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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-12-21

Mr.. and Mrs. 4. b. Brickford
of Ritzville were visitors i'm the
city Saturday. T.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
What Germany Expects.

Yet in estimating the present situation
il is necessary TO take into account Ger
man expectations and purposes. The
German dream of Central African en-
pire has been clearly disclosed and Ger
man purpose TO make peace terms the
tasis for a realization Of ante-bellum as
pirations in Africa, if not in Europe, must
be recognized.
Six months hence, when all belligerents
are nearer the point of exhaustion, IL
none is yet conquered, the African bar
gain may have attractions for the French
and Belgians which will prove compelling
and British consent may then be had.
The Importance of the African possibili-
ties now lies in the fact that even in Ger
many it is realized that the evacuation Of
France and Belgium will have TO come
and that the possibility Of an indemnity
from France is remote. There is left the
African colonial compensations. They
rave already begun to crop up in German
discussions; they will be the main topic
of peace conversations a few months
hence, possibly few weeks hence, II
there is any discussion of peace at all
before the time for a spring campaign IN
the west.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

Lake Tanganyika, the other building from
the Kamerun coast toward the Congo, fore
Swallowed the eventual construction of a
trans-African line which should join the
two German colonies and pave the way for
Teutonic penetration OF the Belgian Congo.
1t is interesting TO recall that Bern
hardi, writing at the time the Morocco
agreement was being signed, inquired
whether the annexation of the Congo had
not in fact deprived Belgium of her right
to claim neutrality in Europe. Other Ger
man writers took up the cry. As for the
French, their feelings were best described
by Gabriel Hanotaux, former Foreign
Minister, who sadly commented, 1--WE had
an empire and they have left US corridors"
On all sides it was recognized that the
Berlin agreement was but a temporary
affair, certain to be cast into the melting
pot when the day of war, no longer
doubted in France, should come.
Peace Possibilities.
So much for the past history. Now the
moment has come in the Great War when
the discussion Of peace seems not impossl-
BILE; at least there are growing signs OF
willingness on the part Of Germany to dis
cuss peace terms, terms of victorious
peace" be 1t understood, but of peace
which at one time recognizes German
achievement and does not call upon Ger
many's opponents to make sacrifices which
they are not yet willing to make and are
not sufficiently beaten TO be compelled TO
make.
In this situation the talk of African
concessions has already been heard and
will be heard with growing frequency IN
the next few months. Thus, not few
German writer's have already suggested
that Germany should agree TO evacuate
France and Belgium in return for the
cession by France and Belgium of their
colonial territories lying between the
Kamerun and German East Africa.
This suggestion takes cognizance of
certain obvious facts. Neither France nor
Great Britain can or will agree to peace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
A Remote Possibility Still.

At the present moment German de
mands stand small chance of carrying
This is due to the fact that across their
pathway lies the one nation which has
suffered little so far in the war. For
Great Britain a German empire in Cen
trail Africa would be a menace bound TO
grow with the years and certain TO lead
to other disputes and probably to other
wars. It is completely within British
power, so long as she retains control Of
the sea, to destroy these hopes, whatever
the course of the war in Europe
And, faithful TO her tradition, Great
Britain is steadily destroying the bases
of German colonial ambition. Southwest
Africa has been completely conquered.
Togoland was snapped up by Anglo
French forces In the first days of the war,
all but small central district Of the
Kamerun has been occupied by French,
Belgian and British expeditions and
France has already redeemed the Moroc-
can "compensations" and broken the Ger
man tentacles stretched out TO the Uban-
CHI and the Congo.
Only German East Africa remains
practically intact, but even here the sea-
coast has been occupied and German gar
risons have retired inland. An expedi-
ton is said to be forming in South Africa
under the leadership of Botha to repeat
in new field the success Of Southwest
Africa and translate into fact Cecil
Rhodes's magnificent dream of a Cape
to-Cairo "all-red" map. Against such an
expedition German resistance must
crumble, since the garrison is small and
its resources, as a result Of year and
four months of blockade, greatly reduced
Even should France and Belgium con-
sent 10 make the sacrifices demanded,
British opposition could nullify the bar
gain, and there is no reason TO believe that
France or even Belgium will now make
the sacrifices. AS for Great Britain, she
is to-day doing what she did in the wars
of the eighteenth century and the Napo-
leonic era. While the conflict in Europe
proceeds unfavorably to her own Allies
she is sweeping off the map the colors OF
her great rival in Africa and in Europe
and in the Pacific. So far there is no
reason why she should consent to any
sacrifice to Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
From Ocean TO Ocean.

