Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-08-03
Saturday July rs
MORE TROOPS LAND

Saturday July 2S
MORE TROOPS LAND
Another American contingent has
safely arrived and disembarked in
Europe. On the same steamer arrived
Kermit Roosevelt, his wife and child.
When the tenders went alongside
Friday, the men were in high spirits
and frequently shouted Are we
down-hearted? which was answered
with a roaring NO, given with great
enthusiasm.
The exact number of the men com
posing the contigent is withheld from
publication for the present.
Sunday, July 29
NO NEWS OF TROOPS MOVED
The movement of American troops to
France will be carried out absolutely
without publicity if the present policy
of the war department remains un-
altered.
Secretary Baker and some Of his
military advisers believe that no word
should be published of the arrival Of
troops abroad and it is probable that
this will be made clear to all news
papers and press associations in forth
coming regulations under the voluntary
censorship to which the press Of the
country has subjected itself
Assurances have been given both by
navy and army officials that disasters
will not be hidden under the veil Of
this censorship and presumably under
the new regulations also the American
people will be expected to understand
that no news is good news in this re-
spect
LANsING's FoRCEFUL WORDS
Secretary of State Robert Lansing,
during an address before the officers
reserve corps at PIattsburg today as
serted that in the war with Ger
many the future of the United States
is at stake. " Continuing he said;
IF any of you have the idea that we
are fighting others battles and not our
own the sooner he gets away from that
idea the better it will be for him, the
better it will be for all of US.
Imagine Germany victor in Europe
because the United States remained
neutral. Who then, think you, would
be the next victim of those who are
seeking to be masters Of the whole
earth? Would not this country with its
enormous wealth arouse the cupidity of
an impoverished though triumphant
Germany? Would not this democracy
be the only obstacle between the auto
cratic rulers of Germany and their su
preme ambition? Do you think that
they would withhold their hand from so
rich prize?
Let me then ask you, would it be
easier or wiser for this country single
handed to resist German empire,
flushed with victory and with great
armies and navies at its command, than
to unite with the brave enemies of that
empire in ending now and for all time
this menace to our future?
Primarily then every man who
crosses the ocean to fight on foreign
soil against the armies of the German
emperor goes forth to fight for his
country and for the preservation of
those things for which our forefathers
were willing to die TO those who thus
offer themselves we owe the same debt
that we owe to those who in the past
fought on Americon soil in the cause of
liberty. No, not the same debt, but
greater one. 1t calls for more patriotism,
more self denial and truer vision to
wage war on distant shores than to
repel an invader or defend ones home"
Monday, July 80
RUSSIANS RETREAT 100 MILES
Having retreated a distance of APP
proXimately 100 miles from where
Kerensky, the iron man of Russia, car
ried them in his personally conducted
drive early in the present month the
Russian army on the center of the line
in East Galcia is again on Russian soil
on both sides of Husatyn and is still
being followed up by the forces of the
Teutonic allies.
Likewise the armies to the north
and south continue to fall back before
the enemy at few points only stand
ing to offer semblance Of resistance
and then only for short periods of time.
Wherever those of the faithful troops
attempt to give battle they are harassed
by numerically stronger forces Of the
Teutons and compelled to give ground,
receiving no assistance from their re-
calcitrant former brothers-in arms
whose main efforts continues to be to
get out of striking distance of the
enemy.
Tuesday, July 81.
GREAT OFFENSIVE is BEGUN
The great assault Of the entente allies
for which the big guns had been pre-