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your soul, Devotion to country, sacri-
fee, glory, intelligence, grandeur, no
bility, These words have been driven
into your brain by education and by
books. Now is the time to translate
them into acts. Young scholar, you
who dreamed on the college benches
Of rivalling julius Casar, begin by
being the chief of twenty poilus.
Down there, on the right, shadows
glide by. They appear to be French
men, who dispose themselves in waves
for another assault. II seemed to La
baraGue that he saw the German
trenches placed now in such a way
that one could take them in entilade.
And in that case these twenty could
play an important role in the new as
sault which was in preparation. Let
them make new forward movement at
the propitious moment for firing, and
IL would mean the certain rout OF the
enemy occupying the crest
Drops of sweat stood out on the
young mans face as he discovered
these things. The idea of terrible,
unavoidable duty imposed itself on his
spirit with the violence of a command.
What then? II would be necessary Tor
him TO stand up and say 10 his com
rades:
"Here am |, your leader ] know
what ought to be done. Obey me! For
ward, March, -,
What a terrifying decision to take!
Never would he dare to do II. Gladly
the poor boy would have prayed:
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last few weeks not only checked the
Maximalist activities, but also caused
a complete transformation IN the ser
timents of the Firms and Ukrainlans
and other races. From open internal
enemies they became Russian patriots.
The cause of this phenomenon is the
critical military and economic situation
Russia's smaller natlonalltles real
ize but too well that with the collapse
Of free Russia all chance for their au .
tonomy will be gone. They know that
il was the revolution that made posi-
bic the almost unlimited indivldua! and
racial freedom which all Russia is now
ENJOYING. They. therefore, have de-
cided. in the critical moment, TO sup
mort with all their strength the Pro-
visional Governments authority and
will.
All the nationalties, with the excep-
ton of Finland, came TO the a!l-Rus-
sian conference. held two weeks ago
in Moscow, TO express their loyalty,
devotion and allegiance TO the New
Russia. declaring their determination
TO stand by the motherland through all
the crises that may lie ahead OF her;
And even Finland, which was expected
TO cause trouble when the Provlsiona!
Government ordered the dissolution
OF the old Diet and the election OF I,
new one. behaved as if she realized
;hat the death OF the New Russia would
mean her own national death.
Another factor in Finland's changed
attitude was the discovery by the Firms
that the Russian Socialists actually be-
lievs that Finland's claim TO in6eDen-
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"My opinion u.s." said another, that
L would be more prudent to constitute
ourselves reserve on the other SIDE
of the hill, in the rear
"You think that, do you? Are we
going to turn tail, like towards :"
The other soldiers are resigned and
passive. They say nothing. Anarchy
reigns in the group. :,
Let US advance. "Let us retire
Let us move to the left Let US
stay where we are
All these suggestions are made. But
none of them is adopted. Here are
twenty soldiers who will be useless for
many days TO come if from within their
own circle does not come the thought
which recreates discipline and order.
But the mysterious force which pro
duces leaders Of men is at work. II
las cast its choice on Labaraque. What
a tragic birth, In the thought of this
frail and .timid young soldier long
train of ancestors are making their IN
fuence felt-rude peasants, imperious
merchants, trained functionaries, o'fi-
GERS habituated TO command. They
have all come to life again in the soul
incased in the body of this dlmhutIye,
shrinking man.
There is need of a chief. 1t is the
CRYING need of the group. SO, come,
Young man, shake yourself together!
Forget your eighteen years! II is you
on whom the task OF a commander has
devolved. Feel the forces which hered-
ity and education have accumulated IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
WAVE Of assault had carried

