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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

acquired may be Stag or other waste But surely
reporter may look at technical expert!
The Schneider Iron Works is a limited COM
pany, with one-man control, which in normal times
bears no more relation to the French govern
ment than those of our companies making United
States dreadnoughts bear to Uncle Sam. At their
other plants the Schneiders turn out battleships
and submarines; at Creusot naval guns. But
until the war broke out neither guns nor ammuni-
ton were made for the French army. For for
eign patrons only. Now, in common with indus
trial France the Schneider works are modified
The workmen are selected by the War Office and
are changed from time to time, young men being
released for the trenches and workers too old to
fight. perhaps men thrown out of other plants by
the war; sent into the factory. worker gets
what the French soldier gets, a sou day, or one
American cent, paid by the government, with an
allowance for his food If married the workman's
wife is paid by France one franc go cents day,
with an allowance of half franc 90 cents) for
each child. The Schneider Iron Works, out Of its
treasury has duplicated this allowance to wives
and children For instance, say a worker received
six francs day before the war, on which ne
supported a wife and two children. If mobolized
for the making of munitions he would receive
his own food and four francs day for his fam
ily, plus penny for cigarettes. The same for a
foreman.
The War Office determines what men are to
fight and what men engage in the making Of guns
and ammunition. This results in certain dstinc-
tons startling to the peace advocate. For exam
pie, two men, heads of families, who friends
and cronies, are employed at Creusot. One, let
US say, is superintendent of the shop making
steel rails-tracks on which to run trains carry
ing peaceful citizens and the commerce of a coun-
try at peace. The other, superintendent Of the
department in which projectles are made-steel
recoptacles for holding melinite till the horrible
thing nicely timed, explodes and kills Of
the enemy. Now, the expert in the making of
rails shoulders rifle and marches forth to bat
tie But the superintendent of the shell-making
factory remains at his old job, far from the
front. In other words:
IT, in a country where CONSUMPTION obtains, you
desire to insure your son against the perils of
international warfare, see to it that he is closely
identified with the industry of high explosives.
From a furnace of thirty-fve tons capacity a
lava stream gushed into great cauldrOn, sput-
tering and sending forth a shower of sparks, as
If protesting against its confinement; thence
it was drawn of into moulds, forming steel in
COTS When this molten steel flowed forth the
foreman standing near me exclaimed.
"Here come thirty-fve tons of sOixante-quinze
shells. Wish we could send them this hot upon
the Germans!"
He then explained that this was the finest
quality" of stcel-the Martin process-mueh
stronger than the Bessemer." Indeed, he called
nv attention to the fact that the Bessemer fur
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

n, circumstances attending the pub
..l..o of ,a.. '7s' article from Mr.. Need
~, are described in The Tr'b'oe's
...7,lrlrt Of Sq'vrdqy as folIows;
y,,5tem mo. bis dccth seeking a story.
~ ,,-s making q fight 1Oith Reginald A.
= p.o-rrfar5. tIc voung Canadian 5nl''-
a., qr.--1r ~'o on June 6 dostrogea a
7.--,ar s..a.ioadcd The acroplonc teH
.j,rml-g Killed. 4 tc1c days before thls
n.,it Ncla.cm .r7s inrj'cd By TIC Frozen
...l-~rlr .- Inspect 'tr Schneider Iron
r,vss a. Crpas9t-and this is his story:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

