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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-01
PO DVEH LETIH

Dve ieti je mlnilo. odkar jc Avstrii, : syn.
jim ultimatumom zahtevala cd Srbiie zadosSen;e
% umor pres'oiohaslednika nadvojvode Franco
Ferdlnanda in njegove zene Zofiic Uohenherg
Owe lett Je minilo, odkar je Avstriia. nezadovol;.
ma z odgovorom Srbije, napovedala voino svoi;
Juznl soSedl IN zacela bombardirati Bclprod Rsv
hokar potcka drugo leto, odkar ie Nemciia napo-
'euala VoJno Ruslli in Franciji, i'm kmalu no dive
e''' oukar sc Je SNetorna vojna razvila z vso silo.
tie lurclJa, ItahJa in Portugalska so So Selc no
|heJc pridruzllc - da ne poZabino So ma rcnu.
bliko San Marine.
i've ietl traJc kIanjc, katcro jc 30 zatrdilu
avstrlJSkc Wade povzrojil umor V Sara icyu. Syc.
tovna JarnoSt STEER Sc danes nj pouccna % yainib
posahheznoStlh omega atcntata. Nobcnega razlopa
NJ da III moral Svct v%crjcti trditvam aystriiskc
Wade, III Sc Jc prevcGkrat ocitno i'm dcbclo lagala
Eaiho posten S~odniiSki process, XII ne hi oviral ne
ooto]be ne obramhc in hi dopuStil ySc mogoac
dokaze, hi mogel Spraviti rcSnico ma dan in pre.
pricati narodc. Toda AvStrija sploh nj cakala ma
process, alnpak jc obdolIila Srbijo ma podlagi svo-
llh laS;nlh nedokazanih trditcv, i'm potem. ko 80
Je uvedla sodnijska ra2prava lc tckom ma ysch
stranch hcSnccc vojnc, So ic izvrSila "a zaprtimi
n"rml' III Svet zopct hi izvedcl, kaj Sc je dokazalo
in kaj ne.
Sed,ncro vlSlic So potrm postavili V Sara ic-
va; Sedcm Judi je 4 vrvjo okrog vratu T. zivlicn-
Jem popIacoralo dvojc zivlieni, ne glede ma jeco.
ma katcro so bill obSoieni drugi o~btozcnci.
itSockrat So Jc " ZgodlIO, da nj hilo Iivlic-
rJe cloveka vredno pet v%inariev tudi v pray
nj AvStriji. XII 81 jc naplaGala Franco Ferdinan-
da IN Iotilo Z drago ccno. Nc;tcti ubon in umo-
RI so oStah nemaSccvani in nihGe ma svetu Sc nj
smell razburjcti zaradi tcga. nihce nj smcl izrcGi
nit glasne kritikc.
Ia avStrijSkega prcStolonaslcdnika in ME
sovo zeno MISC zadoStovalc Smrti. doSojene pc
paragraph kazenSkega zakona. pol Sveta je mo
ralo zaradl nJlju V klavnico. in Sc danes, ko Ste
lclo grobovi &c ma miljonc, nj dovolj 'kazni" in
mastevanja.
Bill so ljudjc, XII so vcrjeli Use, kar 50 pripo-
vedovale IN razlagalc visoke Wade. Vcrjeli so. da
Je svetovno vojno povzrocl sarajcvSki atentat in
ola hi bila Srhiia, ce hi bila ugodila avstriiskemu
uItrnatumu, lahko prcprecila veSoljno klanic.
RazsirJanjc klavnicc cd dczele do dczcle. dvcIet.
no ~traJanjc SploSnc moritve brcz upanja ma do
glcdcn mir mora ozdraviti tudi nainaivnciSe du.
hove III jh pouGiti, da ic trcba vzroke tega brcz-
primerncga zlocina iSkati dragged. In kdor ih
nj razumel takrat. ko je kataStrola prihrula, jc
mel V dveh letih dovolj casa in prilikc, da Sc 30.
uci o njih.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-01
ANEKSIJA IN KOMPENZACIJA.

