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HOPS ON CRITICS
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EX-fiOV. fiLYNN OF NEW YORK
• TAKES UP FOR WILSON
of like
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Instead of from tariff ImpoaU whlck thMi ihe death rale for
tinder the baneful Influence of war age In peace fal avocations at bona,
dwlhdled to aaum insufficient to pro- , ('ompare thia uith the death rate
▼Ida lubrication for our gaara of of ao.14 per thousand under the
jrovernment. let afone provide fuel ’ good old Republican rale of the dap*
for treasurer boiler that makes the of the Spanlsh-American war. tom-
SCORES WAR BUZZARDS
wheels of national life go round.
Our national experience, sinfre the
mar started, must carry conviction
to every fair-minded American that
for these two measures jilone we
owe an Ineffable debt ofHeratftude
to the wisdom and the statesmanship
of Woodrow Wilson.
And of oui\ military realm, we
have the self-same tale.
Kditor of Albany .Tinves-t T |il'<m Says • • Theodore Roosevelt may'.Indulge '
' / himseif'-in all the weird ijiigrling of
'' *t lieconietfi an<riicliooveth Roose- language that pleases his fancy, he
, iwiiv theae figures, «ud then applaud
’‘the Roosevelt charges. If you can! * •
True, we have made aome mis-'
takes, but in the magnitude "of our
undertaking, some mistakes were in
evitable, unavoidable. -In balance
though with the ^wondrous achieve-j
ments, these mistakes have been tri-;
vial and not worthy of the atten
tion of the nien who minimize their
talents by trying to magnify mole-
AMERICAN RED CROSS IQ 1
ENROLL 24,000,000 SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN JUNIOR AUXILIARIES
may Insensate, himself in sue!
yelt His Gang ami All Their 1 lion- . ppirational riot of emotional* n
in-
owaphlc Cult to Chirp IJko a'-*? ma . v c !y V 0 1 ?J , -i on W«J 4
• - " * .flare to his imaginationbut the
f^ricket, Xot Roar Uke a Rhin. '' i-Taot, remains nndeniahle. ineffacea-,
* f 1 Me. irdemdvable f that in twm years
An Editorial by Martin H. Glynn, in of ante-bellum days Wrtodrow'Wilson
The Times-Union, Albany, N. Y., did more,to put our army -and our
Jan. 28, 1918: 1 »' navy on a footing for wmr than both
a William Howard Taft and Theodore
Today the people of this country Rno!5flvH , ii(1 in ,h P ,vhole, eleven
can be divided ^nto two camps. ! years of their supine reign.
Those who w anted war at any During these two years prepared-
pi jbe. | ness for a noestble war was pushed
hills into mountains.
And furthermore, unlike the Span-
ish-Amerlcan war, in which Mr. ^
Roosevelt was a king-pin:/ -
Wo have no army contract scan
dals., ; ■ ■- (.
We have no embalmed lioef hor
rors. J!
; We have no fat old generals go-
,ing to war in carriages and l«'a<ling
baittle charges from easy rocking
chairs. \ /(
We have no unpleasant gossip
about the appointment of political
gen<‘rals and society admirals.
We have no Round Robin liOttei's
And those who hoped for peace, if
by President Wilson as fast as the ‘ fr °ni presumptuous and infeiior of
sentiment of the country would per-
peace could bo maintained, without j niit. and quite as fast as even the
the sacrifice df national honor..
fleers demoralizing discipline ami ex
alting ► elf.
