The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 11, 1918, Image 1
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One Dollar and a Half a Year. BAMBERG, S. C., THU.RSDAY, APRIL 11,1918 Established 1891.
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Denmark Dots.
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Denmark, April 6.?Mrs. Delle
Guess was a visitor in Columbia the
past week.
Algie Guess, St. Claire Guess, A.
D. Pearson, the Rev. Bellinger Guess
and Cecil Crum were in Orangeburg
Thursday.
Miss May Pearson has returned i
home from Columbia.
Miss r ranees uuess, 01 ^unveise i
College, was at home for a few days!
last week.
Miss Olive Pearson, of Augusta, !
Ga., spent Sunday with her parents
here.
Miss Ruth Guess has returned i
home after an extended visit to j
friends and relatives at Birmingham, ;
Ala., Micanopy and Jacksonville, Fla.
Branchville Briefs.
Branchville, April 6.?Mrs. Susie
Stroble has returned to Washington,
D. C.f after spending some time here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Berry.
[ Mrs. W. C. Martin is spending
some time in Charleston.
Afrs. Sidney Poag and little daughter/of
Columbia, are visiting Mrs. J.
B. Henderson.
Mrs. W. A. Izlar and children, of
Augusta, Ga., are visiting Mrs. C. E.
Byrd.
Mrs. X. C. Jones spent last week
' with relatives in Charleston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Black and children
and Miss Reoecca Evans, of
Holly Hill, were the guests of Mrs. J. j
M. Byrd last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Edwins, of;
Bamberg, visited relatives here last
week.
Misses Evelyn and Carolyn Hutto
and J. E. Hutto, of Charleston, splnh
last week with their grandmother,
Mrs. C. E. Byrd.
Miss Ida Edwins, of Orangeburg,
7 is spending the week-end with Miss ;
Wilhelmina Byrd.
Miss Nell Pegues has returned to i
her home in Barnwell.
Virgil I^ukes, of Camp Sevier, is
visiting his parents here this week.
Arthur Berry, of the navy, spent a
few days with his mother here during
the past week.
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Keeping Hogs in The City.
The Herald has been reliably in
formed that there are parties in the
city who are keeping hogs on their
premises within the city limits, contrary
to the laws of the city forhid" **
ding it. The Herald does not know
who these parties are, but our information
is thajj^men of prominence ,
are' doing - this, and that there are
several such parties.
"? The spring season Is now here?
the time of the year when people
have fever?and the presence of hogs j
in the city does not add to the health ;
condition of Bamberg. While it is |
true that the raising of hogs in town
may be beneficial in some ways, the
matter was threshed out some months j
v ago, and it was decided that Bamberg j
could not afford to risk the health j
; of the town; therefore, the Jaw forbidding
hogs in the city was not
changed. j
It is urged that everybody should j
obey the law?especially in view of'
the fact that effor?s are being made !
to increase the healthfulness of the \
place, and that sanitary reasons alone :1
should prevent the raising of hogs j
in this town. j.
Lack of Knowledge of Gas Defense. {'
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The necessity for thorough and!'
continuous training of troops in gas <
. defense is shown by a statement proved
by captured German documents:
The Germans at a certain posi
tion on the western front knew the
British were planning to deliver a 1
gas attack on a German division
-v equipped with masks, but poorly
trained in their use. In spite of the
fact that they had several days to 1
drill before conditions were suitable '<
for the British attack, when it was
finally made hundreds of German 1
casualties resulted.
Many kinds of gases are used in
modern warfare. Some merely affecjt
the eyes temporarily, and are more
inconvenient than serious. Other
gases are terrible in their effect un/
less proper protection is available.
They are employed in clouds, or in
shells, bombs, and hand grenades.
It is the work of the Field Training
Section of the Gas Defense Ser- 1
vice to bring home to the American
soldier the importance of his gas
mask, to thoroughly drill him in its;
use and to inspire confidence in its
efficiency.
Over $41,000 in 5-cent Smileage
coupons has come in from the big j
camps to headquarters at the Commis- i
sion on training camp activities in !
Washington. These coupons repre- j
sent admissions to theatrical events j
at the camps. Soldiers from the j
smaller towns receive their 'books;
early, because of the prompt response !
of these places when Smilage books j
were placed on sale, and in many;
eases have used them up.
APRIL, DRAFT CALL.
1,969 for South Carolina.?Be Senl
to Camps Beginning April 26.