qunze. At the front, have seen the seventy
FIVE made in the French arsenal fired. 1t lacks
merely belt or ribbon for the shells to make
it as automatic as a mitrsilleuse! But the
Schneider seventy-fve is machine-like gun, If
not technically machine gun. The breach
block opens Throwing out the used cartridge
case) and closes with double continuing mo-
ton Of single lever, much as this typewriter
am using clicks up the paper and shifts the
carriage with one lever. I saw the gun fred
on the proving ground at Creusot-and heard
it. Here is the constant roar" of artillery.
But one doesn't go first to the proving
ground, or to the foundry, or to the atelier for
slightly underszed-42 -Centimetre howitzers, in
an exceliently organized personally conducted
survey Of Creusot. There was trifing Incl
dent, as we gathered for the start, that told
much.
Our convoy, an officer of Joffre's staff, who
played at Schneider's as a small boy, and who
married Miss Schneider, therefore knows the
place well started by the nearest way for the
park. But not Organization, represented by
one Of the officials of the works, led us out into
the mean street, along to the main entrance
and up the broad highway to the quadrangle
which comprises the Schneider homestead. Col
lected at the entrance was an assortment of an
Gent cannon, some bearing the crest Of Ma
poleon Inside the quadrangle the visitor saw,
first of all, two pyramids Of brick-one-time
glass furnaces for the works started from
purchased glass works. One OF these furnaces
Mr., Schneider has converted into chapel, the
other into coy theatre. This playhouse is
really an artistic gem and complete for the
most SOPHISTICATED performance. There is
royal box, for kings come 20 Creusot, to order
guns to put down revolutions. But there is no
peanut gallery.
The entrance hall of the Schneider castle, which
is of a much larger calibre than the White House.
has. l remember bronze bust Of Grandfather
Schneider, the founder, ornamental racks holding
workable french l4ucS anu d SHBN'D WV - 49,
park. As the day was fine everybody wanted to
get out into the park and wander along the Ieaiy
walks. scented with luxurious lilacs by this way
we came upon a bank blazing with rhododendrons'
riot Of color. Thence through the greenhouses
and finally to the collection Of orchids
The orchids to be seen at CreusOt are hardly
less wonderful than the soixante-quinze gun OF
the work Of art that goes in it, the projechle'
But necessarily more care is devoted to gun and
shell, which must not vary from perfection more
than one.tenth Of millmetre. How much is
that? approximately hairs breadth
As we left the greenhouse the gardener pre-
scented each Of the party with a carnation fit for
social siege operations. 1t was mounted on a cir
cular platform of green wire this fastened to the
artificial stem by tiny guy wires (Odd how techni.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

The Correspondent Is
Given "Private View
of the New Siege Gum,
LIE Vainqueur."
The Washington times., 1915-12-03

Made of best selected hardwood
with removable tap: 81 inches long
and "A inches wide: wheels made Of
solid wood encased with heavy steel
band tires, nicely vanished.
The Washington times., 1915-12-03

Made of metal.
finished in white
and oak: with I
compartments and
are 12 inches high:
IN inches wide.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
THE PRESIDENTS EUROPEAN
CRITICS..

(From the Literary Digest.)
The true neutral, some one has
said, is he who can cause equal dis
satisfaction to both sides. If this be
accurate, then President Wilson is
the world-champion in neutrality. His
earlier notes to Germany and Eng
land made fair start; the rebukes
to Austria and France have kept
matters warm, and his message to
Congress elicits irritated remarks
that reveal certain lack of affec-
ton all around. The editors in the
Fath erland resent his denun citation of
:disIOya1 citizens as AN attack on the
5German-Americans, while on the
Allies side the influential papers are
annoyed because the President did
not seize this opportunity to protest
against what they term "the count
less breaches of the law of nations
committed by the Germans Apart
from this curious irritation on both
sides, the most interesting comment
is found in the English press. Lon
don editors see, in the Presidents
demand for ornaments and his stress
upon Pan-Americanism, the aban--
donment of our traditional policy Of
isolation and a desire to play an in
strumept in the Concert Of the
Powers"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
Mr.. FORD'S ABANDONMENT OF
SUPERHUMAN TASK.

0 The pickering and disagreements
between the members of his own
party, the GOODNESS Of his reception in
Norway and the break in his own
health We're quite sufficient to make
any man, no matter how indomitable
1 his will, turn away from such a dis
Il cOuraging prospect.
The fact that Henry Ford made an
attempt to end the awful conditions
now exists F,arepe is. to his cred
It he did what he could He at
sStempted the impossible and his fail
ure is not discreditable. The impulse
upon which he acted was the out
growth Of sympathy and generosity.
He induced millions to talk about
peace although not possible at the
present time.
At the very least it may be said
Sof him as it was Of another:
And with ambitions feet secure and
proud
He climbed ladder leaned against
.s $Sss a cloud .',-"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29

