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PEASANTS LEARN
OF REVOLUTIONS.
CAUSE TROUBLE

London, April. 26.-Dispatches from
Petrograd report that the revolution
airy spirit is manifesting itself in the
rural districts of Russia, bringing the
long standing agrarian troubles to a.
head. Notwithstanding the organiza-
ton of food committees, which are
doing their best to make the peasants
understand that the land question can
not be wisely settled until the constit-
uent assembly is elected, the peasants
are inclined to take the matter into
their own hands.
Soldiers visiting their rural homes
with or without leave, spread the news
of the revolution and lead the peasants
against the land owners This is chief
ly the case in the Saratov government.
where the people often are inclined to
be turbulent. The peasants here, af-
ter passing resolutions of confiscation.
have proceeded to take possession of
the lands and drive the land owners
away. cs.t
The peasants announced that they
will undertake the spring sowing
themselves, but owing to the lack of
seed this is said to be impossible. In
consequence the sowing is likely to be
much delayed and a serious shortage
of crops is feared. The authorities
are taking the matter in hand and
hope to prevent such a misfortune.
Peasants conferences, to which del
egates are sent from even the small
est communes, are being organized in
every province of Russia to discuss
peasant needs. -
Those already held have insisted on
proper distribution Of land One
characteristic resolution demands that
all land that private land owners can
not sow must Immediately be surren-
dered temporarily to the peasants, SOL
diers' wives to receive shares free and
others at moderate rent, to be fixed
by the local community.
Considerable Ill feeling is shown
! in some districts toward land owners
Bessarabian peasants in one instance
sacked a country house and estates
belonging to rich family The pea
SAINTS of the Tambov government sur
| rounded the houses of the land own
ers and compelled them to sign doc
uments surrendering their lands. In
many districts the peasants have ia
ken no action, waiting for the author
tiles to act. In some parts of Bessa-
rabia the country people are highly
reactionary and in one district es-
pecially the Odessa military authori-
ties have taken strong measures to
suppress a counter revolutionary
movement.
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Give SUPPORT TO.
STATE CHANGERS
FOOD CAMP AIGNS
Approve Plan for Further
ing Production on Farms
of Connecticut.

The appointment by Governor Mar
Gus H. Holcomb of a committee on
food supply to work for increased
production Of food crops in the state
this year was endorsed by the execu-
tive committee of the Connecticut
State Grange. The committee mem
bers all were present. Besides en-
dorsing the food committee plan, the
committee members voted to call upon
the members of the Grange, number
ing more than $4,000 in the state, in
cresaed production Of food crops.
The following resolutions were pass
FED:
Hartford, April %, 1917.
At full meeting of the executive
committee of the Connecticut Grange
held this day, it was voted:
Whereas, President Wilson has call
ed upon every American citizen
man, woman and chi1d-to join to-
gether as one. unit to support our
country in it's present crisis, and
Whereas, His Excellency, Marcus
H. Holcomb, governor Of Connecticut,
has called upon the commonwealth OF
Connecticut to prepare for the SUI
preme need of our state and nation
and the nations with which we are
cooperating for an abundance of food
supplies, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the executive
committee of the Connecticut State
Grange, representing a. membership
of more than $4,000 of Connecticut's
rural population, pledge our loyal sup
port and assistance to his excellency,
the governor, and to the Connecticut
committee of food supply in their en-
deavor to meet the emergency now
confronting us. Be it further
Resolved, That, realizing the i'm
portance of grains as a permanent
source of food supply, both for men
and animals, we urge upon our far
mer membership the increased pro-
duction,' either by an increased acreage
or through more intense cultivation
and more liberal fertilizing, Of such
grains as corn, wheat rye, oats. bar
ley and beans, as are best suited to
the various agricultural lands of our
state. We also urge a strong effort
towards a greatly increased produc-
ton of such bookkeeping vegetables
as potatoes, onions, carrots and Swe-
dish or rock turnips, not only for
family supply but to provide a sur
plus for markets, SO that Connecticut
may be far more self-sustaining in
this direction than she has been in the
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Warren Bros. Get !.
Ansonia Contracts

