New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 25, 1917, Page 9

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Magee Ranges, Herald Ranvges', also the famous Summitt Ranges, 20 per cent. discount. 132 MAIN STREET 132 MAIN STREET ’ - NORWEGIAN PRESS |PARISIANS CLAMOR FOR PERSHING; REVIEW OF OUR MEN AT INVALIDES URGES REPRISALS National Self Respect Not Being; Upheld, Is Claim Christiania, Norway, June 14.— The latest German acts against Nor- way are being criticized in the press and condemned by the legislature as showing the alleged failure of the Norwegian government to uphold the self-respect of the nation. Royal mail moats between Den- magk and Norway, outside of the German ‘‘barred zone' with cargo of killed cattle exclusively for use in, Norway are capiured by German U-boats, brought to German ports | ang no satisfactory explanation or! satisfaction given. A rwegian stpamer, the “Thorum” in coast traffic, chartered by the Norwegian government itself with cargo of hay to relieve the fod- der famine in the northern part of the country was stopped by German U-boat inside the 3-mile line, that means in Norwegian waters; the Nomwegian flag wap lowered and the | German flag was run up, as the Ger- man U-boat chief declared the steam- er a German prize because of lack of special clearing papers. A Nor- weglan torpedo boat arrived, the | Norwegian captain declared that as the steamer was in Norwegian waters she was not liable to be seized by German U-boats, -ordered the Nor-| wegian flag flown again and the Ger- maft lowered. After some argument, however, he yielded to the , German | view and allowed the steamer to be: taken as prize to ar German port and the Norwegian flag for the second time displaced by the German. This happened May 16 and, upon | in interpollation in the legislature re- garding this affair which has turned | thg whole press and public opinion more anti-German than ever, Minister of Foreign Affairs Thlen answered that the government's protest in Berin and the ssurance of the steam- ! er being a government chartered boat had only met unwillingness to straighten out the affair and give a satisfactory excuse. On the contrary there was no prospect of the ship be- ing released in the near future as the case would be tried before a prize court. More humiliating was the an- nouncement that the Norwegian crew now would be brought before Ger- man court martial because they, ac- cording to orders from a Norwegian naval officer in Norweglan waters, had hoisted the Norwegian fleg. For the first time since the war broke out a friction with one of the belligerent nations has been dis- cussed openly in the legislature. In other cases the minister of foreign fffairs has kept everything secret and been unwilling to let the public know what steps the Norwegian govern- megnt has taken to protect the rights of their citizens against the new numberless encroachments from Ger- man sde. All the leading politicans in very ptrong terms, condemn this last humiliation from the German gov- ernment. The press requested that the Nor- weglan crew at once be given their Jibgrty and sent home if the Thorum was not released, asserting that thé grew acted according to Norwegian law and should not be punished in Germany. The only paper that tried to be- little the affair was the Social Dem- pkraten, which expressed the hope that Germany “will show justice to 2 small nation not able and not will- In¥ to sustain its rights by power.” Norwegian Boats Attacked. Only a few days before this, Ger- man U-boats in the Arctic ocean, off the Norwegian coast and outside of the “danger zone” attacked small motor fishing boats, fishing for the Germans and therefore provided with German outfit, sank one of them in the open sea with small chance for the crews to be saved, and in others dmstroyed the motors and everything oM@ board, seized what they needed of provisions, instruments and even money, Nobody understands what benefit these acts can be to the great war— to destroy people working for the benefit of Germany itself. The for- i . ENERALS‘ PERSHING ANO PELLETIER AND REVIEW OF [ AMERICANS AT THE HOTEL DES INVALIDES Herewith are reproduced two pic- tures of the enthusiastic reception of Pershing in Paris, made from two photographs contained among the earliest received in America. The upper picture shows General Persh- ing smiling at the cheering crowd and with him General Pelletier, the French soldier detailed to act as his companion. General Pelletier lost ‘the great Napoleon. an arm in the war. The lower pic- ture is that of a review of the Arner- jcan soldiers in Paris, held at the Invalides, the famous home for wounded soldiers. General Pershing attended the review. The Invalides, or Hotel des Invalides, is known readers as the last resting place His tomb one of the most imposing buildings Paris. eign minister has sent some messages and protests to Berlin without ob- taining a satisfactory explanation. And in these very fishing districts German agents are buying all the Norwegian fish they can, according to the agreement with the government. German boats