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and Germany and tho incorporation OF
Il large part Of Russia in the German
empire. German influence would be pre-
dominant in Russia and all the vast re-
sources of that great empire Mt the
command of Germany. All tho fleets III
the world could uselcssly blockade the
German coasts II Germany possessed
tho l.mitless riches OF the empire Of the
Romanofrs.
The German army, drawing for re-
serves on the teeming populations OF
Russia and Serbia. would never know
defeat. And this is not idle conjecture
mere dreaming in the realm OF pos
sibtlities-hecause the Russian reVo-
luton has shown us how weak and tot
t.ring in reality was the dreaded power
Of the car.
Russia beaten and half digested
France would have been an easy prey,
and England. even If then Joining
France in war. would have far differ
cnt problem to face If tho U-boats were
row sailing from Cherbourg and Calais.
from Brest and Bordeaux. on tho mis-
sion Of piracy and murder. And then
CUR turn and that Of Latin-America. The
first attack not on us, but on South or
Central America-at some point to
which 1t would be as difficult for US to
send troops to help our neighbors as 1t
would be for Germany TO attack.
Remember that in southern Brazil
nearly 100000 Germans are sustained. as
found out. in their devotion to the
Fatherland by annual grants Of money,
for educational purposes. from the i'm
rerial treasury In Berlin.
England Changes tho Whole Situation
It was not without reason that at this
interview. when tho Kaiser wrote this
message to the President. he said that
the coming Of England changed the
whole situation and would make the
war a long one. The Kaiser talked rath-
or despondently about the war. tried
to cheer him UP by saying the German
troops would soon enter Paris but he
answered: THE English change the
whole situation; IN obstinate nation
they will keep up the war. II cannot
end soon."
It was tho entry Of England In the
war. in defense of the rights of small
nations. in defense Of the guaranteed
neutrality Of Belgium. which saved tho
world from the harsh dominion Of the
conquest-hungry PrussIans and. there
fore, saved as we'll the two Americas
and their protecting doctrine Of rrcSI-
dent Monroe.
Tho document which Is dated August
10. 1914. superscedcs the statement
made by tn" German Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Eollweg In his speech before
the Relchstag on August 4. 1914. in
which he gave the then official account
Of the entrance into the war OF the
Central Empires. because the text IF
Won Bcthmann-lI ollwcg'S speech and
tho imperial letter to President Wilson
will be studied and compared by al fu-
ture historians of the war. / give below
the chief part Of tho ChanCNllor's version
Of the facts that accompanied the Ger
man declaration OF war. 1t Will hc e,l
that Won BcthmanrH olIwcR insisted
that France began the war in the sent
ence reading There were bomb throwing
filters. cavalry patrols. invading COM
panies in the Reichsland (Alsace- Lor-
rainc). Thereby France. although the
condition of war had not yet been de-
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FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES PERSONALLY:
1O-VI1I IA.


King London
the and repeated verbally
the wntyint
transmitted from Sir Grey " Berlin that
Fancew
Sir Edward
him
if
no me
M
the kindly that he had ordered his Government
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The French government has declared IN
brussels they will respect the neutral
ity Of belgium rs long as she respects
The opponent. W. kEew. however. that
Franco was ready Ia invade belgium.
France could wait: We however. could
not, because French invasion in our
lower Rhine flank would have proved
fatnl.
so we were forced TO disregard the
protests OF the Luxembourg and Belgian
governments. W. shall Try TO make
good the injustice we have committed
MS soon aa nur military goal has been
reached Who like VIZ ar" fighting Tor
the highest mus, only consider how VIC
tory can be gained"
(Tumnrrnw--rart llI-"lncidcuts AT the
Oneniug Of the War;"
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CHURCH DEDICATED.

