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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-12

The pamphlet, Truth About Cor
many" sponsored by eminent German
scholars, asserted that Great Britain.
by demanding that Germany respect
the neutrality OF belgium. simply
asked that Germany should ALLOW
French and belgian troops to form on
Belgian territory for march against
our frontier"
Tho professor OF history ut Gottin-
gen University. writing to the Nation
on this point, says There is now
ample documentary evidence for the
statement that France and England
planned to attack Germany by tho way
OF Belgium, and that Belgium was Il
member OF tho entente"
Prof. a. O. Lovejoy. of Johns Hop
kins University, writes to the Nation
that this now evidence ia presumably
tho documents found By the Germans
I'm the War Office in BRUSSELS of which
an account was published in tho Ger
man newspapers This evidence, as
given in tho NorddeutBche Allg emoinc
2citung OF October 13. no processes TO
have examined with care. He says:
1T not only fnils to prove the as
sortion nude In Truth About Corr
many: Il clearly tends to prove tho
contrary OF that assertion.
what is published consists OF two
parts: GAY a summary. with n few
scattered words OF textual citation, of
zoos between the British military az.
taehe ut Brussels ana the Belgian gem
eral staff, relating to arrangements TO
be carried out in tho ovcnt Of the
sending of nm English expcditionary
corps to belgium; and (b) part ot 4
letter by Baron 1reindl. for many years
belgian ambassador at Berlin, written
in 1911 TO tile Belgium Foreign Minister.
In tho former part OF this evidence,
supposinE 1t 10 DO genuine, thero Is
nothing to show TINT tho arrangements
for possible action in Belgium by Eng
land wcrc other than defensive pro.
Visions against the contingency orsn
violation of Belgiums neutrality by
Germany. Subsequent events have not
made this contingency sooia ono for
which II was >unwise to make proyi-
sion.
Furthermore, baron Greindrs let.
ter. az reported. contains positive evil
dence that 1t was solely to this contin-
gency that tho Anglo Belgian military
understanding had reference. The let
tor Is the more credible testimony upon
the point, because IL il written By a
Gcrmarophile diplomat whose feeling
toward England and France evidently
reflects that of the Wilhelmstrasse
Baron Grcindl complains Il translate
tho Norddeutschc Allgemcinc Zcitung's
paraphrnsc) that tho plan Of the BEL
gian general stan for the protection
OF Belgiuma neutrality In n Franco
German war. which had been trans.
mitted to him. deals only with the
question of the military measures to
be taken in case Germany should VIC
late Belgian neutrality To Bclgium's
representative In Berlin It seems that
tho hypothesis OF French or English
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vicious vngrancy in Now York.

THE New York police, in their effort to
apprehend the slayers Of the poultry
dealer. Barnett Bafr, and TO rid tho big city
of gunner and other desperadoes, are round
ing-up all the idle and absolute characters
they can find There is special charge
against these men except the vague and
convenient suspicion which is so helpful to
police departments in every part Of the
country
Comes now George s. Dougherty, former
deputy police commissioner and secret SER
vice operative, TO say the real remedy for the
evil is that these men should be tried, con-
Sicted and put To work OH the roads as vicious
Migrants In the present state OF the New
York mind, this suggestion is likely to be re-
ceived with good deal of favor.
And yet when Southern States adopted a
very similar course i'll the matter of idle ne
groes, who were not only a public charge,
but public menace, there were instanfanc-
GUS cries OF "peonagc'' from all over the
North. 1t does make difference whose OK
liz gorcd
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workin. women and Their Needs.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,--1n q letter published In The Times Dis
patch OF December 4, observer" saya: Work.
ing wcmcn in particular have walked up TO tho
fact that the intricacies OF business opero tions
cannot 80 understood by outsiders nor inter
fcrcd with by them without endangcring the
successful running of the whole machine End
bringing loss upon all connected with It,"
From which it may DO presumed that IL Is the
opinion OF Observer that working women
know their own needs. Where they have spoken
uncertain voice. Practically all bodies OF wcrn
in the professions and the pursuits followed by
them in any great numbers. and in tho indus
tries that Come under tho hoad OF organized
labor. arc OH record rs fayorinG shorter hours.
So that sufragists hnVe this practical reason
for their action. Also, since tho decision of the
Supreme Court OF tho United States in tho
famous Oregon case, which upheld the consti-
tutionalty of the ter-hour day: and wc believe
that ten hours is the maximum for women in
industry. SufTragists may feel that far from
rushing in where angels fear to tread,' they arc
following the most august footsteps. That the
number OF States having ten, nine and eight
hour laws is steadily increasing. is proof of
tho gradual acceptance of tho reasonahlcncss Of
their demand.
1t may be said that tho problems OF seasonal
occupation and Of unemployment not TO be
solved by Tho ballot alone. would request
observer to note that sufragsts working
to obtain the ballot ION equal terms with men,"
and that practical understanding OF business
and political situations" and ability to grasp
tham in their entirety" is not the qualification
required OF the male voter n. w.
University OF Virginia, December 8, 1914. :.
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PRINCE OF WALES AT OXFORD

