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Lord Curzon Complies
Belgian War Poetry
ny JEANETTE l.. GLIDER.
ORD CURzoN oFKEDLEsToN

r ORD CURzON OF KEDLESTON
has translated enough Belgian
IL war poems to make a book
which the John Lane Company
will publish Immediately. He provides
a preface to the volume in which he
says:
Translation Of the poetry Of one
country into the language and metre
Of another Is an amiable hobby to
which many persons-and, 1t would
seem, public men in particular-are
prone. AS a rule It possesses little
interest or attraction ave for the au-
thor Of the experiment. 1t is GER
tainly in that light that I have always
regarded and occasionally practised 1t,
and I had no idea Of ever asking the
public to share the doubtful results
! Of my labors.
quite recently. however, having
sent to the Observer a series OF trans
lations into English of some OF the
beautiful and touching poems IN the
European war and the sufYerings OF
his country which have appeared In
its columns from the pen OF the Bel
gian writer, NJ. Emile Cammaerts, l
have received so many requests from
! readers and publishers for the wider
circulation Of these efforts that I have
agreed to their reissue in a less fugi-
tive form-the proceeds, IL there are
any, to be devoted to the Belgian Relief
Fund. have added several other
translations which have at different
times lent distraction to my leisure
hours and these include two from an
other Belgian man Of letters. a great
poet and artist. NJ. Emile V~erhaeren.
Upon the general principles to be
observed in the translation Of poetry
into a foreign tongue l would say this
The translator should, I think, remem-
her that the work il not primarily
his, but that Of another mar Of whose
ideas he is merely the vehicle ana
interpreter. and while endeavoring "a
convert them into the idiom and metri-
cal form Of another language. often
with some loss, rarely with any gain,
in the process he should as far as
possible subordinate himself to the
conception and thought and even de
fer where possible to the technique
of the original writer"
The first poem is dedicatory 10 Bel
GUM. A few pages further on we
have "a Song Of the Beigians." In
each case the original is given and
then Lord Curzon's translation. AS all
the world knows Lord Curzon and all
the world sympathizes with Belgium
quote freely from the war poems
of that distracted country.
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tho misery is So great and 50 vide
spread that help from other sources
is urgently needed.
The American Armenian Relief
Fund Committee. of which Brown
Bros. ~ CO., 80 Wall street. New
York city, ar" the tredsurcrs, y
spreading tn" appeal and viii trans
NIT all funds, in equal parts, to the
kdtoliko-, supreme Patriarch Of III
the Arm"niaus, at lftchmiadziu, at The
foot If Mount Ardrat. Russian Ar
mcu1a and to w. W. Poet. treasurer
"f the American Board Of Missions,
Cunstant.nople. Turkey.
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The Blind Man and His Son.

THE distant boom Of angry guns
No longer Ills my car.
Oh whittier have We fed. my SOM
Tell me, that | may hear"
Father, We are in England -
NO more ! hear the stormy wind
Amid the rigging roar.
| feel beneath my lettering feet
The firm ground Of the shore
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TRANSACTIONS Form a Book, Proceeds
of the Sales Going to the Re-
lief Fund for Refugees

Is this the end OF all our woes?
Shall we not suffer more?'
Father, we are in England ="
II hear the sound OF kindly speech,
But do not understand.
] feel I've wandered very far,
Far from the fatherland
How zones 1t that these tones are not
Those of an unknown land?'
Father. We are in England :"
II feel In all the air around
Freedoms sweet breath respire.
| feel celestial fingers creep
Along my quivering Tyre:
The birds. the trees. the babbling streams
Speak to me of our home,
Why does my grief less bitter grow
And rest so lear become?'
Father. we are in England !"
Bend down upon thy knees, my son, 7
And take into thy hand.
Thy wounded hand, and mine, somewhat
OF the earth of this good land.
That, dreaming OF our home, we two
May kiss the soil OF England ="
One of the poems. entitled ITO the
German Army; A New Years Prayer.
1915" Lord Curzon says has been
widely circulated in America as an
original poem by him and has brought
upon him loud denunciations. but il
was not written by Lord Curzon: II
Is "A translation by him of the work
Of the Belgian poet. Here it is:
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The Belgian Flag.

