New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 2, 1915, Page 6

0 Aécording to a 'steby jin the Meriden Record of yesterday a manutacturer from' that eity |is ' comiplaining that Meriden is not getting its share of war . vrders. .| He ‘sayi “look at New at New Britain | Britain,” and proves that the state is : i u vast arsenal. As far as Néw Britain ® w0 any part of the ety } 15 coricerned we are probably gétting A% Sxae ',‘s;“h'.n our share of war orders. The New York Herald of last Sunday told of the vast output.of buckles from “Lan- " aavertising medium 1B | gerg, Frary & ‘Clark.”” However, the lation books and press > ¥8 open tv advertisers. . manufacturers here, for some reason, possibly because the stories afe not so, 1efuse to confirm the . reports that they are doing a big busmess in war material, with the exception of the North & Judd . officlals, who have 4 | gtated that they are running overtime to fill orders. The “Reco: states: “it is said that before'the end of the year 20,000 persons in the Hardware City will be employed in the manufac- ture of munitions,” anda “Landers, 5 = Frary & Clark have, been busy making fl::“’:;e ::;‘d“t& :o(;’: buckles for soldiers’ uniforms.” ok sonse, pre- Whether the Landers plant is doing e ‘t’ Tiod e a big business in buckles or not we do yeer '}he g il not know. The officials refuse to even ntry . and. Ge"m‘"i"'i talk to reporters. It is interesting to ,m““ b e o WR learn from outside sources however, ey o sl writing. that one of our factories is manufac- tho wire later but has el to mos Where turing a line of goods that has been 5 frreign to them so far. The buckle ling' may be reached bY | 0t North & Juaar ny and 'udd's might be gt Seems s little heavier than that at Landers. of the United Btates. |3 torft Tequested that | ' o have more proof of 1t. ight = be - granted so BAR: 4 ¢ lmt»he s morind : ' KHAMSTED MURDER. é}n“nfl io’mqke. The ‘Barkhamsted (population 1,130) a ation petiveen the suppo!ujly peaceful and law abiding and Germany - is | very community, has again Jumped h.-nto A 1 dines Taly becams the limelight with "another murder to he war. 'This fact pre- its credit. It is but a few months the German | Sirce ‘the police had a nice little the officie] | MYStery to uncover up there and the sithing -of case is at the present time in the courts, ' This time it looks as though the element of uncertainty is lacking as Wilbur Perry, at whose home the shooting occurred, has been taken prisoner and will probably be tried. He was found today, after an all night search, hiding in the hay in his own barn. From all that can be gleaned " of the thoughts of the Perry shot Charleerunhum, at whose D ‘*“h,\_‘ ¢ aper has home he and Jerry Doolan had been " The attitude of the holding a little drinking hout. Ac- B oiToi bt edhbflal" . cording, to - the morning reports, . bt oo, Dodlan is responsible for the story r whole: country which t‘hat»the trio had been drinking and r a further nnd more has also said that the fight started swer from Germany to over a»buket of potatoes. i . 1o e, vour] PerTY practically admits that he did o the shooting but claims that it was through an accident. The case is liable to be an interest- ing orie when it comes up for trial y at 430 p. m. uroh St — I v round on sale at Hota- nd, 43nd St. and o City; Board W end Hartford depot. - | THE UNITED S DO?, déht ‘Wilson and the gfi i,he ‘German govern- n add to days ago 8 of the United States has ' unanimous in opinion on the German answer, s, it must be called the demands pf this ¢ after the sinking of the ‘he press is nothing but 3. view, remempbering that tes wishes the president Jat in his demand that un- ts be visited ana searched ; ssengers. and crew allowed re the boat is sunk, “imagine what Germany hout.mecting our require- ng for time 1s the only le and all efforts will be :-,thiu -purpose. but 'little doudt that the jon that Emglish mer- been' equipped with in many (nstances is ‘German submarine then 'to stop a boat as she . when seen. The conten- s impossible to give ectly warranted. The sever that it is & vio- ional law not to stop 2 boat before giving the flow. . Bngland is breaking the 6[ v when she arms her en. ; as the Unitea states is con- makes no difference, to this | prices. what the ‘attitude of ‘the and Germeans is as lang as we Germany is taking gosnizance of the maged by it. We have been “no.rum’” crusade. She has parrsd nd some steps must 'be | her