The president OF Magdalen, in an
article In the London Times, writes:
The war cut short many things.
Amongst them 1t cut short tho Prince
OF Walcs's Oxford time. :. tho prince
arrived. Mt little over eighteen, we'll
forward In the studies and training OF
the navy--moral. physical and intel
icciual-.-but naturally somewhat newer
~ End less directly prepared for uni2
'"al,y life and studies than the pub
a,.col boy.
few weeks, however, he began
Il hiB feet and develop RAPIDLY.
the irst he took to his own limo,
:. equal inodcsty and flrmness, de-
mined III his own mind thnt he
'ud bc really par inter pare; that
ne would seek and accept no tribute
except in his merits; that he would
take rs h;tbituul and as assiduous
trouble to avoid Difference or prefer
once as others take to cultivate Ii,
desiring, as the old Roman poet put
1t, that mon should give what he
wanted, but that they should be free
to deny: quodquc dari voluit, voiuit
sibi posse ncgarl. His natural dignity
and charm. and, it should be added
the good sense and good feeling OF his
college companions, and OF Oxford gen.
orally that democratic aristocracy,
enabled him to go fur In this resolve
without inishap or untoward result.
Once having started upon 1t, he pur-
sued this narrow, nice line with in
creased confidence, until 1t seemed tho
most easy and natural and uncon-
scious thing In the world.
Took Interest fra sports.
lie played football, lawn tennis, golf
and squash rackcts; he motorcd; he
ran with the college boats, he ran u
great deal with tho beagles, he shot
at various country houses round OK
ford; hc rode, for exercise, and to
hounds. In this last Accomplishment
he started at n disadvantage; but by
real perseverance and pluck soon made
up for 1t and became quite proficient
though among ono OF tho genuine
losses involved by the loss of another
winter. at oxford Is the missing OF yet
further days with the oxford hunts.
lie was ,withal q punotual and dill
gent member In the ranks of tho o.,
T. C.. He drilled. he marched, no went
into camp like any other private.
As to Ills atudies, his time was short.
1t was not clear at tho tlrst that he
would havo the second year; the career
for which he was TO prepare was
unique one. Strict educational econ
omy" had to DO practiced. French,
German, and English, especially tho,
command Of literary expression In his
own language, were necessary for him.
History, political economy, political
scionos and constitutional law were
desirable.
For this last study he was singularly
fortunate in having at hand one of
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, attack upon Germany through Del
GUM has Just as much probability In
It's favor
ITO prove TINT possible danger Hes
on this side also, hc argues at come
length. On this point. however. the
letter shows no more than that the
ambassador had learned in Berlin to
look upon Albion and all her agents
as 'perAdious. But he constantly inn
plies that the arrann ements made with
reference to the possible landing OF
an English Hilfsarrnce were. so far
as tho Belgian government was cpn-
cerncd, purely defensive In their pur-
pose. 20
Tho concluding sentences quoted by
the German journal are especially siE-
nincant. There is risk, Baron Greihdl
writcs, that the English. II involved
In war with Germany. may land at
Calais and Dunkirk and enter Bel
GUM from tho northwest
That would give them tho advan-
taeo OF being able to bring on an
Belgian army in region where wo
should BIO unsupported byieny fortress,
!n case We should choose to Risk a
battlo II would In any case make IL
possible for them TO hamper our mobi-
liaation. or TO permit It only after
VIC had formally bound ourselves to
carry Il out solely for the advantage
OF England and hor ally. 1t is. thoro-
fore. Imperative that plan or battle
Tor the Belgian army BIO drawn up
In advance, with n view to this oven
tuality also. This is required IN the
interest alike or our military defense
ana OF the conduct Of our foreign re-
lations In the event or a war between
Franco and Germany
Hero, manifostly. the Belgian din
lonat is writing to his government In
y way which, would have been absurd.
VI there mad eSlHtcd anything. q pproac,,-
ing an alliance between his country.
and England. He assumes that Bot
gium la not bound TO favor ENGLAND
or France any moro than Germany. TIC
takes IT rs matter of course tina.
If an English army shouli attempt 10
pass through Belgium C,yithout n prior
violation OF Belgian neutrality by an
other powor), IT would have first 10
meet and overcome the Belgian army.
unless tho invasion were so sudden
as TO anticipate tho Belgian uobiliza
tion.
He urges merely that the chance OF
such conflict with tho powers OF tho
entente has been undercstiinated IN
brussels, and that insufficient military
view to II. 1t would he hard to lrnng.
inc bettor evidence than Baron
Groindla lettor that 1t was settled
principle OF Belglum's policy that the
inHiolability OF her territory was To
DC defended against NIL corners and by
all available means. Yct IL is appar-
emily upon tho ground of precisely this
evidence that we are informed that
'Deis Iuni was member OF. tho entente
ana meant to Join England and France
In raid upon defenseless Germany"
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the first living authorities and. ner
maps the first living teacher, In the
iato Sir William Arson. Young him
self In mind and body to tho last. i,
country gentleman and sportsmun. as
wcll as q great jurist and publIcist.
ana singularly happy in his relations
win undergraduates, Sir William An
son at once put the prince at his ease.
ana a there sprung up between them a
friendship which grew and strength
ened every term. ToGcther, beginning
with the British systom, they went
through the constitutions OF tho world.
u not from China to Pcra, yet literally
rom switzerland to Japan, the prince
reaaing ana writing and taking notes,
SIR William talking and eNpoundfnr.
1t Is interesting to notice how his
command of all three languages (llnr4
lisfi, French and Germany proceeded
together and how he acquired q sonse
oil literary style. as regards both ar.
ianSelnent and form, In both English
ana Frencli, mt much tho same rate.
iiis essays, which ut first were CON
sicienttous reproductions and compfla
tions, bccaine more and moro his own
noth III thought and expression In
tho end, though not yet twenty. and
Only ut tho age when many sixth form
BOYS arc just beginning Oxford, he ac-
CURED considerable mastery. Gifted
with Il good verbal memory, n flesh
ness OF View and decided independ-
eHee ol character, hiS essays. IL not
exactly literary, became moro and moro
interesting, and again and again were
striking and eloquent, if only in their
genuine sincerity and simple honesty
The PrIpce's Qualities.
Book'sh mo will never be; not a
"Beanclerk." still loss a British Solo.
mon" Kings, perhaps rortnnateIy.
seldom arc this last. That Is not to
DO desired. but the Prince OF Wales
viii not want for power OF ready and
forcible presentation, either in speech
or writing. And all the time he wns
learning more and moro every day Of
men, gauging character, Watching its
play. getting to Know what English
men are like. both individually and
still moro in tho mass. If the
role of princes In q constitutional
country is to guide rather thun TO
dominate, to persuade rather than To
compel. TO Influence by tho attraction
OF character and personality, and tho
example of chivalry OF modern days.
and of duty, steadfnstly ana eagerly
IL urlostentatiously pursued, he stands
on the threshold OF life to-day wanting
neither i'm natural gifts nor In such
preparation In it's plorc modern form
as It has been tho privilege OF Eng
lands ancient and historic schools and
seminaries Of true religion and use
full learning" from age to ago to CON
fer upon each succeeding generation OF
her sons.
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The Voice Of the People
why Not . Re.urrected Boay.
editor OF The Times-Dsspatch:

