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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
The Rejected Man
BY Or. John n. ouayIs Of The Vigil
anita


BY Or. John n. ouayIs Of The Vigil
antes.
American arms have lost their
first bout with the enemy and lost
1t on American soil!
For Uncle Sam has been COMPEL
ed to reject from IS to so per cent
OF his volunteers for physical reas-
ons, thus removing from the COM
bat forces, thousands Of men be-
tween the charmed ages OF 21 and 81
years, the stage in mans existence
when nature is most kind to him.
This is an economic war loss the
nation cannot-must not-stand. IL
is an economic war loss the nation
NEED NOT stand If the country will
repair its man power at an expense
Of not more than $50 to 800 per
man.
THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE
RAISED TO THE REQUIREMENT
OF THE ARMY AND NAVY
STANDARDS. THIS CAN BE AC-
COMPLISHED WITHIN A PERIOD
OF FROM one TO SIX MONTHS
AND THE INDIVIDUAL MADE
READY FOR MILITARY SERVICE
OR EFFICIENT CIVIC LIFE:
Fail to accomplish this and there
will be new heartaches for mothers,
sisters, sweethearts and friends, for
the enlistment age must be lowered
to include the great body Of young
men between the ages Of 10 and ~
years, as we'll as extended to 40
years. Such is the alternative plan
already being discussed in the war
In the first draft but a small per-
centage Of 100000 first called men
proved available for military SER
vice, and the places of the rejects
were filled by others probably vastly
more needed in the economic world,
for many Of those who failed phyai-
cally are Of the parasite class-men
without occupation who live on the
product Of others; and many Of the
rest suffered from minor complaints.
Reclaim The Rejects.
Yet but one 10 six months under
proper medical, surgical, dietetic
and disciplinary instruction in rec
lamation cantonments will make
Of these rejects ft--and
In most cases eager-for military
Such is a brief summary Of the
plan / have laid before President
Wilson, Secretary OF War Baker,
Surgeon General Gorgas Of the army,
and the plan Senator P0merene has
in his bill for reclama-
ton of man power in United States
to be discussed by congress.
Tt is the one burning question Of
the country today. Shall the Stacker
lie, the unfit physically or men
tally-escape his share Of wars
burden, while the very flower OF
manhood lis called on toll
bear the load for him?
mo" a nation Of soldier-mothers
5hrieks in protest. and NO must be
Inc answer Of the entire country and |
Treat every one alike.
Then" one must reply loE1eally,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
HOW TO SELL STAMPS.

Here's a suggestion for the promo
ton OF War Saving Stamps in Far
go.
1t is not entirely original with The
Forum, but is a modification of plans
adopted in some other communities.
Institute a game to be known as
apassing the buck. The buck"
may consist of almost any object. A
little carved wooden goat would do
as well as anything. The "buck" is
handed to some citizen who will
agree to save, during the year, the
sum of 500 to be invested in Thrift
Stamps. He cannot get rid Of 1t until
he can find some other citizen who
will make the same agreement. AS
soon as he gets rid Of It, he reports
10 the local committee in charge Of
the sale Of the stamps. informing
the committee who has the buck.
At noon each day, The Forum win
be supplied with the history Of the
rbuck" during the preceding twenty
four hours, and win publish it. Civ
ing the name of the unfortunate
holder OF the buck at the noon
hour.
when the time comes that the 800
class rs exhausted. the "huck" might
f.a sit into two halves and the gstt7e.I
continue is tie $50 class or
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
PUTTING 1T BLUNTLY.

