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The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column In the City

L. S. Marines at Quantico. Va, bom-
barded IAN enemy city" this week,
and the only buildings left standiR 9
after the terrific IRE were church,
and hospitals. II was only a uninis-
ture city, 70 be sure, and the build>
ings were not more than q foot higns
Cities in miniature are used an oc<
jectives by Marine Corps artillery
men in training there, and the lttfe
buildings in them are plainly labelled
gun factory" barracks" church. /
hospital" etc. The marine gunnerl
are careful in training 10 avoid hiti
ting buildings marked church" ot
hospital" and in practice they show
wonderful marksmanship IN rarina
buildings adjacent
The depot czartermtster at Chicago
has been authorized TO ask sealed pros
posals for the delivery OF 1000 STAN
dard bicycles to be used by army
messengers and couriers. Each bicy-
Gle is to be equipped with an sttach@
ment in which the riders rife may
be carried. consisting OF two supporta
holding the gun parallel to the frame
These supports must be 20 designed
as 10 permit the easy removal Of the
weapon. Specifications sent out "a
possible bidders call for a ''wen-cal1
anced sdesign." Each machine must
be Of construction sturdy enough te
Insure its supporting around Se
pounds, as the average equipment OF
the rider will weigh at least -
pounds
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17

war; and plans for reconstruction are the order Of the
day.
Reconstruction as now used in Europe comprehends
preparation for large volume of international trade
quite as much as physical rebuilding and re-equipment
Of plants According to statements made by officials in
England, Germany has gone so far as, not only to
organize new combinations among its industries and
arrange for shipping in various quarters but also to
acquire supplies for materials in other countries
even being detected in trying to gain control of min
erals in England itself. $,
Thereupon England, too, bestirred itself and ere
ated ministry of reconstruction. In speech
the new minister announced plans for the first step in
demobilizatiou of the British army when the time
comes About 100000 men will be hurried from the
'front.' including those whose former employmens are
kept open for them and the men needed for railways
steamships, and restoration of manufactures.
The plans of the new minister do not stop with
men, but extend to materials Where industries have
difficulty in obtaining supplies the government will step
in and try to assist them.
Reconstruction in invaded districts Is having aten-
ton in France. In August French law authorised
expenditure of 100000 for this purpose under an
office of industrial reconstruction For agricultural
Mobilization in the same districts Sooooooo have been
appropriated An economic committee has now been
created and has set about taking detailed and COM
prehensiye census of industry for the whole country
information about the nature of industrial equipment
and supplies of materials will be gathered.
Japan, too is busy not exactly with reconstruction
but with enlargement of its production of articles it
cannot obtain in former volume under the restrictions
that other belligerent countries have placed their
exports For iron ore it has turned to the Asiatic
continent Although 1t had output of 10000 tons
of pig iron in 1914 it looks forward to $4,000 tons
in 1917 and upwards of 100000 tons when its new
aif 80, this will euuat the
present minimum requirement of the country. Since
or4 the yearly capacity of Japanese shpyards has been
increased from tonnage of 10000 to 100000 tons.
1. Australia has different set of problems, and is
apparently endeavoring to ascertain what industries
should be encouraged by the government For this
purpose it has national efficiency board, which is
classifying industries according to their essential nature
Aln-al, the future is receiving lot of attention
these days
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
READ THE NEEDS OF FRANCE.
French Woman. Prominent IN War Work. interviewed fo
The Washington Herald by French-American-
the Eyes of La Belle France Do Flash, MonseurI

