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RELIGION OF MARSHAL FOCH
General Is Called the Gray Nan ol
Christ
HIS GUIDANCE IS FKOM ON HIGH
Wonderfully Interesting Story of the
Spiritual and Personal Side of the
Great Leader of the Allied, Forces?
Had Absolutely No Doubt of Final
T riumph.
The n-lixh'ii of William Hoiu-iizoll*
in has !> ? one of the active topics
of the whole war. It has boon only in
his very latest utterances that the former
Herman monarch has not coupled
'Jolt with himself us an ojual ami
ahettor, or perhaps a servant, One
pielure of the kaiser Sent out hy the
watchful itoswell, Karl Hosm r. show*
e?l William in the act of communion,
and we are distinctly told that in that
ItclKian church with a waiting audidience
of Herman officers the worshiper
never bent the knee. There is
a stroiiK contrast between him and the
IlKurc the I<os Angeles Times draws of
his coii'iueror, (leneral Ferdinand
Ion Ii "the <ii'ity .Man of t"hrist." "This
has ho n Christ's war," says The Times,
"'"hrist on one side, and all that stood
opposite to Christ on the other side.
And the OeiteRilissimo. in supreme
i omniaimI ol all the armies that fought
on the side of Christ, is a Christ's
man."
last readers *hink this a "strange
statement for a secular newspaper to
make," The Times brings forward the
remainder that it is the business of a
newspaper to get at facts," and "if the
tacts are ol a supernal nature, it is
still the business of the newspaper to
gel at tliein and to record tllelll."
When this was written the lull span ot
iteiieral Koch's achievements had not
heeli covered, hul the end was then
clearly in sight- We read:
"The deeper wi question as 10 mw
Koch is. tin* clearer is tin.- if.sv.cr thut
in every .nt of )ns life ami in every
thought of his brain he is Christ's
man.
"If you were to ask him, "Are you
'hrist's man'." In* would answer, "Yes."
"It seems to he heyond all shadow ot
doubt that when the hour came in
which all Christ stood for was to either
stand or fall, Christ raised up a man
to lead the hosts that battled for him.
"When the hour came in which truth
and right, charity, brotherly love. Justice.
ami liberty wero either to triumph
or to be blotted out of the world.
Christ came again upon the road to
Damascus.
"Whoever does not realize this and
nee It clearly as a fact, he does hut
blunder stupidly.
"There will he u crowding company
of critics when the war is ended and
they will he filled with the ego of their
own conclusions. They will attempt
to explain the genius of FOch with
maps and diagrams. But, while they
are doing so. if you will look for Koch
in some <iuiet church. It is there that
he will be found humbly giving God
the glory, and absolutely declining to
auriuuic 11 iu iiium...
"Can that kind of a man win a war'.'
Can a man who is a practical soldier
I** also a practical Christian'.' And is
Koch that kind of a man? Eut us sec."
The secret of where Koch used to K<>
for "strength and magical power to
bring home the marvelous victories"
was surprised by a California boy. It
was not published by any organ of
France, to show the world how "religious"
its leader wus:
"A California boy, serving as a soldier
in the American Expeditionary
forces In France, lias recently written
a letter to Ins parents hi San Iternurdino
in which he gives, as well as any
one else could give, the answer to the
question we ask.
"This American boy? Evans by name
- tells of meeting tienerul Koch at
close range In France.
"Evans had gone into an old church
to have a look at it. and as he stood
there with hured head satisfying his
respectful curiosity, u gray man with
the eagles of a general on the collar of
his shabby uniform also entered the
church, i >nly one orderly accompanied
the quiet, gray man. No glittering
staff of officers, no entourage of
gold-laced aides, were with him: nobody
but Just an orderly.
"Evans paid small attention at tlrst
to the gray man. but was curious to
see him kneel in the church, praying.
The minutes passed until full threequarters
of an hour had gone by before
the gray man arose from his
knees.
flten Evans followed him down the
street and was surprised to see soldiers
salute this man in great excitement,
and women ami children stopping in
their tracks with awe-struck faces as
he passed.
"It was Koch. And now Evans, of
San Bernardino, counts the experience
as the greatest in his life. During that
three-quarters of an hour that the generalissimo
of all the Allied armies was
on his knees in humble supplication in
that quiet church. 10.000 guns were
roaring at his word on a hundred hills
that rocked with death.
"Millions of armed men crouched in
trenches or rushed across blooddrenched
terraces at his command,
generals, artillery, cavalry, engineers,
tanks, fought and wrought across the
map of Europe absolutely as he commanded
them to do. and In no other
manner, as he went Into that little
church to pray.
"Nor was it aii unusual thing for
General Foch to do. There Is no day
that he does not do the same thing If
there be u church that he can reach.
He never fails to spend an hour on his
knees every morning that he wakes
from sleep; and every night it is the
same.
"Moreover, it is not a new thing with
him. He has done It his whole long
life.
young Evans could have followed
the general on to headquarters, where
reports were waiting him and news of
victory- upon victory* was piled high
before him. he would doubtless have
seen a great gladness on the general's
face, but he would have seen no look of
surprise there.
"Men who do that which Foch does
have n? doubts. When Premier Clemenceau.
the old Tiger of France,
?? ?
stood on the battle-front with anxious I
heart. uii* look at the faro of Koch I
stilled all his fours. He returned to
I'atis with tin vision of sure ami corta.n
victor}'. ?
"The great agnostic statesman doubt
1. hut tin- ?iray Man of t'hrist did not
doubt.
