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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-03
s. D. TEAMS IN
TILE YESTERDAY

WHITING. IND. March The wen
built team from the Tower stHs" met
defeat yesterday afternoon by the boys
from tire Pressure stills" The game
was fast and exciting and every MIN
ute was fun Of action
OHara and T. Girard were the point
golfers for the winners while Aide
ANA Mcshanc shone for the losers.
Score. 3t To IL. Lineup
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-03
Darcy BARRED
ASA 'SLACKER';
FLYNN HIS SUB
Fight Decisions.

Decisions Of fight representatives are:
A. New xork-Carl Morris beat Joe
Bonds, who claimed foul t5)-
At Philadelphia-Irish Patsy Cline beat
Johnny Nelson 90.
At Milyvaukee-Dick Loadman beat
Johnny wolfe lo); Joe Dory knocked
out Joe Mace 10; Mike Ertle beat
Billy Driscou 60; Gud German beat
Young Mahoney 90.
At New orleans-GoriIla Jones knocked
out Hook Barnes (1o).
At syracuse-Buck Grouse knocked out
Young Fisher 90.
At Peoria-Kid Herman knocked out
frankie White 81.
At Boston-Joe Burns beat Tony sVatAn
llol.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-03
Tlynn to Fight Dillon

NEW YORK, March 3.-There VIII
be ten round bout at Madison Square
garden Monday night and Jack Dillon
VIII be one Of the principals. Jim
Flynu. the Pueblo fireman, Will he his
opponent. At an eleventh hour confer
ence last night Grant Hugh Brown de-
eided upon the substitution Of Flynn
for Les Darcy and the match was made.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-03-03
BASKET BALL.

The Rooster cjab made it's first p3b-
Iic appearance in basket ball by bes0ng
the All-safnt= team on the latters' floor
Thursday night - to -. The Boosters
are rounding into condition fast and
xpect to he going a full speed by the
time of their next game. They have
schedule Of five games arranged and
hoppe TO add more games soon.
live newspaper for people who are
stiIl on earth that's what THE
TIMES il.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Notable English Early War Comment

will not endure wrong because they would
regard il as sin. We want to take that PRIDE
the soldier feels in the possession of his
gun. that erect posture of body and soIl
which can be seen as the outcome of his
training, and substitute for it PRIDE IN the
tools of labor, be they the miners pick, the
surgeons knife or the weaver's loom
"The Englishwoman," the most serious OF
the organs of the feminist movement in
England, discusses the war situation in the
same radical tone of race conscience that
characterizes Mr.. Lansbury's utterances
In an editorial announcement, in the issue
for September, the editors, who include
Miss Frances Balfour, Miss Mary Lowndes
and other well known British FEMINIST
names, inform us that the non-mllltant
wing of the British suffrage workers, rec
ognizing that at the present moment the
first aim of all British subjects must be
TO prosecute a just war to its appointed
end and to guard so far as is possible
against the poverty, sickness and other
evils which every war brings in It's traln'
have decided to suspend for the present
advocacy of the enfranchisement OF women
and to cooperate as far as may be IN the
general movement Of women to play the
part Of citizens"
"For the present" the editors of THE
Englishwoman" announce, their magazine
"will be used to give publicity, so far as
lies in its power, to forces, schemes and
methods of relief work, and will endeavor
70 represent the opinions of the large num-
ber of women who feel to the full the nor
yors of war, who ardently desire peace
hut who vet would not buy it at the price
Of honor"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
American Sympathy