sail safely inside the territorial line guided by Norwegian pilots with their cargoes of fish and provisions for Germany. At the same time from all over Nor- way come reports of arrests of al- leged German spies who are sent across the Norwegian border. Nor- wegian citizens are being convicted by the court in Bergen as paid spies for the German government and sen- tenced to imprisonment for not more than six manths, although it is proved that their information to the Germans regarding the sailings of Norwegian ships has caused these vessels to be torpedoed and some of the crews to be killed. In these cases the court acted accarding to the law. The whole nation was struck aghast that this crime against the country should not be punished more severely. The Germans involved were acquitted. Of the Norwegians involved, . two were captains on route steamers be- tween Newcastle and Bergen, who had been paid to report to the German espionage control in Bergen every- thing they saw in England and on their way between England and Nor- way. The espionage control was estab- lished, it is charged, by the Antarc- tic explorer, Lieutenant Filchner who, before the war, had been very kindly received everywhere in Norway, had been the guest of the Geographical society, and who now used his know- ledge to plot against this country, draw Norwegian men in his net and make them traitors to their country. The whole press condemned Filchner. The whole nation felt ashamed and dishonored by this case, remembering the way the Swedish Baron vonm Rosen, with his anthrax and glanders bacilli in sugar, was treated by Nor- weglan authorities and the way a German proved spy, Baumeister, also was allowed peacefully to go back to Germany. In the legislature it was strongly de- manded that the palice authorities and the department of justice, hereafter, should see that the nation was ridden of sugh German pests. And in spite of all this, in spite of the nearly unanimous demand to stop export of anything the country needs for its own citizens, the fish export to Germany still is going on and the ex- port of home made farm products and canned milk is not stopped, although the prospects for the people in the coming fall and winter are worse than ever. Reprisals Are Urged. Why the government, which week after week suffers humiliations at the hands of the German, has not stopped all export to Germany until satisfac- tion is given, is regarded here as a mystery. A great many anti-socialists agree with the soclalists wha criticise the government for having spent $100,000,000 in three years on the neu- trality guard. The solialists say it would have been better to use this money to relieve the high-cost of liv- ing, asserting that the naval and army defense is in too poor a condition to be of any use and that the money is wasted. Other citizens who believe in armament for the defense of the coun- try now ask, with the socialists, what the country has obtained for the $100,- 000,000. They. indignantly declare that more than 400 Norwegian ves- sels have been destroyed, with the loss of 500 sailors, by the acts of a so- called “friendly” nation, that na ex- cuse nor satisfaction has been given for any of the numerous violations of the international law; that Norwegian sailors have been murdered in the life boats; money and private trinkets on board in Norwegian ships stolen | by German officers and taken ta Ger- many. Norwegian government vessels in coast traffic in Norwegian waters seized and taken as prizes to German ports; and that not a shot has been fired from a Norwegian gun to defend Norwegian rights, not a Norwegian | boat nor a Norwegian sailor has been allawed to fight for his life. Mean- time, they add, the country which has | spent $100,000,000 is threatened by ! famine of food, fuel during the com-! ing winter. | Such criticism as the foregoing can | be read every day in the most promi- | | AMERICA’S AID THROUGH SUPPLYING : : AIRPLANES MAY DECIDE GREAT WAR nent papers of thé country and heard wherever two Norwegians speak of the | situation, but the leading men in the | cabinet seem not to listen to public | opinion or to be unwilling to sustain the national pride. The newspaper | in an editorial the other , criticising the political line Nor-| government has followed, said: | here is. something worse than war | and its di: ters and that is when a | nation loses its self respect, the Nor- | wegian nation these days is in danger] You don_t like raw Ppeanuts You like them For the delicious toasted flavor . ttia | for tails; No.'2, painting the star, ems blematic of the American fighting ma: chine, on the wings; No. 3, one of the huge radiators for an American fight: ing ‘aeroplane of the newest type; No, 4, the final engine test made outdoo under gavernment supervision ‘before the wings are mounted. SAVE YOUR POTATO CROP FROM THE GREEN LICE PEST 1¢ of the scenes in the building ¢ great aerial war fleet of the United States, which some authorities be the deciding factor in the war, are shown in the accom- i yving four pictures. 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