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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21

name the future head Of the new, re-
generated Germany which is to be known
as the United States OF Germany. We
must have man who has the confidence
and the sympathies of the democratic
elements of the German people"
Long live the first President Of the
new German republic!' cried many in the
audience.
But we need leader, a practical
leader right now went on the chairman
The name of the founder OF The Leasu.
of Saving the German People IS Won
Launer Within a short time he succeeded
in organizing the most powerful union in
the land, representing all elements OF the
German people,
Won Launer came forward, amidst wild
applause, and spoke briefly. He outlined
a plan of action and then gave instruction
to the district leaders what to do on the
following day, the fifth anniversary OF
the world war.
Kaiser Determined to Speak.
Notwithstanding all warnings. that came
from many quarters, Kaiser Wilhelm II
did not change his plans to appear in Ber-
lin on the fifth anntY and deliver a
speech. He acted as hysterlcal neuras-
thenic.
The people were permitted to come to
the square near the palace. The patrols
guarding the palace were increased. Tne
palace, the yards and gardens were filled
with troops
The appearance OF the crowned orator
was greeted at first with rather mild
applause. Then the secret agents OF the
government shouted "Hooh" at the top
Of their voices.
The crowd was composed almost exclu-
ayely of women and children.
The aged, feeble Kaiser commenced to
speak in faint voice. He said that he
vas happy to tell the German people
about the great victories on all fronts
He tolA the crowd that the patience OF
The neutrals was exhausted and that they
were ready to join Germany against
France and England, against the savage
Russians and the Yankees. Then he
added that the time for peace Yves close
at hand.
''One more supreme effort"' shouted
the Kaiser Historically. Several tons OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
German Mass Before Palace
Hears Kaiser's Speech on
War, but Only Cries 'Peace'

The chairman Of the meeting, addressing
the representatives of the Reichstag and
the labor organizations of Germany and
Austria, said
I'VE have lost our power and our in
luence everywhere. Instead of this we
have the honor of being the allies of the
little Tsar of Bulgaria and the Sultan of
Turkey. We have devastated Belgium and
Serbia and the world will always remem-
Der these atrocities. We have scored brill
liant diplomatic victories which have
brought us to humiliating defeat. We
have done everything to irritate and en-
bitter against us the great Republic across
the Atlantic where SO many of our sons
have found home and a refuse-and now
the Americans who were our friends have
thrown all their great resources-men,
ships. food and millions-a Gainst us.
They have beaten us-and they are
coming ever nearer and nearer-to Berlin.
Our diplomats scored a. brilliant vic
tory. indeed, when they dragged the
United States into the war against US!
But that is not all. Those who have led
our Fatherland to the brink of ruin will
receive their reward. But in addition to
our sufferings from the war we are wag
ing against the whole world We are suf-
fering from other crimes
We have internal enemies" shouted
many in the audience Traitors! Rob-
bersi"
Yes, we have been exploited by our
enemies, with the help of our own govern
ment. Many have grown rich on our war
bread while the people are starving. The
enormous profits have been stolen from
the hungry people! They have taken bill
lions of marks out of the very veins of the
German people, and it is time to make an
end to this
We must make end to thiS"' re-
echoed the public in the Orpheum.
Workers Denounce War.
Then a pale. emaciated workingman ap-
peared on the platform and asked the
chairman to permit him to say a few
words
Il have come here as the representative
of half million working people in Berlin
he said. Il speak for those who have been
giving their last strength. manufacturing
munitions to destroy human beings. And
l speak also for those who are starving
because they have now been thrown out of
employment, for the factories are shut
down on account of lack of fuel and raw
materials Germany is surrounded from
all sides and she is being strangled. And
we are the first to feel tive. the hands
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21

