be Christians among hii
I legions, and there will be Mohamme
dans and savage soldiers among th<
defenders of the Lamb.
| "For the first time the Lamb will bi
all red. There will not be a single spo
in the Christian world that will not bi
rca ana rea win oe uic ucaiciu, ur
earth, the waters and even the air, fo
blood will flow in the domains of thi
four elements at once.
"The black eagle will throw himsel
on the cock, who will lose many feath
era. but will strike back herolcall;
with his spurs. He soon would h
| crushed were it not for the help of tit
leopard and his claws.
"The black eaje will come from th<
country of Luther, will surprise th<
cock from another side and will invad
the country of the cock up to the mid
die of ?t
g I "The white Mgla comlnf from the
1' north, will surprise the black eagle and
t the 'other eagle' and will invade the
- country of Antichrist from one end to
i the other.
"The black eagle will see himself
t forced to liberate the cock in order to
fight the white eagle, and the cock will
- pursue the black eagle into the coun- i
j try of the Antichrist to help the white |
& !eaglc.
t "The batths fought up to then will
f be as nothing compared to those wh ch
>' will take place in the country of LuthI
er, for the seven angels will together
I pour in the fire of their censers on the ^
I impious earth, which signifbs that the
f' Umb will order the extermination of!
' the race of the Antichrist.
"When the black eagle s<es that he.
is lost he will become furious and for!
. many months the beak of the white!
r| eagle, the claws of the leopard and th- :
1; spurs of the cock will furously strike j
II at him.
"They will cross the rivers ovi r the :
bodies of the slain and these, in places, j
- will change the course of the- water.
. mense armies which will face each
other.
"I have little doubt as to the result
, of this war;France will beat Germany
t en land and England will crush Gerr
many at sea."
Another Japanese prophecy, dating
from 17S3, says: "When men fly like
I birds ten great kings will go to war a;
gainrt each other, and the universe
s will be under arms."
Prophets of Sma^^^ations
, The smaller nations have had their
prophets as well. In Belgium there is
a tradition that Susannah Wett, wife
of a banker in Antwerp, prophesied in
1913: "In 1913 will come the desolation
of Belgium, the suicide or an emperor
in war, the death of an emperor
held secret, a king proclaiming a re?
public and a republic proclaiming a
king."
In Suabia the quatrains of the "Woman
of St. Ingbert" have long been
sung?and believed. Many of her prcf
dictions have come true, but only ree
cently have her words been given full
measure of belief through the fulfilling
s of her prophecy: "When Germany
shall be her greatest then the fall
t must come; I see waves of blood. The
horses of the Cossacks drink in the
p waters of the Rhine and Elbe."
t In Rumania the troubadours have
p sung and mothers have crooned to
e their babes the old prophecy?
When men (hall fly
Twelve Kins* shall go to war.
C The women will do the harvest.
The men will finish the vintage,
f Curiously, the seers and seeresaea,
- when giving dates for the beginning of
y the war or its ending, until the coming
e of that year, almost one and all set
e 1913The
former kaiser is said to have
[>! been told by Mme. Lenormand, a
a soothsayer of Parts, that though he
p; would die in 1888, his heirs would
-: reign On the German throne until 1918.
1 Several prophecies of the coining of i
s Th? y will bury only the men of the
i more noble families, the lending com
uandants and the princes, bonus to
the carnage made by the armies will
be joined th> wholesale dea'h of thes*
who will die of hunger or of pest.
"The Antichrist will ask many times
for peace, but the seven angels who
? walk in front of the three animals dcr
fending the Lamb have declared that
victory will only be gr??ited on th<
- condition that the Antichrist be crush3
ed like straw on the barn lloor.
t "The executors of the justice of the
- Lamb cannot stop lighting as long as
the Antichrist possesses the soldiers to
f light against them.
> That which makes the decree of
- the Lamb so implacable is that the An;
tichrist has pretended to be the followf
er of Christ and to act in his name,
and if he does not perish, the fruit of
1 tho Redeemer would be lost and the
i, doors of hades would prevail against
. the Saviour.
i "The light which will take place
. where the Antichrist forges his arms
will not be in any way a human fight.
