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Great Britain's Secret Out.

Having in its possession the so-called secret
orders issued by the British admiralty to the mas
tiers OF merchant ships, governing their course of
action when pursued by hostile submarines, the
government at Washington can proceed with
much greater confidence in dealing with attacks
without warning vessels which Germany is
pleased to regard as armed merchantmen"
The United States government, twice since
the war began, having explicitly defined in COM
munieations to Germanys representatives the
nature of the armament which it will recognize
as legally carried by merchant vessel armed for
defense, its chief problem in future controversies
would seem to be to ascertain whether the arma-
ment of ships concerning which there is dispute
was within the limit prescribed by the United
States and whether their masters kept within the
bounds laid down in the secret orders of the Brit
ish admiralty. For it will scarcely be contended
that the carrying out of these orders transmitted
to Washington by the German government and
made public yesterday, would sacrifice the nom
combatant status of a merchantmen, legally armed
for Defense and transform her into ship of war
liable to destruction without warning 1t would
not be surprising to learn that copies Of these
secret orders were sent to Washington by the
British authorities, before their transmission by
Germany, for there is nothing in them that it
would be necessary to conceal from a neutral
nation so vitality interested as the United States
in Great Britain's Atlantic liners
The most interesting information is to be
gathered from the German memorandum accom-
panying the-secret orders, to the effect that de-
fensvely armed merchantmen have fired on sub
marines repeatedly and effectively. The German
admission that the list of nineteen such cases
cited "can, from the nature of the matter include
only part of the attacks which were actually
made" suggests the probability that many sub
marines may have been sent to the bottom BY the
defense guns of their intended victims, and offers
ample explanation of the persistent efforts Ger
many has put forth in this country for the pur-
pose of reducing her prey to absolute helpless
ness.
If Cermanys latest memorandum and the
strengthen her position in asserting the right to
sink without warning, merchant ships legally
armed for defense, that may have Americans on
board, the result must be utter failure Our citi-
zens have however, reason to rejoice because of
the discovery that vessels mounting defense guns
with their fellow-countrymen board, are in a
measure at least protected against submarines
seeking their destruction. No will imagine for
moment this government will adopt any course
calculated to curta the defensive armament of
ships in whose safety our own country is so
vitality interested.
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Editor Of The Washington Herald
The recent organization and strike OF
the street car men OF this city WAS
vivid demonstration OF the advsu-
tsges of organization OF which the
government clerks may advantsgeous-
ly take heed and profit.
The street car men obtained an in
crease Of wages and shorter hours.
while the government clerks. wholly
at the mercy OF those who enact the
laws BY which clerks compensation
Is fixed. are working for salaries es-
tablished in the primitive days OF
'bobtsil horse cars" long before CON
ductors and motormen existed. Many
clerks after passing competitive
civil service examination have recently
been appointed at $50 and SIS per
month. while messenger boys after
passing z competitive examination en-
ter the service at $50 per month and
are assigned TO heavy work usually
performed by lsborers whose pay {.
s55. II is very hard on the boy. but
IL is in the interest Of economy and
saves Uncle Sam $500 per year per
boy In the face OF such dcpIorable
conditions will the clerks hesitate to
organize? VIII they without protest
or murmur bend their energies to
greater effort and to the end OF
miserable existence? Let US hops
not.
Twenty thoutand educated men and
women coming from every part OF this
glorious land OF the free, relying aS
helplessly as infants on tho efforts
of the Amalgansted Federation OF La
Dor. looking pleadingly into the face
OF Mother Jones. is certainly a pathetic
condition OF affairs. thoroughly at
variance with American principles.
citizenship and manhood
Clerks cannot reasonably expect 10
rely in future on the defensive efforts
of organized labor unless they af-
! hltate. Now since an effort is started
toward complete organization. let
every clerk Join and loan helping
hand TO the army OF bread winners.
As soon as the latest underhsnded
blow, in the shape OF an additional
hour was aimed at the clerks, I was
twitted by fellow -CleTks on account
of the author OF the rider being from
my State. l Immediately consulted the
Congressional directory to ascertain n
he claimed grand old Missouri as the
land OF his nativity and soil OF his
birth, and to my agreeable surprise I
find he is native OF Kansas. where
they are often spoken OF as Jay
hawkers."
