Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-06-08
BY EDWARD w. PICkARD.

The United States anticipates from
Ahree to five more years of war, and is
preparing for it on tremendous scale,
fbasing it's plans on the idea that de-
feat of the central powers will de-
pend largely on America. France and
England are counted on to hold the
Germans back on the west front, while
ltaly keeps the Austrians busy in the
Trieste and Trentino regions, until the
United States can raise, equip and
train it's Immense National army.
Though a hundred thousand or more
Americans will be on the fighting front
this year, 1t is not expected that our
armies will appear there in great
strength before 1913. This much of
SITS plans the government allowed to be
known last week. President Wilson,
st was said, expects to send million
Hnen to France next year and another
million the following year If neces-
. sary.
Instead of panicky haste, careful
consideration is governing the move
.ments of the government. To co-ordi-
mate the needs of the allies and fur
IRish the enormous quantities of NUM-
.tiOns and other supplies they must
have is perhaps the most pressing
problem, and during the week the cab
fanet discussed the creation of the vast
machinery for the purchase of sup
plies aggregating $1O,000,000,00O year
land their distribution to the various
countries. This it Is planned, is to be
controlled by a commission, rather
shan by one man, and such is the al
vice of Bernard Baruch, who had been
suggested for the position. The war
commissions of Great Britain and
France formally agreed to the creation
of such commission, and the Italian
commissioners, now in this country,
doubtless will assent. Incidentally.
Italy wants to borrow several hundred
millions from the United States.
Preparing for Registration.
Preparations for the registration on
June 5 of all men between the ages
of twenty-one and thirty for service
in the National army went forward
rapidly throughout the country, and,
with a blush of shame be it said,
schemes were sprung in many local1-
ties to defeat the success of the army
Jaw and to fight against conscriptlon.
I'm Texas and West Virginia organiZa-
ltiOnS for this purpose were uncovered,
iRnd in those states and many other
places arrests were made by the secret
service men. Federal officers every
where were instructed to keep close
watch over meetings at which there
might be agitation against registra-
ton and to arrest the speakers. In
some instances it was shown beyond
doubt that German influences and Ger
man money were behind the demon /
strations.
Chicago. New York and other cities
xgere the scene of meetings or Social
lists. pacifists, conscientious DIRECTORS
and other intentional or unintenuonal
aids of the kaiser. These gatherings
voiced the demand that the United
States government at once announce
cts war aims in definite and concrete
xerms and make peace as soon as those
aims are achieved. The Socialists, &C
eording to their leaders, are concerned
chiefly in spreading their doctrines
throughout the world and see In the
war a fine opportunity to accomplish
This AS for the conscientious oDJec-
4ors one may well quote Coionel
Rooseyelt's phrase IN his Memorial
Day address: IF any man is too con-
scientious to fight he ought ia take