Red for the blood of soldiers.
Black. yellow and red
Black for the tears of mothers,
Black. yellow and red
And yellow for the light and flame
OF the fields where the blood In shed
To the glorious nag, my children,
Hark' the call your country gives.
To the nag in serried order!
lie who dies for Belgium lives!
Red for the purple OF heroes,
Black, yellow and red
Black for the wells OF widows
Black. yellow and red
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
ROOSEVELT STICKS
TO HIS CRITICISMS
Says Stand by the President SO Long
as the President Stands
by the Country.

PLATTSBURG, n. Y, Aug. 25.-
. Don t applaud unless you feel burn
ing sense of shame because the United
States has not stood up,for Belgium. Y
Theodore Roosevelt, former president
of the United States, snapped out
these words last night as crowd al
the military instruction camp during
a speech in which he censured the adj
ministration for its attitude in the Eu-
ropean situation and strongly urged
preparedness for war.
AS he paused after uttering the sen.
tence his audience consisting of about
1,200 members of the camp and more
than 1000 other persons burst into wild
and prolonged applause.
1.-The surest way for a nation to in
vite disaster is to be rich, aggressive
and unarmed, = the former president
said at another time, in speaking OF
preparedness.
In statement made at the railway
station shortly before leaving for New
York Col. Roosevelt defended his crit
icism Of the administration s course il
the present situation.
. wish TO make one comment on tn,
statement SO frequently made that w
must stand by the president, he said
81 heartily subscribe to this on condi
tion and only on condition that it i
followed SO long as the president stand
by the country
Col Roosevelt started to speal
shortly before dark. He was intro
duced by Gen. Leonard Wood. Ere tn
colonel was fairly launched on his ad
dress it became too dark for him to Sc
his manuscript and a lantern wa
brought for him to read by. Severa
times he digressed from his written ad
dress.
81 No man is ftted,'' he said once
looking away from the printed page
''to be the citizen Of free countr,
unless he is willing to defend tha
country and loud applause followed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26

LONDON, August 2G.-The invaders of
Russia, with Ossowetz safely in their
bands are now rapidly gaining the whole
triangular railroad system, which, with
its apex at Bialystok, also served Grodno
and Ossowetz
The mass of heavy artillery freed by the
fall of Ossowetz and kovno was used in
the attack against Brest-Litovsk hut not
without great difficulty. No further ad-
vance had been reported along the Riga
Kovno line, which presented serious
problem to the Russians until this morn
ing's despatch stating that the Russian
fortress of Brcst-Litovsk had been cap
tured.
The near east continues to present an
appearance of precarious balance among the
warring troops. The central powers claim
a diplomatic victory in the form of a
Tmko-Bulgarian agreement, while the en-
tente allies apparently are bringing Ser
bia around to their view that concessions
are necessary to procure Bulgaria's adhe-
sion to a reformed Balkan league.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
MORE STRIKERS OUT
IN BRIDGEPORT, CT.
Fifty Freight Handlers Joined the $50
Men Who Struck Yesterday for
Increased Pay

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Aug. %. -
Fifty freight handlers employed by the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad walked ont today, joining the
10 men who yesterday struck for in
creased wages. The waikout of these
men was done quietly.
The management of the Star Snr:
company, where 400 girls have been on
La strike for the S-hour day, posted n
notice closing the plant indefinitely.
1t was announced that both the
American Federation of Labor and
the Connecticut Federation of Labor
are rushing more organizers here to aid
in handling the situation.
Three strikes in as many boiler shops
were settled today by the management
granting the 5O-hour week schedule in
| place OF tho 55-hour schedule
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
A GIFT OF $4,000.
Frank Mackenzie Gives Money to HUI
name Society as a Memorial.

WOODSTOCK, Aug. 26.-At q meet
ing of the incorporators of the Lucy
Mackenzie Humane society Monday
evening, check for $4,000 was re
ceived from Frank Mackenzie for the
use Of the society. 1t is given in mem
DRY of his wife, who died about q
year ago and for years had been inter
ested in humane work and had given
much of her time and means to further
the cause.
The society is incorporated under the
laws of Vermont. The officers are:
President, Frederick G. Southgate; vice
pres, Miss Evelyn l.. Fuller; secre-
tary, Miss Aline j. Boyce; treasurer
Miss Susie NJ Montague; agent, Eu.
gene A. Thomas.
The society is now open to member
ship. The object of the society is to en-
list outside people as much as possibl,
and to build UP large and active or
ganization for human work in this sec
ton.
The officers named and DR. F. R. jew
cit. Miss Edith McCansland and Mrs
George W. Merrill are the trustees o.
the society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
ENGINEER MORE
THAN FORTY YEARS
Marcus L. Harris Was 32d Degree Ma
son and Member of Several
Fraternal Orders.