After the Boer War had, temporarily
at least, brought her 70 a standstill in
south Africa Germany resumed the
grandiose plan Of extending German rule
from the Atlantic 70 the Indian Ocean and
making Central Africa a German colonial
empire. As far back as the Congress Of
Berlin, IN 1885, Germany had dreamed this
dream. Bismarck, in fayoring the crea-
ton Of the Congo Free State, which was
70 be ruled by Leopold Of Belgium, had
merely sought 10 preserve intact a great
area Of African territory until that time
when Germany should be strong enough
70 strike for share In the colonial domain
Of Europe.
But between German Kamerun and
German East Africa there interviewed
not alone the Belgian Congo Free State,
Dat the French colony Of the Congo, which
occupied long stretch Of the Atlantic
Coast from Spanish Guinea 70 the Portu-
Zuese enelaye Of Cabinda, at the mouth Of
the Congo, and extended north along the
Congo and Ubanghi and thence ~ Lake
Chad and % British Sudan, joining the
french Sahsran districts Of Wadai and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

until Belgium is evacuated and the integ-
rity of French territory assured. 1t would
mean the prolongation of the war by sew
eral years if Germany should insist upon
permanent possession of any part Of
France or Belgium. But if France is asked
to surrender only the mutlated Congo
region, taking in exchange Togoland and
possibly obtaining German assent to a
formal annexation of Morocco, thus elm
mating all hampering restrictions created
by the Berlin Treaty, would the French
refuse?
Conceivably, and the project was
preached before the war, Germany might
consent to reimburse France further by
the cession of the French-speaking dis
tricts of Lorraine, which include Metz and
nave upward of 100000 inhabitants, two
thirds French. This would give France a
safe eastern frontier and might end the
Alsace-Lorraine problem, which has ham
pered German colonial aspirations 50
heavily for the last forty years.
There are other variations that have
been mentioned. Germany might consent
to pay Belgium not an indemnity for her
losses, but considerable sum for her
African province, which would amount to
the same thing. she might even consent
to Belgian annexation Of Luxembourg, a
remote but conceivable concession.
Enqland's Share.
Such an agreement might dispose OF
France and Belgium. In point of fact, 1t
is extremely unlikely that France would
consent to such bargain, but this Will
not prevent the Germans from proposing
II. as it has not stopped them from dis
cusslng it. But what of England?
This proposed German expansion IN
, entral Africa would at once wreck the
british dream of a Cape-to-Cairo empire.
~ would mean that solid block OF Ger
man territory would interpose between
British Uganda and the South African
nrotectorates and between Nigeria and
British Sudan. 1t would make Germany
and not Great Britain the leading power
in Central Africa; it would not imposslbly
presage precisely the same kind OF con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

