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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

conducted with the propriety of a prayer
meeting. But the root of the failure was
not in the revolution, but in the corruption
and treachery of the autocracy which had
left the army and the nation naked to its
enemies. Read the revelations of the So
khomlinor trial and judge who was to blame.
THE capital fact for US TO remember is
that the Revolution and the Revolution alone
kept Russia loyal to the Allies and its
pledges
"And there is another misleading consider
alton II is that if only Korniloff won and
the Revolution were put under the heel Of q
Military Dictator, Russia would become a
more effective ally. The probability is that
IL would cease TO be an ally at all. There
seems little doubt that Kornilof is an honest
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

The article addressed leaving
"a, France ErnCha) possesses the la
contributions lie
r publications served
A. French M Ernest-Chares Censeu
the French Minister
y.eigh article which follows reprinted
France" journal of FrancoAmercan evolution
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

TIME New Russia and Great Britain
/ have not been getting along well.
The latter took TOO much interest
IN the fate of the Romanoffs, it backed
rorslly the Korniloff revolt, it failed 70
respond to certain demands Of the Russian
revolutionary democracy-such are the
claims Of many Russians. This is SUBJ
Jet that has not been openly discussed
IN Britain, for some reason or other, al
though it was generally felt that the cor
diality existing between America and Rus
sia was lacking in the Anglo-RnsS'sn re-
kton.
In recent issue Of "The London Daily
News" Mr. A. G. Gardiner, its EDITOR
boldly tackles this problem. In striking
article. which is said 10 have produced
deep effect in Russia, he asks, as a Briton'
tie stark question whether England is Tor
Or against the Russian revolution. HIS
article follows:
@Are ne an q nation for or against the
itvoution1 Are we helping II "hoie-
kssned,y. or are We celd-shouldering IT, pay
irg II Espionage and secretly hoping Tor its
'siiure? We have got 70 take one position
Or the other. We cannot dismiss Russia as
ssrt II neornprehensible lunatic, for whom
padded room ana strait wsisIeoat are
'ssde3. Russia Is no more an ineompreneh-
'sls lgrstie than England was in io'I OF
~, Or than France war In 1872 or tnsh
- United states was in 1891. 1t Is NATION
n the thross Of agony. a nation trying 70 DC
tgn sgAln-born DOT Of tyranny mo iree'
I'm, groanlng under The lsbors OF her snor-
80 psrtgrtion, infested by enemies "i'n'n'
',,srn pAsssd By perils without, surging I'M,
sD and that way with the vast heaYings Vi
Ter eonvulslons. We can no more judge I hu'-
- N the light Of these frigbtful sgita''onS
N.s We esn judge a man toaSing IN the de-
MAN Of his fever.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

to distract audiences whose whole life 10
absorbed in the great drama being played
outside. These people keep their gravity
and their sorrow for the home, and when
they appear in public they make 1t point
Of honor to seem gay-a feeling which
they strengthen by attending an amusing
show. As a result the artistic worth Of
such plays is generally slight, but this
condition is only temporary. Accordingly,
YOU must not regard them as Of much i'm
portance, and must not form too definite
opinions about French drama.
no You Speak French> Then
l. You Must Learn Ii
Thus, while the true France is reserved
and holds herself in check, cosmopolitan
spirit fills the city-which, by the way, Is
not unlike its own music hall revues,
where all languages are spoken in turn, or
at once occasionally even French.
Apropos; Do you speak French? If not,
try to learn it, for cannot hide our ma
tional inferiority from you much longer.
In France, we do not speak English. How
ever, that is a state of affairs which, if not
completely changed, is at least changing
rapidly. All our national defects are the
result of this condition. The Frenchmsn
has remarkable intellectual and moral
qualities. You will discover them quickly
one after the other. But TO foreigners.
here temporarily, he presents somewhat
bourgeoise and stay-at-home appearance.
He has never travelled. The stranger
frightens him little and makes him some
what ashamed. Before a stranger the
Frenchman feels his weakness, the result
of his routine, shut up as he has been in a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11
4 Failure in 1872 Which Changed
\ The Course Of History

