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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-11-03
Collecting the Waste.

III" armyS first consideration in
planning This work has been the saui-
tary and hygienic problem. At each
environment The wastes will be collect
ell aud transported 70 single trans
fer station" under the direction OF the
sanitary inspector. Through the use
Of the tWo-Ian system, wastes will be
tightly enclosed throughout their col
lection. StcriliZed cans will be sub
stituted for the filed cans ut the
kitchens, the nuisance of disagreeable
odOrs and danger from flies being re-
duced TO q minimum. Every step In
tive process OF reclamation and utiliZa-
ton is carefully safeguarded and Is
under the absolute direction Of "A SAN
i.lrE force, each contractor being
placed under heavy bonds.
At the transfer station. the wastes
are turned over to n contractor, who
will remove them So a point at least
three miles distant from the reSerya-
loE. There The wastes will be com
pleteiy sorted. Bottles will be stcr-
iliZed and sold for commercial us". Tin
cans Will be baled and the solder, tin
and iron reclaimed. Paper, which is
estimated about five tons per day. will
be baied. Bones will be kept separate
:;:ld ground for fertilizer. The hides
of dead animals will be removed and
The carcassc, reduced" for grease and
fertilizer.
TIL CHIEF items OF waste will be thc
garbage and the manure. 1t Is esti-
mated that there are ] 200 animals ut
each cantonment, producing 100 tons
O: manure per day. At the date Of
the report the manure from II can
comments had been sold for $40 900
annually.
Big Saving Through Garbage.
The greatest element OF saving is
through the garbage. This has been
sold for an annual price of S-itG,-
394.57. The garbage from IL q the
cantounents Will be used for feeding
swine. II is estimated On The basis of
experiments conducted Al the Chilli
cothe canJonmcnt. that the garbage
waste from 10 70 Is men will feed one
hog and enable it TO add To its weight
one pound per day. At this rate, the
garbage from these 10 cantonments
will produce 1S9S0O00 pounds Of pork
per year.
When not used for feeding, the gar
bage will be REDUCED" that is. cooked
at high temperate the grease e1-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Effort to Obtain Political
Reform Will Continue

Further evidence is at hand showing that
the more liberal elements in Germany feel
that their position has been compromised
by the President; but it is gratifying to
note that they propose to go on with their
efforts to obtain political reforms, not
withstanding the injury which, as they
claim, the President has done to their
cause. In this spirit the "Frankfurter
Zeitung' points out that the reactionary
elements are trying to make political capt.
tai out Of the Presidents reply, trying to
make It a point of national honor" that
the German people now shelve the idea OF
democratizing their institutions indefinitely
because America makes it conditional to
peace" The paper is by no means satisfied
with such a reaction to the Presidents re-
ply, and adds: while unwarranted inter
ferers will be sharply raped on the
knuckles, the people shall not be deferred,
even by enemies, from enforcing reforms
deemed necessary for the benefit of the
country"
Ir a similar strain the "Germania," the
leading Centrist or Catholic organ of Ber-
lin, writes, that while not even the slight
est reform must be introduced under for
eign pressure, none must be kept back just
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Those Demanding German Peace
/ and Those Merely Peace

Meanwhile. the sharp divergence be-
txpoon those stalwart Germans who demand
n German peace and those who merely
demand peace, but demand 1t with a daii!
swelling emphasis, grows more and more
nerceptible. Thus the cable this week IN
formed America that the Cathohc clergy
of Bavaria and other parts OF South uer-
many were carrying on an active peace
nronaganda on the basis of the Pope's note.
But Bavaria, as everybody knows, easily
Yields to humane longings, which tho
"cnsrled and knotted" Prussian frowns
upon. by established habit, as sheer
weakness.
The characteristic Prussian answer TO
this South German movement is contained
in the news that a new party has been
organized in North Germany which has
staked out its claim in the form Of dec
laration against peace dictated by weak
nerves." In particular, 1t proposes to COM
bat the we'll known peace resolution OF the
Reichstag. and later on, when the German
victory has been fully achieved, 1t will DO
some more combating against elmer dis
sessions" over the spells of war. This
party-fathered by such lamblike Prus-
slams as Admiral Tirpitz, who also faith
cred the Lusitania horror, and Duke
Johann Albrecht Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
whose German Colonial Society is appar-
emily now in a comatose condition-calls
itself the patriotic party" claims to be
strictly non.political," and promises to
disband when peace is made.
Naturally, the stalwarts have been
greatly encouraged in their hopes of a
German peace" by the capture OF Riga;
and the German military men are again
dreaming of a peace, not of negotiation
and concession, but forced upon the Allies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
undoubtedly stand for peace through
agreement"
Insult Added to Injury. in the
l Eyes Of Many Germans

