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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
F former Army Chiefs and
Grecian Ministers To Be
Tried For Aiding Enemy

Athens, Greece. Oct IA high
court Of impeachment to try former
prime ministers and army chiefs Of
former king Constantine is expected
TO be in operation at an early day.
Il viii be a notable series OF trials
of those who have taken chief part
in the affairs Of the Balkans during
the war.
The presentation TO parliament Of
a white book showing that former
ministers had negotiated for the sur
render Of the Greek fort Rupel TO the
Bulgarians. is a preliminary to this
high court. as the charge before the
were sacrificed by the former minis
tiers TO one of the enemies in the war.
1t is very rare that a high court TO
try ministers IS thus constituted
Provision for II is made by the con-
stituti1u, which provides the court
shall be made up Of i Judges drawn
from the supreme and appellate
courts. together with members Of the
chamber of deputies. A demand for
the court is first formulated by writ
ten petition from a certain number Of
members Of parliament and il re-
mains for parliament to order the
Impeachment trials. The petition IS
ready to be presented, as there is q
strong sentiment in parliament in IA
vor Of dealing vigorously with the
old Ministries. and there appears to
he little doubt the court Will be or
Gered and the trials under way at
an early day
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

T ONDON. Eng. Oct. 13.-The ma
jority Of Great Britain's troo7s
- have been recruited in England
and not IN the Dominions. An Eng
llsh newspaper publishes the follow
ing:
las regards the comparative effort
Of the motherland and the domiuions.
if we take the actual theaters Of war,
excluding troops garrisoning India
and defended ports throughout the
world. il is found that the proportion
of troops from the motherland to
those from the dOminiOns IS between
five and six to one. That is of every
six at least five have been recruited
in the United kingdom. 1t must. II
course. be borne in mind that the pre-
ponderance Of motherland troops over
those from the dOminions is only
natural since the proportion Of the
white male population in the United
kingdom is compared with the white
male population in the dominiOus.
just over three 10 one.
ut is sometimes thought that troops
from the d0minions are used more
freely than those from the mother
land This TO is a fallacy- The pro-
portion Of casualties on the western
front is actually higher among the
latter than among the former Bur
while this is the case it must again
be borne in mind that for the first
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Nations At War List
Property OF Citizens
In Enemy Countries

Paris. France. Oct 13.-The Oblig-
atory declaration by French citizens
OF property, real or personal. belong
ing TO them and situated in countries
at war with France. decreed recently,
is explained officially to be "neces-
sary to determine what measures
should be taken concerning the IN
terests Of French citizens in the enc
my's territory and to negotiate with
the allies as TO concerted measures
This information viii also be re-
Quired in peace negotiations. il is
pointed out to enable the govern
ment to defend both public and pri-
vate interests and safeguard an i'm
portaut part OF the national wealth.
Similar measures were long ago
taken by Germany, but with a more
radical purpose in view-the actual
cOnfiscatiOn Of the property OF French
subjects, according to the view held
here. Retaliation has been advocated
and even recommended by parliament
tary committees. The decree does
not intimate that the government in
tends TO 90 that far. The main oh
iect is to arrive at an approximate
estimate of the value of the pledges
of this kind held by Germany, Aus
tria. Turkey and Bulgaria.
The decree applies to property held
by the Germans in occupied French
territory. There are some necessary
exceptions arising from the obvious
difficulties OF pplicatiOn-(C CORES
pondence Of the Associated Press)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
England Third Highest
In Meat Eating; u. S.
and AustraLia Leaders

London. Eng, Oct 15.-England has
The third highest average meat con-
sumption in proportion to her popui-
alton of any country in the world
Australia ranks tlrst' the Onlleo
states second. England's average
cons1mprion per head, including men.
women and children, is in normal
times l26 pounds per. year OI me
total meat supply. 90 per cent, IS
home grown and 20 per cent IN
ported. so that the average total OF
frozen meat brought into this coun-
Try every year is $4,000 tons
How large proportion TINS IS or
the worlds supply Is shown by the
act that the total output OF chilled
IS estimated AT $4,000 tons yearly.
OF the $4,000 tons OF imported
meat here. a very large share now
-oes to the army. in fact, every
pound Of meat imported from Aus
-raTfa and New Zealand during the
last two and a half years has been
government property, bought beLore
il was shipped and brought 10 tnis
country under government control
II Is only when all military needs have
been satisfied that any surplus stock
OF frozen meat is turned over by the
government 10 the large wholesale
merchants TO be sold on behalf o.
the government at government prices.
south America being partly neutral,
the acuuiremenr OF meat supplies
crown there is a matter Of negotia-
zion, and there is no compulsory gov
.rnmeur control However meat IS
needed in quantities as large as pos
~fbIe. and the government does all IN
f+s mower to encourage the prOduc-
zion and expectation to England OF
The largest possible amount OF meat
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
French Hospital Ships
VIII Not Be Attacked;
Germany Gires Promise

