Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 25, 1918, Page 4

Bulletin Ju ee 35-2. Willimantie 2mei. 625 Main Street Telephone 21 i ———————————theeta Norwich, Thursday, April 25, 1918, CIRCULATION . 8412 1905, average 5.”5 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusive- ly entitled to the use for republica- tion of all news despatches credit- ed to it or not otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. 1901, everage .... “Right is More Precious than Peace” e Siiaa——— ——— THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID. In fighting the submarines the im- portance of tackling them at their source has been repeatedly referred to, and what was apparently a determi- nation to drive the rats out of the holes was the raid which was made upon Zeebrugge and Ostend by the British navy. It was a daring exploit in which velunteers only pa¥rticipated. That there was a considerable loss was only natural. Such undertakings can- not be attempted or accomplished without ‘that being expected, but when it is claimed that a reasonable success was attained the gain appears to be worthy of the effort. For a long time the Belgian coast, harboring as it dees the ensmy craft, has been a source of great anmoyance to the British. There the submarines and other small warships have made their headquarters and secured anad- vantage which needed to be eliminated. It is entirely possibie that the raid and the plan of blocking the channel have not accomplished all that was ex- pected. But even if complete suc- cess has not been obtained the very !mportant fact has been demonstrated that such a plan can be carried out and if it is necessary what has been done can be repeated, and it should be for not only is it time to place| every possible obstacle in the way of the underwater boats, but there is a tremendous amount of help and en- couragement which the navy can give to the army through such operations. Strenuous though such attacks are they are a part of war and it is through such desperate efforts that cecidedly advantageous results are oiten obtained. BULLDOZING THE DUTCH. In the demands which Germany is making upon Holland it is apparent} that it is pursuing the same course that it did with Belgium, and the Dutch have zood reason to suspect the ohject of its neighbor. Holland throughout the strugsle has clung tenaciously to neutrality. It de- sires {0 maintain that at the present time, but from all indieations Berlin intends that it shall at least be a benevolent neutrality with Germany being shown the favors. Just now of course it is bound to point out that Holland has been aiding the allies by permitting its vessels to be taken by this country and England. Such, how- ever, is not the case. Holland has en- tered into no agreement. It has given permission to nothing that has been done by these countries. In fact it was not necessary that it should, and be- cause it refused to enter into an agreement it can refute the German stand more emphatically. In the requisitioning of the Dutch ships the allied nations did only what they had a right to do under inter- national law. This must be recognized by Germany as well as by Holland. The latter fully-understands that there was no act of war committed by such action, and it likewise knows that it will be protected in its neutral posi- tion. Germany nevertheless is trying to force Holland to grant it privileges which are not provided for under in- ternational law. It seeks to get fa- vors through bulldozing the Dutch and shaking the iron fist in their face. Hol- land stands up for its rights when it declines to submit and it certainly would have good reason for taking up arms if Germany continues to insist upon the use of Dutch territory to which it has no claim whatever. INCREASING OUR TONNAGE. The need of taking advantage of all ds of vessels is indicated by the action of the shipping board in char- tering 400,000 tons of sailing ships from Norway. These are for the most part large ships, some running to a tonnage of 5,000, but all are of steel, and the service which they will be able to render will not be slight. Unfortunately because they are not steam vessels they will not be of as much assistance as steam vesséls wonld be, but when it comes to se- curing ships under present conditions it is a case of obtaining what is avail- able and not what might be desired if . the best could be had. These chartered Norwegian ships are not to be used in the war zome. The very fact that they are sailing vessels would make snch 2 use unwige, this announce- of an increase in chartered ships is made there also comles a pledsing statement to the effect that a Seattle shipyard has turned out a big cargo carrier in 55 working days. That is