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New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Tofre and Foch Our
~ Lafayettes of To-day

We owe France other debts than
those incurred in the eighteenth GEN.
tury. The Marne and Verdun were con-
tributions of the Revolution, and Foch
and Joffre have served America as great
ly as did Lafayette and Rochambeau,
but it is the older debt that to-day is
clearest in view and gives to our par
ticipation in the World War dramatic
and appealing character. To France,
who gave US our independence, we, in
our turn, are returning the "lost
provinces" which are the guarantee of
French integrity. Surely history has
few more remarkable condolences.
There are other memories, however,
which will be stirred by new as
sembling at Versailles. In side street
\ leading off the Avenue de Paris, by
which the delegates will come to the pal
ace, is that tennis court in which was
taken the famous oath from which came
the French Revolution. Through the
gates by which the delegates will en-
ter the palace the mob of Paris swarmed
to seize Louis XVI and drag him back
to Paris and, in the end, to the seaffold.
And in the same hall where the dele
gates will meet the grandfather of
William Hohenzollern was crowned Ger
man Emperor in the presence of all the
sovereigns of Germany, whose sue
cessors are now in exile, while the Ger
man guns hurled their daily message of
destruction into besieged and doomed
Paris. In Versailles Bismarck imposed
upon France the terms which included
the loss of Alsace- Lorraine, now re-
stored. Where more appropriately
could Germany be sentenced than at
Versailles?
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
WE May Be In for a
w Long Debate

In one sense a peace congress is SIM
pie. We have the power to write sucn
terms as we please, to write the terms
which express our just claims against
Germany territorially and OTHERWISE
but to enforce them with respect to IN
IDENTITIES is another matter. We can
occupy German territory as the Ger
mans occupied French territory IN 1871
and as the allies occupied French terri
tory after Waterloo, but if revolution
like the Russian upheaval is in progress
in Germany this will not aid US to gee
indemnities.
If what is now taking place in all Oh
Central Europe should turn out to oe
but the prelude to revolution OF ths
Russian type, then any peace negotiated
at Versailles might prove a dead le1'ei'
or at least would be suspended Tor
long period of time while Germany was
in the throes of revolt, and the very con-
sequences of revolution might so destroy
the economic fabric of Germany as "
render payment impossible for many
many years.
I do not mean to be understood as oe-
lieving that we can or should forego ~
IDENTITIES; we have no right to ask 'he
French and the Belgians, who have oeeH
despoiIed by the Germans, to bear -
loss themselves. But | am trying ~
set forth the reasons why the debate AZ
Versailles may be long, as most sa'''
debates are, and why the agreemen''
when formulated, may be even longer y
execution. Germany has laid down ~, =,
arms: she can fight no more; sne WIZ
have to accept our terms, so far as iO'
NAL assent is concerned; but II Ger"a"'
follows the Russian example, elthel ~
fore or after the peace is signed al W
sailles, our problem will have been 0p,s
scratched, not settled, at the new GU
gress.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Memories That Will Haunt the Com
ing Peace Conference and Warn
of Old Blunders
By FRANK III. SIMONDS
Author of '"The World War;" ''They Shall Not Pass"

\OR America there is peculiar fit
ness in the selection of Yer
Ia sailIes as the scene of the next
world settlement The liquida-
ton of the German war, we are told by
cable. is to be accomplished by negotia-
tions carried on in Paris and formally
adopted in a plenary session at Yer
sailles. Something like this was the
method employed to settle the War of
the Revolution, and while the document
which contained British recognition of
American independence was signed at
Paris. the treaty which restored peace
to the world was another Treaty of
Versailles, and Franklin, Adams and
Jay. who represented America in that
famous time, were frequently at Yer
sailles.
We are, then, in a very real sense, re-
turning to the place at which our ex-
istence obtained European recognition.
But how different are the circumstances!
In 1882 we were the ward of France.
French armies and French ships, with
French loans, had made liberty possible.
A year before the armies of Washing
ton and Rochambeau had taken York
town, the soldiers of France and of
America had shared in victory, the fruits
of which were mainly American. But
to-day our armies have just been vic
torious at Sedan, and, in Foch's happy
phrase, have earned the right to in
scribe the word "Meuse" upon their
banners as the soldiers of the French
monarchy had won the privilege to write
thirty-seven years ago.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

