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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
How They Stood for Final Drive.
By DIR. FELICE FERRERO
Director of the Itniinn bureau OF Public
Information.

These days of peace discussion and planning
ravages of the mos, dreadful war in history
may not be the hest time to recall military facts
esting details of the world war, which owing to
These will be findns the light OF publicity for
the next generation and even later. :, ,,
disposition of the various troops in The las,
few glorious days Of the ttanc struEeie Dis
and disposition of troops received in this coun-
held Pa Until his For " tho
purpose Of historical accuracy, believe that
ming of the drive which had much to do With
the final collapse OF. Teutomc military powc''
These dispa tches reveal that operating the
divisions, hfty-o Sn Italian and six and half
Divisions of our gallant allies
the Twelfth French army Corps, with .wo d.
and the Three Hundred and Thirty second Reg
iment of American Infantry
Italian troops operating other than the
Italian front were as follows the Second Army
bania; the Thtrty.hfth Army Corps. with four
in rales,ine. Viadivosick and ArchangeL
Austria hsS AND for f se
which put Austria out Of the war In this re-
ish Army Corps above mentioned and the Elev-
equal parts British and Italian troops was un n.
Se 1ns 2Fa hs
puzzled military reviewers in this country. The
fact that the composite Tenth Army opcr-
atinG under the gallant British commander. who
naturally reported his operations to London.
gave the impression. for a long time. that there
was in the field new British army hitherto
unmentioned in the dispatches. The true stu
alton Is now for the first time made known.
For the final drive against Austria Il new
the First Italian Army Corps. the Fifty second
Italian Division and the Twenty third French
DIVISION. under command OF a French comman-
der with an Italian name General Graziani.
offensive. commanded and stationed follows:
Third Army entirely Italian. under the Duke
Aosta, on the lower Piavc: Tenth Army, under
Lord Cavan. on the middle Pia"c: Eighth Army.
Montello region; Twelfth Army, under Gene raj
Graziani in the mountains. in the valley of the
upper Piave; Fourth Army, entirely Italian, un
der General Giardina. i'll the region of Mt.
eral Montuori. on the AsaEo plateau; First
Army, entirely Italian. under General GiarIdi.
from Lake Garda east to meet the Sixth Army;
seventh Army entirely Italian. under General
Ninth Army entirely Italian, under General Nor
rome In reserve.
II was this array of military efficiency that
drove an iron wedge through the Austrian forces
The extent of the Italian and allied successes
was not foreseen even by those in comma nd of
the forces al the front. This is due to any
inadequacy in the estimate of our own strength
OF the decay of the Austrian morale back of
the lines. For ii was there, in my opinion thai
the Austrian dcbacle began. It was we'll
equipped and wcll-fed army that met the Grst
tremendous thrust OF Italy and her hard hitting
allies.
And what debaclc ii was. The figures show
ing tho extent OF the Italian victory in prison
ers and booty are only now coming to Iii ht
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Wirz was tried by court-martial of
high officers and convicted, and was
hanged SIX months after the close OF
the war. He shares with Captain An
DIRE and Nathan Hale, and with none
other, so far as can be recalled. the
distinction OF having been hanged by
oraer or military court and honored
with Il monument. The Daughters Of
The Confcdcracy. insisting that Wirz
was martyr TO the malice of the
Northern armies and people. erected to
bis memory a handsome shaft at Ander
EonVille' near the scene OF his alleged
crimes as commandant of the prison
there. IL he was a martyr to anything
]: was TO the probably unavoidable in
eihciency and DISCRIMINATION of tho
Confederate War Department In 1854
and to disappointment at failure to Sc
Mr.. Davis.
II German officers are tried. there
will be strong effort. OF course. to hx
the primary responsibility for their
acts on the late Kaiser. The Federal
adm inistration of 1865 protractcd the
trial OF Wirz four months and raked
ihe country for evidence. The strong
est they found against the prisoner
including Surgeon-General Moore and
Dr.. Isaiah White. of Richmond. who
had hled vigorous protests against the
ir,shtful mortality and sanitary ana
Nothing showed that any OF these
reached Mr.. Seldom. the Secretary OF
War, or the President, OF that either
could have found the means for bet
tcrmcnt If they had known. There
fore. 1t was impossible to implicate
anybody but Wirz He was Swiss,
hut had practiced medicine in Louisi-
ana until ne volunteered in the Con-
federate Army. study OF the volumes
OF evidence In his case fails to yield
clear conclusion that he was guilty OF
anything beyond harshness OF bearing
and lack of the sympathy for prison
manifested by other Confederate
doctors and officers and many citizens
lie did not have a fair trial. All tho
hate the Northern soldiers felt against
anybody in the South was concentrated
on him. No member Of that army could
hGve considered his case dispassionate-
~ then. II is one OF the weird Incl
dents OF history that his half-forgot-
ten tragedy Is resurrected now, and
probably with tremendous consequences
Ia men who never knew that he had
exist ed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