"The three animals defending the
1 Lamb will exterminate the last of the
? army of Antichrist, but they will be
forced to erect on the battlefield a
. pyre as large as a city, for the bodies
j of the dead will change the aspect of
the countryside, as there will bo
) mounds of the slain,
r "The Antichrist will lose his crown
and will die in solitude and madness.
His empire will be divided into twen?
ty-two states, but none of them will
. any longer possess fortresses, armies
3 or vessels.
) "The white eagle by the order of St.
i Michael, will drive the crescent from
3 Europe, and will Install himself at
i Constantinople. Then will begin an era
j of peace and prosperity for the earth,
. and there will be no more wars, each
? I" ? tn tha
IIUIIUII UClIli BU V CI IICU (WVVtu*i?5 vv kiiv
i rules of justice.
1 '"There will no longer be Lutherans
r or Schismatics. The Lamb will reign.
, and the supreme happiness of humanity
will begin. Happy will be thos?
:> who. escaping the perils of that period,
s will be able to enjoy the fruit of the
reign of the spirit and the purging of
it humanity which can only come after
the reign of the Antichrist."
Curiously, the number of states into
which Brother Johannes divided the
German empire coincides with the
number of dependencies which formed
the empire.
Sa\on Monk Vision.
Another monk, living in Saxony 600
years ago, wrote: "There will be a king
n Germany under whom the nation
will be greater and more powerful than
ver before. He will be followed by an
uncrowned king, who will pass as a
shadow across the throne. A one-urm
d king will succeed him, and in tin
nd of this reign or maybe carlytn the
next the German armies will go forth
to conquer the world, but those who
r? turn w 11 seek shelter under the pear
tr. es of the nation."
The one prophecy that stands out
pre-eminent as the utterance of a man
of affairs, trained in the art of war, is
that of the Japanese General Nog:
During the siege of Port Arthur General
Xogi said:
"I believe the world will witness a
great war that will have all Europe for
its battleground and will settle the
Franco-German question and the Anglo-German
rivalry. France and Germany
will meet in this last decisive
conflict on the Belgian plains, probably
near Waterloo the only spot which
. will permit of the evolution of the im
ONE GERMAN
It is suited officially that during the
Including over 150 heavy guns. Machine
mortars.
<
the world conflict and of existence ufter
its cessation have been imputed to
the late Count Tolstoi, but his family
have vigorously denied them.
In America there have been prophets,
but they have received scant atten
tion in Europe and but little in their
own land. But now that the war has 1,
ended the rush of those who foresaw (
its termination will doubtless soon
burst forth.
IN GERMAN PRISON CAMPS. 4
Up to November 1st the Americans!
Numbered 2,532.
According to the figures prepared
by the American lied Cross in Switzerland,
there were more than 2,632
Americans in prison camps in Germany
on Nov. l, all if whom must be,
released under the armistice. The
number comprise of 192 army officers,
1,743 non-commissioned officers and*
privates, three naval officers, oighJ
sailors and 138 civilians? most they
latter merchant sailors and cattlemen. L
There are 1,213 prisoners at R4ts>r
tatt, 126 at Gicsen, six at LimburgandT;
the remaining are scattered among?
fifty-five other camps, the most im-I
portnnt of which are at Berlin, Kki-?
indenbttrg. Cassel, Danzig, Solzmin-J
icn. Karlsruhe, Mainz Metz, Saat-J
' rucken, Stuttgart, Vllllngen and!
Darmstadt.
On July 39 t*ere were 479 AmJtitSm
an prisoners of war in Germany. 1
The American Red Cross supplied
ill of them with food, clothing and
mrknimti and Q.l nor rent of the nack
res sent hnve been acknowledged by
he prisoner*.
Many comp'alnts have been received
about conditions in the camps, par ji
tslarly at Darmstadt, where the pri-oners
said the German food ration
was absolutely Insufficient. nnd the
ien would die of starvation if they
'id not receive the packages. Sleep- i
ing accommodations were also bad, forj
?he prisoners bad to lie on the ground
itbent blankets or mattresses.
A neutral who visited this camp
>!! the conditions of the prisoners
' ft rnueh to be desired, for they looked
a.s (f they had defleivnt nourishment.
Some of the men had only one
hnngp of undere'othing, while others
had only what they wore.
