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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-11-30
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-11-30
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am 8ienitdg unb Ulittpo6.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-11-30
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den lei.
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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-11-30
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fort.

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lee 0adridiensa sastntur madte ain
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pdgne in Montenegro betannt:
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bdbsn bic Csiterreider unO llnsarn
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perbinbsrn, ii9 an ben admpfn i'm
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lisen. Rndbem bisiss Refultat sr'
rei4t porbtu bat nun Der aries sessn
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natiirlide Jeituns III, ipiro Der atns
grifi Dom SnnblHat aus erfolsen.
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baben berei.s ben Glub aim iiberidrits
ten.
0Yeiteres iiber ben Gieg
ber s iirfen IN WteicpD.
tamien.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1915-11-30

iere SffenIi0s gegen 0as n5rbli9e
MontenegrO ma4t CUTE s5ortIdritte.
Die Oiterrei4if4 ungarii6sn Srups
pen riiden iiber bic U&atalfa gerge,
fiioli4 bon PribOi Dor, pdbrenO bic
8ulgaren bic Serben in Der gi8tung
auf prisrenO OerfOlgen.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18

mer President Taft is an avowed sup porter of the President. Elihu Root, one of the ablest Secretaries of State the country ever had, has never al- lowed partisanship to interfere with patriotism. The same may be said of Philander c. Knox, who was MT. Roots successor as Secretary of State. It may be said of most public men who are in the habit of appealing 10 public reason rather than public pas sion.
 Events over which we have no con- trol have placed the United States in critical position in respect to Ger many and Austria. The situation is
 not of our seeking or of our making.
 and the outcome may depend quite as
 much upon the sanity and loyalty of
 the American people as upon anything the President may do. Private opin- !! ions are pitifully unimportant in com parison with the grave issues that are at stake.
 The sort of patriotism that is suf- ficient to stand together and uphold the hands of the Government at such
 time as this is tainted from the start 1 Heaven help the country that had to plunge into war that kind of citizen ship behind it!
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Apparently Villa has been converted to the Gospel of Frightfulness.- Pitts burgh Gazette-Times.
Sheep and Sheep.
(Waterbury Democrat.

Fifty cattle and sheep escaping
 from a sinking ship in New York
 harbor the other night swam to shore
 and wandered about the streets Of the metropolis. Some were rescued and restored to tE cir owners. Some
 of the sheep arrived at the Staten
 Island ferry to the mental distress of the gateman, who is reported to have said, "Seven men went across on the last boat, each of them leading 8 WOoly lamb. I though 1 had the will lies.'' Others struck the trail leading to the Greek and Syrian quarters and were seen no more. One wonders what the woolly ones thought as they rambled through the financial dis tricts where so many of their human prototypes have passed to their de- struction. Did they eagerly sniff the air which has lately been disturbed by the joy shouts of those whose war ba- bies were "some babies," longing tc nuzzle around where the picking seemed so good? Or did some in stinct, denied to humans, warn then that in the long run there's mighty little grass growing along the smooth asphalt of Wall street?
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18

Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.-"The way from Koprili and Prilip to Mon astir constituted one of the most diffi- cult bits of ground covered by the Ser bian troops during the war of the Balkan league against the Ottoman empire and today presents one of the more severe ways before invading troops" says a primer just issued by the National Geographic society:
 "A road was planned here by Ger man engineers, over the hills and through the narrow passes, for the Ottoman government before the Bal kan war in which Turkey lost this part of Macedonia to Serbia. It has been largely completed between Ko- prili and Prilip, but little or nothing has been accomplished along the sec ond part of the way. From Koprili, the way climbs slowly over the hills and by it's sides grow wheat and corn. Its valley soon narrows bringing the sparcely wooded hill-sides close in upon the road, until it plunges into the famous mountain pass, which the Serbians defended so stubbornly and
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Story of the Famous
 Highway 70 N0nastir

gallantly against Bulgarian invaders.
 Here, it winds in serpentine curves up over over-hanging cliffs, miser- able road narrow, soft and filled with ruts and hollows. Toward its sum init, there is a last steep climb called Prissat Pass which lies 3,200 feet above the sea and more than 2,500 feet higher than Koprili lies. It was in this strong summit position that the Serbian army made the defense, which held the Bulgarians for days at bay. The way desccnds to Prilip into the stony, little cultivated plain which spreads between an s-shaped fringe of hills down to the city of Monastir This fairly level way con- tinues beyond the last Serbian strong hold into northern Greece.
 From Monastir with its noun tains on either side and two before it, roads run north to Prilip, west into Albania and south to Saloniki. Two of the roads by which Monastir com municates with the outside world, are still open, that to the west and that to the south, while the Bulgarians are approaching along the third
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Patriotism That Is Tainted. (New York Worldly

