Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 28, 1918, Page 4

MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- x entitled to the use for republica- of all news despatehes credit- to it or not otherwise eredit- ed in this paper and also the locat news published herein. republieation of herein are also “Right s More Precious than Peage” SEE——— AT THE TURNING POINT. After a week of the hardest kind of fighting, where little or no copsidera- tion has been gjven to the sacrifices made and most of the territory which was abandoned by Hindemburg Jlast year has been recovered. everything points to the fact that the force of' the German drive has been spent and that the fresh reserves| of the British +anpd French which they have per- sistently kept out of the fighting are being brought up for the expected counter attacks, ‘Without deubt the German offensive has thus proved to he a failure. The L ! object thereof as worked out by Fleld Marshal Hindenburg and his subordi- mates wos to break through the Brit- ish line and separate the armies of .| Pield Marshal Haig from those of the French commander-in-chief, and by ] i | pushing on to Amiens, an jmportant railroad center, get into a position not | only to strike at the morth coast of France but to move onto Paris from ! 8 pew angle. In spite of all the men which were browght up for this assault, the artil- ! Jery and other preparations, they haye | not succeeded. They have been able o pend the allied line and in six days push it back o distance of 24 miles, f'"" the front remains intact. N where have they been able to zet * | through and nowhere have they rout- ! ed the allies. On the other hand | where the Teutonic forces have been by the great losses which sustained and the distance gone, the allles, in accord- the strategy of their com- nders, are in a position to admin- ister a refurn blow which bids fair to greatly offset all that has been gained by the enemy. With the opening of the counter attacks the British and French are due for their innings. TO WIN WE MUST PREPARE, Much attention must have been given to the recommendations which Dave been made to the senate mili- il Jary committee by General Wood be- Fause of the kmowledge which ho is ! Yecognized as possessing regarding Fuch matters and because of his bet- | ger understanding of the situation as %) the result of his recent visit to the i battlefields in Europe. * Gemeral Wood has long besn an ad. | Wocate of universal military training, i\ Delleving that it is a preparation i Swhich is of vital importance to the 'l Bafety of the nation and the mainte- e of peace once it is established, § is in Burope in regard to mili- power and with no small jdea as strength and determination of emy he believes that this coun- not be doing its part untii it army of two and & half millien Burope and an equal number ler training in this country, Such army it must be realized is not when the size of this country is into consideration and it is ree- have already with smaller pvp-hfl'::: put a much greater number of men the fleld. The whole point of-General Wood's that if we are going into this conflict to win, and that certainly is our object, we must make adequate TR such an army is actually keep the enemy from our ‘befere calling out that number men, and it i§ of especial import. at this very time when congress is delaying its action regarding the . which is called for and needed in the draft about to be made, If there are obstacles to be removed we ghould set about thelr remov: pil rea T e SRR BE AR IABEL 35T AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT. A most unfortunate situation has in connection with the food shortage, and the part Australia can take in aiding the standing €an be reaghed recarding that the better it will be for all con- cerned, HOLLAND, AND GERMAN PROPA- GANPA. Excellent foundation exists for the, belief that the criticism which has thing?” {that she missed Dbeen indulged in in Holland as the re-jfully! sult of the taking of Dutch shipping the United States bas been inspired | 2PN B Jy German propaganda and a lack of understanding of the position which has beep taken by this country. “This is evidenced by the statements which come from The Hague to the effect that the feeling is subsiding and that @ sane and sensible view of the matter is being taken by the people of that country following a change to study the steiement which President Wilson has made_in regard to the ae- tion of this country. Germany of eourse dig its utmost to poison the minds of the Duich rela- tive to the commandeering of its ships. It even went so far as to threaten Holland with