Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 27, 1915, Page 4

NORWICH Jlorwich gnlletm and Goufie? dition only shows the ineffectiveness of that branch of the navy had it been actually operating against a real and menacing enemy. It is quite evident that the war game has served to demonstrate more than what it was expected to. It has served to confirm the criticisms which have previously been made. There is 119 YEARS OLD bacriptio month; §6.00 a year, Entered at the Postoffice at Norwica. Conn.. as second-class matter. price 12¢ a week) S0 u an opportunity for those who set forth the submarine weakness to say “I told you se,” but far more than that, in view of the importance which warfare in Europe has attached to the under- water craft, it has disclosed the need Telepnone Callxt Bulletin Business Office 480. N Bulletin Editorial Rooms $5-8. Bulletin Job Office 85-2. Willimautic Office, Room 32, Murray m::‘rw::h’:r;:!:::; ;.y 27, 1916. The Circulation of The Builetin £ H E i "REMOVE OBSTRUCTION TO CAP- ITAL, President Wrilson is entirely right when he declares that the conditions are such in relation to the means of communication between this country and the other republics of the western hemisphere, particularly those of South America, as to inspire invest- ment for their relief and the stimu- lation of an increase in trade. He is equally right when he declares that private capital should be interested in this opportunity, but when he inti- mates that it may not be and that in order to insure it it should be undertaken, by the methods which were proposed qunder the ship purchase bill which was not only kill- ed by congress, but killed in response to the sentiment of the country, he overlooks a condition at-home which is of vital importance. It is not to be forgotten that the last congress passed a seamen’s bill which furnishes no inducement for capital to enter such a field, It has not gone into effect as vet, but its terms are such that it is not only failing to encourage new emterprise in that direction, but it has already re- sulted in bringing forth the annovhce- ment that much important oceanic traffic will be curtailed. If it is im- possible to carry om trade over es- tablisbed lines under its provisions it certainly cannot be expected to en- courage the extension of shipping into new fields. The first duty would therefore appear to be for the admin- istration to reconsider the obstacle which it has placed in the way of the very thing which the president knows the country needs. Certainly the country should be slow to proceed where private capital understands it cannot profitably do business, and es- pecially when a recently enacted law is the cause of it. The Bulletin has the largest circulation of any paper in East- ern Connecticut and from three to four times larger than that of any in Norwich. It is delivered to over 3,000 of ths 4,053 houses in Norwich, and read by minety- three per cent. of the people. In Windham it is dilvered to over 900 houses, in Putnam and Danielson to over 1,100 and H ! in ; all of these places it is consid- ered the local daily. Eastern Connecticut has forty- nine towns, one hundred and sixty-five postoffice districts, and cixtv rural free delivery routes. The Bulletin is sold in every § H i town * on all of the R. F. D. routes in Eastern Connectizut. CIRCULATION 190%, -average ..a......... 4412 ---5,920 1905, ..average ..... ITALY'S TIMELY ENTRANCE. Time and again has Russia been dealt a stinging blow by the com- bined assaults of the enemy, but in every instance so far it has recovered and been able to regain lost ground. This appears to be the situation now in Galicia. By a counter stroke which was strongly delivered, German and Austrian forces drove back the Rus- eian tide which wsas threatening to inundatc Hungary. Great losses were inflicted and an important advance was made into Galicia. By an equally brilliant counter Russia now has turn- ed upon the enemy, which advanced over a narrow front and is threaten- ing disastrous results. This is particularly true because of the entrance of Italy into the war at this time calling for the sending of many thousand troops to the western line-of Austria. This calls for a strong defense and the massing of all the available strength of the Teutonic al- lies .at a new point while their posi- tionsielsewhere are seriously menaced, ftaly’s stroke must therefore cause no little concern to both Austria and Ger- many and the determined efforts which have been made to prevent it display 2 thorough recognition of its import- ince upon their part. Italy has not acted when Russia’s position was at its worst, but when it has given substantial evidence of