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r> * 4' A THO-POWER NAVY - \ ** , ' ' v * ^ ^ STRATEGISTS EXPLAIN DEMAND FOR ARMY AND NAVY ±> NEEDED IN TEN YEARS Deemed Y i •f- T 'ix; v iREEK PRINCE SEES BOMBS HU ALLIES AT SALONIKI President f Wilson’s Policy Significant in the Light of a Threat of Attack—Must be Ready to De fend Monroe Doctrine From At- tack by Two Powers at Same Time. Possibility of a combined at tack by two foreign powers to break down the new Pan-American doctrine evolved from mainte nance by the United States and ... acceptance by South and Central American republics of the Monroe Doctrine is one of the fundamental basesfor the national defense plans formulated by army and navf strategists. They believe it essential in the for mulation of a national military policy, it was learned, to provide against the eventuality of an assault upon the doctrine by either an Asi atic or a European power, or even by an alliance of two such powers ^which might hurl forces simultane ously at the Atlantic and Pacific coasti>*. - 1 To develop a navy equal 1 in strength to those of any two world powers, except a combination includ ing Great Britain, and an army pre pared to fight for the integrity of the Pan-An>erican idea anywhere in Pan America,.!* the ultimate aim of the plans of the military experts. What confidential information the army war college and the navy gen eral board may have gathered con cerning the intentions of any certain power or powers is not being reveal ed, but there are certain matters of general knowledge which are known to have entered into the study of pos sibilities upon which the theory of a two-powey attack upon the Monroe Doctrine was based. ; Ten years is the time the navy gen eral board believes the United States has in which to prepare for a read justment of world forces which will follow the European war. In setting 1925 afe the time when the United States navy should equal any afloat— which means reaching the two-power standard of the British navy—the board estimated tbat much tims would elapse before the shock of the present #ar passed sufficiently to permit any of the belligerents to look to South br Central America for col onial development or trade aggres sion. Plans of the army war college would be consummated in six years. The army offUt'm take the position that the United States must have suf ficient troopn and troop shifts to land forces in any threatened I’un-Ameri can country to meet an Invader. ^ All these preparations, it is now known, have been presented by strat egists to the administration as essen tial ts auppori the. Monroe Doctrine, so that the United States may be able tdoadt alone, if necessary, to preserve its ideal of no entangling alliances. Such Ideals, the military students have stated, impose new duties on the United States—duties that re quire something more than a policy of mere passive resistance. While the administrative branch of the government has submitted to congress a definite plan which con templates an increased expenditure of more than a billion dollars on the military and naval establishments in ' the next six years, all other agencies of the government are acting to unify and harmoqjze the Pan American na tions. To students of dipfomacy the Pan- American declarations of President Wilson in his opening address to con gress, the declarations for Pan- American unity made to the Pan- w American Scientific Congress by Sec retary Lansing, and the general ef fort for unity of all the Americas on a basis of friindship and equality, take on added significance when con- >sidered in connection with the ad ministration’s preparedness plans. The recent announcement that the ambassadors from Argentina, Brazil, and Chile had been selected by the United States to represent it on the commissions provided by the peace investigation treaties with France, Great Britain, and Italy hr regarded as one of the sigaifleant factors in this connection. Significance also is seen in the dis^ closure that an effort to postpone U*e Pan-JCmerlcan congress, on .. r the ’grpund that sufficient time had no! been given to prepare an adequate scientific program, was met by the statement that the United States was insistently desirous of taking prompt steps to further the spirit of Pan- American accord, confidence, sympa thy and mutuality. South American capitals uniformly report that the ' congress is regarded there as more political than scientific, and that ap probation of. the sentiment of Pan- American unity is freely expressed. With the military problem, agreed upon hnd defined, the two boards of strategists were asked what; in their opinion, would constitute adequate national defense. Their answ r er was: To build a two-power navy, and organize a federal army of suffi cient size, so that a portion of it could be used in any southern country against a foreign invader without impairing the safety of the United States itself. Missiles are Dropped With Accuracy, by'Planes 3,000 Feei High— . . * Fleet's Guns Reply; Athens, via Pari*, Wednesday:' Prince Andrew of Greece, brother of King Constantine, in an interview to day with the correspondent j)f-the Associated Press, described the aerial bombardment of the Allie*’ camp at Zeltenlik, on the outskirts of Salon- Iki, on December 3<k “The bombardment and the reply of the fleets anchored in the roads of Saloniki,’’ said the prince, “was one of the most extraordinary sights imaginable. 