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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

Editor Of the News-Time--
The war work council of the na-
tional board Of the Young Women
Christian associations have launch
ed a campaign 10 raise 81. 100000
for army work in the United states
and Europe.
This fine patriotic organization
OF young women, az the urgent call
OF the government Of the United
States. are building hostess houses
in our military environments and
emergency houses and dormltorles
for girls employed in the military
and ind astral centers Of our coun-
try. They are establishing can
teens, cafeterias and industrial clubs
for the overworked and underfed
women Of France and Russia They
are also establishing social centers
for American nurses IN the base
hospitals Of France and in many
other ways. they are seeking 70 aid
those who are giving themselves n
the great struggle for freedom,
democracy and humanity.
take pleasure in commencing
this campaign for funds. 10 every
benevolent and true-hearted Amer
lean citizen. We have hereby giving
largely 10 this timely and worthy
cause. a splendid opportunity 20 eN-
press in a most practical way our
patriotism and loyalty TO the pro-
gram Of the government of the
United States.
REV. J. l. GARDINER.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

sed Pa. l remember that clearly.
What a wunderful memry you
have, sed Ma. How big was the
cannibal you Knocked oaver. sed
Ma. as big as a house or bigger?
Bigger than sum houses I have
saw, sed Pa. but he newer had a
chaHst. l wud have treeted him
kind if he hadent been surly. sed
Pa. but when / sed good morning
to him he dident speek & so /
whaled him q brot hoam the can
airy. sed Pa. / guess the next white
man he saw. sed Pa. he speak to.
dare say, sed Ma.
You doant seem TO believe my ac-
count, sed Pa.
Well, sed Ma, | wuddent go so far
as to say you dident bring hoam a
canary TO yure mother. but I was
jest wondering why you went so
far for it. Canaries are dom estick
littel CreeturS, Sed Ma. You can find
one chipping around moast any
American hOam, sed Ma, without
breezing down to the Canary Hands
I suppoas beefoar the Fourth Of
July you used TO run Oaver TO Rome
to buy yure Roman candels, sed
Ma, you old globe trotter!
Well. Bobbie. sed Pa. I see it isent
any use for me TO help you with
yure> joggrafy lesson. Yure mother
has got on her 5oaking cap tonite.
sed Pa & I guess I will let her help
you find out the lay of the land in
the differnt oshuns, sed Pa. Sum
time Wen you have a astronomy
lesson, sed Pa, or a few tuff prob
lens in jeeometry, lead me TO them,
sed Pc, & I will be the kid that
straitens them out for you, sed Pa.
or. as we used to say at Harvard.
sed Pa, @. L. e, sed Pa.
You mean Q. f. D., sed Ma Thay
say @. L. z. in Chinese colleges. sed
Ma. You better stop thinking to-
mite. deerest. sed Ma, beefoar you
git a hed-ake.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
The Stars inssIre. but 90 not compel
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1917.


This is a day of sinister omen, ac-
cOrding to the reading OF the stars
Saturn and Uranus are both in evil
place. Mars is family benefc in
aspect
1t is a rule under which TO expect
explosions, especially in under
ground places, and there is a most
forbidding aspect for mines.
Satutn is threatening 10 farmers
and all who profit by filling the soil.
They may suffer from financial re-
verses due to unexpected causes.
quite apart from crop variations.
Leather dealers come under a pc
culiar influence today. that seems
TO indicate a diminution OF profit.
II is prophesied that many substi-
tutes will be invented and used
When Saturn is inimical organ
ization Of every sort is supposed 70
suffer, and so il is held 10 be bad
for armies when the planet is ad-
verse in its rule
Mars today is rather promising
for soldiers, although the star IA
vors individuals and not masses.
Officers should benefit.
This rule or the evil star Is be-
lieved 10 help spies and all who be-
tray. and again il is predicted that
in high place a traitor Will be dis
covered.
This Is not a lucky day for love
affairs but the sway Is held TO en-
courage woopg and romance which
will not be fortunate.
There is a sign that seems 20
foreshadow a sudden and wide
spread Improvement in public NOR
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