German soldiers almost completely
!ripped the Americans when they
ode th<m prisoners. Some lost onl>
heir overcoats, but hoots were taken
Yon nearly every one. and many lost
v n their trousers. Money and all
alunbles were confiscated, even to
he silver Identity discs the Americans
wore on their wrists. Ttazors and
'oiln articles were always taken.
MUST ACT LIKE MEN.
Petain Tells Frenchmen They Must
Not Act Like Germans.
General Petain. the French commander-in-chief.
on November 12, Issued
the following order of the day to
b troops:
"To the French Army?During long
months you have fought History
will record the tenacity and fierce
ncrcy tu?pw>t-u (iiiruiK wicm.- iuui
years by our country, which had to
vanquish in order not to die.
"To-morrow, In order to better dic'ate
ponce, you are going to carry your
arms as far as the Rhine. Into that
'and of Alsace-Lorraine, thnt is so
dear to us, you will march as liberators.
You will po further, all the way
into Germany to occupy lands which
are the necessary puaranteos for just
reparation.
"France has suffered in her ravaged
fields and in her ruined villages.
The freed provinces have had to submit
to intolerable vexations and odious
out rapes, but you are not to answer
their crimes by the commission of violences
which under the spur of your
resentment may seem to you legitimate.
"You are to remain under disciline
and to show respect to persons and
property. You will know, after having
vanquished your advarsary by force
of arms, how to impress him further
by the dignity of your attitude and the
world will not know which to admire
rpost, conduct in success or your heroism
in fighting.
"I address a fond and affectionate
greeting to our dead whose sacrifices
cave us the victory. And I send a
message of salutation, full of sad affection
to the fathers, to the mothers,
to the widows and orphans of France,
who. in these days of national Joy. dry
their tears for a moment to acclaim
the triumph of our arms. I bow my
head before your magnificent flags.
"Vive la France!
"PETAIN."
The German Asiatic bank at Pekin
was dynamited late last week, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Tientsin. The American legation guard
attempted to extinguish the fire which
resulted, but the water eupplv wag low
and it is believed the building will be
a total wreck.
- .it: -ji.'-Kkii \ >.
EXHIBIT IN THE "BRITH
i month of August, 1018, British troops 1
runs to the amount of 6,750 have been
TO FRANCE IN PERSON. I
1
President Wilson Will Be On Hand I
During the Peace Conference.
Democratic senators who conferred f
with President Wilson for two hours '
Tuesday nisht left the White House
with the Impression that tne president
now plans to remain in France
Indefinitely or at least until the major
jortion of the work of the peace con'eronce
has been completed.
The president was understood to be
specially interested in the appllca:lon,
In the framing of the treaty, of
:he principle of the freedom of the
leas, \\hich he enunciated in his 14
crms. and on which the Allies, In
^freeing to discuss peace with Clerrtany.
have reserved the right offree!om
of action at the peace conference.
' The plan for a league of nations
Was another subject to which the
president was said to have given much '
ptudy. He was understood to regard
this as essential for the maintenance
pf the ponce of the world. i
In Constant Touch. t
During his absence from the United t
^tates, the president plans to continue <
to exercise all the functions of bis of- I
Bee. He will keep in communication '
with Wnshinirton by wireless while at ?
?en and by cable and, if necessary, by 1
dispatch boat while he Is abroad. i
, While In France the president was I
to plan transaction of any nocesMiry
executive business in the American t
embassy. Technically he would be on I
\meriean soil. Should he visit In Lon- I
don or any of the other Allied capitals. I
the embassies there would become his i
executive headquarters. t
Resides discussing his plans for his <
trip abroad, the president was understood
to have taken up with the sen- I
ators problems of reconstruction and <
ni<eessary legislation. It is said that .'
he opposes creation of a reconstruc- i
lion commission, either executive or
congressional, preferring that the work t
he dene bv existing agencies, such as t
the war Industries board, the food nd- i
ministration and the war trade board. I
o otinn.Hnr ih? conference
Included Simmons nnd Overman of I
North Corol'na, Pomcrene of Ohio, i
Walsh of Montana, and Swanson of .
Virginia. all chairman of Important
"ommlttoos. During the dav the president
had conference with Senator i
Martin of Virginia, the Democratic
leader.
Problem* At Home.