4 WAVE Of assault had carried
n twenty soldiers into a half de-
molished trench. They chung
there, stunned, dumfounded, like sailors
whom a storm has cast on a projection
of the coast.
Labaraque lifted mis- head above the
parapet. The fire Of the artillery had
slackened As far as the horizon there
was nothing but the tranquil undula-
tion of a country freshly slashed by
shells. Now and then, as quick as
the fash of a wave on the sea, one saw
a man leap from one hole in the earth
and disappear into another.
"It is always the same thing Crum-
bled a soldier. crouching in the bottom
of the trench. "They bring us some
where. Nobody explains anything. We
push ahead. We run. The chiefs fall.
After that no one has the faintest idea
what TO do"
All the anguish which in times long
past attacked the primitive horde, wan
dering in the woods and deprived OF a
leader-that these men of to-day felt
now.
Conducted by night on an unknown
field of battle. each one had followed,
half asleep, the knapsack OF his neigh
Dor. without concerning himself where
he was going. Before the assault they
had heard the leaders talk of Point
2.555; of the Government farm; Of the
wood of st. Pierre WAIST; Of the tn
Regiment, which was going 70 attack
on the right; of the positions of the
encmy's batteries. Just so many words,
which had penetrated the intelligence
of these men about as much as water
penetrates rock.
Now. how they wished that they
knew, There isn't even sub-ofhcer
among them. They feel themselves
without a guide. without compass
adrift in a terrible whirlwnd. Pres
emily the rage of the big guns will re-
commence. the treacherous mitrall-
Ieuses will spring from the ground.
What to do? What to think?
~ tell YOU" said Geslin, that the
German trenches are down there on
that crest. And the French ones are IN
tho nit of the ravinc. We are going TO
be taken between two fires
"Bc quiet, you IDIOT" replied Fab
ric ~ tell you that | saw the 18th Just
now advance down there as far as the
little wood on the right. Shall we hrc
on our comrades -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
The Birth Of a Leader

20 God, make me think that have
seen nothing, that | understand moth
ing, that | am, like the others, lgno-
rant and without will"
"As for me, am going TO dig myself
in," declared Boichaux, shovelling at a
she'll hole. Eve have done what we
could, haven't we? Since there are no
officers here, we can do nothing else
but wait for the darkness in order to
make our way back to our lines
perhaps Boichaux is right. He Is q
veteran. He has had experience. l
had better keep quiet" thought Laba-
raque. :,
But the group as a whole remained
undecided. Painfully they sought to
harmonic the contradictory impulses
which were at work in their brains:
DUTY. prudence, to kill the boches, but
not 10 serve as mere targets for the
enemy's bullets. Night was settling
down in all their consciences.
An incident which happened only
added to their perplexity. A soldier,
out of breath, tumbled into their
trench. He was a courier who had
lost his way. On the crumpled paper
which he carried the soldiers read
these incomprehensible words:
"Order No. l8: The -.th Regiment.
Objective. the corner Of the wood st.
Pierre Vast. To turn to the left in
order to keep in touch. To advance
when signals are given. Attack set for
you see clearly" explained Ere ou.
"There is nothing TO be done: The
paper says: Attack at p. m. II 10
now 5 p. m. It is all off. Don't let's
move from here
Other soldiers expressed contrary
opinions. Suddenly the machine guns
began TO spout at the top OF the ridge
With a leap Labarsque was on his
feet. HIS voice rang out sharp and
authoritative.
Fellows. our companies are attack
ing to the south of the ridge. Our
comrades have 70 mount a stiff incline.
The bochc machines are going 70 stop
them. We can take those machine guns
in flank ard drive them from the hill.
Come on. Forward
Light had broken brusquely. unex-
pcctedly. All was now clear, evident,
in order. A chief had been born. The
mon felt themselves directed and con-
fdence again filled their souls. There
was a united rush from the trench az
the heels of the young man.
And that IS how Labaraque gained
his stripes AS a corporal on the hill OF
Rouchayesrcs.
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tigation starts. How. after all, was
one to interpret the order? The Minis
ter of Justice discovers that he ordered
the removal of those he had no inten-
tion to remove. He changes his original
command. The deputy now places a
different construction on it. The Viborg
side finds that there is no use for
arms. The ft of hysteria is ended.
Tomorrow, however, some voice may
issue some other cry. Then comes an
other hysterical pandemonium. And all
Of Russia Is filled with Petrograd's
hysterical walls.
In this Petrograd, deafened by its
own noise, Infatuated by its own
screams. hysterical, insane, feeding not
on realities but hallucinations, there
are two red-hot sections.
There is the Petrograd side and the
Viborg side.
The "Petrograd side" once reputed
for its quietness, Is now all convul-
sions. The first DAYS OF the revolution
it was the last bulwark of "Protopo'
poff's troops"-the police. In the rest
OF Petrograd the revolution was already
triumphant. Everywhere there was
peace and joy. But on the "Petrograd
side" the machine guns of the police
still cracked, the soldiers replying with
yolleys.
From my window | saw how seven
machine guns were captured. They had
been placed on roofs and church tops
| telephoned to the city: How is every
thing" So,
Perfect order. Everywhere jubilant
crowds. All Is ended!"
Five minutes before | saw a des'
perate battle at the adjacent corner
Six or seven policemen were shooting
from behind a small shop. | left fol-
Moscow soon, returning two weeks
later. "Petrograd side' was already
the camp Of the Leninites, with theil
headquarters in the palace of Kshesin'
skaya. There where they gambled, IN
railroads under the Cars regime they
were now gambling with the future OF
Russia. The treacherous "Petrograc
sideln
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
In Prison Ministers Answer
Fewer Leading Questions