Meanwhile, President Wilson's reply to
the Pope has continued to occupy the fore
ground of political discussion in Germany;
and Secretary Lansing's explanatory foot
note to the reply has given an additional
touch of piquancy TO the Trades OF the
press. The explanation that the President
was not thinking Of demanding the de-
thronement of the Kaiser has but added
insult to injury, in the view Of some Ger
man editors; and they fall upon him with
charges of presumption and ignorance OF
German conditions. The Grown Prince
and Hndenburg join in ringing the
changes upon the Presidents "presumpt-
ousness"; and even so moderate paper as
the "Frankfurter Zetung" remarks:
"Thc latest reports from Washington are
only a fresh sign Of Americas extreme igno-
rance Of real conditions in Germany. Pre-
sumably we should see condescension in the
fact that the American government is salts
fed with the German government, with the
exception of n few changes. In reality,
people with sense of honor and RESPONSE
bility must refuse to admit that domeS'ic
reforms can be made matter Of guarantee
for peace"
In a severer strain the Cologne Ca
zette" writes: president Wilson's imper-
Thence is beginning to get on our nerves.
Has he no adviser to tell him that this sort
Of interference is bound to goad proud
people to fury7"
The Centrist or Catholic party has is
sued formal declaration intended to en-
tighten the President as to German condi-
tions. That the President Is Ill informed
is regarded by the party as self-evident;
it expresses it's opinion about his ignorance
in the following terms:
"What Mr.. Wilson has to say concerning
the characterization Of the German Empire
has only demonstrated the helpless ignorance
OF this learned President Of the United
States. He does not seem to have the slight
est conception Of German conditions, other
wise he would have avoided, in connection
with such a momentcus message, conjuring
ND a comparison between methods Of govern
ment of the German Empire and those OBJ
tanning at Washington"
The declaration then endeavors to turn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
n eports at Length Come Through
IN Swiss and French Papers

Hence, it is chiefly to the newspapers of
other countries that we must look for
anything like an intelligent account of
what has occurred in Spain. Swiss and
French papers have now arrived with
reports that give at least a better under
standing of events than was hitherto pos
sible. Some of these reports are in the
form of correspondence, from Spain itself,
which seems to have escaped the hand of
the censor.
The first in the series of events referred
to was the military insubordination of
June /. 1t is thus described in a letter
from Spain, printed by the journal de
Geneve" of August 10:
"The soldiers, Disguised with the neglect
which those in authority exhibited in deal
ing with military problems and national de-
fence, and tired Of favoritism and injustice,
which. as they claim, are prevalent among
the governing classes, completed the organ
ization Of their defence committees by form
ing infantry defence committees, which had
not till then existed. The arrest Of the mem
bcrs of the latter brought the conflict TO a
climax. and caused decisive movement in
the army. which demanded the immediate re-
lease Of the prisoners. Instead of shooting
the arrested soldiers, as the government pro-
posed. il yielded to the demands Of the troops
and liberated them. This submission on the
mart of the government prevented military
r.volution. but its prestige and authority
in the army were undermined, and disobedi-
ence became open
The article goes on TO say that the new
government of Premier Dato has set to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

