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IF THE GERMAN PEOPLE KNEW.
Ill the opinion ot noger nabson, tho well-known American
statistioimi. tin* only obstacle to immediate peace is tlio ig
norance of the (banian people. They may know that they are
eold and hungry: that their homes are houses of mourning, and
that their hospitals are full of maimed and wounded, but they
do not know how things are going with the entente. They are i
fold that if they can hang on but a short time longer they will
be recompensed for all their sufferings. They an* like a man j
lighting his way through a blizzard in tin* knowledge that ai
few strides more will bring him to warmth and shelter. So!
they hold out. believing that the enemy peoples are in worse
ease than themselves. Part incularly are they ignorant of the!
objects for which the allies are waging war. They art* kepi
in ignorance by their official news directors, and art* assured
that they arc fighting for tilt* very existence of tin* fatherland,
surrounded by jealous and greedy enemies who aim to wrest
this or that province from them, and that the war was caused
chiefly by (Irent Britain's desire to destroy the great foreign
trade which was the foundation of their prosperity.
Mr. 1’abson believes that if the Herman people could be
informed of the exact situation, if they could learn the peace
terms of tin* allies, their determination to continue fighting
would be broken, lb* suggests that as the t inted States may
have 10.000 airplanes ready for action very shortly, these air
craft should be used to drop on flu* Herman armies and cities,
not bombs, but little rolls of paper explaining to tin* Her
mans that "we are not fighting them to kill them, but to talk
to them.” He believes that if such a fleet of airplanes, which
could kill many thousands of Hermans, refrained from doing
so, but instead dropped barmless paper pellets, it would, to use
a French phrase, “give them furiously to think',” and that
presently there would be a Herman revolution under way. One
objection to the immediate carrying out of tin* scheme is that
there will not be 10,000 American airplanes ready very short
ly. We believe that by the time the larger number is in com
mission. tin* Hermans will lx* ready to quit, simply because
they will perceive the hopelessness of resisting the combined
might of the allies. As far as the Herman revolution is con
cerned. it will follow and not precede either a crushing defeat
of the Herman armies in the field, or the starvation of Her
many’s civilian population.
KNOWN BY THEIR RIBBONS.
There is oik* custom that the Danes have not been able
to eradicate, though .just why they should worry about it is not
very clear, says Lieut. Fitzhugh Breen, F. S. X., in an article
on “Arctic Duty.*’ Native women bind their hair in a taliish
knot. Tin* color of the ribbon used is a message to all of the 1
opposite sex. Red mean- nnniaried. Blue signifies married,
that is having a regular husband who supports his wife and
lier children. (Jreen is worn by those who have no children
but 1 ) recognized husband. Nearly as much pride is exhibited '
in being able to adopt this color as in boasting a man as well.
Through the length and breadth of (ireenland. and wherever <
Eskimos are to be found, it is the children that count. All :
creatures love their offspring. But the cultured races have
already obscured the primacy of this love by conventional ac- 1
cent upon sexual relationship, or upon pure eroticism coupled ’
with a range of entertainment and nervous stimulation which 1
the Eskimo must find in his children. His work and a few ;
game's are only diversion besides conversation. \nd Danish
coffee is his only stimulant. So the naturally keen .joy of
bringing up a family become- almost the greatest thing in life. :
Trouble sometimes develops from this custom. When wed
attended native dances several women were forcibly ejected by <
their husband- for having worn red ribbons, a criminal denial
of their marital state. <
It is estimated that there are 2(10.000 stammerers in the,
1 nited States, but this takes no account of tin* husbands who 1
are trying to explain why they stayed out late. 1
Many a fellow has lost a job that was really a sinecure 1
simply because he had nothing to do, and refused to do it.
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy de-!<
pends upon whether it is ours or somebody else’s.
A rolling stone may gather no moss, but at any rate it
meets with more experience than the fossil.
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The people who are satisfied to take things as they come
don’t always make a go of it.
Practice makes perfect. The more a man finds fault, the
more expert he becomes.
Enthusiasm is generally a sensation inspired by things we
don’t have to do.
No woman likes to be told that a thing is as plain as the i
nose on her face.
Money talks, but perhaps it does not always say what it
means. 1
GIVES FACTS
OF STRUGGLE
BOOK OF READY REFERENCI
CONTAINS GREAT MASS OF
IMPORTANT IN FORMATION.
IS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
Articles Are Written hv Persons Spe
cially Qualified for Work and Con
tents Can Be Relied Upon As Ac
curate in Every Detail.
A “War Cyclopedia” is the lates
special war publication of the govern
ment issued through the committee 01
public information. A copy of it ha
just been received by the Anchorag<
Daily Times. The “War Cyclopedia’
is a handbook for ready reference 01
the great war, and contains in sonr
300 pages a great mass of informatioi
simply arranged and clearly stated
It is issued in response to an insisten
demand from many students, writers
clergymen, lawyers, business men am
the public at large for authentic state
ments of the outstanding facts con
cerning the war in alphabetical ar
rangement.
