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while all her enemies have neither a
policy nor. comprehension of the ex-
act situation on which to base policy.
This German policy is quite patent:
the pace of the disintegration, to en-
courage the several elements that seek
independence. not alone in getting
independence, but in dividing and sub
TRANSFORMED into a series of totally di-
vided races, mutually hostile, reduced
to anarchy and capable of Offering
no resistance to German penetration,
" neither peaceful or otherwise.
Stands Barrier to Unity.
And since there is one people in east
ern Europe. capable of supplying new
unity. possessing the cultural and the
political capacity for creating strong
and united state, the German policy is
predica ted upon the decision that this
people must not be permitted to achieve
this unity. And this people. of course.
are the Poles. Twenty-odd millions OF
Poles inhabitins the Russian. German
and Austrian territories about the VS.
tula, joined with the several million
Iithuanians. once included within the
Polish kingdom. and the several races
!: in whole or in part dwelling also in
/, lands once Polish, might easily. given
a Polish kingdom or republic as large
as Italy or Prussia and bar the road
to German lateral expansion. More than
! this. were such a state to develop with
out German Poles, it would unquestion-
ably draw the German Poles to it and
thus threaten to undo all the long CEN
turies Of German work along the eastern
marches.
Givenih;s situation. then. it is possible
to understand the first German proposal
to Russia for the making of peace. Ger
many is prepared to make peace with
the Russians on the hoishevik basis OF
mo 'SppexatIonS and no indemuities,
but with certain cualiicat tions, Poland
that is. Russian Poiand-must be per-
n1itted to seek its own form of govern
rnent, in accordance with its own tradi-
tons. So must Lithuania1, But IL tine
Lithuan nian, be separated from the Pole,
then there is no chance of develop
ment OF real Poland for Lithuanian 5
occupy all the Baltic shores of the an
Gent Polish state not actually included
within German frontiers. and the neH
be economically at the mercy OF the
state which held not merely Dantzig
and koenigsberg. but also Lillian and
! Riga. But Lithuania without a hinter-
would be merely an insignificant sta.e,
dependent upon Germany for its exist
enre. since it would alike bar Poland
and what was left of Russia from The
open sea.
Recall that Poland was partitioned at
the suggestion and under the direction
of Frederick the Great originally. and
that Prussia was partner in each of
the two succeeding partitions. Recall
that stodaT Germany-that is. Prussia
holds four million Poles in slavery of
/, a sort far more. intolerab!e than that
of the people of Alsace-Iorraine. and it
is possible to understand now much Of
sincerity there is in the new German
plea for the Polish people-of Russian
Poland,
All for Germany.
There was once an American poll
tician who defined the attitude of his
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Teutonic Commanders Ex-
pected to- Defy Losses in
Coming Fierce Effort.
GEN. BYNG'S RETIREMENT
WILL. ASSIST DEFENSE
French Attack in Rheims Region
Would Strengthen General
Situation.
AMERICANS SHOW BRAVERY
AMERICANS SHOW BRAVERY
Eaiser's Armies Have Suffered Ter
ribIy in Conflict Raging Re-
Gently on the West
ern Front.
By OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The greatest battle in all his,
tory is believed to be impending
The struggles which have beer
raging in Italy have made sener-
ais and seasoned veterans pale
owing to the prodigious losses
suffered on the fields OF conflict
but the tremendous struggle
which has been and is now raging
on the line OF the Piave and in the
mountains overlooking the Asiago
valley is expected to be exceed
ed in fury and bloodiness when
the Germans usher in their ey-
pected great offensive against the
British OIL the line stretching be-
fore Cambria.
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forces of good government against tho
armies of the bad, but he fell Wctimsto
the terroristfc. msthods of the boislA-
