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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
THE STARVATION OF POLAND

II civilization makes up the bal
ance sheet, at the end of this war,
from which shall be determined by
whom and in what amounts indemni-
ties shall be paid, it is reasonable to
assume that somebody will make
good the expenditures in behalf of
keeping starvation away from popu-
lations such as Belgium's, Serbia's,
Poland's, and that of the northern
provinces of France.
The conGueror is presumed under
the old laws of war to attend to this
duty. In the present war the con-
queror has been so intent on con-
quest that he has neglected the duty.
He has taken from his victims very
largely of their food production, and
practically everything of the indus
trial equipment. Instead of supply
ing the deficit he has increased it.
Belgium has been permitted to re-
ceive aid from the outside world
the allies have passed supplies
through their blockade, and the Ger
mans have permitted it to reach the
Belgian civilians, in some part; but
on the other hand the Germans have
deliberately taken away from the
Belgians much of their own produc-
ton, and more of their capacity ia
produce.
Poland now comes forward, pre-.
senting an even more sorry case
than that of Belgium. The worlds
capacity to be shocked was jaded
before the devastation of Poland de.
manded its thought. Poland has not
been thought Of for two or three
generations as exactly a country; il
has been the Renaissance of a trag.
edy; more sentimental than geo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
BY HENRY WOOD.
United Press Staff Corresponds

PARIS. July (by maiD.-France Is
open to the consideration OF a peace
imposed by herself and her allies. None
other.
within the last three months. or the
last quarter OF the first two years OF
the war. France four times has said so.
A formal declaration by her president,
a formal statement by her prime min
lister, a spontaneous outburst in her
Chamber OF Deputies. ana a great mani
festation by the French people them
selves. all have said this. and France
closed the second year Of the war with
an absolutely solid front for peace for
all time to come.
May II. at Nancy. President Poincairs
delivered perhaps the most remarkable
address that ever fell from the lips OF
a French President. 1t crystallized the
sentiments Of the French on peace.
I'VE do not want our enemies to oner
us peace" he declared. but we want
them to demand It of us. We do not
want to accept the conditions they have
to offer; We want to impose on them
our own. We do not want peace that
will leave imperial Germany mistress to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
BY ED L. KEEN.

Omitted Press Stan Correspondent.)
LONDON, July II (by maiL-This
story could be told In ten words. thus:
England IL ready for peace now-on
her own terms.
She Is Just as ready a. she was the
day after war was declared. War
weartness has not discouraged her.
The awful drain OF blood and money.
the knowledge that every days pro-
iongation. OF the struggle means big
ger hill In both to pay. has not abated
her seal or decreased her determination
to win what she went to war for.
The military rcverses Of the last year
have stifrened her purpose 10 accom-.
plish a peace that will remove forever
the menace OF Prussian militartsm.'
Yes. there Is a peace at any-price par
~ In England. But its members are
negligible. its influence IL NIL. some
half dozen OF them are In Parliament
because there has been no general cleo
ton since war began.
AZ proof Of this. witness the special
election in Merthyr Tydyil, south
Wales, the red-hottest socialist constit-
uency In all Britain. Kerr hardie. ever
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02

the women are soon to win their
recognition. No matter which party
shall carry the Presidential election,
1t is not conceivable that the passage
Of the resolution submitting the
constitutional amendment can much
longer be delayed. It will require
some time to get that amendment
ratified, for there is still deter
mined antagonism to it at the South ;
an antagonism that doubtless was
largely responsible for the political
mistake that Mr.. Wilson has made.
But this is one cause, comparable to
that Of popular Senatorial elections,
that must be set down as certain to
win in the end because it ought to
win. The end is not now very far
off, as time is Measured in such
movements.
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Public Often Disagrees.
FRENCH VIEWS OF PEACE