people were prepared for IL to go into
effect June 81 with all the other bills.
and now they are all mixed up: very
few OF them have any idea whan 1t
will be operative. IL at all
! am sure this bill was scrutinized
carefully by every lawyer in the Leg
stature. and | am quite sure they all
expected II TO go into operation on
June 81 think the ruling OF the At
tcrncy-Gcneral vas az much OF \ air-
prise TO many OF our lawyers as IL
Was I'd the rest Of us.
Tho delay in tho operation OF this
law has retarded the progress OF the
sheep industry In Virginia one year.
when sheep are worth double what they
were ever worth before. which means
that the would-be shccp-raiscr has lost
double what he would have lost under
normal conditions and tho sheep-kiil-
ing dog has had his time extended to
February next, in which he can -four
ish. while millions OF people are starv-
ing for meat and freezing from the
lack of wool.
1t has also extended the life OF prob
ably 100000 worthless ours in Virginia
for another year at cost OF not less
than $50 per head for board. while we
are supposed to be stintinE and saw
ing every crumb possible for the starry
ing women and children OF Europe.
Let US hope that every paper in Vir-
Ginia viii follow the lead OF The Times
Dispatch and get behind this bill aftcr
next February ] and see that II is en-
forced and save the State from the
II. p. BAKER.
Columbia. Va. November Is.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
of The TimesDispatch by
Authoritative Writers-A Daily Editorial
THE WIRZ TRAGEDY AND GERMAN CULPRITS.
H..

Feeling against the Germans is hard
lily in this country. Great Britain and
France. Newspaper correspondents.
writing for publication and soldiers In
private letters to their families and
friends, tell details Of atrocities against
civilians and prisoners which would be
unbelievable il they were not confirmed
by direct and unquestionablc evidence.
British and French soldiers returning
from the German prison CAMPS bring
on their bodies proof of their stories
of horrible illtrentment. The tongues
OF the Bclgians and French OF the &C.
cupied territories are loosened, ami
they relate worse and viler enormities
even than those recorded by the Bryce
commission. Many of their variations
are too loathsome and frightful for
newspaper use. but they will be spread
through the victorious countries by
troops as they disband. Unless power
full and now inconceivable revulSion of
sentiment occurs. the demand for per-
sonal and extreme punishment OF many
of those most directly guilty and re-
fierce that obedience to II will DO un-
avoidable. Already the French are COL
Letting and putting into permanent and
available form evidence against Ger
man officers and men who can be
Identified.
If formal prosecutions come. the case
OF Captain Henry Wirz. OF the Contcd-
crate army. Will be cited continually
and prominently. The newspapers now
are referring TO it with ominous fire.
quency. lt.gives one OF the few in
stances. If not the only instance. In
modern military history OF the convic-
ton and execution OF n surrendered
soldier OF a defeated army for his Off
cial acts in time of war. Perhaps It's
most important bearing on the situa-
ton likely 10 develop now is that the
trial committed the United States gov
eminent TO Il very far-reaching prin-
ciple CT military law: that liz. that
the surrender Of soldier as prisoner
OF war does not protect him, even after
declaration Of peace. from responsible
ity for acts previously done In violation
OF the rules of civilized warfare. This
will meet exactly and defeat what nat
urally will be the first plea of Ger
man officers summoned before court
martial, that, as surrendered prisoners
of war. they are entitled to immunity
foy any oncnses committed while sol
Gcrs in arms.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
Books and Authors

