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ITALY'S MILITARY CHIEFTAINS

with the entrance OF Italy into the
European war on the side OF the allies
opportunity will be afforded TO some
very able military leaders in the Ital-
ian army to meet the expectation that
they will be able to lead Italian arms
10 victory and increase their reputation
Tor military genius. Chief among
these Italian soldiers arc General Carlo
Caneva. who has been in command OF
the Italian forces massed along tho
ltaio-Austrian frontier, and Count
Luigi Cadorna. who is lieutenant
general and chief OF star OF the Italian
army. AS understood here, the SUI
preme command OF the italian forces
in the war viii he intrusted to the
generalship OF one of these officers,
several units. in which event such OF
them probably will be In charge OF a
large army.
Tho King OF Italy, under tho Italian
Constitution. IL. of course. the com
mandcr-i chief of the military forces
The ministry OF war is in the hands
OF Major General Zupelli. a Venetian.
who is an officer OF ability. But the
preparations that tho general staH has
been making for probable hostiiitics
with Austria during the past ten
months have been in charge OF Count
Cadorna. its chief.
Lieutenant-General Count Cadorna,
who belongs to one OF the famous
noble families OF Italy and comes from
Piedmont is regarded by Italians AS
one OF the great military men OF the
world. AS chief OF staff. he now holds
the position that was formerly occu-
pied by Lieutenant-General Salctta.
Upon the death of General Salettn the
two names most prominently mentioned
for chief OF the general STAFF wcrc
those OF Lieutenant General Cadorna
and Lieutenant-G General Polio. After
carefully canvassing the situation the
appointment was given 10 General Pol
Ito, but upon his death Count Cadorna
was placed at the head OF the Italian
staff.
Immediately next to him in rank in
the general staff is General Porro. sub
chief OF the staff. who Is also one OF
the best OF the Italian generals. Dur
ing the last previous ministerial crisis
In Italy General Porro was in com
mand OF an army corps at Milan. Hc
was invited to accept the portfolio
OF Minister of War, but refused because
he was In favor OF greater expenditures
for military preparation than the gov
eminent was at that time willing to
grant. n is significant fact that
General Porro about a month ago was
persuaded to accept the position OF
subchief OF stan. although he had
previously refused to serve as Minister
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WHAT HAS BECOME OF THEM?

