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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
The Napoleon of the Balkans Joins
the Russians,

In the press of news from the front
the significance Of the brief statement
in the papers of Aug. IL that Gen.
Radko Dimitrieff, commander Of the
Third Bulgarian army during the Bal
kan war, has t~elegraphed mis- resigna-
ton in order that he might join the
Russian army, has escaped general
notice.
The remarkable career of this hero
of the Balkans is sketched by Lieuten-
ant Wagner in With the Victorious
Bulgarians, and this famous book on
the Balkan powers n the war
against Turkey, now takes on fresh
interest and Importance as a graphic
account of the ~generalship CT a man
who may easily become q dominant
factor in the present var
"Since the day of Kirk Kilisse,"
Lieutenant Wagner wrote, "a name
has become generally known through
out the world, which had long enjoyed
popular fame throughout Bulgaria it,
self-the name Of Gen. Radko Dimit-
rieff, the victor of Kirk Kiiisse, and
the commander Of the Third Bulgarian
army.
"The officers and soldiers call him
'Napoleon-tscheto', no only on &C
count of the likeness of his profile and
his general build to that of Napoleos,
but also because he is the hero of Kirk
Kilisse, Lule Burgas and Chorlu.
'"Whence came Radko Dimltrieff?
What was the past career of this hero,
undoubtedly the most popular leader
of his time in Bulgaria? He was born
in the little town of Gradez on Sept.
"a, 1859, and after a successful course
at the military school of Sofia, passed
out as lieutenant on May 10, 1879. ne
then distinguished himself as a stu
dent at the Acadamy Of the General
Staff at st. Petersburg.
when the annexation of eastern
Roumelia was proclaimed by Prince
Alexander at Philippopolis. he was
sent with most of the Bulgarian army
to the Turkish frontier, for naturally
the general idea was that Bulgaria
| would be attacked by Turkey. But
the foresight and the expectations al
Natschovitsch, who was then ambas-
sador at Bucharest, were justified and
1t was not the Turks but the 'Servian
brothers of Bulgaria who were the in
Ivaders: .+
TT is we'll known how difficult II
| then was, on account of h want OF
railways, to transfer Bulgarian troops
from the south to the northwest OF the
country. Radko Dimitrieff took part as
q captain in this operation. MARCHING
| his men at headlong speed he was In
| time to be present at the decisive bat
tie Of SIivnitza as one OF The famous
left wing. But then came the unfor-
tunate dethroning of Prince Alexan.
der, the result of a conspiracy organ.
lied by Russian Panslavists among the
officers who had studied at st. Peters.
burg and were enthusiasts for thu
car, the liberator from the Turkish
yoke. This affair involved the other.
wise amiable and astute Radko Dimit,
riefR in politics. He had to leave tbs
service and 60 away to Russia, where
he was again employed as an officer
this time In a foreign army.
"He distinguished himself in various
ways in his work as captain and soor
received promotion. But homesick.
ness grew upon him, and he often re.
gretted that he had allowed himself
to be drawn into politics.
! Ten years after his exile hogan HI
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
John Spencer Bassett.

John Spencer Bassett, American
educator and historian, was born at
Tarboro, N. c., IN 1857. In 1888 he
graduated from Trinity college OF
North Carolina and received higher
degrees at Johns Hopkins university,
In 1892 he became editor of The
| South Atlantic Quarterly, but resign
ed a year alter to accept the chair
of history at his alma mater. Trinity
college. He 1894 he wrote Constitu-
tionai Beginnings of North Carolina,
A series Of papers on slavery in the
| colony and state of North Carolina
followed.
In 1901 appeared a work from his
pen entitled Writings of Colonel Will
liam Byrd of Westover in Virginia.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
SATURDAY, AUG. %, 1914
THE WAR.