tinuing warfare between Britain and Ger
many in Africa that France and England
waged in North America for so many
generations.
But the Germans have an answer. They
purpose TO cede to Great Britain the colony
Of Southwest Africa, which has already
been conquered by Botha; the German pos
sessions in the Pacific, which have been
taken over by the Australians, and to as
sent to the present situation in Kiao-chau.
In return Great Britain will be asked to
eyacuate the Kamerun, now for the most
part Jointly occupied by the British and
French expeditions. The evacuation of
Belgium and Northern France is further
reward for British acquiescence, for the
German advance to the Channel is pri-
marily a thrust at Britain.
What concessions Germany might be
willing to make in the Near East, to what
extent she would consent to abandon her
threat at Egypt and India and surrender
her predominant position in CONSTANT
nople it is not possible to say. At the
moment there is no evidence that Germany
would make any concession, but, on the
other hand, her desire for peace is unmis-
taxable.
Cermany's place in the Sun"
The basis Of the German protest against
things as they are has lain in the fact
that alone of the great European powers
Germany has had no real share in the
division of the worlds surface outside OF
Europe. Achieving her own unity late,
arriving in time only to obtain few minor
possessions, the left overs" of the great
colonial scramble Of the last quarter Of
the Nineteenth Century, Germany has been
compelled to face the growing disadvan-
tage of hostile tariffs and to see nations
inferior in population, like Great Britain,
or lacking all surplus population to fur
nish colonists, like France, in possession
of the richest portions Of Africa and of
Asia.
For herself Germany has claimed and
claims the right to colonial empire COM
nensurate with her own population,
wealth and commercial resources. Since
she achieved her unity France has acquired
Tunis. Madagascar, Morocco and ex-
randed meagre West African holdings into
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
Congo "Compensstion'.

As a counterbalance to French gains
in the north, the Germans successfully adj
vanced claims for compensation in the
Congo region. After long bargalnings'
which seemed at times TO be certain TO END
in war, there was signed in Berlin that
agreement which set forth TO the
whole world the German aims in Central
Africa.
By this treaty France coded TO Germany
more than 100000 square miles OF her
Congo province. But more interesting
than the statistics was the meaning OF inc
French surrender. BY the new agreement
Germany acquired two points OF contact
with the Ubanghi-Congo rivers. She was
thus brought to grips with the Belgian
frontier, and two German railways, one al
ready advanced from the Indian Ocean 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12
How the Germans Hope
to Make the Congo
River Another
Rhine.
Copyright. 1915
The Tribune Ass n.y.

would have an area OF 100000 square
miles and q population of 3O,O0O,OOO. This
is ten times the size Of the German En-
pre two-thirds the area Of the United
States without Alaska and more than
twice that of British India
Even this huge colony might be in
creased by further Agreements between
Great Britain and Germany which would
divide the Portuguese colonies Of Mozam
bique and Angola, which adjoin British
and German territories or prospective
territories. Thus there might be assured
to Germany the entire watershed OF the
Congo, the lakes at the head Of the Nile
system and frontage on the Sahara at
irs narrowest point, which might open the
way to a Trans-Saharan railway from the
Italian colony Of Tripoli.
Here would be an adequate field for
German colonial activity and German
commercial development. In all respects
save one it would satisfy even German
appetite, but this is a serious limitation.
All this region is tropical and utterly UNI
suited for European colonization, save
only certain portions Of the uplands
of German East Africa Necessarily
Germany would be compelled TO make this
Central African empire one of exploita-
ton, not of colonization, but until Britain
is conquered or American opposition 10
annexation of South American territory is
eliminated, it is the best Germany can do.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

Kanem, and giving France an interrupted
empire from the Mediterranean to the
banks of the Congo.
To realize their dream it was necessary
for the Germans to dispose of the French
first, and then, having carried their
Kamerun colony to the western bank of
the Ubanghi and the Congo, join hands
with German East Africa across the Bel
gian territory. Long considered, carefully
planned, this project was only clearly re-
vealed TO the world when the Agadir crisis
brought France and Great Britain to the
edge of war with Germany.
AT that time the Germans opened the
negotiations in Berlin with the proposal
that they should hold portion of Mo
rocco. "West Marokko deutsch!" was the
familiar and seducing war cry Of large
portion Of the German press. Could they
obtain it, naval base on the Moroccan
coast was an immediate profit to be taken,
and taken without regard to the eventual
possibilities TO the south. But the British
opposition successfully blocked this plan.
Still unwilling to run the risks incident
TO a war with Great Britain, Germany
acquiesced in French supremacy in the
Shereefan Empire.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-12

