Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 2, 1917, Page 4

; [ Gorwich Bulletin and Goufies 121 YEARS OLD price T2¢ & weel; 50¢ a Suzecriptic month: $6.09 x year. Entered at the Postnffce at Norwich, @s sceond-class matter. s Felephone Calls: Bullt . Businass Oftice 4S0. Bialletin Eaitorfal Rooms $5-3. Bulletin Job Ofliics 35-2. mantis Office, 67 Church St Tne 210-2. wi Telunt " Norwich, Thursday, Aug. 2, 1917. g A i The Circulation of The Bulletin The Bulletin has. the Jargest$ circulation of any paper In Eastern Tonnecticut anA from thres to four tiines larger than that of any in Korwich. It is delivered %o over 2,000 of the 4,053 houses ‘n Nor- wich and read by nincty-three per cenl. of the peopie. in Windbam it is delivered 1w over 900 nouses, in Punam and Danfeison to over 1,100, and in all of these places it is considered the local daily. Eastern Connscticut has forty- aine towns, one hurdred and sixty- five postoffice districts, and Sixty iural free delivery routes. The Bullctin is sold in every town end on all of he R. 'F. D. routes in Eastern Connecticut. CIRCULATION average. . 1901, g & average..... July 21, 1917... 4PIISNeAEENNIEres urecenNsaNeNNINNEENNIIICRREeseeIesesIRaLERErROREREIUIINIIRSRTIY, TAKE THE BULLETIN ALONG Readers of The Bulletin leaving the city for vacation trips can have it follow them daily and t keep in touch with home affal Order through The Builetin busi- ' ness office P E——————. THE NEW OFFENSIVE. From the fact that the German mil- itary and naval forces have been making full use of the positi which they gium to promote their subma and to harrass nd appreciated portant drives taken by the to direct it am: flank with the not_only away of Belgium but their bases in we are maintained to the entente forces. Preparations to this end have been indicated for some little time-and the surmise that when the new offensjve by Field Marshall Haig was launched it would be in this direction was even shared by the enemy to e exwent that a large number of reserves and ereat man; s were massed that locality Thus the new drive could hardly t looked upon in the ure of a surprisc except so far as o time it was started was concern- ed, nd with the preparations which were made to offset it the fact that objectives of the first day were attained and in some sections progress made beyond such points, the start must be looked upon as an auspicious one. t has long been at one of the most im- iat could be under allied forces would be st the German right idea driving them from the coast towns to disiodge them from tern Belginm which the detriment nev rmany may, of course, and doubt- less will claim that no wvital points have been secured, that the advance includes only a few small villages ich are of no great importance, but must be realized that this has been forced at a point where Germany s prepared to give substantial re- nce. The very fact that it has forced back along a 20 s front for distances of two miles in some places shows the magnitude of the offensive and the artillery op- erations which preceded it. It is aim- at a point where important re- s are obtainable for if the allies force back or turn that flank of nemy they wiil deliver a master at the enemy’s lines in the been ed the stroke PUBLIC MARKETS. view of the aroused interest in production of greater crops, the being made to over- and the need of was{e through the utili- all aRailable e , along with whic of course gocs the solution cf the problem involving a better dis- tribution of products so that the grow- crs can dispose of a greater amount of zoods and those’ who can make In the efforts which ar come high ercoming zation of price) use of them can secure them. at prices within their reach, it is not surprising that increased attention is being given fo the opening of pub- ic_markets. There are of course at the present time many farmers, and peddlers who purchase their stock from truck zardeners, who take care of certain amount of this business through house house trade. There are some far- mers wio have regular customers for all seasonable products but there are a great many who complain that they cannot get rid of their vegetables and other articles raised on a farm at a compensating price, that too frequent- iy they fail to make a complete har- vest for that reason and there are in- stances where they have given up cultivating ¢heir land because they figure that someone else is getting the greater share of the benefils from tkeir labor, without the consumers getting any relief. In view of these conditions public - markets have been established where the producer can sell directly to tha consumer in central iocalities out in the open. Springfield !s the latest to adopt