SI<clIl DispItch 70 Tho IntellIEeneef. Il.
PETERSBURG. w. Va. Sept lstts
The new Methodist Episcopal CHURCH,
South hero was dedicated today by DR..
w. F. McMurry. Louisville. Ky" core
spending secretary Of the board q.
church extension. 1t is regarded a. ohs
or the most complete and attractive,
country churches In West Virginia sH4-i
cial music was rendered under the 1t-s
rection Of Prof W. H. McIlwee Of Ke1>
ser. Rev. J. II. white Is pastor. Thet
building committee Is composed OF ~
e. HILL Z. 81. PlauGer. DIR. ". c. Van
meter. H. Z. Schell and former Sta4
Senator L. J. Forman. 80.
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NEW RED CROSS BRANCH.

sptrls! Dispatch to the IntelliEencer ,Iis.
KEYSER, W. Va. Sept. 1.-the Kl85.
ser branch Of the Mineral county La
Cross chapter was organized with thS1e
officers: Chairman. Mrs. J. E. Patchsl
EFT; vice chairman. Mrs. H. G. Wilson,
treasurer, Mrs. H. 9. Fisher, and saa
rotary. Mrs.. J. z Tarrau
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An Audience With Kaiser wilhelm

The state department cabfed me IL
message from tn. president to the en-
peror. which stated that the United
dilute between the warning powers and
directed me 10 present this proposition
direct to the emperor.
therefore asked for an 'audlenr"
with tn" emperor and received word
from the chief ccurt marshal that IN"
emperor would receive mo at the palace
in Berlin on the morning NJ August lp.
T drove in a motor into the courtyard
~ tho palace auu WAS there escorted 70
thu door. which opened on a flight ~
stems leading to little garden about
fifty yards square. directly on the emf
hankrent nf the River Spree. which
flows past the royal palace. As / weE.
down the steps the empress and Nor
only daughter. the Duchess of bruins
wick. came up. I:nth stopped and shook
hands with me. speaking a Tow words.
I found tho em:,,tor seated AT green
iron table under = large canvas garden
umbrella. Telegraph forms were scat
tered on the tahl" in front OF him AMI
haskinc in the gravel were two small
dachshunds I explained to the ON
rcror tn. object OF my visit and ""
had u general conversation about the
war and the state Of affairs. The en-
peror took som" T the large Telegraph
blanks and wrote out IN pencil his re'
ply to the presidents offer. This reply.
OF course. l cabicd Immediately to the
state department. The oocune0e -
presented above.
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FtrYt Days Of tho Great War; Political
and Diplomatic.

At, the commencement of the great
war; was. for some days cut Off from
COMMUNICATION with the United States.
but we soon established a chain Of conf
munication. at first through Italy and
later by way Of Denmark. AT all times
cables from Washington to Berlin or
vice versa. took on the average two days
in transmission.
After the fail Of I-iegs. Won JnEow
sent Tor me AMI asked ne whether
would transmit through the American
Legation = proposition offering Belgium
peace and indemnity IL no further oppo-
sition were madA % tho passage OF Ger
man troops Through Belgium. AS the
proposition was 4 proposition for peace,
I took the responsibility OF forwarding
it and sent tho note OF the German
government 10 our minister ut Tho
Hague for transmission to our minister
in Belgium.
Doctor van Dyke our minister At
The Hague. refused to have anything to
do with the transmission Of this propo-
sition and turned the German note over
to the Holland minister OF foreign af-
fairs. and through this channel the
proposition reached the Belgian gov
eminent.
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Mu -Four Years In Germany Ambassador GerardSBooh
(coutiuusd Prom First 1sSA)