In the face of these facts, the wild
; most violent of his present-day crit-
Now we are at war and we have * (8 t * ien deemd expedient or politic. ran tl n P* Roosevelt and his fel-
the astonishing anomalv of the lead-1 Suddenly, however, conditions ere- 1 low poltical conspirators are boom*-
ers of the 4 *war-buzkards M trying to ate<1 the autocratic dogmatism ofi?™* 1 *** pestilential to the ears and
gnaw the vital?" out of our Com- (i * r niany disregarding treaties and , rpv °l t lng to the sensibilities of others
mander-in-Chief, while the great ma- promises to the winds,: but harmful only to the men who
jority of those who stood tor peace hurled us into the seething whirl-1 hurl them. . On the estimation of
wpile peace spelled honor are up- po °* °* war ’ Then the very -men thoughtful people these critics make
holding the President’s hands as. who ha(f been at the helm.of the no indelible impression. They may
Aaron and Hur upheld the hands sh, P of ata,e for sixteen years, the ruffle the surface of the pool of
of Moses in his battle with Ama- m * n «hose policies had weakened; comment, but they stir not the
the army and stunted the navy, be- de?»ths of public opinion. And with
pan to howl because we could not H<>o.*eveR. Lodge and Wadsworth-a*«
equip a million men over night and i *he rheif creators of this curtain
put them in the trenches of France eauiouflaee political fire, fed by
in a day.. - They forgot the experl-j*he t|^-ue«* of ambitious mlsrepre-
ence of Knrla^d: they forgot the mentation, fanned l»y the ainiSt* r t
experience of France; they forgot
thrir own neflect of our martial
strength: they forgot evervMilng but
th*dr own |H*rs«r»al advertisement
and their own poltthal adxan-emetif.
Vkth#»l**rv tells its that Minerva
lek.
The present volcanic , attack
against the war policies of I'rt^aldeni
W ilson is no haphazard incident. It
is a well-laid plot, nicely trained
and strategically timed. Its purp* 1 ***,
no matter bow ae* relive ita spon
sors. how 'Insinuating Ifs methods,
how seductive Ha arguments. Is to
gix'e the Repubhran party a major
ity In the next House of Represent
ative and to pave the way for a Re
publican president in IPl*. From
a political point of view this may
be tolerpble:—from a patriotic
aspect. In* a national crisis like this.
It Is odious and detestable
* The basta—a ■! the noStom-todUT
winds .of p-dltl< al oratory.—there
stalks forth front UPRnory’s closet
I he skeleton of Algers emlmlmed
l»eef with its concomitant «i**n*h.
there loom* into view the t'ommand*
er of the l\ it. Force# In Tuba. t«m
sprang funharmed from the mind of’fst to tide a hors#. goUiK into tmt-|
Jupiter; and, d—pite the fart that' Re in a carriage, and lolloping In n
the nee for myifeologlmt mime lee portable bn'h tub while our soldiers
has passed, these arrttnoalffhs critics had no me-dMae* to mauiier tropic
To the School Children of'the United States:
A Proclamation
The President of the United States i# Also President of
the American Red Cross.- It is from these offices joined
in pne that I write you a word of greeting at this time when \_
so many of you are beginning the school year.
The American Red Cross has just prepared a Junior ,
Membership with School Activities in which every pupil in
the United States can find a chance to serve our country.
The, school is the natural center of your life. Through it
you can best work in the great cause of freedom to which
we have all pledged ourselves. ’
Our Junior Red Cross will bring to you opportunities
of service to your community and to other communities all
over the world and guide your service with high and religious
ideals. It will teach you how to save in order that suffer- „
ing children elsewhere may have the chance to live. It will
teach you how to prepare some of the supplies which wound
ed soldiers and homeless families lack. It will send to you
through the Red Cross Bulletins the thrilling stories of re
lief and rescue.. And best of all. more perfectly than
through any of your other school lessons, you will learn by
doing those kind things under your teacher's direction to be
the future good citizens of this great country which we all
love.
And I commend to all school teachers in the country the
simple plan which the American Red Cross has worked out
to provide for your co-operation, knowing as I do that school
children will give their best service under the direct guidance
and instruction of their teachers. Is not this perhaps the
chance for which you have been looking to give your time
and efforts iir some measure to meet our national needs?
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON. President
September 15, 1917.
