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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09

La signora Estella era sempre
stata il modeIlo dele massaie. spe-
cialmente nei riguardi dell 'econo-
mia domestica ma quando un bel
mattino in contr6 nella bottega
del fruttivendolo una sua amica
raggiante di gioia per il magnif,
co regalO ricevuto dial consorte IN
Occasione della Sua fiesta, uno
splendido anello con brillante. non
ebbe che un desiderio; possederne
uno uguale. Ma in che modo? Suo
marito non avrebbe voluto saper-
he certamente, giacche il modesto
bilancio domeStico non 10 consenti-
va!
La soccorse un idea geniale che
eSsa mise subito in pratica econo-
mizzare venti centeSimi sulla quo
tidiana spesa a qualunque costo.
E cosi fece.
Trascorsi alcuni ami (e incredi-
bile come il tempo passa presto)
la signora Estella aveva accumu-
lata una bella sommetta e, col Gu
ore palpitante di emoziOne, 81 rec6
da un gioielliere fece acquisto
di un anello ancora piu bello di
quello dell 'amica.
Ma come far sapere la cosa al
suO Agenore? Seconda pi1 ge-
male trovata. Uscita di casa col
marito, essa 81 chino d 'un tratto e,
cacciando un leggero grido:
-Guarda, guarda, Agenore, che
cosa no trovato? Tn anello! Oh,
che fortuna!
-Magnifco! = esclam6 il ma
rito.
Che fortuna !-aggiunse la 81
gnora Estella-e che bel brillan-
te! Vediamo Sc va bene al mio
ditto.
Che dici?-interruppe il ma
rito, mettendosi l'anello in tasca.
Neppure per ischerzo... sono una
persona onesta 10, sal! Vado su-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09
All LETTORI DEL PATRIOTA

Fra qullche settimana III Pa
triota" diverra un giornale pret-
tamente italiano, poich6 sara eli
minata la parte inglese per
clio che riguarda il mott
ziario Fimarrannd soltanO al
cune colonne di varieta per gil alb
bonati americani. In seguitO an
che queste saranno tolte, cio6
quando detti abbonamenti sarannO
scaduti, ed in sostituzione verran-
no inserite attire rubriche in itali-
ano.
La Direzione e.venuta a tale de-
terminazione per dare maggiOre
sviluppo al giornale, dato che, per
la ristrettezza dello spazio fnora
adibito ALA parte italiana, era i'm
possible offrire al lettOri dele ru-
briche di varieta. Fra qualche
settimana, adunque, verra pubbl1-
cata un 'intiera pagina Letteraria
-Scientifca-Umoristica ed In
essa verranno inseriti lavori del
migliori scrittori italiani e italo
-americani. Tutti coloro che han
no ingegn0 vi potranno collabOra-
re, sempre che i loro scritti siano
meritevoli di pubblicaziOne e a
datti all 'indole del giOrnale.
Inizieremo pure una rubrica bio
grafica allo scope di far conoscere
al pubblico tutti coloro che hanno
saputo eccellere nellie arti, nellie
science, nellie industrie in quail
unique campo della attivita umana,
elevandosi al di sopra della CO.
mune degli uomini. Di questi YER
ranno pubblicati ritratti cenni
biografci, perch6 da essi i Gonna
zionali prendano esempiO seguire
la via dello studio del lavoro, che
conduce al progresso della razza
umana.
Onorato dalla fducia del sig.
Biamonte, Direttore-Proprietario
del ''Patriota", il sig. Vincenzo
Fico ha assunta la carica di Re
dattore-Capo di questo giornale e
fara del suo megliO per renderlo
bene accetto al lettori agli alb
bonati, seguendo un programme
imparziale che non deviera mai dal
sentiero della verita della giusti-
zia, difendendo gil Interest," degli
italiani in America a facendOsi il
portavoce di quaint abbianoJ da
esporre' giusti RECLAIM.
I'll Patriota'', non dipendendo
da nessun partito non aRparte-
nendo nessuna camarilla, mo-
strera sempre'indipendenza di giu-
dizio su uomini su cOse, cercan-
do d 'ilIuminare La mente del lettO-
ri su tutto clio che potra ridondare
a vantaggio 0 ad onOre degli itali-
ami. LA REDAZIONE
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09
IL SUICIDIO DI UN MACELLA.
10 DI BLAIRSVILLE

