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Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
TROOPS FROM FAR COUNTRIES,

Numerous stories have been pub
lished concerning the alleged trans
portation of large bodies of troops
from distant quarters to strengthen
the forces Of the allies in France.
Some of these relate to the passage
Of soldiers from India, Australia and
New Zealand across the Pacific. thence
across Canada and the Atlantic, and
others tell of bringing Russian SOL
diers from Archangel through the
Arctic, around North Cape, thence by
the North Sea, by British railroads
and the Enlish channel to France.
These statements have been fre-
quently made, and they have been as
frequently denied. Among those who
seek to place responsibility on the AL
Hes for the outbreak OF the war there
A. occasionally found a disposition to
credit the stories. and to draw from
them the inference that Great Brit
ain ana Russia, at least. must have
been shipping troops to take part In
the war some time before war actual.
~ began. and while negotiations Tor
psace were still n progress. II ID
pointed out that It would have been
= physical impossibility for soldiers
10 ~ shipped from any Of the points
meAttoned after the war began and
have them arrive It the dates when
they are said 70 have arrived.
hsthsy the troops hsvs or have
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
LEAVING VERA CRUZ.

An order has been issued for the
removal Of American troops from Vera
Cruz and the turning over Of the port,
customs house and everything pertain
ing to the government of the city, to
the Mexican authorities. Again will
the United States government haul
down the American flag, an act which,
in the minds Of some people, has been
a crime of the blackest dye. The dec
laration has often been made that
wherever the American flag has been
flung to the breeze it should remain.
Yet the flag is to come down in Mex
leo, as it has already come down twice
in Cuba.
1t is refreshing to see, just at this
juncture, when European nations are
trampling treaties under foot and
reaching out in greed for new possess
sions, a great nation like the United
States calmly performing an act of
fairness and justice to weaker neigh
Dor. without compulsion of any kind,
and in the face of the fact that stren-
uous efforts have been made by a very
small but very active section of our
own people to induce the following of
exactly the opposite course.
The United States took possession of
the city of Vera Cruz because of pc
culiar conditions. Mexico had been in
condition Of disorder bordering on
anarchy for a long time. There was
no such thing as a national govern
ment. There were two or more fac
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

not been transported in the manner
stated, we do not know, nor have we
any means Of finding out save through
the published reports. which are con-
Trajectory. Official statements and
denials are. in such cases, to be taken
with some reservation, but the facts
rather appear to support the denials,
for, while there has been ample time
for both the Indians and the Rus
slams who were said to have been
rushed forward to get into action, no
report has come from anyone who
claims to have seen any of them in
France, where they must be, if the
stories art correct.
Further. if 10000 native troops
We're shipped from India along about
the middle or the first of July, the
German government would have
known all about it at that time. Sim
ilarly it would have known of the
shipment of similar number of Rus
slams from Archangel. Such things
might be kept from the knowledge of
the general public, but not from any
of the great European governments.
whose secret agents are all over the
world
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY.

In an interview yesterday Governor
line with many other practical sug-
gestions from the same source, He
proposes that North Dakota should
proceed, at the proper time, to make
the most of the situation created by
the war in Europe by sending immi-
grafton agents from this state to en-
courage the movement of practical
farmers from the countries now at
war to this state.
Europe is going to have a large sur
plus population after this war. The
statement may seem to be a contra
diction, as the population will neces-
sarily be smaller after the war than
it was before. But after the war the
conditions will be so burdensome that
to many they will be intolerable. The
dead will have been buried, but every
one Of the belligerent countries will be
literally staggering under the enor-
nous burden Of war tax of which
no man living can see the end. The
taxes for the maintenance of Eu-
ropes enormous war establishments
has been tremendous and exceedingly
oppressive But on top of that tax
will be piled the additional burden
caused by the war itself. Hundreds
of thousands will seek to escape 1t,
and most Of them will come to
America.
North Dakota will have a chance to
obtain the material for some fine cit
izenship. In agricultural districts
which may be selected by competent
agents there are some Of the finest
farmers in the world They are of
the type that we need to develop the
resources of this state. Many of them
will have been Impoverished by the
war. but 1t is not men with money
that we need SO much as men with
ability TO work, knowledge of how to
work, and character to make good cit
izens. If we can get immigrants OF
this class, the financial side of the
problem will take care of itself.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
THE WAR TAX.

