New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 12, 1917, Page 6

T Britain . Herald. 1 D PUBLISHING COMPANTY. Proprietors. @ally (Sunday. excepted) at 4:15 p. M- erald Buflding, 67 Church St at. tile Post Office at New Dritain cond 'Class Mail Matter. @ in advauce, & year. vertiainz medium 1 profitable advertisinz me ‘olty. Circulation books and pre . alwavs open to advertiser @ will be found on sale at ‘Hota- 's News Stand, 42nd St. n:\d ‘Broas fay, New York City; Board *Walk, A Btio (ity, and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Our Leader. bright flag. O! brave flag, b flag to lead the free; je hand of God, thy colors blent, d heaven to earth thy glory lent; A shield the weak, and guide the be left free to take of other matters more important than suffrage. Woman suffrage has made great strides in the past forty years, or | since Susan B. Anthony first game for- ward with her proposed panacea. Tt has made great strides in the past decade; but it will lose ground if some of the who advocate nation- wide are not farsighted enough to they are hurting the cause hy picketing and other “rough- house methods.’ this time and time again. events, particularly the special tions held Mond in Maine, demonstrated that the advice to re- frain from such tactics is worth taking. Maine having gone against woman suffrage is, of course, no true sign that suffrage is doomed for all eternity. As Maine goes so goes the nation is a myth. Yet the old time slogan carries a hint of warning. It is for the suffragists to say whether Maine shall shall not be the barometer. care women suffrage see Recent elec- have or WHO’S WHO IN RUSSIA ? Gen, Korniloff has rebelled against the Russian Provisional Government and more particularly against Pre- mier Kerensky. The General has seen fit to call the Kerensky govern- ment traitorous, in sympathy with the German order of things, and a men- strong, . imake an'end of human wrong, jd draw, a__countless human host o follow after thee. —VAN DYKE. HESE ARE THE LHINGS. pre are some things we must not . The nation at war has called its young manhood to do active e on the field of battle. The ers, for the most part, have willingly and with determina- | They have placed their lives on ar of patriotism. Those who t home can give only part of easure to -somewhat balance reme sacrifice of men who [l that life holds dear,—exist- dth this thought in mind let see to it that no American s~ihis town . suffers from the & sgldier’s greatest source of bacco. While supplying them his, let us also complete the list fof: our - boys now with irmy and the navy and the na- f guard.. These are the things ho uld not, must not, neglect. AS MAINE GOES? ), the political battle-hymn of Republic used to be, As Maine 80 goes the nation. That was in plden days. Politicians then cast eyes on Maine when the state jons were held just previous to pational elections. Then, if the 'nor of Maine was elected on a blican ticket, as he usually was, 8 a foregone conclusion that the lof the country would follow suit elect Republican Gavernors suffi- " enough to draw a Republican ity at the polls for the presi- al candidate. The past presiden- plection upset the old proverb t Maine. Monday there was placed before oters of the Pine Tree State the jlege of giving the suffrage to { A constitutional amendment in order. It was a special elec- f The amendment was defeated by e of 32,121 to 17,132. The num- of ballots cast was smaller than hny previous referendum elec- This despite the fact that lor Milliken, who was the lucky tant in the last Wilson year of Hons, made a personal effort to ® his followers around to the ge way of thinking. Good cam- ners had previously gone through te telling.the voters that Presi- ‘Wilson, ex-President Roosevelt, other celebrities were heartily in :of gl_vlngfifi ‘suffrage to women ) by state. : th all these things considered, then did Maine vote against hae suffrage? That is a question Bh all those in favor and those nst “the cause” would like to have vered honestly and fairly. To n with, those who know the pivot e of the union in all election times open in thejr declaration that ne 1s too conscivative for such a rm as womag,csuffrage; that be- of this conservatism the voters rally hate to adopt any experi- it in lcgislation,—and suffrage is lexperiment. That may and may be the prime feason for this it blow to suffrage. Another Bon, siven for the.defeat smacks of e 'plausibility. 