and the lungs Of the country! This Is no
time to talk about the vast sums that have
been stolen from the people. We were
poor. and in fifty years Germany grew
prosperous and rich and fat. Now we
have become paupers again during these
five years of war. All that has been saved
during the last half century Is gone.
Millions Of public funds are now in the
hands of the few who have started this un-
precedented slaughter. The best blood OF
our people is shed upon the battlefields.
And those Of us who are here in the rear
are starving.
Thanks to our militaristic mad devices
and the insane challenge to the world, we
find our people, which had been fed for
years on hatred for our neighbors, opposed
by the democracies of the world. We
cou Id have borne all sacrifices if this were
a war against the German people, but 1t
Is not. 1t Is the war Of the few who have
plotted for years to dominate the world.
There is no longer the slightest hope that
Germany win. We have no strength
any longer to resist the whole world. And
now the German people at last cry out
to the whole world:-'We cannot endure
this any longer! And we call to account
those who started this slaughter and who
still leading our country to further
ruin! They deserve all our contempt,
They are our disgrace"
They are our disgrace!' repeated the
audience. angrily.
People Demand Reckoning.
I'VE must have our reckoning with
those who for selfish interests have
plunged our country into war against the
world and are continuing it, hoping
against hope that they can save them
selves and their interests. We must have
our vengeance"
vengeance! vengeance!" cried the au-
dience.
1T is high time for US to decide what
to do. We do not know what tomorrow
may bring us. We must be prepared We
must decide now. Who shall lead the
great national wave when it rises, drown
ing everything on it's course? The spirit
of dissatisfaction and bitterness has as
sumed proportions that can no longer be
curbed. It is penetrating the huts of our
peasants and the palaces Of our princes
and magnates. We must act. That is all
l have to say!
laundering applause resounded as the
labor deputy concluded his impassioned
speech. The chairman rose and said
"Of course We have a right to discuss
this question accidentally. We may even
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
Germans Cheer Republic
u Meeting Called to Start
Revolt Against the Kaiser

Even his officers uniform and the iron
cross upon his chest did not reward the
mother for her sons broken health and for
his sufferlngs In the trenches. And the
old woman frequently cursed the man who
schemed this war and plunged mankind
into slaughter.
ON July 81 Julius Francke stayed home
until evening, working on a heap of doeu-
mentS at his desk.
The air was sitting as Francke left the
house. There was not breeze. Here and
there an occasional factory whistle blew.
Most OF the factories were closed because
OF lack of fuel and raw materials. People
were walking in the streets, pale and ex-
hausted. The cars moved slowly and car
ried but few passengers. The electric
power was giving out in the capital of
Germany.
After a long trip by car Francke
reached Zuenstadt, came out on the
square Ia from. G.. .ae huge building of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21

nate Russia has strengthened the
forces of reaction everywhere, es-
pecially in Germany. But the re-
volt of the German people against
the system that committed the
greatest crime in history has only
been postponed. The eyes of the
German people are being opened
by the forces Of the allied democ-
racies, led by America, which are
battering down the Prussian rule
Of the Hohenzollerns, who sought
to dominate the world and drench
it in oceans Of blood and tears.
A Russian writer, Lev Zhdanoff,
depicted the last day of the Ho-
henzollerns. His prophecy was
made before the revolt of the Boil
sheviki. The date of the last day
Of the Kaiser has now been
changed to 191e-the fifth ami
versary of the great war.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
Thrilling Prophecy of Hohenzollern Downfall Ends with
Trembling Ruler in the Hands of the Outraged
German People.

German gold-the last drops of German
blood. And then the last powerful. de-
cisve, heroic blow, the last example or
German valor and self-sacrifice. Tnen
the happy era OF peace will once more
prevail upon earth for many years to
come. Within few years of peaceful
work all our wounds will heal Prosperity
will come back to every family in the
German empire. Our Fatherland will bo
greater than ever and our enemies viii
bend their knees at the very mention Of
the name Of the conquering Teuton!"
TitaEic Cry of "Peacc: Peace:-
Suddenly hundred thousand women and
children cried as though in q single pow.
erful voice.
Peace. Immediate peace! We have had
enough sufferings and sacrifices,
We have had enough bloodshed! We
want peace. Bloody Kaiser!'
The Kaiser and his suite vanished from
the balcony Immediately
Then there stood thousands OF people
who did not know what to do. They did
not know whether to turn to the police for
protection or whether to join the large
forces Of the working people who stood
silently by in orderly rows. But their
very silence was ominous.
A short distance away soldiers kept
coming in groups from various parts OF
the city. They acted es though they did
not understand what was about to happen.
Women Cry for Peace.
In the meantime the crowd kept increas-
ing rapidly Here and there meetings
were held in the streets and speeches were
delivered Everywhere the same questions
were asked:-"When are We going to havo
peace? When will our exhausted people
see the end Of the war;"
A large number Of young men in civilian
clothes stationed themselves at the en-.
trance OF the palace.
Let the Kaiser come out now! Let him
hear the will Of tho people:" shouted some
women IN the crowd.
Let US select a delegation to tell the
Kaiser that the German people want TO
see him and speak to him. We want to
tell him OF our decision and hear his direct
answer!' exclaimed one Of tue leaders Of
the youns men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
Sfy ,yecSs ELAPSED.

