Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 12, 1918, Page 4

8k forls § g 85 fiis Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2. “mnm Office, ‘625 Maln Street Norwich, Friday, April 12, 1918, 901, ,”I’ cossessssenssnse BE 1905, AVOFRDE . oeeeeseesaers DYDEO THE AIBPLANE SITUATION. coyntry was cheered by the reports which were given to it about the ex- collent opportunities we would have thousands of fiying machines, most efficient engines, ready for ser- vice. : Relying upon such assertions and news publisied perein. “All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. ing up to expectations and that in- stead of having thousands of machines ready this gpring, the number finished and in use is almost insignificant, while net over four have been sent to cur army in France. This presented a deplorable situa- tion and one requiring immediate and drastic ection. Some of the criticism must be taken with a grain of ‘salt j| but there can be little doubt of .the necessity of a_ thorough reorganiza- tion of this branch of the government. whieh s charged with the provision of such equipment. It is encouraging to note that reports made to the sen- ate presépt a more favorable outlook but it is eertainly time to get at the bottom of the trouble and at the same time it is evident that good has come from the criticism which has been in- dulged in, which proves to have been not against but in behalf of national welfare. —_— CONSERYING THE INFANTS. Just because the country is involve in war it does mot mean that atten- tion can all be turned from the im- portant work of doing everything pos- sible to deeregse the large infant mortality of the country. The nation- wide eampaign which has been started with this end in view ougnht to meet with an enthuslastic respomse and marked suceess, ‘When it is realized that there are 200,000 ehildren in the United States pnder the age of five who die annually it can be appreciated that there g [ 8 #ufficient incentive for this undertaking. It is not imagined for a minute that ail of these lives could be saved, Such would be a futile belief but in the opinion of physicians and those who have become familiar with the gituation it is estimated that the lives of a third of them can be saved if the proper educational steps are taken. Tt is well known that many babies dje beeause the mothers do not fully upderstand about their care. They do not realize their responsibility or they do not know how to exert it. The aim of the undertaking is to educate the mothers regarding the simpler and more vital duties of caring for chil- dren in their tenderest years and it should mest with a hearty reception from those to whom the aid will be extended, Life is too valuable to be thrown away and yet that is about what it amounts to in many instances where the proper knowledge is not possessed by the mothers in caring for their children or in guapding agminst pre- ventable diseases. If this ignorance be decreased % great and lasting will result. EDITORIAL NOTES. It is far better to loan your money to your government than to be forced to hand it out to the kaiser, The man on the cormer inquires; ‘What chance has a man to be a good American if he ien't one now? These are the days when a fellow doesn’t have to let a ‘dog lead 'him around for exereise unless he is so disposed. Fifty million is now being urged for conerete ships and it is not a cent too much it comstruction can be speedéd and the benefit of the outlay obtained in time, *Right is More Precious than Pea NOT THE CONSUMER’'S FAULT. In connection with the coal situa- tion in this country and the danger gsf a shortage during pext winter, The lack Diamond, a eoal jourmal, be- lieves that the pegple have reamsa ®o worry and that they should continue to worry because the gituation is se- rious, Pointing out that eoal is not mev- ing and that mines are idle it clajms that the reasons for it are that the people do not know how serious the situation is, that the fuel administra- tion force is inadequate apd that the coal selling force has either been de- stroyed or rendered useless. But it also claims that the biggest reason is that the people do not know, and that they are not providing for the storage of all the coal that they ean. The referepee to the storage of the coal means the getting of thelr bins filled at thig season eof the year for the winter months which are to ceme. The ceal administration has ecalled at- tention to this great need, and In spite of the belief expressed by this coal journal to the contrary there gre rea- sons for feeling that it is not so much the lack of anxiety on the part of the people and their unwillingness to get in their next winter's supply as it is the confusion which exists as the re- suit of the fuel administration’s ac- tivities and the inabjlity to get coal, It is impossible to store up next winter’s supply in vour eellar if the coal eamnot be obtained and If it is