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Arizona republican., 1914-07-18
Queer Justice
By WALT MASON

When Bully Boozer beats his wife put him in cell and there he leads pleasant life, and likes it passing well. We fill his plate with whole fare when sounds the dinner gong, and that while he fingers there his lifes grand sweet song. We hand him magazines and books and papers day by day, so he can loaf in cozy hooks, and read the hours away Sweet call and hand him tracts. and cheer him up well that he forgets the ugly facts which put him in his cell Meanwhile his wife with blackened eye, is toiling OCT tub; she has toll, with sob and sigh, to get the children grub Her husband sentenced by the court earns money when he's free, and. though he is yellow sport, he feeds his family. Because he filled himself with ale, and started household strife, we lock him in cozy jail and punish kids and wife. He has the rest he's long desired, with time to read and sleep the while the woman, sick and tired, work and watch and weep. Thus flows justice in rill-the kind keep on tap; the innocent must pay the bill while sinners have q
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18

to kill him automobile does. He bite through a gun barrel with his teeth and he can scratch furrows in battleship's sides with his claws Nothing is discouragng than to meet
 provoked grizzly and to have to attempt to reason with him while being hugged into small bundle messy remains.
 The grizzly is amply equipped to take care of his affairs and his greatest virtue is the fact that he always betrayS earnest desire do this He does not attempt to interfere with the plans of the passerby long he is left alone The grizzly is d whole peace commission by himself He spends a placid vegetarian life, digging roots, eating ber- ries and occasionally attacking mouse ground squirrel for dessert, and whenever man appears on the horizon he retres some secluded spot How ever when foolish enemy mistakes his peace fitness for cowardice and attempts to eXterminate him, the grizzly becomes cyclone, eruption, catastrophe, Mexican revolution and destroying bosom all at once Only those who extremely
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18

A very interesting and important decision has been handed down in French aerial trespass The first chamber of the civic tribunal of the Seine, which decides the case, has award man and Borel in respect of the flights taken by their pupils lands the vicinity their flying schools
 The court, in making the award, held that, though in theory landowner had rights the atmos- phere overhead this theory in practice only far the tops of trees and buildings. It held that above this point the liberty of the unhampered but in the present the defendants had flown close to the earth and must pay dam
 
 The courts decision involves several interesting points Article 552 of the civil code that prop erty in the soil carries with it property the air above and the earth beneath. That the rights of private owners extend usque al coeum is also a doctrine of English law. But the decision of the French court appears assert that these rights only extend to arbitrary height and that above that height the air space being of it's free. people have the right to fly other peoples land It seems to assert further that this right of flying be used in proper way, and that if the flight causes prejudice to the occupier of the land the airman is liable
 The decision. therefore tends to limit article 552 in the direction of the German and Swiss codes. which enunciate the principle that the occupier cannot prevent persons going over his land at height at which he has interest to exclude them. al dAvaton at the congress at Frankfurt passed the following articles intended to be incorporated in the proposed international code:
 No one can on the ground of a right of prop erty oppose the passage of aircraft under cond tons which do not present for him any appreciable lays it's responsible author open to an action for
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18
The Grizzly Bear
By GEORGE FITCH Author of "At Good Old Siwash"

The grizzly bear is the most bear that is tained in d single hide. He lives in the Rocky mountains and vicinity. and until the high power rifle invented not bothered much by his neghbors.
 The grizzly is sometimes ten feet long from the tip of his to the end of his very brief and economical tail, and when he stands up his hind legs and prepares to embrace friend or foe he looks tall lighthouse large grizzly weighs almost a thousand pounds, but he does not have 10 roll 9 personal enemy in order
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18

good shots and who have plenty of ammunition and a large tree in the immediate background should at tempt to show up the grizzly's cowardce
 The grizzly, account of his great willingness to defend himself is let severely alone by all animals and most and should form very instructive object lesson to those advocates of peace who declare the United States should set an example to the rest of the world by throwing it's guns in the ocean and arming itself with Chautauqua salute
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18
NEARLY SPOILED

Well" said the editor, how about that high life scandal story? Is it true?" No, sir, said the reporter. No facts at all?"
 Not a chance Everything denied?'
 Absolutely
 Good heavens! Cut it down to half page then"-Yae Record.
Arizona republican., 1914-07-18
THE REAL SPOUTER

