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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
What Germany Fights For

OIR CHARLES wALDSTEIN, the
weIl-nown professor Of the history
~ of art at Cambridge University,
has recently published a book with the
title, what Germany Is Fighting For'
in the course of which he gives an inter
esting account of conversations that he
himself had with the Kaiser upon the
occasion of his last visit to England. He
writes as follows:
1The Kafper was most emphatic in his pro-
testations Of peace and OF friendship TOWARD
England. With all the manifestations OF
sincere emotion he confessed TO the deep
pain which England had brought to his heart
Every word and every act OF mine Is mis-
construed or misunderstood. whatever DO
for the good Of both countries and FOR
peaceful understanding between them, so
that they may cooperate for the good OF the
world, is mistrusted and misinterpreted as
selhshness and aggression. | am wedged In
between two great powers, Russia and Great
Britain, with France ever ready at my nank-
ard I really do not know which of you hates
me most really believe you do. And with
all this agitation without, I must struggle
never help me to do it.
These words sounded deeply sincere Who
can ever fathom and justly balance the COM
plexties of the human heart and mind!'
At a dinner in London, the Kaiser put
to Waldstein the question that he put to
every one he met in England, Have you
read Houston OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to that Anglo-German authors we'll
known book, "The Foundations Of the
Nineteenth Century" Sir Charles replied
that he had bought the book some years
ago and tried to read it to the end, but
could not stand work Of such superficial
and grossly unscientifc overgeneraliza-
ton. It u.s." he added, moreover, one Of
the most mischievous books of modern
times" What" exclaimed the Emperor,
with all signs of Mortified dissent, at is
the greatest book of modern times" Il
fear we shall never agree" was Sir
Charles's rejoinder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

other. The Emperor's ambition is without
bounds. His confidence in his own military
capacity has no known limits. His technical
knowledge is large. He certainly does under
stand his trade as soldier, and would, in the
opinion Of competent judges, be an excellent
commanding officer of regiment, probably
good general Of brigade; perhaps spfh-
Gent general Of division. Will any COM
petent judge go further than that? Can It be
said Of any officer. till he has been tried in
actual war, that he is fit to command corps
d'armee? Can it be known whether he could
handle an army on field of battle? Napo-
leon, it is true, had never commanded more
than a few battalions when he planned and
executed that wonderful first Italian cam
paign, which he never surpassed. But is it
absolutely certain that the Emperor Will.
lam II is Napoleon Is he even Frederick!
He may be both, but how is one to know
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Close-Up of the Kaiser Preparing for War

or less divine mandate during the review
sessions. For instance, if one stepped
slightly out of line or put foot on the
turf in an effort to see more clearly what
was passing afeld a mounted policeman
would rise out Of the earth" to extend
polite but firm restraining hand. ""ouin
YOU have the kindness to keep in line with
the others-I am obliged to ask you.
From Mr.. Smalley's point Of vision, upon
one particular occasion, Kaiser Wilhelm
was but dimly visible. However, he adds:
"We knew the Emperor was there and
could imagine the features we had seen Dc,
fore-tbe hard face with its self-contained
and self-satisfed look, the eyes too near 70.
Gather. the expression Of unrest, the air OF
;rrepressible vigor, which makes him seem al
INV. 70 be wanting TO do something elsei
the critical gaze fixed on his troops which
forgets to note no fault, no mistake no
speck on any button, no wavering IN tae I'M
which ought to be drawn across the reid as
with a pencil and ruler on sneet OF pApei'
imagine there is not much fault TO be found'
vet thew saw His Majesty never omits to sum-
MON about him after review the colones
and 6eld officers OF the regiments, and gen.
eral II there be one, and read them, one and
all a lecture on the art of war and on their
shortcomings in the exercise OF the morning.
he is terror to his own soldiers wnateVer
he may prove to be to the foe"
And this writer, whose criticism sus-
tains now so striking an aura OF prophecy
concludes with this ominous sentence:
awb.tber the Germans are still the best
troops In Europe is a point on which, with
or without the Emperor's help, the world Will
presently have an opportunity OF forming
fresh opinions"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
THE World Could Sustain Nothing
i Worse Than Patched Peace