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trader*, —bo lor port, aata or per- f.|| trailed .-•Mirr. fc.ia.~a t#r
*oaal aiai tar lb. •Iicbir.i obatarl. ..»fc,a* Bad rt.l.r of th. .aa
la tb. may of tb. bam ikn. .rHfc. bad MMnt to d» la
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mlltfgrv m»4s#g| for** nor •«»m.rr
box* fooml Ixphtobl fever ■— 4-Xi*l
If the* hollers from the i*p*fti*h
■ sss
Of the Junior Membership of the Red Cross, Mr. Henry
Chairman of the War Council of the
M 1 brlievt • proerwn haa bam matte out her* which te th*
moat important atngte movrrornt that waa ever •tarted in
America for the protertwa ot the Amartean public and th*
future of the people.
“When I wa* lalkir.f with th* l*rmident about th* pro-
pram I then mid that I baltemd that nothing hi th* Red
Cm* waa a* Impart am as th* Junta* “ " "
and that a Inn* from th* a— of
throsgs hts srtfta sew »g the ICaaeo* marvel ihu the k«»4 ef tmi
1 Uiar *a4 UetrtifNiltiaa Atag* li grrUrmala tha* r*«»l Rr—telf
Hhe WNto crafl «mi raathMi he his srh"s4 4emaM ahoshl he
Ire* |*U*i*4 a bomb ialra4»»4 *• effr-*«e4 ia oar mUMarv •«rl4
hh»« Fvsahleai W llama oat - efLeali 4emeae r ihal aa iavia#thl* mrwn ha
tiral eviatra— aa4 la I hi* •'Car resale aser-alghl smi mt aia4 aval
Fsah—“ elbbt he has ha4 the a**" 4«-*. etartiahi aa4 moiimshlae. Hal
Tioas asblwlsare «4 tMssior I*e4«e rhet fvll to pr*v*4e |he Ala44ta s
«»f Mass . aa4 I he * tafir vspparf of lamp otth vvhirh to armrti the mlfa*
S* as lor W*4«a«» th ef \esr %'orh *le; thev fsil *0 farahth the ae#
list «aaaiaa sal aa« ioavaewu r«a rwetir art ahersaHh 10 r»m lata
•*** ala a roafeui like lht* The a Sight the task ef a 4era4e
a<«*aatala #»f tvath Is tea big ta h* %s4 this mlrarle too thee 4e-
■i«., ..|,»f*wi hv se«h 4saNag brash* •; a*va4 Hi the teeth ef the h**** 1 ?-'hsu4*
*b«» faris ton e«>teaf te he mlalmieeHt *,t trath hsi from ibe 4«t• «»♦ UTssh-
hv taisl* > i 4l*wfmalaii«ui or 4Isiar*-> ••r # oa Fraaktta as4 A4aai« this as
1
• itnttlag ra*t aatloa tine hi
Hthie says, he ehe 4ra s § the tart'Vhr
shall fortsh hv th** saor4 tratlal
• ** t its fare seelawt a aittt*
S**‘hv A Ivrge ana%. a fae
tolMtanr establish meat hhi
ell. Roouevetl «a4 hi* fnlloaer'* heea the th«mt tha* ha* given this
first 4re« the (Ntiithsl saot4 la
this 4is| ale. aa4 eith their aevams*
live vah>r # Hie|r shnaM aot cry fnr
«iu-trtrr before *1 hr blag# of their
«»aa tspier.
For slxleea years Vf»*re the pre*'
rat Hea»o*ralir a4aual«tralli»a. the
r«Hiatrv w|.-»a»r— algl ta for oae haa-
4fe4 aa4 for* jr years - h fa tltlnas
ch—t. arerhsp*: hat aevsrthelaas a
ghost hyaotle la Its taftae*er aa4
avesomr- la Its ssAiy
ton has heea hai
UpauM
la vlevr mi hlgeg’s emhslmeg he f • f
n4wr Grtm* asr tsmry |a v tea mi la*
ferler ahlps patrhage4 hf the gat* 1
eraaseat at aapertar pfiiia ta ttea
mi the stiema ea4 4lsarare that
•>phv ai fever httleuf mte ef • «r
**•*4 Rer* thsa gpaaish ballets seat
ta theft grave*, la ttea mi the tnhhr
a^-leh fveaey eat ta save the aavy
from the meteftr tafjaeare af He
pah Heea **-»l|*»* • at n ashlagiai hi
vlea ef a*aey'’ taatraefs s hlrh
htoaaht g Mash ta the rheeh eo4
rase ta the h* stt af the aaH«va ta
vies af tt*a atteiapt 9a 4*pft**
Hr hlet »f his share af glare la the
Asaliaga vhrttHry , la vtea of the pe
plr* avs^he ceaetah # feete4 as a sort
of **lfsm-rri«m * teser4 foe serv|r#s
rea4ere4 the gtasl «44 ltep«hltfg*i
party oa auiay a hlan4less fie*4 of
palitlrs la vlegr. la ftae af the ha
thtm aa4 the pgthas af flagrsat Re
pohlkea m l»m« as geassai la the
%a4 the aavy* ftpsaHh-Amevusa Wgr, it hn omrih
hv a vhert- ea4 hehoovrth Mr, Wa4*vrnr«h. Mr
_ ^ »t*«« W^-.L-lge Mr t himherUia. Mr Maase.
