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10 stake everything for au .dea. and
that idea was not eNpedien,y. but JUS
ticc. And the infinite difficulty of pub
lie affairs, gentlemen, Is not TO discover
the signs of the heavens and the direc-
iions Of the wind. but tn square the
things you do 10y The not simple but
complicated standards of justice.
Justice has nothing to do with ex-
pedicncy. Justice has nothing to do with
any temporary standard whatever. Il IL
rooted and grounded I'm the Fundamental
instincts of humanity.
America ought to keep out Of this
war. She ought to keep out OF this war
at the sacrifice Of every thing except th,,
single thing upon which her charac;c
and history arr founded. her sense OF hu-
manity and justice. II she sacrifices
that she has ceased to he America she
has ceased 10 entertain and to love the
traditions which have made us proud
to he Americans and when we go about
seeking safety at the expense Of hu-
manity then /. FOR one. will believe that
I have always been mistaken in what
| have conceived 10 he the spirit OF
, American history.
>ianposts for Guidance.
you never can tell your direction .N'
cept by long measurements. You can
not establish a line by two posts YOU
have got to have three at least to know
| whether they are straight with anything
and the longer your line the more Ger
| tain your measurement There is oni,
, one way In which to determine how tn,
future Of the United states is going tt
be projected and that is by looking bach
and seeing which way the lines RAJ
! which led up 20 the present moment o
power and of opportunity.
! There is no doubt about that Their
, is un question what the roll ~ honor II
| Aueric, ls The roll of honor consists %
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Hord~r OMcinl Dies "f T.phu..

EI. PAso. Feb. 27.-Morris Buttncr,
Immigration Inspector for the United
States on the international Bridge, no
tween El Paso and Juarez. died this eve-
ming OF typhus after an illness of three
days.
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PRINCIPLE IS MY GUIDE---
NOT EXPERIMENTATION
America Ought to Keep Out of This War at Sacri-
flee of Everything Except Her Sense of
Humanity and Justice.

NAsiiiN1roN. Feb. ., President Will
son told members of the iridiron club
and ia guests a; the annual dinner OF
ne Organization last night that violation
"t the essential traditions OF America
would be the only Justification for the
Cni'ed states entering the Europea.. war.
The President spok. in ,he protection
OF the clubs confidence, which has
sh.efled many remarkable utterances by
public men in the past. but last nights
speech was given out At the White
House. both President Wilson and the
cub having consented TO It's publication.
America ought to Keep ont OF this
war said ;hc President she ought ~
keep out of this war at tine sacrifice OF
everything except this single thing upon
which he. character and history are
founded. her sense of humanity and jus
,ice
'1f she sacrifices that SO has ceased
to he America she has ceased TO enter
tain and TO love the traditions which
have made us proud to bc Americans
and when We go about seeking safety al
the expense of humanity then for one
VIII believe that nave been mistaken
in what I have conceived TO he the spirit
o. American history
President Wilson evidently hdd the
recent revolt IN Congress against his
foreign policy N mind wh"n We made ,his
observation
Il would y grea; deal rattle" know
! what they are talking about around auie,
, firrsides all over this country than wha
, they are talking aoout IN the cloakroom'
, o. Congress
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wAsrrNGToH. Feb. o,-Count Won
Bernstcrr received from his Government
to-day an outline of Germany's position
'egarding her announced intention OF
torpedoing all armed enemy ships with
out warming after February 90
THIS outline he viii prescn. 10 Secre.
tary OF State Lansing within the next
two days. He will arrauee for an APP
pontment as soon he has received
certain additional data being sen, from
Berlin.
A. hitherto forecast. the memorandum
received to-day may open the way for a
discussion of the whole question of the
distinction between merchant ships
armed for defence and those armed for
fence. but contrary to expectations OF
,he state Department and the embassy
in- communication does not offer to sus-
pend the operation OF the new submarine
campaign pending this discussion.
Tho campaign will begin AS scheduled
N9 March | unless the Entente Powers
eve solemn assurances that the guns on
their merchantmen will not be used Of
'"nSively against submarines. All per-
sons. whether American or OF other ma
'oruity. who travel on armed ships be-
longing to any OF the countries now at
war with Germany will do so AT their
perl
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Retire IL Perfect order.

