The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-23

who has been recently intervlcu,r. /
peasants 10 ASCERTAIN their views ~ .0
present situation relates how, in ON" Wy
!age the peasants had said to him ts.. w
was so hard to fight with a Japanesa ~
cause one cannot see him "
But why not?' asked the correanor.
ent. '1'10&3
well. It Is simple enough It is ho,,,.
he Is q kin of iusect-he is sman w.,
only wakes up in the night. Ha h @s
himself with his sting IN the grass ~.
one has to find him there. A rn,n, !,
nuisance for our soldiers. He creams - :
side their boots and sucks their htons
When he has drunk his fill, then he cres,+
out. But the poor soldier breathes an, II /
soul. And Il has to struggle with tbs. -.
fends!'' "sa
Here the honest peasant sighed aas,,,
Il couldn't believe my ears" adds n,
correspondent. AT first I though, ha W.,
making a fool OF me: but later It ws,
clear enough that the poor fellow W.,
speaking from his heart"
Age Is Anti Military
The spirit OF the age Is decidedly aealns
militarIsm.
From all parts OF Germany annual sta.
tisttcs show that thousands OF young mar
emigrate to escape compulsory mjlita,
service in the army, but while the iron.
bound laws Of this country and The df,
cipline to which our young men are sinh
sect IN school and horne prevent them
from revolving. openly our southern neigh
hors are moro determined IN their al,
tempts to escape tho wearing of the bras,
buttoned coat.
Reports from Neusnhl, in Hungary, tell
Of a bloody battle which took place b..
tween loyal soldiers In n regiment and
300 recruits who refused to return 10 thai,
barracks.
The battle took place while the reel
ment was waiting for a train to return Il
the city after maucuvers In the oyen
For a while It was only a war of words
but soon force was rcsorted to and
fierce battle followed. Tho helligere1r
took possession of the railroad wards Al
a battlefield, and for threo-quarters Of a,
hour all traffic was at a standstill Will,
the ecruits fought with the utmost fury
regardless OF everything about them.
In the meantime the authorities hal
sent for assistance, and a large force o.
gendarmerie was hastily dispatched 10 tn,
scene Of the encounter.
They quickly grappled with the com
batnnts. and e"c2tuaIly succeeded In sep
arattns the opposing parties.
The fury OF the fight may be gauge;
by the fact that two Of the recruits vert
Killed and tN,enEy~eIGht received serloul
injuries.
The Socialists Win.
Inc German socialists are juhuant be
cause the government has been Obliged Il
crop tho suit against the Manner Volks
yeitung, q prominent socialist paper
which some time ago published q serle.
personal letters from General kretsch
IN which he stated that Hcssian sol
d.eTs sacked and plundered French town
and villages during The Fruuc0-Prusstal
war.
Insisting that German soldiers woul
never do this. the kaiser, through tn
OF war. ordered the paper con
iscated and 4 suit for libel started a8ains
the editor.
Before the case came up for trial InYcs
legations by government officials shove,
that the soldiers had done much wors
Things II stated in the paper, and III
suit was dropped.
me editor. however, was politely askei
not to make any more unpleasant dis
closures. even If they happened TO be true
1 request which he complied Win ate
printing It verbatim In his paper.
He Wasn't an "Urchin."
A curious story is published in the CrI
mean Messenger, the Russian ofhcia
1aily paper at SebastapoI.
one Gay as the editor was sitting In HI
he received u visit from a d
ntnuttVe Cossack dressed IN the full ma
costume OF his trtbesmon.
Inc visitor emf to be about g year,
Did.
Sit" he said with tho utmost polite
ness as soon as he had entered the room
l wish that you would make a little cor
'ectIon In an article which appeared Il
your paper yesterday.
You say in this that a little urch!l
u parentase met Admira
okyrdlof on the steps leading TO tn
-nurch OF St. George and presented hin
an kon.
Now, permit me to say that I am no
l niue ur2hin OF unknown ~parentage. bu
ne Cossack Popoft of the amuus Cou
'dhe regiment, OF which my father, WHIT
> no" DEAD. was colonel for many years
came TO this city for the purpose o
}iLer1ng to Admiral Skrydloff an lkon o
holy Virgin of Kharan, the patrol
u u family. The admiral took tn
koh, Kissed me and introduced me I
us children. Would you kindly put thi
n your tournal?"
why, with the greatest pleasure sal
editor. We shall be delighted to d
his for you"
me next day the Crirnean Messerge
'uosshed IN fat type that It was exceed
ugly sorry that It by mistake had GALE