recommence the war when she chooses:
We want a peace based on restored
right. with serious guarantees Of equi-
librium and stability. And until that
peace Is assured. until our enemies rec
ognize themselves defeated. We will
never cease TO f>ht."
Press Upholds Words.
The French press. without a dissent
ing voice. upheld these words. Prime
Minister BRAND within a week publicly
confirmed the position Of N. Poincaire
as that Of the French government It
self.
In refasing to accept the olive branch
Of diplomacy as a means Of settling the
war. France did not fear that In diplo-
matte negotiations with Germany she
might be worsted. She Is willing to let
her victory in the Agadir case stand as
q witness to her diplomatic superiority.
Germany refused in July and August Of
1914 to accept diplomacy to settle the
controversy. She insisted upon war,
and France insists that Germany must
finish with war.
Following these declarations there
came within a week a spontaneous out
burst in the French chamber as still
further affirmation that France does
not want even to discuss negotiable
peace.
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The Militia.

II may be that they haven't ever seen
a battlefield,
And they've never heard the scream
ing Of a shell.
They've never thrown up trenches as
temporary shield.
he fell:
But they've donned their suits Of khaki
and their dusty blanket rolls,
And they're marching to the border
feeling fit;
The good old Yankee spirit is now
flaming in their souls
And their youthful breasts are full
OF Yankee grit. 70 |'''.'
They are sons OF men and women who
have taught them to be true.
There's an ancestry Of valor in their
veins
They are followers Of TIE heroes who
They are children of the manhood
building plains.
They have heard the call to duty and
they rushed to answer II.
for the Flag,
And the swlng.ig step they're taking
shows their good old Yankee grit,
And there isn't one among 'em that
will Lag.
Oh. II may be they're not finished in
the school OF fighting arts.
And the regulars RAY Leaf 'em at a
drill:
Is throbbing in their hearts.
And you bet they'll do their duty
with n will.
And along the Texan border where the
You c1 w fn f0s% Ss% With SssSS' tho good old
Yankee grit;
They may seem little awkward In
their military ways.
Rut they've got the sort OF pluck
that does not quit.
detroit Free Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02

M. Raffin-Dugens. socialist member.
had just returned from Kienthal.
Switzerland. where in a private capacity
he had attended the Second Internation-
al Socialistic Conference to Bring About
Peace.
Arising. he demanded the right to
speak on certain discourses pronounced
recently in the name of France. some
of which were not calculated to bring
about peace. The two blocks Of nations
that have rushed at each others
throats-"
He got no further The Chamber to q
man rose In a storm Of protest. II was
/ long before President Deschanel could
make himself heard.
II am astounded." he finally managed
to cry out, that any Frenchman could
even intimate that the provocation for
the present war did not come solely
from the side Of Germany"
NJ. Raffin-Dugens apologized and tho
only chance ever offered to the French
chamber to discuss peace was buried.
The people themselves followed quick
ly, within a week. with one Of those
manifestations that mark epochs In tho
life Of nations. Before the present war
France was not united on the question
i Of preparedness. II regiment Of troops
passed II was certain some one would
, applaud and cry "Vive rarmee;" and
that someone else would shout "Vive Ia
Paix." Noisy groups would form AMI
riots were likely to follow.
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The allies. when their armies were be-
Ing beaten back in France, and In Rus
sia. and when Serbia was invaded. said
to the public:
ultimately"
The central powers have convinced
the. German people that every great
military advance was q step toward
victory and that because there have
been so many Of them the central pow
ers have been victorious.
Peace Situation in Berlin.
That Ia. the peace situation at the
close Of the second year Of the war.
according to the view in Berlin. 1t
raises many questions. Would Wilson
be acceptable as a mediator. or. II not
Wilson. then the next President?
Would Germany insist on the peace
terms she has outlined?
The answers depend on coming events.
They will be Influenced by military de-
velopments. The election In the United
States will have Its effect. Internal af-
fairs In the various countries will In
crease or modify the respective peace
views.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
MR.. HUGHES AND SUFFRAGE

