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The Washington times., 1915-03-19
US. WILL INSPECT
WAR PRISON CAMPS
American Agents to Distribute
Supplies to Captives of
Three BeI|igerents.

Enissaries of the United States arc
to become the Good Samaritans of the
prison camps of warning Europe.
The State Department announces tho
practical completion of plans where
under the representatives of this Gov
ernment will visit and inspect war
prisons. and. with the consent of Great
Britain, Germany, and Austria-Hun-
gary, distribute to the unhappy pris-
oners supplies furnished by their own
governments, or from other sources, ae
the same time assisting in the work Of
exchanging prisoners and relieving
congested and onerous conditions.
Through the good offices of this Gov
ernment. 1t is also expected that SINH
lar arrangements will be perfected
within a short time among the govern
merits of Russia and France.
The arrangement, already made with
Germany. Great Britain. and Austria
Hungary, is the result of the effoIts Of
Chandler p. Anderson, formerly coun-
selor of the State Department, who
conferred with the foreign Offices OF ths
three countries named last November
and visited number OF the detention
camps of these warning nations.
Mr.. Anderson in his report to the de-
partment says that these three coun-
tries have expressed willingness to ex-
change. man for man. detained enemy
civilians of military age. The arrange
ment for the release of imprisoned
civilians of non-miltary age has so
far been held up because of a disagree
ment between Great Britain and Ger
many, which disagreement is in process
of adjudication.
Mr.. Anderson's report shows that these
fE a to lot aff
women and children or males under
seventeen or over fifty-fve between
Great Britain and Germany. or under
eighteen or over fifty between Great
Britain and Austria Hungary. or ply
sicians or clerEymcn, unless some speci-
al reason justified detention in .indi
Nidual cases.
Both sides agreed to arrange for tie
reciprocal release of all civilians physI-
eslly disqualified for military serN Ice.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19

anese procedure. Indeed, it is even
intimated that they made their pro-
tests SO grave as to suggest that, If
japan should persist in her course
toward China, it would be difficult
for London and Petrograd to con-
tinue diplomatic relations with
Tokyo. 1t may safely be assumed
that no such extreme statement of
the case has been indulged at this
time. Neither Russia nor Great
Britain is in position to force an is
sue in the Far East, while japan is
the ally of both. They can talk in
definitely, and preserve the right Of
action later; but they are occupied
in other quarters which demand all
the action they are able to put
forth. The United States, likewise
acting independently, is understood
to have indicated it's great concern
about the Japanese disposition to-
ward China; while Japan is begin
ming to make explanations that show
she is realizing the character and
earnestness of the Occidental objec-
tions to her policy.
Not the least significant aspect of
this situation is the evidence that
japan is unable to count upon the
acquiescence of any western nation
with interests in China. The jap
anese attitude in China suggests
similarity to that of Germany in
Europe: a disposition to insist on
having her way, and bluffing through
to the desired ends. Just as Ger
many found that there was a limit
to the good nature of the entente
powers, so Japan seems likely to get
a very definite impression that there
may be limit in the east, beyond
which it will not be desirable to
press insistence too far.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
CAPITAL Doctors
Received by Gar
Sons of L. F. Zinkhan, Superin-
tendent of Asylum Jail, Write
Of Audience.

Drs. Paul II. and Arthur NJ. Zinkhan.
sons of L. F. Zinkhan, superintendent
of the Washington Asylum Jail, who are
surgeons OF the American Red Cross
unit at Kiev. Russia. in a letter to their
father tell of meeting the Car.
The Czar himself was a little differ
ent than we expected" they wrote. "Of
course. you would recognize him any
where. only he was much smaller than
We had pictured him-about five feet
seven inches. and weighed not over 140
pounds. He wore a plain soldiers uni
form. with the same rank as ours. and
practically identical, in striking contrast
to the gorgeous uniforms around him.
His face is one of the sweetest and
saddest We have ever seen. He shook
hands with all of US; spoke to us in per-
feet English; told US at first he thought
us Russians in our uniform. He gives
one an entirely new idea of Russia
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
JAPAN'S CHINA POLICY