In an editorial "The Review of Re-
views" in November, 1914. observed:
"If American public opinion has shown
marked sympathy with the cause OF the AL
lies as against Germany, it is not through
anv lack of good will for the German people
or friendly desire for the permanent well
fare and prosperity of the German nation
Il ;s because Germany seems to have over
plaved her miltarism and unduly wof-
shipped her ideal of the dominant Germpn
nationality, so that she has seemed 70 lose
q lust sense of the sscredness of other peo-
ples' rights in the world. For example tnere
is not the slightest indication that there is
a single soldier, statesman, diplomatst,
Journalist or scholar in all Germany VINO De-
lieves for moment that there is any SIN
ceritv in the English pretence that the rights
of Belgium are what led Britain INTO 'ne
war
"All Germans seem to believe that England
mas selzed an opportunity to support france
and Russia in crippling Germany, with the
object of promoting British imperial aud
commercial interests. In America feeling
for the cause of Belgium is so sincere and
deep that there are many who believe that
under the Hague treaties, we should have
ioined in formal protest against the viola
tion of Belgian neutrality. The motives
that impel nations to war are not always
easy to analyze.
"But the Germans are mistaken in failing
70 attach value to the expressions of many
Englishmen who have felt it obligatory upon
England to stand by the guarantee Of Belgian
rights. When sound and just insti-
,rtions Of world federation are established
IL will be desirable to multiply, rather than
10 diminish, the number OF nations govern
ing themselves while enjoying friendly rela-
tions with those about them"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
A Wartime Family Circle

"The tragedies of the war have come nearer
70 us here in America in the last two years
than we have perhaps realized. This group
of women whose husbands are fighting in the
armies Of our allies is not a small one. In
New York alone there are 500 families Of
Italian reservists VINO have gone backto fight.
In the New York district, including New
England and New Jersey, there are still 600
French reservists' families, though 900 others
have gone back 10 France to live. The British
consulate in New York is caring for $50 fam
lilies in New York, New Jersey and Con-
necticut whose men are on the other side
fighting.
"These families certainly deserve special
synpathy, for they have many Of them faced
anxiety without kin or neighbo-hood ties to
comfort them"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
The End Of the War Set Only
Three Months Distant

"All those issues will be more or less
definitely decided within the next two or
three months. By that time, believe Ger
man Imperialism will be shattered, and IL may
be possible to anticipate the end Of the srma-
ments phase Of European history.
France, Italy, England and all the smaller
powers Of Europe are now pacific countries.
Russia, after huge war, will be too ex-
hausted for further adventure. Shattered
Germany will be revolutionary. Germany will
be as sick of the uniforms and imperialism
idea as France was in 1871, as disillusioned
about predominance as Bulgaria is to-day.
"The way will be open at last for all these
Western powers TO organize q peace.
"That is why I, with my declared horror
Of war, did not sign any Of these stop the
war appeals.
Declarations that have appeared in the
last few days are that every sword is drawn
against Germany Now is the sword drawn
for peace"
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
If England Does Not Fight
She Will Be Humiliated

"The role of England in the huge struggle
is as plain as daylight. We have to fight, II
only on account of the Luxembourg outrage.
We have to fight If we do not fight England
will cease to be a country to be proud of, and
we shall have a dirt bath to escape
"For my part, do not doubt that Germany
and Austria are doomed to defeat in this
war. 1t may not be a catastrophe defeat,
though even that is possible, but il will be
defeat There is no destiny in the stars
and every sign is false il this is not so.
"They have provoked an overwhelming COM
bination of enemies. They have underrsted
France They are hampered by bad social
and military traditions. The German is not
naturally a good soldier. He is orderly and
obedient, but not nimble or quick-witted
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

area of possible conflict. But with what
slightest prospect of success now, when the
Austrian declaration had, in fact, set the
match to the magazine?
The Austrian declaration of war precipi-
tated the final crisis All eyes turned in
stantly to Berlin and ST. Petersburg, where
efforts were still being made to compose the
disagreement, which was now recognized as
almost inevitably leading toward a general
war.
Russia met the the Austrian declaration Of
war upon Serbia with prompt order for par
tial mobilization directed at Austria on the
same day, July 2S. 1t was clear at once that
hope of peace was fast fading, for Russian
mobilization was bound to be signal for
similar action on the part of the other great
powers. Germany relying upon the speed of
her mobilization to counterbalance the su-
perior numbers of Russia, when the Slav
army was at last modified, could not permit
Russia to gain in peace an advantage that
would be dangerous if war came.
In the days before war was actually de-
clared the position England would take re-
mained obscure. Not until the very end did
she publicly make up her mind Yet long
before the invasion of Belgium supplied a
definite issue it was clear that the war party
in London was growing. Officially, however,
and with unmistakable earnestness, Sir Ed
ward Grey labored at st. Petersburg and Ber-
lin for peace. Throughout the critical period
his whole endeavor was to find way by
which the Serbian dispute could be withdrawn
from the battle ground of the two groups Of
powers and reIegated to diplomatic discus
sion by the powers not directly affected.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
What the Frenchman
Has Learned