The American merchant marine, la- 1
hor problems and the war revenue hill
were other subjects taken up at the
conference ton'cht which lasted until 1
after 10 o'clock. The president Is i
said to have reiterated his views on the
necccsslty for a trreat fleet of ships to i
carry the nation's commerce and to
that end favors continuation of the
government shipbuilding proernm. i
Reenrdinc 'nhor. senators were said i
to have been told that maintenance of ,
utmost confidence between emnlovers |
and employees is particularly essential i
durlntr the period of reconstruction. <
Retrenchment In federal expenditures.
as far as is consistent was said 1
to be desired by the president, who 1
told the senntors he had already taken i
steps to that end. In this connection i
the pending war revenue bill was dls- i
cussed, especially with Senator Sim- I
mons, chairman of the sennto finance
committee. The president asked re- i
pafdinsr prospects of Its message. In
view of his approaching departure for i
France and was advised by Senator <
Simmons of the prospect of delay and I
determined Republican opposition to i
the plan proposed by Secretary Mc- :
Adoo for determination In the pending: i
measure of 1920 tar rates.
The reconstruction and legislation <
questions, the senators were said to i
bave been Informed, probably will be ,
discussed by the president In his ad- i
dress to congress at the opening of the i
new session, December 2. At that time (
he ts expected to outline his views on
the necessity for maintaining some i
government war agencies, at least for i
a limited period after the peace treaty |
is signed. 1
The president plans to sail for ;
Prance soon after congress reconvenes, <
and It was understood for this reason |
he desired the leisurely conference tonight.
covering the campaign and other
questions. In connection with the i
president's plans for transacting his business
with an American embassy t
as headquarters. It Is understood that i
Ue for*is there wl'l be little difficulty
In disposing of legislative questions i
that arrive. If necessary. It was said
the engrossed text of a bill could be
sent to him by a courier on a dispatch
boat. A veto, It was said, could be
aer*ompPshed by a cable.
In the discussion of legislative questions.
It was said that only those of i
the coming session were considered
of prospective Republican control of
the next congress or of an extra session.
New Explosives.?The manufacture
of a new explosive, known as Senglte. '
to meet the growing shortage of nj> '
v. .. v... wilaiir.iifri' M'MJ
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nM^fc^^HB^2?d?^^EK$?j!!9fKC
a Frauce captured 657 German guns,
counted, aa bad over 1,000 trench
roglyeerine explosives, now used by
:hc mining Industry In South Africa
tas been recently commenced.
This new explosive, which has a
;un-cotton base. Is the result of extcrinu
nts conducted by Kynoch. Ltd.,
it their Umbogintwlni (Natal) factory.
This xplosive is said to he so insonsiive
to shock as to be quite safe if hnmnered
with a steel tool. Accidental
explosions in mining caused by drillnet
Ir.to unfired holes, would not oc?ur
when this explosive was used.
The name Scngitc originated with
lie manufacturers. The first four Inters
were derived by using the initial
otters in the lollowing words: "Substitute
explosive, no glycerine." The
as*, three letters are taken from the
cord "dynamite."
HEAVY BRITISH LOSSES
Casualties On All Fronts Aggregate
3,049,991.
British casualties during the war,
ncluding all the theaters and activites,
totalled 3,019,991 it has been onicunced
in the house of commons tolav
by .lames Inn Macl'herson, pariamentary
secretary of the war office
If this number, officers killed, wounded
or missing aggregated 142,C31 and
he men. 2,907,357. The total losses
n the fighting on the Franco-Belgian
'rout were 1,719,612.
In the Kast African compaign, the
otal casualties were 17,825. Of this
otr.l, 9,104 were killed or died, com>risinp
3S0 officers and 8,724 men. A
otal of 7,751 were wounded, eomprisnir
478 officers nnd 7,276 men. The
nissinp and prisoners totalied 967,
nf 3S officers and 929 men.
In other theaters the total casualles
were 3,297. Of this number, 133
>Hirers and 600 men were killed, 142
i.nd 51 officers and 90S men were
liissing or prisoners.
In addition to the grand total of
leaths, there were 19,000 deaths from
nrioiis causes among troops not formn.:
any port of the expeditionary
orce,
Th- Dardanelles expedition cost the
Itritlsh 119,729 casualties. Of this
lumber. 1,785 officers were killed or
lied, and 31.737 others. The wounded
vre 3,010 officers and 75.508 others,
i'he missing including the prisoners,
ivcre 258 officers and 7, :31 others.