a gratifying accomplishment which makes the east doff its cap to the west, and shows that our ship- building efforts are showing com- mendable improvement daily. e ez RESPECT FOR NO NATION. If the attitude of Spain has been rightly presented ‘indignation has run high in that country on many occa- sions because of the kind of treatment it has been getting from the imperial German govermment. The rights of this neutral nation are getting no more respect than those of belligerents. New attention is directed to this by the report to the effect that a French ship has put into a Spanish port bad- ly damaged as the resuit of an en- counter with an wunderwater boat, which not only torpedoed the vessel within the territorial limits of Spain, but actually was operating within the three mile limit, having been on the land side of the ship when it fired the destructive missile. For some time Spain has been suf- fering such injustices. Its own ves- sels have not only been attacked, but held up and raided within Spanish limits. They have been sunk on the high seas without warning just as if Spain was an enemy instead of a neutral nation, Spain has protested to Berlin against such treatment and hile there has been a letup in the sinking of Spanish vessels the latest disclosure shows that Spanish waters are still infested with the U-boats, which may even have bases on Span- ish domain. D ‘There can be no question but what the Germans have a right to interfere with French commerce under stipu- lated conditions, although these have been totally disregarded during the war, but it has no rigsht whatever to operate its submarines or any othe: warships in Spanish waters, and in support of its rights it would not be surprising if Spain did something more than assert its indignation and present protests over such continued disrespect for all nations, STILL UP IN THE AIR. Householders are continually being urged to fill their coal bins and to do it early regardless of the fact that no coal is to be had and little if any fuel is being forwarded for such storage purpose to this part of the country. Tn this connection the Hartford Times well says: “There is no use in worrying but it is impossible to forget that in spite of many promises by or for the government there is conspic- uous difficulty in getting coal delivered to householders in‘anything more than driblets. Not so very many weeks ago we were assured that if people would put in their orders for coal early they would get coal early, The statement was not quite so simple as that, but it was that in substance. - It is offi- cially declared that the fuel adminis- tration is pleased with the prompt- ness with which orders have been filed, but it cannot be said, on the other side, that the public is pleased at find- ing that putting in orders does not re- sult in any considerable delivery. Fur- nace fires are still wanted and there seeis to be a real effort to furnish the small quantities needed to meet the actual present wants of the ave- rage citizen. But it is hard to forget the promises made not very many weeks ago of prompt and ample sup- plies for the coming season. Orders have been filed early, but thereyseems to be a painful uncertainty whether they will be filled early. And we have painful recollections of the experiences of last winter.” This situation has heen frequently referred to, but the uncertainty, is as great in the minds of the dealers as in those of th> householders. Every- thing appears to be up in the air, even as to the matter of price, and that be- ing the case there can be wonder that as great confusion er pre- vails regarding the question:of coal for the mext winter. EDITORIAL NOTES. The man on the corner says: Cul- tivate the ambition to get up early enough to make the sun look lazy. The mass of ruins like _that at Rheims will stand as an everlasting monument to the memory of the Huns. The claim is made that Turkey and Bulgaria are aiready quarreling over the spoils of the war. That’s nothing new in the Balkans. ‘With a Norwegian company organ- ized in this country to build concrete ships it looks as if we had been let- ting time slip through our hands. —_— This is certainly the season of the year when optimism should prevail among the war gardeners, but the weatherman ought to do his part. Even with the loan campaign under full swing there are those who are not overlooking the excellent possibilities; of the thrift and war savings stamps. From the way in which the small places in Connecticut are going over the top in the ioan, the larger com- munities must realize that they can- not fail to keep their end up. It is taking some time to determine just what are the German owned fac- tories in this country, but when such ownership