recovery and a time when the with- irawal of any forces used in opposing t appears to be perilous. It is a time vhen it can be expected to be espe- sially annoying and it is not with un- :xpected surprise that Germany finds tself so fully occupled with affairs at iome that it deems it advisable to de- ay its reply to the American note. it would appear to be having suffi- sient trouble, however, to prevent it rom incurring more. FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Accidents are bound to happen un- ler the best of conditions and despite the best of preparations, but the se- vies of them which occurred to the ubmarine fleet, even though it was lollowing a most satisfactory run from the south, naturally furnishes food for thougit. It was not so long ago that i'tention was called to the condition »f our ™sbmarine fleet in case it was 1eeded for the immediate defense of the Atiantic seaboard. It is true that hey were engaged solely in maneuvers when tho accidents occurred, but to jave half of the twelve submarines of giving greater attention to this type of naval ship. That they looked good on parade does not satisfy. Having been put to a test they failed and from that very failure there are good and sufficient reasons for getting our eves opened. It is a poor showing and a peor advertisement of naval ef- ficiency when half of a submarine flotilla. is put out of business through its own defects. GREAT BRITAIN’S NEW CABINET. From a distance it would appear that good judgment had been used in the formation of the coalition cab- inet for the British government. Con- sideration has been given to the de- mands of the country in the present crisis, to the offices and officials who have been under attack and to the necessity of securing the strongest body of men that would work together efficiently and with harmony. That they have succeeded remains to be seen, of course, but from the readjustments both of men and offices evidence is given that party lines have not stood in the way of securing the men of prominence and acknowledged ability for the handiing of the war sit- uation. Winston Churchill has displayed a better spirft of patriotism than has Lord Fisher. He is an active worker and a strong man in the country, even though the manner in which he has conducted the admiralty has been cause for criticism and he has shown his willingness to continue to give what help he can to his country, even though it is in a position of less con- sequence. Country with him comes first. With Fisher it is position or nothing and the result is that former Premier Balfour takes that important office. Kitchener's case gets just the ac- tion that conditions warranted. Over- burdened with duties he sets needed relief by the creation of the office of munitions of war and no better se- lection than Lloyd-George could have been made for such a place. If it has not existed in the past, the coalition cabinet should be the means of put- timg the entire country solidly back of the government for with all parties repwesented, who would be, the best results should be accomplished. That there has been chosen a strong cab- inet does not however, make their task any the lighter, but they should be ablesto handle it much better, EDITORIAL NOTES. Rumania has now taken the place so long theld by Italy on the brink. Every day brings new examples of the lack of parental responsibility. Stearnship travel in the fog appears to be Just as dangerous as it ever was. Admira) Fisher makes it certain that he is an old time follower of Johnny Bull Henceforth Russia has an important duty to perform in serving as Van's guard. John iLind has made some import ant converts since adopting his policy of silence. The man on the corner says: Tt is a bad break when law and common sense cease to be chums. By the reorganized British cabinet Kitchener is shown the respect and given the relief that he deserves. The hearty and enthusiastic entrance into the clean-up movement depends to a large extent upon the disposi- tion, The progress of the Teutons against Italy is likely to be measured by the resistance which the cathedrals fur- nish. Of course no one will attribute the entrance of Italy into the war to the recent peace conference held at The Hague. —_— That Vera Cruz crowd crving for work and peace probably has recol- lections of the good old times when Funston was there, It is reported that the Colonel was silent after victory. Dr. Dernburg has also decided to keep quiet. Which mind influenced the other? Some alarm is indicated by the re- port that war will cause the cutting off of the diamond supply. but there are the Alaskan and Brazilian fields still doing business. Ttaly has taken over