The main features of the proposed
the patriotic citizen is now studying
how he can dodge as mucl, as possi-
BILE of the tax. The government needs
the money, but each of us will hope
that most Of it may be raised by some
body else paying it.
Take the little matter Of hank
checks, for instance The payment of
bills of all kinds by check has be-
come very common of late years. There
has come about a realization that a
mans loose money is good deal safer
in bank than In his own pocket, or
hidden away in bureau drawer.
More people appreciate the value Of
the check as business convenience,
and as means Of keeping a record
Of transactions Of which no satisfac-
tory record would otherwise he made.
Now, If the tax Of two cents on every
check is levied, will man write a
check for every BILL big and little, at
the end of the month, and pay two
cents to the government on each
check? If he is wise he will still keep
his account in the bank, but he is
likely to draw one check for enough
to pay his little current bills, and pay
one taS on the whole sum. Incidental
ly. it seems as if it would have been
better to provide for a tax on all
checks over minimum amount with
the tax proportioned in some reason
able way to the size of the check.
These taxes are going to be annoy
ing. There is no escape from that. All
direct taxes are an annoyance. And
1T Is for this reason that there an
pears to be merit in the levying of a.
direct tax to tide US over this ener-
gency rather than in the sale of bonds.
The bonded Indebtedness, had one
been created. might have lasted for
many years. whereas the fact that the
direct tax is annoying will insure it's
removal at the earliest possible mo-
ment.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
NOT a WAR OF IIXTIIRNIINATION

New York Times: 1t is our life
against Germany's. Upon that there
must be no compromise or truce. We
must go forth unf1inchingly to the end.
Winston Churchilrs London Opera
House Speech.
Unfiinchingly, of course. That is
the British soldiers way. And to the
end, but the end of the war will not
be the end Of life for either Germany
or England. Empires are not easily
destroyed. Unlike reputation, a
breath can neither make nor unmake
Charles H., was an unconscionable
time a-dying That phantasmag gorical
artifice, the Holy Roman empire, en-
dured for a thousand years. Even
Napoleon ILLS bombastic venture in
imperialism lasted eighteen years.
When there is an end Of fighting
there will be peace in Europe without
oppressively harsh terms. There may
be a bit of territory transferred here
and there, and bills of damages will
be paid. But none Of the belligerent
nations will have it's life choked out.
The first lord of the admiralty will
live to see British ships sail the seas
proudly as ever. The British board
of trade returns will be once more
attentively studied in circles where
and nervous bankers will watch for
changes in the discount rate of the
Bank of England with the same emo
tions they have always felt. Ger
many's manufacturers will go on max
ing dyestuffs and underwear, and Ger
man professors will supply the world
with al undiminished output of their
dreadful systems Of philosophy. each
destructive of all the others. Germany
will find and enjoy her place in the
luminary will not be reflected back
from quite so many polished trappings
Of war. France will attend once more
to her silks and her vintages. and Pa
ris publishing houses will continue to
supply the world with those delectable
romances which are never omitted in
the packing of vacation handbag.
Russian caviar will come TO us again,
and let us hope it will be cheaper
Doubtless, too, the Russian institution
will make another of it's periodical ad-
vances in liberalism, for which there
is still sufficient margin. Prophecy
as TO Austria might be premature,
but we may confidently look for fur
ther agreeable light operas from vi
emma.
And the life of the people will go on
in all these now unhappy countries
very much as 1t has gone on in the
past. There will be wounds to heal
lifelong sorrows to be nursed, bur-
dens of debt to be borne, but the
changes this war brings about will not
be so great but that with the lapse Of
time they will become familiar. Win
ston Churchill was speaking under the
strain of perfectly natural emotion
and it was therefore natural that he
should exaggerate. When the peace
conference assemblies he may be one
OF its members. Then he will under
stand that the life neither Of England
nor of Germany is at stake in this war.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