Tbs country has never since the autumn
IA l7sz had such test Of ia loyalty 70 iosaS
his tragedy Of a nation affords. We
fsilss In f7sz and changed the course Of his
EfL We may fall now snd turn the cur
pa Of bpmsn freedom bsek again We
4, rather, PIT. and the governing power.
'se The French Revelation more than tnsy
pea liberty. ana paved the way for tho
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

lied. Do you realize what vitality this i'm
plies, and what future is, perhaps, re-
served for a people which has been able
to transform its past so brusquely? The
world is amazed at the speed with which
France has arranged everything; to her
it has seemed perfectly natural. The old
est were rejuvenated a little so that they
could work once more. The youngest has
tened to age bit in order TO begin work.
Even the women took part.
XVIar Has vitality Changed the
w Women of France
The French women! You will realize at
once, and with admiration, to what de-
gree the war has changed them; and with
what force it has FASTENED their evolu-
ton. True, the French woman has always
been appreciated and admired, but not in
the way she merits. She is rightly
acknowledged TO possess all the graces,
but she has been accused Of frivolity. 1t is
not impossible that some are rather friv-
oous; but do not judge all French women
by a few infinitely gracious but really
frivolous ones whom you may meet. On
the contrary, even before the war the ma
lority of them possessed magnificent
gravity anc sort of exemplary courage.
They, too, have adapted themselves to the
new conditions. They have not only ac-
complished a stupendous task in the hos
pitals-a task which they are still accom-
plishing, after three years of war, and
without weakening for moment~but
many of them have become the wage-earn-
ing heads of their families.
The father or the husband having left
for the front, the eldest daughter or the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

Revolution? Lord Milnerl What was the
fret authoritative welcome that went from
this country to the Revolution? II was the
tend speech in which Mr. BOnar Law used
the Revolution to say nice things about the
tvraLny that had just been hurled to the
dust He did not mean to be mischievous.
He was simply uninteligent He did not
know the great thing that had happened, and
the great issues that hung upon his peech.
But his words sent a cod chill to the heart
Of the nation that had suddenly come into
its heritage Of liberty What? Free Eng
lardl Is this all II has to say to Free Rus
sia' Is it fighting for freedom, then, or IS
II lighting for something else? Russia never
recovered from that shock Of disillusion.
THE Revolution Regulated
i Fatal Compromise
"Nor was there anything in our attitude
that enabled Il to recover. The grand ges-
lures of the Revolution were disregarded.
The Cadets, under the leadership of Miliu-
koff. wanted half measures-wanted another
Romanoff on a rather lower throne. The
Revolution repudiated such a fatal COM
promise Milukotf wanted to continue the
war as a war of conquest with Constantinople
as the prize. The Revolution said No IL
would have nothing to do with conquest. 1t
YVES fighting for freedom and nothing else.
And having repudiated its own ambitions, 1t
implored the Allies to face the question OF
terms II would not make a separate peace,
but it wanted the assurance that the objects
for which it was fighting were objects which it
could indorse. It's appeal was ignored. There
was, il is true, a promise from Mr.. Lloyd
George that an Allied War Aims Conference
should be held, but IL remains a promise to
this hour No better fate awaited the request
that representative labor men should be sent
out to Petrograd to give the people confidence
in our loyalty TO our liberal faith, and who
can recall the Stockholm episode without a
blush for the articles to which we were re-
duced in order to evade compliance with an
Ally's urgent proposals?
"All this time NJ. Kercnsky has been strug
Cling 10 save tho Revolution, on the one side
from the fanateal pacifsm Of the Maxi
malists, and on the other from the plots Of
the pro-Germans and the reactionaries. He
has fought the Soviet when he has been salts
fed that /. was wrong; but he has preserved
its confidence in his honesty and has fash
toned 1t into o sane and responsible instru-
mcnt OF democratic power. His influence is
unrivalled. Il Is due to the fact that, above
all others, he unites the practical genius for
affairs with loyalty TO the ideal Of the Revo-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-11