President Wilson turned calculat-
ing eye on Mexico and perceived
that matters there had not progress
ed to anything like a climax. Clamor-
Gus Republicans demanded he do
something but the President elect
ed to wait watchfully- AS encroach-
ments Of Mexican policies demand
ed it he stirred the machinery of this
government until the Mexican lead
ers were firmly convinced that the
new man in the White House thor
oughly understood what he was do
ing.
Convinced that CalranZa repre-
scented the strength Of Mexico and
that Villa was but sporadic President
! Wilson decided to recognize the
First Chief and, having reached this
decision, his Mexican policy quickly
developed until now the removal of
Villa completely settles the difficult
riddle left by the Republicans, to
the satisfaction Of everyone except
Villa and the Republican opponents
of the President.
President Wilson has had piled
upon his shoulders more grief and
woe of International relations than
any man since Lincoln, but he
brought to the Presidential chair an
intellect and understanding unsurpass-
ed by any since tie Great Enamel
pator. He has filled his office COM
pletely and thoroughly and as quick
ly as his opponents have found an
tissue" he has, by his wisdom and
diplomacy, removed it. When Mr..
Wilson finally retires to private life
it will not be through defeat because
of an error Of judgement
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
SON AND MEXICO.

(From t e TYPOGRAPHICAL
The opponents WHO hope to de-
pose President Wilson at the next
presidential election are f'n@ing their
task growing more impos@ifle every
day as the soundness of his POLICIES
withstand in succession the assaults
launched against th"m. Their latest
grief is ''The Mexican Policy" which
they have thoroughly condemned hut
which has finally been completely
vindicated by the signing Of an agree
ment between Villa end Carranza
which removes the northern CHEF
and his faction forever from Mexican
., litics and clears the way for the
restoration of peace.
TIE Mexican problem was not born
to the Democratic adminietrat' on hut
was left, a founding upon its door
step, by the Republican a'm'nis-
traticn of President Taft. DESPITE
THO infal'bility of Republican 9oc,
trines the retiring adm'nistra ticn
It'll ugh il lad the opportunity
had failed to s"lve the question
Coming new to office President Will
son found muc' to occupy his time
besides Mexico's internal troubles
and for long while attempted moth
ing.
Having set his house in order
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
CONSTRUCTIVE ADMINISTRA-
TINN
(From the Cleburne, Texas, Enter
Drise

(From the Cleburne, Texas, Enter
prise.)
Judge Cato Sells, Indian Commits.
sioner, has put a hope in the heart
of the Indians that they are capable
of being self-sustaining, and by pro-
viding them with the wherewithal to
make a living he has shown them
that they can do So Judge Sells
has been very active while Indian
Commissioner. He has not remained
in his office taking the words of for
mer Commissioners for Indian condi-
lions, but he has visited tribes in
every corner of the United States,
studied their habits, their mentality,
and their peculiarities. This close
personal touch with his wards has
given him a hold upon them that no
other Commissioner has been able
to secure, and it has convinced him
that by a continuation of the self
help instil1ed into them under his
guidance will enable them to become
self-sustaining in ten years, thus re
lieving the Government of very
large tax. Judge Sells is man who
does things, who dreams dreams and
awakes to make the dreams come
true. He is big arm OF the great
Democratic administration and yet
in the prime of his: life, ready for
greater usefulness in larger fields Of
endeavor when the calls comes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.

From far and near we read about
a grip epidemic It prevails with IN
usual severity in Washington, Ph1a-
,delphia, Chicago, Minneapolis and
even in Dubuque and Waterloo.
while there have been several cases
sof the malady here in Manchester 1t
lis gratifying to be able to state that
4 as yet the disease is not epidemic IN
this city or vicinity. But the ways OF
! influenza are mysterious, and it be-
s;hooves everyone to indulge a good
i " quantity of preparedness to guard
against its attacks.
It is well to avoid exhaustion and
everything which tends to debllltate
u It is also we'll to avoid excuses In
eating and drinking. And on no ac-
4 count should cold be neglected.
/. What may seem like an ordinary
cold is frequently a grip sklrm1sh
Z line, which should be resolutely at
tackled and driven away
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
RUSS SHELL BULGAR PORTS
Enemy Submarines Attack the De-
stroyer GromteEf, but Are Driven
on-one Thought Sunk.

Petrograd, Dec 29-The Bulgarian
Black sea coast has again been at
tackled by Russian warships,. 1t is an
nounced by the admiralty.
Submarines attacked the Russian
destroyer Gromkif, but the attack was
repulsed and one Of the underwater
boats is believed to have been sunk.
The statement follows:
Our torpedo boats bonn arded Bull
garian ports. Submarines attack ed
the destroyer Gromkii. but we're
driven off by torpedo boat destroyers.
One Of the submarines is believed to
have been sunk"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
EUROPEAN FINANCES.