soldiers, home on furlough, from |any:further destruction | the cafes. erty. Will Germany discontinue her prac- | Work on the Main street paving is A yesup the advantage|about finished. Automobiles may ‘u_r will she ask that we | now progress down the street with a a'request that her | modsrate degree of ease. = Mountain tmen! be sent to sea without { goats would have been at home two 5o, Will we be justified in | weeks ago. demand? - solutton of witness and the accusea, Both of ‘them were drunk, according to the witness, and it shoula be an easy matter for an accomplished lawyer to so tangle up either one that there will be no testimony or importance. The state will have a uttle trouble proving its case. Rumania and Bulgaria have joined hands and are preparing to declare war, the first on Austria and the sec- ond on Turkey. The score will be hard to keep before long. Check for §65,000,000 was recorded today in New York. Reputed to be the biggest ever. Who cares? Polish committee cleaned up a nice sum in the tag day. Practically three thousand dollars ought to buy a few loaves of bread even at famine the of fun fooling the newspaper Don’t belleve he knows what going to do himself till he -sees print and then he changes his toward the Teuton. A |, i war will probably not 0 our position, such an act e inadvisable. - The only thing ‘would be to seize some mind. was appointed safely and we may. look for more activity from our ws, to be blown up. Our never go to France and Wwould not get any fight- more quickly. (Oh, I say!) of a break between the policy would probably pplying the allies with all ammunition we could Britain. ng? PG . ST e owing to the conflicting stories of the ! Anyhow the tree committee ” foliage. f dolars wortn of German |q,. gct that a committee appoint. lerned here and probably | 4, tne mayor is standing guard over oyer to the other side, withil,, 't .5 ought to make them leave See they are going to give a saphire ring to the homeliest man in New ‘Who's going to do the judg- We are 80 hfi'y lmlkln: about the | p; “ FACTS AND FANCIES, Had the Turks only fought as well against their Balkan and Grecian foes in the recent past the geography of Europe would probably be slightly dif- ferent.—Rochester Union. The English are not complaining because Kitchener proposes to use poi- sonous gases, too; they are wonder- ing why he isn’t using them.—Syracuss Post-Standard. The imports for April were over $14,000,000 more than for April, 1913, ‘But the treasury is not receiving tho: same benefits.—St. Louis Globe-Demo- crat. ® The report that a large number of men were killed by gas set loose when an enemy’s shell burst a cyslinder ia one of the belligerent camps is among the latest exemplifications of the pro- cess of being hoist by one’s own pe- tard.—Troy Times, i { One Nebraskan immune from pedo or mine, on or off the sea, is William J. Many’s the time he's been hit, fore and aft, but to no ef- fect. Serenely he sails on his way, now and then dropping in to some Chautaugqua port to discharge his cargo.—Pittsburg Dispatch. tor- Lloyds, which will take a risk on almost anything, refuses to bet on Long Island weather, to insure against rain the Shinnecock club’s Memorial day affair. We are disappointed. We never thought Lloyds had any limi- tations,—Brooklyn Eagle, The nine.inch snowstorm in Ne- braska can be accounted for only on the theory that Secretary’ Bryan has been attending to affairs of state lately and has neglected the business of reg- ulating matters at home.—Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. 4 May no presidént of the United States ever have to utter the lament Which is the tragic note in Yuan Shih- Kai's proclamatian to the people : of China: “Our rights and privileges have suffered enormously. We are ashamed:and humiliated, but our own Sun. It is useless to deny that the Brit- ish have occasion for grave concern. Their operations on land and sea ‘have not been up to their expectations, It is doubtless true that they have been overconfident, but it is also equally true that they have faith in their vast resources and especially in their fi- mancial ability to bring about a suc- cessful issue of the war ultimately.—~ Syracuse Journal. At this time, awing to international ‘complications, there is a general dis- position to stand by the president and ‘to back him up in whatever he ad- vocates. It is a pity that he should choose such a time to give vent to ideas such as a vast majority of the peaple of the United States do not approve, as in the case if the stat: socialistic doctrine of government. owned steamship lines.