"Tin.- fac ts, then, in th? case arc- that p
when th<- frc-edom of th?- world hutiK
in th<- balance the- world turned to
Koch as the- one- great g< nius who c-ould h
save it against the Hun. and that Koch,
who is perhaps the greatest soldier the
world has produced, is first of all. a
christian. * * *
"Young Hearts of San Bernardino,
just an ev.-ry-day American boy from
under tin- shadow of old San lorgonio.
-I.- nt nearly an hour with Korn in an n
nIil French church. an<l not even one- ? <
bayonet was there to keep them apart.
"Th. v represented tIt* two cri'Ut si
democracies of tin- world. but there in it
that old church they represented. joint- ti
ly. a far greater thing?the democracy <(
of t'hrist." i|<
? t:
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY. la
General Pershing Makes a Notable
Thanksgiving Address. H
Tin- fnatiiri' of Thanksgiving day at J(
general headquarters in France was an (J|
address by 'Jen<-ral John J. PershinK. t(
commander-in-chief of the American z,
forces. In his a<l<lr< ss. tjen. PershinK
gave Co<l credit for the triumph of u
American arms and remembered the
dead and wounded as well as the wid- ^
ows and orphans and bereaved mothers.
The text of his splendid address
is as follows:
"Fellow Soldiers: \? ver in the history
of our country have we. as a peo- '
pie. cometogether withstich full hearts
as on t bis greatest of all Thanksgiving
days. The moment throbs with ?mo- c<
tion. seeking to tind full exprsslon. He- 'I
presentini; the ilrst ideals ofourcoun- si
tryiuen and cherishing th<* spirit of our 01
forefathers who tirst e< lebrated this fes- Cl
t i\ ; I ol' Thanksgiving, we are proud to
ha vi- repaid t he debt to ^rat it tide to the t?
land of I.a I 'ayette and have h>nt Olir aid ri
in saving ci\ ili/ation from destruction. ' <
"The unscrupulous invader has lieen hi
driven from the devastated scenes of f'?
his unholy conquest. Tile title of eon- ol
ni.i %.lii,li .liirinir the dark days of
mid-summer? threatened to overwhelm d?
the Allied fortes has been turned into ei
glorious victory. Am tin- sounds of bat- cl
tlo die away ami the hcatcn foe bur- t>
ri? s from tin- tleld it is fitting tliat the tcj
com i tiering armies should pause to give pi
thanks to the (Sod of btittles wlio Itas K
guided our cause aright. in
Hard-Won Gift. tl
"Victory was our goal. It is a hard- fe
won gift of tlie soldier to his country, j
Onlv the soldier Knows the cost of a
i
gift we now present to the nation. As w
soldiers inspired by every spiritual w
sentiment, we have each silently pray- ?
ed that the success of righteousness t.(
should be ours. Today with thank- w
fulness we humbly acknowledge that Qi
His strength has given us the victory. U1
We are thankful that the privilege pi
have been given to us to serve in such a
a cause.
"In this hour of thanksgiving our
euternal gratitude goes out to those
heroes who loved liberty better than
life, who sleep yonder where they fell. 1"
to the maimed whose honorable sears vv
test if.\ stronger than words to their
splendid valor, and to the brave fellows
whose strong, relentless blows 1,1
finally crushed the enemy's power. ta
All Are Remembered. aj
"Nor in our prayers shall we forget
the widow who freely gave the hits- ''
( ami. more precious-than her life, nor di
those who. in hidden heroism, have imfiovcrished
themselves to enrich the
cause, nor our comrades who in more 1
obscure posts hem and sit home have
rurnisncu incir ion u> in?- wiun-ia ?> >.
tlx* front. ti
"To many fame has come. N't-w
names ha vp inseribed on I ho roll Sl
of tIn* immortals. To all has come a
now outlook on lifo. a oloaror perspec- y<
tlve regarding its.ol'ligations. a more w
exalted conception of duty and honor .
and deeper sense of responsibility to the
nation and to tho
New Vision.
'May wo give thanks that unselfish w
service has Riven us this now vision;
that wo aro a hit* to rotuYn to our flresiih*
ami our country with higher aims
and a tlrmvr i?urj>oso alike ennobling tl'
to ourselves and to those who have |
hold long vigil and have prayed for us j
that wo might worthily represent them.
"This spirit that has won the victory
is to become a jH*rmanent and indis- ni
pensable mainstay of peace and happl- w
noss. It is not a matter of individual
choice, but of obligation, that we should ol
proudly carry it back, with us. If the
glory of our military service has boon <i<
a spontaneous offering of loyalty, it
is too priceless to bo cast aside by indulgence
and too sacred not to becher- w
Ishod always. ol
"Our nation awaits the return of its 0?
soldiers, believing in the stability of
character that has come from
self-discipline and self-sacrifice. Con- tf
tldint of the now power that tho stern T
school of war and discipline has yj
brought to each of us. American mothers
await with loving hearts their gal- r?1
lant sons. Croat cause, indeed, have
we to thank Cod for trials successfully
met and victory won. Still more did
we thank Him for the golden future
with its wealth of opportunity and its dl
hope of a permanent universal peace." tf
. . to
Big Work in Columbia Discontinued, fc
?Construction of the north Columbia ft
cantonment was discontinued last a|
Monday by the Hardaway Construction tn
company on orders from the war de- tl
ivirtment. The 2,500 or more work- P<
men. when they reported for duty
Wednesday morning, were detailed at w
stacking the surplus lumber, about If
7.000,000 feet of which Is unused. It w
will take about two weeks to finish the bi
task, say the contractors.