In declaring for the. Federal con-
stitutional amendment for the estab-
lishment of woman suffrage, Mr..
Hughes wins big point at the be-
ginning Of the campaign. AS they
look back upon the record, the
Democrats cannot but feel that their
position, lis left most uncomfortable.
For more thanthree years they have
avoided committing themselves on
the general suffrage proposition,
while Mr. Wilsonshas protested that
the subject is one for State rather
than Federal determination.
The general result of Mr.. Will
sons dalliance with the question is
that he and his party have surren-
dered all the advantage of position
to their opponents, when they might
have held that advantage. Mr.. Will
son wins the approval, it may be as
sumed, of such statesmen as the
Hon. Tom Helm; but precisely how
that will help him in the suffrage
States is not quite apparent. If
Mr.. Wilson had taken the initiative
when he had the opportunity, by de-
claring for the Federal amendment
before his opponent had been named,
he would have secured the credit for
forcing the Republican party to take
position alongside him, as it would
surely have done. Instead, he listened
to the councils of toryism and DELHI
erately surrendered his advantage.
Now, if he accepts Mr.. Hughes lead
and comes out for the Federal plan,
he will have to admit that under
stress of political necessity he had
changed front. If he fails to do
this, he will lose all possible chance
to carry any of the close States in
which women vote.
The position of Mr.. Hughes is the
stronger because it follows the lead
Of his party's platform. The plat
form declared generally for suffrage
Mr.. Hughes makes it specific in
favor of the national procedure.
1t becomes very certain, now, that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
By CARL w. ACKERMAN.
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

BERLIN. July s (By maiD Germany
wants peace because she believes she
has won the war. The allies don't want
peace because they believe they will
win the war.
The difference IL between the has
won" and the will win," and so long
as there Is this division the neutral
diplomats In Berlin. the best informed
neutral observers. declare there 10 no
possibility of peace.
The people the world over are encour-
aged by peace talk. and at the end of
two years Of war they are ready to
make peace. each on its own terms. 90
are the German officials, the British
cabinet. and the government OF France.
but the public terms ere such that an
agreement could not now be easily
made.
The great difference between the al
lies and the central powers Is that the
central powers are open to impa rtial
mediation. while the allies discourage
the Idea.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
limited Press Staff Correspondent

PETROGRAD, July by maiD.-
You can't write an article aoou'
peace in Russia" declared Sergius
Shidloysky, ex-vice president or the
third Imperial Duma ana president
Of the Progressive Bloc. as we paced
the long, hardwood floor OF the Dums
lobby.
you can't. because there Is but one
thing to be said about it-one shor'
sharp. emphatic word-No!
This sums up fairly well the att
tude OF the Russian people resaroihs
peace on any other basis than an Al
lied victory. Two years OF war waEed
under trying circumstances hnds them
more determined than ever.
They feel that they have just begun
To fight, because they are just now
getting organized for fighting.
Rumors OF a separate peace with
Russia have been spread with consid
cradle frequency. 1t has been SAID tha'
there Is even peace party here-tha'
considerable, element among the
population demands peace. I have
failed to discover such a party OF
such an element.
Declared German Lie"
"It Ia a German lie!" the president
OF the Duma. Mikhaii Rodzianko
said when I told him that neutrals
had been informed more than once
that Russia might accent separate
peace. He did not say this In anger
Rather he smiled. His attitude wal
con derably like that Of Mark Twain
who, when Informed OF his own re.
orted demise, replied with dry
chuckie that the report had beer
grossly exaggerated.
Rodzianko was emphatic. but I'M
fretted. He appeared to know where
of he spoke. ...-.
Peace now would be the greatest
blow ever suffered by Russia" Shid
lovsky declared.
Perhaps our greatest bsnsat TO "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
THE DEUTSCHLAND HOMEWARD
BOUND