The man who has no million dol
lars to- invest in European national
securities may after all be- on the
high-road to prosperity. On the
New Yok exchange the combined
Anglo-French per cents have sold
down to SO 81, indicating a loss to
the underwriters syndicate, sti1
holding 5000, 100000 of SO OOO,0rO, c"m
pared with the price paid At the
same rate Of loss, the investors who
took the s3O0,O00,000 are already
losers to the extent of S4,500,0OO.
There are more reasons to believe
that this issue viii go lower than
that, it will, within the life of : the
b0nds,I reacl1 par.
England has been considering the
mohilizing Of $4,000, 200, 900 in Ameri-
can securities, paying therefor with
per cent bonds. II the American
paper is worth par the owners will
be very patriotic to part with 1t on
the terms suggested. EMPLOYING the
New York sales In the calculation,
they would lose $130,000,o00 right
off the reel, and If a $4,000, 900, 600
issue should be placed on the mar
ket it would he likely to drop to So.
Great Britain should be told some
thing 1Or ner DenoIlL. Wueu bio
is dealing with Americans she is hay
ing business intercourse with men
who are never made dizzy by the
most profound attitudes Of high fl
nance. If her bonds drop to 80 or
below the Americans will be gather
ing them in to be used for Tedemp-
ton of American paper held in the
British treasury and Britain will he
compelled to pay for every bond tend
cred in payment. This is of no par
ticular concern to the average Ameri-
can, except that in winning the
money comes this way across the
table, and Americans enjoy seeing
their countrymen win in any interna-
tional event from a billiard match
to the Olvmpian contest.
The plain truth is that Europe is
facing the most critical financial
situation in history, and there is rea-
son to predict that the center RI
the worlds money power will SHIFT
permanently to the United States,
No nation so young as America has
ever held such a position with rela-
ton to wea1th.-The Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
THE FAILURES OF THE BRITISH
4#%s ARMIES.

The failures of the British armies
in the present war are being gen
erously commented upon. The CALI
poll campaign against the Turks ha.
ended in a disastrous and humiliat
ing failure, and the same is true OF
the campaign for the capture Of
Bagdad. These and other failures cal
not be charged to any lack Of BRAY
\ cry on the part OF British soldiers
Several times they have stormed and
broken through the enemies lines onl
to be forced back because their blund
4er1ng commanders failed to furnish
adequate support
..$|s The military system Of Great Bri.
tain is responsible for these failures.
For many years wealth, instead of
merit has won commissions in the
English army, and wealth produces
Incidence and Incidence is akin to
incompetency.
The British soldiers have not been
out fought, but the British command
teB have been out.generaled even by
the Turks. These commanders have
been 50 accustomed to lives of ease,
they seem incapable of directing
strenuous endeavors. They never get
anywhere until it is too late. Unless
these ''too late" commanders can be
speedily eliminated the beginning of
the disintergration OF the British en-
pire is near at hand
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29

Strikes Fail Of Effect.

StrJkoo fau OF ERECT.
Rintelen, according to secret serv-
ice agents, finally discovered that he
was pouring out his money without re-
suit except to enrich the men he en-
ployed as his agents. Some strikes
were called, but they failed to have
any important effect on the exporta-
ton of munitions. The German agent
decided to leave the country. He first
endeavored, with the aid of Andrew d,
Meloy, an American mining promoter,
to obtain an American passport Fail.
ing in this, he sailed under a Swiss
passport, using the name of Edward v.
Gasche. Meloy subsequently was ar
rested and turned states evidence. 4
Anton F. Mente, young Hungarian
in whose room police found a large
quantity of acids and chemicals used
in the manufacture of high explosives,
pleaded guilty to violating the tene-
ment house act in having explosive or
int1ammable materials in his home and
was sentenced to one year in prison i
Congressman Buchanan is serving
his third term In congress. He was
elected to the Sixty.second congress
and reelected to the Sixty-third and
Sixty-fourth from the Seventh congress
sional district. This is" his first DO
litical Office. Prior to his going to con-
gress he was active in union labor cir
cles. He served four consecutive
terms as president OF the Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers union. In
politics Congressman Buchanan IL
looked upon :. =. - tfrtson-Dnne fol.
lower. ~
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
A PLAIN TALE,

