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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

merely another twist of the lions tail.
To no foreign statesman have we ever ac
corded the influence which President Will
son enjoys in our country. We are Jury
anxious to be convinced We wish tn
meet him halfway We rejoice to think
OF him guest. We are passionately
deslrous to remove from the path of history
any occasion for future war.
But We not in an apologize mood.
Nor, after our recent narrow escape. in
which things might have gone very differ
emily II it had not been for the American
Navy, are we inclined to leave so vital
matter to chance. If, then, the American
government wishes to relieve us of tina
burdens of securing our national existence
we mast ask, gratefully, courteouslv. vet
hrmiy, what alternative guarantee is Of
lered by America? Canada, Australia and
New Zealand have no navy, because Brit
ain promises under ell circumstances to
hght their battles. Is the United States
prepared to give the same pledge to 6ght
the battle of Britain and her allies under
all circumstances and without oualifca-
ton? If so, the situation will be simn,a
But if not, what exactly would be the moral
responsibility of the United States if, after
persuading Britain to get rid Of her navy.
she left Britain unprotected at some future
crisis? Even if the crisis arose in part
through British stupidity or self-interest,
her fate would be none the less serious.
we may be unduly apprehensive, but We
nave lived through grave dangers in which
it must be remembered that on the sea
we had to deDend almost apt;rel,r -. ....
selves. 1t is essential that we should know
to what extent, under all circumstances.
we may expect to depend the immediate
comradeship of the armed forces Of the
American Republic. OF course, if an alli-
ance of that kind energies, the whole sub
ject can be discussed in very different
terms. But have not heard that such am
alliance has been offered.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
Stairway in the Governor Palace
make splash and riot of color to beat
Chioggia by the mile.

make a splash and riot of color to beat
Choggia by the mile.
AS for Pirano, how many people know or
remember that she is the birthplace OF
Tartini, and delights you with the prettics.
Venetian architecture outside of the moth
er city? Or that Parenzo has the best
Byzantine baslica after Sophia of Con-
stantinople, and possibly before st. Mark
of Venice because of the greater purity Of
its style? But when, after having lost
yourself in reveries of Venetian languor,
you come in sight of Pola, you realize Rome
with sudden and startling wonderment as
to when and whore you have been dream
ing this magnificent medley of all that Italy
has to offer of her best, and finding it here,
fringing and skirting the Adriatc with its
wealth of memory and suggestion. The Ro-
amphitheatre Of Pola does indeed sur
prise you with it's remarkable likeness to
the real Colosseum of tho Eternal City,
and it outrivals by far the Roman theatre
of Orange and the Arena of Verona because
Of its unique position right by the water
SO that the incoming ships first it's noble
outline against the verdure and the sky
much in the same way as you the Greek
columns GROWING Capo COlOnna on the
Egean Sea. Scattered about the city, the
Porta creole, the Temple of Rome and Au-
gustus, the Porta Gemina, and the magnif-
cent Arco del Seri give US resume of the
best and noblest that Roman architecture
mas to offer throughout the world. Roman
remains of equal historical Importance,
though not Of such conspicuous beauty, are
also to be found in and around Fume,
whence the Italian character of the land
runs into the quaint islands of the Quar-
nero. Here the coast line splits itself in
two strips-the Venetian islands, and the
Slavic mainland, with Segna Zengg for its
chief port. The contrast between the
quisitely subtle and languid beauty of the
islands, principally of the gem-Gke Arbe,
and the rugged characteristics of the main
land is most interesting and significant of
it's kind. The last of this chain of islands,
Pago, faces the classic remains on the
mainland of the Roman city of Mona, and
here begins the unparalleled beauty of Dali
mata-Venetian history and art and trad
ton concentrated, sublimated and glorified.
"Deightful Dalmatia," as it has been called,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

