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The Presidents Flag Day Speech

| Europe and Asia. from Berlin to Bag
dad. They hoped those demands
might not arouse Europe, but they
meant to press them whether they did
or not, for they thought themselves
ready for the final issue of arms.
Dream of Berlin
Their plan was to throw broad
belt of German military power and
political control across the very cell-
ter of Europe and beyond the Medi-
terranean into the heart of kk;ia;
] and Austria Hungary was to be as
much their tool and pawn as Serbia
or Bulgaria or turkey or the ponder
Gus states of the east. Austria-Hun-
the central German empire, absorbed
and dominated by the same forces
and influences that had originally ce-
mented the German states 'themsel-
YES. That dream had its heart at
Berlin. 1t could have had a heart
nowhere else. 1t rejected the idea OF
solidarity of race.entirely. The choice
Of peoples played no part in it at
all. 1t contemplated binding to-
gether racial and political units which
could be kept together only by force
|-Czechs, Magyars, Croats, Serbs. Ru'
manians, Turks. Armenians-th
proud states of Bohemia and Hungary
the stout little commonwealth OF
the Balkans, the indomitable Turks.
the subtle peoples of the east. These
peoples did not, wish to be united.
They ardently desired to direct their
own affairs, would be satisfied only
by undisputed independence. They
could be kept quiet only by the pres
ence or the constant threat OF armed
men. They would live under COM.
mon power only by sheer compul-
sion and await the day of revolution.
But the German military statesmen
had reckoned with all that and were
ready to deal with it in their own
way
And they have actually carried the
greater part of that amazing plan III
to execution! Look how things stand.
Austria is at their mercy. 1t has act.
ed, not upon it's own initiative or up
on the choice of its own people, but
at Berlin's dictation ever since the
war began. Its people now desire
peace, but cannot have it until leave
is granted from Berlin. The so-called
central powers are, in fact, but a
single power Serbia is at its mercy,
should it's bounds be but for mo-
ment freed. Bulgaria has consented
% it's will, and Rumania is overrun.
The Turkish armies, which Germans
,rained, are serving Germany, GER
ainly not themselves, and the guns
II German warships lying in the har-
,or-at Constantinople remind Turkish
statesmen every day that they have
10 choice but to take their orders
rom Berlin. From Hamburg to the
Persian gulf the net is spread.
Germany's New Intrigue
"Is it not easy to understand the
,agerness for peace that has been
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the right of peoples and the self
government of nations; for they see
what immense strength the forces Vi
Justice and liberalism are gathering
out of this war. They are employing
liberals in their enterprise. Ihey are
using men, in Germany and Without
as their spokesman whom they nave
hitherto despised and oppressed US
ing for their own destructon-soclal
lists, the leaders Of labor, the thinkers
they have hitherto sought to silence.
7 of them once succeed and the men,
now their tools, will be ground 10
novder beneath the weight OF the
great military empire they Will nave
set u,,i the Tevolutionists in Russla
will be CIT off. from all succor or
cooperation in western Europe ana
counter revolution fostered and sup
norted: Germany herself will lose her
chance of freedom; and all Europe
will arm for the next, the l'ha'
struggle.
'The sinister intrigue is being no
LESS actively conducted in this country
than in Russia and in every country
in Europe to which the agents anu
dupes of the imperial German h"S
eminent can get access. That govern
ment has many spokesman here: IN
places high and low. They nave
learned discretion. They keep within
the law. 1t is opinion they utter now
not sedition. They proclaim the nD-
eral purposes of their masters; de
clare this a foreign war which can
touch America with no danger either
to her lands Or her institutions set
England at the center of the stage
and talk of her ambition to assert
economic dominion throughout the
world; appeal to our ancient tradluoh
of isolation in the politics OF the ma
tons; and seek to undermine the
government with false professions OF
loyalty to it's principles. .sE
b. Flag to Wear New Luster
But. they will. make no headway.
The false betray themselves also III
every accent. 1t is only friends anu
partisans of the German government
