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New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

first train for New York. and went TO
his famous suite at the Ritz Carlton
lie was somewhat aghast How, he in
Quired. sputteringiy, could "The Cent.
ury" rcsurrect an article that IL had
retained no copy OF? IL was unheard
Of, terrible, a catastrophe.
Tho existence OF the plates was then
explained TO him. and he threw up ms
hand "NOi" he shouted. he would not
release "The Century" An agreement
was an agreement. and to print the ar
ticle now would be worse than had ~
appeared FIVE years before. Ho did
not explain why. but possibly he Wis
ualized with what keen relish Roman
Catholic Austria and Roman Catholic
Italy Italy was then neutral-wouid
read the Emperor's attack on the Cath
olic Church
The Ambassador won his point. Having
given It's word, "Thc Century" stood by
Il. This country. IL must be recalled.
was then neutral. and all citizens were
counselled by President Wilson to keep
neutral i'm word and action. Bernstorh
asked for the plates and got them.
They were boxed and dispatched 20 him
az Washington. The proof taken. pre-
viously mentioned. was destroyed.
With the printed pages burned at sea-
the plates at last in Bernstorh' h's keep
ing (also presumably soon. destroyed
and the final proof taken from the
resurrected plates obliterated. this
ended the existence Of the record by
printing Of the Kaiser's loose talk TO
William Bayard Hale.
All except one copy. That Is intact
How or when or BY whom 1t was OBJ
tained il is not permissible to state
But il exists. and it is as Hale wrote 1t,
and il is not his original manuscript
Some day. as was said above, 1T may be
oi.on 70 the world
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Launch First Steel Skp
Contracted For by Uss

WASHINGTON, Dee. 16.--A tel.sr !
10 the shipping board to-day told ofik,
launching az Los Angeles o. III. a a
steel merchant ship contracted for +,
the Emergency Fleet Corporation. r 4
vessel was oEe Of eight OF $500 tas
capacity each, ordered May l2 fus
&. L. Nap!hsly.
Turning cut the vessel within sew /,
months, though the yard in whieh Z
was bulls had 70 be constructed afss
the contract was let, was hailed Il
shipping board officials Is demonans
ing what American industry can a. 4
an emergency.
One vessel contracted for By il
Fleet Corporation already has b<a
launched, but il came from yard d
Seattle which has oeen in operane
for many wears.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
"The World" Accepts
Germany's Reputation

Amid the uproar here and abroad
"The World" stood by its guns, INSIST
ing that the interview as published was
substantially correct. For nine, day,
II fought back the tide Of denial ana
then. on Monday morning, November
30. 1908. il changed front ana maue
tbis editorial retraction: ,,,
"After painstaking inquiry ne
World frankly admits it finds no con-
yincing basis for the so-called synnop-
sis of the Hale interview with the Ger
man Emperor. .r..u,od
"When Prince Won Bulow informed
the perlin correspondent of the 'fetIt
Parisien' that The Worlds version OF
tbe interview ascribed to the Kaiser,
Sstupidlv absurd words which he eouId
not have uttered the German Ohan-
rellor pronounced a judgment which
THO World accepts as the correct con
clusion to be drawn from the invesClg3n,- ga.
t;on at least so far as the personaily
offensive expressions imputed 10 'Ae
Kaiqer arc concerned. ,-
"Tbe Rev. DR.. Hale seems TO nay
told various persons, including his Us. col
toriaI chiefs in THE New York mes
ofice, about his conversation WIN IIe
Raiser, of which he was tremendously
proud
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
"Bitter Against England"
Full of Yellow Peril

Said "The American" article the day
previous:
"Here is exactly what Emperor
William said on world politics to DR..
William Bayard Hale, the distin.
guished clergyman, traveller and
writer. -. The Emperor talked
TO Dr. Hale for several hours. He
was bitter against England and full
Of the yellow peril. He declared
England a traitor to the white mans
cause. He predicted that she would
ultimately lose some of her colonies
through her treaty with Japan.
"The invitation to the American fleet
Of battleships TO visit New Zealand and
Australia was intended to serve notice
on England that those colonies were
with the white man and not with the
renegade mother country. The British
colonies would show by the ardor Of
their reception that they understood the
situation.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