AvStrila jc pc tridcsctih lc,ih okupacijc IA
ncktirala BoSuo in Herzegovina. T. avStrijskcga
StaliSta ic bila 10 GiSto nepotrcbna rec. kajti tudi
Y caSu o~krpaciic j. Avstrija tako gOSpodovala V
BoSni in Herzegovina. kakor da sta dezeli njeni.
Ali aneksija je bila IA Srbijo provokaciia. In ma
Dunaju SO Sc zavcdali tcga. dasi so So dclali. ka-
kor da Sc cudijo SrhSki razburjcnoNti. Vcdcli so
tudi, da u%groIava ancksiia cHropSki mir V mai
vccll mcri, in avStrijSka zaSluga nj bila, da nj ia
KRAFT izhruhnila cvropSka vojna.
SIbsko razburicnoSt jc Achrcmthal potolaiil
I obljubo gospodar.&ih ugodnosti. Bila ic zopct
cnkrat prilika. da 81 pokoplic sovraitvo med Az
Sirijo in Srbijo. Igodna trgovinSka pogodha. Xxi
hi b;la Srbiji omogotia prodaio njcnih produk-
toy po %naikrajSi poti. hi bila : Svojim velikim go
SpodarSkim pomenom zamaSila uSta Sovinistom:
ako hi So bila ohcucm Y Bosni in Herzegovina vpc-
ljala rcSnicna uStava : poStcno volilno pravico in
l. 2a>cito narOdncga Eulturncga razvoja. hi bila
morala Srbija p%okcpati hojno Sckiro, kcr hi il bilo
znanjkalo argumcntnv. katcrimi hi bila mogla
toIiti Avstriio pred sodiSccm Europe. Ia srbskc
zclie ne hi Sa ne Francija ne Anglia Y boj, in dc
In karagjorgjcvit"v princi Sc nadaljc dcmonStri-
rail- po Belgrade. III 81 bill lc osmcSili.
Toda Avstrija ic |ohljuhila in - prclomila
%obljuho. GoSpodar>kc ''ugodnosti' "a Srhiio so
bile take, da 50 ic njcn izvoz V AvStrijo Sc zmami-
Sal. Srhija 50 ic mo"ala vdati. kcr jc bila slabcj-
Sa. ali Scdaj jc dozorcl nicn namcn. da 81 poiSce
in odprc drugo trgovinSko pot, XII 10 resi- odvisno-
ST cd .AVStrijc.
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kljub tenn ocitnim tezavam je Russia zelo
spietkarila ma BaIkanu. Rcsnici ma ljubo ie pa
vendar treba priznati, da je bilo avstrijskih in
trlg wee i'll da so tudi boil globoko segale.
VISA gospodarska politika Avstriic napram
SrbiJi je bila dolga vista neprijaznosti. Avstrija
Jc bila naravni o~djcmalec srbskih poljcdclskih in
zivinorejskih produktov. PRAY to dejStvo hi bilo
iahko vcliko pomagalo. da hi Sc bill ustyarili med
AvstriJo in Sibijo prijaznj odnosaji. GoSpodarske
razmerc so vcika moe, tudi drzavna politika JIG
II asbolj odvisna cd njih.
AvstriJa nj hotcla uvazcvati tcga. Naincsto
ia hi 81 bila Srbijo %privczala : trgovimo. il IL ne
prcnchOma n~agajala z uvOznimi prcpovcdmi. Az
StrlJsko prebivalstvo jc zahtcvalo mesa Srbija ga
Jc hotcla dodajati. avStrijSka vlada jc prcpovcdo-
vala uvoz. Tako ic Silila Srbiio Y Spoznanic. da
)" njena neodvisnoSt le fiktivna in da ic V svoji
DRAWN SamoStojnoSti vklenicna. doklcr ina ma
vsaki Strani soseda, XII il njena lastna vrata lah-
ko z%aloputnc pred noSom.
&c Sc JIG Y Srbiji razvilo nckaj kakor impc-
rializcm, Strcmec pc NORM, jc to najbolj pospc-
Scvala avstrijSka gospodarska politika. kdor ho-
te razumcti balkansko voino. ne SINE pozabiti ma
la dclStva.
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SPLETKARIjE M BALKANU.