Fontainebleau. France lost her conauests
and was restored to the frontiers of
1889, in the main, but the integrity of
the old France was maintained against
the Prussian effort to seize Alsace-Lor-
raine. 1t was not with any desire to
save France that her conquerors dealt
with her in moderate spirit; it was
merely to make possible the restoration
of Bourbon King and thus enlist
France in the general crusade against
liberal ideas-aganst the spirit of the
French Revolution.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

ity only now, when Prussia, Russia and
Austria have fallen into ruins The Haps-
burgs, the Romanolfs and the Hohen-
zo}erns, who framed the document Of
Vienna, are gone--in exile or dead Italy
is free, France republican, Europe is
unbound Yet this liberation has taken
full century; only now is Poland rising
from the servitude imposed more than
century ago; only now is Italy redeem
ing the last of her Latin brethren from
Austrian chains
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
I liberty in the Palace
- of a Monarch

And back of all other memories at
Versailles is that of the first master of
all the magnificence which nearly bank
rupted France. The spirit of Louis XIV.
who said II am the state" this has
been reincarnated in William II. The
cid gospel of the absolute will, the di
vine right of kings, certainly never
found more complete expression than at
Versailles, and nowhere else in the
world could the ultimate repudiation of
this evil tradition be more impressive
than within the palace of the "Sun
King
Apart from local memories this new
Congress of Versailles must revive the
legends of at least four other great set
Elements, stretching back to the Peace of
Westphalia, in 1648, which is reckoned
by historians as the opening act in the
latest phase of European development.
the period of national evolution. And
these four settlements are: Westphalia
in 1648; Utrecht, in iii; Vienna, in
1915, and Berlin. in 1878. In the pro-
ceedings of these earlier gatherings men
will to-day explore for precedents, for
forms; in the progress of events at Yer
sailles we may see many interesting
repetitions of events which filled the
world stage in other centuries.
And of the four European conclaves
that of Berlin forty years ago will be
most easily called to mind, although it
was of infinitely smaller consequence
than either the present or the preceding
world gatherings. 1t will be most fire.
quently recalled because of the contrast
with the present assembly. Then Eu-
rope went to Berlin at the invitation of
Bismarck, thereby recognizing that Ger
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

many had supplanted France as the ar
bitter of the Continent, and all the newly
acquired greatness of Germany, won on
the recent battletields of Sadowa and
Sedan, was revealed in the unquestioned
mastery of Bismarck. In many ways
this was the greatest moment in the
history of the short-lived German EN-
pire, although German domination in
Europe was hardly to be questioned un-
til the outbreak of the present conflict.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
he Congress of Versailles and the Destiny of the Wor{
Alliance. 1t estranged Italy and France,
and Italy entered the Triple Alliance. 1t

Alliance. 1t estranged Italy and France,
and Italy entered the Triple Alliance. 1t
did equal injustice to all the Balkan
states and made the later Balkan wars
inevitable 1t sacrificed Serbia to Aus
tria, Rumania to Russia, Bulgaria to
British concern about Constantinople. 1t
gave the Turk forty years more in which
to massacre and destroy 1t preserved
the Eastern question unsettled; it did
nothing justly, and the question Of the
rights of nations had no hearing in the
Berlin Congress. 1t was shameless
bargain counter, in which all the great
powers trafficked in the flesh of the small
peoples with two purposes in mind: To
avoid war among themselves and to ac-
quire such profits as they could take
home with peace assured.
But it is to the Congress of Vienna
that we must turn at the present time to
find any real parallel for the new Yer
sailles gathering, for that was the last
effort of Europe to liquidate a general
war. At Vienna the conquerors of Ma
poleon gathered to abolish the peril
which the ideas of the French Revolu-
tion held for all sovereigns and all autoc-
racies. With respect to France, on the
military and territorial side, Napoleon's
conquerors made peace promptly in a
Treaty of Paris, signed little more than
month after the first abdication of
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
nversights of a Century
" To Be Remedied