Impessible to have orders takem for it. If goal mines are idle it is pot the fault of those who are and have been endegvoring for weeks 1o fill their bins. There surely js trouble seme- where but it certainly capnot be fastened upon the people. CONSCRIPTION IN IRELAND, There are these in this country who have given expression to their ‘belief that Treland will accept the conserip~ tion which England proposes and that the Irish will join in the efforts to in- crease the armies of the ailies to the point where it will be certain of driv. ing the Teutonic hordes back. They have confidence in the Irish people to the extent that they believe that they are mot lacking in their appreciation of the gravity of the situation and that they realize that it is obligatory for them to do their utmost in the pres- ent crisis. That such a feeling exists to a cer- tain extent in Ireland cannot be doubt. ed for Ireland certainly has been fighting for freedom long enough to anderstand what it means and what It would mean to have the imperial German, government dominate the world. The Irish may not like the English, but they {eertainly cannot like the Germans any better. The at- manifested here, and. which, those who are displaying it feel, voices the sentiment of their people in the Emerald Tsle, doesn’t give a high rat- ing to the efforts of the Sinn Felners. Their acte have simply served to ob- struct rather them to help the move- ment for home rule and it is only proper that they should feel that Ire- land stands a much better show of getting what it wants and what it deserves by joining in the fghting of the common enemy of mankind than it would by trying to licap and to throw added obstacles in their own path. The Irish in this country believe in conscription and it is only logical that those in Ireland should take the same view. THE HELL GATE CHANNEL. Under prevailing conditions it must be realized that it is no time to use money for purposes which can walt Just as well as not. The need just now is to devote the natlon’s re- sources to the winning of the war, but it cannot help being recognized that the action taken in the lower house of congress by the amending of the rivers and harbors bill sp that provision is included therein for the Geepening of the Hell Gate channel so as to secure a depth of 40 feet is a wise move. At the predent time the chanmel from Long Island sound to New York will accomimodate only a part of the naval vessels of this country. This means that to get to the Brooklyn navy yard the biggest ships hdve no :l‘] ve, whereas should the chan- can good Those who did not participate in the first two loans should come te the front in large numbers this time ani push the number of subscribers to the 20,000,000 mark. Tt is reported althonugh mnot con- firmed that a trip from America to Bngland by airplane has been made, In these days we are willing to be- lieve almost anything. ‘When one German military author- ity declares that a change of mind is taking place in that country as to the ald which " America can render it is only what was expected.: The bolsheviki claiim that they are to raise an army of a million ang a half men, and it logks very much as it they would need them to keep Fin- land out of the grasp of Geérmany. ‘Without knowing the daily amount subscribed we may seem to be going uhead blindly, but whether that is so or not there can be no question but ‘what we are convinced of the worthi- ness of the object and should push the loan total far beyond the goal. Baltimore is advertising for boys to pick up waste paper and litter in the streets. It might not be a bad idea for communities to be more in- sistent that the ing of refuse into the streets must stop. The neces- li'v“tzrtnnh work as the boys are ‘wan or can to a lerge degree bo avoided. 1t wase't many months ago that the|! b géfi.g B & ! gd 4 5? equipped with the | ing That shows how little you know him! He's perfectly able to take care of himself—" “Then why don’t you let him?” ask- ed the pretty girl, with interest. “Say!” cried the young man with the square forehead. “Don’t you know what friendship is? Do you think I'm going to sit back and let you flirt with a fine. chap like Kirk and lead him on and everything and then drop him as yoi've dropped all the rest? Here he is, crazy about you, and you going out first with Arthur and then with Seymour and—" A fligutenant, writing to friends from ‘Palestine, says:— “Did I ever tell you what an effect it made on the native mind when General Allenby walked into Jerusalem. They looked upon it as a pilgrimage and called him ‘The Pilgrim.’ ‘Queerly enough his name is very much in his favour. The Moham- medans are very superstitious about pames] and “the nearest Arabic rendering of Allenby’s pame would be Alla-Nebi, which means ‘the Prophet of God’ Also if they take the name and read it packwards—as Arabic writing is done— it reads ‘Tbn-el-Alla’ or ‘the son or servant of God.' " The Secretary of the Admiraity makes the following announcement:— On March 12 two British seaplanes encountered and attdcked five enemy aircraft in the gouthern part of the North Sea. .An engagement took plaee, lasted 30 minutes. One enemy two-seater was shot down and destroyed, the observer of a second machine was killed, and a third seaplane was driven down on the ‘water. The engagement terminated when the British seaplanes had expended all their amunition. Both machines returned safely. which Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop of Reims has issuell an energetic protest against the statement in the German communique of March 11, which was to the effect that during the Germap operations to the north-eest of Reims, a French optical post had been seyeral times observed at werk en the Cathedral. Neither on the Cathedral, declares the Cardinal, nor on any of the churches in Reims, 1s there any post of observation or optics or any instru- ments of wireless telegraphy or any apparatus whateyer for military pur- es. There are no cannon within 800 yards of the Cathedra], a fact to which I can personally testify, as I live close by. His Eminence points out theat the Germans may have been misled by the fact that a few workmen have latcly been employed on certain measures of preservation by building brick and ma- sonry round a statue on the summit of the North Transcript. Lest year, similarly, precious stained glass of the thirtenth and fourteenth centuries which had escaped total de- struction was taken down bit by bit; the great clock also and the organ, which were suffering greatly from the gas apd dust raised by shells, were re- moved. The Archbishop’s explanations are countersigned by the General Com- manding Reims Not the least interesting aspect of the success of last weely's War Savings campaign was the substantial re- duction which it rendered possible in the floating debt. Last Saturday, as is shown in the Treasury return, the amount of Treasury Bills and Means advances outstanding was reduced by £38,180,000. Since the beginning of the year the amount of Treasury Bills outstanding has been rtduced by £24,- 680.000 to£1,023,695,000. A still larger reduction has ben effected in Ways and Means advances, those having been re- duced on balance by £52,900.000,. mak- ing a total of £87,580,000. In the cor- responding period of last vear the amount of Treasury Bills was reduced from £1,115,815,000 to £576,191,000. Of course during that period the sales of Treasury Bills were suspended in view of the floatation of the War Loan, which brought in about 1,000 millions of new money. Since the beginning of this year approximately £426,000,000 has been raised in new money. But whereas last year more than half of the new money subseribed to the War Loan was reflécted in a decreast in the floating debt, on the present oc- casion only about one-fifth of the new money raised is reflected in that way, The London Times. Eight British soldiers, including some (Canadians, who have escaped from prison camps in Germany, have arrived in London. v Their names are:— Sergeant Ollerton, Coldstream Guards, whose home is at Ludlow-road, Guildford. Corporal Guy, Coldstream ' Guards, whose wife lives at Factory-road, Nortfleet. Corporal Dorman, Canadian Infantry, native of Newtonards, County Down, Ireland. Corporal Horne (Canadian), of Prince Albert, Sask. - Private Wilson (Canadian), of Hirst, Eicerton. \ Private Wigly (Canadian), native of ‘Wymondham, Norfolk, Private Mc€onnaghy (Canadian), native of Bushmills, County Antrim, Ireland. “You are so eomplicated,” frowned j himself!”—Chicage News. GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES He - wasn't smart enough to h: onto you and it was her She Proved that Lydia E. Watertown, N. Y.—*Last fall wh Iv’u: expecting to bmuielmfim “That’s jusi ke & girl” declared| weakened the young man with the square jaw, disgustedly. “Only interested in her self! Won't speak up for a friend! Well, it’s just as well for Kirk that you dom’t care about him! He de- serves better luck matrimonially! Only yzgnjm quit fooling him! That's all! The pretty girl shock her head and smiled. “Dear me!” she mourned. “T'd like to oblige you—but. honestly, I can’t turn my back on Kirk! You see, after we made up our little quar- rel yesterdayy T—I promised to marry | him! Do you mind?” The young man with the square jaw turned purple and gasped. He got up and started at his dimpled sister. “Darned if I know!” he exploded finally. “Gee whizz! So you're serious at lasf Say! I never dreamed it! 1 told you that lad could take care of Private Parkhurst (Canadian), On- tario, All the Canadians are single men. . The deliberation with which Japan is proceeding with regard to Siberia is not to be mistaken for jnertia. She moves Jike a tiger when necessary, as was the case fourteen years ago. On Fobruary 4 the Russian fleet at Port Arthur withdrew, under the protection of its shore batteries. Two