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Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
ANOTHER CHINESE PUZZLE.
American Board Urged TO Supervise
Many Schools in Shansi-

is China repulic or a monarchy"
May be one OF the international rid
dies today; but it isn't the one that Is
exciting the bunch of Americans
whose headquarters are IN Fenchow,
the leading city of shansi district,
North China Their special conUn-
drum is how to take advantage Of the
countless opportunities for helDfulnes5
which face them and especially how
to furnish direct Christian supervision
for the great number OF village schools
which are turning to the American
boards mi-gicn for clis service A
year or more ago the district magZ5-
trates OF Shansi proposed an arrange
ment whereby the mission should CO.
operate with the government in build
ing up 2 modern public school sys-
tenn and the board sent out Mr. Frank
3. Warner, an Amherst graduate and
experienced teacher, to supervise tine
lower schools in connection with this
government offer.
In one county in tho Shansi dis
trict III. Warner reports that more
than n hundred villages, in addition "a
those already connected with the mis-
sion, have sent delegations asking FOL
mission supervision for their schools;
eight other counties in the Fen
chowfu field are equally open to sucf
| influence.
NAM villages would furnish en-.
| tire support COR their schools: other:
would need n small grant In aid from
| the mission for time; while Others
would have to havc Il teacher paid b!
the mission till they got educated VI
/ to self-support.
| Mr.. Warner in 1otting forth the SIT
uation says thatN the great problem i
/ to find educated teachers and suit
/ able supervisors. The authority II
| the schools rests between the mission
! and the community. The nomina
| supervision Of the County Commits
| sioners Of Education being only al
| inspectorship which has proved help
/ full to the mission in that II has slim
| uiated teachers and villages and S7Vel
/ the schools government prestige.
| In China all the lower schools kee'
| all the year. Each year summe
| school for teachers is held at Fen
chow and every teacher must atten
il, a substitute being sent to take hi
4 place meantime. II is in these sum
mer schools that teachers and would
be teachers get the training which en-
ables them 10 respond to the mission
suggestions: and IL Is to these school
that the mission looks for likely ma
terial for supervisors OF groups {
schools. But II IS to America and {
their home churches that these Amer
lean young people are looking 10
more trained leaders for these ambi
tious Chinese and for the money [
help them get under way in their ed
vocational careers.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
Sc is being made Of such as they

use is being made Of such as they
have.
In practice some long flights have
been made by officers Of the corps. but
when put to the actual test OF carry
ing General Pershing's message from
his headquarters to General Funston
at the border a new record was es-
tablished by Lieuts. Gorrell and De-
ruge who covered the $50 miles in
four hours. 1t was demonstration
not only of what It is possible to do
but of the extreme value which the
aerop1anes are to the military service
This is of course only a part of the
service which the aviators have been
providing with their present equip
ment, and It demonstrates, If it was
necessary for It to be demonstrated to
our own country after the lessons
taught in Europe, that there ought
not to be any further neglect of this
branch of the national defense.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
NEeLEcTTT NO LONGER.

From the time that the United States
troops crossed the border into Mexico.
or even from the time that It was
known that they would go across, 1t
was recognized, aside from the seri-
BUSINESS Of the errand upon which they
were going, that it was going to pro-
vide some of the best training that
they could possibly receive. This was
particularly true of some Of the
branches of the military serFice which
have not been as highly :deVelcped as
others such as the aviation corps for
instance. ,,.2ss.sci
Those in that branch Of the army
had experienced no actual service, and
the meager equipment provided for
them made. it almost a*joke from the
start since they lacked the necessities
I'm large and high powered machines
were even handicapped by the
small number of those available, but
Il has been made evident that good
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
Stories of the War
Officers Haranaus the Troops.

An ancient institution that has been
put to use with certain notifications
in the present war is the harangue CT
French officers to the troops. In the
days when the general-in-chief of an
the lines and talk personally to the
soldiers, his address was considered
quite as useful as the preachers SER
mon or the lawyers pleading. Even
in Napoleon's time the generals har-
angue had been transformed into a
proclamation or order of the day by
reason of the impossibility for the
general-in-c chief to come into con-
tact with men spread over consider
able fronts.
Napoleon's manifestos were pla-
carded around all the bivouacs. Points
of resemblance to them have been
picked out of some of Joffre's orders OF
before the Battle of the Marine in
which he declared that troops thai
could not gain further ground should
hold their position at whatever cost
and die upon the spot rather thar
give way" is compared to the procla.
nation issued by Napoleon at the
opening of the Belgian campaign il
1915 in which he said: For every
FTenchman who has a heart, the mo
ment has come to vanquish or perish
Again Jotfre'S proclamation to tbs
Alsacians after the French had recon
quered a considerable portion of TIT
lost province is compared to Napo
Icons declaration TO the italian people
Our return Is final, you are Frencl
for ever more; France brings you
with the liberties that she has Away
represented, respect for your liberty
the liberty of Alsacians, the respec
for the traditions of your convictions
| of your customs. I represent France
| you are Alsace. ] bring you the EN-
brace of the French people," SAT-
Joffre. Napoleon said to the Italians
| People of Italy, the French Army ha
| come to break your chains. TIL
! French people is the friend of a
people. Receive them with confidence
your property, your religion and you
! customs shall be respected"
Since the transformation Of tn
| generals harangue into a proclama
! ton, ii is generally the colonel or tn
captain upon whom devolyes the re
| sponsibility of haranguing the soldier
| in person. The colonel of a regimen
during the retreat OF Charleroi foun
II expedient to raise the spirits of hi
| men, somewhat demoralized by con
| tinued orders to retreat. Haiti Erect
he ordered. The command was re
peated all along the line, and the en-
tire regiment was on it's feet. "Sol
| diers," the Colonel shouted, ito retiI
IS not to fee, 1t ia necessary TO /
able to run ahead when one has II
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