such a pjan. There a large vacant lot has Dbeen leased and the city has_ appropriated $3600 for the manazer and publicity agent besides other expenses for the. first year. As tryout it is to be open mornings three davs a week with accomedations provided for 100 teams. The success of the undertaking will depend upon the manner in which the producers and the consumers respond to the op- poritnity to benefit mutually and there are many communities Wwhich are bound to follow the results with keen interest. PEACE TALK AND BELGIUM. It may be that Germany and Aus- tro-Hungary think that the allied nations are so eager for peace that they will jump at the first straw, but they must realize that such is a far fetched guess if they stop to analyze the attitudes which, are taken by Great Britain and France on the other side of the water-and that taken by the United States on this. If it was possible for the beliigerent nations to get together for the open- ing of negotiations upon other fea- tures of the war, that which is taken by Germany relative to Belzium is sufficient to knock such a thing in the head. When the press of Ger- many give expression to the idea that it would be foolish to think of Ger- many giving up Belgium, that part of it is at least required in order to protect the interests and safety of Germany in the future and that there is no intention of tirning that coun- try over to Great Britain and France, it can be appreciated that peace, or even a peace conference is a long way off. This is an expression of course which comes from the German press but it can be relied upon as voicing the sentiment of the war ministry of that country. The idea of no annex- ations and no indemnities has not as vet won over the supporters of Prus- nism in that country. It,may be imed that this is but the voice of the press and not that of the govern- ment but it is a noticeable fact that the imperial government has not taken the trouble to deny the accu- racy of such expressions or that they do not reflect the feeling of that gove ernment. How Austro-Hungary feels In re- gard to that, as well as other matters is fully summed up in the statement ot Count.Czernin, the foreign minis- ter, when he declared that Germany and Austria were in full accord upon all matters, whether it concerned peace or war. The outrages which have been committed upon Belziuim will not permit the allies to leave that country, or any part of it, to the mercies of a nation like Germany MEXICAN NEUTRALITY, Whether Carranza . learns of the matter advance of its presenta- tion to him by Ambassador Fletcher on his return to Mexico City. the fact that this countr is desirous of bringing to.an end the German spy- ing and propaganda work which is bLeing carried on there against the United States and the allied nations ouzht not to be any 1pr to the president of the Mexiran republic. Just how much actual information this country bas concerning these operations in the neighboring coun- try is not revealed. Those are facts hich must of necessit; be reserved for the ear of Carranza, if the appeal is goinz to amount to anything. but thcre are good reasons for belleving that aside from what he may be told he already must be conscious of the fact that the agents of Germany are exceeding their rightp in neutral Mexico, even as they did in this coun- try fo a long pericd before this na- tion declared itself in a state of war. This country may not pecessarily feel that Carranza [ aiding and encourazing the activity of these representatives, but it cannot never- theless from entertaining the idea the Mexican government is not all it should to rid that country of such a genace or that It is insisting upon the proper respect for its neutrality. The limitations of the Mexican government are thoroughly understood but there are responsibil- ities which it must assume in respect to itself and in respect to all other nations. As.a neutral it must do its utmost to live up to its oblizations and that is what Ambassador Fletcher at the instigation of this government will endeavor to convince Carranza is not being done. Mexico is the re- fuge of German agents and leaders who had been at work in this coun- try and what ther were doing herc there are good reasons for believing they are doing in Mexico, and that is not for the gobd of that republic or in fact any nation except Germany. