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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Observation-Disclosures
WITH THE EDITORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Milwaukee News Where they play
ia more important nowadays to the
average American than all other world
history rolled into ono.
The Burlington Standard Democrat:
Now that the automobile season has
opened it would be well for auto driv
ers to remember that state laws are
very stringent when it comes to II mat
ter of speed keeping the right side of
the road and observing crossing laws
These laws are made for tho protection
of automobile owners and drivers ~
we'll IA for pedestrians. In Milwaukee,
last Monday eleven persons were fined
$25 and costs for what they probably
termed trivial attractions of law. but
which might haze meant death or
manning to themselves or others.
The Burlington Standard Democrat :
Property owners with little expend,
ture of money and some of muscular
power can do much toward Identifying
their property and thus enhancing the
beauty Of the residence portion of our
charming city, 1t does not take SO
much work, nor SO much cash.
Waukesha Dispatch; According to
Paul A, Hemmy. chairman of the Dem
ocratic state central committees. the
committee members will be called to-
gether next month to consider the nd =
visibility of holding u state Democratic
convention or conference, at which "A
party program for the coming campaign
may be decided upon. Sentiment in
favor of such a meeting appears to be
very strong.
The Commoner; The surest way tn
insure democratic success in the COM
ing campaign is for the party in every
state to make the fight on the record ui
the national administration 1t is ia,
strongest asset of the party today and
tn candidate who is not willing to put
his fate to this test will never set be
You'd primary campaign.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
scHMlTz FoR CONGRESS.

A. j. Schmitz Of Milwaukee, pro.
minent democrat, is being mentioned
for congress in the Fifth district, now
represented by w. H. Stafford. Mr..
Schmitz would make u splendid man
for that place. He is II strong advo-
cate of the principles that has made
President Wilson an ideal president.
Chiffon Times.
1t would be grand to send Mr. Schmitz
to congress- He is II sound DemOCntiC
platform in himself. He would strong
ly, support the Wilson administration
and would serve his district and the
nation we'll
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
THURSDAY. APRIL %. 1914.
Samuel Wright now of Milwaukee,

Samuel Wright now of Milwaukee,
but formerly Of Mineral Point, has
written to The journal n strong letter
opposing the use of the voting machine
and favoring the paper ballot Wright
is right. The best voting device is the
paper ballot. The best form thereof is
the massachusetts ballots. 1t was this
good form Of ballot that Wisconsin
used for one election, under the name
of the Cooper ballot, and then unwisely
rejected for the present blanket ballot
with party circles ut the head Of the
columns
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
As Musicians and Entertainers the ApOIOS
Stand in Class All by Themselves

clans, and on Instruments that are the
peoples favoritcs
The great Apollophone, which they
use in their concerts, was originated
by them and is a wonderful instru.
mcnt played by the five members Of
the company. This was one OF their
big hits the past season, the first sea
son the instrument was used.
Much OF the music given in their
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
THE PEOPLES FORUM
lHImlHITlnTITuInHHunumlluumlIml1mlmnmi
Open Muffler Ficnd.

To the Editors of The Democrat: The
most vital question which now con
fronts the public is What are the city
officials going to do with the open muf-
fler nuisance on motorcycles and auto.
mobiles, such as ride through our
streets frightening horses and children
and disturbing the public peaces
There are those who ride or drive at
Il racing pace endangering not only
their own lives but the lives of the gen
eral public also Why cannot our local
laws be enforced or if they are not
drastic enough, why cannot more strin
gent laws be enacted? \ CITIZEN.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
ON THE BALL FIELD
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Pittsburgh tat Cincnnitn, ;, II, i;
Cincinnati >, 9, 0, Pitchers McQuil.
zen; Yingling, Douglass
Boston Cat PhiladelphiaD. 4, 10, l.;
Philadelphia, 3, 10, >. Pitchers
Cruther; Oescheer, Burns.
New York cat Brooklynl. 6. 8, L;
brooklyn, 0, 4, >. Pitchers Demaree;
Reulbach, Allen.
Chicago cat st, LOUISE. .. s. >: st.
Louis, >, S, =. Cl5 inningsl. Pitchers
Lavender, Cheney; Saneo, obinson.
snyder
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23

