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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
Italy,s Erankness.
From the Louisville Courier-Jt

From the Louisville Courier-JourTaal-
Won Buelow. 1t appears now, has dehn-
able that ne should. 1t is doubtful II the
German prince ever entertained any hope
for the success Of his mission He had
little to offer Italy that she is not almost
sure of acquiring by another and happier
rrangemen a little later or. Moreover.
his promises lacked persuasion because OF
the increasing doubt as to whether he
would be able to fulfill them
But the negotiations have developed ore
outstanding feature; Italy,s astounding
where such has been out OF
fashion these eight months past. She has
let it be known quite plainly that what
and that any part she may take In the
European war viii be aiken for that end
Of another's neutrality; neither is she hid
Ing behind any high oundl phrases
the integrity of western civilization"
and the ike. what she wants Is imme-
date territorial expansion and profitable
friendships for the future What von
was insufficient both in extent and guar
antee; In the matter of strong alliances
for the future his proposals were even iess
lar as Italy is concerned. There Is no
misunderstanding her position
Such f~ranknass fs most engaging TO the
Hes through a welter OF Discrimination ali
oyer western Europe. Let a treaty be
broken, and Immediately we learn that
/ was broken with loftiest intent or else
It is an instance OF jugtiiabis reprfsai. Il
6 not just q matter OF plain violation Of
agreement. But when Italy is confronted
With the instrument of the triple alliance
the will have none OF #; and she will not
fetch a far argument TO justify her posi-
lion, either. She entered the alliance I'M
Ter Bismarck for the sole purpose OF pro-
riding herself with backing for her pro-
Iected African COLOMBIA ton. That COLO
~,ization has now been perfected, and she
d ready to step out of an alliance from
which she has nothing more 10 gain.
It has been reported that one OF the
clauses of the agreement that bound
Germany, Austria and Italy into that
curious alliance provided that military
support was compulsory only In the case
hat one of the parties xas made the OBJ
lect of aggression by an outside power.
IL this report is accurate, Italy could have
excused her withdrawal on this ground:
Tor neither Germany nor Austria was
made the object of aggression; they each
declared war before war was made upon
Them. But Ital.il is not looking for ex-
suses; neither has she any taste for tech
localities. With a winning gui!elessnegg
she says. in effect, that she has no wish
10 continue In an agreement that has
served its purpcsg--for her.
In all OF this italy Is but following the
teachfng OF her own M~achiayelu who
wrote III Principe" that a state. ff 1T il
.'prudente,' will not regard as binding any
treaty when 1t appears that It will inture
Ter or when the objects for which ahe
uttered the agreement have been attained.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15

q year ago in Chicago has been proved
a success. and a chain Of them is to be
established through the cities: a system
OF OF l thia for the poor has been inaugural
this country, patterned after the success
III! schoois Tor grownups in Denmark.
ords OF common people from Maine to
Ga1tornia who have celebrated golden
weddings, birthdays. anniversaries, etc.
whose names have been in very fine type
IN the thousands Of newspapers. prove
that gratitude exists and love is warm
and tender; The record is that the av-
eIage people are keeping the path and
that the current is strong toward right
and duty.
the same things only change the Wa vna
ana headings, giying. prominence to such
miserable failures be received in hne type.
W. YOU'D you support them in their effort
The newspapers have told me this
ta 2 week that the fight is not over, that
nag flies. From q hundred cities and
more nave heard the words, I press
" u aEEHs-.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
Mexican Intervention.
From the Milwaukee Journal.

From a few sources the suggestion has
been made that there should be resort to
Joint Intervention on the part Of all DOW
ers that have interests in Mexico, for the
purpose of restoring order in that coun-
try. Intervention can become n
necessity only II 1t appears that those
foreigners who have been unable, for
various conceivable reasons, to leave the
disordered country, are deprived of pro-
lection to their lives and property. 1t
Mexico, that such condition exists"
This Is what the Albany Journal has
to say about the present Mexican situa-
William Barnes. jr., of looking through
rosy glasses to support the adninistra-
ton.
Going down to Mexico would not be any
may not like Villa or Carranza or zapata
or Obregon or Gutierrez; but they would
like all or any of them better han a for
eign invader. There would be a country.
two or three times as large as the Ger
man empire. to conquer and police. Ameri-
can life would become very cheap before
that task was well begun. Mexicans are
not poor fighters. Mosquitoes and fever
are better still. Nor could we expect our
%neighbor nations on this continent to look
on US with favor.
All this has nothing to do with the cues
ton of doing the right thing, even IL that
should come to mean going down to Mex
leo. 1t has a good deal to do with the
cheap militarists who want to hear guns
go off and never realize that they are cru
saders in the cause Of speculative capital
that wants tremendous returns and of
aliens who hoped to grow rich on Next
can concessions. 1t means thai the mar
who SO easily condemns the administra-
ton needs to submit a better plan unless
he would be c~hargeable with Willingness
to see his country's blood shed without
need. Ea"htHF EEF
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
The Terrible Freshman.
From Hoiwortny Hairs New Eook
Spanrar

