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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
THE QUESTION OF BELGIUM.

There Of course cannot hefp being a certain amount of attention given to the report which comes by way of Berne to the effect that the kaiser would be willing to evacuate Belgium as stepping stone to peace in-view of the fact that there have been previ- GUS feelers put forth. and it is be- heved that there is a growing senti- ment both in Germany and Austria for the early ending of the war
 But in connection with the willing ness to give up Belgium, it is to be noticed that the kaiser would be will ing to pay for only part of the dam age that he has done there. and in addition for the great sacrifice which he would be making Germany would insist upon the right to develop it's economic enterprises freely in that country and especially in Antwerp. while the separation of the Flanders and Walloon districts would have to be respected. Also Germany would insist upon guarantees of Belgian neu- trality.
 In view Of the fact that the present plight of Belgium is due to the un- justified manner in which Germany has swept over it. causing desolation and misery from one end to the other. it might as we'll be understood that Germany will be given no opportunity to exert any\control over that coun- try. The offer, if it is ever made. will not be accepted. Belgium must not son1y be evacuated by Germany but it must be, restored by that na-' tion and as far as the guarantee of
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suited the England that knew. There were heavy storm clouds always low over the England where Mir. Hardy's tragic figure stepped. bravely enough, to their doom; and an unbroken gray sky over that troubled. unhappy. mis-
 managed England of MT Wells.
 knew that France was often unhappy,
 and often all astray, and yet knew,
 too, that the old unconquerfble Gal
 lie soul was still in her people. But
 if you knew her only from the works
 of modern French writers. what would
 you think? What were you in Eng Hand thinking before the war? I ought to have suspected that did not know
 England. Instead I wondered often
 where was the soul of the England
 that had been, that Shakespeare had
 written about and boasted Of. His words of England showed passion al- noAe to write of her now. or was she unworthy There wereSnany in France thinking the same as T.. We dIstrusted all politics and judged no people by what their public men said and did.
 And so the war came, and we won- dered during those five days of sus- pense what England would do. How should we know? We did not know her. had only known her from books. and such Knowledge did not seem to promise much at such a crisis.
 And then your army came to France. I never remember to have met in any or the English books any such soldiers. I saw your armies. How your modern writers have miSrepre- scented you! Or was it that you had suddenly changed? Here in the fields and towns of France I found Not mod ern England as knew her, but the England of Elizabeth
 '1 have Nseen your army in many places now, and it has been like pageant of English ages and the old English books to me. have seen Sam Weller in khaki and heard him talk. though I understood little of 1t: and one night in village estaminet. smokey and ill-lit, where your men sat around with the French muck thick on them. I felt myself on one of Shakespeare's own taverns. And Il have heard your soldiers songs. ! = This it is that has astonished me not their kindness. though these have astonished many, but their great gaie- 1 ty. So that have always the curiG/is feeling that it is we French, who have suffered much, who are now the staid dull people. and you English who have shown us those great Gallis types that our writers Rostand, Daudet and the | rest have loved.
 T have seen English soldiers going | down the street, waving to .he wfns dows, their green trench helmets. like | an old musketeer's, stuck on with a | Gascon swagger, great rollicking un- ed Rabelais. And these are the men who have come to us from that land of the gray skies, that f04-dull, rain 1 sOtldcn, sombre respectable land that ! though was England. My faith, how little I knew her!" E3
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Books for the Soldiers.