enemy behind. Everybody attention.
Fix bayonets! Carry armsi" The
regiment under the orders OF the Col
oneI went through the entire manual
of arms under the FIRE OF the enemy.
The ha-angues OF regimental officers
to their men IN this war have only in
rare instances come TO the knowledge
OF the general public. Perhaps they
have been preserved as were those OF
Caesar and Napoleon to enrich the
military history OF the epoch, but thus
far those that have become known are
the proclamation in orders Of gener-
ais, about the most conspicuous of
which was the famous proclamation Of
General Gallieni. II have received
orders 70 defend Paris against the in
vade-. That mission I shall I'LL to the
very end"
After the engagement OF Montmirail,
General Franchet d'Esperey proclaim
ed to his men: Soldiers, on the me
morabie field OF battle OF Montreal. OF
Nouckaufps and OF ChamDaubert
which a century ago were witnesses
of the Victories of our ancestors over
the Prussians under Butcher. our Wig
oroUs resistance has triumphed over
the persistence OF the Germans Pur-
sued upon mis- TANKS his center broE-
| On, the enemy is in retreat towards the
| East and the North by forced march
es. The most redoubteable army crops
| Of Old Prussia, the contingents OF
| Westphalia, OF Hanover, of Bran6en-
| burg have retired in haste before us
| This first success is only a prelude
/ The enemy is shaken but is not de-
| cIslvely beaten. You shall have still
| great fatigues to support, long march
/ es TO make and rule battles to night
| Let the image OF your Fatherlapd sui
/ lied by barbarians be always before
| your eyes, Never has IL been more
necessary to sacrifice all to il. Sa-
I lutiuR the heroes that have fallen in
| the last action Of these recent days
my thoughts go towards the victors II
the next battle. Forward, soldiers
| for FranceI"
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
PREPAREDNESS AND PRoTEc-
TON,

In his address before the state re-
publican convention Senator Mclean
declared that preparedness and pro-
lection should play an important part
in the coming presidential campaign.
ALMOST at the same time Senator
Harding of Ohio, who is to deliver
the keynote speech Of the national re-
publican convention, in speaking be-
fore the HaHer<on club at Chicago
emphasized the Importance Of the tar
iff as an issue in the coming cam
paign, and the close interrelation be-
tween the tariff and preparedness.
It cannot help being realized, as the
latter pointed out, that there must be
industrial as well as military pre-
paredness and 1t can be appreciated
that sound tariff policy is necessary
in any plan for industrial prepared
ness. 1t is a question of protecting
and encouraging American industry
as well as Of providing revenue. 1t
has been clearly demonstrated in the
past two years that a serious mistake
was made in slashing the tariff. There
has been a reduction in revenue to the
extent that federal taxation has had
to be resorted to, and even now the
federal income is not sufficient to
meet the requirements of the nation.
It has likewise been shown how de-
pendent the industry of the country is
| upon guarding it against the cheap
| labor conditions of foreign countries.
The boom which has been created
| by the war is bound to be regulated
| entirely by that and the future sound
| ness of business in this country after
| peace is declared is bound to rest up
| on the manner in which preparation
| is made to protect it. Preparedness
| in the military sense must therefore
| be matched by an equally strone
stand in behalf of protection if the
| country's industrial interests are tc
be properly served, and peace au6
prosperity assured.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

TO get better and en- now well. am
stout and able to do my own Homework
/ can recommend the Vegetable Gem
pound to any woman who is sick and
run down as a wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says Z
would have been in my grave ere this.
If it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs. BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON, 7O3 Lyon St, Des Moines, Iowa.
Before submitting to surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write to the Lydia e. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, fox
advice-it viii be confidential
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS.

