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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-18

Peace talk and the fighting in
Flanders have about monopolized
the war news for the week.
That the peace proposals origin
ated in Germany and came via Wen
ma through the Vatican, seems to be
accepted with surprising unanimity
Nobody questions the motives of
Pope Benedict. In discussions Of the
peace offer, he is credited with but
one motive-the humanitarian one
of stopping the slaughter as quickly
as possible.
1t is believed, however, that. he
had some assurance that both Ger
many and Austria were ready to
consider peace terms on the lines he
laid down.
Austria is closer to the Vatican
than any of the nations at war, I'M
less it is Italy. Her young Emperor
and his wife are eager for peace on
almost any terms. Austria is al
most at the end of her resources,
and threatened with bankruptcy and
starvation, If not revolution. If the
war goes through another winter.
Germany can hope for no more
favorable time to negotiate peace
than now. She is fighting to hold
what she has, and is fighting los
ing battle. The territory that is of
chief value to her for trading pur-
poses at peace conference, is be-
ing gradually blasted out of her
grasp. She is fighting desperately.
and at a terrific cost. to retain it.
With a superiority of men, artillery
and aircraft the Allies are slowly,
but with a terrible deliberation. bit
ing into the German lines in the
West and taking heavy toll of men.
No Longer RidieuIe U. S.
The importance of Americas en-
trance is no longer ridiculed in Ger
many. The Germans realize that
every week that passes is important.
They realize that they are at the
f1oodtide of their strength. At a
peace conference today, they could
appear as victors, offering generous
terms to the vanqquished.
But there seems little chance that
a peace conference will result from
the Pope's proposals. None of the
Allies seem disposed to treat with
the present German government.
Their attitude is expressed in Bal
tours words, that peace can be
made only with a Germany con-
quered or a Germany free.
Undoubtedly. If the Allies were
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-18
TOWARDS"

Every young man in Fargo who
has been called upon to face the
selective board this week, probably
has asked himself: How will feel
when l get the order to go over the
top.
faced rife fire for the first time
without quailing, unless he was
deliberately seeking death.
In the August Atlantic is publish
ed THE Diary of A Coward, which
relates the experiences of a young
Hollander who enlisted as a volun-
teer in the French army. His enlist
ment came only after long strug-
gle between his sense of duty and
his fears.
II have been thinking for days
now and for nights as well" he
writes. And all this rejecting is
useless. 1t does not bring me one
step further, and wish that some
one else would decide for me. The
only thing l am sure of is this: If
l do go shall bitterly reproach my
self afterward. see myself at the
front Tuning: stupid fool it was not
necessary. And If / do not go !
shall be carrying about with me the
oppressive certainty Of being a
coward"
He finally takes the plunge, and
vividly describes the preparations.
Before long our turn for the
trenches will come. Most of the fell
lows are wishing for the time to
come. At least that is what they
say. l am fearing it. 1 am in earnest
when say that my life is of little
value even to myself. Yet fear
the trenches"
And then he describes an attack:
"But behind the first wave came a
second one and a third one behind
that. 1 saw them approach losing
vigor but remaining strong. We
were ready. In that moment felt
no fear. Like the others was burn
ing to fly out of the trenches. Sud-
denly a strange silence came, and
then the call "Attaquez! Attaquez!"
The coward" was just an average
man. One amazing feature of this
was has been that there have been
no tales of cowardice. Armies of
various countries have been accused
of brutality or inefficiency, but never
of cowardice, even by their enemies.
Some fight doggedly and sullenly;
others cheerfully: others jokingly,
but when the supreme test of cour-
age comes. few fail to rise to it.
The psychology of the army camp
and the trench is a perfect antidote
to fear.
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The War For the Week

