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SOutl,ern TylrA

WILLIAMSON. Macs, Jan. a.
a new departure in the Williams
baseball schedule this year viii be a
Southern trip during The Easter re-
cess when five games viii be played
as follows:
April 8, University of Virginia at
Charlottesville; 9th. Georgetown Uni
yersity at Washington, 10th. Norfolk
a. G. at Norfolk; 18th, University of
Pennsylvanta at Philadelphia; 18th,
Princeton at Princeton.
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WIN Aid in EnforclpE Law.

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. IA
Fred o. Blue. commissioner OF prohi-
bitioh, said today that the decision of
the United States circuitl court at
Richmond, Va, yesterday would Inn
medfatedly put an end to the solfcita-
tion of orders for intoxicants to be de-
livered to West Virginia customers
and would be of great value In enforc-.
ing prohibition laws.
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..H .
OF the opening OF the cotton bolL
The beauty of: which can not be told,
Hidden beneath the foliage green.
The cotton boil as yet unseen.
When suddenly from the summers
light.
The boil bursts forth and with delight
We hail with all our might,
King Cottonl
For more than 100 years King Cot
ton has ruled the business, interest OF
this fair Southland. All nations have
paid him homage, foreign go, slR-
ments have laid siege at this shrine.
Emissaries have tried to encourage
him In foreign fields; but today as he
has remained for SO MANY years. i.e
stands preeminent and supreme, upon
high, lofty. plain, as the king OF the
South's products.
In this, the year 1914, our King of
products stands with his head bow
ed down. He has whitened our fields
as though they were covered with
sno%; his subjects were happy in an
tfcipation of the bountiss 1t would
bring; and As we reached forth to
grasp the fruits OF our reward. Lo.
the cry:. 'The dogs of war are loose
1.-The forts OF. Confidence have been
destroyed. and all nations have gath
cred behind the fort OF C,irtailment.
and there await the rebuilding of the
fort OF Confidence.
The nations OF the world are cry
ing out; rWe- need you. and are suf-
fering for you, but dare not risk our
selves from behind this fort. = i
America is rallyiug around our
s king; foreign ships or commerce are
coming TO his rescue; the armies of
"bny q bale. ~ j o cents per pound : :
have combined With the army OF $780,
I. .000,9o0 cotton pool. and together they
arc marching to his assistance. while
the arfnysof despair Is falling back.
The battle VIII soon we WON and
7 ont kings future posit ton be made
more secure. RI = =.
Long iiNe King Cotton! !''
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CarIigle indiana I,est O,,t

PHILADELPHIA. Jar. 1i.-Four
new games, Pennsylvania State. Pitts
bargh, Albright and West Virginia.
are on the University OF Pennsylvania
1915 football schedule announced to-
day. For the first time In more than.
20 years the Carlisle Indians do not
appear.
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The soatheFA Iolsialbi s ;II6 ksiae 4;
plpEing q sFEp 10 the 2, ANA
Exposition With all ,rgenses sisl;ll t5s
them. Full ~ lorna tor vii IS sent
on request. sgriss. n alsarry xSosis
tlon f8hts SohtiS EN- sgpInassa 1 Morn;
zine, Nasllyille ss a )
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Sick Two years WIZ, FaII eeetiop.
g Two years ago e vas Sfaat atIys hesiss-
fited through using ~ b or three Jsots
Ties or Chamberlain yTabiets;.hs
writes Mrs. 8. Al. Keller Elida Oslo.
nBcfore taking thefh was eick far
twsr years with III digessic1 Sold
by all dealers: IS
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here werei The winning sgfidow.3,
"The Gay Old Becai yeya and nm.
Hoolah Land which pleased slie "a =
dienccs at the PaimettD r Il ssSs5
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written for the Carriage and Wagon
Builder and American yehicle.)
Editors Note.-Elllott Dunn is a
true son or the Sunny South" and
as warm and congeniai as 1.-THE Land
OF Cotton" None who attended the
Atlanta convention in 1906 will ever
forget the warm hospitality of the
Southland. headed by Mr. Dunn, and
We know all our readers will be glad
to read his Christmas message.
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COTTON IS STILL KING.