What is gusher in an oil field?" asked the old fogy
 The man who writes the prospectus" replied the grouch.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

and that his brother had been killed the
dwelling.
Midway across the campus he pointed
suddenly to Mrs. Swinton's face. The TN
mistakabIe scarlet was there. Immediate
ly all the other women set up a scream
ing and began to run away from her.
Her two children were with a nurse, and
these also ran with the women. But her
husband, DIR. Swinton, remained with ner.
"'Go on. Smith, he told me. Keep an
eye on the children. AS for me. I shall
stay with my wife. l know she is as
already dead but can't leave her. After
ward. IL / escape, l shall come to the
chemistry building. and do you watch lor
me and let me in
soothing her last moments, while 1 ran
to overtake the party. We were the last
to be admitted to the Chemistry Building.
After that, with our automatic rifies We
maintained our isolation. BY our plan
we had arranged for a company OF sixty
20 be in this refuge. Instead. every one
OF the number originally planned had add
ed relatives and friends and whole fami-
lies until there were over 400 souls. But
the chemistry building was large, and,
standing by itself. was In no danger Of
being burned by the great fires that ragged
everywhere in the city,
"A large quantity of provisions had
been gathered. and food committee took
charge OF II, issuing rations daily to the
various families and groups that ar
ranged themselves into messes. A num-
Der OF committees were appointed. and
we developed a very efficient organiza
ton. i was on the committee OF defense
though for the first day no prowlers came
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like so many active volcanoes. Oakland,
San Leandro. Haywards-all were burn
ing; and to the northward. clear to Point
Richmond. other fires were at work. 1t
was an awe-inspiring spectacle. Civiliza-
ton, my grandsons civilization was pass
ing in a sheet of flame and a breath of
death. At 10 o'clock that night. the great
powder magazines at Point Pinole eX-
ploded in rapid succession. So terrific
were the conclusions that the strong
building rocked as in an earthquake,
while every pane Of glass was broken.
II was then that ! left the roof and
to room quieting the alarmed women and
telling them what had happened.
IAN hour later, at a window on the
ground floor, heard pandemonium
break out in the camps of the prowlers.
There were cries and screams, and shots
from many pistols AS we afterward con-
jectured, this fight had been precipi-
tated by an attempt on the part of those
that were well to drive out those that
were sick. At any rate, a number of
the plague-stricken providers escaped
across the campus and drifted against
our doors. We warned them back. but
they cursed us and discharged a fusillade
from their pistols Prof. Merryweather,
at one of the windows, was instantly
killed the bullet striking him squarely
between the eyes. We opened fire in
turn, and all the providers led away with
the exception OF three. One was
woman. The plague was on them and
they were reckless. Like foul hends,
there IN the red glare from the skies.
with faces blazing. they continued to
curse US and fire at us. One OF the men
/ shot with my own hand. After that the
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ed with the smoke Of its burning. these
low creatures gave rein to their bestiality
and fought and drank and died. Ano
after all, what did IL matter? Everybody
died anyway, the good and the bad. the
efficients and the weaklings, those that
loved to live and those that scorned to
live. They passed. Everything passed.
When twenty-four hours had gone by
and no signs OF the plague was appar-
ent, we congratulated ourselves and set
about digging a well. You have seen the
great iron pipes which in those days car
ried water to all the city dwellers. We
feared that the fires in the city would
burst the pipes and empty the reservoirs.
So we tore up the cement floor OF the
central court of the Chemistry Building
and dug a well There were many young
men. undergraduates, with us, and we
worked night and day on the well. And
our fears were confirmed. Three hours
before we reached water, the pipes went
dry.
"A second twenty-four hours passed,
and still the plague did not appear
among US. We thought we were saved.
But We did not know what / afterward
decided to be true. namely. that the Pc
riod of the incubation of the plague
germs in a humans body was a matter
OF a number of days. II slew so swiftly
when once 1t manifested itself that We
were led to believe that the period of in
cubation was equally swift So, when
two days had left US unscathed, we were
elated with the idea that We were free
Of the contagion-
But the third day disillusioned us.
can never forget the night preceding II.
/ had charge OF the night guards from
S to l., and from the roof Of the build
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The Scarlet lpl@@u@
Part Three
Part Three
The Survival OF the FSitteSt

near. We could see them In the distance.
however. and by the smoke Of their fires
knew that several camps OF them were
occupying the far edge OF the campus.
Drunkenness was rife and often We heard
them singing ribald songs or insanely
shouting. While the world crashed To
ruin about them and all the air was I'LL
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

ing i watched the passing of all mans
glorious works. So terrible were the To-
cal conhagrstions that all the sky was
lighted up. One could read the finest
print In the red glare All the world
seemed wrapped In flames. San Fran
cisco spouted smoke and fire from a
score OF vast conhagrations that were
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

were with them, including the nurses and
the servants Prof. Badminton greeted
me, and ! had dificulty In recognizins
him. Somewhere he had gone through
flames, and his beard was singed on.
About his head was a bloody bandagc,
and his clothes were filthy. He told me
he had been cruelty beaten by providers,
The Washington herald., 1914-05-03