William Virgins, di 55 ami, un
di Blairsville motto no
to lunedi scorso 81 tolse la vita
impiccandosi in m dietro-stanza
della sua bottega. II poveretto
era gravemente ammalato da pa
recchio tempo e 81 crede che, stan
co dele sofferenze, abba voluto
sottrarvisi ponendo fine al suoi
giorni.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09
LA NosTRA soTTosCRIzIoNE

RicorramO al nostri connaziOnali
che la sOttOscrizione per regalare
un automobile truck" ALA Com
pagnia F 10. mo Reggimento, come
una dimostraMone di affetto YER
so questa nostra patria adOttlVa,
ch e entrata in guerra col mobile
scope di contribute all 'annienta-
mento della barbarie tedesca e
che sta facendo sforZi sovrumam
per aiutare gil alleati, fra quail
la nostra Italia, ha fnora raggiun-
ia la somma di $185. % e per ar
rivare allo scope bisogna che sia
accresciuta di motto. Raccoman-
diamo perci6 quelli che non 81
sono ancOra sottoscritti di farlo al
pi6 presto a cOs1 pOtremO dino
strare ALA Malone Americana che
anche gl'Italiani RESIDENT in ques-
te contrade pensanO a fare quail
che cosa per il trionfo della eau
Sa comune.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09
COSE DI CORTE

Luned1 u. S. 81 E riaperta la cOrte
per e sessione di Giugno.
Fra quelli dichiaratisi colpevoli
vi furono seguenti: Charles Ben
nett e sua moghe; Joe Chicari e
Sam Presto per avere violate la
legge mel vendere bevande. ii
quartetto fu sorpresO arrestato
a Wilgus venerd1 scorso.
II Bennett sua moglie furonO
messi a cura del cOmmisSari e
mandate al County Home" per-
che vecchi; mentre Chiccari e
Presto furono condannati 6 mesi
di "workhouse" $500 di multa
per ciaScuno.
Joe Rudolph, di Mcintyre 81
dichiar6 colpevole di aver venduto
birra senza icenza e gil fu data la
medesima sentenza ALA "work-
house., ma poi venne messo sotto
"parola" 'condizione di pagare
lie spese di corte e $3.50 di multa.
Dicesi che il Rudolph da tempo
faceva il manager SUI altri agenti
Idi iquori in quel luOgo.
Domenico Prato Beniamino Ca
mini da Homer City 81 dichiararo-
no colpevoli di aver venduto Ii
quori illegalmente. La sentenza
di costoro fu rimandata.
Cause d 'italiani dinanzi ALA Gran
Giuria
Rocco Biara, accusatO di aggres-
stone con intenzione di uccidere
James Pizzareli, idem; John Pu-
cini, idem; Sam Calabrese ed al
tri, accusati di omicidio; P. w
Tozzi, accusati di vendita illegale
di liquori.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1917-06-09

