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America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-10-04
DREPTATE POPOA-
RELOR ASUPRITE.
Progresul Ligei Rationale Romano
FEDERATIA EUROPEI DE MIJLOC.

WASHINGTON, OCT = Aci purcede la formarea une fe
dera Europa Cenra sa e acuia din un lan de
ntinde della Baltic pima la Marea Neag Statee
Unite, in mod semofcios, Fl nasu aceste mscar.
general comte fe deschs spamna
Reprezenn dereor popoara nea milne STAT
probeme acestu Feeraunea aeasta de
upa pentru reconrurea front in est est organa ca
mr pentru pnea pogramuu presedneu Wilson de elbera
toe popoaree aupre Aceasa a crede boca mbe Ger
manie in in decursu azboiuu Incorporate in ga Nau
nor la pacii sd
Jugosavi Cehosavi edenisti itaen Poonezi Ukraneni
Romni America sau unit in aceas Dn spera sd
onvnga 81 connatona r din Europa sal sprijneasc
Conduaori ca mai 1rziu fngadu 81 Fni ltuan
Eshonian G char Bugar sa ia parte aceste mcrl
nse de GO mioane din popuaa Euro
pei mioane din a in saee Unite 81 pregtesc
formarea federatmei.
Ca al acestui plan este prva participated mtar
natun razbo Gemanie Fie naune
fedeaune trebu recre egunea separate pentru
upe Puor Cen Asa sunt pregatie panurie fe
deraunei
sa site presedntee Wilson S mpotrivit desmembrari Aust
re pima natonae din Austria adeca eprezentan
lor din schta, panuu o sal ege la
oalta House. judele Brande at studa panu asa
cum prezentat conducao de ae al NATURALIZATION din
Austria.
Austria are popuaa de natonaitate gemana
upa provnce in earl oclesc
slavii de cehosav, fl desmembrate de dinsa
Unguri Ungara niste dusman TRADITIONAL al Gemanor
vor puea adms 81 in fedatune daca democraHa
democraca de PREVAIL in ntreaga der
tune c toa ngadue ca nante de va putea
fl introds Democratic mai nteles cuvntuu va ii de
lipsa generazarea educatiei
Recru naun oprmate upa frontul de est alta
apoape pamu fost nascu pc cit este Gu
scopu de eba de ndemna pc connaona or Sd Sc reVo
contra asuprtorilor germani. 49,
acestei miscar unt Prof Masaryk della conso
national cehosovac Paderewsky reprezennd Pooe
Capanu Vasle Soca della lga Natlonaa homha 81 IT,
della consliul national Jugoslav.
Presedntele conulu Euopei moc este poesoru Miller
della colegu din Oberlin, O.
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PARIS, 3 Oct. = Pentru Omul
de pe strada ofensiva generalu-
lui Foch pare ca s'a domoht IN
ultimele ceasuri, de fapt insa
luptele au ajuns la acel punct
in care citeva urine valoreaza
mai mutt ca o mila cistigata a.
cum " de ore.
81 urma dupa urma, sollatii a.
liati isi curata drumul inainte,
punind nina Gu incetul pc a.
cest teren pretios. Prin perde-
rea acestui teritor inima Germa.
niei ranita.
Semnele ce Sc vad fndreptate-
ste a spune ca germanii Sc pre-
gatesc de noui retrageri. linda
ratul liniilor de lupta germanii
construiesc poduri peste riuri 81
canale, 81 submineaza drumurile
81 podurile peste care vor sa
fuga.
1nsa in lungul intregulni front
germanii lupta GU furia omulul
desperat, coprinsi de groaza el
incearca sd opreasca fnaintarea
armatelor generalului Foch ct
coprinde Gu incetul punetele ce
le mai vitale de aparare ale ger
manilor.
Generalul Ludendorff Sc ma
cajeste opri inaintarea regelu
Albert al -Belgiei cit 81 a gene
ralului Plumer. Drumurile d.
fier belgiene sunt pline de tre
nuri, Gu care stunt duse trupef'
ca 50 opreasca pc belgieni 81 p'
englezi in Flandra.
In reginnile Cambria 81 s.
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FEnEllE PIERD
/. La SENAT.