Paris. France. oct ia SEMI
official statement saws that the Ger
man government having agreed 10 re-
spect French hospital ships IN the
Mediterranean, the French govern
ment VIII no longer cause German Of
flcer prisoners 10 sail in those vessels
The king OF Spain has agreed 20
place delegates on board. who viii
see that the hospital ships are strictly
used for the purposes for which they
are intended, and guarantee by their
presence the perfect execution of the
rules OF The Hague convention The
German government viii also remove
from the fire zone the French prison.
ers placed there BY way OF reprisals
for the sailing OF German officer pris-
oners in hospital ships
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
COlored Cord and Brass
Tag ISDecoration Giren
To French For BrauerQ

Farls, france, oct I3--Of tho
methods OF honOriug soldiers for dis
tiuEuished service on the field OF
battle the 'fOurragers' conferred
upon the crack regiments OF France
is one OF the most original 1t con-
sists Of n colOred cord ending in q
bread tag. the name being derived
from the French word for a tether-
ing rope for horses Every officer
and man In q regiment rewarded
for Eallantry in action by the
fourragers has the right to wear this
cord round the left shoulder There
are two classes of the distinction. one
having q green and red cord to CORE
spOud with the CrOix de Guerre. and
the other being in green and yellow,
On the lines OF the rarer NedaIue
militaire.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Grow Fat On
Var Bread: Nourishing
But Is Not PalQtabIe

London. Eng. Oct 13.-The English
appear TO be growing fat on war
bread An English newspaper pub
fishes the following.
although 7 hate IT," writes 4 cor
respondent in Surrey. war bread
seems to fatten me. and my weight
has increased by several pounds. Yet
I am eating not much more than half
the bread I used TO eat before the
war. and also less Of other foods
A doctor explained that this may
be quite true Anyone who keeps
his eyes open in the streets viii no.
uce that men. women and children
are clearly better uourished than
ever No doubt" he said. there is q
good deaf Of indigestion from bad
bread. but even people who digest IL
badly. and dislike itStoo. srow fatter
and physically stronger. This is
especially noticeable in spare men OF
middle age. Possibly the explanation
is that we were eating more bread
before than we could digest Perhaps.
too the mixture OF grains in bread is
proving more nourishInE than the
pure wheaton loaf, the stomach likes
variety. and the people who do the
best Intellectual work are those who
feed on all available foOdstuffs-"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

be outspoken. often referred both
publicly and privately to the blundsrs
OF the kaiser, Won Tirpitz and Won
Bethmann-HOllWeg and said they
were bringing Germany TO ruin His
words were repeated to the kaiser and
his minister's with the terrible con
sequence that the kaiser failed TO
cOngra tulate herr Balm on the oc-
casion OF his siEtieth birthday last
week IN Germany this spells diE-
grace.
To Leave Germany
Hamburg reports now confirm thu
fact that Herr BALM has lost all Per
sonal favor in Berlin, and state that
he viii relinquish his post a. nan
2ger Of the Hamhurg-Amerika Linz
and retire abroad leaving the Ger
man blunderers to help themselves
out Of their present mesa he visited
Holland privately a few months ago.
and people who saw hin then say
they hardly recognized him he had
turned into an aged and broken nan,
and he expressed himself In terms OF
the darkest pessimism regarding Ger
many's future, and especially with
regard to the future OF Germauyss
shipping, which, he said, received its
death blow the day America came
in the war.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Greece Still Short OF
Food Despite Changes
In Government Control