Approximately 111,000,000 was tf
appropriated for the construction of st
the cantonment, which was to have W
been constructed for the accotnmodation
of four brigades. Approxi- w
mately one-half of the cantonment has o1
been finished and about 50 barracks H
and warehouses are semi-constructed, t1
The plan for a network of highways ti
in the camp zone will be discontinued 111
because of the abandonment of the
work- It likewise means the annulment u
of the contract with the city for a large d<
extension of the municipal water service.
A double line of L'4-inch mains a!
were to have been laid in the near future
to supply the camp, and to meet t(
the demand, a settling basin of 10.000 w
gallons daily capacity is being con- a
structed by the city. Likewise, six P'
wooden type filters of 7.500.000 gallons
capacity were to have been added
shortly to the city's water equipment. S
, 9 . h
Flying in a two-passenger biplane on a
Monday. Lieutenant Lester Sweeley b
made the flight from Honesdale, Pa.. n
to Brinley Field. Long Island, 130 t)
miles, in 67 minutes. This la said to
be a record for the distance.
REOERICK WILLIAM TALKS
rown Prince Denies Responsibility
for the War
AYS HE IS READY TO GO TO WORK
las Not Signed Any Papers of Abdication?Says
the War Was Lost In
1914 By Blundering of Those In ^
Charge?Says Verdun Was a Great .
M istake.
Oosterland, Holland, Dec- 3, (By the i
ssociated Press.)?"I have not reounii-d
anything and I have not ?i?rn- <
I any document whatever."
Frederick William Hohenzollern, who
[ill claims the title of crown prince
i Cirmany. thus answered the I
on of the Associated Press in the
>urse of a lengthy conversation tony.
which took place in the small cot- i
itfe ol' the village pastor on tin- is- i
inil of Wierilinen, where he is intern- 1
I. I
"However." he continued, "should '
ie 11.unan government decide to form
i-eonlilie similar to tile I'nitcti Staler t
r France. I shall ! perfectly content I
> retnro to Hcrtnnuy jus a simple citi 11
i'cail.v to ?lo anything to jussist my
?unt ry. I should even he happy to
ork jus a laborer in a factory.
"At present everything appears
tiaos in (ierniany, hut I hope things
ill right themselves."
Turning Point in War.
Asked what in .his opinion, was the
irning point of the war, he said:
"I whs convinced early in Odder
l!il I. that we had lost the war. 1
insidered our position hopeless after
ie hattle of the Maine, which we
loiild not have lost if the chiefs of
ir general staff had not suffered a
ise of nerves.
"I tried to persuade the general staff
> seek peace then, even at a great sjictiee
going so far as to give tip Alsaceorraine.
Hut I was told to mind my
iisiness and confine my activities to
immanding my armies. I have proof
r this.
"What finally brought about the
wnfall of tin- Herman military pow\"
he declared, "was revolution inuded
by four years of hunger among
ie civilians and the troops in the rear
igether with the overwhelming suriorit.v
in numbers attained by the
ntente powers since America's entry
ito the war. which had undertninded
?? confidence or tne uorrnan ngniuig
iifps.
Odds Too Great.
'.Many soldiers, whom I loved and
it ti whom I lived continuously, and
ho. if 1 may say so, loved me, fought
ith the utmost courage to the end.
,-en when the odds were impossible to
ithstand," the refugee prince went
i. "They had no rent, and aom?tkn?s
i entire division numbered only 600
fles. These were opj>osod by fresh
Hied troops, among whom were
meriean divisions containing 27,000
,en apiece."
Describing how he left the front,
rederlck William declared: "I was
1th my armies after the kaiser left
ermany. 1 asked the lierlin governeiit
whether they desired me to rein
my command. They replied neglively,
and I could not continue to
ad armies under orders of the sellers'
and workers' council.
"Therefore, I came to Holland, withit
hindrance. No shooting or bonibig
occurred and 1 quit the army with
ie greatest regret after having parcipated
in the trench life with the
ddiers for so long.
"I have not been In Germany for a
. nr.. and from the beginning of the
nr I have taken only three or four
irtnight leaves."
How War Started.
Speaking of the beginning of the
ar Frederick William assorted:
"Contrary to all statements hitherto '
inde abroad. I never desired war. and
lought the moment quite Inopportune,
was never consulted, and the report
Dout the crown council being held in (
erlin to decide on tlie war 1 deny on
ly oalh. 1 was enjoying a stay at a
atcring place when mobilization was ^
dered.
"My father also, 1 am sure, did not
sire war. If Germany had sought
io opportunity for making war she
ould have ehosen the period either
P the Boer war or the Itusso-Japanie
war.
"From the beginning I was certain
tat England would enter the conflict,
his view was not shared by Prince
enr.v and the other members of my
unity.
Failure in Verdun.
"People have credited me with war
ke intentions. But I was only a sol!er
with a desire to see the army kept
toroughly efficient and I worked hard
> tiring this about. People blamed me
r the failure at Verdun. But I reised
to attack there with the troops
1 my disposal. On the third occasion
ly attack was successful for the first
irco days, but I was not properly supjrted.
"I thought that the Verdun attack
as a mistake. We should have aticked
to the eastward of Verdun,
here there could have been great protbilitv
of success."
