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America and the Future Sc So
Bv Isaac. F. Marcossom

elected and what his war pblicy would
be.
I asked him to give me a message
to the United States. He was silent
The hope of the world is that Amer
lea will realize the call that destiny
is making to her in tones that are
getting louder and more fnsistent as
tiny lies in the enforcement of respect
for international law and international
rights"
Amid the tumult of war Engiand's
man of destiny saw that. far beyond
the flaming battle lines and the tur-
mol of a universe at grips, lay the
possibility of a tribunal which would
judge nations and keep them. Just as
individuals are kept, in the path or
right and humanity.
What Lloyd George meant before we
were in the war is equally pertinent
and even more so-now that We are
in Il. 1t will apply with equal force
when the great nations take their seats
at the most fateful of all peace con-
ferences.
Right here you touch the really star
part the United States will play in
the great drama of regeneration. The
idea is gaining ground throughout the
world that. with peace, will come a
close federation of the nations which
are now fighting the great fight for
freedom. Before the war the mere
suggestion of an altruistic linking OF
countries was not only remote: but
impossible. Alliances. before Prus-
sianism ran amuck. were for offense
only. The war has taught the supreme
lesson of coordination. not only Tor
defense, but for the preservation OF
In this federation Of nations will be
found the bulwark of international
safety. The union of the English
speaking people alone is one guaran-
the future. England. France and
America must be the custodians of the
coming days-the stewards OF democ-
racy.
matter with very eminent English
man. He said:
sIt is not altogether improbable that
when this war ends President Wilson
greater community than he is at the
present time"
what do you mean?- I asked.
simply this" was the reply. THE
war has unified conflicting tempera-
ments and peoples as has no other war.
You see democratic Australia, near
socialistic New Zealand, a free Canada,
an India of princes and the republic
of South Africa all Joined by a COM
mon ideal and fighting for a common
cause in a strange land. This real
union of empire. cemented by blood.
which has wiped out all the petty
things. will endure long after peace
has come.
In the same way, I believe that the
western nations. or. rather. the ma
tions Of the western world. will seek a
common community of interest and
safeguard against aggression on their
hemisphere. In such cooperation lies
the real stability of the Monroe doc
trine: the death blow of future. dreams
of Teutonic conquest
Here you have the hint of what the
new America will be. the America
purged of pride. chastened and exalted
by war, which will find a spiritual re-
birth. and, with it, whole new and
commanding world authority. The con-
cert of nations would not only be in
harmonious. but incomplete without
her.
Copyright, 1917. by The Bell Syndicate. Incl
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tlefields of Europe, then the deadly
conflict with her world ambitions must
be fought out on our own shores. This
war has taught the supreme lesson
of patriotism 1t is just beginning to
dawn on America that she is lined up
in a war of preservation. The scene
of the fighting is in France: the issues
at stake are here in America.
* Z
There is one definite reason why it
is up to the whole American people
now to regard the war as their war.
to feel that every advance of the allied
armies is one more step in the direc-
ton of their own national security;
that every reverse is blow to us.
The success of the allied armies
means peace and security for the great
nations of the world for years to come.
Failure means the constant threat and,
ultimately, the effort to impose all
autocratic ideas of government upon
every democracy in the western henri
sphere. In brief. Germanic triumph
means putting the Monroe doctrine
into the category of scraps OF paper.
1t is because America is in a war OF
self-preservation that she must enlist
every ounce of man and woman power
and gear up every pound OF energy TO
the cause. 1t must be every citizens
war This complete mobilization of
resource-and in such concentration
lies the only hope of victory-will
greatly affect our part in the troubled
days of peace.
The war will make a tremendous
drain upon our wealth and our man
power Even if we escape invasion.
which is not at all improbable, We
shall face peace with serious handi-
cap. 1t will then be question OF
which of the warning nations has the
greatest resiliency-which can come
back the quickest
1t stands to reason that, no matter
how long the war lasts, America VIII
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Uncle Sam Now Has Training School for War Dos

n UNCLE SAM has established his
III his first Official school for war
Ill II dogs at the United States
~ training camp at Allentown.
Pa. At present there are only a dozen
or so dogs on the ground. The major
ity will be handled later. when our
troops in force have taken up quarters
behind the French lines.
4 !:
These dogs are of every variety
hound airedale. bull. mastiff, shepherd
and eyen~mongrel 1t is not so much
the breed of the dog that counts as his
brains However, there are authorities
who contend that dogs with pedigree
dogs perfected from year to year
through careful selection-are bound to
inherit the most sterling qualities. For
example, certain Belgian Breeds many
skillful trainers maintain. lead all other
dogs in war work; and these dogs and
their ancestors have been watched and
selected scientifically for generations.