WASHINGTON, 2 Oct. - De
81 presedintele Wilson fusese in
~favoarea REFORMED electorate prin
care femeile sa alba acelas drept
de vot ca 81 barbatii, proieetul
acestei reforme cazut la senat
Gu un vot de So contra 81. Gu
toate acestea, raspunsul condu-
catoarelor politicei femenine a
fost: ,,suntem animate, dar nu
invinse.'
Sc crede ca mai toti senatorii
denumiti de guvernori in locul
celor morti au votat contra fe.
meilor 81 pc linga eli 0 buna par.
te dintre ceialalti. Una dintre
conducatoarele femeilor a zis:
,yCind vom avea aci mai mutt
senatori imputerniciti de popol
si mai pntini fmputerniciti d.
guvernori, sufragiul femenin VI
linvinge''.
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BULETINE.

PARIS, 3 Oct. - Armata &C.
neralului Bethelot q facut noui
progrese la vest de Rheims cap
turind 81 ultimele doua safe de
pc platoul St. Therry, spune ra-
portul ministrului de razboi
francez.
La st. Quentin germanii mai
rezista pc malul sudic al cana
lului.
MILAN, 3 Oct. =, Ziarul Seco-
10 scrie ca pc baza terminilor pro-
vazuti in armistitiu, prizonierii
Bulgari vor continua sd lucreze
in tarile antante, pc cind Bulga-
ria treteu sal libereze pc toti
cei luati de ca de la aliati.
De asemenea arznistitiul MAJ
prevede retragerea trupelor Au
stro- -Germane din Bulgaria in
timp de patru saptamini.
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BULE TIN.

PARIS, 8 Oct. (10.15 a. my. -
Generalul Debeney, atac1nd pc un
front de cinsprezece mile intre
St. Quentin 81 La Fere, Sc apro-
pie de Berthenicourt (pe Oise,
cinci mile sud-est de st. Quentin)
81 cade Gu iuteala in flancul ora
sului La Fere. Orasul acesta din
urzna este avantpostul Gel mai
de catre nord al intariturei ST.
Gobain.
fntre Vesle, Aisne 81 canalul
Aisne-Marne, generalul Berthelot
q curatit toti GermanM, afara
dintr'o mica arie ce Sc las& ls
sud de Berry-an-Bac (pe malu
de nord al r7ului Aisne, II milt
la northwest de Rheins), unds
trupele franoese de avansare fal
progress uimitor.
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ScHIMBARE De TON.

AMSTERDAM, 3 Oct. Con-
form depeselor primite de la Vie
ma, baronul Won Hussarek, prim-
ministrul Austriei, a declarat in
Reichsrath, urmatoarele:
Bulgaria e creiat o situate
grava, dar nu crtica.
moi am luat pasii necesari in
aceasta directie, 81 progresam
Trupele noastre 81 cele germane
stau lunar la lunar pc frontul
din Balcani, pastrind firm allan
ia cavalereasca.
TN munca pentru pace Won
merge NINA n NINA ca 81 in raz
boi,a Viitorul la care Sc gindest'
ornsnirea Gu dor nu poate Fl as
teptat de la sable"
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CADEREA TURCIE|
Sc APR0P|E.

LONDRA, 3 Oct. = Turcia a
facut cunoscut Germaniei ca ca
are de gind Sc propuna aliatilor
ca sd puma pace = spune o de-
pesa din Zurich catre Daily News.
Sc spune ca Germania ar fl ras-
puns Turciei, jumatate ruglndu-o
81 jumatate amenintindu-o, ca sd
nu faca acest lucru. Insa decizia
Turciei pare neschimbata.
O alta depesa spune ca Germa-
MIA a spus ca va ocupa Bulgaria
Gu forte militare.
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RUSH v0R AFLA MIJL0A'
CE De A SCOATE Pc
GERMANI AFARA.