Going TO bed a minister thinks: TO-
day. thank God, / have been exonerat-
ed What will happen tomorrow
Rising in the morning, he asks himseit:
"Of what will | be accused to-day!
The Cars ministers imprisoned in
the Fortress of Peter and Paul are
questioned less than those who now &C.
cupy the Marinsky palace.
And Petrograd is certain that neither
the ministers nor Russia ought TO think
Of anything else in this time OF NOR
tai danger to the country but OF how
Petrograd quizzes its ministers and
how thew escape punishment. The ret
rograders call il Revolutionary ex-
altation." In reality it is strainl1g
Of nerves to the point of hysteria.
Russia is not France, and Petrograd
is not Paris. OF Paris Heine once
said: "In France it is what Paris
thinks that is important. What the
provinces think is just as interesting
as what my legs think"
Russia is an aggregation OF villages,
of numerous cities, of enormous eco
nomic and cultural centres. Russia Is
common sense itself, which alone al
lows her to exist under conditions OF
anarchy which long ago would nave
DESTROYED any other state.
Russia knows what is happening.
She knows that the elements OF coun-
ter revolution dare not show them
selves on the surface. Common sense,
the great god of Russia, will save us
even at the last moment from the only
terror which menaces Russia, the revo-
luton, liberty-civll war.
Russia is not a public square Of the
city of Petrograd. She, it Is true. with
horror. with disgust, with sorrow, but
also with calmness, regards hysterical
Petrograd. II was difficult to govern
Russia from the palace Of Czarskoye-
Selo. II will be impossible to govern
her from the palace of Kshesinskaya.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
By Jean dies Vignes Rouges
Translated by William L. Mcpherson

Here story by soldier Jean des Ignes Rouges
plume Of distinguished French officer Who has fought at
the front coundd than He has published tTo
books Vauquos and "LAms de Chess TINS
second title is happy one for the dominant moOe IN me du"0 ~
illustrate the Development under the stress OF f9hng nose
qualities the making not only of true SOLDIER but Of
a leader.
That of the little tale hich folorS-he creation Of
emergency ont of rhat seemed hopeessy inert and IN
promising MATERIAL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Bv V. DOROSHEVITCH

prntday Perograd orin By Doroshe
rtch Rus greatest uetonist His in the Moscoro Russ
oye Spo are read daily
phases Of the cons daily life Petrogad
end its the nation to-day vital topic Russia
foreign naiona Petrogrdd turbulent Russia
quiet general feeling This sentiment determined the holding
of the National Assembly instead Of Petrogad Doroshechs
article in the Russkoye Sou published Russia the time of the
Peroqrad affords unusual Uiw the Russian
situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
That WeN-Known Smile

When the creation Of tho
Ptrograd quite naturally could
smile s"-LIlustraion.)
Well l know that smile they smiled,
have seen it, late and soon,
Much as if forward child
Boosted it could grasp the moon.
Job patient, am sure
In his patrarcha style,
But he'd nothing to endure
Half as trying that smile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
On the "Viborg Side" No One
His Smiled Since March