BY Amy A. Bernardy

Z Tally from another angle, vision of
Latin beauty almost unknown and
l. practically undiscovered; radiancy
Of art hitherto undreamed of except
by very few of the initiated; the charm
Of Venetian civilization preserved, with a
particular glamour Of its own, through
centuries of conservative existence-such
are the lands recently redeemed from the
clutches Of the Hapsburg eagle, on the
eastern coast of the Adriatic. 1t is hard
to say which of the two, Istria or Dalma-
tia is richer in monuments of art or in
records OF history, or IN which of them
the elusive charm of water and sky reaches
more poignant harmony with the natural
and the artistic lines of the land.
When you slip out of Friuli, and the for
mer Italo-Austrian boundary, into the dis
trict of Gradisca and Gorilla, leaving back
Of you the peaceful little town which clngs
so proudly to its Latin name of Commons
cor montlum-heart of the mountains) you
travel for quite while into a pleasant,
quiet kind Of a country, where villages and
might say. so moons pcuously Italian that
you wonder how in mischief anybody
could ever have dreamed of drawing line
through it and calling it boundary But
that is another story. If you proceed
northeast you strike Gorilla, with her typi-
cal Venetian castle, her Venetian lion and
the shaded and arched piazza that might
have been lifted bodily from q town of the
Venetian Plain, and the southern charm of
gardens and hills, of churches and trellses,
would surely be enough to hold you were it
not that southwark witness of history
calls, with such grandeur and power that
you are forcibly attracted to it: Aquileia.
Aquileia, OF Roman descent, with q most
beautiful museum of Roman antiquities and
invaluable Roman mosaics ncrusting the
whole floor space of her noble cathedral is
the city whence Pope Leo the Great went
forth to face the Huns of his time and
actually stopped the progress of Attila.
Comment on later events might be in order
here but for the fact that this is just Il
descriptive sketch
From the patriarchal tower of the cathe-
dral Of Aquileia you look upon a scene of
majestic lines, the city of Trieste filing the
horizon. Now. Trieste is generally known
as Aourishing seaport, a wealthy en-
porlum of commerce and forth 1t has
not, that we know, received much comment
on account of its artistic treasures, and yet
ITS Roman Lapidarium is by no means in
terror to those of the Appian Way, while
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

mighty elements. In particular, there must
be nnumerable points of contact between
the expanding activities of the United
States and the delicate fabric of far flung
British sovereignty. The issue before US
is whether that contact shall be friend
~ unfriendly. Are we to lie competi-
tors or are we to be comrades? To that
question one would expect decisive and
unanimous reply. Differences between the
American and British peoples must
such definite loss on both sides that mis-
chief making is surely the gravest conceiv-
able crime against human happiness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
By P. w. Wilson

wv YHILE the President is crossing
IA the ocean the politicians on
both sides are discussing
whether Britannia shall still
rule the waves In your country as in ours,
elections have to be fought out amid floods
Of oratory,-it is the froth that rises to
the surface. At Dundee, Mr.. Churchill
talked about the supremacy. of British sea
power, and the word supremacy CRATES on
the American ear. The British navy is
powerful, but no one is better aware than
Mr.. Churchill that it is not and cannot
ever be supreme. Our fleets can only act
by consent Of the free peoples of the old
and new world. If France were against
US the Atlantic would be threatened. Italy
could challenge us in the Mediterranean.
Japan has strong force in the Far East.
We cannot touch the Monroe Doctrine
without exposing Canada to overwhelming
pressure along 1000 miles of exposed from
uer In the history of the world no force,
whether naval or military, has ever de-
pended to SO great an extent as the Brit
ish Navy ur3. an international sanction.
mat is the reason why the navy is accepted
as security for freedom by the British
Domlnlons and by France and Italy. 1t is
NOT from those quarters that we hear any
request for a limitation.
with Germany down and out there are
'nree main national groups left in the
world. First, we have the United States
win an Incompatible territory reaching
from Atlantic to Pacific. which, though
as yet incompletely developed, represents
,hree times the wealth of the United King
oom' Secondly there is the alliance of
"s''ons and protectorates described some
mat lnaccurately as the British Empire
Ahd thirdly, there are those civilizations
ancient and elaborate, yet still awakening
" modern conditions, called China, Japan
ana Corea. The future of humanity de-
penas upon the coordination of these three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
Tn a Tangle of
Il Responsibilities

We all know that the traditional policy
Of the United States has favored the aboli
tion of capture Of private property at sea.
This desirable ideal was not wholly full
filled even by the American Navy during
the Civil War, and if the British, French
and Italian navies had been limited by
such restriction during the past four
years, Germany would have won, Paris
would have fallen, Italy would have been
dismembered, Belgium would have been an
nexed and the Balkans would have been
a Prussian province According to the pro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

submarine chaser-let alone dreadnought
without counting the cost in money. For
twelve years our diplomacy was one long
appeal to Germany, sometimes in public,
and sometimes privately, to be content with
the biggest army earth without adding
thereunto the biggest navy. We offered
to limit our programme according to
sliding scale. We begged Germany to
cept moratorium in naval construction
for at least year, which period might
have been extended. 1t was no use. Ger
many was determined to make the mistake
that Spain made when she sought to keep
up at once the biggest army and the big
gest navy on earth. She failed as Spain
failed but she very nearly succeeded. SO
nconsiderabe was our margin of safety
that during the war we lost third of our
mercantile tonnage and had our East Coast
towns bombarded-this after trebling the
tonnage of our combatve fleets after hos
tilities had commenced.
With the guns scarcely silent, the mind
of Britain must have time to accommodate
itself to the new situation. sudden de-
mand to reduce the navy or surrender It,,
on pain of direct rivalry by the United
States would scarcely be the rejoinder that
expected to our celebrations Of Ameri-
can independence and our warm desire to
welcome the illustrous President of the
American people The English proud,
logged, and perhaps l may add not devoid
of courage. In their present mood they will
make any concession to their American
friends if approached friends. But they
will not apologize for their navy or its
record during this war, nor will they ad-
nit that ct any time their navy was q prov
ocaton to Germany, unless it be on the
historic day when our ships steamed be-
tween the Kaisers fleet and the American
feet in Manila Bay.
AS Britain has already proposed the uni
versal abolition of CONSUMPTION, so, you
may be sure, she will be ready at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
The New Parliament
L. Must Debate 1t

