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New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

greatest width 50 miles The mighty Luphrates and Tigris rivers rise in the mountains near the lake
 The physical aspects of the coun- try are as savage as is it's history. Denselywooded, massive mountains. succeeded by chill bare dark rocks, ejrt the lake. Much of the irregular shoreline is rugged and dangerous, while the forests behind form a no mans land, where the hasty usuages of the race feuds hold sway. The water of the lake is bitter and un- drtnkable, and, in the autumn and winter, it's surface is swept by fierce storms that make all navigation haz- ardous. It stands more than 5000 feet above the sea level.
 Lake Van has been navigated from ealiest times. For a short time Tn the ancient world, it played a role as a highway for commerce. Before the outbreak of the present war, it fioated 90 sailing boats, of 20 and 25 tons burden, which were engaged mainly in the transport of wheat and firewood. The chief town of the re- zion, near the eastern shore of the lake, is, also, called Van, and is a place of some 30,000 people, of the c;l-and-water mixture of half Kurds and half Armenians."
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
The Bara1Ong Case.
(NeW York World.

Germanys warning that it will adopt measures of reprisal must make Great Britein realize it's mistake in not clearing up the facts in the Bara- long case. Sir Edward Grey's propo- sal to couple up several other cases in which German submarine com manders were charged with violating the rules of war and submitting them all together to a court of American naval officers had the appearance of evasion. Every case stands on it's own merits.
 The accusation that at the time of the shelling of the transport Nico- sian the British patrol boat Baralong sank the German submarine and kill ed helpless members of the crew still stands unanswered by the Brit ish government. It is poor defense to offer after the event that German naval officers have been guilty of un- lawful and inhuman acts. By that rule of argument any offense may be condoned by the government respon- sible for it's commission. and murder on the high seas, under cover of war, may be given the color of law fulness.
 The policy of reprisals, once it is entered upon, leads to an endless ser ies of deliberate atrocities If Ger many, in the belief that it Is vind!- eating it's rights, selects a given num- Der of British prisoners and executes them in retaliation for the killing of members of the crew of a German submarine, Great Britain will have to choose whether it shall take revenge by executing German prisoneds or overlook Germany's measures of re- prisal The slaughter of prisoners will only provoke fresh outrages on both sides For it's own honor and standardization the British govern ment should properly clear away the doubts that envelop the Baralong af- fair.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
MUSHY NOVELS.

Since Washington Irving's little
 Jewish friend, Rebecca Gratz, of | Philadelphia, was made a heroine in 1 novel,-Scotts nhoe,"-that 1 form of book has played a great part 1 in shaping he destiny of the United States. America is practically a novel fod nation, or was so until the advent of the yellow back and yellow gutted magazine, the same periodical that thrives on the gullibility of a various stages of progress in the country, or of deterioration, the var ious epoch of American history, 1t is an easy matter to trace the in getting over the era of the sex novel, the brand that had so much to do with the exploitation of that some
 what mythical traffic labeled White
 Slavery.''
 Out of the long list of American
 novels one particular type may be
 chosen which has spread its influence
 down the ages, favoring no particular
 era, but taking part in all stages of
 the nations life, and that is the
 "mushy' novel. It has been with us
 even since before the day of Mrs. E. D. E. N Southwick, who has been
 referred to as the she-devll with many initials, '-even before some of the most famous 'sob sisters poured forth all their food for the feminine masses. And these are the novels that are blamed for the wrecking of so many American homes. Many marriages that otherwise would have been happy are wrecked on the shoals of idealism, falsely created by 'mushy' novels" is the way 25O Cali fornia librarians in session at Los Angeles view the condition. And there is much truth embodied in that con- sensus of opinion. "Disillusionments bitters young married women." There are few men in every day life who can measure up to the requirements of the 'mushy' novels,-few men who would want to be branded as such. They seldom paint real men on such canvasses and that is why so many young girls have their ideals shatter- ed after marriage to a man of com mon clay. There should be some way to prevent young girls from devouring these 'muShy' novels.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
EVENED UP.