Athens. Greece. Oct 13-To n person
returning TO Greece after an absence
covering the whole period OF the
blockade from early Of last Decem-
Der. one Of the most noticeable fea-
lures is the scarcity Of the first neces-
saries o. life and the extreme dear
ness OF an kinds OF food Though
two months have passed since the eE-
pulsion OF king Constantine IL has
been impossible as yet 10 take ade-
country.
The daily bread ration has been
increased, but only TO % ounces
per head. The Thessaly harvest was
abundant. but flour is 70 be had in
very small quantities: there was an
excellent potato crop. but none are
20 be found ia the market: meat and
fish are four times their usual prices.
while fresh vegetables are seven to
eight times their ordinary rates
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Do NOT
OBSERVE RATION
ORDER IS CLAIM
Daily Mail Reports Say the
People Exceeding Amount
of Food Allotment.
AN INVESTIGATION
HAS BEEN ORDERED

= ONDON. ENG. Oct. 13.-Informa-
ton reaching the Daily Mail
- from many parts OF the country
indicates that the nation at large is
not conforming TO the Davenport
rations.
The ministry OF food is making a
thorough investigation into this vital
matter. and there is little doubt the
result Will show that the rations are
being exceeded.
Includes Bread. Meat and sugar.
The rations laid down BY lord
Deyo1port comprise.
-Four pounds or bread Cthis in
Guiding all things made from rourl.
Two and a half pounds Of meat and
a half pound OF sugar per head per
week
AZ the present moment the food
stocks are in a healthy position
quite sufficient for the nations needs
II everybody Loyalty rati0ned him
self. 10 was stated at the Ministry
Of Food -Rauonirg eases the ton
mage problem. on which-alwavs
bearing in mind also that there is a
world shortage Of food-future sup
plies SO largely depend"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
LONDON PAPER
SCORESORDER
FOR SALUTING
Requiring Wounded Sol
diers to Salute Works
Hardship.
TOO MUCHLIKE
GERMAN CUSTOM

ONDON. Eng. oct. 13.-Should
wounded soldiers be compelled to
- salute their superior officers2 =
London newspaper has this 10 say on
the subject;
Military etiquet is an astonishing
code which we have never pretended
to understand There may be n good
reason. but TO the lay mind some OF
the regulations seem absurd and al
together remote from the winning Of
the war.
One of the New Orders.
Take the ADMINISTRATION order
that wounded soldiers must salute all
officers on every occasion and in
every possible circumstance. no mat
ter whether the physical exertion re-
tards their convalescence or not. We
have no doubt that the army council
came to this solemn conclusion after
long and painful deliberation- 1t may
not bring US quicker to Berlin, but,
at any rate. it shows that as a milf
tary nation We are determined not
to be behind Germany, which has
made saluung not merely q science,
but life itself
Military ingenuity rises superior
TO all physical disabilities ne
wounded soldier who has lost the use
of his arms is called upon 10 look in
the direction OF every officer he
meets. If he suffers from eye strain
that is the fault Of having weak eyes.
not any inherent folly in the order
itself. lie may have lost his limbs
on the SOmme or in taking Nimy
ridge, and the first officer that he
meets in the Strand may be some dis
tinguished music hall hero in a cushy
lob. but if he fails in the stare of sa-
lutte he sins against military law and
is liable to be reported
quite frankly. we do not envy the
feeling of any reasonable-minded
officer who has to submit wounded
soldiers who have been through the
furnace Of Flanders to such an ordeal
We know Of only one ordeal more
painful and that is when a wounded
and discharged soldier finds himself
acting as caddy to an able-bOdied
citizen Of military age who has been
exempted as Indispensable
Everybody knows that It is not the
officers hemselves-except a few
dug-outs'-who want this perpetual
saluting. Tt is worse for them than
for the men"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

King To GiUe Distinctive
Medal To Soldiers Who In
19I4HeLdBack The Enemy

? ONDON, ENG. Oct. 13.-The
king having expressed a wish to
- recognize specially the services
given in the earlier part Of the war
in 1871 by troops in France and Bel
GUM, the army council after consul
tation with field marshal Viscount
French. has advised his majesty that
the object could best be met by the
award Of a distinctive decoration,
with riband but without clasp.
This decoration viii be awarded to
all officers, warrant officers. non
commissioned officers and men on
the establishment Of n unit of the
British eXpeditOnary forces, includ-
ing the Indian contingent. the Royal
Naval division. and other naval and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Slips Manuscript Out
Of Germany; Sentenced
To FiUe Months in Jail