tional attempts at government, each
having control of it's own section. The
United States recognized none of these
as the lawful government Of Mexico,
but for the protection of the rights of
its own citizens and the citizens or
other countries, negotiations were
conducted with all these factions, and
there was thus a sort of quasi recogni-
ton of each faction as the de facto
government of the section in which it
happened to have control. Huerta,
who held the capital, had, through his
agents, studiously acted in the most Of
fensive manner possible toward repre-
sentatives of the United States gov
ed States government, and notice was
served on him that a proper apology
must be made. Offers of apology
were made. but always with some con-
ditions attached which made accept
ance impossible, and the port of Vera
Cruz was seized, as a warning and OBJ
Ject lesson. Some of our more pug
nacious people threw up their hats and
| rejoiced that at last we had intervened
in Mexico, and expressed the convic-
ton that this step meant inevitably
the forcikle annexation of Mexico, or
the greater part Of it.
Nothing was farther from the
thought Of the administration or the
great body Of the American people.
Many feared that complications might
arise which would make necessary a
real invasion of the country. But few
of our people failed to consider such
a possibility with the greatest misgiv-
ing and reluctance. Fortunately, ev-
erything Of the kind has been averted.
Huerta has been driven out of the
country. A temporary government
/ has been set up which recognizes its
is already taking steps for the creation
of a government of solid and stable
character, and one which will have the
authority Of the popular will behind it,
and which will be committed to rule
from which the abuses of past years
will be eliminated. 1t has taken patti
ence and tact for the United States
to avoid being drawn into complica-
tons, but that has been accomplished,
and within a short time American
| troops will be removed from the city
of Vera. Cruz, American ships will sail
from the harbor, and the city will be
restored to its rightful owners 1t is
an honorable chapter in American his
tory.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

manded by Generals Dankl and Auff-
enberg have joined forces at Rzesow,
3 miles northeast Of Jaroslau and
thirty-two miles due north of Przem-
ysl In the course Of this operation,
the dispatch says, they lost 40 per cent
of their numbers.
Russian Statement.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Petrograd
correspondent of the Times telegraphs
, onoT, the Russian foreign minister, to
make the following statement in his
behalf:
II quite realize that accounts Of VIC
tories and routs. acts Of heroism ana
magnificent assaults may sell news
papers, but above and beyond all this
there now exists a situation and an op-
Russia, which. to England and Amer
lea, may mean more in the decade to
come than it Is easy to realize.
1T is the country which forsees the
situation commercially in Russia that
Will reap the enormous benefits that
the russian markets now offer. It is
not enough that merchants and manu-
facturers should offer their goods here.
Experts should be sent here now, now
even while the war is still in progress.
to study and examine.the wants of our
country Our duties, our manner Of
doing business and our present and fu-
ture wants and growing demand
should be studied scientifically SO that
when peace comes, those channels,
which have for decades flowed deeply
with German products may continue to
/ flow with the products from America
4 and England.
Vishegrad Occupied.
Paris, Sept. ia dispatch to the
| Havas agency from Nish, Servia con.
firms the reports that the Eervians
have occupied Vishegrad In Bosnia, 40
miles southeast Of sarayevo.
German Banks.
Berlin. via Copenhagen and London,
Sept. 16.-The directors Of the German
banks have decided to postpone th6
settlement from the last Of September
until the last of October. The rate of
interest on outstanding obligations waa
fixed at 6x per cent.
Karl Detm. seosstaTy oe the Ger.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