Having been taught that Hlustra-
ton is the basis OF all successful
teaching. IL an increase Of work with
out an increase OF pay isn't kicking
the under dog, he will have to
sHOW-MF
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ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. Ernest A Greenoush Quarternsster Com.
will proceed to Fort Worden. Wash. for duty as
quartermaster of ruse: Sound coast dcfenscs West
eIn Department. relieving Capt, John s. Johnston.
Coast ARTILLERY CorTs
BY direction Of the President First Lieut. Guy
" Manning, L. $. A, retired. at his own request
Is relieved from duty at the Miami Military In.
ttit,lte. Germantown. Ohio
BY direction of the President Capt John f.
Hasson Sixth Cavalry, is detailed for service and
to I'LL a vacancy in the Quartermaster Corps VICE
Capt. Patrick W, Quincy, Quarter1nsster Corps who
is relieved from detail in that corr~s
Col Charles B. Wheeler Ordnance Deosrfnsnt
or one Of his commissioned assistants will visit
the Indian Head Proving Ground, IudBa Head
Nd. on official business pertaining 10 the opcrs
tons Of the Ordnance DEPARTMENT
Capt Stephen Abbot, u. 8. A. retired with his
consent is assigned to active duty and detailed
as an acting quartermaster. He will proceed to
Fort Mackenzie, Wyo.. and take charge Of the
property and funds pertaining to the Qusrtera s,er
Corps at that post.
Col. william A. Glsssford. signal Cops is re.
liered from duty signal officer, Western Depart
ment. and will Proceed to San DIsgs. Cal. and
assume command Of the Signal Corps Ariltion
School at that place.
Capt. Albert n. Mcclure Fifteenth Cavalry
will proceed 70 the Walter Reed Genera Hospital.
d. G.. for treatment.
Paragraph 10 Special Orders. No. 6. March 10.
is6, War Department. relating to Capt. Mms,
Baldwin. Twenty hrst Infantry. is revoked.
Capt MURRAY Baldwin, Twenty fret 1nfsntty. de-
tailed in the Quartermaster Corps. 70 take eject
April 10. 1916. will report to the commanding o.
hcer. Vancouver Barracks. Wash, for asslgl ment
to duty as qus,tcTmaster q that post and IN ad-
dition to that duty will assume Ii,srss under the
instructions Of the Qusrtermaster Gerersl Of the
Army, Of construction work at Vancouver Barracks,
relieving Cara Harry A. Heseman, Qusrttrmaster
CORPS. who will proceed TO I'll Paso. Tex. and
urou arrival win report by telegraph to thu com
mandins general. Southern DFIaitmeit, for rs
signmeut to duty ia rhargs' q Motor Truck Com
pany No.
First Lieut. William H. Seemsun. Medical Re.
Corps. is odersd to sctite duty In the .ervics
OF the United States on account q an ex.stins
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE.
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The Heralds Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

has been no revision of the articles since
loV' ana many of them are antiquated.
They were formulated 20 apply to the
navy In the DAYS Of sailing ships
District signal Corps.
Last Tuesday evening three more men
1ilied out application blanks for member
snip IN the Signal Corps Company. Dis
trict National Guard. and one man, Geo.
3: helu. formerly a member of the
engineer Corps, L. S A, enlisted
Charles NJ Reed ana Charles I s,rnoo-
ton were sworn in last Friday night by
recruiting Officer Lieut. Russell NJ Mac
Lehman.
Inc CompanTs new Aeolian was in
stalled last Tuesday. The new pool table
has been ordered. and will be delivered
and set up this week A non-com-
mlssioned officer will be in charge of
quarters every night in the week from
now on. to enable the men to enjoy their
new purchases
In spite of the incemency of the
weather. fifty-four men turned out for
driil last Tuesday night. The various
classes are now well filled, most of the
recruits taking up the radio work
Inc company was much disappointed
IN having to postpone horseback drill at
Fort Myer The instructor, Lieut. Mill
heh. was injured IN fall from his horse
during polo game, and will not be able
to take up our instruction for several
weeks 1t is hoped that some other officer
viii take charge. so that the men will
not lose the instruction.