1t is, The White se picketing indulged in all by the militant suffragettes. fiven by those skilled in as among the leading influences ch’ contributed to the defeat rage in Maine. It is probably not g too far to say that this is the Hing influence which will contribute defeats elsewhere. The nation has host unanimously put its stamp of pproval on the acts of the suffra- s in Washington who persist in tor- nting the President of the United tes at this moment when he should sum- This diagnos- of ace to Russia. Kerensky, in turn, has branded Korniloff as a rebel. De- spatches of today announce that Gen, Korniloff is marching on Petro- grad and that his advance guards are only- thirty-six miles from the city. A battle is impending. Ambassadors and -Ministers of all the nations, neutral as well is belliger- ent, represented at -Petrograd have been called together in conference. The meetings held yesterday were se- cret. So no one knows just what was done, or what will be done. At a con- ference of the representatives of the Entente Allies it is presumed that plans were formulated for active par- ticipation of the Japanese and Ameri- can armies in the rebellion should Korniloff succeed in overthrowing the Provisional Government. Russia is menaced from without from within. It may require the strong arm of intervention to quell the dis- turbances. The outside world, without over- much data from which to judge, will at first hand give the benefit of all doubts to Premier Kerensky. He has up to this been the strong man of Russia. XKorniloff, too, has rendereed some valuable work; but his army has fled before the Germans, has been guilty of insurrection within its ranks, and has done nothing to stem the advance of the Teutonic hordes. <On top of this the general now plays the role of insurrectionist which at this moment is closely allled with that of rebel. Until the clouds that are now gathering over Petrograd have been dispelled by the clear sunshine of some other day there is no telling just who’s who in Russia; but it is almost a sure bet that Kerensky's name will have the high place in history. and NEVER AGAIN. Argentina could have done nothing less than present to the German em- bassy at Buenos Alres the passports of the Charge d'Affairs who was the central figure in the recent revelations of diplomatic intrigue. In the same fashion, the Swedish Foreign Office could have done nothing more than apologige for the misuse of its offi- cial channels by the Gewyman diplo- mats at Buenos Aires. Sweden Is in a very bad position. Her place as a neutral is now viewed with suspicion because of the expose in South Amer- ica. . The United States of America has been almost over-generous in fits dealings with all nations of the world, both before and since our entrance into the war. As a neutral nation, America suffered more at the Hnds of Germany than any other world power. After the declaration of war by the American Congress, Germany succeeded in either enlisting or veigling other neutral nations to act against the interests of the United States. They have been . forgiven readily. Big and generous of heart, Tncle Sam understands the positions they occupy. Especially is this so in the case of Sweden. In the tuture, however, American charity and mercy will be tempered with caution.’ The end of the rope has been reached. in- FACTS AND FANCIES. They've stopped teaching German in the pubic schools of Hoboken, the war having demonstrated what a waste of time it is to teach German in Hoboken.—Boston transcript. For tactfulness the German diplo- mat at Buenos Aires who referred to the minister of foreign affairs of Ar- gentina as ‘‘a notorious ass’” seems to be entitled to a Berlin degree.—New York World. Those pickets in Washington are about as helpful to the suffragists’ cause as are the pacifists to the war for freedom.—Meriden Record. An American soldier in the French | ' They have heen told} foreign legion has taken 30 German | pgjsoners, single-handed. And there will be 1 million United States sol- diers in France within a year. Figure it out forp yourself, Bill.—Paterson Press-Guardian. To the departed Barleycorn!—Spring- Eleven o'clock. member, John field Daily News An editor has noticed that when- ever a wife starts out to practice home economy, she always wants to begin on her husband gars.—DPaterson Call. , Each gay it grows moreevident that Prussianism should be, to use Count Luxburg’s phrase, spurlos versenkt.— New York Sun. “That Ayer Camp,” isn't college slang.—Bridgeport Post. There Used to Be. (London Punch.) There used to fairies in Germany— I know for I've seen them there In a great cool wood where the tall trees stood, With their heads high in the air: They scrambled about in the forest They were dear little things (tho’ they didn’t have wings), . And they smiled and their eves were kind. What, and oh! what were they doing To let things happen like this? How could it be? And didn’t they see ‘That folk were going amiss? Were they too busy playing, Or can they perhaps have slept, i That never they heard an ominous | word That stealthily crept and crept? There used to be faries in Germany— The children will look for them still: They will search all about till the sun- light slips out And the trees stand frowning and chill. “The flowers,” they will say, “have all vanished. + And where can the fairies be fled That played in the fern?