4 HE Apollo Concert Company, which
will appear here this season. is
ideal from the Lyccum stand
point. The fact that it ranks amon@
the half dozen best sellers" in the
country proves the popularity Of the
company. We are fortunate In beins
able to secure them for an engage.
ment in our local Lyccum course
Individually they rank among the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23
Thursday, April

The last number OF the Lecture Coursc Thursday, April
Goth ,ccturc Of The First Congregational Church,
Mineral Point. Single Admission tickets soc. Reserved
Seats sale at Ivcy's Pharmacy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-04-23

best soloists in the country but they
are not so anxious to SHOW off" per
sonally as they are to make the pro
gram Of the company great success.
They play ON many different instru-
ments, but are in no sense novelty
company. A true characterization
would be: Good music in most pop
ular form, played by the best must
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
The R~uthenIans.

However, before quoting the details
of the Russian plot as set forth by Nj.
SteDankowsky, it becomes necessary
to acquaint the American public with
Ruthenian (Ukrainian) history, so far
ss it concerns the present issue.
The Ruthenian people number at
present 40, 1000, 900 souls, among them
35, 1000, 900 Russian subjects. The ter
ritory populated by them, Ukraine. is
one of the richest regions of the world,
and the natural capacities of these
people are we'll recognized. Their
country is the grainery of all Of East
ern Europe; it holds the key to The
Black Sea and the most important
ports in the Russian Empire. Three
million five hundred thousand Ruthen-
ians live in the eastern part of Galicia
and in Bukovina, while about 500 900
are Hungarian citizens inhabiting The
C~arpathian mountain districts in the
northeast of Hungary.
The $500. 900 Galician R~uthenians,
who after the division of Poland be-
came Austrian subjects, were permit
ted not only to develop as a nation,
but also to take an active interest in
Austrian politics. They were gran ed
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

Theological Seminary at Tenafly.
N. j., in January 1912, Archbishop
Platon spoke as follows to the assem-
bled seminarists after the ceremony
proper:
At religious services, neither the
common speech of the people, which
is related to Hungarian and Galician
(~Ruthenian) 0 Great Russian, must
be used, but the old Slav tongue.
It is also of highest Importance.
and the seminarists must bear this
in mind, by order of their Archbishop,
that at every mention of the Car OF
all the Russias the word our must
always be employed. His majesty
must always be called Protector of
the Orthodox Faith, our only auto
cratic Russian Lord and Emperor"
Even though there are other Slavic
princes, kings and even czars, yet
there is only one and only ruler OF
Slavdom, our Russian Lord and EN-
peror. (Russ. Orth. Am. Messenger,
No. 2, vol. xviii p. 29.)
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
rhe ELIOT.

Concerning the details of the Rus
sian plot NJ. Stepankowsky says:
The Russians are determined to add
the Ruthenian provinces of Austria
Hungary to their own Ruthenian pos
sessions.
The decision to that effect was prob
ably formed in st. Petersburg during
the second half of the last century,
when the Ruthenian national revival
became first vigorous.
1t was, however. strongly disapprov-
ed of by General Kuropatkin, who.
when Minister of War, in 1900, cx-
pressed himself thus, in his secret re-
port to the Car:
"Galicia has grown up into a SPLEEN
didly ~entrenched camp, connected to
other provinces of Austria-H Hungary by
numerous roads across the Carpath-
ians.
THE Austrian War Department has
succeeded in working wonders in pre-
pairing the probable area of operations
on II side for both attack and de-
tense. II we were successful in war
against AUSTRIA ungary-there would
then recur the cry for the 'rectifca-
tion of the frontier.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
Comparison.

ITO bring the meaning of this con-
spiracy against Americanism still clos
er to the reader, a comparison may be
made:
Let US suppose that England we're
engaged at the present moment in sup
pressing Catholicism in Ireland with
fire and sword, ~incarcerating those who
refused to go over to the Church of
England, and exiting them to some dis
tant colony as inhospitable as Siberia.
Let us further suppose that the British
Government, not content with these
prosecutions in Ireland itself, also sent
missionaries, secret agents, and propa-
gandists to this country, in order to
take away from the Irish here the
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
The CONSPIRACY IN EUROPE.