With the recall from Stuttgart of Consul Edward Higgins, charged with being too free in his anti German ex- pressions, the State Department may now consider itself absolutely neutral It was not long ago when T. St. John Gaffney was taken from his post at Munich because he was biased the other way round. He played on the right side of his hosts. It is to be de- plored that our cOllSulS, in some few cases, let their hearts run away with their heads. For the most part the men in this service are capable, clev- CT citizens. But once in a while one member of the corps does something he should not do and then suffers the recall. Just at a time like this the men who represent the United States Consular Service in the belIigerent nations should be Overguarded in their every word and deed. The ten- sion is great, the demands are heavy and, after all is said and done, it is have fallen into disrepute with the gOvernm ents they visited. But there should not be too many such cases. These two should be the last.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

enough to rob the breakfast-getti of it's cheer And there are others whose hours are longer and more rigidly measured, who are at work at their days task before sunrising. The lighted windows of a great factory testify how large a proportion of hu- manity habitually in winter gets up in the dark. I saw a scrap of a bright eyed boy in overalls this morning be- fore ' with a dinner pail in his hand and had a moments pang to think of the child labor that afflicts our land-until I learned that he was bringing his breakfast to his father who is a brakeman on a night rail- road run. But even so this child of must always get up in the dark. And there are others-the newsboy who, I hope, gets breakfast before he starts to bring me the morning news. I suppose the milkman gets up in the dark all the year round. And yet he is quite cheerful about it, for I caught him whistling one morning when I had to take a very early train and found it a most prodigious bother, even with the help of the women folks and the shrillest of alarm clocks. I didn't feel in the least like whistling, I remember, and was not a little as- tonished at his happy mood. In fact l have had new respect for milk men ever since, though I fear I should be incapable of their high standard of cheerfulness.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Getting Up Before Light.
(Boston Transcript

This is the time of year when all the beginners of comfort for our day practice the heroic virtue of getting up in the dark. While you, most serene highness and head of the house, are getting that last sweet sleep on which, in your opinion, efficiency and even good temper seem to de- pend, someone is dressing by gaslight starting up the furnace fire to make your bathroom comfortable, getting together the elements of your break fast It is a dark and dreary hour for somebody which precedes and produces that agreeable odor of cof- fee creeping up the stairs with a hint to your nostrils of the pleasures of the dawn. Do you, who so seldom get up in the dark, take these prepa- rations and satisfa ctions as a matter of course, a tribute of nature to your superiority? Or are you a man enough to be considerate and grate- full? The sun rises late, these Janu- ary days at about-oh, well never mind! I suppose you have your own almanac and it is just as well that I should not be cross examined on a point know so little about-but late
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
WHAT OTHERS SAY Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
Three Great Americans. (New Haven UniOn.)

Birthday anniversaries of three great Americans, Benjamin Franklin, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson come this week; Monday, Wednesday and Friday, respectively The first was our most able diplomatist, a eel ebrated author, philosopher, states man and benefactor of mankind. The last two noted generals, so splendid in their heart royalties, have left us the heritage of a rich inspiration.
 Franklin's prodigius labors for the Republic, always prompted by lofty n otive and undertaken without hope of personal gain, were rich in achieve CT and Jackson another, against whom the people of the North harbored no resentment. Their devotion to what they thought right was a splendid les- son, and in post-bellum days the fine character of Robert E. Lee became one of the links which drew the North and South together again.
 Franklin was a man of marvellous versatility and wide diversity of gifts which he employed for the upbuilding of the nation Jackson died in battle, fine type of the fearless leader making the supreme sacrifice for the cause to which his heart and soul were devoted. Lee was great in war but greater in defeat, a true hero. Three men of high ideals devoted service and fine char acter
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