Washington, April 6.?Approximately
150,000 men will be sent tc
training camps during the five-daj
period beginning April 26, under orders
sent to State Governors today bj
Provost Marshal General Crowder
for mobilization of the April
call of the secon.l draft.
This is three times the numbei
it was originally planned to call and
is nearly twice the monthly quota as
based on the calling of 800,000 mer
over a period of nine months.
Calling out of the increased numbei
was made necessary by the decision
of President Wilson to respond without
delay to the need of France and
Great Britain for reinforcements in
the great battle in Picardy. Vacancies
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in national army divisions resulting
from the withdrawal of men to complete
National Guard and regulai
army units and for the formation o!
special technical units asked by Gen
Pershing will be made good bv the
April draft.
Failure of Congress to pass the
amendment to the selective Service
Act, which would permit the fixation
of State quotas on the number of men
in class one necessitated temporary
adherence to the old system. Local
boards have been officially advised
however, that they are to ignore
"quotas" for the time being and tc
simply continue calling up men until
the have obtained the number they
have been instructed to forward
When a basis for establishing State
quotas has been found due credit
against future increments will be
given those already called.
Among the men to be called will be
approximately 116.700 whites and
33,700 negroes.
The sssessiiKiu cf some o: the
Southern States foliows:
* Alabama 3,301, Florida 3.350,
Georgia f>,356, Kentucky 3,396, Mississippi
2,204, North Carolinav3,054,
South Carolina 1,9 69, Tennessee 4,751.
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Urges Colored People to Buy Bonds,
To the Colored People of .the County:?As
many of you are readers of
The Bamberg Herald, I take this
means of speaking to you on the war
question. Inasmuch as you know
that I am profoundly interested in all
matters whicl) concern you and the
honor and dignity of our great government,
and inasmuch as I have
been and am a constant reader of
the many war issues which concern
us and the life of the whole nation,
I wish to say that the time has come
when we colored people have got tc
act. We have got to do something.
We have got to buy a liberty bond,
or buy war stamps, to help win the
war. For, if the white people lose
this "war, we colored people will lose
it. Let us do our part as a race.
There was an important meeting held
at the court house yesterday. I was
present and many colored ministers
and people, and the fact is we are
all up against it. God only knows
what will become of us if we fail to
do our part in helping our government
in this critical hour of its
hardest struggle. There were papers,
cards and information sent out
yesterday into all the districts of the
county. See the-white people in your
community and fall in line. . They are
acting upon information they have
received from high authority.
D. J. SANDERS.
Bamberg, S. C., April 9.
Each Plane Needs Extra Equipment
After three years of warfare the
total number of airplanes able to
take the air at any time on eithei
- * " * * At i. l?~
side of tne western iront nas uoi ueeu
over 2,500. Each plane in the aii
requires a force of 46 men, two replacement
planes on the ground, and
Dne training plane for every pilot
who eventually reaches the front
with an ex'tra engine for each plane
The life of a plane is not more thai
two months, and the engine must be
overhauled after each 75 hours. Nov
that American planes are going overseas,
the great problem is to secure
the thousands of skilled mechanics
enginemen, motor repair men, wooc
and metal workers needed to keep
the planes in perfect condition. This
engineering and mechanical force al
the airdromes, the flying fields, and
repair depots, both here and behind
the lines in France, is a vital industrial
link in the chain to air supremacy.
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Removes Many Officers.
From the declaration of war tc
February 23, the Surgeon General ol
the army has removed 1,050 officers
of the Medical Reserve Corps. Ii
the following table the reason assigned
for discharge does not isolate
under "inaptitude for the service'
all of those whose dismissal was ir
considerable degree due to inefficien
cy or incompetency, since thes<
reasons had weight in many cases
otherwise classified.
Discharged for physical disability
411; inaptitude for the service, 154
to join other brandies, 306; domes
tic difficulties, 59: resignation, SS
needed by communities, hospitals
schools, 32.
During the same period there havi
been 2,265 promotions, including
some officers promoied more thai
once.
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IN THE PALMETTO SJATE
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SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
j KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Stat? News Boiled Down for Qnick
- ' Reading.?Paragraphs About
Men and Happenings.
! Judge Sease has upheld the constitutionality
of the quart-a-month
law.
Governor Manning has for the
i fourth time appointed \V. H. Gibbes
. : tate yarne warder..
I News was received Wednesday of
i the death in France of Bennie Martin
> j or vauciuse, agea zu years, luuug
; | Martin enlisted three months ago
and his death resulted from pneu*
monia. He is survived by his father,
f C. L. Martin.
