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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

the burning of Moscow and the defense
CT Saragossa marked the two great
stages in the turn OF the tide against
him. The prime lesson of this war
self-respect. or the goodwin of other
nations. unless it keeps itself ready to
exact justice from others, precisely az
it should keep itself eager and willing
to do justice to others.
The second lesson is the utter In
adequacy of existing peace and neu-
trality treaties. and Of all treaties con-
ceived in the spirit Of the all-inclusive
arbitration treaties recently adopted
at Washington: and, in fact, Of all
treaties which do not put potential
force behind the treaty. which do not
create some kind OF International po-
lice power to stand behind interna-
tional sense OF right as expressed IN
some competent tribunal.
It now remains to consider whether
there Is not-and I believe there is
some method which will bring nearer
the day when international war of the
kind hitherto waged and now waging
between nations shall be relegated 10
that past which contains the kind of
private war that was habitually waged
between individuals up to the end of
the middle ages. By degrees the work
of a national police has been substi-
tuted for the exercise OF the right of
private war. Inc CROWN OF sentiment
in favor Of peace within each nation
accomplished little until an effective
police force was put back Of the senti-
ment. There are few communities
where such a police force is almost
non-existent. although always latent
in the shape of a sheriff's posse or
something of that kind. In all big
communities. however, in all big cities,
law is observed. innocent and law
abiding and peaceful people are pro-
tected and the disorderly and violent
classes prevented from a riot Of mis-
chief and wrong-doing. only by the
presence of an efficient police force.
Some analogous international police
force must be created If war between
nations is to be minimized as war
between individuals has been minim-
lied.
1t is. of course. essential that. If
this end is to be accomplished, we
shall face facts with the understand
ing of what they really signify. Not
the slightest good is done by hysteri-
cal outcries for a peace which would
consecrate wrong or leave wrongs I'M
redressed. Little or nothing would be
gained by q peace which merely
stopped this war for the moment and
left untouched all the causes that
have brought it about. A peace which
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

The family cate came over to him
without hesitation, and as she reached
his feet he started the battery and
clapped a sponge to each of her sides.
For about thirty seconds the cat
bumped her back. rolled her eyes. and
wondered over the new sensation. Then
she seemed to get the idea that she was
being attacked by other cats, and that
it was to be fight for her life. Her
first spring carried her on Mr.. Bowser's
knees. and the next to the top OF his
head, and the sudden attack rolled him
out Of his chair upon the floor. He
yelled and the cat squealed. He pound
ed at her and she clawed. The fight
was over in a minute, with the cat
shooting ustairs to hide under the bed,
but in those sixty seconds Mr.. Bowser
had received dozen bites and a score
of scratches. He scrambled up with
the blood flowing from his wounds and
his dignity all torn up the back, and
his first act was to dash the battery to
the floor and jump on it with both feet.
His next was to yell at Mrs. Bowser:
Woman, I'll wreck this house from
cellar to garnet! You knew all the
time
But Mrs. Bowser wasn't there. She
had followed the cat upstairs. His first
thought was to rush after her. but as
he reached the stairs he paused with a
new idea. Murder would not satisfy his
thirst
Woman, hear me!" he called ITO
morrow morning-my lawyer-your
lawyer 7divorce-no alimony, and you
and your blamed old cat may starve in
the streets and die in the poorhouse!''
-(Copyright. 1914. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10
BY THEODORE

clare that the kaiser acted in conform
ity with the feelings of the German
people, and az he sincerely believed the
interests of hts people demanded; and.
as SO often before in his personal and
family life, he and his family have
given honorable proof that they pos
sess the qualities that are Characters
tic of the German people. Every one OF
his sons went to war, not nominally,
but to face every danger and hardship.
Two Of his sons hastily married the
girls to whom they were betrothed, and
Immediately afterwards left for the
front.
This was q fresh illustration of one
of the most striking features OF the out
break of the war in Germany. In tens
of thousands Of cases, the officers and
enlisted men. who were engaged, mar
ried Immediately before starting for
the front. In many OF the churches,
there were long queues OF brides wait
ing for the ceremony. SO as to enable
their lovers to marry them just before
they responded to the order that meant
that they might have to sacrifice every
thing, including life. for the nation. A
nation that shows such a spirit Is as
suredly a great nation. The efficiency
of the German organization, the results
of the German preparation in advance.
were strikingly shown in the powerful
1OTWdTU movement OI the 11TSL SIX
weeks of the war. Not only is this or
ganization. this preparedness, highly
creditable to Germany, but even more
creditable is the spirit lying behind the
organization. The men and women Of
Germany, from the highest to the low
est, have shown a splendid patriotism
and abnegation of self In reading of
their attitude, it is impossible not to
feel thrill of admiration for the stern
courage and lofty disinterestedness
which this great crisis laid bare In the
souls of the people. most earnestly
hope that we Americans, II tver the
need may arise. will show similar
qualities.
1t is idle to say that this is not a
peoples war. The intensity of convic-
ton in the Righteousness of their sew
eral causes shown by the several peo-
pies is prime factor for considera-
ton, IL we are to take efficient means
to try to prevent repetition of this in
credible world tragedy. History may
decide in any war that one or the other
party was wrong and yet also decide
that the highest qualities and powers
Of the human soul were shown by that
party. We here in the United States
have now grown practically to accept
this view as regards our own Civil war
and We feel an equal pride in the high
devotion to the right. as it was given
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