The fate of the three German
cruisers. Karlsruhe, Bremen and
Strassburg, bids fair to become the
puzzle OF the war" says the London
Times. 1t adds quite touch OF the
romance of the old ocean stories. All
these three vessels were mentioned
when hostilities began as engaged on
the raiding account, and they have now
disappeared. but how, when and where
is a mystery. The ancient mariners
were quite accustomed TO such van
ishings. Many an island they dis
covered proved to be unreal, and many
an ancient bark sailed out into the
unknown and never returned. In
these days. however, with all the facili-
ties science has provided for the col
lection and dissemination of informa
ton, it is surprising that these cruis-
ers should have faded away like the
phantom Flying Dutchman.
The Karlsruhe. in the North At
lantic. made success Of commerce
raiding during the first four months
of the war; and her record was nearly
as high as that of the Emden. She
was specially notorious for the num-
Der Of auxiliary vessels. some Of them
her own captures. which she en-
ployed. spreading them around her like
n spiders wnb. to give notice of
incoming flies or warning of danger.
She was also noted for her alleged
hairbreadth escape from British cruis-
ers. Toward the end of November,
however, her activities appear to have
ceased, and since that time there have
been many reports concerning her fate.
The fact that one Of her auXiliaries.
the Rio Negro, was reported to have
arrived at Kiel, early in December,
that another, the Farm, gave herself
up at San Juan, Porto Rico, month
later and that others were hiding in
South American rivers, gave support to
the rumor that the parent cruiser had
gone. Nothing certain has since been
heard of her. but all the reports point
to something having happened off the
island of Grenada at the end of 1914.
Tho fate Of the Bremen. the oldest
and slowest Of the raiders, is also in
doubt. Early in the war she was re-
ported off the Brazilian coast, and on
August 80 to have overhauled the Dutch
steamer Gelria. She does not appear
to have made any captures until to-
ward the end of November. She was
said to have been filling her coal bunk
ers at Juan Fernandez. in the Pacific,
from a vessel which has never been
identified Nothing more was heard OF
her until on January IL an unofficial
message from Petrograd announced
that she had arrived at Wilhelmshaven
seriously damaged by striking a mine.
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OF War. His willingness TO enter tho
general staff was an evidence OF his
complete confidence in Lieutenant-Gen-
cral Cadorna. and meant that the It,l
ian government. on account OF the
threatened conflict with Austria. had
adopted a more liberal policy OF army
expenditures.
Count Cadorna. the chief OF stan, was
born in 1850. and while for shor,
time before heading the STAFF he hsd
no assignment. he has been for many
months designated TO command an
army In case OF war.
General caneva. born in Is45, also
had no assignment last year but was
designated TO command an army II
war came. General Caneva is now the
only living general d'escrcito in tho
Italian army in other words. the only
rolls rhe hishes, Xxx t heid By ." ans n:
Other officers in th3 Italian army is
general. but Whenever lieutenant
general has served IN command OF an
italian army during hostilities he IS
elevated 10 the rank OF generate
d'csercto, or general of the army"
This rank came 10 General Cancva as
manded the Italian forces in Tripo!i
In the ltalian-Turkish war o, 1911
In September OF that year Italy sent
an army Of invasion 10 Tripoll on
november ,. l?ll. decree was issued
anncN.ng Tripoli to italy and on
February %. 1912, the Italian chamber
passed bill which ratified the decree
Of annexation. But the war continued
until October Is, 1912, when the treaty
of Ouchy was signed. by which the
sovereignty OF Trt7ol was established.
throughout the Tripoli,an campaign,
Cancva then lieutenant general.
had full charge OF the military
operations. After his return 10 Italy.
Tripoh was divided into the two dis
tricts Of Tr!politanlca and Cyrenica.
which were placed respectively in
charge Of Lieutenant General Victor
Garion and OF Lieutenant General
Angelic, as military governors
Both Generals Cancva and Cadorna
are described as men OF fine appear
ance, OF strong character and great
military ability. During the past ten
months vast expenditures have been
made by Italy in the preparation OF
It's army FOR war. and the work of
preparation has been worked out in
detail under the direction of Count
Ca6orna. who. during the last month.
has been very ably assisted by his sub
chief, General Porro. who is expected
TO become chief OF staff IL Gencrai
Cado-na takes actual command OF an
army AT the front.
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Whether she ever did thread her way
through all tho French and British
cruisers on the watch for her and her
sister and got back has never been
officially announced. but 1t was signi-
ficant that when Lord Crewe spoke OF
the cruisers still at large after the vic
tory in the Falkiands. ne omitted the
Bremen from his list
What has become Of tho Strass-
burg is equally obscure. She was ono
OF the later light cruisers, a sister ship
TO the Karlsruhe, and quite as fast.
Early in August she was reported to
have coaled at st. Thomas, in the West
Indies, and further report stated that
she had been seen in company with the
Karlsruhe. But she has never made
any captures, so far As is known. and
1t has been conjectured that she was
caught in a hurricane and foundered
There are people. however, who assert
that she had returned TO Germany be-
fore the war. and has been seen in the
North Sea with the Stralsund and other
light cruisers. serving as parent ships
to destroyers."
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The Voice of the PEOPLE
Thinks England YER Rod
To the Editor OF The Times Dispatcb

