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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
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MANCHESTER, IOWA.

from its own class consciousness and
proceeding to execute it forthwith is
not afforded here.
What is more, this executive effort
to interpret and represent national
sentiment will be supplemented in
case Of need by that more authori-
tative exposition to be found In the
declarations Of Congress. And the
members Of that body, conscious of
the important decision which a pos
sible outrage-an lover act"-wiil
compel, asuredly have ever before
the mind their functions as represen-
tatives OF the hundred million souls
Of America.
Thus If the conflict should really
come, the nation will 60 into it with
the full knowledge that it was not
rushed into war but that war was
rushed on to it by the outrageous
and aggressive act of foreign nation;
with the solid assurance that nven in
times when the spirit of dictation is
not likely to assert itself and to be
submitted to on the grounds Of ex-
pediency, there has been mo- Interrupt
tionIin the true Workings Of the rep
resentativs7 institutions on which or
government was founded.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14

sway of foreign invader, and
she has been bled white by vast
exactions of money and of pro-
duce. Every effort to revive her
industries has been denied, and
now, because she has suffered thus,
her men are to be carried away
to forced labor as slaves.
If the civilized world Of the
twentieth century is willing to
stand silent and see these things
done, in cumulative progression,
in violation Of the laws of human
ity and of nations, then the civ
ilization Of the twentieth century
is worse than the savagery of
Roman times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
CROSSING THE RUBICON.

Christian Science Monitor: What,
In such circumstances, the other neu-
trail powers may do it is impossible
to say. The Atlantic does not roll
between their frontiers and, the arm
les of the middle European powers,
so that, in the event Of a. breach Of
friendly relations, WAR is brought
very close to their doors. In the case
of the United States these difficulties
do not transpire. The United States
is one Of the greatest powers of the
world. 1t is in a position, If necessary,
to engage in a war in which humanity
speaking, in the conditions existing,
1T would be invincible. Therefore the
president Of the United States could
hardly fail to, act other than he has
acted, the more especially as he has
prepared the way for such action
during the whole course of the war,
and has exhibited, during the period
of the war, selfrestraint, which a
large number of his fellow country
men have not hesitated to describe
as weakness. The famous phrase
too proud to fight" which brought
such obloquy upon him, it is to be
suspected most of his critics really
misunderstood. The mistake he
he made was rather in giving the op-
portunity for misunderstanding, than
in anything else. The time has now
come when he feels that the self-deny.
ing ordinance involved in that phrase
must be set aside. The time has
come when the United States can nc
longer submit to the destruction Of
its ships and to the slaughter OF its
citizens. Whether it ought ever tt
to have submitted to these, posteritJ
will say. 1t is clear, however, thai
when, on Saturday last, the president
addressed the senate in words which
constituted an ultimatum to the mid
die European powers, he like the
great Roman soldier before him, cross
ed the Rubicon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
RERHsJoREf I READY h " TO- SAIL
Former Ambassador and Others Leave
Washington on Special Train
for New York.

Washington, Feb. IA. - Baroness
Zwiedinek, wife of the charge Of the
Austro-H Hungarian embassy, has made
arrangements to depart from the Unit
ed States with Count and Countess Won
BernstOrff and the German embassy
staff. In some quarters the departure
of the wife of the charge was regard
ed as significant in view Of the status
of relations between the United States
and Austria Hungary.
At the embassy, however, it was
said that the baroness simply was tax
ing advantage Of what seemed to be
a safe opportunity to return to Aus
tria, where her children are.
The special train provided through
the state department left here last
night. The train will not go into the
station in New York, but will draw up
as near the wharf as possible that the
party may 60 aboard the Frederick
VIII directly.
British authorities are making ar
engagements for a thorough examfna-
ton Of the personnel and cargo Of the
ship at Halifax.
New York, Feb. I4.-WoH Won lyle,
former secretary to Capt. Franz Won
Papen, dismissed German naval at
tache will be permitted to depart as
a member Of Ambassador Won Bems-
torff's staff. Although under federal
Indictment charging him with alleged
completely in plot to destroy the
Welland canal, federal officials admit
ted here Won 1gle's name appears on
the passenger list OF the Frederick
VIII.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
no WAR OVER "A TECHNICALITY.