There is no longer room for doubt
that Japan's long list of demands on
China are giving real concern to
powers which have interests in
China. Today's cables bring an i'm
pressive story of the vigorous edi-
torial printed in the Manchester
Guardian, which accuses Japan of
duplicity in her dealing with the
powers.
Such an expression in the Man
chester Guardian is certain to be
regarded as of serious importance,
for that paper is one of the unoffi-
cial organs of the liberal administra-
tion in Great Britain. 1t would not
be likely to deliver such an unquali-
fed opinion unless it were reason
ably assured that it was rejecting
the feeling of the British foreign
Office.
Japan submitted to China a series
of demands dealing with privileges
and concessions to Japan in China
involving territorial matters, mineral
and oil concessions, and the like. As
these demands were indicated to Eu-
ropean governments and to Wash
ington by the Tokyo authorities
they were eleven in number. But as
they were passed along by the Chi
nese government, there were twenty
one of them, and the discrepancies
seemed to be highly important, and
suggestive of the very conclusion
which the Manchester paper now
draws, that Japan has not dealt
quite fairly with the powers.
From Tokyo comes now the expla-
nation that in notifying these de-
mands to the western powers, some
of them were omitted, because they
were not new; they had been, it is al.
legged, under discussion for a long
time between the Tokyo and Peking
governments, and it was not sup.
posed to be necessary to repeat them
in the notification to the powers.
Russia and Great Britain, it is de,
clared, have made representations to
Tokyo, independently of one another
! indicating disaffection with the Jap.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
IN SWADDLING CLOTHES

1t is no longer unlawful in any
State of the Union for man to kiss
his wife on the Sabbath, but in
Maryland an act of 1928 prohibits
cooks and even church janitors from
working on that day. In Baltimore
a year or so ago there was great
hubbub because the authorities, in
response to an unreasonable agita-
tion, attempted to enforce the an
cient statute, which makes illegal the
purchasing of minor articles of dire
necessity or the doing of necessary
labor on Sunday. Efforts have been
made to enforce it in other parts Of
the State, to the very great incon-
venience Of many people. If it were
observed strictly one could not buy a
smoke or a soda water, street car
ride or newspaper on The Lords
Day. ,,..
The peoples minds must needs be
innocuous to be content with no
recreation whatever on the day that
they rest from their labors, but such
would be their state did the blue
laws rigidly obtain. There has been
just so much application of them as
to get on the nerves of many peo-
pie, and the result has been the or
ganization of the Anti Blue Law AS
sociation, which will conduct a pub
licity campaign in Maryland with the
hope of inducing the next legisla-
ture to repeal the obnoxious statutes.
If there happens to be anything in
the old laws applicable to twentieth
century life, and desirable, it can
be left standing, but it is foolish to
let laws remain upon the statute
books which were ill fitted for a
State even when Maryland was
wearing it's swaddling clothes.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
THE CHURCH UPTODATE

Advertise a church? The very
suggestion would have given the
preacher of past generation
nervous prostration. If the church
feels that it has any message, if it
believes religion has a relation to
daily life, if it wishes to reach the
man who never enters a church, it
must advertise what it has to offer
that man."
These pointed remarks are not
from an advertising agent. They
were delivered before the Baltimore
Advertising Club by the Rev. DR.. M.
H. Lichliter, a clergyman of that
city.
They sum up tersely the attitude
of not a few progressive churches
One of the Rev. William A. Sundays
chief points of merit, his supporters
urge, is that he gives publicity to
religion. Hitherto churches went
largely upon the platform that they
had something of undoubted value
to offer. He who would might come
and reap the benefits. Meanwhile
forces of less questionable merit
have set forth their good points
have attracted the public by all sorts
Of devices, and the churches won,
dered why their pews too often were
empty.
That attitude is undergoing g
subtle change. Churches are begin
ming to heed the injunction Of the
Master Himself to "go forth anc
preach" their message. They are
~Sing legitimate publicity and bust
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
WINDY MARCH

