New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1917, Page 6

e ——— e NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, -, 1917. Britain Herald.| D PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. daily (Runday excepted) at 4:15 &t Herald Bullding, 67 Church St 8t tae Post OfMce at New Britain &8 Becond Class Mall Matter. he ety 4 by carrier to any part of ¢ “for 18 ents a weel, 65 cents 8 month. ptions for paper to be sent by mall, n advance, §0 cents a month, .80 & year. jsing_medium in llhl' rofitable advertis! [ the cily. Clrculation books and prem om alwavs open to advertisers. } Merald will be found on sale at FHota- ling's News Staad. 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York C! Board Walk, At lantic City, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. ness Office orial Rooms The Great Adventurer. I have fought a good fight, I Jave often faltered, but I have feept up the race. I have been seloged all my life with doubts, but I have kept my faith. I look florWard to the great adventure h cannot now be far. off, with but not with apprehension. enjoy my work, my home, my my life—I shall be sorry fo part with them. But always bave stood in the bow looking d with hopeful anticipa- to the life before me. When ttme comes for my embarka- and I put out to sea, I think ) still be standing in the looking forward with eager josity and glad hopefulness to new world to which the un- pown voyage will bring me. LYMAN ABBOTT. . WHAT WE CAN DO. cannot all be soldiers and fight Be great war which must ultimate- Bake the world safe for democracy. ‘eannot all answer the call to the js; but we can do this: We <an P the home fire burning ’till the come home. We can keep their alive. We can cheer the ant ones by letting them know that i@ though they have gone they are argotten. The way to do ‘this is 3ee that the names of all our New Sain boys are recorded on the roll honor. It will require a few ments, with the ald of pen and ink, Jencil, to jot down the proper data 9d for on the blanks appearing day in the Herald. The time growing short. Let us then be up | doing. " NO- CONVENANT. ‘here can bé no peace with itary masters of Germany. the sum and-.substance sident’s- reply to the ©e proposals. Thore ©e “with the ruthless German people.” There may be armistice, there may be a truce; the world does not want a mere ing down ‘6T arms for a breathing Bl only. A permanent peace is at the world wants, and the world have no permanent peace until - Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns ishorn of their power one way or {rother,—either by the action of Teutonic people themselves, or ‘the force of allied arms. he safety of civilization hangs in . balance. It is threatened by the ;-man desire to dominate the #ld. It is the Imperial Govern- it of Germany that has been .nd guilty before the world court. [} I the That of the Vatican's can be no master of rpreting to a nicety the aims and ects of the free people fighting nst that military monster, the ident says: . - 'he object of this war is to de- * the free peoples of the world the menace and the actual pow- a vast military establishment trolled by an irresponsible Gov- ument, which, having secretly ned to dominate the world, pro- ded to carry the plan out without d either to the sacred obliga- of treaty or the long-estab- hed practices and long-cherished | neiples of international action and | fhor; which chose its own time for war; delivered its blow fiercely l suddenly: stopped at no barrier, her of. lasw or of mercy: swept a lole contiment within the tide of od—mot the blood of soldiers only, t the blood of innocent women and ldren also, and of the helpless >r; and now stands balked but not ‘eated, the enemy of four-fifths of » worid. This power is not the rman people. It is the ruthiess | of the German people. Tt is ! business of ours how that great ple came under .its -control or Smitted with temporary zest to 5 domination of its purpose, but it i our business to see that the his- *v of the rest of the ‘world is no ger left to its handling.” direct here can be no P'th ‘such a power. The people of a foot. nation, the people of a free | tion, the United pnnot afford to sit at the table and e covenant with representatives a Government that knows no word honor, that has repeatedly broken dealing such as L of other States, | selfish ends. To. deal with such a power would, as the President points out, merely result in a temporary ending of present