The same Russianizing tendencies.
exposed by Mr.. Konta in the New
York Times have been the source Of
constant trouble in some parts of Aus.
tria-Hungray for over forty years.
The great undermining work carried
on in the dual monarchy by Russian
agents is ably and impartially deserib-
cd by NJ. v. stepankowsky Ca Russian
subject of the orthodox faith; and for
many years q resident Of London, Eng
land, and a member Of the Foreign
Press Association of that city, in a
pamphlet entitled "The Russian Plot
to Seize Galicia,' published by Henry
James Hall & Co, London. This brief
sketch Of Russian activity in the west
ern parts of the Ruthenian territory in
Austria-Hungary which appeared in
March, 1914. contains so much valuable
information and documentary evidence,
that a reprint of certain portions there
OF seems well worth while.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

suffrage; compulsory education in the
Rutherian language was introduced;
and Ruthenians were appointed to po-
litical and judicial Offices wherever the
Rutherian element predominated.
These privileges accorded by Austria
to Ruthenians were regarded by Rus
sian o%ppressors as a menace to the
barbarian methods applied by them to
$4,000, 900 Ruthenians in Russia. To
prevent a national revival Of Ruthen-
ian interests in Russia. of which
there have been indications for some
time past, is n of the purposes Of
the present conflict for which Russia
is responsible.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
Agents Employed.

Wherever there are Russian priests
in this country they are on the watch
for intelligent Slav immigrants. These
are approached, and assisted in every
way in acquiring the confidence of
their fe%llow-SIays and in making them
selves their advisers and leaders.
Money is at their disposal the mo-
mont they consent to act as agents of
the great Orthodox cause.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
Effect on immigration.

is is any wonder that Americas i'm
migration problem grows from bad to
worse, that the Americanization OF the
newcomers is achieved even more slow
ly, at ever greater cost, with no per-
ceptible raising of the average of re-
suits? Is it any wonder that native
America, which bears the burden of it
all, and pays the bill, is growing i'm
patient-that Know Nothingism is
raising its voice again2
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
The Responsibility.

We believe to have proved conclu'
siyely that upon the shoulders of Rus
sia and Great Britain, the two arch
c~onspirations. rests the Atlas-burden OF
a crime hitherto unparalleled in the
history Of civilization. The world is
on fire-and Russia and Great Gritain
are the incendiaries-Russia's motive
being the acquisition OF greater ter
ritory and the destruction OF CONT
mental democracy; England's the un-
comfortable jealousy of German COM
mercial expansion.
New York. October, 1914.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

churches they have built, convert them
into houses of Anglican worship, at the
same time seeking to make them dis
loyal to the United States by persuad-
ing them that the King of England is
the only ruler to whom they W allie
giance-what would America say?
This is exactly what Russia is doing
in this country. What does America
say about it. and what is it going to
do? Here is an immigration problem
that needs immediate and thorough at.
tentlon."
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
Galicians Farther Advanced Than
Russians.

"The Austrian Slavs are in no real
need of u help. Every year they are
gaining by persistency and peaceful
methods more and more civil rights,
which are gradually placing them on
an equality with the Germans and the
Hungarians. The people of Galicia
consider themselves far more advanc-
ed than their Russian neighbors. In
their opinion it would be a retrograde
step to become Russian subjects.
Joined to Russia, Galicia might in a
lesser degree become an Alsace Lor-
raine for us just as Eastern Prussia
would bel"
1t was in the autumn and winter,
1912-1913, when the Balkan crisis and
the general European tension reached
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

