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New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

should not be. On the contrary, there suggestion. Joy-ridding can be stopped without as one contemporary has suggested, taking all the joy out of lfe". Unless there is a voluntary saving of this precious commodity. the Government may be forced to step in and take hand. Then there will be no pleasure riding of any kind.
 In England, the problem of conserv- ing the gasoline supply is greater than that which confronts this country. This because the vast majority of the oil consumed there is shipped from America by tanker service and has had to run the gauntlet Of subma- rines At first the people were asked to suspend ''joy- riding. When that did not work, law was put into ef- feet which practically did away with pleasure riding for the period of the war. Even at that the supply was not great enough, and an inventor had to come to the rescue. As re- suit all motor vehicles are run now by discriminating gas,--instead of gasoline. A gas tank, similar to the presto light tanks that formerly were used on American cars to light the headlights, is now attached to the side of each car. A tubing, run through the carburetor, mixes the gas with the air in exact proportion aha good spark is derived in this man. ner Thus is gasoline totally dls- pensed with. Instead of the gasoline stations, as we know them in America, the motorist encounters every few miles little station where the gas tank on his car may be replenished. It is said by those familiar with the workings of the new fuel that one tankful of the gas will carry an automobile from two to four hundred miles, In the event gasoline must be used only for government service and for business automobiles, the gas- tank may have to be pressed into ser
 vice in this country. Thus does war bring about changes of radical nature.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

The United States is waging no
 ar of aggression. Germany has bmmitted repeated acts of war xainst us. She has thus thrust
 ar upon us. Therefore we de-
 are that a state of war exists etween her and us. This is the eclaration of the whole people the United States, through keir lawful representatives This why we are fighting. Congress hd the right to speak. and it has hoken. Congress had the right ] define our position, and it has efined it. It is not our business
 look any farther into the buses of the war. Congress has bne that for us. Our one duty pw Is to turn to and do all we In to win the war"
 SIMEON E. BALDWIN,
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
TO DULL THE SWORD.

here is in the Pope's proposal of ce terms, published in full for the
 time today, a sentiment which
 commend itself immediately to
 entire world,-belligeren and &tral. Only the highest motives
 mpted such a message to the hers of the various powers at war. } simple persuasiveness of the lstions, Is this civilized world to
 nothing more than field of &th? and Europe so glorious and
 fiourishing is it going as if
 cken by a universal madness to
 abyss and to lend a hand to it's suicide? must call for deep con- eration.
 It will take some time for the En- | lte Allies to make reply to the ap- kl of the Vatican. There are many liking features in this message ich demand long thought and ln- sive study The concrete proposal
 Germany evacuate Belgium and
 e to that little nation complete
 itical military and economic in hendence will meet with popular eord in Paris and London. as it
 in Washington. The evacuation French territority by the German kdes is a proposal that will find Tor among the French people. Sim r restitution of the German col hes by other nations is named as |e of the conditions of peace. Where rub comes, as viewed from the Iench standpoint, is A'sace-Lor- he. There is no mention of what Eposition should be made of that tritory, whether it should go back
 France as before the war of 1876
 remain a German possession. That
 a ticklish point with the French Id then again there is the omission
 any mention of indemnifcation ir case of Belgium. No restoration
 that country can be complete. Nc liberation without huge indemnities {a ever be considered. Evacuation k1y is 8 mere shell. even with guar ktees of full political, military an6 |onomic Independence. Germany has ready torn up one treaty which he' htesmen branded "a scrap of paper he might do so again. What hel (oughts are on the disposition of Al. the world knows.
 Anent this same proposition. tho emps of Paris yesterday asked- Will 1t be real peace which will give ermany Central Europe, Easterr urope, part of Asia and means fol
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

would refuse either to submit a na- tional question to arbitration or to &C., cept it's decision.
 "Once the supremacy of right has the means of communication of the peoples would disappear by assuring, by rules to be fixed later the true liberty and community of the seas which would contribute to the numer- ous causes of conflict and would also open to all new sources of prosperity and progress.
 "As to the damages to be repaired and as to the war expenses we see no other means of solving the question than by submitting as a general prin- ciple the complete and reciprocal con- donation which would be justified moreover by the immense benefit to be derived from disarmam ent 50 much so that no one will understand the continuation of a similar carnage sole- ly for reasons of an economic order.
 "If for certain cases there exist par ticular reasons they would be deliber- ated upon with justice and equity but these iacific agreeE- with the inn IlSnSG duFdlldSCS to kOe u6i1Feu 4IOlll them are not possible without recip- rocal restitution of the territory at present occupied.
 Consequently on the part of Ger many the complete evacuation of Bel gium with the guarantee of her full political, military ana economic inde- pendence towards it. The evacuation of French territory On the part of other belligerent parties similar resti- tuition of the German colonies. "As regards the territorial questions, as for example those which have aris- en between Italy and Austria and be- tween Germany and France, there Is reason to hope that in consideration of the immense advantages of a dur able peace with disarmament the parties i'll conflict would wish to ex- l anime them with a conciliatory dispo- sition, taking into consideration, as we have sad formerly, the aspirations of
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
"JOY RIDING" AND WAR,