whom we have already identified who
utter these thinly yelled disloyaH4es
The facts are patent to all the world,
and nowhere are they more plainly
seen than in the United States, where
we are accustomed to deal with facts
and not with sophistries; and the
great fact that stands out above all
the rest is that this peoples war.
war for freedom and justice and self
government amongst all the "nations
of the world, war to make the world |
safe for the people who live upon 1t
and have made it their own, the Ger
man people themselves included, and
that with us rests the choice to break !
through. all these hypocrisies and pa
tent cheats and masks of brute force |
and help set the world free, or else |
stand aside and let it be dominated
long ages through by sheer weight OF
arms and arbitrary choices OF self
constituted masters, by the nation |
which can maintain the biggest armies |
and the most irresistible ornaments |
"a power to which the world has al |
forded no parallel and in the face of
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i manifested from Berlin evAr since
the snare was set. and sprung? Peace
peace, peace has been the talk OF
her foreign office for now year Oh
more; not peace upon her own III
|itiative, but upon the initiative OF the
nations over which she now deems
herself to hold the advantage. A
little OF the talk has been published
but most of it has been private
Through all sorts of channels it has
come to me, and in all sorts Of guises
but never with the terms disclosed
which the German government would
be willing to accept. That govern
ment has other valuable pawns in its
hands besides those 1 have mention
ed. 1t still holds valuable part OF
France, though with slowly relaxing
grasp; and practically the whole OF
Belgium. It's armies press close up
on Russia and overrun Poland at their
! Will. 1t cannot 80 farther; it dare
not 20 back. 1t wishes to close its
| bargain before it is too late and it
has little left to offer for the pound
of flesh it will demand.
1.-THE military masters under whom
Germany is bleeding see very clearly
to what point fate has brought them.
If they fall back or are forced back
an inch, their power both abroad and
at home will fail to pieces like "a
house of cards. 1t is their power ht
home they are thinking about now
more than their power abroad. 1t is
that power which is trembling under
their very feet; and deep fear has
entered their hearts. They have but
one chance to perpetuate their mill
tary power or even their controlling
political influence. If they can Sc
cure peace now with the immense adj
vantages still in their hands which
they have up to this point apparent
ly gained, they will have justified
pie; they will have gained by force
what they promised to gain by it;
an immense expansion of German
power, an immense enlargement of
German industrial and commercial
opportunities. Their prestige will be
secure, and with their prestige their
political power II they fail, their
people will thrust the aside; gov
eminent accountable to the people
themselves will be set up in Germany
as it has been in England, in the
United States, in France, and in all
the great countries Of the modern
time except Germany; if they fail,
Germany is saved and the world will
be at peace. If they succeed, Amer
lea will fall within the menace. We
and all the rest of the world must re-
main armed, as they will remain, and
must make ready for the next step
in theip aggression; if they fail, the
world may unite for peace and Ger
many may be of the union
Using Men They Hate
do you not now understand the
new intrigue, the intrigue for peace,
and why the masters of Germany do
not hesitate to use any agency that
promises to effect their purposes, the,
deceit Of the nations? Their present.
particular aim is to deceive all those,
who throughout the world stand for
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which political freedom must withel
and perish. n.
For us there is but one choice. We
have made it. Woe be to the man or
group of men that seeks to stand in
our way in this day Of high rcsolu,
ton when every principle we hold
dearest is to be indicated and made
secure for the salvation of the nations
We are ready to plead at the bar
OF history, and our flag shall wear a
new luster Once more we shall
make good with our lives and for
tunes the great faith to which we
were born, and a now glory shall shine
in the face Of our .people." I'd, ..
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
The WAR
WEDNESDAY,.

