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Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

The appendix OF Frank sWinkler,
aged IS, was taken from him at
Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs re-
Gently and was pronounced a prize
specimen by the operating physician,
who found the organ filled with shot
1t contained eleven leaden pellets.
At regular intervals during the past
several weeks Winkler's table had
been laden with rabbit and the boy
in particular had a fondness for rab-
bit meat. 1t is believed that the shot
in the Dummies had been swallowed.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-15

John D. worley iof Molino was in
Mexico on bushes last week.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

To this minority of the population war in
1915 would have fitted well with the cry Of
1the world safe for democrecy.' But the
great mass of the people, in the Presi-
dents opinion, would have been left quite
cold by il. They would not have been be-
hind a declaration OF war. TO the mass,
political rights mean little or nothing;
they belong to things that have been tried
and failed Industrial democracy and in
dustrial rights are, in their mind, the new
order, and for these, but for these only,
would they make sacrifice.
Mr.. Wilson felt he understood the peo-
pie in 1915, but he felt the people would
not know that he understood them. and it
was for this reason that he determined TO
wait the opportunities which should bring
confidence, the events which should APP
prise the new generation of his sympathy
with what it meant by democracy. I'M
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

doubtedy the President knew two years
ago that unless the miracle happened
America must take its place by the side OF
the Allies, and neither statesmen nor poll
tician. ever make any calculations on the
expectation of miracles. Undoubtedly
Mr.. Wilson concluded two years ago that
the inevitable would overtake this Repub-
lie sooner or later, and that his duty was
to bring about unity Of purpose among
all the people. How did he go about this
task?
For one thing, he established a distinc-
ton between the German people and the
Prussian bureaucracy. This was a direct
appeal to the industrial ranks, which, So
cialst or non-socialist, believe in the COM
monwealth of those who work. Moreover,
he kept us out of war" Proverbially, the
lower classes insist that war is waged for
the capitalist strata, and the campaign
slogan elected Mr.. Wilson. Then came
the railroad situation Of last year which
resulted in the Adamson law. Could the
workers throughout this entire land doubt
after this that Mr. Wilson would grant
labor any reasonable" demands? And 10
clinch matters, there has been since April
and under the cover Of war necessity
conscious if not deliberate attempt to bait
wealth, and each time that capital could
be made to vince another point was scored
for Mr.. Wilson's case with the prole-
tariat.
The total result has been a public opin-
ion which hedges the Administration, which
forestalls criticism and which brings
about the curious state Of mind we nave
been endeavoring 10 explain. Why should
it not? Wilson is for the masses, and the
masses, in their own interests, are going
to stand by Wilson. Making the world
safe for democracy is making the world
safe for an eventual six-hour day and
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Russian-Gernran Development

II ERMANY'S peace pact with Russia
~ does not materialize with the ease
hoped for. The Russian terms do not at
first prove acceptable to the Kaiser, where
upon Trotzky proclaims the fact that Rus
sia will not kneel to the Kaiser, but Will
fight an offensive" peace. A serious split
occurs in the Peasants Congress. Kuhl-
mann, however hastens to the scene OF ac-
ton, Brest-Litoysk, and opens a peace
parley which, it is said, the Kaiser him
self may later attend. Trotzky calls the
attention Of the peace delegation 70 the
fact that Germany is withdrawing large
numbers of troops from the Eastern front,
massing them on the Western front
against the Allies, and also collecting
them on the Southwestern Russian front.
Germany finally agrees to conclude gen
eral peace without forcible anneXatlons
end indemnities; TO which Russia replies
that such terms are incomplete and that
the war cannot end without the reestab-
lishment Of the violated rights of little and
oppressed nations. She insists on guar
antees. Count Czernin, the Austro-Hun-
garian Foreign Minister, states that the
Central Powers would agree to the basic
principles laid down by Russia, but that
such proposals could be realized only if all
the beIligerents obligated themselves to
these terms. Berlin experiences difficulty
in quelling Socialist foes of the pan-Ger
man faction. On the other hand, the
power of the Bolsheyiki in Russia is said to
be waning.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Investigations
The Conduct of the War