The “War Cyclopedia” was edite<
by Frederic L. Paxton, University o
Wisconsin; Edwin S. Corwin, Prince
ton university, and Samuel B. Hard
ing, Indiana university, the editor:
drawing freely upon the time and tin
patriotic good-will of a large numbe:
of special writers from all parts o
the country. Because of its specia
value and the high cost of printing i
small price of 25 cents a copy ha.
been fixed by the government to covei
the cost of production and distribu
tion. It may be obtained from tin
Committee on Public information, 1(
Jackson Place. Washington. D. C.
Foreword by Creel.
In a foreword Chairman Georgf
Creel, of the committee, says:
“Other handbooks have been an*
will be made by other agencies all wi!
serve their end, for this war is not
:o he won by an established doctrine
lor by an official theory, but by ar
^lightened opinion based on the
truth. The facts of history and life
ire the only arsenal to which Ameri
■ans nee*l resort in order to defend
heir cause. The deeper their study
he firmer becomes their conviction
rhe ‘War Cyclopedia’ represents an
effort to arrange in simple form the
’acts most needed.”
Articles on persons have been left
>ut except as the editors have deemed
liographicol notes to be absolutely
ndispensable; knowledge of Ameri
:an public men in particular has been
issumed.
An indication of the character and
he wide range of the information pro
dded may be had from the following
■Rations made at random through the
ilphabetical arrangement:
Reference to Alsace-Lorraine.
Under the title Alsace-Lorraine
something of the history and the char
icter of that province now in world
lispute is given, and Professor Ot
'ried Nippold, a German scholar form
erly in the diplomatic service but now
>f Berne, is quoted as saying: •
“When one looks back to into the
listory of Europe during the last for
,y years, it seeme inconceivable that
myone can be unwilling to admit that
he annexation of Alsace-Lorraine
vas a political mistake,” and that “the
Germans have shown themselves in
■ompetent in their government of the
leople of Alsace-Lorraine.”
Iri connection with Alsace-Lorraine
-he Cyclopedia refers the reader to
he Zabern affair. This is explained
inder its proper classification as op
pressive acts on the part of the Ger
nan garrison officers at Saverne
[German Zabern, a town in Alsace)
igainst the native population.
Lame Cobbler Wounded.
It culminated in the wounding of a
ame cobbler by a young lieutenant
lamed Forstner, because of “con
temptuous cries,” though the mayor
if the town asserted that it was only
children who had jeered the officer.
Forstner’s unpopularity had arisen
Tom an overzealous espousal of his
superior officer’s contempt for the ci
vilian population and his instructions
to his command that if they stabbed
an Alsatian who insulted them they
would not only go unpnished, but re
ceive a reward. A great hue and cry
followed the wounding of the lame
cobbler and the matter reached the
reichstag, where a vote of censure was
, passed; but while Forstner was sen
tenced by court-martial to detention
1 for a short period, he was soon after
ward promoted, thus receiving the
promised reward.
The term “Boche,” now so common
. ly appearing in American newspaper
dispatches as a familiar designation
■ of the Germans, is shown to have or
■ iginated before the war in Paris.
Assistants to Printers.
The German assistants of Paris
printers were so designated. The
term “Boche” was probably also used
in the Franco-Prussian war in 1870,
for Zola, in his novel “La Debacle,”
put the term in the mouths of French
soldiers to designate Germans. The
term “ce boche” was used, before the
Franco-Prussian War at least, as
equivalent to “that chump.” “Tete de
boche1” is the French slang for “wood
en pate” oi- “blockhead.”
The “War Cyclopedia” gives a re
’} markably succinct and comprehens
ive story of the* execution of Edith Ca
ve! 1.
; All of the great war measures in
tii' United States, such as the espion- !
I : age act, the various acts concerning
. I alien enemies, the selective draft, the
voluntary censorship of the press, etc.
and all of the institutions that have j
been created to carry on the activities |
I of the war, such as the war trade i
* ■ ;
'board, war risk insurance bureau, Red
Cross service, council of national de
fen.-e, food administration, etc., are
comprehensively explained. There is j
also a wealth of information of value:
to students of military affairs con
cerning the army and navy and all
their ramifying branches of service.
Facts Are Accessible.
ine editors have made easily ac
cessible the outstanding- facts con
cerning German frightfulners in the
reports of leading episodes of the
war, such as the invasion of Belgium,
the Lusitania destruction, the subma
rine campaign against neutrals, and
! similar incidents.
“l\;du.” the word used affection-1
ately by the French to designate their I
j soldiers in the present war, is shown
to have originated from the French j
word “poil,” meaning hair. It is sup- j
posed that the term Poilu came to be j
j applied to French soldiers because
they were in the trenches and did not
shave, as the British soldiers did.
“Bolsheviki” is shown in the Cyclo- j
; pedia to he a Russian wm-d meaning
! “belonging to the majority.” The
Bolsheviki wore originally the left or J
radical wing of the Itussiar Socialist- j
Democratic party. In 11)05, at the ;
time when the split in the party or-:
curved, the radicals, led by Lenin°, I
: w ‘re in the majority, and hence called
t iiem sel ves Bo I sheviki.