is settled the proper course ~| is being taken regarding them. Those who are contributing more to the government through penalties than they would have through the payment of their proper tax cannot put forth any recognized claim to being super patriotic. ‘While we are hard at work building new ships we are just at present hav- ing very good success in getting the use of vessels from other natlons, all of which will serve to tide over until the emergency fleet is greatly in- creased. y The arguments are very few which can be advanced against the purchase of Liberty bonds, and it is a satisfac- tion to note that very few are being advanetd. Everyone must recognize that it is his duty to participate in the loan. - And 1 Baid to, Bob,” the married ful in the bottom sister paused to untangle her yarn.|knew there “Now look at that, will you, an; me whether Pve knitted three tig around or four.” 4 “And could Bob tell?” queried the soldier's sweetheart mischievously, “Bob? Goosie! I can see three. Well, as 1 was saylyng, Bob| followed me into the kitchen shut the door and I.said to him th:% opinion some people's idea ef conservation seemed to consist in get- ting themselves invited out to meals. And he didn’t like that; so he answered he always supposed practicing food conservation to mean criticizing the way other people did it. Lk : “And 1 said, ‘Well, it's enough to have an old lover walk in unexpected- ly and bring a fashion plate bride to]water for the rest, and I soon saw compare with one, without having one’s | that the batter was never going to own husband insist on their staying to { thicken. Sunday night tea when he knows per- “Don’t laugh-—it was tragic! In the tectly ‘well that you don’t wish to ask | pantry was a jir éf peppered and salt- them. But by that time he had be- |ed rice fiour that I had dipped oysters gun to explain. Told me I hadn't|in before frying the night be- heard all they had been saying about|fore. I had savi bécause thery how long it would take to drive home row away, but and so on, and he just mentioned was too much to was morally certain it would taste. T pancakes and coffee because he thought it would be easy for me.” risked it—and it turned the trick. Oh, ves, I had been shoveling in baking “Wel), you weren't obliged to have| powder whenever I felt the warsg pancakes just because he spoke of|And Betty; my dear, they really i them, were you?” look like pancakes! But I didn't daré “Yes, 1 was, because the minute he heard the word, Don Beekman said taste them.” “And?” that for the sacred cause of pancakes| “The grandest success ever! he’d stay whether his wife would or| “Don Beckman raved. But when he not, and at last Gladys—that's her name—said . that if we'd promise not said he could imagine they had oysters in them and his wife told him wisely to,give them one thing but pancakes and coffee they would stay. And that it was cornmeal—that corn really did have an oyster flavor—I nearly there I was!” “Well, 1 finally sent Bob back to collapsed. And he wanted her to get my rule—and then I had my inspira- entertain them. Somebody had to stay in there, or they would all have been tion. “‘They are rather néw,’ I said mod- out in the kitchen, and the poini|estly. ‘They’re patriotic pancakées—no was, 1 didn’t have a single solitary thing to make pancakes with. Not a wheat in them,” which was perfect drop of milk; not an egg in the house truth, you see. And, Betty, if 1 had been the original goddess of liberty —I simply would not pay the price on Saturday—and not a bit of flow those men couldn’t have paid me more homage after that. Bob simply strut- I stood there in that kitchen remem- |ted with pride from the minute till bering how mamma used to say, |they were gone.” ‘Whatever you are, don’t be Mrs, “And didn’t he shout when you toldl Hasn't-got-any.' - And I wouldn’t have ” had Bob or Don Beekman know—-" him?” “Pooh! It's patriotic to be out of flour these days. If you had cornm- £ dol?’ ty. Then I or a doll’s tea party. en to skirmish. I founhd a dish of hm grits— cooked, you know—and put at in. There was a cup or sour milk, t tasted a little bitter, but I gave it a pinch of soda and popped it in. I discovered some grated bread crumbs at least 4 thousand years old. In they wént. Of course that sour milk wasn't wétting enough; 1 had to take tap like that? Oh, no. you, wouldn’t cither. child. You think ybu would now, but wait till you're married.”"— Chicago News. “But I didn’t—or only a tablepoon- shot up, and he furiously. Ten minutes later we crossed the lines, and shortly afterwards landed. After handing in my precious nega- tives I strolled round to the Squadron Office, and found Harris filling a com- bat report. ,You got that one a treat, old man,” he remarked: “have a cigarette.” 