Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 24, 1916, Page 4

appropriations should be justified be- fore made. National interests must have been uppermost in his mind when he saia: “I am not panic stricken or fright: 1 consider the possi- ble dangers that may confront us as a people when the Furopean war Is over with millions of trained soldiers, veterans and bankrupt treasuries throughout Burope and defenseless America, the richesy nation now on the globe with accumulated millions breught to our shores by this war, I tremble at the thought of what could happen. Armies are not created in a day. It takes six months or a year to drill men and familiarize them with the use of arms so that fhey know how to fight and defend them- selves. Otherwise they can be slaugh- tered like so many sheep.” Between pork barrel appropriations J§| ana the national defense there can be G PUPILS TO SWIM. numbér of deatha which year from drowning is 4, and it is understood how A tion s made to the ® fact that people do not to swim, it can be appre- that Supt. Beede of the New _schools has taken com- n by requiring the boys e achool to take a course in the tank of the Y. tion of schoolboys who in New Haven large when it is shown up- that three-fifths of them while resources as the result of of the many accidents which to occur on the water. as the result of the instruc- are being given they will future time know how to not mean a guarantee ¢ will not be drowned. Such i is impossible, but it does mean | by will be the better prepared if they 4o happen to figure nt on the water, be or by accident fall over- will bu able to do some- * themselves. ot too much for the protection' n life that every school.child how to swim. - It teaches ce and control and besides value it Is an excellent ex- d there is about it ought not to be able if in good health. Several W6 made it necessary that must be mastered before a s issued and the example New Haven superintendent bound to be watched by ities with much interest. ‘s ' FEDERAL TAXES, litle difference whether it or federal taxation, the 18 always one which deep- $ats the people. They are the by it and therefore there on that they should be con- ‘would be well if there was interest taken in this mat- o) McAdoo of the Y nent sends word to Kitchin, administration the lower house, that in his ' congress need mot be asked iy new forms of taxation, no question where he stands. It is the attitude of a statesman and a patriot. It is the position that every member of consress ought to take and it is not improbable that every such utterance will direct the proper at- tention to this weakness whi¢h has prevailed in the past and put a proper check upon it. NO ONE BUT HIMSELF TO BLAME Atter having penctrated'into Mexi- co almost 200 miles the United States troops who were sent in pursuit of the bandits following the raid upon Glenn Springs have been recalled. There is plenty for them to do along the bor- der, and it is probable that they were not equipped for extensive operations across the border, but it is neverthe- less an interesting statement which is made by General Obregon when he de- clares that no permission was given by the Carranza government for the crossing of. the boundary by these troops. This 1s a typical Mexican attitude and illustrates just how anxious the Carranza government is to put an end to the operations of such border out- laws. Not only has Carranza failed to cooperate with this government in seeking out Villa, but it has actually put stumbling block in the way of the punitive expedition, and _yet when other Mexicans cross into this coun- try and murder citizers and soldiers, without any effort on the part of the de facto government to prevent it, it boldly tells this country that it should not have sent troops in pursuit, that it should have left the punishment to Carranza and that there should have been no crossing of the Rio Grande until Carranza had given his consent. From the experience this country has-had with Carranza and his effort to suppress the raiders, which has amounted to nothing whatever, it is plain that little or no attention should be paid to any such statement. Car- ranza has promised to protect the border. He has failed in this and in reaking up the enemies of his gov- ernment. Had he exerted the control which he claimed the bandit opera- tions would have been prevented, but his failure to do this places the blame upon himself for the United States troops entering his republic. He is getting excited over the weakness of his own action. EDITORIAL NOTES. No one is doing so much as the weatherman to shorten the season for the summer gi This is the kind of weather that strikes ferror to the hearts of the baseball team owners. The man on the corner says: Moths can wait. Overcoats and winter flan- nels will be turned over to them later on. — A Boston report showed 36 auto- mobile accidents on Sunday-and yet this is supposed to be thé