This brings me to say once more that the
worst thing that could happen for the world
would be a patched-up peace. (Cheers.)
What do I mean by a patched-up peace?
mean an arrangement or set of arrangements
of such a character that they contain within
themselves the germs Of future trouble and
provide merely a breathing space for the
nations to heal their wounds and grid them
selves for another and--this time-a decisive
struggle. (Cheers)
"The daily cost of this war in blood in
material waste and in human suffering i'm
measurably surpasses anything in the previ-
Gus experience of mankind. Less than a
month ago, on successive afternoons,
walked one day through the Delville Wood
perhaps the most tragic spot In the great
battlefield Of the Somme-and the next
through what we're once the streets of the
ancient town Of Ypres.
at is impossible TO conceive two more d.
verse and yet equally terrible object lessons
in the meaning of modern war In the one
case a smiling and fertile countryside has
been converted, as far as the eye can see,
into a blasted wilderness, in which for gen.
Grafton to come nothing that is fruitful or
useful to man can be made TO grow. In the
other case you have famous and fourishing
town, in which II is almost literally true that
one stone Is not left upon another. and two
Of the finest monuments-one Of the munich
pal, the other Of the ecclesiastical piety Of
the Middle Ages, the Cloth Hall and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

.C0ME fourteen years ago George w.
~ Smalley was a correspondent for
~ The Tribune. Subsequently he col
lected and published a volume of comment
which he called Studies of Men," The
following picture Of Kaiser Wilhelm is
one of those studies. 1t is dated Berlin,
May, 1898, and will be found by readers
TO be document perhaps not unilluminat-
ing at this time.
Mr.. Smalley describes a military spec
tacle viewed from his windows opening on
the Wilhelmsplatz, and which, it seems,
was quite usual and everyday affair.
Later in the day regiments returned from
mornings work at Tempelhof, the En-
peror often riding in the van AS for the
Emperor, his
Appearance on these and other occasions
still excites curiosity and interest. Nobody
is visible so often in the streets of Berlin.
People stop to look at him and some take Of
their hats. There are no cheers he Is
treated with civility; Of enthusiasm there is
none. He is not popular, and he is not trust
ed. Nobody knows what he will do next,
observed one OF his subjects, by way OF sum =
ming up the general feeling toward him
and the general anxiety.
"The Emperor, as all the world knows,
takes himself very seriously in all his impe-
rial capacities, and in none more than as a
soldier He lives at Potsdam, in the New
Palace. He is in the saddle every morning
at 6, rides in to Berlin. sixteen miles. and
out to Tempelhof, which he reaches at 8,
when a review begins, lasting till o'clock or
later. At he goes to lunch, or perhaps 1t
is dinner; is at any rate, solid midday
meal. After these seven or eight hours on
horseback and of hard work, drilling and
maneuvring, and after his solid 2 o'clock
meal, the ruler Of Germany thinks himself in
proper condition to attend to affairs of state
He attends to them or not, as he sees fit. The
business Of state, which has TO wait for his
imperial majesty's attention, is, for the most
part, very much in arrears. He is not good
man Of business and not methodical.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

venture, coupled as IT Is with no misgivings
as to his ability to play any part, may lead
him. The Emperor Of Russia excepted, no
man living weds such power as this pre-
cocious Hohenzollern. The Emperor Of Rus
STA, however, is amenable to advice. The
German Emperor VIGOROUSLY is not, whether
in lesser or greater affairs. He will not
hearken to the experienced officers, who hint
to him that he is overriding it with his SOL
diers; that mere human flesh and blood, with
no divine right or Hohenzollern lineage to
fall back on, are not equal to the task he
sets and the work he exacts."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Mat Making in HOLLAND

For more than century the MAKING
mats from bulrushes and other val'''S
of rushes has been house industry ID
province of Overyssel, along the qua
Zee, from which the province EXTENDS e.
ward to the German border. Men, VICE,
and children are engaged in the WI
which, however, seems TO be poorly =
as it is stated that the earnings are
"a to So cents day. Before the war -
quantities of mats were imported ~
Germany. This having ceased, mat
ing In Overyssel has greatly incrss
San Francisco Argonant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

Herbert Asquifh, ex-Prime Minis
ter of England, and now actively en-
gagged as leader of the Liberal party.
delivered the speech here reproduced
almost In its entirety at a great "war
aims" meeting held In Liverpool on
Thursday evening, October III. The
meeting was the second OF the sort 10
be addressed by Mr.. Asquifh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
THE State Is a Diversion; the
i Army Is Serious Business