bito a cOnsegnarlo all 'uficio degli
oggetu rinvenuti.
POGO nance che la signora Es-
tella non cadeSSe fulminata
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u " "a
partnsnG ce austiee. vas - = -
few men in tho town who Was awake
except those who had been guests OF
the banker and who had fingered to an
hour which was almost unprecedented
In New Beaufort. They would have
gone home at ele-en but the banker
insisted that they remain for further
entertainment on the part Of his New
York musicians. One song called forth
another and the quality of the music
proved so much more pleasing than
that of their customary local talent
that they forgot the passing OF time.
The special agent sat on hill near
the Compton home and smoked pipe.
II was twelve O'Clock before the
party linally broke up. Those OF the
townspeople who had come in their au-
tomobiles were being tucked into the
tonneaus, and those who mad walked
up the gray macadam drive were just
setting out on foot when the clatter as
Of a bunch OF giant fire crackers called
their attention to the village below.
From the bank building was seen sud
denly to burst a cloud of smoke while,
= moment later, a skylignt was broken
and a tongue OF fame leaped forth.
Fire. Fire," came the shout from
a dozen voices
Gard had seen more than had the
guests OF the banker. As he smoked
his pipe and watched the village be-
low. the lights in the windows Of Stone
Crest, and the silent cottage OF Lor-
ance. the assistant cashier. he had
seen an automobile, with no lamp
showing, creep through the quiet back
street. purr stealthily into the alley
back OF the bank and stop behind
small building that shut of his view.
Half an hour passed and the darkened
machine reappeared from behind the
intervening building, turned into the
thoroughfare leading to the southeast
and disappeared in the distance at an
ever increasing rate of speed.
When the exploding cartridges in
this cashiers drawer at the bank gave
the first warning OF the fire, the clamor
of the alarm followed and pande-
mouium broke out in the village. OF
the dispensing group on the hill, every
one ran for a nearer view OF the fire.
The musicians, the servants. the mas
ter Of the house himself, all hurried
into the village to make part Of the e1-
citement that prevailed. Stone Crest.
the lights OF its entertainment still
glowing. was left deserted.
Gard. the special agent. again acted
from his fellows by falling
to do the thing which others did. He
crossed over from the hill on which
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I - n>ehols q tAe slssths q Tie d
partment u Justice. Gard had come
TO New Beaufort with but . suspicion
that Lorance, the assistant cashier
was playing the market on the funcs
of the bank. torrance was known 70
be placing orders with . wall street
| broker.
At the boarding house Gard learned
that torrance lived modestly In col.
tage with his wife and babies. had not
been seen to make any display OF
money, was of sturdy farmer stock oh
the other hand the investigator imme'
diately picked up the facts that the
cashier, Compton. maintained an ex-
pensive establishment, entertained iaV'
ishly, was often absent from town.
was nervous, highstrung, IN oao
health.
All these facts led him to watch the
cashier rather than his assistant They
led him, also to some experiments
testing Of the condition OF the oanK Ks
accounts. He knew that dishohest
employee OF a bank, in approprlatins
money. had to charge 1t to some &C.
count to make the books balance. The
large, inactive accounts offer most
tempting opportunity OF this sort; put
these were found to be intact by MS
ruse of inducing the depositors to call
for their balances.
1t was to get better line on the
business of the community, and par
ticularly upon the accounts OF Comp
ton, that the special agent secured
position as bookkeeper in JOYS
grocery store. Here he found. in the
first place, that the buying for the
Compton home was most prohlgate
and evidently wasteful. He found,
further, that the bills were always
paid without question and by check.
knowing of an old trick that mas
brought many cashier to ruin, cara
sought a way to test these personal
checks to determine whether or not
they actually found their way to the
personal account of the cashier.
The cashier Of bank is usually the
individual who opens the mail, and
many OF these have been known to
cash personal checks and destroy them
when they came in for collection,
charging the amount to some account
where 1t might temporarily be hidden.
To determine whether or not these
personal checks were being juggled by
the cashier Gard, as the grocer's book
keeper, found q pretext to send to the
bank for q record of some personal
checks of Compton's which he had
handled few days earlier. The call
was made while Compton was out to
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he worked. made several deposits. and.
upon one pretext and another, sent to
the assistant cashier of the bank for
the record of them in the absence OF
Compton. They did not show on the
account of the grocery store and the
matter was passed over as q misun-
derstanding. But SO was a second ave-
nue. Of misappropriation discovered.
Thus was the special agent able
from the outside to get very good
leads into the condition Of the bank
and to determine the manner of its
looting when the facts might not have
been obtainable by an expert working
from the inside.
Cards case was about completed
and the department was ready to act
when the dramatic denouement came.
Arson, suicide and flight are the three
events most to be expected when the
funds Of q bank have been misappro-
priated. The young special agent was
watching for any Of these at the time
of the anniversary party given by the
banker. 1t was in preparation for
either that he watched SO late on that
occasion.
On the afternoon which preceded
the entertainment Gard was working
over his books at the store and at the
same time keeping an eye on the
bank. An hour after closing time at
the bank he saw Compton come out
OF the side door with two books of the
institution under his arm. He could
make out that one was loans and dis.
counts. He surmised that they might
be records that were to be destroyed
probably the books that showed his
guilt.
When from the hillside Gard that
night saw the silent car stop back Of
the bank and the flames subsequently
break out. he knew what had hap
pened. These were accomplices Of the
cashier who had probably looted the
bank Of any remaining funds and, &C
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AN ODD ITEM OF SLANG
Why 10 q Person Of Dubious Men.
taIity Referred To ~ 4
~Nut7"