Fix wecSs elapsed.
This Is July 81. l9l9-the eve or the an
-,iversary of the Great War. or the war
for Peace rs :he Allies call 1t. The
"fq'thful" Bcrliners are preparing a new
sur,risc on that day for their War Lord.
Julius PrancHc. who had just come out
Of the hospital where he lay for several
,1onths suffering from the second wound
rocciyed on the battlefield, was free now
ana on the retired officers list. He sent
for his mother and his sister and settled
down with them in the suburbs OF Berlin
where they had lived happily before the
war
julius Francke left his house every
afternoon without telling his mother and
rIster where he was going. He would re-
turn horne only after midnight, pale. ex-
fousted and ngitated. but appar rently con-
tented His old mother worried over her
sous strange behavior just as much as
.ho worried over his coughing every morn
lag at sunrise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
By Herman Bernstein.

There were symptoms Of un-
precedented unrest and dissatis.
faction among the German people
which might have developed into
a real uprising against the Ger.
man militaristic clique that is re.
sponsible for the great world war.
Then came the Bolshevist revolt
in Russia, aided by the German
government and aimed at those
who wanted Russia to be free both
from Tsarism and Kaiserism. The
so-called social revolution in Rus
sia not only ruined Russia for
many years to come, not only
dealt staggering blow to the
rich, to the middle class, to the in
telljgentsia and to the working
people, but also retarded the revo-
luton in Germany and Austria.
The horrible example of the
Lcnine experiment upon unfortu-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1918-08-21
Declares Great Uprising, Led by Women Will Dethrone
the Kaiser Few Weeks After Celebration of
Thirty-First Year of His Reign

Copyright 1918
Copyright, New York Herald Comps
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
ELEVEN MILLION WOMEN AID.
Nearly Two Million Engaged In Agri-
cultural Pursuits.

Hot Springs, Ark.-Eleven million
women and girls are employed in
American industries, according to the
industrial and social conditions de-
partment report. which was made at
the convention of the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs by Mrs. D. D.
Wilkinson of Louisiana.
Sixty per cent of all workers In mu-
milton plants are women; 100000 are
engaged in agricultural pursuits and
dairying. Seven hundred and fifty
thousand of these are under the age of
81 years" said Mrs. Wilkinson.
More than million girls in America
have entered into new, ofttimes haz-
ardous positions created by the war,
and this number will be increased by
thousands with each new draft, she
declared
The report of the committee recon-
mended more efficient social service
work for women in cooperation with
the domestic branch of the American
Red Cross; new laws to regulate hours
of labor for women in all Industries,
and wage justice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
HOLD LuslTANlA MEMORIAL.
Prussian Frightfulness Denounced at
New York Meeting.

New York, May s.-Prussian fright
fulness was denounced, and the deter
mination of America TO wipe it out
was emphasized at Lusitania me-
mortal mass meeting at Carnegie hall
last night under the auspices of the
American Defense Society and the
American Rights League.
The speakers were Theodore Roose-
welt and Senator Robert l.. owen of
Oklahoma. Charles S. Fairchild, for
mer secretary of the treasury, pre-
sided.
Ostracism from the markets of the
civilized world until they are ready
to accede to the principles OF inter
national law and enter the family of
nations as law-abiding members, was
urged by Senator Owen as the pen
atty the world should inflict upon the
German, Austrian. Bulgarian and
Turkish peoples.
Three years ago today" said Col.
Roosevelt, 1.-The Lusitania was sunk.
/ wish that every flag in this city had
stood at halfmast today. for this
should be a penitential day forever
for America"
He urged an army of 100000. and
that Americans should join the allies
and fight to win.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
CALL $4,000 IN MAY
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY SEC.
RETARY BAKER.
Arizona VIII Send 1,784 Draft Men;
Colorado, 2,o7s; New Mexico, 1856;
and Wyoming, 1867.

