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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14
NOW FOR THE SHIPS,

Throughout the whole controversy which has existed between Chairman n Dennan of the shipping board and Major General Goethals who was call ed to manage the emergency fleet cor poration. it has been the apparent en- deaver of the president to bring har- mony out of the chaotic conditions by separating the duties of the two so that there would be no conflict and so that: the need of more ships could be supplied at the earliest possible mo- nent. With first one of these gen tlemen complaining to him and then the other, it was plain that conditions could not go on that way and have the ship building project amount to anything. There was a conflict of authority there which needed to be cleared away and with a recognition Of that necessity President Wilson in stead of eliminating one and retain ing the other has determined to get the benefit of the services of both by dividing their duties, so that General Goethals will have full charge of the shipbuilding work and the expenditure of the half billion dollars which has been appropriated for that purpose and Chairman Denman will devote his at tention to the requisitioning and op- erating of the tonnage on the seas and the OpeFdlAOE OI the NSSSeIS WH6n they are completed.
 This should suffice to overcome the trouble It will clear the way for progress in the placing of contracts for ships and the materials for their construction and it will hasten the time when the finished product can be turned out for Use. It was most unfortunate that such state of af- fairs should have developed or been allowed to develop in connection with this important work. It is to be hoped however, that the best method has been adopted for overcoming it and that nothing of the kind will be at- lowed to hamper this vital war work in the future. The interests of the country have got to be taken into consideration, however, in such cases even if those who stand in the way of it have to be pushed aside.
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REMNANTS AFFAIRS.

= The attention of all nations cannot
 help being centered at the present
 time upon the internal affairs in Ger
 many. Just what the outcome is go-
 ing to be is impossible to forecast.
 There is an opportunity for great
 changes and it is possible that what
 is being done is for effect only and
 that it will not amount to So much
 after all. Time alone will tell.
 The fact however, that Chancellor
 Bethmann Hollweg has resigned and at the same time the threatened resignation of the other members ofthe
 ministry indicates that not a little
 pressure has been brought to bear, and that, from the manner in which the kaiser has been sturdily support ing the chancellor, who of course Is only his mouthpiece, cannot be in
 terpreted as coming from him. Such being the case it must be looked upon as the result of the agitation which has been going on in that country for some time through the press and the members of the reichstag for a change in the empires policy, and 1t is pos sible that it can be taken to mean that having reached this critical stage, and knowing the sentiment of the peo- pie spurred on as they doubtless are by the unsettled conditions in Aus tria, and the overthrow which has taken place in Russia together with the sufferings and hardships which are accompanying the war. there is a determination to bring about certain which will appease the de- mands even though they are not granted in full.
 The extension of suffrage which has been announced will satify to a certain extent but the failure of the subma- rine warfare to accomplish its ob- ject in he time promised. the ina bil ity of the army to make any headway against the enemy and the growing dissatisfaction which is making itself felt in Germany may indicate that those who are urging the changes will not be satisfied with a little sop but feeling the effects of their power will insist upon still greateri changes. These are matters, however, which will be revealed in time and the reve- lation will be eagerly watched for whatever t may be.
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Views of the Vigilantcs
THE WOCDSM EN.
By Elizabeth Foster of The VisiIantes

I started out to make a garden in the forest, chiefly because the gov eTnment told me to. The forest had been here for years, and % have I, yet neither of us had thought of Cherishing+ onions cabbage in our midst. Charlie said I had too many trees shading the garden. and that old George from Rumford would come to- morrow to cut down the two spruces and the big birch. I hesitated; how sake of the garden! When one falls always go into the house and close my ears \ very human friend has gone and I feel subdued and mourner- ike.
 Oid George came early the next morning: he sharpened his axe very inethodicaHy. like a surgeon prepar- ing for his trade.
 remarked. beginning his usual coun- try gossip.
 What boys, and gone where?" [ inquired.
 ''AH our lumbermen. picked ones. hundred strong." he answered. Sail ed for Engcand last night unbe- knoWnest to nobody.
 And what for?" I still asked. won dering what infantry or engineers or in our back woods state.
 "Oh. not soldiers" responded George. Just lumbermen. gone to cut down old English forests. For ship building" he added.
 "Old English forests?" I exclaimed. George don't cut down that birch tree) Old English forests for ships? dreams of my childhood flashed across my eyes-our lumbermen marching on to Dustan Wood? Cut ting or hewing in Sherwood Forest? What would become of Maid Marian and Robin Hood? And would they be vile enough to take the two oak trees from Marys Meadow? And what if they entered Tree Top land in Ken Sington Gardens and Peter Pan forced to tumble. nest and all among the grass and buttercups.
 And because of the Germans are they to do this? Tear up my child hood. my promised land of friends and galIants and first loves?
 It's not true, George, is it?"
 But it is. Young Sam Brown com mands them he's the smartest lum- herman in our villa age-and the Eng ssh must have wood"
 walked slowly back toward the house. I couldn't fight. couldn't shoot. but made out one more check to the village bank. Another small Liberty Bond" I wrote the president Maybe l can stop those hordes, l dreamed before they swallow up my Sherwood and my Tree Top -and-
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BUSINESS MUST DO ITS PART.