reprisals because it had been playing into the hands of the allies and if the reports are true it is soing to shut off all coal o Holland the first of the mopth beeapse its ships have been taken, even though Hotland was not a party to any agree- ment. Germany was doing its utmost te feather its own nest and it would of \course ifke nothing better than te have Holland, in spite of ali the hard- ships which it has inflieted upon it, desert from fits meutral position and take a stand which woul be openly fayorable to the central powers. The changeq attitude of the Duteh makes it evident thet they are not going to be heodwinked by any such false representation. They naturally want to retain their vessels, but now that they realize the conditions under which they have been taken they can- not fail to appreciate that it is by far preferable to their destruction with- out recompense by the Germans. They are getting away from the influence of the Teutonic propagands gas. EDITORIAL NOTES. Hindenburg eonsiders that the thing is over, but be is due to find out that what has taken place is simply a cur- tain raiser. From the experience which it is hay- ing with explosions New Jersey thor- oughly understands what jt means to be well shaken. - e —— The one thing that the allles regret in connection with the pregent offen- sive is that the kaiser isn't leading in- stead of backing it. The man on the corper says: Re- gardless of the daylisht saving bill the alarm eloek will be found to be just as necessary as ever. — The fact that Trotaky has loeated in Petrograd to prevent the Gérmans from taking it may furnish the reason for believing that it is likely to fall at any hour. It must make Dame Nature smile to think that it has taken this country 80 long to realize the importance of taking advantage of her offerings in the way of daylight, After all the trouble that was ex- perienced getting salt during the win- ter everyone will be glad to learn that there was an increase of 500,000 tons during the past year, A thinking machine company has been chartered in Massachusetts, and if its product is on the safe and sane Dbesis it ought to be swamped with business from the start. Not being wiling to bear it all him. eelf, Kaiger Wilhelm is displaying his wilingness to share the responsibil. ity for the terrible slaughter on the western front with God. It is gratifying to learn that Nor- wich is to be put in communication with New York by boat again, Every possible aid needs to be given to transportation these days. The information that American troops are fighting shoulder to shoul- der with the British and French sim- ply confirms the belief that they will be found doing their part. ———— Berlin speaks in high terms of the condugt of the German troops. We dare say that when it comes to gal- lant pets they have not outdistanced those who have been attacked. Spain took mo chanees with the submarine that came into its harbor for repairs. Profiting by past experi- ence it not only interns the crew but it removes the U-boat's propeller. The right spirit is being shown by those whe are even new stepping up and purchasing their bonds of the third Libeyty loan. An early start is always advisable in such a matter. s s b R The eensor ought to have been put to work on those glowing stories gbout the great success of the Liberty me- tors before they were put forth only t0 be knocked out by actual tryouts, ‘We apparently started out too op- pro- General Wood, just back from Tu- rope, has made some pointed recom- what he is talking about and his sug- should not be comsidered in- and paused, Phemy carefully brushed a pieee of lint from his choulderh inal his belongings when jt js her du and the poor boob generally believes her. Little he recks of the days when; ifforier drawers will be crammed with his socks, ail undarned, with his underwear enfirely guiitless of but- tops——" “You've found exactly one button off in five months!” declared his wife hotly. “Leaye e ‘alope!' Youre talking about Buj ia, and 1 must say you might find something better o do then spy om the poor girl! I thought when you couldn’t sit on the i ibelongea to six elabs, owned one dozen !the sort of girls to have’ this man it's no sign she's marry him! She's been engaged before!” “It’s the best thing she does,” A:!;:g her halr down the tall, lank when a girl besins doing e ears to hide those funny little wrinkles which start om her neck at that p;!lnt, qge %fl apt ‘hm% a serious turn of mind, Euphem idled along with every variety of beau known to | eollec; senti- mental fhe heroie, the arstic, the prosaic, and whi all always feel g& chasice in not nail- Cadwailader X. Coesus—yes, 1 know you always told me his pame was_Henry Jones, but Tll bet it was a mistake. that fellow was '3 dead He was a This chap looks as though he him. She was cgrrying home a loaf of bread, too.” “Well, what on eartb—" » 4 the tall, lank 't you hear during treir walk, “Oh, my goodmess! 