Washington. = simultaneously with
the announcement Friday of the scope
of the governments plans for increas-
ing its fighting strength, Secretary
Baker disclosed that $4,000 men from
forty-five states had been called to
join the colors in May.
The call for 100000 men during May
goes to all states except California,
Oregon and Nevada. which, with the
District of Columbia, already have
supplied SO large part of their quo
tas that 1t was decided not to include
them this time. The movement in
most states will begin May rs, and
win be completed in five days.
BY this order the War Department
abandons its plan of assembling men
in even monthly increments of approx
imately 100000.
Under the new draft call, Colorado
will send 2.079 men to Camp Cody,
N. NJ; Arizona, 1874 to Camp Cody;
Nebraska. 1873 TO Camp Dodge, Iowa;
Kansas, 1871 to Camp Funston, Kan. !;
New Mexico. 1856 TO Camp Cody; Wyo-
ming, 167 to Camp Lewis, Wash, and
Utah, sos to Camp Lewis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
Denver Circus Girl Slain on Coast.

Los Angeles. Cal.-vera Lamar.
circus performer. identified as Mrs.
Lamyra V. Kendig. formerly of Dem
yer, is dead here. victim of the jeal-
ousy of G. l.. Stowe. city patrolman.
and the police are seeking the iden-
tity of Denver man said to be the
one in the tangle of three which led
TO the shooting. Miss Lamar, or Mrs.
Kendig, was shot twice by the patrol
man, who then sent a bullet through
Ids own head.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
To Investigate Maurice cbaroe,.

London-Andrew Bonar Law, gov.
eminent spokesman in the House OF
Commons. announced that the govern
ment proposed to ask two judges to
act as a court of honor to investigate
the charges made by Gen. Frederick
B. Maurice, who was recently re-
moved from the post of director of
military operations at the British war
office. Mr. Bonar Law said the army
council was dealing with questions of
discipline growing out of a letter writ
ten by Gen. Maurice.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
Huns Have Drug to AlIay Hunger.

Amsterdam.-"To bear hunger with
out at the same time suffering from
headache or any other indisposition
is very difficult for most people"
reads the opening sentence of sig
nificant advertisement inserted in
Sundays Taeglische Rundschau OF
Berlin by a Berlin chemical firm,
praising newly invented drug which,
though not forming a substitute for
the minimum daily sustenance, is an
excellent preparation for stilling pre-
mature hunger and enables one to hold
out until the next meal time"
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
St. Louis Jury lndiots Denver Man.

st. Louis. Mo.-Indictments charg-
ing thirty-one men and one woman
with disloyalty were returned by a
federal grand jury Among those In
dicted was DR.. Charles H. Weinberg,
president, until it disbanded. of the
lean Alliance. Twenty-six members
of the l. w. w. are also named in the
indictments. F. C. Schroeder. trav-
cling man of Denver. who was arrest
ed at local hotel on March 10 on in
formation that he had proclaimed him.
self "kaiserite," is among those in
dicted.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
RESTORATION OF BELGIUM AND
AUTONOMY FOR ALsAcE
AMONG PROPOSALS.
EAST TO REMAIN ASH
INSPIRED PROPOSITION DELIv-
Erred BY FORMER WAR MIN
IsTER OF HOLLAND.
western Newspaper. Union Now. s.rvle..

Western Newspaper. Union News Service.
London, May s.-Foreign Secretary
Balfour told the House of Commons
that no peace offers had been made
recently by the enemy. He added:
There is no representative of a neu-
trail nation In this country who has
made tentative or informal sugges-
lions of peace negotiations" Ger
many's peace emissary. according to
the Daily Mail, has been busily work
ing here, but has made no progress in
any direction. There is reason to be-
lieye. 1t says. that the German agent,
who has been reported to be Dutch
financier. returns to Germany to re-
port that there is nothing doing.
A Central News dispatch from The
Hague says the Dutch intermediary
is reported to be Jonkhser Colyn. for
mer minister of war.
The proposals made by Jonkheer
Colyn, the dispatch from The Hague
reports. are said there to have been
as follows:
1-Germany TO renounce all claims
in the west.
2-Restoration of Belgium.
3-Alsace-Lorraine to be autono-
nous, within the German federation.
1.-The status in the east to remain
as at present.
Austria to make certain conces-
sions to Italy in the Trentino.
6-Balkan questions to be solved by
an international conference.
All colonial questions affecting
Africa and Asia Minor to be settled by
a conference OF all the belligerents.
S-Germany to abandon all claims to
her former Chinese protectorate OF
Kiaochau, but in exchange to receive
certain economic concessions in China
Jonkheer Colyn went to England
last week at the head of a mission
whose purpose was said to be to ex-
plain to the British the difficulties
caused by Germany's demand on Hol-
land concerning the transfer OF Ger
man materials across Holland to Bel
GUM.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10