PETROGRAD, via Stockholm.
3 Oct. - Rusii vor afla mijloacc
prin care sd scoata pc Germanl
din tara lor, a promis All Zino-
vieff, presedintele Uniunei Nun
citorilor din Petrograd.
i' ,,Germanii vor fl siliti sa pa-
raseasca Pskov'', a ziS Zinoviaff
moi vom afla 0 Gale prin care Sc
reocupam teritorul pc care Ger
mania la luat de la moi prin @
att de perfida miselie.
,,Nu nici un motiv care Sd
ne faca ca sd observam tratatui
de la Brest-Litovsk orr altele III.
cheiate mai tIrziu, caracterul a
cestor tratate sunt pur prOvlzl
Onale."
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C1T!I PRISONIERI
AU PRINS ALIATII.


PARIS, 3 Oct. = In decursul
lunei Septembrie Aliatii au prins
123,O36 prisonieri germani in
Franta 81 Belgia. 1ntre prisonierl
sunt 12O,192 soldati 81 2,s44 Off
teri.
Tot in acest timp aliatii au
capturat 1000 tunuri 81 mai multi
ca zece mil de masini de puscat
Din Il Iulie pima in 30 Sep
tembrie Aliatii au prins 248, ,494
soldati 81 5,51S ofiteri. All ma
capturat 1869 tunuri 81 $4,000
maSini de puscat.
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STUATIA 0PERATIuNILOR M|LITARE

Quentin armatele aliate sunt a.
proape Sc culeaga roadele mum
cei lor. Caderea acestor orase
va deschide .drumul pentru ope-
rattle din nord.
in Champagne att generalul
Gouraud, cit 81 generalul Per
shing, au inaintat, desi distanta
nu prea mare, totusi, din pNnc1
de vedere strategic, e de 0 ma
re importanta.
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Sc RE7RAC
De La LIMA kRIfh-
H|LDF-STFLLUNG.
Gu armata Americana la vest

Gu armata Americana la vest
de Verdun, 8 Oct. - Germanii,
dupa cum Sc vede din miscarile
,or, vor a Sc retrage din pozitille
de inaintare de la linia Kriemhil-
de-Stellung.
Retragerea lor aparata de Q
puternica pozitie in care sunt. pu-
Sc masinele de puscat, aceste To-
curl au fost alese tocmai acolo
unde terenul mai anevoios.
Luptele de artilerie au crescut
considerable All dimineata.
Tumpul rece 81 drumurile,. no.
roioase pima acum, incep Sc us
ca, imbunatatind conditiile dc
lupta.
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GERMANII PARASESC
0RASUL Lille.

PARIS, 3 Oct. = Ziarul MA
tin anunta ca germanii au in
ceput sd paraseasca orasul Lille.
Sc spune ca comandantul din a
cest oras a cerut sa Use puma la
dispozitie toate mijloacele de
transport, char 81 carutele GU Q
roata orr cosulete ca sa scoata ce
pOate din Oras.
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STIR TELEGRAFICE.
BULET1NE E