assured that peace would be last
ing or a treaty with Germany would
be binding, they would be willing
and ready to stop the slaughter and
not bicker long over peace terms.
But lacking that assurance, there is
little doubt but that the war will go
into another winter.
Fighting in Flanders.
The fighting in Flanders has been
renewed during the week, with re-
suits favorable to the Allies. They
are steadily pushing forward. TAX
ing important detectives and defend
ing them against fierce counter at
lacks.
Little news comes from Russia,
but the few reports that do get by
the censor indicate a stiffening of
the Russian lines. They are at least
engaging the enemy, and not simply
retreating. Maj. Gen. Scott, of the
American mission, is authority for
the statement that Russia has TO-
100000 well trained men in her ar
mics. Most of them are veterans of
several months of fighting at least,
and their chief needs are railroads
and munitions. The manner in which
they threw away the artillery and
supplies sent them at great cost by
Great Britain and France does not
inspire any great enthusiasm for re-
peating the gift, but no army of TO-
100000 men can be considered mo
longer factor. Russia is at least
occupying the attention of more than
100 German army divisions. Members
of the American mission say there
is less disorder in Russia and less
treason talked than in America.
They call on America for the inspira-
ton and the example needed to- re-
vive the ardour Of the Russian
armies.
II the Allies hold together and are
not hampered by backfires at home,
it is only question of how long
Germany can hold out. She has lost
the power to take the offensive in
the west. Her troops show steady
deterioration, and greater loss in
morale. The scarcity in. necessary
supplies is even greater than the
scarcity of food. Even her torpedoes
frequently fail to explode. although
enough Of them are finding their
marks yet to keep the ALLIES worried
All signs point to the approaching
collapse, ana how soon this will
come depends wholly on how
promptly America can make her
force felt.
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Do You Know9
(Do you know how to address q
letter to a man in the
u. S. navy?


Hundreds of letters addressed to
men on board ships of the United
States navy go astray. for lack of
proper information on the part of
senders on the right way to address
them.
All mail to hluejackets at sea
should be addressed, first of all in a
legible hand writing: next of i'm
portance is to know positively on
which ship the man is or was sta
toned, says an official announce
ment. A letter to John Avery Smith
on board the u. S. s. South Carolina,
should be addressed as follows:
John Avery Smith,
u. 8. s. South Carolina,
G. o. Postmaster,
New York City, N ~
If q correspondent does not know
to which ship a man has been as
signed, write to the Bureau of Navi-
cation. Navy Department Washing
ton, giving his name In full, home
address, place of enlistment and the
branch of service in which he en-
listed. There are FIVE separate
branches In the navy. first. the regu-
lar navy; second. the marine corps:
third, the national ma n volunteers;
fourth, the national naval reserve
force, and NTH. the naval reserve
flying corps
When one Is not certain that the
man sought has enlisted IN the navy,
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WAS REAL MENACE.

The argument that the United
States would have to fight Germany
in this country If she did not fight
her in Europe. was long looked upon
as a mere bugaboo of the militarists.
created to frightening this country
into arming.
The articles now being published
in The Philadelphia Ledger by Form
err Ambassador James w. Gerard,
show that this was a very real
menace indeed. Mr.. Gerard writes OF
conversation he had with the Ger
man Emperor before relations were
severed with Germany. HE showed
great bitterness against the United
states Mr.. Gerard writes. ''and re-
peatedly said: America had better
look out after the war and I shall
stand no more nonsense from Am
erica after the war"
That attack would not necessarily
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-18
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The New York Journal Of Com
merce: In the days of the American
Revolution the word tory became a
term of obloquy in this country and
has never lost it's significance to
the common mind" Sympathizers
with the government of Great Brit
ain, when it was trying to put down
the rebellion caused by unjust taxa
ton and a violation of the rights of
man, were hated and ostracized as
tories and many of them were driven
out of the country.
In our war for the preservation of
the Union there were many Northern
sympathizers with secession and the
Confederate states, which were
fighting for independence and the
preservation of slavery They be-
came known as "copperheads" and
were hardiS more respected in the
South than In the North. That was
term of obloquy, suggestive of
kissing and venom, and has never
lost it's significant association Of
ideas.
Pacifist is a mild and gentle term,
but it is liable to become as often
sive to the loyal American mind, at
least as the tory of Revolutionary
days, 1t is already implying infidel-
ity, IL not absolute disloyalty to the
government of the country when It
is at war after outrageous provoca-
ton, with the avowed enemy Of free
institutions and democratic rule Of
nations. The term pacifist, as imply
ing peace at any price" is already
one of reproach and may become
one OF lasting obloquy.
There are a number of men in
NH N4n wff1i nar
that stain as long as they are re-
membered. An ambitious leader
among them is that senator from
wisconsin whose name Of French
origin Is peculiarly appropriate to
| his character. He is trying to get
the senate to consider q peace reso-
luton which would put this country
In q ridiculous position IL 1t could
/ be accepted as in any sense defining
/ its attitude or the sentiment of it's
people, IL should not be considered
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Correspondence
CASSELTON