ing loyalty with US to-day-Stand by
the colors.
"To the ten or fifteen million mem
bers who will join US before Christmas
Eve Fall in"
Mr. Dawson, who. was called upon
by President Wilson to serve the Red
Cross after the country went to war,
told in his statement something OF
what he had learned about the organi-
zation and Of its, wonderful expansion
10 meet war conditions.
"The Red Cross has given me new
conception of America and the Amer
lean spirit" he said. "lt is with the
zeal Of convert that ] invite the
American people TO come IN wltn me
under President Wilson and make II
the nationwide organization that -
demanded by these times.
"If the Red Cross Is not as demo
cratic as YOU would like to make IT,
that is probably because you arc on
he outside looking in. My experience
il that 10 one has the right 10 crlti-
oize who is not in the work up 20 his
neck. believe we shall obtain
membership Of 2O,o0O,000, IN which all
social lines are flung to the winds and
an organization representative of the
entire people will be created
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Roosevelt Urges Citizens
To Join the Red Cross

,HEMPSTEAD, n. Y. Dec. 16.-Theo-
Gore Roosevelt opened the Red Cross
membership drive in Nassau County
with a speech in which ne declared
that it was the duty Of every American
to join the Red Cross.
"If on Christmas morning the Red
Cross can announce that 100000
more Americans have Joined 1t, and
thereby signifed their unqualified sup
port Of our army and navy and our
nation in this war, the moral effect all
over the world will be Of inestimable
value,' declared Colonel Roosevelt.
"Pershing and the men in France
depend upon the Red Cross. 1t ls
working for our army. and for our
navy. 1t is working for our allies;
Now Let MS all. in our turn. work for It."
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
NeuU England Ready
To Enroll Its Million

BOSTON, Dec. 16.-Mass meetings
were held in many cities and towns Of
the state to-day in preparation for the
campaign which opens tomorrow to
enroll 100000 New England members
in the American Red Cross. at 81 for
each membership. Louis X. Liggett,
who will conduct the campaign, to-day
pointed out that to bring the enro J.
ment up TO the desired 100000 nearly
quarter Of the population of New
England must be wearing Red Cross
buttons by Christmas.
Massachusetts must provide $4,000
members; Maine, $4,000; Rhode Isl
and, 100000; New Hampshire, 10000,
and Vermont, $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

ouired in seven years by the House
resolution and six years under the SEN
ate resolution. T.,
If the House acts tomorrow the dl-
ference must be adjusted in conference
and the conference report adopted oy
both bodies before the resolution is
submitted to the states. Lively de-
bate is expected in the House.
Disposal before the recess Of the
proposed woman suffrage amendment
20 the Constitution is regarded as IN
possible. A vote may be taken IN the
House soon after the holidays. Polls
conducted by the leaders indicate de-
feat Of the resolution.
To Take Up Oil Land Bill
The Senate tomorrow will resume
consideration OF the Walsh-Pittmsn
coal and oil land leasing bill whiGn
probably will pass Tuesday in furth-
erance of the programme OF iegisia-
tion for natural resource development.
Informal agreement for elimination
from the bill of the controversy over
the California naval oil reserves, oy
plan for government condemnation ana
development OF private Hoiui"eS
is expected to expedite passage OF the
measure.
Investigation by the Senate military
affairs committee into the War De
partment's operations will be resumed
tomorrow, with Major-General Croz-
ier, Chief of Ordnance, again under
examination. After two days in Sc
cret session it is planned to reopen
the doors tomorrow. Several more
days probably will be spent in the
ordnance inquiry, with Colonel Lewis,
inventor of the Lewis machine gun,
army ordnance experts and department
officials as witnesses. Secretary Baker
will be called before tine inquiry closes.
Plans to begin inquiry into the
navy's war activities will be made to-
morrow by the House naval sub-com-
mittee at a preliminary meeting.
Investigation of the sugar and fuel
shortages will be resumed tomorrow
by the Senate manufacturers sub
committee. with Claus Spreckeis. of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company. re-
turning 10 the stand.
Further progress in the investiga-
ton of the alleged disloyal st. Paul
speech Of Senator La Toilette Will be
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Germany betrayed
Loss to Magazine

