Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 22, 1918, Page 2

Page Two The Casper Daily Tnbune’ Issued every evening except Sunday at Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming. | Publication Offices: Oil Exchange ; Building. Business Telephone_ I, Editorial Office --_ --918 Subscription—By Carrier 50c month; by mail, $8 for 6 months, $6 for year. | Entered at Casper (Wyo.) Postoffice | as second-class matter, Nov. 22, 1916. Associnied Press Service, | United Piess Service. | J. E. HANWAY, President & Editor. | EARL E. HANWAY, Business Mer.} Associate Editors: | R. E. Evans Margaret V, C. Douds | Member of the Aspocintea Press. The Associated. Press is. exclusivel entitled tothe use. for .republicatio’ of all news dispatches crédited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local” news published herein. gga | Fr - This has enlisted with the government in the | cause of America for the period of the war--+---s- PAROLED® PRISONERS | In former wars it was a common thing for belligerents to exchange} prisoners, every returned soldier be-| ing under, hiss government’s pledge and his own “parcle’ word of honor not to do any more fighting dur- ing the war. There has been little of that in this conflict, and there will probably be less hereafter. Ger- man disregard of parole pledge makes it impossbile. It is common knowledge that pris- oners returned from Russia have been used against the Allies on the west- ern front. A new offense is still} more glaring, because it is com- mitted against France, which dealt with Germany in good-faith. France was pérsuaded, after long parley, to consent to the exchange of a con- siderable number of military prison- ers. When the transfer was made,| the French soldiers who returned home were largely physical wrecks, owing to the treatment they had re- ceived in German prison camps. The Germans were most healthy, able-| bodied men, whom France had cared for as well as she cared for her own troops. Those paroled German prisoners have since turned up, with new guns and uniforms, in the eastern war areas. They are being used for the fighting in Ukrainia, Roumania and} Finland. How does “Germany justify that breach of honor§ Very simply. Ger- many is at peace, she says, Mita countries mentioned—and s i to scraps of paper to prove 1t.84 troops mav happen to become en- gagged in battles now and then with the Ukrainians, Finns and Rouman- ians, but the fighting is casual and accidental, occuring in the course of their “police duties.” Thus another item is added to the long record of German dishonor. Lit- tle bv little the Allies are driven to the bitter conclusion that there can be no dealings with the German gov- ernment, now or hereafter except on a basis of force. 0 ¥ A FRENCH FATHER In the pictorial section of an Amer- ican newspaper recently appeared a photograph that tells a remarkable story. The picturé shows a French officer decorating his own father with the Cre of the Legion of Honor tor icuous gallantry under fire. No de of the story are told. The father appears to be about 60 years old. It is a tonching thing to contem- plate, father and son both fighting for their beloved France with equal courage and daring, but with the nor- mal ituation reversed—the son commanding his father. The older man had been in the trenches un- der fire, and he had conducted him- self more nobly and fearlessly than a young man in the full vigor of youth and enthusiasm could be ex- pected ‘to do. That father and-son. must be im- y proud. of each other. Ameri- who read of the incident are proud of them both, but particularly of the old man. M d with our admiration for} him and the nation,he represents. is, a sort’ of humiliation. How many) men there must be, fighting bravely for our cause in France, old enough | to be the fathers of grandfathers of | mature and able-bodied Americans yet untouched by war! ——o— 651 OUNCES OF. GOLD: FROM 75 POUNDS ROCK PERTH, Australia, July Three miners in the’ Mount Magnet district of Western Australia; in single afternoon recently obtained 651 ounces of gold, valued at $13,-| 000, from 75 pounds of rock. 22,| WAR HARDENS | BRITAIN’S METAL ‘© So Says Keen in Anniversary Review of the. War from the Sta can; Result More Certain By ED. L. KEEN (United Press Staff Correspondent.) (Copyright, 1918, by the United Press.) LONDON, July 22.—You will find y text in gospel of war according to Lloyd George, 147th speech, 11th paragraph, eighth sentence: “Hammer blows crack and crumble poor material; hammer blows hard- en and consolidate good metal.” Bpigrams are often: misleading. Metaphors, even when coined by Brit- ish, statesmen do not always stand close analysis. But the prime minis- ter of England never uttered a truer, nor an apter, phrase. Lloyd George is somewhat of a connoisseur in hammer work. only has he done a good deal of it himself in the course of his turbul- ent career, but he frequently has layed the less agreeable role of an- il. His experience of the subject runs all the way from tackhammer blows of Ramsay MacDonald and Philip Snowden to the Hindenburg. So, any observation he may make as to the effects of hammering when applied to certain kinds of material, is worthy of thotful consideration. MANY HEAVY BLOWS Heavy blows have been borne by the Allies in this fourth year of the war; the collapse of Russia; the driv- ing back of the Italian army to the Venetian plains; the loss of the init- iative of the western front. Cumu- lative in their effect, these blows | might well hace cracked and crumbled baser material. But what has been the result? 