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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1917-04-21

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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
Insuring Our Soldiers
And Sailors

That a nation owes much to its
citizens who have fought it's battles
and to their families when they have
been killed or injured so as to
destroy or impair their capacity to
provide for their families has always
been recognized by the United
States. This just and generous policy
of our country as administered under
our pension system has been unduly
costly and has not always been just.
One of the proposed uses Of the
proceeds Of the Liberty Loan is to
give life and indemnity insurance to
our Soldiers and sailors and to pro-
vide allowances to their dependent
families while they are in the ranks.
The plan worked out by Secretary
Of the Treasury McAdoo and his co.
adjutors and approved by the Presi-
dent has been embodied in a bill
which is now pending in congress.
AS to the business and righteousness
of this insurance OF our fighting men
Secretary McAdoo says:
military service in the United
States is obligatory; those who
impeIiI themselves have no election.
The Insurance companies do not and
can not permit this to affect their
calculations. They must protect
themselves by charging premiums so
high that they are secured against
loss no matter how severe the rate
Of mortality may be. Consequently
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
ANOTHER CONSTITUTIONAL
FRIGHT"

Federal Judge James z. Boyd Of
North Carolina has declared that
children have a constitutional right"
to work In the cotton mills. and that
parents have a constitutional right
to the proceeds of their labors.
He has found the Heating owen
child labor law unconstitutional.
The child in other words. has .
constitutional right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness-in the
mills.
The Heating owen bill was pass
ed only after a most bitter fight.
The legal fight probably will be car
Tied to the United States supreme
court. The Forum sincerely hopes 1t
will, and that the United States SUI
preme court will find that Congress
has right to legislate for the con-
servation Of human lives and human
energy, and human health, as well
as the conservation Of natural
resources.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
Will The Small Town
Fight9
BY Reginald Wright Kaufman
Of the Vigilantes.

One evening. two months before
the start of the European war, sat
at dinner at an officsrs' mess in a
reat East Prussian fortress. Whan
the coffee was served, talk turned, as
Ii always did In those days. on the
possibility of war between Ger
many and France. My host. a captain
Of hussars. told me just how easily
his country would crush its neigh
Dor. AS mere layman, / ventureG
to suggest that perhaps England
would Interfere.
Never" said the captain, Eng
land is too fond of her merchant
marine"
Then recalled that France had
been a pretty good friend to Ameri-
ca when America was in her dirsst
need. II might be Just possible that
America would eventually take a
hand in such a war as was sug-
gested. / was met by ridicule; my
host had visited America AMI
thought that he knew THE certain
" spoke straight American.
Shine out from the measureless
OF hussars; you might get up a bit
Of enthusiasm for war against Ger
many in one or two of your big
cities. but the popular opinion Of
America is seated in your small
towns-and the American small town
hasn't got the CUTS to flg1t."
How Is the American small town
answering him now?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
Ny Own Hymn To
Greater America

composed and copyrighted 1917 by
Chas ]. North. All rights reservei)
From the crests of Thy frozen
mountains.
To the sands of Thy tropic sea;
In our many tongues and voices,
We are raising our voice to Thee.
The stars with their glory. i'm
mortal.
we can see in Thy waving Emblem.
blue.
To giId Thy Flag with the story,
OF all that is brave and true.
The golden rod blooms in Thy val
leys.
And the sage brush roots in Thy
plains.
The pine looks out from Thy noun
tains,
In the sunshine; and SHOWS and
rains.
In wisdom. Thy men grow Drawer,
In beauty. Thy women grow
strong,
Thy children are learning. over,
The battle Of right with wrong.
AS the springs run down to the
rivers,
4 And the rivers fow down to the
sea;
So the lives of Thy sons ana daugh-
tiers,
Flow down in their strength to
Thee.
When the clouds of danger gather,
Thew will rally to guard Thy path,
Like the rushing of mighty waters,
And the storm in its whirling
wrath.
BAH" said this Prussian captain
The symbol Of ali that is free.
And we lift IL high in the heavens,
Where all in the world can see.
We pray that in mercy and good
ness,
Its colors shall stay unfurled,
It'll Thy radiant dream of justice.
Is the vision Of all the world.
Buffalo. ~. Y, Aug. 8. 1917.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01