Once on the summer Range, hv
rrancis I'M. is one OF the Macmillan
'ateni ssnss This story Of life
unusual plot and interest. with rare
human tenderness and sympathy. Mat
thew IIainlcn goes Wsct for his health
and becomes a sheep herder. He finds
the girl in distress. bcsought by vii,
lains. rescnes her. mnrries her and
straig htway loses her. The narrative IS
full of unusual situations and is i'm
tcnsely dramatic from start to finish.
The Great Adventure" by Theodore
Roosevelt tCharles Scribner's Sonsl.
war have paid with their bodies for
their souls desire. contains Colonel
Roosevelts most recent expressions on
the world war. He tells why men are
willing to give their lives or to offer
their sonsNin the great adventure. He
takes occasion na,,,, TO cas'E rate; paaticula,IS
intellectuals who play with treason un-
der the name of internationalism.
Allyn. & Bacon have recently issued
"El RENO de Los Incas." by Garcilaso
notes, by James Bardin. department OF
Virginia. AS stated, in the preface.
students of Spanish the most interest
ing parts of a striking historical mar
rative OF primitive American peoples
described by the historian OF the Inca
empire gives the text OF the ancient
volume a decided favor of romance.
and the author makes the most of the
curious and appealing material he had
in hand II for no other reason, the
interest inherent in the remarkable
story itself and in the manner OF it's
telling justifes careful reading of
the book. The close analogy between
the theory OF the Inca state and the
theories of modern state socialism
maeks the book very valuable to the
student OF politics. Here was state
neutrality-suspicious. by and conduct
ed under remarkably derived sane
tion-carried out in the most thorough
going manner for long period OF
years. The Inca's story gives a full
account of this gigantic and success
full application of socialistic prfnci-
pies. No one who wishes to know
what the chances are for the success
full operation of n socialistic state can
afford to ignore this story OF ancient
Peru. Students OF contemporary life
in Latin America will find in the
meas story the influences which mold
many of the forms of civilization, and
which motivate most of the hopes and
aspirations of the very numerous In
dian populations of modern Peru, Bo-
livia and Ecuador. These Indians still
dream of the happy days Of the meas
and desire passionately n re-estabiish-
ment OF the ancient regime. No one
can understand contemporary Peru
Bolivia and Ecuador who does not
know. and know in some detail the
history OF the Inca empire.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Senate proposing recognition as de facto
government OF Russia Of the faction in har-
mony with allied aims. to be followed by
Joint military aid to overthrow the Bolshe-
Vtk government and assist tho Russian people
to establish orderly government Why tenn
portze longer with situation 80 anarchic and
menacing? The Bolshevik government is an
outlaw against civilization, and as such it's
destruction must be accomplished before any
progress can be made toward re-estabishing
order there. The allies now have forces
available to go into the country and give the
people chance to set up a lawful govern
ment in some form, and since it is to their
interest to do so. why not proceed vigorously
IN that matter without further delay?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
broadening the Veto poycr