The ex-crown prince was rather bit r
regarding the work of the general
aff. which he asserted was responsile
for numerous mistakes including
te attack in March 1918. which he
as ordered to make contrary to his
tvn view, and was compelled to obey,
e declared that Ludendorff was the
lainspring of Germany's war-like aevities.
while Von Hindenburg was a
tere figurehead. ,
Ludendorff and his staff continually
- - - - t '
nderestimatca me enem> n ..v
eclared and never believed that j
merica's contribution of soldiers was
* great as it actually proved t be.
Frederick William declares himself (
> be an admirer of President Wilson,
ho he felt assured would bring about ,
peace of justice for the German
eople.
Pershing Begged Foch to Let Him f
end Aid.?"I've two divisions down (
ere that have not enough supporting
rtlllerv, that haven't any airplanes,
ut, by God, they can die to the last j
tan, and are ready to. Let me send i
lem in." <
This was the appeal General Per- J
i
I
shing made to Marshal Foch in those
tryi?S days Just before July 15, when
the French were retiring in four columns
before the Germans, according
to the statement of Howard Heinz, the
Pennsylvania state food administrator,
in an address at the banquet of the
Pennsylvania Hotel Men's association,
In Philadelphia, last Wednesday night.
Marshal Foch consented and the
Americans went in at Belleau Wood.
How they fought is history.
"The first regiment went up, " said
Mr. Heinz, "and was knocked down;
1 he second regiment went up and was
knocked down. The third went up and.
regiment went up and stayed there.
"The (lermuns were turned and driven
back from Belleau Wood."
WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS.
Roosevelt Says That There is Nothing
to Them.
Asserting that the Ignited States had
not done nearly as much as the Brit sh
navy and the British. French and
Italian armies to bring about the downall
of Germany Theodore Roosevelt
leclared in a statement in New York,
Puesday night that it is "our business
o stand by our Allies at the peace conference."
He declared it "sheer nonsense" t?>
?ay the .American army was lighting
for I'resident Wilson's famous "fourleen
|?oints." He made the assertion
hut "there was not one American
toldier in u thousand who ever heard
>f them."
"The British empire imperatively
teeds the greatest navy, in the world,
tnd this we should instantly concede,"
?iid the colonel. "Our need for a
rreat navy comes next to hers and we
should have the second navy in the
vorhl. Similarly France needs great>r
military strength than we do, but
>ve should have all our young men
rained to arms, on the general lines
)f the Swiss system.
Freedom of Sea?.
" 'The freedom of the seas' is a phrase
hat may mean anything or nothing.
If it is to be interpreted its Germany
nterprets it, it is throughly mischlev>us.
"The British must of course keep
he colonies they have conquered.
"As for this nation, it must keep its
ibsolute economic independence and
aiso or level its economic barriers as
ts interests demand, for we have to
ook after the welfare of our own workngmen.
We must insist on the preservation
of the Monroe doctrine. We
nust keep the right to close the Banana
canal to our enemies in war time
ind we must not undertake to inter'ere
in European, Asiatic or African
natters with which we ought to have
troperly no concern."
Blames Division on Wilson.
Declaring that President Wilson has
tot given the slightest explanation of
vhat his views are or why he la going
[Broad?* fhe " co1<Jn?t' assefted," "ne' la
timself responsible for any division
imong the American people as regards
he peace conference at this time.
"He has never permitted the Amerian
people to pass on his peace proKisals
nor has he ever mode those protosals
clear and straightforward. As
or the 14 points, so far as the Ameri;an
pople have expressed any oplnon
upon them, It was on November
?. wncn tney rojectcu mem, m- tuninucd,
adding that "the American
Limy was fighting to smash Germany,"
ind "American people wanted Gernany
smashed.
"The Allies have never accepted the
I points." lie continued. "The United
States has never accepted them. Germany
and Austria enthusiastically ac epted
them. Here certain individlals.
Including President Wilson, Mr.
iearst, Mr. Vierlck, und as I unicrstand
it. a number of pro-Gernans
and pacifists and International
locialists. have accepted them, but
leither the American people nor the
Vmerlcan congress has accepted
hem."
RECURRENCE OF THE FLU.
May be that the Epidemic Will Come
Back in 1919.
Plans for combating ajiother influmza
epidemic, expected to sweep the
ountry In 1919, will be considered by
lenlth authorities from all parts of the
I'nited States, Canada and South
\merica nt the forty-sixth annual contention
of the American public health
association, which opens in Chicago
Liecember 9.
Members of the association say that
ill the influenza epidemics since 1729
lave been recurrent from two to three
ears after the initial outbreak. For
his reason leading authorities feel convinced
that the visitation of 1918 will
>e repeated In 1919, and probably in
[920. Also, it Ip pointed out, that In
trevious epidemics the second and third
mtbrcaks have been more virulent and
ittended by a higher mortality than
he Initial manifestations.
It was early In the year of 1918, according
to Dr. \V. A. Evans, former
Health commissioner of Chicago that
he now so-called Spanish influenza
nade its appearance In Spain. Now
^pain Is having Its second outbreak,
tccording to Doctor Evans, moreviruent
in form and attended by an alirming
death rate.
During the three-day meeting the
nethods used in combating the 1918
epidemic in the United States will be
horoughly considered and plans outined
for meeting any future emerronrv
Amnnir those who will pres
>nt papers and take part in the discusdor.
are Major W. H. Welch, of the
lational medical corps: Dr. E. C. Roseiow
of the Mayo foundation; Dr. Herman
Briggs. commissioner of the New
t'ork state department of health, and
Or. A. J. McLaughlin, assistant surreon
general of the United States pubic
health service.