dersea or an aerial weapon that de- stroys the lives of non-com batants in Europe today is not material. The damning, incontrovertible fact re- mains, whatever may be the details l Of any given outrage, that civilized nations are at present carrying on war in ways that a mediaeval free booter or an American Indian of Col ! onial days would have been too proud to employ. It is easy to miss seeing the trees on account of the woods. It is not difficult to fog a large issue by insistence upon details. But the past year in Europe has brought
 shame to the race at large, not mere
 ly because many nations and millions
 of men have been engaged in the
 most colossal struggle of all the ages,
 but because it has been demonstrated
 more clearly than ever that there can-
 not be such thing as civilized war fare.
 Warfare came from the jungle and
 belongs to it. The mark of the beast is upon 1t and can never be removed. DiplomatistS may pursue their call ing, international lawyers may eX- press their views, the technicalities involved in one given outrage or an- other may be discussed by Presidents and Kings Ambassadors and Cabinet officials, but as so-called civilized be- ings they are hampered at the outset by the unchanging truth that war is savagery, that it begets savages, and that all the ingenuity of man has not been able to cleanse it of it's foulneSs to make of it anything but legalized wholesale murder.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Civilized Warfare.
(NeW York Sun.

Both tragic and 1udicrous arc the efforts of mankind to wage war in this century after a manner that goes to prove that the race is not as barbarous as in former centuries. To assert that the average European to- day when engaged in slaughtering his neighbors is not Intellectually and morally superior to his ancestors Of a thousand years ago, that he does Tot make war on a more altruistic basis, so to speak, than did the cave man would be to hurt his senGl- tive shoul to do him he would as sert, grave injustice. Are there not accepted rules of civilized warfare, Hague conventions. international law and other safeguards against the ten- dency of men to become brutes when they go stalking other men as their prey? Has not the use of Greek fire, chain shot and dumdum bullets been abolished? Would a German scalp Frenchman or would a Frenchman scalp German? Has not war, in short through the progress of civiii- zation, become gentle, kindly, hu- mane compared with the kind of war that disgraced the human race in former ages?
 When we compare the details of mediaeval warfare, for example, with the grewsome facts that have come to light regarding the brutalities that make the present war in Europe hideous to the imagination our ego- tism as moderns receives a shock and we are forced to admit that war is as it always has been. hell. and that the leading industry of hell is the manufacture of devils.
 It made no difference to the Amer ican pioneer whether i it was an Oneida a Seneca or a Delaware by whom he was attacked from am mbush In the broadest aspects of this dis cussion, the questions to which of the warning nations belongs an un-
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
MIR. HEALEY.

# MT. Healey of the safety board, Che still "of," not "off,") refuses to
 Esign at the request, or demand, of $1r city's Mayor. We cannot help ex- Pressing our satisfaction. Hurrah for @ealey. If he never did anything #se We are satisfied he has done a hole lot this time. We will risk #eIng called a Democratic Organ by sle friendly little visitor that journeys Hcwn from Hartford every morning Eith it's columns of tainted political Se WIS and it's perverse. editorials. We Ell risk being showed into hopeless solivion by the revengeful hand of the #lief executive of the city who plans p square himself with the people of Jew Britain through the agency of ne same little visitor. We will risk snything in expressing, even if it is sur last dying gasp, an appreciation the effort MT. HeaIey is making in #1deavoring to force showdown on be methods of Mayor Quigley.
 The Mayor has the authority to re- a owe MT. Hea1ey. Of course he has. r. Healey will probably lose his job. Ne admit it. But Mr. Healey plans p show the people of New Britain THY he loses his job. As far as the efice goes we do not doubt for homent but that the commissioner is
 erfectly willing to hand it to the first ban that comes along that really l Eants it. We cannot imagine for a scment why the gentleman wishes to Eep it. We cannot imagine why 1 Elyone would wish to keep a job hder the present administration IoWever, MT. Healey wishes vindica- lon and we heartily hope he gets it. Fe is entitled to it. Good for you Fr. Healey. Let us ALL see the
 egree of smallness that exists in the tayor's office today!
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
3. MCMIL. AN
 sSs-201-2O3 MAIN STi!fl