age of safe- ty first. Occasionally a tornado wipes a tofn off the map, as if to show that war is not the only destroyer of men and property. It is said a watched pot never boils, but Mexico manages to keep bubbling over with trouble for itself and others most of the time. ‘When it is reported that 38 aero- plane combats took place in one day across the water, the war in Burope -&pem to be considerably up in the al I the Oregon primary the people | the: declared for Hughes, but it appears to be the call of & self-appointed com- [mittes of friends which Roosevelt ‘Those Irish rebels who use pl English compositions, but Miss Ingle- side marks me low whenever I give my pen free play. “Well, I turned to uncle, that he would be my refuge, found him in league with aunty, for he said in his hearty way just the chap for Nell cided at once that I would pit my ‘wits against those of my elderly rel- atives, and that-youth would triumph. To give myself courage for resistance repeated to myself the vow that you and 1 have taken, to dedicate our lives to war nursing. 1 said again the sol- emn words: “The battle fields shall be my bridal’ and I looked straight at aunty, and said aloud, “What is Guy sall to me?” “‘Why, nothing yet, my dild, she answered. laughing, in a cryptic way. Do you know ‘cryptic’? ‘But I think,’ she went on, ‘youll like him very imuch and his mother is a lovely wo- man. “1 saw what she was.endeavoring to do. but I held my- peace. I would bide my time! The crisis came soon- er than 1 expected. Last night aunty and uncle went out to play bridge, and while I was making candy in the kitchen with Sarah, he cook, the door bell rapg. 1 said I would go, because she was washing the kettles. “Picture my despair when I opened the 'door and found a young man on| ds the threshold. It flashed across me at once that he was Guy Hadsall. “He gave me a strange, inquiring glance. I had on a big kitchen apron —a most fortunate dissuise. *‘Are Bir. and Mrs, Guernsey at home? he asked. 0, I murmured. nd their niece, is she in? 0’ I said firm] “Will you wplease cards * iy hands were sticky from pulling (:a,t'nd')'y but I took the cards and he left. “This morning aunty said that she and uncle were going tc take me to 2 dance at their country club, and that she was going to Buy me something very pretty to wear, because she wished me to look my best. I felt that I ouzht to refuse to accept a new gown, for it was like being dressed up for - the marriage t 1 knew hew glad I should be to have some- thing really fashionable for the next school hop, so T allowed aunty to buy me a perfectly dazzling little dancing frock. 5 X “As fate would have it, Guy Hadsall ‘was the first person we met when we stepped into the ballroom. He rush- ed -forward, looking really wonderful in evening dress—no little dinner coat like those of the boys who come to our stupid echool parties, but a real s%muxl. er to meet my niece, sald aunty, ly. give them my I see” and then she introduced us, \ “Of course my heart was palpitating fiercely. 1 didn't know what I should do if he recognized me and made some remark about last night. But he acknowledged the introduction al- most stiffly, and then he asked me if LETTERS TO THE EDITOR There Are Sheep Raisers and Sheep -~ Raisers? Mr. Editor: *"The nice letter by James B. Palmer, who is not only one of the greatest stock and sheep | breeders in America, but a humane citizen also does not in any way refute my claims of Dogs and Dogs. I should have added that there are sheep rais- ers like Mr. Palmer (whe by the way takes care of his sheep and don't lose them), and sheep raisers who have done just as I said for nearly half a century, that is, turn a lot of sheep on waste land that can hardly sup- vort mosquitoes. It has become a standing joke here, to look at once at the “killed by dogs” page of the town report to see how many hundred dollars a certain individual has received. I am not referring to 6ne town where the town reports for nmearly 50 years show an annual payment to one name, but to several towns where one name al- ays appears in the “dog kills sheep” folumn. N In one town not a dozen miles from Lisbon one man has received more than $16,000 for “sheep killed by dogs,” ke that in my|iS ‘Guy 1is|? and the entire lot of sheep were killed In speaking of dogs, 1 probably should have exempt- ed Mr. Palmer :ind his valuable sheep, 1l remains and Mr. |1 m. | ~ It's only a few years ago our cam- paign orators were howling about des- troving the sheep industry ~ The the west that they ¥ and 7 i £ gg i 4 i o gal 835, .8 £ & gg i 4 ] g g s E 8 1 ! 5 A P : E] ! R e £ i - 1 anlooflni_:ie“ When _you' hall 1ops. fo introducs some e stuay of med: cine. It will de ¥ ‘betore ay serious _attentions to ‘nere, wake your uncle, we are home.’ Studying medeine! - My soul thiill, bridal be on the battle fields you ehail ‘be my bridesmaid, and we shall both wear our Red Cross uniforms.” change. 