In Part ". which will appear in the
magazine section OF this paper next Sun
day. old Granser will bring his narrs-
tive to a close by telling what hap
pencd to those who survived the plague
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-12-28
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and England and that In such fight
she was forced to draw quickly when
she saw her enemies reaching for their
hip pockets And only the prompt &C
tion at Liege that put this important
railway center commanding the rail-
way connections to France and Ger
many into German hands prevented
the English landing and invading Bel
slum
The guilt Of the Belgian government
in this matter consists. In. the hrst
place. In making and concertlng plans
with the English and French govern
ments as to what steps to take In case
Of war A plan Of the French mobiliza-
tlon was found In the same docket,
and It cannot be presumed that the
conference between British and French
experts was not known to the British
military attache in Brussels 1t is fur.
thermore impossible to believe that the
French railway for the shipping of Brit
ish troops from Calais, Dunkirk and
Boulogne into Belgium in Belgian cars
could have been used without the knowl.
edge Of the French authorities Second
". that Belgium did not heed the advice
OF Baron Greindl and did not try 10 In
sure her Independence in the same way
10y approaching Germany and making
a similar contract with her. This dis
poses OF the contention that the Bel
gian conversation bad n purely defen-
slve character as against ell comers.
II shows the one sidedness OF the incli-
nation. which is evidenced also by the
display OF an Belglums fcrtresses on
the eastern frontier
Germany's Action Justified.
The Belgian people had been told at
the beginning Of the war that Germany
demanded that the Belgian force should
fight with the Germans against the
French and the English. and the truth
had become known only three fun
months later. when the Belgian Gray
Book was published. Then Belgium
was practically occupied territory.
While Belgium pretended neutrality
nNa AAifAAaAlp ANMdlu 1tt many IL
was secretly planning FOR Der defeat In
war which was considered unavOid-
able. The poor Belgian people. how
ever. must suffer because OF the large
ambitions of King Leopold Of Congo
fame and of q broken down diplomacy.
The imperial chancellor has declared
that there was irrefutsbs proof that II
Germany did not march through Bel.
glum her enemies would This proof,
as row being produced. IS % the
strongest character so the chancellor
was rlghi o. appealing 70 the law Of
necessity. although he had 20 regret
thar Il violated International law.
This law u necessity has beeB rec0g-
uized ss paramount BY nearly every
prominent statesman. including Glad
stone. and by ell teachers Of lnterna.
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Translation of the original draft of the report of the Belgian
Major General Ducarme to the Belgian minister of war
concerning the formers conferences with the British
military atache Lieutenant Colonel Barnardiston

the chief command OF the allied forces
He inquired whether our prepara-
lions were sufficient In order to secure
the defense OF the country during the
crossing and the transportation OF Eng
lish troops. which he estimated to last
about ten days
! answered him that the places Ma
muir and Iiege were protected from a
coup de main" aud that our field army
Of 100000 men would be capa bic OF in
tervention within four days
After having expressed his full salts
faction with my explanation my visitor
laid emphasis on the following facts
First.-That our converse ton was en-
tlrely confidential.
Second That ii was not binding on
his government
Third. THAT his minister. the Eng
ish general STAFF. be and | were. up to
the present. the only ones Informed
about the matter
Fourth That he did not know
whether the opinion OF his sovereign
had been consulted
In following discussion Lieutenant
Colonel BarnardiSton assured me that
he never had received confidential re-
ports Of the other military attaches
about our army lie then gave the ex-
act numerical data of the English
forces We could depend on II that in
twelve or thirteen days two army
corps. four cavalry brigndes and two
brigades OF horse infantry would be
landed. He asked the 10 study the
question of the transport OF these
forces to that part OF the country
where they would be useful. and he
promised to give me for this purpose
details about the composition OF the
landing army
He reverted TO the question concern
ing the effective strength OF our field
army. and he empha sized that no de-
tachments should he sent from this
army to Namur and l.iege, because
these places were provided with Gar
riso:is OF sufficient strength He asked
me 20 direct M attention TO the neceS
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Brussels, April 10. 1906.