Contracts calling for the expendi
ture Of approximately $4,000 were
awarded yesterday to the Warren
Brothers Co., of Boston, Mass, by the
state highway commission. ~,
The contracts call for the construc-
ton Of about 3,016 linear feet Of War
renite in Ansonia costing approx
mately $22,400, and the construction
of about 1889 linear feet Of Warren
lite in Shelton costing approximately
$4,000. In addition. the Connecticut
Co. and the city Of Ansonia will do
work in Ansonia estimated at ST.
502 and $11,092, respectively, and the
Connecticut Co. and the city Of Shell
ton will do extra work in Shelton with
an approximate cost Of $2.6S1 and
s6,01S, respectively.
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DIRECTIONS ISSUED BY attorney
GENERAL AT WASH|NTON, D. C. TO
ENFORCE PROCLAMATION ON ALIENS

of the applicant shall certify in writ
ting, in such form as the Attorney
General shall prescribe, that he de-
sires to employ or continue to employ
the applicant, and that he is satisfied
that such employment will not be to
the injury Of the community or Of the
United States or until the applicant
Cf he is himself the head of a bust
ness) shall give such security or as
surance as shall be prescribed that he
will strictly obey the law and the
Presidents proclamation; and the
Marshal, before issuing any permit,
shall secure the approval Of the Uni
ted States Attorney or Assistant Uni
ted States Attorney.
All permits issued will be revocable
at any time if the interests Of the
United States SO require. Whenever
permission is given to more than one
alien enemy to reside or to be en-
ployed within a forbidden locality, a
violation Of law or of the President s
proclamation by any holder of every
alien enemy within such locality It
will therefore be necessary in their
own interests that all alien enemies
should see that each obeys the laws
and the proclamation.
Any alien enemy who tears down,
initiates, abuses, .desecrates, or in
suits the United States flag in any
way, or displays an enemy flag or
insignia, is to be regarded as a dan
ger to the public peace or safety
within the meaning of Regulation 12
and subject to summary arrest and
confinement.
In exceptional cases, where the At
torney General shall decide that the
circumstances warrant, alien enemies
under arrest or subject to summary
arrest may be allowed to make ap-
plication for parole. Preliminary
statement Of the facts shall be sub
mitted by the United States ATTORNEY
Attorney to the Attorney General,
and if the latter shall deem the facts
sufficient a blank form Of parole APP
plication will be forwarded When
the applicant shall fill out and file
this form, final decision as to the
granting of the parole will be made
by the Attorney General. All paroles
shall be revocable at any time if the
interests of the United States so re-
quire Every person given parole
may be required to furnish bond for
good behavior, and will be obliged
also, to furnish supervisor who
shall be an American citizen and who
shall keep in close touch with the
parole applicant and promptly report
any violation of the parole conditions,
Every person paroled will be obliged
to remain within certain specified
territory and to report to his super
visor, and otherwise, as directed by
the Attorney General Violation Of
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Regulations Nos. and shall be
strictly enforced by the Marshal, and
any alien enemy found with the for
hidden articles in his possession after
April "a, 1917, shall be at once ar
rested and detained, the articles shall
be seized, and the> case reported to
the Attorney General. If the Mar
shall, however, (after conference with
the special agent of the Department
of Justice, if there is one in the To-
cality, and after approval of the Uni
ted States Attorney or Assistant Uni
ted States Attorney, shall be salts
fled that the alien enemy is not a
danger to the public peace or safety
and had no knowledge or the Presf-
dents proclamation, he may refrain
from making arrest; or, if the alien
enemy shall show good cause why
temporarily he should be permitted
to retain such articles, the Marshal,
after similar conference and apprOv-
al, may permit such articles to be re-
tanned, temporarily, under such re-
strictions as he may deem necessary.
Regulation No. a shall be enforced
by the Marshal as follows: (A) Alien
enemies residing within one-half mile
of a fort, camp arsenal, aircraft sta
ton, government or naval vessel,
navy yard, factory or workshop for
the manufacture Of munitios of war
or of any products for the use of the
army or navy, shall be required to
remove therefrom before June J.,
1917; provided, however, that any
alien enemy who prior to June L,
1917, comes within the purview of
regulation IL of the Presidents pro-
clamation shall be required to remove
at once and shall be subject to sum-
mary arrest.
Any alien enemy who fails to remove
prior to June 1, 1917, shall be sum-
marily arrested. Alien enemies who
do not reside within one-half mile
Of the places above referred to and
who come within one-half mile Of
said places will do so at their own
risk and may be summarily arrested.
The Marshal may issue a permit to
anyone to continue to reside in the
forbidden locality or to come within
the forbidden locality for the purpose
of passing through such one-half-
mile area or Of being employed or
doing business within the same, if.
after such proof as the Marshal may
require, he is satisfied that such con-
tinued residence Of such passage
through or such employment will not
be Dangerous to the community or to
the United States. Permits must not
be dangerous to the community or to
Marshal shall have conferred with
the special agent Of the Department
Of Justice Gf there is one in the To-
cality), and until after the employer
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past, and probably at less cost to the
consumer and a satisfactory reward
to the producer. While the present
scarcely and high cost Of labor may
in a measure prevent the full fruit
age of these suggestions, the citizens
Of Connecticut may be assured that
the Patrons of Husbandry of Connec-'
ticut can be depended upon to do
their part to the fullest extent in
these trying times.
L. H. HEALEY,
j. H. HALE,
j. A. SHERWOOD,
Executive Committee State Grange,
Master Charles T. Davis,
Secretary, H. e. LOOMS,
ExOff1cio
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HENRY WARD BEECHER
1913 - 1897