5 Stories of the War Bulgarians Have Learned Much. The closing at Sofla recently of three of the largest military hospitals is an indication of how far removed Bul- garia is from the European war, The Saloniki front has been quiet for wecks and the attack on Aviona is a mater concerning only the Austro- Hungarians. The Bulgarian army i Testing on its arms. In a few days several other hospitals will be closed and that in charge of the Austro-Hun- garfan mission will be converted into an electro-therapeutic institute for the recovery of damaged limbs. _ Nevertheless the Bulgarian govern- ment is calling to the colors the young' men due to serve in the army. A great eal of reorganization is in. progress, cooperation ~ with the German ~and Austro-Hungarian troops having re- sulted in many a good lesson to the Bulgarian officers and general staff. Reequopment has also been under- taken; to what extent is indicated by the fact that the acquisition of /Ger- man and Austro-Hungarian motor trucks has enabled the Bulgarian gov- crament to furlough 60,000 army driv- ers and their ox teams and wagons. These men and animals are now back in their villages, tilling the soil for the spring sowing. Bulgarian officers ly admit that they have learned a great deal from the Germans and ‘Austro-Hungarians. Not a few of them show in appear- ance and bearing. Though-always ac- cepted as a good soldier, the Bulgar- ian has hardly had the opportunity to acquire the dash of his northern Dbrothers-in-arms. At present there- fore there is a general tendency to be as much like the German and Austrian as possible. This has influenced the cut of the Bulgarian officer’s uniform, and especially the shape of his cap, which formerly had a decided Russian tendericy. Such German and Austrian greetings as “servus” and “Mahlzeit” are universally used and it is fashios able now to use e German “bitte’ please—instead of its French equiva- lent, formerly applied so much. Relations between members of the three armies are the best. though in the main the Bulgarian officer takes more easily to the German _officer, principally” because the capacity for work and organization of the latter has virtually overpowered the Bul- garian. The Bulgarian is generally & cold, calculating very objective sort of mind, some. what headstrong when it comes to de- fendiag his position, but ready for all #at to take lessons to heart. This has caused him to look upon the Ger- manofficer as a teacher of quality. Saloniki is held by the Entente trops simply for the reason that an avacuation would mean more loss of prestige. Such is opinion in Sofia. The. English and French have entrenched themselves well, but driv- ing them back within the protection of (e works defending the port would be a very easy matter, say Bulgarian officers. In political ~circles it is pointed out that Bulgaria is not inter- ested in driving the Allies out of Sa- loniki, at least for the present. That phase of the Balkan war concerns but Greece, it is_argued: would be different in case the allied trops set foot upon Macedonian soil. Serbs Are Returning. Great numbers of Serbians who fled before the advancing armies of the central powers last fall and winter are returning to their former homes. Most of the returning fugitives come from districts along the Montenegrin and Alanian frontiers, over which they founa it impossible to accompany the retreating army, and most of them also_are of the urban class, as the rural Serbian popuiation for the most remained at home. e Several carloads of the returning cheerful enough at the prospect of getting back to thelr old homes. Ow- comparatively few young men have! returned. The armies of _occupatior | gedomgwm_thueummnml ° The steam plows into the couatry, and the soldiers are ev- The War A Year Ago Today ! May 24, 1915. i attacked British near § behind. six-mile oloud of movement upon Nisko individual with a| doing their part in agricultural work. The mili- tary commanders have effected a re- distribution of the country'’s livestock by requisitions in those parts not af- fected by the war, and most of the households again have a cow, some pigs and chickens. Milk and eggs can be e re. At Nish milk costs about ten centr 2 liter and eggs eighteen cents a dozen Meat is scarce ‘but d may be obtained in ‘women and children look well fed, but most of them are poorly & Several women with whom As- sociated Press 'correspondent /tatked said that they were glad the war had passed beyond Serbia’s borders. They Wanted to know when their men would return. Nome had any news of them. It was immaterial to them, they said, Wwho _governed Serbia in the future, provided there was no more war. One young woman in city dress, however, held different i and expressed them in fairly French. | OTHER VIEW POINTS Denver has abandoned its commis- sion government, after two years’ trial, and gorie back to the old mayor-and- council system. Maybe it will find that better now—and maybe it won't. The surest thing aboyt municipal govern- ment is that with the right sort of civ- ic spirit back of it. any system will work well, and with the g spirit no eystem will work well.