In 1862 a committee of citizens called at the White House to express it's dissatisfaction with President Lin coln's conduct of the war. After lis tening patiently to the complaints of the delegation. President Lincoln said:
 "Gentlemen, suppose all the prop erty you were worth was in gold, and you had put it in the hands of Blon- din to carry across the Niagara River on a rope. Would you shake the cable, or keep shouting after him, 'Blondin, stoop a little more-go little faster-lean a little more to the north-lean a little more to the south? No; you would hold your hands off until he was safe over. The Government is carrying an enormous
 weight. Untold treasures are in their
 hands. They are doing the best
 they can. Keep silence, and We will
 get you safe over"
 President Wilson could well answer
 his critics in the words of President Lincoln. Most of the criticism of the
 Wilson Administration resembles the
 criticism of the Lincoln Administra- ton in that it is small and partisan and aimless. It resembles the criti-
  too in that most of it comes from
 second and third rate men and news papers.
 Practically nobody who rails against the President has policy of
 his own to present. Even the most rabid of the critics is afraid to come out and frankly declare for war. Back of most of the assaults is a petty and childish desire to find fault for the | sake of finding fault.
 Whether the President has made mistakes in handling the foreign af l fairs of the United States we do not l know, nor can anybody know at this time He has succeeded thus far l in keeping us out or war without sur rendering any of our rights under in- | ternational law. Whether his policy | works out well or III can be deter mined only by it's ultimate results in 1 the light of history. But one thing l is certain. There is no record of a serious blunder on the part of any | President of the United States who
 combined patience with high prin- l ciple.
 | It is significant that Americans who
 are best qualified to criticise the for eign policies of the President have done nothing to embarass him. For
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Log of the Oscar ?.

Dec. 16, 1915. Every cloud has it's silver lining By coming on this trip I escaped read ing yards and yards about the sessions of Congress.
 Understand the Swiss delegates to the Peace Conference have been de- tained by the Germans. Unfortunate but not calamitous as Henry Ford will be there to direct things.
 One sure way "out'' used to be from Tinker to Evers to Chance. The European way out is from Krushevo to Bjelopoije to Saloniki.
 This w.k. little war seems to be q twelve cylinder affair and the engine seems to be planned on the principle Of perpetual motion. We will Oscar the monarchs i;1 their own dens. Do your Christmas peace making early.
 | Lord Kitchener denies rumor tha l he is to wed. Martial, not marital music is his speciality and besides there is a limit to the bravery O. every man.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Bad Cooking Prominent Cause C
 Divorce.

Tn the current issue of Farm and Preside is an article to prove that love and a well filled stomach go we'll together, but that hatred and treach- cry are born in an underdone streak. Fad cooking is directly responsible for a large percentage of the divorce evil and much. of the crime com mitted-in fact, it might well be class ed as a crime in itself
 "A good cook is the greatest states man in the country is the true sense of the term.
 "Bank-examining is all we'll enough for it's purposes, but the examination of cooks and kitchens is far more inn portant. Of what avail are our pure food laws if all food may be ruined in the kitchen?
 "No one should be permitted to cook in any public eating house who has not been examined, found com petent, and licensed; and bad cook ing-such as now exists in many public places be a misde- meanor punishable by law
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Fighting Fraud.
Norwich Bulletin. ]

(NOTWlCH DuleIlh'D
 There is good cause for gratitude on the part of the people of this coun- try at the manner in which the post
 office department of the government is enforcing the fraud order statutes. The mails have long been recognized as means of reaching people and inn pressing them with schemes which are designed to get their money but which would receive very little attention if presented in any other way. Much discoura cement has been given in the past to such operations, but it is only
 through the persistent enforcement of the law and the running down of sus- picious cases that as much respect as prevails for the postal laws can be insured. It is a situation where if there was the least inclination to lax ity there would be thousands ready to take advantage of the opportunity which would be afforded of getting a rich living through the fooling of the people. That is something which Uncle Sam ! through his postal system cannot be- come a party in. He must block every fraudulent scheme that is brought to his attention and that the postoffice department is alive to its duty is evil denced by the fact in Fl instances where concerns or individuals were cited to show cause why a fraud or der should not be issued, 57 fraud or ders have resulted. It is the attention given this matter which makes it pos sible for the department to report that the schemes now brought to it's at-
 tention are not, generally speaking SO flagrantly fraudulent as heretofore, and it is by the persistence in this
 policy which gives the schemers to
 understand that the penalty awaits all cases that the swindles will be kept down to the minimum. It is action which is saving the American public millions and for which they should have full appreciation.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
MANY HAPPY RETURNS.