"The state, in fact, or the empire, seems
to be TO the Emperor kind Of diversion
from the serious business of his life. The
serious business is the army. That is one
view. On the other hand, there are Germans
who will tell you that the army is the En-
peror's toy. 1t really does amuse him to de-
vote FIVE or six hours a day to the duties OF
drill sergeant. Drill, maneuvres. dress, the
least details Of military life afford him an
infinite delight. Did he not the other day
issue another of those military encyclicals
for which he is famous? These solemn docu-
ments bear on various subjects relating to
the business Of oldiering-sometimes duel
fighting, sometimes beer drinking both Of
which pastmes his imperial majesty en-
courages, by precept, If not by example. This
time the exhortation of the Hohenzollern
monarch related TO the wearing of pointed
shoes and Of high collars, both of which His
Imperial Majesty strongly disapproves and
discourages."
Mr.. Smalley returns to the topic of the
elaborate drilling and reviewing:
1.-THE three hours inspection and drill we
were willing to take for granted / dare say
the soldiers would have been still more will
ing. They are worked to DEATH was the re-
mark Of military expert, and so are their
officers 1t does not seem to occur to the
imperial enthusiast who presides over their
destinies that everybody may not have the
same passion for playing at war which he
has nor the same degree of physical energy.
There are, however. not few Germans who
fear lest the play be only a preparation for
war in earnest. These daily drills and
maneuvres are new thing. 1t is new
thing for German Emperor to inspect in
person and command in person regiment after
regiment, as if to insure himself that every
part of that immense military machine which
goes by the name Of the German army is in
perfect order and ready for immediate use.
Does he mean 1t for immediate use?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
A Terror to His Own Soldiers;
"A He Overlooks No Flaw

The writer amusingly refers to the en-
barrassments mere onlookers sustained in
order to keep from breaking some more
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
n bundles. Ambition; Supreme
d Confidence in Himself

"That is the question which men are anx
iously asking themselves and sometimes each
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

~IR CHARLES WALDSTEIN, the
- weu-known professor of the history
~ of art at Cambridge University,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
THREE-DAY CAMPAIGN FOR 10000 .
MEMBERS PLANNED BY RED Gross
MRS. ROBERT J. REED ANNOUN-
CES DETAILS OF CAMPAIGN
YESTERDAY.
Will Start Immediately After Regstra.
ton Day, Continuing Until
Friday NIaht.

Relieving that no more upporiune
time than the day Immediately follow
inr registration day under The CON
Srripli0n bill could be found for us
purposes the Wheeling Chapter Of the
American Red Cross yesterday an
nOunced that its membership commit
ice had arranged an intensive cam
paign for 10000 members. TO be- con
Quoted for three days. Tho campaign
will open Wednesday. June 3. and VIII
continue until Friday night.
During the week an especial cHort
will be- made Ia secure window dis
plavs of every merchant in the city.
They will be- asked 10 demonstrate the
work Of The society and assist in every
way rnSsibIp in the campaign.
There will b" fifteen 10 twenty
Teams Of Young ladies 10 conduct the
campaign.
"Details of The campaign. which was
10 have been inHugurated several
weeks ago. wrrn Withheld until The
proclamation Of President Wilson Was
issued declaring Red Cross week.
lnasmurh aS IT, il stated in III" procla,
nation tina, tho week IS 10 be devoted
to raising funds. The membership CAM
paign is to be commenced immodi'
atclY,
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
TRIALS BY SCORE
IN COUNTY JAIL
Ono Of Biggest Days Of Year in Justice
Courts Resulted in Many Be.
ina Found Guilty.