10 the Editor of The Times -Dspatcb
sir am. and have been from tho fret WITH
an my heaFt in sympathy with Germany am
Elad to see that there are Americans who bawa
not joined the ranks Of the AnClomaniocs,hos
devout worshpers of England who apnrove NJ
Great Britain's attempt TO starve out the won,en
ana chlidren or whole nation And yet. when
'ermany' after repeated warnings torpedoes an
ehemys ship. carrying contraband Of war these
same Anglomaniacs raise a storm of protest
little choice And If noncombatants in German
England. ~ %
havo been a reader and admrer OF your
paper Tor years, and very sorry to sec the
stand you have taken in this war. The edi-
torials which have appeared in the columns ~
The Times Dispatch have been of n nature IN
nchSht the soul OF King George himself II
the Germans refrain from destroyinr Rr,tish
ships, because they carry Americans nm s,r
England will see to it that all her vessels carry
American passengers That will he ernator
saIcGuard than convoy of warships.
Englands record. II examined Will he found
so dark that the worst things Germany has ever
zone VIII seem light in comparison. Take, for
example, the bombardment of Copenhagen in
lao'' when England, without warning. and with
oun provocntion sent hostile fleet against the
capital or neutral country. In the lombard
ment 1000 people were killed and thousands OF
homes DESTROYED All this done without
even n declaration of war, the only reason be-
ing that Denmark preferred to remain neutral
Napoleon.
And yet we hold up our hands in holy hor-
ror because Germany-her very life at stake
forced her way through Belgium.
The Opium War with China is another bright
CD spot in Englands record.
Nothing would delight Great Britain more
than TO SEQ the United States involved in this
war, for she sees that. even with half of Eu
rope 10 aid her Ito say nothing of Japan, Aus
tralia India, Canada and Northern Africa her
chances OF victory over the Teutons small.
Having failed to conquer Germany in fair fight
she Is trying starvation last resort
lf Germany is conquered in this war It will
be as the South was conquered in 1s65-bv
starvation When the Kaser's soldiers are too
weak 10 mold n musket, them and not until then,
VIII England and her allies enter Berlin in
triumph "
Freedom-and Russia! When did those
words become synonymous?"
MARY OWEN.
South Boston, Va. May 90 1915
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War News Fifty Years Ago

Elk Governor Foote has published in the pa pers
the Secretary Of War Of the tinted statss IN
which he claims that he was ordered to leave
the States in forty-eight hours. and had no
choice in the matter. He is not afraid Of a
trial. and will return to the United States to
be tried on the charges that have been pre-
ferred against him whenever the government
wants him do so.
The report that General Forrest killed
by his own men in Alabama has been positively
denied. 1t is not now believed that the famous
cavalry leader has been killed at all. but that
he has made his escape to Mexico Cuba.
The grocery house of ]. E.. Justice & Co..
Sycamore Street. Petersburg, has been taken
possession OF by the United States military au-
,horities and the propretors placed under arrest.
The charge Is that they were doing big bust
ness selling liquor in violation OF general orders
forbidding the sale of ntoxcants OF any kind
monster meeting OF so-called unionists was
held in Raleigh the other night. and 1t is said
that there was something of a rush get back
into solid Union lines. John p. H. Russ presided
and had as vice presidents Charles NJ Ferris
John p Harrison. II. o. Parker and A. F. Page
The men who got their names record as
secretaries we're Albert Johnson J. d HAYES and
D. A wicker other prominent men in the
meeting were c. r. Thomas. Willie d. Jones
J: J. Ferrall r. c. Badger. W. ]. Hollcman and
Calvin j. Rogers. ADVANTAGEOUS Union resolu-
tons that would have done credit TO Boston were
proposed and passed. The remarkable thing
above named. and. in fact, Of those who
attended the meeting, we're known less than two
years ago as loud-mouthed secessonists
John d. Ford we'll known as the proprictor
OF the Holiday Street Theater. in Baltimore and
Of the National Theater, in Washington where
ME- Lincoln was shot. renal ms a prisoner In the
hands or the military authorities. In the mean
time. both of Mr.. Ford's theaters open. and
doing rushing business because of the notorietv
they have received.
Simon Cameron. OF Pennsylvania a man Of
great wealth and great political influence. has
6ousht the property OF Governor Seabrook on
buiIs Island, S. G. 1t is famous Sea Island
cotton farm and 1t is said that Cameron pro.
poses to work cheap negro labor there in great
shape. g.
The first negro paper ever heard =, Z, ,,,
country mas been started in Nashville. Tenn II
is weekly, TO be called the Colored Tonnes
sean, and is TO be edited and conducted gen
orally by negroes only.
Hundreds of negroes who nocked TO Lynch
nurE from the country around about looking
!or Dig crumbs supposed to be dropping from
the United States military table have been nun
10 Work on the streets of that city and az
result thcre is rush back to the rural districts
work on the James River and Kanawha Canal
Is proceeding slowly. Repairs on the breaks
near Howardsville and Scottsville are nearing
competitor and 1t is hoped that the boats viii
ne running between Richmond and ScottsviIIo
within the next week days.
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The Flower Bomb