engaged on the Russian front may De
withdrawn and hurled against the west
ern lines. We stand in great peril. ana
only the exercise Of ruthless rcalis"
can win this war for Us. If Germany
wins this war It means the triumph OK
triumph Of those who believe not only
in war as a national industry. not only
in war for itself. but In war rs hlgn
and noble occupation Unless Germany
Is beaten. every nation viii DO compelled
to turn itself into an armed camp until
the German autocracy either brings tho
whole world under its dominion or Is
forever wiped out as a form Of govern
ment.
Prom Now On We Need the Doors
We are in this war because we were
forced into It. because Germany not
only murdered our citizens on the high
seas. but filled our country with spies
and sought to incite our people to civil
war. We were given no opportunity to
discuss or negotiate. The forty-eiSht
hours ultirnatum sent by Austria TO
Serbia was not. as Bernard Shaw said.
"a decent time in which to ask man
to pay his hotel bill What Of the
six-hour ultimatum given to me In Ber-
lin on the evening Of January 81. 1s1T.
when I was notified at that ruthless
or
the German Government. which up to
that moment had protested aIntty and a
desire to stand by the Sussex pledges.
knew X took almost two days to send a
,cable to America, I believe that we
are not only justly in this war. but
prudently In this war. II We bad stayed
out and tho war had been drawn or
won by Germany. we would have been
attacked-and that while Europe stood
grinntng by-not directly at drst but
through an attack on some Central OF
South American State to which It would
be at least as difficult for us to send
troops as for Germany. And what II
this powerful nation. vowed TO war.
were once firmly established IN South
or Central America? What OF our
boasted isolation then?
It is only because I believe that our
people should be informed that have
. consented to write this book.
There are too many thinkers. writer's
and speakers in the United States; from
now on We need the doors. the organ
iZers and the realiSts, who alone can
win this contest for us. for democracy
and for permanent peace
Writing OF events so new. I am. OF
course. compelled to exercise q great
discretion. to keep silent on many things
Of which l would speak. to suspend
many judgments and to hold for future
disclosure many things the relation Of
which now would perhaps only serve to
increase bitterness or to cause internal
dissention in our own land.
The American who travels through
Germany in summertime or who spends
a month having his liver tickled at HON.
burg or Carlsbad. who has his lndiges-
ton restored by Doctor Dapper. at Kis-
singer. or who learns the lost art of
eating meat at Doctor Dengler's. in Ba-
! den. learns little OF the real Germany
and its rulers. and in these articles I
tell something OF the real Germany not
only that my readers may understand
the events OF the last three years. but
that they may judge of what is likely
to happen in our future relations with
that country.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-19

A notion is prevalent, that state Of war
suspends the Constitution.
1t does not do SO.
Nothing suspends the Constitution.
Brute force may ignore it, and those who
swear fealty to it may be false to their oaths,
but 1t IS never suspended.
Congressman William E. Mason quotes the
decisions of the U. S. Supreme Court, in his
able speech, to this effect:
Every act of Congress passed during war times
must square with the Constitution.
The Constitution of the United States is a law
for rulers and people, equally in and in peace,
and covers with the shield Of it's protection all
classes Of men, at I'll times, aud uniec all cir
cumstances. eek parte Millgan, Wall, 2.
1909
1t is bad start 'to make the world safe
for democracy" when the immortal State
Paper-our Constitution-wnich the great
English statesman, Lord Chatham, pro
nounced the most perfect work of lawmakers,
is trampled under the feet of the very men
who publicly swore to support it, only five
months ago.
Those men will be breasting a tempest, in
less than twelve more months
The people plH not forget, nor politically
forgive ~
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A Plain, Simple Way do Get To-
getzaeP and Legally Test tzae
ComscPTpt Acts OF Congress

Mo lawyer who values his reputation will
attempt to show, that the ancient Com
mon Law Of England is not part Of our
system:
No lawyer of standing will deny, that IN
der the Common Law, it is the right of every
citizen to remain in his own country:
No eminent lawyer will deny that, under
Amendment VIII to the United States Con-
stitution, Congress itself is forbidden to pun
ish even convicted criminals by Punishment:
No competent lawyer will deny that, since
1865, it has been unconstitutional to establish
any sort Of slavery, or Ug1oazziag Se4Ultude,
except as a punishment for crime, after IN
dictment and conviction by grand and petit
juries:
No self-respecting lawyer viii deny, that
Congress is forbidden to pass any bills which
lessen the right Of the citizen to speak his
mind freely, to publish his convictions, to
peaceably meet his felow-citizens in public
assembly, and to petition the Government to
right what is wrong.
This country is infested with officials who
are pulled up by self-importance, and who
have the insolence to tell the ordinary man
that he will get into trouble, if he signs
petition, attends public meeting, condemns
the CONSUMPTION laws, or criticizes the Pres-
dent.
10 an astonishing degree, these threats
have cowed the people.
The manly spirit Of independence, is being
crushed. Prussian militarism had not more
thoroughly subdued the souls Of the priest
ridden and oficer-ridden German civilians.
Is this q Representative government? Are
you the timid slaves of the men whom you
elect? Does the candidate who begs your
vote become your master!
he aoantS to. He is treating you worse
than the German voter was ever treated in
Kaiser-and. If you continue to submit, and
submit, and SUBMIT, without legal effort to
maintain your constitutional rights, the
Bosses who now rule the roost 2DiU give
Woodrow Wilson third term, and then put
him over you for the rest of his life!
1t IS fast coming to that They are trying
you, to see how much you acW endure, with
out legal contest.
If they can confscate the lives of millions
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-07-19