1--WE Germans have a far create
and more urgent duty toward civil
izatiOn than the great Asiatic pow
pr. We ca
1nly fulfill il by the sword"
(F. Won Bernhard, Germany
and the Next War (1911), trans.
1914, p. 25S. General Bern
hardi is a German cavalry gen
eral who, after his retirement,
turned TO writing. Germans
claim that his books had little
circulation. His Deutschland
ind der nachste Krieg," how
ever, had gone into its sixth
edition by February, 1913. Die
Post, reviewing it in 1912, said
that it engaged the s@ous at
tention Of our own political and
lit need hardly be added-mili-
tary circles. The great length of
his book and its consequent
high price prevented it from be-
coming a really popular book;
but it was meant TO be a book
for the people, The book has
frequently been referred TO in
the Reichstag debates and in the
newspapers. There can be no
doubt that Bernhard expressed
the feeling of a large part of
the influential classes in Ger
many.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
What Your Bog
Is Doing
BY David VI. Church.

international News Service:
WASHINGTON. Dec. There
can never be a heroic charge OF
the light brigade" in the present
war. Americas dashing cavalry is
no more. 1t is true. there are a
number of cavalry units in the reg
ular army, but they will not be de
tailed for foreign duty. Moreover,
there were numerous national guard
cavalry organizations, but most Of
these have been transferred 10 the
infantry and made into specialized
units, such as machine gun units.
In the olden days it was the cav
airy, charging on fOaming horses.
that preceded the infantry in its
every attack. Today the cavalry is
gone, and with it much of the glor-
ious heroism of wars past.
There is at present an agitation
for two troops Of cavalry for every
division. If this proposition is
adopted by the general staff, then
the cavalrymen are destined TO be-
come virtually soldiers in reserve.
acting as messengers and general
handy men in the meantime
Mounted men are of no value in a
war which is fought from holes in
the ground However, the cavalry
man has his place. Those mounted
units which have not been dis
mounted by the general staff will
take up guard work and patrolling
behind the lines. These men will
be useful as watchmen and couriers
but while they remain mounted they
will see little Of active service.
If there should come a change in
warfare and open fighting is finally
resorted 10, then the cavalryman
viii come into his own. In an open
fight the cavalryman bears the first
brUnt Of the fight 1t is the duty
OF the cavalry troops 20 swoop down
on the enemy forces and break
their ranks. They precede all
charges in open warfare and their
work is hazardous and dangerous.
If your boy is in the cavalry you
may count on having him on this
side Of the Atlantic for some time
TO come.
Cavalrymen are distinguished by
yellow htacords. chin straps and
the leather puttees which they all
must wear.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
CANADA AND CANADA.
(ChiCagO Herald.)

Canada is taking its approaching elections violently
The traditional English custom of heckng has beer
quite Exasperated Canadians expressine
their political emotions by breaking chairs and tables
and anoher's heads and by occasionally baterng
in the doors Of meeting halls.
Out OF the tumult the shouting two Canadas
other is opposed consumption. Sir Wifrid
the former liberal premier forced the election by
fusing continuance OF the present par
lament in office Sir Wilfrd's friends in Quebec
credited with causing the disorder which has appeared
in many Of the Borden meetings For French Quebec
is strangely the backbone OF the opposition TO the
scrpton act sponsored by the union Of sir
Robert Borden.
remarkable group has gathered around the liberal
politicians. Canadian French who neither
for France for the British empire. some labor lead
ers. OF the prelates and priests-these the
nucleus OF the opposition Sir Robert Borden
have the support Of the Englishspeakng population
the democratic western provinces These pioneering
peoples possibly pacihst in temper than the
French Canadians. but they have acquiesced in con
scripton they first accepted part OF the
awful price OF freedom.
So with increasing acrimony the electoral campaign
moves forward The draft being put into effect but
charges OF fraud being made Meantime the vast
age Of the gallant army OF Canadians in France is out
numbering greatly the recruits. During the first -
days Of November. for example. casualties and dis
charges exceeded recruits by els. Obviously Canada
cannot desert the valiant soldiers in Europe. Equay
plainly conscripton is he only method Of making up
the losses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
SHOWING TIE PROPER SPIRIT.