Pepper
In~stinctiyely they called him he
Terrible Freshman. but with the
same spirit Of paradox with which they
might have bestowed the name OF
"Fido" upon a pet elephant. He was
an understood. anernic youth. with q
~penchant for clothes and h-aberdashery
"a few months ahead of the Broadway
fashions, and he thought it denoted a
maturity and worldly experience to
profess that he never felt capable of
undertaking breakfast until after the
fifth cigaret.
He possessed about as much moral
fiber as q mud turtle, but he had an
allowance that was sinfuily large: for
his father, having led a most secluded
and ~repressed boyhood. was rather
pleased at the notion OF entertaining a
sport in the family. He sent Tommy
Foster to Cambridge In the confident
expectation OF making a gentleman out
of him; and Tommy discovering that
no one was particularly interested in
la he did or O he did it took the
opportunity to go to the devil as fast
as he conveniently could.
Tommy engaged a room on the same
floor with Pepper McHenry and Monk
Spfnden, and after he had chastity
decorated 1t with a class banner, q
dozen assorted stems. and a set of art
prints which would have astonished his
fond parents. he put on a new suit Of
the musical comedy variety, a Vivid
silk shirt. and an equally ~uproarious
tie. and started to make some
friends who could show him q touch Of
high 1ffs In greater Boston
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
From the Strand Magazine.

FROM tnS StTanQ Magazine.
h is a legend. but a remarkable
one. mentioned by all the historians.
and even now, IN this goth century.
taken seriously by Germans. Whatever
may be Its origin, 1t ~assurediy sheds a
strange light on the manners and men
tally OF the Hohenzollerns.
The White Lady" Is a phantom who,
II is said, shows herself at the moment
when some imminent and dire calam-
ity threatens the princes OF the House
OF Hohenzollern.
The enormous gloomy building
known in Berlin as the Old Palace"
stands beyond the bridge which term
mates the Inter den Linden. It is 8
veys the impression of being crushed
down by its heavy dome. Frederick.
the first king of Prussia, began 10 build
this place in 1899, with the frankly
avowed aim of eclipsing Versailles.
Strictly speaking, this is the only pic
which at all lends itself TO anything
In the way OF legend and romance
Tho Mysterious Tower.
The Old Palace q 6 tower-"ths
Tower of the Green Hat" Here, 81 the
time Of Frederick 'Tron-Tooth," was
be seen in h Castle Of Nuremberg
This is a hallow statue of wood, which
opens like a cupboard. Its Interior IS
lined with enormous steel spikes. Mn
Neukomm n rEstree, In their curious
work on The Hohenzolierns," tell how,
when the court martial Calways hs-d al
york IN Berlin) had for lack OF proof
acquitted an accused person, ne was
conducted to the Maiden" Render
thanks to our Holy Mother" was The
order given him. Then he was pushed
inside h statue, which worked by
some secret mechanism. closed upon
him, crushing the unhappy man in its
cruel embrace and piercing him with its
thousand spears. a trap door beneath
the statue opened, and the remains CT
the victim were swallowed up In the
depths of the oubliet
1t is in the Tower Of the Green Hat
that the White Lady Is said 10 reside
With respect to her habits statements
differ. Some say that ever night she
passes silently through h soc cham
bers OF the Old Palace, t~raversing with
gliding, veIvety footstep the chevalisrs'
gallery. the throne room. the white hall
but never entering the royal apart
ments except on the eve OF q Hohenzol-
lern princes death Others affirm that
she dwells In some secret retreat, and,
invisible to all others. shows herself TO
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
ATRIP TO THE EXPOSITION ms. r. IF YOU
VII DEMONSTRATE OUR PRODUCT ON THE
VAL b 1858 GOLDEN GATEAvE. S~ANFRANCSC0. CAL
Debating Aloft.