Ssrhe food wanted by mankind
docs not exist" was the blunt and
most unpleasant way in which Lord
! Rhondda, the British food controller,
STATED it.
Mr.. Hoover says the situation is
"the most critical in the nations
History"
s r. Z. Prothero, head Of the board
( of agriculture of England, says Eng
land els in a most critical condition
land approaching the rapids"
! Edmund Walker, the Canadian
t banker, said 'the danger Of famine is
livery real"
{. In plain English, the world is fac
I Ding something more than a mere
: food shortage. The people of India
j. and China have known It It is
q called famine" It means actual
{ starvation and disease due to mai
i, nutrition.
'Pianting every acre" is no longer
! 8ust a patriotic slogan.
Q Planting a home garden is no
longer just a rather useful fad.
: The time has come when all the
z "Iess' days are not Just pleasant
/ variation Of diet
; Unless Americans bend their
q energies toward increasing produc-
G ton Of all foods, as they never have
: done before, Lord Rhondda's state
ment that ''the food wanted by
mankind does not exist" will bel
changed to "the food needed by man
kind does not exist" and men,
women and children are going to
die because Of it. Surely that is
putting it bluntly and plainly enough.
The person who wastes food now is
something worse than a thoughtless
Stacker; he is a criminal,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
The Editors Mail Bag

To The Editor of The Forum:
The writer has had business deal
ings and in some instances close
personal relations with the growers
Of grain in the northwest during a
period Of some thirty-three years.
], therefore, take the liberty of adj
dressing you in the hope that my let
ter may be the means of increasing
the wheat acreage this spring. Apart
from the fact that patriotism would
prompt us to put every acre we
possibly can to wheat, think the
probability of price fluctuation in
barley, oats and fax and the substi-
tutes for wheat, should be consider
ed when decisions are being made by
farmers as to what crop shall be
planted this year.
1t should be borne in mind, that the
price of wheat is guaranteed and
stabilized at least until May, 1919.
On the other hand, should the war
cease, it Is conceivable that the large
supplies Of corn and other cereals
now in farmers hands may cause an
enormous depreciation in value.
Whilst, 1t is also conceivable that a.
termination of hostilities might even
enhance the price of wheat.
The writer has tried hard to get
enough interest in the guaranty to
the farmers of at least seeding ex-
pense, but failing legislation on these
lines, I am in hopes that the
emphasizing Of the point Of view
indicated above, may serve the pur-
pose / have in mind of increasing
the northwest wheat acreage.
Yours respectfully,
w. Turtle.
Duluth. Feb. 21.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

the wall fell down flat, 30 that
the people went up into the city,
every man straight before him,
and they took the city"
That is the way the city which is
near the plains Of Moab con this side
Jordan" was captured the first time,
as told I'm the Book OF Joshua.
And on February %, 1918. the AS
ISOLATED Press thusly records the
latest capture Of Jericho: '"The Brit
ish have captured Jerico. in Pales-
tine. the war ONCE reports"
Jericho Is on the western bank OF
the river Jordan but a few miles
from where It empties into the Dead
sea. It's capture has no military
significance in itself. for 1T is a
pftiful little settlement of 800 villag-
ers now, but 1t is important as
showing that the British have clear
ed ell Palestine between the Dead
sea and the coast. of the Turks. Ifl
any are left south Of Jericho they are
doomed, for they are cut off from
all supplies and are caught betweenl
the British forces and the Dead sea.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
BoLoIsM IN RUSSIA AND
FRANCE.