Repeblleaa party «s» the resto4iaa f, ** r 1*^ ef the raaatry whose ran j velt. sa4 all their phoaacraahlr «yR
of the welfare of thl* asiloa sa.f la W-lt—I rtpceo—latlvee pers!steal* | 0 Hu rp |,g 9 a rrlrhM. aot »vmr like
all these slxleea year It 414 hoi ** OPP*”*! »aitge aaval gpproprla-1 a | loa
liMle lo pifl (hts rouatry or a basis OhUM froei fegr of ret re arh meat
Rgimagl hsrvves.- the
af rvsry sr
I*aits4 Pistes se a
Craaa Aaiihary. the 4at# ef the
Uaeata'g Mrthhag*
IS. la W—Magteha
Pay. Pshnmry SI
The Jaaaar Rs4 Ctaav M a
at tha amentaa Ma4 C
which every trhsal la h—rtm M ft*
ea the appattaatty ta tarry
tfe4 Re4 Crass warh hf ‘Wmtag a
Asitltary. open the psymeal
af tweatytve reals mimhsnNp fee
for each papP iaratte4 la the tehee I
er by a pb4gs ef saUMhriary service
la lUf Craag warh It Is the ealy
M ayppav#4 by
aetharm** ta ealiet the cMMrea la
the war. All
aha has mat Her leg tha
pf a
GERMANY lUSI Wild
; —.— ,
Officials IH> Not Ho©
Advantage la Raw
! With the opening of the groat
campaigp of 1A1S on the Western
front apparently within sight, mill- '
tary men at Washington examined
with profound interest the situation
created by the signing of a peace
pact,between the Central Power* and
the new Ukraine repuhMtfand the de
cision of the Bolshev’ki Russian
government to stop fighting and de
mobilize the army. '\
- Their conclusions were hot dis
couraging These e^ehts on ^helr
face would apparently set free enor-'
nious German forces for the Impend-'
- ing battle In the West and also to
furnish new sources of food supplies
for the Teutonic allies, but many fac
tors which detract from the advant
ages the Central Powers may derive.
One of the' threats against the
Western front dwelt upon in public
discussions is the fact that presum
ably one thousand five hundred pris
oners of war held in Russia would
be released to strengthen the Ger
man army
The fact is said to be. however^-
that the great majority ot the sol-
dieri captured by the Russians are <
Austrians, not available for western
front operations by present Indica
tions. Most of the others are civil
ians or rainp foliowera, of on# kind
' or another, so as far as known, only
a small number of German troops
were raptured on that front. Any
men from the prison camps are re
garded as of doubtful military value
lor some time to coing, at the Rus
sian*. unable to fed their own sol
diers. hardly have improved the
health of raptlveg.