When President Bedford of the
 Standard Oil Company first urged
 automobile owners to Ego easy'', to
 save as much gasoline as possible by
 curtailing their pleasure rides, there
 were many people who laughed the
 man of the Committee on Petroleum
 on the Council of National Defense
 and knows whereof he speaks Nor
 may it be presumed that he issued the
 warning merely for the sake of break ing into print. Surely he did not do so to help ruin the oil business, in
 which he is so intimately interested The main fact he pointed out was to
 the effect that oil production in the | past few years has failed to keep pace | with consumption; that the supply is
 nowhere irf keeping with the demand That is a4 law of economies which, ! once it fails to work, may cause a serious upheaval in any market.
 On top of what President Bedford 1 has had to say Director Manning of l the Bureau of Mines has added few words His advice is not taken kind ] ly by some newspaper critics who
 claim he wants the nation to go with
 out it's customary pleasure rides and ! that eventually the "movies" may be dispensed with to carry out the further killing of joy. What MT.
 Manning wishes to impress upon the public is the absolute necessity of
 conserving the gasoline supply be- cause of the great needs of the Gov-
 ernment. This need is evinced in the
 aero squadron which cannot train flyers for the nation unless there is plenty of gasoline to keep the heav- ier-than-air machines af1oat in the
 etherial regions. Then there are 1 trucks, automobiles, and tractors for 1 the land forces, all of which must be
 propelled by petroleum. The supply
 for these machines is running low. It 1 can be made serve it's usefulness ii
 the people who own automobiles help put stop to unnecessary and ex- 1 travag gant pleasure riding" In the l words of the government official 1 there must be no dilly-dallying about l this supply of gasoline. And there
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

10. Entire body-weight of body resting equally upon the heels and balls of the feet.
 Note especially that you are not re- quired to stand in a strained attitude You are to be alert but not tense.
 One of the very best things you can do today is to spend fifteen minutes practising this position, getting it right. Keep this up every day until you report at camp. In the army, as in every day life, first impressions are important. The first impression you make on your officers and fellows will depend, more than you probably realize on the manner in which you stand and walk
 Making Yourself "Fit."
 If you can devote part of your time between now and the opening of camp to physical exercise you are for tunate and should by all means take advantage of every opportunity. Clim ping, jumping, gymnastic exer- cises, all kinds of competitive games, swimming, rowing boxing, wrestling and running, are all recommended as excellent methods of developing the skill strength, endurance, grace,
 
 soldier needs
 There are some simple rules of eat ing and living which all of Us should follow regularly. They will be espe- cially helpful to you if you put them into practice in preparing for camp life.
 Perhaps the most important of these rules is to use no alcohol of any kind.
 If you have been in the habit of smoking immoderately, cut down: get your wind, your nerves and your di- gestion into the best possible condi- tion.
 Eat and drink moderately. Chew your food well. It is advisable, how l ever, to drink a great deal of cool (not 1 cold) water between meals. Don't eat between meals.
 Keep away from soda fountains and soft drink stands. Learn to enjoy simple, nourishing food. l Accustom yourself to regular hours for sleeping, eating and the morning l functions.
 Don't take a last fling" It may land you in the hospital. At the bes it will probably bring you into camr in an unfit condition to take up you new duties with profit and enjoyne ent There are strenuous days ahead o 1 you and it will be good sense on you 1 part to make reasonable preparation /! for them.
 Look Forward With Confidence.
 You will find nothing required O. you in the army that is beyond tht 1 powers of the every day American You will see clearly ahead of you , after you have read this course, the i path which you are to follow. Lool |! forward with confidence. Enter tne service with the firm determination i of doing your best at all times, o1 playing square with your superiors your associates, and yourself, and o1 taking care always of your assigned duties whatever may happen. You will find that everyone else will treat you with courtesy and fair ness-for that Is the inflexible rule of the army. Out of that rule grows the ornradeship and the attractive ness, even in the face of all dangers and hardships, that are character. istic of American army life.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
LESSON NO. GETTING READY FOR CAMP.
(PreceCing Lessons: 1. Your Post o