The funeral of Marcus T. Harris, whose
death in West Springfield, Mass, yester-
day was recorded in a despatch to The
Reformer, will be held in the home of his
son, William f. Harris, 6 Hill street.
West Springfield. tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock Rev Walter Handley, assistant
pastor Of Christ church, will officiate, and
Jerusalem lodge of Masons of Northamp-
ton will perform their ritual Burial will
take place in the Bridge street cemetery in
Northampton.
Mr. Harris who was one Of the oldest
engineers of the Boston & Maine railroad,
was born in Monson, Mass He was en-
ployed some time as engineer at the
northampton state hospital for the in
sane He began his railroad career in
1874, and had been constantly engaged in
the capacity Of engineer until illness de-
veloped last February When taken i'll he
moved from West Mortified to make his
home with his son in West Springfield.
Mr. Harris was a member of st. Mark
Episcopal church in Northampton, Jeru-
salem lodge of Free Masons of Northamp-
ton, Fort Dummer Royal Arch chapter
and Beauseant commandery of Brattle-
boro. Vermont consistory, s. P. r. S, Of
| Burlington, 32d degree Of Masonry, the
Vermont Masonic Veterans ASSOCIATION.
Mt Sinai temple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine. of Montpelier, Wantastiquet lodge
| I, 0. O. F., of Brattleboro, and the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
! Mr.. Harris was resident of Brattleboro
many years, living a large part of the time
on Canal street. He was on different runs
over the Boston & Maine railroad between
Springfield and Windsor His wife died
several years ago.
He leaves, besides his son, two sisters
Mrs George Hall of New Britain, Conn
and Mrs George HoIbridge of Brimfeld
two brothers, Frank Harris, Norwich
Conn, and James Harris, Noroton, Conn
and several nephews and nieces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
DROWNED WHILE IN BATHING.
Young Maa Was Brother of Mrs. Rob
ert o. Mitchell of Brattleboro.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert O. Mitchell went
this morning to South Windham, Conn,
Mrs. Mitchell having received a telegram
announcing the death Of her brother by
drowning The Norwich Bulletin of last
evening contained the following account
of the accident
Herbert b., son of Alfred and Martha
f. Manning. 20 years Of age, was drowned
in what is known as Big pond in South
Windham about s o'clock Tuesday night.
Young Manning was in bathing with three
or four companions near the race and it is
supposed that he got into deep water with
out knowing it. The other boys were at
a distance from him when they heard a
splash and went back to look for him.
Leslie Clark, who lives near by, was sum.
moned when they could find no trace OF
Manning and he went out in his boat
searching for the body, which was found
about an hour afterwards DR.. O'Neil ot
this city was in South Windham and was
called to the pond, but Manning coulc
not be resuscitated In the absence of DR.
Mason, medical examiner for this town
DIR. w. F. Higgins of South Coventry wa.
called and pronounced death due to acci
dental drowning. Young Manning WORKED
at the American Thread Co.'S plant and il
survived by his father and mother,
brother and several sisters"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26


Haven, Conn, and G. J. Dexter of
Philadelphia in three straight sets, 6-3,
Ga, 6-2.
The challengers put up their best
battle in the second set and came with,
in two points of forcing the set to
deuce, but the title holders were at the
top of their game and played the better
team tennis. Harris, especially, was
effective in placing his hard drives.
This match concluded the first state
tennis tournament held in BrattleborC
in % years and left two cups here. Har
ris won permanently the singles cham
pionship trophy and again shares in the
doubles trophy.
A consolation match followed the
doubles match, II. II. McHenry of New
Haven, Conn, beating J. Haydock OF
Pine Grove Springs, winning two set,
out of three.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26