LONDRA, 3 Oct. - Fieldma-
resalul Haig a anuntat astazi ca
Germanii Sc retrag pc un front
de 20 mile intre A1,nentiers 81
Lens. Eli parasesc pozitii intarite
puternic, pc carl le tin de la ince-
putul luptelor de transeie.
Retragerea lor deja a ajuns
maximul de 2 mile in alincime
81 Englezii continnag sa avanseze.
A Iata ce zioe coannnicatul mare
salului Haig:
,,Progresul fScut de ofensiva
aliatilor in Flandra 81 in fata
oraselor Cambria 81 st. Quentin
a slit ne mamie sa inceapa re-
tragerea pc un front larg.
,,Aceasta retragere nu e un CO
va la care sa nu ne fl asteptat.
Moi deja am ajuns Gu LIMA gene
rala la Cite st. Auguste, la Dow
orin, la est de La Basses, est dc
Aubers 81 la vest de Bois Grenisr.
Avansarea continua.
,,Seara trecuta inamicul a att'
cat La nord de Cambria; a fcs
respins, lasind o multime de pri-
sonieri in urma.
,Azi dimineata am 1nceput sd
atacam din nou la nord de st.
Quentin.
DE la Lens 81 pima La Armen-
there's, ina'nicul parsseste pozltii
puternic certificate, pc carl IL
tine de la inceputul luptelor dc
transeie 81 pc carl le apara CT
cea mai mare incapatinare. Acea
sta miscare, de multi astep+"
este urmata de aproape de trl'
pele noasre, carl sunt mereu in
contact Gu ariergardele germane
din soldatii carora omoara 81 iav
prisonieri foarte multi"
PARIS, 8 Oct. - Trupele fra1
ceze continua Sc inainteze ii
Champagne 81 in regiunea Vesle
anunta ministrul de razboi fran
cez.
Ieri seara, Challerange (depar
tare de o mila 81 jumatate spr'
rasarit de Monthois) a fost cap
turat de fortele noastre. La nor'
de Rheims, Francezii au luat Loi
, vre.
Atacul francez a fost reincepu
All dimineata.
,,Pe frontul la nord de Vesle
Francezii, continu1ndu-si inair
tarea au capturat Loivre (la sas
: mile spre nord de Rheims)
: spune comunicatul.
: I'm regiunea de Ia Neuvillett
\ 20 mila 81 jumatate spre moro
vest de Rheims) un puter1ic COZ
e tra-atac german a fost respins.
I'm Champagne luptele au COZ
n tinuat ieri dupa amiazi 81 iel
!. seara. Francezii au lrat Chall'
e range. Germanii au facut o il
i cercare incordata ca Sd ne scoat
/ din padurea de la sud-vest d
Orfeuil, in care a patruns putt
n Trei asalturi ce a dat inamic'
= an fost b&tute de soldatii nosta
e Toate pozitiile capturats au TO
y tinute, nici un pas nn . fost 9
dat du4manului."
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TEAMA TURCIEI.

AMSTERDAM, 3 Oct. = Zia-
rul ,,Tanin'' din Constantinopol
marturiseste ca ,,Pacea separate
a Bulgariei va atrage cea mai
mare nenorocire asupra puterilor
centrale".
o depesa din Sofia spune ca
parlamentul bulgar Sc va 1ntru
nj Luni si-si va continua sesiu
nea pima Vineri.
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.FOSTUt DIRECTOR AL
PoLITIEI Din BUcuRE-
STI ARESTAT IN BU-
DAPESTA.

AMSTERDAM, 3 Oct. - d.
Oornacu, fostul director al poll
tiei, 81 un bun prieten al lui Bra
tianu, a fost arestat in Budape-
sta. >fa q
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MAX De BADEN
NUMIT IN L0CUL LuI
HERTLING.

LONDRA, 3 Oct. = Printul
AJAX de Baden fost numit ca
Mncelar German in locul conte-
III Hertling, ce a demisionat a
cum de curind = spune o tele-
grama primita din Amsterdam.
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AMSTERDAM, 3 Oct. - Con-
servatorii din Reichstag au tre-
cut o rezolutie, adoptind decretu;
lui Kaiser pentru un ,,guvern a!
pcrorului." Stirea este tri1nisa
aici de la Berlin.
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Roulers spre care au lnalntat
Englezii in ofensiva lor din Elan
dra, a fost aproape incunjurat
de fortele belgiene 81 engleze
Germanii fortati ca sal paraseas
ca la dat foe. Roulers e la Il
mile spre nord-ost de Ypres.
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ALT 0RAS BELGIAN DIS
TRUS De HUM.