 (Precetling Lessons: 1. Your Post of Honor. ,. Making Good as a Sol dier. 8. Nine Soldierly Qualities.) Your real training for your duties as a soldier will begin after you and your comrades are assem bled at the training camps. However, there are a few simple things you can do dur ing the next few weeks which will be of decided value in getting you started along the right lines.
 The simplest thing, and perhaps the most useful of all, is to begin at once to practice correct habits of standing and walking. Even in civilian life a. mans reputation in his community yes, and for that matter his own self respect-is determined to a surpris- ing extent by his bearing. The man who slouches feels like a slouch. The man who holds his head up faces the world with confidence and courage.
 If this is true in civilian life, it is ten times more true in military life. For a soldier must always be strongly marked by his snap, his precision and his vigor. He can not have these traits unless he carries himself like a soldier.
 The Bearing of a Soldier.
 Few people without military train ing have a correct idea of what is meant by the position and the bear ing of soldier. They are apt to imagine that 1t means strut or an extremely strained attitude. Or, more frequently, they think that the term can properly be applied to any erect position. The truth of the case, how ever, Is that there is definite procedure to follow in order to place yourself in what is known in the army as the position of a soldier," it is the position which the dismounted sol dler always assumes at the command 'Attention," except as it may be slightly modified to enable him tc carry properly any arms he may have in his hands
 It will be we'll for you to mem prize paragraph 51 of the Infantry Drill Regulations, which gives the com plet' and accurate description of the posi- ton of the soldier. This paragraph is slightly paraphrased and simplifet in the description following: Kee] in mind that there are ten element
  each other, and check yourself up t. see that each one of them is properl. placed.
 1. Heels-on the same line and a near each other as possible; m ost mel should be able to stand with heel touching each other.
 2. Feet-turned out equally anc forming an angle of about 45 degrees 8. Knees-straigh without stiff ness.
 4. Hips-level and drawn back slightly; body erect and resting equal ly on hips. ~
 5. Chest--lifted and arched.
 6. houlders-square and fallins equally.
 '. Arms-hanging naturally.
 8. Hands hanging naturally thumb along the seam of the trousers g. Head-erect and squarely to the front; chin drawn in so that axis ot head and neck Is verticle (means that straight line drawn through the cen ter of head and neck should be yer ticaD eyes straight to the front.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

menacing Egypt, at the same time giving back all her colonies? But for 1 the French people there was a graver 1 ommission-no clear words about AL sace-Lorraine. Everyone must under stand that we cannot accept from Rome what we refused to go to Stockholm to seek" In the same tenor, the Journal des Debats says:-- The complete restitution of Belgium and France must he included, as also Alsace-Lorrainc." There then is a sore spot.
 The French government has no dip- lomatic relations with the Holy See. The Austrian Government has. So has Germany. Because of the pres- ent condition of Austria and the many attempts made by Emperor Charles for a separate peace, the French naturally feel that the Vatican has been tricked into making proposals favorable to the Teutonic countries. So great is the distrust of Germany that many fear she has sent her in- triGuing agents even into the Vatican; that through her influence at the Aus trian court she has cunningly duped some of the prelates who have high standing in Rome.
 These things may and may not be so. There is truth, however, in the contention that the wide, wide world is afraid of Prussian militarism, is afraid nothing more nor less than a breath ing spell and that as soon as Ger mny recuperated she would again go out on the warpath. Emperor Will world. The military masters of Ger many have for some time past laid the plans for such a conquest. That these plans miscarried was due to the rapid organization of the French and British military systems against the invaders of Belgium. Germany knows now where all her mistakes were made and those fighting against her fear she will make peace only for the purpose of fixing her fences and rectifying the mistakes made before another cam paign.
 With these thoughts persistent- ly permeating the minds of Eu- ropean statesmen and even the coun- cils of affairs at Washington, it is not easily seen how the peace pro- posals of the Vatican, sincere and honest as they are, will get anywhere at this time. The President of the United States has already in his mes sage to Congress on April 2, told why we are fighting the Imperial German government. The spokesmen of Great Britain and France and Italy have laid down their objects in the war. And the one outstanding fact in all these assertions is that the world is tired of the brute force of Prussian militar- ism and is determined to stamp it out once and for all. The world is trying to rid itself of an outworn system of government, autocracy, and erect in it's place a universal governme of the people, by the people, and for the peo- ple,-democracy. This can never be done until the sword of the kaiser is laid deep in the dust. And that may not be brought about by peace at this time.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

the son of John Henry Bryan of 749 Stanley street.
 He enlisted April, 1915, as an ap- prentice seaman in the United States Navy and is now stationed on the battleship Connecticut. He was on the Memphis at the time it was wrecked, which was about a year ago, and ustained serious injuries but has now completely recovered
 He Is well known here and has a host of friends. Before he enlisted he graduated from the Grammar school and took a course at the trade school.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
DOESN'T SEEK EXEMPTION.