"On the other hand, since those years Of
disaster, the Frenchman has learned the les
son of humility. He is prepared now SOM
brely for similar struggle. His is the grav-
ty that precedes astonishing victories. In
the air, in the open field, with guns and
machines, it is doubtful if any one fully real
ICES the superiority of his quality to the
German.
."On the Eastern frontier the issue is more
doubtful, because of the uncertainty Of Rus
sian things. The peculiar military strength
of Russia, the strength she was never able
to display in Msnchuria, lies in her vast re-
sources of mounted men.
"a set invasion Of Prussia may be q mat.
ter Of many weeks, but the raiding possibili-
ties in Eastern Germany are enormous.
at is difficult to guess how far a Russian
attack will be directed by intelligence, how
far Russia will have to blunder very disas-
.rously, indeed, before she can be put upon
the defensive.
"a Russian raid is far more likely TO
threaten Berlin than a German to reach
Paris. .. .
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

In this effort France and Italy Joined loyal
ly. Neither desired war. Russia, too, frank
ly pessimistic from the start, consented to
accept any formula which should not involve
the destruction of Serbian independence.
But as Russian championship of Serbia was
for Austria, in fact, a step toward the asser-
tion of Russian tutelage over the Slavs of
the Balkans, and, indeed, of Austria herself
no middle ground was discoverabe, while
Germany steadily stood behind her ally. 1t
must be the work of history to decide the
merits Of the rival charges made after war
began as to the responsibility for it; what is
necessary to record now is that in this period
il was England, still giving no official indi-
cation of her future course, who sought to find
way to bridge the ever-growing gap between
Russian and Austrian purposes.
Germany declared war upon Russia on Au-
gust /, following Russia's refusal to demob-
ilize The next morning her troops were re-
ported in Luxembourg, where they promptly
took possession of the grand duchy. Mean
while in London the suspicion of German pur-
pose to move against France by way Of Bel
gium was growing, France, in response to
an inquiry from Sir Edward Grey, had al
ready agreed to respect the neutrality Of
Belgium. Germany had merely agreed to re-
spect the integrity of the kingdom and ren-
burse it for any damage that might flow from
German operations in Belgium.
When Sir Edward Grey again asked for
less marrow" pledge the British Ambasss-
dor in Berlin was told that it was too late.
that German troops were already across the
frontier and that Germany had been COM
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

leave Serbia to her fate, abandon her schemes
to destroy Austria within and without; she
must publicly confess she could not aid her
weaker Slav allies or she must fight Aus
tria preferred TO be destroyed by war rather
than by the attrition of intrigue.
If France and Great Britain stood with
Russia, her decision could not be mistaken.
If France and Russia were agreed to resist,
the result could hardly be different But
British statesmen were unlikely to run the
risk of German victory which would leave
Germany with her hands free to fight for
naval supremacy.
The worst phase of the July crisis was
that neither Alliance nor Entente could now
escape war without tremendous loss of pres
tige. The challenge of Austria had been
made in such fashion that it left Russia no
choice between war and dishonor. The Ger
man official utterance gave the thing the
value of an issue between the Triple Alliance
and the Triple Entente.
It was the combination of all of these cir
cumstances which made the Serbian crisis the
most serious Europe had seen since Bismarck
edited the fateful Ems dispatch and the
Franco Prussian war resulted.
Although Serbia agreed to comply with all
but the most humiliating of Austria's de-
mands and to refer these to The Hague,
Austria pronounced the Serbian answer un-
satisfactory, and on July 2S declared war
upon Serbia The declaration of war auto
matically removed from the field of diplo-
macy the possibility of composing the origi-
nal cause Of the European crisis. 1t also
transformed a situation already grave beyond
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