,Yik. being .fhrorRn from his train. at
Mohifex and .slafAf.. Gen, Korniloffg q
prisoner at general headquarters at
Mohiiev: escaped and noWYis at large
with a force Of loyal .Cossacks A new
nope has arisen. Kornilon. il he makes
good his escape, may join hands with
MS old friend and conrade. Kaledines.
anu these fwo generals. both Of whom
WELD great influence with vast See
tons OF the army, may lead huge forces
into Petrograd.@ sassP - :. " - -
The whole of southern Russia is de-
ciared to be continuing its plans to
stafys1 oyt the bolsheviki lin Petrograd
and Is taking steps to this end Armies
are being formed and well informed
correspondents declare that ifhei tenure
ot >fhe radicals in Fetrograd Is to be
.!The 'eleetions for the. constituent as
sembly are declared to have been un-
representative of Russia as a whole,
vssts-sections seeing no other. ballots
bolsiTeviki' - .f- 3,
10twithstanding. this. the Sconstitu-
GonM democrats made large gains and
seriously challenged the. power of the
bolsheMki i'm Petrograd. the fountain
head OF radfca1ism. =, ~
- i
E1enine apparently is fearful lest his
power be challenged in the constituent
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from the mountain sections to the.
plished.
1t is estimated German ranks have
been offered up to the sacrifice as care
lessiy as they have. on the western
front. Thousands of Teutons have
been killed and additional thousands
wounded or made prisoner in the fury
OF the Italian defense. On the other
hand the italians have also lost heav-
lily, it being admitted that many re-
serves have been pressed into the con-
fiict owing to the results Of the terrible
conflict which has been raging ever
since the Italians took their present
positions after their retreat from the
1sonzo.
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We expect" said Hertfing, that the
Lithuanian and Polish peoples in the
conquered districts of Russia will be
permitted to decide upon their own
form of government and follow their
own cultural ideals" This is the sub
by the most non-comnittal of phrases.
Now. exactly what did this mean and
does it mean to the world? At. the least
it proposes more momentous change
in European territorial adjustments
than followed the Napofeonic war.
1t means more. Thanks TO the free use
of the map. the map that has been fire.
quently printed to accompany my ar
ticles. the American public has grasped
something of the meaning of Mittel-
europa. We are beginning to under
stand something Of the danger to world
liberty If. Germany is able to expand
perpendieulaf1y, speaking by the map !:
to extend her rule from Hamburg to
Busra from the North sea to the Per-
sian gulf But not yet has there been
any sufficient educa ton as to the mean
laterally, speaking again by the map.
Now. the lateral expansion of Ger
many Ii conditioned on certain basic
facts. For a century Europe has been
either at war or on the edge OF war
because of questions growing out OF
the. slow but sure recession of the Tur-
kish Hood. One after another portions
of the Osmanfi empire. conquered when
the Turk was On. the advance. have
provinces that has thus. escaped has been
the cause of European dispute and OF
international rivalry, until we see the
last recession, produced by the Balkan
war of 1912. succeeded by the world
onfiagration. which is st;ll proceeding.
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BY understandings Precisely this lack knowledge has
obscure the meaning German peace proposals
voiced by the German chancellor.
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Notwithstanding rebuff after rebuff,
fhe Germans after intense artillery
prepare o n
Gerynons Cnnfinue on the right
Attacks at Verdun. river M.uss
in the region Of verdun delivered
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Would Result in More Momentous Change
In European Territorial Adjustments
!. Than Followed the Napoleonic Wars.
INDEPENDENT STATE OF. POLAND
80. ','' - * COULD NOT GOVERN HERSELF
Seacoast Would Be. Denied Great Majority o
People and Austria Would Be Unable
:. to Hold Annexation.
= By FRANK II. SIMONDS,
Author of "The World War;" "They Shall Not Pass"