Approached in this way, should hope
that England would be reasonable, espe-
cially if she were allowed time to collect
her thoughts. In the new Parliament the
whole matter will have to be debated on
the estimates introduced early next year.
The American point of view will be put
by the numerous friends of America who
are to be found in every House of COM
mons. That point of view is likely to be
more acceptable if it is saved from being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

wv THILE the President is crossing
IA the ocean the politicians on
both sides arc discussing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15

Z Tally from another angle, q vision of
Latin beauty almost unknown and
l. practically undiscovered; a radiancy
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The Tampa board of trade has call
ed on the Ocala Win the War League
and other patriotic organizations in
the towns in which the companies of
the 124th Infantry (Second Florida)
had their headquarters, to contribute
money to buy a stand of colors for
the regiment. The 124th will have
been in camp year next Tuesday,
and it will not be long before it leaves
for overseas service. Company A is
Ocala's company, and the Win the
War League Of this city will take
pleasure in contributing it's quota to
the fund. It's true that there are
comparatively few of our Marion
county boys left in the company, and
few Florida men left in the regiment,
but the county and state are more
numerously represented in it than in
any other organization, so we will
naturally take more pride and pro-
prietorship in it than in any other.
We understand that the colors will be
presented next week and we hope
some Ocala man can be present to
witness the ceremony.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Attorney General Gregory assumes
full responsibility for the recent
wholesale roundup of slackers in New
York and other cities, and promises a
repetition of the performance. In
our opinion the attorney general is
right. A man who has registered and
has his registration card with him
will not be worried; man who is too
careless to carry his card needs a
lesson, and man who hasn't regis
tered should be sent to jail. Slackers
count on hiding in the crowds of the
big cities, and will succeed in doing so
if drastic measures are not adopted.
Every time a Stacker gets by, his do
ing so means more work and more
danger for the men who do their
duty. Round 'em up, Mr.. Gregory;
the Star is with you.
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The Ocala Star is authority for the
statement that Senator Park Tram
nell is considering resigning his seat
in the Senate and going into the
army. Bully for Park He's making
a good senator, but wars the thing
nowadays, and his example in sacri-
ficing such high position to don the
khaki would be an inspiration for eve
ry able-bodied man of draft age in
the land. And when the time comes
that he may put aside his armor, a
grateful people will not hesitate to
restore to him the toga.-Lakeland
Telegram.
Park better stay where he is
Cats would probably fill his place
with Earman or Burke.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

American troops of all units have
been instructed to kill on the spot
any one who lin time of battle, urges
surrender or attempts to persuade
them that further resistance is use
less. These instructions, which orig
mated with certain division and
have now been universally adopted
because they proved so popular, were
made necessary because someone in
American uniform during a German
attack on Fismette on August 27 ran
among the troops, calling upon them
to cease resistance and declaring that
the officers advised surrender.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Of the New York Herald, which quot
ed Y NJ c. A man who had been
serving the soldiers during the action
as saying the Boches threw away
their glasses because the Yanks were
so close to them all the time they had
no difficulty in seeing them '3They
couldn't run and look over their
shoulders through a pair of field
glasses at the same time" said the
Red Triangle man.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Wonder if the American soldiers
will be brought home from Germany
as rapidly as they are being sent to
France.-Times-U Union.
No. After the actual fighting is
over, many of them will be left in
Germany for year or longer to do
garrison duty.-Punta Gorda Herald.
Hope the war department will care
fully select Irish ex-policemen for the
Job.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