days later Japan broke off negotiations. ‘That same night her fieet left Sasebo. On the night of tht Sth-9th they attacked the Russians in harbour and torpedoed the battleships Retvisan and . Tsare- vitch.and the cruiser Pallada. The Russian Far Eastern fieet was crippled within 48 hour: How splendid has been the spirit of the old people, the aged dames, in the late raids, aeropiane and Zeppelin. They seem like Apne Procter in ion —Anne Procter, Barry Cornwall's witty indomitable widow. To her said Tennyson, as he rose to leave, “I am 78 and you are 87, and in all prob- ability we shall not. meet again.” “Don’t you young folk be impertinen: to your elders,” quoth she. Of the lady at Hull who, when here house dis- appeared under & Zeppelin bomb, ex- claimed “I'm 82, but the Germans have not got me yet’ We may ey, as Tennyson said of Mis heroine, “Gallant old gir)” _One of the world’s greatest adver- tiser's, Mr, James Mupyon, has died in America, the land where advertising was brought'to a fine art. Mr. Mun- yon spent about £500,000 annually in advertising his patent medicines, and he found that he sales matched the advertisements in 2 regular proportion. It was an American journalist who said that “religigus newspapers must take pills, or die” referring to the offers of advertisements of patent medicines which were made to such periodicals. Mr. Munyon enabled some of them to live, The “Frankfurter Zeitung” states i that 5,000 men belonging to the Polish Leglon, recently incorporated into the Austrian afmy, haye escaped from Austria and got into Rumania. Their departure was due to tht Polish abita- tion eonnected with Cholm: The “Frankfurter Zeitung” adds that every man of this number will be pro- scribed for desertion—Wireless Press. Germany, with touching solicitude, declares that she must protget Russia against Japan. We have heard some- thing like that jest before. Did not the German Emperor cause an alle- gorical picture, “The Yellow Peril,” to be printed on the subject? In the foreground stands a very Prussian Archangel Michael, inviting a group of mailed ladies to leap down a precipice in order to reach a sort of “Arablan Nights” genii, engaged in a most un- common act of leyiatation, riding placidly on fire and smoke thréugh the Eastern sky. Germany grips her shie and clutches her drawn sword, and seems only restrained by Russia from taking the leap. France. with corselet of steel, but in a skirt so dowdy as to constitute a casus belli against the ar- tist; scans the horizon warily; Austria tugs at the arm of Brittannia, who ap- pears to see no cause of quarrel. Nor do any of the nations, save Germny. So on the margin of the picture the Kaiser has written, “Nations of Europe, defend your holiest possess- jons” Which is truly Pecksniffian, for at the time the only trouble was that Germany had seized a slice of the holiest possessions of China! In a recent note we referred to a board erected in a garden bearing a message of good luck to our lads leav- ing for abroad. It seems it is not the only valedictory placard. There is one on the south side of ‘Warrington Sta- tion, in Lancashire, where a firm has had painted on the gable end of thejr works:— All you who travel past to fight For us in foreign parts— We wish good luck and safe return, And thank you from our hearts. | —London Chronicle. During my last weeks in Germany it was becoming daily more apparent that the confidence in victory—and with it a renewal of arrogance—was again permeating the whole Cerman people, They have once more become very confident that they will win the war and impose a German peace upon the world. No doubt this is partly due to the knowledge that.their army in the East has been liberated by the collapse of Russia-and has now crossed to the West to make that front strong- eér than ever before.. No doubt, too, this spirit of confidence has heen cleverly fostered and encouraged by - reports of the coming great German ’- ST S A e To Hezl Bed Sores For 25 years physiciaos and purses have never ffi;':d anything equal to QSykos-celmu | One box proves its extraordinary healing i i . 25¢ thtrmm'vfi : nd drug i a a other st The owder Co., Boston, Mass, — = offensive; but I am also of opinion that there is no doubt that Lord Lansdowne's letter has had a eon- siderable influence upem this rising assurance and has been a most useful weapon in ‘the hands of those whose business it has been to ereate an atmosphere of confidence. Everywhere in Germany it is believed- that their coming offensive will resuit in peace; that, even if it is not as successful and victorious as they hope, it will, at any rate, convince the weakening, war- weary Allles that Germany ls in- vincible. If the teachings of history are worth anything, if the opinions of those whose opportumities te judge have been greatest are to be trusted, if we ourselves are not willfully ¥lind, surely it is not difficult to read the heart of Germany. Unless