Assn New YorkT
HE English speaking pubcs of the world unfamiliar
With the and southeastern Europe that
il of the greatest problems the growing
of the world conhagraon, remain of little Importance the
United States Great Brtan--hat is Importance as
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Menace of Lenine
Tenure Is Grave.

taking steps to strike the bolsheviki
before it is too late and the tentacles
of the German military octopus get too
tight a grip On the Slavic nation.
During the past week the entente
powers lost one of their best friends
in Gen. Dokhonfn. comma rder-in- chief
Of the armies. who counciled against tn q
holsheviki armistice and peace plans.
he pointing out Russia's duty to en-
tente powers and their likelihood of
isoiatink Russia economically. and
financially in future years. Gan. .Duk-.
honin was banked upon to lead the
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ALL for GERMANY.

There was once an American poll
tician who defined the attitude of mis-
class to he public b. the apho-ism
Give the people the laws which they
want, but make them uncoastitu-
tional.". German policy now proposes
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brave defense is being made by Ital-
ian armies on the battle front stretch
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power not completely undermined dur
ing the. arinistice period.
Lenine truly, will have accomplish
ed one of the kaiser's chief purposes
and will have earned the German
rulers gold. if no more is accomplish
ed than the complete disintegration of
Russia's power.
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The menace of Lenine's continued
tenure is a grave-one. The best friends
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~ assembly by the
Lenine Fears for. lack of working
l.rrtnr. Co.,, MA ajority. He has
osuAe SVAtIol. ousted {. the AL.
Russian commission iii charge Of the
elections and is taking every other stet
ayeilabie to curb possible dom ina ton by
the. constitutional democrats and the
reYolutionaries not in sympathy with
Lenine preachments. Plans are being
laid by which whole units of consti-
tutional democrats may be -sousted .bs
the removal Of a single delegate to- .thf
constituent assembly and through this
Lenine may perpetuate himself IL thi.
action alone does not infiame his enc
mics to immediate and aggressive ac-
ton.
Just as Russia failed to render the
adequate need of aid TO Rumania when
that little nation was Soreiy pressed
by. Austro-German invaders and: prac-
tically the whole country seized. so is it
that the action of Petrograd compels
the Rui11anian armies to seek an. armis-
tice with the Germanic nations. :
King Ferdinand Of Rumania repeated
ly has stated that Rumania was in the
war to. the end, but the disaffection of
Russian troops protecting the Ruman-
ian tanks to the north Of Moldavia
and the wavering of Russian, troops
tuary makes: the position of the Ru-
manian armies one of great peril .un less
some agreement is entered into with
the Germans for the time being. The
central powers are exceedingly bitter
toward Rumania and toward King Fer
dinand, who Is declared to have be-
ira yed the Hohenzolerns by. his es-
pousal OF the entente cause. a con-
sequence rlittlee mercy may be shown
to the Rumanians. II. however. the
Rumanians take part in tho armistice
fearful b1oodshed may be avoided for
the time being. There always remains
the hope that before the armistice Pc
riod has been concluded the represent
atives of real Russia will have arisen
and gained the support Of major sec
ton of the armies on the eastern
front. thereby making Rumania's task
easier. This Is a bare hope, however.
Rumania is declaredto be suffering
terribly as the result of the war. Her
hospitals for wounded soldiers: are lit
tie more than vermin-infested build
ings. Medical stores are almost conf
pletely lacking, while the peoples be-
hind the lines are in grave want and
distress, owing to the lack Of economic
necessities- 1t 10 Impossible to trans
init needed supplies and funds from
entente quarters as long as Lenine and
his pro-German aids control the Petro-
grad banks. Shipments. OF stores
through Russia to the Rumanians un-
doubtedly would be seized by Leniile,s 8
government, for the conditions In Pet
rosrad are declared grave. and every
thing of an economic nature is needed.
within the course Of the next few
months the entente powers and the United
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The Germans are expected to-. go
further. however. Complete discrgani-
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During the past week following the
kuccessfu1 British effort Of the one
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Lenine, the arch enemy of Russia
and the kaisers tool, blocks the paths
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Already the Germans have suffere,
losses estimated at about $4,000 in tel
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The main principles which carried
the bolsheviki into power in Petrograd
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tcentinued on Fifth Page. J
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within the course Of the next few
months the entente powers and the United
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
BEES MAKE HIVE OF HOUSE
Four swarms Removed From Building
When Fifth Arrives at Iowa
Home.