Casselton, N. D.. Aug. 1s.--Law-
renee Bartlett, of Minneapolis, was in
town last Friday and Saturday for a
short visit with. his parents. Mr.. and
Harvey Jennings, Clarence Haase
and John Triitchler, of Co. K, sta
toned at FIT. Lincoln, were home this
week for a short visit with relatives
and friends.
6. r. bearing went to Minneapolis
Tuesday evening for a weeks busi-
Mrs. Fl. w. Miller returned from
her Minneapolis trip Monday morn
Lyle walters arrived saturday
morning for a visit with his home
folks, returning to Aberdeen, S. D..
Monday evening.
Miss Mayme Sinner returned Sum
day evening from visit of couple
of weeks in the twin cities.
Mrs. George Guthrie came out from
Fargo by auto Tuesday TO spend the
day with Mrs. H. H. Walters
Mis- Grace Grosvenor went to Min
neapolis Wednesday morning for a
two weeks visit with friends.
Clarence Miller. of Wahpeton, Wis
tied his brother. DR.. H. w. Miller,
Monday, en- route to ST. Louis, where
he has been ordered to report, as a
member of the medical corps.
Miss Nina Glasson went to Arthur
Wednesday for visit with Mr. and
Mrs. b. H. Zimmerman and family.
Mrs. A. n. Terry expects to leave
Sunday for Minneapolis and Mankato
for a short visit While away she
will attend the wedding of her sister
supt. A. 3. Robinson is expected
home Saturday from his summer
work at Knox college,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallup and Reuel and
Mrs. Provine returned Tuesday from
an outing Of some weeks at Lake
Melissa.
Mrs. r. c. Hazard is in receipt Of a
letter from her son, George, written
from Petersburg, Va. He says the
boys had fine trip and greatly en-
joyed the scenery en- route. He says
the camp is out about four miles from
the city and Is TO be the largest OF
the sixteen cantonments In the Unit
ed States When completed It Will
care for $4,000 soldiers. At present
there Is an army Of IN, 200 civilians be-
sides the soldiers already there, pre-
pairing the barracks which will not
be completed for a little time. He
says they are only eighty miles from
Norfolk and that he and Casey are
soon going down there 60 get a
glimpse OF the Atlantic.
Mrs. w. r. Sprake was q shopper in
Fargo Tuesday.
Mrs. e. A. johnson with her little
daughter. Of Fargo. came Sunday eve
ming for a visit with Mrs. bearing
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-18
HOW THE GUARDS CAME
THROUGH.
(By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)

(By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.)
Men of the Twenty-flrst
Up the Chalk Pit Wood,
Weak with our wounds and our
thirst.
Wanting our sleep and our food,
After day and a night
God, shall we ever forget!
Beaten and broke in TIE Sight,
But sticking it-sticking 1t yet.
Trying to hold the line,
Painting and spent and done,
Always the thud and the whine,
Always the yell of the Hun!
Northumberland. Lancaster, York,
Durham and Somerset,
Fighting alone, worn to the bone,
But sticking it-sticking it yet.
Never a message of hope!
Never a word of cheer!
Fronting Hill 70's shell-swept slope,
With the dull dead plain in our
rear.
Always the whine of the shell,
Always the roar of it's burst
Always the tortures of hell,
AS waiting and wincing We cursed
Our luck and the guns and the
Boche,
When our corporal shouted stand
to!"
And l heard someone cry, Clear the
front for the Guards!"
And the Guards came through.
Our threats were parched and hot,
But Lord, If you'd hear the cheers!
Irish and Welsh and Scot,
Coldstream and Grenadiers.
Two brigades, IL you please,
Dressing as straight as a hem,
We've were down on our knees,
Praying for us and for them!
Praying with tear-wet cheek,
Praying with outstretched hand,
Lord. I could speak for a week,
But how could you understand!
How should your cheeks be wet,
Such feelin's don't come to you.
But when can me or my mates for
get,
When the Guards came through!
Five yards left Extend"
It passed from rank to rank.
Line after line with never q bend,
And a touch of the London swank.
A trif1e of swank and dash,
Cool as a home parade,
Twinkle and glitter and flash,
F'linching never a shade,
With the shrapnei right in their
face
Doing their Hyde Park stunt
Keeping their swing at an easy pace
Arms at the trail, eyes front!
Man, it was great to see!
Man, 1t was fine to do!
It's cot and hospital ward for
me.
But I'll tell 'em in Blighty, wherever
] be,
How the Guards came through.
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WHEATLAND