hostilities the same to be carried on again when Ger- many had regained its strength and Wwas ready to go forth on the war path to take up where she left off. As Germany is a nation that seeks aggrandizement self-glorifica- tlon; as Germany is bt on the dom- Germany is determined the highest Place in the sun; so the United States and ination of the world; as to occupy is prompted by motives that are the antithesis. This country never war exact waged and never will. sought to enslave a free people. country never stooped to the and despicable things ' that prompted the autocratic governments And so our purposes in above suspicion, the world over. They are known where- ever the light let shine. They are known civilized peoples of the Although the President does not wish to state them all over again he incorporates in his message to the Pope these out- standing truths: 'We seek -no material advantage of any kind. We believe that the intolerable wrongs done in this war by the furious and brutal power of the Imperial German Government ought to be repaired, but not at the expense or ‘the sovereignty of any people—rather a vindication of the sovereignty of those that are weak and of those that are strong. Puni- tive damages, the dismemberment of empires, the establishment of selfish and exclusive economic leagues, we deem inexpedient and in the end worse than futile, no proper basis for a peace of any kind, least of ail an enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind.” It is an enduring peace that wanted; not a peace that will prove in a generation to come merely a ‘“‘time it” in which mistakes made by Germany in this war might be im- proved upon for the final triumph of Prussianism over civilization. Since we cannot take the word of the pres- ent rulers of Germany, since they can- not be trusted after their long series of wrongs against the bodies politic of the world, how then can any terms be reached? That is a serious question. Its answer must be in terms that will guarantee a responsible represemtative of the German people at the world’s peace table. Its answer will have to pledge that no puppet of the Hohen- zollerns shall show his face before the representatives of other nations in the parleving for an end of the war., Its answer will have to® embody specific pledges and promises of the German people themselves that they have, once and for all, done with the intrigue and misrepresentation of their masters. The rigid test of every plan of peace has been formulated by the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson. It is this: “Is it based upon the faith of all the peoples involved or merely upon the word of an ambitious and intriguing Government .on the one hand and a group of free peoples on the ;other?” This, indeed, is a test of tests. It Is one that “‘goes to the root of the matte It is the test “which must be applied.” The free peaples of the world cannot afford to covenant with a scheming, lving, treacherous Government playing them “across the hoard.” They cannot afford to sit in at a game where one player holds cards up his sleeve, where a crooked gambler has the pasteboards marked. In truth, there can be no covenant with the Imperial German Govern- ment as it now stands. territorial This country a of conquest, never This mean have lands. this war are been the e. has to unive is TIME FOR A HALT. Old Uncle Sam is a pretty easy- going sort of a fellow. This has been proven in more cases than one. He has the patience of Job. It takes a long time to get him aroused. For proof ef this we need but refer to the utterances.of pro-German sympathiz- ers before the entrance of the United States into the war,—and even after. It seems that the good old Uncle Sam believes in letting a man go to the end of his rope, and hanging him- self. It that of years standing the easier a man is, the harder he hits. Take a good-natured, kindly character. Torment him, jolly him, even, as they say in the class “kidd him,” and he will never allow his temper to be ruffled. That is, up to a certain point. Then, When such a person, | gets started It takes an entire police to quiet the is an axiom a lovable, ics, beware. man or woman, force, neighborhood. So it is with Uncle Sam. He has about limit of forbear- Many more leveled him and somebody, or some- going to feel the weight of The pacifists and their brought about It long, according to the present rate of their going, will be stood up against a stone wall and, in the cool of the morning, When the | with reserves, reached the ance. crimes against { thing, i | nis fist. { 1in Ber- the will not be backers have beginning of the end. that some one promises and its faith, and stoops anything, even trickery and in- igue, which will further its own dawn is just about breaking, shot. There is a limit to everything. Treason has had its day. « ~ ¢ FACTS AND FANOIES. Nick Romanoff—dormat of all the Russias.