5 From the Russian debacle grew the supreme war council. Out of the Ital- ian reverse came a very practical ap- plication of the principles of coordi- nated effort so aptly illustrated in the recent Austrian defeat. beneath Ludendorff’s gigantic ham- mer blow of March 21 emerged Foch, generalissimo! And amid the din of succeeding blows was heard the yoice of Pershing, speaking by order of President Wilson—‘‘America will be proud to take part in the great- est battle of history. All we have is yours. Dispose of us as you will. Interpreting the Lloydgeorgian metaphor in its wider sense—he was referring especially to the British na- tion—the hammerings of 1917-18. have assuredly hardened and consoli- dated the Entente. As the armies of the West have been welded and annéaled under the terrific pounding of\# numerically superior enemy, 80 has the popular qwvell-to-victory, be- come strengthened and toughened. PRUSSIAN PSYCHOLOGY SHOCK- ED Admittedly designed to enforce a decision before the weight of Amer- iea’s military power could be applied effectively, the German super-offen- sive into which were poured the hordes of troops released by the Brest-Litovsk treaty, produced an ef- fect little expected by its managers. Prussian psychology takes small ac- count of the quality of self-sacrifice. Doubtless Potsdam was as much sur- prised at the alarcity and cheerful- ness with which Sir Douglas Haig ac- ceeded to the arrangements whereby he and his armies were made subor- dinate to the command of a French general, as it was at America’s re- nunciation of national pride in split- ting up her forces and allowtng them to be brigaded with the French and British armies—where they might do the most good. The action of President Wilson’s gaye the knock-out blow to such lin- gering popular sentiment in Great Britain against the generalissimo idea as had not yet been thoroly hammer- ed out by the Germans themselves. The British people as a whole hay shown their confidence in the polic of unified inter-Allied command, strenuously fought for by Lloyd George in the face of persistent op- pogsition on the part of certain mili- tary men who happened to have the support of certain amateur strate- gists of the press. The common-sense- ness of this policy appealed to the popular mind, and the dire necessi- ties of the situation, coupled with America’s splendid demonstration of approval clinched the matter. TWO KINDS OF HAMMERING There is one marked difference he- tween the kind of hammering to whieh John Bull recently has been subjected in the field and that which he habitually permits at home. The ‘latter is uncamouflaged. Whenever there is a Sinn Fein affair, a Robert- son affair, a Maurice affair, or any other affair; big or little, the exploi- tation of which might throw discredit upon him, he invites the whole world® convention. to the ringside—and affords the press Wartime styles in men’s dress will special facilitie Tt is true that he did not hesitate a bit in the Maur- lee case, but this was only momen- tary. Tradition quickly prevailed and, the lid was soon lifted. In the discussion of political mat- ters the British press is practicaly Not | From | THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY, JULY 22, 1918 } ndpoint of an Amerfi- |more efficient. prosecution of the war, | are traceable to three elements. These jin the order of their importance, are: The “Old Gang; the opponents of lunified command; tle pacifists. Sometimes they have operated inde. | dependently, .sometimes_ together. Combined, they occasionally have) |managed to stir up quite a lot of com-| motion—but so: far the net result of their cctivities has. merely, been noise. Not only do these elements , comprise avery small minority in | parliament; they do not in the slight- lest degree represent British public opinion. Granted the present administration has made mistakes, these have been | of commission rather than ommission; and there are mighty few persoms, }even friends of ‘‘wait and see” reg- |ime who would chance restoring the Old Gang to power, even if it were nossible to throw Lloyd George out. |The opponents of unified command} | have been squelched. As for the pa- fists, they are no more numerous and no more influential than they jwere when the war started. It is the same old lonesome crowd. SOME TROUBLE MAKERS The near-pacifists have been a bit more troublesome—certain political leaders who would meet representa- tives of German labor in friendly con- clave to discuss war aims. But these jhave lost considerable following by |reason of the vigorous missionary work gratuitously done among the; rank and file of Britigh labor by |James Wilson and his fellow dele- gates from the American Federation of Labor during their recent visit. They made it perfectly plain that | American labor would countenance |no such conversations so long as Prussian militarism remains in the saddle. Also they were able to report} to their fellow workers at home that the great body of British workmen feels the same way on this subject, and. that those who still favor hob- nobbing with the enemy are mostly } eaders of the political type who have} lost touch with the real labor senti- ment. Under the ever iticreasing pressure of war's demands, the loyalty of lab- or, like that of other elements of | British life, has been hardened and consolidated in the last year. As this is being written comes the authorita- tive announcement that England is mow entirely free from indtstrial dis- putes. While Ludendorff is endeav- oring to hammer his way thru to Paris and the channel ports, the workmen and workwomen of Great Britain, in the shipyards and count- less munition factories, are doing their best to hammer the way to vic- tory. In the further language of Eng- land’s great opostle of cy&imism: “There is good ore in British Yenrts Jt has stood the test of cen- taries. It will stend this:” ——_—_—_-—— MOVISSTARTO VISIT CODY TO FILM BIG PLAY | CODY; Wyo., July 22.