Very little IN IN" way Of details leaks
out beyond In. official statements. OIL
GERS say that the night retirement from
III. advanced positions at Bribant and
Haumont was admirably carried out and
only the men in a few advanced posts
were left behind The French regiments
and artillery withdrew "a the new posi-
tions IN perfect order.
9TH. daily war review issued in Paris
or sunday says
The German wireless announced the
capture of champn"uvillc on Friday.
To-day chnnpn.uvilie is still IN the
hands OF the French. on the same day
the German wireless announced 10000
French prisoners. The total number of
French prisoners taken since the opening
Of the action Is hardly half that. The
Wolf Agency on Saturday announced
"'rhe armor.d Fort Douaumont. the
northeast pillar OF AN angle in the prin-
c'pal line Of the permanent fortifications.
Vas captured by assault on Friday after
uoou 10y Braudoj burg infantry and is
firmly IN the hands Of the Germans.
Fort pouaumout i. by no means so i'm
portant as the Germans make out II
was dismautlcd IN the first months of the
war. y contains rrlth,r a gun nor "A sim
gle iHfantrymau Jud Il H. so far from
being strongly held hv the Germdns'
that the French to-day are beyond the
fort
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II, ,oneroI senator Thompson will base
his attack on the two mon ON an aSNer-
lion that his committee has Developed
facts In connection with public service
,nruorniious operating under the iuris-
dic,lou Of the commission WNi'h prove
that the public has been unfairly dealt
with that both Mr. Whitney ana Mr..
Uervey were IN u position TO know ~
,bose facts before tn" leg slativc COM
mitter brought them 10 light ana "
they did not know of these matters they
proyed their incomprtcnCy whli" II th"y
lid know OF them their failure to cE-
nose them 10 public view shows that Mr..
whitney and Mr. iiervcy are not worthy
of n place on the commission.
Senator Thompson said that Mr. Whit
rey's affidavit IN connection with the
attpnpt TO obtain an injunction prevent
ir,, the Public Service Commission from
approying plans for third tracking Full
ION street, Brooklyn. was serious mat
tor and tina, lie Roy r. Hardness, coun-
sci to the commission. would also have
some explaining to do, ON January IL
last Mr. Whitney mad" an affidavit that
IN. New York Municipal Railways had
not before the commission any plans for
third tracking Fulton street while SEN
etor Lawson has charged that the com
many filed plans three days before, hut
tina, when the application came up the
p,ans were hastily withdrawn and other
older plans substituted.
"Nr whitney was correct in his affi-
dayit" said Senator Thompson, but
only technically correct and II an orl-
cial IL going 10 stand on tcchnlcalities
TO assist the corporations I can't stand
for it and I don't think the public can
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Ausw~r to Criticisms.

President Wilson's speech wa. r-
garded as an answer 10 criticisms by
Senators and Representative" that his
present negotiations with Germany
might pluug. the country INTO war.
MIR. wilson was fiepucn.l.' 'heercd in
til. course OF his address aud received
an ovation az he took his seat. being
obliged to arise and bow his acknowl-
cdemcnts.
There was one feature ~ She Presi-
dents sspcech that was obviously IN
tended as an explanation of the cN-
preston TOO proud to fight. which was
embodied I'm 3D. address made by Mr..
Wilson IN rh lelphia a few days after
tho sinking q hs L.usitania. This ex-
planation OF too proud ~ fight came
n. the close of the address last night.
"valor il self-re,p.c,lns" said the
President. "Naior is circumspert. Nalor
strikes ou,y when il IL righ, to
strike. Nalur wi;hholds itself from AL
small complications aud cntanglem.nts
aud waits fog The great opportunity
wheu :he -wori will lash ~ /; Il ear
RED the light OF heaven upon it's blade.
This is the first lime in the history
Of the Gridiron Club which has been
living dinners for moro than thirty
Years, tina. "a speech delivered under its
auspices has beeu given to the public.
The clubs diInerS aye conducted unuer
u lul. that reporters are never pres
.n'" The Presidents speech III this
instance was made public a. u result Vi
.equests made by many who attended
the dinner
The copy OF the speech given OF. ai
the White House was prefaccd with the
statement
so many requests from those az
tending the dinner that the following
address lie published have been received
at the White House that both the PTes.'
dent aud the Gridiron club have con-
scented to its publication.
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i.oSDoN. FEB. .S.---Thc Paris CORE
sunday. says:
Since yesterday the Germans have
made no progress al Nerduu. They have
been brought to standstiil by the
French ON their second lire positions
running from champncuvllls. III "a n.afshy
loop Of the Meusc. TO BezOnv,uA. ON
the edge Of the Wo.Vre plain. The forts
of Nacherauyille and bouaumont ana
the French batteries on the surrounding
hills. with the machine guns and bayo-
nets Of the French soldiers. barred fur
ther progress toward the south.
The r!dg. OF the Meuse heights along
which the Germans are endeavoring 10
advance is scanned with ravines. which
at this time Of the year are mostly
miniature water courses. The French
trenches and batteries are placed 10 cn-
hiade these. Wounded soldiers who hav.
reached Paris say that the carnac"
among the Germans was simply terrible.
Dams of Dead Iermnns.
In many places dead Germans formed
huge dams across the ravines. impeding
the water IN its downward course 20 the
Meusc. Every now and then one of
these dams gives way and a red stream
swrls on. carrying hundreds Of corpscs
with IT,
The two key positions "u the present
French line against which the German
attack 50 lar has broken al. the cote
du Poiyre and the Bois de Nau,he. The
first hill is strongly held. and the valley
leading to u H. swept by the fine Of Fort
Nacherauville and French batteries ON
the west bank of the Meuso. The SECOND
position. which has been the objective
OF dozen assaults. and on which the
Germans are keeping ~ constant hail
of shells from mnrtars and 'i,ld pieces.
IL dominated by Fort Douaumout
During the weeks battle the French
have been rushing troops and munitions
traias night and day. The French GEN
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Forty Bodie. Recovered.