parole will in every case result in
summary arrest and confinement, or
trial in the criminal courts, according
to the nature .of the case.
AS: stated above, however, paroles
will be granted only in special and
exceptional cases.
By order Of the President
T. w. GREGORY,
Attorney General.
April 16, 1917
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The British official war statement
says that since Monday they have
taken 5000 prisoners. Fifty-six Of
ficers
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WOKE HIM UP

"Do you believe in dreams?''
mot since 1 married ."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07

The distressing auto accident which
befell Governor Townsend resulting in
the death of his estimable wife, has
caused more than usual sorrow through
out the State. 1t was an unfortunate
coincidence that his beloved wife
should have been the first victim of
the DUPONT Boulevard that he was so
eagerly and actively interested in, but
sad as it was, it is not without its
lessons. First, the dupont road is too
narrow. Instead of IA feet it should
have been atleast 20 feet so as to al
low vehicles to pass each other easily.
Second, it emphasizes the necessity
of all teams carrying lights aside from
automobiles. Had the buggy which
he met that dark and stormy night
been equipped with lights the Cover
nor would have been warned sufi-
ciently to steer by without the nee.
essity of suddenly brakeing" his car
with its consequent results. The in
creasing number of teams and auto
mobiles requires that the State have
rigid laws not only on the building OF
public highways but, every law and
device tina. will safeguard the travel
ling public.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07

The good people of Rural New
Castle County won a notable victory
at the special license election yester-
day in voting the county from the
''wet" column to the "dry" column.
There is regret that the city of Will
mington did not go cry but it seems
it did not. However, the anti-license
forces have much to be thankful for.
They put up a strong fight ami not
only voted to wipe saloons out of the
county but very materially reduced
the wet majoritiea in Wilmington SO
much so that the saloon people have
little to crow about except they
warded off a victory for the dry forces
for time longer. AS far as Kent
and Sussex Counties are concerned
there is rejoicing that rural New Cas-
tie hss joined the dry column. 1t will
and should materially help condition:
here over the county line.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07
THEIR DREAMS COME TRUE
Madam BreshkoVskaya Recalls Meet
ing With Prince When They Dis
cussed Hopes for Russia.

