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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-12

regarding the war" said MT. Jones to the represent ntative of the Council, At different times during the history of the, orld. wars have been fought which nave determined the destinies not only of nations, but the courses of civiliza tion.
 They have determined whether races should be oriental or occiden- have affected either a single nation or group of nations. The RevoIu- tionary War affected directely only the United States and England. but The Civil War affected only this coun- try. but it declared to the world the principles of freedom-that one man could no+ be made the slave of an other.
 The present world war, will I be- lieve, establish the democracy of na- tions Bandits have had their day and are gone. Pirates have sailed the seas Snd have disappeared. Germany at the present time is bapdit and a Lfr:te among the ma tions
 This war will determine that na- lions as well as Individuals have a of happiness. It will determine that treaty is a treaty and not a scrap of paper.
 Tt is the privilege of the United States, tue oldest. the richest and the most powerful exponent Of democ- racy to throw the weight Of her power in favor of the democracy of the world and the liberty Of all peoples.
 As our sons turr their faces to- ward the bettlef1elds of Europe, let us inspire them with the belief that their sacrifice will not only preaerve for us the liberty we inherited from our fathers but make saio for the weaker nations the same liberty we enjoy. Let us not bid them adler with tear stained faces, but with courage. faith and hope let us serd them to the emancipation of the world When they have departed we should re- m member that there food line we'll as a fighting line: tEa1 there is service St home as wei! as sacrifice abroad.
 Tt is the duty of every man, woman and child to support the government ;n its determination to arnt equip. and support the American army. TO do this 1t VIII be necessary fer us to give Ilp some things we now enicy."
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THE NEW RUSSIAN TROUBLE.

It is most unfprtunate that there has been such a break as that which has occurred between Premier Keren- sky and General Korniloff of Russia. Each is a leader of recognized merit and each is-needed to handle the prob lems which are being faced by new Russia
 Nothing has hurt Russia like the trouble which has taken place in the army. That was brought about by the removal of the discipline that for merly existed, the abolition of the death penalty and the cutting down of the authorite of the army officers. Too much authority was vested in soldiers committees and -insubordina- fjon became general. A colossal mis- lake was made when the new govern ment put any such change into eff Feet The endeavor to bring about re- Forms was carried too far and this fould have received no better demon- stration than that which has been given by the refusal of the soldiers to fight, the assertions to the enemy and the abandonment of important points h the Russian line
 No one has been conscious of this deplorable condition and what led up to it more than General Korniloff. He kneC the remedy that should be ap- piled and he set it forth in plain terms It Moscow Such a plan would have done more than anything else to get Russia onto it's feet, but in spite of the endorsement it received unsatis- factory steps were being made to adopt it This has culminated in the break, whether 1t is looked upon as coun- ter revolution or not ard it is a weak ening ot the new government which Kerensky should have. left no stone unturned to have avoided.
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Views of the Visilantcs
AREsWE BECOMING
 TOO TOLERANT7 By Charles Hanson Towne of The Vigilantes.