! minister.
[Conidentiai.
Brussels, April 10, 1906
Sir--I have the honor to report TO you
\ briefly bout the conversations which
| had with Lieutenant Colonel Barnardls'
ton and which have already been the
subject of my oral communications.
The first visit took place in the middle
Of January Mr. Barnardiston referred
to the anxieties of the general staff OF
his country with regard to the general
political situation and because of the
possibility that war may soon break
out. In case Belgium should be attack.
ed the sending of about 100000 troops
was provided for.
The lieutenant colonel asked me how
such a measure would be regarded by
us. answered him that, from mill
tary point of view, it could not be but
favorable. but that this question Of in
tervention was just as much matter
for the political authorities and that.
therefore it was my duty to inform the
minister OF war about It,
Mr.. Barnardiston answered that his
minister In Brussels would speak about
it with our minister of foreign affairs
He proceeded In the following sense:
The landing of the English troops
would AXE place at the French coast
in the vicinity of Dunkirk and Calais,
so as to hasten their movements as
much as possible. The entry OF the
English in Belgium would only take
place after the violation OF our neu-
trality by Germany. A landing in Ant
werp would take much more time. be-
cause larger transports would be need
ed and because, on the other hand. the
So fety would be less complete.
This admitted there would be several
other points to consider. such as rail
way transportation. the question OF
requisition. which the English army
could make. the question concerning
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England Determined Upon War

NHSt. Nll''hlu tsui uiOptdb Nohh" - "ti"h
break out
England Determined Upon War
Now. II must be recollected that as
early as July 2s. 1914, Sir Edward Grey
said to Prince Lichnowsky us men
toned IN his communication to Sir T..
Goschen The situation was very
grave While II was restricted TO the
issues at present actually involved. we
bad not thought OF interfering in It.
But II Germany became involved in II
aud then France the issue might be so
great that II would involve oil Euro
pean interests and | did not wish him
to be mlsled by the friendly tone OF our
conversation which | hoped would
continue Into thinking that we should
stand aside" british White Papers
No S0l
This was az a time when the Belgian
issue had not been raised at all. 1t
only came about by Sir Edward Grey's
notes written on July 81 Thus the
British entanglement with France, as
evidenced by the British White Book.
prevented England taking the same at
titude In 1914 which she bad taken In
1870. when she made a treaty with
France as against the German invasion
OF Belgium and with Germany as
against the French invasion OF Bel
gium A similar agreement wns sug-
gested 10y Prince Lichnowsky 10 Sir
Edward Grey on Aug. /. 1914. as re
ported in the English White Book No.
1913. when the former asked Sir Ed
ward Grey whether II Germany gave
promise not to violate Belgian neu-
trality England would engage TO re
main neutral upon which Grey replied
that be. could not say that
Il Is therefore perfectly evident. in
the tlrst place. that In case OF a Ger
man war that was sure 10 be brought
about by Russia's mobilization against
Germany. England would 60 10 war
against Germany. and II has been prov
ed that the English assurance 10 that
effect has strengthened the hands OF
the Russian war party. which there
upon got the upper hand aud forced
the Russian Car into the war tsee re-
4 port of Belgian charge d'aGaires nt St
/ Petersburg 20 the Minister or Foreign
Affairs az Brussels July 30l.
Belgian Government's Guilt
in the second place. ii Il shown that
England meant with or without Bel
GUMS Wiz. O. land her troops 90 viola
/ tion of Beicium's neutrality 90 Belgium
Irrespective ~ whether German troops
we're marching through Belgium ~
uot because no such declaration bad
been made in 1912 or nnv time there
after until Aug 4iu the Gcrmaa Rclchs
us % T. further evident that us soon
US Russia mohiize,i. Germany would
hat- fo nghi Russia as wei a. france
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that, while IL would be a matter OF the
utmost gravity and delicacy to refuse
to execute treaty, the power 10 do so
was n prerogative Of which no country
could be deprived without deeply af-
fecting Its independence
We now let these Belgian documents
speak for themselves,
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Docun1cns Brought View Now Made Public For the First
Secret Understanding Britain France Belgium Apparently Proved

In disregarding their stipulations. but
demand I'm the interests OF the country
thar It should do so, there can be no
question, Unexpected events may call
'or u change in the policy OF the conn
And TO strengthen this opinion
lrr decision by Justice Curtis. rem
Il ID 1908. may be cited. stating
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ty with China concerning Chinese I'm.
migration into the United States: 1T
will not be presumed that the legisln.
tive department Of the government will
lightly pass laws which are IN conirt
with the treaties OF the country u
that circumstances may arise wh
would not only justify the governnn.