German and Austrian ships in its harbors to the value of $20,000,000, but there is noth- ing to show that it was actuated by our ship purchase idea. It is a_question whether Secretary Bryan is doing as much worrying over the state of the country’s foreign re- lations as he is over the unsatisfied call of the lecture platform. Long Island minds vary. Colonel Roosevelt declares following the ver- dict that he is going to avoid the limelight. Mrs. Carman has an- nounced her decision to seek it. Not only New Haven, but the state of Connecticut has lost a worthy cit- izen in the death of Col. T. H. Mac- donald. He was a leader in what- ever he undertook and his record shows that he was true to every trust imposed upon him by city or state. The New York prisoner who asked to be sent to Sing Sing instead of to jail, because it meant work in jail and up at Sing Sing it is all pleasure indicates that he may have commit- ted his crime in order to enjoy the benefits of the Osborne prison methods. If the Nebraskan was flying the American flag, there would appear to be a very serious situation presented if it is established that it was tor- pedoed, but being leased by a British company and with the uncertainty as to whether it was a torpedo or a mine there is nothing to do but calmly await the results- of _the. investigation, Tessa’s was a happy home. Her fa- ther was good and brought iIn money, so they had enough to eat and drink, and to wear, and Tessa liked pretty things. That the house was small didn't matter. It was large enough for them all—father, mother, sister Reta, and the new baby brother —and her own little self. She was very happy when Baby brother came. When her mother still remained feeble and had to lie in bed much of the time, Tessa said brightly, “I'll help, mother, I'm a big girl now, I'm nine years old. You needn’t work any more.” The child was so happy that she sang all day—sang at her work, and sang at her play, and when her father came home she sang with him through the long evenings while he played the guitar. He taught her the songs he knew and loved, the songs of his country. By and by he bought her a little tambourine and taught her to play. Tessa sang to the children in the court, and they gathered about her to listen and stopped their quarrels. Sometimes the neighbors paused to listen, in their long kitchen aprons with the handkerchief tied over the head, and they loved her for her songs. But Tessa was never proud. The song was in her throat and must come out. It was a part of her life to sing; and she was glad to give happmess to others. But one day there was an accident at the shop where her father worked. The staging fell when he was on it and they brought him home—dead! Tessa looked on in awe and sorrow; must be strong for her ho was crushed under the After it was all over and the neigh- bors who had been so kind had left, sat alone in_the little home. “I don't kmow how we're going to live,” sobbed the mother in weak- ness. But Tessa came to the rescue. “T'll sing!” she cried. “They’ll give me ” For she had heard the street ns and had seen people drop money into their hats, So it happened that the child went out every day, after her work was done in the home, with her little tam- bourine, and sang the songs in her sweet. childish voice, with pathos and hope. Sometimes there were lively tunes and songs of love, but best she liked the songs of tender- ness and the home sonss of faraway Italy. She sang on the street and passers-by stopped to listen and to drop a penny. Sometimes she stood at the doors of the great shops when richly dressed ladies went in and out to do their shopping. But most often she went to the hotels, for she made more money there. They dropped the nickels and sometimes silver. When the silver came Tessa went home happy and_cried joyfully, “See, mother!—silver! We can eat tonight!” And she bought a Dit of cake and bananas, for the children liked them. Sometimes the mother tried to sell the lace she had made, but the ladles didn’t care to buy. She tried to take washing from the hotel but it brought the pain into her side so she had to lie in bed all the next day. She tried ironing, but it was no better. Their little store of funds was fast going and the child was the only one to bring in more. But Tessa didn't mind. She must take care of the family now father was gone; so bravely she did her part, cheerily, never weary- ing. One day when Tessa went out sing- ing her songs and playing her tam- Experience Lusitania, A most stirring account of the tor- pedoing of the Lusitania reached New York by mail from Wallace B. Phil- lips, one of the survivors. The state- ment he sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Phillips