Not so the "yiborg side" It is
steady and loyal. Since the 18th Of
March no one smiled there yet. Since
the hour when arms were distributed
the "Viborg side" never yet let the
rifles out of its hands. In all Russia
no one trembled for liberty so much
as the "Viborg side" 1t trembles and
makes others tremble.
If Lenine becams the head OF Russia
Tomorrow. even then the Viborgers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

he Gentleman Anti Addresses Lady Who Has ThouahtlcsSl
Said She Doesn't See Why Women Shouldn't Vote
Oh lady. be content to be a star,
Content to hold mans worship and respect.
Reflect what silly creatures women are
Imagine what weak men they would elect.
Man made his politics, and made it low,
Sordid degraded tricky, vile and GRIM
Unclean, corrupting and corrupt; and so
You should trust everything to it, and him.
Keep our ideals safe; that is task
Worthy and pure and proudly onerous;
Keep our deaIs-that is all we ask
And keep them where they will not trouble U.s.
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The Complete Letter Writer

I'm response . sent in an effort TO es'' " ~
Dear -, .... >. e..
m b bss. few lines you that can't come to see
YOU on account that the stairs ana my JOINT went "
place and can't 20 until seven weeks VIII pass " w
impossible because haven't so'
little money that my ei "
not nuf to support are time that was w
had % cents what you 90 'h@'
for when am very poor you don't believe me you can e " "
yours ain W best wishes
Four contribsL R. H. H. Jis and Leons-SuggeS, na' ne
of Mr.. Henry Sydnor Harrison nngh' NC e" "
COW A. -hos aCbina" with asia Minor" and finer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

wherever liberty and sefgovernment appear the world
round Imperial German Government has been its oe
Mr. TaIcott Williams, in The Review of Reviews.
Wherever liberty and seIfgovernment for appear
the world round Mr. Talcot Williams is their foe He is or
was an officer of that strangely ndemocrac organization
the Mems League Opposed to Woman Suffrage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Besides Anarchists There Are
Several Public Institutions

Minister of Justice Pereverzef issues
an order: "Evacuate the Palace Of Dur
novo." It is occupied by anarchists.
But, besides the anarchists, there are
also quartered several public insttu-
tions. The Minister of Justice would
have done much wiser had he known
of this before issuing the order.
The deputy who received the commits
sion TO clear out the palace interprets
the minister's order as he understands
il. In a minute all Of the Viborg side
is in arms. Petrograd is within a
moment Of bloodshed.
When the climax is reached an inves-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

Cmpee Characterization from George AIDES Fable IN the oc'
b.-how the time fesCosmopotan; she was one OF 'ho
Women that the Minute you her have Curiosity 70 get
acod with her Husband and listen to his Explanation OF how
happened"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

time since the Senate committee reported favora.
bly, on the bill to submit suffrage to the voters Of
Hawaii The United States Senate to believe that any
fit vote except the of the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
DErRoGRAD-the city terrible.

-
i People who visit Petrorrad
come back terrified. "How alarm
ing 1t seems that right here and there
f'he' will begin shooting automati.
callyl"
The government The petrorrad
council of Workmen and Soldiers. Gil
ssntIc conferences-mee where
every utterance, whether wise or
stupid, attains the proportions Of a
thunder, thanks TO the colossal mi
crophonc-the press. And excited BY
all tins roar and din, there is public
opinion and factional opinion.
Wherever there is a general uproar,
noise and crash, everybody begins to
shout in order to be heard. The result
Is that the uproar only increases in
intensity. So don't you listen to the
fetrograders when they address you
IN breathlcss voices: "This is a ter
rible hour for Russia!"
They are deafened by the roar,
frightened by the nearness OF colossal
engines. The ground is trembling I'M
der their feet, trembling with the mo-
ton OF the engines. And they think
II is an earthquake.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
Are Women People?
By ALICE DUER MILLER
Classics Re-read

"Femns semper varium ct mutabili."-Eneid Book ".
Eneas when he wearied much
Of Carthage and it's Queen, did not
Express regret that men were such
A tickle lot
Oh, no; instead he dreamt god
Babe him set sail, babe him avoid
Farewells- which dream would not seem odd
To DR.. Freud.
Some men pursue Eneas' plan,
Although their reasoning seems reversed,
They say since Woman varies, man
Must vary first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
The President Will Promise
To Send a Telegram