The death Of Richard Harding Davis,
a man vet in his prime and with great
possibilities before him, is naturally
the cause for widespread regret. He
was a writer of ability who had dis
played his literary talents in a va
riety of ways. He did not confine
himself to ono channel alone for his
work as a newspaper man only led
him into larger fields where his sue
cess was equally great He possessed
a power of description which with his
versatility took him in many directions
and whether he was the foreign rep
resentative of some of the largest
newspapers in the world, whether he
was covering some Of the big wars OF
recent years, whether it was his nov
els or his plays which were being
judged. it is evident that his writings
made an extensive appeal.
His life was one of achievement in
q direction where his interest and en-
thusiasm lay. He was an interesting
writer and 1t made little difference
whether he was picturing in words
some large battle, telling the story OF
dog as in The Bar Sinister, relatine
the experiences of himself or others
in the newspaper business, or settins
forth the features of some coronation
he had a good story to tell and he told
1t in an entertaining manner.
He came naturally by his gift sincs
his was a literary family. His fathe,
was for long time editor of a lead.
ing Philadelphia newspaper and hi.
mother was widely known through hel
books and magazine articles. HI
profited by his early training and HI
made good and it is unfortunate tina
his work should have been concluded
when there was so much of promis,
| before him.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
Tax on Theatsr Tickets.

A tax equal to the price Of admis-
sion on all theatre tickets is proposed
by a law just introduced in the French
Chamber of Deputies. This proposed
tax is independent OF the present tax
imposed for the benefit Of charities
and il is proposed that II be levied in
the form of stamps that the directors
of theatres will be required to paste
upon all tickets Of admission. Moth
ing in the way OF distraction or
amusement to which admission is
charged is exempted in this law, ex-
cepting when the entire receipts are
donated to charitable enterprises.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
SURVEY OF EFFECTS OF
A DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE.
Caused Some Extensive Geographical
Changes in India.

Calcutta India April The first
scientific survey Of the effects of the
destructive earthquake which had it's
center in Russian Turkestan in 1910
has just been completed by a party
under the leadership Of DR.. Aurel
Stein. The quake produced some very
extensive geographical changes, and is
believed by many TO have been the
most violent seismic disturbance which
has occurred in several centuries.
At one point the fall Of a whole
mountain completed, blocked the Bar
tang river, converting the SarezpmiT
gorge into an Alpine lake fifteen miles
long.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

pastorate of the University church,
Dean Brown has no intention of alt
ering the present custom by which a
large number of representatives of the
religious life of America present their
messages to the student body. The
University pulpit will continue to be
occupied, for the most part, as at
present 1t is expected that Dean
Brown will enter on his duties with
tho opening of the autumn term. Soon
after its beginning, the University
church will hold a service Of installa-
ton, the details of which have not yet
been arranged. He will then be for
mally welcomed to the new relation
ship, the prospect Of which now gives
general satisfaction.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
VIII Head the List.

Mr.. Bryan says that 1000 years
from now his name will be in history.
We are not sure about history. but IL
there are any joke books at that time
L will still be in print.-MacOn Tele-
graph.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

spent The doctors
stated that / would
never get well with
out an operation
and that without il
! would not live one
year. LILY husband
objected TO any
operation and gcs
me some Of Lydia {.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.Ito took
il and commenced
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

According to decision reached at a
recent meeting of the advisory COM
mittee of the University Track Asso-
citation, it was decided that hereafter
this committee will supervise all track
matters including the Yale-Harvard
dual meet. At the same time changes
in some OF the rulings of the Yale
Harvard, and Yale-PrinCeton dual
track agreements were proposed;
these changes advocate the adoption
of Intercollegiate Athletic Association
regulations, instead of dual meet reg
ulations, as TO the measurement Of the
track and the specifications for the
starting signals, and for the shot and
hammer. The proposed changes have
been sent to the Harvard and Prince
ton track associations for approval.
Formerly the supervision of the Har-
vard-Yale dual meet was under the
direction of the University Track Ath-
letic Cup Committee. The commit
tee representing Yale have all agreed
to this change, realizing that the SUI
pervision Of the Harvard Tale meet
should come under the direction of
those men who are most actively
connected with track.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

Even though, it is a little chilly,
those who have been deprived Of the
change which is afforded by ths> cuI-
tivation of a garden are responding to
the appeal Of spring.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

The only reason that Congressman
Gardner finds for opposing Justice
Hughes are his whiskers. and his op-
position to the race track, and If it
was really known it would probably
prove to he envy rather than non ap-
prevail
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

The philosophical fisherman appre-
iciates the fact that every day the trip
has to be postponed so much addi-
uonal can be figured on the weight of
the fish to come.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

iris Speaker has been sold for $780,
600, but the price which baseball play
ers command nowadays is puny in
comparison with the salaries Of the
movie stars
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

With the increase in the cost of liv-
ing, there is cause for qualification
that wages are also moving in that
direction.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
Those to Fear,