Allentown trainers agree that, as a
rule the German shepherd dogs have
no superior for war work. They are
by far the best trained dogs in this
country's canine school. They bear an
unmistakable resemblance to wolves
both in appearance and action. Their
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a THOUGH the United States has
At scarcely begun to cut her war
N\ teeth and while her real bap-
q q tisrn of blood still lies before
her, the thoughts of the nation have
already turned toward the future. Re
gardless of its duration. the vast tu-
multi must inevitably subside and the
fighting hosts will once more find their
way to pacific pursuits How will
America fare in the colossal social and
economic readjustment? The war after
the war will find other targets than
trade
No one can doubt that peace will be
as great a shock as war. The conflict
OF issue and ambition which plunged
more than half the world into bloody
chaos will not end when taps" SOUNDS
on history's mightiest battlefield. The
war has found us unprepared. we must
meet the aftermath with a greater de-
gree of readiness.
4
But, before we can discuss America
and the future. it might be well to
have a look at America and the past
Every man who has visited Europe
these last three years knows how pre-
carious was our world position before
we lined up in the great war There
were two very distinct phases in this
menace.
The first was the purely material as
pect- When the war began America
was in the position of a merchant
whose competitors had suddenly been
wiped out The fighting and neutral
worlds had to be clothed. fed and sup
piled generally. We. alone. stood at
the trade counter of the universe; we.
alone. had a going commercial ma
chine; we. alone, could do business
What happened? We took advantage
paid on our international debts. but we
bought back billions of our securities
which had been held in Europe. More
than this. we rolled up the hugest trade
balance that we had ever known. The
United States became creditor nation
instead of a debtor nation
But there was a streak of gray in this
golden lining 1t lay in the price that
perity. and that price was the ill will
and the trade jealousy of the rest of
the world. which included some OF the
allies Nor could they be blamed for
their state OF mind.
Both in England and France there
was very well defined feeling that
America, who has as big stake in de-
mocracy as any other country. was
coming gold out of agony; that she was
standing supine while her brothers
were being Slapped of their life blood
and drained deep of their treasure.
Wherever I went in England and
France In 1915 and 1916 1 found this
point of view expressed.
OF course these critics of America
were more or less inconsistent. because
they were frank to admit that, with
out the United States. they could not
have successfully maintained their de-
Tense against the swift and almost
overwhelming assault of Germany Be-
sides. II conditions had been reversed,
they would have done just what Amer
lea did Our national inactivity irked
allied Europe. and 1t was a more or
less painful process for every American
10 hear this arraignment of his country.
There was a larger penalty for Amer
lean aloofness than bitter criticism,
however. The famous economic confer
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be better off than her allies. She will
have had the advantage OF nearly three
years of immunity. three years OF raw
age of allied men and money. Sne
will emerge stronger and filter than
any of the rest. She must inevitably
become, for a time at least. the world
banker. For one thing. her allies Will
be enormously in her debt for actual
moneys advanced for supplies. Then.
too. our vast industrial machine viii be
called upon to restore the ruined areas
and to fill up the bare shelves OF the
shops of the world. We will continue
on the credit side of the ledger.
Whatever happens, business will be
good for time at least. 1t has been
the -unfailing experience that every
great war has been followed by an
era of extraordinary prosperity for the
nations involved. Take the case Of
France. After her disastrous defeat
at the hands of Prussia in 1871 the
gallant republic entered upon period
of expansion almost without prece-
dent in its history. The fury of war
is almost invariably followed by
fury of work. 1t grows out of the
fact that war is work. The habit
sticks. War. has no place for a slack
er. Peace, therefore, finds the shtrker
employed, and he soon discovers that
it is good business to keep on being
employed.
I have strong feeling that, despite
the amount we may pay for the ex-
perience, America will emerge from
this war better equipped for the whole
problem of readjustment. Not only
up. but the whole rank and file of
her poplllation-combatan and nom
combatant-will have learned in some
way portion Of the great lesson of
economy and perhaps of self-denial.
You have only to go to England to-
day to see the picture of nation
transformed and re-created by war.
No man can range up and down those
British Isles today without getting the
thrill of a galvanic awakening or feel
ing an imperial heartbeat that pro-
claims a people aroused and alive to
what the future means and holds. The
kingdom is mighty crucible out of
which will emerge a new England.
determined to come back to her old
industrial authority.
The Englishman has been absolutely
remade by the war. He has become
more alert. he has lost his contempt
The comradeship of the firing line has
wiped out caste and creed A whole
new fighting and working democracy
has been created. This is precisely
what the war will mean to us, and
that is why, whether we desire it or
not. we will unconsciously have a much
bigger part in the work of the world
when the thought of man will turn
from war to peace.
When peace comes we will also have
learned the supreme, lesson of gov
ernmental control, first, as expressed
in censorship of food and, second, in
regulation of most of our mills.