When the military aeroplane is
scouting, it usually carries two men.
One Is the pilot, who runs and steers
the craft; the other is the observer,
who marks the placing Of the hostile
troops, the position Of their guns, the
movement Of trains, and the like. The
observer also makes many sketches
OF the ground over which he is fly
that often i~nterferes with
his writing notes and memoranda. In
eertain conditions Of fight, too, it is
often hard for him to use a pencil
and paper. To obviate that diff Guilty,
the military aeroplane, says the Scien-
htc American, now frequently carries
q phonograph, with a speaking tube
running to the mouth of the observer,
10 that by talking into the machine at
any time during the fight, he can re-
cord his observations, and still have
his hands free for his field glass or
his sketching pencil.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
Newspapers and Civilization.

DR.. a. Eugene Bartlett, minister Of All
souls Universalist church. Flatbush. in a
What Do the Newspapers SAW" said
that II newspapers had been in existence
Christ chr Wouid not have been crucihed. He
III newspapers had been in existence.
the sermon on the Mount would have
peen Ruphshed IN the Jerusalem Gazette;
nave had flaring headlines ANNOUNCING
His crucifxton. 1t is doubtful II there had
pee newspaper in those lays that
ewspapers. the words and works Of the
new prophet would nave been given to
u lns Psep1e' alm n The would manb AYE better
Sanhedrin that plotted His death woiiG
have been afraid Of the arraignment Of
carry out their wicked desisn u unon 40 70
innocent man for fear that the news
papers would give the facts to the people.
with their v constituency.
newspapers this week. from the east
headlines. but also fine print, and in the
little type ! found the greatest encourage
me snth to my ny faith,
growing more sacred. ! note this week
the published record OF the Pennsylvania
railroad-lss, ooo. ooo carried last year and
dent. The lowest death rate In the his
tory OF New York was reached last year.
4 course IN motherhood .is to be opened
mothers. The 18th child labor confer.
ence, this week convened, reports new
without shackles from sing sing 70 Az
burn. and the men in Sing Sing are being
treated as though they were human.
crease 81 S rishsly 1sdM irseted eh ssa q t 4 tim In
less dance hall for those OF moderate
means has been opened by Miss Anna
Morgan; the scent lodging house opened
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
From the Dayton News

vii IIiS layton N9WB. ~ *
II the Europeans learn to eat American
corn, the war will be worth to them an
~ costs. We have been trying for so years
70 make them understand they were MISS
ING much Of life by not eating corn bread
and canned corn, and roasting ears. but
lney nave needed us not. They have
scored at us. and said thai 1t was only
goou TOT American hogs; not eyen good
enough Tor horses. which ought to have
pats. But they are now eating corn and
= GOOD deal Of 1t, and they claim that il
Ihey call It maize. They win not dig
MY II by the name OF corn. They say
corn as spoken OF in the bible, was some
INNS vastly differentiated corn was
wheat and SO on. But they are eatinr
maze at this time-all they can get Of II.
Ana they are feeding 1t to their horses
ana cattle. and the horses and cattle
thrive even as do the Europeans them
serves, who eat American corn.
30 Wnen the war 10 over and the nao-
PIE OF Europe sit down to a steaming dish
{oL corn; when they forget the smoke al.
ADattie ana order corn cakes for break-
iaAs; when they come to rum m tn.
cost OF the war-including the bill for corn
Cor their horses and their cattia1ther an
3SoanE e find that anything watch broke
Gown their prejudice and Induced them TO
taRe up corn diet was Wocth whiie. And
me snail send them the grain in ghtpioad
iots. Tor there isn't any other country un-
osr ene sun that can produce such maize
az we grow here.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15

Asiatiss In Anerea.

