Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 19, 1917, Page 2

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OFFICIAL COUNTY AND CITY PROCEEDINGS The Daily Ploneer is a member of the United Press Association, ana is represented for foreign advertising by the WHO KILLED MISS CAVELL? (New York Times) According to the Berlin Tageblatt, Governor General von Bissing, who died the other day, not only did not order the execution of Edith Cavell or the deportation of the Belgians, but he disapproved of the first named measure. He even went so far as to tender his resignation to the kaiser in consequence of it. Both of these measures, the Tageblatt says, were ordered “from the kaiser’s headquarters.’” ‘Who was it at “the kaiser’s headquarters” who ordered the shooting of Edith Cavell and the deportation of the Bedgians? These three words are strange ones for the Tageblatt to use, when some euphemism would have tended to create, more uncertainty. The Tageblatt could not give . the name of the individual who issued the order; why, then, drag in the kaiser’s name? The Tageblatt’s exoneration of Von Bissing bears the stamp of truth, so far as the deportations are concerned, for the depor- tation policy was executed not only in Belgium, but in France and Poland, over which Von Bissing had no jurisdiction. We can therefore the more readily accept its exoneration of the general in the other matter. Now, one of the shocking things about the Cavell execution was the manner of it, the haughty, autocratic refusal to hear g word, to givé a moment's time, the contemptuous treatment of the efforts of neutral dip- lomats for delay. Whoever caused the death of that brave woman was someone who considered himself superior to all others, even to other na- tions as represented by their envoys. Something of this may be in many German officers, but there was something quite imperial about the Cavell proceedings that set them off a iittle from the usual German military man- ner. However, the question is not one of guesswork. In a country like Germany, the Tageblatt could not have dared to say such a thing unless it had known the thing to be true; and, considering the way in which cven a newspaper so bold as the Tageblatt is obliged to guard its phrase- ology, the words “‘from the kaiser's headquarters” must be regarded as direct and identifying. HOW THE BOERS FEEL (By General Smuts) When it is considered that a large portion of the Dutch population -vere, 15 vears ago, locked in deadly conflict with the British empire, it will be admitted that South Africa has done her share. That is due to the fact that the Boer war was compensation for one of the wisest settle- ments in the history of the empire. In the list of empire builders, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman must not be forgotten. His achievement switched South Africa and the British empire again on to the right track, for, after all, it was founded, not on force, but on moral principles, and freedom, equity and equality. “Watehful Waiting” may have been all right in dealing with Car- ranza, but it isn't worth a buggy bean when dealing with the price boosters. Secretary Redfield says ‘“‘there is no ground for alarm' about the fooa question. There will be, though, if the ground is not worked. If all of the “farmers™ were to go to the farms this summer there would be many an office for rent. But not yours, of course. Prospects of an army of a million men has taught the Mexican to pronounce ‘‘American” otherwise than ‘‘gringo.” New York ‘“‘soaks™ enthusiastically endorse Sherman’s definition of war. The saloons are closed from 1 to 6 a. m. Marriage license clerks are of the opinion that many of our young men prefer a scrap at home to g fight abroad. No, we're not worrying so much about the price of sugar. 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