TIME drift of events in Spain during
the past three months has been
hard for Americans to comprehend
There was a confused interplay Of news
about strikes of railway employees, semi
reasonable outbreaks in the army and
political agitation that seemed to aim at
a revolutionary change in the political
system. In all this it was quite impos-
sible for even the most intelligent news
paper reader to discover just what was
happening and why. There seemed to be
no well-marked cause for the general I'M
7est, nothing that gave connected gen
esis to the various symptoms of discon-
tent. A rigid application of the censor
ship in Spain added what was lacking to
prevent a satisfactory understanding
abroad Of what was going on in Spain.
Even now we get from the Spanish press
but confused picture of events and their
causes for the blackening hand of the
censor has often swept over its columns
to prevent interesting news about Spanish
affairs from passing beyond the Pyrenees.
An example will illustrate how the CEN
cor has muzzled the press In its issue
of July %, eel LIBERAL" one of the lead
ing liberal organs and a strong supporter
of the government, printed the manifesto
Of the members of Parliament from Cata-
lonia, who form the so-called "Regionalist"
minority in that body. In the manifesto
occurs this sentence: ain our aims and
in our desires there is no attempt to div
vide Spain, but TO form an organic unity
-" but there the blackening hand got
in its deadly work, and the sentence ended
with the apology, "(deleted by the CEN
sor)".
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
A Grewsome Post-Mortem
n Examination

Shortly after the arrest of Duval, Alme-
reyda was taken into custody. Eight days
later his death in prison was announced.
His sudden death, said "The Manchester
Guardian" was
"at first attributed to hemorrhage brought
on by his being deprived OF morphine. In
the circumstances ". Vivisni, the Minister o.
Justice, ordered that three medical experts
should examine the body. They reported tina:
traces of strangulation were visible o. the
neck, and in consequence post-mor;em ex-
animation and an inquiry among the staff Of
the prison were ordered.
The sensation caused in Paris by the an
nouncement Of Almereyda's strangulation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Of newspapers like the foregoing; II ury.,
that the Reichstag make it clear that, Wiki
Americas help in democratizing Germany
is not needed, at should show that II h.
tends, nevertheless, to carry out reforms
theoretically" The paper is penuadsd
that good Germans understand what vii.
son is driving at"
Finally, it is pleasant to chronicle he
fact that one important political reform IA
Germany has come within sight: the nj.
ten-borough character Of the ReichSas
districts is to be corrected. Thirty new Dis
tricts are to be created by carving up tie
biggest Of the huge districts Of Berlin and
the industrial regions. The result will b
a considerable gain of seats by the Social.
lists; and thus the forces making for Do.
mocracy will be reinforced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
the tables upon the President in the foi-
lowing passage:

the tables upon the President in the FOL
lowing passage:
"Where is the more democratic system 10
be found to-day-Berlin or Washington VI
in truth there stands to-day at the nesd o.
any belligerent nation q real autocras ne may
be found in the United States Nowhere sise
has q ruler attempted to suppress the r'gn'
and desire Of the people to cooperate In 'hs
government.
as it necessary to remind the Presideh'
that the accredited representatives. OF the
German people on July 10 Of this year SOL
emily participated in the disposition OF their
destinies? And is it further unknown to nm
that the German Chancellor has summoneH
seven members from out the ranks Of Parma
ment to confer and collaborate with him IL
formulating the reply to.the PopeF
an no other country does similar inst-
tuition exist, and no other so-cailed parlia-
mentary system Of government possesses
similar body of constituted representative, OF
the people which Yields equal influence upon
the shaping Of policies in respect to an I'M
portant international problem"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Q pain More Completely Blocka6cd
y Even Than England

The editorial goes on to say that Spain
is suffering, in consequence Of the war,
from business crisis of extreme gravity.
Spain, it claims, it more completely block
AIDED than England itself; the Spanish
import and export trade no longer ex-
lists; and one-sixth of the commercial ma
rine has been destroyed. There is an
extreme scarcity Of coal The high wages
prevailing in France have attracted labor
ers across the frontier by hundreds Of
thousands; and Spanish farmers are suf-
fering not only from the loss of their
foreign market, but from the scarcity Of
labor and high wages. The only part of
the people who have profited by the war
are manufacturers of certain war goods;
and these manufacturers are confined
chiefly to Catalonia and the Basque prov
inces.
The Spanish people are very unhappy
over the war. "No people says the Jour
nal" "have been more divided by the war
than the Spanish. In certain places So
cial relations have become almost impos-
sible; germanophiles and francophiles an
tagonize each other in all the parties, in
ell crowds, in all social gatherings. The
result is that there is nervousness among
the people that greatly complexities exist
ing political problems"
1t is interesting to note, finally, that the
Journal traces connection between the
home-rule movement in Catalonia and the
proclamation of the rights of nationalites
made during the war by the European
allies and the United States. 1t says that
this proclamation has come like new
dogma and has impaired a new vigor to
the "Regionalist claims Of Catalonia"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
nut the Minister Remained
ID Under Fire