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner savs: Many a fellow's aim is splendid, but his record is poor because his gopd in- tentions jam in the breach. Sesmec s, Much complaint is heard about the speil of hot weather, but nothing is more bothersome than the myriads of little flies which accompany it. Those who picked the present week for their vacation can be credited with exercising good judgment except in those cases where they are sweltering away their time in some biz city. From the progress {which it has made thus far that conference com- mittes is making much better head- way with the food bill than either branch of congress which it repre- sents. How well Germany is looking out for the interests of the neutrals is shown by the sinking of five Dutch fishing vessels, and Holland, it is to be remembered furnishes much of Germany’s fish supply. Canada has said that no wheat can be sent to this country unless its grain supervisors give permission which ap- pears to be a sensible arrangement for safegnarding its own supply and su- pervising proper distribution. If the commander of the Austrian fleet is right when he says that he does not believe that the U-boats wil bring about a decision on the war, Germany is headed for a greater dis- appointment than it has as yet exper- ienced. When the government publicity bureau attempts to hold up a message which has been passe® by the cen- sor in Europe it looks as if there was not. the proper understanding on the two sides of thc Atlantic that there ousht to be. “I can’t quite make up my mind, said the girl who likes to talk. “I'm afraid I never could accomplish it in the world—but I've about decided when I'm on earth again that TI'll be a girl like my cousin Ethel.” “Is Ethel a beauty?” asked the pa- tient _listener. “Why. 1 really don't know,” said the girl who likes to talk in some amaze- ment at herself. “You see, Ethel is the scrt of girl you never stop to ¢on- sider, so far as looks go, because you are too taken up with respect for her methods of life. All that beauty is good for anyhow, is to get a woman what she wants and to make life easy for her. So if she can accomplish the same results without it. why she is to that extent all the smarter! No, I'm not cold-blooded in talking about ma- terial advantages—everybody on carth, men and women, are headed that way to a degree and you know it! Well, the way Ethel calmly smashes every truism about self-sacrifice and con- sideration for others and gets away with it would make you sit up and hold your -aching head! “What causes envy to seethe with- in me particularly is her utter disre- gard of time. Time? Ethel doesn't know how to spell the word! She never was on time in her life! When she was a baby the nurse gat around and waited for Ethel to wet ready to take her bottle, and when she went to school frantic youngsters yell- ed and shrieked at her front door for Ethel to hurry up. All the living room chairs had to be reupholstered twice in her young lady days because they he- came worn out by restless young men wiating for Ethel to get ready for the theatre or dance. “As for myself if I'm not already at the breakfast table when my family arives my father explodes at my hu-] my mother comes up- ether T am ill and the whole family is upset! The time my watch was slow and I wasn’'t ready when Ted Harbeck came for me to_go to the theatre what happened? Did he smile and say to himself: ‘Dear lit- tle girl! She can’t bother that curly head of hers over hours and minutes! and patiently read a magazine till I chose to come down, with the taxi ticking away like mad outside? I should say he didn't. Ted is going to be a captain of finance or something big and tremendous ruthless some day He just stepped to the foot of the stairs and shouted ‘Great Scott, Su- san! Whachu doing? Don't you know we're late now and the taxi's eating dollar bills with mint sauce outside this minute? Hustle up, for petes sake!” Ana I hustled so fast that I forget to powder property and wore a shiny red nose all evening meekly. iness or else stairs to ask w! f scended to hér fuming friend looking a perfect dream, sweetly smiling, and manlike ,he would have forgotten at once about the delay! ecessarily Tom couldn’t forget it all evéning. “No relative ever dreaméd of calling Ethel when a but:oa nlxlnz off = ;;fl to be sewed on in a hurry, u rgver heard the wild :nny m ‘Ethél, have you seen ly . ocket book | or laundry ll!g—qfiekf Enal probably would be manicuring her nails and peopls cosldn't wait for her to dry hér hands, disentangle her- gelf from the perfumed water, polish. buffers and files and hunt throush {three bureau drawers for her work basket—which she would discover was empty because somebody else alwavs was doing her mending and button sewing. Anyhow, if she did find a needle and thimble and thread she would come dreamily with her hand outstretehed for the button and when she was informed that the button was lost and please to get another she porbably would dissolve into tears and sob that she dldn’t seée why shée