1.-THE Review Of Reviews" shortly
/ after the outbreak Of war, col
lected some interesting opinions
hlovs;
Prressor Graham Taylor, in an article
: Il. Survey" which gives the result
h Impressions in Europe during the
kN iornight Of the war, said:
u. Socialists must be surprised at the
fau;s spectacle Of this frstricidal strife.
zn Social Democrats in one army are
ss+g the Socialists Of France, Belgium
England in the army Of the Allies
However, it is only fair TO remem-
ia, the same feeling arises at the sight
c.-istsns in a life-and-death struggle
pr Christians, Protestants against Prot
Sr,i Catholics against Catholics, and the
y Orthodox against the Holy Orthodox IN
nzs irrational struggle. The
R& Of this war was too sudden and severe
s rything 70 withstand. The German
s-SLls,s, now, prove TO be no exception
l< British laboring mans position IN
svsr is voiced most vigorously in "The
s5n Daily Herald" edited by George
@1'0ry, who, it will be remembered a
%n 50 ago resigned from Parliament
protest against the governments at
K toward woman suffrage. Mr. Lans-
has urged a general strike Of trans
'Saon workers against the use Of COM
sstions for war purposes:
es protest against war is to be MADE
s-1s those workers who have IN thelr
tas control Of transport and COM
alton must refuse to allow them TO be
isr an end which will cause untold
q issering. They must strike against
Tie labor leaders must act at once.
= ii gwen 20 the worker the oppor-
y % strike . blow at the very heart Of
'''italist system. The weapon stands
y % the workers hand. Nay they dare
sils"
" a. impressive editorial, "The Daily
7'AF applies William Jsmes'S urgency
'Horal equivalent for war:
srsi we still have an army, equipped
" Death but for life? Cannot we fight,
a<a other, but our common foe
I" Cannot we thus preserve in the In
~, tsfs Of the people that morale We
hst have s,aznate1 II Is not difficult
b.. Nat moral equivalent. II lies In the
- ef civic sense. We must engender
IA. ~ Of the errors Of our civilization, a
V bitter and compelling that men
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Russia Was Expected
To Take a Part

But that Russia would do this remained as
inconceivable as it was on the day when
Austria made her first move. Nothing of the
meagre news that came from ST. Petersburg
since that hour had warranted the slightest
hope that Russia would remain passive wit
ness TO the destruction of two little states
bound to her by race, by religion and by
sentiments too deep to analyze.
And if Russia did not suffer the destruc-
ton of Serbia, then Germany was fatally
drawn into the vortex by her obligations,
which were made by Bismarck, and through
the Triple Alliance have preserved the peace
of Europe for more than generation. With
Germany, France, too, was involved. AS sa-
cred and as binding upon France as upon
Germany were the terms of her foreign alli-
ances.
England and Italy might stand aloof. In
deed, there was every indication that they
would, for the present. Desperate efforts in
Rome and London were still being made to
"localize," to limit, to reduce the immense
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
The First Great
Offensive

Meantime the world was hearing for the
first time of that great German offensive
through Belgium which was to hold its at
tention for many weeks. The first news,
that of German soldiers in Luxemburg and
about Liege, all pointed to the adoption by
Germany of that flank attack which had long
been the subject Of military discussion. That
Germany would disregard the neutrality OF
Belgium and Luxembourg and seek to strike
France on the open northern frontier had
been the familiar prediction of the well in
formed.
The whole purpose of this German often
sive was to make a quick and terrible thrust
into the heart of France before France was
ready and before Russia could bring up her
armies on the Polish frontier-to dispose
of France finally" as General Won Bern
hardi had said.
Belgian resistance the Germans had esti-
mated as worth little. Liege was a strong
fortress, but it commanded but one of seven
highways open to the Germans. The possi-
bility that the British army might be land
ed in Belgium and come up on the flank and
rear was reckoned with, but held unlikely
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
- N AUGUST 4, 1914, through the
Z mediumship Of "The New York
Times" H. G. Wells expressed his