Although the Presidents announce
ment made it clear that Almereyda was D"
as black as he had been painted, the ME
lister of the Interior, VI. Malvy, was SUI
under fire. He resigned from his once "
refute the charges made against him. W
August % he issued the following sta's
ment:
81 have been reproached for my anes'.
intimacy of bad nature with the msa VS.
has Just died lamentable death. n'''
known this man as he had been knc'H :,
all those involved in the politics OF 'h'
few years. have received him IN ny W
fee as Minister Of the Interior, for / p'"
that the force Of no opinion Should Ue
derestimated in times of war, and oeesss.
wished to retain his paper in the ps''oo. n,
league which he previously supported liz
relations, which, | repeat again, were P,'..
OF a political character. and similar 10 'h0'.
maintained with all journalists, had ee'"
completely after he had left the pa" =,
formerly had been following. ms "T -
nature of the intimacy with wnien
charged for want OF more serious en',
against me. ! have never been rsee"V
that man. and have never received nim y.
cept while exercising my Official iuhe"V-
The AlmereyGa case put the kloo' D.
ernment in an unusually precarlous ~
ton. If Almereyda was traitor, then y.
government was responsible for halO''r'
in its supreme council friend and pH
tector of that traitor. Such was Tue
Of the Conservatives. On the otner h'D
if Almereyda was not traitor, pu' %''
an internationalist, then the racieai
ties held the government respons'0s
his death in prison before he had even '''
a trial. Il.
In Tie confusion that resulted from -
whole affair the Ribot Cabinet foun' y"
under a double. fire, having lost INC :.
port Of both the Socialists and .o"'>
tives. In the circumstances there
nothing left for it to do but ret'i.
though invited by the President 70 w.
struct the Cabinet, Ribot failed 70 avm
account of the withdrawal of the Soc''.
support. The President then requ.,
War Minister Painleve to form 'a' ~.
Painlev6, one of Frances stronse'' ~,
sonalities, undertook to form mn" ~.a
with the aid of the Socialists. nc .,.s
ore attempt and failed. He was "
urged by Poincare TO repeat his en0l -
finally succeeded, 1t is generally rh'
at the expense of vital concessions
Socialists.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

ity, of anything that had hitherto been con-
ceded by the German authorities. A Ger
many that proposes to erect Alsace-Lor-
raine into an independent state and grant
Serbia a port on the Adriatic-evidently
with Austria's acquiescence-is certainly
a different Germany from the Gloria Vik-
toria" Germany that the world has grown
all too accustomed to hearing proclaimed
by Germans during the last three years.
These ostensible peace terms have been
received with marked suspicion by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Contrary to the Governmental
~ Decree, the Convention Met

The government forbade the assembling
of the convention, but 1t met, notwith-
standing on the appointed day, and
adopted all of its essential decisions be-
fore it was dissolved by the government.
The latter had tried TO prevent non-Cata-
lonians from attending, but about one-half
Of the eighty members of the convention
were from the other provinces. The
"Regionalist" movement has strong sup
port also in the Basque provinces Of the
North, which have the same economic
reason as Catalonia for desiring home rule.
Some of the most prominent men of Spain,
ike Melquiades Alvarez, leader Of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

work energetically to remedy the evils
complained of by the soldiers; regulations
have been adopted controlling promotions
in the army; the royal military cabinet
has been reorganized; new career for
sergeants has been opened, and the con-
dition of privates improved. Military prob
lens. however. remain a menace, for the
evils complained of are deep-seated and
cannot be cured out Of hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
for "Peace" and "German Peace" CLASH IN Berlin