It is an important appeal which the president makes to the business inter- ests of the country relative to the question of war prices. This Is d subject which has long been bother ing the people and it is well that he has taken this opportunity to set forth his position thereon.
 In connection with the price fixing which the government is going to ur- dertake in order to be fair to all con- cerned the president we'll says: "A just price must of course be paid for everything the government buys. By. 2 just price I mean a price which will sustain the industries concerned in high state of efficiency, provide a liv- ing for those who conduct them, en- able them to pay good wages and make possible the expansions of their enterprises which will from time to time become necessary as the stu pendous undertakings of this great war develop We could not wisely or reasonably do less than pay such prices They are necessary for the maintenance and development of in dustry and the maintenance and de- vcIopment of industry are necessary for the great task We have in hand"
 Such is a fair statement of the sit nation. but as the president says there q D1CHIS and patriotism at the present time. No one can properly make the claim that they should be richly reimbursed for the efforts which he puts forth Industrially at this time Such work IL must be remembered is for the pro- lection and safety of the country It Is not to be supposed that those who are giving their lives to the nation ought to receive jess consideration than those who are simply putting their money and efforts into the cause for the president says: "No true patriot will permit himself to take toll of the heroism in money or seek to, grow rich by the shedding of their blood"
 The commercial interests of the country should realize that this is a time for them 10 do their part, that they should not want to be bought in order to render their proper service. This has been recognized by manys and it is believed that it will be byS all the great business interests which. are so vital to success.
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THE WAR PRIMER By National Geographic Society.

The Serb Army Today-The condi- ton of the Serbian army. after near ivy three years of the bitterest eX- perience undergone by any of the En- Herbert Corey, the war correspond ent in a graphic communication to the National Geographic Society, a part of which is issued the fol- the society's Washington headquar ters:
 The Serbs are the poor relations of the Allies. They are armed with the old St Etienne rifle which the French discarded. The artillery in fronts. Their surgeons are borrowed surgeons, for the most part. They are uniformed and fed by the French, and Great Britain loans them money. for staff use. Sometimes they have not enough food. But they always have enough ammunition and they find enough fighting for themselves
 The Serbian army began the great retreat of 1915 250,600 strong Not more than 150.006 reached asylum on the island of Corfu after tiIe winters fight through the snow filled passes of Albania and Montenesro. In the confusion of these days some one had forgotten. There was not sufficient food or clothing medicines nursing waiting them. Men who had struggled through the winter died on the open beaches Of the island of Vido.
 "Dying men dug their own graves and then dug the graves of the men already dead. N0t more than half were fit to serve again when the fall campaign of 1e16 began.
 Tt was a sad arny-bitter army - but not a despairing army that I ac- companied last winter. Many of these men were 'cheechas', in the Serb phrase. When a man reaches the age
 a1 1Np 1 1f- neighbors. Some of these men were in the fourth line before the war.
 Serbia to the Serb peasant means the little white cottage, the plum orchard the ten acres of ground. Few of them had been fifty miles away from home when war began five years ago in the Balkans Fewer have seen their homes since. They have re- families. for the Austro-B Bu garian censorship had been extremely se- were. They have seen their comra des die. Most of thenl-three men out of five in some units-nave been wound- ed at some time during the war.
 There were no songs rpon the march except during those vivid days when the Bulgarians were being forced out of Monastir. There was no light hearted talk about the camp fires. There was no music except that now and then one heard the weird and compainine tones of d one strinEed fiddle which some patient soldier had made out of the material at hand They kept to themselves or in little groups of twos and threes At night scores of tiny fires would spark e in the open land on either side of the Monastir road, where the paired comrades were cooking their evening meal They marched badly, slowly. slouching their old shoulders bowed under their packs. their grizzled faces deeply lined. Yet these men were the cuttine edge of the weapon that bent back the Bulgarian lines
 one division-the Moravn-re-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14
HOLDING DUTCH SHIPS.