; ^ Walter E. Duncan, a widely known
5 newspaper man of Aiken, has been
appointed publicity manager of the
' food conservation and productive sec
tion of the State food administration,
L under Col. August Kolin, chairman.
Mr. Duncan has entered upon nis du'
ties.
Fred Johnson, white, about 23
J years old, employed by the Big Salt(j
kehatchie Cypress Company, of YarnI
j ville, as brakeman on their fog train,
. j Thursday afternoon whiie coupling
j two cars leaded with logs was so
[! seriously injured that he died Thursday
night about S o'clock.
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Service Fla# Unfurled.
j Sunday morning, during the morni
ing service hour, a service flag was
- unfurled at . the Bamberg Baptist
, chuch, Col. F. X. K. Bailey, of Greenwood,
being the speaker of the occasion.
The flag contained thirteen
' i stars, with two mdre to be added,
representing the young men of th$
' Baptist congregation who have enteied
the service of the country, either
in the army or navy.
Col. Bailey made one of the finest
addresses on the war yet heard in
Bamberg. He urged the people to
! do not only their bit for the boys in
the trenches, but to do their best,
[ and appealed to the citizens of Bamberg
county to uphold the government
in all the phases of war worfc,
; the buying of liberty bonds, sut>1
scribing to the Red Cross and Y. M.
C. A., etc. He reminded the people
; of the county that during the last
liberty loan, the county fell snort
about $120,000 of the amount ai'
lotted to this county, notwithstandI
ing the fact that the people here are
II unusually prosperous, and the money
' conditions in the county are most
; favorable.
! - Col. Bailey made the point that
| every time we fail or refuse to help
: the government in its war programme,
either in subscribing money
or contributing to food conservation.
| we cause perhaps one of the very
; men represented in the Baptist
1 church service flag, to suffer. "Is it
1 unreasonable that we, who are sur'
rounded by loved ones, living in comfortable
homes with' plenty all
; around us, should sacrifice to
the very bone for those who
' are .bravely fighting our battles
; on tne^terrible fields of France?"
- - " >~?-1 ?.,-n fieri,*
asHea ^/Ui. oaiiej'. win 115m,
1 our war in France or we will fight
: it in America; which will you choose?
To win the war before the Germans
invade America, it will take money,
men and food."
Three little folks on the stage rep
resented the American army, navy
and the 'Red Cross. Special music
added much to the service.
5 Harry White, son of Rev. G. P.
1 White, was ttye only one represented
on the flag who was present. He
L made a few remarks suitable to the
occasion.
Get-Together Meeting.
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A very interesting and beneficial
"get-together" meeting was held at
' the court house last Friday night.
The meeting was called for the puri
pose of arousing interest in the city
? in matters pertaining to the war, ber
ing called by the chairman of the
local council of defense, Mayor C.
W. Rentz. The meeting was attendi
ed by about a hundred persons, and
, was presided over by B. D. Carter,
Many matters of local interest were
' discussed by a number of gentlemen,
J and the people of the town were
t urged to wake up to their responsi^
bilities in the war. It is felt that
much good will result from the meet1
ing, and those who attended are now
more alive to the conditions that
. confront the people as a whole.
Among the interesting things of
the meeting were the resolutions below,
offered by J. F. Carter, Esq.,
and adopted by the meeting:
, "Whereas the dastardly work of
f German spies in our midst has been
brought to our attention, and believ3
ing it to be high time that quick and
t effective action be taken for the pro.
tection of our people. Be it resolved:
4 "1. That a committee of three be
appointed from this body for the purpose
of drafting suitable resolutions.
i memorializing our representatives in
. Congress, urging upon them the nec>
essity of enacting drastic laws for
' the purpose of detecting and inflict5
j ing proper punishment upon all Geri
man spies and all enemies of our
government.
"2. That this committee be in'
stru^ed to anpear before the Bam
berg County Council of Defense and
; urge upon that body to take like action.
and to bring the matter before
every like organization in the State
and before the State Council of De^
fense. with the hone that our reprel
sentatives in congress may be im1
presced with the seriousness of the
situation and the urgent need of
quick and effective action."
HOW TO GET COAL.
Make Application to the City Clerk of
Bamberg at O^ce.