NO WAR OVER A TECHNICALLY.
President Wilson has let it be known
that there will be no war over tech
nicality. He will probably wait until
Germany destroys the life of an Amer
lean seaman, or an American passen-
ger, on an American ship engaged in
peaceful commerce on the high seas.
II the German autocracy wants war
with the United States there is no way
of preventing it. President Wilson
will, however, put that autocracy SO
clearly in the wrong before there is
any war, that the Germans Of this
country win strive for an opportunity
to help destroy system that dis
graces their fatherland.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
KAISER 70 GIVE
NO QUARTER TO
NEUTRAL SHIPS
Berlin Threatens to Sink All Yes
sells, Friend or Foe, With
out Warning.
SAYS DAYS Of GRACE At END
Craft Entering Prohibited Areas DO So
With Knowledge Of Peril, Says OF.
HeiaI Announcement-Germany
Never to Yield, Says Official.

Berlin, Feb. 14.-All periods of grace
for neutral ships entering the zones an
nounced as prohibited by Germany
have now expired, according to an off,
cial statement. >
Immunity ceased in respect to the
Atlantic and English Channel zones on
the night Of February ~, for the North
sea zone on February 6, and for the
Mediterranean zone on February 10.
The statement continues:
from now on, therefore, in all pro-
hibited zones the warning which has
been issued is In full force and ship
ping can no longer expect individual
warning.
Says Vessels Know Danger.
Vessels which enter the prohibited
areas do so with full knowledge of
the danger threatening them and their
crews. It is stated expressly that all
news spread from enemy sources about
any torpedoing Of neutral ships with
out previous warning before the dates
mentioned for the various prohibited
areas, Is incorrect.
THE periods Of grace mentioned
were also in force for enemy passen-
ger vessels because 1t was possible
that they were carrying neutral pas
sengers who were perhaps ignorant Of
the new blockade regulations"
Won't Renew Promises.
Washington, Feb. 14.-"Germany
never will renew her assurances
against unrestricted submarine war
fare" On the eve of the departure
from the United States Of Count Won
Bernstorff and his STAFF the above ut
,terance was made by one Of the lead
ing retiring officials. The new subma-
rine campaign was entered into, he
said, after complete toll Of the cost
had been taken.
It was designed to starve England
and to cripple the entente in the field
by cutting of the supply Of munitions,
this official said, and the only possible
concession would be to raise the ban
so far as neutral ships carrying nom
was concerned.
Incidentally, officials here fully real,
lie this. They have had the assgr;io
Rnces of James W. Gerard, the retiring
ambassador to Germany, to
this effect. III EcaSHsequenckl tie admin
lstraron has made every effort to
check suggestions which constantly
are being made that Germany's move
was not directed against the United
States. ,.sass..1 3,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
i PROTEST BY ELIHU ROOT.

=
NJ 1t is generally conceded that Elihr
Root stands at the head of the Ameri
can bar, and he protests against thi
latest outrages visited upon bleeding
belgium In the following vigorous
manner: s3
/ could not remain silent.
should not respect myself IL re-
NAMED silent, and hope,
trust, I pray. that my country will
n not remain silent.
Explain it as you may, excuse
1t as you may, disguise it as you
may, the people Of Belgium by the
tens and hundreds Of thousands
are being carried away into slav-
q cry, a thing that has not been done
by any nation that claimed to be
civilized in modern history.
Poor Belgium, peaceful, indus
trious, God-fearing, lawabiding
Belgium, she had no quarrel with
anyone; she sought no nations
territory; she coveted no neigh
boris goods; she threatened no
ones security, but she stood in
& the way of a mightier nations
purpose, land she was stricken
to the earth! Her firm, her stern
and noble resolve to keep the faith
was her only crime, and she has
been punished as if her people
were the vilest on earth. Her
towns have been burned, her
noble and stately monuments
have been leveled to the earth;
4 her women and children and old
men have been murdered; her coun-
try has been brought under r'ie
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
NAY THROW OPEN u. S. PORTS