1 prevented by laws that are reasonable 1 and sufficient. Most of the foreign 1 producing countries and quite likely all of them, will be thoroughly pro- tected by tariff provisions, and we should be on parity with them in
 this respect This is not a question
 of politics nor for political parties
 as such. It is one of economics and
 of good business, and it's affects all
 the people. It is a question of the
 greatest good to the greatest num-
 Der. There should be an effort to as-
 certain and establish a line of justice and fairness between the producer and the consumer. It must be re- solved on scientific principles after the ascertainment of facts and their due consideration
 In the face of this, what is our condition? We have congress torn between frenied program of ."-pSe- paredness' for an unreal war when real economic war is upon them, and nervous worry of how to raise money by unscientific and internal methods of taxation. Its predecessor committed the country to an unsound tariff plan, and it has no thought ap- parently, of radically remedying that mistake. The theorists will not Jeo that they face conditions which ut terly vitiate and revolutionize their theory. In very self defense, the na- tons at destructive work will frau tically set themselves to constructive work after the war is over, and will seek to dump on our markets their products Can we afford to keep our gates open and be deluged Woe to. us if we take no precautions.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
ANOTHER BRAIN STORM.

R# New Britain is being treated to an- XXI her act by the Quigley School of @ mateur Politicians. Before the cur x bin descends, the public must bear @ ith the childishness of the leading ian although it's ratience is well nigh
 Exhausted by the farce that started |s8 8vo years ago this spring.
 @ Mayor Quigley continues to run sNmuck like a bull in a china shop. Bunk and Bluff, the Gold Dust Twins WI politics, are still busy and hot winds #ome whirling out of Room POS in the #ity building.
 # Why all this sudden virtue on the @art of the administration! Members Mf the beard of public safety four
 slonths ago carried on the payroll the
 #ame of Q policeman who was off duty
 # Because of illness. Their object was personal gain. They sympathized @ ith the policeman. He was good Mficer and they considered it a sound @lunicipal investment to do all in their @ ower to return him to health if pos
 @ble For two months the fact that 8#he policeman's name was on the pay aHoll escaped that massive intellect 8#aat now sulks in it's tent.
 M But then came the denouement. VI death! The williams are discovered! MMe God George Washington = #nd Abraham Lincoln" is on the #ob. The great defender of the Beople's liberties and rights, who nev Br sleeps, never eats and never rests While the "deer peepul' are in distress, Se1ls the public in a dramatic speech Before the common council of his Eoul-racking discovery. How the wind blew that night!
 When Mayor Quigley learned that a policeman was being carried on the bayroll illegally did he dismiss the Commissioners If they are guilty to- Aay were they not just as guilty be- lore? The answers are obvious. The fact is that the commissioners of the board or DuDHc SdfcLy nave DeeH oLSheu ao resign because they had backbone bnough, manhood enough, to defend themselves against the piffle and ran For of an excited executive. That was their sin. They dared to talk, had the hudacity to express their opinion of s&Tew Britain's boy mayor. Therefore, #hey are told to go hence by the great ssxponent of the square deal. Muzzles, Hparcon, let us have round of mug kles.
 Shades of Frederick T. Stanley! sThat New Britain should see such Baay in her golden history.
 The commissioners do we'll in re- |susing to resign. Of course they un- harstand that Mayor Quigley has the
 hover to remove chem but it would he a confession on their part that
 they knew themselves to be Tn the EwgonS should they acquiesce meekly
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
The New Cookery For Girls.
Philadelphia Bulletin.)