There Is doubt, also ns to the ex
tent to which the ggrteultnrnl gp-
•oarrr* ot the Ukraine er of Ruaata
* aa he brought to the aid of th#
German people in ‘the near fat ere.
| Failure of the Ruealag traaoparta-
Uoa systems sorbed in Germany •
inter**! in nndermtngftng tha fight-
game agency now aergsaartlf.
again*! the real ml powers la
atr» 1 a get aal faad
I»smsMine af «
my will aal mean that tha
Gerama* Ualgartaa for
tier* van ha wholly withdrawn
will he n rtmetaal threat af
ed hnartiltiisa and the Testae
■we t« N that ample fogre le
with
ef the Mi
of adequate preparation for ear.
against the “hume-tawa'* prelects af
r *''' ‘"ViwHm" iiff»uiiiiT > Mi‘Ti'Wi
ten navy'inrTnf „ _____
strength but Theodore Kooaevrit. sa •" •innate navy, neither the
president of the United Ktates. In- WepuhHrnnu of today, or the Demo-
augurated a naval pr«»gram that cur- rrata °I today. are to blame. The
tailed the Cleveland policy. Great at ,he door of
aa our navy la today, it would be far d °n»*nate sentiment of the nation
greater still, if the policy of Uleve- !*••- And at we have sown:
land had prevailed and the plans 30 Diday we reap,
of Roosevelt burled in the txttom General infield Scott, one of the
of the »ea.* And as it was with the s greatest soldiers, compress-
navy. so was it with the army: for * >d an historic si’nation in a nut-
Theodore Roosevelt left the army of when he said: “Republic* are
the United States weaker than he P n T** irrd f**** war.
. Mwgiin ti. u?y
aa
had found it seven years before.
•N*o sooner, however, had Wo drow
Wilson, with his panoramic view’ of
the history of the world in peace
The business of republics is peace;
the business of autocracies is war.
Autocracy lives by the sword. The
father and grandfather of Freder-
tiine and in war-time, his thorough ^ <,n at saitl and the t rown
knowledge of democratic aspirations , r ' 4 nc ?
and economic possibilities, his sym
pathy with the masses and his con
sideration of the classes—no sooner
had he become President of the
A love and a craving for peace,
however, form the very genesis of
a Republic. To this genesis Repub
lics are true; from this genesis Re-
U. S. than the wheels of progress P ll hlics depart only at the call of
were set in motion to equip this honor or the command of necessity,
nation as years? before she should # Hence it is, though critics may
have been equipped for the solution the people remember, that
of jessing national problems - and,*” eight months of war the 1 nited
fhe handling «/T contingencies of an. un ^ T er the leadership of
internationarnature. v Woodrow Wilson, has done twice as
The rehearsal of all the legisla-1 ^^h. and even more, than England
tion of President Wilson to carry ‘? nd France did in the correspond
ent this firogresslve program would •nK P er l°d °f time. The accusations,
be superfluous here. ’ The world 1 the exaggerations, the fabrications,
knows it by heart. It ensures him *he distortions of supercilious cen-
a splendid place in the annals of sors and •en.viQus-fanged contemners
ltM**la Admit* Lmt of War^Uoyhl
Nl«d Agrrr I pon Term*
(Confirmation of tha German re
port that Russia h%» withdrawn from
the war Is contained In an official
Russian statement which says: % ,
"The peace negotiations are at an
end. The German capitalists, bank
ers and landlords, supporfed by the
slleht cooperation of the English and
French'bourgeoise, submitted to, our
comrades members of tfie peace dele
gates at Brest-Lltovsk. conditions
such as could not be shbscribed to
by the Russian revolution.
“The governments of Germany
and Austria possess countries and
peoples vanquished by force of
arms. To this authority the Rus
sian people workmen and peas
ants, could not give-its acquies
cence. We could not sign thaf
which would bring with it sadness
oppression and suffering to mil
lions of workmen and peasant.
tha United Btatea Food
_ ,?«
logs Stomp Conmittoe, of which
Frank A. Vandarllp la
Tha schools, however, are not tha
only aaits in which School Auxiliaries
may be formed. Tha other educational
anlta which have been recognised aa
•uitabla centers la which to organise
Junior Red Cross work are Agricul
tural Clubs, Boy Scouts, Camp Fire
Girls. Night Schools, Sunday School
classes and such authorized educa
tional centers as may be properly or
ganized under the. supervision of the
local representatives of the Red Cross
Chapter.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has already Offered to use
the Agricultural Clubs for Junior Red
Cross Work. Every child who Is en
rolled in a School Auxiliary is entitled
to wear a Red Cross pin, although not
considered a regular member of the
Red Cross.