1 nearly forgot there is’t a scrap of bread in the Bonuse!’ ‘Dear, domestie little creature! thinks the Infatvated man. ‘That’s| Where is the paper that 1 may read the ads esrefully and see what our set is buy- ing mowadays for wedding presents? 1 have suck a deep interesi in Eu- phemia 1 want to give her something niee, something for about $2.50— “You needn’t bother” said his wife. “Her mother says Phemy js truly en- gaged to an army officer and is going to marry him the minute he .is or- dereR abroad und gets leave to come home!"" “Ob, ‘eck!” said the tall, lank householder. “You and Phemy just make me good and tired! You're too smart, both of you'”—Exchange. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sheep Raising. . Mr, Editor: In your issue of March 6, 1918, is an article, entitled, Chance For Sheep in Connecticut. B. E. Moore and Mazjor Samuel Russelj, Jr., chaiyman of the department of live- stoei of Connecticut, seem t6 think dogs are responsible for the decrease in the number of sheep, cattle and hogs in this state. There is no doubt that dogs do kill sheep. Those people who have gathered statistics on the subject say that dogs kill less thap one per cent. of the sheep. Let us re- member every one of these sneep so killed are paiq for at what is consid- ered a fair price, and also that & sood many are paid for that are missing which are afterwards recoyered by the owners, Sheep are also sold for meat in the state. If we look closely imio the matter we will find one of two sheepraisers in eaeh town lose most of their sheep by dogs and bring in a bill to the town every year for sheep damage, while the other sheep raisers of the town never seem to have any killed by dogs: these latter ones look after their sheep and take of them, Where sheép are raised successfully which is in the west they have a man with the sheep, night and day, These sheep are not onlv menaced by dogs, but also bears, mountain lions, wild- cats, wolves and coyotes. It is my opinion that if the town did not' pay damages. for sheep killed by dogs that it would reduce the number killed from one-third to one-half as the sheep owners would take better care of their sheep. The farmer who really has his dogs killed by sheep should be g:hl for them I think. Let us remember that dog owners pay to the government of the state approximately $110,000 for which they have the privilege of letting their dogs run, providing they have on a coliar and tag, If we dog owners are obligea to keep our dogs on our own premises or. on leash of course we will not pay any dog tax. This agitation against dogs is caused more by dog- steck are raised in the rural districts we will find that Mr, Moore and Mr. Russell have not mentioned some facts that have a very important bearing on_the raising of livestock. ‘When we go in the country you will find many abandoned farms and mill sites, with buildings rotting down of no value whatever, Take the town of Canterbury for examnle, In the year 1500 there was a population here of 2500 people ard was a thriving town; with many kinds of industries, while at present the population numbers about 800, a decrease of two-third cap this be laid to dogs? Ts it reasonable to expect that tiiese 800 people with their land grown up to brush, briars and timber to raise 28 many sheep, cattle and hogs as 2500 people with their farms under a high state of cultivation? If we look a iittle farther we will find that farms that would sell in those days for $3000 to $10,000 at auction would at present sell in the same way bring from $300 to §1000. Can it be that dogs have also caused this slump in valuation? I think the trouble is rural poli- tics, ‘We have been overrepresented, the briber and bribetaker in years gone by have done their deadly work, as pointed out by Senator McLean, and have ruined not only the sheep and ivestock industries, but all others as well. To better the situation, let us not put any more fool iaws on ‘the statute books. but make some good constructive laws that will buila up these rural districts, and make farm- ing profitable. Btop taxing all live- stock and fowls, alse musical instru- ments, hooks and let the government stop robbing o man as scon as he puts his foot in the state, by repealing the personal tax law, taxing a person's money that 1s invested in another state; in mortgages and.banks, Re- form eur way of soliciting jurors for duty and let the people elect the judges instead of having them ap- pointed by the governor, Redistrict our representation in the general as- sembiy and cut out about 250 of our representatives. 