Four swarms of wild bees recently
have removed from the two-story house
of Earl Bergman ON the East side of
Rockwell City, the Cedar Rapids (Ia.)
Gazette says. Three of them were To-
Gated under the shingles on three cor
ners Of the building and one was back
of the weather boarding near the caves
on the south side of it. About three
bushels of combs were removed, but
the amount of white comb honey was
not nearly so great as the fine yield
this year from good hives In the neigh
borhood.
A fifth swarm arrived and endeav-
ored to gain an entrance to the build
Ing at the caves ON the south side.
Failing to find suitable opening, this
swarm clustered within and around a
four-inch drain tile lying In the grass
near the building.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
SYRUP OF FIGS FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
It is cruel to force nauseating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form OF
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The childrens revolt is well-found'
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
II your child's stomach. liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" Its
action Is positive, but gentle. Millions
of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that 1t never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves a sick child tomor.
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
CAN'T GET BEAR OUT OF CAGE
Newly Arrived Bruin Presents Prob.
lem to the Attendants at Brook
Ign Zoo.

How to get Brooklyn's new bear out
Of the cage that he came here In is
one of the probyems that is confront
ing the Prospect park zoo authorities,
according to the Eagle of that city.
1.-THE cage is SO strong that it looks
as If nothing less powerful than dyna-
mite would open it." one officer ex-
planned. at is made of very heavy
planks, spiked together with shipbulld-
ers' spikes. The cage was built by the
same men who made Norwegian sail
ing vessels, the most durable In the
world"
The difficulty of getting Bruin out
Of the box led to a question as to
how the Norwegians, who sent him
managed to get him in. The only hole
in the cage is barely big enough to let
him get his nose out.
u guess they must have tied his
feet, or wrapped him up in net and
then built the cage around him." one
of the tall Scandinavians on the Chris
tianiafjord said.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK "CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 1O.cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness. dlzzl'
hess, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In.
testines, instead OF being cast out
Of the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. when this poison reaches the
delicate balm tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour. undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
AII-nAIT
ll|( THE ny
1UNETTTTW II
OBJECTION TO BLOODY MILK
More DlstastefuI on Account Of Ap.
pearanee Than as Menace to
Health--causes for 1t.

Bloody milk is more Objectionable,
perhaps, as a matter of appearance
than as a menace to health. Hem
orrhages may occur within the udder
as a direct result of a bruise caused
by rapid motion, by a bad position
while the COW is lying down, by the
tread of COW in an adjoining stall,
or because of the breaking of tiny
blood vessel or the escape of red cor
puscles through thin vessel walls.
Heavy feeding may also produce bloody
milk.
The remedy is careful milking and
light feeding with laxative foods and
repeated small doses Of mild physic.
When the trouble occurs with cows
giving a heavy flow Of milk and under
heavy feed, Improvement follows
marked reduction of the ration. A
change of stall may give goods results,
IL it allows a COW to obtain a better
position and avoid uneven pressure on
the udder while lying down. Cows
with long, heavy udders should be driv-
en- slowly and should not be driven
over high stills.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
HELP SWAYING YOUNG TREES
Much Injury Can Be Prevented by
Employing Stakes as Shown In H.
Iustration Herewith.

Many young trees, through the ac-
ton of the wind, weave about and
wear an opening in the soil at their
base, thus admitting water and air to
their detriment. One can keep close
watch and straighten up these loos-
ened, swaying trees, filling in around
them as necessary, especially after
strong winds, which usually accom-
pany a rain that has made the ground
soft and yielding, but sometimes this
is not done till incalculable damage
has been done the trees. The prevent
ives illustrated are preferable to the
"cure," writes M. Coverdell of Iowa
in Farm and Home.
In Fig. 1 four stakes are driven
firmly in the ground and soft strings,
a, run from stakes to tree trunk, al
lowing only slight movement Of trees.
In Fig. 2 one stake is driven on the
north side of tree and one on west
side. Stiff sticks, a, are securely
tied to stakes and trunk of tree.
Sticks must be wrapped with cloth
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
MANURE NEEDS FOR ORCHARD
Where Soil Was Originally Thin Dress.
ing May Be Required to Keep
Trees Growing.