England rises up in righteous indig-
nation. The hypocrites! Why, we
found papers in Brussels which
showed conclusively that England and
Belgium had a secret agreement by
which in the event of war with Ger
many England was to be permitted to
occupy Belgium! We've got those pa
pers in Berlin. We could have no
more positive proof against them. The
Belgians were simply England's tools y"
Some of the arguments the kaiser
raised in his discussions with me re-
garding the war were so weak and
untenable that one might well doubt
his sincerity in urging them, but ]
shall give them for what they are
worth.
''They refer to us as the Huns" the
kaiser observed bitterly. eff your
people could see what the Russians
have done in the Bukowina and east
ern Prussia they would know then
who are the real Huns! They de-
stroyed everything they could lay
their hands on. In one Of my shoot
ing lodges which the Cossacks entered
they even knocked out the teeth of the
boars' heads which hung on the walls !!
With knives they cut out the covers of
my chairs. They had special fire
bombs which they threw ION peaceful
villages. These bombs had been con-
structed in peace times and were de-
signed solely for pillage and destruc-
ton.
Instead of treating their soldiers
as prisoners of war we should have
strung them up by the neck-every
one Of them!"
Several prominent Poles, who were
patients of mine and whose fine es-
tates in Poland were looted and de-
molished, told me positively that the
destruction and depredations were
committed entirely by German troops.
The Russians had occupied the houses
when they were in possession of that
section of the country, but it was not
until they were driven out by the Ger
mans that the acts of vandalism were
committed and they had convincing
evidence that in every case the Ger
man soldiers and not the Russians
were responsible.
The outrages committed by the Ger
mans in their treatment of prisoners
Of war will probably never be known
in their entirety. We do know that
they executed Captain Fryatt, the
commander of a British merchant YES
sci, who was captured after he had
rammed a German U-boat. / don't
know to what extent the kaiser was
directly responsible for that dastardly
crime, but from what he said regard
ing the capture of another British cap
tain, the commander of the Baralong
1t was quite evident that he was in
entire sympathy with acts of that
character.
A German U-boat had sunk Brit
ish vessel upon which were some Of
the relatives of the crew of the Bara-
long. The crew of this U-boat was
subsequently captured by the Bara-
long, and according to reports in Ger
many they were harshly treated. Then
1t was reported that the Baralong had
been captured and that her captain
and the crew would be Summarily
dealt with.
az hear we have captured the cap
tain of the Baralong." the kaiser de-
clared TO me at that time. IF we can
prove that he's the man we'll fix him ~
The manner in which the kaiser
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

A gentleman not at present living
here, but well acquainted with our
local affairs, writes the following, in
which there is more truth than po-
etry:
''To parties who have no financial
interest in the city of Ocala, it's wa
ter and light plants are a farce COM
edy; to those who have such interest
it is a tragedy"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The Marion County Fair has stood
the acid test of war conditions and is
pushing forward toward its opening
date-November 19-under circum-
stances more favorable to success
than ever before. Ocala's is the best
small town fair in Florida and is
worth any mans time.-St. Angus
tine Record.
Bully for Felkel. He has found
out what Ocala is and where.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

An American sergeant, when he led
a platoon into captured German
dugout in France, found affairs, vest
ments, statues, candelabra, paintings,
a chalice and ciborium, stolen from
desecrated churches.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The Eighty-second division, which
is taking prominent part in the
American offensive toward ST. Mihiel,
trained at Camp Gordon and has many
Florida men in it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

That is good, healthy, encourag-
ing statement which the Munroe &
Chambliss National Bank prints in
the Star today. Banks are the bust
ness thermometers of their commu-
mites.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Band plays tonight; county guards
drill tonight; board of trade meets
tonight. Soon schools will be in ses-
sion and Friday night will be the
principal time for relaxation for
the young people. The Star suggests
that the events scatter out somewhat.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The Red Cross and the Y NJ C. A
ordered from the American Chicle
Company 36,000,000 sticks of Black
Jack chewing gum for the soldiers at
the front in France and Italy.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The war has nearly wiped out ia
pans wool supply, and the govern
ment has taken measures to enable
the country to raise all the wool it
needs,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

When a company of American SOL
diers took a section of enemy trench
in the recent fighting in the Chateau
Thierry region they found numerous
pairs of fine binoculars, according to
a story published in the Paris edition
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

During 1917 the Germans took from
Belgium every machine that could be
put to industrial use and every scrap
of steel, iron and copper they could
find.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The amount of money in circula-
ton in this country is $3.50 100000,
the greatest at any time in the ma
tons history, averaging 1924 for
each person.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Marshal Foch's strategy and the
tactics of his generals wrested in
three weeks from the Germans what
the latter required four months to OBJ
tain at a cost of 100000 to 100000
men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

The question of changing the name
of ST. Petersburg is again being agi-
tated. We can't imagine why the
name of the dark and gloomy capital
of the czars was ever wished on the
Sunshine City, but we are afraid it is
too late to change it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

George AIDE says of the Y. M. c. A.
that "The whole arrangement is SIM
ply the American spirit of friendli-
ness crystallized and organized"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-13

Of every So earned in this country
this year $3.50 will be needed by the
government to pay its war bill. Do
your bit. Buy Liberty Bond.