Besides consideration of Influenza,
nanv subjects of general interest peraining
to public health during the reconstruction
period will be taken up.
There will be discussions regarding
proper precautions in the care ofchllIren
to reduce mortality rates, rural
sanitation, the effect of fashions on
tealth and the use of narcotics in warimes.
The central industrial committee of
Belgium, after an investigation, estlnates
Belgium's damage through
lerman military occupation and seizins
of machinery and raw material at
>.000,560.000 francs (*1,200,112.000).
PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.
kale** Statement of Purposes at Peace
Conference and Endoraos Woman
Suffrage.
* Congress in joint session last Monday
heard President Wilson formally
Mate his purpose to attend the peace
conference, and give his views on the
Part the government should play In
'dealing with the war problems.
Democrats of the house received the
announcement with cheers in which (
some senators Joined; the Republicans
were silent almost throughout the address
except when the president referred
to the valor and efficiency of ,
.America's soldiers and mentioned the 1
parses of Pershing and Sims. Threat- j
tned interruntions bv members who i
'disapprove of the trip and of the presi- i
dent's failure to include a senator ;
amonge the peace delegates, however, i
did not materialize. i
. During the first hour of the new |
session. Senator Cummins of Iowa. Re- 1
publican, introduced a resolution to I
send a committee of eight senators to i
Paris to keep the senate advised of ;
the progress of the peace conference
and in the house Representative Rod- i
enbury of Illinois, Republican, had of- I
lered a resolution proposing that the
Mcc president take over the executive <
functions upon the departure of Mr. 1
Wilson from the country. Senator i
?herman of Illinois, Republican, an- ;
hounced later that he would submit u j
Resolution similar to that of Mr. Ro- !
denbury, except that it would declare I
the office of the president vacant.
President Pays Tribute. 1
The president's annual address was
read before a crowd that filled floors c
and galleries. He reviewed at length '
the country's accomplishments in tho '
war, paying tribute to the urmed forces 1
and loyal workers at home. Among
other things he disclosed that he thinks t
the problem of readjustment is taking i
care of itself without government aid. 1
"It is surprising," he said, "how fast s
the progress of return to a peace foot- <
ing has moved in the three weeks since t
the fighting stopped. It promises to
outrun any inquiry inai inay ne instituted
and any aid that may be offered.
It will not be easy to direct it any
better than it will direct itself. The
American business man is of quick initiative."
Of the railroad question, Mr. Wilson
said he had no solution to offer. He
said he was ready to return the lines
to private control whenever a satisfactory
arrangement was offered to prevent
a return to the old systems under
private management without modification
and asked congress to study the
subject.
Recommendations included a renewed
appeal for woman suffrage In recognition
of woman's work in the war;
a request for early and favorable action
on the unratified Colombian
treaty and a suggestion that authority
^bould bejjiven the war trade board or
frhdHt 'ffliw OOUHTme "Cffntro!
for a time over exports.
"Know All That I w."
The president concluded with the
announcement of his forthcoming trip
overseas. He said since the associated
government had accepted principles
enunciated by him as the basis for
peace, and reasonably desired his personal
counsel in their interpretation,
he regarded It as his paramount duty
to go. Through cables and wireless,
he added, he would keep In close touch
with all that goes on on this side "and
you will know all that I do." He appealed
for the encouragement and added
strength of united support from
congress
i neru was nu uuuaiu 111 emicr nuuor
on the president's trip to France. The 1
only reference to it In the house was ?
made by Representatice Mann of Illinois.
Republican leader, after the president
had delivered his annual address
at the joint session In the house chamber.
"I am not objecting to the president
going abroad," said the Republican
leader, "but I think wise gentlemen on
the majority side of the house ought to
be able to inform congress what course
Is to be pursued when matters come before
us. Is there any way by which we
may make into law anything put
through congress before the president
returns?"
There was no reply to the question,
and after the unimportant bill then
under discussion was passed. Representative
Kitchen of North Carolina.
Democratic leaders, moved adjournment
until Tuesday.
After the president spoke, the senate
was in session only a short while. At
the opening of the session, however.
Senator Sherman of Illinois, asked that
a newspaper article regarding plans
for the personal comfort of President
Wilson and his party on the trip abroad
be read. Senator Phelan of California,
objected, but on a viva voce vote the
senate ordered the article read.
MAIL BY AIRPLANE.
No Longer an Experiment, But Entirely
Practicable.
The time when all your important
letters will be delivered by airplane.
writes a Washington correspondent. Is
almost here.
You will be able to write to any city
in the United States and fret a reply
within 36 hours by airmail.
Before another year passes the
transcontinental airmail service will
probably be as common as the transcontinental
train service is now.
Perhaps within the same period you
will he able to write to London and
Ket a reply three days later by transAtlantic
airmail.
Present Service 100 Per Cent Success.
Startling as these predictions may
seem, they-are not extravagant considering
what the postofflce department
has already done with the airmail.
"The present airmail service is 100
rwr CPnf pnrrpss. Its further exten
sion, accomplishing a saving In time I
and a great benefit in emergency business
operations is assured." >
So said Postmaster General Burleson,
with the September performance 1
figures of the New York-Philadelphia- ?
Washington service before him, when I
I asked him what the postplane sendee i
may be expected to do. I
Burleson does not. as a rule, make
prophecies. His predictions are based ]
on accomplishments. i
"We have established a'dependable
daily sendee between Washington, <
Philadelphia and New York, which is <
proving its value." he continued.