1f this is done it would raise the property values and put millions of dollars in the rural districts of the state, and we would hear mueh less about dogs and sheep and the farmers could afford to keep more livestack." AWES, H W H Canterbury, March 25, 1918, P Ne Faith in Germany. Torpedoing hospital ships has ke- come so well recognized a part of Germany’s naval policy that it is! folly to put any faith in' its assur- ances. Hospital ships ehould be given the same full protection in all ¢ircumstances as transports—New York World. \ Fear of is one reason some e 20 of Bt MEN WHO CAME BACK In The Fight at Cambrai. Copyrighted by the British-Canadian | Recruiting Mission. ! By Sergt. Major Gillingham, First| Battalion, ~ Canadian _Expeditionary | Force, and Comment by Lieut. J. 3 | Donasldson, of the Great Falls, Mont, B.C, R N [Serst. Gillingham was machine gun operator in the aerial service with the Line troops. He was wounded twice, His -brother, Sergt. C. J. Gillingham was wounded in the second battle of Ypres and is also assigned to_re- cruiting service. The Gillingham boys have a great record. It started when war was declared in Canada at mid- night, Aug. 4, 1914 Harly the next morning the two—then 16 and 17 years of age—went to the recruiting office and enlisted. They went home, not daring to mention their action to their mother Who was a widow. When they sat down to lunch their mother gaid: “Boys, our country is at war. I think you know your duty.” Then they told her. Sergt. Roger Gillingham describes a little of his experience in the ten-days fight at_Cambrai; How I am alive I do not know. It all seems like a dream. On one oc- casion I was blown from the firestep up on the parapet, and I was covered with mud a score of times from shells exploding near me. The first day of the attack we walked over the Ger- mans and killed them like sheep, They put up no resistance, put efter three days they came at us in droves and we mowed them down like corn. When they counter-attacked their artillery fire was hot—too hot, in fact, for our liking. I was with the Lewis guns, and as I was Number One on the gun it was my mplace to fire, Sometimes I got very tired of firing, then there is the exciting part of However, the reason is not Ppleasant, The Hindenburg line was a marvel: the dugouts and firesteps are really works of art. We took a large num- ber of prisoners who were well pro- vided with foods and plenty of clothes, but they lacked the spirit of the Brit- ish soldier which always is there. Just think of it! One thin line of us at- tacked Fritz’s four and took them and held them. But we paid dearly for that holding, ’ Lieut, J. M. Donaldson of the Great| Falls Depot says: “We walked over them and killed them like eheep,” is Just another repetition of the old story. The German is a valiant fizht- er just as long as he had barbed wire in ‘front of him for protection. Let him see his wire going and his fight- ing courage oozes out of him with it. The sight of cold steel is one which the Hun does not like. Time after time I have seen them jump out of their trenches when our lines came charging through their wire, throw up their hands and eall “Mercy, Kama- rad!” They would run for our trenches as /fast as they could to keep us from sticking them. As Serst. Gillinshah says, they are, A \whole lot like sheep, Man for man they cannot be compared to the soldier of the Allies, ] STORIES OF THE WAR Reconstructing Devasted Villages. (Associated Press Correspondence.) How difficult is the task of recon- structing the districts devastated by the Germans during their retreat of last March is demonstrated by the fact that of the 19,000 houses destroyed and 3,500 damaged in the department of the Somme only 350 have been recon- structed during the ten months since elapsed. Approximately the same state of affairs prevails in the Gepartment of the Oise. To provide for the immediate wants of the population, however, 1,500 por- table houses have been erected in the omme and it is estimated that an average of 200 more can be put up each month. Every kind of labor available is em- ployed in the work, and in the midst of the heaps of bricks and stones may be met squads of soldiors, gangs of workmen connected with the Depart- ment of Roads and Bridges, and pris- oners of war, alihough the latter are always engaged at a distance of at least 20 miles from the firing