Catherine BreshkOvskaya tells the
story Of when, as girl, she was 60
ing up to st. Petersburg with her
mother and sister, "a handsome young
prince, returning from his official du-
ties in Siberia" entered their COM
partment. For hours, she says, he
discussed with her the problems of
the Russian people. "His words thrill
ed like fire. Our excited voices rose
steadily higher, until my mother
begged US to speak low" The hand
some young prince was Peter Kro-
patkin.
The years have passed, and the
cause to which the two ardent young
politicians in that Russian railway
carriage devoted their lives has been
Ivindicated. Madam BreshkOvskaya,
honored and free in her own country,
is leading, exhorting, advising the
forces of the revolution which she
helped so powerfully to make, and
Prince Kropatkin, stlll in England, his
refuge from the prosecutions of auto
cracy, is forming committee for the
better instruction Of the people OF
Great Britain concerning that practic
ally unknown quantity which is new
Russia. The old world may well sill
| up, rub it's eyes and stare, for dreams
in the twentieth century, have a way
of coming true.-Christian Scienc'
Monitor.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07
The Perfect Blockade.

Carl W. lunch, a millionaire dyer,
said in Cincinnati:
'sNow we've cut of the neutrals,
Germany is bound to fare as sparsely
as the Schmidt family.
'EMrs. Schmidt, you know, took her
large family Of children to the city
one day, and when lunch time came
she led them into a restaurant.
Waiter she said, 'one sirloin
steak and seven plates
'@Che waiter gave a start. Then he
bent over Mrs. Schmidt and whispered,
respectfully:
"fBeg pardon, madam, but If you
and your family was to take that there
table by the kitchen door and sniff
hard think you'd get more of q
meal"
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07

Smyrna, according to property
changes of the past week, promises to
have a building boon. 1t is pleasant
to anticipate improvements along this
line. especially on north Main street
which will beautify that end of town.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent paper,
devoted to the welfare of the town it repre-
sents and the State of which it is part. 1t
also gives the items of importance of the East
ern Shore of Maryland.
A " REFRESHMENTS SMYRNA TIMES is the
b siness medium not only for the town it rep
.sents, but for the outlying district of which it
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
KentOn, CheswOld, Townsend, Leipsic, &c.
rate of so cents an inch for first insertion and
% cents for each subsequent insertion will be
charged for transient advertising. Locals and
Reading Notices, 10 cents per line per issue.
A special discount on all semi-annual and
yearly advertisements.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07

All credit to our local organization
of Red Cross workers. The women
of Smyrna are doing noble work.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-07
The SMYRNA TIMES
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
ROBERT D. HOFFECKER, Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July 5. 1854
Editor and Proprietor until February TO- 1867
FFICE:-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
ItiOnal Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
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April Is, 1917.
WITH A MIGHTY HAND
BY DIR. S. N. Deinard.