More than Il score Of hearings took
place Yesterday and last evening in
the Office of the county jail. Many
were liquor cases. IN which conVlC-
lions were secured.
Tony Bcrchnr. Charles tosIc. Law
renee AUTH. John MOlcSki. John Rock,
John f.zcpsky and John KoppoZCnski,
who were nabbri by Anli-SaloOn Su-
n.rinrcndoni C. Il. Morgan in a raid
on yacht ii The foot OF fortY-sccond
street. saturday night. each pleaded
gully 10 charges OF violating the pro-
hibiIInn law. squire K. &. Hobbs sen.
fenced each Ia pay Il fine Of El0U and
10 serve M days in jail.
TONY MGHniCk WAS handed Ike
PENALTY for carrying Two baskets OF
brrr alun2 a South SID" street Sunday
night. Louis Robinson pleaded guilty
80 importing Two baskets Of beer from
the Ohio side. and WAS fined 500. with
81 days in jail. Robinson eAoncratcd
Nancy MCManus. who was arrested
with him, and Sh" was released.
). \. FuliH and {. W. Hopkins
pleaded guilty 10 charges nf destroy
ing property AT the Grand Central no.
ilcl. Squire Hobbs fined them s. and
costs each.
Charles Brewer culorpd. was re-
leased on charge VI receiving stolen
goods. -Four other negroes implicated
in the theils from .krallS Bros. and
the Max Crunr Il 60. stores had their
cases continued until to-day. Peter
nrlmar. on drunk charge. WAS fined
81 and costs by Squire W. Il. Wick
ham. Lloyd Fowler. on similar
charge, gave bond for his appearance
for hearing.
John Morris. Carl l'llnm. Charles
Crow, Lawrence Corners and Edward
Seller wcrc held by United States
Commissioner George T.. Boyd TO
await rhr action Of the United States
grand jury on a charge Of stealing
whiSkry from a car.
The lunaCy commission committed
one man 10 The insane asylum al WrS-
ton. and arrangements were made 10
remove local woman from tho jail 10
the State hospital at huntington, IN
hr cared for.
James stephen was committed To
jail by Squire Leo +. DobbS to await
4 hearing on 4 charg" Of threatening
injury 10 George Basic.
Squire L. G.. Hobbs continued the
eases Of Clyde Rose. Joe Maulry. Will
liam Mann and John kuunski on
liquor charges. until Friday. They
were, nahbed in a raid AT 1909 McC OIL
lurh street. by Prohibition Officer Bert
T.. Phillips, Sunday evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
REGISTER FIVE At
WEST LIBERTY NORMAL
Majority Of Young Men at School
Either Send Cards to Home
Precincts or Will Go June S.

Deputy shcrifGs and conscription Off
GERS sent yesterday to register male
students at the West Liberty state
normal school who are subject TO reg
istration for CONSUMPTION and selective
draft, found only five students in the
school who either have not already
arranged for their registration In their
home precincts and counties or else
live sufficiently close 10 West Liberty
10 enable them 10 90 home 10 register
Oh Tuesday, June ).
Deputy Sheriff Edward kilvcr and
Cecil 4. Robinson OF the county con-
scription board, went 10 West Liberty
Yesterday 10 take the registration
! there They found that Prof. John e.
Shaw, principal of the school. had
taken an carly interest in helping 10
carry out the consCription plans. and
the names Of every student in The
school subject 10 registration along
with every bit Of information that the
registrars must secure, was ready.
The officers spoke very highly of The
manner in which Mr.. Shaw had
handled The work in the normal.
Register Hospital Patients.
Registration of The sick men in the
hospitals was started yesterday, also,
when Deputy ShcriffS Fred Frazier
and Phil DaChmHn wrrc sent 10 the
Ohio Valley General hospital 10 begin
this task. a similar registration will
be taken al the North Wheeling
hospital.
Posting Informal
Yesterday afternoon copies Of FreSi-
dent Wilson's proclamation desiS-
mating Tuesday June >, as reeistra-
ton day and copies OF The instructions
as 10 how TO answer questions Of the
registrars were placed in the hands
Of police officers. These will be posted
, this morning in every fire station in
Wheeling. where male citizens eligible
TO registration are requested 10 80 and
read them until they are thoroughly
familiar with The questions the! will
| he asked and The forms OF the answers
lhcy are expected to give.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
5EvENTY-F|VE REGISTER MONDAY
At OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK

The requirements imposed upon them
by ,hr government displayed III the
ready answers which they gay" The
clerk when the questions were put 10
them.
Foreign Born Are Registering.
Large numbers Of the meT register
ing yesterday were. also men OF for
eisn BIRTH Many Of these claim thcIr
permanent homes in the ncichborhopd
of K"nsingtOn and other towns in that
section of Pennsylvania. Many Of
them do not speak English we'll or I'M
dersland il either, and much troubI"
was experienced in securing the nee
essary information from several OF
them. There are several OF these men
who know about The number Of years
they have lived. but who could not
give the date If their birth. Some
had forgotten. if they eyer knew. JUS
where they wer" born. hut they all
want to obey the government regula-
lions and stuck 10 the task until they
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
TRAVELLING MEN AND TEmPOR.
AIRY RESIDENTS CROWD Of
FlCES FOR CARDS.
Men Subject to Registration for Con-
scrption Fastening to Comply
With Presidents Proclamation.