England has proved the efficacy of
discriminating between essential and
non-essential trades and speeding up
one at the expense of the other.
Then. too. it must not be forgotten
that our manhood will have had the
advantage of a compulsory military
training which will have converted the
unfit into a fit human product and
have impressed the great lesson of dis
cipline and organization.
This material side is only one phase
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which followed that fateful April
I'd. you hear people saying in this
country that England. especially, re
scented our entry into the war; that
she feared the idealism and passion for
justice of the United States when it
came to discuss the peace terms.
Nothing could be more remote from the
truth.
1 can give no better. evidence of the
whole allied attitude in this matter
than to quote something Lloyd George
said in discussing Americas participa-
ton:
I'VE not only desired the entrance
of the United States in the war" he
declared, but we solicited ii. Our great
desire at the present moment is that
America shall send us fighters in the
largest possible numbers and as soon as
she can. We wish her valiant soldiers,
who are now in France. to mingle their
blood with ours for the triumph OF a
common cause.
What Lloyd George said is echoed
even more fervently in France. where
the lid is never clamped down on
emotion and where ecstatic speech has
the fullest sway.
Europe not only has re-shaped her
whole estimate of the United States,
but, I might add. looks forward to
new era after the war of closer COM
mercial relationship and a common
community of social and business
effort against German economic pene-
tration.
All this leads to the important ques-
ton: What does America want after
the war?
The German propaganda immediate
ly found an answer. He lost no time in
making capital out of our entry into
the conflict In Scandinavia. for ex-
ample, I found many evidences of a
well-organized attempt on the part of
Teutonic agents to spread the glad
tidings that, now America was in the
war, Uncle Sam was already planning
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covering several months. and not in
frequently it takes year.
One of the most difficult things to
teach a Red Cross dog is implicit obedi-
ence under every condition and the
most trying Of circumstances. A dog
that cannot be relied upon for obedi-
ence at all times will never make an
efficient war dog. Immediate obedience
is an absolute essential. This is the
first step undertaken in the teaching OF
CANNES. Indeed, until that is well
learned, little else can be accomplished.
trainer teaches an animal to walk
by his side observing his teachers
movements closely. In time he comes
to understand what is expected of him.
If his master walks. he must walk; IL
his master stops, Immediately he must
halt. In case his trainer begins sud
denly to run. the dog must instantly
dog must lie down, and at another
signal he must begin his search for
wounder soldier.
Gradually. step by step. the dog in
telligence is developed. In the early
lessons he is given the most simple
things to do, and as he is ready for
them. these simple things grow harder.
He is drilled perpetually In the thing
which he has mastered. so that there
is no possibility of his forgettin&
Retrieving small articles which have
been thrown out is stif course in
itself. This is one method often pur-
sued: An assistant trainer hides and
both dog and trainer go In search
of the missing man. The dog finds the
assistant without undue trouble. and
is given an article of clothing. say q
cap, and takes it promptly to his mas
ter. He is rewarded by a pat and an
encouraging word. and rs urged to
search again. Sometimes he IL unable
to secure the desired article OF cloth-
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carriage by the government railways.
Enabling legislation by Congress
will be required for the operation of
these articles"
The creation of this new division will
add greatly to the work of Gen. Nc
Gains Office, which is already deluged
with details to such an extent that it
has been found necessary to make GER
tain changes in the methods of record
ing official papers. A big days work
was one that involved the handling Of
something like 1900 pieces of mail, be-
fore the war. Now this office handles
situation II has been found necessary
to suspend the publication of the
monthly Army director, which gradu-
ally had grown in size. and instead to
compile for official use an abridged list
of officers of the army. which will be
distributed only to official people.
In the darkest days of the civil war
when the burdens of President Lincoln
were almost more than human could
bear and the dissensions In his official
family were irritating in the extreme,
a well known biographer of his tells
how he often found the President at
midnight, sitting at his writing table,
sending a few words of cheer or con-
given his life for his flag.
Recently when the first American
mother to receive word that her son
had been buried in France read let
ter from the Navy Department. ex-
pressing the deepest sympathy for her
loss. she expressed great surprise. Her
son had been drowned when he fell
overheard from an American warship
in French waters. and she had written
the department asking that the body
of her son be returned home for burial.
To this first ,war-strfcken mother the
government explained why IT was I'M
able to grant her request at that time,
but suggested that she bring the mat
ter up at the end of the war. Included
among documents forwarded to her was
the speech Of tribute of the mayor of
the French town in which her son had
been buried.
This mother remarked that she had
never thought of the government as
being able to express sympathy. She
had always thought OF 1t as g. machine
of which her sailor son was a part.
The letters from Washington made 1t
easier for her. and the knowledge that.
while the soldiers and sailors must
fight as one man. each IL kept account
of as an individual
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returned a good thirty-five minutes be-
fore the cavalry. Dogs have been
known to run a mile in Ave minutes.
