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The Washington times., 1914-08-27
Deny That Germany Is
Depressing Socialist.

Germany is not depressing the social
lists or the trades union movement.
despite various reports to the contrary.
This is the information received direct
from Berlin by President Samuel Com.
pers and other officials of the American
Federation OF Labor.
Carl Legein. secretary of the inter
national trades union movement. with
Headquarters at Berlin. himself a mem.
ber OF the German reichstag. and a WIS.,
itor to Washington about a year
has sent message To the American
Federation of Labor bearing on the sit
uation. He SAYS the reports are false
that Karl L!ebknecht and Rosa Luxem-
bourg prominent socialists have been
executed. On the contrary. he declares
tho socialists and trade unionists are
pursuing Their activities as usual
All reports otherwise. he denounces
as a monstrus wrong" In ConClu-
sion he says: May this awful. bloody
Confiagrat'On soon cease
The message reached Washington
through the wireless station at Say
Vile l.. J.
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by revengeful France. secretly arming
against him: treacherous England. en-
Nlous OF his trade, awaiting her oppor-
tunity to iOin his foes; the world in
arms against him.
He sees AIsace-Lorraine being taken
from Germany again. as 1t was torn
from her 30 years ago by Louis XIV.
He thinks OF his humiliation when
Napoleon made of his kingdom mere
provinces of France
From the pine-clad plains Of Prussia
to the craCs of the Rhine. from the
teeming harbors of the Baltic to the
wooded valleys of the Elbe. he will
if need be. fight-Socialist and Junker
side by sfde-till the land is but a ma
ton of old men and boys. and German
influence and all that it stands for has
disappeared from the policies of
Europe.
Mr.. Jerome takes the general
British view that, no matter how
long the war may last, it will end in
"the driving out of the devil that
has taken possession of the Ger
mans" But he adds: "ro kill Ger
many is impossible; one might as
well talk of leveling the Swiss
mountains" Germany will remain
to rise up again, healed of her
wounds, with the worship of blood
and iron driver out of her."
There's more sense in humorist's
seriousness than in most of the
machine-made mush that the profess
sional poets are turning out.
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
ON TO PARIS! ON TO
BERLIN!

From The Hague today comes the
statement, alleged to be authorita-
tive, that Germany has determined
to withdraw gradually from East
and West Prussia to the Oder river,
where the main defenses of Berlin
are ranged
The Oder river flows from south
east to northwest through Prussia; ;
to the east of it lies roughly about
one-third the area of Germany. At
IT'S nearest point. it is only about
fifty miles east of Berlin.
Precisely as France has builded
magnificent defensive works to
guard her against Germany, so Ger
many has constructed great line
of defense along the Oder to insure
against the advance of 4 Russian
force.
How supremely important it is for
Germany to force every, advantage,
to take every chance, to hurl every
man and every ounce of metal into
the attack on her western line, is
the more apparent when it is reali-
lied that she is thus menaced on
the eastern border. Russia at the
line cf the Oder would be nearer to
Berlin, by more than half, than Ger
many now is to Faris.
Another fortnight will likely
enough prove the fate of France.
She must be rendered hors de COM
bat in that time or Germany will
be compelled to fall back npon a
less aggressive campaign, because
it will be necessary to detach troops
and send them east to stay Russia.
But even if Germany shall be
compelled to adopt this latter
course, it by no means indicates an
approaching end of the war. The
struggle will be long and desperate.
All the authorities now agree on
this. Germany, failing in an effort
to sweep all Europe at once, is
very different spectacle from Ger
many, driven hack upon herself, pre-
senting a defiant line of bayonets
and holding Europe at bay. The
empire is magnificently organized
to conduct such war. 1t realizes
that to lose is to face possible dis
membcrment. Perhaps the fear of
dismen1ber7nent is more present in
the German mind than its purpose
is in the minds of the allies. No
difference. The fear will inspire
her to the utmost endeavors. There
is small chance that Germany can
be crushed like an eggshell, as
France was forty four years ago.
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THE WAR IN GERMAN
EYES.