The people of the city of Bamberg
are assured of an adequate
supply of coal for next winter by
observing the following instructions
given by the chairman of the fuel
committee for the county:
The city of Bamberg has consented
to handle the coal for its citizens,
and the county chairman has secured
twenty cars, if so much is necessary.
The coal contracted for is Virginia
Lee Black, which is considered an
excellent grade of - domestic coal.
Five cars will be shipped in April,
probably arriving during the latter
nnrt nf thp mrvnth If vrm want, anv
coal go to the office of the city clerk,
Mr. H. D. Free, situated in the rear
of the Bamberg Banking Company's
building, fill out an application
blank, sign your name, and leave
with Mr. Free the amount of money
necessary to pay for the coal you
desire. When the cars of coal arrive,
your coal, to the exact pound, will
be delivered to you. The price of
this coal will be $(>.00 per ton. You
will have to pay the drayage charges,
which you may pay to Mr. Free, or to
the drayman, as you prefer. If you
haul your coal with your own wagon,
of course there will be no drayage to
pay. It is optional with you how
you manage about the drayage of
your coal. There are certain circles or
groups who have handled a car of
coal among themselves. If. any persons
desire to secure a car to be
divided among themselves, they will
be accommodated. In tliis ca-:e it
will be necessary for each member of
i the group tc fill out and sign an up
plication for coal, stating their individual
requirements. When tills* is
done Mr. Free will Place a car oi
coal at their disposal. Any such
group will pay Mr. Free for the car
uj on arrival. Some one member of
the group must assume responsibility
to ...i\ , ree, acting for the city, by
placing in his hand a check, for the
number of tons ol coal at S6-.0U per
ton. The city will then turn over
the car to the persons who are entitled
to it, for distribution among
themselves, in accordance with their
requirements as shown by their applications.
The above arrangement
meets with the approval of Mr. J. W.
Price, fuel administrator of Bamberg
section. /
The chairman of the fuel committee
states that every citizen of the
city of Bamberg may secure a sufficient
supply of coal for their normal
winter requirements, and it is the
desire of the chairman that every
one who uses coal have an adequate
supply. The principal business
of the county chairman is to assist
the people of the county to secure
fuel, and to see to it that it is properly
distributed, and that no unreasonable
charges are made for fuel.
But it is equally the duty of the
chairman to prevent hoarding or
wasteful use of coal, and the public
is warned that severe penalties attach
to misrepresentations or false
statements made on the application
j blanks, which must be signed be!
fore any one can obtain coal. Much
I latitude will be allowed, however,
. i?i. ? x_?: .~
uui aiiont! irjiug to uaivc auvauiagc
of the situation, and obtain more
coal than an adequate supply for the
coming year, will certainly have their
over supply confiscated, and otherwise
dealt with as the case may
warrant.
A supply of coal has also been obtained
for the town of Ehrhardt.
Mr. E. E. Hughes, fuel committeeman
for that section, will have charge
of the distribution of the required
amount of coal at that point.
A supply of coal has also been
obtained for the town of Olar, and
Mr. G. M. Ne'eley, fuel committeeman
for that section, will handle the
coal shipped him.
Mr. Hughes and Mr. Neelev will
notify those interested in their respective
communities when to secure
their coal from them.
As soon as Mr. W. H. Faust, fuel
committeeman, at Denmark, com!
pletes his arrangements, a supply of
j coal for Denmark will be obtained,
j The people of the county are again
j reminded however, that those who
I ordinarily use wood \and in a
! position to obtain a supply of wood,
should make early arrangements for
laying in a supply for winter. Every
family in Bamberg county should
use as muon wouu ror iuei as possible,
thus relieving the railroads
of unnecessary hauling of coal from
a distance, besides making available
the amount of coal released, for government
purposes.
W. S. S. Prize for Schools.
The Peoples Bank of Bamberg has
offered a prize of $25 to the school
in Bamberg county buying the greatest
amount of war savings stamps per
capita. The prize will be war stamps.
As the prize is for the greatest
amount per capita, It puts all schools
on an equality, the small and the
large schools. The schools are urg'
oH tn trot hncv anH ctnrt tn linvin?
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stamps at once.
Return From Honeymoon.
Ehrhardt, April 9.?Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Cope have returned from their
honeymoon trip South. While on
this trip they visited many points of
interest in the land of flowers, taking
in Jacksonville, St. Augustine and St.
Petersburg. The bride's home is in
Spartanburg, but she has many
I friends over the State, being a graduate
of the class of '17 at Columbia
Female college. Mr. and Mrs. Cope
will be at home to their friends at
i Ehrhardt. Mr. Cope is widely
known and has a host of friends. He
was for years employed by the A. C.