According % trustworthy statements
there are. yes- and 2 halt afrar me
assags OF Ca34fo-ldg's aaL-sIisn land
law. 81 proprietary japanese farmers
In that state The farms comprise L.
72s acres. valued al s5Gg, Doe. japanese
renters On 3 share basis ara MT MI
meraIed- There are 21s lots ownsd by
Japanese. More than 1000 Japanese
places O. business employ 2 total If
100000 IN capital Business lone By
japanese nou-I 70 s7s. 6g0. ODD z year.
When these figures, issued or authority
OF d state board Of agriculture. were
received Il the east. there was & disp5-
sition on the part Of the press Of New
York and other cities 10 condemn Cali
fornis for the trouble made over Jap
aneae immigration
The department ot has 3uEt
issued another bulletin On the census;
this ous dealing especially with Chi
nEse and japanese IN the United States
The figures are for 1910. and include al
the United States with the uS
the Philippines. At that time AsiaEcs
In this country numbered ia. f8s, Of
whom T2,157 were japanese. In thu
Philippines. at the time Of q special
census IN 1866, there were o Chinese
and 1850 japanese The comparative
increase in the Asiatsc population Of tie
United States IS shown In 1850 tners
were 5000 Chinese in this but
no recorded japanese. Now, there are
more japanese thar Chinese. This, Of
course, Is due TO the fac. that s5nos
1ss2 immigration OF Chinese has been
practically prohibited In spite Of laws
governing immigration, naturalization
and the x there rave been increases.
aud peculiar evaEicng. Fer exarnpis
the census bureau reports 1883 Chinese
ana 40 japanese as -EaturaEizsd. and
can only explain the statement BY as
suming that naturalization wa effect.
ed before Etrtct federal supervision WA
undertaken
In California there were. Ia 1919. a.
35s Japanese 3s.2as Chinese. Cali
fcrnta Is q very large gtats. and cut u
the total rnfiitong. 1850 Asiatics would
seem an Insignificant minority. But tbs
habit OF the Chinese and japanese il
to gather together. Colonies are So
tabifsbed. ard "ChEnatowr2s@ and
"rookeries" are the result. In gac-a-
raento cssInty-tne seat Of tas capital
81 Per cent OF the total population 81
Japanese. Figures arg aos Framing 70
snc that japanese coioniste. congre-
eating In small villages, have literally
crowded out native American or EURO
pear settlers, The Japanese are fsrff-
~, but they can no more be assstaf-
lated than the Chinese The Jaganes~
and Chinese now being educated ia
American universities thss.
California fE IN mucfa the same post
ton with regard 10 Agsaficg as certain
New Jeraey and New York counties Aro
IN relation 80 southeastern EaToreans.
Perhaps most Of the demand for strict
er Immigration laws comes not from
the west. but from the Atlantic gs.a~
board. The east laughs AT caiifornia's
dislike for the AaiaffcS; bgt the cast
a understand st5 own aversion 70 tbs
iIiterafe immigrant from southeastern
F.UIODG. +aHrFI7
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
War Reoets PROGRESS.

from the Milwaukee Journal.
mat science usually moves at tina
penesI OF a again been Illus
Lrated IN the discovery which will double
the the output Of gasoline and the extrac-
most important part Of coal tar dives.
rom petroleum instead of from coal tar
n vars limitation on shipments Of
German dyestuffs gave a sharp Impulse
70 Ine search for dyes. Undoubtedly there
are many men marvels like these dis
coverable just around the corner. as IL
c w@Te ?, e put there nus also be the lure Of
~ nor'ihgrclal profits around the same cor
aer. RMS demonstrates the great value
OF scientific research work IN graduate
scnools Institutes. These Institutions
ere engaged In research work to widen
me realm OF human knowledge, whether
tne SO obtained can be put
20 prac.lca! use or not. In this way many
and the world has received the benefit.
Gasoilne. too, is in the greatest de-
mand now with active automobile and
truck locomotion. Anything that doubles
me yield Of gasoline will be OF incalcu-
APE advantage to this industry. Just
When the auto Is one Of the great in
custries, Is precisely the time when gas
commercial standpoint. Necessity may be
the mother of invention, but scientific
research for knowledge travels even
faster tina necessity.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
GHOST-LADY LIVES
IN KAISER'S HOUSE