Dy HiIIutt UunIi, AfHhIltl, Gu,
. 90 5000 5000 o o o o o.
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SECOND NOTE GIVES
|AUSTRIAO ONE CHANCE


tria-IIungary! Greater consideration on
the part of the Vienna Cabinet with re
gard to our wishes hi was manifested
hitherto? Hardly.
The Government OF n great nation liz
less susceptible to the swinging of the
big stick than II IL to proposals or
wishes uttered in calm n moderate
manner
"Chuld President Wilson gain IN In
crease OF prestige with the Jingoes? Per-
haps. However. will that counterbal-
ance the fateful and menacing conse-
quences which would NJ visited upon our
whole country in the event that the
phrases Of the strong man be ominOusly
interpreted N III other side? Certainly
not!
Would the President do the Entente
an ardently wished for favor by pouring.
through a threat OF war against one
OF the central empires. new courage Into
the veins Of the firing foes Of the Teu-
tons and by helping the Allies financial
situation through the medium OF hope
for a new ally? Surely hat is what the
President would achieve. Gould that be
the purpose? 1t IS scarcely thinkable!
Washington REPORTS this Government
Is anxious to avoid a break with Vienna.
We hope this ews will be confirmed. for,
II the break Is to be nvoided. 1t can be
easily done.
"A reasonable course Is all that Is
needed. The decision rests with Wash
ington."
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METZ ATTACKED.
French AviatOrs Drop Five Tons
Of Explosives on station.
Special Cobie Desp0scA 10 The ST.

Spect0f C0ole Desp0tch 70 IHE SVN.
PARIS. Dec. 1s.-French a~eroplanes
made two more raids on the railroad
station OF lie Sablon, near Metz. Friday
night and last night.
In last nights raid a squadron OF
seven bomb carrying machines dropped
1--WE tons OF explosive shells on the sta
ton and railway equipment. There were
ffty-one bombs OF 80 Kilograms Css
pounds) each and two bombs OF 1855 kilo-
grams (34l %pounds).
on Friday night. when the second raid
was made. four aeroplanes took part In
the bombardment of the station. drop
ping about forty bombs on the station
and the adjacent buildings. No mention
IL made In the official communicates OF
the damaee done by either raid.
The first aeroplane attack on the Metz
Sablon station was made early Friday
morning. Two machines took part In
this preliminary action. dropping a score
Of shells on the station.
The station liz two miles south OF the
city Of Metz proper and is within the cir
Gle of forts. Through 1t come the muni-
Ions and supplies for the German lines
In the St. Mihiel salient.
In the raid OF last night n or the
French machines was compelled to des-
cend az a result OF the stalling OF It's
motor. The aviator succeeded In max
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SPECIAL cabie bespatch to tvs srS.