bold desire of the Russian Military
party to p~recipiate a conflict. is now
evident from the Official Report No
1s5'4o2, July 30. 1914, forwarded bv N
D. de L. Elscaille, Royal Belgian Min.
lister at st. Petersburg. This report
which was intercepted on its wav
through Germany, describes the no.
litical situation at St. Petersburg AZ
follows:
The British Government al first n.
timated that 1t did not wish to he
irawn into a conflict. Sir George
buchanan openly made this statement
Today, however. St Petersburg is not
only firmly convinced. but even has
been assured hat Great Britain will
aid France. This aid Is OF extraor.
binary Importance. and has had no
little effect upon the success Of the
enects made by the military party"
In a letter of Aug. IL, addressed 10
the New York Nation" by it's London
correspondent, and published IN the
Nation on Aug. q, we are informed
II the fact hat England began 10
make actual preparation for war on
Nug. LIST. This would Indicate that
highlands much-discussed efforts in
1chalf OF a were nothing but a
stroke of l%ypocritical diplomacy.
"Amcryka Echo" a widely circu.
ated Polish weekly appearing in
Toledo, Ohio, published (Oct. IS. 1910
A number OF Polish letters describing
conditions prevailing in Radon. Rus.
sian Poland, since the occupation of
that city by Austrian soldiery. From
one Of these letters we gather that the
Russian Government-two weeks be.
fore the declaration Of the war by Ger
nany-withdrew all Russian execu.
tives in charge Of the administrative
Offices in Poland.
This proves beyond a doubt that
Russia vas determined to wage war
against Austria tand Germany.
In this connection it should be borne
in mind that the Grand Duke Nicolai
Nicolajevitch. the Cars uncle and, at
present, the Russian c~ommander-in.
chief, is a son-in-law OF King Nicolaus
of Montenegro, and a brother-in-Iaw of
the Servian King.
Moreover, while King Peter Kara.
g%eorgevitch Of Servia was pretender to
the Servian crown he lived for many
years in Switzerland at the expense OF
the Russian Government, and the
funds necessary for educating Peters
two sons, George and Alexander. in
Russian military schools at st. Peters.
burg.
The well-informed British Foreign
Office, like all diplomats conversant
with recent Balkan intrigues, knew
that this royal so-Seryian clique
was directly responsible for the brutal
assassination of King Alexander cob
%ranovitch) and his wife, Draga, in
1903; and that the same clique pre-
pared the murderous plot of Serajewo.
All this goes to show that the Aus
TRAN conflict with Servia and the VIC
lation Of Belgian neutrality by Ger
many-two incidents which official
British organs have been Eliminating
ad nauseam-are cleverly set mouse
traps in which all Europe was to be
caught.
The unfortunate dupes of this 81
gantic conspiracy are Belgium and
France. It seems the climax Of irony
when we conder that. as Mr.. Alex
ander Won Nuber. remarks, in the Fa-
therland, Oct. IA: THE French ma
ton. governed by ha~lf-socialistic and
~half-radical cabinet, profoundly pa
cihc in its conflict which originated in
the outrageous conspiracy OF Bel
grade"
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
The sIav Church.

From time to time, in fact with a
frequency that should attract more at
tention than it has done SO far, the
news Of the day, as reported in the
American press. includes a brief ais
match from some part of the country
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

their climax. Then it was evidently
decided in st. Petersburg to give a
fresh stimulus to the intrigue in Cali
ella. The Russian Nationalist openly
agitated for war with Austria, and
their papers were fun Of Indictment
and provocation.
The chief object of war with Austria,
according to the press. which no longer
concealed the hidden desires OF the
Russian heart. was to possess Galic.a.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
HOW NICHOLAS MAFFIA PREPAR'
ed THE WAY IN AMERICA.

On March Is, 1918, Alexander Konta
published in the New York Times the
following article:
mot SO very long ago The New
York Times published a series OF ar
ticles exposing the activities. the es'
pionage, expressions and persecu-
lions practiced by the Third Section
of the Imperial Russian Police in the
United States. It showed how poltl-
cal refugees from CARBON we're ham
pered in the enjoyment Of the rights
guaranteed to all ~law-abiding men Dy
the avs Of this country; how, IN
short. under the National Government
at washington, there has been es-
tablished here a reign of terror, whose
official connection with the Russian
Government it may be hard to estap-
Itch according to the rules OF legal
evidence. but whose nature is never
theless clear to all.
PRUSSIA has, however, as nave hau
occasion to point out ere this in these
columns, a far more potent agency AZ
its command than it's secret ponce
namely. the Orthodox Russian Cnurcn
whose official and officially declared
mission is to convert all Slavs to Us
faith. as an approach to their ultimate
nolitical union under m head, that OF
The Car of all the Russians.
"This Pan-Slavism, religious and po-
litical. is no doubt a legitimate aspira-
t;on in Europe, where it is counter
balanced by the mass movements OF
other races and monarchies, whose
security and continued united exis-
tence, its systematic, steady, en-
croachments threaten with internal
strife and disruption.
1T is another matter altogether,
and one that deserves the most seri
aus attention of all Americans, when
the propaganda is transferred to TINS
country. with the purpose Of trans
forming all the Slavs resident here
into Russians, by means of the Rus
sian Orthodox Church. 1t is a deliD-
crate. and deliberately organized and
financed campaign, not only for the
conversion of aliens to a new alien al
legiance; it is, what is far more serf
ous. a deliberate campaign to prevent
them from becoming Americanized.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