—The flowers will return, But I fear that the fairles are dead. COMMUNICATED. ' WRISTLETS FOR SOLDIERS. Make Them Longer, Fair Knitters, Is Plca From Boys in Khaki. To the Editor of the Herald: I am not in uniform and I don’t ex- pect to be in uniform. - Belng of the male sex, I can’t knit and I don't ir- tend to learn how. But I am inter- ested in those who are in uniform snd who appreciate the work that the wo- men of New Britain are doing with their knitting needles. However, T am told that the wristlets being made for the soldiers are too short. They have not officially registered any com- plaint for fear those good mothers, sisters and sweethearts would consid- | er them lacking in appreciation for what has been done. Knit them long- er, ladies, and the boys will be doubly thankful. EAR TO THE GROUND. What Would You Do? (Des Moines Register.) The different conclusions which may be drawn from the same basic facts are excellently illustrated in the agreement of Frank Simonds and “The New York American” as to the state of affairs in Europe, and their disagreement as to what duty this entails upon the United States. Mr. Simonds said recently that the Allied offensives of the last year had | been disappointing in results. He ex- pressed his belief that if, the subma- | rine campaign were not checked, and | jf either the United States or Russia | did not prove an important military factor next year, the Entente would be unable to continue the war be- yond the end of 1918, but would have to negotiate a “white peace,” a draw. The conclusion he reached was that the United States should strike as powerful a blow at Germany as pos- sible, and as soon as possible. Mr. Hearst’s newspaper, accepting what Mr. Simonds had said as an ex- pression of its own opinion regard- ing the state of affairs in Europe, reached the conclusion that the United States should concentrate all its efforts on home defence, in order to cope with Germany in case Ger- many defeated the Entente. Tt is not certain that either of these opinions is 100 per cent. genu- ine. Mr. Simonds, may save over- stated the case in order to emphasize {he necessity for American aid. Mr. Hearst, moved by enmity toward England, may be willing to have Germany and the United States emerge as the only two powerful mil- itagy nations, and trust-to luck to avoid a further encounter. But assuming that there is enough truth in the descriptions of condi- tions to warrant the drawing of con- clusions, we may obtain an interest- ing light on the two suggestions by citing 3 comparison. Suppose that you, a small come upon a group of other fighting, and that after, the fighters | in one group have kicked you on i the shins and in the bread basket of- ten enough vou conclude that they intend ' to “do” ypu, as we used to say, and you announce that you are in the fight to help the other side. Now, if you are informed, while you are taking off your coat, that the fight is being waged on practically even terms, but that if it goes en much longer without helo for your friends they will be licked, and the other side will go for you alone, what will you do about it? Will you do as Mr. Simonds sug- gests, and pitch in and help your friends, so that your combined strength may lick the opposition? Or will you do as Mr. Hearst ad- vocates, go home and practise on a punching bag so that you may be capable of defending vourself alone against the whole crew if they suc- ceed in laying your friends out? When Satan Gets Him. (Manchester Herald. The Kaiser wants a place in the sun but the place where he is liable {to end up will be hot enough so he will want to stay in the shade. The Passing of the Green Bag. (Cincinnati Times-Star). What has become of the green bag? Every lawyer who has a case or who would like to have one now carries a neat portfolio that is supposed to con- tain petitions, cross-petitions, an- swers replications, demurrers and all the other things which lawyers buy from lega] stationers and whose blank spaces they fill in according to the requirements of litigation. It.isa sort of sample case of their wares that they carry about with them. And it is also a kind of traveling shingle an- nouncing their profession. But how less impressive the port- folio is than the old bulging green bag which was the depository of legal documents when we had real lawyers who wrote long briefs in long hand instead of the scrawny affairs that now are printed or typewritten in compact form. The green bag sug- gested Daniel Webster in the