1 helped myself, and at that, moment the C.0. put down the receiver. “I have just phoned X— “they got five, and have one machine missing; good work.’ 1 echoed this sentimant much more heartily on. my way to the mess, ag I thought of that gallant escort fighting against great odds to protect us. it is thus that photographs are se- cured.—"“Z’ in London Chronicle. dropped, blazing STORIES OF THE WAR A WAR STORY. By An Aerial Photographer. I was asleep, comfortably asleep, having learnt overnight that work for me did not begin until the afternoon, when I was roused by a hand on my shoulder. Through half closed lids I was aware of my batman. ,“You confounded cuckeo,” I mur- mured, “go away, yowve made a mis- take,” and would have slumbered again, but the fellow was insistent. “The C.O. wants you on the aero- drome, sir —at once.” Grumblingly, 1 got up. Of course there was a mistake somewhere. Or- ders had been clear enough, unless some wretched observer was sick and I had to take his place, which hap- pened to be the case. On the aerodrome I saw the C.O. and with him Captain Harris, my pilot, no one else. I got a closer and saw that ‘the C.O. held a photographic map, a small enough thing in itself, but brim- ful of meaning to me. Silently I re- ceived a copy and listened to instruct- ions. Harris turned to me with a smile. “We are in for it again, old bean. We have to go umpteen miles over the lines and photograph all this,” a sweep of his hand across the map in- dicated it. “We are escorted by six scouts, whom we shall pick up at X——, and then I shall cross the lines here. Searchlights are Nerve Racking. (Correspondence of The Associated Press): Searchlights are the most nerve- racking enemy which the airplane pilot has to face in night flying, writes an airman in the Daily Mail. ‘Searchlights are cruel things,” he says, “are far harder on the nerves than high-explosive or shrapnel. They seem to .so alive, as though they had volition of their own and were great arms stretched out across the night, sweeping the darkneas with an eager desire to find their quarry. “Peifaaps the airman is flying placidly over the.enemy country ter- ritory in an area which he knows has been hitherto undefended. Suddenly, he sees immediately in front of him a beam of light moving up and down, up and down, “Nearer and nearer it moves towards him, weaving its way in wide sweeps across the sky until it flashes over him, and for a moment the mia- chine is lit up and he is conscious of a great pool of intensely brilliant light, in which he seems to swim, and then passes beyond him—but remains very near the machine, “The pilot throttles his engine and turns slightly as he glides silently down the night. The.beam is, as it were, puzzled, and moves slowly be- hind him as he glides farther and farther on, and soon he has left it a long distance hehind him. “He goes on. ligitt-hearted again for the moment, feeling as a mouse must do when it has been cornered by a cat and has been playfully tapped a few times by a heavy paw, and has then, by a sudden move of strategy, managed to escape to the safety of its hole.” Instructions Before Starting. And then followed minute instruct- ians. These are very necessary on a job like this; because you are sent out with instructions to photograph a certain area. The pilot must fly over that ground, and the observer has to judge v an he has reached that lo- cality and vegin working the camera. Five minutes later, we were on our way, getting our height as we ap- proached the lines. We signalled to our scout escort and soon they were circling above us picking up formation. Higher and higher we went till at lost Harris turned our bus towards the lines. Behind us and above followed the scouts, gleaming like silver in the sunlight. As far as I could see, as T gazed somewhat anxiously ahead. there was no other machine in the sky, but this is small comfort to an experienced flyer who knows that Fritz is fond of lurkirg high up in the sun, where he is nearly invisible, and dropping like a thunderbolt if he stents easy prey. I took the telephone. “Harris,” 1 said, “T am going to start taking now.” “Right-0,” came the reply. 1 ducked in the cockpit. Suddenly “Whouf, whouf, whouf,” and then a sharp crack. and the bus rocked a bit and dropped a hundred feet or so. Archie was at work, but one gets so used to his little games that one heeds him not at all. ‘Between the manipulation of the camera 1 glanced out and saw our faithful escort still on our tail, while below us were towns that we were not in the habit of flying over, and ahead were others which I had only seen be- fore as blotches on the horizon. 