1 was riding back from the morning’s work with my regi ment when I was startled, .byl a deaf ening explosion from: two hundred yards away. A great cloud of black smoke arose, followed shortly by three more explosions at regular in tervals. Then came tnl familiar rocket-like sound of a slfell passing over the air evidently fired by one of the warships in the harbor. “Naturally, my first thought was that for some reason the fleet was bombarding Saloniki. Therefore, I rode straight to the nearest British post, which happened to be a hospital not far from the Greek camp. “ ‘Why, are you bombarding the city?’ I asked the officers. “Then for the first time I looked up and saw three machines fully three thousand feet high flying in line from the northeast and turning just over the harbor toward the northeast and turning just over the harbor tow^yd the northwest in which direction they finally disap peared. “The bombs dropped with the greatest precision, one after another, killing and wt unding a number of the Allies’ soldiers but not touching the city. Meanwhile the firing of the fleet grew thunderous. It was im- I^ssible to^hear yourself speak. In a short iime it became evident that the fire from the fleet was more dan gerous than the bombs from the aero planes as some of the shells aimed wild whistled directly over the town, one narrowly missing Major Metaxas and a troop of Greek cavalry return ing from exercise, . "Toward noon a fourth aeroplane arrived, following exactly the same course as the others, though flying lower. The black Maltese crosses were plainly visible on its wings. My wife and I watched Its flight from the balcony of our house. “Riding home along King George street, towards tea time, I was astounded to see French soldiers and A dense crowd of onlookers surround ing the German consulate. Farther along the street other consulates pre sented the same sight. The consuls were hustled through the crowd taken to the headquarters of the French commander, i General Sarrail cross examined and then .put aboard the battleship Patrle -ip the accom paniment thioughout of the stares and comments of the curious crowds.’’ Asked whether he would return to Saloniki, the prince replied: “Of course I shall. Why shouldn’t I Despite appearances, Saloniki is still Greek,” OUTLINES IL S. PUN „ ,,T * . , . U ' WILSON EXPLAINS OUR POLICY TOWARDS SOUTH AMERICA MUST HELP EAEH OTHER A To accomplish this the general board then recommended ifor the navy: *1. Authorization in 1916-17 of 1300,000,000 in new ships, as against a total investment in fighting equip ment now afloat during the last 30 years of 1459,686,551. 2. Construction of four battle cruiser* and four dreadnoughts under this program. S. Expansion of ahlphnlldlng facil ities to admit of even heavier build ing programs la succeeding years. Par the army the war callaga r fa mc>lf of ap- President Designates helpful and \ ir ! Practical the Suggestions Made— Other Leg of Monroe Doctrine is Made Known to Prevent Distrust ■ ■ -/*■*-- » '.V " * of This Country. The United States government’s Pan-American policy was detailed by Prestdent Wilson Thursday in an ad dress before the second Pan-Ameri can Scientific congress. Ho explain ed the proposal submitted to South and Central American diplomats In Washington last week by Secretary Lansing as a basis for an effective agreement between all the republipa^ •f the western hemisphere "not only for international peace of America but the domestic peace of AYnerica.” This program, as outlined by thp president, purposes thstl I ^ All the American nations shall co-operate in guaranteeing to each other absolute independence and territorial integrity. Agree to settle all disputes as soon as possible by amicable pro cess. , ” . > i Agree to handle all disputes aris ing among them bv patient. Im partial investigatioa and to settle them by arbitration. proxlmately 1500,000,000 to produce a mobile army under federal control which, with its reserves, would total 1,500,000 In six years, 500,000 fully trained regulars and the remainder continentals. 2. Increasing by 50 per cent, the a total investment in fighting ebulp- artlllery in four years at a total cost of $81,000,000. 3. Accumulation In four years of reserve ammunition and material worth $104,000,000. In view of the enormous, and what they regard as almost prohibitive, cost 'of these proposals, Hoc retar} Daniels and Secretary Garrison map ped out the billion dollar six-year program, wlvich President Wilson has laid before congress, providing essen tially as follows. For tlue navy: 1. New construction within five years costing $500,000,000, which will add six battle cruisers and ten dreadnoughts to the fighting line by M924. 2. Construction during 1916-17 of two battle cruisers and two dread noughts, witty proportionate numbers of smaller craft. 3. Distribution of the remainder of ‘•1910 Means Victory”—Poincare. In an address to the French troops President Poincare says: “Nineteen the building program through the next four,years at a cost of $100,- 000,000 a" year. For the army: 1. Expenditure within six years of approximately $600,000,000 to pro duce a total mobile federal force of a million men, 141,000 regulars and 800,000 continentals, this force to be in additional to the National -Guard, now numbering 120,000. 2. Expenditure of the full $81,- 000,000 recommended by the war col lege and beard of review for new coast defense. 