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New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
Our Provocaiion

WHY WE WENT TO WAR. BY Christian Gauss.
illustrated. l2lno. pp xi. 3s6. Charles Scrib-
ners Sons.
Professor Gauss has here related and
discussed, with numerous citations OF
public and official documents, the train
Of causes which led to and abundantly
justified Americas entry into the world
war, utilizing the latest revelations of
Prince Lichnowsky, DR.. Muehlon and
others. A copious appendix contains
the texts Of many of the most impor-
tant treaties, notes and what not re-
lating to the origin of the war. the
whole forming volume OF great value
for reference, and for reference nov
that the war is ended no less than if it
were still in progress.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
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THE WHITE ROAD
OF MYSTERY

By PHILIP DANA ORCUTT
Illustrated Cloth, S1.25 net.
Vivid and spiritual impressions of
the war by a young American
Ambulancier who served in the
great Verdun offensive during
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-07
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New-York tribune., 1918-12-07

T1IE ESSENTIALS OF AN ENDURING VICTORY.
BY Andre Cheradame. With mars. lsmc NJ.
xrxvi sSa. Charles ScTibner's Sons
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18

The London Daily Mail, October 8, carried the
following dispatch from its Berne correspondent
"A letter in which Prince Max of Baden reveals
himself in his true coors has come into my hands
After reading it no will any longer be in doubt
either to the character of the man who wrote it
or as to the reason why the kaiser chose him for
the role he now has to play.
ION December Ia last, at the time when many
speeches were being delivered to stimulate the
tagging morale of the hungry Germans, Prince Max
made a speech about the Sermon the Mount in
the chamber of deputies at Baden He said:
Not hatred of foes but rather love of
Germany, should be the soldiers true motive in
fighting. The sword alone cannot overcome the
moral opposition of our foes. If the world is to
be reconciled to the greatness of Germany it
must taught to feel that behind power stands
not merely national but world conscience. True,
the whole history of spiritual Germanys feelings of
responsibility to humanity shines like beacon
This is the sign we must inscribe on our standards
In this sign shall conquer
About month later on January IL, Prince
Max wrote the following letter to his cousin, Prince
Alexander of Hohenohe, to interpret the real mean
ing of his Sermon on the Mount speech:
L am astonshed at the various interpretations
put on my speech in various quarters. The Swiss
newspapers read into it a of opposition between
the Hohenzoerns and the Zahringers (the Baden
royal family. How nonsensical this is is shown
by the fact that the kaiser-this is entire nous
sent me a telegram congratulating and calling
my speech "a high feat
ON the one hand the Pan-Germans fall upon
me- utterly failing to perceive in their wrath that
with my Interpretation of Christianity am really
endOwing their German swords with a German spirit
by means of which they can conquer the world to
their hearts content. On the other hand that hate
full paper, the Frankfurter Zeitung, besmears
with its laudations, although clearly enough held
up to scOrn in my speech the popular Outcry for
democracy and all current party watchwords,
especially 'parIiamentarism.'
The world is out of joint and peoples minds
are unbalanced. Everybody is hypnotized by
these crazy ideas that cannot get them to take in
earnest my words of practical common sense about
applied Christianity and the desentimentalzing of
the conscience of humanity whole.
For many a day longed to have a good dig
at our enemies and hold up to rdcule this affect
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
More Cattle for Georgia.

Thanks to the farmers energy, allied with
favorable seasons Georgia has produced enough
feed and forage this year to sustain at least hun
dred thousand more head of cattle than she has
In Texas the contrary, adverse weather cOndi-
tions have caused great a dearth of those crops
that some two hundred and fifty thousand head of
beef cattle in danger of starvation.
This singular conjunction of circumstances
should be turned to the mutual benefit of the
States concerned. Georgia has not only the prov
ender but also the land and all else needful to
is unable to support. To this end, the State Col
lege of Agriculture and related agencies have
taken commercially prompt steps The College
has sent to county agricultural agents throughout
the State standard inquiries to the number of
cattle that can be taken care of in his territory
the breed and general character of stock preferred
and the names of farmers interested in buying
LAS soon as the necessary data is in hand" saws
the Augusta Chronicle, representatives of the
Southeastern railroad agricultural departments will
go to Texas and arrange for immc 1iate shipments
of cattle from that State to Georgia. Shipments will
be made to central points where farmers can con-
venently inspect and buy" The federal rail-
road administration, perceiving the national i'm
allowed for these shipments an emergency rate
of less than one-half that of year ago.
Georgias ability to take advantage of this and
similar opportunities rises from the fact that she
produced abundance of feed and forage. Those
are the foundations of profitable live stock in
dustry and such of really incalculable i'm
port to the States prosperity.
The kaiser would rest no easier if he knew that
the newspapers already have obituary sketches of
him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
The Presidents Reply.

