The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-06-07
America Must Prepare
for a Terrific Struggle

The report Monday evening that tn
government will draft from 100000 t
100000 men, with the evident hast
to get them into fighting TRIM woult
indicate that every preparation is be
ing made to carry on the war agains
Germany practically alone. There il
little question that Russia cannot bf
depended on any further, while the
allies are practically cleaned out OF
men and food. In view Of this con
frmatory evidence, the following from
William Philips Sine, staff corres'
pondent of the United Press IN Eur
ope, ought to wake the American PEG
pie up to the gravity of the situation
With the British Armies Afield, June
4.-The war will be over and stag
xering indemnity settled on the Unit
ed States before she knows she is IN
according to the attitude of the Prus
sian officers here today. The prisoners
reflect the same view. For instance
a Prussian officer, who, with scorn
full sheer, stood beside the barbed wire
bull.pen and watched the battlefield
where the Canadians mauled his di
vision into scraps, said:
Before America awakes, we will
have starved England, France and
Italy into submission and will have
made peace with Russia, leaving
America alone in the field
To an enumeration of the evidences
of Americas immediate participation
such as destrOyers sent to the subma
rine zone, division of troops soon tC
be at the front, and hundreds of thou
sands of others being recruited and
trained, he replied to each laconically
as bluff" When medinded that big
financial advances to the allies were
made he responded, Loans are profit
able" When the huge feet and ship
war will be finished before they arrive
and you will be paying indemnities be-
fore the vast feet of food carriers are
finished. No." he concluded, cts too
late. You can't harm us now"
The plain truth is that Germany is
prepared to fight defensive war in
definitely. The Prussian officers and
prisoners generally agree to this, bas
ing their hope principally on the u
boat and separate peace with Russia
and the sluggish, thalf-hearted Ameri.
San public
Talks with German prisoners and
documents captured in the British ad-
vance do not encourage the thought
THAT there will be a German revolu.
ton. The junkers still control Ger,
many and Hohenzollernism is as ram
pant as ever and the German high Of
acers are depending on the machine
guns and barbed wire to compensate
soF the thinning ranks in Germans
Zines. So the only antidote is to fight
and, if Germany is te be beaten in the
held, then the fight will be necessar'
lily long. 1t is comparatively easy for
few men to fight defensively in we'll.
chosen positions bristling with ma.
chine guns. These positions must be
5iazed out mechanically and that
means q wealth Of artillery-mou1.-
1ains Of shells, swarms of aeroplanes,
innumerable transports, transmotore.
grenades, bridge material, and all 9th
er manifold machinery of war. Lastly
It means men and more men.
One must admit the British officers
are vastly pleased with what America
Is doing and do not agree with my in
formation from the Prussian officer in
the bull-pen. and his sneers at Ameri-
ca as a bluff. Neither do the thous-
srds Of Americans fighting in the
trenches and in'the air, but everyone
wish whom ! talked said in the same
strain: For Gods sake tell the folks
back home not to lose time. We've
simply got to show these damned
Prussians what American punch is. If
We don't we might as we'll crawl into
4 hole and die"
Lars Hogstad, of Nome, visited in
the city Wednesday. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Perry, Of Litch-
vile, We're in the city Saturday.
Mrs. r. C. Hazard, of Casselton, ar
rived in the city Wednesday and will
visit friends here over Thursday.
J. F. Jaberg and C. J. Miller, of San
born, were callers between trains Wed
nesday, having come down with the
registration returns.
nrusson, of Darcy, Henry Lee, of Nor.
ma, and Martin Conlon, of Eckelson,
spent Wednesday in the county seat.
Word has been received from Miss
Ella Getchell, who is with relatives in
Wil1mar, Mimi. that she is rapidly re-
gaining her health and will soon be
we'll again.
Among the people from out Of town
who spent Wednesday here were Ward
Pickett, of Leal; Sam Kegrice, OF
Lake Town; G.. F. Ellsbury, of Rari
san; J. c.. Clausen, of Wimbledon, and
c. E. Batcheller, of Fingal. They
brought in the registration returns
from the various precincts.
Monday afternoon at 5:45, at the
Congregational parsonage, William
Fidder, of Sanborn, and Miss Gertrude
Osnlundson, of Grand Forks, were unit
ed in marriage. Tyler Holland ant
Miss Olive Rhodes were in attendance
Mr.. Fiddler is a member of Company
Fl, stationed at Fargo. They left thai
hight on No. 8.
The Luther League of the Swedish
Lutheran church meets Friday eve
ming. Attorney NJ. ]. Englert will de
liver an address and Prof Stevenson
will render a group of songs. Mis-:
Anna Larson entertains. Refresh
ments will be served and a social hou
enjoyed. A general and hearty invi
tation is extended to the public.
NOTICE
On account of the rain and ba,