France appreciates the beautiful spirit
OF America
yes. m'sieu. we appreciate il, ",
French people, and we will help Amer.
lea when the day comes. TeH Amer
lea TO help Us get modern farm ma.
chinery-farm tractors. your greai
reapers and binders. your plows thAi
plow three. i've, ten burrows at a
time. For we IN France have moi
quickly adopted the new farm ways
we are too old and conservative.
guess"
Nine. Archinard laughed. 'Yo,
think At is funny to speak Of French
people as conservative do you not ,
she asked They are conservative ia
everything-but nghting, The hstec
Boches should be so badly beaten tha
they will become a ffth-class nation. =
said the fiery little woman, .who IL
only q little more than four feet tall
but who has the energy OF a small
Corliss engine
Paul Archinard, ST., madame's nus.
band, Is in France. working for ths
Red Cross Paul Archinard, tr., hel
son. expects 20 leave for France soot
TO Join the French fiers. He has beer
notified to keep himself ready o 60
He Is madame's only child. bot
she does not whimper. 1T IL toe
bad. II is hsrd TO send Paul G the
fiiers-to die" abe said. But Il must
be 20. chr
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
The Great Danger-Poitics.

The allies, notably France, to be particularly
accursed at this time with lot of ambitious men
who are putting themselves first, before the great
by playing politics, and the gloomest issu
ing from Europe in many days is to the effect that
schism between the allies political and military leaders
is generating.
The French cabinet resigns under fire. London is
all excited reports that Gen. Haig won't stand
for the proposed allied military commission In Russia
dozen groups fighting for power. Cadorna threat
to go strike.
On the other side is the Kaiser with all his allies
and a his allies resources in the hollow of his iron
hand
Full control as to diplomatic and governmental
management has been the Kaises strongest advantage
from the start and from the start the greatest danger
to the allies has been the inability if not the mposs
bty to concentrate Their weakness in this particular
has already been demonstrated by tons of sacrificed
blood and billions of wasted munitions, and to pro-
mote this internal weakness, it would seem, at this
writing, that the selfish politician, creature more
contemplate than pacifst, proGerman or any other
internal foe of the cause, is coming to the front
Politics and war mix as do gunpowder and friction
matches, and no better.
If there ever was time when the whole people
of the United States, down to the infant who can
knit SOCK should make war their sole business as
business, that time is now. We've got to supply Eu-
rope not only with men, money and munitions but
with morale, the present advices from Europe
tremendously deceptive And it is crime against God
and all mankind not to help the American people un-
derstand the matter.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Verdun.

"They shall not passp In dugout and in trench
The phrase was muttered as the Polius fought. -
The earth and sky were but shambles, fraught
With gas and bursting shells and with the drench
Of shrapnel Yet in all the battle-stench,
Mid horror heaped on horror past all thought
The thin line stood. A miracle was wrought;
They could not break the Will that held the French.
Each human soul must face its own Verdun
That crisis when the armies of despair
Attack the fortress in a serried mass;
Not by brute strength may this great fight be won,
But only by the Will that can declare -
In face of all HePs hosts, "They shall not pass |!
BERTON BRALEY.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
When Reconstruction Comes.

Reconstruction a condition which America Il,
face, although in different manner from the Et
pean countries, is perhaps little too previous
serious thought. bot problem it will present
phases to be solved when the last days of this
be seen with any degree Of certainty,
America In all probability will not have to rehabil
tate any ruined land industries but there will be
considerable work here in adjusting the conditions
which have swung to wartime preparations, back to
their natural channels.
In the following article Nations Business, treats
in interesting fashion of the reconstruction prob
lens which Europe faces
Reconstruction as a term got rather a bad name
among US half century ago, but it abors under no
such disability in Europe. There belgereut govern
ments making elaborate plans for reabilitatng the
Industries ~ the districts which have suffered fEoe
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Labor's Part in War.