The company has received some new
books on map sketching and map read
ing. and the non-commissioned officers
school will take up that branch of in
strGction along with other studies.
Reports of inspection have not yet been
received. but the company expects good
one
Recruits are being issued Khaki uni
forms. which will be replaced with olive
drao ones as soon as they can be had
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Washington "Oman'a Views of Wnr
Editor of The Washington Herald
1t was my good fortune to hear Miss
| Rebecca Shelly at the meeting Of the
Anti-war League at the Public Lii
brary. Miss Shelly has been abroad
several times. She was a member OF
the International Congress of Women
which assembled in Holland two year.
ago, also of the Ford peace pilgrim
age, and lie forceful speaker with
the kind of mind usually accredited to
statesmen. Very clearly she described
the attitude of mind of the various
people she met in Europe.
Dignitaries of several countries re-
ceived and conferred with these earn
est Americans who had world peace
at heart. Student bodies Of Norway
and Sweden eagerly welcomed and
consulted with them, proving in some
instances to be in advance on the
question of disarmament. Many young
men OF these countries are wearing a
white feather. indicating that they
will not fight and praying that they
may be strong and brave enough to
live up TO their principles should the
test come.
Conyincingly does Miss shelly af-
firm that no nation engaged in the
present war in Europe has any desire
10 invade America, but on the con-
trary, that all earnestly desire peace
for their own land and realize fully
the burden of debt which must be
carried for many generations to come
and the duty to be discharged. a.
best II may, to the thousands Of blind
and MANNED, and to the families OF
these martyrs to the mistaken judgment
and zeal OF the war lord.
Knowing the ease with which gov
eminent pensions are secured by men
who have sustained even slight in
1urtes In the various wars of the
United States II occurs to me thai
our government should engage thi.
clear thinking, wise young woman
with vision of things as they ought
to be, to travel from the Atlantic to
the Paeifc-from Canada to the south
west border to tell the people What
| she believes to be the true and ideal
preparedness" needed today in the
United States OF America.
Great responsibility is ours. may we
have wisdom and true courage.
A. l. THOMPSON.
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By l.. b. JOHNS.

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=. ~, W c"a,,at1, ,,,t,s.a on ~ az 5a,a
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e. t. ;s S,,hu,ittad - tba Socr.+ar,, for
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II me secretary gong 10 PUNISH
aiiSoooH ne may as wen get LeauS " re-
lieVe an OF the ohlcers on autH at 'he
war Ionege. Inc report oouotiess'! rep
resehts inc UNANIMOUS sentiment vi Hot
ON! tne war toiicse' put me Ge'leI
staH' ii referendum woe OF 'ne en-
tiIe army ~ tahe" II IS oouo'iuI "'e.ier
there would De dozen votes against H.
MILITARY authorities SeneralF regard the
ie,er as tne pest araHs Ls Vi 'he nay
Dill that has been mace puDllC.
Secretary Bakers letter incidently
makes clear distinction between first
line and second line troops. The first
line is composed entirely of the regular
army and its reserves. The amount OF
training for first line troops is fixed by
the standards of all OF the great military
powers The minimum training for the
European armies and Japan is two years.
This in most cases is more intense than
that of the regular army. In the Euro
pean armies the average of hours OF
training per day is from eight TO nine.
The Mexican campaign would not neces-
sarily require frst-Hnc troops. While
most of the armed forces in Mexico have
been In the field for three or four years
very few of their otticers have any knowl-
edge of military science and the discipline
OF the Mexican soldiers is not up to the
standard of any of the military powers.
For this reason not as much time Will be
extended in the training OF the recruits
for the regular army. and volunteers viii
De sent into Mexico with shorter term
OF training, In swapping It's military
policy the war College insists that pre-
pareuness means that TINS country shou'd
European powers. ms Is why the Ma
tional Guard and other troops are ciassed
" partially trained.
PENSIONS Tor ten WIDOWS OF oihcefs OF
the army ana nav! are incluued IN an
omnibus Dill which has been reported 10
the senate from the commute on rem
SONS. Under II virginia watson. "ioow
5. NJ Will receive pension OF *p per
month; Julla +. Denny wido" OF COL
Frank l.. Denny, |; 5. M. T.. Ao per
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Praise For Henry Ford.