of Brooklyn, duplicates one he has made for the use of the British Admirality. It will be a part of the record of the Board of Trade inqui Mr. Phillips writes: “I had just finished lunch and left the dinine- saloon about ten minutes past two, and should judge that at that time there were possibly one hundred people still at luncheon. Two or three children and one woman came rush- ing in the open doorway shouting “Torpedo!” and in possibly five to ten seconds it struck. The sound of the explosion while loud, was not es- pecially terrifying, but the shock was considerable. Almost instantly the boat took a decided list. “In a very short space of time after the first torpedo struck g second one hit the vessel. I have heard a number of persons say that it was possibly thirty seconds later, but it appeared to be considerably less. The shock of the second explosion was very great in- deed, and possibly thirty seconds after it had occurred an immense column of water, carrying with it all kinds of debris, shot up from the side of the vessel. I proceeded to the deck above, called the boat deck, and on reaching there found a large number of people standing around quletly and the of- ficers shouting that no boats were to be lowered and that the vessel was not in danger of sinking. A few of the boats were partially filled with people, but I did not see any others getting into them. on “I met William F. Hodges of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. Mr. Hodges was just going out of his cabin with pseveral life preservers, and 1 asked him if he had enough for his wife and two children and himself. He told me yes. I saw Alfred Vanderbilt, Mr. Frohman, Guy Vernon and Miss Rita Jolivet, A. Scott and three or four others whom I did not know standing close together and spoke to them. I saw several boats fllled with people being lowered, and then walked along the extreme end of ‘A’ deck. By this time the boat had taken such a decid- ed list that I thought she was going over every second, so I climbed over the side and dropped into the lifeboat which had been lowered below me, this being one of the very few lifeboats that were properly launched from the ship, and it was in charge of First Officer Jones. I landed on the gunwale of the boat, but for an instant I was undecided whether to stay on or dive overboard, as the ship was coming on top of us. I should judge that our boat had the most advantageous po- sitlon of the three or four others that were launched at the same time, and 1 rather imagine as the ship went down it must have crushed under {t «everal of the boats. “After this there appeared to be an- other explosion in the engine room, as the,most terrific quantity of water and soot shot out from one of the funnels, the funnels at this time being just submerged, and hit the people in our boat directly in the face at the same time blowing one woman out of the funnel who had been sucked in an instant before. “At the time of the final plunge I personally did not hear any great number of cries or screams, and such few as there were subsided in a very few seconds. Five minutes after the boat went down I counted sixteen craft of all kinds. on-the surface, which in- BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MAY THE TAMBOURINE GIRL bourine, she wandered, unthinkiog, past the stores, past the hotels, far out to the streets of the homes. Sing- ing, she went on, not noticing, mus- ing with her thoughts far away, till she came to a beautiful street where were great houses with grassy lawns, and flowers and trees. She looked up through the branches to the blue sky, and the great wideness of heaven. She had never seen anything like it be- fore. Her heart thrilled and she stood still, gazing, wondering. She had never in all her little life seen a world like this, and never kmew it was so beautiful! Suddenly above her head a bird thrilled. Unconsciously she answered the note. Back and forth the tones vibrated, the bird trilling, the girl answering, till they seemed as one. The beauty thrilled her and she knew not that others saw, that she was ob- served from a house near by, and that they were listening. Someone touched her arm and she turned, though not in fright. “Will you come into the house? The master wants to see you,” said the servant. E Unabashed, she followed. Tt was a beautiful home apd it filled her with delight. The velvet carpet was soft to her little feet, used to the dust and gravel of the street. Beautiful statuary stood in the hallway, and there were pictures; she noticed those the most. There was one with the sweet face of a mother. The babe in her arms was the Christ Child, she knew, for it was like