PARIS, 3 Oct. = Germanii all
dat foe la orasul belgian Rou-
lers.
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tute operators and the public is ear.
nestly requested to be considerate
The substitutes have been operators
in the past and fill in so that the reg.
ulars may attend the meetings.
1t is expected that Mrs. Kirby. for.
merly of Mt. Vernon and an exper.
fenced instructor and traffic expert
will be here. Mr.. Vivian, who has
successfully conducted the schools in
the past, is an army captain in
France, in charge of the traffic of the
telephone work there.
Efficiency is the aim of the school
Daily calls on the Mt Vernon ex.
change are 10000 and even reach
10000 at times. The only thing the
company has to sell is service and it
aims to give the very best.
The Mt Vernon Telephone Co.
held the first operators school in
Ohio and its usefulness is demon.
strated by the fact that similar
schools are now being held by a
great many of the telephone com.
panies throughout the state.
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down the strike of million war in.
dustrial workers.
This fact must be borne in mind in
any comment which is made upon
her reputed willingness to exchange
war views with the United States
a Willingness developed because of
her strangely recent discovery that
the interests of the two countries
are less incompatible than they
seem"
This feeler is the earnest of Aus.
tria's intentions towards an early
democratic peace for which her rebel.
lious workmen are crying But with.
al, it holds more possibilities than
anything which could proceed from a
strictly Prussian source.
As If to apologize to her superiors
the kultur gang-Austria suddenly
realizes that she may have gone too
far, assumes an opposite air and adds
that she will fight to the bitter end
with her alliance. The workmen sat.
isfied Wilhelm satisfied 49, smooth
Count Czernin!
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S|LAS PARR DIES
SATURDAY At TER
A LONG ILLNESS

Silas Parr, aged 60 years. died at
his home, 404 North Gay street, at
1880 o'clock Saturday afternoon of
hardening of the arteries following
an illness of nearly three years dur
alton. He leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Charles +. Ayers, and two grandchil.
dren, Margaret and Parr Ayers.
Mr.. Parr conducted shoe store in
South Main street for more than 80
years, retiring from active business
about two years ago. He was an act
i've member of the NJ. f. church and
took a great interest in church and
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-01-29

Sunday school activities, teachcing n
class in the Sunday school for many
years and several years ago he also
taught Sunday school class OF col
ored men on Sunday afternoon N
Mr. Parr was born in Devonshire,
England, and came to Mt. Vernon
from England when he was ~ years
of age. He lived in Centerburg for
several months and later returned to
this city, where he was first employ
ed at the Cooper shops, giving that
up to enter the shoemaking business
with Thomas Trick. A few years
later Mr.. Parr purchased shoe shop
of his own and left that to enter the
retail business in 1888.
Fraternally, Mr. Parr was mem.
Der of the local lodges of the Odd
Fellows and the Improved Order OF
Red Men Mr.. Parr was twice mar
ried, being united in marriage with
Miss Elizabeth Fisher on April 20,
1878, and, following her death in 1883.
was married to Miss Harriet Arm
strong on Dec. /, 1886.
The funeral at the home in North
Gay street at o'clock Monday, Rev.
F. c. Anderson of the Methodist Epis.
copal church officiating. Burial in
Mound View cemetery.
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has existed since the revolution
Capitalization of ideas has devei
oped the formula of democratic
peace for the world under the general
plan Of no annexstions and no indem.
mites
To this principle, Russia is adher.
ing and adhering firmly. For 1t, she
is willing to take up arms again.
Germanic greed is again defeating its
own self. There can be no cession
Of Courland nor of the Baltic prov.
inces by the free will of the new Rus.
sia. II the Teutons seek this terri.
tory. they must secure it by force
and to secure it by force will demand
the transfer of troops from the west.
ern or the Italian front Perhaps, yet
Russia will prove the savior OF the
allies.
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formation. After three weeks, II
was announced Wednesday in Eng.
land that 71S British lives had been
lost in naval engagement Presum.
ably, il would have been neither stra.
tegical or else possible to have made
this statement before, but what other
news Of like nature is there. If any?
We cannot gamble on the armies
of France, England and Italy holding
out until the full force of America
can be put in the field for, on high
English authority we are told that
the United States troops cannot fill
the gap left by Russias dereliction
for many, many months.
We must face the possibility, as
distasteful or alarming as ii may be,
of the collapse of one or another of
our allies, but even this rests large.
ly in our own hands. As a nation
aroused to the full importance of the
immediate situation. We can take pre-.
cautionary steps to avoid such a dis.
aster
As yet, we are not aroused. We
slumber as the bear during the win
ter months. We contentedly await
that ha2y, indefinite future day when
our mighty army takes its place. We
neglect the present for the future.
We are not cultivating thrift as we
should. We are not saving food as
we ought. In fact, about the only
thing We are doing is to continue our
daily life almost as if there were no
war. We must revise our ways, we
must heed the demands on us, i'm
mcdiately or else face certain disas.
teri
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A LIGHTER TOUCH