had to work so hard! It is reprehensible for Ethel's mother and sisters to mend and sew for Etheél as théy have done but it either was that or have her go around disgracing the famiiy. The the- ory of letting George do it worits splendidly if you ¢an steel yourselt to adept it! “They always give Ethel the orna- mental jobs at guild or club suppers or parties. The rest of us fly aound like distracted chickens in the hot kitchen, seeing that the biscuits are done on time and that the creamed chicken is just right, while Ethel. looking a picture, takes the tickets or converses with the guesis! We never dream of giving her anything espon- sible to do. “Nobody ever pipes up in commit- tee meecting and says confidently: ‘Oh. let Ethel handle thé planning of the dinner or arrange for the entertainers or see about ordering of invitations: Not much! We know that if we did so there would be no one fed, entér- tained or invited. muetathrecnailnsk th . “And, moreover, peopie do not east Ethel into outer darkness for her s —they go right on asking her to come patiently waiting for her to get ready to arrive and dancing aound waiting on her after she has got there. And T've concluded I'm an idiot not to be juet iike her and spare myself all un- necessary exertion!” ¥ “You couldn't do it!” declared ths patient listener. “I know I eouldn’t!” sighed the girl who l%eg to talk.—Exchange. Views of the Vigilantss WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY, By George Ade of the Vigilantes. Hazelden Farm, Brook, Ind.—If you had approached the average citizen of the United States in June, 1914, and had asked hom his sympathies lay as to the commercial warfare going on between Great Britain and Germany. the chances are that he would have shown a cold indifference and an utter lack of partisanship. As between Great Britain, recorded in all school books as our hereditary foe, and Germany, a try that eent us many of our most co amiable, industrious and useful citi- zens, the chances are that he might have expressed a good-natured desire to have Germany get the upper hand in the markets of the world. Only five years ago tle prosperous Americans who made frequent vovages t6 Kurope or the West Indies showed a marked preference for the Hamburg- American or the North German Lloyd. | You would find on one of those Ger- man boats an almost fraternal rela- tionship between the officers and the first ciass passengers. I was on a big German ship in the West Indies a few ars ago and I recall. with some shame, that we celebrated the kaiser's birthday and sent him a long cable- gram of congratulations and good wishes. Our students of music and art, our tamilies seeking the placidity of an old world atmasphere, our young docters and surgeons, have flocked to Berlin 2nd Vienna and Munich and Dresden, have adjusted themselves easily and comfortably to the German manner of living and have come home with a sincere affection for German friends. Of all languages other than English, German has been favored in bur public schools. The accepted governess for a child of wealth has been a fraulein. ‘When England subjugated the Boers our sympathies ran with the Boers, although the war was between an English-speaking people and a race re- lated to the Continental Teutons, and we got all of our war news from Brit- :sh_sources, We have had two great waves of immigration ‘from Germany. Great Britain gent to us only the Irish, and they came to increase our @istrust and dislike of the eo-called English-speak- ing_couains. - e have fraternized with the Ger- mans, emulating their glorious exam- ples as to foaming beverages and Frankfurter sausages. but we have al- ways shied at an- Englishman fresh from his own shores. What I am trying to lead up to is this rational conclusion: that in the closing days of July. 1814, there was in this country no dern.aeated racial prejudice in favor of the Anglo-Saxon ps against a resident of the German empire. To begin with, we are not an Anglo- Saxon people. We are a, composite— a melting-pot mixture. We do. not even speak the English language. ] can prove that by the literary reviews of Great Britain. Only a few alarmists and extremists ever suggested that we were in danger of a German invasion and the man who wanted to talk about thte coming European war couldn’t find anyone to talk to. Why, David Starr Jordan had demonstrated by higher mathematics and biological research that euch a calamity as a general European war was an absolute impossibility and that it was criminal folly for us to build vp an army and mavy with money that might be devoted to the strengthen of each congressman in his own dis- trict. Dr. Jordan s still running around. trving to collect the fragments