In this day of Jewelers. when some
Of the oldest of our institutions are
shriveling under the cold eye of
modernism it is cheering to find that
the good old-fashioned March wind,
so long missed, is essentially unim-
paired by criticism or the lapse of
time. We find it flourishing with re-
newed strength and vigor, and it has
been flourishing with great success
and persistence all month.
We had been losing faith in the
March wind as an institution. 1t
seemed to be going the way of the
-and-the-lamb tradition. March
had grown to be as. temperamental
as April. And April is merely tenn
peramental after the debonair fash
ion of Moliere. There was getting
to be something of Ibsen or the
Greek tragedians about March.
Sometimes it came in like a lamb
and went out like an alligator. Again
II Surged IN like lion and hoWled
out like hyena. Sometimes, as this
year, it has been difficult to tell
whether it was badly trained lamb
or well trained lion, like the men,
orable Wallace.
But by the splendid output of
wind this month March has vindi-
Gated itself. About the first day it
began to send clustering breeze
along and has set about keeping it
up to the mark with commendable
consistency. In fact, it was getting
to the point where it might be over
done, when the Weather Bureau
came along at this late day with a
promise soon of gentle Southern
zephyrs.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
Comrades Perish, Never to Be
Thought Of Again. or Their
Names Mentioned.
GRIEF IS FORGOTTEN THING
Soldiers Do Not Even Dare to
Love One Of the Dogs in the
Trenches.
BY PHIL RAIDER,

Copyright by United Press. 1851
LONDON, March 1.-At least one
American flag that know Of has flown
In the great war.
My comrade and I, in the French
Foreign Legion, went to war under its
folds and as we marched out from
Paris about the middle of October and
started on our 15o-mile tramp to the
front, the French cheered the Stars and
Stripes. with huge delight.
When 'Ouida" wrote Under Two
Flags" she was telling of my regiment.
the famous old French Foreign Legion,
In which every man fights under the
French flag and carries in his heart
the thoughts of his country's banner
or the fifteen hundred men I started
out with, only 3S5 were alive February
l. There are strange men in the For
eign Legion, men whose lives have been
twisted in one way or another: men
with Dasts: men with dark secrets !;
men who want to die, but who have
! stopped at suicide. You never ask a
man In the Foreign Legion who he
really is.
Under U. S. Flag.
] had joined the Foreign Legion be-
| cause I had been told that, IL got
into the French flying corps. which I
wished to do. ! must first become a
member of the Foreign Legion.
/ didn't intend to go TO the trenches,
hut. the first thing ] knew we were
under way, with our American flag fly
ing over us, bound for the front
My arrangements for entering the fly
ing corps had gone awry and here
was. only an ordinary private carrying
a rife and pack weighing ninety-six
pounds.
We marched for six days, ten hours
day. for forty minutes at a stretch
with five-minutc rests. At last we
US. was three miles from the trenches
We had been all aglow to get into the
fighting.
"It'n be Just our luck to be held in
reserve. We won't get to the trenches
| for long time"
Chattering Breaks Out.
Il hope they get us into the fighting
right away
We had made these remarks hundreds
of times during our long march. An
orderly came up to the position where
We we're standing. and said: We're to
a douse of cold water. Wasn't this just
a little bit too sudden? we thought
Then a terrific chattering broke out
among us. Every man was trying to
prove how ready he was. Men always
do that in a pinch. ] found. Jokes were
were high pitched. Men slapped others
on the backs boisterously. didn't
know that all these things were unfail-
ing signs that fear was tugging at our
hearts. / had hundreds OF chances in
the days to come to study myself and
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
Death Becomes as Common
place as Traffic Is to Citi-
zens of a Big City.
MEN OBLlVI0US TO BULLETS
But in the Beginning Even the
Brave Have Fear, and Want
to Run Away.