Fred II. Harris of BrattIeboro went
through the semi-fnal and final rounds
Of the singles yesterday with flying
colors and took from his doubles part
ner the singles championship of the
state and incidentally won the perma-
nent possession of the trophy cup, on
which he had two legs previously and
on which J. G.. Nelson, his doubles part
ne:, had one
Harris had little difficulty in defeat
ing Roger Brackett of Brattleboro in
the first set of their match in the semi
final round, which was played in the
morning. In the second set Bracket,
by his persistent placing and steadiness
managed to earn three games, but that
was all.
In the final round Nelson did not seem
able to get into his stride in any of
the three sets. He made his best fight
in the second set, in which he got four
lgames, but Harris made quick work of
the first and third sets.
The semi-final round in the doubles
was played III the afternoon and Harris
and Nelson eliminated in straight sets
! G. II. Collester of Gardner, Mass, and
| G. L. Porter of Worcester, Mass, a
team that had one leg on the doubles
trophy. Inc title holders 10und IneHl
no easy marks and some of the best
tennis of the tournament was shown in
this match, which was won Ga, Ga
The other match in this round was
between c. J. Dexter of Philadelphia
and A. n. Wilder of New Haven, Conn,
who won in straight sets from H. G.
Parsons of Douglaston, n. Y, and R
II. Lee of Bayside, L. 1. The scores
were 6-3 and Ga and the last set espe-
Icially developed some fast, hard tennis
The summary:
Singles, semi-fnal round: Harris beat
Bracket 81, 6-3.
Singles, final round: Harris beat Mel
son 6-1, GA, GO.
Doubles, semi-fnal round: Dexter
and Wilder beat Parsons and Lee 6-3
Ga; Harris and Nelson beat Collestel
and Porter, Ga, CA.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
NATIONAL DEFENSE LEAGUE.
Move Made to Organize Branch in Rut.
land and Bellows Falls.

A Vermont branch of the National
Defense league was formed here We'd
nesday afternoon following a meeting
at which the objects of the league were
explained by Francis NJ. Jencks of Bal
timore, Nd, and Dublin, n II. Mr..
Jencks is member Of the Maryland
organization and recently organized a
league in New Hampshire.
Judge Thomas f. O'Brien was elect
ed temporary president and Attorney
George II. Thompson was chosen tenn
porary secretary. The temporary pres
ident will name a committee of five to
nominate officers
Steps will be taken to organize units
throughout the state and plans are un-
der way for immediate institution of
branches in Rutland and Bellows Falls
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
DIR. BURNETT'S CAR
BADLY DAMAGED
Was in Collision with Machine from
Larrow's Garage - Her Mother
Sustained Cut OF Chin.

Harry Whitaker, driving an automo-
bite from T. A. Larraw 5 garage to-
wards Bernardston last evening about
10 clock and DR.. Grace W. Burnett,
driving her Overland runabout in which
her mother, Mrs. II. II. Burnett of West
Dummerston, was riding with her, col
lided on the hill near "'Algiers in
Guilford. The left front wheel of DR..
Burnett s machine was wrecked and the
mudguard badly bent. Mrs. Burnett
was considerably shaken up and sus-
tanned cut on her chin, but neither
DR.. Burnett nor any of the occupants
of the other ear were injured. The Lar
row machine was slightly damaged.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
ARABIC CASE NOT
SOURCE OF DiSC0RD
Germany Had Adopted a Policy Designed to Settle
Completely the Whole Submarine Policy as
Affecting Americans Commander Disregarded
Instructions Reparaton Will Be Made

BERLIN, August 2G-Thc Associated
Press is in a position to state on the best
authority that the Arabic incident may be
considered as eliminated as Il source of
discord between Germany and America, or
ut least is regarded by the German govern
ment in that light
Moreover, Germany, in its desire to
continue in friendly relations with the
United States, had adopted before the
fiuking of the Arabic policy designed to
settle completely the whole submarine
problem as affecting Americans on the ba-
fis of goodwill and mutual understanding
This is shown clearly by the statement
Of Chancellor Won Bethmann-Hollweg
last night to the Associated Press, partic-
uIarly by his concluding remark to the ef-
feet that not until all the circumstances
in connection with the sinking of the Ara
bic had been cleared UP would it be pos
sble TO say whether the commander OF
one Of our submarines went beyond his
Instructions in which case Germany
would give complete satisfaction to the
United States.
Furthermore, in the course Of the con
yeraation the chancellor twice again re-
ierrcd to the instructions given to the
submarine commanders which are designed
20 prevent a repetition of the Lusitania
case and to provide that opportunity for
escape for American non-combatants upon
torpcdocd ships which the United States
desires.
Having given these instructions Ger
many asks suspension of judgment on the
Arabic case until the facts are aseertained,
being confident it will bc shown that the
rinking Of the vessel was not an unpro-
vokcd attack without warning by a Ger
man submarine, but was attributable
either to a mine explosion or to some ac
ton of the vessel itself
Should it develop, however, that sub
marine acted contrary to instructions am
pie reparation will be offered.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
PRESIDENT SENDS
THANKS TO GOVERNORS
Greatly Pleased with the Non Partisan
Resolution Plcdging Support 70
Government.