1 ducked into the cockpit again, and the roar of our engine and Archie's “whouf” were the only sounds, when a small voice spoke in my ear. “Huns,” it said and nothing else. Now, I knew that we were to leave ‘he fighting to the scouts unless it be- came essential to join in, but I scrambled out to have a look. There they were, 12 I judged, five or six hundred yards away, and bearing jdown towards us. I zlanced behind. | There was our faithful escort in per- fect formation. THIRD LIBERTY LOAN AS SAFE AS GIBRALTAR, By Ray Stannard Baker, writer and in- vestigator; the real “David Grayson.” I look upon the Liberty Loan not so much as a duty, although it is a duty, nor as a favor to the Government—an investment as safe as Gibraltar at a good interest rate is surely no favor to anybody but the invester—I look upon it rather as an opportunity for us to get together—all of us—in a great and noble undertaking. Mr. Wilson has asked us to help make the world “safe for democracy.” Not all of us can fight. In my town of Ambherst only about 60 men so far out of a populatfon of 5,500 have actually gone into the Army. That leaves 5,440 of us at home. The same proportion holds good in every town in America. The Liberty Loan supplies us—the great mass of us who must remain be- hind—the opportunity of doing some- thing vital, something really impor- tant, in helping to win. We can lend a little of our money to the Nation that the Nation may send our boys to the front to fight the battles of liberty and democracy. If these young men— the best national asset we have—will- ingly offer their blood for the great cause, 1 for one welcome the oppor- tunity of supporting them to the utmost. The Fight Begins. 1 fingered my gun lovingly, ducked back into the cockpit. out again between each snap. We were now heading for home, and I judged that another six photos would cover all the ground required. Then the fight began. I could hear the rattle of machine-guns. Imagine what it is like, squatting down in a small hole surrounded by canvas and thin wood, and knowing that a short dis- tance away a battle royal is being fought, a battle against odds too, where another gun would mean a lot. I glanced outside. The air was alive with planes, diving, climbing, banking, and spitting fire. 1 noted one machine turning over and over as it dropped, and had time to see with satisfaction that it carried black crosses. Then into the cock-pit again, the last photo- graph just taken, and I was aware that my pilot was rocking the bus, and a then I was MEN WHO CAME BACK Tackling His First Hun. By Capt. G. F. Campbell of the Royal Flying Corps. (Capt. Campbell was recalled from India with the Highland Light In- fantry when the war broke out and after being wounded, was attached to louder “erack, crack, crack” carried|the Royal Flying Corps. - The “Sold- its own meaning. iers of the Sky” (Davis Pub. Co.) I was out like lightning. Searcely|covers two years’ experience in the 200 yards away and diving straight at us came a Hun. I took aim and fired a long, sharp burst. Luck fa- vored me. The Hun seemed to stagger flame air.) A gun jam at a vital moment com- alr attack. slightly, then a bright streak “Told Bob? What—shatter his faith | 0f His machinc and after firing a shat But | horrible death. plicated the situation during my first | class attribute their superior physique ‘We had manoeuvered for some tims ! popuiarity of sports. “T had an attack of Weeping Eczema; so bad that my olothes would be wet through at times, T suffered terribly. I could get no relief until I tried ‘Fruit-a-tives (or Fruit Liver Tablels) and ‘Sootha relief. Altogether, I have used three®! boxes of ‘Sootha Salva’ and two of fFruit-a-tives’, and ath entirely well'’; : . G. W. HALL, " Both these remedies are sold by _dealers at 50¢. a box, 6 for $2.50, or sent by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, OGDENSBURG, N.Y. “Fruit-a-tives” is also put upins trial size which sells foi 25c. to get our position, the sun behind us and the Huns in front and below us, the sun blinding their vision. Then we led off the attack. Following my leader, I picked out the Hun machine in the r. It being my first attack 1 felt a bit windy (nervous) but soon forgot everything but the business in hand. - 1 “pulled up my nose” and stalled, whipping down straight toward the earth in a sharp dive./ I started a series of zags and spirals, making it more difficult for the Huns to return my fire, bearing in mind that I must keep in his blind bay so that he could mot return my fire. Hun was wise and manouvered also, but I had the advantage of greater gpeed and height. On and on I went and within fifty yards of him I et loose the fireworks. I plan- ned my shots to enter the fusillage This photo See burst T saw my tracer bullets enter- ing just Behind ‘his engine. I was running at'a high rate of speed, and just as I pulled up on him quickly, I had cause to sSwear at my rotten Juek. Just as 1 had him cold there was a4 gun jam. 