The Handbook of Politics, by Thos. e.
Watson, is book every American citizen
should read. Contains every party platform;
fourth edition almost exhausted. Price, SOC.
The Jefersonian Publishing Company,
Thomson, Ga.
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THE JEFFERSONIAN
Thursday, July 1g, 1917

of your sons, IN foreign acar that's none Of
car business, they can do anything.
lie you allow the Corporations to run over
you, on a matter of this vital character, you
need never expect your voice and vote to have
the slightest influence hereafter.
1t as NOW, or NEVER
! Let me outline a plain, simple plan, and
then do you cut it out for reference, so that
] need not repeat it in private letters
(1) Circulate handbills callisg for a peace
able mass meeting at the county site, or else
where, to discuss the Consumption laws; or,
In lieu OF the meeting, circulate petitions for
signatures, urging Congress to repeal the Act.
(See form and directions elsewhere)
~ Let committee be named to take up
subscriptions for the expenses of litigation,
and invite each citizen, male and female, to
give what is convenient. Deposit the collec-
ton i'll local bank, and let the Chairman of
the Committee notify The Jeffersonian of the
amount
The list will be kept OH view in our co.'s
umns.
81 When all reports are IN hand and I
see that we have IN bank a sufficient fund to
start ON, | will associate with me two or three
lawyers who will prepare the necessary
papers to bring several test cases by writ of
Ha6eas Corpus, before the Federal Courts
some young men who have been passed ON by
the Board Of Exemptions, and not eee7Bpted.
In other words, prefer to make the test after
the citizen has been conscripted, and ordered
into the Army that is to be sent across the
ocean,
a. will make the best terms possible with
the other lawyers, and will pro rate the funds
IN bank, SO that no county will bear an UNI
due burden Of expenses.
81 Private individuals who prefer to make
their contributions outright, can do so, and
these will be listed separately
The names Of the contributors will be pub
llshed, or not, according to the wishes of the
contributor.
(6) There is ample time to do all this,
quietly and in order, because it is not pro-
posed to send the conscrlpts to Europe until
some time in the Fall
(7) The test cases will not hold any con
scripts except those named in the petitions
for the Writs, but decision in our favor
would result In the benefit Of all, reIeas-
ing every conscripC from military service,
here and abroad
The question is SO tremendously and per-
manently important to democracy, liberty,
and constitutional government. that qoe cam,
not afford to a1zoeo the revolutionary aeeso zaacs
to stand, unless the United States 4Supreane
Court decides that q0e must.
In that event, it will be our duty to elect
a Congress which will repeal the abomination.
A Republic of more than 100000 peo-,
pie, whose Supreme Law has been so fragrant
ly and unnecessarily set aside, would be eter-
nafly disgraced, if it allowed millions of it's
best men to be deprived of legal rights, and
sacrificed In foreign war, when the Presi-
dent himself declared publicly to the Red
Cross Society, taco months ago, that we had no
special grievance of our own.
eve are not in the war because of any
special grievance Of our own!"
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N>-e
PACE TWO
Are Nilailisrn and Anarchism
Geographical Questions
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. J