On the Snlonikl front the losses were [
. 318. of these, the killed were 285 >
Hi- r:-- and 7,330 others: the wounded i
is officers and 16,058 others, the mis- I
in 11: officers and 2,713 others.
In Italy, the Itritlsh losses totalled
J.73S. Of these, 86 officers and 941
men were kilhd; 334 officers nnd 4.
1. nv n were wounded. Of these, 766
missing, 38 were officers. 727- men.
Advised to Hold lor 30 Cts.?Cotion
growers of South Carolina in conicrcnce
in Columbia Tuesday organised
a cotton holding plan and pledged
themselves to hold t)tc crop off the
market until the staple is selling at 35
-ents a pound middling basis.
A committee of 15 was also created
lo study the cotton situation, to establish
and maintain co-operative action
with the other cotton states, to
itdvise the farmers and other Allied interests
as to what steps to take
to secure the best possible prices for
the 1918 crop. Eight of tiic members
of the committee are to be bonaflde
farm> rs, and each congressional dis
trict is to have representatives. The
ight members of the committee named
in the resolution are to name the remaining
personnel. The eight named
ire: Governor Manning, A. C. Summers.
commissioner of agriculture,
VV. M. Riggs, president of Clemson
college; \V. W. Long, Capt. Claffcy,
president of the State Farmers' union
J. Scottowe Wannamaker, president
of South Carolina Banker's associalion.
and V. M. Montgomery, president
of South Carolina Cotton ManufacSenator
E. D. Smith was present and
made an earnest plea for the holding
of the cotton, presenting statistics to
prove that the recent decline was not
incident to over production. Senator
Smith called on the convention to inquire
of Chairman Baruch of the war
Industries board, and of Chairman
Brancr. of the marketing board, from
whom the order came last week to sell
500.000 bales of cotton. He said there
would be Investigation by the senate, if
the people themselves did not cail for an
pxplanation. Senator Smith had been
told by a banker Monday that the cotton
would be financed to the extent of
20 cents a pound, which meant the
farmer could barrow $100 on each bale.
The Stars and Stripes, the organ of
the American Expeditionary force, has
arranged for November 24 as the day
upon which all the American troops
shall write borne to father. Special delivery
arrangements are under way in
order that "Father's Day" shall be as
successful as "Mother's Day" May 12.
last. It Is hoped the fathers will write
to their boys on the same daySecretary
of the Navy Daniels will
allow college students now in the navy,
to resign at ones, to resume their college
studies.
W0ULDN7 BE BULLUUftU
Henry Ford Indignant At BIack|ack
Methods
NO MORE PlitiLIC CHARITY FOR HIM
Big Detroit Manufacturer Has Unpleasant
Experience In New York?
Had Given $500,000 to War Work
Fund; But Still Was Subjected to
Annoyance.
S'ew York World.
Henry Ford, who got up and walked
out of the Metropolitan opera house on
Sunday night when United Suites Mar?hni
Thomas ("Bull") McCarthy said.
"We'll get $5,OuO out of you for the
War Work Fund or blackjack you,"
went home to Detroit late yesterday!
afternoon still rankling over the treatment
he got from the marshal, who
singled him out of the audience and
pestered him for sums all the way
from $10,000 down.
"I'm off charity for life!" said the
motorcar manufacturer in a talk with
a world reporter. "I've given a good
many millions to chanty in my time,
but I will not be blackjacked by people
who do not produce anything and
never have produced anything, arid get
their salaries without productive work.
Tempted to Make Big Offer.
"For a moment I was tempted to
get up and say I would match the contributions
of everybody in the opera
house audience, to show that I was not
a piker In money matters. But I was
advised against that, and so 1 Just
walked out
"To this very fund I had already
contributed $500,000 in Detroit- If
properly approached in the Metropolitan
opera house I might have made an
additional subscription. But I was not
going to be bulyragged into subscribing."
Mr. Ford's subscription of $600,000
to the fund, which he made In Detroit,
before coming here, was one of the
largest individual giving recorded during
the drive.