- While the war experts have predict
ed and the world has expected a tre-
mendous and decisive battle for over a
week, the great European conflict has
now been raging for three fuM weeks
without an engagement which might
be termed decisive.
The Germans have swarnej over
Belgium, as they had planned to do.
They have gone by on either side OF
Liege and it is evident that the only
opposition has been from Belgian fore
es. The great armies Of tho ollies are
evidently waiting for the Germans to
come to them, instead Of going to meet
the kaiser's forces.
The Germans took Brussels. without
q shot being fired in defense Of the
Belgian capital. The Belgl4ns have
retired before them into Antwerp, the
great fortified city on the Scheldt. and
the mighty German n Austrian fore
es continue to roll down either side Of
the Meuse river practically without
opposition.
Today's reports tell Of this cnntin-
I ued and almost unoppOsed advance.
The Germans seem to have learned a
lesson at Liege. Instead of attempt
ing to take the great fortified Belgian
stronghOlds they are now seemingly
content to surround them and cut
them off. Today's dispatches state
that the Germans are merely invest
ing Namur, instead of trying to sweep
1t out Of their path, and are pouring
by on either side.
The news tina comes to the crld is
censored and one-sided. but it is evil
dent that so far, the French and Eng
lish armies have not been used to stem
the German advance. They have left
the Belgian forces to put up all the
opposition possible and when about to
he overwhelmed by numbers to quiet
w drop back to the next line Of de-
Tense.
When and where will the decisive
stand be made? Will the eilies sud
denly appear in the front Of the kais-
er's forces and attempt to halt the
German invasion Of Belgian soil? Or
are the French and English setting a
trap for the German hosts?
War experts are beginning to hint
at the possibility of such an outcome
of this tremendous German movement.
The Germans have poured into Bel
GUM. and almost through Belgium to
the French frontier. and still there is
not a sign of the fearful impact on
Belgian soil" that was predicted by the
French military experts.
Across the line in France is a series
of fortifcations, one of thu strongest
networks OF defense in the world. Is
it a lions mouth into which the kais-
er's forces are pouring?
Recently there was q significant
) phrase sent from the London mill
tary headquarters. The British mill
tary resume stated that The Germans
have gained much ground IN Belgium
in their mad rush on Paris. Do the
allies consider 1t a mad rush.?
~ There are now hundreds Of thous-
ands of Germans and Austrians we'll
into Belgium. 1t must take an enor-
nous amount of food and munitions
to keep them supplied. What would
happen if the Germans suddenly found
the French and English army, not In
! their front, but in their rear?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22

The New Rockford Transcript tell
of the possibilities of gardening il
North Dakota in the following graph
&c story:
The H. Peoples Investment
Company has a fine garden just
south of the Great Northern
tracks, and a visit to it will con-
vince the most skeptical that Ed
dy county is the garden patch of
the universe. The editor had the
pleasure of going thru the gar
den Tuesday afternoon, being
chaperoned-and watched-by the
efficient manager of the work,
Clyde Young, and we were really
greatly surprised at the NAM
moth growth of the vegetables.
The garden contains everything
In the line of vegetables that a
person could imagtne-beans,
peas. onions, carrots, beets, pep
pers, ground cherries. pumpkin,
squash, w~atermelons, cantaloupes,
sweet corn, pop corn, cabbage,
and winter r~adishes. c~auliflower,
and a hundred other kinds Of
vegetables for the table, and each
and every one of them are re-
turning big yields.
One of the biggest things we
ever& Ia in the way Of a pump
kin lies there getting golden yell
low in the sun. This mammoth
production of the Eddy county
soil measures sixty-three inches
in circumference and weighs
about a hundred pounds-with a
month Of growing weather yet to
come. Just think of a hundred
pounds of pumpkin for pies from
immense pumpkin. The same
vine that sustains this mammoth
savior of the Thanksgiving table.
has a half dozen baby pump
kins" also, the smallest of which
measures about forty-eight inch
es in circumference. Can you
beat it?
Another big thing that we took
especial note of is a certain yer
iety of squash. One of the aver
age squashes of seven or eight on
q vine measured twenty-four
inches in length and over twelve
inches in diameter. And cab
hageI Heads weighing sixteen
pounds are a common occurrence,
and many of them have already
been sold that weighed ever more
than that. Among the things
which show how prolific the soil
Eddy county makes the vari-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
A WARNING.