T. seems to be the fashion in these cataclysmic days to Ice over tolerant. It is supposed to be a sign of strength and character to say that the German people are not to b. blamed for any part they have played in this terrible game. One is said to be open minded who listens patiently while a. pro- German street speaker condemns our allies and all their works.
 Peace terms that are projected by well meaning but misguided people never fail to suggest that of indedmiI1- ties thee may be none. IL is thought that the world may be readjusted. just as if nothing had occurred that strick- position; that the LusitaE1a may be forgotten; that Germany, the cause of the worlds greatest sorrow, may se- renely resume her way in the affairs of natiouE. There must be no recrin1- nations. no il-lfeeling, no honest hor- TOT of all that has unEappilN happened. We must forgive and forget" We must Tive and let live" We must the word has suffered. We must not blame the German people. We must blame only Prussianism and kaiserism.
 And how, then, are we to voice our blame if not by open and todd protest? Why is it not as healthy and honest to hate wrong. as it is to love right? If we are to deplore nothing; if, after this carnage, we are to sit in friendly council with the fiends who have de strcyed all that made life beautiful: if we are to say that vandals and out laws arr to be loved as much as are friends and lovers then what has it all been for? What processes of peace of lasting peace-can be brought about 0 l such a basis? '
 Too much tolerance is the result of weakness. It is the way of the paci-
 ist-the expedient way out of present and immediate trouble. It is the fools part to forgive and fotget utterly a wrong that should never have been committed-a wrong that 1t will take years, perhaps centuries, to right.
 If they knew not wIiat they didi But God knows they knew; and if, with such knowledge, they fought this fight against civilization then civiliza tion must bring the Prussiane, to their senses. If, after it is all over, they are to be taken to our bosoms as tired children are, the effcrt to bring zeal ization home to them has gone for and we are just where we started.
 I am noe ashamed aor afraid to say, with all the strength that Is in me, that I hate Prussianism. I am not yet ready to try to erase from my mind and my heart the memory of it's sins
 If you love right you must abror wrong. You cannot hedge. You can not be a fifty fifty thinker in this war
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THE ATTITUDE of MAINE.

In spite Of the deter1hined efforts which were made to secure the pass age of the woman suffrage Amend fnent In the Maine election, the antfs have reason to look upon the outcome as a decisive victory. The people of that state in casting their votes against the amendment may have Been influenced by some of the methods which have been used by the advocates of eQual suffrage even during the last campaign in that state. ~hht there can be httfe question bct w1sat the pick. citing scheme which has been carried On in Washington has served to bring out larger opposition than there might otherwise have been even though it may not have caused any change of opinion.
 The right to look upon the result az decfsfve fs further established from the fact that President Wilson might in a way be said to have lent his fn- f1uence to the passage of the amend ment by his endorsement of the plan and the expression by him of the wish that 1t would succeed. it being re- membered of course that 1t fs through action by the states rather than by a federal amendment that the president believes that woman suffrage should be obtained.
 Even though the action of the pick 'eters was repndiated by national and state organizations of suffraeists. such does not appear to have been suffi- the attitude of that small proportion of the suffragists has caused and what has occurred in Maine may prove to be a valuable lesson in other states where such an amendment is to be acted upon.
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Let me go now, and look after your self I then swam to the Ship and reached Fer. after being in the water from 9 o'clock at night until five the next morning, August 1.
 "When reached the ship there was the Jacobs ladder over the side and I managed to get up 10 this and boarded the chip. I was only aboard rine returned to the ship and three or four Grmans came on board and started to gather the clothes up out of the officers quarters. All this time I was hiding at the after-end of the ship, but after the Germans had finished pilfering in the saloon, I saw them coming towards the place where l was hiding, and there was nothing for me to do but to jump over the swam and held on to the rudder for half an hour and then, as the sub marine was coming away from the starboard side. I was compelled to swim to the port side to avoid their seeing me.
 The submarine then fired at the ship to make sure of sinking her, and eventually the ship started to settle down, and was again compelled to ticed me and pointed their fingers at me, and were laughing and. grinning also. I then swan to dinghy which had noated off the ship and after managed to get Tn the boat but prior to getting in the boat I picked up the ships cat, which was floating about on piece of timber. and took it in the boat with me. After about half an hour I was picked up by a patrol boat. and when I got on board the chief engineer and second cook were on board was then landed and re- turned 10 Liverpool. l left the ships eat with the crew of the patrol boat.
 T am now anxious to get away to sea agair4, and am wanting to know how long I shall have to wait befIrs can go. I was anxious to get back after I had been at home three days"
 The narratois was warmly congratu- lated on his escape.
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a modera tely warm place, but not up to blood heat. This sponge if kept
 at the proper temperature should after two hours become quite light. To this well-rlsen sponge add the re- mainder of the flour, kneading until a smootJ. and e1actic dough has been formed. Do not add waH~r to the dough unless it is absolutely neces- sary to work in the flour. Set the dough back until it has treSled it's size, winch will require another hour OF two. When this has been done, divide the dough into four equal parts, mold into loaves and place in greaser pans. When the molds have doab1ed in volume. place in the oven and bake in a good. steady heat (4C0 to 425 degrees F..) for 45 minutes.
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MT. ScIesIei's. Story.