The attitude of the literary men
# 4 country is always worth OBJ
CRYING when that country plunges
into war. In England, of course,
cveTy poet is expected to DO his duty,
and with one notable exception the
British poets have turned out verse
suited to the occasion, calling
Britons to arms and referring to the
Kaiser as a red-han anded despot, etc.
The exception is Mr.. Kipling. The
war found him, in the language of
he prize-ring, fiatfooted. He had
beer devoting his energies for year
cr more to the task of stirring up
the Tory spirit against Home Rule
and its friends. His fountain pen
vas primed to turn out civil war
etuff. And now along comes regu-
lar war, real war. depriving Sir
Ldward Carson and company Of
heir Ulster pastimes.
The worst of it to Kipling must be
hat his country is only one of sew
craI confronting the Germans. He
inds England allied with France,
vhich he has never loved, and with
RUssia-"the bear that walks like
MIN" 1t may be that kipling is
Whiting for another Balaklava
charge, with British cavalry gallop-
ing without allies-not even a South
Of Ireland man in the bunch.
Another famous writer who hasn't
written anything is Maeterlinck, who
candidly admits that the horror is
TOO appalling and too near TO permit
him tc touch upon it.
II. G. Wells seems TO arouse Ger
mar rage with everything he writes
about the war, nut it remains for a
humorist to say some of the most
sensible things that have been said.
That is Jerome K. Jerome. He is
largely British, of course. but he
'ries to look at the matter from both
>,des. He says:
II is necessary to remind some among
us that the German does not look A.
this war with our eyes. He. too. for
years has been fed upon a jin@O press.
preaching daily the inevitableness OF
war.
What does he see? Russia, egged on
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FOR SCHOOL HISTORIES.

Those intending to write history
vii! CO we'll to save clippings from
he newspapers of today. Already
he dispatches are full of the very
,hings the school children Of 2O14
will delight to read. It doesn't
matter very much whether these
title sidelights on the war are true,
rarity true, or not at all true. If
hey did not happen they should
1ave happened, and the school books
will be the better for them to the
xtent that they will be more eager
y read than the dry details of the
White Paper.
There is, for instance, the story Of
he Belgian officer who blew up his
ort and himself rather than have a
German flag fly above it.
There is the story of the gunners
Of the British cruiser Gloucester,
,:hc missed their aim until they spat
o7 The projectiles. and then kept
lifting a German ship every pop at
= distance of II ,0h0 yards.
There is the story of Lord Kitch-
ener, entering the War Office to
take up his new post and saying to
the porter, Bring me a bed" as if
he intended to stay on the spot for
three years.
Ard there is very dramatic tale
in ore of the London papers about
+ he Kaiser's performance when the
british ambassador came to say
cod, by. it being set forth that Will
helm tore the British decorations
rom his own breast and flung them
Al the ambassador feet, crying,
Tell your King that that is what
l think of HIM"
OF course tie Kaiser didn't do any
ucf things, but how it reads.
None of the stories is so classy as
our own legends about Paul Revere,
israel Putnam and their contempo-
aries, but the war is young yet.
If it lasts three years, as Lord
(Itchener seems to fear it will, there
'vill be volumes of the lore.
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
By MRS. M. I. WELLER