4 statement concerning the loss of l!fe
came from Dover tonight in the form
of a despatch saying that more than
forty dead from the Maloja have been
landed here
The Peninsular and Oriental Line
statement after telling of the cause, time
and scene of the disaster said.
The after part Of the ship was blown
up. There was IA high sea and the
captain. seeing that extensive damage
had been done, tried to beach the
liner. but was unsuccessful in this. the
engine room being fun of water. Tie
vessel sank in about half AN hour,
There were llo passengers on board.
who embarked in London 4 large
number were rescued from the water
aud 10y the ship's boats. b. patrol boats
and other craft.
The survivors are being landed at
Dover. Their wants are being at
tended to AT the Lord Warden Hotel
and on Il hospital ship. Almost all OF
the passengers were saved,
All of the ships boats had been
swung out ready for emergency, The
passengers fortunately had time to
mi ON life belts They had been in
struCtcd on the previous evening IN
their use. The captain reports that all
the passengers and the crew behaved
splcndidly.
| Despatchcs from Dover late tonight
! give the details of the disaster, Thu
! Maloja sank about two miles of shore
Th. explosion was heard and seen a
! Dover, and tugs and motor boats raced
promptly TO her aid, Patrol boats alss
responded speedily to the Maloja's dis
/ tress calls, Crowds ashore watched tn
rescue work. The Maloja quickly begar
IL. aipv
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MINE SINKS
P. & 0. LINER;
AT ARE LOST
MalOia. Pcrsia's Sister Ship,
Destroyed Off Dover
No Americans ON Her.
VESSEL COMING TO
RESCUE BLOWN UP
,De.,1I ,aDie beSpdi,h 10 Tnt SO

>ge,wI ,aLie besD0i,h 10 THt SUN.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE 1880 ton pas
senger steamer Maloja. one OF the newest
ships of the Peninsular and Oriental
Line, struck q mine at 10 30 this morn
ing when midway between Dover and
Fol,cstone and sank within thirty
minutes
There were ll3 passengers and crew
Of about 2oo aboard Almost all OF the
passen2ere were reported saved late to-
night. 40 americans are believed to
have been aboard
rhc Times estimates ne total number
of drowned at ii.. OF this number III
were I.asctrs Among In. dead IN Mrs.
Mcleod wife of i'rig -,;en. SIR Donald
James SIM Mcleod Mrs. Mcleod was
Mss camilla Nicholas. daughter OF
Major j Nicholas Gen. Mcleod was
also aboard the Malojd.
Wnle helping IN the rescue woik the
British steamship Empress of Fort Will
.um of 1883 tons gross struck "A mine
within half a mile of the sinking Maioia
aud immediately bpgun To settle. She
kept above Tia. water long enough To
enable the crew 20 take TO ,he boats
Then there was an explosion and she
disappeared ~ = cloud OF steam.
Dutrh Vessel DrstrOs~d.
\ thIrd yiciim q. a mine to-day was
the Dutch mailhoat MeCklenburg Pas
s.ugers and crew were saved by two
Dutch steamships. In consequence 0
the Mocklenburys shaking the service
between England aud Holland was
stopped this afternoon.
Inn f4..rA
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Nr. wilson's speech.