White murder case or Willlam M. Evarts in the impeachment trial of Agdrew Johnson, glants who dealt in human sentiments instead of cold calculation for law-evading corporations. And what a useful purpose the green bag served among the lesser lights of the legal fraternity! No inquisitive stranger ever peered into it to deter- mine its contents. No matter how suspiciously bulging it might be, it wag let as severely” alone as if it were Pandorads box. The fact that it con- tained the marketing for the home Instead of portentous legal documents was an unprofessional secret shared by the lawyver and his housewife, Perhaps that is the reason some of our lawyer friends have been so quick to adopt the portfolio in lieu of the more capacious depository. No more do they have to mingle law with vegetables on their evening homeward journey. 2 Hunger Is Convincing. (New York Sun.) We in America know that the Hohen- zallerns are the oppressors of the Ger- man people. England knows it. France knows it. But in the mind of the average German, taught by the ingenious system of a Prussia that saw the sole salvation of Kaiserthum in the socialization of the people for the benefit of the state, the only oppress- ors af the Germans are England and France and Russia and America. Even here, after being surrounded for a gen- eration by the blessings of democracy, there are creatures who worship, with various degrees of secrecy, the idols of Prussian autocracy. Start the principles of republicanism in Germany with a diplomatic note from a nation with which she is at war? It is a whisper of fancy, for that Germany heard and cheered the doom of republicanism as Bismarck pronounced it: “Not by speeches and resolutions of majorities are the mighty problems of ‘the age to be solved, but by blood and iron.” There were those wha did not like the sentence, but it was executed, and their sons were taught to revere it. Yet there is a message that Germans will. hear and heed. Tt is the messag that no living thing since creatjon first stirred has ignored. It confutes all written and spoken lies. It demands an answer and quickly. Confronting men, it Teduces all the artifices’ of statecraft tq nothing. It is hunger. The German people may be cozened with shrewd falsehoods about the pur- poses af the United States. They may be deceived ‘as to the measure of our participation in the war and its prob- able effect. But not even the most skilful liar in the Prussian service will be able to prove to them, when the embargo locks the doors of their cup- bhoards, that they are not hungry. All the pride, all the ambition in the world cannot withstand the message that stares from an empty plate. The Modern University Girl. (From the Buffalo Evening News.) While Miss Smith and Miss Hess are going about the country showing how foods may be best preserved until next winter they are incidentally demon- strating that universities are now turn- ing out graduates who are far moro practical than the product which could merely write essays on the influence of Shakespeare upon the Brownings. ‘Would Exchange.—Some time dur- ing the spring at some public gather- ing, I unknowingly exchanged over- coats with another party. As the one I have is a much better garment than the one I have lost T am desirous of Jocating the owner that I may return his property. De Witt Stickles, East Chatham, N. Y. —Chatham Republican. Fruit-Eating and Water-Drinking. (Popular Science Monthly.) Most fruits contain from 75 to 95 per cent water, and a halance of woody fiber, or cellulose, fruit sugar and minerals. Thus the free use of fruit daily insures a greater supply of water to the body. The cellulose of the fruit supplies the bulk and a me- chanical stimulation which promotes waste elimination. Acid fruits, such as oranges, lemons. limes and most cher- ries, contain a certain chemical com- pound called stable form. These vitamines are be lieved to purify the blood and to pre- vent scurvy and various skin diseases. Coal Prices. (Washington Star). There was once a coal baron who ahnounced his control of fuel by “divine right.” But the price of coal will be governmentally adjusted, nevertheless. An Atlantic lawyer tells of a newly- qualified judge in one of the towns af the South who was trying one of his first criminal cases. The prisoner was an old negro charged with robbing a hen coop. He had been in court be- fore on a similar charge and was then acquited. “Well, Henry,” observed the judge, see you're in trouble again.” “Yessuh,” Teplied the negro. “De Jas’ time, Jedge, you rec-lect, you wah | my lawyvah “Where is your lawyer this time?" “I ain’t got no lawyah dis time.” said Henry. ‘“Ah’s swine to tell de troof."