Conference at Washington.
A Conference of prominent educa-
al
1 Ns*
«"am» i
Mai
W isiaa * •
tmaal
►4 W«str» «
Mi* Kmieaewr J
lama. Arvhhfc*hap
tat r G «*«4 r
mi Kathmal
p#r» |*r**id«w*
ot tAhnr. lUary
■ma. ISiarutiV*
Monday
C Hmer. t*aM#4 4*alas
latraiaa; Julia Uat
* Murreu. Cat tad
t ed
Frr«»4*Wt
aa. HefWrt
ibaold Garmaay aad Ai?^Ha fw-
*wlta ta reaagwlae the Balahe ^ ^
‘ r *e ae lanalaating tha war, wfl*^*-
tha raa firmstkm al that artftaa hf ^
trealy la tha uaaal farm, thatr ar
m»aa would ha la tha
hllltag ai
pawpla. a I
aa car tala ta raaaa trouble far tha
Teetoatr
paople at
ar
Htataa Treasury.
Food Administration; Mrs Josiah Ev
ans Cowles, National President of the
Federation of Woman's Clubs.
Dr. Philander P. Clastoa. Patted
States Commissioner of Education,
stated that he had carefully Invent!-
hire IMvUloa Mill
Open prophecy that Hlndenburg
would undertake a gr-at offeaaiva
r*^'! it, 1 ' ,o r™*ch
Cro|. and had d elded that it was the a ||g American armies and end tha
“But we also can not, will not,
and must not continue a war begun tors and persons interested in the
statesmanship. It is the unmistak
able triumph of. the democratic
of the \Vilsonian policies wear such
a flimsy gossamer covering as to ex-
by czars and capitalists. We will not
and we must not continue to be at
war with the Germans and Austrians
—workmen and peasants like our
selves.
“We are not signing a peace of
landlords and capitalists. Let the
German and Austrian soldiers kpow’
who are placing them in the field
of battle and let them know for
what they are struggling. I^et them
know Rl*ip thal-l.tn fffhT V™
yearning Avith which the heart of political plot in all its nak-
mankind throbs and pulses today. I e e0l J® neS8 ’ , , ^ . ,
And it carried Woodrow Wilson to.' ^ e r P a ^ e n0 c ^ a * m admin ”
a wonderful victory in 1916 against ^ration has greaten sunbeams out
an avalanche of money and a laby-i of r ocumbers or performed feats be-
rintb nf intrimiP - . j yond the pale of human possibtlty;
fTis -FCTiral k^orv. Hank iiimmaiimiiai'lirMrrwTir
which MulhalL the famous English > ^ ave Amazing, its accomplish-,
economist said was of more w’orth ,,10n t s beyond compare in the history
to the world than the Panama Canal, I warfare,
saved this country,, with the advent*J ave no * f ^ a,ser
of the w’ar, from tlie„jnost stupend- wp . w IB whip him if calum*
our panic in history and enabled us mating critirs do not dampen the
to ride the tumultous waters of Hres of enthusiasm or grease the
' world-war ' finance with hardly a track* whereon must ride our najion-
squeak or a tremor of our old ship aI <*«riots *f war. \\ e have more
of state. Without this Federal Re- men France «xtay than Roosevelt
serve Bank today the United States ■■J* 1 or iua P epti - • n « •jpefnaed to *iga ea ••anhxatidhiaf tary
would be grinding tad pounding on. minion more are waiting for tbe trauy. Rqpaia for Ita part
the rocks of disaster. jahlpa. I the pretaat wgr with Genaaay
Alt* * We •• •nm •• mm caved v Akatria-Hai
From a vlaloa akaoer prophetic I tor that the death rate la awr raahs gaiia at aa
caa»e thaJTederal^Reveaae which fje^^jjjjjvjapathw «Mlat da^^.j
work of the Junior Red Cross met
in Washington, D. C, January 7th
and 8th, at the call of Dr. Henry N.