IoSDoS. Dec. Ia German attack
attempted THIS morning agains, the
British lines east Of Ypres under wv
OF clouds OF suffocat,ng gases failed
utterly under the fire of tho British
and French artillery.
Preparations for the attack began
early this morning. Cases were re-
leased from the German trenches. and
as the suffocating clouds drifted toward
the British lines the German infantry
got ready for the attack.
Hut with the first emission of the
gases the British and French guns
opened on the German trenches. con-
centratinG their fire on the points from
which the gases were coming and those
where the Germans were In line for n
dash ut the British trenches. As a re-
suit Of this fire nj only a few points
were the Germans able to leave their
trenches at all and those who succeeded
In getting out were driven back before
they reached the British line.
A second attack on the British front
was made by the Germans this morn
Ing. to the east Of A~rmentieres. Here
two mines were exploded In front Of the
British trenches and German infantry
attempted to ccupy the craters. but
was forced back by rife fire.
Inc IOtlOWl1R OU1Cldl TtpOTt IrUV1
ish headquarters In France was issued
tonight by the press bureau:
Early this morning the enemy dis
charged gas against our line 20 tho
northeast OF Ypres. accompanied by q
heavy bOmbardnsent. Except at q
few places where II was driven back
before reaching our line the hostile
infantry was prevented from leaving
the trenches by our fire. Our pro-
tectlve measures against gas proved
effective. Our n is everywhere in
tact.
Except for artillery activity on both
sides there have beon no further de-
velopments. During the day the hos
tile artillery was unusually active to
the east OF Ypres and also against
our trenches to the west and south
OF Messines. The enemy blew up two
mines in front OF our trenches east
of Armentieres early this morning.
Hostile infantry attempted to occupy
the cratere. but was driven of by
our rife fire.
On the rest OF our from there Is
NOTHING important 10 report.
An enemy ~aeroplane was brought
down by our fire to-day east Of Armen-
there's.
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WOULD T WILSON,.
La bOr's Peace Council Leader Pro-
tests Dealings with Austria.

WAsHINGToN. Dec. IA protest
against the policy of the Administration
IN it's dealings with Austria and Ger
many was voiced in a statement made
public here to-day by VI. Robert Fowler.
Washington agent of I.abor's National
Peace Council. whose affairs have been
under investigation by a Federal Grand
Jury In New York.
Expressing the fear that the United
States is on the verge OF breaking of
relations with Austria. Mr.. Fowler de-
clared that the Executive should not
take such action without the consent OF
Congress. He also announced that he
was in favor Of the principle that no
country should declare war without a
referendum to the people,
MIR. Fowler announced that all the or
CARNATIONS acting in concert with La
boris Peace Council will be asked to urge
their members to write to Senator's and
Repree natives in Congress protesting
against the action OF the Secretary OF
state In usurping the war power of
Congress to the point OF endangering the
peace of our country"
Mr.. Fowler describes his statement
as IAN address TO the American
people"
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RUSSIANS DISPERSE
COLUMN OF GERMANS
Gain in Dwinsk Region
Pierce TcutOn Lines Near
Raggascm.
Special Cable Despatch to THE SrS,


LoHpoN. Dec. 19.-M!nor successes on
the part OF the Russian troops. such as
discovering and dispensing by artillery
fire German advance guards, are re-
ported in the official War Office report
issued in Petrograd to-day. The state
ment tells OF unimportant operations in
the Caucasus resulting In the Russians
favor. and OF the continuance OF the
Russian drive In Persia. southeast OF
Hamadan, with the city of Kun as the
objective. The statement follows:
outpost lighting in the direction Of
Raggasem and the Anting and Tukum
road ended uniformly to our advan-
tage. the Germans being driven off by
our fire and in some places our men,
following the enemy, penetrated the
German lines.
Northeast Of tn" Dwinsk region
near tho villages Of Minschel and
Sarkani our artillery made fortunate
hits on a column OF the enemy's In
fantry. dispensing it. ON tho re-
mainder Of this front there rs no
change.
In the Caucasus, in the region of
k~hystaspore. southwest OF A~rdanutch.
only encounters of secondary i'm
p%ortance occurred and all resulted in
our favor,
Southeast OF Hamadan VIC continue
to press the enemy.
The Austrian War Office issued tn,
following report to-day:
The assertion in the Russian report
of Wednesday that their cavalry near
uszieczko. Oh the Dniester. met Aus
tro-Hungarian accommodating detach-
ments clad In Russian uniforms Is
untrue,
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SAYS BRITISH FOREIGN
OFFICE AIDS GERMANY
"Daily Mail" Blames Inepti.
tudc for Good Naturcd
Policy of War.
Special Gable Despdfch TO Tue SuS.