~ EFLECTING as it does the single minded
~ and unshakable Judgment of the Ameri-
n - can people, the presidents reply to Ger
many's latest peace note is the kind of answer
that the country stood anXiOusly waiting to hear
and that the critical situation required. If there
was apprehension lest might be drawn into
hazardous parleys with Prussianism, it is relieved
by the presidents decisive words sent speeding to
Berlin within less than six hours after the official
text of the German note had reached him. In three
specific and vital declarations his answer is de-
cisive.
First the conditions of an armistice must
be left to the judgment and advice of the mill
tary advisers of the United States and the allied
governments arrangement being acceptable
which does not provide absolutely satisfactory
safeguards and guarantees of the maintenance
of the present military supremacy of the armies
of the United States and of the allies in the field
This should put an end to the Germans hope of
escaping unframed from his present predicament
to shorter lines and stronger positions of his
choosing.
Second, neither the governments of the United
States nor those of the allies will consent to
consider an armistice so long the armed forces
of Germany continue the illegal and inhUman
practices which they still persist in"
Finally, the president reiteTates a funda-
mental and particularly vital condition OF peace,
the destruction of every arbitrary power any
where that can, secretly, and of its single choice
disturb the peace of the world; if it cannot
be presently destroyed, at least its reduction to
which has controlled the German nation lis of
the sort here described and inasmuch it is
within the choice of the German nation to alter
it."
1.-The president feels bound to say that
the whole process of peace WILL in his judg-
ment, depend upon the defniteness and the
satisfactory character of the guarantees
which can be given in this fundamental mat
ter 1t is indispensable that the governments
associated against Germany should know be-
yond a peradventure with whom they
dealing"
The significance of these words will not be lost
upon the German public, if there is such a thing
as a thinking public in the kaisers empire. The
President has fixed the onus of the issue
inescapably upon Berlin. And Berlin's mouth is
effectually stopped so long Prussian autocracy
remains enthroned.
The war, may assume, will go until
that complete German surrender which just
and stable peace depends is forthcoming There
will be no announcement of the military suprem-
acy our armies now hold, parley with the
barbarous foe who wakes more brutal as he sees
defeat coming nexorably upon him, bargain
ing with the autocracy whose pledges are worth
less and whose purposes altogether malign.
have heard the last of German peace, let US
hope, until Hindenburg presents his sword hilt-
forward to Foch. From the to the Alps our
armies striking VIGOROUSLY for peace. Sup
port them we should, and they will do the
rest.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18

ed judicial attitude of theirs in the matter Of
sponsibity for the war, as well as their care about
democracy For many a day, too, longed to con-
trent them and their pagan tricks with the Sermon
on the Mount, and together with this doctrine of
love to set in clearer light the duty OF the strong
to guard the rights of mankind.
"'Our enemies falsify the most sacred prin-
ciples with their lies and Hbes, and allow our
selves to be influenced by their base Vaccinations.
The beginning and end of my speech were, there
FORE concerned in rebutting the lies and false sug
gestions of the enemy's moral ohense. AS my OBJ
ject also to laugh to scorn the democratic
cry of the Western Powers, l had to come to
sort of compromise with my audience about our own
internal affairs. AS quite decline to accept any
such thing western democracy for Germany and
Baden had perforce to tell my hearers that per-
fectly understood their needs, but at the time
1 could not but warn them that l had arrived at
sort of political platform which gives me liberty to
follow paths have marked out for myself.
with regard to the peace question l take up
the standpoint in contrast to the rulers of the
Western Powers. My object was only to suggest
the general mood in which such questions should be
approached. The how is of the greatest value
because the what is difficult to define; for l,
too, naturally wish for the greatest possible
ploitation of our successes in contrast to the
called peace resolution of July, 1917 which was
disgusting child born OF fear and the Berlin dog
days:
4 wish to have the greatest possible indemni-
ties, no matter in what form, so that after the
war may not be too poor. My view in these mat
tiers is not quite yours, for am not yet in favor of
anything being said about Belgium than what
already has been said. Our enemies know enough,
and in dealing with such cunning and astute oppo-
nent as England Belgium is the only object of
pensation which possess.
There you have, then, my own interpreta-
ton of my speech, 100, 600 copies of which have
been distributed a leaflet for propaganda pur-
poses. My speech is to be read a whole if it is
not to be misunderstood. l have very poor opin-
ion of the moral disposition of the rulers of
enemies as we'll of the terrible lack of judgment
among the people whom they rule. The. baseness
of their ideas is too shameful for words. We Ger
mans on the other hand, sin by our stupidity, for
both the Pan-Germans and peace resolutions
alike stupid things"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18