barn. You're right" he said. Shells
never strike twice in the same place.
Always go where the last shell hit and
you'll be safe"
At last they got us into another barn,
in a nearby town, and told US we could
sleep there. Every now and then, in
the town we heard what we thought
were rife explosions. We thought these
sounds came from the French sharp
shooters in the houses. Later we learn
ed they we're German explosive bullets.
No Time To Bury Dead.
We piled into the barn and we're soon
asleep. But. in the morning two of us
were dead, from bullets which had come
through crevices during the night. We
didn't have time to bury them, we were
told that other men would take care
of that part.
! think 1t all dawned on us then how
valueless a dead body is, whether it's
your own or anothers 1t wasn't long
the dead. At first, for instance. we
were shocked to know that in the
trench. 1t Is the duty of the cook and
his orderlies to bury the dead every
morning after he has got the big ket-
tie of MONDAY soup to boiling. He
has about five hours free while the
soup is cooking.
But we became accustomed to the plan
after time. and even took pride in
watching the growth Of our little ceme-
terry beside the soup kitchen. We were
proud that II grew faster than the
other cemeteries around us.
Cease Even To Joke About Death.
This morning as we left our two dead
comrades there and started away to-
ward the front, there were days before
US In which we would learn how to see
q,
how to look on the dead body of a mate
without emotion; how to let man pass
out of our lives in an instant and never
think of him again or mention his
name: how to wear his clothes without
remembering him.
The time was to come when we would
not even joke about the dead. when II
became part Of the days events as
traffic is to the citizens at San Fran
cisco. We were to know how to keep
our heart strings from attaching them
selves to any living thing for fear of
losing it. I did not dare to love one
of the trench dogs.
Don't Notice Sound of Bullets.
We climbed hill bordering the canal.
At the summit was a trench which we
entered. 1t wound away like a crook
ed street. 1t led us into maze of
criss-cross sunken paths. For two miles
we were led through this pigs-in-clover
puzzle when suddenly we came into the
front trench.
Men with rifles were standing every
where. Some shooting. some idle. Bullets
had been whistling over our heads con-
stantly. And we had become acus-
toned to the sound without noticing 1t.
Forty-seven days were to pass be-
fore we. in the machine squad, were
to leave this trench. and we were to
learn that war is not glory, but only
the work of beasts.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19

'o 'odfhcu tnat rear always comes.
Even Brave Men Fear.
The brave man Isn't the man who has
no fear; he Is the man who has 1t and
conquers II. or who fears the jibes of his
mates more than the bullets of the en-
emy.
We marched few miles more that
afternoon, and at last found ourselves
in deserted little town. our path had
French knapsacks. brwoken French
rihes; French graves. found myself
wondering why we saw no German
relics I began to understand that evil
things could happen to us as well as
to the Germans.
We were going to kill Germans. but,
In the meantime, what we're they going
to do to US?
l was an average man, straight from
the sidewalks of Frisco, and what was
happening to my mind could have hap
pened to the mind Of any man / know.
Hear Distant Rumbling.
We could hear shooting now; distant
reumbling. Our nerves were strung
tense.
We're to cross the canal on Little
Bridge and go to the farmhouse" said
an orderly. But you must cross the
bridge one at time so you won't
draw the German fire. There were
thirty-two of US in my party. I was
the third to cross the bidge. As /
ran / could hadly believe that /. from
orderly San Francisco. was running
from bullets; was running from being
killed. that l was this man who was
entering war
In the farm yard. we found a grave
marked by a wooden cross. 1t was
next to the dung heap. but, on the
hnI H. -
Heinemann." and other lettering bore
the praise of French soldiers for the
bravery of the German lieutenant who
rested here.
AS We stood there we heard a terrific
whistling In the air: a huge shell hit
the earth behind us.
All Fortitude Departs.
Suddenly all fortitude departed. On
the march no one Of us would have ad-
mitted to another that he would ever
run But now. with one accord, we
we're all willing and anxious to run
somewhere.
Lots go over to the barn." several
shouted
We started for 1t when we heard
another whistling, and the old barn
was broken into huge splinters before
our eyes.
Where do you fellows want to GO
tor" The words came from little
sergeant who came up behind us. He
didn't seem the least excited. He was
accustomed to shell fire.
We told him we were heading for the
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
Dwight Elmendorf Takes
Hearers Around Country