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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-01

objavila v c~asopish, prica to morda Sc bolt Ego
vorno kakor ultimatum sam.
Nlada JIG V svojih izjavah trdila, Ola ne obsc-
gaJo meme zahteve mic kritiGnega. Dcjala jc, da
so vc zahtcve take, da Jill Srbija lahko izpolni
nobena Sc ne dotika njene suverenoSti, nobena je
ne p%onizujc. Medtem ko je vlada to objavljala,
Jc iHcla zc vse mobilizacijske ukaze pripravljenc,
yes natrt IA napad izdclan in vsc vojne vlogc raz-
%dcljcnc. kajti vcdcla je, da jc njen ultimatum
neSprcjemljiv.
Treba sc JIG spomniti, da ic ia document obsc-
gal naravnost ncmogocc zahtcvc, ne lie ponizuio-
DEE, ampak ncmogocc. AvStrija jc zahtevala, da
maj Srbija potepta svoje lastnc zakonc o tisku, o
zborovalni prayici i. t. Il.
Srbija je sprcjcla wee zahtcv, ncgo so po Ev-
rOpi pritakovali. H. oStalc ic priporocaia, da mai
Sc prCdloIc razsodiScu V iiagu. To jc bill izhod.
AvStrija hi 50 bila casino lahko izognila vojni.
NamcSto tega jc takoi ponoci ukazala mobili-
laclJo. kajti hotcla ic vojno. llotcla ic SploSno
vojno; kajti takoj prvo noe je bill izdan ukaI "a
mobilizacijo stalnc armada. domobranStva i'm Grnc
vojSkc. Mice ne no vcrjcl, da jc bila TAXA Sila po-
trcbna roper Same Srbijo.
Ali AvStrija j. vcdcla, da zatcnja sploSno cv-
ropSko voJno. Ncdcla jc To tako natancno. da ic
poSlala takoj prvi dan cello ma italijansko mejo
prot Svojl tcdanii ZavcZnici - voiSko.
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TEKMA.

= StallS"a kapitalistiGnc polit;kc ic ravnanic
\"mciJc popolnoma raz,nmljivo. L. agrarno few
dalnih malih deIcla Sc jc Ncmciia Ic dolgo razvi-
jala Y molcrnc Observation-Disclosures drzavo.
Ia razvoI jc z.'Sij pnSpcSll nicn mspch Y franco
'ko-prlISki yoin! l"ia SOL. Princscl ii lc po-
lticno cdinStvo III = tom odpravil mcjc. XII so owl
ralc gc.?cdalStvo V vclikcm Slogu: padlc so IA
preke, XII 80 bile dotlci ma poti cnotni kapiialiSiic-
nj politiEi in ua2li koncentraciji kapitala. Nojun
od>Eodnina. XII jo ic mora!a plaGati Francija. ie
prIn"Sla Y d"zc!o 0gromnc Svotc. zahtcvaiorc in
vc>tirania.
\rrn"iia ic dohila nitro So razviiajoco indu-
StriJn IN svctovno trgovino. PoStala jc kolonijalna
dIIava in ii Zagotovila vSakovrStne surovinc Y
Svoji listni oh!aSti. trgc IA Svojc produktc jc pa
ncprcnchoma razSiriala. tako da ic zacela oritno
konknrirati Z Angliio.
Ali Anglia ic bila prva goSpodinja svctovnc
irgovinc in ic Il maivcGjo ljubosumno>tio opazo-
va'a razvoi svojc tckmovalkc. Kai pGmcmijo "a
MO Nc prCkomor>kC poSc5ti. ako il kdo drugi II
grab prilikc za dohicck Ako 81 Ncmtija dovoIj
r&zSiri in utrii Svojo moe V Afriki in Aziii. posta-
ne l'hko ncvarna njcncmu Svctovncmu gospod-
Sivu. NrraSanic nastanc. komu pripadc glavna
trgcvina ma daIinjcm v>hndu: ,~praSanic na,tanc
cello. kako dolgO DO Ind ia anglcSka in Egipt y an
& cSki cblasti.
Oioljc p~rrkomor-kc trgovinc ir mornarica.
' pomorskcm oboro<cvanju 81 jc majbolj ~izrazaln
tckmovanjc Anglijc in NcmGijc. Ia jc hotcla
prvo dohitcti, ona So nj dala victi. Bojnc ladic
so s. CRADLE kakor Ia Siavo. Mor>ki vciikani so
Ia.tli IN raStii. Tchnika jc morala ncprcncho-
ma lzmiSljati nova ofenziyna in dcfcnZivna Srcd-
silva. NapoSlrd j. p0Stala tn tckma tako historic
ma. da j. r. IL ME zijala akutna ncvarnoSt vojnc.
(KOnec ma s. strani).
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-01
NEMCIJA -