'To make matters worse behind me I heard thé rattle of a machine gun. - Things looked bad for me just then. An Immelmann turn brought me around in the direction from which the shots came to face, as I supposed, an attack from another machine. Imagine my relief when I saw it was one of our own flight, div- ing and flying like mad at the very machine I had been pursuing. At the Hun he went and let loose the whole works, the Hun bursting into flames. Not wishing to leave my patrol until 1 got my gun jam fixed I followed, and watched the Hun drop, his wing folded, finally a little spot of flame and smoke. It certainly must be a THURS,, JIM_and MARION HAWKINS “They Talk About Their Neighbors” A gun jam occuring in a fighting scout machine can put one in a most trying, and sometimes dangerous pre- dicament, especially if he is over the line and happens to be attacked. In this case I worked frantically at the feed block and managed to extricate the faulty cartridge and then carried on. In that fifteen minutes fighting we got two out of the eight Hun machines we attacked. g CURRENT EVENTS Views of the Vigilantes ctacle for red-blooded human beings This child killer and wrecker of civilization How this human beast would spread culture and destroy democracy AUDITORIUM THEATER 3 DAYS—STARTING TODAY—3 DAYS 3 Shows Daily ~ Prices—Matinee 15c-25¢; Nights 25¢-50¢ MATINEE AT 2 P. M. SHARP—EVENING AT 630 AND 8.15 Doug. Fairbanks i Flirting With Fate B Five-Part Comedy Drama and one of Doug’s Best Laughing Hits = THEATRE: - FRI. and SAT.—KEITH SUPREME VAUDEVILLE 4—CYCLING McNUTTS—4 CRACKERJACK COMEDY ACROBATIC CYCLING NOVELTY MILLER and CHAPMAN Comedy Singing and Dancing Duo \ | MAT. 2:15. EVE. 6:46 and REE THEATRE THE YEAR OF OUR HONOR 1917-18 By Marion Couthouy Smith of The Vi TODAY and TONIGHT EDITH STOREY One year ago America, as a nation, awoke from “a deep dream of peace,” —a peace which was not peace, a dream which was illusive, inglorious, and even—as we know too well today IN —disastrous. Some of us been 6 ” awake from the first, but theMvarning THE CLAIM voice had sounded in vain. But at last the people as a whole began to realize that the things we had refused to believe were true, the hopes we had fondly nursed were dead, the moral ideals that blind selfishness had ob- secured were rising like stars in a darkening sky. Since then we have been growing, but too slowly, séeing, but not clearly enough, nor working, but not strongly enough, nor with sufficient co-ordination of effort. And now we see that we have to redeem the time; we know that in 1914 we should have prepared to defend our neutrality, and a year later, perhaps, should have cast off that neutrality as an evil thing. By 1916 we should have attained at least to the point of efficiency that we have reached today. But all that is past. and we cannot more has been done than the pessim- waste time in regret. Within the year ists among us know how to believe. Much remains to be done, but we are going forward with an increasing measure of rapidity. The spur of just and loyal criticism doubled our speed, and the force of stupendous events will drive us farther, until, please A powerful Story of a Soul Redeemed by Mother Love. sissR e S iy THE RECRUIT A 2 Part Super Comedy T ————————— Burton Holmes Travelogue P ———— OTHER VIEW POINTS The Huns had a taste of Americad fighting on Saturday and they did not like it. The attack they made was the strongest vet driven against the American lines, and it resuited in complete defeat for them with heavy losses. That was merely anin- God, we chall yet be able to save the |troduction to what is coming to world. As to practical details,—we |them,—Bristol Press. must send men, and more men. and g . not for one moment believe that bit| The President's proclamation, in- of German propaganda that has lately | cluding enemy women -in the re- assailed our ears,—that the Allies want more food and supplies, but not more troops. They want both; and we must never forget it. 'To hear of our short- age in airplanes and other equipment, and our dependence on the French for | these vital necessities, fills us with an intolerable sense of helpless indigna- tion and preplexity, but every dis- couraging rumor or fact must act not as a detérrent, but an added spur to every ounce of effort we can put forth, even if that effort consists only in the constant reiteration of Mr. Choate’s stricted class and applying to them the same rules as affect men who are enemy aliens, has not come any tod soon. 