The chairman of the Seamen's In- ternational Conference at London, introduced amidst cheering, Mir: George ~eleslsi, a Russian survivor of the Belgian Prince. The following statement by MT. Seleski was read:- II sig::ed on at Liverpool on July g, and sailed on the 24ti,. On July 31 the ship was torpedoeR without warning about 200 miles from the Irish coast. When the crew took to the boats the submarine hailed them to come alongside. We were then or ldered to come on board the subma- lrine. Five Germans who were in a small boat then smashed the life boats of the Belgian Prince with hatchets. The crew were then ordered to take off their lifebelts, and the lifebalts were taken down below ;n the sub marine. The captain was ordered down below also.
 The crew were on board the sub marine fer about an hour on the fore deck, wien, without any warning the submar rine submerged and left the crew to swim about. there heing noth- ing in sight except the Belgian Prince, which had not sunk. but could on ly just see her in the distance.
 T then made up my rnind to reach the ship, but I was endeavoring to save the third office: and kept him afoat for half an hour, when he said,
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in an advanced position and directed operations by a telephone wire, thsy rushed the trenches, taking the Hun by complete surprise. ThirtH-six dug outs were bombed and set on fire.
 The wire blowing larty found they had one lo1g ammonal tut Q to spare, and thi. they stuck down the largest dugout end exploded. The garrison of the first line was quickly captured or killed, a1d the Canadians rnade their way along tke trenches. which they destroyed completely. Inside the Ger man wire two other parties of the Fort Garrys successfully blocked each end to prevent the enemy from enfilading the raiders.
 About twenty of the "a 'tlers were slightly wounded and one officer on his way back, almost in our inc. was hit in the head by stray bullet and kill ed. Every one of our weunded were safely brought ''hor,e' before the Germans recovered thei~ surprise Central News.
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THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

While this country fs doing such a magnificent thing for the people of the Philippines, it begins to look as if it would be called upon to do much the same sort of thing for its newly .ac- Quired territory, the Virgin IS1a 1ds. That Of course. was not the object of the United States in the purchase of this group of small islands. It had in mind only it's own protection whe n it handed over $25,000,0G0 to Denmark and ran up the American fas. but &C., cording to the first report which has been made by Governor Oliver the is'- ends are far from self sustaining and as the result of the investigation which he has been making there it Is going to cost this country an additional s308, ,060 each year for the proper main tenanee of those possessions.
 But the territory Is ours and we must look out for it. We are going to get the benef5t of the strategic posi- tion of the islands in the protection of the canal and inasmuch as it is found that there is need Of a new school system that there is need of civic and sanitary improve ments and that there is need of building up such pursuits as are en- gagged in there, there Is no use in crying over the situation. We must make the best of 1t. put forth our best endeavors to encourage the people to greater efforts and at the same time encourage. if possible, the outlay of more capital there. This of course will mean a substantial yearly outlay but the quicker it is done the quicker results win be obtained which will cut down this expenditure. If the isl- ands can be bettered and greater bus mess developed there this country should be anxious to do the right thing to bring 1t about.
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THE RED CROSS WORK.