Tn connection with the inVestiga- lions which England has been making Tor the purpose of determining the amount of foodstuffs which are being sent by certain of the neutral nations Into Germany, it has found that Hol- and during the first three months of this year sent over three times as many tons of butter. almost three
 ines as many tons of cheese and all most 30 times as many tons of eggs into Germany as it did to England. Furthermore Germany received about Is times as many tons of dairy pro- ducts and two and a half times as many tons of potatoes from the Dutch itS England.
 T. is to be recognized of course that 1t is easier for the Dutch to reach Germany than it is to get to England and that they have a right to engage in trade with any country they like but the belligerents at the same time must be expected to look out for their own interests. They are going to do their utmost to handicap the enemy and they are going to prevent all the supplies possible that will serve to prolong the war from reaching the opponents.
 This then is what Great Britain is doing in refusing to guarantee safe
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STORIES OF THE WAR
Service for War Prisoners.


 (Correspondeace of The Associated Press)
 There are 5s.1ss German prisoners of war interned in England, as against 42.s31 Eritinh prioners of war or interned prisoners in Ger many, according to q report made py the Postmaster General tD the House of Commons. Each week, the Gt~- mans interned in England receit e from home 9,2sO parcels and monet orders having q totai value of 2241 pounds
 The number of parcels thus re- ceived has decreased nearly one half from last year This was attributed by the postmaster general to greater difficulty in obtaining materials 10 send from Germany. The ralue of postal orders sent from Germany to Germans iuterned here has increased since last year. in order to enable them to buy more food in this coun- try.
 To the British prisoners in Ger many s5.000 parcels are sent from the United Kingdom each week while the money orders aggregate iu value about II 000 pounds a week.
 Nine hundred thousand parce-s a-e sent each week from the Uuit.d Kingdom to British troops abroad The British postal savings bank deposits have decreased only from S8,00o.c0n pounds to IsJ. 900 GOO pounds There are 1e5.0o0 fewer tel cphones in use in Great Britain than before the beginning of the war
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passage to about 40 Dutch ships which are in the harbors of this country loaded with supplies for Holland and it is doing it not for the direct pur- pose of hurting the Dutch but be- cause it Is aware of the fact that much of such goods, or their equiva- lent. will cross the German border. This is where the British are helping out the exports embargo of this coun- try before it goes into effect, for this refusal of safe passage applies to car goes which are ready to leave and which this country cannot interfere with. Such a move is not for the pur- pose of starving Holland, any more than the export ban which this coun- try will put into effect. It is dont to make it more difficult for Germany to get supplies, for Holland has suf1- cient to take care of itself if it stops supplying Germany.
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14

the pilot ls cent home nt once CD lighter duty for e rest
 is the war pilot afraid 0r rct' Who knows one pilot replied -lra au frightened fp death au The lime 5 bar EOmcnOU. not I bif afraid
 < Hun pilot gets Che l-.r |rrs- first e ass automatically. tf.er -r=H than sD hOIrT fy.nf Iu Trance Perhaps that .- due Co o4I principle Of attars. if ia not 900 -aHF Cor British pilot co -ef sfeu military cross. much less D. |. F C.. the standard is co ma-h hiEHsF.-- London Daily Mall
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14
WHEN ToWNsMEN DISAGREED

(Written Specially for The Bu.letin.) Considering changes in the town. of Norwich during the period from 1859 to 1909, William c. Gilman, in his his- tory of the quarter miilennial ceiebra- ton, mentions that although the diff are members of the same body and have many interests in common, they have many that are diverse
 Bean Hill is far from Laurel Hill; Thamesville from Taftville. Even within the city limits, the rocky ledge E of Jail Hill-or Savin Hill, as it used to be called, is formidable barrier between the two important thorough :. fares. Broadway and Washington street, consequently public improve ments that are urgently needed in one section. often concern another section so remotely that unanimity is well nigh impossible.
 The dwellers in the center district the farmers on the hill sides, the workers in the more remote manufac- turing villages, while largely benefited by the advantages of the city. have been reluctant to be incorporated with it.
 They bring to the city the products of their farms and mills, they deposit their money in the city banks. their children are in the Free Academy. their wives and daughters come to the city for the latest fashions, the free dom of the city" is theirs, it's amuse- ments. it's libraries, it's churches. but hitherto they have opposed consilda- tion.
 As long ago as 1888. petitions for consoHda tion were presented to the General Assembly, but so persistent was the opposition from GreeneviEe, from Laurel Hill. East Great Plain, and Up Town, that the measure failed.
 AA vile and Laurel Hill, (which had been annexed to the town in 1S5D were added to the city; and, in 1901, the part of Preston known as East Nor wich. Whatever reluctance may have existed at any time in the annexed districts, there is no reason to believe that they would vote to secede if such action were suggested.
 Again, in 1908, similar movement for consolidation had considerable strength. It was demonstrated by the late Mayor Charles F. Thayer and others that. by an equitable adjust ment the dwellers at a distance from rate than those who more directly profited by such municipal advantages as water supply, protection from fire, police force. paVements and lighted streets, but this plan was also defeat cd, partly through fear Of increased taxes and partly, perhaps, from purely sentimental considerations
 Reference is made to the project of a new form of city government, when in 1910. the Mayor was authorized to appoint a committee of five to- draft a new charter for the city. At the January session of the General Assem-
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With a record amount of food in storage, big crops predicted and a large amount of produce coming to the market, prices continue to stay high, and yet congress continues to haggie over the passage Of the food control bill
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No one can prevent the neutrals from giving all the help they wish to the Germans, even to neglecting their own welfare. but they cannot expect that this country is going to rush to their rescue under such circumstances
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Every week that the accomplish ments of the submarines show de- crease, it must cause increased uneas- mess among those in Germany who look to the U-boats to win the war
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L The fact that Berkman and Gold man have been sentenced to prison will mean nothing new in their varied experiences. Both have been behind the bars before
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If congress was doing it's part as well as those who are raising the crops it would be having bouquets thrown at it instead of brickbats.
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The man on the corner says: It takes so many kinds of people to make a world that any kind of a preacher can find a congregation
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The kaiser has placed a price on the head of the captain of the Or leans. He never could tolerate any one who dared defy his orders.
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inauirins Co Krsv,.