Boston, Aug. 26. - The thanks Of the
administration at Washington for the
resolution adopted bv the governors on
Tuesday pledging support to President
Wilson was extended to the governors
conference today by Attorney General
Thomas w. Gregory.
Mr.. Gregory said that this was time
in which the administration felt the
need of being in close touch with the
states and such an encouraging ex-
preston as was sent to the President
was greatly appreciated, especially as
| it was extended by q body in which
party lines had been eliminated.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
WINDSOR SURVIVORS
PICKED UP AT SEA
Forty Persons from British Steamer
Which Was Torpedoed Rescued
by Norwegian Steamer.

LISBON, August 26, by way of Paris
The Norwegian steamer Haytor, which
arrived from Dairy, reports picking up on
August 21, 40 survivors of the British
steamer Windsor, which was sunk by a
submarine.
The members of the Windsor's crew We're
transferred from the Haytor to the British
steamer Remner, the day after they were
rescued
1t was reported on August - that the
Windsor, a vessel Of 6053 tons, had been
sunk. 1t was said then that her crew
had been saved.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
BELLOWS FALLS.
KILLED BY SUGAR BARREL.
Louis T. Wiley Knocked Down and
Skull Fractured.

Louis f. Wiley, 10, was almost in
stantly killed Wednesday when a barrel
of sugar struck him after a drop of
four feet, fracturing his skull, jaw
bone and nose. The boy was in the
lower floor of S. j. Cray 5 market, and
was alone when the accident happened.
1t is thought he tipped one of the bar
rels on end and that it ran down an
incline from which teams are loaded
He was thrown over it and to the
ground in attempting to stop it. The
boy leaves his adopted mother, Mrs
Mary f. Wiley; his mother, Mrs. Frank
Lynch of Boston, who is now seriously
i'll in a hospital in that city; one broth
er, Arthur, and a sister, Ola, both
younger than he. The funeral will be
held Friday morning in st. Charles Ro
man Catholic church and the burial
will take place in the church yard.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
275 LIVES WERE LOST
IN THE TEXAS STORMS
Sixty-Nino Perished i'll Water and the
others on Land-1G2 Other Per
sons Unaccounted for.

HOUSTON, Texas, August 26.-Ae-
oording to careful checking up today
of all published figures based on Of
Gcial statements from cities and larger
towns and localities involved and ac-
counting for all persons listed as miss
ing who subsequently have been found
safe, the tropical storm that visited
the Texas coast 10 days ago took 275
lives, 2O6 on land and 90 in water.
In addition the same list show 10Z
other persons still unaccounted for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26
LITERAcY TESTS ABANDONED.
Republicans Joined with Democrats il
Vote at Albany, N. Y.

ALBANY, August 26.-By vote of
II to 81 the constitutional convention
today reversed its action of yesterday
and rejected the iteracy test for vot-
ers. 1t is understood that the fight fol
the proposal which would have required
all voters to be able to read and write
the English language now win be aban
doned. Forty-four Republicans voted
with the Democrats to kill the amend
ment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-26

the United States probably would be made
in the case of the Arabic
No reports had been received from Am
bassador Gerard, who was instructed to
inquire if the German government had a
report on the sinking of the Arabic, but
news dispatches informed officials that
the Ambassador had made inquiry and
found that the government at Berlin had
none.
Count Bernstorff's visit to Secretary
Tansing and the adviees from Berlin con
taining the German chancellor's state
mcnt have put much better face on the
whole situation.