The text OF the speech follows
II have very little TO say to-niShi e>-
,ept to express my warm appreciation
of the invarl3. lie courtesy of this cluD
and OF the reception YOU nave so gen
erously accorded me. ! hnd ihat ! anu
seldom tempted to say anything n"wa-
days unless somebod, starts something
and tonight nobody has started any
thing. ~
Your talk. Mr.. Toas'masier. has been
a sreat deal about candidacy for the
Presidency. I, Is not new feeling on
my part, but one which 4 entertain with
"A greater intensity tnan formerly. thht
n man who seeks the Presidency or the
United States for anything that II VIII
hiring to him is an audacious fool.
The responsibilities OF III" ofic"
ought 10 sober man even before ne
a approaches II. one of the difficulties OF
,he office seldom appreciated, dare
saw. is that 1t Is very difficult to think
while so many people are talking ara
particularly while so many people are
talking IN a way that ohscures counsel
and IL entirely Off the point.
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BEFORE the senate To-nipht.

Senator Thompson will appear before
the Senate tonight to ask for extension
OF the life Of the committee He says
he doesn't expect any opposition. lie
said the big thing Tor the committee to
do Is to trace the ''commitmrnts and
obligations" disclosed through the pro
posed Stevens contract and that time is
needed.
Mr.. Whitney said yesterday that his
affidavit I'm connection with third track
ing Fulton street was correct, He said
the plans sent to the commission on
January 10 We're sent To the engineering
department AZ shop plans, which are sent
I'm often, and that he knew nothing of
them. The only plans before the com
mission were the old plans which had
been approved, he said, aud so his AMI
dayit was true. lie said that II the
new plans were such aS Senator Lawson
had described they would have gone be-
fore the commission.
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Principle, Not Expediency.

"rhe poin, in national affairs. gentle
men. never lies along the lines Of ex-
pediency. II always rests in the field or
principle. The United states was not
founded upon any principle OF expedi-
ency: It was founded upon n profound
nrinciple OF human liberty and of hu-
manity, and whenever IL bases Its policy
upon any other foundations than those
a. builds on the sand and not upon solid
rock.
at seems to me that the most en-
tightening thing Il man can do Is sug-
res.ed by something which the Vice.
President said tonight. He complained
that he found men who. when their at
tention was called TO the signs or spring,
aid not see the blue heaven. did not see
the movement OF the free clouds, did not
think OF the great spaces OF the quiet
continent. but thought only OF some I'M
mediate and pressin. piece OF busine'N
at seems to me that II YOU do not
think OF the things that lie beyond and
away from and disconnected from this
scene in which we attempt 10 think ana
conclude you will inevitably be led
astray.
II would a great. deal rather know
what they are talking about around
auiet fresides all over this country thnn
what they are talking about in the
~ would a great deal. rather know
what the men on the trains and by the
wayside and in the shops and on the
farms are thinking about and yearning
for than hear any OF the voc!ferous proc
lamations Of policy which II Is 40 easy
IN hear and 40 easy 10 read by picking
I'm any scrap OF printed paper. There Is
only one way to hear these things. an,|
,hat liz constantly to go back to the
fountains Of American action. Those
fountains are not to be found in any
recently discovered sources.
"Senator Harding was saying Just
now that we ought to try when we are
I'M O0O 600 strong to act IN the Same
simplicity Of principle that our forefath'
.rs acted in when we were 3,O0O.OOt
strong. heard somebody say do moi
,kuow the exact statistics--that the pres.
en-, population OF the United States is
1913, 900 600.
"if there are 3,OOO.O 900 thinking the
same things that that original 3.OO0.O0f
Thought the 100, 900. 900 will be saved fol
an iilustrious future. They were read,
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T., ,,-,, ,.o .,,, T.,
,..,,,d 90 ,,h,,I,",.. n.mo. "'uu"', was
r.,.i, ,' w.
~ -, ,,,,',f,,' w. az h.s 'a'."n ''"uo ,'''
s.cret,,r I,nstnn ~ ,,, u''S u.s. os
NJ I.nn.i,g -.naJ'..a ,rn,,, ,hn .",h".,., ~"
nov ,wo dncur,on,s ,n. ,a,,,nna'a,'.,,
f-o,, u.r,tn a,.''.
thaIusl,,nia 90, 80. ..s,,hs,n, ,,,a,,,. -,
an ,ha ,ar,,, ,aii 80. ~, ~" t,,t.s
States rhe o,ha, u,as ,r. con,, -, n -
.ular warning nan, an, la. .:.rn,,n, %
~ y,u,raI ro,snr,,,,s., ,tt - ~
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TIE Maloja. one Of The newest liners
u tho Mediterranean service. was bound
from London Ia bombay. She was the
sunk from u thus fir unknown cause
oil the island of crete on December 80
with the loss OF 1886 persons gu. of
4i0 on bna,d. Among those lost with
the Persia was the American Consul
10 \d.n. Robert \ey NcNeely.
\ large number Of mail sacks were
lost with the MalojI. Tho rescue Of the
majority ~ passengers H. asctibed by
the p,niusullr and Oriental Line to the
fact that only YESTERDAY the Malo1as
captain had instrirted tho passengers
IN the use of III. belts The behavior
of both passengers aud crew is Vharac-
,erizrd IN AN Official statement OF the
line a, splendid
The explosion which followed the
Maloia's collision with In" mine WAS
the sign for innumerahle Large and
small craft 10 hurry to her assistance.
Within a few minutes the sinking vessel
Was surrounded hy "A swarm of steamers.
tawlcrs. tugs lighters. boats and tor
pedn boats.
There WAS "a high sea. however. and
the rescue work was accomplished unde,
difficulties This was rendered stil
worse 10y the explosion on the Empress
o, Fort william. which divided the rescue
vessels. \ feature of the preliminary re-
ports is the assertion that there was nc
panic.
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toat,aa'd on s,coRd P00c,
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No RiRht 10 Arm.