How great was the need for the large fund which was raised through its many chapters in this country dur ing the past year, is disclosed by the statement which has just been made by Chairman Henry P. Davison in be- half of the war council of the Ameri- can Red Cross showing that there has been appropriated up to the first of this month the sum of SIP, ,339, ,ss1 s7 For work in Europe, of which s1O,692,- GOT is for use in France
 These appropriations are made for the purpose of doing everything possf- ble to assist our army and navy in insuring the health and comfort of American soldiers and sailors abroad and in relieving Restitution and suf- fering among the armies and needy civilian populations of our allies As in explanation of the large expendi- lures in France. where of course some of our troops are and where others are going Chairman Davison points put that France has suffered beyond description and that pending the time that the full force of American rnili- tary effort can be felt On the war front, the most effective work that can be done in Europe by the Ameri- can people in behalf of the cause is to strengthen the courage and keen vigorous the morale of both the French army and the French people. The whole campaign of the American Red Cross Is being carried through with the close cooperation Of General Persh-- ing, but in addition to the work in France commissions are also busy in Rumania, Servia, Armenia, Russia, Syria and Italy while food parcels are sent to the American prisoners in Ger many three times a fortnight
 There can be no question but what there is need for every dollar that is expended and that the people of this country are contributing an infinite
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 No woman suffering from any formt female troubles should lose hope unt. she has given Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegc table Compound fair trial.
 This famous remedy, the medicin; ingredients of which are derived fro choice roots and herbs, has for for years proved to be- a most valuable toi, and inyigorator of the female organism.
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board dwe1ls upon them. The law will not be invoked to punish them nor will the merflbers>of the shipping board be hailed into court as villainous conspird- tors and loot agents by the department of justice. And yet both agencies are essentially human and equally open to suspicion. Perhaps the shipping board and othel federal control boards will teach the government something 1t stands very much in need of knowing New Haven Journal Courier.
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LEse'oN NO. 17
Staff eranehes of the ssrviee-11
(Issasd by the War Ds

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 (Preceedins lessons: 1. Your Post of r. Honor. g. Making good as [ Soldier. 3. Nine Soldier1y Qualities !. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First. Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness inS Camp. [. Your Health. 8. Marching and Care Of Fee. g. Your Equipment and Arms 10. Recreation in Camp. II. Playing the Game. 1s. Teamwork in the Army 13. Grouping Men Into Teams. 14 Arms of the Service. 16. Stam Bran ches of the Seryice-)
 The Staff branches reviewed in the
 preceding lesson are the General Staff Corps, Adjutant Generals Department. Judge Advocate Generals Department, Enginee.. Corps, and Signal Corps. The other three staff branches which ali directly touch every soldier are the Medical Department, Quartermaster Corps, and Ordinance Department. The Medical Department works along two distinct lines: First, 1t tries to keep everyone in the Army in good close watch of the cleanliness of camps and buildings, of the quality and cook ing of food, and the like; second. 1t provides aInbulances. hospitals and sick or wounded men. The Medical Department includes the Dental Corps,
 the Hospital Corps and the Nurse Corps. Its officers are experienced
 
 aminati ms. Its enlisted men are chief ly engaged in the difficult and o1ten dangerous work of rescuing the wound ed and transporting them to field and base hospitals. Just a.; every man in the army car ries intrenching tools so that he may protect himself without the help of the Engineer Corps when necessary, so he also carries a "first-aid packet" so that he may in emergency perform some of the duties of the Medical De- partment. Every soldier learns how to give dressing and treatment to his own wounds when he is able to do so, and how to assist wounded comrades until men from the Medical Department ar rive.
 Medical Department Efficiency
 The Medical Department of the American Army is regarded as one of the best in the world. A soldier may feel ass. red he will receive every pos- sible attention in case of need. The percentage of recoveries from wounds in the hospitals manned by Americans during the European War as been ex- ceptiona1ly high.
 The Quarterma ster Corps is the bus mess manager of the Army. It fur nishes food, clothing, and most kinds of equipment; provides horses and mules; arranges for transportation: pays troops; and keeps on hand stores Of supplies.
 The importance of all this work can hardly be overstated. Napoleon said "Al army travels on it's belly" mea ming that soldiers must be we'll fed and well supplied if they are to fight effectively. This is even more neces- sary today than it was in Napoieon's time In modern warfare the scale of fighting and the quantities of supplies are so tremendous that tthe duties of the Quarterniaster Corps are multiplied be- yond any previous experierce.
 The officers of the Quartermaster
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Made-n-Connectieut War Interviews [