3. Expenditure of the full $104,- 000,000 recommended by the experts for reserve material. The war ex.perts want a reasonable army and we.don’t blame them. There is no use In depending upon volunteers in a struggle like tfae one in Europe. ’ r JAPAN NOT AN ENEMY Senator Shafrqth Reports On^j Friendliness There. # In a speech in the Senate Friday advocating the admiplstratton Phil ippines bill, Senator Shafroth of Col orado declared he believed Japan would join In an international agree ment to respect the autonomy of the islands If they ultimately were given independence as pronpllsed in the pending measure. Mr.! Shafroth said be had spent much time in Japan in the past year' and had found only friendliness there both for the United States and Philippines. ' ' • Joseph Rncker Lamar, of Angnsta. Gsl. associate Justice of the United Govt, died at Waah- “These are very practical sugges tions,’’ said the president, “and I tor my part believe that they are going to lead the world to something that America has practiced for many a generation. He said the Monroe doctrine al ways had been and always would be maintained by the United States on its own authority but that the doc trine did not disclose what attiude the United States would assume to wards other nations of the hemi sphere’ and consequently the other aations had been distrustful of it. Applause greeted the president's remarks. Euardo Saurez Mujira’ am bassador of Chile and president of ths congress, introduced Mr. Wilson as a statesman who has radically changed the nature of the relations of the peoples of this continent and has built an American international policy of mutual esteem and co-{ operation, at this very moment prais ed and applauded by the whole con tinent. Domiclo da Gama, ambassador ol Brazil, translated Ambassador Sau rez'g introductory remarks Into Span ish amidst applause from the Latln- Amerlcans. Mrs. Wilson made her first public appearanre in Washington as the president's wife. With Miss Mar garet Wilson she occupied a box' almost over tjie speaker's platform. After expressing regret at his in- ability.to be present to greet the con gress at its opening session, the presi dent said: I feel that I ran congratulate you on the proceedings of this congress (hat I fee Ithat I can congratulate you on the increasing sense of comradeship and Intimate intercourse which has marked its sessions from day to day; and It $b a very happy circumstance in our view that this, perhaps the most *ital and successful of the meet ings of this congress, should have oc curred in the capital of our own coun try. ... “The drawing together of the Americas has long been dreamed of and desired. It is a matter of pecu liar gratification, therefore, to see this great thin^ happen; to see the Americas drawing together and.not drawing together upon any insubstan tial foundation of mere sentiment “After all, even friendship must be based upon a perception of common sympathies, of common interest, of common ideals and of common pur poses. Men can not be friends unless they intend the same things, and the Americas have more and more real ized that in all essential particulars they intend the same things. . “To be privileged, therefore, to see this drawing together in friendship and communion based upon these solid foundations affords every one who looks on with open eyes peculiar satisfaction and joy; and it has seem ed to me that the language, of science the language of iulpersonal thought, the language of those who think . . . was a very fortunate lan guage in which to express this com munity of interest and of sympathy, “But, ladies and gentlemen. *our thought- can not pause at the artifi cial boundaries of the fields of science •and of commerce. All boundaries that divide life into sections and in terests are artificial .because life is all of a piece. ... No one who reflects upon the progress of science or the extension and perfection of any of the practical arts of life can fail to see that there is only one at mosphere of mutual confidence and of peace and of ordered political life among the nations. Amidst war and revolution even the voice of Science must for the part be silent.* Fpr nothing stirs, passion like political disturbance, and passion is the enemy of truth. “These things were realized with peculiar vividness and said with un usual eloquence In a recent confer ence held In this city for the purpose of considering the financial relations urally led to all the - Inferences of politics. For politics I conceive to be n'qthing more than'tfifo^cience of the ordered progress bt society-along the lines of greatest usefulness and con venience to itself. "The conference to which I have referred marked the consciousness of the two Americas that economically they are very dependent upon one an other. tbat they -have a great deal that H ia very desirable they should esebjraire and share, with one an other, that they have kept unnatural ly and unfortunately separated and apart when they should manifest as ohvioes community of 1 niasset; pad the object pr thkt eenfereaee wet «e ascertain the practical means by /whlph the commercial and political Intercourse Of the two continents | could be quickened and facilitated. I And where qvents move, stiteamen, if friends, and that friendship is Ijaaed thejrbc not indifferent, be not asleep, must think add a t. . . . “But these gentlemen have not conferred without realizing that back of