LONDON. Dec. 20 ,Monday).-The
Daily Mail rencws this morning Us at
tack upon the Government. saying in
an editorial:
The fact that politicians and tho
censorship have fooled the public is
becoming more and more known The
long series OF Establishments has
caused the belief that a mysterious
hand is behind the scenes and Is pro-
tecting Germany"
TIT paper cites as Instances in sup
port of It's contention several happen
ings. which 1t says have given rise 10
the belief that, notably, the British
Foreign once Is feeding the enemy
with essentials which he lacked, The
Mail alleges that while the beer OF the
British workmen has been c~urtailed
"a mysterious hand has arranged for
Germany to get via Denmark all the
malt she needs for making beer" The
paper suggests that no real attempt l.
made to punish Germany on land and
sea,
MANY persons nlnt, tnc Mub COH-
tinues. that a darkly mysterious hand
reveals pro-Germanism in high places
Lamcntable speeches by certain public
men have caused whispering from one
| end OF the Kingdom to h other, The
Germans themselves a claimed--ant
| the claim has not been contradicted-
! that they have such friends.
I'VE AXE a totally different view Of
the mysterious hand. We believe It Il
merely a manifestation OF our politi
clans ,nvetente Misunderstanding OF
the German, especially OF the Prussian
: character. In fact n form of politica
ineptitude nor OF optimism and thu
sincere belief hat the hest way to viii
this war Is TO coax M caJole the en-
envy into Il good temper.
III half u dozen business men hat
been in charge OF our AFFAIRS this Christ
mae might a been merry instead o
dark. We believe a change Ia needed
The politicians tell us that n genera
election In the midst OF war II unthink
able, Why is It unthinkable?
Several general elections were hcl,
In the midst of the Napoleonic wal
What Is u%nthinkable Is that the com
posite fe%eblcness which In reality Is III
mysterious hand should be allowed 4
continue throughout 1916 the conduct o
wear which 1t has conducted since Angus
1914"
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LAUNCH BIG
DRIVE ON BRITISH LINE
Attack Prepared by Poison Gas Waves and
Artillery Fire Breaks Down Under
Onslaught Of Allies Guns.

ing n landing inside the French lines
south Of Pont-a-M ousson.
There was especially heavy artillery
hring at various points along the front
to-day. The Germans released clouds OF
sunocating gases against the British
lines east Of Yprcs me the French and
British batteries replied with "A heavy
b~ombardment OF the trenches from which
the gases were coming. The Germans
did not follow up the a waves with
any infantry attack.
French Artillery Effective.
In tho region north OF Souain. in
Champagne, the scene Of nue. heavy
artillery fighting recently. the French
gum did eff ictive work against the irst
line Of the German trenches at st.
Marie.a-Py.
The official communicate issued by the
War Offce tonight IL as follows:
The day was marked by an intense
activity on the part OF u artillery
at numerous points on the front.
In Belgium our batteries. In concert
with the British artillery. bombarded
very VOL. ntly the herman trenches
from which an emission OF s~uffocating
gas was directed toward the British
front to the east OF Ypres. No In
fantry attack al delivered.
Enemy a%eroplanes flew over the re-
gion Of Poperinghs this morning and
threw q dozen bombs. One m was
killed n one woman and two chill
dren were
In Artois our artillery dispersed en-
envy sappers In the sector Of Thclus.
to the north of Arras. The enemy
threw "A hundred projectiles on Arras.
Between tho Somme and the Disc
our trench mortars destroyed German
works In the region OF Dancourt.
Between Scissors and Rheims our
artillery bombarded enemy bomb
throwers and batteries Of which 1t got
the range TO the east OF Berry-au-Bac.
In Champagne a heavy artillery fire
directed against the first lines OF the
enemy to tho south OF Ste. Marie-a-Py
northwest OF Souain. between st.
Souplet and Somme-Py) gave excel
lent results.
In the region OF ST. Mihiel some suc-
cessful firing against C~hauvancourt
brought forth a reply from the enemy
artillery which was stopped short by
ouv fire.
In the night OF December 1919 n
Of our %equadrons OF bombarding aero
pla threw on the MetZ-Sablons
railway station ffty-one bombs OF 30
! Kilograms (19S pounds) each. and
two bombs OF 1855 Kilograms t3N
pounds) each. one OF our machines.
stopped by the stalling OF the motor,
was able 10 land without accident In
side our lines near Dieulouard. to the
south OF Pont-a-Mousson.
Tho afternoon cominunique Is as FOL
lows:
In the course of the night the Ger
man and French artillery both showed
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ITALIANS CAPTURE
SAN MICHELE TRENCH
115 Austrians Made Prisoners
South Of GOritZ-SnOw
flinders Operations.