This is an indictment, charging two
European countries, whose territories
and dominions cover two-thirds OF the
world, with deliberately and wantonly
waging a war of conquest, unique in
the history of the world; and with de-
~liberately and maliciously exert.ng
their pernacious influence in order to
infict the most terrible catastrophe
on hundreds of millions of people.
Russia, the worlds dungeon; the
land of gloomy despotism and brutal
intolerance; the country known to past
and present history as the charEel.
house of nations; the land whose en-
tire history and existence is based on
bsrbarism, murder, fraud and decep-
ton; the empire whose laws are in
terpreted by government officials in
such a way as to permit Jewish WON
en- to become residents of cities in
which a higher education is obtain
able, and from which they are other
wise debarred, by means OF register
ing the names of such women in the
yellow list of prostitution; such a
country has assumed the role of lib
Grating and protecting the peaceful
citizens Of liberal and democratic
countries.
Ivan, the Terrible, the third Rus
sian Car ~(Imperator), left a book in
which he ordered Mass to be read for
the repose of the souls of S,47O per
sons murdered. with his own hands,
in the name of the Holy Russian Faith
Nicholas H., the present Russian
ruler-the weak minded dummy OF the
so-called Holy Synod"-the willing
instrument of a perverse and criminal
CLIQUE Of courtiers. has declared "a
holy war on civilized Christian ma.
tions.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
THE BRITISH AccoMPLIcE.

We charge Great Britain with abet-
ting the foul cause of Russia.
The moral responsibility for Eng.
lands crime rests with Sir Edward
Grey and Winston Churchill, First
Lord of the British Admiralty. These
two indefatigable executors Of Brit
aims policy, the last will and tesla.
ment of Victoria's scheming son., pro
viding for the isolation Of Germany
and the destruction of her naval, polit-
ical and economic power. are the real
perpetrators OF the most colossal crime
ever committed upon civilization.
There is ample documentary evil
dence to prove that Great Britain's par
ticipation In the war is the logical con
clusion derived from English com
m~ercialism and Unsuitable greed as
Premises. We are also in a position.
to produce documents disclosing the
fact that the British government had
full information OF Russia's anxiety
for war, and that rather than promo
ting the ends Of peace, England wei;
coined the opportunity Of a general
European connagration on the ruins OF
which the British Empire might be re
constructed.
early Preparations far War.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12
Propaganda Of the Faith.

At the dedication exercises of the
North American Russian Orthodox
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12


The object Of the present appeal is
to protest before the civilized world
the feelings of the Ruthenians in view
Of the approaching events.
We desire the world to understand
distinctly, that those OF us who are
Austro-Hungarian subjects, have nc
a slightest wish to become Russian
subjects.
In spite of Russian assertions which,
unfortunately. are better known in
England and France than our own
claims, We wish the public TO under
stand that we. the supposed auttcrc 6
have never complained ourselves O.
any religious persecution Of our &C
nationals On the part OF Austria. an.
complaints to that effect that were
raised, were raised exclusively by Rus
STA,
The Ruthenians of Austria view The
Russian advance with utter suspieio
and great alarm. They want Russ.
to leave them alone.
The Ruthenians want Galicia to re
main in the conditions of civilized lie
they want it preserved as the rsfug
Of their national revival.
Russia likes to represent herself
before the Western World as the Pre-
tector Of the Saws, as the champion c
their rights. as the greatest SlaN
Power. How is it then that she neye
ceases to %persecute ruthiessly the RI
thenians, who are the second larges'
Slav race? Would it not be better To-
her prestige among the Southern and
Western Slavs alike. If she put an 2
to this ignominious policy?
In it's issue Of August 6, 1914, the
popular Ruthenian journal %"Swoboda'
Liberty. OF Jersey City, New Jersey,
denies the truth of the absurd asser
ton recently made in the "Londor
Times" viz. that Russian orthodox
propaganda in Galicia became neces-
sary so as to counterfeit Austrian
propaganda made for the cause OF
Greek Catholicism among the Ruthen
lans in Russia.
American Ruthenians unanimousl,
declare that inasmuch as only two
paths are open to them-either gloomy
Muscovite slavery and gradual RACIAL
determination, or mor Independent
life under the protection of other gov.
ernments, German or SIavo-German,-
they are firmly decided to stand loyal
" by Austria and Germany.
Washington Journal., 1914-12-12

That the British Government was
prepared for war and encouraged the