s. W. Levanthal, one of the pro- prietors of the Fair Twenty-Five Cent store, who was yesterday accepted for the new American army, does not seek exemption. he stated to the Herald today. MT. Levanthal made applica- tion yesterday for a reference to the district board, but not to be exem pt- ed, he says. What he seeks is 60- days leave of absence in which to conclude his business affairs, when he is willing to join the cOlors.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
OPPOSES IRISH REPUBLIC.
Richard Hazenton Speaks Againat
 Entire Separation.

Chicago, Aug. 16.-Richard Hzael- ton, member of the British parlia- ment for Galway, last night addressed the United Irish League of Chicago on the constitutional movement in Ireland. Resolutions were adopted pledging support to John Redmond and the constitutional movement as advocated by him.
 MT. Hazelton said that while every Irish nationalist would be glad to see an Irish republic established the ex- perience of Canada Australia and South Africa had shown that as federation of free races under ona crown these principles could live in freedom and friendship with the democracy of England.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
A California Religious Note.

Clos Banos Enterprise.)
 Those who attended the service at Los Banos Methodist church Sunday feel indebted to w. E. Wilmington for the comfort secured from fine rotating fan, which stirs the breezes for all, making it a pleasure to en- gage in the singing and listen to the sermon as well as giving.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
TO ADVERTISE NEW LOAN.

Washington Aug. 16.-A detailed plan for advertising the next issue of Liberty Loan bonds in newspa pers and other mediums of publicity to cost from s1,Ooo, 100000 to 2,ooO,oOO.- 900 and to be paid for by the govern ment was presented today to Secre- tary McAdoo by the national adver- Using advisory board with the recom- mendation that it be adopted
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
CRISIS IN MINE FIELD.

Springfield, H.. Aug. 16.-Miners locals of the 58 Illinois coal mines, where 10000 coal diggers are idle as the result of strikes of drivers and day laborers, will decide today what action will be taken regarding the order of Frank Harrington president of the state organization to resume work at once.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
DRAFTED MEN GET READY.

Among the men who are in the first draft and have already been ac- cepted are many who are already clos ing up their personal affairs preparing to leave early next month. A large percentage of these men have either already given up their employment. or plan to do so at the end of the present week. and plan to take a final vacation before joining the colors.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
Too Enthusiastic.

NO, that salesman could not in- terest me in his car after the unfor- tunate remark that he dropped
 What was that"
 "He said that his car was win ner, and then he added that it could win in walk. .'-Chicago Herald.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
TO STUDY ARMY Y M C. X. WORK

Rev. V. Ottman Ward, educational
 director of the Methodist church
 leaves tomorrow for two weeks
 stay at Silver Bay, N. Y, where he will study army Y. M. c. A. work under the International Committed
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
DOING HIS BIT

The above picture is one of Uncle Sam's Jackies who joined the navy ito make a man of himself It is needless to say that he has succeeded. He is Harris Allyn Bryan, aged 19,
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

The Kaiser counts der Tag as lost whose low descending sun sees no new nation joining in to battle with the Hun.-Boston Transcript.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Even the war cannot keep the Tam many tiger from trying to look sleek and conscious-Meriden Record.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
FACTS AND RANCHES.

adding insult to injury.-Paterson Call.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS

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New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Der Tag is nearly over. Die Yacht will soon begin.-Syracuse st1Stan- dard.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

It jars a lot of persons who thought they had arrived at years of discretion to be told bluntly by gov ernment officials that they don't know how to neel a. potato-Paterson News.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
TEXT OF POPE'S
 PEACE MESSAGE

(Continued from First Page.)
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Charles Edward Russell is severe but accurate in calling the remnant of the socialists mostly aliens and mostly pro-German. They may as a matter of form deny the pro-German- ism, but they cannot keep it from croppng out.-Springheld Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Night shirts are more practical gifts to the soldier boys than knltteh socks, but the girls don't LOOK so graceful doing them-Paterson Press Guardian.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Contracts were signed in single day by the United States shipping board for 775,OO0 tons of merchant shipping. This happens to be just about three-fourths of our entire ship ping in foreign trade year before the war-New York World.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16

Now that Uncle Sam has decided to buy all the wheat crop to sell at fair prices, he might buy all the milk and give us a chance to sop the bread Waterbury Republican.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-16
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