MT. .Editor:-"A million dollars fol | a million books for a million soldiers Camp Library week Sept. "A 30. Leave your money at the public library, ol at'any bank.
 white paper IA by 21 inches, printed | in red and blue; and bordered with white, red and blue lies before me as I write; and on my ble lies g letter, and much printed matter call ing for money to carry out the pro- ject.
 | Notwithstanding its attractive and general make up, it makes 9 very un- pleasant impression on my mind. Ii suggests greed and graft rather than genuine patriotism. "A million books for a million soldiers. Who origi- triot whose heart was afiame2 Or was it some enterprizing book publish CT, or jobber who has a large stock of unsaleable books which he would be delighted to exchange for cash, a mill lion dollars in cash just now The literature accompanying the poster" abounds in great and small names, mile and female; all of whom seem to be really insane in their in tense desire for patriotic notriety In view of what he personally saw of soldiers in the. making, and later during the Civil war, he does not hes itate to say that soldiers as class are not book readers During their
 
 story telling, smoking. and games of different kinds. In fact he never saw soldier reading a book. either in camp, when well, or in a hospital when convalescing.
 If our soldiers in the making at the several national encampments, are given the daily drill which they are entitled to. they will not be in a good mood for reading books when they are through drill work.
 fn ciation of an opportunity to glance over a good daily paper, if they can find one printed in the language spoken by their mothers. For be 1t men at our national training camps cannot read our English books, and papers Hence all reading matter furnished for our soldiers at our be read, and useful
 Even if there is a real need of a book library for each of our national training camps. there is no need of heavily burdened peoples money to> provide them. There is a much cas- fer, quicker and better way to mee the demand. Let our numerous and well sustained Y. M. c. As loan, for a season. as many of their books as may be needed. They can all afford to lend their books for as long as they are likely to be needed, and at very low expense relatively. Any associ- ation that would refuse to do so glad ly would not be likely to need any thing on earth a great while.
 If this plan were adopted. very little money would be needed: and the books loaned would be returned promptly to the rightful owners when no longer needed
 On the plan advocated in the circu- lar before me, the million books, at one dollar each,'' would most likely. find their way to the junk shops"' when no longer needed.
 The writer lives among hard work ing, and by no means prosperous farmers. Like other farmers, they have lost heavily by the early frost of them to contribute at all for the con- mplated million dollar library called for by the circular before me.
 SENEX
 Westminster. Conn, Sept. 2s, 1917.
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HohE-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS tssusd
increasing force until the war brought to victorious end.
 Exerxhodx Muaf Aala

brought to a v1ctor1OuS end.
 l. Everybody Must Help. I Every citizen of the United States now has or will have certain duties to perform. certain sacrifices to make. The burden does not rest wholly upon lyou and other men who take up arms. It rests in part also upon the men and women who stay behind For modern war on a big scale demands that the whole Nation, in . sense, should go to war. The taska required of some may be harder than the tasks required of others but all lof them are necessary in order to make sure of the result Many manufacturers and workers- often women as well as men-must give up their own work and plans in order to produce war supplies. Those who remain where they now are
 because they are engaged in some oc- eupation just as necessary in war as in peace, such as farming, mining, rum
 ming railroads, and the ike-must go
 at their work with redoubled energy
 and without expecting profits for them
 saves; 1t would be a great mistake If
 everyone were taken away from those
 necessary lines of effort in order to
 join the colors a soldier. All must
 carry a heavy burden of taxation. ' Certain men-among whom you are One-have been or will be chosen as
 representatives of the Nation to defend our rights and saftey- on the battle
 field. You and your fellow soldiers are selected from the young men of the country who are best fitted for military service.
 Nation for war can not of course, be completed in a day. But it is stea dfly going on. It will necessarily go on until the end of the war. You will the whole country-all it's people and its wealth. Congress spoke the will of the Nation in the declaration of war: "To bring the conflict to a sue cessful termination all the the re- sources of the country, are hereby pledged"
 The Post of Highest Honor.
 The patriotic spirit which moves the whole country will find its highest ex- pression in its soldiers-the men who are assigned to the post of danger and of honor. They will go all the more willingly since they know that behind them the whole Nation is orgnaizing for the national service. Their spirit will be one of patriotic devotion fully as intense as that of American armies in previous wars.
 The spirit of democracy and of pa triotism is to be found also in the armies of other nations fighting against German aggression. In addition the of Americanism. It will have Ameri- can enthusiasm, good humore fairness even to the enemy. and sef-conf- dence. It will go at it's work not half- put Wltn VlIn 1T tneFe are setbacks it will accept them and keep on plugging" These are some of the American traditions that will enter into the spirit of the Ma tional Army.
 Fighting in that spirit and with the l full strength of the country to back It up. the United States Army can 1 not fail top achieve it's objects. Once | 1hore we shall make good with our | ives and fortunes the great faith to | which we were born. and new glory 1 shall shine in the face of our people,"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
LESSON NO. 27
THE SPIRIT OF THE SERVICE
(issued by the War Dei