they supplement each other. They
both supplement the original anti
trust bill, and it is necessary to con-
slider all three together. 1t took de-
cades to understand the Sherman law,
although it is one of the shortest and
simplest statutes ever written. Each
of these two statutes is longer and
more complex and fuller of doubtful
points than the law which it is to
Clarity The strength of the original
statute was that it forbade all acts of
the forbidden sort by anybody The
strength of the proposed statutes lie in
their exceptions. Certain classes and
certain acts are to be taken out of the
original law, and certain seventies are
to be imposed upon specified classes
which are not imposed upon all and
sundry. The practice of discrimina-
ton in the name of law can go no fur
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
Submarine Rcturns.

hcCufI1S.
London, Sept. 1.-THE admiralty
has announced that submarine E-9,
Lieut.. Commander Horton. has re-
turned safely after torpedoinE a Ger
an cruiser, six miles south Of Helgo-
land.
1t is believed it was the cruiser
Hela, the sinking Of which by sub
marine was officially reported from
Berlin yesterday.
servians Repulsed.
Manchester, Eng, Sept. 1.-THE
Austro- Hungarian amb2/sador says
that Vienna announces officially:
THE Servian forces which crossed
the Save river and entered Monarchy
some time ago, were repulsed every
where. The district Of Semlin is now
free Of enemies
Greeks "Talk Turkey"
London, Sept. IA dispatch from
Athens to the Exchange Telegraph
company announces that the Greek
government has sent a note to Turkey,
identical with that of the great pow
ers, concerning the cancellation of
Turkeys capitulations.
Military Government.
London. Sept. IA Rome Dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph company
gives an official announcement made
Ah DSA LII IkdI 1CIIlldLy ll6S eSLdDllSQoO
military government over Suwalkl
in Russian Poland.
Paris Patriotism.
Paris, Sept. ia Rome dispatch
to the Echo de Paris, says that patrio-
tic demonstrations were continued las,
night and that manifestation was
held under the windows o1the Belgian
legation. Another manifestation, the
dispatch says, is announced for tonight
under the windows of the Farnese pal
ace. where the French embassy is loc.
ated.
Sail for u. S.
Rome, Sept. 16.-The steamship
Stampalia sailed yesterday for New
York with 200 passengers aboard
mostly Americans.
Armies Joined.
London. Sept. ia dispatch to the
Express Telegraph company from
Rome states that two armies, com
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

horses too old or otherwise unfit for
military service. A great majority,
however, walked, discarding after a
little even their handbags. AS a rule
they Wore their best clothes, as fresh
linen and creaking boots revealed
They appeared to treat their escape
as a ceremony that demanded the best
showing possible.
At Nivelles there was encountered
a man who had walked all the way
from Charleroi in one day, carrying a
! small son on his shoulder, When the
trouble began he hid with his boy in
the cellar of his home. The house
PROVED to be in the path of the artil-
lery fire. and finally the upper part
OF the building was destroyed BY a,
smell: He scrambled out Of the ruins
uninjured, only to fall into the hands
OF German soldiers. They treated
him well, except that he was forced
TO march with other hostages beside
the SOLDIERS to prevent sniping at the
troops by Belgian civilians. a Catho-
nc priest. holding a cross in his
trembling hands, was compelled to
neao procession, as another pre-
caution or the Germans against as
sault by the inha bitants of the town
Bordeaux, Sept. 16.-In the orders
OF the day made public here numerous
cases of bravery are cited. Several
Of them follow: -
Prlvate PHILIPPE, of the second bat
talon of riflemen, during the battle
ran out under fire to his captain. who
was mortally wounded, and brought
him in. Private Philipe went eisht
times to the firing line under vioIent
sheilins to give water to the wounded
and ne also assisted his commandment
to rally rifiemen dispersed by the
enemy's fire.
"Bugler Martin of the Fourteenth
Hussars, member of a patrol com
nanded by Lieutenant De Champigny
IN fierce skirmish with a German
patrol. seeing his commander wound
ed ana captured, charged the German
oIIlcer who had made prisoner of De
Champlgny, killed him with his own
nand and rescued De Champigny.
Sergeant Aviator Benoit, who was
mortally wounded during an aerial
reconnaissance. had the courage to
drive his machine. -riddled with bull
| lets, to safety within our lines with
! his passenger
Inc twenty y-second battalion of
rinemen made three separate bayonet
charges against the enemy. strongly
entrenched. and suffered heavy losses
At the third charge Commanders pa
risot, Durant and Lavoisse who wara
leading the charge, fell mortally
wounded ten yards in front of the
| charging line, which finally succeeded
IN dlslodging the enemy from its po-
sit1on and taking 500 prisoners
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17