NTAsHINGTON, D. G., Oct. 14.-About one
w hundred and fifty thousand students are
w now gathered at five hundred and fifty
American colleges in the uniform and under the
discipline of the army, navy and marine corps
About one-third many attending the voca-
tional schools under the same status. Thus the
Students Army Training Corps is in successful
operation and it has already contributed material
to the training camps which is the chief purpose
it was organized to serve.
This purpose does not seem to be fully under
stood by the American public. The training corps is
criticised by who see it as a refuge from the
harder of for those who have certain
qualifications of education and intelligence 1t is
hailed with joy by certain equally deluded per-
sons who believe it is intended primarily as step
toward free higher education.
The men who have organized and direct
ing the Students Army Training corps anxious
to correct both Of those impressions. They point
out that the corps will not keep any considerable
number of men out of the ranks who would other
wise go into them, and that many of those who are
indicted into it will reach the front sooner than
if they had let the draft law take its They
further point out that since the need for officer
material is much greater than could possibly be
supplied from the ranks, the Students Army Train
ing corps is a necessary supplementary source of
supply. Neither is the chance for commission
denied to the man who enters the vocational
rather than the collegiate section The fact of the
matter is that every man who has it in him to
make officer will have wide opportunity to
do so before the draft army is ready to take
to exceed the supply. The Students Army Train
ing corps is not designed to favor the educated
any other class. Neither is it primarily ed
ucational measure. 1t is military measure made
necessary by the impossibilty of obtaining ade-
quate supply of officers without some such means
of asserting and shaping the heterogeneous mass
of human material which must be organized into
army between and spring.
The courses of the Students Army Training
corps divided into periods of three months,
called quarters. When a enters of the
units, the presumption is that he will remain at
least one quarter, if he is twenty years old. If
nineteen years old he will probably remain three.
But nothing is promised If he shows the proper
qualifications a may be sent to officers
training camp, if he proves unmistakbly unfit
for commission, may be sent to a depot brigade
within a short time. The shortage of officers
terials has already made it necessary to send
students to officers training camps. On the other
hand a man having training or aptitude in certain
technical lines needed by the army and navy may
be retained in college for several quarters. The
number of them will necessarily be very small. In
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
YOUR OPINIONS H. Addington Bruce

= IKE everybody else you have opinions on
l great variety Of subjects. Have you ever ex-
- amined any of your opinions with reference
to the grounds on which they rest?
If you have never done this 1 would suggest
that you take some subject which you feel
strongly, and submit your opinion of it to really
critical examination. The result may be somewhat
surprising and extremely profitable to you.
Take, for example, the subject of woman suf-
frage, concerning which you are, let us suppose,
strongly anti or just as strongly PRO" Ask
yourself why you feel you do about woman suf-
frage.
Is it because you have carefully considered the
arguments both sides, and have formed your
opinion after deliberate reflection?
Or is your opinion simply emotional reac-
ton determined by circumstances of the moment
and of your environment? Are you anti-sufrage
or pro-suffrage for other reason than that the
majority of your relatives and friends ant-suf-
frage pro-sufrage? Is your opinion only an echo
of theirs?
jects. Try earnestly to determine your prevailing
mode of forming opinions. Consider whether 1t is
a process of impartial, thorough, active reasoning,
a process of passive suggestibility.
Far too many people, let me warn you, are
dependent the suggestions of others for the
fathers and mothers think, or as their daily asso-
ciates think, because they have never formed the
invaluable habit of thinking things out for them
selves.
If you find that you belong to this unfortunate
and exceedingly numerous class of peoples, try to
emancipate yourself forthwith. Slavish acceptance
of tradition, slavish submission to prejudice are
signs of truly appalling mental weakness.
You can't become a man Of mark man of
real achievement, so long as you are but an echo
of other people. You can't possibly progress
you should in your chosen life work.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18

put up Chancellor to get peace before their
Keeling armies beaten to surrender! NOW
that the Reichstag Socialists have seen his pur-
Joined letter to Cousin Alexander, they are minded
TO fling him from the Ministry reports say. But
why? Is he not perfect specimen of German
craftsmanship? His suavity and manner of grace,
it's true, make him appear beside the average Hun
Hyperion TO a satyr. But he has all the essen
tial characteristics of his natOn-its duplicty, its
greed its ruthIessness, it's contempt for what the
Allied world conceives justice and freedom and
honor. Hailed by the so-caled German Liberals
as their Empires likeest spokesman to hoax Amer
lea and the Allies into a treacherous peace, he
stands revealed through his lately discovered let
ter TO the Junkers as hoaxer of the Liberals them
selves. The Huns cannot trust one another What
pray, can they expect of the world?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
Sheep and Dogs in Georgia.