Wheatland, n. D., Aug. 1S.--Mr. and
Mrs G. A. Milligan and family autoed
TO Fargo on Tuesday.
p. +. Pickert came home from his
eastern trip the early part of the
week and reports having a splendid
vacation.
Mesdames Fischer and Mcclintock.
who visited several days at the Har-
rold home, left last Saturday for their
home in Milwaukee
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Henningsgaard and
FAMILY, and Mrs. j. 2. Mccarthy were
shopping in Fargo Friday last.
r.. A. Mares was a business caller
in Fargo Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy vermeers and
children are here from the east on
VISIT to their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Vermeers.
Mr.. Van Coil was an arrival Tues
day from his Montana ranch.
Miss Elizabeth Mishow, of Fargo, is
visiting at the Nj. Morris home in the
Or. and Mrs. W. P. Baldwin and
Elinor Of Casselton, were callers
has been summoned to Fort Riley,
Kan, to prepare for service abroad
and will fill his place very capably.
Mrs. j. Hawley and Miss Jennie
Hawley. OF Minneapolis, mother and
sister Of Mrs. r. e. Hooking, arrived
Sunday for a weeks stay at the
Hooking home.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Beth returned
Thursday last from a three weeks
outing at Williston, and Montana
points. They report a fine trip but
crop, conditions poor.
Mrs, G. g.. Halliday. OF Oriska. spent
Sunday with her mother. Mrs s. Me-
Coskery.
M j. Mclean. Gladys Mclean and
Alice Youngman autoed to Fargo Fri
day.
Mrs. G. 2. Larson and son Harold
and Mrs. Stella Larson, of Casseiton.
called on numerous friends IN town
~. nesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. X, Burnley and son
anu Mrs. James Mcintyre were ont
from CaEselton Sunday evening
r. G. Hooking, Mrs Hawley ana
Miss Hawley autoed to Fargo
wednesday,.
George Schroeder. of Erie. was a
business caller here wednesday.
Mrs. a. A. Walker and Mrs. Fran
els Collins Of Casselton, were in town
Tuesday.
Miss Clarke daughter Of DR.. and
Mrs. s. r. Clarke, Of Buffalo. visited
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but would like to trace him, the fol-
lowing letter addressed to the Blu
reau of Navigation would serve as
a guide:
Bureau OF Navigation,
Navy Department.
Washington, d. G..
SIS there a man in the navy by the
name of John Avery Smith, age
about thirty-one years: height five
feet eight inches; weight about one
hundred and seventy pounds; brown
hair, and blue eyes: home address is
Cumberland, Maryland? If so please
notify,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. John Avery Smith,
1852 Franklin ST..
Boston. Mass"
If men enlisting in the navy will
furnish relatives and friends with
the foregoing information, much
time. worry and patience will be
saved. They should give their name
in full, rating in which branch OF
service they have enlisted, place of
enlistment and IL possible to which
ship they are assigned. IL these sug-
gestions are Followed, mail will reach
its destination with little loss OF
time.
The address TO all men on board
ships is G. o. Postmaster, New York.
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Helping Hoover.
From my menu patriotic,
A dictator most despotic
Has eliminated quite the youth
full lamb;
/ must let it grow more woolly,
And become developed fully,
And do my humble bit for Uncle
Sam.
Nor does the thought of chicken
Make my steps at meal time
quicken,
For chicken must be saved for
laying eggs;
And so far as I'm affected,
She will never be dissected,
AS long as she can stand upon
her legs.
I raise my hands in horror,
At the uses Mrs. Rorer,
Chilly advocates for common,
homely fats;
We could use them, but we'd
rather,
Save every>bit of lather,
And soap will soon be forming
in our watts,
I eat breads of every color,
Black, and brown and Slightly
duller,
Tints, but never touch the'sacrcd
wheat
OF rye and barley -four,
/ grow fonder every hour,
But potato cakes I'll never learn
to eat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-18
ABERCROMBIE