At Vienna nobody cared about the
Poles; nobody cared a brass farthing for
the Serbs or the Greeks at Berlin. In
the later gathering none of the as
sembled statesmen was troubled by the
haunting fear of revolution such as
had shaken Europe before the Vienna
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
y ude Results From Beacons-
~ fields Peace With Honor

When it was all over this "peace with
honor" that Beaconsield acclaimed on
his return from Berlin accomplished
these things: 1t estranged' Russia and
Germany, since Bismarck supported
Vienna against Petrograd, and this es-
arrangement led to the Franco Russian
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24
Cernan Power
~ at Its Zenith

Europe met in Berlin in 1878 to en-
deavor to prevent a war between Aus
tria and Britain, on the one hand, and
Russia, on the other, growing out of the
New-York tribune., 1918-11-24

T\OR America there is peculiar fit
H ness in the selection of Yer
IA sailles as the scene of the next
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

Riker's Violet Witch Hazel is dis
titled from the finest Witch Hazel
twigs, and is delightfully."- perfumed.
This 81 n of the best numbers
in the famous Riker Line of Toilet
Requisites.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

SO much l could not write, and be-
lieve me every little round gets high
er but that does not worry me one
Willis l will write them when / get
bit. Mother, tell Mr.. Bland and Miss
a chance ;that 1 received their let
tiers, also Aunt Flora, Aunt Lula and
Aunt Geneva.
l have a new Browning automatic
rifle and believe me, it is some sweet
gun. They shoot at the rate of 500
times a minute. Is that not some
gun? It's a little heavy, but why
should l worry when 1 have two car
riers by my side.
/ am going to take a lesson in tear,
ing it apart. You know that 1 will
enjoy that for there will be a screw.
driver and maybe a wrench too, SC
you know l viii be pleased. Did
tell you that I had a steel helmet (o1
hat). 1t is like my rifle, a little hea.
Wy, but l guess it's that much better
At least, if l was going to sell it By
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

weight / could get more Francs for
it as there is no more dollars now.
Mother, as for me wanting any
thing, do not worry about that for l
have all I want to eat and wear l
eat more at one meal now than I did
at home in a day. Now, you can
imagine what kind of a condition the
United States will be in if they don't
hurry and give me a discharge. I
have more things than I can carry.
I think I will capture me a German
to carry my baggage for me. Don't
worry about me not having socks and
sweaters for I have them and they
are all wool and a yard wide.
The cattle here are the latest
things / ever saw and as large as
most of our horses. My, but their
meat is good. But, 20 do not see
many hogs. 1 wish you could see
them work horses. They are most all
large and good ones, but their harm
ess looks so funny. I do wish you
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21
CHESTER GLENN SAYS BOYS
In FRANCE WANT LETTERS

To all the people of Hendersonville
and Henderson county, Greetings:
We r well and as happy as we
can be. We have plenty to eat and
plenty of money. Ikond that youwant
the war to end, so do we. Well,
there is one way you can help, tho
you be at home. If you are not able
to buy a Liberty Bond, then buy
W.S.S.; if you cannot afford that
then write to some one that you know
is in France; tell him that you are
with him in all that he is doing and
that each day you pray that he may
be safe from the shells and gas an,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

the many other things that can take
him away; that he may soon be home
again.
That is a very small thing for one
to do and it will keep away the blue
thoughts-will drive away the uneasy
feeling that he has, that wee small
letter. You write. Don't put it off.
Do it today. Yours for Victory,
PVT. CHESTER R. GLENN.
7th Anti-Aircraft Battery, C. A. C.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