Whether it was because he wished to
save the best for the last or just to
prove that real scenery begins at home,
too, Dwight Elmendorf closed his regu-
lar season of travel talks at the Ma
tional Theater yesterday afternoon with
circular tour of the United States,
which was one of the most enjoyable
of his entire series.
Special attention Is called to the fact
that the term regular season" Is used,
because Elmendorf has added two extra
lectures to his program. One will be
given at the National Theater next Sum
day afternoon on THE Garden OF
Allah" for the benefit of the Band OF
Hope. and the other will be at the same
place next Thursday evening at Sis.
when the famous Flower" lecture will
be given.
The tour of the United States yester-
day was. in many respects, ono of the
most important of the lecture season.
1t began in this city with the view OF
the Capitol building, and then whisked
the easy-chair travellers to Denver and
kept them In the Far West. Southwest.
and Northwest through the afternoon.
After the foothills of the Rocky noun
tains had been explored in Colorado
around Colorado Springs and the Gar
den of the Gods, the trip was continued
through New Mexico and up into Ari-
zona, where the Grand Canyon OF the
Colorado was shown.
After viewing this wonderful work of
nature. the travellers were taken to
California, visiting the cities of Los An
geles, San Diego. Santa Barbara. Mon
terey. and San Francisco. and the
Yosemite valley, and then up into Ore.
Gon, where Mt. Hood was viewed and
| a brief visit paid to Mt. Rainier Park.
| The party was then hurried across the
mountains and several States to Yellow
stone Park. where the tour was finished.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
IN THE TRENCHES

There have been no more direct,
appealing, appalling stories from the
fighting front of the war than those
by Paul RAIDER, of which The Times
published the first yesterday. A Sec
ond appears today; another will
come tomorrow.
After that-maybe there will be
another series later. Maybe RAIDER,
San Francisco newspaperman and
member of the French Foreign
Legion-maybe RAIDER will be dead.
The Legion with which he started
in the war numbered 1,500 men; in
February only 1856 of them, he says,
were alive.
First of all, RAIDER is honest
enough to admit that everybody is
afraid. That confession is generally
made by the man who is brave
enough to be honest; not by the
coward. The horror of it cannot al
ways keep its grip on the men who
must live in the midst of death; SC
they come to shut every sentiment
of love or even companionship out
of their lives. 1t is too dangerous to
allow oneself to love comrade or a
trench dog; the comrade or the dog
may be dead any minute, and there
is no time, in this hell of living
death, to wrench away from attach
ments. No time to think of those
one cares for, no use to care for
oneself; just be a blind, fighting,
hating beast. That's what RAIDER
found war to be made Of.
A party of men on the way to the
front line of trenches packs itself in
to a barn at night, under fire, and
goes to sleep. Marching ten hours
with pack weighing So pounds
who wouldn't sleep, bullets or no
bullets? In the, morning they tumble
out. Two of the sleepers are dead
bullets have come in during the night
and finished them. All right; NO
time to worry about their bodies;
the cook will bury them after he has
the mornings soup is ready! That's
part of his job. A dead body is of
less than no value, whether it's your
best friends or your own. You just
forget it and go on to kill or be
killed, or both.
This is the glory of war: burning
the last scintilla of humanism out of
the very souls of men.
The Washington times., 1915-03-19
w. c. T. U. Urges Censor
For Movie Films Here

Need of a District censorship of mo-
ton pictures is urged by the w. c. T.
U. of the District. Resolutions were
adopted at the monthly meeting of the
executive committee of the Dis
trict w. c. T. u, chapter Wednes-
day, which declare pictures shown in
the city should be free from illustra-
tions of crime. viciousness, or sugges-
tions Of immortality" and urge that this
could best be attained by a District CEN
sorship. The resolutions also attack the
large and highly colored posters of
moving pictures exhibited in bill
boards. declaring they are very OBJ
jectionable and should be prohibited" /"