Abercrombie, N. D.. Aug. 1s.-Miss
Marie Kinneberg, from st. Paul, Is
visiting friends here this week.
M. Void, the painter, is at work at
Walcott on several large jobs.
w. L. Sackett, pharmacist, formerly
cepted a position in NJ. M. Borman's
pharmacy.
Ralph r. Bornlan is spending a
week at Itasca park.
c. ]. Monsoon, agent for the Farm
ers' elevator, Is receiving a large sup
ply of coal this week.
Gune Thostenson, chairman OF the
board of health, is very busy this
week looking after and keeping in
quarantine patients sick with diph-
liberia in Nansen- township.
Mrs. John Wieklein entertained a
number of ladies at tea Wednesday,.
William Roberts, president of the
State bank. is spending q week in
South Dakota and Iowa on business.
VIM. Voyen has sold his interest IN
the Nelson-Voyen threshing rig and
Will return to Trotters. N. D.. next
week.
Pat Brawders. wife and daughter
were Minnesota shoppers here Thurs
day.
Crist Twedt the mayor of Pitcairn,
n. D., called on friends and did shop
ping here Thursday.
Atty. G. H Korsvik is dividing his
time between ONCE anu farm WQAk&s
He reports crops good.
DR.. H. C. Cooper, our genial dentist,
is spending q part of his vacation IN
his farm and says he enjoys the
change.
A string of teams and wagons own
ed by Elizabeth. MIMI, farmers
passed through here this week. All
will work on the Christ Christoffer-
son threshing rig.
G. T. Paulsons cashier OF the state
bank, made a trip through a portion
OF Wilikn county. He reports crops
good
Harold Bolstad, Nansen farmer. was
in this week and showed his faith in
the crop outcome by purchasing paint
for all his barns.
Nose Merchant has completed
threshing and sold part of the CROP
paid his store accounts and Is happy.
William Hobson spent a few days
at Fergus Falls, where Mrs Robson
is under treatment at one OF the hos
pitfalls.
The Great Northern Bridge Co. IL
rushing work on the Red river bridge
at Enlo. The water rs low and con-
ditions are favorable for rapid prog
ress.
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The Fargo Forums Wartime Lyrics
ny }. E. 3.

Forgotten is the taste Of butter,
And / never even mutter,
When / spread my bread with
pallid cleo;
And the odor laden breezes,
From those nippy foreign
cheeses,
Never make the ice box need
sapolio.
You can make a neat hors
d 'oeuvre
That would tickle Herbert
Hoover,
From alfalf, some excelsior and
bran;
When you practice conservation,
There must be no reservation.
Just shut your eyes and eat s
the proper plan.
The skins of boiled potatoes,
And the Feelings from tomatoes,
Must never pass into the gar
bage can;
But / admit banana Feelings,
Jolt my gustatory feelings,
Though / face them when / have
to, like a man.
To this diet quite restricted,
I've become so much addicted,
And the thought of saving
grows upon me so;
] think I'll try a natural diet,
And when I hunger satisfy it
BY munching, in their season,
grass and snow.
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BUYING OUT THE GOTH.

Gable dispatches carried but brief
accounts of Mr.. Lloyd Georges
speech at Glasgow. but stenographic
reports of it which have reached this
country, reveal it as one of the i'm
portant public utterances of the
war.
1t is an answer in advance to those
who are aking for a restatement of
peace terms, and it is an answer to
the recent proposals of the Pope.
Among other things, he said:
I'm my judgment this war will
come to an end when the Allied
Powers have reached the aims
which they set out to attain
when they accepted the challenge
thrown down by Germany to
civilization. These aims were set
out recently by Pesident Wilson
with his unrivalled give of sue
cinct and trenchant speech. AS
soon as these detectives are
reached and guaranteed, this
war ought to come to an end.
But if il comes to an end
single hour before, 1t will be the
greatest disaster that has befal-
len mankind. ...
mo doubt you can have peace
now. Germany will give us
peace now at a price. Germany
wants peace. Even Prussia
ardently desires it. They do not
enjoy seeing their veteran SOL
diers hurled back time after time
by what they regard as an
amateur army. You can have
peace at a price, but do you
know what it would be? The old
policy of buying out the Goth,
who eventually destroyed the
Roman Empire. My appeal to
tho people Of this country, and If
my appeal can reach beyond it,
is this-that we continue to fight
for the grea. goal of interna
F. tional right and international
Justice, so that never again shall
brute force sit on the throne of
justice, nor barbaric strength
WELD the sceptre of right"
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have been a frontal one. Such has
never been the German policy. From
a victorious Germany it would have
come through a captured Canada.
From a partially victorious Germany,
it probably would have come through
Mexico.