n MOVEMENT has been revived for the
SUBMISSION to the States Of an amend
ment To the Federal Constitution which will
authorize the President to veto separate items
in appropriation bills or to reduce the amount
of individual items. Such power as il is
proposed to give the executive would enable
him to approve unobjectionable appropria-
tons while disappearing those that might
be Objectionable without sending the whole
measure back to Congress- 1t is not con-
tempiatcd OF course, to make the Presidents
veto OF any item final The House and SEN
ate by two-thirds vote still could pass the
vetoed appropriations over the objection of
the President.
Many States have endowed their Governors
with such power. This action was taken
primarily to facilitate the passage of appro-
pration bills. State Legislatures usually sir
Tor Il fixed period OF time--three months in
many States-and their appropriation budrots
are III many cases the last matters to he
enacted. Under system which compels a
Governor TO veto the whole of any appropria-
non NH In order to defeat q single item
unfortunate delays are likely to occur and
extra sessions Of Legislatures have been
found necessary in many instances.
These conditions do not so often obtain
with Congress- That body's sessions do not
chd on any fixed schedule except when n
5'''' >'hSieSS SOtS out or existence every
second year. Even so, experience has shown
me Importance of giving the President au-
'hority to dsapprove individual appropra-
Tons particularly riders" without nccessi-
tatihg the veto Of the whole of what NAV he
Il worthy or even vital measure
1t Is the problem of dealing with riders
to appropriation bills that has forced renewed
consideration OF an amendment TO the Con
Shtutlon providing for the scparatc-tom
veto me abuse of this privilege by both
the House and Senate has become fragrant in
recent years. The rules OF both bodies are
presumed 10 bar the enactment of general
legislation as part Of an appropriation bill.
pnt all rules are subject to the interpreta-
iion of presiding officer, and the decision
o! presiding officer is always subject 10
overriding by ii majority vote Because of
this fact. majorities have forced upon an
preparation bills much undgcsted legislation
particularly during the administration of
| president Wilson. The result has been that
the President has felt impelled to exercise
his veto power in many cases, and in doing
so to delay the passage OF other legislation
sorely needed.
mere are many sound reasons, therefore
why the Constitution should be amended as
! proposed, and there does not seem to be an,
good reason why it should not.
/ at .inu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
Cur. Time Extended.

To the Editor of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-I have just read your editorial
in to-day's issue OF The Times Dis
patch relative TO the dog law that we
had such time in passing last winter.
The Attorney General made ruling
on this bill in the spring to the effect
that only that part OF il relating to
the listing of dogs with the commits
ton this year. and that the fun law
would not take effect until February
|. 1919. This ruling was made at tn
request OF the Game Department., I un-
dcrstand. and this department then
notified the city and county wardcnA
that under this ruling there was moth
ing they could do to enforce the law
until next February.
The construction placed on this bill
by the Attorney-Gcucrai may be per-
fsctly legal and proper. but u WAS very
unfortunate for the law. as IL has
given IL q black eye on the start. The
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Perhaps one of the viest acts OF the Rate
Hun government was the attempt heretofore
reported but just now confirmed, to order out
the fleet for battle. early in November. and
coolly to send thousands of men TO certain
death, with the hope of inncting some dam
age on the foe and making spectacular
finish. 1t brought its own just and quick
punishment because the resulting mutiny OF
sailors really took the last remnant OF heart
out of the most rampant Junkcr OF them
all.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Max Eastman is not likely to see the ma
terlalization of his plan for the establishment
OF Soviet government for America, but Max
ana all his kind constitute menace to this
country that cannot be ignored. The seed
haa 70 be sown in Russia before it could
terminate into anarchy, and while the soil
mere Is less fertile for the propagation Of
disorder, it will be well for the Department
or Justice to keep an enclosing eye on oil
these disseminators of social unrest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
The River Rond.

1t leaves the city far behind,
The walls Of stone the pillars
granite.
The chiselcd statesmen and their kind
Who for moment walk a planet:
1t hurries from the streets of gray.
The aging marbles, falling pIaaters
Like some glad child that runs away
From weary rules and books and
masters.
1t finds the valleys deep and green,
1t climbs the hills with s,innoer
Eilded.
Each step anew another scene
by Natures busy artists huilded.
we wish like you we might 60
straying,
a child again without q load
Along wooded highway pIayfns
Douglas Malloch in the American
Lumberman. 'e~'',
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
Voice of the People
Letters must give the name md nd
dress of the writer. Mime will not be
published IL writer requests,
Trouble. OF a TrnyeIer.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Sir-Now that the war is over
suppose IL Will not be unpatriotic 10
kick a little at the railroad manage
ment. II there is something TO kick
about. For "A long time now the roads
In Virginia, especially those touching
Richmond. seem TO have dispensed al
most entirely with the services OF the
men whose duty II used to he TO IN
form the public OF changes in the
schedules Of the passenger trains.
know OF several people who have been
greatly inconvenienced by having TO
guess at the time trains arrive and
depart. and | am one of them.
TRAVELLER.
Richmond, Va. November %. 1918.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER
Thc Hero.