On INC other hand. the Amba dor IL
erected 10 say, Germany's position con-
t's'eEtlN has been that merchant vessels
nave no right 10 arm, mere restrictions
"s ~ N" extent Of armament afYording
20 gJu1rtee that ships armed for de-
,eh'i'" purposes only will not he used
''f offensive purposes under certain cir
'hrstdrccS
10 '.ls connection attention is called
20 m" '"mmun!ction OF the German For
"e" b'ire Of october Is, 1914. to the
Nh'"rhn Government, Transmitted
'"'"lr0 Ambassador Gerard at Berlin
Pp'r-' H. against permission being
S''r'd uy the United States for the
aiming of merchantmen of a belligerent
.o'Hl' "lrArinp from any OF its ports
q p..Ha,c ship.
IL pUnrt of the German contention
I"d' ~. character Of armament on n1er-
'"t'' ''-',ls does not insure lts use
n'r''' iug defence. Ambassador Won
o'' 1T = directed to lay before See
a. I.al~.ug two sets Of evidence.
Tie h.-r iurlud"s alleged circumstances
'"'. 'wCp'y i've cages investigated
H ..' G' man authorities showing where
t'"r. merchantmen have used theil
t0thyJ,d o, s,,OuH PAGE
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Continued on Second Page.
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THE WEATHER FORECAST.

Fair to-day and probably ,to-n1errow;
rising temperatts ss1
Highest temperature yesterd ~: II Nat. 40.
Deta led weather. mail and yeports page IL.
MsG -
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-10-20

one or more individuals at time,
Just how and when and in what
language they have defended those
who were wasting the public money,
and will exhibit copies of The OPP
timist on our bulletin board at The
Republican office to prove it.
That Missing Instrument
Mr.. Christensen in now candidate
for the office of county surveyor on
the Republican ticket, and people will
want to know why he kept that in
strument so long, and why he showed
so much resentment when asked to
return it to the county. Also, the
people would like to know at this
time whether or not he ever did re-
turn it, and whether or not he would
ever have confessed that he had any
of the county property at all il we
had kept still about it.
Dooley's Predicament
Since The Optimist abused Editor
Trego so profusely in a case where
our charge was admitted to be true,
we will ask it's editor to give its
readers a sample of the brand OF
abuse it would have published II we
had been mistaken in our charges.
We suggest that it tell it's readers
once more it's old, old story of the
Trego case, There might be some
version of it that has been overlooked
by the busy-bodies who invented it,
that would do to print again to divert
peoples attention away from Mr..
Christensen and others of his kind
at this time. We shall have more
to say of Mr.. Christensen's unlawful
attempts to transfer money from the
public treasury to his own use. and
will give the dates and items just as
soon as The Optimist replies to the
misconduct cited in this chapter.
Sneak up Mr.. Dooley!