—Philadelphia Star. The day is coming when Americans can spend United States dollars in any of the Americas, and eventually in any country. Already American in- stitutions are issuing dollar letters of credit, good throughout the western hemisphere with the intention of mak- ing them available anywhere on the globe'as soon as peace, returns. Then at last the dollar ‘will have arrived as its own and Americans will not have to put pounds in their native land.—New “York Times. Michael O'Leay won the Victoria Cross by capturing single-handed a German position in France. He is said to be dead. Lieutenant von ‘Weddigen, the most successful Ger- man submarine commander, is’dead. Admiral von Spee was the hero of the chief naval victory standing to the German credit. Me is dead. So it is in war. The weak, the cripples, the helpless live on. The bravest and strongest die.—New York World. The record of the submarine ticks grewsomely on. A little more than half a century ago the world woke up one morning to realize that its navies were back numbers. That was after the Manitor met the Merri- mac. Is the submarine making junk heaps of the navies of the world, as well as piles of junk at the bottom of the sea like the wonderful Tri- umph, torpedoed yesterday in the Dardanelles?—Syracuse Journal. Treasury reports for the first ten maonths of .the fiscal vear show that the treasury deficit exceeds $100,- 000,000. A combination of causes produces this result. The falling off of revenue as a result of the Euro- pean war made a ious inroad on the money available, but the distinc- tive features was the absolutc neglect of congress to reduce expenditures to correspond with income.—Pittsburg Dispatch, 2 . One of the arguments advanced in wor of the administration’s shipping 11 during ‘the last congress session i ing a5 8 portion German note and affairs in Mexico | was that by means of government. n with our boats. The . ambassador ana German jen woudl be required to country. - Otherwisé things > on about the same as year ago, ' some time ta brins, it about wait! e with a few on the side about the war, Italy, new motor cars and the effi- ciency of the submarine that our next | .4 door neighbor can get away with a | private capital to build ships. “Build lot of things that were impossible a owned merchant ships the government could control rates and other things! This was one of the “inducements” out by the administration to a lot of fine ships,” said the support- ers of this scheme'to 'private capital, “and we'll bufld & lot, too. =~ We'll di- vide the ocean trade between us and we'll fix the rates, because we can ry to have | run boats more cheaply than you can.” to the discard.—MNorwich | Private capital connot be coaxed with & club—Buffalo Express. . , Here's His Latqst. One ONE SUMMER NIGHT. (By Bish K. Ibble.) ‘When the daylight fades and a cool- ing, breeze Springs up from the glade below, I sit underneath the spreading trees, In the twilight after-glow; Through the gathering gloom of night, there floats The katy-did's chant that cheers, And the fireflies dance to the ryth- mic notes, When the glistening dew appears. From the leafy darkness of a tree,— With wearisome monotone,— A tree toad filled with insistency, Is chanting a constant drone. And as if it in protest to it all, The chirp of a drowsy bird,— In a tree beside an old stone wall,— In an anxious tone, is heard. Then a.cricket wakes from 'ais day- time sleep, Anad timidly chirps a note, And down in the swamp where the mists lie deep, An old bullfrog clears his throat; From back in the woods on a distant hill, ‘Where the darkening shadows fall, Come the plaintive notes from a whip- poor-will, And a mournful answering call. Now off to the right, from a blasted pine Outlined on a fading sky, There comes on the breeze,a doleful whine That ends in a sobbing cry. 'Tis a screech owl, and the weird song That is forced upon my ears, Quite often lives through the whole night long, And dies when the dawn appears. I hear the bark of a lomesome dog In the valley down below, ‘While the crickets chirp 'neath stone and log As the evening shadows grow. No strident ‘“honks” from a motor car, Or the smell of gasoline | Arise on the scented air, to mar weakness Invited insult.”