Colncident with the triumph Of
German treachery and German
propaganda in Russia, comes its
complete breakdown in France.
The conviction OF Paul Bolo, better
known by his title Of Bolo Pasha, Is
the deathblow to what Lloyd George
called "Boloism" and what is also
known as the gospel Of "defeatism".
The conviction of Bolo must bring
tremors to his alleged co-conspira-
tors Caillaux and Malvy.
The history Of Bolo is as thrilling
as any story Of adventure. 1t hardly
seems possible that such incredible
adventures would befall any man in
these more or less prosaic days. His
story is briefly summarized by The
Christian Science Monitor as fol-
lows:
The story of the industries OF
the lobster merchant is peculiarly
interesting. Paul Bolo was one
Of the principal German spies III
France, indeed, in the world. Be
66La,1t in MarseilIes. he
subsequently travelled in COM
mupion wine and champagne,
and eventually was guilty or
bfgamy in marrying a lady OF
fortune in Bordeaux. After the
war began. he for months fitted
between Paris and New YORK,
or Paris and Rome, conducting
his operations with such deXteri-
tv that. though the French gov
eminent was perfectly conscious
Of what was going on II couId
get no evidence against MIN. IN
some inconCeivable way he sue
ceeded in muZzling, or having
muzzled, the French press anu
had it not been for M. Clemen-
caaT's diatribes in L'Homme
Fnchaine, ii is dOubtful II ms
exposure ever would have come.
When. however, NJ. Clemenceau
turned the arc light of publicity
on to lie Bonnet Rouge, with the
result that its editor and man
ager were both arrested BOlO ,
N sense of security must have pc
gun to evaporate. 1t was IN
August that Almereyda, the edl-
tor of the paper, and the frlena
of the ex-premier, nj. CalllauAs
and Of NJ Malvy, the minister OF
the interior, was arrested. Then
Immediately came that prison
tragedy Of the bootlace, and 10
appeared as il the stream Of evil
dence had been again damned
up. Damned up it might, IN
deed. have remained had 1t not
been for Leon Daudets open
letter to the President. charging
M. MaIvy with treason. This let
ter ultimately caused the tan OF
the Ribot ministry, Of which N.
MaIvy was a member and SO
paved the way for the ministry
~ M. CIemenceau, with the GER
taintv that the affair Of lie
Bonnet Rouge, as well as those
OF NJ Malvy and nj. CallleauA
would be prObed to the bottom.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

Wiki, who set up a class rule more
tyrannous than even the brutality
of the Car, are tottering on the edge
Of downfall. It is not unlikely that
the Russian people cheated and
abused by. these crack Drained lead
ers will turn on them and rend them.
Then Germany is showing to her
own people and TO the world. what
a German victory means. The mask
of deceit has been torn away and
the fiction that Germany is fight
ing a defensive warfare should be
forever dispelled. There will prob
ably be a stimulated temporary en-
ahusiasm for the war among the
German people as the result Of the
new victories, but if peace isn't
brought any nearer, the reaction
should be prompt and decided. And
to the Allies must come the realiza-
ton that there is no choice but a
war to the bitter end. A victorious
Germany would give no terms but
those which would leave the world
her slaves. If the Russians follow
the behests Of their government,
fight a guerilla warfare and keep
all provisions and supplies from
falling into German hands. they will
be doing something they have not
done for months, and that is to give
active military aid to the Allies.
Outcome Is Doubtful.
What will be the outcome Of the
Russian tragedy, no man can fore
tell. 1t probably will mean the
overthrow Of the Bolshevik govern
ment, and the reconvening Of the
constituent assembly. But little is
to be hoped for from that body,
controlled as it is by radicals Of as
pronounced a type as the Bolshevili.
They would be even more disposed
to make peace than the Bolsheviki.
The Russian spirit is broken, and
many loyal Russians are praying for
the Germans to come, preferring
even German vassalage to the Reign
of Terror which now grips the ma
ton. The chief danger to be feared
is the capture of the Russian feet,
which is at Reval and Petrograd.
British In Palestine.
It is heartening to turn from
Russia to Palestine where sub
stantial progress is being made by
the British. They have advanced to-
Jericho, and unless the Turkish
forces have executed a very hastyi
retreat, there is every prospect that
a large body Of them will be cut off
when the British reach the river
Jordan. The railway line east Of
the Jordan, is also the source Of
supply for the Turks who are fight
ing the Arabs. and if it is cut by the
British, the Turkish army will be
captured or annihilated.
The great aerial activity on the
western front, and the heavy artil-
Iery duels all along the line again
suggest the possibility Of the inn
mediate opening Of the big offensive.
It may break any day, for the
weather is rapidly becoming favor
able, and it is now later than the
date in which either the Somme or
the Verdun battles began.
Submarine losses showed a slight
decrease for the week, but they are
still uncomfortably large.
All signs now point to a very ex-
tensive force for Americans in the
line. An American sector
has been established and there isl
news Of new units getting trench ex-
perience with both French and
British
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
HERR EDITOR GROWS APoP.
LECTIC.