There is a light side to everything
and the war, with all its horrors, is
no exception. The following clever
play on the names of countries
printed in The Scottish American, is
Of excellent merit:
TWO British soldiers went into a
restaurant at Saloniki and asked for
Turkey with Greece. The waiter
said:
I'm sorry, gentlemen, but / can't
Servia, whereupon the Tommies
cried: Fetch the Bosphorus!
When that gentleman arrived and
heard the complaint, the manager
said:
Well. gentlemen, don't want to
Russia, but you cant Rumania.
And so the poor Tommies had to
go away Hungary.
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MEETINGS At A. NJ. f.
CHURCH ATTRACT MANY
Miss Myller, Evangelist, De.
livers Sermons Of Much
Strength

Interest is high among those at
tending the services being conduct
ed at the A. NJ. f. church here by
Miss Ida Mae Myller from Payne
Theological seminary at Wilberforce.
Miss Myller is preaching sermons
characterized as wonderful by her
hearers and the church is filled at ev.
cry meeting.
the church, Rev. r. w. Woodson. will
conduct a meeting and Miss Myller
will also hold consecration service.
At 1880 o'clock Miss Myller will
speak on the subject: Not Rich To
ward Cod
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THE WOLF

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whore senator cbomhor,,n make
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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1918-01-29
SITUATION CRITICAL

The situation on the western front
our fronts critical!
These words come not from an
alarmist nor from a miitarist. but
from a military critic, one of the
most distinguished in England Col
Repington
Possibly the situation is equally as
critical Tor the central powers, but
that is not our concern. We must
view Germany as powerful as in the
days of Frederick the Great, of Bis
march as in the opening years of the
war Else we shall lose the struggle
Even If Germany were to totter in
the very near future, of which there
IS hQ apparent possibility, we must
eXHt our maximum effort in the face
OF any forcknowledge' Of such an
event. ,4, ., ......
C6knel Repington specifies not
WHY The, SITUATION Is critical, Surely,
II is in no military sense, at least as
far as present vantage is concerned.
The armies occupy relatively the
same posiiiQT as when winter stayed
infantry action If anything, the al
liGsiarea slightly ascendant. Thoughts
F the, future are not making the sit.
uation critical, rir the statements of
both English and French officials that
every contingency in the matter Of
the vaunted Hun super,offensive has
carefully been prepared against are
accurate What, then, is critical?
Official denial has yet to be forth,
coming that France as nation is
keenly disappointed over what has
been done so far by the United
States. Whether or not this attitude
has arisen because of the boastful-
ness Of some members of the first
American contingent is of no con.
Germ, as the fact exists, according to
numerous discerning correspondents
and war writer's Then, does not the
critical situation" on the western
front impingc upon allied morale?
France Is the wellspring OF allied
sentiment.
This is not the time to fuss and
rant or catalogue mistakes this ma
tion may have made since April &,
l9lr On the contrary, il is best to
lCrget these entirely save only as
they bear upon the future. This Is
The hour the critical hour for re.
consecration for re.devOtion To the
labor of the immediate present. 1t
Is the hour for patriotic regeneration,
as II were not the shallow kind of
patriotism which finds its greatest
vent in Whlstling THE Star Span
glcd Banner but the more profound
type which l. seated in genuine,
cclscless activity.
The situation on the western front
need not he viewed dismally, forlorn.
ly- supinoly. 1t lies within our pow
cr to remedy hut act we must, i'm
mcdiatrly and tiNelcssly. It Is our
hulning duty to bring the war into
our very homes, to make II an init,
mate part Of our very lives, Mental
endorsement is as nothing. Action
alone counts and nightly summing
up hy each individual of what he or
she has done during the day to help
I'm winning the war can bring but the
thought that 1t was shamefully little,
/, this individual We're imbued with
the true spirit of service to country.
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