We're sure to have some scorchers be-
fore the coming fall,
And probably this notice will do no
good at all; t..
But like poor Miss Cassandra, who
lived in ancient Troy.
We're going to do our duty, although
it may annoy. ii
Your ideas may be limited, but If you
have few,
Don't put that awful question, Els 1t
hot enough for you?"
Poor Abel thought this funny. and
hence the. act of Cain;
Twas put by Ham to Japheth, and
that's what brought the rain!
And when the Queen of Sheba made
Solomon her host,
That wise old king did not trot out this
cold and ancient roast.
But if for some queer reason You wish
to seem an ass,
This phrase alone can hardly fail to
put you in that class.
Judge.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
WAR;.

War suspends the rules Of moral
obligation, and what is long sus-
pended is in danger of being total
" abrogated. Civil al strike
deepest of all into the manners of
the people. They vitiate their pol
itics; they corrupt their morals:
they pervert even the natural
taste and relish of equity and JUS
tice. BY teaching US to consider
u fellow creatures in an hostile
light, the whole body of our ma
ton becomes gradually less dear
to US, The very names Of Affec-
ton and Kindred, which were the
bond of charity whilst we agreed.
become new incentives to hatred
and rage, when the communion Of
our country is dissolved.
Edmund Burke.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
Good Reason for His Enthusiasm.

When a man has suffered for sever
al days with collie, diarrhoea or other
form OF bowel complaint and is then
cured sound and we'll by n or two
doses of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy, as is often the
case, II is but natural that he should
be enthusiastic in his praise of the
remedy, and especially Is this the case
of a severe attack when life is threat
ened. Try it when in need of such a
remedy. It never fails. Sold by All
Dealers.-Advt-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
BATTLE OF
Frenchman Lost a Throne; E~nglishman
Made N Hero.

Philadelphia Ledger: 1t will be a
strange event If an English army, a
German army and a French army again
meet in Belgium. They met there
ninety nine years ago-the English un-
der wellington, the Germans under
B1ueeher md the French under Ma
poleon.
Waterloo is the most remarkable
single fight of all time. Napoleon lost
his throne, Wellington became the Bril-
fish hero and Prime Minister, and old
"Vorwaerts" Bluecher had a shoe nam
ed after him.
Nearly all German military critics
insist that Bluecher and not yelling
ton was the demigod Of thai battle.
Anyhow, a French soldier could hardly
have a more inspiring impulse for
deeds of valor than to meet his foe
near the field where the ancestor Of
the one achieved & victory and the an
cestor OF the other lost an empire.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22

Iohn Rasoom.

John Bascom, American educator
and author, was born at Genoa, N
Y, in 1927 and graduated from Will
liams college in 1S49. Later her stud
led theology at Andover.
In 1855 he became professor Of rhe-
toric al Williams college. His first
book appeared in 1859. His subject
was Political Economy. His next work
was entitled Science, Philosophy and
Religion, which was published in 1871.
In 1874 he resigned his chair at
Williams to become president of the
University of Wisconsin, which in
stitution he headed until 1887 when he
resigned. Returning to Wilimstown
became a lecturer at Fflliams col
.lege for many years on sociology and
political science.
In 1899 he wrote The Growth of
Nationality in the United States,
which was one of the most interesting
books Of it's time and possibly was
the ~forerunner of the eXclusionist
movement which later cr~ystalized in
this country to bar foreigners from
America.
The last work from his pen, Goo
and His Goodness, appeared in 1901
He still resides at Williamstown.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
From The Forum Book Shelf
"A

WAR.
But what most show'd the Vanity Of
Life,
was to behold the nations all on fire,
In cruel broils engaged and deadly
strife;
Most Christian Kings inflamed by
black desire!
With honorable ruffians in their hire,
Cause Wa to rage, and Blood around
to pour;
OF this sad work when each begins
to tire.
They set them down just where they
were before,
Till for new scenes of Woe Peace
shall their force restore.
james Thomson.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
James Whitford Rashford.