—New York | The joys of this peaceful scene. Now the darkness comes, and the dew of night Falls around me, cool and damp, And the moths play tag in the shaft of light That's thrown lamp. 3 Then I watch them flit, in a semi-doze From the depths of my old chair, While the scents from flowering shrub and rose Float aroud me through the air. from my kitchen Oh this is the time when the insects play,— ‘When the atmosphere abounds With their pleasing notes, both sad and gay That blend sounds. Sweet music 'tis to my listening ear, And peace to my mind it brings,— with the ‘woodland ,Oh it's certainly fine to sit out here, Alone with the bugs and things. And now ‘with a wicked slap, Iswing On the lobe of my right ear; Mosquitoes bold , and with sting, In a hungry swarm appear. As they buzz and hum about my dome, 1 silently cuss and swear,— I sweat and scratch, then fume and foam And savagely paw the air, vicious To my domicile T madly race And light up some Chinese punk, Then I rub stuff on my hands and face, And make for my humble bunk. Now behind my screens I have no fear For their pesky bitees and stings,— Oh it's certainly fine to be in here Away from the bugs and things. Utah’s Unique Declaration. (Providence Journal.) This year’s state legislatures, as a rule, under the pressure of public epinion, refrained from passing laws hostile to investments. If many stat- utes, conceded to be unnecessary or bad in principle, remain unamended, no action was taken on a long list of bills of a confiscatory character. The promoters cf new plans for attacking legitimate business enterprises - were practically told that the present time is inopportune for ‘“more drastic legislation.” To this extent the work of nearly ali the legistatures can be commended. The record at the Utah State Houge, however, is unique. In ad- dition to refusing to antagonize capital the Utah lawmakers expressly pro- claimed themselves friendly to every- one who has a dollar for investment in that state. Before adjournment, the legislature passed pledging the state to the policy of the square deal for laborers, homeseekers and capitalists. Thus: “The state of Utah by and through its lawmaking body, does hereby in- vite to its midst the humble and honest laborer from whatsoever clime, who would better his ¢ondition, the homeseeker who would 8et up his household goods in a new country to hig better advantage, the investor of capital who would seek sound and profitable investment; all under the certain assurance that their rights, liberties and ~properties will be jealously safeguarded and held in sacred trust by the government of the state.” 1t might easily be inferred from this declaration that the people of Utah believe that in some parts of the country there has been a disposition to. depart from the wise principle of “‘jealously safeguarding rights, liber- ties and properties.” Wil states like Oklahoma, Towa or Texas, for ex- ample, see that the coat nts them, and profit accordingly resolutions | a AL SAY Views on all sides of tmely ¥ questions as discussed In ex- changes that come to Herald office. Why Throw Brickbats at Russia? (Meriden Record.) When in doubt it seems the proper thing to throw a verbal brickbat at the Russians for not being able to hold their dearly won victories. With the memory of the Russo- Japanese war still fresh in the mind it was easy not to expect much of what was lopsely called the “hordes” of Russians whose unwieldiy movements | were regarded as primitive in. com- rarison with the finished execution of the wonderful German war machine. Then suddenly the Russians de- veloped a strong offensive and achieved several victories of tremen- dous proportions. Quite as suddenly most of the ground gained was lost, and now the Germans are driving ugainst Przemysl with a fury which Lctokens success. From all app ¢ numbers or rances 1t is not lack lack of individual bravery which has placed the Rus- gians again on the defensive. - Man for man the Russian soldier is prob- ably as brave and long cnduring as the soldiery of anw country in the world. Whether Russla has the gen- erals is a question whici the trend of cvents would seem to answer in the negative. That the Russian forces are 1.0t sufficiently supplied with ammuni- tion has been indicated in dispatches. Probably to this, more than any one factor, is due the tremendous num- bers of prisoners taken and the ap- parent inability to cope against the splendidly appointed German troops. 