Russian Revolution.
| An abbreviated history of the Rus
; si an revolution, from the overthrow of
| the czar, through the Kerensky re
I gime, and the Bolsheviki control, to
the opening- separate peace negotia
tions with Germany, is contained in
the Cyclopedia.
Added to the alphabetical arrange
ment of general war facts, there is
I
presented a chronology of the prinei
i pal events of the war, from June 28, |
1914, when the Archduke Francis Fer
: dinand was murdered at Serajevo, to
j December 29, 1917, when the British
j national labor conference approved
j the continuation of the war for aims
; similar to those defined bv President.
i Wilson.
Why Germany Wants Peace.
The “War Cyclopedia” presents a
map in colors under the caption “Why
Germany Want's Peace Now.” The
map delineates the Pan-German plan
as realized by war in Europe and in
Asia. The central powers have a pop
ulation of about 146,500,000. The oc
cupied territory in Belgium, northern
France, Poland, Lithuania, Courland,
Serbia, Montenegro and Roumania
possesses a population of 40,500,000.
Hence Germany today controls lands
in which live 187,000,000 people. The
map makes clear the German plans
and conquests.
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EXERCISES AND DELIVERS
CORDIAL ADDRESS.
GENERAL SECRETARY RESPOND
Building Is Commodious in Size and
Admirably Equipped and Funds for
Erection Were Donated by Ameri
cans and British.
..LIVERPOOL, England, April 3.—
“This building is a symbol of the close
bond of fellowship that exists between !
the peoples of the English-speaking
race,” said the lord mayor of Liver-;
pool in opening here the new “Stars |
and Stripes Hut” of the American
Young Men’s Christian association.
The new clubhouse, situated in Lord
street, is both commodious in size and
admirably equipped. The funds for its
eerction were provided by both British l
and American residents.
“Liverpool has been very happy,”
said the lord mayor, “to have been
host to so many American spldiers
during the past few months. Through
this club-house we hope henceforth to
be able to show our feelings toward
these temporary visitors a little more!
adequately then heretofore.
“When the United States decided to i
throw her lot into the war, the entente
countries were tilled with joy, and no
where, I think was this feeling so
abounding as in Liverpool. It was not
merely friendship, however, nor was
it merely because of America’s im
measurable wealth and resources that
we welcomed her. It was rather that
for three years she had been in the j
position of an impartial jury in this
conflict, and now she had given her
verdict, uninfluenced by pressure, in
favor of the cause for which we had i
been fighting.”
R. W. Ewing, general secretary of j
the Young Men’s Christian association
responded.
“1 beg leave to express to- you peo- j
pie of Liverpool, on behalf of all my |
countrymen of the United States, our j
gratitude for the kindly reception j
which you have given to the American |
troops on their arrival in England. We!
almost feel that you have been too;
generous, for Americans, above all, do!
not expect that their young men shall j
have anything more than the young j
men of the other allied forces are get
ting. We want to take our share, not
only in the fighting but in all the suf
ferings and privations which war in
evitably entails. We trust that the I
comradeship and good fellowship ‘
which the war has awakened will
bring us, cousin nations, closer togeth
er for all time.
“The club house which you are op
ening for us today will aim to deepen
in the soldiers who visit it, their self
restraint and self-reliance, so that
they may be able to face temptations
and difficulties which are bound to
come.”
AIR RAID IS DESCRIBED.
Manchester Guardian Tells of Aerial
Bombardment of London.
LONDON, April 1.—The Manches
ter Guardian prints the following de
scription of the recent air-raid over
London as seen from a height, by a
correspondent:
It was some time after the bursting
of the maroons that the fiist sound o;
attack was heard. It came from tile
northeast, a series of quiet, separate
noises — plop—plop—plop—plop. like
porridge boiling. The firing died down
and started again from the north in
the same gentle way. Then it became
quicker, and then died away in soft,
flannellv noises.
“Suddenly the firing burst again to
the northwest and also to the south,
and some nearer guns began to bay.
Then there was actitvity in the west,
and we heard four or five harsh noises
that we took to be bombs, accompan
ied by faster firing. The last move
ment was to the south and southeast,
and the noise of the guns was near
and loud, till the whole earth seemed
full of barking and skies of explosions.
“At the same time the unseen enemy
that had been buzzing around our de
fenses like mosquitoes round a net,
tried again on the north. It was the
last wrestle, and could not continue
long. The enemy fell back, and the
firing died down until only a few dis
tant guns were firing softly, plop—
plop—plop, like a sign of relief. The
raid was over.”
PATRIOTISM OR PARSIMONY.
Every newspaper, every magazine,
every public speaker, is urging Ameri
can housewives to save, save, save!
There is no doubt that an army
fights on its stomach and that this war
must be won in the kitchens of the
United States as well as in the
trenches.
But there is such a thing as saving
too well. Economy is never economy
when it is carried to the last degree of
parsimoniousness.
Do not starve yourself nor your
family. Substitute more plentiful
foods for those that are scarce; save
the fats, but keep up a balanced menu;
eat less, but not too little; keep a
wasteless garbage pail, but above all:
Save wisely, but not too well.—
Mother’s Magazine.
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