Jeffersonian simplicity has per- meated the entire life of Woodrow Wilson, sometime professor, state executive, and then President of the United States. The same has been true of Mrs. Norman Boiling Gait, his fiancee, to whom he will be married this evening. Placed then before the eyes of nation these two have never for the moment lost the wonderful magnetic modesty that so well be- comes those in public life and VA, "lthal they have but acted naturally.
 With myriad pairs of eyes ever slarlng forth at them they have at. tended public functions together.
 visited baseball parks, gone to thea-
 ters' toured the streets of the metro
 polls. And they have been as little children, smiling, happy, secure in
 the one great joy of living and being
 loved. They nave set a good example to the young men and women of the nation by the propriety of their co,,1+-
 ship and this evening when thev are united in holy matrimony thew will have the good wishes and god speed of united nation Every l man, woman, and child will hold ir
 their hearts the fervid spirit of con graduation, wishing the bride ant groom many happy returns of the | day, a long and joyful march dowr 1 the aisle of life, an abundance 0: years, happy years together.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
DIR. BELAND OFFERED
 FOR VON RINTELEN
Germany Willing to Trade Former Postmaster General of Canada
 for Teutonic Captain.
for TeutOnic

Montreal, Dec. 18.-The German government has offered to exchange Dr. Henri s. Beland, former post master general of Canada, for Cap tain Franz von Rintelen, according to advices received here yesterday by Arthur Ecrement, a former member of parliament. Dr. Beland was cap tured at the fall of Antwerp.
 Captain von Rintelen was removed by the British officers from a steamer while enroute from the United States to Holland. He has been held as a prisoner of war in England ever since, and several reports stated he was ir the Tower of London under sentence of death for espionage. He has beer named many times recently as having directed a conspiracy to foment strikes in munitions plants in the United States and is under indictment at New York for obtaining a false passport, on which he was travelling when taken nrisoner by the British.
 The communication to MT. Ecrement was from Premier Borden, who said that Andrew Bonar Law, British colo nial secretary, had requested Vatican authorities to petition for Dr. Beland's ,.a1ease The communication stated +bot Cardinal Gasparri, after outlining the steps taken by the Vatican toward securing Dr. Beland's liberty, in a let fer to Sir Henry Howard, British rep~
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
sONORIFTC SNORING SQUAD.
Sergeant's Strategy Sends SonOrous
 Soldiers Sleeping Securely.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-Because six of it's eleven occupants snored and kept awake the five other sleepers not guilty of the habit, Sergeant Timothy Reardon, in charge of 8 squad-room in the local barracks of the United States Marine Corps, has replaced the silent non-snoring mem- bers with Marines from other squad rooms who snore sonorously and wonderfully.
 "So they'll keep each other awake when they saw wood and won't dis turb the rest of some person not a member of their lodge,'' said Ser geant Reardon by way of explanation.
 The new arrangement suits tue eleven snorers perfectly and the five who vacated are pleased beyond mea- sure.
 It has been said of United States Marines that they can readily adapt themselves to. any and all circum- stances, under any and all conditions, and Sergeant Reardon thinks his strategy is proof positive of this.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
Poor Old ShylOck.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

(St. Louis GlObe-DemOcrat.)
 We fear that our esteemed contem- porary, the Modern View, has become unduly agitated over tho refusal of Superintendent Belwett to prevent students of the Yeatman high school from performing "The Merchant of Venice" It calls him a Caesar, al- though the term might have been more aptly applied to him had re in- tervened to bar a Shakespearan play. We furthermore fear that the Modern View is unnecessarily exercised over the possible effect of the play itself. The medieval hatred of the Jew has passed away except in parts of a few countries and among the most be- niehted people. The folks who enjoy Shakespeare have the highest regard for the wonderful Jewish people. Tn America, England, Germany and France the Jews are distinguished out of all proportion to their number They have been in our cabinet and presided over the courts. One has
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18

been premier of England and at pres ent the highest judicial office of Great Britain is filled by Jew. One of the German emperor's most respected advisers is a Jew. In statesmanship, in business, in music, and in literature the Jews have left an indelible inn press Their charities are famous evervwhere. St. Louis is fairly re- presentative and here Jewish citizens have been renowned in every move ment for the common veal.
 It is doubtful if any reader of "The Merchant of Venice" ever got and anti-Semitic prejudice from it. AS originally played, Shylock was s low comedy character. Long after Shake speares time his tragic possibilities were brought out. As an old mar, conceiving a crazy project to get re- venge on prosecutors who had for gotten that he was a human being, he beacme a strong character. He is not Jew at all, but a personiftca- tion of vengeance. He falls in sucn a way that readers feel the pity Shakespear had for his unique crea- tion. The Modern View has a dis torted view of Shylock and of the effect the play produces. The warmest admirers of the Hebrew people, an- cient and modern, read "The Mer- chant of Venice" as children. The Modern Views protest is incompre- hensible to them.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
VS. POLITICS.