The Rumanlan Mission ir r~I~~r- but ws hope they won't rouftlr- |, eco pointed H We zHk 11af b3f~ -af DO t'- lies. EhF ,thelr r0untr p.rf~t tHa particular moment if did for iHmr.Fs nto the WaF--E Eanra. LtI L.-r-.
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We hear complaints now and then concerning the limited military ra- tions. The authorities know that big feeds make poor doers. The best that is in Q man has no show in competi- ton with a crowded stomach. over century ago there was this proverb:
 He who walks much should eat lit- tie. None of us should forget that the stuffed rooster cannot crow. A self indulgent person needs regu- ating as often as a clock. Too many of us undo ourselves for work by what we do for pleasure. The heart set upon feasting cancels the mind intent upon doing. The human machine to do it's best work must not be verified The highest pressure doesn't bring best results. The military forces are never gorged, for the government employs scientists to see they are kept fit; and keeping men fit means no surplus in diet The doctors would have less business and the people more comfort if they were scientific ally catered to.
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There are strong indications that Bethmann- -Hollweg's dream of annex atiens and indemnities will prove ere long to be a horrible nightmare.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-14

d u- pecially. cannot allow the verse with out a protest.
 The significance of the Apostles omission becomes apparent as we think of it. To him, as to most other Hebrews, the sea represented some thing harsh and terrible It stood for destruction and death. The Jews were an agricultural and pastoral people; their wealth was in iocks and herds: they never attained skill upon the water as did, for instance. the Phoe- nicians. They dreaded the ocean and shuddered at is power. It was a black, noisy, treacherous element. No wonder the seer felt it could not serve as a proper symbol in his vision of the new Jerusalem.
 It was not that he. as a landsman held an especial brief, against the sea- but only that he wanted to exclude from his picture everything that to his own mind, was unhappy. So the sea must go, together with sickness and death and sin and sorrow and everything else that hurts human fife and destroys it. It cannot be allowed in a country where joy supreme is to reign. It could have no place in the land of pure delight
 Put in place of sea now if you will any grievous sorrow or wretched disability that weighs men down, and you have the true flavor of the proph- ecy- There shall be no more Of that particular handicap wonder. On the contrary. conditions are to be better than men can ever think. Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man the things that God hath prepared for them that love him."
 The is the supreme emblem of mystery. What tragedies are covered by it's restless waves. Within It's depths lie sunken navies from the days of Hiram. king of Tyre. until now; the bones of uncounted millions of seafarers: treasure beyond compute It holds secrets not to be revealed till the last trump shall sounds
 Is there a hint here for those of us who are oftimes staggered by the mysteries of the greater ocean of hu- man life? How little we comprehend the experiences that fall to the lots of men. What tragic questions await answer by and by! Who among the sons of men who has lived. and loved, and suffered does not look with long ing toward that land beyond the hill top where we shall know even as we have been known. and where there shall be mo more sea-?
 THE PARSON.
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s4uatior "a Douh4

Evidently until the cabinet -sw fs over we ahaI no' knop. urr- rre coal committee has fFr hxed The coua 1n1er -- gr1r1 ffn.ts Press