Washington, Feb. 14.-Senator Sauls-
bury Of Delaware, president pro tenn
of the senate, and one of the senator's
closest to the White House, introduced
a bill designed to throw open Ameri-
can ports to entente warships which
are engaged in resisting German sub
marine warfare. Senator Salisbury
explained that the bill would enable
the United States to give effective aid
to suppression Of unrestrained use of
submarines without necessitating a
declaration Of war.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14

No great ocean rolls between the
central powers and Holland, Dem
mark and Sweden. That is quite
sufficient to explain why those coun-
tries did not join the United States
in severing diplomatic relations with
Germany.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14

It seems that messages between this
country and Germany are being de-
layel and changed SO as to misrepre-
sent the action of each country. That
kind Of work may recoil upon those
who are Responsible for it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
STILL REPRESENTATIVE!
Chicago Herald)

Persons with fevered imaginations
have said the United Staes was
being rushed into the war with Ger
many should consider the latest state
ment of the Presidents attitude. He
is Determined not to plunge the
country into war on technicality.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14

If the literary test had been ap-
piled to the forbears of our congress-
men, it is quite safe to say that there
would not have been enough of them
here to pass the law over the Presi-
dents veto.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
YELLOW IN THE sUPERLATIvE
DEGREE.

| Il s p
President Wilson's hope OF
welding neutral opinion into an
effective and threatening protest
against Germany has blown up"
Chicago Tribune.
II the Tribune's statement were true
1t would be lamentable, and it is little
less lamentable because it is untrue.
Such rotten spots are national defects.
Practically every neutral country
has vigorously protested against
Germany's, campaign OF ruthlessness
on the high seas. 1T WOULD BE
SINGULAR INDEED IF THEY DID
NOT, BECAUSE GERMANY's SUB
MARINE COMMANDERS HAVE BEEN
ORDERED TO SINK, WITHOUT
WARNING, NOT ALONE THE SHIPS
OF THEIR ENEMIES, BUT THE
SHIPS OF ALL NATIONS WHEN
FOUND IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN.
n Nations like Brazil and China have
threatened as well as warned.
There might be some excuse for the
Tribune II its hostility was prompted
by sympathy for Germany, but no
such extenuation can be urged in its
behalf. 1t supported Roosevelt in
his attack upon the President for not
favoring war with Germany long ago.
The trouble with the Tribune it is
81 disloyal to its country's Pfasident
that 1t seems 11nablesit6i confinet IT'D
comments within o'the boundaries Of
truth. 1t is so partisan that II is yell
low in the superlative degree. In
truth and in fact the protests OF the
neutral nations have been so force.
full that it is quite likely Germany
will revise its campaign to such an
extent that ruthless warfare III will only
be waged against the ships Of its en-
emnies Instead 81 against the shlBs 81
an mankind. In that event there will
be no war between this country and
Germany.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-02-14
MILITARY SYSTEM NOT GERMAN
PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR
sRUTHLESSNESS.o

There are Few people IN TINS country
who do not number among their
friends or kindred persons OF German
4 birth or ancestry. This qualities
Americans to speak advisedly, and
Americans, from the President all the
way down the Line to the occupants Of
the humblest homes, express high
appreciation for the thrift and honesty
and Christian qualities of the German
people. They are as kind hearted as
any race that inhabits any part OF
the earth.
'Ruthlessness" is not a national
4 trait Of German character. It is the
vicious growth Of a military system
that holds Germany in its relentless
grasp. A system that makes no pre-
tense that it governs with the con-
sent OF the governed. Twelve years
before the invasion Of Belgium, the
General Staff Of the German Army in
c0ntrayention OF all the principles Of
international law, instructed its Cen
erals, to quote its exact words, that
q war conducted with energy
cannot be directed merely against
the cOmbatants of the enemy
States and positions they occupy,
but It will and must I'm like man.
ner seek to destroy the total I'm
tellectual and material Ieseylcess
Of the latter. The argument Of
war permits every belligerent
State to have recourse to ALI.
MEANS WHICH ENABLES TT TO
ATTAIN THE OBJECT OF THE
WAR.
The same war manual provides that
( Il is the duty Of German Command
8ers "ruthlessly to employ the neces-
sary means Of defense and intimi-
dation." And again, that command
ing officer neglects his duty unless he
resorts to "the ruthless employment
Of such severity" Ruthless" is their
own word. ,.s
~. a tg
Not "all means" permissible under
the law OF nations. and the treaties
entered. into by Germany, but "all
means" without exception According
70 the code OF that system war is to
be conducted in ruthless" manner.
not alone against the opposing arm
les but against the intellectual and
material resources" Of the nation with
which they.are at war.
The Turk, Mohammed II, conducted
Ruthless warfare, and earned the rep
utation Of being the most inhuman
tyrant Of the House OF Osman, but his
ruthlessness won no lasting victory
for M0hammedanism
Roxolana, the favorite wife Of Soly-
man, was a ruthless character. She
induced her husband to put to death
the children Of his other wives, but
her ruthlessness only gave her
most despicable place in history.
The followers of the crescent. in
their wars with the followers of the
Cross. burned the libraries of the
Christians, made war upon the intel.
lectual resources of their enemies, but
Of what avail was that kind of war
fare? Did 1t help the cause of Mo-
The Sioux Indians conducted ruth
less warfare and where are they?
The Kaiser must know that in all
The ages ruthlessness has never won
= lasting victory. Is it not madness
lor him to force it upon the German
people?
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
SURREY FARMER
BELIEVED INSANE
Fred Hoppman Imagines Wife and
Daughter Want to Kill Him--Two
Others Before Insanity Board.