line. Among all these working forces are seen representatives of French, Ameri-~ multimition- t isi "| Woman Served With Serbian Army. women the American ish society known as ‘ounded Emergency Fund. :vhm el ng at - emseives or Zangs of cmhbm'w M'flley had of to enter the war Zome for the DuFpOse 0f eATTying ont this yery work, The first thing done, in each de- stroyed is to erect or repair a small number of houses and bui:’fllm the much glso has to be breught from rear and for ties transport. Great efforts have been made to put the n under cultivation. This ! is progressing satisfactorily with the help of gifts of agricultural imple- n the farmers in the uired either vy gift or purchase 800 cows, 500 horses, 40 bulls, 785 sheep and a few hogs, chickens and sheep-dogs, so that although much remains to be done, the work of re- construction js under way. Anti- Semetic Agitation. The Jewish Cerrespondence Bureau at The Hague reports that the anti- Semite agitation in the Po¥ish papers is assuming forms ‘which were for- merly possible only in reactionary Russia.” The agitation, it is stated, is directed especially against the sale of land to the Jews. Newspapers are publishing the names of those who have been guilty of such a crime,” ‘The bureau prints from an extract from an article in the Lemberg Tage- blatt describing as pitiable the plight of the Jews living at Belz in Galacia. The Jews, it says, are obliged to live in hoyses litile better than ruins. One of them collapsed during a storm on_January 16, killing ten persons, The food ticket system, it adds, i another source of bardship to the Jews. In some Galacian towns a Jew gets only forty ounces of rye our per week while others get four pounds. The same diserimination against them is shown in the distribution of coal| and salt. “If this wrong be nat soon stopped " the paper declares, “the Jews will die of hunger.” | (Cerrespondence of The Associated Press): i Sergeant-Major Flora Sandes, an! Irish woman who for two years has| been serving with the gallant Serbian | Army, is now in London on leave of absence for a few wee “In August, 1914, 1 went to Serbia as a npurse’’ she said, when asked to tell something of her war experi- ences. “After the terrible retreat in| which I took part I joined the Regi- mental Ambulance. ~When cut off| from that I ebtained permission to, join the Serbian Army as a private.! “For two years I was in the lhicki of most of the fighting. At the the taking of Hill 1212 (Macedonian front) a hand grenade exploded near me and I fell badly wounded. My company which was our main body was out .numbered by the Bulgarians, but they refused to fall back when ordered to do £o, de- claring they. would not leave me to the mercy of the enemy. “While I was being dragged off to safety throught the smow they re- mained behind, fighting a rearguard action. The nest day our troops at- tacked and drove the Bulgarians out of their trenches. In them they found the dead bodies of a number of our men, each ome with his throat cut from, ear to ear. That is the fa- vorite methed of disposing of prison- ers.” It was “aftér the eapture of Hill 1212 that the Irish Amazon while lying in hospital was awarded by the Serbian Crown Prince the Kara- George decoration which is the Sbrb- ian equivalent of the British Victoria Cross, ' Three other decorations he | has_received for bravery in the field. (Correspondence of the Associated Press): General Grossetti, who has just died in Paris of illness contracted in Salonika, was ope of the heroes of the battle of the Marne, and is the hero of many odd anecdotes told by the French veterans of that strugle, Here is one of them: Grossett, who was very stout on one oceasion found his men waver- ing. “But if you men retire” said this the military euthori- | 7 Produced by has been a difficult task but the work || THE WHARTONS able socleties and || | merely: jthree months. iThe compliance with the request is in adyance #f|; {surely must t |have resulted in the raising of sev- | | / KING BAGGOT and MARGUERITE SNOW A" powerful, poteat picturization of facts BREED' THEATRE, April 1 and 2 7 2o EAGIES EYE his line, “what will become of me, T am top fat to keep up with you, I must sit down.” g So a camp-stool was brought, and he sat down in the middle of the road under German shell-fire and groansd about his stoutness, which pre- yenied him from moving. Soldiers in retreat passed down the road. “Where are you going, my echil- dren?” the General called out, still sitting en his camp stool among the bursting shells. "Look here, you can’t leave your general like thi He is much toe fat and blown to fol- low you.” The