rye fought my snare OF battles tho Marne
And stormcd the heights with Huns at every
Hill;
I've bivouaced with my comrades in "A barn
And ridden ambuances the spill.
I've pinned a hundred Bochcs to their biers
And killed my enemy with just look
But now the is over.
Where the thunder is my clover? :.
Now I've got to go back home and fire the
cook.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
Thc Slim IHcin,

r. +. j.. Hopcwell.-The Sim Fein
came into existence about twelve years
ago. The phrase means "for ourselves
alone" The organization is traced
back TO n series of articles by Arthur
Griffith on "The Resurrection in Hun
gary" In this series IL close parallel
was drawn between Hungary and Ire
land The slogan, "for ourselves alone"
carried out In practice. ignores every
thing English and tends to sedition
and 'lawlcsSness. The British govern
ment secured the passage Of an act
through Parliament appropriating n
large sum of money to be used to aid
the tenants in purchasing land, and
the law also made the sale Of land in
Ireland desirable to tho old land
owners. Many Of the leading men and
women in Ireland favor home rule.
but that does not mean independence.
will have control over tho internal
affairs OF Ireland. There is no COM
p'aint OF oppressive taxation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

If Majority Leader Kitchin is no more re-
sponsive TO the Presidents wishes as thew
may come over the cable than he was when
they were communicated to him direct from
the White House, the absence Of the latter
during the peace conference should give the
North Carolnian nothing about which to
worry.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost my topic,
excepting on legal and medical sub
jectn, nre answered free. As NIL In
Iufries nre answered directly by per-
sonnl letter. Kelf-addr esaed, stamped
envelope In required. Address The
Times Dispatch Information Burenu,
nichmOnd, Sn,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER "a.

81 Couldn't some of our new acquaintance,
allies and coworkers for democracy on the
other side kindly consent TO remove from
their geographical and personal names Il few
of the rs, ks, VS. and KS and weird con-
yocations OF consonants-just to help along
the honest tolers OF this land who work on
linotypes and Geographic copy?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

According to the Constitution of this coun-
try. the Fice-President does not perform the
duties of the presidency except on inability
TO discharge the powers and duties of the
SAID Office by the President. But suppose
that in the near future the cables should
break?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
remperaturc at the North poll.

Subscriber, Newport Ncws-It is not
n matter of record that Peary took the
temperature during his short stay at
the pole, hence there is no North Pole
temperature record that we know
about. The probable maximum tenn
perature. however. cannot be much
above the freezing point, notwithstand-
ing It's twenty four hour day, for the
pole is isolated and in an ocean in
which 1t is necessary to melt all the
ice and snow before the immediate sur
face temperature rises much above 80
degrees Fahrenheit.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Henry Ford announces that the plant where
he has been building Eagle submarine chasers
for the government will be diverted to the
manufacture of canal boats on large scale
for the coastwisc and inland waterways trade
The construction OF suitable craft for these
inland waters is an undertaking which de-
serves the most liberal encourag cement With
suitable craft to care for it, there is a vast
amount of commerce that will be developed
and distributed locally at a great saving Of
costs for transportation over rail commune
cation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

3. Q. D., RichmOnd.-Yes, there are
a great many Scots in Canada In the
province of Novia Scotia the bulk Of
the population is Scots. There is also
Il considerable number Of Scots in On
tario and in some other provinces.
Presumably. their dress corresponds to
that of the other Inhabitants
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24
To Cct Soldier. Addre,.

r. b., Kenbridge.-Thc address OF n
by writing TO the Enlisted Division,
Adjutant Generals Office. War Depart :
ment, Washington, d. G.. stating fully
your reasons for making the inquiry.
II the reasons are deemed satisfactory
the information will be given.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-24

Governor Whitman insists that he is CATCH
ing Smith in the New York election by dis
coVery of errors in the count of ballots The
Governor evidently missed his natural Job
when he failed to become German official
war reporter