an empire and Indo- Chinese posts into a
colony larger than the fatherland. In
the same time Great Britain has acquired
Egypt, the South African republics, the
Sudan, while Russia has completed the
organization Of her enormous Asiatic ter
ritories that will one day make her the
most powerful of civilized nations.
At the bottom German resentment over
all this goes far to explain the causes Of
the present conflict. Having fought now
to the conclusion three great campaigns
in which she has won considerable sue
cesses without achieving the complete elm
nation of either France or Russia; having
yet to face the full power of Great Brit
tain, still practically without a scratch,
Germany may we'll seek to make peace,
provided she can obtain for her tremen-
dous sacrifices in life and treasure some
commensurate profit. This profit is not
within her grasp in Western Europe; 1t
is hardly within her grasp in Europe at
all, as yet.
The German argument will doubtless be
that unless she obtains her place in the
sun" now she will inevitably resume the
struggle hereafter, if the war ends I'M
favorably or falls short Of her hopes.
Would it not be wiser for Europe to
recognize the fact now, concede to her a
place in the sun" commensurate with
her own vision and thus remove peril
otherwise bound TO grow?
The Statistics Of a Dream.
Accepting now the frontiers for Ger
many's Central African colony of the fut-
ure as outlined above, what would 1t
mean? How would it compare with other
world empires?
The area Of German East Africa is
325, 900 square miles, the population 81
100000. The Kamerun has an area Of
100000 square miles, one-third compris-
ing the cessions of France in the Morocco
tine, and a population of 100000. Bel
gan Congo has an area Of above 100000
square miles and population Of 1880,
600. French Congo has an area of $780,.
600 square miles and a population of A.
100000.
Roughly speaking-and exact statistics
are still lacking for these RECONSIDER
nany's new colony, thus constituted,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-02
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. GappeH, Of Five Years
Standing, Relieved BY Cardui.

Mt Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah NJ. Chap
pell OF this iowa, says: 81 suffered for
five years with w1manly troubles, also
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but none did me any good
read one day about Cardui, fine wo-
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had not taken but about six bottles until
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My friends began asking me why !
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fermenting the skim or separator milk
which remains as by-product Of the
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There is no doubt of the nutrient
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OF latte acid in milk will destroy the
germs Of dysentry typhoid, diph.
liberia and cholera.
Conserve your energies. This Is q
health rule which most people might
do we'll to consider seriously. II takes
energy to become angry. 1t takes
energy to worry over small things. It
takes energy to traverse the hundreds
OF needless steps some people take In
On 4heir daily duties.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-02
Confessions of a Wife
Copyright, 1915 BY - z ~

est OF companions lately. but one OF
the things you promised was TO care
for me in sickness and in health.
However. think l could excuse a
neg!ectful husband easier than can
one who lies to me-"
But. Margie, don't lie to YOU"
Now. Dick. please don't salve your
conscience with the idea that because
YOU tell me part Of the truth which
leads me to infer something entirely
different that you're not lying 10 me.
because you know-if you do not do
more cowardIy thing than lie to
yourself-that you intend to deceive
me"
II wish Kitty would stay away"
said Dick viciously.
Don't lay this quarrel to Kitty,
Dick. 1t is coming to you for long
while, and this idea that you was to
see Mr., Selwin tonight would have
brought it to you anyway. Don't be
gutter. Dick"
Il am not going with you tonight, "
he said suIlenly, as he jerked of the
white tie he had been trying TO make
bow out Of.
All right. | can't compel you to do
anything you don't want to do"
calmly went 10 the phone and
called up Jim Edie. AS asked for
the number. Dick said. What are you
going TO do, Marige?'
Say. Jim. Dick finds 1t impossible
TO attend my theater party tonight.
and | don't want 10 be beauless, will
you find me one?"
"Oh, don't want you. and besides
you must be nice to Kitty. | want
a brand new man, who will say new
things TO me and 10 whom l can tell
my little ol& stoNes as though they
were new. One who will be absolute
~ different from all the rest OF YOU.
why. OF course l like you. but you
must understand that a woman IS
sometimes like a man, she gets tired
OF the old crowd. and longs FOR a new
man to talk to-"
You wish Dick could hear me say
this? Well. he is standing right here
by me now, and naturally he Is hear
ing me say II"
"All right, bring him along, and
don't expect to dance with me once.
for II this man Is as good dancer
as you say. it means that l am going
10 have the time Of my life" hung
up the phone just as Dick was going
to take It from me.
"Margie, are you crazy? Who is
this man that Jim Is going to brlng?"
mot a bit crazy. and l didn't really
catch the mans name. My dear, I'm
tust practicIng few Of your tactics"
and / proceeded to don my prettiest
green evening gown.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-02