men stopped, surprised, looked at the fat General on the camp stool, shouted “Vive le General!” and went back to fight. Later when a staff officer from headquarters came to inquire whether Grosgetti’s division was holding its ground, he found the General sitting on his camp stool, and the report he sent back to headquarters was “Grossett! begs to inform the staff that he is too fat to retire.” OTHER VIEW POINTS | The Connecticut brewers have ac- quiesced in the request jof the Na- tional Food administration to re- duce their brew thirty per eent. for In this they are get- ting accustomed to permanent pro- hibition = on the . installment plan. able to the brewers. The sur- prising thing about the move is the incomprehensible reluctance of the| authorities to delay making it for months, and then to limit it to thir-| ty per cent, The sensible, . intelli- gent way to' conserve barley and rice is to save it—not to waste it in beer. There is no discernable consistency in appealing to people to save, save, save save, grain of all kinds, and then leaving the brewer- wide open to destroy millions of The initiative and leadership of a young woman are responsible for the i of several thousand dollas will be led from Water- bury to Fran s week to furnish | comforts for Waterbu trenches. Miss Coyle is to be o mended for her forethought gratified at the re- sponse which Waterbury has made and is still making. Starting withont | an organization or publicity, simply on a collecting mission, her afferts eral thousand dollars in a week or two, and the fund is constantly gath- | ering momentvm. It would be pos ble to double the amount if the time were extended a little. Miss Coyle is modest and prefers not to have her-| self advertised but her personal| work made this gift possible as ! did that sent at Christmas. bury Republicas boys in ‘the! “The Squaw Man’s Son” THE BIG LAUGHING SHOW, SEE IT FEATURE PICTURES FOR TODAY | Are Married Policemen _s.fe A Sunshine Comedy NEW FEA For Thursday, Friday and Saturday B ————————————RE A GRIPPING, EXCITING DETECTIVE DRAMA IN SEVEN PARTS JOHN BARRYMORE In “RAFFLES, THE AMATEUR CRACKSMAN” OLIVE THOMAS In “BETTY TAKES A HAND” A Delightful Comedy in 5 Acts From the Prize Winning Story, By Katherine Kavanaugh in the Recent “Photoplay Magazine” Contest e p—————— CURRENT EVENTS—CONCERT ORCHESTRA YLIBERTY THEATRES" Have Been Built in All National Guard .and National Army Camps in America. “Smileage Books," issued by Pederal Military Bntertainment Couneil, pro- yide free admission to these theaires. Send one to YOUR soldler or to ANY “soldler. Price $1. For sale at the fcllowing places; The Porteous & Mitchell Co, The Reld & Hughes Co. (Boston Mara & Eggleton. George Madden (Cigar Store). Engler's Pharmacy. K. of C. Rooms. & Sisk, Druggists, e Y. M. C. A, Office. H. M. Lerou. J.'C. Macpherson. P A chapter in “Roughing It” about the dog. wolf, coyote and Digger Indian— Providence Bulletin. New England copsumers when they learn that as a result of the embargo placed on lobster ship- ments, forbiddink them - being sent west by express, the price will drop from 75 te 10 cents a pound, will be vigorously in favor of this food ad- ministration order.—Waterbury Re- publican, The inventors are busy again. The best one we have heard of is a sure protection for :vessels against torpe- does. There have been many of these but none of them good excepi when the ship was not moving, -Here is an- other invention after our own heart—s the flying torpedo, that will coyer 500 miles at a flight, carry 1,50 pounds of the deadliest explosive known, and blow up a whole city anywhere within REE THEATRE TODAY 'AND TONIGHT Two Exceptional Features VIOLA DANA WEAVER OF DREAMS ELLA HALL IN THE SPOTTED LILY Burton Holmes Travelogue ———— that radius. 'We like that If we we only have the aiming of it and it goes where we aim, it ought to end the war very soon.—Waterbury Amers ican, —————— Japs Are Polite. The Japs are a very polite peopla They cordially invite China to igo with them into Siberia, and will give her the best’ opportumity to see the scenery by ajjowing her to lead the procession—HKansas City Journal Some_baehelors. join the army be- cause they like war—and some mar- ried men because they like peace. and | § The coyote has been honored having one of the first of the Ferr type wooden ships given its name.! The coyote is unaccustomed to being !l honored by anyome in its mative; haunts, and those unacquainted w the' animal have acquired their of its place in the scale of respecta. the General when urged to draw back Save the coffee-like cup. 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