ton.-Investigation by the
Department of Justice of the deporta-
ton of 1,1S6 copper mine workers
from Bisbee and the Warren district
of Arizona last July has developed ap-
parent violations of the law, and AS
sistant Attorney General William c.
Fits and Oliver E. Pagan. special at
torney for indictment cases. have gone
to Tucson, Ariz., where United
States grand jury is in session.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
IMMENSE WINTER WHEAT CROP.
Department of Agriculture Estimates
Yield of 572, $50 900 Bushels.


Washington.-A winter wheat crop
of 572 .539.000 bushels was forecast by
the Department of Agriculture, basing
its estimates on conditions existing
May l, and on canvass of the acre
age. With continued favorable CON
ditions the crop will be one of the
largest ever grown.
The area of winter wheat on May
/ was 3G.392,000 acres. The condition
of the crop was s64 per cent of nor
NAL. indicating an acre yield of ap-
proximately 1871 bushels.
Stocks of hay on farms May 1 are
estimated at 11.09e,000 tons. Aver
age condition of pastures was 1871 per
cent of normal; spring blowing was
IT'S per cent completed, and spring
planting COS per cent.
Production of rye. forecast from
May I conditions. will be S2,629 900
bushels, based on a condition of s5.s
per cent of normal
Production of hay will be 107 $780,
goo tons, based on condition of SOC
per cent of normal, and an expected
acreage of 69. 531 900 acres, of which
53,605,o00 is tame and 15.926.000 wild
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10

Denver.-A. r. Fulton, until last
February a resident of Denver, was
shot and killed by his wife in their
home at Sheridan. Wyo.. with re-
volver which the woman said she did
not know was loaded. The bullet en-
tered Fulton's chest near the heart,
death following instantly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
U. 5. May Loar China $50. loco .ooo.

Peking.-Communications from DR..
Wellington Koo, Chinese minister to
Washington. forecast an American
loan of s30,000,000 to s50.OOO,oOO to
China for war purposes. if the Chinese
government requests It
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
HUN OFFENSIVE
IN WEST CRUSHED
AUSTRALIANS WIN NEAR SALLY.
LE.sEc, EAST OF AMIENs AND
WEST OF MARLANcoURT.
REDSMARCH NFINLAND
UKRAINE PREMIER SLAIN AND
ANARCHY THREATENs-U. s.
ON ITALIAN FRONT.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Rome. May 9.-The vossiche Zei-
fung declares it is time to recognize
that the German offensive in the west
has been crushed
London, May 9.-In an attack
against the British and French line
between La Ciytte and Voormezeels
in the Yprcs sector. the Germans sue
ceeded, after heavy fighting. in enter
ing the allied front lines at certain
points, according to Field Marshal
Haig's official communication Wednes-
day evening. The communication adds
that at all other points the enemy met
with repulse.
British troops or May entered the
Turkish town of Kerkuk, eighty miles
southeast of Mosul. in Mesopotamia.
the British war office announced. The
British met with no opposition. The
Turks on retiring left 600 men in the
Kerkuk hospital.
The Australians Tuesday night
made another advance. pushing for.
ward their lines 500 yards along a
front of COO yards near Sailly-le-Sec.
on the sector east OF Amiens They
also pushed back the Germans 800
yards along front of 500 yards west
OF Morlancourt just above Sailly-le-
Sec. Notwithstanding heavy bar
rage. the Germans were unable to pre-.
vent the.f advance
Successful minor operations Tues.
day night resulted in the advance of
the British lines a short distance in
the Amlens sector between the
Somme and Ancre rivers. the war of.
flee announced "Wednesday.
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The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
VIII Send Wine to ArtIIIerymen.

Paris.-The municipal council has
decided to send several cases of good
wine to the French artillerymen who
are counter attacking the German
long-range gun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1918-05-10
Sugar Certificates REQUIRED.

New York.-Sugar distribution GER
tificates will be required of all manu-
facturers OF foodstuffs using sugar on
and after May Is