—Exchange. Wheat and Breaa. (Waterbury Republican). i The American farmer is to get around $2.20 a bushe] for his wheat. That is enough. It is not so much | as he would like to get, but enough to give him a snug little war profit. | It isn't necessary either to pity or envy the farmer. The wheat gambler is being elim- inated by the closing of the wheat pits, and by the active market oper- ations of the federal food adminis- trator, equipped with a limitless “wad.” Whatever manipulation there is will be done by Uncle Sam in the interest of the nation. Wheat, then, we may expect, will remain comparatively cheap, and the price will remain fairly steady. But what of that? What the big majority of Amer- icans—the consumers-—want to know is, “How will this reform affect us?" which means, how will it affect the price of bread? So far as the public is concerned, the whole elaborate business doesn’t mean anything at all unless it gives us cheaper bread. And just now there is no assurance that it will do so. Most bakers are quite sure that it will be impossible to sell the old loat again for a nickel, or to sell a bigger loaf for 10 cents, or to make any considerable reduction whatever. Yet millers in the northwest antici- pate a reduction of about $1.50 per barrel on flour; and to put it mildly, nobédy complains that the bakers are losing any money on present prices. First of all, there should be a stand- ard loaf of bread—standard in weight and in quality. Some cities are un- dertaking to establish such a loaf by ordinance. The government itself ought to establish it for the whole country. Then let the food admin- istration name the lowest price that will give the baker a fair profit. If the people save only one cent a loaf, it will be worth while. reasonably, Shoes. (Meriden Record). Shoes are to cost no more this year than they did last. This is the word of A. F. Sloane, fleld secretary for the National Shoe Retailers association. Mr. Sloane says many retail shoes men have overstocked. And contrary to general opinion, there is no short- age of leather. Shoe prices are not to be advanced by wholesalers to the retail trade. And some new substi- tutes are proving better than leather. There is a new sole being tusned out, for example, which seems so far to be better than leather, and one con- cern’ is making something like 260,- 000 pairs of these sciss a day. Now these are cheering thoughts. Interesting if true. In a war world where shoes for the three-year-old cost $2.75 per pair if they are of a quality to last more than a month, it is at least beautiful to believe that they won’t cost $3.25 the next time they must be bought. But why shouldn’t some consola- tion be left in the midst of affliction? Now that the army model for men Is in fashlon for men at home as well soldiering, and there are rumors in the style notes that women’'s shoes are to be simpler and saner, there are sure to be fewer foot troubles, and consequently less spinal troubles. And if these beneflts are to be obtained at no higher cost than the cramping, deforming footgear of the past—let's all buy shoes. And if Mr. Sloane’s optimism is jus- tified by future facts, there will be one thing, as Americans sit around the turkey on the last Thursday of November, for which they are devout- 1y thankful. as Washington’s Bowery. Pennsylvania avenue, in your expec- tation the Broadway of Washington, ig more or less its Bowery, since proprie- tors, aware that the govergment will soon take over their holdings, see no object in improving them. Dowdy ho- tels bid for lodgers at 50 cents a night, 25 eve Shop windows teem 1with souvenirs—the capital on brass slip- pers, the capitol on silver puppies. the capitol on patriotic dustpans, the capi- tol {lluminated with mother of pearl. Chop-suey resorts abound. On the way to. his inauguration each new president passes a ‘“home of bur- lesque,” a penny arcade, a tattooist’s studio and the shrine where a “beau- tiful lady palmist” reveals your name, And vet at the end of this amazing thoroughfare rises the matchless dome that crowns the capitol, which crowns a lordly eminence.—Rollin Lynde Hart in Century. 2 —— ON THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS (By Richard Brinsley Sheridan) T would by no means wish a daugh-/ ter of mine to be a progeny of learn- ing; I don’t think so much learning becomes a young woman. For in- stance, I would never let her meddle with Greek, or Hebrew, or algebra, or simony, or fluxious, or, paradoxes. or such inflammatory branches of learn- ing; neither would”it be necessary for her to handle any of your mathemat- ical, astronomical, diabolical instru- ments.. But, Sir Anthony. I would send her at 9 years old to a boarding school in order to learn a little in- genuity and artifice. Then, sir, she should have a supercilious knowledge in accounts; and as she grew up I would have her instructed