Following the savage bombardment
which had been progress several days,
the Germans by q heavy attack In the
region of Moulin de Laffaux, gained q
footing In French flrstline trenches
east OF Vauxaillon, says the official
report from the Paris war office.
The report from British general
headquarters reads: 1.-THE posts east
OF Monchyle-Preux, from which our
advanced detachments were compelled
to withdraw on the occasion of the
enemy's attack against Infantry Hill
Monday morning, have now been re.
established by us. Tuesday night the
enemy heavily bombarded our line i'm.
mediately north Of the Souchez river,
and delivered three counter attacks
against the positions captured by us
In that neighborhood In each case
his attacking troops were completely
repulsed."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Eat LessI Do Moro,

A fat nation is no good. Lean ma
tons accomplish things. We should
eat less and think more, have smaller
girth and larger chests, less on the hip
and more on tho thorax. have fewer
potatoes at dinner and moro books
after dinner. moro exercise and less
chewing. n strong person can subsist
on little oatmeal and philosophy and
outwalk, outtalk, outthink, and in ev-
cry way Guido the person who travels
tho long route from soup to nuts and
goes to sleep aftcrwGrd as an anaconda
full Of sheep or monkeys might. Life
Is lean affair Of hungry appetites and
ambitions. Then they stimulate to
earnest performance. The regeneration
Of the American nation begins at tho
dinner table. We need stoutness in
soul not soutness in fat- Eat less and
do more. Grow more above tho neck
and less below tho Chicago
Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Heathen Shripss.

After months spent In idolatrous
lands l have been unable to SEQ much
real worship in heather shrines. The
educated worship with their tongues
In their cheeks and the ignorant with
their hearts IN their mouths. But the
amount Of real worship that exists In
heather temples Is very small.
Sometimes a bercaved mother will
enter the temple and draw from her
klmono the tiny bib Of departed lit
tie one and tic 1t to tho statue of Jizo.
tho god Of motherhood. Sometimes an
old man or woman, almost blind, will
enter the temple and rub tho eyes of
wooden god and then rub his own in
the hope that eternal darkness may
not close IN on hts af'righted soul In
some places Buddhist services are as
digniiied, as well attended and as help
ful as our own.-AInynarl Owen VIII
Hams III Christian Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Wlrcloss In War.

There are several forms of wireless
equipment used in warfare, and under
favorable conditions range Of from
100 to 200 miles Is possible with one Of
them. The most portable station"
however, is the cavalry type, which
weighs G4O pounds and is carried about
III equal proportions by four horses.
Its range is not O wide one. 1t works
over a distance Of from twenty-five to
thirty miles. The engine and dynamo
are mounted on opposite sides Of q
rigid saddle on tho first horse together
with four gallons Of petrol and O quart
Of lubricating oil, tools. spare parts and
q telescope driving shaft The second
horse carries the transformeI-which
changes the current to q lighter or
lower voltago-in a wooden case and in
another wooden case the receiver,
while tho third horse carries tho 1nasts.
which In some cases are In sections
and In others are made On q telescope
principle. The fourth horse carries
halyards, stays md tho aerial wires,
which arc wound round drums and
pack away in fiber case.-Penrson's
Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
MONDAY.

The British front in north F'rarc
is again developing signs Of markc
activity. The official statement from
London details an unusual number o
raids carried out by the British II
virtually every important sector from
Belgium to st. Quentin.
General Sir Douglas Haig has no
struck hard blow on any extended
front since the week of the Messin~ =.
fighting, when the famous ridge on TIE
Belgian front was captured and tn,
way prepared for further SMASHING
operations In this sector.
There Is q momcntary luM in the
infantry activities on the Aisne front
Tho French have virtually succeeded
in re-establishing in It's entirety thei,
line In the Vauxaillon area, which was
dented by the crown princes force II
sudden drive on narrow front last
week.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
THURSDAY.

Heavy fighting Is III progress on the
Aisne front. Here the French are
entrenched In favorable positions az
ter their advances in the spring. The
Germans apparently have been heavily
reinforced in this sector by men
brought from the Russian front. One
such division was sent into the fight
directly after its arrival, making an
attack between the Allette river and
the Laffaux mill.
The assault while along front OF
apparently less than a mile, was of ex-
tremely violent character. The Frencs !,
stopped the German rush. suffering
only slight penetration of their first
line trench aggrelsating between GOO
and 700 yards, Paris reports
Berlin's report on the attack asserts
the capture Of more than 1900 yards
OF trenches.
The French official statement also
announces progress made by General
Petain's forces northeast of Mont Car
nillet, in the Champagne.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
FRIDAY,