Those congressman who want to
warn Americans abroad ought them
selves to be getting some warnings
| from Americans back home."-
Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

1t hasn't been necessary for any of
the other beiligerent nations except
Germany to declare that it is not
going to attempt an invasion Of the
United States.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

1t doesn't require many March-April
days to create an insistent demand
for the return of the water wagon.
until it is time to bring forth the OIL
ing machine.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

If Villa were only alive now he would
have a chance to pattern after Ger
man diplomacy and declare that he
knows nothing about the massacre at
Columbus
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

There Is no wonder that surprise is
expressed that the Colonel refuses to
talk or be interviewed. 1t passeth all
understanding.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

ten to two for acquitting all. Then
one of the two negatives offered to
vote for acquittal IL the other would.
and he refused. In other words, a
single juryman stood in the way of
complete acquittal. 1t is mortifying
and expensive for these four men to
have to be retired, II that happens, but
even that event is doubtful--Hartford
Courant.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

The baseball diamond must now be
relied upon to make up for any lack
Of excitement on the battlefronts,
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

The man on the corner says: There
are very few who mistake an attack
OF indigestion for a new emotion.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

THERE N No adverTsEIaE medium II
Eastern Connection. equal TO The Bul~
tsIIn for 5usI==Ss results
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14
OTHER VIEW POINTS

These should be instituted a system
attic campaign as soon as possible look
ing toward a general cleanup. The
health department is already on the
job and by a thorough and systematic
inspection of the worst spots can do
voluntarily undertaken. Much can be
accomplished by individual work, each
citizen holding himself responsible for
the speedy cleaning up of eyesores
about his property, which have come
into being during the winter months.
be attacked and carted off to the
dumping grounds. Yards and cellars
can be cleaned of the dusty accumula-
tons of the season. Flower beds can
be laid out, hedges trimmed, lawns
cared for and other improvements
made both from motives of self re-
Spect as well as from civic obligation.
-Ansonia Sentinel.
Miss Marriott, professor of home eco
nomics of Wisconsin university, says
that plans to train good husbands are
lacking; that the present crop is of
poor variety. They lack interest in
home and shirk their share of respon-
sibilities. That is a pretty just indict-
ment. The growing influence of the
lobby, the club, of sport is diminishing
mans devotion to his home. There
are many men who have fine homes,
intelligent wives and interesting chill
dren who give ten times the attention
to the crowd downtown that they do
to these. 1t is one of the perils Of the
times, one of the triumphs of materi-
alism. Surely there should be some
way to train husbands; but doesn't
the admission imply that something is
the matter with the home, and that
the wife may be little at fault? There
are many fine husbands, but they owe
| that fact principally to their having
fine, thoughtful wives. But better hus-
bands are really in great demand, as
the professor suggests.-Torringtor
Register.
] A Washington dispatch says thai
| the department Of justice in that city
has ordered a new trial for the foul
| New Haven directors who lacked
one vote of acquittal at the previous
date is fixed. This is just what hai
been, declared many times before
| When the government was so humil
iatingly defeated at the previous tria
it was at once announced that a new
trial had been ordered. The time wal
set for early June. The only new
! thing about this piece of news" Il
that there is no date. It might as cas-
lily be read that the proposed trial II
June had been indefinitely postponet
as that any trial had been ordered.
is worth the while to go over tn
facts. No director pocketed the none.
that was so unhappily lost in ''NeT
Haven" management. 1t was not
footing expedition-nothing of the sort
Then came the trial and all but fou
directors were acquitted after a lonl
hearing, into which all sorts Of irrele
want evidence made it's way. Befor
} the Jury gave their verdict they stoot
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-04-14

European beIligerent nations that
are uring economy might practice a
little themselves by employing New
York gunner to aid in the work OF
wiping each other off the face of the
earth. According to 4 confession by
one Of the New York thugs. murder
prices have dropped to $50. They
used to be 800. Statisticians have
figured it out that It costs $4,000 TO
kill a man in war. We hope that
there will be an immediate demand by
Europe for all the gunner in this
country.-Ha-tford Post.
The Boy Scout movement is one OF
the great movements OF the world.
The late Curtis Gould, so remarkably
successful as ambassador to St. Pc
tersburg, was asked what he talked
about with the car at his farewell
audience. He replied succinctly: The
Boy Scout movement" Such a fact
proves, if anything is needed to prove
it, the place in which this Roy Scout
movement is held all over the world.
Why? Because il contributes TO the
needed. q body Of trained young men,
disciplined young men, young men
who appreciate the duties, obliga-
tions and sacrifices of citizenship, no
less than its privileges. 1t may be
said without possibility of cont ldic-
ton that If three fourths Of the young
men of any country were enlisted In
the Boy Scout movement that coun-
| try would be ready for almost any
mergency.-Waterbury American.