you are leaving for France. You
are embarking for country where
j. YOU are eagerly awaited, and
I'm YOU will be given a fraternal well
ne Representing as you do the new
,reriean generations, you are the young
~ ardent Columbuses who are going to
s:,eovsr Old Europe. And above all in
old Europe you will discover France, the
r.tion which, perhaps, has been civilized
loncer than any other, and which is horri-
ssi 70 find, after so many centuries of
,ivilization. that it must once more combat
.,.nies who have remained savages.
But France is not easily discovered.
france is a country that Is extremely SEN
,;tiye in regard to its inner life. One
must never Judge her by appearances, for
= appearances are unfavorable they are
,-obably deceptive France prefers TO be
misunderstood rather than be understood
no easily. In this attitude there is GER
tain amount of mistaken pride. But how
wiling one should be to pardon such pride
N view of the motives underlying it, for
hsr motives are wholly honorable. She
has dignity, pride, amour proPre. She
ioes not yield to the first impulses. Per-
.hsps these things are not sufficiently un-
Ssrstood. and yet | am sure that some Of
rDur writers have noticed them. Unfortu-
rately legends can be created in few
Years that it takes centuries to destroy.
you are coming to France to serve the
came ideal that the French are serving
With such courage, and you will soon dis
eern the true France. You already love
the French, whose comrades you will be
lmorrow. You will be quick to judge
them correctly. Perspicacity is as much
4 matter Of the heart as of the mind.
Your hearts and your minds will guide
Won admirably in your voyage Of discovery
through France at war.
A Generous and Humane
n Country, Hating War
You will see a country that detested
war. You will see country that, despite
rs warlike past, its fighting proves and
its military heroes, had horror of combat
and hoped only for the peace Of all hu-
nanity. For years, in fact land note this
carefully; for it is essentially, this country
has never separated the interests Of hu-
nanitv in general from her own. You will
Dee this generous and humane country,
hating war. and yet plunged in war for
the last three years. And what a war!
The most brutal, the most atrocious, the
most impacable of all. This unparalleled
struggle is taking place on French soil, in
tie richest, the most industrious, most
productive and most prosperous section of
TIE country. France is not vast. You can
sstly understand what misfortune 1t is
!or her TO have several of her departments
rtiil invaded. France sustains this pro-
found misfortune with a stoicism which
viii cause you TO marvel France is con-
sidered an easily-ofended, nervous and
even capricious nation. Watch her, watch
Der carefully! Three years of war have
not shaken her stole calm. People speak
Of Anglo-Saxon phlegm. With equal JUS
tee one may speak of French serenity.
This Incompatible serenity has been
manifest under the most desperate condl-
Williams news., 1917-01-04
WILSON SIGNS HOME.
 STEAD GRAZING BILL

Washington, Dec. 29-Pres- ident Wilson late today signed the Ferris bill opening up GAO acre homesteads for stock rais- ing and grazing purposes. It is accounted of great import ance to the western district.
 The bill passed the House a year ago, the senate on the closing day of the session of congress, and final agreement was reached between conferees last week. Representative Fer ris of Oklahoma, it's author, said tonight that a considerable part of the 300,000,0O0 acres of public lands in the west and the 375,000,000 acres in Alas ka could be utilized for stock raising under the law. Thus, he said, thousands of homeless citizens would be able to gain homes. The law raises the homestead unit from a maxi mum of 32O acres to GAO on arid, semi-arid, non-irrigible, and non-timbered public land. Improvements of SIPS per ac- re must be made by the home steader.
 The bill was strongly en- dorsed by the interior depart i ment, which informed congress that it would result in having having the number of cattle in the west "greater than during the most prosperous days of the cattle kings"
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Application for Grazing Permits

NOTICE is hereby given that all applications for permits to graze cattle, horses, hogs, sheep and goats within the CO., COMING NATIONAL FOR EST during the season of 1917 must be filed in my office at Flagstaff, Arizona, on or be- fore January Is, 1917. Full information in regard to the grazing fees to be charged and blank forms to be used in mak- ing applications will be furn- ished upon request. JNO. D. GUTHRIE, Supervisor. Dec. IA, Jan. 4-'17 i|
Williams news., 1917-01-04
RESTORATION TO ENTRY
 OF LANDS IN NATIONAL