of his busted theorles. He is our best authority on fishes and he proves f* every time he talks about war. All the soothing assurances of the peace lovers have come to naught. This time the cry of “Wolf!” was not a false alarm.s The unbelievable thing has happened. We are at war with our friends of yesterday. We have mdrked as an enemy every man who gives undivided allegiance to the kaiser because we know that the kaiser would, if he could, do us .ten times cver what he did te unoffending Bel- gium. In Germany it is commonly belisved that the pro-ally sentiment over here is a poisonous product, encouraged and fostered by British falsehoods. We are a simple and credulous people, avari- cious and lacking the long vision of those who would build empires and control large destinies. Is there any measura of truth in their belief that we have been misled and hoodwinked by Pritain? Now that we are in the war, can any man con- vince himself that we might have kept out of it? Should we have refused to sell munitions to the allies? Could we | vave repressed and held in check our | reeiing of gratitude to France for ser- vices rendered long ago? If we can give Etraight answers to ‘hese questions, we are doubly forti- fied for the w And if these questions suggest them- {selves to us, time and time again, it is not because we have our doubts but because the more judicially and cold- bloodedly and impartially we cross- | examine ourselves, the more evident it hecomes that we either had to go into this war or earender our charter as a free people. Two prodigious facts stcod out be- fore us at thé beginning of the strug- gle. All the sophistries and indirec- ‘ions of the diplomats, all the green hooks and blue books and white books flooding the world, ali of the libraries that will be written in explanation | and defense never can remove,or even alter these two mountainpeaks of ! truth. One fact was that Germany de- liberately forced the war because it seemed that the fortunate day had arrived when the continent of Europe jcould be pounded into submission. The other fact was that Germany | Aeliberately broke her word of honor !and outlawed herself by the brutal in- vasion of Belgium. ‘With these two facts looming in front of ‘them, the American people immediately and instinctively turned zgainst Germanv. Our syvmpathies were given whole-heartedly to the al- lies because they couldn’t go haywhere else. The issues were too plain. The evidence was too unmistakable. Great Britain and France did not lead us. We were led by an old-fashioned and elemental preferance for decency and tair play. After that we sold food and muni- tions to the enemies of Germany. The Germans have always insisted upon their right to sell guns and shelis anywhere in the world at any time. Our soldiers in th: Spanish-American war were killed by German bullets fired from German guns. Every Fili- pino insurrecto hiding in ambush to set one of our men carried a German weapon that had been smuggled to kim. We had a rizht to =zell our products to Great Britain and France. And now, thank goodness, we can say open- Iy what we have felt all the time, that it_was our duty to supply them. With nalf of the world on fife, a zood many dark places are being il- Inminated. This war has vindicated Fritish policies and crowned France with a glory that never can perish. Germany with all of her cleverness, foresightedness and preparedness for any contingency has persistently biun- dered in her guessing as to other na- tions. Germany played every othe; country in the world for either a fool er a coward. France could not long 1esist because her army was disor- zanized_and her people lacked herole rber. Belgium would vicid if it saw an invincible army crossing the fron- tier. Great Pritain dared not come in. If she did. Ireland would rebel. Egvpt would uprise, there would be civil war i India, the Boers would fight for Germany, and Canada might be seized by the United States. Russla was to be bamboozled and corrupted. The Balkan states were to be had for the picking. The qualities which enable a people to wage war successfully—tenacity, abedfence to superiors, unfaltering lovaity, the willing spirit of sacrifice. the ability to husband resources and concentrate energies—these were not to be found anywhere except in Ger- many. The disappointment of Germany has teen the triumph of democracy. We find the Tondon cockney fighting alongside of the Canadian, the New Zealander, the Arab from Soudan, the Irishman from Ceork, Sikhs and Ghour- kas from India, and Boer Dutchmen from South _Africa. Which means that Great Britain is on the square. We know that France is on the square and we have a very definite suspicion that we are trying