—Boston Transcript. The Russians are now making a separate peace with about a thousand Teutons a day.—Brooklyn Egle. “Is golf an old man's game?” “Not exactly. It ijs a game that an old man always wishes he had taken up when he was younger!"—Detroit Free Press. “John, what is a proletariat?” “Mary, my dear, I am astonished you should ask e such a question and before the children, too!”—Baltimore American. We suspect that Gen. Korniloff was born in the same kind of a log cabin that Charles Warren Fairbanks was— one with steam heat and brownstone front.—Boston Trnscript. King Alfonso is said to have de- clared that if Spain should decide to abolish the monarchy he will be a candidate for president. Good boy, Fonsy! If you love your country, stay with it and keep sweet.—Dallas News. “What you ought to do.is to d(‘li‘Ver one of those old-fashioned ringing speeches.” ‘“No,” answered Senator Sorghum. “Times have changed. A man cant get up and make a speech now without creating a suspicion that maybe he's going to fillbuster.’— Washington S [ Hub-—"I'm puzzled d about the house money, Mary. If I give you a lot you spent a lot, but if I dont give you so much you seem to get along with it just as well.” Wife—"“It's very sim- ple, dear. When you give me a lot I use it to pay the bills I run up when you don't give me so much.”—Bos- ton Transcript. The war seems to have lessened in- terest in sporting matters. A local newsdealer says that his sales of ex- clusively sporting papers arent half so large as it was a year ago and also that the young men are not talking basebll nearly so much as they did— in places where the box score was demanded now the bare announce- ment of hits, runs and erros seems to suffice.—Pittsfield Eagle. “The Twilight of the Kings.” (Annie Johnsen Flint in New York Times). Three Kings, there be, and one is mad And one is weak and one is old, And all are blind—they will not see The Hand that writes a doom fore- told; And all are deaf—they will not hear The Voice that speaks, the Word it brings— Voice of the people and of God “This ig the twilight of the Kings.” from fertile From mountain pass plain Where harvests wait the tread, From vineyards on the sunny slopes Where dressers of the vines lie dead, . From homes where starving children wait The father's coming—and in valn, From pallid cheeks and voiceless lips Of manhood wrecked and manhood slain, From smold'ring roofs and blackened walls. From idle wheels of labor stilled. From ancient battleflelds, and new, That reck of blood unjustly spilled, A solemn Volce that cries aloud, Through all the world the portent rings: “The sword shall free us from sword— is the twilight of the Kings.” reapers’ the Thi: It is the twilight spent, the day Of splandor, tyranny and crime, The long, long day that had birth ‘Within the far-off dawn of Time— The day of iron hand and heel, Of bondage, cruelty and woe, The day of Babylon and Rome, Of Louis, Herod, Pharaoh, The night that follows on that day Across the world its shadow flings: its The outworn dynasties shall pass— It is the twilight of the Kings! Fast falls the night; gloom There shines the dawns of things— The light of liberty and peace, Of justice higher than the Kings. ‘When breaks that dawn, no more one man Shall move a million at his will Like pawns upon a chessboard played, To vaunt his power No more one man by ‘right divine, On age—old wrongs his Houss shall build, . beyond its better No more the slogan Tight” Shall serve his selfish gild, Their glory fades as fades the day, In fire and blood their sun has set, Though in the swiftly darkening skies A smoky crimson lingers vet; For hopeless when the tlde turned, To fight against the trend of things, The thrones are rocking to, their fall— 1t is the twilight of the Kings! “Might makes greed to Has Handing It To Bivonl. (Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle) When Bivoni Zilionis was being ex- amined for ghe draft army in District Three he was asked by the examin- ing physician why he had refused exemption earlier in the day. “Because I am a Socialist,” he sald. “What i{s a Soclalist and what does he believe in?” “I believe in nothing.” “Dont you believe in “God never gave me anything.’ “Didn’t anybody ever give you any- God?"” No." “Well, T am going to give you something,” answered the doctor and he did. He gave him an “O, K.” to fight in the army. ; =y and his skill: | HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS Thirty tional Army u daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Na- Ppractical help in getting started in the right way. .No attempt is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. Lesson No. 15. 2 ARMS OF THE SERVICE lessons: 1.” Your Post of Honor - Making Good as a Sol- dier. Nine Soldierly Qualities. Getling Ready for Camp. 5. First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanli- ness in Camp. 7, Your Health, 8. Marching and Care of the Feet. 9. Bquipment and Arms. 10. Recre- atior; in Camp. 11. Playing the Game. 12, Teamwork in the Army. Grouping Men Into Teams. 14. The Team Leaders, We have spoken so far as if soldiers were infantrymen; if all fought on foot armed with rifle and bayonet. As we all know an srmy is much more complex. There are two other “fighting arms™ of the service, the Cavalry and the Artillery. These thyee branches of he Army are sometimes ocalled the ne”—2a term ‘which comes down to us from the day whes soldiers in hat- tle were alwavs drawn up in line. The other branches to be {escribed later, are included under the zeneral term “staff.” However, the Engineer Corps and the Signal Corps are in part troops of the line, though' they are herein described for convenience un- der the heading of “‘Staff branches of the service.” The Infantry is the backbone of the Army. "It is the Infantry soldier who must bear the greatest stress of hut- tle, and war is more dependeni for success upon his individual action than upon any other factor.” By far the largest number of men in the National Army will go into the In- fantry branch of the service. In the present war the immportance of In- fantry 4s even greater than in pre- vious wars. The Value of Infantry. It is not enough for Infantry ‘o know how to defend itself. It must know also how to attack. It is not enough that it should be able to move forward in masses. The Infan- try soldier must also have the intelli- gent self-reliance that will enable him to act as an individual; always, of course, within the limits of millitary discipline. The chances for initiative in pres- ent-day warfare can best be illustrated by recounting the story of Michael O'Leary, a lance corporal of the Irish Guards in the British Army. On Feb- ruary 1, 1915, the Guards were or- dered to retake a trench which had been temporarily lost to the Germans. O'Leary was off duty and need not have joined in the attack at all. But that did not stop him for a moment from-using his courage and his bralnn to help his regiment win. Jumping out of the trench he ran at full speed to a railroad cut on the right of the first German line where he was partly under cover from the enemy’s fire. With five shots in suc- cession he killed or disabled five men before his comrades reached the trench. Not satisfled with this achlevement he ran ahead until he came up from the railroad cut beside the second German line. Here was a machine gun. The officer in com- mand had just pointed the gun at the Irish Guards in the first trench and had his finger on the firing button when he was dropped by a well-aimed bullet from O’Leary’s rifle. He shot two other Germans who were at- tempting to fire the machine gun, whereupon the remainder of the squad threw up their hands and sur- rendered. Thus it happened that when his company of the Irish Guards reached the second line without the loss of a single man they were amazed to find O'Leary ahead of them in complete possession. He was made a sergeant on the fleld, and later given a Vic- toria cross. After other exhibitions of bravery and initiative, the 25-year- old soldier became Lieut. O'Leary. There is always an element of luck in such unusual achievements. but all the luck in the world is use- less unless the soldier has developed his intelligence, spirtt and self-reli- ance during his months of training. The Cavalry. The Cavalry is armed with saber and pistol, as well as rifle. Since the early months of the present war there has been little opportunity to use Cavalry on the western front. For the most part the Cavalry forces of BEuropean armies have been fighting in the trenches