cold in the head. II you are ailing
can't sleep for my anxiety. but If you
knew that 1 was standing on the verge
of the grave you'd fling out some in
suit or other"
'Well. you had your blood tested.
she quietly answered.
Eyes, 1 did. You know how I've
been rundown for the last year, and I
wanted to know just what allied me. 1t
didn't take the doctor, over five MINI
utes to find that my system needed
electricity. For the want of electricity
my blood is turning into water"
"And so you have bought a battery,
| of course ?"
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left the wrongs Of Belgium unre-
dressed. which did not leave her in
dependent and secured against fur
Their wrong-doing, and which did not
guard all peaceful nations against
suffering the fate that Belgium has
suffered. would probably be mischiev-
Gus rather than beneficial in its ulti-
mate effects. It Is perfectly possible
to take the view that, as conditions
now are. Germany, from the stacd-
point of the preservation of her ma
ttOnal life, may have felt it necessary
to act as she did toward Belgium, and
yet also to take the view that Bel
GUM has been terribly wronged. and
that the civilized world owes it to t.
self to see that this wrong is redressed
and that steps are taken which will
guarantee that hereafter conditions
shall not be permitted to become such
as either to require or to permit such
action. Surely all good and honest
men who are lovers of peace and who
do not use the great words Love of
Peace" to cloak their own folly and
timidity must agree that peace is to
be made the handmaiden OF right
eousness, or else that it is worthless.
England's attitude in going to war
in defense of Belgium's rights, accord
ing to its guarantee, was not only strict
OF action that ever will make a neu-
trality treaty or peace treaty or arbi-
tration treaty worth the paper on which
1t is written. The published dispatches
of the British government show that
Sir Edward Grey clearly. emphatically
and scrupulously declined to commit
his government to war until 1t became
imperative to do SO II Great Britain
was tt fulfill, as her honor and interest
alike demanded, her engagements on
behalf OF the neutrality of Belgium. OF
coruse, as far as Great Britain is con-
cerned. she would not be honorably JUS
titled in making peace unless this OBJ
ject Of her going to war was achieved.
The case of Belgium in this war stands
by itself. AS regards all the other
powers, it is not only possible to make
out a real case in favor of each nation
on each side, but it Is also quite posi-
BILE to show that, under existing condi-
tions, each nation was driven by its
vital interests to do what it did.
The real nature Of the problem we
have ahead Of us can only be grasped II
this attitude of the several powers is
thoroughly understood. To paint the
kaiser as a devil. merely bent on graft
flying a wicked thirst for bloodshed. is
an absurdity. and worse than an alb
surdity. I believe that history will de-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

each man to see the right. shown alike
by the men who wore the blue and the
men who wore the gray.
? The English feel that in this war they
fight not only for themselves but for
principle, for justice. for civilization.
for real and lasting world peace.
Great Britain 10 backed by the great
free democracies that under her flag
have grown up in Canada. in Austria
liza, in South Africa. She feels that she
stands for the liberties and rights Of
weak nations everywhere. One Of the
most striking features Of the war il
the way in which the varied peoples OF
India have sprung to arms to defend
the British Empire.
The Russians regard the welfare Of
their whole people as at stake. The
Russian Liberals believe that success
for Russia means an end of militarism
In Europe. They believe that the Pole,
the Jew, the Finn. the man Of the eau
casus. will each and all be enfranchised.
that the advance of justice and right
in Russia will be immeasurably fur
thered by the triumph OF the Russian
people in this contest. and that the con-
flict was essential, not only to Russian
national life but to the growth Of free
dom and justice within her boundaries.
The people of Germany believe, that
they are engaged primarily in a fight
for life OF the Teuton against the Slav,
OF civilization against what they regard
40 d vast meuAC1n& 1lOO0 OF O8rDaf1Sm.
They went to war because they believed
the war was an absolute necessity, not
merely to German well-being but to
German national existence. They sim
cerely feel that the nations OF western
Europe are traitors to the cause Of Oc-
cidental civilization. and that they
themselves are fighting. each man for
his own hearthstone. for his own wife
and children. and all for the future
existence of the generations yet to
come.
The French feel with passionate con-
viction that this IL the last stand Of
France. and that II she does not now
succeed and Is again trampled uner
foot. her people will lose for all time
their place in the forefront of that
great modern civilization of which the
debt to France IL literally inca1culable.
OF Austria and Hungary. of Servia
and Montenegro. exactly the same il
true.
To each Of these peoples, the wal
seems a crusade against threatening
wrong, and each man fervently be-
lieves in the justice of his cause
Moreover. each combatant fight.
with that terrible determination to
| destroy the opponent which springs
| from fear. 1t il not the fear which
any one of these powers has inspired
that offers the difficult problem. 1t l.
the fear which each Of them genuine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