Who can expound the philosophy of
slang? Why, for instance, is person
of dubious mentality referred to as
"nut?" Nuts are good. There Is moth
ing, probably, more enjoyable than nut
ting. 1t is the autumn's one greatest
happiness.
Hereabouts there are two chief nuts,
and two lesser nuts and one least nut,
observes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The chief nuts are the hickory nut and
the chestnut. The hickory nut is COM
monest and 1t Is a good nut, despite Its
rugged exterior and Its propensity to
hide its sweetness in difficult woody
crannies and labyrinths. The house
wife desires hickory nuts for her cakes.
The small boy likes hickory nuts for
the pleasure of calculating their mys-
teries with hammer and fatiron. They
are worth gathering.
The chestnut IL Of more apparent
virtue. It is all meat. 1t may be used
| for turkey dressing and 1t Is used
abundantly by dark-skinned Syrian
genii who preside over magic braziers
In the odd crannies Of our busiest
streets. Everyone probably more or
less likes the chestnut. It is easy to
eat and 90 per cent nourishment.
The lesser nuts are the walnut and
the butternut. These are fewer In
number than the chief nuts and they
have horrinc rinds which must be pene-
| tratsd With caution. The reward, too,
Iissmeaesf. scarcely worth sths peril of
stalnsd aAA snsaahed nntprh
I The s1oaSt 0nf u ~ hnnSlkA1lt n ~
II ~ y T. \ =! 4 - !! \ Y = ! Z M ! p
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he had smoked and hastily entered the
bankers house. Arriving. he seemed
to know exactly what he wanted. He
house. swapping on still more lights
until he found that apartment which
seemed to be the personal retreat OF
the owner. Here he evidently had
business. Standing in the middle Of the
floor he looked about. Thrown care
lessly into window seat he saw two
heavy books Of the appearance Of led
gers. These ne secured and placed on
a table in the middle OF the room with
out even examining them. Next he
began further exploration. When he
found the bankers bedroom he seemed
satisfied. On the back of chair was
a coat. evidently that which Compton
had worn until he dressed for the eve
ming. Gard thrust his hand into the
inside pocket OF his coat and pulled
out q batch OF letters through which
he ran rapidly. He selected two or
three, thrust them into his pocket. re-
turned for the ledgers, tucked these
under his arm and left the house.
On the way to his lodgings he filed
. telegram to the department ct Wash
ington which TeaA ~ follows:
~Comptou, csshisr IN yirst National
hank case. guilty. Lcea1ae probab1y
ma implicate1. nank bdfne1 tonfGAl
~ seecaDlless - csn1tc QAee -
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Funny Ways Of Toads.