and let him have it. And think of the
boys who have suffered from the mis-
cradle gases, forced into the war by
the still more miserable Huns. Ee-
member the gentleman who introduce
ed gas in the battle. Then some smart
patriot of Germany sent the deadly
germs Of glandeIs to Rumania through
the diplomatic channel as Il S.lfety
route. Don't forget him. Also The
officer who had Edith Caval executed
should face the jury. And This only
makes a start.-Morganton News Iier-
aid.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21
FROM M CASTOR
hBEA, NOW IN FRANCE,
Sept. 20, 1913.


Mother and Home Folks:
have just received two letters
,,on and surely did appreciate
Op and am wondering what you
20 doing today. 1 am feeling
and enjoying myself.
~. is n of the ~prettiest places
pver seen and the timber is
# looks more like Mt. Mitch
I tban any place 1 ever saw, and
had YOU all here it would seem
Ike home.
Lain was not with US. But thank
In1P no have officers that are not
'Vs amod to confess God, and that is
! lind of a man that l want to go
This is the longest I have waited
rrite, but have been on the move
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21
NO ESCAPE

A recruiting officer in Germany de-
termined that no prospective soldier
should elude him. One man said he
was too old, but the officer replied:
won Hindenburg is seventy-two, and
he's in-get a gun"
Another man with one arm came up
to claim exemption and the officer said
"The Kaiser's in-get a gun"
Finally a woman brought her half
witted son and the officer said, mo
matter the Crown Prince is in. Get a
gun"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21
WHAT Do WITH THE GERMANS?

There are man. sub-war lords lof
Germany who are as guilty as William
HOhenzollern, so far as their & Tilt =
concerned. The only difference is that
he was at the head and more respon-
sible. When the trial comes, if come
it shall, these miserable beasts should
not be forgot. The man VINO ordered
the first ship sent dc WI by a subma-
rine should be remembered. In his
case justice should not be overcome
with mercy. lie has earned justice
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

could have seen the sights that 1
have.
Pvt. JAMES CASTOR ALBEA.
Co. E. 322, Inf A. E. F., U. S. A.
P. o. 791, via. New York, France.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21

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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-11-21


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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-14

To be possessed of a head Of heavy,
beautiful hair; soft, lustrous. fluffy,
wavy and free from dandruf is merely
a matter of using a little Danderine.
1t is easy and inexpensive to have
nice, soft hair and lots of 1t. Just get a
small bottle Of Knowlton's Danderine
now-it costs but q few cents-all drug
stores recommend it-apply a little as
directed and within ten minutes there
will be an appearance of abundance.
freshness, duffiness and an incompara-
bic gloss and lustre, and try as you
will You cannot find q trace Of dandrufr
or falling hair; but your real surprise
will be after about two weeks use,
when you will see new hair-fne and
;downy at arst-yes-but really new
hair-sprouting out all over your scalp
-Danderine Is, we believe, the only
sure hair grower, destroyer of dan
rdruf and cure for itchy scalp, and it
never Fails to stop falling hair at onc
It You want to prove how pretty and
soft your hair really is, moisten a cloth
with q little Danderine and carefully
draw It through your hair-taking one
small strand at q time. Your hair will
be SOFT glossy and beautiful In just
few mOments-a delightful surprise
awaits everyone who tries this. : ADV.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-14

Look at the tongue, mother! If
coated, it Is a sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once
When peevish, cross, l~istless, pale.
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act natu.
rally, or is feverish. stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhea, full Of cold, give a
t%easpoonful of california Syrup OF
Figs" and in a few hours all the foul.
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have a we'll, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless fruit laxatiye;"
they love it's delicious taste, and it
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle Of
California Syrup of Figs" whick has
directions for babies, children Of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. Beware Of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it is made by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Adv.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-14
Given and Taken.