what she eaw at church. A lady with a kind face took her hand. She wes dressed in silk and wore diamonds. ‘“Come with me,” she urged, kindly, and led her into a room filled ‘with light and beauty. In the center stood a grand piano with white ivory keys and Tessa longed to touch them. Then the master spoke to her: “You sing, my child—you sing the songs of my country that I Jove —I heard you on the street. ~Come, we will sing them together.” His hands moved softly over the keys while she sang for him song after song, with pure, true tones and touching sweetness. He paused and threw his arms about her in rapture, crving:— “You can sing! You will be great! I will teach you! You must sing no more on the street!” “But my mother would starve!” cried the child, frightened, ‘and Reta and the baby! There is no one but me to bring in the money. I must get the pennies!" “Your mother shall have money and food!” he cried. “I will give them money. You will learn; then you will sing to crowds and you will earn much money—piles of money. You can buy a fine house for your mother and the little ones.” Tessa’s heart beat fast. sing, always?’ she gasped, eyes burning with intensity. “Yes, always.” “Go home,” he said, “and tell your mother, Come to me tomorrow at eleven for your first lesso Tessa hastened homeward, flushed and happy, hardly realizing what it was that had come to her. She was so_thrilled she forgot to sing. “Mother!” she exclaimed, “see — money!” She poured out a great pile into her mother’'s lap:” *“I shall sing— the master will teach me!” *“Child, what is it?” asked the puz- zled mother, and Tessa told her all Tears that had stood in her eyes un- shed rolled down the woman's cheeks, but they were tears of joy, not of sor- row.—Boston Record. ‘“May 1 her dark Stories of the War cluded six or seven lifeboats, the bal- ance being upturned boats and rafts. There may have been one or two oth- ers that I did not see, although I doubt it. “Very large numbers of people were killed in various ways. For instance, several persons who were in the wa- ter grasping sides of our boats trying to get in, were smashed to death by the liferaft as she slid over onto from the A deck. One of the ship's boats swung in davits and crushed a great many persons against the deck houses. Others, of course, were hit by the debris of all kinds, as wel]l as hurt by being hit by other persons in the boats that were not properly launched. The water was quite warm, and it be- ing a bright, sunshiny, rather warm afternoon, a great many people were able to stay a long period of time without dying from exposure. “But for these two facts probabiy several hundred more .people would have been lost.” Fighting For Ancestral Throne. The erandson of the lost King of Botan has started to win back his an- cestral throne with the aid of twenty Kurds. Bedrkhan Bey was really the hereditary lord of a group of Kurdish chiefs and in Asiatic language a King until he became involved in war with Turkey in the vear of the Hegira 1262. Notwithstanding his French education and his polished manners Abdurrazzak thinks in Turkish Arkudish when he relates Kurdish history. Bedrkhan Bey was imprisonel and passed eigh- teen years at Crete, in honorable de- tention. Later he was allowed to es- tablish his household gods at Con- stantinople, where Abdurrazzak was born, and he dled at Damascus. The grandson, after being secretary of the Turkish embassy at Petrograd in 1892 and master of ceremonies at the Con- stantinople court, engaged in a palace plot ten years ago. Together with two brothers and an uncle he passed four years in a Tripoli prison with heavy ball and chain attached to his leg under a suspended sentence of death. The Turkish revolution brought freedom and Abdurrazzk shared the honeymoon of Turkish constitution- alism with the Young Turks for seven moths. He then formed the plan of separating Kurdistan from Turkey and went to Ruesia to seek support. After five years there he came to Persia to establish relations with his grand- father’s subjects. He opened a Kurd- ish school in a builuing he bought in the city of Hal and bided his time, which he now thinks has come. Armenian Volunteers. A visit to the General Staff of the Armenian volunteers at Tiflis, dis- closed active preparations to raise their contingents from about 5,000 to a full division of about 15,000. Five Armenian_detachments are now serv- ing from Batum to Tabriz. ‘It is plan- ned to_unite all but one in a single body. Volunteering is proceeding briskly, having begun even before Turkey entered the war. Armenian subscriptions defray all costs and the management is in the hands of the Armenian National Bureau, in which all elements