all the material commqnUy of in terest of which I Lave' stroktruthere lies and must lie a community of political interest. I have been told a very interesting fact—I hope'it is true—that while this congress has been discussing science it has beet* in spite of itself led into the feeling that Behind the science there was some influence with regard to politics, and that if the Americas were to be unit ed in thought they must in some de gree sympathetically be united in ac tion. What these statesityeh who have been conferring frorm month to month in Washington have come to realize is that back of the community df piaterial interest there is a com munity of political interest. “I hope I can make clear to yon in what sense I use those, words. I do not mean a mere partnership in the things that are expedient. I mean what I was trying to Indicate a few moments ago, that you can not sep arate politics from these things, that you can not have real intercourse of any kind amidst political jealousies, which is only another way of saying you can act comnuEO unless you asc upon your political relations with each other perhaps more thhn upon any other kind of relationship be tween nations. •’ _ ( “If nations are politically suspi cious of one another all their inter course Is embarrassed. The object of American statesmanship on the two continents is to nee to it that Ameri can friendsliip is founded on a rock. “The Monroe doctrine was pro claimed by tEfe United States on her own authority. It always has been maintained an always will be main tained -upon her own responsibility. But the Monroe doctrine demanded merely that European governments should not attempt}to extend their political system to this side of the Atlantic. It did not disciose the use which the United States intended to make of her power on this side of the Atlantic. It was a hand held up In warning, but there waa no promise in It of what America was going to do with the implied and partial protec torate which she apparently was try ing to set up on tnis side of the water, and 1 believe you will sustain me in the statement that it has been fears and suspicions on this score which have hitherto prevented ttye greater Intimacy ’and confidence anil trust between the Americas. The Staten of America have not been cer tain what the United State* would do with her power That doubt must hr l rea>oved. ! “And latterly there has-been a very ( rank Interchange of view* between he authorities In Washington and those who represented the other states of this hemisphere, and Inter change of views charming and hope ful. because based upon an increas ingly sure appreciation of the spirit in which they were undertaken. These gentlemen have seen that if America la to come into her own. into her legitimate own, in a world of peace and order, she must estab lish the foundation of amity ao that nq one will hereafter doubt them. “I hope aqd I believe that this can be accomplished. These conferences have enabled me to foresee how It will be accomplished. It will be ac complished in the first place by the states of America uniting In guaran teeing to each other absolute politi cal Independence and territorial In tegrity. “In the second place, and as a necessity corrolary to that, guaran teeing the agreement that all pend ing boundary disputes among them selves. should they unhappily arise, will be handled by patient. Impartial investigation and settled by arbitra tion. and the agreement necessary to the neace of the Americas that no state of either continent will permit revolutionary expeditions against an other state to be fitted out on its ter ritory and that they will prohibit the exportation of munitions of war for the purpose of supplying* revolution ists against neighboring governments. "You see what our thought is, gentlemen, not only the International peace of America, but the domestic peace of Amer ica. If American states are con stantly in foment, there will be a standing threat to their relations with one another. It is just as much to our interest to assist each other to the orderly processes within our own borders as it is to orderly pr"- another. ' , —~ “These are very practical sugges tions which have sprung up in the minds of thoughtful men and I for my, part believe that they are going to lead the yf&y to something that America has praised fpr many a gen eration. . . They are based upon tile principles of "absolute political equality among tire states. They are based, in short, upon the solid, eter nal foundations of justice and hu manity. - . . _ . “No man can turn away from these things without turning away from the hope of the world. These are things, ladies and gentlemen, for which the world has hoped and wait ed with prayerful heart. God grant that it may be granted to America to lift this light on high for the illumi nation of the world.” GEIRMEMNT WILL FIGHT TO LAST DITCH BE FORE SURRENDERING WHAT WORLD MAN FOUND ‘ / ■ r Special Correspondent of New York Newspaper Reports on Conditions in Teutonic Empire—Sees More Signs of War To-day Than Were “Apparent Eight Months Ago. —— Gustav C. Boeder, for twenty-eight years, on the staff of the New York World, has just returned to this coun try from his second tour of Germany since the outbreak of the war seven teen months ago. His account of conditions in Germany to-dky 1 , and particularly of the changes noted sine he was there eight months ago, is now appearing in the World. His general conclusions, and some of the details of his report, make interest ing reading. Here afe the conclusions arrived at .after investigation and exhaustive travel througnout the Kaiser's do mains: •• t i 1. The end of the world war L’ not in sight. It may take years before peace will reign. Germany will fight determinedly to the last man. 2. There appears to be ample food supply on hand, with certain restric tions, not only for the millions in the field, the huge array of military and civil prisoners, but for the civilians at home, the latter again under cer tain restrictions. 