because it may be construed a. . co...
sion to outsiders"
On the other hand, the "Deutsches Van,
blatt," the organ Of the Centre partv =
the Kingdom Of Wuerttemberg, think. A..
the Presidents reply releases In. y.
jority party in the Reichs.ag from y.
peace resolution pledge, and their sttit,l
must be revised accordingly"
The "Vorwaerts" insists upon st..,;,.
an unchanged course, and wan, ~
Reichstag that it will make a fint .,..
political faur-pos il it follows the 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
It Became Necessary to Establish
| A Military Censorship

These military events, it appears, caused
great excitement in the country. The re-
publican and progressive parties tried to
exploit them to their own advantage, and
the more radical newspapers became so
violent in their tone that the government
thought it necessary to establish the GEN.
sorship and even to suspend several or
cans. The movement for the organiza-
ton of defence, or protective, committees,
moreover, continued to spread. Even the
police and government officials themselves
organized committees to promote their in
terests; and just now these multifarous
committees are trying to out-do each other
in shouting their demands into the ears of
the distressed and perplexed government,
By the end of June, however, the gov
eminent appeared to have the situation
we'll in hand. Then new sign of unrest
began to trouble the ministry. The So
called "Regionalist" movement Of Gaia
l5nia, which had been in existence for
above decade, but which at length had
seemed to be in quiescent state, was re-
vived This movement is the Spanish edi-
ton of home rule; and the meat in its
cocoanut is that Catalonia-which, with
the thriving city of Barcelona as its CAPT
tai, is the leading manufacturing province
cf Spain, and, therefore, the richest one
thinks that it would derive considerable
advantages from an extension of its rights
of self government. Hence, it demanded
a form of autonomy for all the provinces.
The deputies and senators from that
province took the lead in demanding Of
the government that it call the Cortes to-
cether to discuss important questions, es-
pecially economic and military matters
But the government refused, and then the
deputies in question called a national as
scmbly, which met July 10. This con-
vention was an excited and agitated body,
as its various manifestoes show. One of
these attacks the government as "fcti-
tious government, by whose fault we have
neither an organized army, nor finances,
nor justice, nor public instruction, nor
means of economic development"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16
Lifting the Veil in Spain

Reform party, and Paul Iglesias, leader Of
the Socialists, participated in the conven-
ton.
The principal resolutions adopted de-
nand the establishment Of a new govern
ment Of a national character, and the con-
vocation Of constitutional convention to
deal with the three most serious problems
Of the day: Autonomy, the army and the
existing economic crisis. 1t appears that
these demands have met with much sup
port in other provinces than Catalonia.
From an editorial. also printed by the
journal de Geneva" on August IS, some
of the subsequent developments, as well
as some interesting sidelights upon general
conditions in Spain, may be gathered.
after the dissolution of the convention Of
July 49," it writes
at was hoped that a momentary calm would
result throughout the country But moth
ing Of the kind occurred. To-day all the
northern part Of the peninsula is in a seeth-
ing state. The negotiations between the rail
way employees and the companies resulted in
strike and the metal workers made common
cause with the railroad workmen. The gen
eral strike was proclaimed at Madrid
for twenty four hours 1nasmuch as the
censorship Of kilograms is very severe
and news from Spain scarce and confused, it
is not known to what extent work has been
resumed. The railway strike took on an out
snd-out anarchist character; in certain
gions rails were torn up, trains derailed, riots
were caused; the troops interviewed, blood
was shed, and there WAS a systematic sabo-
tage of the national life. One feels in a con-
fused way-with news that is incomplete
where it does not contradict itself-that the
movement of the workmen is inspired by rev.
dictionary sentiments"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-16

Washington authorities. According TO
trustworthy outgivings, the view of the
State Department is that these terms,
while actually emanating from German
sources, are only put forward for disguis-
ing Germany's further preparations for
terrific fighting to force an early German
peace and with view to causing Amerl-
cans to relax their preparations.