Berne, Switzerland. Oct. 15.-Dr.
NiColai. professor Of physiology at
Berlin university, and formerly ply
stefan TO the German imperial family.
has been sentenced TO five months
Imprisonment for having published in
Switzerland @ remarkable work en-
titled The Biology OF War an eN-
tract OF which was quoted in the OBJ
server on June i. one count against
him was that his book contained a
statement made TO Nicolai by a Ger
man officer. This statement. IL is
alleged. ought not to have been pub
lished- Another charge against
NicOlai was that he struggled his
manuscript out OF Germany into
Switzerland without submitting it TO
the censor.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Germany Has Food For
Year But SEXES Al
OF Danu Products

Amsterdam. Holland. oct 13.-Ac-
corCinE 90 4 Berlin message. the
minister OF food control, herr Won
Waldow, I'm q statement 70 the press.
declared that the supply Of breadcoru
was assured for the entire year.
The prospects OF the potato harvest.
ne added, were satisfactory. and the
harvest would he considerably better
than that OF the present economic
year. The seizure Of all dairy products
was in preparation
The supply of fruit and vegetables
had improved and. the minister con-
Guided, we can with complete GER
tainty expect that the difficulties Of
the fourth year Of war viii be over
come..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
atrotic Hens Plant
And CuLtiunfe Garden

Mansfield. Ohio. Oct ia. ~
Arnold, superintendent Of parks. has
flock @ Rhode Island hens that plant
ed. cultivated and raised a war garden
that produced . peck of potatoes. The
largest potato weighed II ounces. the
next one 10 ounces.
The owner says that when potatoes
were selling for S4.25 a bushel last
spring his wife was so economical she
pared the potatoes as thin as she pos
sibly could, then led the thin narings
10 the chickens. Instead of eating the
parinss, the chickens planted them i'm
the harnyard. All summer long the
fowls not only kept the weeds down
in their war garden, but kept the bugs
off. These patriotic chickens did their
biz 10 win the war by raising "a pota-
toes from three stalks that came I'D
from the Thin pariugs which they con
served.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
Action of the German
GoUemor Causes Polish
Council to abandon Task

Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 13.-Ac-
cording to a Cracow message, the
Polish press bureau says that the res
iEnation of the Polish national coun-
Gil IS due TO an order by the German
governor, Gen. Won Beseler fncOrpor-
atinc the Polish legion in the Austro--
HUNGARIAN army contrary to the IN
derstaudinE Of November 3. 1916. I'm
der this order all DICTIONARIES. Russian
subjects as well as Austriaus, who
have been transferred 10 Austrian
territory viii be sent 10 one of the
fronts. The only legionaries trans
ferred are those who. having refused
20 take military oath. are at present
intcrned.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

AMERICANS ARE
IN WAR To WIN
Berlin Paper Scores Kaiser
for Making a Disas-
trouS War.
WAR PARTY MAKES
TROUBLE FOR LAND
AMSTERDAM. Holland, Oct Is

4 MSTERDA1L Holland. Oct 1s.-
n a Berlin daily paper. The
L = Tageblatt. Is one % that group
Of radical papers which f. alBaya
glad 70 have a sly dig AZ the kaiser
and his ministers for entering upon
disastrous war at the time that Ger
many. by the modern weapons OF
peaceful penetration, was getting al
that it could get by q victorious waF.
and for nothing
Uses President For a Text.
It seizes the note OF president VII
son to preach the evils OF autocratie
power There are people among
u.s. it says. who accuse the presi-
dent Of the United States, too. Of
being an autOcrlt. OF course, as
soon as war is declared the president
becomes q dictator. But the presi-
dent, like the heads OF the great con-
stitulOnal states OF Europe, before
he declares var needs to have dis
cussed the matter with parliament
and to have obtained its assent"
He cannot" says the paper with =
heavy sigh and a glance at the AT
Highest, confront parliament with
a fat accompli."
Americans Are In Earnest.
In this article the paper IS evidently
trying. though with all necessary
caution and innuendo. to teach its
readers two things: % That its kali
ser party has been like a bull In the
German china closet % That the
Americans are making war OF their
own free viii. and as q free nation
and are 70 be taken very. very seri-
oUsly- Theodore Wolff, the writer
OF the article is convinced that there
Is to be no monkeylnE with president
Wilson this time with what he
calls German trickerv and German
attempts to palm off false coin on
him. we have got his dander Up and
he is hitting out straight from the
shoulder Holland and Sweden have
already felt the force OF his Amerf-
can boxer fist i'm their faces"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
AMSTERDAM. Holland, oct. 13.-