L., and he now holds a responsible
position with the B., E. & W.
FORCE WITHOLT ANY LIMIT
RIGHTEOUS AND TRIUMPHANT
FORCE TILL RIGHT RULES.
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Nation's Chief Executive Warns Anew j
That Triumph for German Arms I
Means Ruin for Our Ideals.
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Baltimore, April 6.?President ?,
Wilson, at a great Liberty Loan'celebration
here tonight, gave America's a
answer to tne lierman arive on me g
western battle front; to the renewed p
propaganda for a German made
peace; to all proposals to end the a
war before Germany is awakened s
from her dreani of world dominion, s
The President's answer was: a
"Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit, the righteous
and triumphant force which shall a
make right the law of the world, t
and cast every selfish dominion down t
in the dust."
President Wilson's acceptance of
'Germany's challenge that the issue
between the Central Powers and her s
enemies be settled by force brought t
15.000 persons cheering to their feet. r
The President opening the third
Liberty loan campaign, carried his c
audience with him in his address. ' c
The house cheered for several min- .
utes when the President arose to
speak, and it was some minutes before
he could make himself heard. c
At the conclusion of the President's
address subscriptions were opened s
for Liberty bonds. The Savings Bank c
of Baltimore immediately took one j
million dollars' worth. Other large
amounts were subscribed. }
A few hours before the President \
spoke he had reviewed a< division of c
citizen soldiers, called j on a few t
months ago from the pursuits of
peace, now transformed into fighting
men to carry the ideals of America 1
to the battlefields of Europe, at the t
moment, a million more of their hind
all over the land were celebrating *
the opening of the third liberty loan, J
and the orders for mobilizing the s
first of the great army of a second \
million were going out to the country.
Those were some of the physical v
facts which backed his words, when, 1
after reviewing briefly the evidence s
that Germany seeks a peace that
would give her world dominion, the
President declared:
"I accept the challenge. I know i
that you accept it. All the world l
shall know that you accept it. It t
shall appear in the utter sacrifice and
self-forgetfulness with which we shall 1
give all that we love and all that we
have to redeem the world and make l
it fit for free "men like ourselves to j
live in. This now is the meaning of
what we do. Let everything that we
say, my fellow countrymen, every- a
thing that we henceforth plan and accomplish,
ring true to this response c
till the majesty and might of our concerted
power shall fill the thought '
and utterly defeat the force of those s
who flout and misprize what we r
honor and hold dear.
"Germany has once more said that
force, and force alone shall decide f
whether justice and peace shall reign I
in the affairs of men; whether right \
as America conceives it, or, dominion j
as she conceives it, shall determine <
the destinies of mankind. 3
"There is, therefore, but one response
possible from us; force, force
to the utmost, force without stint or
limit, the righteous force which shall
make right the law of the world and
cast every selfish dominion in the
dust." o
Warning anew that a triumph of r,
arms for Germany means ruin for all t
j the ideals America has won and lives
I for, the President reiterated he was ^
j willing to discuss at any time a fair
I just and honest peace, sincerly pro- a
posed, a "peace in which the strong .
and weak shall fare alike."
"But the answer," said he, "when I n
proposed such a peace, came from the n
j German commanders in Russia, and r
: I cannot mistake the meaning of the i
i answer." ?
j "They are enjoying in Russia," the a
j President declared, " a cheap triumph tl
i in which no brave or gallant nation a
i can long take pride. A great people, p
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helpless by their own acts, lies iur
the time at their mercy. Their fair f
professions are forgotten. They no- it
where set up justice, but everywhere a
impose their power and exploit every- n
thing for their own use and aggrandizement,
and the people of conquered
provinces are invited to be free under tl
their dominion." .]
The President's declaration that t<
nothing i-; proposed for Germany hut
was his statement that Germany's
course in Russia is a cheap triumph.