manly acdnt their share.
The newspapers and corporation cry of
German money! is mere bosh.
Did Germany money bride Krupp's men to
strike for higher wages in Essen!
Did German brides finance the strike in
Berlin and Hamburg?
The corporation dailies tell us that ten
Germans were found among the 1893 de-
ported Industrial Workers of Arizona
Ten Germans [ wonder how many Ger
mans you could find among the 10000 new
employees of the War Department, and
among the employees Of the other Depart
ments in Washington.
Did German money finance the recent Hi
nois riots?
VIII the Meat Trust of Chicago dare to
round up those white rioters who killed the
imported negroes, and forcibly eject those
white men from Illinois?
Hardly.
But if lawlessness in high places continues
to spread in this country, there is no telling
what may happen.
It's a bad sign for democracy when people
are sent to jail for quoting the Declaration Of
independence and the Constitution Of the
United States.
When those IN power punish citizens for
quoting the Supreme Law, how far is it to
anarchy?
When an arbitrary, malicious, and auto
cratic Postmaster can confscate newspapers,
because the editors have written something
that doesn't agree with him, how far is it to
nihilisln?
A deep and ranking sense of injustice, OPP
preston, and outrage is burning in the hearts
Of our people, and the President and Con
gress couldn't do better thing, right 2oao,
than TO re-read the Constitution which on the
4th Of March, fee months ago, they solemnly
swore to support
THEY ARE NOT SUPPORTING IT.
THEY ARE ovERTHROWING IT.
They are treating it as the infamous Ger
man Chancellor and Kaiser treated the neu-
trality of Belgium.
They are tranepzing upon 1t, and deyjs;vezy
calling 1t "a 8crGp Of paper.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, the official
spokesman of the Administration in the U.
S. Senate, virtually announced to the whole
world that they were not paying any atten
ton to the Supreme Law.
Very well, gentlemen: you are IN power:
you are having it all your own way, as the
Kaiser did, when he poured his ruthless hosts
over Belgium, regardless of treaty.
But Time rights many things
Reckless, despotic power Arrays accumu-
lates the materials for the storm which
breaks, sooner or later.
Democracy cannot be wholly crushed be-
tween now and the next election; and, by this
time neat year these men who have ridden
roughshod over the Constitution and the
people will have to face righteously resent
full country.
Personal, arbitrary, military methods are
being substituted for civiz, constitutional goo-
e7712ncnt.
The Postmasters who confscate the papers
of subscribers, without due process of law,
violate the Constitution, and deserve to be put
where Emma Goldman is.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-27
FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRO-
NIDING FARM IMPLEMENTS
FOR 1917 CROP

Paris, Feb. %. - The appropria-
ton of thirty million francs to buy
traction plows and and other motor
farm implements was the last act of
Parliament in the session of 1916. The
object is to secure the cultivation in
1917 of all farm land that was nom
producing in 1915, or previously, by
making up in mechanical appliances
for the lack of farm hands and farm
horses. Half of the sum may be ap-
piled to the subsidizing of local agri-
cultural societies for the purchase or
electrical or other traction farm i'm
plements for the common use of farm
erS of a commune or reimbursement.
A special effort will be made to in
crease the acreage of potatoes in the
spring. A special commission has al
ready begun in all the departments
here. The soil is suitable and aid will
be extended to all farmers needing it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-27
Elizabethtown Physician
Celebrates 18th Birthday

EliZabethtown, Pa, Feb. 27.-Dr.
Samuel Robinson Nissley, one of the
oldest residents of Elizabethtown,
celebrated his 18th birthday on Sun
day with a few friends at his home in
South Market Street.
DR.. Nissley is a retired physician.
He graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania tifty-three years ago. He
served as the first physician of the
local Board of Health and was also
local surgeon for the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company and Coroner's ply
sician. He is a veteran OF the Civil
war, having served as a sergeant in
cavalry regiment. He has been the
post commander of John NJ. Good
Post, No. 502. G.. A. r., for thirty-two
years. In politics he is a Republican,
having cast his first vote for Abraham
Lincoln. He is the father-in-law of Il.
f. Beidleman, State Senator, of Har-
risburg.
Dinner was served to a large num-
ber of guests and DR.. Nissley was the
recipient of some handsome and use
full gifts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-27
STUDENTS AND
BAND TO PARADE
Carlisle Indians Have Great
Program For Washington
Inaugural Trip

Carlisle, Pa, Feb. %. - Prepared
to appear before the President in sew
eral special entertainments, 400 pupils
of the Carlisle Indian School will leave
here on a special train on Friday to
attend the Inauguration ceremonies.
Several companies will remain in the
Capital City for the better part of a
week.
The Carlisle Indian Band, number
ing 60 pieces, which has been put
through a rigid course of instruction,
will play in the inaugural parade and
at several other affairs, the most inn
portant of which are two Sunday con-
certs in the Casino Theater at Wash
ington. one of which President Wilson
is expected to hear. There will be sew
eral companies of cadets from the
local school.
The third complement will be made
up of 40 Indian girls, who will on
Monday evening, March 3, present
the original Indian operetta, The
Feast of the Little Red Corn" in the
Casino Theater before an audience
which will include President and Mrs.
Wilson. The play is based on tribal
legend and has been enlarged and
given special orchestration. A num-
ber of employees and residents of Car
Isle will accompany the special school
section.