as Infantry. Under these conditions it has been determined to reorganize several of the Cavalry regiments of our Regular Army as Field Artillery. United States Cavalry, as such, is not to be used in FEurope at present. Some good judges believe that the Cavalry will agaln come into its own before the war 1s ended, but on this ques- tign no final opinlon can now be given. The Coast Artillery, which handles the big-callbre guns guarding our chief harbors against naval attacks, a branch distinct from the Field Artillery, gung drawn by horses or motors and moved about with the rest of the Army. The present fleld guns range in slge from 3-inch caliber to 4.7 inches. The Field Artillery also han- dles howlitzers, which throw heavy shells high into the air so that they will fall upon the target at a very steep angle. The chief kinds of artillery ammu- nition are shrapnel and high explo- sives. The shrapnel is Intended burst into the face of the enemy and scatter a large number of bullets. The high explosives are used chiefty to blow up enemy trenches. Increasing Importance of Artillery. The importance of artillery been very much increased during the present war. It 1s the most effective 3 FIGHTIN Preceding all that s, as to | has | which handles the smaller | | | DOING HiS BIT EMIL LITKE. It is in the neighborhood of 17 vears ago that Emil Litke, who is pictured above, presented himself at {& regular army post for acceptance in the fighting forces of “Uncle Sam.” He was found physically fit and given a suit of khaki. Olive drab has been his favorite color ever since. At present he is stationed with a unit of the coast artillery in Panama as is hjs brother, Adam, aged 16 and one of the youngest members of the regular army. Emil during his sev- enteen yvears of service has traveled from coast to coast, East, West, North and South. He is the son of Oscar Litke of 306 East street, this city. Although he was married several years ago, since .the time of enlistment he has been continually in the service of ‘Uncle Sam."” of all weapons in preparing the way for attack. In advance of an attack on a large scale there are often sev- eral days of continuous artillery duel, during which the big guns of both sides try to locate and put out of action thé opposing guns. In fact, on the western front the artillery duel never entirely ceases. The chief qualities of a good ar- tilleryman are intelligence and te- nacity. He must know his gun so well that he can not only play his own part but, if necessary, can take the place of any of his comrades. He must have the courage that enables him to hold any positon assigned to him until the order is given to move. Similar to the artillery in many re- spects are the machine-gun troops. Machine guns shoot out a steady stream of bullets and have great value against an attack from the front. They may also be readily car- ried forward by attacking troops and used with great effect against the de- fenders of a position. “A skirmish line can not advance by walking or running when hostile machine guns have the correct range and are ready to fire. Machine-gun fire is not especially effective against troops lying on the ground or crawl- ing. When opposed by machine gun, without artilery to destroy them in- fantry itself can silence them before it can advance. Concealment and pa- tient waiting for critical moments and exceptional opportuntities are the special characteristics of the ma- chine-gun service in decisiye actions.” (Infantry Drill Regulations; pars. 542, 545-546). In handling machine guns, just as in handling artillery, intelligence and tenacity are the qualities most needed. There are numberless examples in the present war of couragous self-re- llance on the part of individual sol- dfers In repairing or serving machine guns while under fire, and thus play- ing a big part in helping to win vic- torles. COMMUNICATED. BELGIAN CHARITIES, Misunderstandings, Prevalent in Great Britain and America, Cause Let-Up In Import Work of Caring for Suf- ferers. London, 8. W. 1., July 31, 1917. To the Editor of the Herald: The National Committee for Relief in Belgium recently announced that they were suspending their appeals in this country, as the American gov- ernment had taken on itself the work of relieving the Belgians in Belgium. This announcement, although quite clear in itself, has left a widespread impression, that all other Belgian Charities had also stopped and in congequence there has been a marked falling off in the