The engagement between French
and Germans, which was opened Wed
nesday by German attack near Vaux.
ailon, southeast Of Loan Is being con.
tinued by the artillery The infantry
= Setting has temporarily d!carAe.wn.
Paris reports an extension of the
artillery duel eastward from vaux.
ailon. 1t was raging along a front ap
proNimately ten miles as far as the
vicinity of Braye-en-Laonnois. reaching
what the official report charactcrizcs
AS "extreme intensity"
The infantry battle. after cary sue
cesses for the crown prince, came to g
halt after his troops had lost virtually
everything they had gained. At least
SO Paris says.
Tho Austr italian front continue.
the scenes of active operations, but
official dispatches arc lacking. Gen
eral Count Cadorna apparently is OK
erting heavy pressure along wide
sector OF the Trentino front, where
Trent Is the objective.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
SATURDAY..

Heavy attacks by the Germans con
tinue on the Aisne front. The fight:ne
at times assumes almost the proper
lions of general engagement.
No substantial successes have at
tended the crown princes efforts. Late
bulletins indicate the lighting is turn
Ing even more favorably for the
French.
The crown princes primary purpose
apparently Is to forestall the renewal
OF the French offensive movement
southwest and south of the fortress
Of Lacl, the German key position.
The plan Of the. Germans seems to
be to launch heavy forces on compare.
lively narrow fronts in the area under
attack.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Matter and Force.

There is no such thing as q loss OF
matter or force. The so called "con-
scrvatlon" Of matter and it's forces was
demonstrated years ago by Joule and
other scientists. When, for instance,
a thing "burns up" rs wc say, the sub
stances that give out the light and
heat arc changed, not destroyed. The
wood or whatever the substance hap
pens to be becomes ashes and gas, and
II we could gather up all the products
OF the burning we should find that they
had not lost particle Of their weight
and that the form Of them only was
changed. The eternity Of matter was
a teaching Of the old Greek philiso-
piers, or Of some Of them at least, and
the modern teaching Of the conserva-
ton or indestructibility Of the stuff Of
tho universe would seem to corroborate
the ancient idea.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Throwing Heat Overheard.

On oil seagoing steamers the steam
D condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overheard. In the process Of conden-
sntion the cooling water taken in at
tc"p"rrt"r"s vNrytnv.$ from a2 degrees
to So degrees r., accu4A.m, climatic
and other conditions, Is raised to tenn
peratures varying from 80 to 12O de-
grees and then discharged. This great
loss OF heat Is practically unavoidable,
says tho Popular Science Monthly.
Even on comparatively small steamers
hundreds Of tons Of heated water arc
pumped overheard daily. This consti-
tutes ono OF the greatest heat losses in
the operation OF steam machinery, al
though sometimes n portion Of tho
warm water IS used for scrubbing
decks and for bath water ON passenger
shiDa
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

taking place.
The French, continuing their sh
Ing tactics against the Germans, now
have retaRen the greater part Of the
territory lying northeast Of the NJ Il,
farm In the region Of Vauxai'l,r
which the army Of the German crow
prince reinforced by picked men, con
tured last week In attacks In which
they suffered extremely heavy casu
altics under tho fire Of the French a.
tIcrymcn and inf1ntry.
The operations of Sir Doug -,
Haig's army AGAINST the Gcrmans Il
France and Re'rinm have consis.cS
entirely in effectively putting dew
attempted enemy raids and answer'rs
the fire Of hostile guns. There Is sti'l
considerable artillery activity on the
part OF tho Germans on various se,>
tors In Belgium.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Bells Not In Favor

Greek monks are called to prayer in
fashion of their own. Bells are not
regarded with too much favor In the
Levnnt. The fact that they are an In.
novation borrowed, albeit In the tenth
century, from schismatic Venice makes
the orthodox doubt their appeal, while
the Turks object to them even more
strongly lest they disturb wandering
spirits, says tho National Geographic
Magazine. For oil ordinary purposes
the monks use IN their stead hanging
wooden plank or sometimes q smaller
metal bar Of which the necessary con-
comitant Is stout mallet.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