There are few creatures SO general
~ disliked as the toad. This is prob.
ably because 1t is 80 misunderstood,
The toad is really a very interesting
little gentleman. It can be easily
tanned, and makes an interesting pet.
Its intelligence being Of high order.
Perhaps the legend that the toad ia
venomous has something to do with
Its unpopularity. The toad certainly
has a gland which exudes a milky.
poisonous liquid. It is placed behind
the eye, and Is marked on the skin by
a dark line round Its lower edge. Il
Is believed. however, that the toad only
exudes this liquid when hurt in some
way, and even then 1t is not Injurious
to human beings, unless 1t falls upop
some tender or unprotected part, such
as the lips or eyes, when 1t may cause
much pain and discomfort.
This liquid and the power of infiat.
Ing itself until 1t is twice its normal
size are the toad's sole defenses
against an enemy. The toad's chief
enemy Is the snake. When the snake
advances the toad promptly pufrs itself
out and becomes 20 much bigger that Il
= dimcult for the snake to seize ana
swallow him, for the inflation does nct
Hel6 to pressure Of the snakes jawl
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KEEPING UP THE MILK ~
Summer Siio Gaining Favor y
Of Sueeuient Feed-Soms on
Should Be Given.

The summer silo is gaining "
rapidly as a supply source or,
ficient amount Of succulent feeo =
dairy farmers feed silage every u
the year and especially wnen ~
Is not to be had. A smaii Wv \
and filed In the fall to De op.
July Is the most economical me'
supplying a succulent ration w.
short pastures.
Silage left over from winter Nv
may be kept with very lltue ~
til midsummer. Cows shoa,u
from 40 to SO pounds OF s'ias
day. Silage alone does mol luz. -
balanced ration so some gfain -
be fed, especially to the CIV"
give the most milk. ....i
At least one pound OF wv, ~. n
meal should he included Oh l
grain ration.
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lunch. and the checks could not be
found. Through another dealer Gard
succeeded in getting a second similar
request made with the same results.
He concluded that Compton was at
least juggling his personal account
and charging the amount Of his per-
sonal checks to some other account,
probably loans and discounts.
In various ways the special agent
found opportunities, even without see-
ing the books of the bank, Of dem
onstrating to his satisfaction that the
accounts were being tuggled. This
was particularly true Of new deposits
When q cashier IL particularly hard
pressed he may resort to manipula-
ton Of the accounts Of current depos-
itors. The system 10 the simplest in
the world. When . dspositor hands in
his money, the cashier enters the
amount in the pass book Of that indi-
vidua1 as . receipt. Then, instead Of
entering the money TO the depositor's
credit, the cashier puts 1t in his pocket.
transaction but the entry in the pass
book. and that may mot be presented
for long time. The cashisr chooses
for spoliation the accounts that Il 4
least likely about which Inquiries WIN
~ HnAAs. ~ fAr - tho bookg e tAs
baAk are conoeshe1 tAey ~ - thoash
| ~ &Dtesit ha1 1eto6 beG - ~ -
Et1y o6k o14o u \ i W iSs lnIe
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SKIM MILK NEEDED ON ~
Excellent Feed for calvss. .. @
and PIos-Don't Send 70 No.
"a ket In Cream Nh

Creamery men advise the ~. !. i I
sell only rich cream, oecau.s 49,
advantage to all parties ~ "A
Every bit Of skim milk Is nesas ,as.ss =
farm as feed for calves. chie.eS \ y
pigs. and it does harm insss sss.m.
if sent to market In the cre.I ,a n !
OF course, II the cream - - ! M
pint or quart, instead Oh .h.t :. H.
fat basis, the story Is some" w n
ent, but wherever the gradlnss 's,s X =
Is in operation, every d. ...ted =. =
marketed is worse than ws's .eseaG
as both buyer and seller are c0
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THE SPECIAL AGENT SAT ON HILL NEAR COMPTON HOME