Germany is beaten in the field, we cannot win this war. Any peace based on compremise, whatever its terms, ean be only a degree betfer than a British defeat. The loss of life, of money, of time, will have been to no purpose. The whole terrible tragedy will have had to be begun over ‘nd let no one think that it is for reasons of revenge or in order to enable us to impoese harsh and heavy terms that we must defeat the German armies. On the contrary, let us be very gemerous inm the hour of our victory, but until that hour comes let us cease to wrangle about peace terms. For the moment, there can be but one war aim—to defeat Germany—A re- turned British officer in the London Times. From February 15, 1917, to February 13, 1518, 635.600 pepsions and allow- ances were granfed to disabled offi- cers, soldiers, and sailors and to de- pendents of deceased offieers and men. The estimattd expenditures for 1917~ 18 is. £23,000,000, and for 1918-19 £41,~ 500,000. The heaviest finaneial charge will be in the year following the end of the war; after, it will show a gradual de- cerease. These facts are taken from tht re- port of the Select Committee on Nat- ional Expenditure on the Ministry of Pensions, which was issued last night. Captain Hazeon, who has undergone 30 surgical operations made necessary by wounds received in tha war, and who is now in charge of a labour bat- talion, was riding a motor-eycle with a sidecar rourd Dover Harbour when the machine collided with a chain, and he and his orderly were thrown into the dock, falling a distanee of 30 ft. Fortunately they were hoth thrown clear of the car, ard the captain, being a good swimmer saved himself and his orderly.—London Chrenicle. According to the Berlin Lok zeiger, the scheme for constructin; a canal from the Baltic via Kiel to the Black Sea may now be proceeded with, with the assistance of German capital,” “provided the Russian Repub- lic shows itself deserving of such Ger- man magnanimity. The Dagens Nyhetes learns that Baron von Hautenfels, the ringleader of the bomb plot in-Norway, has ar- rived in Finland. He asked the Swedish Government for a passport through Sweden, but this was refused. He has now arrived on board a Ger- man transport to organize German propagamda in Finland against Scandi- navian interesi Owners of all Dutch vessels engaged in the Rhine traffic have been ordered by the Duteh Government to recall to Holland all their vessels which are still outside the country. The Telegraaf states that it appears to be Germany's intention to seize these vessels in contravention of the provisions of the Rhine Traffic Act; but the Handels- blad understands that the order is due to the fact that many of these vessels have been sold to Germany whilst con- tinuing to sail under the Dutch flag. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN WHAT IS THE LIBERTY LOAN? By R. B. McMillin, Boston poet and writer. It's forts and it's ships and it's shin- ing gums. It's squadrom that sweep the sea. It's all of the circling band of steel that shall keep the home shores free. It's grub and it's warmth for the sailor lad, far out on the win- try foam—for the brave jack tar, as he fights afar, it's the good old “Money from Home.” ‘What is the Liberty Loan? Tts rifie and helm and it’s bayonet’ it's shovel ang shard ard shell, for the soldier boy in the olive drab, out there om the edge of heil. .It's the soaring wings of the whirring planes that bat- tle on high alone, For the lad who is daring “Over There” it's the good old “Money from Home. ‘What is the Liberty Loan? It's succor and life for a bleeding world. It's the glimmer of Peace at dawn. It's the strength of a2 mighty o r “THE INTRUDER AND THE . WacRAE & CLEGG ENID BENNETT in “NAUGHTY-NAUGHTY” A DELIGHTFUL 5 PART COMEDY THAT YOU WiLL CURRENT EVENTS With all the Latest War News in ENJOY Matinees 2:15 Evenings 6:45 — 8:15 Andllonum itorian 'fheatie JOLLY TUNES—COMEDIANS—PRETTY GIRLS arm to strike. it's the gleam of a great sword, drawn, but, more than 2ll, it's the pledge,nf love te the lads| whom we call “Our Own,” to the boys ! on land, afigat, on high, it's the good old “Money from Home.' Buy That Liberty Bond Today. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Suppert the Selectmen, Mr, Editor: It is with much pleas- ure that T read the letlers of contro- versy, ‘that appear in the celumns of The Bulletin, from time to time. Therefore, 1 am adding my mite to help keep the ball rolling, The arti- cle of last Wednesday from a Preston Tax Payer, in regard to an artiele ap- pearing in The Courier of March 26, criticising the eonditions of the roads in the town of Preston rather amused me. I kpew when I read it, if it reached the eyes of the Preston Tax Payer, there would be music. Why did "this scribe so unkindly eritieize the board of selectmen? He certainly must owe them a grouch. Upder the conditions of the weather at that time |§ no one could eart dirt, for it could not be had