eodore Roosevelt, politician that
 might not take so kindly to the
 3estion offered by Professor Hugo
 hsterberg, the genial Harvard Biologist, who would have the #nel run for President of the Unit Estates on a German-American Eet. This idea of rounding up the
 han vote for any one man is ra-
 a novel idea of the psychologist,
 heory that might smack of won ful possi bilities in the experimental
 bratory, but which subjected to the ] d cruel test of everyday politics *lld hardly prove successful. The e is not ripe when any particular #fonality can band together in the Eted States and elect President. ] s for the reason that the men who |uld necessarily have to be appealed would rebel within their own ranks. is easy enough to make mention |the German vote, or the Irish vote, |the Swedish vote, or the Bohemian [e or any other vote. It is more kicult to put a finger on it and say: [ere it is. Here is the German te; here is the Irish vote; the Scan navian vote." It is not so easily me. Further, when man like of. Muensterberg, who is a subject
 the Kaiser, comes out of his labora' ry long enough to advise American -izens of German birth just how ey should cast their vote at the ming presidential elections he is ting off more than he can chew 1ere may be some part of those vot- S of German descent who will lister
 and then follow his advice; but, fol c most part, he will fine a stone all of loyalty to America from these en who have settled here and who hile they have not forgotten thei1 Iherent love for the dear old Fla still feel that in the fina laylsis the land of their adoption i ood enough for them. And these me men have reared families here
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
When a Woman Argues. (W. l.. George in the Atlantic
 Monthly

In matters or argument man is like
 the Italian brigand who robs the friar,
 then confesses and asks him for ab- solution; woman is the burglar un-
 repentant. This may be due to wom-
 an as rule having few guiding prin- ciples or intellectual criteria She
 often holds so many moral principles that intellectual argument with her
 lrrltates the crisper male mind. But she finds it difficult to retain a grasp upon central idea. to clear away the side issues which obscure it. She can seldom carry an idea to it's logical conclusion, passing from term to 1, term; somewhere there is a. solution Of continuity. For this reason ar guments with women, which have be- gun with the latest musical play, easily pass on. from its alleged ar- tlstlc merit, to it's costumes their scant1ness, their undesirable scanti- | ness, the need for inspection. inspec- tors of theaters, and little bv little, others inspectors, until one gets to mlnlng inspectors and possibly to mining Tn general You will observe that these ideas are fairly we'll link ed. All that happens is that the wom- , an, tiring of the central argument. has pursued each side issue as it off,
 cred itself. This comes from a lack
 or concentration, which indisposes a
 woman to penetrate deeply into a suoJect; she Is not used to concentra- tlon' she does not like it. It might lead
 lier to olsagreeable discoveries.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18

who must be counted in or on any roster bearing the appellation Ger man vote," but who have only one in terest at heart,-America.
 Those young boys of German par ents, those lads who have attained on American soil are not going to align themselves with any interest that attaches wires to a foreign king or potentate as against the democ- racy of the United States. Just why the Harvard professor settled on the name of Roosevelt to be his standard bearer no one can readily divine. Surely, if any man in public life has maligned the cause for which the pro- lessor weeps it is this same Rough Riding Teddy. We may be wrong, but it seems as if T. R. should be the last man in the world to be put up as a candidate who would make a good pro-German president. Again, 1t is somewhat doubtful if the Colonel
 
 head of any group of nationalists, un- less in doing so he was assured that the term American would be woven on the banner. And lest we forget. there are a few Americans in this country who can Obliterate the dan ger of class or religious politics heinz injected into the national program. There are those who should know that when the people of the United States want a candidate for the presi- dency they have forty eight states in the Union, any one of which can put forth a man of the desired ca1ibre. Down in the remote regions of Ar kansas they do not figure what an- cestors were, or are; all they want to know at the polls on election day is: Are you a bone fide voter?' If you are you must necessarily be an American citizen. And there are many other states like Arkansas. Vir- 2inia, and Tennessee and California, for instance, not forgetting our own Connecticut.
New Britain herald., 1915-12-18

President Wilson in his annual message to Congress fired a broad side at just such Americans as Anthony Drexel who from his London habitat puts forth such disloyal jar gon as this:-"America is a rotten place, a rotten hole, no place for a gentleman to live in, and the people are rotten.' What they do to some of our citizens when they get them in London town is a mystery. The American colony there is not rated very high, and Woodrow Wilson has got it's number.