medlumSnlp OF Inc NeW Iolh
Times" H. G. Wells expressed his
"Vision of Armageddon." He said in part .
"At last the intolerable tension is over.
Europe is at war. The monstrous vanity that
was begotten by the easy victories of ls7O-71
has challenged the world. Germany prepares
to reap the harvest that Bismarck sowed.
That trampling, drilling foolery in the heart
Of Europe that has arrested civilization and
darkened the hopes of mankind for forty
years-German Imperialism and German mill
tarism-has struck its inevitable blow.
"The victory of Germany will mean the
permanent enthronement of the war god over
all human affairs. The defeat Of Germany
may open the way to disarmament and peace
throughout the earth. To those who love
peace there can be no other hope in the pres
ent conflict than her defeat, the utter dis
credting Of the German legend-ending IL
for good and all--of blood and iron, the su-
perstiton of Krupp, flag waggng, Teutonic
Kiplngism, and all that criminal sham eff
cheney that centres in Berlin.
Never was a war so righteous as is the
war against Germany now; never any state
in the world so clamored for punishment;
but be it remembered that Europe's quarrel
is with Germany as a state, not with the Ger.
man people; with the system, not with The
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Two tmies Of kasel
fntef france and Be-
gn Hostiltss
ONE StltS lUNHsUsG
agss,s rAsyu.t NJ, ts's'
aa -
Russian Forces Cross
4 German Border al
Many Points
SUI RAILROAD STATION
-
sts ps5 t's'iysnss. csf"as

sny this generation had known into one of
peril almost beyond calculation.
1t was still humanity possible that the con-
fict might be localized" as the current
phrase had it, In other words, it was still!
possible for Russia to stand aside and per-
nit the little Slav state of Serbia and
Montenegro, which owed their existence to
her, to be worn down by the millions of
Austro-Hungarian soldiers, who were al
ready advancing on Serbian soil.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

1HOUSANDS Of soldiers are hght-
ing in the trenches under the hagS
n Of Italy. France and England "hO
had their homes in the United states ana
whose families are still here. The sur
voyp gives us this little glimpse Of re-
turned reservist and his family;
"Witb Jofre there came unherslded TO 'he
r,i,ed states a group Of men from the
g.a,.b trenches. home for their FIRST iur-
,anah since the war began. For, European
80 though they we're, home TO them meant
the United States. There were more ,"s"
hundred Of them whose families hau
here waiting through all these months anu
only when the English had taken over .
l.r0er,> section Of the front could 'neS DC
spared.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Nrm Durk szssz 6
LATEST NEWS OF THE WAR.

Nor. h.n 500
n sSzS 100000 tor
ssney"
,Aus4
Belgium military
drs ,pVropr.eor
Of ,2Soooo 900 for the expense, Of the
Germany, declaration Of tranes
hp including the bsae<ru'sr Oss reported
&C Of and Li The
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29

t

PEELED to take such steps by "imperious ne
cessity." The British government replied
with an ultimatum, which called forth The
celebrated inquiry of the German Chancellor,
Won Bethmann- -Holweg: "Was England to
make war for mere scrap of paper'?' This
paper was the English pledge to protect the
neutrality Of Belgium.
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
kAustrian
1 -natun1

July % Austria abruptly sent an ulti-
". 10 Serbia, in substance charging that
.-nent with responsibility for the muir
II the archduke, imposing conditions
!. 4 amounted to the surrender of Serbian
,,udence and giving but few hours for
ksr. This was instantly accepted by Eu-
.s real challenge to Russia, and for
Aird time in five years the two great
rs Of European powers, the Triple ALI
], md the Triple Entente, stood face to
With the obvious possibility that war
n result from the clash of rival purposes.
!. more Russia, France and Great Britain
J. IN one camp, Germany, Austria and
ru-sby Italy in the other, and between
To lay the old question of European
.ra Of power.
July. 1914, a very considerable faction
5,r-su official life believed that only by
vuld Germany maintain her predomi-
~ IN Europe, and that a few years more
ace would leave her far behind Russia
-sngth, in resources and in allies. In
5. bs could count on Austria and, pre-
rEy Italy. A few years hence and
| h- might have fallen apart, but Russia,
knd and France were not likely to grow
zisr.
he challenge Austria issued to Russia,
., was Germany's challenge. 1t was also
| own declaration of determination to
\. for her existence. Russia had enlisted
rsis and Rumanis on her southern bound
! Russia had promoted Slav aspirations
! asloyalty in Austria. Now Russia must
New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
The Vision of I'll. c.. Wells
This noted writer believed Germany would
be brought to her knees within three months

Hence, his sole considerable military
achievement is his not very lengthy march to
Paris in 1871.
"The conditions of modern warfare have
been almost completely revolutionzed, and
in direction that subordinates massed fght-
ing. and unintelligent men to the rapid initia-
tive of individualized soldiers.