Action OF the Chamber of Commerce in approving
the ant-outhouse ordinance before the common council
is only proof OF the growth of public opinion in
South Bend. during the couple Of years favorable
70 this highly important health reform Men who think
and have the public welfare in mind in preference
their property interests cannot well escape the
view the Chamber OF Commerce has taken all but
two out Of some hundred present at the Monday
luncheon voting their personal favoritisn. and
well that Of the Chamber. for the anti-outhouse
measure.
Ths ought TO be some proof to the dissenting coun-
cilmen their own outhouses Notwithstanding. that
South Bend is demanding this reform, looking 10 a
elimination or disease and regardless Of private
Interest," The question OF Is comparatively
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

ais. but scandals and vice expos
ureS may seem 70 contradict this
Socialism. which has seemed TO
gain Roadway and has been under
favorable direction Of the stars. will
lose its power in organization. the
seers declare, at a time when its
principles gain widest acceptance
and government application.
Persons whose birth date 10 is
may have many changes in the
coming year They should be care
ful not 10 run any risks
Children born on this day may
have many ups and downs. and
there is not a good augury for hap
piness in marriage.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
THE MEL TING POT
Come Take Pot Luck With Us"
TRUTH AND TALK.

At little difficulties sturdy minds should balb.
The he NOR ewek to talk
The OF the
Which wander the
DsprOving another in the conclusive
And ending in meaningless confusing fog and
IS
find that
He clarifies that nation
Tomorrow he'll Cathay;
Upon some other early he'll
A dozen mooted questions the history Greece
o
is literary competence generously
speculative enterprise
In wonderful solutions of scheme.
We see the finest talents most extensively displayed
And hear the hrmest statements unequivOcally
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

ton that they we're a chosen
people. They were chosen to
create a new type Of culture,
they think. and impose il even
on an unwilling world.)
CSpeaking Of Belgium) The des-
TIMES of the immortal great nations
stand so high that they can not but
have the right in case of need to
stride over existences that can not
defend themselves but support them
selves shamelessly upon the rivalries
of the great"
(Hermann Oncken CHeidel-
berg) Suddeutsche Monatshefte.
September. 1914. Oncken is an
eminent professor of modern
history at Heidelberg
I'VE feel ourselves to be the bear
ers of a superior kultur We have
no doubt that a defeat of our peo-
pie would retard by centuries the
development of mankind. ON the
other hand, we hope, by the victory
of our arms. to bring about a new
Of humanity through
the German nature. which will thus
prove itself fruitful Of blessings for
other nations as well"
CDr Paul Conrad. Stark in
dem Herrn, 1915, p. Al. DR..
Conrad is pastor of the Kaiser
Wilhelm Memorial Church in
Berlin)
(TO be Continued.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
LOOK WE'LL INTO THE FUTURE.

LOOK WE'LL INTO THE FUTURE.
You have a big family Of chill
dren.
But you have no right 70 look
upon these children solely as
means Of support when your work
ing days are over
Thousands upon thousands Of
fathers and mothers have had . per
feet confidence. as you have. that
the love OF your children will sur
round you in old age and YOU need
not look that far into the future
But they have been disappointed
and bitterly.
Not the children who were 70
blame but one or the other OF the
life partners.
Did you ever see a household
where the mother was always Jaw
ing and scoIding about pa2
or vice versa. the trouble was al
ways with ma
Sometimes IL is one or more OF
the kids who IS picked al and nag
ged till a reaction sets in and turns
the tide Of love 10 the reverse.
II you and your children cannot
work together as a unit do not ex-
pect too much when they get able
20 leave home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
The Public Pulse

Comm uufcations for this cu4mnn
may be signe1 anonymously Bat must
be accompa MED BY the name - the
writer % insure rood firth. 10 ~
sponsibnity for facts or sen1u1eDes
expressed vii BE- assumed Honest
discussion Of pubiic questtoDs IL IN b.
vitr-d. but with the riEht reserved 70
eliminate vicious and Objectionable
matter. The column is RE- But, -
reasonable
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