tor Of Immense Importance in the WoA-
fare OF the world. All that II neceg-
sary II for Russia to throw aside the
during the centuries Of Monsol domin-
ion. She win then BE- found dotug
what no other raco can do and what
1t Ii Of peculiar advantage to the Eng.
lish speaking peoples that she should
do.
AZ for crushing Germany or Grip
pling her and reducing her to politi-
cal Impotence, such an action would
be q disaster to mankind. The Ger
mans are not merely our brother9:
they are largely ourselves The debt
we owe to German blood Il great; the
debt we owe to German thought ana
to German example, not only In gov-
ernmental administration but In All
the practical work OF life, is even
greater. Every generous heart. ana
every far-seeing mind throughout tine
world should rejoice in the existence
OF a stable, united and powerful Ger
many, too strong to fear aggression
and too just to be source OF fear to
its neighbors.
AS for France, she has occupied. in.
the modern world, a position ~
unique as Greece in the world OF an
tiquity. To have her broken or cowed
would mean a loss today as great ~
the loss that was suffered by tho world
when the creative genius OF the Greek
passed away with his loss OF political
power and material greatness. The
world cannot spare France.
Now the danger to each OF these
great and splendid civilizations arises
far more from the fear that each feels
than from the fear that each inspires.
Belgium's case stands apart. She in
spired no fear. No peace should be
made until her wrongs have been res
dressed. and the likelihood Of the
repetition of such wrongs provided
against. She has sueffred incredibly
because the fear among TIVE plain
German people, among the Socialists
| for instance, of the combined strength
| of France and Russia made them ac-
| quiesce in and support the policy OF
| the military party, which was to dis
regard the laws OF international NOR
atty and the plain and simple rights
of the Belgian people.
| 1t is idle merely to make speeches
and write essays against this fear.
] because at present the fear has real
! basis. At present each nation has
| cause for the fear it feels. Each ma
| ton has cause to believe that it's ma
tional life is in peril unless 1t il able
| to take the national life OF one or
more Of its foes or at least hope1essly
] cripple that foe. The causes Of the
! fear must be removed or, no matter
| what peace may be patched up today
| or what new treaties may be negotl-
ated tomorrow. these causes will AT
some future day bring out the same
results, bring about q repetition Of
this same awful tragedy.-(Copyrigh
1914 by. the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-10-10

During the preparation for battle Pat
emerged from his tent wearing his uni
form hind side before. This soon at
tracted the attention of his superior offi-
Ger. who demanded an explanation. Pat
scratched his head and seemed loath to
comply. but finally replied, with Q sheep
ish grin: well. begorra. OF thot IL OF
wore it this way, thin when Oh had to re-
trate Oh wouldn't get shot in the back. -
Life,
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
First Ship Through Canal

Panama, May lit is proposed
to send the first commercial vessel
through the Panama canal in a few
days. The vessel is the Pacific Mail
liner Pennsylvania of 5000 tons. 1t
will cross to Cristobal, be emptied
there and take out a cargo for New
York. Lighters loaded with sugar
on the Pacific side will follow the
vessel to the Atlantic side. towed by
a tug.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
NEW TO-DAY
Proposals Asked
For Repair Work On Court House, Jail
and Fire House