1t is said that the French and Pritish have tended to criticise. the lack of achievement, on the part of their ally on whom they depended for more assistance. Critisism of Russia by thes allies is ill-timed. If she were to do nothing more than what she has aiready accomplished, she has ren- dered services for which tie allies are indebted for their present existence Had the Russians not neld the Ger- mans in the cast those tremendous armies of Von. Hindenburg would have been available for the west and a clear sweep by th. xaiser's troops would have been possible. Were the Germans not now engaged with the Russians many more troops would be available to combat Italy and to send into_Turkey, When the sSritish and the "French “have ‘beert hdfd™ pushed, the growl of-the Bear has been a sweet sound to their ears for it has meant that they were being protected. Whatever lack Russia has shown, it comes with poor grace from ner allies to comment upon it, for to her ability 'to hold off the enemy, or even in her surrender to them, she has been a savior to the other nations involved. Red Cross in Mexico, (Bridgeport Post.) The distressing famine conditions in Mexico are set forth in startling form by the Red Cross in the state- ment from that organization of the work of relief which it has in hand there. This is the first entirely au- thentic account of a great national affliction which threatens to become a national calamity. The exhaustion of food supplies is widespread. Locally, the conditions are very bad. At Vera Cruz, famine rules the capital city and the sur- Tounding country. ‘The day that no car arrives,” declares the Red Cross report, “the town goes hungry. Some 2,500 women were collected at 1 in the morning to get in line for the dis- tribution, which began at 11, and standing in the sun so long, unable to move for fear of losing their places and their chance for a mere handful of corn, resulted in many cases of “fainting from exhaustion. Some were i» jured, and on several occasions one or two have been killed.” ‘When a boatload of corn was taken into Acapulco a few days ago, the rush of thespeople to get some of the grain was so great that children were trampled to death. In Mexico City, 100,000 are reported as suffering from hunger. ‘“At one place when a mule died from starvation tne people fell upon the carcass for food.” This suffering for food is not 4,000 miles distant across the ocean; it is at our hand; the sufferers are our next door neighbors across the boun- dary line. Shall not they, too, be helped? Blood That Won’t Wash Off. (New York Herald.) Germany cannot conceive that this country regards her exploits in the submarine ficld as murderous piracy and mistakes the polite terms of the note of May 13 as merely a friendly Interchange. Her hands are dripping with American blood and yet it is cooily proposed from Berlin that we shall talk about it as if it were a ques- tion of joint control of the Samoan Islands or the percentage of chemi- cals . which we should alow in im- ported fertilizer. There never was a period when pub- lic* opinion in this country was so strong nor a time when it was under better control. The sense of a great wreng which in general has been greatly intensified by the opera bouffe tone in the note from Berlin. More Loyal Citizens. (South Norwalk Sentinel.)’ All over the country there hasbeen a remarkable rush for naturalization papers lately. It began with the sink- ing of the Lusitania, The heaviest de- mand was naturally in the most pop- ulous center—New York city. The county clerk reported that 70 per cent, of those applying for their first papers were Germans, and most of the others were Austrians. “T've seen nothing but Teutonic faces in my of- fice for two weeks,” he remarked. And county clerks in many other commun- jties nave told the same story. It is another evidence of the fact that the people of Teutonic origin in this country, even those who have ar- rived most recently and so have been least influenced by American institu- tions, are Americans in spirit, and refer itiz hip % H’m? old world has to :fl'{r them. They have come here to stay, and at the first threat of trouble be- tween the old country and the new, the late-comers hasten to cast their ot with us, just as their fellow Teu- tons of longer residence hasten to give assurance of their sincere loyal- ty. Agents of the German government are still buying horses in Nebraska. How they expect to get them to Ger- | many is a military secret. June