to be on the. square. There isn’'t a reasonablé doubt on the horizon. We are lined up with the friends of humanity against the arch- devils of despotism. If the Lusitania had not been sunk; it our men, women and children had not been murdered: if gur flag had not been fired upon; if had not re- ceived insolent orders to tie our ships to the docks; if spies and agents had Store W TODAY AND INTHEM not blown up our fadtories; if Mexico and Japan had net been urged to at- waek us; if Germany had mever stiuck vs in the face, even once—we would belong in this War just the same, and duty would call us 16 do the Very work we arfe taking up today. THE WAR PRIMER 8y National Geographic Society: | Georgians of Transcaucasia—The news that a political part! in Transcaucasian Georgia has started a movement for thé autonomy of this district of Russia brings into the focus of world interest ofie of the most his- toric divisions of the great Slav em- pire,” says a war geography bulietin issued by the National Geographic so- ciety. “There are perhaps 4,859,000 Georgi- ans in the Causaus région, comprising fully one-half the popuiation. They are the great aristocrats of the coun- try, and with eve reason for their| pride in ancestry. Some ethnologists hold that they are a more ancient race than the Egyptians, while their own legends declare that they are the dg- scendants of Thargamos, great-grand- son of Japheth, son of Noah. Other | traditions trace theéir origin to the | Egvptian &c.diers of Sesostris who are supposed to have reached this region and intermarried with the aborigheés. Still another legend savs that some of the Crusaders, bécoming 16st in the mountain wilds, have left their im- | prbm upon the handsome ‘Geéorgians of | today. “The Georgian women have been famous for centuries as the foremost AT NOON DO YOUR SHOPPING te lavhaltan 121-125 MAIN STREET ill Close TOMORROW ORNING pilot a personally conducted party.— Bristol Press. i % 3 — Automobile dfivers who are sonviot- ed on charges of intoxication probably will criticise the new ruking of the highway commissidner of Massashu- setts. Hereafter &uch offendera must present certificates from reaponsible emplovers showing that total absti- nence from Alcoholic Afinks has besn practiced & year. Licenses will Aot bs restored without coRvineing 1ndorse- ments of conduct. The fuld is net t60 severe—the driver who mixes Fum and gesoline can well be spared from the public roads—Providence Bullgtin. One of the great alleviations of camp life is reading matter of an interesting sort. Magazifie litérature as it is writ- ten and illustrated today furilishes perhaps the best typeé of that pabulum. Bave Your old magazines, put a one- cent stamp on each regardiess of weight, and drop it into a letter or package box and the United States will do the rest. The post office people will forward it to the distributing cen- tér, where it will bé gathered with oth- ers and then sent to the camp where it i8 assigned with the quota of th: whole that belongs to that particular place. In this way your old magazins or your old novel which would ordi- natily go into the waste and be lost for all further use, may be made (o do some soldier a heap of good when he needs some reasonable recreatisn. This i& Postmastér General Burleson's plan and it seems a gosd one.—Bridgéport Standard-American. A study of wages and prices since 1850 Is very interesting At this time. Prices declined steadily from the elose of the civil war until 1897 since whith time they have steadily advanced. The nacessities of life which could be purchased for $1 in 1850 cost $2.50 “In the Valley of Death A Stirsing Western Drama in Three program will b Weoh at 2:3) and all D THEATRE "TODAY AND TONIGHT EMMY WEHLEN in ““The Duchess of Douht” B Holmes Travelogue Black Diamond Comedy COMING FRI. AND SAT. EARLE WILLIAMS and + DOROTHY KELLY in THE MAELSTROM GEN. PERSMING IN FRANCE With FI"M Contingent of America's xp! editionary Force. FEATURE EXTRAORDINARY MARGUERITE CLARK THE FAMOUS STAR IN Miss George Washington 8 _Ast _Humorsus Phetopla First Screen App of Harrison Fisher Beauty OLIVE THOMAS in MADCAP MADGE Five Resls of Roguish Bubbling Joy REEL LIFE ........ " CONGERT ORGHESTAA Always New beauties of the néar east and the men | A% the cloe of the civil wal; dropped|one jemon and siice fn haif anorr natural slenderness of their waists During this time wages in dollars [#irup and ccok until the m te mueh accentuated by the custom of |12Ve shown a zrr\du{‘ll but continuallger and transparént. Remove e wearing their be'ts so tight that the ‘3‘1"‘:“52""};:‘5';&?