ROME. Dec. la.-The struggle Tor the
nossession of the northern slopes OK
Monte San Michele, the dominating
penk OF the Doberdo plateau, TO the
south of Gori,z. continues. h Italians
took a trench by surprise in this sector
,o.day capturing two officers and ll3
men. a..
SNOW, rain and fog are hinder'ns the
operations on all the Italian fronts.
The official statement issued by the
Italian War Office to-day follows
Snow on the mountains and rain n
fog in the lowlands are interfering
with the operations, yet the activity
Of the troops is undated.
On the northern slopes OF Monte
San Michele (south OF Goritz) our
infantry surrounded and captured by
surprise an entertainment bordering
our lines and made ll5 prisoners
including two officers.
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FRENCH DEATH RATE DROPS.
Only - ~ Of 1000 wounded Die,
Against A5 ut Wars start.

PARIS. Dec. l9.-Dr. jacques Bcrtillon.
director of medical statistics Of tho
French army. SAYS in u special report
mad public to-day that the mortality
rate In the war hospitals for younded
and sick soldiers increased from forty
five per thousand in September. 1874. to
tfty-three, but that 1t is now only
eighteen per thousand.
The mortality rate among the sick Is
eighteen per thousand, and among the
wounded twculy-three, as against ffty-
eight at the opening of the war.
The report points out the failure Of
antisepticS Ia uphold peace time efficacy
in the hospitals, and concludes that an
tiseptics may prevent Infection. but are
unable to cure.
In peace times. the repor' says, the
Paris hospitals show "A mortality Of I06
per 200. lietter hospital conditions
are believed to h" responsible for the
decrease,
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DEATHS FEW IN GERMAN ARMY
Average Of Only ~ Fatalities
Among the wounded.

l.oNpoN. Dec. la-The Times says:
GERMAN newspapers have been sup
plicd with extraordinary figures OF the
low rate Of mortality and the high rate
of recoveries Of German wounded SOL
dlers. The papers state that in the first
month OF the war nearly 81 per cent. of
tho wounded returned TO military SER
vice, 3 per cent, died and IL per cent.
were discharged
The claim Is made that there has
been n steady Improvement even in these
figures and that the monthly average of
the first year Of tho war for every 100
wounded has been sos still At FOR ser
vice. SIS discharged and only IL deaths.
1T Is stated that no army In the
world can show such favorable returns.
II the figures are even approximate
accurate they certainly greatly impair
the value of the toughest calculations OF
German casualties"
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sELIGMANN SEIZURE DENIED.
Paris Art Gallery Not MOlested
wncr Proving naturalization.
Special Gable Despatch TO TIE SuS.