FAILING over the Roumanian city Of Turn
~ SEVERN, an Austrian aviator dropped a
souquet OF flowers with a note saluting the
Mayor and ladies of the town Then he pro-
.eeded to the Serbian bank of the Danube and
!ried to blow up n Russian vessel. If YOU
fish to think ii over, compare the two at
Sacks from the viewpoint of your con-
Ecience, and consider which YOU would ap
slaud more vigorously if YOU had witnessed
10th.
| The flower bomb, filled with roses. would
se welcome. Whenever any hostile fleet
ares to lombard Richmond with flowers, the
teople OF Richmond will be glad to furnish
nc ammunition.
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SI,lIrlll

II OF long ago football player of Johns
~ Hopkins University lay for weeks with
!; broken back, confidently expecting recovery.
I'D giving an example of patient endurance
Jhich when he died made his silent heroism
bit of history in school and community life.
Cow, in Philadelphia a student of the Jeffer-
On Medical College, in bed two years with
broken back, one leg paralyzed and the
fther amputated, following a fall from one
= the college windows. has won his degree
Ill this time he has stuck to his studies, with
70 hope Of ever being able TO practice but
18th a determination 20 finish what he started
Such an example requires no comment
lie world is full OF healthy men OF sick
'irit 10 whom the two examples cited might
e full of meaning
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For Protection of Children

X/ HlLE it is true that much of the reform
k umhug and that many commissions are
sta bished for the purpose OF providing jobs
S2r worthy politicians out OF Office, yet all
Eshemes looking TO the protection of chill
gIen should receive due care and attention
unprotected children present the most tragic
slcture OF life. The laws prohibiting tho
iahor OF children under certain ages while
sley impose hardshps on parents arc Just
Htws There should be no child exploitation.
Z a plan presented before the National Con-
ference of Charities and Corrections seems TO
g a good one. c. G.. Carstens. OF Massa-
husetts, proposed State board for neglected
Salldren. such board would of course. in
srease the burden on taxpayers but child
protection r. something few people object TO
laying for THE board would have general
supervisory powers over neglected. illegiti-
Safe. dependent. defective and DELINQUENT
children Il would supervise orphan asy-
elms and all children's institutions, admins
Err mothers pensions and oversee the adop
Con of children.
8 The institutions for the care OF children
gre now so numerous in some States that a
commission OF general supervisory powers
&ould probably be real benefit THAT is n
Mould be a real benefit if il acted in prac
zeal manner and with limited and de6nite
ends in view. The curse OF all reform meas
res is that combination OF unbalanced
#anatic and selfish johholder which TOO often
Jules the roost in the haunts of the Uplift.
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IT is banal, OF course, 10 speak of the won
-Nders of science. II is like describing tho
shiteness Of white or the sweetness OF sugar
science Is all wonder; ii is a succession Of
certified miracles
But the statement made by Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell day or two ago is so entirely
saarvelous that it is worth while dwelling on
Che distinguished inventor declared his hone
f1at man would eventually be able to think
ay electrcity-that he would develon new
fanses and intellectual powers He said cf
Electricity:
Suppose you have the power to make an
Eon rod vibrate with any desired frecuencv
n a dark room. At first when vihratin.
&owly, its movement will be indicated nv
Ealy one sense that OF touch Soon. as tho
vibrations increase. low sound viii eYnanate
sSom it, and il will appeal 10 two senses A.,
;kbout $4,000 vibrations 20 the second tho
st,und will be loud and shrill. but at 40 ooo
Vibrations it will be silent, and it's movement,
ssiIl not be indicated by touch lis nova
sAent will be indicated by no ordinary human
sAnse. AT 100000 up 10 100000 vibrations
SEer second we have no sense that can an.
s@eciate any effect After that stage H.
Movement is indicated first by the sense os
temperature, and then, when the rod he.
SSInes hot by the sense OF sight AT 1000
ks04sit sheds violet light
sagttNow the thought has occurred to me tba,
Shere must be a great deal TO be learned abou,
FAC effect OF those vibrations in the great gar
3;tere the Ordinary human senses are una bic
~ ar, see or feel the movement.
must make new machines practically tt
Stpply new senses, as the wireless instru
tents do"
AaeThus science may actually give us new
fnses. The very thought OF such thing
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70 tnc American people in q language which
oou!o Do understood without tho help OF key
Cartoons Magazine