James Whitford Bashford, American
clergyman. author and educator, was
born at Fayette. Wis. in 1S4s. He
graduated from the University OF WIS"
consin in 1878. He graduated later
from the divinity course at Boston
university.
After serving a short while as a
tutor in Greek at the University or
Wisconsin, he entered the ministry or
the Methodist church, His first past
crate was in a small church In Bos-
ton. From 1875 until 1889 he occupied
at Boston, Auburndale, Mass. and
Buffalo.
He was holding the pastorate of the
largest Methodist church in Buffalo
in 1889 when he was elected president
of Ohio Wesleyan university at Della
ware, o. While head Of h a In
stitution, he wrote Outlines Of the
Science of Religion.
In 1904 he was elected bishop of
the Methodist church and resigned
from the presidency of the university
at Delaware.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
A vain ERort.

Life: Science was horrified when
statistics discovered that babies to the
economic value of $200,0o0,0O0 perish
each year.
This must cease!" exclaimed Sci
ence, excitedly.
ats UP to you" rejoined Statistics,
without emotion.
But no sooner had Science, by vari-
Gus devices, caused the babies to stop
perishing than Statistics discovered
that half Of these were girls and $780,
900, 900 wouldn't begin to dress them.
Science looked rather foolish.
1.-THE laugh is on you,p quoth Statis-
tics. grirnly. te. Z
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
Rahuttar q Libel.

Exchange: John e. Rockefeller,
talking to- a Cleveland clergyman, said
one day with a whimsical but rather
sad smile:
From the stories that are told about
my love of money and my disregard
for humanity. you'd think | was some
such monster as the criminal Of the
anecdote.
'sA judge once said to a terrible
criminal:
And you actually had the heart
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
Germans Hope to Bankrup+ Eneri...

'tOPe 70 bankrupt enemies.
one of the most significant articles
or news that has thus far penetrated
the net work of censors Is the state
naent that Germany has seized Rus
sian to the amount of S25. 900
600 deposited in the banks of Berlin.
Just What this statement may por-
TEND is explained by Prof. Roland G.
Csher, the famous authority on inter
national politics, in his recent book
Fan-Germanism, a forecast and ex-
PLANTATION of the present war.
Germany, he explains, has been able
10 carry Onward her amazing econ
omlc development by borrowing huge
sums from the very nations with
winch she is now at war. She freely
admits the great advantage to her
natural enemies of this
whereby they exact from her as in
terest a yearly tribute Of millions, so
long as a prevails, but claim that
those financial factors, which seem to
pc weaknesses in time Of peace, would
De In case Of a war a. tower of
strength. Germany is almost, if not
quite, self-supporting, and, with the
trade between herself and other
European nations overland in time of
war. she could become entirely self
suHlcllng. Nor Is she dependent up
~ AVA AAAiPO1 LUZ inc raw materials
TO keep her factories busy or to main
tain her army n navy. Whatever
the balance may be up on the books
OF he world, she is actually rich,
ctually richer than England or
france. So long al her army is I'M
beaten, no n can take away from
her her factories, mines and fields.
whoever may own them on D
she owns them in reality and will con-
tlnue to own them so long as she is
strong enough to keep them. Sup
posing now hat she should repudiate
the whole debt which she owes other
nations, should seize the capital out
or which her economic development
was created, what then? Would she
not actually possess her economic de-
Velopment for nothing? Could she
ever be compelled to pay for it by
anything short of actual conquest. and
is there in the world any nation strong
enough to subdue her upon her own
soil? Would not such an economic
dow destroy her enemies by sea or
lana? Indeed, has she not everything
TO gain from var and nothing to loser
so long as peace prevails and she
continues to recognize the validity of
present notions, of commercial morali-
ty, she must contiue to pay huge sums,
must ,contiue yearly to part with actual
wealth in goods until the debt is paid.
The val breaks out. she need
pay nothing. II she is defeated, she
will merely be compelled to pay what
she was already obliged to pay. II
victorious, she need never pay interest,"
or principal. Would that not be a
stake many times worth playing for
Ecompared to a war indemnity of any
size whatever. and. when such a
~manoeuvre might also. not improbably
compass the control of the worlds
commerce, what German would doubt
that the chances Of war are better
than those of peace?
She will get the cash with when
to begin the was BY borrowing from
her enemies. and she will this time
either commander the money In the
banks before the war is declared, OF
she will make war too quickly to
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
w

WAR.
Dost thou not know the fate of SOL
diers?
They're but Ambitions tools, to cut
a way
To her unlawful ends: ard when
they're worn,
Hack'd, hewn with constant Service,
thrown aside.
To rust in Peace. and rot in hospitals.
Southern.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
rntth rrndermined.