cording to agreement, had set 1t on
fire that the incriminating records Of
the cashier might be destroyed. The
willy cashier, however. had made sure
that the books that showed his guilt
would not be found. in case the plan
was not an entire success. He had re
moved them himself. but had not Al
yet destroyed them for he saw nc
probability of coming under immediate
suspicion. Likewise had he neglected
to destroy certain correspondence that
later connected him with tho parties
found to have committed the arson.
The books taken from the bankers
house were found to be the personal
ledger wherein should have been en-
tered deposits. and the loans and dis
counts ledger in which account Comp
ton had entered the amounts repre-
sentins all his personal checks. Thii
latter was the account that had dwell
in the mind Of Newton. the bank ex
aminer. The letters that Gard had
found in the bankers pockets. though
unsigned and mysteriously phrased
were later traced to the Dutch Shrodei
6hu8. lucy piOVeu = 6IcnS AAu " NAS
Cord. the plain.clothes man. who had
slept peacefully through all the clamoI
incident to the burning Of the bank,
but who. through them. was able tc
trace the burglars.s
Compton went to pieces when con.
fronted with the proof that his derelic
tions had been found out. When his
townspeople came to know the facts
on the following day, they stormed the
Jail and threatened to lynch him. 80
determined was their onslaught that
the sheriff spirited the prisoner away.
In desperation he confessed his crimes
and exonerated torrance. the assistant
cashier. who in playing the market had
only executed the orders OF his su.
perior. Compton lived but six months
after his conviction and sentence to
ten years in the penitentiary at At.
lanta.
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They are MIXED faster and mcn 4
tly than most hand-milked cowl
One man can milk II to Is su
hour with the proper equlpua I
machine. The speed made d9e1
more on the operator than % ~
chine. However, II you had y
one man eight hours each day ;
the milking. you would get mon
than you would by taking ~
dozen farmhands from the ~
hour earlier than they shoaA
work.
In the past much trouble -
experienced In getting efnde4
chimes. Many Of the earlier nah
much milk In the udders to !
moved by hand. Great imprcve
have been made In the last fev
however, and now machines can
that will remove practically "
milk. y
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ONE GREAT DAIRY DRAWN,
Monotony Of Havino IA Mn. , d
Number Of Cows Daily H..
Many Men Out Of eu.,,..

The tedious task of hand mIltI,,
Deen one of the greatest d1,t.l
the dairying industry bos h.s
monotony of having to milk ,
number of cows each day b,, ~
many men from entering the bu.,,
when they might have made J.
success of 1t. Machine mIlkIn, i.
only feasible, but 1t is pruet,.,.]
there being thousands Of cov, n
chine-milked each day in the eo,,,.'
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collect beechnuts. They are too small
game for the American nutter.
But all the nuts are honorable. They
do not deserve the slang opprobrium
which has been put upon them. There
Is some sense In calling an undesirable
person "lemon" or "quince" or even
"persimmon." but never nut"
Nut" should be term of solid honor.
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FEEDING VALUE OF Az
,mport.n. Tha. Hay p e.s's .s.r ~
10 save Lsavss-Rake q. R
rows Bsforss ssDry.

Two-thirds Of the feer..'if 81 if,ayC,
the leaves are lost N cu.s ~ ~
third Of the feeding s' II -
hay b cursd - e % s.ssG s,N9sG
This means that ~ g
ralked fnto wtnorowe 3 4
~ q tAsy Nln 9 ~
slIoSl = 4 !! 4 ~ "a. y
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~ prsveut skidding ara siipplng "
eaMo weather ~ alHoals o< III yfans.
lelsse Az I! n! ee4f ~ Il xi - ldgIill1|
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-11-30
LANSDOWNE' IDEA
DOES NOT reflect
VIE VS. OF ENGLAND
Marquis Wants to Negotiate
For Compromise Peace
with Germany
By Ed L. Keen

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
London, Now 30.-Americans should
know Immediately that the Marquis of
Lansdowne IS suggestion of relinquish-
ment of certain original, war aims, so
as to negotiate peace before Germany is
beaten, does not represent any respon-
sible section Of British public opinion.
That fact was made emphatically ap-
parent here today in aftermath com
ment on what most circles characterized
as the former minister s amazing COM
munication to the Dailf Telegraph.
The conclusion is that the Marquis
acted solely on his own personal initia-
tive. He did not consult his former un-
ionist colleagues. Many of them today
expressed sincere regret over Lans-
downe' IS suggestion that peace should
even be considered before the ideals for
which thousands of British and French
lives have been sacrificed could be
realized.
The Daily News, which has long
shown pacifist tendencies, was the only
morning paper to approve Lansdowne E
letter without qualification. Other pa
pers condemn his suggestions wholly OF