‘“;-““, h'lm:;’ who E9t | aitie from the stove and allow o use of their leg8 Is hampered, glving |5 MY (8 (00 G0N Kets, §8 50 tents to cool. Aftey cooling, arrang a pecuharT jerky character o ;'r;e_s: are turned into commodities, we find | pléces of Find attractively In thé jars T e e licace complexions, small |that the Masses get no more today fWith siices of lemen and a > S h A M e ]"k e which | than they did twenty-five yvears ago. |hot sirip of medium heavy de hands, and Ao A ke back. and | The wages in comimodities, liRe the | Partially tighten tops of . ] f’;"‘e-"}s e e e enially | wases in money. gradually increased |ilize for forty minutes in I e N atass, nre much aaaietes |Trom 1860 to 1590. Bince 1800, although | ter. Remove jars, tizhten o A he fery wines produced in . the | 3RS In money have increased large- | place to cool cool in place e from O et Issad that the regu ar | 1Y Y6t when turned Info eommodities | draughts Cuntry, AR It L I N a1 | these wages show no increase what-| Ginvefed Watermolon Rind—f Porcr ubed to Do & haif gAllon of tnis |oVer—New Haven Times-Leader. |ceed as for prescrees until the rind I overs 7e aimost unknown| FEmotions ran high with many of s 1 o T f among the Georgians themselves, there |Our Jeople Saturday as with mingled | o\ 00, G508l et 6 s a f w are highwaymen in the mountaln fast- | sentiments of pride sadness apprecia- | 81 ®90E7 OF FECT, (0 7 01 ' nesses who make it extremely unpleas- | tion. patriotism and affection they wit- | 181, Make 4 medium, ant for unprotected travelers inas.|NesSed the departure of several units |2, PORRC UG 0 00 7 i much as the bandits have a habit not|0f New Haven and Connecticut boys o0 WHAEE S5 2 e only of depriving their victims of their (for the life that s to lead them to[ S0 "¥ 00 hours, « t valuabies but of thelr clothes as well |the stern duties o6f over-seas warfare. | R0 T0 BYAES, B8 DT PTG nd there are said to be numerous in. | These young men have vyouth and | CRFPLT 0l o] ances where parties of men and health sirergth and High spirit. pos- | “"Yp O Fo NG e 1 women traveling in coaches have been |S¢ssions that dlone make life Jovous, |, of o0 000 200y re . ordered at Ppistol's point to divest|3nd these they have pledged to the | po, ST T8 o S0 LU L themselves of all raiment and been |Service of their country and to that | G S gt0n SO NGie o0 Ll forced to make their way to the near- ;’:‘r‘,;’"r::;“e'{"fn:r At i\:h’;l‘!l e N world. As they marched out Saturday Readers of “The home of the Georgians is a region of many tongues, the priests declaring that it was in this land that the Tower of Babel was begun. They speak of it as the Babylonian Steeple. Even in the days of the Roman re- public the language difficultiss of the region were notorious. and Piny, quoting Timosthenes, says that there were 300 tongues spoken in Colchis, necessitating the employment of 130 interpreters by the Roman adminis- trators. “Just as Ensgland had a Golden Age under Elizabeth, Austria r Maria Theresa, and Russia under Catherine the Creat, the Georgians enjoyed thgir #reatest culture and prosperity durthg the reign of a man—Queen Thamara (1184-1212). This gifted sovereign married 4 Russian prince and thus initiated the Muscovite country’s inter- est in Gergian affairs. an interest which culminated in the last year of the 1Sth céntury when George XIIT resigned his throne in favor of Tsar Paul. Three vears later (1802) Tsar Alexander pro- claimed Georzia a Russian province. Prior to this conclusion to Georgia's national existence, however, the coun- try had been subdivided and at one time as many as 28 princelings were ruling simutaneously. Today the title of prince is very common throughout the land, and this fact has given_rise to a jocular saying among the Rus- sians that ‘every man among the Geor- gians is a prince.’ “For many years the Georglans sesmed to be quite content under their new masters in St. Petersburg, and the elder Dumas testified to the fact that ‘the Georgian is a light-hearted slave, gay even in servitude. In more recent times, however, the people have manifested a certaln restiessness and the Georgian papers have been foster- ing old traditions and encouraging all movements to break away from Rus- sianizing influences. This tendency has been quickened from time to time by the shortsighted policy of the tsar's representatives who éndeavored to sup- prese the natural exuberance of the people, as, for example, the Georgian's delight in singing while working in the fields. This particular restriction wge soon abandoned, however, for it was discovered that wit® the imposition of lflemde upon the laborers all work gzed. OTHER VIEW POINTS How many members of Congress have an interest in a coal mine? It is a fair question. Otherwise - the sulking of that body, its refusal to pass the legislation