The necessity of uniting every force
America has to the end that we may
win the war and WIN AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE Is seen in the impor-
tance attached to labor's cooperation
with other interests. The time Is here
when the man in the oyeralls is our
salvation. AS Mr.. Vanderlip said at
the Press Club the other evening, the
soldiers will not win the war, But
THE SUPPLIES which the soldiers
must have, and which money can buy
will win the war. That Is the careful
sincere statement Of one of the coun-
try's most thoughtful men, and one
who IL one of the most patriotic and
the most bountifully endowed in finan-
cial acumen.
The duty Of Congress, so some II its
leaders think, Is plain. There Is q
prodigiously large labor question to
settle and the issue may be upon the
body sooner than 1t was thought pos
sible when we entered the war. The
administration may pave the way for
its settlement independently of legis-
lative action, but-h will be ap, to Con-
gress to make good the part that
President Wilson has essayed to out
line toward this end.
And what of labor itself, in the
meantime?
That is a mooted question, The DIFF
ficulty of solution is not alone n the
fact that only small portion of Ia
Dor is organized, and therefore inca
pable Of compact utterance or con-
certed action, but in the fact thst
much OF 1t has not been educated. in
the hurry and hustle Of the past
few months, to the duty Of pulling in
the harness with all other labor of
the same class as well as other classes
Of labor.
The latter defect may be cured to
wonderfully large degree by, the spirit
Of patriotism which just now appears
to be, sweeping over many classes. OF
unorganized labor, and which seems
to be altering through satisfactorily
large class of organized labor. As In
all things. IL the spirit Of patriotism
gets tQ3working in the labor body OF
the q htry, and II relations between
~ a. eepitsar&sa - ~pattloSc g
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
Allies Switch Winter Offensive ~
To Run Germans Out of Italy

The decision 90 DO more than tim.
ply protect Italy from further iIvs,
sion was influenced by several sons
siderations. First was the danger "a
France n Germany should sweeI
across the plains Of North Italy. This
danger Is remote. as France is pro-
tected by the Alps which east OF Nice
extend to the seacoast Nevertheless
Napoleon once demonstrated that
these mountains are not impossible
ana France has no desire even TO have
threat OF invasion from the south
The greatest factor. however. Ia th<
desire Of all the allies to end the wal
quickly. On the French front tht
process OF wearing down GermSny'i
man-power Is necessarily slowed dowu
at least 50 per cent during the winter,
while in the Italian plains. 800 miles
south. a vigorous offensive can ID
maintained throughout the year.
A third consideration Of great
weight IS that by an offensive IN
Italy Germany's advantage OF being
on the inside OF the circle and havins
the shorter line Of communications Il
nullihed. In fact, owing TO the bad
condition OF the Austrian railways
the French and British will have SUI
perior lines OF communications.
This shift OF the offensive to IN,
Italian front for the winter must mol
be taken as even a serious modifca.
ton OF the plans for the spring drive
on the French front. in which Uncl,
Sans soldiers will have their firsI
real test So far as it 10 concerned
the important effect is that the United
States will be called on 70 play I
much greater part as regards both
munitions and men.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
sPROTECT YOUR BOY"
BIZ PORTER EHERsON BROWNE,
OF the 'svigfiantes.-

young. is to be all that the word
human and young mean.
But there Ia one way in vhich you
can still be with him-by which the
hand OF yours that aided his bsby
footsteps-that helped him IN his LITTLE
lessons Of primer and Of arithmetic
that guided him past childish daneers
can stil reach out 10 help him
Better than we, the Young Men't
Christian Association realizes ths
power OF evil associates. Of rotten en-
vironment, OF the sodden dangers thai
are bound 10 pitfsil the road Of tboss
that are human. and young.
These men want 20 give your boy
the things that you, who love him,
can no longer give him They want
to give him the loving care that you
can no longer give him They want
to give him clean places 10 live in,
clean books 70 read. clean games ,to
amuse, clean music TO hear and skig.
clean drinks TO drink, clean associa-
tons with which to associate They
want TO send him back to you as
honest. as fearless. as gentle, as clean
as when he left you.
To give him these thines, this at
tenuon. this love. this care, VIII take
money. These people that would Do
II, do not want your money for them.
selves. They want your money only
that II may be spent In caring foI
your boy. They can now DO what you
no longer can. VIII you help them 10
do this thingI Or viii you, now that
your boy has gone far away, turn
your back and leave him 20 be STAIN
ed. and coarsened, and corrupted in
the hands Of those who would exploit
him in sin for profit, and in corrup-
ton for a price?
Evil women. rotten men. and the
counterfeit joys that dwell in the
glittering hell holes where rum dis
torts the brain and stimulates ths
body. beset the path OF every young
male human being in the world.
Protect your boy from these things
now.....or else don't blame him TOO
harshly II different boy comes back
TO you from the boy who went away.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
JITNEY GIN.