Editor OF The Washington Herald.
In considering the great service to hu-
manity Of Nr. Henry Ford il occurs to
me that too many persons are in
capable Of understanding any one
being aCtuated by disinterested mo-
tives in any scheme for tho better
ment OF mankind. They attribute Sc
fish interest. as represented In dol
lars and cents. however benchcinent
may be the actual motive which i'm
PEELED the undertaking. ANY means
Of uplift is looked at askance, a. con
tanning some hidden sting or joker"
by which the promoter may later
profit. All this is simply because the
mass look at the matter from the ply
steal and material aspect
Henry Ford may not be conscious
of IL ALL but some invisible agency is
surely directing his footsteps That
he is kept from the forefront OF cur
rent events but indicates that some
other means will later operate in his
effort to lend a helping hand. II must
surely be obvious to all clear think
ers that mans ultimate destiny cannot
be affected by lack OF the temporary
possession of a few pieces Of our pres
emit medium of exchange. stocks. bonds
or real estate
While much money is not requisite
for human happiness, IL does properly
applied, however. aid much in human
itsrian and philsnthropic projects. but
woe to it's possessor who does not
sense all this in much the manner as
has he who is the subject Of THE
note.
1t may occur TO some that the seem.
ing non-conformity OF the views here
in contained is because the writer has
not been invited 10 the banquet" in
this life and that all OF the foregoing
may be dismissed as a matter Of sour
grapes. II he has not been able TO
reach the topmost fruits OF ilIumina-
tion, they have been handed down to
him and they are found TO be OF
surprising sweetness.
ALFRED GUY.
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cities here that are today as sound as
! they ever were and are known TO have
been In these temples for at least eco.
| years.
| A hot climate is required for heneauer
and a well-cultiyated limestone soil. In
f.. Yucatan both soil and temperature are
| ideal for the henequen growing. The
whole country is limestone. with a very
| thin soil on top Of 1t. Attempts have
been made to raise benequen in Cuba, but
| the leaves proved useless. The plants
| thrived and the leaves looked to be OF
the very best quality, large and thick
But when they were put through the mil
| there was a grievous disappointment
They were all pulp and no fiber The soil
was too rich and deep and the rainfall
| too continuous. Henequen demands o
| thin soil and long, absolutely dry sea
| Son to develop the fiber in the leaves.
| Yucatan is the native place Of the
henequen plant. and 1t is found growing
wild all over the whole peninsula. It's
not the wild henequen, however, that Is
| gathered for market, but the cultivated
kind which has been developed.
The plants are propagated chiefly from
| suckers growing from root stalks, which
are set out in rows and require constant
cultivation. 1t takes seven years for a
plant to get big enough to begin cutting
| from. Only the outer leaves are cut,
which grow out almost horizontally. The
dozen or so smaller inner leaves are left
! TO develop and grow out to the harvest
ing stage.
A Vegetable Gold Mine.
From the time Of the first cutting hene-
quen farming is a cinch and a gold mine.
All that is necessary to be done Is TO
clear out the weeds between the rows
twice a year so the plants won't be
choked in their growth. and to cut the
leaves as fast as they get big enough.
There is no bother Of planting a crop
each season. for a henequen plant will
bear for from twenty to thirty years be-
fore II runs out and sends up a long
stalk fifteen feet high with knobby lit
tie blossoms on IL, which indicates its
approaching death. So it's only neces-
sary to plant a crop once in twenty
years and there is continual harvest.
Best Paying of Crops.
That's where the profit comes in and
makes henequen farming the most lucra-
tive branch of agriculture in the whole
world. SO well does 1t pay that the people
of Yucatan do not pay much attention
to anything else. Corn and sugar cane
and potatoes grow here very we'll, but
henequen pays so much better that they
import most of the corn--which is the
staple article of food for man and beast
here-from the United States, while you
find abundant sugar mills scattered all
over the land. and former cane and maize
fields now turned into heneQuen planta-
tions.
The value of the crop to the country
may be gathered from the fact that they
export s25.000.0O0 worth of henequen each
year from Yucatsn alone. This great
crop was formerly controlled and mo-
nopolized by an American trust 1t is
now controlled by the Mexican govern
ment. and the American trust is it. I
am looking into the merits of the ca sc
and will write the exact facts later on.