for any price. It must be re- membered there was a very great depth of frost in the ground this past winier. Then to have such a heavy rainfall of course in eases like thaf the results are severe washouts. We must expeet them. Compigints pour- ed in from every town of the bad tray- eling due to the washouts, not Preston alone, but on ecvery side. The writer knows that the pext morning after the storm, the selectmen got busy and with the force of help they could get together started right in and worked like Trojans to put the reads in con- dition to be open to travel, by filling everything being frozen up, The present selectmen in Preston are not slackers: no indeed; far frem it! All are willing to leave their beds in the middle of the night. if peeds be; to turn out to do a faver at a minute’s notice. Another thing I wish to say, if the owners of autos make a mis- .|take and run their machines out in the rural districts when traveling is bad and let their machines get the THE OH! 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Price §1 in the gullies with stones, That was| The Porteous & Mitchell the only thing that could be done then, E‘Trhe Reid & ughes it being impossible to shovel dirt,|SWIEL, Lo a0 icker’s Drug The Lee & Osgood Co. l, pro- dler or to For sale at the following places: 1 Ce, Co. (Boston The Waureszan Hotel Offics. Mara & Eggleton, George Madden ( .‘E(nzier'x Pharmacy. . _of .C. Room: Ring & ‘The Y. M. Leroy, J. C. Macpherson. Cigar Stared. 3. s, Sisk, Druggists. 36 A, Dthoe. e best of them and run inte brooks, etc., whose fault is it? Surely not the fault of the selectmen. It is.to the interest of every tax payer in Preston to stand back of the men they nominate and elect. TLet's not have any more un- kind criticisms. They¥ sting. A _LADY PRESTONITE, NEAR PRESTON PLAINS. Preston, April 10, 1918, Answer to C. P. Bradway. Mr. Editor: May I answer some statements made in a letter published in The Bulletin today, though dated March sixth? The letter is signed by C, P. Bradway, who 1 assume to be a man. Mr. Bradway is disquieted {because the Massachusetts , Woman Suffrage Assiciation takes no action upon the liquor question. No suffrage association takes a stand upon any question save that for which they are organized. Individual suffragists may take what action they please. Second thought would show that this rule is necessary. However, it is significant as to the results of woman suffrage that both the prohibition party and the W, €. T. U. endorse it. They must have given the matter close attention. Mr, Bradway states that the mili- tant branch of the suffrage party in FEngland discontinued its activity for the duration of the war. All political parties did likewise. The militants will not have to return to their meth- ods after the war as Mr. Bradway fears, because in recognition of the invaluable, almost incredible service of women, the .British government has declared its intention of giving them the franchise. Again, Mrs. Pankhurst was not denied her freedom in this country but spoke manv times, one oceasion being as near West Stafford as Hartford. The question of having to stand in street cars has never disturbed suf- fragists, Mr. Bradway’s instance is rather unusual, however, for I at lease, have never heard » woman ask for a seat. T have, however, both sat and stood in cars in suffrage and non- suffrage states. And 1 have even séen women give up their seats to men who seemed less able to stand than the I will not attempt to defend tI mother of today. In spite of Mr. Brad way, I feel she needs no defence. Yet I wil] refer him to Infant mortality figures of today as compared ith those of the good old days, ‘Woman suffraze in a large measure fa an established fact In nineteen of our states today. Our president the endorsed it. ANNIE B house of representatives, the national committees of both great perties have Mr. Bradway is still op- posed. Like Kaiser Wilhelm, he seems to have an intimate knowledge of the intentions of God. no -such knowledge. present etate of the world gives us mo particular satisfaction over the rule of man alone, And we feel sure that in the re-construction period after this most hideous war, men will feel that the voice of woman is needed, that after her sufferings and priva- tions, her herculean labors and her sacrifices, her advice Will be of value. In the meantime, we shall, like our men, “fight for those things which lie nearest our hearts, for demoeracy, for the right of those who submit to au- thority to have a voice in their gov- ernment.” Sufiragisis elaim However, the . AUSTIN. Norwich, April 11, 1918. Mo Clemencean, in conversation with | that he had bro the war correspondent of the New York | ‘Times, declared that the bearing of the Americans had filled him with en- thusiasm, and back the most favourable impressions from his reeent visit to the American | sector of the front. 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