AvStrlla Jc hotcla vOjno, kcr 10 jc hotcla
NcmGija.
Nobcna vlada nj bella kakor ovGica :'Svoj del
grchov ina vsaka in tudi nokoliko odgovornosti
"a voino pada ma vSako. Ali zgodovina Sc EN- "a
d~ovoliujc : S%ploSnimi obtozbami, tcmveG zahtcva
JasnoSt. Ncdvomni dokazi p%ricajo. da sta Sc fla
Sti irancoSka in angicSka vlada pod izdatnim pri-
tiSkom SocialiStov trudili do zadnicga hipa. da So
ohrani mir. Ncmcija jc ~pOSpcSila krizo : tenn, da
Jc napovedala vojno RuSiii in Franciii in napadla
Bclgijo.
Da ic potcm Anglia Ncmtiji mapoyeiala
vojno. jc bila lr sckundarna p~oslcdica. pc SploS-
mem ~polozaju naravnoSt ncizogibna. Sele $ TO ma
poredJo jc dobila voina Svpj pravi znaGaj.
kaJti YES Ia StraSni boi Sc vodi, brez obzira
ma to. kjc Sc jc pritcl in pod kakSno prctvezo .jc
bill napovedan, Y prvi vrSti IA interese Nemcijc i'm
Angllje. Nsi drugi so lie sckundanti. interest dru-
9Th prihajajo Selc V drugi, tretji, deSeti vrsti V
pOStcv.
AngleSka Svctovna trgovina in ncmSki kapi-
~taliSticni imperialism to sta glavna nasprot-
nlka. Ia goSp0darsko obvladananjc sveta pod
britanSko ali nemSkO za>tavo Sc kolicio narodi
u dive lett, IN - vcclnoma ne vcdO tcga.
Ali Z vrlekupcijskimi nameni ohch skupin ie
spojcnih mnogo drugih vpraSani, XII scgajo tako
globoko ' intercse narodov. tudi V intcrcSc ljud-
SIKH mas. da le vcndar r|azumljivo. kako jr mogla
IL tc voJnc kraljcv in ccsarjcv, liz voinc kapitali-
StlrnIh Skupin dcloma poStati tudi voina marc
dov. Tia vcllkanSka ~tragicna prikazcn Sc ne pojas-
M cuostavno, Gee So pravi. da so mnoIicc izglhilc
pamet. Nclkc maSc SO bile Sploh Sc nezavcdnc,
kaJtl STEER ne hi mogla biti rcakciia Sc y vsch de
|eah mocnclSa cd naprednoSti. Iavcdni so pa
blIi poStavllcni pred StraSno dilcmo: Ali mirno
dovollti. da zmaga brcl odpora tista Sila. Xxi Sc ma
Slanla na n~ajvccJo nczavcduost. Iii no torci lahko
zmaGo %naJboll zlorabljala. ali pa Sc postaviti Y
bran proti tel prctcci rcakciji. daSi jc to voina
vladaiocih, pa ne voIna rcvoluciic.
Da so So vpr:"o 70 u>odcpolne dilcmc zgodi-
j" tudi ohlalovania vrcdnc napakc. vjaSi ,udi
pravI grchi, ic Ialostno. ali tlovcSkn razumIjivo.
he kri"anski Bog ic nczmotljiv, pa 81 on ic de-
lal napakc. Hi lih ic pozncic sam obzaloval. kaz-
noyal pravicnc in krivicnc cnako. So strastno ma
Sccval in dopuScal take grozote. kakrSna jc has
ScdanJa vojna.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-08-01
Oh VOJNI.