'Through its efficiency the airmail service
has proved the feasibility of further
extension."
The New York-Washington service
was started May 15. I?il8. Trom that
date until August 12 the planes were
operated by army pilots. Since then
the postofttce deiiartment has tyovidcd
its own planes and operators.
Flight* Now Are Not Experimental.
'September is the first full month
of our own airmail operation." explained
Burleson. "The i>er cent of
performance was 100: that is. the mail
went each day each way. rain, shine,
or storm, without a miss or failure.
There were 25 flying days. Our pilots
flow a total of 11.351 miles. The round
I rip consists of four legs, each valued (
at 25 per cent if completed by aero- ;
plane and not by train before the close
of the day. The 'performance' column
ihows 100 per cent every day. The
pilots carried 15,199 3-4 pounds of
mail, and not once did the mail have to
he carried by train. There were only
three forced landings out of a total of
100 flights. I
"There was nothing experimental
Xbout the Waahington-Vew York line. (
Its efficiency and permanence was assured
beforehand. Minor difficulties |
were overcome within the first two or j
three weeks. After the first two weeks
the record of efficiency improved
steadily until now it has reached 100
|wr cent?a higher mark than can tea- |
sonably be expected of any service. ,
However long in ops-ration.
"How about future extensions ,
through the country?" I asked.
' fn future extensions when war con- (
litlons admit of this." be answered. ,
'there will be nothing experimental. ,
The airmail pilot is solving the prob- ,
cm of flying in all sorts of weather.
"Before the establishment of the |
lirmail service it was regarded as iin- ,
practicable to make flights during se- j
rere storms. But our pilots have |
shown in their daily service that mail
?an be carried through the air in the ,
eeth of a storm. ,
Storms Fail to Stop Airmail. (
"On three or four occasions the air-,
nail pilots have encountered severe (
hunder and lightning, wind, hail and ,
aln, without being stopped in their j
light.
nii.imnii.il in ii storm has
ret failed.
"The worst day was September IX. '
vhen the planes left Washington and
<ew York in the midst of rainktorms.
t was raining so hard the machines ,
lad to he started in the hangars, and
\viator Shank, in his 'take off' at
A'ashington found his landing gear
linking in the 'mud up to the hubs in
Jarts of the field. Notwithstanding
his. he made the trip from Washingon
to New York In three hours and
Ive minutes, with storm all the way. '
"The value of the sendee to the '
jublic has been shown repeatedly. Pajers
have been sent to New York,
t^ite^thif Ihanefl back ttm i?11 *4y j
?going by post plane and coming Ixnck
>ver night by regular mall, saving at
east 24 hours. While the actual flyng
time in transit may be reduced by
rom two to three hours, the fact of a
'ommunication being sent from Washington
to New York, or vice versa, and
caching its destination before the.
lose of business hours, ndmltting of '
i reply by evening mall of the same
lay, may save at least a day In time, 1
The rate is 18 cents for the first ounce
md fi cents for each additional ounce,
ind aeroplane mall automatically lie- 1
omes special delivery from the mo- 1
nent it is posted until it is in the
lands of the addressee,"
The department's next projected
oute for airmail Is between New York
ind Chicago, by way of Cleveland.
The first pathflndlng trips were mado
>ver tills route September 5, 6 and yv. (
The permanent service will be esjub- 1
lshed Just as soon us the c<iulp?y-nt is '
ivailable. This may be at any time
low. Other routes arc projected from 1
IVashlngton to Chicago; from New
fork to New England; from Chicago '
o St. LoUls to Kansas City; from Chi- '
;ago to St. Paul and Minneapolis; and
1 c, i,.,,,!
Tom hansBM V.IIJ mm rn. ?U. ... ....
Pacific coast. At least 12 new aerial 1
outes can be established within the 1
text year if equipment Is available, '
ind the demands from the territory '
itTected strong enough. The depart- 3
nent has Inid out a total of 200 airmail '
outes for future operation.
UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR.
I
Extracts from Letters with Reference i
to War Risk Insurance. i
I am discharged from the army for
i goiter which I was sent home on. I
I received $61 and I am certainly i
trovoked tonight. 1
In service with the United States 1
Vrmory. 3
I received my Insurance polish and
lave since moved my postofflce. s
I am his wife and only air. <
You naked for allotment number. I 1
lave four boys and two girls. <
Please correct my name as I would 1
tot and could not go under a consum- <
rd name. t
Extracts from the letter from a boy
o his mother: "I am writing In the \
1. M. C. A. with the piano playing In \
ny uniform." <
Please return my marriage certifl- t
ate: baby hasn't eaten in three days. 1
Now Mr. Wilson I need help bad; i
iee if the president can't help me; I
teed him to see after me. t
Dear Mr. Wilson: I have already <
vritten to Mr. Headquarters and re- J
reived no reply and if I don't get one l
loon. I am going 10 wruc m u
*am himself.
Sir: You have changed my little
loy into a girl. Will it make any dif'erence
?
I am writing to ask you why I have
lot received my elopement.
His money was kept from him for j
he elopement which I never received. |
My son is in Company 158th In- j
fancy. |
Please tell me is he living or dead |
ind if so what is his address. i
Some letters from Boldlers wives to
Exemption boards: Sir: I have re- <
reived your letter. I am his grand- |
father and grandmother. He was born <
uid brought up in this house In answer <
to your letter. I
Sir: If I don't receive my husband's
pay I shall be compelled to lead an 1m- i
mortal life, ;
Sir: In accordance with Instructions i
m pink paper I have given birth to a ]
laughter on April it, 1918.