- eroury Republican. . ‘The arrests “of drivers of ' motor vehicles which the police have recent- ly made’ show no instance of mere po- lice “activity.” In every case ihey have been justified by appearance of reckless driving. We are not hav- ing any ‘“crusade. Some recent events have attracted the attention of the police to the”necessity of enfore- ing the lJaw, and they are doing it. — New Haven Register. That there is “no success without desert” we say of ourselves: “no sor- row without sin” and-“no failure with- out fault” we reserve for others. When unfortunate we blame ‘“huck’ when fortunate we credit our owx| prudence. What miserable hypocrites Wwe are—most of all with ourselves! If 1t were not for conceit, which hides from us our defects, the world would be full of hypochondriacs. Yet van- ity has done more for the world, per- | I haps, than any other quality, Take from us the desire to win admiration, and see how little in the way of mo- tive for good deeds and seeming gen- erous impulses would be left to poor selfish humanity.—Meriden Journal. This League to Enforce Peace is the sanest step that has beem taken with the general aim in view of abolishing The nations are now realizing as never before that war is a crime against civilization. No good inter- est is ly served by war. War' e nations. There is only one reason Why nations should fight, and that is to préserve the peace of the world. After the league is formed, if there is a Turkey or a Mexico, the league can make a short work of them by giving them all the war they want in one month. Suc- i g & g i ;;E i ¥ 8 i i e B it R8 By National Geograplilc Soctety Colonia Dublan, which has suddenly loomed on the Mexican horizon, is the subject of today's war geos- raphy bulletin, issued by the National any quantity and without bread cards. The | G; which dot the cliffs of the Casas Grandes River. Not only were these caves used as places of residence, but, like the ancient Egyptians, the aboris:- ines often set aside 3 eath the concrete the latter scientists have mummies at a depth of a few Teet. Among the pecujiarities of these remains have been nofed the fact that the bodies lie on their left sides, the knees drawn up and the faces turned toward the sett =m., Whils 1o artificial means of embalming were employed, the bodles in some of these caves are in a ble state of preservation, thanks to the saltpetre in the dust. differed from that of most Indians, Dbeing slightly wavy and soft, resemb- ling a pecullar characteristic of the Moqui_tribe. “A much better grade of pottery is to be found in the ruins of the Casas Grandes valley than is manufactured Dby any of the Mexican Indians of to- day. Much of the earthenware is elaborately decorated with representa- grizzly, the silver tip and the humble bear be bagged by even the hunting bear, while mountain lons can be stalked at all deer, ante- timber to cast shadows. “Before the United States adopted the effective method of In- dian tribes to the cruel Apaches preyed constantly upon thi region, their ng‘m a Pima In- g the Apaches are known as Shis Inday (men of the woods) Revision Downward, ‘Connecticut their slogan, “Peace, son,” which deserves ‘textbooks “as an climax.—Bostor™ ‘the floor of | oa The huir of these people. HE,’ATRE BROADWAY THREE 8iG KEITH ACTS T SPECIAL FEATURE JAMES KENNEDY & CO. In the Uproarious Comedy Sketch “FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE" 7 4—PEOPLE—4 AMERICAN SCHOOL French and English Soldiers Help Fight the Flames at Saloniki. One of the most pr city which since the last is ip Greece. With its usual success e of its site and Greek boys are among its students, while officials have been very kind to head, Dr. J. H. House. ‘The board KEENAN In the Five Part Production itio Picture Two Reel K ne Comed, CONCERT ORCHESTRA 848 . ( e granwmm;mumifiam impossible half the equipment and furnishings to say nothing of personal . The. s are now sleeping in the hay mow and the others are camping in out- o Do Rl Sy ‘buildi in Innoouous Desustude. The La Foilette boom has reached the . ty_where it not oniy s t subdividing no Standard. ings. v Z ‘Before the fire was over two contri- butions of 100 francs each were hand- and friends from two military hospi- tals sent over food and blankets, 50 that no one bad to go cold or hungry. Later gifts amounting to 1,000 francs, cash, came in; and by April 20th the | Ring insurance had been adjusted, which amounted to 20,000 francs for the Duilding. This will make posible a start on Argentina has- cold winter weather, re-building, though the increased cost but little snow. Send 2¢ mpbrmupph&-fih- Dr. Lyon’s Perfect Tooth Powder or Dental Cream. L W. Lyon & Sons, Inc, ! 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