—News has} reached Cody from Fort Lee, New Jersey, stating that a company of some twenty or more members of} |the Goldwyn Picture Corporation of | that city will arrive here for a stay} |of at least two weeks, while scenes| lof a new picture were being taken. | The leading star, or lady, will be} America’s most popular and leading} opera singer and moving picture art-| ist, Miss*Geraldine Farrar. Support-} ng her will be Mr. Milton Sills of} New York City. | Miss Farrar has made a tremendous hit with movie fans since entering the work of the silent drama, and her gracious womanhood has been shown to the greatest advantage in every picture in which she has acted: Her! first picture was “Carmen,” and since} joining the Goldwyn company, she} has several exceptionally fine stories, | the one just being completed being named “The Turn of the Wheel.” t [0 eg ep Se ? | Today’s Events = | NI oes Oe 1452nd day of the great war. The Cath Educational associa- | tion, of which Cardinal Gibbons is} honorary president, will meet in San} Francisco today for its 15th annual | be discussed by the International | Custom Cutters association at its an-| nial convention which opens today) }at Cedar Point, O,; What western Candaa is doing in the way of raising foodstuffs to feed | |the Allied nations will be illustrated | unmuzzled, and the correspondents of }in the displays at the Manitoba Pro-| (the foreign press are accorded great- vincial exhibition, opening today at |ter latitude than those in‘ other Euro-| Brandon, Man. (pean belligerent country, on either Begitining today and continuing} side. As a natural result Great thru the remainder of the week the} |Britain’s home troubles are given) yip-yip of the cowboy and the highi| \Prompt and wide-spread — publicity, of the cowgirl will be heard again jand since these episodes often make|in Cheyenne, Wyo., the occasion ‘be- most interesting reading, the world ing the annual Frontier carnival in| |at large is very apt to form erroneous |that city. Peueons as to the real British) Ministers, farmers and business: war-time spirit. E 'mn to the number of several hun-! | THE ANTI-GEORGE WARS | dred fre expected to attend the rural! The several unsuccessful attempts chtirch conference of the Methodist! Mhat have been mede to nmhorsé the! Episcopal church, which is to begin! Lloyd George administration, which its session today at Garrett Biblical | was created solely for the purpose of institute, Evanston, Tl. | RUGS RUGS RUGS We are now prepared to clean all kinds of Rugs and Carpets. . Dry Cleaning of all kinds is. our business. CASPER. _ DRY CLEANING CO. Phone 255 J en . eee | don. 1896—George W. J. | Today’s Anniversaries: | 1657 Frederic I, the first king of Died iy /28 ahs. 1 Vincennes, 1706—Treaty ': . the union of Scot-| the German advance toward land with England signed. Riga. Tent 1882—Napoleon Joseph, duke of | 1916—Germans . in . counter drive} Reichstadt, son of Napoleon L, died at Schonbrunn. Born in Paris, March 20,1811, 1845—The “Massachusetts,” the first American propeller packet ship to carly our flag to land, launched at Boston. 1861—United States congress voted $500,000 for war purposes and authorized the enlistment: of 500,000 troops. Germans. ek 1868—Lofd Napier of Magdala, fam-| Siam declared war against Austri ous soldier, presented with the| and Germany, bringing the numbe: freedom of the City of Lon- of the Allied nations to 16. by the British. “ Marty Russian regiments to have mutinied and fled before th CANDIDATE FOR STATE AUDITOR Newcastle, Wyo., July 18. 1918. To the People of Wyoming: : I have decided to become a candidate for the office of State Auditor, and take this means of an- nouncing my candidacy to miy matiy friends and the Republican voters of the State, and trust I may.have your support at the primary election, August 20, 1918. 1 believe I am qualified to handle the business of the office by reason of my business experience, be- ginning in 1879, in Mercantile pursuits, and fol- lowed for twenty-three years in the East. I have been a resident of the State since 1902, engaged in the cattle and ranching business, also banking and mercantile life. I have served several terms in both branches of the Legislature, and am advised as to State affairs. I have been a life-long Republican; I believe in National and State prohibition, and in all proper means to win the great war in which we are engaged. If nominated and elected I shall see to it that the work of the Auditor's office is properly per- formed. ISHMAEL C. 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