E. P. Jonss of ,Winsted Chamber of
 Commerce.
 Confidence that the 20 .0cO members of the Connecticut Chamber of Com merce Hike the Minute Men in the Revolutionary War, are ready at a moments notice to save, sacrifice, and serve in any way which will assist America and her allies in winning the great war and establishing perman- ent pea.ee." is expressed by Edward P. Jones of winsted,- President of the Copnectiout Chamber of Commerce.. in one of the series of Made in -Connec- tictIt War Interviews" made public today.
 Your ask me to make statement
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 pound has done foi' me. I was in suct, bad health from fe- male troubles that I could hardly get off my bed. I ha
 been doctoring fo. a long time and mi mother said, T wani you to try Lydia E. Pinkhar1ss Vege. table Compound Se I did and ;t boeoor
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amount of relief to suffering human fty away from As well as on the bat 1Ief1eids. It Is certainly something 10 be proud or
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The man on the corner says: It is all right to stop the anufacture of whis- key but it is another thing to stop the drinking thereof.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The recent disclosures are going to make the task of the Swedish mission, recently landed in ,this country, more difficult.
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With the Dutch selling. their bulbs to the Germans for feed ku1tur in that country ought to become more fiowery than ever.
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La Toilette has been taking such a radical position in congress that even if he does make good suggestion it is liable to be defeated by force of habit.
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Price fixing amounted to something in England where one farmer has been fined s27.000 for selling his potatoes at a figure in advance of the fixed amount
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MOTHER SAID
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Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Cured Mrs. Gopher after
 Doctors Failed.

Cincinnati, Ohio.-'1 want you Know the good Lydia E. Pinkham' :,
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If Argentina accepts pas.ively this latest disclosure regarding Germany. it will be open to the suspicion that it sanctions such actions even though it is involved in the double dealings.
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Is it going to be possible that Swe- den will be found to have played with its neutrality with the same disregard that Germany has international law and the rights of Heutrals?
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Some peace fee1ers are being put out from a German source but they fail to provide for a German gov ernment in which this country would have sufficient conffdence.
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LETTERS I'D THE EDITOR
The .Lieense Vote in 1909.

The License Vote in 1909.
 Mir. Editor: Would like to know by how great a majority this city voted for license eight years ago. l have been inf 1rmed it was at least 400 ma jority. -
 Norwich, Sept. Ii, 1917.
 In 1903 the vote on license was as follows: Yes, 2534; No. 20se.-Ed.
 Concrete ships 200 feet long and costing under 2e,0Oo pounds sterling are to be constructed by g. syndicate at Montreal. They will be ready in less than three months.
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

Mfr. Average Consumer apparently 'as gained new champion. compar- able to MT Hoover in his beneVolence. The prospect of appalling coal bills this winter has added many a wrinkle C. care to the counte1ance ot the head of the household It is encouraging 10 find That the government, in its endeavor to lower fuel prices. will attack :t.e problem of most concern
 O the general public fist of H. Meriden Journal.
 The news from Washington is to the effect that the federal shipping board will recommend that all North Atlantic tugs and barges shall be brought under a central authority in order that the ma kim urn efficiency may be secured. It is claimed that in this way cargoss will be expedited, full loads could be carried it all times and tows kept away from consested ports. The plan Is evoked, as we understand, by the ser ious coal situation in the New England states.
 And now the federal shipping board proposes to recommend it for the pro- lection of the very interests Mir. Null len had m mind. The eyes of the anti trust law. which were closed to the necessities of New England when the New Haven railroad company had them in mind, open brightly or will open brightly now that the federal shipping