3. There Is a considerable shortage of certain articles of food, meats prin cipally, all fats, butter and milk. Ger mans are being taught how to econo mize more and more every day. Two meatless days have been established In the w^pek, also two fatless days, snd one day when n • pork is sold. 4. Food priefk have risen, in many instances, fifty per cent., and in some as high as one hundred per cent. .5. There have been a few so-called “food riots,” the result of high prices the poorer were unable to pay. This was due principally to the fact that wholesalers refused to sell their pro visions tor a long time dntil a higher market rate had been established. Some of theee men were arrested and sent to prison for speculating In food products. Now the government has fixed prices In general and the trouble is apparently ended. 6. There is etlll a shortage of cop per. cotton, gasoline, butter, milk, rice, rubber. Expert chemists and electrical engineers are creating sub stitutes for material which waa for merly imported Into Germany. 7. Germany has enough men to carry on the war tor years. 8. Nesrly everybody ia wishing for peace, but nobody wants'peace nnlesa it is in favor of Germany and grants the demands she may make upon her enemies. Hostility to America Grows. 9. The hostility—some call It hatred against America and Ameri cans Is greater to-day in Germany than it was last spring. Germans be lieve that, Americans ara almost as much their enemies as the nations with whom they are at war, for with out the supply of ammunition from the United States they believe the war would have ended long ago. This is the opinion current among the manses, while the upper classes most ly take a more calm view of the atti tude of the United States. They also feei that the administration in Wash ington has been more lenient with England than with Germany. ID. There Is considerable talk in certain quarters of a possible boycott against goods manufactured in the United States after the war. 11. German bankers insist they will be able to furnish all the money that Germany needs to continue the war for many years. 12. Unless peace comes unexpect edly, the strlfE, the Germans say, will tie continued until both sides are completely exhausted. 13. The . German people have ^be come more serious in thought and action because of the terrible losses In lives and property. ' 14. Germanv is guarding most carefully against foreign spies,' and rfotices warning the soldiers not to talk lest they be overheard by foreign ^ , _ spies are posted everywhere through- cesses tn our controversies wRh one 4 out the entire empire. 15. It is much harder to-day for a foreigner, and especially an Ameri- ean, to get about In Germany than it was last spring. 16. ' A man unable to speak the German tongue and traveling in Ger many runs more or less risk to-day. J 7. M^iny Germans are of the opin ion.that President Wilson could.have settled the war by insisting that Eng land raise the blockade against cot ton and foodstuffs as against Ger many. Thep hepe that congress will settle the arms and ammunitiop question in favor of Germany. 18. “Mit Gott fuer Sieg and Vater- land!” (With God for Victory and Fatherland!) is their slogan.. Soldiers are Everywhere N. Eight months ago there^were prac tically no indications that! the empire was engaged in k hitter warfare. Everything, business anl all, seemed to be conducted as before the war. There were nqany people out of em ployment, Few soldiers were seen in the streets, except at the railway sta tions, and of course, along the fron tier towns in the east as well as in the west. v . ' — j To-day It is differentv • Although the war has not been carried within the borders of the German empire— and the Germans believe thV enemy never will be able to cross Deutsch-j land’s frontier, no matter heyr hong the war may last—yet the visitew at once realizes that Germany Is engag ed in defending her country against the Allies which are Lhrealenlhg her A-om every point. Not only In Berlin, but through out the entire empire there are to day marked Indications of n warfare. In the first place the streets are filled with soldiers. This Is principally dee te the fact that ao many have been called to the colors, as that a feaerat plan of action is coat part of the general was dreAmed of before. of an army of one million of trained men being gathered i any emergency. *• Companies, battalions of ns ed men arC'seen marching the streets. They are a deter looking lot. full of enthusiasm ready, they declare, to sacrifice tl lives for the Fatherland. Germans are Goefldent. The German people are prepar for almost anything ao tar m the. duration of the war is conee;... i. They feel that they are sapi> ..l amply with provisions, and that c.c* If the blockade against German port* continues, they' will still he able to supply all