of the Armenian race are represented. Hope of emancipating Turkish Armenia has ended party dis- putes, which used to be as fierce as they were unintelligible to the out- side world. There is entire confidence in the allied armies. The outbreak of war instantly re- called the general inspectors newly created upon the initiative of Russia and it is now one of the absorbing 27, 1915 MY TIRED FEET ACHED FOR “TIZ” LET YOUR SORE, SWOLLEN, ACH- ING FEET SPREAD OUT IN A BATH OF “TiZ.” Just take your shoes off and then put those weary, shoe-crinkled, aching, burning, corn-pestered, union-tor- tured feet of yours in a “TIZ” bath. Your toes will wriggle with Jjoy: they’ll look up at you and almost talk and then they’ll take another dive in that “TIZ”" bath. ‘When your feet feel ltke lumps of lead—all tired out—just try “TIZ"” It" grand—it’s glorious. Your feet will dance with joy; also you will find all pain gone from corns, callouses and bunions. There's nothing like “TIZ." It's the only remedy that draws out all the poisonous exudations which puff up vour feet and cause foot torture, Get a 25 cent box of “TIZ” at any drug or department store—don't wait. Ah! how glad your feet get; how com- fortable your shoes feel. You can wear shoes a size smaller if you desire. OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘ ' ‘While it lasted Old Home Week was a boom to the interests that cater to travel and entertainment. One can ‘believe that the improverished Boston and Maine Railroad would welcome mightily this summer such a stimulant to mountain travel as resulted from the celebration in northern New Eng- land ten to fifteen years ago.—Provi- dence Bulletin. The children who learn the rudi- ments of music and drawing in the grammar and high schools have some- thing which adds to the pleasure and enjoyment of their lives. Their home life wil] be brighter than if they were deprived of these branches of study. They will be better and more refined citizens, of more value in the com- munities where they make their homes than if they merely had the more practical “three Rs". By all means teach music and art in the public schools.—Hartford Post. They say that the political ways with which Colonel Macdonald was identified are discredited and are pass- ing. It may be. But the more one studies such characters as his, the more he is inclined to doubt whether men with his peculiar capacity for leadership, his genius for organization, his zeal for hard work, will soon or ever cease to have their place in our system of government, or fail of their reward in position and honor. He has served well his time in his com- munity and his commonwealth, and his zeal in public affairs cannot be less than an inspiration to many men who follow him and attempt to fill his large place—New Haven Register. The United States has a feeling of decp anxiety over the outcome of the Lusitania protest. Germany must square itself with this country. The European war is getting on the nerves of the neutral as well as warring na- tions and the chances of further ca- lamities are toc great to be ignored. This country does not want war but it is in peril of being drawn into the whirlpool with the others. Germany has an opportunity to yield something and thereby demonstrate that it is not all iron but at least partly human in its aims and purposes, and here in free America the fact must ke kept always in mind that the nations ar- rayed against Germany are straining every nerve to secure the United States as their ally. The United State must beware of the entanglements laid for it by both sides. It should be calm but determined neutral untll abso- lutely forced from that position.— Torrington Register. THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographlc Society Memel is land’s end for the Ger- mans. It is the most northerly town in the empire, lying but a few miles fro mthe Russo-German border. Be- fore the war Memel was a city of con- siderable importance, a city rushed with commission business and a port whose harbor was always filled with sail and smoke columns. The port is midway upon the Baltic Sea, a port conveniently placed for trade with Stockholm, Sweden, to the north; with Riga and Petrograd, Russia, to the northeast; with Copenhagen, Denmark, to the west, and with many north German ports. It has an excellent harbor, well improved, protected by two lighthouses and by forts toward questions of the Caucasus whether England and France will not leave the determination of the fate of Armenia to Russia alone. The Armenians are consoling them- selves with the assurance that the Russian government does not want to arm Turkish Armenla, though they would be very giad if they had