INQUIRY into Americas conduct Of the
war continues. 1t develops that the
American army abroad is ill-equipped
According 10 c. W. Gilbert, writing in
The Tribune, General Sharpe, when lay
ing in supplies for the army, showed no
grasp Of the situation. Colonel Isaac N.
Lewis, inventor Of the Lewis machine gun,
criticises General Crozier for the shortage
of guns. The Military Affairs Committee
of the Senate, obtaining definite informa-
tion as to the lack of clothing in army
takes the reins into its hands,
asking Secretary Baker TO rush overcoats
and woollen blouses to the soldiers with
out any further expenditure Of red tape.
The Federal Food Board moves TO do away
with profteering on the part Of small
CroccrS.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

the handspring Of all his action, and
represents a consistent and definite belief.
Mr.. Wilson is genuinely forward looking
and this it is which distinguishes his con-
ception Of democracy from that which is
commonly accepted. We usually assume
that the trouble of our time is not with
democracy, but with US who have misused
it; that our forefathers had the true
vision, and put it fairly into practice, but
that since their day the Republic has been
numbered with all the hybrid accumula-
ton of material progress. We usually
hold that it is a cleansing, eXpurgating
process which will restore democracy,
pure and bright, to us, and in this sense
it may be said that our belief is back
ward looking one.
Mr.. Wilson's view of democracy, on the
contrary, looks before and not behind, not
to reformation but to innovation. He be-
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Munitions Plants Close

CERTAIN plants in Connecticut, includ-
~ ing the Remington Arms Company,
the Winchester Repeating Arms Company,
and the Marlin Fire Arms Company, either
suspend operations temporarily or proceed
with slackened speed, apparently owing to
inability or unpreparedness on the part
of the War Department to utilize the ca
pacity of these plants as fast as they are
released from foreign orders. Many plants
had been busy turning out munitions for
Russia. The War Department is silent.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

greater than that Of any belligerent ma
tion, for our peace organization consid-
cred war as next to impossible. Were
there no other factors entering into the
circumstances than this long distance, we
might still expect the first reaction of the
people to the swift transformation TO
carry them far beyond the rational line.
But there was another factor Of first i'm
portance. Not only did the people have
suddenly to bridge the inevitable space
between peace and war inherent in the
democratic institution; the way had been
overlad and impeded by the debris of
prosperity and ease, Of loose living and
loose thinking. War is always a shock,
but it was doubly so for this softened ma
tion. We were dazed and frightened.
What more natural than that we should
hurry submissively to the shelter Of au-
thority?
All this explains much, but not all. For
the full reason we must look TO the Presl-
dent himself However we may like or dis
like Mr.. Wilson, however we may rate his
abilities. there can be no disagreement
that he is a political genius. No more
skilfuly adroit politician was born into
our time. And when we say politician it
is without any scornful twist of emphasis
to the word, as when the partisan sums
his opponents virtues. We mean to de-
scribe one Of powerful intellectual infu-
ence among his fellows; one with abnor-
NAL talent in making "Other men the in
strument Of his will and ends and be-
fore all else a consummate master Of what
Mazzini once called "the science Of op-
perfume compromise
No understanding Of Mr.. Wilson's
world or home policy is possible unless we
keep we'll within sight Of his phrase, "the
world must be made safe for democracy
1t is the keystone Of his entire philosophy
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Railroads

DRESIDENT WILSON takes over the
L railroads, appointing William G. Nc
Adoo director, with absolute power. Mr..
McAdoo, it is stated, will retain his posi-
ton as Secretary Of the Treasury. The
government guarantees the railroads net
operating income equal to the average net
operating income Of each road for the
three years ended June 30, 1917-which is
reported to have been the highest in the
history of American railroads. Railroad
chiefs welcome Federal control. Imme-
diately following the Presidents proclama-
ton a big rise begins n Wall Street. The
Interstate Commerce Commission and
other Federal agencies will continue to
operate, only now they will be under the
new director.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
From "The Villager"