(Precedins Lessons: 1. Your Post o,
 FIonor-2. Making Good as Soldier-3 Nine Soldierly Qualities. Getting
 Ready for n Gampms: n9;ns.s First in c5Gn7 Days 1T Your Health-S. Marching and Care o1 Feet-9. Your Equipment and Arms 10. Recreation in Camp-11. Playing the Game-12. Teamwork in the Army-13 l Grouping Men Into Teams-14. The Team Leaders-15. Fighting Arms ot
 the Service-16. Staff Branches of the Service, 'I-17. Staff Branches of the Service, HIS. Army Insignia-19. The Order DriII-21. Extended Order Drill 22 Guard Duty-23. Getting Ahead in
 the Army-24. Army Courtesy-25. Dis cipline and Respect for the Colors- | 26 Some National Traditions.)
 The spirit that dominated the Amer ican Armies at Bunker Hill. New Or leans, Buena Vista, Gettysburg. and Santiago will just as surely dominate fof Europe. This spirit is a compound. It is made up in part of democratic feeling. in | part of respect and love for the Nation, | and in part of Americanism.
 | The United States Army has always been and will always remain a demo- cratic army. Every man in the army is made to feel that his brains and his individuality count for something. It is not merely a big soulless machine that moves with mechanical precision. It is team Each man in the team is presumed to be intelligent and sell reliant. Democracy In the Army. Of course there can be no teamwork without regularity and strict discipline. This is equally true of a football or ba Seball team. There must also be various ranks and degrees of authority. And sometimes this necessary organi- zation and close regulation creates an impression that the Army is not demo- cratic.
 But the fact of the case is that able discipline of the Army readily be- American soldiers accept the reason cause they have the good sense to re- alize that these things are necessary.
 They accept them without losing in
 the least their real independence as
 free citizens.
 Furthermore. American armies are
 democratic because the path of promo
 tion is wide open. Any man who has a
 reasonable amount of ability can prac-
 tice can study. can cultivate the quail
 ities of a soldier and leader. and can
 work his way up. And this is the real
 test of a democratic army.
 ! In a specitl sense the National Army is democratic. A great democracy must always carry on it's affairs through chosen representatives. You ciple as it is applied in time of. peace. Now it is applied in time of war. Through a process of fair selection the National Army has been picked to represent all parts of the country and all groups of the people Never has American sent forth an army so truly of the Nation.
 There are always pessimists in every generation who insist that pa triotism is dead or at least decayihg. They have not been lacking in recent years. Then comes a crisis such as now confronts us. And always the question of patriotism is answered by a free outpouring of effort, money and Blood on the part of citizens of all types in every section of the country. This is exactly what is now going on and what will continue to go on with
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
STORIES OF THE WAR
Brought Nations Close Together.

Correspondence of the Associated
 PreSs.)
 That three years of war have com pletely revolutionized the Frenchman's idea of the English character, and have knit the two nations in a friend ship which will last forever, was the opinion expressed by a great French war correspondent in letter written just before he died on the field of bat tie in France few weeks ago. The letter, written to a British officer whom the French correspondent had known in peace times, has been giv- en to The Associated Press for pub hcation. It says in part:
 Before the war, I tried to under stand the English so far as man could, who does not care much for travel and is content to study a people by it's works. I had read those books which in France we believed to repre- sent the best of|what modern England was writing.
 Modern England to me was a very .conbre country. I saw it always in my mind with those gray. wet skies that we used to think (and in that no doubt we were wrong, tool, as the hab- ltual sky of England For such skies
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
THE REPUBLICAN, TICKET