Reluctantly "Ths Century yielded
n was not a "yellow" magazine, and u
tho interview might do all the harm as
oribed TO Il they certainly would not
print il. This is all a matter OF rec
ord All talk Of special compensation
was dispensed with, and gentleman's
agreement was reached whereby the
German Embassy was TO defray the eX-
penge the magazine had undergone, TO-
gether with any additional expense m
cidental to pruning out the article and
making over the expurgated issue.
A not informidable physical task was
then performed, and details here re-
lated are told for the first time. The
article, twelve pages in extent, was
crlled from every issue OF THE Cen
tury." The pages were carefully boxed
and sent--no, not 90 Washington TO
the German Embassy, but 90 the New
York Offices of the North German
Lloyd. There they were secretly
stored. Occurred not long thereafter
one Of those curious things that have
come TO be accepted IS typical Of the
German mind.
A German cruiser paid an unan-
nounced visit 20 New York. When she
steamed away she had on board ten
heavy boxes. Each contained, tightly
packed. the pages from "The Century"
with the interview with the Kaiser by
William Bayard Hale.
Somewhere off Sandy Hook-possibly
YOU may conjecture pages were
cast in the engine furnaces. That is
just what the German commander did
not do. lie ordered the boxes thrown
overheard. Accordingly, they we're
thrown. and they floatedl Like the
bottle that drifts ashore with its
serawled message, each box now be-
came perilous vehicle of publicity.
and there was nothing to do but lower
boats and pursue them. Corralled from
the waves, they were again hoisted
aboard, and this time consigned to the
fire.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

German Foreign Office Immediately laid
nlans to scotch the interview plans,
bv the way, which worked with
smoothness and precision. m marked
contrast with the diplomatic bunglmg
That followed the declaration OF war.
Hale was then editor OF the Book
Review OF "The New York Times but
he was also a free-lance writer ana
contributor 70 magazines. He went 70
Iondon. and there, 10 is said, offered
his interview 20 number OF news
Daners. notably Northclife's Times
and "The Morning Post" Both de.
cl;ncd TO publish It, as ill-advised and
sensational, so Hale sailed for Amer
Rack in New York, he offered his
International bomb first 20 Ihe
Times" BY which he was employed and
trusted. Here again the German ,s, For-
ciCn Ofice had forstalled, for The
7';rnes" said no. Frankly and openly
II ruled against Is publication, suose-
ouontlv announcing editOrially
AIR. Hale sought permission TO pup
lish z report of 10 (the interview IN
.Tbe New York fines but the Foreign
OAiee in Berlin refused this permis-
SION and the interview was never writ
ten out for publication IN .he
Times r,
Hale turned then TO "The Century
MAGAZINE" OF which the late Richard
Watson Glider and Robert Underwood
Johnson were the directing editors.
They bought the article and promptly:
having FOR 10 81 900. In is issue OF
Eovember. 1905, "The Century" con
scrvative always, b1t then perhaps
moro so than now, made this conser-
yative announcement:
Mr.. William Bayard Hale. Of Inc
New York Tines staff lwhose vivid
account i'm that paper Of the daily NE
of ex-President Roosevelt attracted
Great attention., was particularly Tor
funate last summer in meeting the
German Emperor and hearing nm
discuss subjects Of current interest.
NJ Hale visited the Emperor on his
Yacht during his vacation IN Norwe-
c,ian waters. and the conversation not
only related TO topics Of current puh-
liz interest. but was of the frankest
ard sincerest eort. An authoritative
record of much that was said VIII
cppear as q feature OF an early num-
s,or O. "Tha Century" and It will be
seurS to have extraordinary isterest.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Berlin Says America
Plans Negro Army
u. s. Will Send Few White
Soldiers, German Pub
lie Is Told

LONDON Dec 16.-The German pub
lie was recently informed by the official
Wolff News Agency that the United
States will send few white soldiers and
as many negroes as possible 20 the
front in Europe. German newspapers
Of November carried this Wolf tele-
gram:
"A strong movement for the estab.
lishment of an army composed of ne
groes is on foot in America, according
to trustworthy information. They ex-
peet a doubly beneficial effect from this
plan-the Allies will get liberal assist
ance without white citizens being sac
rifced and America will rid herself of
the greater part Of her undesirable
colored citizens"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

discussed at meeting OF the s,s.s.
privileges and elections eonn;cl..
next Thursday. Arrangement ~
hearing former Secretary Bryan -.
planned.
The railroad problem Is hss.-
studied by many members Of Coerrst
with all waiting President Wiz.
recommendations In view Of the k.'
day adjournment planned TUESDAY r
is thought at the Capitol that's.
President may not present his yisxs =
Congress until after It reeonvsnts 4
January 3. The Newlsnds Joint e..
gressional committee will resume h.
general railroad inquiry to-morros -
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Fl Below at Watertown