Three persons charged with being
insane were examined by the insanity
board consisting of Judge Murray,
Atty. j. j. Coyle and DR.. Knapp this
morning.
Fred Hoppman, aged 46, farmer
residing north of Surrey, imagines
that at 10 o'clock every morning his
wife and daughter are trying to put
him out of the way. He imagines
that there is string around his neck.
Before being brot to Minot, he kept his
wife and daughter locked in a room SO
they could not harm him, and until
they would confess that they were try
ing to kill him.
Mrs. Olaf Bergen, who was acting
strangely, was arrested by Officer
Brakeman at the merry go-'round last
evening. She created much merriment
at the court house and does not APP
pear to be very seriously demented, if
at all. She came with her husband
from Williston yesterday and says she
got job as waiter at restaurant and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23

was to have begun work this morning
She has been married five years and is
the mother of three children. The lit
tie ones are being kept by a woman
at Williston. She tells OF life OF
abuse by her husband. While living al
Glendive, Mont, she says that her nus
and lived with her, driving her out in
the dead Of winter. ~
George Economus, Greek lad, IL
years Of age, was up before the board.
He formerly sold newspapers IN the
city. At the city Jail last night, ne
imagined that several kinds OF devils
were after him and says that ms
brother Gus is trying to cast an lnn ~.
ence over him. He states that ms
brother has been trying to dope him
with Nyal's toothache drops. 1t may
be that he is the victim of the dope
habit.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
FORMAL OPENING OF
NEW GRAND HOTEL
C. f. Danielson is preparing to Hold
Formal Opening of Hotel Saturday
Evening, Sept. /.

c. e. Danielson, the genial proprie-
tor of the new Grand hotel, is prepar-
ing to hold an opening week from
next Saturday evening. Mr.. Daniel
son has had force OF decorators and
electricians busy ever since he took
charge of the place and the work will
have been completed by the opening
night. The lobby has been transform
ed into place of rare beauty with it's
freshly decorated interior, new tile
floor and walls and new electrical fix
lures. The rooms have been placed
in ship-shape and everything is now in
readiness for the travelling public.
Mr.. Danielson will invite the men
and women of Minot and vicinity to
inspect the new hotel on opening night.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
Architects Brother Lost Hearing III
Great War.

Architect Robert B. Stacy-Judd re-
ceived word from his parents in Eng
land that one of his brothers, who has
been in the war since the fighting be-
pan. has been in the hospital three
fines, once with fever and twice
wounded. His ear drums have been
bursted from the heavy artillery
fighting, but he expects to be put back
into the service in some capacity. The
regiments of which he has been a
member have been twice wiped out.
His home was destroyed by bombs
from a German airplane and the home
of his parents was destroyed in like
manner
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
MINOT And VICINITY

Nj. Bank is transactlng bus1Hess al
Kenmare today.
Mrs. Fred J. Whitman has gone to
New Ulm, Mimi, to visit relatives.
L. E. Larson has returned from
Great Falls, Mont, where he spent two
weeks visiting friends.
L. C. Reep, vice president OF the
Citizens State bank of Grenora, was
business visitor to the city the first
of the week.
F. A. Ganser, formerly with the
Bovey-Shute Lumber company, is now
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
II Sounds Reasonable.

what is Il furricr, Willaid?' asked
the teacher Of a pupil in the juvenile
class. "A man who deals in furs," an.
swered Willard. THAT'S right" said
the teacher. "Now, Ralph, you may tell
me what currier Is" "A man who
deals in ours" was the reply.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
Secret OF True Industry.