with apologies to Rudyard Npling and Gunga Dir
Now the Row is all a-gloom
As the very DEVILS tomb
Since the price of gin has lofted till it's doubled,
And the old familiar glow
OF the days of long ago
Has become frown immeasurably troubled
For their good old jitney gin,
With stick of kindhng in,
$ a glorified decanter of the gods
nd where once the bar-fy shone
l kingdom all his own
lie poor, unhappy publican in drowsy ennui mods;
dly mods and keeps his gin
the Gangs not coming in
nickel buys trickle
nd the trickles mighty thin
t the curb they stand and sigh,
cor the happy days gone by
When the jitney was coin beyond derision;
When it banished sorrows yoke a.
Through the haze of barroom smoke
And brought to life sweet, celestial vision
Then they filled er to the top,
Drank it down without a stop,
While the harlde added treasure to his pile
II was gin gin gin!
With a stick of kindling in
But no more the gnners grin,
Shouting aFill 'em up ag'inl"
For nickel buys trickle
And the trickle's mighty thin.
liexf.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17

This is written to every father.
60 every mother, to every brother.
to every sister. to every uncle. to
every aunt. to everybody who has q
boy that he or she loves.
Your boy Is efthsf at the front,
or in the camps, or waiting to be
sent to the cannps-which means
that some day he wifi be sent to the
front: for Germany In q nation as
strong as IL Is cruel. as powerful
as IL Is merciless: and. this war.
which we must fight or become, as
Belgium has. become. a nation of
corpses and slaves. will take all our
men, all our money, all our forti-
tude. to win.
You loved your boy when he was
at home, didn't you? You did for
him all that love. and care. and
kindness. and tenderness. and devo-
ton could do to keep him straight
and clean. and happy. You
loved him that he was yours. He
loved you for the love you gave him.
Now he has gone, or is going.
away. It Is right that he should
go. 1t is Gods will that he should
go. He goes TO defend you whom
he loves against those that would
rape and rob and kill; that would
make this land of ours a shambles
and a shame: that would make the
words life. liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness" a bloody sneer against
the vast background Of time.
And now. as he goes, you must
say to him. God bless you, and
bring you safely back 70 u.s." .
You kiss. Your hand lin
gers in his-lingers. duivering-and
then withdraws And he
has gone
He has left you For a time he
has gone from your life and you
from his.
He will be exposed to many temp
tations-even as would you at HIS
age. Many men and many women
will try in many ways to tempt him
to do the things that he should not.
Life is life: and to- be human. and
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
WHAT Is GOING ON
IN GERMANY
As old by the Newspapers We
Get from the Teutonic Empires
and Neutral Nations.
Germans idea Of
Their own Goodness.

Germans Idea OF
Their own Goodness.
There is a curious instance Of this
blunted faculty in the Rheinisch-
westfaelische Zeitung:
when shall we Germans learn the
bitter lesson that it is useless for
us in the inmate goodness of our
disposition, in the magnanimity that
bubbles forth from our bosom when
ever we spy from afar an opportunity
for befriending and benefiting beat
en- opponent, to hope for gratitude in
return for our noble treatment Of the
enemy7
"a high Prussian government OIL
ciaI who has travelled half the world
over narrated to us his experiences
in Benares. There, In the sacred
stream Of the Ganges, bathe the heal
thy and the sick, while the sacred
animals are defiling the waters which
thousands OF human beings imbibe
amid a religious ecstasy. To all this
the Briton remains indifferent
Suppose Benares were 70 become
German, what would happen? In
stantly an order would be issued for
bidding bathing In or drinking Of the
waters Of the Ganges. And what
would be the consequence? A gem
eral revolt OF the Indians. who would
consider their holiest aspirations out
Ir4Red- - = - 80 s'.l1.. Z - s. - -,
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
The Professor Wondered.