WATERFOWL. ~ Y. Dec. lex
tremely cold weather prevailed through
out Northern New York early to-day.
While the official low temperature in
this city was p degrees beloy zero. re-
ports from other points indicated
minimum Of 25 and 80 degrees below.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
"FoU In" Dauison's
Call as Red Cross
Campaign Begins

WASHINGTON, Dec. l6.-on the eve
Of the great Christmas membership
campaign Of the American Red Cross
beginning tomorrow. Henry p. Davi-
son, chairman Of. the society's war
council, issued this call:
ITO the five million members work
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
But They Forgot
To Destroy the Plates

This example Of German efficiency
occurred during the winter of l908-'09.
SKIP now fve years and come TO the
outbreak o. the great war, in August,
I'Is' Newspaper paraphrases Of the
now famous interview had meantime
been printed, only to be denied and re-
Pndiated-but the article as written by
hale FOR "Thc Century" was TO all in
tents and purposes dead. Every print
Cd copy. had been destroyed. Hale's
manuscript as well.
bernstortf. in the meantime. had
Iisen from an attache Of the German
Enoassy at Washington, and was now
Stnoassador. Russia and Austria.
rance and Germany. England and
Germany, not 70 mention Serbia, be-
gan hghting The Kaiser's interview
was forgotten. That is. IL was all but
iorgotten. Then, in September, 1914,
WAS suddenly remembered, remem-
DTfcu oa some one IN the Offices Of
Inc century" He spoke Of il. What
wonderful reading il would make now
ne sRid. Suppressed as likely to cause
war, that reason, with the whole Of
Europe hghting. was now eliminated.
Shouldn't they publish it7 This would
be comparatively simple. How?
Enter here another example of Ger
man efficiency. The Representatives Of
The German Embassy and Foreign Of
nee, who FIVE years before had pro-
cured every printed page Of the inter
view. had neither sought nor spoken
Of the plates. and for FIVE years those
plates, from which a proof could be
struck in a moment, had lain in the
vaults Of the De Vinne Press, unknown
md untouched.
A proof was struck. Word was sent
. Bernstorf. Would he please release
The Century" now that England and
iermany were az war. from the gen
lemen's agreement binding IL not 70
'rint the interview?
'ernstorf Rushes Here;
gain Blocks Printing
The German Ambassador took the
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
S4O,OOO,OO0 Salmon Catch

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.--Food added
TO the nations war time storehouses
by the 1917 catch of Alaska salmon
was the largest amount in the history
of the Territory. and far exceeded in
value that of any other season. The
pack Of canned salmon viii aggregate
5,3OO,OOO cases. the Bureau of Fisheries
announced to-day, valued at 100000, 600,
nearly twice the value of the record
catch Of 1916.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Cold Delays lion Firemes

UTICA, y. T., Dec. i6.-A frssss
fire whistle and frozen hydrants &e
layed fremen in Ilion tonight sr:i
fire gained headway enough 70 destrcI
business block valued at $1,000. HI
ashes in the cellar Of the Willisb {
Powers block caused the blaze, shic
put out OF business a cigar store ~,
a restaurant and made two fsniils.
who live in the store apartments kons
less. -.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17
Declared Archbishop
Ireland Enemy of u. S.

Supplementing the foregoing, "The
American" made this comment: "The
Emperor declared that Archbishop Ire
land was one OF the worst enemies
New-York tribune., 1917-12-17

To secure copy of "What Every Fore.
sighted Business Man Should Know" call
at or write to any one of our Offices below.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1917-05-18

1cu0m
Millinery Staple and Fancy Groceries Eeed all KINGS s and
is
satisfied customers ana more ne
pleased
until
and legitimate profits
of mrchan
Hegnbotm Bros Co. going
Saturday 0
Of
heIa aides oMrcty andch
blu
FORESTER Mrs
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-23
STRENGTH IN UNITY.