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The WAITING CAME.

The WAITING GAME.
Once | waited, waited waited for the call of Mr.
Chance
Until rusty grew my saber, and all blunted was
my lance.
Fer the knock upon my portal, and the tap upon
my pane,
l awaited and awaited, and my waiting was in
vain.
Then sseary of my vigil went out upon the way
There were chances marching by me in mar
Vicious array,
And altho' I'd missed ten thousand there were
tens OF thousands more
just parading, and parading, and parsding past
the door.
There were chances by the million; chances big
and chances small;
Chances fat, and chances slender, chances shriv-
eled, chances tall,
That hadn't even dreamed of till | took myself
IN hand
And instead of merely waiting went outside and
joined the band.
Copyright IslsJ
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Uncle Sam seems to have been forced into
a-position in which he is expected to apologize
every time any one steps on his toes The La
Toilette resolution which the Senate so heedlessy
and hastily adopted is unnecessary and rather
abjeet explanation that the United States means
no ofense when il undertakes to punish the in
vaders OF its territory and the murdercrs OF its
citizens
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Sunday Meetings in schools.

Editor of The Washington Herald: To
open the school buildings on Sunday to
neighborhood forums seems justifable at
first blush, but on deeper thought a
doubtful experiment. In some places Il
might be very beneficial and helpful to a
community. In most places II would
surely open the foodsates Of secular
extremists and all the free lance crsnks
to air their egotism in trying TO break
down the well established fundamentals
OF civilization that are too restraining
for them. II is an old saying: "One
good mother is worth a hundred school,
masters" and II is apropos 70 say the
good we have now in our established cvs-
toms of civilization is too sacred TO be
imperilled by what might be the result
OF such Sunday discussions.
The writer lived more than half his
life where the Sabbath day was most
drasticsily observed. Everything was
directed to religious and holy ends The
active agents Of the churches felt il duty
well done 70 be energetic in good works
and to the inactive Il was a day OF rest
] never felt II irksome and 70 this later
day in life. confess my faith in that
oid-time Observance Of the sabbath is
hrmer and not weaker in its influence
over my character. Let US by all means
be for light, but let US be very sure il
is the true and right kind of light
ELIJAH E. KNOTT.
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The AnRlophobe Again.

Editor OF The Washington Herald
Some weeks ago, in a notice Of the per-
formances OF the Washington Anglo
phobe. II was stated I'm your valuable
Journal that the Anslophobe could not
even keep its Anglophobia out Of its
headlines. Another remarkable instance
Of this obsession has just occurred. The
Anglophobe has a department entitled
News from the Front Told in Condensed
Form for the Busy Reader" in which,
under the subhesding OF "Constsntino-
pie" appears the announcement: British
losses in recent battle at FeIshie. s 900
men A British defeat near Alden is re-
ported" This concentrated poison for
the busy reader is administered I'M
diluted. But in another column, for its
more leisurely readers. the same news is
blazoned in even larger type and the
slaughter increased: British twice
beaten. Driven back in Alden district.
Constantinople claims. Felshie loss put
At 5000" Then. in smaller type is a
statement that "the English censor, how
ever. denies Turkish statement and saws
only five were killed in Yemen scouting
where Turks declared great numbers
were slain"
Finally. at the foot Of a long statement
the reader. who has been duly hypnotized
with the faring headline British Twice
Beaten" is informed. IL he pays any fur
ther attention, that the Turkish official
communication received here today was
passed by the British censor only on con-
dition that the following not be pub
lished at the same time:
The operations on the Yemen front
referred to were in the nature of a
reconnaissance to ascertain the
strength of the Turkish forces about
Subar and Waht, which was success
fully accomplished. The British cas-
ualties were five men killed and thirty
FIVE wounded"
Eth, mither. mither." cried little
Johnnie, our garden s fu O. crsws-
there s thousands o. them ''Thoos-
ands, Johnnie7" 'Weel mither, as
sure 5 daith. there q three"
OF course. the point is in the un-
qualified Misrepresentation to the
Busy Reader" and in the display
lines and the first impression Of the
other column.
FREEDOM OF THE SEAS"
March IA, 1915