No matter what sympathies may
be entertained in connection with the
war, there must be a well-nigh uni
versal sympathy for the brave crew
of the Deutschland, sailing bravely
away in their fragile craft, to risk
the unknown wiles Of a powerful
enemy supremely determined to
bring disastrous end to their great
adventure.
Outside the Virginia capes hovers
force of cruisers and destroyers,
scouts, aeroplane tenders, and the
like, to locate and seize or sink the
underground merchantmen. Every
device that ingenuity could produce,
fofshunting down an undersea boat,
has been brought into action. In
genuity has been pitted against in
genuity. The Deutschland has been
painted in green and sea-foam white,
so that when she submerges she may
fade into the colors of her native
element and be as nearly undiscover-
able as possible.
If the Deutschland fails, the cam
paign of undersea merchant shipping
is likely to be marked a failure, at
least for the term of this war. If
she succeeds, it will be the success
of the most appealing and success
full adventure, from the purely spec
tacular point of view, that the war
has developed. In no case will the
ultimate effects on the European
struggle be very large or lasting
but there is no doubt that the ability
of one such merchantmen to cross
and recross the Atlantic would in
spirit the central powers.
1t is always to be remembered
that the Deutschland will meet her
greatest risk when she undertakes
to pillow her way through the narrow
and shallow waters of the North Sea,
into a German port. There is no
three-mile limit, no regulation of
neutral rights, to be observed there.
The allies have their whole naval
power in readiness for her. ~. -
On one point, at least, there will
be pretty nearly unanimity. Captain
Koenig and his brave men deserve
to get out of their adventure with
their lives. Nobody will dissent from
that sentiment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
Organize for Suffrage
In King George Co., Va.

Mrs. Wesley Martin stoner. presi-
dent of the Kate Gordon Chapter OF
the Southern States Woman Suffrage
Conference. and Mrs. Lucy Hoe Boggs.
prominent local suffragist, have re-
turned from King George county,
Va, where they went to organize the
county for suffrage and to form q
woman's Democratic League. They
were successful in both undertakings.
they say. and were given warm well
come by men and women in that
vicinity. They were given use OF the
historic county court house for their
meetings. A huge "Votes for Women"
canvas, twelve feet long. was pla.
ca rded across the front of the ancient
building, while the public square and
the surrounding country were flooded
with suffrage literature.
Votes for Women was new doc
trine down there" said Mrs. Stoner
today, "and farmers and their wives
came from miles back In the country
to attend meetings They were all
most enthusiastic"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
With Due Credit


The Moeling Bird.
He didn't know much music
When FIRST he came along;
An all the birds were wonderin'
Why he didn't sing q sonE.
They primped their feathers In the sun.
An sung their sweetest notes;
An music Jest como on the run
From all their purity throatsl
But still that bird was silent
In summer time an fall: e.
He Jest set still an listened.
An he wouldn't sing at all!
But one night when them songsters
Was. tired out an still. =.
An the wind sighed down the valley
an went creepin' up the hill.
When the stars was all a-trembls
In the dreamin' fields o. blue. go
An the daisy In the darkness
Felt the falling o. the dew
There come a sound o. melody
No mortal ever heard,
An all the birds seemed singin'
From the throat o. one sweet birdl
Then the other birds went Mayin'
In a land too fur to call:
Fer there warn't no use in stayin'
When one bird could sing fer all
-Frand L. Stanton. In Atlanta Con-
stitution. f"
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derived from the war Is our economic
,.rrdependence Of Germany, PEACE n ,s
this. Economically, Germany has ex-
the 'hinterland' OF Europe. peopled
by Russian barbarians Mt only to be
SSys Hhnd s o tSis Of yo Rro*
commercial treaty she imposed dur
ficial to Germany than to us, no long
er binds. When peace and victory
come. Russia will hold the new free
dom she has won, and develop her
own industries to the profit Of her
own people.
the war which Russia eNpects. e Until III
Germany is beaten. we cannot get them.
Can YOU wonder that every Russian
says No" when you mention peace
nowT'
Peasants for War.
But the peasants-about so per cent
OF your population-are they for war ?''
I asked. The leader Of the biggest
bloc. the controlling group In the Duma,
replied with a satisfied smile:
They are. and they have every right
to be. They were never more prosper-
Gus than now. Their spirit is fne. You
won't fnd any class Of people in Russia
more optimistic than they"
What Is the attitude of the peasant
toward the war;"
He is for continuing It until Russia
wins" was the reply. ''TIe knows what
German domination means and doesn't
want it."
American newspapers are reporting
lots Of peace talk these days" l sug-
gested.' What do you think of it?''
Seems mostly OF German origin. -
president Rodzianko said. Most of II
appears to come from Berlin. through
your CORRESPONDENTS quoting German
officials. The rest. 70 all appearances
is prepared by German agents in the
United States"
But all neutral countries are hearing
considerable about peace. Do you be-
lieve there is movement on foot ia
bring about an early end to the WARP" ]
quericd.
"All / can saw Is this" he answered
ANY peace talk now Is unfriendly Ia
the allies. so leave You to guess who
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02