In the Charitable vocabulary of the
Citizens Relief Association. there
is little use for the words worthy
and unworthy The test applied
to the individual cases taken under
consideration is found in the help
ableness' of each.
There is no creed: there Is no color,
there are no invidious distinctions
drawn between those who may stand
IN need of relief or apply for assis-
tance, for the main object of the as
sociation is to aid those In need.
The Citizens Relief Association
occupies a rather unique place
among charitable organizations.
While it is a separate organization.
directing the application of funds
which come under its control, to
avoid duplication of work and un-
necessary expense Of administration,
the secretary of the Associated
Charities is also the secretary Of the
association. and the one clerical staff
performs the duties for both. so that
its relief Is distributed to the needy,
without imposing any cost upon the
association.
Board of Managers.
\ natural outgrowth Of the old
Central Relief Committee. 1t was in
1898 that the association was organ
lied. Its affairs are directed by a
board of managers composed of
thirty members appointed by the
Commissioners. selected from our
leading citizens.
As the contributors come from all
the walks of life in Washington.
the board becomes a representative
one, and one with an official stand
ing.
Under the District government.
there Is department of public
charities. which is responsible for
the institutional treatment of indi-
gent cases in hospitals and asylums
But as there are many cases to
which home treatment is better
suited, and which the public board
may not care for there: a distinct
field Of endeavor is thereby opened
for the Citizens Relief Association,
in which 1t has found its principal
meter. Because an individual is
poor. 1t does not necessarily follow
that all personal pride must be sac
rificed, for to many, the thought that
they must go to a public institution,
Is a seal of shame and worthless
ness. There is no need for pride to
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be humbled: and the Citizens Re-
lief Association strives to meet the
situation.
General Relief.
For instance: Milk and eggs are
distributed by the association every
DAY OF the year. to patients whose
purses are not sufficiently plump to
meet the emergency. Especially are
these necessary articles OF sick diet
furnished to tuberculosis cases, for
the food is of paramount importance,
even after a patient has returned
from sanatorium treatment and Is
convalescing. There is no use in
abandoning a case half-cured.
General relief is furnished, too. rs
needed. Washington'>is not a mer-
camille town, and these is a compar-
atively small laboring class proper.
but even as 1t Is. and with the num-
Der of colored humans who reside
in the National Capital, distress is
not infrequent, and when found.
must be alleviated, regardless Of
how the situation occurred.
The division of treatment is about
half colored and half white. In
bygone years when the colored peo-
pie were closer to slavery and help
lessness than now, the balance was
wont to sway toward them. but since
they have risen. their necessity has
grown less.
No Administrative Expenses.
To those who say very frankly
that they wish their money to go
for food. fuel and clothing without
deduction for administrative ex-
penses. the association offers .
boon as a relief agency. The clos
est scrutiny Of its accounts is Of
fered: the association has an au-
diting committee which investi-
gates with painstaking care every
voucher for expenditure. and keeps
a most careful account Of every
cent received from every source
and its subsequent disbursement,
which is published annually in a
printed report.
In conjunction with the Associat-
ed Charities, the association has
done magnificent work in the past.
In the constant endeavor to sys-
tematize the charity of those in the
District who are prone to go into
their pockets for their less fortu-
nate 1ellow-man, a most SatiSfac-
tory progress has been made.
lndiScriminate charity fosters
pauperism. but the system adopted
by the Citizens Relief Association
benefits the needy and protects
the contributing public.
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
NOW AND IN 1870.

Less than two weeks after the be-
ginning of the Franco German war
in 1870, it was perfectly plain that
Frence was crushed and crumbling
before the Prussian advance. The
declaration of war was made on
July 10. On August 1 the Ger
mans accomplished their victory at
Weiss enburg; Speichern quickly fol-
lowed. August Is and 13 Gravelotte
and Rezonville were fought, result
ing ir Marshal Razaine being shut
in the fortress at Metz, where he
was isolated and held until he had
to yield. Sedan cane quickly, ard
by the beginning of September the
way to Paris was practically cleared
of effective French force.
Ir. that war there was a vastly
greater disparity between German
anG French efficiency and strength
than in this. France stood alone.
There was no heroic Belgian resist
ance: no British troops pouring
across the channel to menace the
right flank of the Prussians; no
Russian hordes hurling themselves
On eastern Germany; no Japan, ham
mering away at oversee outposts
of German power.
Today the war has lasted long
enough for a repetition of the real
work of crushing France, if it were
TO be done ir the record time of
the 1870 CAMPAIGN. Instead, more
fighting by far has been done out
side than inside French territory.
It's fortunes have wavered, now one
way, now another. Russia is in
arms with probably the greatest
army, in numbers. that ever as
sembled under a flag of a single
country and it is pushing its war
rapidly toward the heart of Ger
many.
VI ilucllIl pI'tIi "d9 " oHidSH
France in a fortnight and then turn
back upon the inrushine Slavs on
the east. That plan has fallen in
ruin. Whether, at the end of the
present tremendous battle on the Bel
giar and Luxembourg frontiers,
France will have been defeated, it
is apparent that France will not be
crushed beyond capacity of resist
ance. Every day of preoccupation
ir cracking the French mt, gives
the Russians time to gain toward
Berlin. It is reported that the Per
liresc who are able to do so are be-
ginning to escape from their capital,
fearful of the bears claws that are
reaching out toward them.
The difference between French
esprit in 1870 ard now is quite as
Immediately after Sc
6an. the people at Paris rovolted
the deposition Of the Emperor was
proclaimed, and republic was de-
clared. Today, how different! The
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
WAR QUESTION BOX