In Petrograd everything is so near.
One has only TO stretch forward his
hand. Really, what fun, what tempta-
ton IS there in demonstrating against
the Provisional Government in PROVING
ial cities, especially with arms in hand :?
Absolutely none. Suppose you marched
10 the local council of workmen and
soldiers. The president would appear
on the balcony, and promise to send a
telegram to Petrograd. What do you
need arms for to have a telegram sent {?
A telegram has TO travel, to arrive, to
be answered.
But in Petrograd it is all so near.
When you march TO the Marinsky
Palace (offces of Provisional Govern
ment) with a banner bearing the in
scription: Down with Mr.. So-and-so."
Mr. So-and-so is right there to read the
inscription.
In Petrograd you can arrest minis
tiers, and take them to the police sta
ton. On the way you can shout into
their faces: "Traitors!" If YOU
please, you put them in the Peter and
Paul fortress.
There is no town Of Petrograd. There
is one enormous parliament. There is
no Nevsky Prospekt. There is a par
liamentary lobby. There are no fac
tories. There are no industries. There
are no military barracks. There are
only halls for party conferences, where
only one business is transacted:
Watching the Provisional Government.
Every word of every minister is
watched II is watched in a critical
mood, as is the custom in all parla-
ments, with all parties.
What did he say"
"No, what did he want to say"
But, no, no, what is he going to
say"
We are all here occupied with the
question how to get out with honor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09
SULPHUTARA

Fran "Impressions" by Beatrice B. Bernheim
short WAY from Naples there's mountain lar i*"eu
For its suphurous vapors and smoke without name
Its strata is white, activity great,
IDS boiling not and its steam waters nSNe
A noise like cauldr when boiling quite last'
The earhs very how long Will II last
ousstion askou gaze on H.
Let rs hope for the and on without comment
To the baths of old Nero and the tomb oil AgHPP''A'
To IN. cliff where Tberius flung his guests a''er ae
And hut Tot least, "Grotta Nuova al foS"po
whoh loods on n Rome and where will soon Hollow
TUESDAY: "RoME'I
President Frazee was anxious 10 nave 90 49, uaald
small attendance which less than ooo'.DosU" ~
How the war is cutting the attendance hgureS'
p. - -; f Mr. Will Rogers's hempen assortment
q vav occurs 70 rs 10 end the world conflict
C.t . 70 nromise to stay the duration OF the war
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

THE ORIGINAL STACKER
Propertius: Elegies I, 6.

NON ego HddrTde teeun."
In, not a bit afraid of the Atlantic,
No submarine Boche could worry me;
stay because my girl is nearly frantic,
And never for moment checks her plea.
She saws she can't believe truly love her,
She's sure there is no God if depart;
From, plants like hers simply can't recover
A plague on him who loves with half heart!
Oh is il worth much TO look at Paris
Or to explore some Russian region dark,
II thus my darling unduy harass?
How she would weep if should embark!
You take old laws back 70 forgetful nations
(I1 not deny your missions truly grand),
For you've not bowed before loves revelations:
Your only mistress is the motherland
But let me stay, for It's the old story
Stern Fortune keeps me back from warke deed;
was not born for yet for glory,
Twas loves campaigns the fates for decreed.
But as for you, while you welding power,
Somewhere in France, mayhap on the sea,
II YOU should pass a reminiscent hour,
You'll know the stars never kind to me.
ADELAIDE.
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SHORT STORY SCENARIOS

oIONI OVE1'zkI'IVo
The coward ens because he is afraid Of being called
Stacker.
tn. man who be riding top Of bus
The let her show in order that her daugh
r may not be considered young for wealthy marriage
tn. nervous who suspicious Of spies that he con-
SANITY spies everybody else.
The reporter busy he doesn't get time to keep
with the
The sick physician help supecting that the other
doctor doesn't understand his
The her husband for the insurance money
and had TO spend all having herself acquitted of the crime
WILL LOU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-09

Borrowing line from Mr. Will Rogerss he"pe"
q wav occurs TO MS TO end the world conflict