The evils Of the policy under
Vanished which tho American nag has all
NIerchant but disappeared from tho high
N.r,n. seas have boon brought homo
to with tragic forcefulness
What arc We going to do about
itY The Now Republic thinks that tho United
States has two alternatives. On the hand.
IT oan make itself independent. not only Of
Great Britain but OF Great Britain's enemies by
building vessels OF commerce and war in compe-
other, 1t can reach some kind of understand
ing with Great Britain which would enable us to
avoid tho economic and moral expense OF COM
petlng with that country" This last solution OF
the problem will not commend Itself to public
opinion In this country. and ought not to do So
The thought Of thus linking the destiny Of the
United States with that of European power Is
repeilant. But let those who feel this way
consider that to all practical intents and pur
poses this Is just what has already happened
as result OF the inexcusable inactlon of which
the American government has been guilty dur
ing the past forty years. The fact that tho
united states Is without merchant marine is
que In large measure to the legislative obstacles
which have made 1t an impossibility for ships
nSing the Stars and Stripes to compete with
those or foreign countries. No improvement Is
possible, no matter what eNpedients may be
adopted, whether of government ownership. sub
sidies or what not, long these obstacles
are allowed to remain. This is the of the
whole matter Let the people face II honestly.
Let them ponder the humiliating and pcrilous
consequences which are involved In the situation
as II now stands.-Charleston News and Courier.
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shows the wonderful intellectual advance of
man. From the savage living in cave to
this new master of tho elements-what
titanic progress! Yet man, who is ntellec-
taally an angel is still a cave man morally.
His Notwithstanding conquest over
ture has been accompanied by no correspond
ing moral development. We are still
ages at heart, with all our intellectual furni-
tTre; we still know the bloodlust, the cause
less rage, the insensate thirst for violence
which were the portion of our long-ago an
cestors, ignorant of the very use of metals.
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SONGS AND SAWS
The Newspaper.

inc Newspaper.
Little flights OF fancy.
Little shafts OF fun.
Little hunks of wisdom
Though sometimes there are mono;
Little baseball stories,
Little hints on dress,
Little gibes at statesmen
Who don't our love possess;
Talks on sanitation.
Tho latest social fad.
Good folks benefactions,
Crimes Of folks who're bad;
Bloody tales OF battles,
Tales that stir our pride
That simple men, when tested.
Have laughed Mt death and died:
Little advertisements,
With which to pay its way
These make up the paper.
That you read every day.
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Nations
Early
Cartoons


to be the approved medium and
gave the cartoon something OF the effect OF the
fashion plate Having regular dates of pub
lication wordlcss journalism most frequent
at times of national excitement, such prcsi
dental elections, etc. Possibly the cartoon which
had the widest circulation at this period the
entitled "Unclc SANS Taylorifcs." At
least it has been the most commonly used
10 illustrate histories and textbooks. 1t showed
Yankee cutting Mexican in two with an
enormous pair Of shears. From the mouth of
the American came these words-inclosed in the
customary loop of the period-"Why, darn your
eyes, you bloody Mexican thief. You come to
steal my boot I'll ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
you" The new boot was of course. Texas. and
In the cartoon appeared on the right foot, which
was more less" gently touching the Mexican.
The other labels OF the Yankee were follows:
left leg, western States; left arm. Eastern
States, tall OF the coat. Oregon: right leg.
SOUTHERN states; belt. Union" One blade OF
the huge shears Volunteers" the other.
General Taylor" At the left Of the central
fEures was the Rio Grande and at the right
stood John Bull tdramatized literally with
horns). From the head of the bull came this
loop: brother Jonathan's bait is very tempt
Ing Egnd. / think I've got bit. But 1t don't
seem to make him any the less" Crude and
stin, this cartoon. nevertheless told It's story
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The Way Of the World.

NCoIUmbuS, OHIO, Journal)
paragraphcr. after untold mental
toll and travail Of SOUL will clothe in
words some great idea for the advance
1heht OF the race. and nobody will pay
any more attention to it than rabbit;
ana lheh ne VIII jot down some fleet
ing thought on the pantalette, and it
VII he copied and commented on from
ouluth to Houston and from Cane Cod
10 the Golden Gate
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Sufficient "SVnrninrY

louisville Couricr-Journal)
III member of the Black Hand
should serve written notice upon Tho
Kaiser that he would murder him next
Monday 1t would be officially correct.
according TO the Dernburg, Won Bern
storn' Foreign Office and Wilhelmian
codes, for him to do so.