Tell something Of the empire of
Japan.
The empire OF Japan consists of a
long chain Of islands separated from
the eastern coast Of Asia by the seas
OF Japan and Okhotsk. The country
is called Nippon by the natives,
which means literally. suns origin
that is. the land over which tho
sun first rises.
The modern history Of Japan dates
from 1855. when Commodore Perry
Crened her ports to the trade of the
world. The treaties with the Uni
ted States and with other nations.
which followed. were the beginning
of the modern development Of the
Japanese empire. The Japanese
proved to be apt pupils. and they
soon absorbed the lessons of western
civilization. Indeed. their progress
during the past sixty years has
amazed the world.
In 1907 Japan signed a defensive
agreement with Great Britain. which
was displaced by another agreement
in 1906 This treaty was revised in
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1911. and It is this agreement which
has involved the Nipponese govern
ment in the present conflict.
II lS9i-9j Japan was involved in
war with China, over Korea, which
ended with an easy victory for Japan.
Under the peace treaty. China recog-
ntzed the independence of Korea and
ceded certain territory to the victors.
In 1901. Japan went to war with Rus
sia over the latter's occupation of
Manchuria, and surprised the world
by soundly thrashing its great rival
ot the north. This war was ended
by President Roosevelt's offer of me-
diation which led to the treaty Of
Portsmouth. in which Russia made
certain territorial and other conces-
sions to Japan.
Japan has a population. including
FCrmosa. OF 6I.142, T9S; and an indebt-
edness Of sl.241. 997, 900. 1t embraces
235.Ss6 square miles of territory. Its
army numbers 10000 on peace
footing, and 10000 on a war basis,
with 10000 more available for duty
unoragnized. Japan's navy ranks
fifth in size. having nine modern bat
tieships and five cruisers, with a
personnel of 5l.S4 officers and men.
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The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

No wonder the Europeans are fight
Ing among themselves. All the Ameri-
can tourists tips are escaping.
Ladies' fashions being due to be orig
mated In New York. hope that the
designers do not overlook binders FOR
the men.
Having successfully coped with the
joyriders. the traffic cops have laid
down chalk lines for the joywalkers.
Contestants yodeling that dumdum
bullets are against the usage of civilized
warfare. but then. who ever heard of
civilized warfare?
Advocates of mediation advise the
sending of samples of the Niagara
Falls variety in half pint bottles to all
the European capitals.
Being a philosophical feline, cat nat
urally figures when father boots him IN
the ribs, that ma has been feeding the
old man meat again.
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
Woman's League Helps Stran-
gers From Home States to
Form New Social Ties in the
Capital.
Much Philanthropic Work Also
Stands to Credit Of 0rgani-
zation-GirIs Given Helping
Hand.

A society that has been active in
both social and philanthropic work
is the New England Women OF
Washington.
For the coming year this or
ganizdtion is planning a compre-
hensipe effort to welcome all Men
England women who come mere.
1t always has helped New England
women to form social ties as they
look up their residence in the
Capital, and has rendered aid to
many New England girls who hare
needed financial assistance.
Formed as a colony of na-
.ional organization of New Eng
land women, the societys work
became so broad that it resigned
from that body to carry on its work
along broader lines. 1t now is an
ndepedent organization.
By ]. R. HILDEBRAND.
Scores of New England women
who have come to Washington have
cause to be grateful to the New Eng
land Women of Washington, an or
ganization which combines social
with philanthropic work.
To newcomers from New England
States who are strangers in the
city this society has paved the way
for acquaintance, and to those, espe-
cially young girls, who have needed
financial assistance the society has
held out a helping hand
Mrs. Bertha Murdock Robbins. an
organizer and several times president
of the society. today outlined for
readers of The Times history of the
organization.
The present society had its incep-
ton with Colony No. 4. Of the New
York National Society of New Eng
land Women. This colony was Or
ganized at the home of Mrs. Robbins
on February 10. 1903. Mrs. Henry
Clark Coe, Of New York. came to
Washington to assist in the details
of getting the new colony. under
way Mrs. Marian Longfellow
ODonoghue was the first president,
and she was succeeded by Mrs. Rob-
bins. Others among the first corps
of officers were Mrs. Charles G..
The Washington times., 1914-08-27