UT LANDO LIN MA l1OTNAL FOREST. Notice ts hereby given that the lands described below, embracing 2.50 acres, within the Tusayan National Forest, Arizona, will be subject to settlement and entry under the provisions of the home stead laws of the United States and the act of June II, 1906 GA Stat, 233), at the United States land office at Phoenix, Arizona on February 13, 1917. Any settler who was actually and in good faith claiming any of said lands for agricultural purposes prior to January l, 1906, and has not abandoned same, has a preference right to make homestead entry for the lands actually occupied. Said lands were listed upon the applications of the persons mentioned below, who have a preference right subject to the prior right of any such settler. provided such settler or appli- cant is qualified to make home stead entry and the preference right is exercised prior to Feb ruary 13, 1917,on which date the lands will be subject to set clement and entry by any quail flied person. The lands are as follows: 2.50 acres embraced in the roadway excepted from the tract covered by original List 3-746, as follows: Begin ming at a point 2 chs. B. of the north quarter corner, Sec. 28, T. 22 N., R. 3 E.; extending thence 15 feet on each side of a line running s. 10 degrees w., 38 chs, thence N. 85 de- grees w., IT chs, to the west boundary of the SEA- NWA, said Sec. 28. Listed upon the application of Mary Ford Plat ten, Williams, Arizona. Sup plemental List STAG. Decem- Der 1, 1916, c. M. Bruce, As sistant Commissioner of the General Land Office.
 First Publication Dec. IA, 1916 Last Replication, Jan. 4, 1917
Williams news., 1917-01-04
WILLIAMS STATE BANK
MT. J. s. Button entered up-

MT. J. s. Button entered up- on the duties of Justice of the Peace, Monday morning. He may now be called Judge But ton, with all propriety. There is every reason to believe that Judge Button will fill the office of Justice, with credit to him. self and with fidelity to public interests.
Williams news., 1917-01-04

should be put on a pay roll which would compensate them for time spent in drill and they should be we'll paid for every time called out in active service"
 But who would pay them?, asked the reporter.
 "I haven't gone into that, an swered the Bad Man. It could be arranged. | believe the banks could afford to. Bank robbery is expensive. The cost of insurance would be lessened and many lives would be sav- ed. The whole town would enjoy protection which would be appreciated.
 ''It is my belief" said the Bad Man, "based on experience and observation that my plan would so discourage bank rob- bery that it would scarcely ever be heard of."
 The reporter, not thoroly convinced, asked if the police force of a town could not ham, dle the matter.
 The Bad Man sniffed with contempt. "When did the po- lice force of a town ever stop a bank robbery or catch the rob- bers?" he asked. The reporter could not say, and convinced finally that the Bad Mans plan might work, passes it on for the consideration of others.
Williams news., 1917-01-04

Although birds of all famil- ies prey upon grasshopers, the following may be selected as the most important destroyers of grasshoppers for their res pective groups: Franklin's gull, bobwhite, prairie chicken, red tailed red-shouldered, broad winged, and sparrow hawks, the screech and burrowing owl, yellow-billed cuckoo, road-run- ner, nighthawk, red-headed woodpecker, king-bird, horned lark, crow, magpie, red-winged and crow blackbirds, meadow lark, lark bunting, grasshopper and lark sparrows, butcher bird, wren, and robin.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
PERSONAL AND LOCAL

Master Ebert Robinson left Monday for California where he is attending school.
 Miss Lava Sughrue left for Clarkdale the first of the week.
 Judge F. O. Twitty returned from Phoenix last Thursday.
 Pauline Jones, of Flagstaff, formerly if Williams, arrived in Williams Friday evening to consult her dressmaker, Mrs. A. R. Montgomery.
 Judge Holub was an Ashfork visitor Thursday, returning the same day.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Platten of Ash Fork were Williams visit ors, Monday.
 Mrs. Frank Orr left for the Grand Canyon Friday noon, re- turning Saturday morning. Mrs. Orr attended the dance at the Canyon. Miss Martha Moore left on Monday for Clarkdale where she will resume her school work.
 Misses Pauline Jones and Marie and Ruth Miller left on No. 10 Tuesday, for Flagstaff, where they will resume their studies at the Normal School. =
 Mrs. s. Steinberg and three children returned from Phoe- nix, Sunday, where they have been visiting for the past three months.
 Lyle Mclean, Chas. Kirch, and Earl Ennis, All of Grand Canyon, were Williams visitors Saturday and attended the Band Boys dance.
 Mrs. Wanda Bryant left last Friday for Prescott where she will visit her sister, Mrs. Dete- more, formerly if Williams.
 Jay Montgomery who has been in Williams spending his Christmas vacation with his parents, MT. and Mrs. A. R. Montgomery, returned to Riv- erside, California, where he is student. Jay left Sunday morning.
 Miss Pearl McKelvey return. ed Sunday, from Sacramento Calif., where she spent the Christmas holidays. Her moth. CT returned with her and will spend several weeks visiting 1T Williams.
 Miss Georgia Alcorn return ed Sunday from Jerome, where she has been visiting the past week.
 MT. Lyle Mclean of Granc Canyon was in town Tuesday January 2.
Williams news., 1917-01-04