A misses vici kid patent leath-
er tip button shoe. sizes 8R
to IL, at per pair ....... $3.50
and IL to 2, at per pair. .$1.4S
Bargain Basement.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-09-17
GERMANS HAVE STRONG POSITIONS
TO COMBAT FURTHER ALLIES ADVANCE
Believed That They Will Give Finish Battle in Present
Strongholds-Heavy Entr enchrnent Marks Plans for
Resisting British and French

london Sept 1.-THE German a
at the Paris
southeast of the French
ine extending ncglborhood
Forges the Mcuse north
man man fortress @ Metz Thus the right wing back at
the whole could find ground stand
TO OFFER FIGHT
Ane in front OF their hills
and the mountains and forest
the in General Won
uck got the Ane Then
in which according to the British official
Germans
the British The Germans billy
strong and receiving
continue to press in
front. - '
MUST
cover the lines OF retreat to the which
that the Germans have
lied armies for the last days and
official
fetal that the of
though
wounded hundred thousand hundred
lost pieces heavy artillery
artillery"
1t believed that
he will again envelope the German
Princes the left, remains : - ~
codng official
striking
form . 49,
One Petrograd Russians
1ns between eraoW and Pemy two forress which
cations between Galcia and Budapest
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THE RIGHT TO WORK.

New York Times: The amendment
of the Clayton Omnibus Trust bill
uses many words to enact what nobody
denies, and says not word about
what is disputed, although it ought
not to be. The right to strike is 40
we'll established that it is superfluous
to put it into statute. The right to
work Is so strenuously opposed that it
Is necessary to declare martial law to
maintain it. Yet this law now near
enactment is not sufficiently progress
i've to recognize and declare it to be
human right
Nothing could be more peaceable
than the manner in which the Butte
Mine Workers union deported a man
who wanted to work. He was taken
to the unions headquarters and de-
tanned there some hours until he was
escorted out of town. Does the right
to strike-either the old right or the
new right under this statute-include
the right to forbid others from work.
ing? 1t Is specifically provided that
there may be no INJUNCTION against
stopping work, but the proposed law
Is silent regarding injunctions against
preventing others from working.
There is the same thing to be said
regarding the clause authorizing boy
colts. Any man or any number of
men may dispose of their patronage
as they like. but hitherto they have
not been allowed to control the patron.
age Of others. II a firm is boycotted,
the practice is to boycott those who
deal with the boycotted firm. Is there
no right Of protection against the boy
colt? Suppose rival unions boycott
each other, where lies the right? It
will be seen that in the contemplation
of this law strikers and boycotters are
always right, although there are plen-
| ty Of cases where there are rival
strikes and boycotts, and the law can.
not protect both. Last week a suit
was brought for damages Of $1,2s3,-
462 done by striking union miners
Similar suits have been successful
hitherto. Are they now to be outlaw.
ed because 1t Ii lawful to strike?
It 10 said that the president will not
sign thA trade coinmifsion bill until 1e
has the Clayton bill before him, since