their wants, since the road to Turkey has beek opened to them. In n few days tie first through train from Berlin to Constantinople will leave the capital of Germany. The people realize that this is war, and they are satisfied- to submit to whale vet restrictions the government may pla#e. upon them as far aa the consumption of foodstuffs Is con cerned. As for the men in the field, them is no doubt that they are supplied with ample food of all kinds. It is true that there has been a., between the two continents of Amer ica. ... A financial congreas nat- fcv-vao-ccilcd “food riots” In different parts of the empire. They have been particularly prominent in. vartom towns in Saxony, and according to re port were instigated by Socialists who had been dispatched to these towns, mostly from Berlin. The ringleaders in most of theoo cases were women. They would vest cell on the mayor of the town and demand that prices be lowered. Thte applied almost esclusively to the ml* of butter. When authorities felled to act the people took It upon them selves to call particular attention te their wants by smashing windows !■ shops where butter was sold. As lw all such cases, ykang boys, who con sidered die entire matter greet fen, would Join the ringleaders and beep up the so-calW fun by doing mem damage to shops. Cotton from Asia. Throughout Germany there la f- ported a shortage of eottoa. Thhs again applies exclusively to the civil ian population. According to official reports there is enough cotton am bend for use by the army te took three years. For manufacturing pur poses the shortage will be overcome soon by importations from Ante, which, with the opening of the rend to Constantinople, is mode quite •y. Feel Hare of ■*—igh Fig terse Whether or not Germany will he able to supply enough men for all the armies that are nerssmry te carry an this world war has always baaa n matter of serious eonstderattoa. But in Germany the people are coavlaeed that no matter how long the war will last they will have the mea a sees •ary. There have been frightful loeeos la the German ranks since the dm hal- tie was fought, but the Germans say their losses ere not as great as them of the Allies, aad that if the war sen- tin use they will he better aMe to refill their ranks than will be the Allies. ♦ » ♦—r?r*- v • -Some merchants have the idea that as seon as the holiday business rush is over they must let down consider ably in’their advertising. That is a mistake,. ior while it may not be necessary to advertise so freely as -during the holidays. It’is good busi ness to continue ads in the local paper. Unless he does this every' merchant will have left on his hands a lot of goods that be must carry over to the next Christmas- season. Judicious advertising in' which bar gains are offered will get rid of most Of that stock and also keep business up t<^ a fairly even point The sour visaged professor of re ligion is out of place In this world. The religion of the Nazareno was never designed to make man morose and gloomy, hut to fill him with hope, gladness and usefnlaeee Is Fanning Us The feet that an Increasing num ber of young people lenyn the farm every yeer for the city Is sometimes a wonderment to many, and yet it ought not to bo. That farm life nf n true charadter is more Independent, has many attractions, and makes for greater contentment and social qual ity every one must admit who intelli gently studies the question. Bnt thw trouble is that life on many, and per haps most of the farms In this coun try, Is not of the right kind. On very few farms do the~ sous have a pecuniary or partnership in terest, and In many cases the hired man has more liberty and is more considered than the children In the family. Naturally that make many young folks discontended and causes them to look longingly to the dty In which, so they believe they will hnvn more advantages and see more of life. That most of them get disilln- sloned after a time may be true, hot they will not admit it nor return to the farm. tynottyer reason for the drift from the\country is the foolish idea many have that farm work is not only laborious, but inferior to city work. That It is laborious no One can deny, but so Is most physical work. But so far from being inferior to other callings, the vocation of a farmer presents more variety, is more edu cative. an<j demands more Judgment and skill than almost any other call ing. . \ Contrast the variety of a farmer's life as seen in dealing with aolls, fer- tiliers, rotation of crohs. and many other things, with that, of a clerk fn a dingy city office devoting the whole of his working time to the rail rou tine of keeping a ledger, or with that of a workmen in a mill standing by a machine which automatically turns out iron bolts by the thousands every working day. The farmer gets close to nature, breathes the fresh airi has an abund ance |to eat, and enjoys other advfin- tages that his brother, in the city knows nothing of. Yet for all that a steady procession ot. young men and women will continue to go to the city where most of, the procession will get stranded and content Itself with a mere existence. Men Who Keep Beck BesTkn, Out of 5,011,441 men of miliUiY age in England, Scotland and Wnlen, 2,829,263 were attested, enlisted -or rejected under the Earl of Derhy'n recruiting scheme, leaving 2,182.17fi men who did not offer their i Of the men who did oome 428,853 were rejected by the ing officers. Yen