Germany has but one great hope Of
winning the world war-tbat Of smash
ing the union of governments now al
lied against her. The might of her
military is not enough; but by the
cunning of her propa ganda she might
win German poison, therefore, skill
fully and pcrsistently injected into
the minds of non combatant residents
of her opponents, is more dangerous
than the billions of bullets that she
might send against them.
America does not need to turn to
Russia to see the Huns poison at
work This nation Of ours has hut
10 contemplate her own situation to
note the attempt to spread her enenlys
kultur. 1t breaks ont IN the pacifist,
the pro-German, the coward. These
are the fertile fields where the seed of
propaganda yields its greatest har-
vest.
Ana what is dangerous pacifist :?
Have we not found many of them to
be persons who roll their eyes in hor-
ror at the great slaughter which the
aillcs have visited upon the Hun in
battle, and who, when the conditions
are reversed, showed unmistakable
signs of supreme satisfaction? These
are pacifists by blood or by purchase
Ana there are many of them
IL Is by means of such as these that
the kaiser hopes to put in his best
blows-behind the lines. They are his
ammunition for curtain of fire he
hopes to discharge to the dcmoraliza
ton Of his opponents in the allied ma
tons.
stern suppression of these Is thc
only remedy \ little broadening of
t'e legal definition of traitor would
do no harm. But in the meantime
those nations which are united for
freedom OF democracy againss the most
toWerfui war machine and the most
'hsidlous diplomacy ever devised bv
man. must stand, shoulder to shoulder
Sl'adfast in purpose to the end that
aH right minded men and women arc
FRAY nS for, the destruction of military
HutOCraCy.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-23
THE AMBULANCE SERVICE.

Driving AN ambulance is an old
mans job. 1t requires little strength.
no great endurance, and the danger is
small. No young man, fit for military
duty. can afford ut this time to join
the ambulance corps. He owes il to
his country to get into the fighting
ranks, but he also owes it to himself
to avoid the appearance Of being Il
Stacker. The isnomr y Of staying be-
hind with nurses wh.,e his companions
are fighting in the trenches will be
great. and it ought to be great. We
realize that many young men have
previously Joined the service in good
faith. but the time has come when
such enlistments will be regarded as
an alibi to escape military duty. There
are plenty Of men past military agt
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-23
THE RISE OF THE OFFICE BOY,

the coming of the office bow in
''hSiahd has often been "a subject for
comment since the outbreak of thc
war slowly but surely he has mountc,,
III Importance, taking the place of on,
'''Fk after another, until his horizon
today Is only bounded. and that not nj
an certainly. by the boss's office. A
recent writer relates the following in
rldent, which shows the office bows
progress: Both the principals were
Out ana the office boy eXpla incd this
i"ct TO tn" gentleman who called. OBJ
serving with sympathy. however the
E'hV'ihah discontinue at their alb
H'"''' he suddenly drew forth his
N"'ch ana cncouragingly added: But
one or other of ems bound to be hcrc
IN |" minutes. because it'll be my
dInncr hour.-Christian Science Mon
itor
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-23
THE MAIL ORDER BUSINESS.

We call attention to a news story i'm
another column describing an effective
method Of combating tho mail order
wolves. 1t is known as the stevens
vile Idea because it has been tried
out successfully in that progressive
community. The May Mercantile COM
pany decided that deluded customers
of mail ordef houses needed an ocular
demonstration of their folly. 1t pur-
chased a large quantity of assorted
mail order goods and displayed them
side by side with it's own goods. The
prices in every instance proved that
goods of the same quality were sold
at lower price in Stevensvile. We
believe that this result could be paral-
leicd in nearly every community in
Montana.
The May company did not appeal to
loyalty to Montana. though that appeal
is sound: it simplysshowcd the people
that they were on the wrong track. AS
rule, between sentiment and money,
money wins. The money that goes from
Montana to the mail order kings of
Chicago, who live in their luxurious
country estates, never returns why
not Keep Montana money ia Montana?
The people of Stevensville know now
that they can save money by trading
with local merchants. 1t has been
proved to them. There are some vic
TINS of the mail order curse in Mis-
soula, but before sending their money
away let them investigate goods and
prices at their own stores. They will
lind IT out, as did the people of Ste
vensville, that they are throwing away
money by buying unseen goods through
the catalogues of mail order houses
We do not know of any form of leg
islation that can be made effective to
prevent injury to this state and it's
people at the hands of mail order kings
OF the cast. 1t is a problem easy of
solution If our people will only do their
duty TO Montana and themselves.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-23

growing tired OF a civilization that
tries to leave God out as a real act
of. force. One OF Americas greatest
men became insane the other day.
and nov spends his time pacing to
and fro repeating the sentence. My
hope has failed The man is a
well-known atheist. In other years
he has been approached repeatedly
by persons desiring donations to
church work and his reply has in
variably been, No. civilize them. put
reading matter within their reach
In addition to devoting money to
that work. he has spent millions to
further international peace Walk
ing the floor as he is today. saying.
My hope has failed he seems but
the concrete expression of civiliza-
ton itself in the present day. with
out God as the ruling force. The
world Is now ready to turn to Chris
tianity as a saving quality.