4 POWERFUL public conviction
"a stands between the Administra-
4 n ton and It's critics; to deny this
is idle. Since our declaration Of war, last
April, Judge not has been the voice Of
the nations overwhelming majority; 1t Is
a sort Of buffer state Of mind which serves
TO deaden the shock of any force opposing
itself 70 Washington. Constructive and
unselish critics have come back from the
national capital with assertions about
chaos and inefic.ency, but somehow their
Investigations failed Of any effect; an oc-
casional newspaper, feeling the old-fash-
ioned pull Of leadership, has made an eff
fort against the invisible bars, and then
subsided into being good" Even now the
ice has been broken, questioners on the
Congressional committees which are prob
ing the Administration war efforts seem
every little while 10 stop short in their ris-
ing Indignation. as if fearful lest their
words carry so far as the White House.
For wherever and whenever, in the last
"''iitisf HiNl Noht EdNHtiNA NvbtNlANAf w
termined that something be done, the cur
tains have parted at the critical moment
and revealed, calm and confident, the
President. It is a puzzling situation, one
which at once disconcerts and provokes
the thinking minority. How explain it
by the mere fact of the war; or by the
strength Of Mr. Wilson?
We all understand by now, through a
good deal Of experience the legal and po-
liticsl change which takes place in the
relationship Of Executive and people when
war succeeds TO peace. We have reflected
less on the moral adjustment developing
out Of it. In this thought we have TO re-
member that the distance traversed by
America from the point Of peace de-
parture TO that Of war arrival was far
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

lieves that it is not question Of restoring
democracy, but of adding that something
to our present imperfect structure which
will make it at last democratic. To him
the old democracy is failing not because
it has been msused but because it was in
complete.
This conception Mr.. Wilson gathers
from what he senses to be the moving
world spirit he may be wrong, of course,
but we have not to forget his marvellous
political talent, the ability TO translate
into words if not into action the inarticu-
late mind of the masses. The Lusitania,
from the view Of the backward looking,
Of those whom, for this illustration. we
may call the old school democrats, was an
excuse for battle. II transgressed the
law. which is the essence of political de-
mocracy; it threatened the heart of the ma
tion's moral-or, better, political-rights.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
President Wilson Got the American People Behind Him

twelve-hour pay. Why should not labor
be loyal and Mr.. Gompers happy in Wash.
ington?
All of this is the old and well-tried
method Of the master politician, the estab-
lished rule of never going ahead until you
are sure Of the result, of never making
a demand until you have fully prepared
Tor its acceptance, Of gathering the fol.
lowing before you inaugurate the leading.
1t is by this method that Mr.. Wilson has
daily builded his reputation Of strength;
IL is said ne has taken but one chance, and
that with the espionage bill, Of having
his recommendations to Congress return
ed. It is because Wilson was a sound and
experienced politician that we did not 90
TO war in 1915; because Lincoln was an
able statesman il is safe to guess that,
had he been our President to-day, tho
I.Usitania would have made Germany our
enemy two years ago.
So far Mr.. Wilson'S political sagacity
has carried him triumphant. VIII it con-
tinue to DO so? We believe not. Politicians
are useful for peace: war brings TO the
front statesmen and generals. This nation
is still at peace; stirring in Congress,
an uneasiness in the press, hint that the
change is on the way, but it is not yet here.
Mr.. Wilson's testing is to come when We
are actually at war; when demand is for
a man who trom his position on the hill
can see ahead of the people and lead them
in the way they are to go, not a man who
waits until he succeeds in getting the pub
lie behind him.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
BOIsheviki and /. w. w.