Pc tripolitanSki afcri ic prisla balkamska
vojna. AvStriio ic mogocno prcScnctila, zlaSti kcr
jc naStopil skoraj YES Balkan zdruzen prot Tur-
ciji. Bolelo jo jc. da j. izgubila svoi vpliv ma iol-
garSkcm, grizlo jo je, da so Uncle zavezniSke, po-
scbno Ola ic imcla srhska armada uSpehc.
Tcdai So So pritelc intrigc Y najvc6jcm Slo-
gu in Europa ic imcla nczaSliSanc tezavc. da jc
preprecila Sploino vojno. DaSi ic bilo smcSno pri-
takOyati mapad cd Srhijc in Crnc Gore. ko jc
bilo vse v~oiaStvo p%otrcbno ma boiiScih prot Tur-
eli, jc Avstrija mohilizirala in prcplavila yo
BoSno. Herzegovina. Dalmacijo in Slavonijo L vO-
laatvom. POvScm ocitnn j. i>kala prctvczo "a ma
rad. IlmiSlla 81 j. rloclasno rrochaskovo afcro.
: katcro Sc j. napcNlcd hiamirala kakor Sc nobcna
vlada ma svctu nc. Potrm ir "branila" Adriio
prot Srbiji, dasi hi 81 hill pogoii miru itak sele
tcdaj dolociij, ko hi So hil sklcpal mir. Ali takrat
ne hi bilo wee upanja, da Sc zaplcte stuacija in
poStane vojna 'ncizogibna Iato So jc Aystri-
ia tudi &c med voino p~otcgnila "a 'pravicc Alba
nije", katcrc Sploh Sc ma svctu hi bilo.
Srbiia ic odnchala pod p%ritiskom velrSil. T.
darcc j. bil bud. kaiti morsko priStaniScc ic bilo
najvctjc hrcpcncnjc Srhij". MorSko pristaniStc
JIG zario pomenilo ncodviSnoSt. Ali Evropi 81 Sr-
bija nj mogla upirati.
: TEN. da j. Srhijo %oIg1ala cd morja. ic Az
strija polozila kal IN drugo balkansko vojno.
Medtem j. intrigirala in prov0cirala daljc.
Privlckla jc ucnaduma >kadrsko vpraSamic ma
dan, daSi ic lnirno trpcla oblcganjc Skadra, do
klcr MISC Crnogorci zavzeli Aadmiih postojank.
Ne gIcdr MA VISA la znamrnja, XII potrjuicjo,
ia je Avstriia IL takrat iskala voino, vcmo IL Off
cielncga roro6jla Y italiianSki zbornici. da ic tia
lijan>ki vIadi naznanila svoj namrn. da napadc
Srbijo in lahtcvala od ltalijc %podporo.
Pc konGani prvi ic AvStri.ia dajala Fcrdlnan-
du potuho N drugo balkan>ko vojno. i'm tudi med
TEN casom ic imcIa Svoio armada mobilizirano.
Tia voina Sc j. izvr>lla in konGaA zclo proti ME
nina EEL am, in 81 pc Sklcnjrncm miru V BukarcStu
j" hotcla poscCi vines takrat j. bila cello priprav-
Jena ma Sodclovanic Z RuSijo, in lc kcr so tudi V
Pctrogradu umaknili protest proti mirovni po-
godbi, Sc Jc AvStrija prcmagala III vteknila So
cnkrat NEE Y noznicc. Ali Y parlamentu ic izsilila
nekoliko novih vojaSkih zakonov, med tcmi zakon
o vojaSkih dajatvah. in mi jardo izrcdnih izdat-
kov "a militarizem.
Avstrija jc hotcla voino in SC ie pripravljala
nanjo ma vso moe. kriZa ic bila lc vpraSanjc casa.
Atcnta; v Saraicvu lc morda poSpeSil kataStrofo.
pov2rotil ir nj. Nat voina ic bila re ma obzoriu.
VOJNI NAMEN.
Cltimatum! XIoglaSni Bcrchtoldov ultima
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VOJNI NAMEN.