It is pretty expensive liquid that Phoenix sprinkles her streets with. The other day she applied 500 gallons of booze to the streets with a sprinkling wagon. However, the use of the stuff would have been more expensive.
 MT. F. O. Twitty left for Phoenix on No. 2 Wednesday. He will spend several days at the capital.
Williams news., 1917-01-04
IA BAD MAYS PLAN FOR SUP.
 PRESSING BANK ROBBERY


 Man from Bitter Creek, eff it
 were gone at right. Knowing
 that the Bad Man had served a
 term in the state penitentiary
 for bank robbery and had been
 suspected of knowing a good
 deal about other robberies, the
 reporter thot he might have
 something practical to offer
 along the line of checking this
 class of crime which seems to
 be on the increase, so he bade
 the ex-convict to tell his story
 and get it out of his system.
 "Well' said the Bad Man
 from Bitter Creek, "a bank
 robber is not just naturally
 bad. He was probably as good
 as most people when young,
 but he happened to get with a
 bunch of rough-necks-had to
 work with them, maybe and
 he heard a lot of talk that did
 not increase his respect for law
 and order. It was a case of that
 stuff you call psychology, 1
 reckon. The young man got
 to thinking that robbing bank
 at the point of a revolver was
 no worse than robbing it by the
 methods so often used by bank
 officials. It wasn't quite so
 safe, but the hold-up man usu-
 ally does his job and gets away with it all right and the risk
 does not deter others from try ing.
 "The young man, out of a job, maybe, or wanting to make easy money, agrees to
 take a minor part in a bank robbery. He is to keep guard and keep people away by four ishing a gun and firing it off a
 time or two while his pals crack the safe, or, if it's a day
 light robbery, hold up the cash ] fer. All goes well, the booty . is obtained and the robbers we'll on their way to their ren- dezvous.
 "You see," said the Bad Man, "people, mostly, have lost the 5 fighting spirit and the young ! man noticed that they kept out of sight when he threatened to ! shoot. If the town had put up good fight the robbers would have been scared away or they would have been killed o1 caught, but the bank robbe1 gambles on the absence of the fighting spirit and wins, and a the young man is encouraged ' to engage in other schemes ot robbery, sometimes taking 8 leading part"
 j But how about your plan fol s beating the robbers, asked the J reporter.
 $ "I'm leading up to that" re , piled the Bad Man. "You want $ to treat bank robberies the ? same as you do fires. Yor s want a squad of gun-men or 2 ganized to take care of the rob ! bers. Your fire fighters are or z the jump when the fire alarm , is given. Your gun-men should z be on the jump as soon as the A alarm is given that a bank i: z being robbed. Before the rob 3 bery had gone far half doze1 S rifles would be peaking around 8 the corner of buildings and tht S gang would be covered by gum 5 operated by sure shots." S But the fighting spirit, sug As gested the reporter.
 S "That's all right retorted th' sSs Bad Man, I said it was lost, bu S it is easily restored. It's in al 5 SSS of us and can be easily brough a out by drill and responsibility Saa No trouble about that. EVery
Williams news., 1917-01-04
Preparedness"

Preparedness is topic of national importance no matter which side of the question you may take Is the nation properly prepared? It is a grave question.
 But that is question for the nation to answer There is one question nearer home the matter of financial preparedness of the individual against the rainy day of diversity that may come. Are you financially prepared to meet that sickness which may come to you or your family? Are you prepared for the time when there may be loss of employment, or loss by fire, flood or misman- agement? Are you prepared for the old age that's sure to come? These are serious vital questions to every of us. If you are not prepared, resolve to open a savings account at our bank today and thus make the first step to- ward your own preparedness.