Herr Editor des Nord Dakota
Leader grows apoplect1c in the sec
ond issue Of Fargo's new zeitung
because The Forum made him file a
translation Of his Unterseeboat LAM
guage.
He gives an exhibition of fright
fulness," inslnuates that The Forum
has a small soul, no ideals, impure
motives, fights in the dark. steals all
its ideas, and is a troglodyte. The
last word is saved for the crushing
climax. But at least he said it in
English. Making him do that was
one original idea The Forum had.
And all that because we wanted
Herr Editor to obey the law and file
q translation Of his Hun talk or 20
to Jail.
Goodness but these Kultur-sprach-
ers do sputter when you stir 'em up.
When he gets all cooled down,
Strengthens his collar, brushes his
hair, and quits making faces at US,
we would like him to explain wheth-
er or not he intends to run a Ger
man language newspaper in wartime.
He forgot to mention this point in
his eagerness to show the new Eng
fish word he has learned.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
FROM MOTHERS TO THE BOYS.

'Do not weary in well doing
seems to be the motto Of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union
members of North Dakota.
When the first men called by the
draft left Fargo, 1t will be remember
ed that the w. @. T. U. members
presented them with little comfort
kits, which represented no small
amount OF thought and effort.
F'argoans may have thought that
ended the work Of the w. C. T. U.
women, If they thought any more
about it at all. But it hasn't ended
their work by any means. Every
soldier who has been sworn in for
any branch Of the service Of Uncle
sam in any part OF North Dakota
has received one Of the comfort kits
Modestly, and without advertising
their activities in any way. the w.
G. T. u. women are faithfully per-
forming the task that seems to be
nearest at hand.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
TAMPICo OIL REGIONS.

Laredo, Tex.-Emorts Of Gen. Luis
Caballero to induce Gen. Manuel
PeIaez. whose forces control the Tam
pico oil regions, to submit to the fed
eral government, have met with en-
phatic refusal, according to private
advices received here from the AFFECT
ed district. Caballero is said to have
failed in his attempt to persuade the
oil producers to buy of Pelaez. II
the government persists in its at
tempt to carry out the announced
program of securing complete control
OF the oil fields, Caballero's threat 70
invade the region may become his
only recourse Caballero is reported
10 be receiving q few men and conBid-
cradle supplies by sea from Vera Cruz
and other gulf ports
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

"adopt the reclamation plan; give
/ these rejects back their p1ysicaI
/ and mental balance, and give Uncle
| sam back eligibles in the place or
| INSISTS. 900 900 Of them at least
for the army or civic life.
The system is simple. Replace
/ bad habits with very good ones; re-
place body clogging foods with
simple diet; teach him the value or
discipline, and where necessary give
him remedial surgery or medical
treatment combined with proper ex-
erCise fresh air and a. new will pow
err. Then YOU will eliminate 80 per
cent Of the imperfections and In their
place have men fitted for their
country's tasks.
Every American youth would be
physically and morally greater II he
could have the advantage OF such
treatment.
Not Visionary Plan.
This is no visionary uplift scheme,
though its eugenic effect and its re-
suit in increase Of efficiency, will he
nation wide. The war is setting
new standard Of super-men and
when the war is over the weakling
will be stamped a failure even be-
fore he has demonstrated that his
AEdAElEu
ed breathing and bad digestion mill
tate against putting forth efficient
effort.
But the principal questions Of to-
day are Soldiers" and Efficiency
at Home" Let us see how to reclaim
them from the mass Of rejects.
First, the slacl1er-i.e., coward
must be given confidence. What he
needs is perfected body and an APP
plication Of what / call "Massed
Psychology" BY this mean asso-
citation with normal chaps, that his
patriotic urge may develop while he
is being refitted physically.
The German war machine is an
evidence of what ''massed psych-
ology" will do for the individual. The
is kaiser" then "Gott," then Water
and "Mutter" In building their
race of warriors the Germans have
left out the finer things so that when
the time comes to advance into the
face of almost certain death there
are no softening influences.
Massed Psychology.
The German soldier has been
taught TO think along certain lines.
Association with others of like
mind have solidified his opinions. He
has been compelled to keep his body
Mt for THE Great Effort" The COM
bination of rigid training, simple
diet, discipline and "massed psy-
chology" has given him an ineradic-
able personal psychology.
Physical rebirth Of our rejects I'm
der cantonment discipline will bring
our more highly imaginative Amert-
cans a similar viewpoint quickly.
Thousands. OF men, as will be seen,
by reference to the table appended
have been rejected for such minor
causes as imperfect sight, fiat or
weak foot, alcoholism, varicose veins,
and hemorrhoids. Yet a
OF these are durable within
thirty days.
Cause Of Reflections.
The classification OF 100000 men
based on the surgeon generals re-
port ending June 30th, 1916 are as
follows: 900 would be accepted
and sent to the cantonments-that
would leave us 100000 rejected
men. These rejects would be clas-
s5AaH n@ FnfIpyzyc.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
AMERICAN FRIENDS HELP.