The President's arrival had been the
signal for a great demonstration. The
hall was packed with about 15,000
persons. ^
Thousands were at the doors un- ?
able to gain entrance. .Long lines
formed in front of the armory as s<
early as 6 o'clock. t<
Former Gov. Goldsborough. in- tl
itroducing the President, declared that &(
i out of the war would come a new
world, dedicated to liberty, Mr Goldsborough,
a Republican, said that all
parties in the country must rally be- c
hind the Executive. 0
I "This is no time." said said Mr. j
; Goldsborough, "to criticise the gov'
ernment. This is the time for every- ri
| body to get behind our flag." n
The President's audience was plain- tl
ly with him in his denunication of tl
Germany's military masters. It applauded
his declaration that he is
ready at any time to discuss a just
peace sincerely proposed. jle
.When the President declared that! ii
he accepted Germany's challenge and jb
that force might decide the issue the f ?
audience arose to its feet and cheered \
for several minutes. j ^
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PERSHING WINS FRANCE.
Lmerican General Stirs People With
Manly Words.
Paris, .March 31.?General Perhing's
sincere and manly words in
)lacing at the disposal of General
TYkph fho ontiro rocnnrfoo n f "fhfl
VVii liiV vutli t I VUVU1 V *American
army have gone straight
o the heart of the French people
vho dearly love what the French call
fine gesture." The newspapers of
dl shades of opinion reflect this
grateful appreciation, both by the
>rominence they give the incident
nd their comments. Echo de Paris
ays that France as a whole does
;rateful homage to the United States,
idding "to use the language of surgeons,
we may say there has been
.nd there is more than ever today a
ransfusion of blood between the
wo countries."
The Petit Journal says: "General
5ershing's act asking so nobly to
hare in the honors and sacrifices of
hat battle of nations now in prepaation,
is a solemn warning to the
;entral empires of the grim resolve
if free nations to conquer."
"General Pershina's words to Gen
iral Foch have in their simplicity a
leep -warning," says the Figaro.
They bring out the magnitude of the
itake at issue. On the events on the
>omme hangs not only the fate of^
England and France, but of civilizaion
and progress for which Germany
rictorious, would substitute her
loarse methods of human exploitaion."
L'Oeuvre says: "Certainly the
)oches did not foresee such rapid in- ) ervention.
They will soon have op^
>ortunity to judge its growing im)ortance.
They shall see these new
oldiers, pressing on in serried ranks, v
mpatient to try their virgin wea>ons.
Turning to the eastward, they
vill see behind them the Japanese,
rembling with eagerness, ready to
pring." . .
The Temps, in an aulogistic editoial,
says: "The German offensive
ntended to dislocate the allies has
ed the United States to offer more
han its soldiers?to engage soleme ny
its military prestige and give an
ui discipline ana uuuy. we
iave no selfish ends to serve,' said
'resident Wilson in asking the
American congress to declare war
igainst Germany.
"A year has passed. Russia has
Tumbled, the American people have
est their illusions, as we knew and
uttered privations of which we do .
lot know enough.
"The Americans," the Temps con- *
'luded, "fight a fight of faith and
>eril itself exalts their courage. By
chat abberation ran Germany iitfagne
that she can -rr.quer foroi such
is those!"
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Submarines Directed at Neutrals.
Germany's war leaders are using
be submarine to prevent fulfillment
f America's agreements to feed and
elieve European neptrals, according
r\ o nm r.wf f U TITrt ? 'I'rrt a
\j a aiaicmcut u* iuc >v ai x i auc
loard. It says:
"A mass of cumulative evidence
nd indications in the possession of
lie War Trade Board shows that Gerlany
is employing the submarine
lenace to prevent neighbor neutrals
eceiving any food or favors at the
ands of the United States and its
ssociates in the war, and to coerce
tiese neutrals through starvation
nd political and economic dependnce
upon Germany, quite as much
s to strike at the communications of
;s opponents?Germany's ostensible
im in proclaiming the ruthless sublarine
campaign.
' Further indications tend to show
hat the submarines are being used
lone: similar dog-in-the-manger lines,
o destroy neutral shipping without
egard ta its employment."
Xew U. S. Army Rifle.
The United States rifle, model of
917, commonly called the modified
Infield, has now been tested in the
srvice of the Army a sufficient time
) warrant the assertion that it more
lan justifies the claims made for it,
ccording to a statement authorized
y the Secretary of War.
The new rifle takes a 30-caliber
artridge, which has the advantage
ver the British Enfield of being rim
iss. it lias Deen iouna tnat unless
im cartridges are fed through the *
lagazine uniformly with the .rim of
ie top cartridge ahead of the rim of
le one immediately below, jams are
kely to occur.
The model of 1917 has an over-all
mgth of 46.3 inches; a total weight
lcluding oiler and thong case and
ayonet of ten pounds and 5 ounces,
"he breech mechanism is of the bolt
fpe.
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