LETTERS FROM SOLDIERS
Wbat York Boys Overseas Tell Ibe
Homefolks
MANY AND IMPRESSIVE EXPERIENCES
Member* of the Thirtieth Tell of Some
Heavy Fighting?Carl Foster Has
Been In the Hospital Twic??Saye
Plexico Has Seen So Much of Death
That It No Longer Surprises Him.
(Sidney W. Sherer of Sharon, now
somewhere in France, to (5. W. Whitesides
of Sharon, under date of November
9).
I have your letter of October 9,
1 _?, A ...itU iLlAAmihi
WIIH.II i IV..W n.w.
Also 1 am receiving The Kmiuirer.
which you are sending me. It makes
me feel good to read the county news.
After I get through with the paper I
pass it on to another York county boy
from Clover.
I have had lots of strange and different
experiences since 1 left the States;
but I will have to wait until 1 get back
before I can tell you of some of the
things that are most interesting to me.
I have been on the Ypres front in
Belgium and although we did what
was required of us we were wonderfully
fortunate, as only one man in our
company was wounded.
They have most splendid roads in
this country, all level and macadam.
There are no frame buildings?everything
being of brick and stone, on ac;ount
of the weather, I suppose; but
maybe on account of the scarcity of
timber.
All the vehicles are two-wheeled affairs.
and it is more common to see
them drawn by dogs than By other animals.
How would you like to make a
buggy horse out of your dog?
My, but these French girls are pretty;
but what is the good of having women
around you when you can't talk
:o them? *
I hope you all will have a fine
""hristmas and I wish I could be with
mother and brothers. Anyhow, tell
iteola and Victor hello for me.
(From Private Carl W. Foster, Com*
any H, 118th Infantry, Thirtieth Division,
dated at Rending. Kngtand, to
ills cousin. Miss Lillian Foster, of
Hickory (Jrove, and dated November
Ird).
I am still in the hospital here, where
I have been since September 26, when
[ was gassed at the big battle of St.
juentin, that you have no doubt read
ibout in the papers.
"This is my second stay in the hospital,
the first time on account of a
voutul in the right hand; but that
vound did not amount to much Iy/
:omparison with the gassing. For nine
o where I can see all right and my
. oiee seems to be coming bacK slowly.
[ am up and about all righjf however.
"Of course you have t/en reading
ibout the splendid work/that the Thirieth
has been doing aythe front- They
lave suffered fearfully and I have lost
nost of my friends/ My captain was
tilled Just a fewy/lays after I got my
lose of gas. H/was such a fine man,
oo. I thought ever so much of him;
)ut good men do not seem to have any
nore chan/e 'over here' than men who
ire not st/good. Even though we have
differed' terribly, Lillian, don't lose
light M the fact that the Thirtieth has
nade the Germans suffer, too.
"The first fighting we did was 011 the
k'pres front in Belgium, and from
here we went to St. Quentin. If I
ould write for a week I would not be
ible to tell you half of what I have to
ell.
"Lillian, this is sure a fine hospital I
un in. and the pretty nurses here, Gee!
k'ou have heard the song. I don't want
;o get well for I am in love with the
iurse,' have you not? Well, I am feeing
about that way.
"If I should attempt to tell you all
he things I could tell you, I would be
vrlting for a week, and would leave
he job unfinished; but I am not feeing
so well, and will close by asking
iou to give my love to all and write
nore often."
(Private Allen Saye Plexico, of the
118th Infantry, Thirtieth Division, to
lis sister, Mrs. S. D. Good of Blairsillle,
from France, under date of November
2).
"Your letter giving an account 01 me
tilling of Mr. Penninger, has just been
received. I was very sorry indeed to
tear of the unfortunate tragedy and i
feel the deepest sympathy for poor
Mrs- Penninger.
"But sister, things like that do not
iffect me as they once did. I have become
too much accustomed to it.
IVhere I used to be stirred over the
leath of one individual, now my outook
is over thousands and thousands
it mothers who have lost their dear
)0>8.
"It you could see what I am seeing,
vhich God forbid, I fear that you too,
vould soon become callous to the sight
it dead men. I have seen hundreds
ind hundreds of them. It made me
feel kind of curious at first; but not so
tny more. I do not mind it so much.
During my last turn in the trenches,
;he man next to me was shot down
lead. It made me feel a little shaky
lust as he fell; but that did not last
ong. as the bullets whistling about my
'' ntnA lAAlrlnor fnr mn era VO m P
icau aim ivvmua *v?* ?*v ? lomething
else to think about. I am
(lad to aay that I waa able to stand
ny ground and that I have come safey
through thus far.
I have not been In the trenches since
Tuly, but as to what Is going to happen
lext I do not know. We are in a place
right now that Is not as safe as some
places I have been in. We are not being
troubled by bullets, it is true; but
Dig shells are bursting around us in a
way that keeps us interested.
"I would like to tell you some of my
?xperlencea in the trenches; but as
there is no way of judging what the
sensor would let by and what he would
srase, you see it is hardly worth while
to try.
"I am not hankering for a return to
the trenches, and I do not mind telling
rou so; but still you will understand
that if I am ordered to go back there,
1 shall not complain,
"While I have not told you before or
anyone else. I will tell you now that 1
hail what 1 thought was a close sha\e
in the trenches. 1 got poisoned so
hudly that it scented 1 would die They
got me hack to the tirst aid station and
tixed me up all right, so you need not
worry about that.