Kansas City Journal: ooh, dear me.
i told my little girl there wasn't any
Santa Claus
"WelI?'
And now she won't even believe in
SATAN
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22

No news as to the probable fate OF
Paul Graves Williams, son of Rev. Mr.,
and Mrs. Williams Of HillsSoro, who
was lost in the mountains Of Switzer-
land on the night of July %, has yet
been received.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22

Forman Independent News: The
ability and honesty of a road ~overseer
Is shown and poor roads impose a tax
never more keenly felt than at grain
hauling time.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22

Threshing began in earnest around
Bathgate this week and the greater
part of the grain will be threshed in
the month of August. The harvest Is
the earliest ever known round here
and there will be little excuse If the
| work is not completed before the cold
weather sets in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-08-22
Railroad Time Table
NORTHERN PACIFTCA.


Trains Arriving FROM the MssMRT~
40. ], North Coast Limited. .6:47 D. M
No. 8. Nor. Pac. Express. ....6:40 a m
y. Z. Western Express. .....7:30 a. n
go. D, Minnesota local.....s..5:42 2. pa
No.h119, STAPLES .9:1 q. xl
Trains Arriving From the West.
No. Q. North Coast limited. 1850 a. m!
No. l. Atlantic Express. D. m
No. 8, ~"Eastern Express. ...10:46 y. m
No. 140 southwestern ......7:00 3. m1
No. 1873 SCasselton branch. $500 M. M
No. 126, Jamestown local $3.50 4. nl
Trains Going East.
No. q North Coast Limited. .1:09 n. M
No. 4, Atlantic Express. .....2:5 %. ma
No. 9, Eastern Express. ....10:45 y. IA
No. 40, Minnesota Local......9:OO z. "a.
No. ia, STAPLES local. ......1:10 10. 90
Trains Going West.
No. !, North Coast Limited. 1854 70. m.
No. 3, Nor. Pac. Express. ....5:47 l. m,
No. Z, Western Express. ....7:50 q nj
No. 1$s, southwestern. $40 q. "a
No. 1877, "Casselton branch. .10:05 8. n
No. 1876, Jamestown local. ..6:16 n m
SDaily except Sunday. ~
sSSleeper open 8 p. m.
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was enabled to return to Bulgaria IN
der the government of Sto.ioff, who
had brought about a reconciliation
with Russia. His whole conduct in his
relations with others and his zeal for
his military duties soon opened for
him the advancement that he so we'll
merited, and he was named Inspector
general of the Third army district.
In this appointment General Dim
itrieff showed more than ordinary
ability in preparing all the
he would have to rely upon IN a future
war. Frequent staff rides in the open
country, the ideas and schemes for
which were always very original, and
maneuVers with the troops made him
with the army. When he appeared
among his troops, which was very
often, one could see in the faces Of the
men their enthusiasm for him"
(From With the Victorious Bulgari-
ans by Lieut.. Hermenegild Wagner.
This book also contains a full account
of Dimitrieff's remarkable campaign in
the Balkan war;
The weakest point of the Russian
military has always been it's generals.
And in no other army is effective lead
erSh1p more necessary. Frederick the
Great said the Russian soldiers were
so stupid that they didn't know
enough to fall down when they were
killed. Patient, stubborn. obedient,
fearing death less than he does his
officers, the moujik lacks only indi-
vidual efficiency to make him the ideal
: soldier.
1t is just this defect that makes the
success of Russian arms absolutely
dependent on the quality of Russian
generals. The Russo japanese war
Ialled to disclose n effective COM
mander, and, as far as is known, none
has since arisen. Russia can put an
army of 1000, 900 men into the field.
Et1c1ently led, such a force as this
would be well nigh Irresistible. Under
the circumstances it is no
ton to say that the action Of the Ma
poIeon OF the Balkans in offering his
services to Russia may be che of the
determining factors of the war.
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