Sealed bids to be marked, bids for repair
work on Court House, Jail and Fire House,
will be received by the Board OF County Com
missioners of Eureka County, Nevada. until
the 9Th day of July. 1914. at 2 o'clock p. m
Of said day, at the office OF the Clerk Of sale
Board. at the Court House in the town OF Eu
rska, Nevada, for the painting and repair o.
the Court House, Jail and Fire House, in ths
town Of Eureka, Eureka County. Nevada, and
including all materials used therein.
All work to be done according to the plani
and specifications on file in the office Of the
Clerk OF said Board. The work to be com
pleted on or before the 5th day of October.
1914. unless the Board, for good reason. should
grant furtf er time.
The work to be paid for at the frst regular
monthly meeting after it has been examined
approved and accepted by the Board, said
work TO be so examined within ten days after
completion.
Tn Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids.
The party whose bid l. accepted will be re-
quired TO enter into contract and furnish bono
for the faithful performance of the work.
Attest: X. McCHARLES. Clerk.
Eureka. Nevada, May II. 1914.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
Livestock Increases
On National Forests

Figures showing the number of
livestock for which the Secretary of
Agriculture has authorized grazing
permits for the ranges on the 100
National forests during theyear 1914
have just been made public. Nearly
1000. 900 animals can be grazed, in
GLIDING nearly 1000. 900 head of cat
tie and horses. nearly 9,O00,O 900 head
of sheep and goats, and about 65,-
900 hogs. This means an increase
for the current year of about 49,
900 nor cattle and horses, and 347.-
600 more sheep and goats, although
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
LAST RESPECTS PAID
VERA CRUZ HEROES
One Million See Funeral Process
sion Of Americans II New
York City

New York May 1l-More than
one million people participated this
morning in the formal reception Of
the remains Of the first y1cumso Of the
occupation Of Vera Cruz BY the
United States naval forces April p
President Wilson caused surprise
By appearing IN the procession II
New York as be was only expected
10 attend the ceremonies at the
Brooklyn navy yard The Presidents
yacht Msyfoxer met the Montana
st Hampton Roads and accompanied
it to the Battery. the two vessels be
ing met al sea BY the battleship
Wyoming.
The procession from the Battery
10 the city hall was headed by 50
mounted police. followed by two
naval officers with q trumpeter walk
ing between them. Behind them
were carried the Wyoming's flags at
the head of long line Of marines
and bluejackets- The massed bands
from the Wyoming and Montana
were next in line and were followed
by the cassions bearing the remains
Of the dead.
Presidedt Wilson in an auto follow
ed behind the cassions. being guarded
by a number Of secret service men
on foot, and after the presidential
party the carriage containing Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels followed.
The streets along the line of march
to the city hall were banked solidly
with humanity. The procession
stopped at the city hall where
Mayor Mitchell made an address.
The Mayor was deeply moved and
laid a giant wreath of orchids and
bay leaves on the cassion which Ear
RED the remains of the one New
York victim.
The navy tug Traffic brought the
caskets from the Montana to the pier
where four blue jackets stood at at
tention on each side of every coffin
as they were placed in a line on the
pier. Blue jackets and marines
standing at eas sprang to attention
when President Wilson Unexpectedly
appeared as the collins were being
landed.
From the city hall the procession
crossed Manhattan bridge to the
navy yard, where President Wilson
made the principal address at the
services held there.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16

Cleanliness is a good trait. But
some men are so proud of their finger
nails that they are afraid to do any
work.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
Humboldt Assessor Short

The Winnemucca Star in its repor,
of the proceeding of the Board a.
County Commissioners of Humboldt
County. has the following:
1t appearing to the Board that n
NJ. Leonard. as County Assessor. ia
short in his accounts in the sum of
sl642. and said Leonard and his Of.
fetal bondsmen having failed to pay
the same into the county treasury
after demand thereof had been made
it was ordered that the District At
torney proceed by proper legal bro.
ceedings to recover the said sum Of
money.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16

You can always tell a wise man b,
the smart things he does not say.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16

the gross area of the National forests
at the beginning of 1914 is almost a
million acres less than at the begin
ming of 1913.
During 1918, according to the re-
ports just compiled, more than 81
600 stockmen paid the Government
for grazing permits on the National
forests.
For several years past the carry
ing capacity of the National forest
ranges has been slowly rising, which,
forest officers say, indicates an i'm.
provement in general grazing condi-
tons and a better utilization of the
forage resources. They claim that
this is due mainly to the enforcement
of better methods of distributing
and handling stock.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1914-05-16
Murder and Suicide

Russell J. Grant of the Sheckler
district. near Fallon, last Sunday
shot and killed his wife and COM
mitted suicide with the same weap-
on. Before taking his own life he
set fire to the building. which was
only partially burned. Financial
worries are supposed to have been
the cause of the double tragedy.