Patrol dogs have sense of smell SO
keen that they can with ease detect
the presence of the foe all of hundred
and fifty yards away. During the day
they are kept in the trenches with the
men, and here they indulge in long
snoozes. They work at night entirely.
At a signal they bound from the
trenches and align themselves with the
patrol party. They pass the long hours
of the night in a work not only arduous
but treacherous. Several hundred yards
of front must be faithfully patrolled,
and the patrol dogs never fail to give
warning of an approaching enemy. thus
insuring the men against perilous sur
prises.
The ambulance or Red Cross dog is
an invaluable boon to every Red Cross
unit He can penetrate recesses closed
to man, horse and wagon. He can sue
cessfully worm his way through the
most stubborn tangle of underbrush.
Many wounded men crawl of into
woods, bitches, caves or bushes. and
the Red Cross dogs can unearth them
from the most peculiar and concealed
places by their remarkable sense of
smell. This same sense enables them
to make efficacious short cuts. which
is another source of help to the hur-
rfed ambulance men,
1t takes the average ambulance dog
rather longer to learn his war tasks
than it takes dogs that patrol. carry
dispatches, etc. This is not because the
ambulance dog ais less susceptible to
suggestion, or has naturally less taste
for canine pedagogy, but because his
duties are more varied and often more
intricate and beset with difficulties.
Uncle Sans experts claim that the
canine prodigy cannot possibly per-
form his dutfsS acceptably with less
than three months thorough training.
The average dog requires a training
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ears stand smartly erect, their eyes are
bright and very quick. their faces are
most decidedly wolfish. The hair on
their strong. we'll knit bodies is short.
These shepherd dogs carry themselves
proudly and are alert to every word
commend them especially for their
swiftness in running, their willingness
to work and their ability to put up a
stiff fight in case of provocation.
German shepherd dogs have many
qualities peculiarly their own. which
differentiates. them very appreciably
from the majority of the canine family.
For instance. they have such an intense
aversion to strangers that they do not
welcome any one around except their
trainer To him they are affectionate
and loyal and will endure a shower of
cuffs and kicks without appearing TO
bear a grudge. But should stranger
attempt the mildest rebuke the dog
ment-
The duties of dogs in war are varied.
Some are trained for dispatch bearing;
others show a greater aptitude for pa
troll duty. while still others make ex-
there are search dogs, watch dogs. post
dogs, draft dogs, etc.
The dispatch bearers keep two bodies
of soldiers in touch with each other.
Messages are put in small pouches that
are secured carefully to a collar about
the dogs neck. Very frequently these
animals are compelled to make trips
under heavy shell fire. They are dogs
of bravery and daring. and there is
more than one case on record when
they have managed to cover the dis
lance necessary in spite Of freshly ac-
Quired wounds.
One story is told concerning the re-
markable speed made by these dogs
behind the French lines. They were
sent to q designated point at the iden-
teal. time a squadron OF cavalry de-
parted on tho Same serrands The dogs
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be admitted free of all duties of entry
and others as well as of payments for
carriage by the government railways.
Enabling legislation by Congress
will be required for the operation of
these articles"
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Collecting this data is going TO entail
increasing labor and 1t is estimated it
win require for an army of a million
msn about LOO officers. enlisted men
ard field clerks. who win be organized
and stationed down through general,
divisional and regimentaI headquarters
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Then. too. it must not be forgotten
that our manhood will have had the
advantage of a compulsory military
training which will have converted the
unfit into a fit human product and
have impressed the great lesson of dis
cipline and organization.
This material side is only one phase
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There was a larger penalty for Amer
lean a1oofness than bitter criticism,
however The famous economic confer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-03
SIDNEY

LAKE SHOEE--Thc ice left the lake
on April % this YEAR Just five days
later than last year.
The roads are much improved and
the road commissioners are using the
King drag all over town at this time
Farmers who have carly land arc
already sowing and planting to some
extent. Owing to war conditions every
farmer intends TO- plant more than
usual this season if possible
More camps are being constructed
at Cedar Crest" It is now expected
that 100 boys will arrive about July
l from New York.
Many from Sidney intend to go to
Augusta on May to attend the pa
triotic demonstration on that day
Rural Lodge. +. and A. NJ, will work
the Third degree on one candidate
Saturday evening, May s.
Howard Mitchell of Waterville
preached at the NJ E. church Sunday
last on Tiffany Hill.
The next meeting of the Langley
Buryingground Association will be
held "Wednesday evening May g. at the
home of Manson W. Cowan 1t is hoped
that a large number will be present
Mrs. Sanford Ihilbrook is teaching
the school in District No. 10 this
spring and boards at her fathers, G..
l.. SWift's
viii Folsom is shearing sheep for