In the army everybody. on the other
hand, Is held to the strictest account.
There is very seldom any doubt as
to the man to be held responsible Tor
each task
Responsibility Always Fixed.
Within each rank, from major gen.
eral to private, every man has mis-
individual ranking, depending upon
his length of service in the office
which he holds. This ranking in
sures that in every situation some
body always has authority and is
responsible for whatever Is done
Even If two private soldiers are
working together without supervts-
ion, the one who has been longer in
the service takes charge and the
other must obey his orders. This
rules applies everywhere.
In civilian life there Is time for
argument. You may have better
ideas than your boss about how. a
certain thing should be done and
possibly may convince him and get
his original orders changed In army
life nothing of this kind can be per-
mitted. The officer in charge always
has the full responsibility. What
ever orders he gives must be in
stantly .obeyed. 1t is far better to
take action, even though the thing
may not be done in the best possible
way. than il is to stand still and de-
late. Lack of immediate action in
the crisis of a battle might mean
that the army would be defeated,
thousands of lives lost, and possibly
the honor Of the country stained.
Think over this difference between
army organization and civilian or
ganization. The longer you think
about 1T, the more clearly you will
see why your own interests demand
that you should fit into your place
in the army and follow instructions
much more strictly than is necessary
in civil life.
The army is governed by military
law. This means that soldiers are
not brought to trial in civil courts,
except for certain serious crimes, but
are subject to military courts Of in
quiry, summary courts and courts
martial. However, this will never
be a question Of much Importance to
the great majority OF men in the ma
tionaI army.
Success in Winning Victories.
Success in winning victories is the
object for which the army exists. In
comparison nothing else counts.
Every officer and every soldier must
be ready to make any sacrifice, big
or little, to accomplish this object.
An officer may spend years in work
ing out solutions to military prob
lens, only to find in the end that all
the credit for what he has done is
swallowed up in the general reputa-
ton of the army. If this proves to
be the case. he has no cause for COM
plant. 1t is the rule of the army
that everything must be done for
the good Of tAe service
In the same way you may be CALI
ed upon to carry through some dam
gerous mission or to perform I'm
pleasant duties Every such call is
an opportunity to show your loyalty
to the service and to the nation.
Remember in all these cases that
hundreds of thousands of other men
In the army. from top to bottom, like
yourself are working first and all the
time for the success of the team.
1t is usually the army with the
strongest team spirit that fights
it's way through to victory. Try TO
cultivate that spirit in the national
army, both in yourself and among
your comrades.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
Eastman Must Not Speak Tonigtt
(By J. E. r.


do their with 1.-THE Author
slowly setting plains
bright
NJ the lastra o a
his full height
Eastman shall not speak tonight
loyal the band to fall in line:
We herd Of
tonight.
echoed marching
and marched
waiting crowd
pachst who interrupted his order for shroud
will speak there tonight
frm defenders
speakers
we'll find peaceful haven let the loyal rabble
Kaiser Eastman will tonight"
wereth the Khaki, bahed the
spite of all they
their
edge of
this right"
Eastman
And each a pillow laid his
cheerfuly sought
distinguished
Eastman did tonight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
Other Mems Views
An Editorial That May or May Not
Square With The Forums
Opinions.

The Manitoba Free Press: Presi-
dent Wilson's reply to Pope Bene-
dict, IL it could be given general
circulation in Germany, might be
worth more to the entente cause
than half a million men-such is the
dynamic power of ideas.
The letter goes far towards put
ting the moral leadership Of the
forces leagued against Germany into
the hands of Woodrow Wilson. His
conception of the nature of the
struggle, the detectives that must be
attained precedent to peace and the
after the-war relations between the
powers will be heartily sympathized
with by all those elements in the
allied countries who are resolute
in their determination that this war
must end in new state of inter-
national society which will afford
some hope that in the future war
will be regarded as an obsolete and
barbarous method of adjusting inter-
national differences.
President Wilson's message Is in
reality addressed to the people OF
Germany. He tells them that there
can be no peace while an autocratic
government is in control of German
power. Germany has got to be made
over into a modern civilized state,
in her view of what is due to her
neighbors before this war can end.
In a recent issue of The New Re-
public there IL a very clear analysts
OF the German attitude which, while
IL continues, condemns the world to
actual warfare or to that COMPETE
ton in ornaments in peace time
which is but one step removed from
war. Urging a new international
code and society II says that the diff
fieulty In the way is the customary
recognition Of war as q dubious but
"still necessary method Of accom-
''plishing possibly desirable political
areanlfaW
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-09-01
The War For the Week