required to give protection, cannot be accounted for As they delay and talk and muddle the price -of coal advances and the householder is heavily embarrassed and handicapped. We lllgest that when a considerable number of the membera of Congress take a vacation they go to Beriln. They would be in a congenial place there. Mann might there was a scene none of us will ever forget. We rejoice with these young men in their enthusiasm for service. It i3 oné of .the highest and finest emo- tions of life. We appreciate their spir- it of ready sacrifice and our hearts and hopss g6 with them. We are roud because we know that men m other parts of this ecountry and from other lands will find them Amer- feans alwayvs, worthy heirs to those who bave gone before fghting to |establish and maintain in_this land what they go to_make impregnable in all the world—New Haven Union. There is no satisfactory way In which rejected men who have offered their services to Uncle Sam can he labelled. That is, there is no safe way of decorating thése men with buttons or flags or any other insiznia which lcannot be copied by those stackers who mfght wish to use bogus Adupli- cates. Suggestions are now going the rounds. It is said that the United States government should provide gome sort of badge to be worn by év- ery man who has been rejeéted by the exemption boards. This would be n Badge of honor, a badge of faith. 1t would show that the man had perform- ed his duty under the law and présent- ed.himself for examinations. It would prove to his friends and compatriots that he had not been guilty of the slacker's sin. There is one big obstacle in the way. If such buttons or badges were handed out by the federal government they would at first be given only to thoss called in the first draft. Thousana even millions. of other men register. but not called would have no mark to distinguish them from the slackers. Common sense. as usual, will have to perform its duty in all such cases. There i8 no need of badges or buitong to determiné patriotic American eciti- zens.—New Britain Herald, CANNING LESSONS Watermelon, Take advantage ofthe low pries of watermelons and make your preserved gingered rind now, says today's bul- letin from the National Emergeney Food Garden Commisztion, which is cooperating with this newspaper in ils country-wide food conservation cam- paign. To preserve watermelon rind, take two pounds of rind after the peel and the pink part has been removed, cut it into squares and soak over night in a solution of two ounces full strength limewater ndded to a gailon of pure water. (This full strenzth lime water may be purchased at an drug store). The next morning soa the rind in clear water, drain well and lace for ten minutes in rapidly boil- fli water. e & sirup of six cups suzar t three auarts water. Add the juice of THE BULLETIN By sending this ccupon to the National Emergeney Food Garden Commission, 210 Maryland Bidg., Washington D. C., with a two cent stamp to pay post age a canning and drying manual free of charge. All you have to do is fill out the space and cnclose the two cent stamp for portage. These are twelve pape manuals, fully il lustrated and are sert out in operation with this paper as a part of the personal service we at all tiries aim to give our readers. Name .. Street City State STORIES OF THE WAR Grief Stricken at Shipbuilding Activ ity, 5 (Corréspondence of The Associa Press.) A German submarine came som what mysteriously to grief a few weeks 6go on the rocks fust outside the harbor of Sunderland, Engia According to naval men, the aceident was probably due to fa machinery. But the people of ¢erland, ptoud of the progress Lk Little port has made in the mer shipbuilding industry, declare that poor U-boat dled of a broken heart because it saw ®o many standard ships” in process of complet the estuary. Standard cargo ships, singly $ paire, In threes, or fours, occu ire alo n rossible berth along the rifgr f every conceivable isort of position, There are grain boats, oil boats, re irigeratot boats, and general ca boats, but all built to one design Plates from any one of them mix be taken off and riveted to ~ey snd even_the engines are of wtand design and might be transferred fr one boat to another withont tr The amount of jabor now at w on these ships is numerically equ lent to sémething over an army Thousands of the workmen are ‘¢ old for the front, thousands of tre too woung, and there are thous ands of ‘Women as well. All feel however, $hat they are “In the war and the Bpirit of the Alstrict in exXpreseed by a great painted sign on the (sidé of ome of the half-completed * ed there as a. welcome to o on the occasion of his re- cent visit, “We will deliver the ahips.”