Struck by the present prices of mutton and
wool, the Aiken Journal made a singularly inter
esting investigation in the county whose name it
creditably bears. ''HOw much wool and NUT
ton are we producing?" that paper asked its
farmer friends. The amount patry in
view of the demand and prices for those products
county authorities. Thereupon it was given this
significant fact from digest of the countys tax
able property: There three thousand eight
hundred and forty-seven dogs owned in the
county, but only four hundred and ffty-seven
sheep and goats"
Promoters of live stock industries in Georgia
long have urged that vagabondish ours must
go if sheep 20 come and stay. And they
convncingly argue that creature which yields
raiment and delectable food is more to
be priced than which breeds feas and fuses
Their Indictment is not against the worthwhile
dog but against the sheep-klling mongrel; and
because their pleas have been ignored Georgia has
lost hundreds of millions of dollars
Inducements to sheep raising have become
strong, however, that we hardly imagine the
proving foes of this profitable industry being
tolerated much longer. Not America alone but
the whole world is gravey in need of more wool
and will be for many a year to come. War
conditions, besides greatly increasing the demand
for sheep products, has decreased the output. For
the last two decades moreover, there has been
continual decline in the number of sheep. Hence
the extraordinary prices. In Georgia there are
thousands of idle excellently suited to sheep
raising. Duly exploited, this opportunity would
add beyond reckoning to the States productive
ness and wealth.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
DER TAG!

BY Faith Baldwin of the Vigilantes
Oh to be in Paris when the drum of victory beats!
To watch the flags blue flower make glad gardens
of the streets
To see in tear-soft woman-eyes the glory and the
pride,
The high white flame of knowledge that the dead
are justified!
Oh to be in Paris when the troops come home
again!
Out of storm and thunder-threat; out of shrapnel-
rain!
To see the gallant living march, beneath the clean,
free skyi
And hail the ghosts that march with them . . the
dead who cannot die!
Oh, to watch the sunlight CLINT on maid Jeannes
holy lance!
And then just God, to kneel and kiss the sacred
soil of France!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
OUIPS AND OUIDDITIES

1t was at a technical class for youths. The
usual lecturer being absent, his place had been
taken by substitute. At the end of his discourse
he told the boys he would be pleased to answer
any questions.
There was only one response to the invitation.
'If you please sir, can you tell us when the
other lecturer will be back?"
Two girls were quarreling
"Oh," said one, "I'm sick, of you! believe
you can't help it, though. You've got chauf-
feur's tongue!"
WHAT" cried the other girl scared 'Is it
catching? How does get it?"
oh" said the other pointedly, through con-
stantly running people down
They we're engaged to be married, and called
each other by their first names, Tom and Fanny.
He was telling her how he had always liked the
name of Fanny, and how it sounded like music
in his
Frank c. Daley attorney, tells the following
and vows it is true tale:
An Indianapolis business man of mature years
received a letter from his secretary and after
trying in vain to read the written words, told the
secretary to send it to Fort Wayne from whence it
came and to inform the sender he had better learn
to write.
But sir, this is letter you wrote and sent
to Fort Wayne" the secretary replied. "They
sent it back, saying they could not make it out"
We'll send it back and tell them to learn to
read" Numbered the boss.
At a political meeting the speaker made jest,
and finding that his audience had missed the point,
he said playfully: 81 had hoped that you would
laugh at that" Then from remote corner of the
hall paintive voice broke the stiffness: 81
laughed mister" Then everybody did
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-18
What Your Bond NH Do.

eff you buy one hundred dollar Liberty Bond"
says the Griffin News and Sum- getting down to dug
out details, you lending the United States Gov
eminent enough money to feed a soldier a little
more than seven months" While it is nothing to
boast of, there is a sense of qualification having
helped to ration even one of the boys through the
hard winter that is coming upon the battle front
and into the victorious spring that waits ahead.
Furthermore, if you buy another hundred dollar
Liberty Bond, you have furnished enough money
to give him a complete outfit of winter and summer
clothing, including shoes and stockings, and scker
ana overcoat and blankets. with enough left to arm
him with good revolver" Buy still another bond
of hundred dollars, and you provide him with his
rife and thousand cartridges, besides a good-sized
bomb to throw into dugout or to demolish a Hun
machine gun"
Every additional bond that you buy gives you
that much larger investment in the boys over there,
that much more striking-power in their fight for
you and your country. When consider that there
nearly two million of them at the front besides
the hundreds of thousands in training on this side
of the water, the that the greatest bond sub
scrption do seems paltry, measured by the vast
needs to be supplied. And when consider the
supreme sacrifice of those who vaantly fall on
duty's path, our utmost self-denial nothing.
Yet it is from the willing sef-denial and patriotism
of those who buy Liberty Bonds that the war-sinew
of the boys the front is derived. Every subscrip
ton that represents citizens loyal best for
the fighting lines, and for victory.