PARIS. Dec. 19.-In regard to a re-
mort printed in tho Paris newspapers to
the effect that Arnold Seligmann's art
gallery had been sequestered on the
ground that Mr.. Sel!gmann was OF Ger
man nationality. Mr.. Seligmann's man.
ager told the correspondent OF THE SUN
thai the story was untrue. II had its
source. the ger said, in the action
OF a French court In holding a Beau
va,s tapestry screen. valued at 10000
francs S14,400). until after the war.
when II Is TO be sold.
The screen was bought by Mr.. Selig-
mann, the manager said. on "A Joint ac-
count with NJ. Guerault. another art
dealer. TIL latter wished TO sell II now
while Mr. ~Sellgmann preferred to walt
until there was a better market, NJ.
iuerault brought suit, MIR. Seligmann's
manager says. alleging that Mr., Selig-
mann was still n German under the
Delbrueck law limiting the na~turaliza-
ton OF Germans. The manage said Mr.,
Seligmanu was naturalized In England
in 1898.
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TURKS RIP BRITISH
DEFENCES ON TIGRIS
Trenches and Other Works
Destroyed by BOmbarding,
ConstantinOplc Says.
FIGHTING on GALL1POLI

SPECIAL Cable DespsscA to THE srs
CoSsTANriNopLE. via London. Dec. 10
Progress in the Turkish bomba rdmen
Of the British positions Ground Kut-e,
Amara. on the TigrE. In Mesopotamia
where Cen. T~ownshend's army. forcet
to retreat after almost reaching Basdad
Is i~ntrenched. Is reported by the Turk
ish War Office to-day. An onlcia
statement says the Turks are destroying
British defence works OF every descrip
ton.
Fighting on the Dardanelles front hal
been resumed, according TO the ohicia
report. which follows:
Irak front-Our troops continue 70
destroy defence works OF all kinds be-
fore the enemy's main positions near
Kut-el-Amara. Our heavy artillery
10 successfully bombardtng the trenches
and other works Of the enemy.
Dardanelles front-Near Anafarta
there were intermittent artillery en-
counters. One Of two enemy mines
exploded. destroying q British trench.
Our patrols have captured In enemy
trenches bayoDets and ammunition
and various other kinds Of war ma
terial.
Near Ari Burnu the enemy fired a
great number OF bombs against our
right wing. One cruiser and three
armored monitors rs well as land
batteries bombarded our positions
from different directions. Our artil-
lery successfully replied.
Near Sedd-ul-Bahr our artillery on
December II sank one Of two tugs In
the Narrows. which were debarking
men and ammunition. Tho debarka-
ton was interrupted.
One cruiser and one monitor bonn
barded the neiGhborhood OF ALI. but
caused no damage.
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OFF LIBAU.
Bremen Was Returning to Fort
with Lights Ou1.
Speclal CahIe Despafch Dol THr 81,

LONDON. Dec. 19.-The C%opcnhaGen
correspondent OF the Daily Nc! t"l"-
graphs.
THE torpedoing OF the German cruiser
Bremen occurred on the nigh, "f
December Il, close to Liblu. while sN'
was returning with her lights out from
a tour OF inspection in the Gulf OF Fin
land.
MANY bodies and wreckago cor
tinue to come ashore from the German
vessel Buenz. which sank or was Do.
s,royed two days ago. Fog preyo0'ci
an investigation of the disaster and b; IS
not known what caused the sirkag ~
the Buenz.
Some believe that she ran into d,
German mine field, while another ycr.
sion is that she was torpcdocd b. a
British submarine"
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VIENNA IS OPTIMISTIC.
Politicians 10 Not Believe 4. s
VIII End Relations.

ZURICH. Dec, l3.-Ntenna is taking an
optimistic view of the controversy with
the United States. according TO des-
patches received here.
The politicians believe. the dispatches
say. that the Washington Government Is
not likely t. break on diplomatic rela-
tons with Austria Hungary. but will
enter into a further discussion Of the
points of issue.
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DERBY FEELS HIS APPEAL WON.
Believes "NeArt OF COuntry il
Right" on Recruitiug.

LoSpoH. Dec, l9.--Iord Derby, speak
Ing At a meeting here to-day. said he
could not anticipate the statement To ne
made by Premier Asqui,h on Tuesday re-
garding the number OF men who have
enlisted.
Il think tho country viii feel when
che irlme Minister makes his state
ment,' Lord Derby added, however, that
the heart Of the country is right"