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
Is not one of your correspondents
bit captious? He objects to somebody $
attempt at poetry, and to German
and Irish names signed to letters. but
Won cannot always go by a name. For
instance, II he should take the writer
Of this for an Irishman. he would be
mistaken. And. if We get fussy over
European war issues, people will be
saving that we need war in this
country as an antidote for pickering
For the militarists have always
claimed that the more lofty virtues
flourish in times of war. and langu1sh
during prolonged periods OF peace ana
prosperity And, though this may De
true. most of us feel unwilling to pay
so nigh a price for our virtues. But 1t
does appear that long continued mate
rial prosperity and security tends To
develop in the average man certain un-
desirable manifeStations-he Is likely 10
grow peevish on small provocauon. in
clined to bubble. to pick on his neigh
Dor, is afraid of a draft, nags his en-
ployes. goes home and kicks the cat.
and has other "mollycoddle' tendencies.
War. at least. Compels US to face great
emergencies and forget ourselves. And
a man forgets his fuss with his neighhor
while they stand shoulder to shoulder.
and the soldier does not mind getting
his feet wet. Patriotism. sentiment. and
enthusiasm-even attempts at poetry
replace cold calculation and hairsplit-
ting and altogether a man cuts better
figure.
So let us not sit here among the
feshpots. on the safe side os the At
lantic. and bicker over the poor fellows
over there laying down their lives for
their colors.
Hurrah for them all
II. L. BURKE.
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truths By Women Who
T-ox1, Aiding Needy Without Ad-
NllO" ministrative Expense
Citizens Relief Association

Contributors to relief who ws their gifts to be used
the Citizens Relief Association expends its funds that 1t
the Associated Charities force so
pithout imposing cost the association.
This organization outgropth the old relief
te aHepates all distress called irrespective of
Color creed conditions The board managers composed rep
resentaipe leading citizens appointed the
Mrs. NJ Weller, whose husband president association
states herein that this board pride of those aided
and to protect the contributing public which people from
nak of e She of is about epen half be-
ing among the colored and halt among whites
Mrs. Weller is active phianthropcaly hospitals asylums
claiming her strongest interest," Casualty Hospital to her
efforts wch have also benefited ST. Joephs Orphan Asylum and
the Christ Child Society, of which she a member.
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
THE END OF BLEASE.

The country's congratulations to
South Carolina, 1t would he idle to
prate of the noble era of liberty
which is to born of the European
war in the overthrow of monarchies
ard the entnronencnt Of republican-
ism, were a sovereign State of our
Union simultaneously to give 4 dem
onstration of It's inability 70 release
itself from the shacl:les Of a man
liEe Cole l.. B!ca~e.
His election and hohavior az GOV
eInor have cast rcfcction moth On
the people of South Carolina and on
our system of government. She has
The Washington times., 1914-08-27
Wilson Going to Cornish
Today for Weekend Rest

President Wilson will leave late this
afternoon for Cornish y. H.. for a week
end rest His daughter. Mrs. Sayre and
Miss Margaret Wilson. have been main
tanning Harlakcnden House. the sum
mer white House.. recently.
This is the Presidents first vaCa-
tion this summer. and is taken upon
the urgent recommendation Of his ply
Il ian. Dr. GravsOn. II had been he
lev ed the President would not again
go To- cornish. where he and Mrs. Will
son spent their vacation last summer.
The lease of HarlakeI.den House ex-
ptrss thA yeAS.