| (FrOm the Chicago Herald)
The average layman is more OF
less convinced that it would be folly
for an enemy to attempt to land on
our shores and hold any portion OF
our territory for an appreciate time
That experts do not share this con-
fidence is amply shown by the report
of the war college division Of the
general staff to the Secretary OF
War.
In fact, the experts feel that this
is lust what might very c0nceivably
happen in certain areas once an
enemy gained control of the sea and
was not confronted by strong land
forces. Here is little plain tale
concerning our vulnerability in the
puget Sound area" which may shake
the careless confidence of the unin'
formed and create the impress
sion that the experts really know
what they are talking about. We tell
it substantially as the report pre-
sents it:
Western Washington is bordered on
the east by steep and rugged noun
tains, on the south by the Colum--
bia River, and on the north by Juan
de Fuca Strait and Canada. This
corner Ct the United States is cut
off from the rest of the. country by
great natural obstacles and presents
an extensive sea front to attack.
Communication with the east is al
most entirely by three railroads cross
ing the mountains less than fifty
miles apart and having tunnels or
other Vulnerable structures. The only
practicable wagon road is closed by
snow four or five months in the
year. Communication with the
south is by one line Of railroad cross
ing the Columbia River at Van
couver.
In brief, communication between
this section and the east and south
is thus largely depend ent upon a
number of structures readily destroy
ed by high explosive and impossible
Of restoration within a definite time.
The two railroads along the Column
bia River, where it breaks through
.he mountains, could be easily wreck
I'd so as to require considerable time
% repair, and the gorge could be held
by a small force against large one
coming from the east II an enemy
succeeds in entering western Wash
ngton and in selling and destroying
he important bridges and tunnels, he
would be so securely established
Us to- render it extremely difficult to
lislodge him. In this rich region
IN invader could maintain himself in
We have INDUCED the illusion of our
complete invulnerability too long. We
ire safer than any other nation.
,ut not safe unless we make and
,eep ourselves so by reasonable prep
ration. incidentally, it is far bet
er to learn; of the fa1lacy Of divers
popular impressions from our own ex-
,erts than from the performances OF
oreign experts on. our own SOIL.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
BRITISH STOP U. S. STEAMER
Ship Taken to Greenock by Cruiser
and Parcel Post Packages
Confiscated.

New York, Dec. 29--The steamer
United States, which arrived from
Scandinavian ports. reported that on
December 10 she was stopped east Of
the Shetland isles by British cruiser
and taken to Greenock for examina-
ton. There the British removed 1861
small parcels and $50 parcel-post pack
ages. The steamer was released on
the eighteenth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
KATY FLYER" IS WRECKED
Fireman Killed and Engineer May Be
Fatally Injured-Several Pas"
sengers Hurt.

Sedalia, Mo-, Dec. 29.--Missouri,
Kansas G. Texas Flyer No. S, north
bound, crashed into locomotive rum
ming without cars near here. One
man, A. E. Haven Of Hannibal, To-,
fireman of the light engine. was killed
and the engineer, E. c. Roby of Sc
dalia, was probably fatally scalded. A
number of passengers were slightly in
jured. The engineer and fireman of
the passenger train were thrown clear
of the wreck.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
SOUGHT TO KILL A GENERAL
Germans Supposed French Chief Of
Staff Was Aboard the Steamer
Vile de la Ciotat.

Paris, Dec 29.-The French liner
Vile de la Ciotat was torpedoed In
the Mediterranean because the Ger
mans believed General Castelnau,
French chief of staff, was aboard, &C
cording to Marseilles reports. General
Castelnau recently spent few days at
Saloniki In conference with General
Sarrail and the allied military chiefs.
He then returned to Athens, presum.
ably en- route to Marseilles. The latest
information had him at Athens,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-12-29
PAPER IS REPORTED STOPPED
Die Zukunft Macmillan Harden's
Paper, Said to Have Told Of kais.
er Pardoning Miss CaveIl.

London, Dec. ga dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph company from
Copenhagen says rumor is in circu-
lation there to the fact that Maximil-
ian Harden's newspaper, Die Zukunft,
published in Berlin, was suppressed
recently because it published a state
ment that Emperor William had or
dered that Miss Edith Cavell, the Eng,
lish nurse executed by the Germans
in Brussels. should be pardoned.