''How profitable Is 1T for every one
of us to be reminded, as we are re-
minded when we make ourselves
aware of the derivation Of diligence
from 'diligo,' to love, that the only
secret Of true industry is love of that
wOrk."-R. G. Trench.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-08-23
Work and Play.

1t has been said that we never really
know persons, even although we work
with them, until we have played with
them. This is true. because work may
be performed according to somebody
else's ideas, but our play life expresses
our own ideals in regard to amuse-
ment and enjoyment.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-11-15
Germans XIII Civilians,

Ptr.-. Nov 15-Mlny civilians
were Killed IN Calais when German
aeroplancs bombed the city on Tue
day
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-12-14

The ancient fortified city of Giles
sen In Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany,
will for long be remembered among
British especially among Canadians
as the place where several thousands
of their soldiers captured In battle
were keld rs prisoners of war, notes
a writer at the front These fine men
who held the way against the German
advance at st. Julien In the spring of
1915. were so tenacious i'm holding the
positions absolutely vital to h al
lied cause that they were absolutely
without ammunition or food. when sur
rounded. A few survivors only of
those regiments which in the words
of the general commanding, saved the
day. were left. starved and stunned
and worn out to be gathered in by the
enemy's hordes. These were sent on
by stages TO Glessen, and there some
of them remain to this day, having
been joined by many othehr captives
from various armies. until Ii is prob
ably 10000 or 1900 men are held
there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-12-14
BUILT AN AIRPLANE I'M 1848
Scotch Inventor Devised Machine With
Steam Boilers Which Mas Sched-
uIed &c Fly TO China.

An old handkerchief faded with age
with a printed design showing n steam
propelled airplane in full career for
China, has revived an old story which
was recently brought to light.
In 1S4S a Scotch inventor build an
airplane with setam boilers. The old
machine was 4 nine-days' wonder, but
there Is no record hat Ii eve got be-
you'd the experimental stage and a few
unsteady ~"swoops' on the downs. IL
is recorded that Ii was deficient In
equilibrium. "a puff Of wind being sur
ficient TO upset IT," Ii was, of course,
the butt of all the satirists. The hand
kerchief (Which has preserved the out
line Of the old machine), pretends that
the flying monster was capable OF go
Ing To China 'in "a hours certain"
passengers being landed by parachute
ut places en- route. The steersman Is
crying, Hello, Bill Jackson, keep your
eye on Malta. and get ready to drop
the parcels. Tell the Bombay agent
I'm No. 8 TO have his parachute In readi-
ness tie his hat on, and shut his
mouth, as IL Is blowing a stiff breeze"
Passengers are seen descending over
the various countries of the earth, and
ut the journeys end the emperor OF
China, surrounded by the wise men, Is
awaiting with trepidation n arrival
OF the airplane.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-12-14
Apple Pie Romances.

This is the season for pie socials,
and many a youth is feeling the fnan-
cial strain, says the Kansas City
Times. A pie social usually is held at
the schoolhouse to raise money for the
library. The girls bake the pies, and
always put on the packages some dis
tlnguishing mark.
On the WY to the social the girl
Will whisper TO her sweetheart: Its
the one wrapped in white tissue paper
and tied with pink ribbons" Then it's
up to sweetheart.
When the package in white tissue
paper and pink ribbons is held up by
the auctioneer he bids SO heavy that
the other boys understand and keep
raising the bid until the auctioneer,
filled with pity, calls time and knocks
the pie down to the financially ruined
one.
But the plunger feels amply re-
warded when he withdraws to n Sc.
Guided corner with the maker of the
pie and eats 1t with her. Many q
omanc has budded over a slice OF
apple pie.