As a Month of Battles. | (New York Worid.) | June stands out conspicuously in | world history as'a montn of battles. Ir view of possibilities 1n the intensi- fied campaign abroad, rererence to stume of the events which have marked the month in othér years is interesting. Naturally the first great aates com- ing to mind are those of our own Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775, and of Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, June | 18, 1815, _It was also on June 18 that the United Stateg declared war on Eng- lznd in 1812, | The Alabama-Kearsarge battle, end- | ing with the sinking of the (famous Confederate warship, occurred June 19. 1864, ! In our Revolution tne Battle of Monmouth took place June 28, 1778, and on the same day 1 1776 the Lattle of Fort Moultrie, at Charleston, was fought. Ameng -our many Civil war events of June 6, 1862; the opening of the teven days before Ricamond, June 26, 1862; the battle or Cold Harbor, June 1 to 3, 1864; Winchester, June 13-15, 1863; Lynchburs, June 17-18, 1264; Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862, and Gaines' Mill, next day; siege of Petersburg, June 15 to 30. In the war of 1812, the Shannon- Chesapeake naval battle took place June 1, 1813, with victory for the British ship, Admiral Blake defeated the Dutch at sea under van Tromp June 3, 1653, The French took the Mamelon carthworks at Sebastopol June 7, 1855, in the Crimean war. June 14, 1645, witnesses the battle uf Naseby—the final defeat of Charles I. by Cromwell; June 14, 1800, was the date of Marengo; June 14, 1807, saw the Russians overthrown by Na- poleon at Friedland; June 14, 1809, Napoleon beat the Austrians at Raab. At Kolin, June 18, 1757, the Aus- trions defeated Frederick the Great. June 23, 1767, Lord Clive won at Plassey the victory recorded as mak- ing Great Britain mistress of India. June 25, 1876, Custer and his troops were killed by the Indians on the Little Big Horn. Work of Education Board, (TFroy Times,) The general education board, which is incorporated by congress and whose purpose is “to promote education the United States, without distinction of race, sex or creed, and especially to promdte, systematize and make -ef- fective various forms of educational beneficence,” has made another dis- tribution of the money at is disposal. Among the gifts totaling $596.,000, is one of $200,000 to the Vassar college endowment fund, while another of $140,000 is appropriated for develop- ing secondary and rural schools for both whites and blacks, this being | in connection with state universities and departments of education in the south. The board is doing a great and very prectical work in aid of in- creasing knowledge and assuring so- cial uplift, aad that without stir or parade, Still Another Party? (Bridgeport Telegram.) The morning’s news conveys the in- formation that Amos aund Gifford Pinchot and William Aiien White bave renounced T. R. and all his works. They propose the formation of a new party to be composed of dis- satisfied progressives anG dissatisfied socialists who are (to yuote Amos Finchot) “not content with a program composed only of vague yearnings with no specific and immediate pro- gram attached theretp.” We predict for the ambitious Dan of the Pinchots an immediate and dire chlivion, There are still too many progressives who are taithful to the tenets of the Big Bull Moose to per- mit of any widespread defection to the *new-flung Pinchot banner. And as for the dissatisfied soclalists, while there may be such animals, a long and arduous course of party discipline, as well as a more than average familiar- ity with history has taught them to keep their grievances ins:de the party. An invitation to join others is gen- erally proveecative of ribald laughter rrd nothing more. The Messrs. Pinchot and White can join ‘the socialist party if they choose, but if they do they too will find that they most merge their own identity in that of the party and it is doubtful if such a course will be to their liking. Two Connecticut Hostages. (Waterbury American.) Some propagandist organization, (we are not sure whether of peace or war, because the accompanying ex- Ilanation and the envelope containing the enclosure have been' lost) is send- cut brief interviews with distinguished Connecticut citizens who have been mentioned as liable to seizure as hos- ifages when the German fleet bom- tards the Connecticut coast and forces are landed to push