A BOLSHEVIKI ship, the Shilka, reaches
- America, coming direct from Vladi-
vostok. Her sailors fraternize with Amer
lean members of the |. w. W. Soon after
her arrival report tells of a fund Of
100000 in gold which the Shilka had
brought over to be placed at the DISPOSE
tion of the |. w. w. Presumably it was
TO be used in connection with the defence
of several scores of /. w. W. members now
facing trial in Chicago. The gold cannot,
however, be found by Federal agents.
Later it is announced that there is grave
reason to believe that members of the
American I. w. W., Russian Bolsheviki,
Irish agtators and revolutionists in vari-
Gus countries at war with Germany may
be seeking to lay the foundation Of an
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
German i'm the Schools

4 CITATION in favor of wedding every
device of pro-Germanism out Of the
public schools of America increases. 1t is
found that not only are many teachers
frankly favorable to Germany, but that
some of the textbooks contain "Kultur"
propaganda of a sort calculated TO stimu-
late anti-Amerieanism and anti-Allied war
sentiment in the minds of school children.
The New York School Board takes definite
action, discarding the study of all modern
foreign languages in iifty-two Of sixty
two Of New York's secondary schools.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Intrigue
Berlin and South America

THE State Department again opens its
bag of German intrigue, making
public series of kilograms sent from
South America by Count Luxburg, former
German charge in Argentina, to the Ber-
lin Foreign Office. These messages prove
that Germany tried very hard to embroil
the Southern continent. Feeling runs
high in Argentina, and it is even reported
that this country is on the verge Of declar-
ing war on Germany. An anti-North
America alliance, it is disclosed, was
planned by President IrigOyen of Argen-
tina
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
elaborate plan to overthrow existing social
O-Japanese Pact

4 PETROGRAD paper asserts that in
"A 1916 Russia and Japan drew up q
secret treaty to oppose dominance Of any
other power in China. This pact, it is
said, was directed especially against pos
sible encroachments on the part Of Amsri-
ca and Great Britain. In Washington 1t
is said that probably the United States,
refusing TO read any such significance into
the treaty, if. indeed, il exists at all IN
the form reported from Petrograd, VIII
rot issue any formal request for an cx-
PLANTATION.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

" HAS been q week full Of uncer-
tainty in the field. touched with the
continued possibility Of a great
German drive on the Western
front made anxious by bulletins
of up and down in Italy, muddied by fresh
revelations Of German intrigue. both IN
South America and in the United States.
Il has been a week Of continued self
0agcuation on the part Of this country,
still in the thick Of Its Investigations Of
var conduct
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
The Western Front

GERMAN attacks and repulses on the
u Western front continue, but the
most significant feature Of warfare in this
quarter appears to be the reported mass
ing Of German soldiers, preparatory 10
great drive. This movement Of troops
from the Russian front is closely linked
with German-Russian peace negotiations.
Cold and snow keep encounters down TO
minimum Of intensity
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
War
In Italy

4 KIND OF scc-Saw maintains, advantage
y seeming 20 be held now by the de-
Tenders. now by the German invading
army. On December p it was reported
that the Italian guns were holding their
OWN fact. that Diaz was assuming ag-
crcssivc tactics. Next day the Italians
we're reported TO have retaken some Of the
lost Asolene positions Then the defeated
Teutons began reaIgning their forces for
a new attack The Italians expected a
huge onslaught against the key to the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Peace Gestures
British War Aims

7 LLOYD GEORGE gives a jolt to paci
II fists and quick-peace wishers by
enunciating Great Britains war aims.
"Victory alone" he says, will give reality
to terms" Germany must restore all
the territory she has taken and promise
COMPENSATION for damages before the sub
ject of peace can be even discussed. Pal
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

The peoples o Allied countries will hesitate TO
pledge resistance and their greatest efforts TO the
anmcut general end for which this
their minds and oOnscnceS-hc breaking OF mill
tan solid foundation of partnership OF nations,
which ought find its first practical
oppression complete unity of the political military and
economic among the Allied demoora
,icS OF the world -Ed0ardO UircnI
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Venetian plains. Expectation was full
filed on Christmas, when the Teuton
forces broke through on the Asiago. An
alarming reverse set in along this most
critical front. Diaz, however, rallying 10
counter attacks. The next report repre-
ssatei the Italians as having lost two
heights and 1000 men. but also as having
begun a new counter blow. This sums up
the military activity on this front. a
newspaper in Milan came out with the
statement that Italy has in truth deserted
the Allies and has become merely a specta-
tor in the war.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Spies and the Letter Route