forces itself upon our attention in
connection with the Bible story Of
the Exodus is with a mighty
hand" has God taken us out of
Egypt. Sometimes it is expanded
to read with a mighty hand and
an outstretched ARM" The phrase
can refer to nothing else than the
terrible punishment inflicted upon
the Egyptians for their refusal to
let the children of Israel go free.
Gods mighty hand showed itself
in the visitation upon the Egyp-
tians Of the Ten Plaques and the
drowning Of the Pharaonic host in
the floods Of the Red Sea. Ac-
cording to the conception of the
author of the Bible story it was
Gods method of waging war
against His enemies, His peoples
enemies, the Egyptians. In the
poem of the Exodus, God is spoken
of as warrior" eesh milhamah.
God Himself engages in fierce COM
bat in order that the right may
triumph. Not that God takes
pleasure in wars brutalities, in the
misery they bring upon His Great
ures. For the Bible writer's fire.
quently predicate of Him the at
tributes of merciful and compass
sionate. This is touchingly set
forth in the rabbinic legend in
which the angelic host wishing to
intone song of praise for Israel's
victory over the Egyptians at the
Red Sea, is sternly rebuked by God
with the words, ''my creatures are
drowning in the sea, and you sing
my praise?" Yet God yields to the
necessity of war when thereby
some great purpose is to be accom-
plished, such as the liberation of
a people from tyranny, or the
triumph of some other great cause.
The history Of the world shows
that humanity's progress has as
often been promoted on the fields
of battle as along the pleasant
paths of peace. Not to go farther
back than the beginning of the
modern period, it is agreed by all
that liberty's first conquest was
the Protestant Reformation. It
was the liberation of mans intel
lect from the thraldom of world
domineering ecclesiastical power.
1t was the vindication of the right
Of individual judgment in matters
of faith and religious doctrine.
True the vindication was not thoro
or complete, for Professionalism for
a time sought to impose the
shackles of it's own creeds upon the
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half Of the civilized world that man
should go for his faith to re-
ligion's textbook, the Bible, in
stead of ecclesiastical authority.
That was the first act in the
emancipation of the spirit. The in
tellectual emancipation of the ma
lions was necessary before any at
tempt at political freedom could
be made. +
But the Reformation was sue
cessfully accomplished only after
a century and half of the fercest
struggle that depopulated many
nations and devasted their lands.
1t required another century and
in some instances two centuries be-
fore the nations recovered from
it's ravages.
The struggle for political liberty
followed the Reformation. The
Civil War and the Revolution in
England, the American Revolution,
and the French Revolution are the
most familiar examples. In all
three freedom triumphed at an
enormous expense of human treas
ure and blood. Carnage and de-
struction were the price humanity
was called upon to pay for it. And
the most recent example of the
worlds struggle for justice and
liberty, the abolition Of slavery in
America, also involved huge sac
rifce of human life in the bloodiest
Of all civil wars.
We do not know what lasting
good will come from the present
fierce conflict in which most of the
nations of Europe are engaged. In
fact, it has been difficult to find
any justifable cause for the out
break of this war. It has seemed
to us so wanton, so arbitrary, so
wholly the result of international
jealousy and madness. Yet we
have already been privileged to see
it's first fruits ripened on the
blood-drenched soil of Europe
the Russian Revolution.
Were it not for the present war
political freedom in Russia would
have remained dream of her
patriots for many years to come.
Were it not for the war, a revolu-
ton in Russia, if accomplished at
all, would have been the result of
an internal blood contest that
would have made even the French
Revolution mild fray in compari-
son. The present war furnished
the Russian patriots their long
sought opportunity. The Russian
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They had been but recently
recruited from those sections of
the nation among whom discomfort
was rife, and longing for liberty
had been aroused. Their expert
ences in the field of battle and in
the trenches were not calculated to
reconcile them to the corrupt gov
eminent at home. They had suf-
fered disastrous and humiliating
defeats, and they knew that it
was in a large measure the result
of administrative mismanagement,
corruption, and treachery. The
army was thus ready to make COM
mon cause with the leaders of the
people, and the fate Of Russian
autocracy was at once sealed.
And now we, the American peo-
pie, have been drawn into the
European maelstrom. We have
for long time sought to avoid it.
We have resisted it with all our
might. But it seems that powers
beyond our control have gained the
mastery, and behold, we find our
selves in state of war.
Shall we not find comfort in the
thought that perhaps Gods mighty
hand is again displaying itself in
the present struggle, and that we
are chosen as one of it's instru-
ments? We do not presume to en-
ter into the counsels of the al
mighty, or to fathom His mysteri-
GUS ways. Suffice it for us, that
our chief executive, and our con-
gress, representing our nation,
have spoken and have cast our
nations lot with one group of
Europe's belligerents.
Whatever our leanings hereto
fore were, there can be no question
as to the stand we must all take at
the present time. Many of us
cheerfully supported our President
because he had kept us out of war.
We must just as Loyalty stand by
him now when he declares our
country to be in a state of war.
He has been entrusted by us with
the power and the authority to
pilot our ship of state. He is as
devoted to the ideals of peace as
we are. He abhors wars murders
and wars destruction as we do.
Yet when he finds that this nation
must take up the challenge and de-
fend it's rights on the great high
ways of commerce, the open seas,
we must give him and the gov
eminent of which he is the chief,
our undivided allegiance.