into the country ond capture, ravage and destroy, Or.e of these is ex-Governor Baldwin, who is quoted as saying: “] hope the United States and Germany, should they fail to settle any differences by éiplomatic methods, will * both be found true to their pledges in The Hague convention of 1907, to let them be decided by international commis- siong of inquiry and the permanent international court of arbitral justice, better known as The Kagu€ Tribunal, | 1 regard discussion of probabilities of future war with a particular power | &8 at present inopportune.” We may be very sure that Gover- nor Baldwin's anxiety for peace is not irtensified by any apprehension for his own persoal safety. We shouldn't a bit wonder if he looked upon capture in" White Goods or Graduation . VOILES 17¢, 19¢, 26c and 3¢ yard. RICE CLOTH 16c, 19¢c and 26c yard. <@ BATISTES, FLAXONS AND SHEER LAWNS, 19¢ to 3b¢ yard. WHITE SILK CREPE DE CHINE At 39c yard, regular 50c value. P SILK CREPE DE CHINE $1.60 value, special $1.19 yard. SILK TULLES AND PONGEES Yard wide, 25c, 3%9c and 79c yard. Fancy striped organdies, volles, dots ted Swieses, figured and dotted volles, 12 1-2¢ to 3%c yard. \ ' WHITE GOODS FOR SUITINGS Gaberdine, epongee, new cléth, raes quet cloth, Hesper cloth, Oxford and beach suitinge, 16c to 39¢ yard; WHITE MIDDY BLOUSE MATERIALS ‘' Galatea, racquét cloth, solsettes and poplins, 16¢ to 28c yard. WHITE LINENS 26c to 6%c yard. SALE OF HAMBURG FLOUNCINGS | 39c, 59¢, 69c, The Lo $1.25 yard value 59c to $2.00. gy, 18 to 45 inches wide in embroidersd- organdieg, volles, batiste and other sheer materials, P NEW CORDUROY COATS $5.98 each, Corduroy Tams | match at 98¢ each, colors, white, coral and Copenhagen blue. Dl an adventure ve avoided by any unseemly action. Another poseible German hostage is President ¥. 8. Luther of Trinity, who is quoted as saying: I favor the most thorough ana complel preparation for resistance to any at- | tacks upon the nation. We should) bhave a powerful army ana an eq v powerful navy. Our young men should be taught at least. to shoot straight, to take care of themselves in the field, to speak the truth, t & Jure no man, and (o fear no man, We are equally sure that President l.uther's desire for a strong army and navy, and for young Amerl to be kept up to his traditionys accuracy of , is not on account of any thought of self-protection, but rather out of patriotic feeling as to the general need and obligation of the country. His reference to shooting straight in- dicates that he has been resmi Trevelyan's History of the Americanig Revolution, for in the accounts of every battle there special emphasis s juid on the astonishing marksmunship of the American sharpshooters, who picked off the British officers with deadly discrimination. 5 Plight of (Washington Star.) With the entry of Italy into thej war in Europe, Switzerlund become; entirely surrounded by fighting nas tions. Herself strictly neutral, main: tained by general ecment of th powers during a long period as “buffer” state, she is forced by the circumetances of war into a situgigon of complete isolation, Her fronties are crowded close by the belligeren Where her territory touches Fran: and Germany on the north she geveral timeg suffered from the host ities between those powers. Now od the southeast she wil] be similari adjacent to actual confiict whic cannot fail to injure her. It silile that through the developm the war she will be hemmed in all sides by actual confiict. These cunditions bear most griev ously upon Switzerland. Her chie trade is that of entertdining tourist many thousands of whom fock 14 her each season for recreation. trade is: now wvirtvally dcnrgc- Meanwhile ghe hus heen compell out of & motive of humanity, to ca for many refugees from the fighti zones, and the hurden put thus upo her is very heav) Her manufaetur. ers are such ‘as to suffer seriousl from the plunging of Europe in war, and she is selling pracl 1) nothing to the world. It h e necessary to Keep a large force arms since the first days of the to prevent violations of her front! and this has upon her. It is impossible to feel than with the keenest symjpa this little nation of peace-loviug pe, thus cruelly brought into ‘a tressing condition by a war for they are in no wise or degree fe sible, yet which has shut the from their ordinary sounges of ! in come and laid a burdon of &ost #y them that they are pourly propassds bear, = ¥ put a heavy exp ".“ ot hers ‘4 b