Frederick Palmer, the war corre- sponent, said at a dinner in New York:
 Girls all over England are making ammunition now. Lady Mary Ham, ilton. Miss Nancy Cunard, Lady Diana Manners-all these lovely girls are making ammunition.
 "They say a girl was talking one day at a tea about her ammunition factory work.
 'Oh,' she said, "it just as easy as anything to make high explosive shell. You take a tablespoonful ol nitroglycerine, two cupfuls of guncot- ton, half a cup of trinitrotoluo1, three cups of liddite, and so on, Just llke the cook books you know.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Local Government.
(New York American. )

(New York American.)
 First ouncillor--"Here's Q fne looking street."
 Second Ditto-"You're right! Whats the best thing to do with it?"
 Let's have it dug up to lay a drain." Nn
 But wouldn't it be proper to Ffve. it first"
 "Of course: I thought you would understand that! Then, after it is paved and Q drain put in, we'll have it repaved."
 "All in readiness to be dug up again for laying the gas pipe? I SC you understand the principles pf municipal economy. And after we have had it paved for the second time, then what?"
 Well, then it will be ready for widening"
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

to His Honor'S demands Their self respect could not permit them to sub- mit> The admiration they have arous- ed by refusing to wear the gag of the determination to go down fighting.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

While the question of raising the sal ary of the chief of police is uppermost in the minds of New Britain's tax payers at this time, it might be well to peruse the following letter submit ted to the borough council of Irwin, Pa., by Charles A. Livingstone, the lone member of that community S force:-
 T hereby tender my resignation as chief of police. I have been chief, dog catcher, health officer, truant officer and policed a pop ulation of about 0,OOO living here and in adjacent towns for three years. About every time I made an arrest some one tried to lick me. If it was necessary for me to use force, I was arrested and con- victed of assault and battery.
 If I killed a stray, unlicensed dog I was arrested for cruelty to animals. Now you can get some of the smart Alecks who claim they would police the town right for the job at $50 a month";
 Some chief!
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
A Mistake Somewhere.
(Kansas City Star.)

A helpful friend recently reuuested us to write funny piece about a game we used to play in boyhood's glad days, called Hiding in the Barn" He alleged that part of the gang hid and the rest searched for them, and when they were found all hands jumped and yelled most gleefuI- ly. This, he tried to remind us, was very, very funny. Either our memory is failing or we have lost our sense oi humor, for as we recollect it, our fatb- CT did the hiding and we jumped akd yelled. And it does not seem amusing to us, even yet.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Cost of Culture,
Philadelphia Ledger. }

The college freshman year was proving very expensive to father, so father decided to have a heart to- heart talk with Charles, home for the week.
 "Now, son. he said gravely, but affectionately, your mother and I arc spending just as little money as we possibly can. I get up at 6:30 and work until after 5. But, son, the money won't go around at the rate your expenses are running. What do you think we had better do?"
 For moment Charles head was buried in thought, and then he re- piled:
 well, father. I don't see any way out but for you to work nights
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Maybe Mayor Quigley intends to

Maybe Mayor Quigley intends to send a diplomatic note to Messrs Healey, filling and Holmes
 Please notice that the first initials of Messrs. Hea!ey, filling and Holm rs spell "Hah.' Can it be possible that the safety commissioners are trying to give His Honor the "Hah Hah"?
 After all, there isn't much differ ence between axe and ex.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

Whats in a name? A man known as Ignatius T. T. Lincoln is accused of being a German spy
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Special Sale of SILK BLOUSES

Silk Crepe de Chine Blouses in eight shades. New plaid, striped and changeable Silk Blouses on Sale Satur- day, $2.9S each. Values to $3.9S.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

It begins to look as if the Safety Board would do well to adopt some Safety First methods
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
January Sale of MEMS SHIRTS
At 69c Each

At 69c Each Value to $1.00. In big range of colors. Sizes 4 to IT inch. Soft and laundered cuff Shirts, all well known makes: Lion Brand, Nonpariel, Elaness and Imperial Shirts in tRis Sale. Now is the time to stock up.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22
Manufacturers Stock of DAINTY GUIMPES
 and COLLARS

On Sale Saturday 45c and SIC each. Values to $1.50.
 JANUARY SALE PRICES ON SHEETINGS, COTTONS and LINENS
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

'ned daily Sunday excepted, at 4:15 ?. m.
 af Herald Building. s7 Church St
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

11ered at the Post Office at New Br1taip
 as Second Glass Mail Matter.
New Britain herald., 1916-01-22

HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
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