TO the IIditor or THO TlmeH- D{spNtGn:
Sir--aev. Edward y. t,aiisch. alluding to his
address before the Ellss III your city n few
days ago. says i'll your issue OF the Sth Tint ho
said he did not believe in a physical resurrcc-
ton or tho body. but did believe in jnlInor snl!ty
III reply, let me say. IL God saw TT to create
man from the dust OF the earth, why shouldn't
we believe that he resurrect the body and
make 1t appear at first created? Nothing
is impossible with God. IT les no more difficult
for God to resurrect the body than to create
one. Christ was resurroctcd and walked upon
the earth. The Bible proves q resurrection, and
oil nature proves it. What we all need is
greater faith and stronger belief in Gods Word
JAMES e. BIBD.
Gordonsville, Va, December 8, 1917.
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The National Security League

Ir is an odd commentary on THE workings
i OF representative governments that in
most matters Of national concern seIf-ap-
pointed bodies seek to guide the representa-
tiycs elected by the people, While il may
not be so intended, the organization of the
National Security. League, in New York nee
essarily conveys covert intimution that the
men sent to Washington TO serve this nation
are not alive to the country's military needs.
II As the business of Congress to see to it
tnat the republic is guarded against the pos
sibility OF invasion or of being bullied by
any other power Self-clectcd bodies have
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no excuse for existence unless and until our
government shows itself unable or unwilling
to take tho necessary action.
The great war has inevitably turned our
minds to consideration OF our own mill
tRry condition. 1t has been demonstrated
that unpreparedness for war does not as-
sure peace, although 1t has also been proved
that readiness for battle is the surest incen.
tive for drawing the sword. 1t is not un-
likely that the American people would APP
prove the spending OF money on u stronger
navy and on more comprehensive system
Of military training, such as has been sug-
gested by prominent army and navy officers
and Endorsed by the President. It seems O
bit fatuous. however, for a private organiza-
ton to assume the burden of bringing this
about.
The league will probably organize branches
throughout the country. Therefore, it ia to
be hoped that those who profit commercially
through preparations for war are not and
will not be the motive force behind
the league. The American people will
not knowingly tolerate anything that
smacks Of Kruppism. and many Of them are
aware that ayowedlg patriotic organizations
abroad have found devoted friends. If not
parents, in the makers of tho tools Of war
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Continuation schools for Richmond