"l*p to this time I have not had an
opportunity to get to Paris. 1 want to
go to the great city though, and 1 am
going at the tirst opportunity, which I
think will come to me before a great
while.
"There are some of the prettiest girls
here thaf I have seen since I left the
States?here in Belgium. But 1 can't
talk either French or Flemish and I
find it very unsatisfactory trying to
talk to girls by signs."
Note.?Among the letters submitted
to The Knuuirer are a number that
seem to be only of personal family interest.
and such are hardly suitable for
publication.
A SAVING OF BILLIONS.
End of the War Cuts Down Expenses
T remendously.
< CSSaiU'll VI w.ll nil! I fun III .? ?
duct ion of government expenses foi
the tiscal year 1920, starting next July
1. to $7,444.4 15.S2S from the $24,599.ooo.000
appropriated for the current
tlscnl year, according to tentative estimates
submitted to congress Tuesday
by Secretary MeAdoo. transmitting the
reports of the various departments.
The principal reduction was for the
military establishment which estimates
its needs at $1,922,000,000 in 1020, as ?
compared with $12,274.ooo.ooo appro- /
priated for this year. Itefore the sign- /
ing of the armistice with tlerinany it /
had been figured that the army alone /
would need more than $lt?.ooo.ooo,ooo /
for 1920. /
The navy's estimates for 1920 are /
$2,595,000,000, as compared with $1.-/
591,000.ooo appropriated for the v\\\/
rent year, an increase of a billion <Mt
lars despite the closing of the Jvai
There is nothing to show wiyf the
navy would hate needed had Imc war
continued. /
These estimates may tie pored down
considerably later whey the actual
needs of the governiuenyan closing out
war contracts becoiihf clearer. It is
pointed out also, that actual experiments
have seldoiiir ireached advanced
estimates. /
Airplane>Work to Go On.
Including $5^4,227,000 est limited for
fortifications? the total contemplated
outlay onXhe army amounts to $2,497.O00.WH'.
A striking figure 111 the
army ejmmates is the $ 144,942."00 for
air syfvice production. The appropriations
last year under this head were /
$540,000,000. It is evident that in re- /
ifuoing war estimates the war depart- /
ment is not proposing to lose all that /
has been gained in aircraft dcveU>*~ I.
-> ?...QH K..? nlnnn *A r?oil- ^
a fairly large scale.
The largest single reduction from
the appropriations for this year for the
army is in pay, travel and general expenses,
the now estimate for next year
being $227,678,000, as against $2,367,000,000
appropriated for this year.
Similarly large reduction is made in
quartermaster's estimates for supplies,
clothing, quarters, including cuntoiiinents
anil similar expenses, the new
figure being $911,789,000, us compared
to $5,451,000,uoO appropriated for this
year.
All Navy Items Increased.
Virtually all estimates for various
navy purposes show substantial increases
over appropriations for i tiecurrent
year. The pay item goes up to
$579,046,000 from $227,372,OOu; expenditures
on ships already authorized
goes to $232,985,000 from $59,397,000
this year and an additional $200,000,000
is asked as the tirst increment on
the new three-year programme whieh
has been proposed. Subsistence and
supplies Is given as $202,343,000, compared
with $75,520,000 this year and
ammunition needs are estimated at
$125,000,000, as compared to $82.519.
000 this year.
For new postoftices, custom houses
and other Federal buildings only $1,567,000
is asked, but this is in addition
to existing appropriations for these
purposes not spent during the war.
The request for rivers and harbors
amounts to $19,870,000, barely enough
to continue -xisting projects.
The shipping board put its requirements
at $5i9,452,000, about one-third
of the $1,505,000,000 already appropriated.
The appropriations . asked for the
postal service amounts to $358,000,000,
although it is covered by expected
income iron1 posiai revenue.
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.
Items of Interest Gathered From All
Around thj World.
Edmond Itostand, a famous author
and poet of France, died in Paris on
Monday of pneumonia.
It is reported at The Hague that tinkaiser
and the crown prince have <juarrelcd,
the latter laying the blame for
the revolution on the kaiser and having
pressed the kaiser's abdication in
order that he might be able to act a.s
his son's regent.
A Berlin correspondent of the New
York Times, tells a story of Polish soldiers
going on a wild rampage at Lentburg
last week. More than a thousand
Jews were killed, scores of Jewish women
and girls were outraged, stores
and shops plundered by officers and
men and many buildings being burned.
The German government is starting
an investigation into the German
crimes in Belgium, says a London dispatch.
the deportation of Belgian
workmen, the theft of Belgian machinery
and the murders of Edith Cavell
and Captain Fryatt. Among those ?
held responsible, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company, are General von Sau
berzwelg, the former military governor
of Brussels; General Baron Kurt von
Manteuffel, military commander at
Louvain, and Baron von der Lancken,
civil governor of Brussels at the time
of Miss Cavell's execution.
Reuter's limited, says a London dispatch,
has received from a Greek
source figures showing that in the
spring of 1914 the Turks deported
| 700,000 Greeks, of whom 500,000 are
now refugees in Greece. Since the war
began to the end of 1917, the Turks
deported 1,240,000 Greeks and Armenians.
Over 900,000 Armenians and
700,000 Greeks have been massacred
and 200,000 mobilized Greeks have
been put to death or have died of their j
sufferings. A great number of women
and children have been forcibly converted
to Islamism. Others have be?*
killed or have committed sulcj^fGreek
property taken by the T***valued
at three billion fraMMf