Cease the pitiful attempts to ex-
cuse Germany's action. No longer
wall TO strangers, who do not care
TO hear you, telling them how dear
to us were the smiles of peace we
had smeared like rouge upon our
lips and how deeply we regret in our
hearts that the treachery of conspi-
rators dragged us unwillingly into a
forced war. That national
selfshness does not seem a duty to
you, but a sin, is something you must
conceal from foreign eyes.
Not as weak willed blunderers have
we undertaken the fearful risk of
this war. We wanted il. Because
we had TO wish it and could wish it.
May the Teuton devil throttle those
winners whose pleas for excuses
make us ludicrous in these hours of
lofty experience. We do not stand,
and shall not place ourselves, before
the court of Europe. Germany
strikes. If it conquers new realms
for It's genius the priesthood Of all
the gods will sing songs Of praise TO
the good war We are
waging this war not in order to pun
ish those who have sinned, nor in
order TO free enslaved peoples and
thereafter to comfort ourselves with
the unselfish and useless conscious
ness of our own righteousness. We
wage it from the lofty point of view
and with the conviction that Ger
many, as a result of her achieve
ments and in proportion TO them, is
justified in asking and must obtain
wider room on earth for develop
ment and for working out the pos
sibilities that are in her. The pow
ers from whom she forced her as
cendancy. in spite Of themselves,
still live and some of them have re-
covered from the weakening she
gave them Now strikes
the hour of Germany's rising power
Not only for the territories that
are 10 feed their children and grand
children is this warrior host Aow
battling, but also for the conquering
triumph of the German genius
=. Now we know what the
war is for: Not for French. Polish,
hulnenlaO. LelllSH ltTTllOIleSs not
for billions of money: not in order
TO dive headlong after the war into
the pool Of emotions and then allow
the chilled body 10 rust in the twi-
light dust of the Deliverer of Races.
No, To hoist the storm flag Of the
Empire on the narrow channel that
opens and locks the road into the
ocean"
translation FROM Macmillan
Harden in New York Times.
Dec 6. 1914 Harden is a Ger
man free lance, editor of Die
Zukunft He says in a keen and
incisive manner what many
Germans are thinking
Its Cthe war; meaning and aim is
the unifCation and publication Of
Germany in order that il may be
qualified for its historical task. 10 be
the heart of Europe and 10 prepare
fer a realization Of the hopes OF
European humanity. We are fight
| ing the fight OF light against dark
ness. We are not all good. but our
VIII is bent toward the good. And
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

IF you ask me How shall 1 build
up the Kingdom Of God?' my an
swer is: Be a good German. Stand
fast by the Fatherland. Do your
duty and fulfill your mission. Seek
to submerge yourself IN German
spirit, in German mind. Be German
in piety and will, which simply
means be true, faithful, and valiant
Help as best you can toward our vic
tory: help 10 make our Fatherland
grow and wax mighty"
(Protestantenblatt, No. Is,
1850
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04
PART I.
THE MISSION OF GERMANY.

I'VE are the salt Of the earth"
(Kaiser's speech, Bremen,
Marcn %, 1905. Christian
Gauss, The German Emperor as
Shown in His Public Utterances.
1915, p. 239.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04


voices of children singing: 20 Ger
many, high in honor, thou holy land
of faithl"
CThe Kaiser as reported by A.
Fendrich, Nit dem Auto an der
Front, 1915, PIP. 14z-14S.)
THE more it German kultur)
remains faithful to itself, the better
will il be able TO enlighten the I'M
derstanding of foreign races absorbed
or incorporated into the empire, and
to make them see that only from
German kulture can they derive
those treasures which they need for
the fertilizing of their own particu-
lar life. (And what glorious results
will not victory bring to Germany
herself?) a victorious
peace will mean the release Of
world conquering energy for our in
dustrial life the losses
suffered in the war, whatever they
may come to, shall be made up.
the black white-and- red
flag shall wave over all seas. our
countrymen will hold highly respect
ed posts in all parts of the world,
and we will maintain and extend our
colonies. The whole world shall
stand open to US, so that, in untram-
melled rivalry we shall unfold the
energy of the German nature"
lotto Won Gierke, War and
Culture" in Deutsche Reden in
Schwerer Zeit Q914). L, 1896.
The author is a most distin-
guished professor Of law in the
University Of Berlin.D
For we are proud of il German
llultur) and know what it means for
mankind. When our fatherland lay
shattered on the ground Johann
Gottlleb Fichte in his memorable
Addresses to the German People.
here in Berlin more than hundred
years ago. held up the Germans as
the one people in Europe which had
preserved its original racial purity
and as a result its capability OF TAX
ing on culture; and he found the
transition from its former spirit of
cosmopolitanism to flaming national
enthusiasm in the thought that as
this people is called 10 be the minis
ter Of universal culture il is in duty
bound 10 preserve itself. And a half
century later (1S61), in the midst
OF the twilight which preceded our
great dawn, Emanuel Geibel closed
his fine poem, Germany's Mission,
with the prophetic lines:
(And German culture may
bring healing TO the nations.)
so think we. So may it comes
TO pass"
Udem. $1,000 Since the
time Of Fichte the Germans
have chung with growing pride
70 this notion that they are an
original. uncontaminated race.
This conception readily united
with their philosophical and
mystical conception OF the SAFE
German state-not as a piece OF
German State-nOt as a piece OF
machinery (after the American
fashion. say. or the English) but
as something living. almost di-
vine From this point Of view il
was only a step to the concep-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