D ICIIMOND should give closest study and
IN wisest consideration to the recon-
mendations made by the survey committee
OF the National Society for the Promotion of
Industrial Education. Tho committee urges
that the city take over Mechanics Institute,
operate it under the general direction of tho
School Board, add day classes to those CON
Quoted at night, and make 1t tho centre Of
broad system of industrial and vocational
training.
What obstacles, if any, stand in the way OF
the execution of this program will be de-
veloped by investigation There may be
sound reasons why it is not practicable. I'm
doubtedly, however it presents an inviting
prospect Of large advantage and substantial
usefulness, the way to which should not be
barred save upon mature reflection
Richmond's large manufacturing indus
tries many of which invite the labor of the
youth of both sexes, make an institution like
Mechanics Institute special need and give
it special value i'll this community The
institute Is now operated only at night, and
its potential advantages are mot realized in
fact. Open IN the daytime and more LIBERAL
ly supported, it would add in enormous meas
urc TO the industrial efficiency of Richmond's
working population.
The continuation schools that the commit
tee recommends are needed here as they are
elsewhere in this country. III Germany,
where they have been for years an estab-
1ished part OF the educational system, their
value is unquestioned. In Leipzig, especial
ly, they have q firm place in public favor and
employers glad to give their young en-
ployes reasonable opportunity to continue
thcir studies.
The schools intended. as their name
implies, for boys and girls who are forced to
go to work at a comparatively early age The
classes meet for four or five hours each week
There is instruction on general subjects, but
pupils also receive special instruction of an
industrial character in the field they have al
ready entered.
Schools Of this type would mean much for
Richmond, and the taking over OF Mechanics
Institute may solve the problem of how to
attain them.
II the average man would put away 81 a
week, 10i a year, 81 ,040 in ten years S2,OSO
In twenty years, with compound interest
added, he who started at twenty would not
be in want at forty.
The proposition to create huge standing
army might meet with favor, provided the
first recruiting were among useless members
OF legislative bodies
New York is angry because Chicago's
Board of Trade wants to change the local time
to agree with New Yorks by setting back the
hands OF the clock.
Some people will spend years planning
what they going to do, when they stop
planning and begin doing something.
When the small boy looks at the calendar
he wonders what any one can mean by "un-
lucky Friday.
After long silence, Count Won Bernstorff
has arrived in port with cargo of dumdum
bullets.
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hapiess land which. as Count Mensdorfr told Sir
Edward Grey in July. sh6 "had always regarded
as belng I'm tho Austrian sphere OF hfluencoW
nnd that tho real cause OF tho greater struggle
wau tho Balkan War and Servlas growing power
as n barrier on tho Austrian road to Salonica.
incidentally. the fact that tho most powerful
Italian statesman Is not avetse at this critical
tiho to throwing Huch q homhsheli Into tho
German Austrian camp Is In itself significant,
and not impossibly prophetic.e..Ncw York World.
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YOUTHS Ts&nilderment.

Say. dad"
Yes, my SOM"
You believe in Santa Claus, don't you?"
why, OF course do
but YOU don't like him. do your
Certainly, fiko him. Why do you ask?'
"Isecauso heard you telling AIR. Jones tina t
IL that old fraud wasn't moro reasonable this
year, you wurc likely to land In the poorhouse."
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The Bright Side Of Life
His Talents.

His Talents.
What makes you think Daubber Will succeed
painter?'
'IIc has the soul OF an artist and the persever-
ance OF a book agent."--Philadelphia Ledger.
The Test.
rs he good lawyer?"
II should say he IS. He's acquitted some OF
our most notorious oriminals."--Detroit Free
Press.
Rufnous.
Crawford--1 hear 1t was a bad failure.
Crabshaw-Very. Even tho receivers didn't
make anything out ~ it.---ruck.
Passing Judgment
ProGucor-The comedians seemed nervous
What they needed was life
Crittc---You're too severe! Twenty years
would be cnough.-Judgo.
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rnrnine the rahles.


Stubbs-Your friend. Subbubs, is ono OF tho
most unmitigated bores That i have en-
countcred
urubbs--What makes you think that?.
Stnbbs--I met him on the street o-daS, and
started to tell him about the attack OF measles
from which my little Willie is Just recovering,
and he insisted on my listening to a long story
OF his boys whooping cough.