After fruit trees bear few years,
II the soil was originally thin, a dress
ing of barnyard manure may be need
ed to keep the trees in growing condi-
ton and to insure the formation of
fruit buds. 1t will be required that
the trees grow every year in order
that they may form fruit buds. Since
growth is necessary, nitrogen in the
soil will be necessary also. Warm soil
may lack available nitrogen, hence the
need of barnyard manure or CONNER
cial nitrogen.
Old orchard soils may need organic
matter. This the barnyard manure
will also supply. There is no other
fertility that will stimulate growth on
trees better than barnyard manure,
for it affords both organic matter and
nitrogen.
In applying manure to large trees
do not make the mistake of applying
the manure close to the tree, around
the trunk. The young roots where the
plant food is to be obtained for old
trees may be considerable distance
from the trunk of the tree. 1t Is a
good practice to spread the manure
as far away from the trunk as the
branches extend, possibly farther. This
will provide that the manure is above
many of the roots that are to absorb
plant food.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19

where they come in contact with tree.
This also is fine method Of straight
ening up tree with crooked trunk,
one of the stiff sticks being bound to
the trunk at point considerably high
er than the other, and third stick at
tached to the stake, lower down on the
trunk. The length Of these sticks will
be determined by the crook of the
tree, they being arranged so as to
pull it straight. Sticks should be
forked, to facilitate fastening to trunk
of tree.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
POULTRY FOR MARKET
Wives Believe There Is More
Money in Dressed Bird.
Writer in Commercial Farming Shows
That Greater Profit Is Made by
Sending Fowls to Market
AliVe-Time Is Lost.

Many farmers wives dress chickens
for the market rather than sell them
alive, on the theory that there is more
money In bird dressed for the oven
than In one sold alive. A good way to
determine that for oneself is to keep
notes on the weight of the live and
dressed bird, and the prices for same.
Some time ago, T. E. Orr, in CONNER
cial Farming, gave his experience in
this line, as follows:
ave sorted out 40 birds that weighed
200 pounds. Then we divided them,
the 20 larger ones weighing 100 pounds,
the twenty-nine smaller and harder to
dress, weighing the same. OF course
at IL cents "a pound, each lot would
have brought us $12.
"0f the largest, eight weighed as
follows: Alive, As pounds; beheaded
and plucked, 81 pOunds-a loss of one
pound each on head and feathers; fully
dressed, 80 pounds-a loss on crop and
entrails Of one pound each. (They had
had no food for IS hours.) The total
loss was 26.66 per cent. Alive they
would have brought us $40; dressed.
they brought us S5.61, so we had 81
cents for dressing.
1.-THE smaller y of these 20 birds
weighed as follows: Alive, SO pounds
fully dressed, as the others, 80 pounds
a loss Of lbs pounds each, or loss
Of 20 per cent in dressing. Alive, they
would have brought us $500; dressed.
they brought us 1888, so we only had
a total of "a cents for dressing 20 birds.
We saw that we should lose our time
and some money also If we dressed
the other %; therefore, as we had
killed the most attractive-loOking birds,
we decided to let the others go alive.
We estimated that they would lose 35
per cent, or dressed 65 pounds to the
100, thus bringing us about 81 less
dressed than alive, and it would have
cost us fully $1.50 to have dressed
them. On growing cockerels, the loss
averages not far from 80 per cent;
even on particularly good ones, 1t can
not be less than % per cent"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-01-19
SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF MILK
That of Cream Will Necessarily Vary
With Amount Of Butterfat Pres
ent, Says Expert.

A correspondent wants to know the
specific gravity of whole milk, skim
milk and cream. DR.. Charles K. Fran
els of the experiment station depart
ment of chemistry at Oklahoma A. and
NJ. college answers as follows:
The specific gravity Of whole milk
at 90 degrees Fahrenheit varies from
1027 to 1.035, and skim milk 9 per
cent solids 1036. The specific grav-
ity of cream will necessarily vary with
the amount of butterfat present. A
10 per cent cream will have q specific
gravity of 1924. If it contains 20 per
cent, the specific gravity will be 1.O094,
and for 80 per cent 1t will be 0.9974.