4 AMSTERDAM. Holland, Oct 10
"A The kaiser has dismissed herr
= = Albert Balm. the manager OF
the HamburE-Amerika line, who, al
though he never held any official po-
sitiou, IS known 20 be the only man in
Germany TO whom the kaiser ever
listened IN regard 10 shipping mat
ters- The announcement has created
a great sensation throughout Ger
many.
Herr Bauin's offence was that ne
expressed himself too bitterly re-
garding the kaiser's war policy, and
declared that the German government
had bIindly followed the way lord IN
70 bankruptcy and ruin
Refuses to AdVis,. the Kaiser.
Not only did herr BALM thus criti-
else the imperial policy. but he blunt
" refused TO give the advice he was
asked for I'm the early stages OF the
U-bOat war when he saw that his
former counsel TO be prudent with re-
gard 10 America was contemptuously
disregarded-
Herr Balm, who is rich enough 10
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

eight months OF the war no troops
from the dominions were engaged on
the western front.
Figures DisprOve Charge.
THE figures in the four series Of
battles on the SOmme, around Arras
and Gpres. and at 1Iessines speak
for themselves. They are as follows
'S0mme-Five motherland divisions
engaged to one dominion. Casualties
per division, five mOrherland TO four
dominion.
Arras-Three and q half mother
land divisions engaged to one do
miniOn- Casualties. seven motherlaud
to six dominion.
pres-Seven mOtherland divisions
engaged to one dominion Casualties,
five motherland to one dominion.
1Tessiues-Two motherland divisions
engaged TO one dominion. Casualties.
II Wonderland to Is dominion
1IotherInnd Loses Greatest.
These figures prove that, taking
these series of battles - a whole. the
casualties among troops OF the moth
erlaud have been prOpOrtIOnately
higher than among dominion troops
Clearly there can be no question OF
the-former having been spared at the
expense OF the latter. on the con-
trary, the evidence points to the
fighting having been shared very
equally between the available troops
irrespective OF the part Of the British
empire from which they come
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

marine units. who landed for service
in France or Belgium during the
earliest and most critical phase Of
the war up 10 and including the first
battle of Tprcs in October. 1914.
Arrau Eemeuts are being made ac-
cordiuglv TO give effect 10 the king
wishes. the war office says. and
further announcement on the sub
ject viii be made as soon as possible.
This scheme has been steadily ad-
vocated since June last year, and
many letters in favor Of il have been
published. in August 1916, Mr. Beach
Thomas wrote proposing n medal for
every man who had then served as
cOmhatant for nine months. Last
June the Daily Mail had a leading
article again drawing attention to the
subject. which was mentioned i'm the
House of Commons just before IL rose
in August
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
ENGLAND May Use Whale
Meat Is Beet Snbsiitmte

London. Eng. Oct. 1s.-8Taitland T.
Kindersley. Of London. Is IN the Pa
cific northwest investigating the pos
sibilities OF substituting north Pa
cific whale meat in large quantities
for beef in England and for her
armies
KindersIey said he will subject
whale meat TO cold storage and chem
ical tests 10 determine whether or not
large supplies OF the chilled or frozen
meat can be transported 70 England
and remain in good condition
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13
japanese Troops Are
Not Needed In Russia

Paris. France, Oct. 13.-The Jour
raj des Debats expresses satisfaction
at the contradiction issued 10y
Reuters agency in London Of the re-
port that Japanese troops were con-
CentratiuE with . view to helping
Russia.
the journal ito the allies. but she
would not be able 10 continue It il
she had 10 prepare and equip, trans
port and maintain in Russia an ex-
peditiOnarv army. Russia does not
require electives, but internal order
and WIll-poWer.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-13

the summit, arriving there at night
fan to find the band Of the division
sheltering amidst the ruins OF the
War-Wreczed convent
At the unanimous solicitation Of the
musicians, some of whom had in years
bygone served under him at the Scala
opera house. Milan. and the MetropOli-
tan opera. New York, TOsCanlni as
sumed the leadership Of the band
Victorious Music in Battle Roar.
The jubilant strains OF the national
anthem. the Garibaldi hymn and other
national airs, accompanied by the
booming of guns. the crash of eXplo-
sives and the hail OF splinters Of rock.
We're soon echOinE far and wide upon
the night breeZes among the Alpine
heights. to the ineffable encourage
ment Of the cOmbatauts-