Srventy-hNn or more men who are
rasSad as ;tbS,Tli under the Unit
I'd States registration regulations
called Yesterday at the Office Of City
Clerk Charles Fl. Ahrens to certify
10 tho information which they must
sru'i ~ their homes before June ).
Tbs day was b. biggest at the audi
tors offic" >incr President Wilson
proclaimed Jun" = AS registration day.
Many of those calling at Mr. AhrenS
office yesterday are commercial trav-
Clers whose routes will lead them to
points from which they cannon get
nom" on Jun" >. A tribute to the pa
rriotism of these knights of thc grip Is
the study which they have made of
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
REGISTRARS MEET
TOMORROW EVENING
important Gathering Of Men Who Will
Enroll Ohio County's Men for
the SclcctiVc Draft.

An important meeting OF the regis
lrar> who will enroll tn" men Of Ohio
county for CONSUMPTION and military
draft IN June ! will b" held tomorrow
evening in The Second branch council
chamber 4; city hall.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pos" nf giving Inc registrars inslruc-
lions and furnishing them with addi-
Iionai supplies with which 10 perform
their task next Tuesday. Not all OF
III" Supplies We're sent 10 Tn" cnnscrip-
rion board until within III" last few
days
The m"crinG will BE- held AT !
o'r!nck Tomorrow evening, and the
members ri the CONSUMPTION board
urG" upon every registrars III" import
anr, ur attending the meeting.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
OFFICES TO CLOSE
Memorial Day to Be Holloay IN W
fees at County and City
Building.

Tomorrow will br observed As a
holiday AT The county and city build,
in". Officers OF both the county anG
CITY employees connected viii all ot
the of ices. except N" polio" <iati"ll.
city l0rk.up and county Jail. VIII JON
in 'ohsrfviIi. Memorial day.
The Second branch c0lElcIl chalnDr''
will b. open tomorrow evening Tor me
injecting Of III" registrars WIN 1nH
county consCrintl0n board. There VIII
hr no sessions OF any Of the courts to-
mol TOW.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
RECRUITING is QUIET
Three Men Are Accepted at Navy &c.
cruitnq Station-CarlIsIc Rapcr
Leaves for Pittsburgh.

Three men were accepted ai the
United States EaF! recruiting station
yesterday and TWO were rejected. ono
man w&s sen, 10 Pittsburgh. Chief
Gunncr'S Mate TnOm"y, officer in
charge. said that lie navy department
was he Only ON" 1lHt haS NOT granted
officers 10 rnlis men until IN" end If
tie war. but thought thai In" order
would b. soon forthcoming. llr has
had many applicants for th" period Ut
,!he war but has been forced 10 turn
them over to the marine and army re-
crnirinC officers. CaritSl" Raprr.
Wheeling high school football star,
WHO enlisted III The marines, Wa srut
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
BROKEN PROPELLER +
POSTPONES FLIGHT
Captain Kelly and Louis Bennett, Jr-
of Weston Will Probably Arrive
in Wheeling Wednesday.

According 10 a telegram received
in. the city last night the 500.mile nol.:
stop flight of L. y. Kelly of the Royal
British Flying corps and Louis Ben
nett, Jr., founder OF the West Virginia
Flying corps, has been postponed on
account of bro ken propeller. me
telegram stated that the trip would
probably be made Wednesday,. The
light will require about seven hours
and will be made in one of the air
planes 10 be used al the aviation
school 10 be located in Beech Btttom.'
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
ARE PROPRIETARY MEDICINES
FRAUDULENT?

Undoubtedly. there may be some
that are but, on the other hand. there
are many. proprietary remedies that
arc as standard as any prescription
that any present day physician can
write. and in thousands Of homes you
will find these old, reliable remedies
in every day use with satisfactory re-
suits. Such a medicine is Lydia Il,
Pinkham'S Vegetable COMPOUND,
which. for nearly 80 Gears. has been
allrvialng the suffering Of woman
kind. and overcoming some of the
most serious ailments Of her sex. If
YOU arc suffering from any Of the all
ments Of women. just give this medi'
cine a trial and prove its worth for
Yourself.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-29
CREDITABLE ISSUE
Annual Publication OF "BeIjuan" OF 1slt-
afro High School Being Received
-IptercstinR Number.

Tho "Reljuln.' the Ecllaire High
school publication. has issued its annual.
II g 4 very crcuItahlc issue and con-
Iains many interesting stories OF the
school life. 4 good review of the foot
lall and basketball seasons is found
within lts covers, III addition To a num-
her al timely topics regarding the Eradu-
ating class and tho other classes OF tho
=, h0Dl.