Now. Dick. want TO tell you right
here. you've got to get over your
crouch and treat Kitty decently.
We were in our rooms dressing for
1fnner and the theater Dick had
treated Kitty atrociously, just spoken
to her and that was all, when he
came in.
We'll, I don't like her and never
did" he expostu!ated. and just now
am so busy that ought TO be down
at the office with Mr.. Selwin. instead
OF galavanting about with lot OF
folks to a show 1t will probably bore
me the extinction"
Did Mr.. Selwin ask you to remain
ct the office this evening""
How would l know he wanted me
if he didn't" Dick eVaded.
That's strange. as Mrs, Selwin told
me this afternoon that Mr. Selwin
never went 10 the office after dinner.
Been doing a little detective work
on your own account. my dear"
When Dick becomes suspicious and
sarcastic, he's the nastiest man
know.
Now look here. Dick Waverly. If
you think I'm going TO stand any OF
these ugly questions You are nightly
mistaken. Mrs. Selwin called me up
today and invited us over to dinner.
Said she was glad you could be so
much with me during this dull bust
ness season, and incidentally re-
marked that however pressing bus
mess was. Mr.. Selwin never went 10
the Office after office hours. Now,
Dick, YOU will certainly give me cred
it for not mixing up in your business
affairs. but am not child, neither
am | a fool, and you have not been
deceiving me in the least with your
excuses OF business the last few
weeks when you have been out night
after night. and | have come TO re-
card YOUR proteStatious OF affection
for me to mean only one thing. re-
morse for the way you have been
treating me-"
Dick looked at me in surprised
manner and started 10 speak.
Wait until I'm through. don
want TO dicker with you, Dick. nor
even ask you questions about where
YOU are when you are away from me-
for the simple reason that | Will not
live with man and quarrel with him
continually. When you are home |
try to make you comfortable. simply
because when you are in good humor
I am more comfortable, but there are
times when patience ceases TO be a
virtue and one of the times is when
YOU come in with that assumed tired
look on your face and plead business
for leaving me. III acknowledge that
perhaps l haven't been the pleasant
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-08-02

A baby must be kept as cool as
possible in summer. because over.
heating Is a direct cause OF summer
diarrhea. Even breasted babies find
1t hard 10 resist the weakening effects
Of excessive heat. Records show that
thousands OF babies, most OF whom
are bottle-fed, die every summer be.
cause OF the direct or indirect effects
of the heat.
Next in importance 10 right food In
summer are measures for keeping the
baby cool and comfortable; frequent
baths, light clothing and the selec.
ton OF the coolest available place for
him to play and sleep.
A baby should have full tub bath
every morning. II he is restless and
the weather is very hot. he may have
IN addition one or two sponge baths
a day. A cool bath at bedtime some.
times makes the baby sleep more com
fortably. :,
For young baby the water should
be tepid, that is. It should feel neither
hot nor cold to the mothers elbow. For
an older baby 1t may be slightly cool