subscriptions to oth- er Belgian Funds. I shall esteem it a favor if you will kindly make it clear to vour readers that the work taken over by the American government is that of re- lieving Belgians in Belgium, and that there are other numerous Charltles“ which are still being carried out in this country. The objects of some of these may be mentioned: 1. Care of the broken down Bel- 'soldiers in new trades. itable institutions are assisted by the The McMillan Store, Inc. “Always Reliable” THURSDAY and FRIDAY OUR MONTH-END SALE Final Clearance of all Summer Merchandise, offering Special Values for Thursday and Friday, the last-two days of August. values hold true to all departments. These Special Three Floors devoted to this Clearance Sale, offering values extraordinary. Sale Begins Thursday Morning at 8:30 A. M. A MANUFACTURER’S CLEARANCE OF “KAYSER’ " SILK COATS Forty-six of these high grade. “Klywr“ Silk Coats in every wanted shade. Morning For $10. 00 Kayser Sflk Col'a SILK CAMISOLES Month- end Sale Price cuen D9C Value 75¢ 39¢ BRASSIERES Month-end Sale Price 29 [+ SILK BLOUSES Georgette Orepe and Crepe de Chine Blouses, Month-end s $3.98 FINE HAMBURG EDGINGS Many Dainty Swiss kinds in this special lot, values to 25¢ el Y0 WOMEN’S THREAD SILK HOSE Plain and Fancy Striped Boot Housé, novelty stripes running up- and Down, others around the boot, others with Hand Embroidered Boot. Real $1.50 values Be on hand Thursday Morning at 8 go quick. $1.25 and $1.50 MEN’S SHIRTS Month-end Sale 98¢ Month-end Sale Speclnl silk or $1.15 \u.lues like these will clocks and 0&. m. MEN’S AND BOYS’ SHIRTS Values up to $1.00, Monq;-qqd Sale Prlcc 49 c FOR OUR MONTH-END SALE Clearance of 29¢ and 39¢ Wash Goods THURSDAY MORNING Including n.ll our Oolored Vofles, etc. Crepes, Fancy Colored Skirting, August Clearance of White Goods White Gaberdine, White Galatea Value 26c and 29c. For uhis sale .. ‘WHITE RICE CLOTH, value 29c. WI:[ITE Dfl'DDY CLOTH, v‘l\;B 29c¢ WBTI‘E VOII:E WAImNGS, novelty nflpu vllue 29¢c . to 39c. now REMNANTS OF OIL CLOTHS AND LINOLEUMS All at Month-end Sale Prices. 22c 22c¢ 19¢ cte...mOW .yard HAMMOCKS Month-end Sale Prices . $10 and $11 each Values $13.50 and $15.00 FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Special Month-End Sale Prices on RUGS OF ALL SIZES ‘Wool and Fibre Rugs for Bed Rooms hpest;'y Brussells Rugs Rooms Axminsters, High Plle Rugs Remarkable values at fOr Bed $9.00 ™ $15.98 " '$24.00 glan children, brought from Belgium into Holland for treatment. 2. Care of the wives and children of war prisoners and interned Belgian men in Holland. 3. Instruction of blind and maimed in England, France and Switzerland. 4. Provision of elementary com- forts for Belglan soldiers in the trenches, who are cut off from their families in Belgium. 5. Care of the soldiers in the train- ing camps and the wounded in the hospitals. 6. Care of the men who have es- caped from Belgium to enlist in the Belgian army and who are without means. 7. Provisions of necessities and comforts to Belglan interned soldiers in Holland. 8. Provision of necessities and comforts to Belgian prisoners of war in Germany. The above are all cases in which it is impossible for aid to be obtained from Belgium, and unless these char- British and American publie, the Bel- | gian soldiers will not have the nec- essary comforts, and the plight of the ' poor unfortunate Belgian civilians: will be miserable in the extreme. The work undertaken by the Amer- ican government does not cover these cases at all. We trust therefore that the gemer- ous public will continue their scriptions as before. b Yours truly, EMILE VANDERVELDE, Belgian Minister of State. For the British Gifts for Belglan Soldiers, 32, Grosvenor Place, 8. W. 1, London. G. Vandermeeren, honor- able secretary. For the Working Men’'s Belgian Fund & Oeuvre de la Sante de I'En- fance Belge (Belgian Children’s Fund in Holland), 32, Grosvenor Place, 8. W. 1, London. Geo. J. N. Rogers, chairman. Truly Grateful. (Boston Globe) Frootpad —And now I'll trouble you to take off that suit of clothes. Jones-—Thanks awfully. Only for !you my wif> would have ymade me wear it for two yeors more. Hard Lines. (Pittsburgh Pcst) “Pretty tough on Flubdub. He likes kale and doesn't like spinach.” ‘What's tough about 1t?" “Why, he can't tell em apart.” A Suggestion for the Future. (Washington Post.) When the final victory is won, France and America can hold a two weeks' celebration—from the 4th to the 14th of July. - - sub- +