"Germany's mission in history is
to rejuvenate the exhausted mem
bers of Europe by a diffusion of Ger
manic blood"
(The school and the Father
land, a manual for school chill
dren. Nergnet. France in
Danger (1913), trans, 1915,
p. %
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

Don't say you saw II In the
newspaper. Say News-Time&
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

TO the upright of spirit God will al
lot success" This was his main idea
as to the purpose of the war, and it
was as if one could hear the clear
voices of children singing: 20 Ger
many, high in honor, thou holy land
of faithi"
(The Kaiser as reported by A.
Fendrich, Nit dem Auto an der
Front, 1915, PIP. 14z-143.)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-04

translation FROM Macmillan
Harden in New York Times.
Dec. 6. 1914. Harden is a Ger
man free lance. editor OF Die
Zukunft He says in a keen and
incisive manner what many
Germans are thinking
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-04-12
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THE PLEDGE.
A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM

There are many young men. who. ear
rlcd away with q spirit Of patriotism, will
follow the flag these days and enlist without
giving thot concerning the reason for their
action. They believe that the cause is lust
because they have faith in the leaders of the
nation They have faith in President vii.
son. They have faith IN the judgment of
Congress i'm So Overwhelmingly sustaining
tine Presidents action. Further than this.
many of the men now joining the colorS. have
sought no justification for their action.
While it stirs the feeling Of all 20 wit.
ness this action op their part, and it must
inspire the leaders Of our government 10
thus be assured that the young men are will.
ing To- give their lives, il need be. 20 yindicatc
their action; yet with ell Of the American
people these boys should. and no doubt. will
have clearly defined idea Of what the war
Is all about
As the war continues and the Amcri-
can people are growing more familiar with
the miracles ut European diplomacy cspcr-
lally as evidenced 10y the activity Of the en-
iSsaricS Of Berlin the realization is reached
that the wari is, fundamentally Il struggle be-
tween ariSt"cracy and democracy.
I'm such struggle the United state,
could not, with honor 10 itself. nor yet with
ont mrcrllmg lis own liberty longer main.
tain an attitude Of neutrality The young
men who arc leaving Malhcur county to
fight under the Stars and Stripes are turn.
ing to Franc in her hour If need the debt
laid upon tie American people by the SER
vice of Lafayette and his followers. When
in the council of the nations after peace has
been declared We can serve the cause of Poll
iSh freedom return will be made for the
mighty efforts in behalf of American free
dom by Caslmir Pulaski at Brand wine. and
for his lifc's blood given at Savannah in
1779
Deny as the Germans will until the
end, their completely in bringing ou the
bloody struggle, they can not deny their
duplicity within the United States. They
can not deny the multiplied evidence, of
their aspirations to ruic tho world, They can
not deny the true import of the successive
addresses ami documents spread broadcast
by the Crosse Dcutchc Ncrhand nor the
addresses made by leaders Of the German
American Alliance iu the United States dur
ing the past twenty years, all Of which sup
plcmcntmg each other weave am ndctmg
thread around the band of PruSSiau Jmkcrs
who looked forward to the day, when as