| him only who IS ahoU: To die
Who is this "Wh!ts La&yc" Upon
this point also opinions differ, Some
claim her as q daughter % the people
Anna Sidow. whose bright eyes IN SAe
Sixteenth century. turned the head 81
himself for his tavogita After his DEATH
the Eector John George imprisoned
Anna SiGow at Spaa6AG- She never
again saw the light Q. Gag bar aSe3
there mtserahly Her SOY. i IS say
some, that. unable 70 astscA itself from
earthly spleado-. waa6e-s continually
through ths wide .a<s ~ TIE palace
built by the descendant 81 Ssg royal
lover-
According to others tas ~wA9ss
Ls2S" IS q certain widow and mother
OF two Children, Iae Countess dora
nluaGe, with whom, IN tbs a36ez tYse,
the Na-g-2ye A2c@-. the SeADGs8l. enc
Of d most distinguished ANCESTORS ~
n AoheEzal!sln family. Fell in 3ava
This rna-gTsVe is reported 70 AaCs SSsaa
were ! not restrained by 1sa force q
1oG- ere EGToZeoGSlv 4asa-g~s.lrg
this remark as az A2lusSoa 70 her TWO
Children The ambitions gG.
them 70 death by RAINING s. go95 PIN
into tbelC heads.
There exists q third version. sceara-
ing 70 wAlcA Tbs ghost is that ~ the
2aIeaess woman who served IS model
for Lhs iron spiked Masaaa" Of &a-
lister -s1ow2,
The horrible S-z9gy IS fas a17as3y zcat-
ED halow. Il IS g wooden body with
CAT 3 spu2 a25 she who was is -aaas.
IS pow the 1n~st-Q-ae21 employed - paz-
sh, 70 the --srz2taSt generation. ne 6as-
cecdaurs Of 5Is craal Inventor. Trsd@
lex Of Iron TootA Ear mission Is
10 1rge- On the earth IN d-5a- 70 viSss
them On b night hsfors Nasi- assla.
and 70 warn than -ha1 they are about
II be called 10 1hs5- zccosEzt Such Is
the cAasLss1ns-t Inflicted Ipa1 each
ore q them far ths 3atas12hls p-o1anR-
ton q which Ia5r 1a-sESIha- was gull
Il ! n co-fcea1iag beneath the E-asAEaa1es
q Ire compassionate Virgin that most
f-tglztta1 instrument - torture
Tbs Messenger - Death
But although her origin Is. As ws
nave seen, 8 subject @ dispute ina
w hite Lady Of the old pz1Ros 81 Ser
lin is not 3 myth She exists. shs has
been seen she gH6ss along n slanca.
saaaI11g with E rpovsnnsav q the bead
the trembling -2orIa1s who stand aside
TO let her pass None dare question
Tar. for ali know that such au5acacy
would meet S3A severe and tmnsdtals
! punishment
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
cistern Cleaning Time.
From the INDIANAPOLIS News

It's cistern cleaning time now. And the
fistern. cleaning man comes round with
his little vacuum cleaner and removes ali
the dirt from off the clstcrn fioor and gets
the cistern all ready to receive the spring
Gains. II you have been wondering why
t is that. no matter how hard and how
tong 1t may rain, your ciste-1 never seems
10 get full, the tcistarn cleaning man Will
lefl o In a tiffy. Cisterns get old and
si inla Just s iiss anything ss else. and N
BUSINESS good for the cistern cleaning
nan. IT you have been wondering why 1t
that. in spite Of an eiight-inch filter wail
lesitate, he will lean far down In the
depths II presently come back to earth
very red Of face. but triumphant. and tell
you that .they's a hole there in that wall
Dig enough to chase O cat through. and
YOU filter hain't adoin' much good
The cisterm. clsaning man is filled to the
Ind rain and things. He'll tell you that
order TO catch the early spring rains. and
NOR and fall rains run out on the grass
and not go Into the ~cIstern. He'll tell YOU
later IN the summer when it rains
sistern and cause II to smell. And IL Won
aimed worms he will ask how they
tho houses after q heavy rain Ii 1t does
1ot rain them. He'll tell you that ne has
heard that II has rained fish, bur he never
must rain angle worms. because they
could not crawl up "a the house.
dead saves and other vegetable mater
that will get In with 1t and decay. and
cause an unpleasant smell 10 the water.
glance tell you about your cistern,s ca
E s0-A9asrsl caistern. he WIN san,in the
ctaltn, nine times out of 10. ssNeIi lady.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
Low ROUND TRIP FARES TO
CALIFORNIA; ExPOSITlONS
and THE PACIFIC COAST

Low round trip fares are nov in
effect via the Scenic Highway of the
Northern Pacific Ry. to CALIFORNIA; Elk
positions via the North Pacific Coast.
These tickets permit liberal stop-oyers
and enable the tourist to include both
Expositicns as we'll as a stop-over at
Yellowstone National Park via Gardi-
ner Gateway.
II yon will advise when you will plan
your western trip, will be pleased to
quote rates. send a copy OF our hand
some dispositions folder as well as
Yellowstone National Park and travel
literature. and assist you in any way
possible In planning your 1915 vaca-
don trip. a. al. Cleland. General Pas
sen9er Agent. SIT Northern Pacific
Ry, St Paul. Minnesota.-Ady.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
4 Good Invention,

s. aee 4 stool with a top adjustable
= several angles as we'll as eleya-
lions has been patented by a Chicago
Inventor for pianists. said the pi.
arists
WAL II 1t tits enough to throw the
! ~ when he ought L stop play
inE # Will prove q longsfelt want
said the tired man.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
srEADFAsTNEss
Ernerson.

It Is easy In the world to live
after tho worlds opinion: 1t is easy
but the great man Is he, who in the
midst OF the crowd, keeps, with per-
feet sweetness, the Independence of
solitude.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-04-15
How Capital Creates Trade.

European Surplus Money Has Developed All tho Now Nations Of the
Public Enterprises.