"I came to New York, the centre of
gayety in our country, for a little recreation
with Mrs. Ford, our boy and
his wife," said the manufacturer. This
was in the midst of a lot of Important
government business. I went to this
entertainment for a little relaxation
and was bullied, although I thought I
had done my share In this drive. So
irom mis uuy iicim-iumaiu ?
through with charity."
No More to Charity, lie Repeats.
Knowing the great sums the motor
manufacturer has given to one or another
worthy cause, The World reporter
asked:
"Do you wish me to publish that, Mr.
Ford?that you will give no more to
charity?"
"Yes, say it," Mr. Ford answered.
"Americans do not want charity, anyhow.
All they want is a chance to
work for their living, and I will give
more of them than ever a chance to do
so. About 7,000 of my men are In the
army and navy service and they will
all have Jobs when they come back. So.
also, will as many other soldiers and
sailors as can be used." i
The 7,000 men referred to formerly
were part of the Ford production force ,
of about 50,000"See
If the bankers and brokers?
who make ihoir money out of using 1
other people's money and do not work
th"mselves?will take their men back
and make room for others in the same
way!" said Mr. Ford.
"Healthy, whole, ill, crippled, we
will uso all of them we can in our motor
car and farm tractor plants," he
edded. Then he told the story of a
blind man who needed a Job and was
put to work in the Detroit plunt fitting
plug gauges into nuts and so on. Within
a month the man was doing the
work of three persons with sight.
Should Fit Cripples Into Jobs.
"There are few human beings so
badly crippled that they cannot do
enough work to make themselves a
comfortable living, provided some one
will take the trouble to fit them into
rise, Just m there 1* in private com*
petltlve service. It a man can do his
Job he should be aa well paid by the
government as by a private corporation.
If not, he should be dismissed or
shelved into a Job which he could do.
Every employe should have a chance
to make money?that's quite all right,
for people to want to make money?
but they should do something for it
But they should have the chance to
make money for themselves Instead of
for private corporations."
Get Bu-y Now On Producing.
"What should the United States do
now that the war is over?" Mr- Ford
was asked.
"Get busy on productive industries,
instead of destructive industries," was
the quick reply. "Produce food, cut
the cost of It down. Produce manufactured
article, cut down their cost.
Improve our railroads, bring down
their carrying cost.
"That has always been my argument.
The three great arts are agriculture.
manufacture and transportation.
Speed them up and combine
them and you will have a solution of
the problem of cost of living and all
the other great economical problems
which are distressing the world."
As a result of Marshal McCarthy's
heckling of Mr. Ford, there probably
will be no more "auctions" In behalf of
the fund. Joseph P. Day, chairman of
the special feature work of the drive,
was especially displeased by Marshal
McCarthy's personal drive on Mr. Ford
and used all in his influence to have
such things stopped.
McCarthy, it is said, asked pointblank
recently that Gov. Whitman contribute
1250, which the governor (huving
done his share elsewhere) declined.
So on the same Sunday night McCarthy
spied Governor-elect Smith in the
audience and said: "Won't you give the
$260 that Governor Whitman refused
to give?"
Mr. Smith, the World may state,
was quite as indignant as Mr- Ford,
they being solicited within a few moments
of each other.
There was to have been a meeting
last night at the Waldorf-Astoria and
an auction, but it was called off because
of the unfortunate result of Sunday
night's drive against the contributor
of $500,000.
WOMEN WAR DOCTORS.
Noble Bands Known as "The Battelion
of Life."
In the early part of the war a large
number of Russian women were impelled
by the great deeds of their country
to form themselves Into a military
unit which was known as "The Battalion
of Death." Urged by the same
desire for service, women physicians
and surgeons of many lands are doing
splendid work In waging warfare
against th# Ir^ury and disease which
follow ?Ftb? wa?< of wai. Oiwifof ? *"*
medical women have been active and
efficient all through these dread four
years, and collectively these noble
bands are spoken of as "The Battalion
of Life." because of their efforts to
overcome death on the battlefield and
In the trenches.