Speaking at dinner, Senator John w. Smith, Of
Maryland referred the subjec of sbsenedninded-
who had I lapses along that particular line
On returning home to dinner one evening, the pro-
fessor was met at the door by his wife, who led him
into the house with reproving air.
'Do YOU know, John" said the good woman, a little
poutfuly, "that you went away this morning without
kissing me goodby"
"You don't really mean it Mary?" returned the pro-
fessor, laying aside his hat and gloves Surely you
must be mistaken
"Oh, no, am notp declared Mary, with great
positiveness. Not single kiss did you give meP
as that sof" reoined the professor with thought
full expression Then who in the deuce did kiss "-
Philadelphia Telegraph
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
By GEORGE sAINT-AMouR.

The needs Of France!" exclaimed
Mime. Mathilde Archinard, at would
take a week TO tell them and a book
to print them But France does need
above all other things:
"Clothing.
'Food-food-food
"Money-to help her rebuild as she
and her brave allies drive the Boches
from her territory.
IT visited the French front i'm
mediately after the battle OF the
Marne. Your Ambassador helped me
get permission. II was difficult ! was
the first woman.
Ever since have been working
for France. for Belgium. for human
ity.
ct have helped establish schools
to teach French. / myself am teach
ing young American officers and pri-
Yates to speak French-a working
French, as you would say. m'sieu. &C
they will be happier and better able
to take care OF themselves when they
reach France-and are wounded. per
haps.
II want these big strapping Amer
lean boys to be able to tell a French
peasant who runs across them, what
they need.
a"And IL they can make known their
wants, they will wait no more-for
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17

What altitude, some people are ask
ing over the country, will be assumed
by Republican members OF Congress
both House and Senate, when they re.
turn for the regular session?
From opinions expressed by some oi
the Republican leaders. that is not q
hard question to answer. They will
be quite as patriotic as any othel
members. They will do everything ex'
pected OF them to help carry on tht
war in the most effective manner
possible. While they will differ here
and there on details, just as Demo
Gratis will. and just as the country ex'
poets all men to do. they will stanc
for the large things which mean the
vigorous pushing of the war to a sue
cessful outcome.
1t will be hard for both sides to
keep politics out OF the legislative
equation, and it would probably be
hard, for any body, constituted as this
one is, not to indulge in antics now
and then that make for strength In
the home districts, among certain
classes. But that will be largely
missing during the coming session.
although, of course, We must not take
into account individual sallies now
and then by men who have fanciful
visions to follow. They may be ex-
pected to do almost anything though
it be the essence of indiscretion. This
number will be small, and OF them
the electorate at large need take nc
account. The outstanding fact is, al
this time, that Congress has realized
more since 1t has been home than
when it was here, that America Is In
a serious affair and that it behooves
all men in high places to stand stead
fastly for American principles and
American vigor in carrying on the
war.
Next year every members seat will
be subject to election, in the House.
Some of the members will not run
again, but llost of them will. They
may lose political prestige by refus-
ing to play political games during the
session, but they will gain immeas-
urably from an American standpoint
IL they put their hands to the plow.
and, keeping their heads to the 'front.'
cut deep a furrow of rich, virgin pa
triotism.
AS some one said before we got a
chance to use the line which has been
running through our heads for
months, Now Is the time for all
good men to come to the aid of their
country"-and this is something for
the legislators to try on their records
during the coming session.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-17
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
REsIGNATION.
By John Rendrick Bangs.

Some wight may rob me of my purse
And fix on me the pauper's curse;
Misunderstanding 1t may be
May place some stigma dark on me
Ny ways may run through care and
pain,
But II some bit of love remain.
I'll piod along and calmly face
The tribulations Of the chase.
ls 6oapufSht nHj