Ultimatum, XIoglaSni Bcrcht0ldov ultima
tum je nain~edvomncjSi dokaz, da JIG Avstrija ho-
tela vojno. Hinavski komentar, XII ga je vlada
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21

FObLlC EDUCA ION ASSN F1OEDS
FIRST MEETING
At Woman's City club this after
noon the Public Education assn held
its first meeting. Organization of it
was begun last July, a few weeks
after the Jake Loeb majority Of the
school board wrecked civil service in
the Chicago public school system by
the dropping of 60 teachers, of whom
AZ had markings from Sup't John D.
ShOop as superior" excellent" and
good"
So far as organized labor is con-
cerned, the new association is strictly
neutral" it was announced, and it
expects to keep out of all labor union
politics. Wholesale raids conducted
for unknown motives by fire insur-
ance and real estate men, contract
oTs, school land lease profiteers and
pension fund sharks-Wrecking Of
efficiency in the teaching force Of
the schOols-wrechng of all chances
Of the school children for a free and
decent staff Of teachers-these are
features of the Chicago pubie-schuoI
system that the new association will
study and try to straighten out.
Among those forming the organ
ization today were Allen B. Pond Of 2,
the City club, Prof. ]. H. Judd of the
Univ. Of Chicago, Dean Thos. H. HoI-
gate Of Northwestern Univ, Bernard
Flexner, Harriet Vittum, sec'y Wom-
ans City club; Mary Mcdowell
head resident U. of Chicago stock
yards settlement; Victor A. Olander,
sec'y Illinois Federation of Labor;
William Chenery, editor Herald Guide
Post.
Members will pay from 81 to $40.
It is predicted the association will
have more teachers, parents and live
public-spirited citizeus in it than any
similar organization ever gotten to-
gether in Chicago.
-O--O-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21

dren! They are gamblers and refuse
to tell the kids the truth. No won
der kids go wrong in the face of all
this hypocrisy.
So is flirting game Of chance. To
protect men against the beautiful
Ewes parading Wabash av.. Michigan
av., and State st., suggest strong,
greasy old pipe. These beautiful
creatures will stand for cigarettes
and cigars, but when it comes to old
pipes they refuse to give a pleasant
look and-Adam is safe.
If she still flirts with that old pipe
you can put her down for an escaped
patient or police woman. Tooth
pick between the teeth is good fiirt
insurance. When these beautiful
Ewes see that toothpick they say:
''He won't be good for the eats be-
cause he has just filed himself" So
once again man would be saved.
almost fell once on State st. when
first struck Chicago She told me to
meet her at o'clock at Siegel &
COoper's corner, and l would have
been waiting there yet If I had not
got so gol darned hungry and sleepy.
Allen Steven.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21

HE'S WITH US-I am with you
on the 2-cent Day Book, for appre-
ciate a free press by the people and
for the people. When the first edi-
ton of The Day Book was issued it
seemed to be the dawn of. literary in
dependence. Now, friends, let us sus-
tain a free press and enjoy truth and
intellectual liberty. All this is well
worth two copper penAies.-Otto
Schmidt.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21
THE UNION LABEL.

THE UNION LABEL.-ThomSs F.
Webb is thanking the voters for their
support through a street-car adver-
tisement.
Why does he not insist on getting
the union label on all his printing as
he did before the election?
Does not that prove the claim that
the old party candidates are friendly
toward union labor only before, not
after, the election to ofice?-M. Pc
tersen, 3125 N. KimbaIl Az.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-11-21

M. Thos. Murphy, penniIess sculp-
tor, has leaped into fame with like
ness Of late DR.. John B. Murphy.
Rumored that GoV.-elect Lowden
plans to abolish state equalization
board.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-05