You are the twilight when the task is
through,
The restfuiness when the lorg day
You are the dayspring and the sunrise.
The rose-dawn on the sky.
You are the blessed rain on desert sands.
The river that redeems the wilderness,
The healing stream that runs through
weary lands f.'. ..S. 50
Alone to bless.
You are the water when I faint with
You are the food when I am famish-
You are the drop Of honey in the first !,
Wild flower Of spring.
You are the azure herald OF the spring.
The first glad robin song when March
Is long;
My heart laughs back in rapture well
coming
The first spring song. -
You are the Sabbath in the June OF
The rarest. fairest day when June Is
come,
The gracious autumn with fruition here,
The harvest home.
You are the strength when heart and
soul are faint.
The only perfect rose without a sting
Why hope to tell you all you are. my
saint,
For you are everything.
Nelly Hart Wadsworth. in Springfield
Republican.
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Are you looking forward to the
summer with pleasant anticipa-
tom nAicd the optimistic CT
Yes indeed" replied the pessi-
mistic person. "A great many peo-
ole I'm tired Of looking at will 70
out Of town for the summer. Dir
mingham Age-Heraid. ....i ....
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
THE DISTRICT FISCAL CON.
TR0vERSY

The Senatej by a vote of AZ to 10
almost three to one--has rejected
the House provision, in the District
appropriation bill, abolishing the
half-and-half arrangement for divi-
sion of costs of the local government
between Federal and District reve-
nues. 1t seems altogether probable
that one of two things will now
happen:
Either the House will recede from
its demand for this provision, or
else there will be no District Of Co.
lumbia appropriation measure this
session.
In the former event, it may fairly
be assumed that there will be an
other controversy on the same sub
ject, with equally unfortunate re-
suits, at the next session of Con-
gress; and if the Democrats continue
in control of Congress aftef March
a next that controversy may be sx-
pected to continue throughout the
next Congress.
Nothing could be more unfortunate
for Washington, unless it might be
the adoption of a program definitely
disastrous to the city's interests. 1t
is quite possible that affairs would
adjust themselves to almost any
scheme that might be adopted, quite
as well as they would move on under
the present uncertainty. Washington
has been the one sufferer by reason
of the substantial deadlock over this
one overshadowing question.
1t would seem, in all reason, that
the failure, after years of effort, to
convince Congress that any radical
change in this fiscal condition is de-
sirable, ought to convince the pro-
motors of this enterprise that their
program will not carry. The time is
come when the fight should be aban-
doned; when its agitators, if they
are unwilling to accept the situation,
should be deposed from the positions
that give them power to keep the
controversy alive.
Congress has persistently refused
to accept the dictation of the group
of irreconcilable antagonists of
Washington, who h,.ve been willing,
in the House Committee on District
Affairs, to sacrifice about everything
else in order to press their propa-
ganda of fiscal reform" Those
gentlemen might well conclude that
their scheme is not wanted. They
would do well to accept the verdict.
If they are not satisfied to give serv-
ice to the general interests of the
Capital under the present system,
and If they cannot get that system
changed, they should gracefully step
down and out. There is no pressing
necessity for Chairman Johnson and
his colleagues in advocacy of a new
fiscal arrangement, to continue on
the District Committee. They have
secured their verdict, and it is a
negative one, so far as Congress is
CONCERNED. 1t would be self-respect-
ing and fair if now they would step
out and let the domination Of that
committee be taken over by men
able to entertain sympathy with the
system, and to understand the limi-
tations imposed by it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-08-02
The Second Year of the War
Allies Not Ready Talk Peace Except Termseders De-
clare They Are Stronger Now Than Ever-Germany Will
ing to Treat As She Believes She Has Won.

Peace not
erent
history the allies declare determined than continue
they have crushed the
The Times today fifth last reviewing
the great and especially the the closing
with the