Seiectmen
 CASPER k. BAILEY CHARLES P. BUSHNELL Board of Assessors JOSEPH c. MARSAN
 Board of Relief FRED G. PROTHERO JAMES C. FITZPATRICK Town Clerk and Treasurer CHARLES s. HOLBROOK Tax Collector THOMAS A. ROBINSON ' Registrar of Voters
 TYLER D. GUY
 Auditor
 DANIEL F. MCNEIL Agents Town Deposit Fund WILLIAM H. ALLEN CHARLES W. GALE FRANK L. WOODARD Town School Board ROBERT W. McNEELY HERBERT M- LEROU
 ConstabIes
 JOHN H. REEVES GEORGE W. ROUSE GUSTAVE LAMBERT FREDERICK DURR
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

port that five conveyed steamers have been sunk. >there Is no reason to sup pose that there is any more truth to the other rurnor that there were eight -
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
~ hEMJyE DAMjJyiUtF

Get a 25-cent bottle of Danderine at any drug store pour little into your hand and rub well into the scalp with the finger tips. By morning most if not all. of this awful scUrf will have disappeared. Two or three aIJoIica- tions will destroy every bit of dan druff; stop scalp itching and falling hair:
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
food controller arrange for a bumper supply?

The statement that Heny WITS as- tronomical clock at Hampton court. which has just gone on strike, once gave Londoners their time in not ac- curate. But it is true that useful commodity at one time came from the vicinity of Hampton court - from the observatory at Kew. It was George III who first gave Londoners some thing approaching accurate time, by ordering that the time of the Kew meridian should be taken daily to London for the purposes of regulat- ing the clocks at St. James palace, and the Horse Guards.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

Those who have not got used to the fact that Wednesday and Thurs day are the "wheatless" days should remember that any other days will do just as well.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

All that Serbia. all that the Bu1ga- rian nation, the Rumanian nation, the better element in Turkey, all that Bel gium, Luxemburg, France, and our selves sought lawfully to. enjoy Bis mark claimed for his poor Prussia. Their peaceful aspirations would be achieved, he declared, If foreign pow CTS will avoid everything which can lead the German people to believe that they are the subject of foreign com binations which would legitimately ex- cite their sentiments of dignity and of national independence" Denmark, enlightened at last, will, like the rest of us,. read that with fresh inteyest, in view of the Killy-tNicky machina- tions.-London Chronicle.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

neutrality is concerned Germany is the one which must give pledges in that respect.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

The0ful1 details of Germany's per- fdy will shock the world, it is de clared, but if only a quarter has been told enough is known to carry con- viction.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

In spite of the assurance of it's minister at Berlin. Argentina doesn't believe that implicit faith can be placed in German promises
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

Street cleaning machines are being urged to save labor. but what ap- pears to be needed just now are ma chimes that will mine coal.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

The secret service of this country has been making some hard drives at the kaiser's representatives and has lost no ground throughs counter at tackS -'.'
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

| Won Tirpitz says that Belgium now has it's just deserts. Pretty soon some one in Germany will be claim ing that Belgium started the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

From the slow progress that is be- ing made with business before them, 1t is not surprising that both houses Quorum.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

The action of the Universalist del. egates at Montreal show that the, are made up of patriots and not pa cifists
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