even vague promises held out. But the most striking of the his- torlc Armenian antinomies at this time is that, while making larger pre- paratioas to fight, the Armenian lead- ers would much prefer that there should be very little fighting in Turk- ish Armenia, as every edvance of the Russian armies would be preceded by massacres and the grant of autonomy would find the Armenian people too weak to utilize their new privileges of self-government. There are, however, words of caution against waiting for peace negotiations to drop into their laps the ripe fruits of diplomady. In any case, it is considered doubltful whether Turkey would yield more gracefully to diplomacy than to arms, It is feared she would rather repeat in the form of a reduction of their numbers, the historic argument that the Armenlans are really a negligible minority. There is believed to be dan- gerTin delay. The diplomatic chess- board is more uncertain than the mili- tary. Bven if everything should go well with the Triple Entente, it is be- lieved in the end Turkey will have to be coerced by arms and will almost certainly revenge itself on its help- less Christian subjects. Presenting FIFTY PER 15—People—15 THE GRIND . Thess i AUDITORIUM JIM BARTON, JIM HOWLAND AND STELLA FORD A Screamingly Funny Farce With Music See Jim Barton in New Impersonations of Charlie Chaplin o et i bl bt 26 Sttt o o e . 2 Reel Drama || FATHER’S MONEY ...... Comedy Shows 2:80, 7 and 8:48 Mat, 10c; Eve. 10 and 200 CENT. SYNDICATE A Captivating Chorus THE EXPOSITION GIRLS In CABARET FROLICS EVERYTHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST HALF Don’t Miss the Charlie g:dg Kiddies OMPLETE CHANGE OF PHOTOPLAYS ALSO Colonial “JARED FAIRFAX’S MILLIONS,” 2 Reels. Kalem Ruth Roland in Thrilling Girl Detective Series “BUGLE CALL” Selig Wild Animal Drama. “THE GOOD IN HIM”. LllHn “SNAKEVILLE'S BEAUTY PARLORS.” See Sophis and Slim. 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Tilsit, a_military and commercial center, is 58 miles south-southeast of Memel, while Koenigsberg, capital of East Prussia, lies 91 miles to the southwest. Memel had a well-to-do population of about 22,000 a few months ago, though now, according to despatches, it is numbered in the list of dead, charred and deserted ecities found on every battle-front where in- vaders have rolled past. A city with- out poor and without a millionaire, Membel possessed a thriving trade in transit goods, agricultural and manu- factured produce in international ex- change. Memel had a growing industry, iron foundries, shipbuilding yards, and fac- tories for the output of chemicals, ma- chinery, soap and amber ware. Its most important business, however,was its export of grains and timber. It shipped each year timber to a value of more than $5,000,000. Before all else, Memel was a grow- ing seaport. It was drawing an even greater share of the distributing busi- ness of agricultural produce from the neighboring regions of the Russian Baltic provinces, and was developing close, fruitfu! business relations with Russian Poland, handling Polish. tim- ber, grain and meats, and making headway in the competition for hand- ling the exports from the rich Polish manufacturing districts. Memel's po- sition near the farms of East Prussia, near the flelds and factories of Rus- sia’s Baltic provinces, and near the forests, farms and manufactories of Russian Poland, gave the town great promise of becoming a rich city-port. Memel, as many of the well placed cities of these northern coastlands,was a foundation of those crusaders of the middle ages, who took their way north and spread their faith among the out- lying peoples by brand and sword. It was founded by Poppo von Osterna, grand master of the Knights of the Teutonic Order, who fought the na- tives of Prussia, the Letts and the Finns through generations to bring them within the fold of the Christian church. When founded in 1252 Memel was first called New Dortmund, and later Memelburg. The advanced Christian fertress ear- Iy acquired an important’ trade, and became a member of the merchant trust, the Hanseatic League. Its place upon the borders of several unrelated peoples, however, while possessing the seme advantages as today, possessed also the same disadvantag’s. It was burned several times by hostile forces during the 18th, 14th and 15th centur- fes. After the crushing defeat admin- istered to Friederick Wilhelm IIL of Prussia by Napoleon upon the field of Jena, the German monarch retired to isolated Memel, and here in 1897 ‘the treaty which was to have such far- reaching results was concluded be- tween Great Britain and Prussia. Choice Conn. 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