There will be pig howl about the
division of Mexican estates under the
new government, but not a great many
people will participate in the howl.
The Carranza policy, unjust as 1t is
sure to be in some cases, means in
general the restoration to the Mexican
people of lands that were stolen from
them and given to foreigners under
the Diaz regime. 1t means, too, If
successfully worked out, the elimina-
ton of the fundamental cause of the
discomfort which found expression in
the revolution.
Hundreds of landlords, most Of them
American and British, some of them
Mexican, are being stripped of their
estates. Whether any compensation
is to be made is not yet apparent. 1t
is certain, however, that IL the land
lords get no more for their land than
they paid for it, it wouldn't bankrupt
Mexico to vote them compensation.
Most of the vast fertile tracts held by
absentee landlords and by such ma
tive potentates as the Terrazas family
were bought for few cents an acre.
The size of these estates is almost
increditable. The property held by
Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst in western
Chihuahua is said to comprise $1,000,
600 acres. The Rockefeller-Aldrich
syndicate owns 100000 acre ranch
in the state of Zacatecas. British and
American interests hold under the tt
tie or lease more than 10000, 900 acres
in the Tampico oil region. There are
huge ranches and plantations owned
by Americans scattered all through
northern Mexico.
Most of the property in question
was formerly known as community
lands" It was divided into small
farms held and worked by peasants
without titles. 1t supported in mod
est comfort a. great population which,
since the land was taken and consoI-
dated into big estates, has been re-
duced to helpless peonage. The agra
rian commissions maintain they are
simply restoring those community
lands to their rightful owners, as an
act of social justice and a guarantee
Of the future peace and prosperity of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-05
SOCIAL EVENTS.

The annual meeting Of the Outlook
club was held with Mrs. Mary Under
wood, Caledonia street, Dec 20. In
behalf of the club Mrs. Susanna Drew
presented Mrs. Underwood with flow
ers and in a nice speech told her of
the appreciation of the club for her
work in the past year. Mrs. Under
wood was urged to retain the Office of
president but felt obliged to decline.
Mrs. Bessie M. Cummings was then
elected as president. The report of
the treasurer showed that the club had
paid out for benevolence over SGT.
The next meeting will be held with
Mrs. Mabel Moffett, Lafayette street,
Jan. S. A lecture will be given on
food values by Miss Ina Underwood,
a graduate of domestic science from
a college in Mortified, Mass. The
club has bought the history of st.
Johnsbury to be read aloud at the
regular meetings.
The silver wedding anniversary of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore LaLiberty was
celebrated at their home on Passump-
sic street last Monday evening. About
IS friends were present and the eve
ming was spent with dancing and
cards. Refreshments of sandwiches
cake and coffee were served by the
Misses Anna, Alice, Blanch LaLiber-
ty. Those from out of town to attend
the party were Miss Anna LaLiberty,
Barre. Miss Blanch LaLiberty, Little
ton, N. H, and Homer Robelard of
West Concord.
Louis N. Smythe, Jr. entertained IA
of his little friends in honor of his
sixth birthday. After several hours
spent in playing games refreshments
were served and each little guest re-
ceived a whistle for a favor.
One of the social events of the sea-
son was the dancing party given by
the Chin Chin club, in Pythian hall,
Thursday evening, Dec. 20. Sargent's
orchestra of five pieces furnished the
music and punch was daintily served
by Misses Flora Roberts and Marion
Stevens. The members of the club
are Misses Rebecca Bowen, Madeline
Clark Eva Howe, Phoebe Scott, Har-
riet Weeks, Mary Grint, Laura Stan
ley, Hazel Walker, Della Walker, Mil
dred Chesley. 1t is hoped that many
more equally successful parties will
be given by the club in the near fu-
ture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-05
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

by the Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Caledonia, Com issioners to re
ceive, examine and adjust the claims and
Laura M. Dana. late Of Peacham. Ia said
District, deceased. and all claims exhibited in
Offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
house Of II. H. Blair. In the town of
Peacham. in said district. on the 29th
next. from II O'Clock A. M, until O'Clock
p. M. each of said days and that SIX
months from the Path day OF December. A ID.
1915, is the time limited by said Court
for said creditors to present their claims
to us for examin alton and allowance.
Dated at Peacham this st day OF January
A. ID. 1916.
III. III. BLAIR,
c. r. MOORE,
Commissioners.