Paris-Portabl houses erected In
France by the English and American
Friends, working in conjunction with
the American Red Cross. now number
SOL These shelter 1856 persons.
Some Of the American Friends are
threshinE fin the country barns about
Sermafze. Several men are at work
erecting tractors and ploYfs recently
arrived from America nr the
npaeantg Of the inEadg are,
enfnr imported rrgr enees
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted to the Task OF
Keeping UP With North Da-
kota Editors.

The Leonard Journal thinks
Health First" should be a state
slogan. 1t comments on the deaths
from tuberculosis as follows:
Every eight hours a citizen Of
North Dakota dies from tubercu-
losis. Twenty-six per cent OF the
deaths are OF children under five
years of age. The present state
health organization is incapable
of securing satisfactory results.
The people should arise and de-
mand a reorganization Of the
health department with the
slogan, not Safety First" but
Health First"
The Page Record sees a lesson for
America in the Russian situation. II
says:
The Russians under their
socialistic leaders have given up
the fight without even making
an agreement with the Prussians,
leaving their country without
protection from the ruthless
plunderers. This country would
soon be in the same condition IL
we depended upon the "consci-
entious objectors" to defend our
rights.
The Jamestown Alert has this
comment on demobilizing:
Labor unions in Germany ana
Austria are figuring on a pro-
gram for demobilizing the armies
of those countries after peace is
concluded. A demand is made
in both ranks that no worker
should be kept in the army long
- adNUn1VgfnNWF RAnaHnnWVT for
military reasons. The first to be
discharged according to the Ger
man Unions idea, are workmen
TO restore business conditions,
and the Austrian Unions want
discharges in accordance with the
age of the soldiers. Optimism
seems to prevail on both sides.
The Hankinson News calls atten-
ton to the Nonpartisan primaries
Tomorrow, Feb. %. Nom
partisan league township
caucuses will be held through
out the state, and one delegate
will be elected from each town
ship to attend legislative con-
MENTIONS to be held later at which
candidates for the legislature viii
be chosen and delegates chosen
to the state convention for the
selection OF a slate for state ON
GERS.
The plan is the same as that
of two years ago. The caucus
and convention is contrary to the
spirit of the primary law and
must be- taken as reputation
of the primary plan to great
extent-but at that we believe
the leaguers are more than half
right in admitting the faults Of
the league plan of naming candi-
dates, in other words the primary
law, Better and more efficient
state officials were elected under
the old convention plan than we
have ever had under the primary
system.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-23

80 the people shouted when
the priests blew with the trum-
pets: and ii came to pass. when
the people heard the sound Of
the trumpet, and the people
shouted with q great shout that