A strange incident occurred the 9TH
er day at the railway station of Krem-
sier, Austria. A young woman, with
an infant in her arms, asked a soldier
on furlough to hold her child for a few
moments as She wanted to buy q
ticket. Before tho soldier was aware Of
it he held already the little load in his
arms. He waited patiently for the moth
er's return, but when the train and all
the persons had long left the station
he realized that the vanished mother
wanted to rid herself of her child.
When the child started to cry the sol
der found a slip Of paper that read:
"A soldier has given it; a soldier has
taken it." The soldier took the found
ling to his home and intends to bring
1t up.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-14
CHAPTER Xxx.
Florence Secret.

1t was time for the second act
OF the tragedy. Don Luis Per-
ems death was to be followed
by that of Florence. Like some
monstrous butcher, the cripple
passed from one to the other with
no more compassion than if he
were dealing with the oxen in a
slaughter house.
Still weak in his limbs. he drag
ged himself to where the girl Law.
took a cigaret from a gunmetal
case, and, with a final touch of
cruelty, said:
When this cigaret is quite
burnt out, Florence. it will be
your turn. Keep your eyes on it.
1t represents the last minutes Of
your life reduced to ashes. Keep
your eyes on it, Florence, and
think.
want You to understand
this: all the owners of the estate.
and old Langernault in particu-
lar, have always considered that
the heap of rocks and stones over
hanging your head was bound to
fall to pieces sooner or later. And
1 myself, for years, with untiring
patience, believing in a favorable
opportunity, have amused myself
by making it crumble away still
more, by undermining it with the
rain water, in short, by working
at it in such a way that, upon
my word, ! cant make out how
the thing keeps standing at all.
Or, rather, [ do understand. !
The few strokes with the
pickaxe which gave it just now
were merely intended for q warn
ing. But | have only to give one
more in the right place, and
knock out q little brick wedged
in between two Jumps Of stone,
for the whole thing to tumble to
the ground like a house OF cards.
little brick, Florence" he
chuckled, tiny little brick
which chance placed there, be-
tween two blocks of stone, and
has kept in position until now.
Cut comes the brick, down come
the blocks, and there's your ca
tastrope
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-11-14
HEALTH TALK
Spanish Influenza or Grip
BY DR.. LEE II. SMITH.

An old enemy is with us again. and
whether we fight a German or a germ, we
must nut up a good fight, and not be afraid.
The Influenza runs a very brief course
when the patient is careful, and If we keep
the system in good condition and throw
of the poisons which tend 10 accumulate
within y bodies, we can escape the dis
ease. Remember theac three Es---a clean
mouth, q clean ekin, and clean bowels.
10 carry Oh poise1s from the system and
keep tho bowels iooss, daily doses OF a
pleasant laxative should be taken. Such
. . h made Of May-apple, leaves OF aloe.
root d tatap, and euied Dr.. Piercc's Pleas
ant Pellets. Hot lemonade should be used
freely II attacked by q cold, and the pa
tient should be put TO bed after . hot
mustard foot-b0th.
10 prevent the attack 81 brOuehitis or
pnentnonia and to contro.. the pain,
Anuric tablets should BE- Obtained al the
drug store, and IN given every tuo hours,
with lemonade. The Anuric tablets
were first discovered BY Dr. Pierce, and,
q they flush the bladder and cleanse the
kidneys, they carry away much Of the poi.
sons and the uric acid.
II b important that broths, milk, but
termilk, ice-crsam and simple diet be given
regularly to strengthen the system and in-
crease the vital resistance. The fever Ii
diminished BY the nss Of the Anuric tab.
lets. but in addition, the forehead. arma
and hands may b bathed with water
l!tepid) in which Z tablespoonful of sal.
aratl, has been dissolved ma quart. After
IN attack Of grip or pneuponia To-
bpsld up and strengthen the System. obtain
at the drug store agcod,ir b6nic, called
aIrontic" Tablets. or TINT JTeN knuwn
herbal tonic. Of. Pisrces Golden Medical
Discovery.