in geome- that she might know something the contagious countries: but, above all, Sir Anthony, she should be | mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do, and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. Old Engines Enlist for the War. {New York Evening Post.) In the last thirty days the Penn- sylvanja, New York Central, Balti- more and Ohio and one or two other roads sold to France and Russia 475 locomotives that ‘hey were about to scrap and sell as old iron. The prices realized were actually more than the original cost. The engines are being rebuilt at the Eddystone plant of the Baldwin Works, which makes a profit on the work fully as large as it could make on building new engines. Lesson No. 26. SOME NATIONAL TRADITIONS. Preceeding lessons: 1. Your Post of Honor. 2. Making Good As a Sol- dier. 3. Nine Soldierly Qualities. 4. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First . Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness in Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. March- | ing and Care of Feet. 9. Your Equipment and Arms. 10. Recrea- ! tion in Cemp. 11. Playing the' Game. 12. Teamwork in the Army. 13. Grouping Men into Teams. 14, The Team Leaders. 15. Fighting Arms of the Service. 16. Staft Branches of the Service, I. 17. Staft Branches of the Service, II. 18. Army Insignia. 19. The Army Sys- tem of training. 20. Close Order Drill. 21. Extended Order Drill. 22. Guard Duty. 23. Getting Ahead in the Army. 24. Army Courtesy. 26. Discipline and Respect for the Colors. This course should include a back- ward glance over the military history of the United States. It is Warth‘ while for the soldier to recall why | and how the men before us fought for | American principles and rights. You are representing today the same ideals and fighting for many of the same things they fought for in 1776, 1798, | 1812, 1846, 1861 and 1898. In 1776 our forefathers refused any longer to submit to the demands of a tyrannical government and declared themselves independent. The farm. ers and shopkeepers and mechanics i and fishermen who rushed to arms| at the beginning of the Revolution did not at first realize they were forming | a new nation. But before long they saw clearly that in order to enjoy lib- erty they must shake off the rule of the autocratic government which had its seat in London. - Our First War. In their attitude they had the sym- pathy of a great many Englishmen who were broad enough to see that the American colonists were really fighting for the right of all free peo- ples. In the British Parliament Pitt and Burke and pther great English- men openly defended patriots. “If I were an American as I am an Englishman,” said one of the great parliamentary leaders, ‘“while a foreign troop remained in my country I would never lay down my arms.” It was not the English peo- ple who were seeking to suppress lib- erty in America, but a small body of court politiclans—an autocratic gov- ernment—which misrepresented the people. : The Americans of that day on their part did not hesitate to take up arms for their rights, even though they came into conflict with the seasoned troops of a great power—even though they had to meet invasion and par: tial conquest of their own country. Nor did they long hesitate to break completely away from the motherland land which many of them still loved. In 1798 we found ourselves in a state of war with the French govern- ment. This is not usually thought of as an American war, since there was no fighting except for a few encoun- ters on the high seas. There was no declaration of war and it was all set- tled within a few months. Yet the fact is that a state of war actually ex- isted. Here again we had no quar- rel with the French people, whom w. admired and loved for the help they had given us during the Revolution. We were really at war with a little group known as the Directory, who had seized the Government of France and misrepresented its people. | In the War of 1812 with Great]| Britain, the principal question at is- sue concerned the freedom of Ameri- can ships and the rights of American | sailorg on the high seas. For the most | part the American Army was poorly trained and equipped and had little success. It redeemed itself, however, | at the Battle of New Orleans, where Andrew Jackson led the western militia to a well-earned victory. The British government tacitly recognized the soundness of the principle for which the Americans fought. The Mexican War. America’s next war was with Mex- ico. The Mexicans had not been very careful of American rights either in Mexico itself or along the frontier, and the disagreement as to the owner- ship of a certatn large strip of land along: the Rlo Grande easiry led to hostilities. TIn the war that followed the