Two features mark the war news
for the week. the Presidents reply
to Pope Benedict's peace proposals,
and the indications that the sub
marine problem gradually is being
solved.
In actual fighting there has been
a Iull on all fronts during the last
few days. General Cadorna is con-
soIidating his positions and bringing
up his artillery for a renewed attack
on the Isonzo.
The Italian advance was the
greatest victory of the war for Italy.
It is reported that Trieste has been
evacuated by the civil population,
and there is every possibility that
the next advance will carry the
Italians into the city. as the chief
barriers seem to have been over
come.
On the western front in France
and Belgium, there has been little
but local fighting during the last few
days. Both the British and French
are preparing new attacks, and
heavy rains have interfered with
any extensive movements.
In Russia, the DISCRIMINATION of
the Russian army continues, but the
Germans apparently have not the
men to spare for drive at either
Riga and Petrograd or Odessa.
The Presidents Message.
The Presidents reply yet may
prove to have a decided bearing on
the military situation. 1t is a mes
sage aimed straight at the German
people over the heads of their mill
tary rulers. If 1t reaches them, 1t
may help strengthen the hands Of
the workers for a more democratic
form of government. President Will
son has made it clear that the Allies
will have no dealings with the pres
ent German government. There is no
doubling the real longing for peace
that has spread through Germany
and Austria. When that longing be-
comes strong enough to induce the
German people to bring about a
revolution, either peacefully or 9TH
erwise, the time for talking peace
will have arrived.
1t is very improbable that revo-
luton such as swept Russia will oc-
cur in Germany. The government is
too powerful and discipline too well
established. The hope is that the
business interests of Germany will
unite with the common people to end
the war. They see nothing but alb
solute ruin ahead of them if junker-
ism continues to rule. Germany is
close to bankruptcy now, and an
other winter Of war will take her
remaining credit. Nothing short Of
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complete victory with a huge in
demnity will restore her standing II
the war continues another year, and
the most extreme militarist in Ger
many hardly hopes for that now.
Save what is left" may soon be-
come a popular slogan in Germany,
and the government may be unable
to withstand it. The Presidents mes
sage will strengthen such a move
ment, and give it definite purpose.
Submarine Losses.
Figures on submarine losses have
hitherto varied so widely from week
to week that it was unsafe to base
any conclusions on the statistics for
any one week. The next weeks fig
ures might upset all conclusions. For
four weeks now, however, the losses
have been held almost to the min
imum since the unrestricted warfare
began, and there is hope that the
problem is being solved.
There is renewed talk of Edison's
invention, but the nature of it is be-
ing guarded carefully.
The success of the campaign prob
ably is not due to any one device.
1t is combination of more destroy
ers, more efficiency in handling the
destroyers, better knowledge Of the
submarines habits, many new de-
vices for detecting them, better
Workmanship. more armed mer-
chantmen, and other such factors.
There may be no royal road to beat.
ing the submarine but the Allies
seem to be slowly winning their way
against it.
The British are bombing the bases
persistently from the air, and the
! reports of the new Italian device to
support a naval attack against land
batteries, meagre. reports OF which
have reached this country, lead to
the hope that a combined attack by
land, air and sea will be made on the
North Sea bases before the winter
sets in.
Meanwhile, despite a close CEN
sorship, reports from Germany con-
tinue to show a desperate shortage
Of food and supplies. Germany If not
actually starving, is fighting on
very short rations. Her condition is
that of the South just before the
surrender Of Lee.
With starvation facing her, with
the submarine campaign failing,
with America getting into the war in
a way that was never expected, and
with the Allies taking terrific toll
of her rapidly diminishing electives.
Germany is facing certain defeat,
despite the conditions in Russia. If
she survives another winter, her
collapse will be the more complete.