'When it is a matter of spying, a woman has every advantage, being a good deal cleverer at that kind of game than a man. She ought, there- fore, be put under at least the same restriciorss as a man—Waterbury American. An Irish flag in the hands of an American of Irish ancestry has been carrieq over -the top in a kot fizht last passionate phrase: “ForCGod’s sake hurry!” 5 Remember, this means more than patriotism; it means internationalism, in the real, not fanciful sense. Russia. the deserter, is our terrible | object-lesson. The notion of revolu- tion in Germany deceives us no longer. ‘We are on the battle-fleld of Arma- geddon, where all that aspires toward good is ranged against all that tends to evil. Though now our full foree comes in late, at least let is come powerfully. Let us move mightily, generously, steadfastly. Our motto must be, “At any cost;” our battle-cry “To the end!” Let us meet this su- preme test with the high resolve “that these dead may not have died in vain,” and with the full belief in uitimate victory, however delayed. “For right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin.™ with the ememy. The man who car- ried it over now plans to send the torn and soiled green emblems back to America to show how .the Irish can fight in this war for democracy. He onesn't need to send it to Amer- tca. The Irish in America are ready to fight for democracy. That flaj should be sent to Irelafd where the! are holding off.—Waterbury Repub- lican. Nearly four million pounds of sugar has arrived at “an American port” in an American steamship.' The bulle- tin which brings this good news also relates that the captain of the steamer says there are great quantities of sugar at Cuban ports awaiting cargo space. The -raspberry, blackberry and currant bushes may therefore he set out this week in preparation for that goed time when the scent of the jam cooking in the kitchen greets the householder on the return from his daily toil—New Haven Register. Where Courage Is Needed. There is plenty of American cour- age on the firing line. A little more in the jury box would be welcome.— Buffalo Enquirer, ‘War .seems to be the..incentive for everyone to take advantage of the sit- uation. In Waterbury excessive rents have been charged and the landlords have been charged - with extortion. But like everything else there are two sides to the question. It seems in Waterbury rents are so scarce that the residents themseives and the new French authorities who have been examining the recruits of the 191 to, among other factors, increasing comers to that city attracted by the'this by Danz Famous Jazz Bu:d. of New Haven at PULASKI HALL Thursday Evening, April 25th, 1918 Tickets—Gents 40c; Ladies 30c D. A. R. A benefit for the RED CROSS and WAR RELIEF will be given by Faith Trumbull Chapter of D. A. R. at the Elks’ Home, Friday Evening, April 26th. Dancing, Cards and Refreshments. Tickets 50 Cents. For Sale by the Committee. DANCING AT PULASKI HALL FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC BY SWAHN'S ORCHESTRA “LIBERTY THEATRES” Have Been Built in All National Guard and National Army Camps in America. “Smileage Books,” issued by Federal Military Entertainment Council, pro vide free admission to these iheatres, Send one to YOUR soldier or to ANY soldier. Price $1. For sale at the fellowing places: The Porteous & Mitchell Co. The Reld & Hughes Co. (Bosies Store). Rathbone’s Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee & Orgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. Mara & Efiglexun._ George Madden (Cigar Store). Engler's Pharmacy. K. of C. Rooms. » Ring & Sisk, Druggists. The Y. M. C. A. Office. « H. M, Lerou. J. C. Macpherson. —— e high wages of war munition plants, stand ready to bid for rents, realizing: they must have a place to live. It seems- to be voluntary on their part and they merely outbid one another for a place to live, and the landlords of course’ stand ready to take the in- crease. Some sort of taxation, based on the rental of property seems to be the only way out of a complex quest- ion, but that will be a long time be- fore it is brought about. When the war is over all will be forgotten. There will be a building boom, such g,: took place after the Civil war and he ‘housing question will right itself like all other problems now worrying the masses.—Middletown Press. Dwindling Numbers. Yes, the Germans have made fur- ther advances, but there are not near as many Germans as there were last week this time.—Savannah News. Waterbury.—The Waterbury police department may soon have a traffic department ‘as the resuit of a vote at the meeting of the board of safety last week that a commitiee be appointed to investigate the matter. Commissioner Lancastér P. Clark ‘was the author of motion.