MacCracken. National Director of the
Bureau of Junior Membership. The
presiding officer was Dr. John H.
Finley, Commissioner of Education
for , the State of New York, and
prominent - among those in attend-
ance were Dr. Ph^ander p "riaTtnn
against them. Our delegation fully
conscious of its responsibility before
the Russian people and the oppress
ed workers and peasants of other
countries declared on February 10,
in the name of the council of the
cation, the Red Cross Committee ap
pointed by the National Education
Association, consisting of Dr. Finley
aa Chairman, Mrs. Mary C. Bradford,
President of the N. E. A. and State
Superintendent for Colorado.' Pro-
peoples commissaries of the govern- feasor Marion X* Brittain, State
cnent of the federal Russian re-* - perintendent of Georgia, Dr. ftiDda
public to the governments* of the 0. Blair. Stats Superintendent of
peoples involved In the war with ns Itllnola. and Dr. Margaret McNaogbt,
and of the neutral countries, that It Assistant Commissioner of Elemen
ting of California, and tha
organisation most practically fltHnl to
enlist the Interest and activity of the
school children of America into a sys
(Ainatized program of practlcaUpatrlot-
Ism. / - ji
State Advisory Committees.
State Advisory Committees to the
Junior Red Cross composed of men
and women prominent In educational
work have already been appointed in
the five states of the Southern Divi
sion aa follows:
Tennessee; 8. W. Sherrill, State 8n»
perintendent. of Education, chairman;
A. A. Kincannon, School Superintend
ent of Memphis; W. B. Miller, School
Superintendent of Knoxville; C. H,
Winder, School Superintendent of
Chattanooga.
Georgia: M. L. Brittain, State Su
perintendent of Education, chairman;
C. H. Bruce, School Superintendent of
Macon;, C. B. Gibson, School' Super
intendent of Savannah; Chancellor
David C. Barrow of the University of
Georgia; Mrs. John W. Rowlett, State
President of the Parent-Teacher Asmh
ciatlon. „
Florida: W. N. Sheets, State Super
intendent of Education, chairman; J.i
E. Knight, School Superintendent of
Tampa; F. A. Hathaway, School Su
perintendent of Jacksonville; _Hr. A-
A* llurphiee. Pi ngtlHRfiT^of tbe tfni
versity of Florida.
North Carolina:'!. Y; Joyner, State
Superintendent of Education, chair
man; C. P. Harding. School Superin
tendent of Charlotte; John J. Blair,
School Superintendent of Wilmington;
Dr. Edwin K. Graham, President of
the University of North Carolina;
Mrs. Thomas W. Uncle. Dean of
Women of the Unh^rsUy of North
Carolina. -
South Carolina:- J. E
wAr with Germany ini'
Igary. Turkey and Bnl-j
foulikig aiMiJl fismiaT 1 *
war was made in a public lecture
by Major von Oldberg of the Ger
man Colonial Society at Berlin last
month.
According to an account of his ad
dress, printed ' in German papers
which have reached here. Major von
Oldberg said that as 1917 had boon
the “year of revenge,” 1918 would
be the "year of decision."
Germans were to turn their eyes
and hearts to the West front from
Flanders to Venetla, Ignoring the
peace negotiations In the East, the
outcome of which was ''militarily
without lniportance>* ~7
“Today,” said Major von Oldberg,
“our back is free and we have the
reserve which we lacked in 1914
when we have had to defend East
Prussia against the Russians. The
great offensive now can start an3
then God help Albion."
Oldberg, who spoke -officially as
head of one of the departments, did
not say, however, that the principal
blow would be delivered against the
British, saying that Hindenbnrg
could be trusted to select the proper
place ^or the offensive.
TOUOTTOFTSU-BOA’
American HI earner Reports Destroy
Ing One Submarine
An Americtn steamship arriving
at an Atlantic port Wednesday re
ported having sank n German snb-
martne in the Mediterranean Jan
uary 18 last, after a running fight.
The steamer was not hit.
On the entward vnyggn 1
craft was attach ad In th#
>f twa sabmarinat.
off the how of
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