It seems certain from a study of trolley connections in the west that more has ben done to bring relief than in this section. Not that the west had it any better than the east On the con trary 1t was much worse years ago. Corruption of not only officials, but of courts as we'll kept ineff1ciency in the saddle for years But the west did have some men big enough and deter mined enough to lead a fight for better service and to continue that fight un- til victory was gained, even though 1t took years.
 Cleveland, ohio, had in the late Tom Johnson such man. It took nine years to win the trolley fight in that city.
 Cincinnati had something of the same kind for twenty years. Only in April of this year was relief promised. The plan of action is yet to be com pleted. But there is the promise of improvement at no distant date.
 Bridgeport wants some such deter mined leader. And we feel certain that if there was such a leader 1t would not take twenty years, ~or even ten years, to win something for the city, as things now are.
 We believe the fight can be won at the next session of the general assem- bly,, if the right weapons are used,
 Give us another trolley company in Bridgeport. Or give us an elevated railroad, or a subway, or anything even a big bus line. Any successful competition would either kill the old concern or force it to meet. the citys needs Bridgeport Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: War preparations are in full swing in the household where the jelly doesn't jell
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

I. is stated that when Anna of Den mark the Queen of James I, died at Hampton court, the clock. which was striking the hour at the moment i'm mediately stopped, and it is alleged to have done so for many years when ever anyone long resident in the pal ace died within it's precints.. There are many people who will quote examples of the fulfllment of the superstition in recent times.-London Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italy's poet | pa triot, who has just rejoined the col ours on recovering from wounds suc- | tained in an aerial trip over Pola, is a man for whom death has no terrors. Years ago he prepared for it by build ing himself a tomb in the Apennines, by the springs of the Pescara. The poet has twice been wounded in his country's service, but perhaps bAs greatest work was done when his fiery eloquence stirred his countrymen to the freeing of the Trentino. Austria recognized his part in bringing Italy into the war by offering 800 pounds for his capture.
 The number of prisoners captured by the Italians in their present fight Ting passed the 30.0oo a day or two
 ago, and every day records substan-
 tia1 additions ccmmunfque,
 5000; yesterdays, 700. While every
 body appreciates the extreme gallan-
 try which they have displayed, we
 are not. sure that everybody realizes
 scale which any allied army has won
 during the present year. The length
 Of front along which they have been
 engaged exceeds that of any of our
 own battles, and Xo does the area of
 ground gained and the number Of pris-
 oners.
 There is in London today a man. one of whose ancestors was ostracised by early English settlers for marrying an Indian girl. But in Gravesend church lie the bones of tie first In dian girl married to an Englishman. She was honored greatly here and re- ceived at court after she had crossed the ocean. for she was the lovely and heroic Princess Pocahontas. From her issue several notable Virginian fami- lies have sprung. Their princess should be Mrs. Wilson. for the wife of the American president is one of the descendants of the American roy atty who sleeps in a Kentish chance1.
 For a thrilling second or two,' so runs the account of an eyewitness. an English and a German aerop1ane "were silhouetted across the face of the moon." This observer is clearly able to make accurate estimates of time in moments of excitement. a rare as the records of sworn testimony prove. At, distance of 12,00o feet, an 80 foot-1ong Gotha, seen broadside on, would Just fall short of the apparent diameter of the lunar disc, and travelling at 70 miles an hour it would traverse the face of the moon in one second Assum- ing the British airman was in close
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

It is many years since last the clock stopped. It tells the time. the month. the day of the month, the petition of the sun, the number of days since the beginning of the year the phases and age of the moon tho hour 1t cross- es. the meridian and the time of high water at London Bridge. A curious legend connected with it has given 1t the name of ANhe clock of death"
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OTHER VIEW POINTS

If a Connecticut man really wants an opportunity to vote in his town on the question of license or no-license he will do we'll hereafter to accompany his petition with an affidavit. Then he may get recognition.-Hartf Times.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

1t would work out much better for the city for the contractors and the residents if a plan were adopted in street Improvements in another year to complete the work on one street before another one Is staIA bed and not have the entire community all torn up at one time. Just as good, if not better, results would come if this work was done in a more systematic way Bristol Press.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

The famous astronomical clock at Hampton Court palace, which was ry VIII, has stopped, and is in the workmen's hands.
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weight always and the price for the duraion of the war.-Bridgeport Farm CT.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-28

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