1t is the only factor OF happiness that.
granting muterial necessities. has to be
reckoned In dollars.
Success Is a variant, and 1t is i'm.
possible to state 1t in n money limit,
know that the $1,000 that is my fa.
Tiers salary as United States attorney
brings with 1t to him q recognition Of
his ability that the same salary made
In another way would not have.
know that the small checks l some
times receive for my own work bring
q glow that really isn't In tho checks"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

VIRGINIA-In the Law and Equity
Court OF tho City OF Richmond,
May 10th, 1917.
LEILA DAVIS. Plaintiff
VS..
HAIRY DAVIS Defendant
The object Of the above styled suit
Is to obtain & divorce from the bonds
of matrimony by the plaintiff from
the defendant upon the grounds of
adultery.
And an affidavit having been made
and filed that due diligence has been
used by and on behalf of the plaintiff
to ascertain in what county or cor
poration the defendant, Harry Davis
Is without effect, it Is ordered that
he appear here within fifteen DAYS
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

VIRG1NIA-In tho Hastings Court
Part III OF tho City of Richmond.
May 23, 1917.
DAISY A. JEFFERSON. ~. Plaintiff
VS.
WILLIAM e. JEFFERSON,
Defendant
The object OF the above styled suit
is to obtain divorce from tho bonds
OF matrimony by the plaintifr from
the defendant upon. the grounds OF
abandonment and adultery.
And an anldavjt having been made
and filed that William e. Jefferson,
tho defendant, is a nonresident of
the State OF Virginia, it Is ordered
that he appear here within fifteen
days after due publication Of this
GREER and do whatever may be me-
cessary to defend his interest herein
A Copy-Teste:
w. e. DU VAL, Clerk.
j. r. POLLARD, pa.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Cash Value of Succeoa.

"While l do not think that success is
measured by money" says a writer in
tho American Magazine, IAN estimate
or success cannot be disassociated from
the cash value that Is put on our work
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07
Y. NJ O.. A. NOTES

On Monday nigh. June 25lh $50
p. NJ. at the Ebenezer Baptist church
the friends at home and abroad SHOW
e" than they have our General S2ctv..
S. G. Burrell at heart for his faithful
service. He is happy and thanks all
the friends feeling that he has just be
gun his work
Last Friday night found the Reds
and Blues still at it and are looking
for men that the war may be kept in
full blast until August 1st Onward
men to the front.
The boys and men Of the Y. NJ. G.
a. found last Sunday to be very
profitable day to them by serving
others.
$3.50 A. NJ. the workers meeting in
the Y. M. G. A. Building for the Kings
Business and every fellow was bless
ed.
The committee for the city home
work was active and found much to
be done.
The City Jail was visited 10 A. NJ.
by the committee and the prisoners
were greatly helped.
10 A. NJ. General Secty. S. G. Bur-
rell held a special meeting with the
women In the penitentiary and 1t was
great meeting. All took an active
part.
We were happy to welcome the boys
4 P. M. to the Boys meeting, and they
were given the very best OF advice
which will make loyal men for the fu-
ture. We thank you mothers and help
lis again.
$50 p. M. the men were given a
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SUNDAY.

Aside from several sectors In the
region between Scissors and Rheims
and in the Champagne near Mont
Carnilett, little fighting of moment is
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-07

VllNilNIA--In the Circuit Court Of
the County OF Hcnrico; In Vacation
tho 18th day Of May, 1917.
CARRIE BAUGH. .Plaintiff
va.
WILLIAM BAUGH. -. Defendant
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this suit Is to obtain
a Divorce from tho Bond Of Matri-
mony, by the Plaintiff from the De
PENDANT upon tho ground of Desertion
And On Affidavit having been made
and filed that the Defendant, William
Baugh Is not q resident of the State
Of Virginia, 1t Is ordered that he
appear here within fifteen days from
the due publication Of this Order and
do what may be necessary to protect
his interest herein.
Teste:
SAMUEL p. WADDILI., Clerk.
J. HENRY CRUTCHIELD, pq.