OPERATION of a system of regular
~ communication between the United
States and Germany, Austria and Euro
pean neutrals is uncovered by customs
officials, who find scores of letters con-
tanning inscriptions in invisible ink hidden
in the clothing of sailors bound to or from
Scandinavian ports.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
The Krupp RUmOr

4 THRILL Of excitement is occlsioned
y by the rumor that the huge German
munitions works at Essen are burning.
The rumor. however fails TO develop into
any news Of a positive nature.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Secondary
The Red Cross Drive

ON THURSDAY the Red Cross passed
~ the mark in its great membership
drive. Since the objective of the drive
was the achievement Of but 100000
new members, 1t is already possible to
state that the drive was an overwhelming
success.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

ON Page 3 of The Reriei0 this ,oeek
iciU be fo,uld an article by Joseph
Remach 10hich in part cu'iouslv paral.
lels much Of the opinion above er.
pressed.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

Wilson makes public a statement prepared
by Mr. Hoover which attributes the short
age TO Ally shipments and which justifies
the fixing Of prices.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Coal

4 DMINISTRATOR GARFIELD au-
- thorizes State Fuel Administrator
Wiggin to establish a system Of priority
which gives New York householders the
first right to coal. This is interpreted as
blow at non-essential industries, but
technically includes even those essential to
the furnishing of coal itself. Mr.. Gar
field, on the stand in the coal inquiry, ad-
mits that government control may later
be necessary.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
lin
-NebeLspaitar, Zurich.

estine will not be surrendered to the Turks,
and conference will determine the fate of
the German colonies. Then Germany Of
fers the world peace on the basis of status
q,o aate-that is, no annexations, no in
IDENTITIES, and her colonies back.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Canadian Prohibition

4 FTER next Monday no intoxicating
- liquors may be imported into Canada.
Later date will be set after which all
Of liquor viii also be illegal.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
On the Other Pages

Page TWo
Tearing "Kutur' Out Of the Schools ~ ,
The Supreme Court Rules open Shop p-Lanor "ofIu
With the American Bosheviki-Woman and the war
Page Three
Two Wartime ChrStmaseS in America
War Fervor in the Philippines
Leading Articles in the Current Magazines
Page Four
RuSSidS PoetS--Cctaye Feullet and La NoTte
War Art in America (twO drawings
Concentration in MuSic-War Pocty
Theatre and Concert Offerings
Page FiUe
Rodo South American Philosopher
On Reading the Bible
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Palestine

THE British are reported to have begun
Il a new advance in Palestine. Gen
oral Allcnby is meeting with slight resist
ancc, the Turks, since their eviction from
Jerusalem, having resorted largely to
guerilla warfare Bethlehem is taken by
the British.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
In the Air

4 YIATORS on the Western front are
a active the French, in three days,
fighting as many as one hundred combats.
Both sides appear to be increasing their
air forces rapidly.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Brifain'S New First Sea Lord

4 SHIFT in the British Admiralty. fol
\ lowing criticism over the recent con
voy disaster, places Vice Admiral Sir
Rosslyn Wcmyss in the position Of First
Sea Lord. Admiral Jellicoe, who is thus
retired from the post is elevated at the
same time 10 the pccragc in recognition
Of distinguished services. It is thought
the shift may result in some kind of a
naval offensive.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30
Hoover

INPATIENT at the delay on the part Of
Il the Reed committee Of the Senate in
permitting Herbert Hoover to explain, at
a hearing, the sugar shortage, President
New-York tribune., 1917-12-30

"As We Forgive Those Who TreSpass Against Us
(drlvng)
Aviation and Mechanics
Page Six
New Lights in the Firmament of Events
The Seekers After Psychic Truth
BoStons Mlyoralty Election
Page Seven
Australia Lines Up Against Conscriptou
Count Luxburg Agln'-Bernard Shaw Warns Japan
Prohteering in Germany-DAnnunzio on Victory
SPANS New Army-Ancient Submarines
Poge Eight
Giving Vent to War Emotions in Belgium and France
What the Bolshevik, Russia's Masters, Believe
Joseph Reinach Wilson
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