The story of the Scottish women
physicians is now widely known,
m?l yet it is well to remember those earliest
attempts in view of the more gcneral
and elaborate work due since
1914. The Scottish Women's Hospitals
were founded In October, 1914, and
their unit was made ready for
Belgium in ten days. They had the
lowest death rate from typhoid of any
army hospital In that country and so
excellent was the work done that the
authorities requested these women
doctors to return and take charge of
a British army hospital in London
with over 500 beds. Four Scottish
women's hospitals were at work in Serbia
during the typhus epidemic, and
the heroic service of Dr. Elsie Inglls
Is among the most magnlflclent records
of the world.?Toronto Globe.
Marshal Pctain.?General Petain,
the commander In chief of the French
armies, has been named a marshal of
France at a meeting of the cabinet
presided over by President Polncare.
General Petain was at the time enter'ng
Metz at the head of the French
Tenth Army,
The rising of General Petain to the
rank of marshal will increase the number
of marshals In France to three,
the others being Marshal Joffre and
Marshal Foch. General Petain formerly
chief of the general staff, was on
May 15, 1917, appointed commander
In chief of the French armies operating
on the French front, which command
he has since held, while Marshal
Foch. as generalissimo, commanded
the French and other Allied armies
throughout the field of operation.
General Petain, before his appointment
as chief of staff, won his chief
distinction for the heroic defense of
Verdun under his command. He was
a retired colonel at the outbreak of
ronMlv thpftlich the
llie wai, uuv ?w?v . ,
ability he displayed. As commander on
the French front he added notably to
his earlier laurels, particularly In the
later phases of the war when the
skilfully directed hammer blows of his
forces In conjunction with those of the
British, Americans and other Allied
commands, were breaking down the resistance
of the German army and disintegrating
it to the point where the
Gorman command was forced to apply
for an armistice.
General Petaln, who Is 62 years of
age, was trained at St. Cyr and became
a captain In 1890 and later a
colonel. During the early weeks of the
war his ability as a tactician and
strategist, brought him speedily to
the command of a brigade, and early
in September. 1914, he was made general
of a division.
Government agents see evidences
that German propaganda machinery
in the Untted States la being put in
working order again to promote sentiment
of leniency toward Germany in
peace terms. Consequently department
of Justice officials have warned the
public to remain watchful against resumption
of organised propaganda by
Interests formerly actively pro-German
and for the last year passive. Concerted
movement Is apparent, officials
say, in utterances of individuals, a few
organisations formerly active for German
interests and some newspapers
There is no organised leadership, it is
believed, but local interests have taken
their cue from official pleas from Germany
for leniency in armistice and
| final peace terma
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jous, Air. rora suia. vina 11 uiey arc
unable to do such work, then we will
care for them through real charity."
The heckling he received was not
the only offensive thing which the
contributor of $600,000 heard at the
Metropolitan Sunday night.
"Whoever was giving the entertainment
produced a short play In which
the idea seemed to be to keep oar hatred
of the Germans," said Mr. Ford?
and in this Mrs. Ford, who was present
at the interview, concurred. "This
play showed German brutalities?
showed German drinking while their
Belgian victims were being shot outside.
That might have been all right
before the end of the war. We then
hated militarism and fought it with all
our power. But the war la over, and
we have won.
"Is not militarism over? It should
be. And If militarism Is not finished
and through with, then why don't we
fight on and bring It to ai> end? If we
have won and militarism is conquered,
why should these plays which tend to
keep up our hatred be produced? If
militarism is not yet conquered, let's
go on fighting until it is."
Ready to Do Peaceful Work.
"I'm a pacifist, but I fought to end
militarism. My plants fought 100 per
cent, and are still fighting, because we
have not yet stopped making Liberty
motors, Eagle ships, gun carriages and
other Implements of warfare. When
the government tells us to stop these
things, I will have our plants go Into
real peaceful productive works. Instead
of work that Is bound eventually to be
destroyed Into nothingness"
Mr. Ford would consent only to very
brief answers to questions asked as to
poet-war matters. Thus:
"Do you approve of feeding the Germans?"
"Vm T# wra AiA n/\f nra ora In tKn
same class as the Germans were who
did not feed their captives. They were
pro-militarism; we are (or the end of
militarism and all the cruelties that go
with it"
"Are you for the retention by the
government of the public utilities it
has taken over, and possibly others?"
"Tea, I believe all public utilities,
such as railroad/, telegraph lines and
other such important functions should
be controlled by the government But
I believe there should be a chance for