armies of Scott and Taylor won victory after victory against over- whelming odds and eventually Mex- ico sued for peace. One result of the war was to establish more definitely the right of an American citizen abroad to a reasonable amount of pro- tection and support. Less than a generation later came the great Civil War. Never was the fighting spirit of the citizen-soldier better shown than in this unhappy and bitter struggle, when Americans were pitted against Americans. Both sides were fighting for principles of Government, the North for the prin- ciple of union, the South for the prin- ciple of the right of states to secede from that Union. Today, with the war a half century behind them, there are probably few Americans, either North br South, who do not rejoice in their hearts that thé principle of union was upheld and that we are able today to meet our new foe as a united nation. We entered the Spanish War to put an end to misrule in Cuba. Again our quarrel was not with the Spanish people, but with the government, which was creating conditions in Cuba that we could not endure with self-resject. Admiral Cervera and the American | , the one just beginning against _ HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical 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. 8 DOING HIS BIT HOBERT BERTINL Following in the footsteps of hit great grand grandfather who was a captain, in the revolutionary war and | one of ‘those who fought for our lib- | erty, Robert Bertini enlisted in’ April, 1917, as a member of the naval re- serves. At present he is in training, at New Haven learning to fight fo the same principles which his fore- bears fought for. He 'is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Bertinl of 668 Stanley street and ona of the well known young men of the city. Heygraduated from New Brit- ain High School in 1913. While in school he was a member of the A. D. S. fraternity. At the time of enlist- ment he held a position in the New Britain National bank. e as guests rather than as prisoners, Thelr treatment was striking evidence of our real feeling toward the Span- ish people. We fought for the prin- ciple that on the American continents governmental tyranny and cruelty must not be permitted to continue; w and that principle was established. Fighting for Principles. The Americans are peculiarly a peace-loving people. They have ‘na . taste for warfare and no lust for ter- ° ritory or power. Yet within less than one hundred and fifty vears we have entered six important wars, the las{ and perhaps the greatest of which fa} the’ German Government. Why has all this warfare been necessary? The answer is to be found in the simple fact that there are certaln American rights and principles that must be upheld if the United States. it to remaln a free and self-réspecting nation. These rights have never been attacked—and probably never will attacked—by other free and demo- cratic peonles. But the world is not vet rid of governments in the hande of small groups who betray their own peorle and drive them forward fi . ruthless assaults on the freedom and . rights of other peoples. It is a gove - ernment of this type that now, menaces all liberty-loving natioff throughout the world and savagely attacks American rights. In all our previous wars against foreign powers the American peoplq have fought for principles, not for wealth or power, just as they ar¢ fighting today. They have fought against governments, not against peo. ples, just as they are fighting to They have fought fearlessly fairly, just as you and the American soldiers of this wau fight. and other wilf Not Fit for the Unwritten Lww: (New York World.) A trial for murder in which f¢ is said that the unwritten law is to - be ape¢s pealed to in England for the first tim¢" is now in progress in London. Th¢ tragedy grew out of the attachmewt of a beautiful young woman for an adven turer when her soldier husband was af the front. In this situation we have what might be called the makings of an un- written-law case, but the statement i .~ the despatches that the trial will bet™ concluded in two days shows that the British have not vet grasped the fuli possibilities of such proceedifigs af they are conducted in America. Her( in New York, it would take tw¢ weeks to impanel a jury. Ench of th( Jawyers for the prosecution and der fense would insist upon speaking fo at least two days. The high-priced ex¢ perts would want a week apiece. Evidently they do nat know how te conduct an unwritten-law case in Lon! dan. If England expects to become an ally of the United States in such mat« his men, who had shown themselves brave foes, were received In this country after their defeat and cempture } ters it must forego war for six monthg and devote its energies to the case I hand.