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New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Our Turn to Come
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British, and I believe that he will make
still third attack and an attack be-
tween Arniens and Arras, with the de-
liberate intention of completing the job
begun nearly two months ago and rolling
the British back away from the French
and upon the Channel ports. Whether
he is successful or fails, the British will
have to face casualty list Of nearly a
million this year, as they did last If, in
the end, with the aid Of all the Allied
reserves, the British survive the storm.
we shall owe them quite as large a debt
as we owe the French for the noble sac
rifice that stretched from the opening
hours of the war. through the victory of
the Marine and the costly but glorious
defence of Verdun.
And we Americans might lust as we'll
recognize the fact, that if the British do
this, then it will be our turn to step into
the breach and, relying upon the British
and French as necessary and powerful
reserve forces, bear the brunt of the next
two years of the war in an ever-increas-
ing measure, if the war shall persist for
this ghastly long time. Only by thus ap-
portioning the losses between the Allies
while Germany has to bear hers alone.
shall we win the war by attrition alone
But winning it in this fashion. we shall
insure for the world period of peace
from the German menace, for the tribute
laid upon the male population of Ger
many will be beyond that any nation in
modern history has had to bear.
have wandered far afield. in this ar
tlcle, but it has seemed to me almost
necessary, at this hour to say something
upon side of the present camnaien
which is too little discussed on this side
OF the water. The British have taken on
the job of holding the Germans in this
crucial fourth year of the war. Thev
have taken it on with such resources as
they have and these resources are in
adequate for the task, save as thew are
reinforced by the French who are ready
and by the Americans who are COMING
up and must be ready by next year. Brit
ish and French are putting in their last
reserves, as are the Germans. The Brit
'sh and the French are doing this. be-
cause they rely upon US. The German is
doing it. because he is well aware that If
we ever do get a million men into thu
fighting line, and we shall by next year.
he will have to give up the terrible busi-
ness of matching death lists in the hope
Of an early decision.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

gerous on the artillery side as he was
when he attacked before.
There is another aspect to be con-
sidered. The Germans are now less than
ten miles from Amiens and even in their
secondary attack at the Lys, which
opened on April 8, when the Portuguese
divisions were routed, the advance was
to depth Of more than ten miles. Were
the Germans as successful in their next
attack before Amiens as they were at
Armentieres, Amiens would 20 and with
it some Of the most important lines of
communication left to the Allies. Of
course if there were anything like the
progress made in the attack of March 21
the British and French would be sepa-
rated and the British rolled back to the
north.
BY contrast, certain factors have been
made use of which must materially re-
duce the chances of any great. initial
German success. The first of these is
the Allied decision in favor of a simple
command and the second is the presence
of the Allied strategic reserve within
reach of the danger point. 1t is we'll to
recall exactly what happened two months
ago to appreciate the meaning of these
new factors.
Before the Germans attacked both
French and British general staffs he-
lleved that their own lines would be as
sailed. This was not only natural. but
the German up to the last moment made
preparations for attacking both along the
French and the British fronts. If YOU
look at the map you will see that the Ger
mans, inside that great rough angle or
salient which has its point toward Paris.
could. with equal ease throw the troops
within this angle to the west against the
British or to the south against the
French; they could attack toward Amiens
or toward Rheims. Now the French were
satisfied that that attack would be made
toward Rheims, and more than one French
o1llcer explained to me last winter the
reasons for what amounted to moral
certainty that this was the German n,an
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
British Deserve
Highest Praise
For Breaking
Foes First
Attack
Copyright, 191s-The Tribune
Association

this defeat is only little more serious
than the whole cycle Of French defeats
in the opening days of the war, and the
French had real army at the outset of
the war and the advantage of nearly
fifty years Of intelligent preparation for
the conflict that came in August, 1914,
while the British almost literally began
to build their present army after the
First Battle of Ypres had practically
annihilated their old professional force.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

nearly two years, with the result that
British and French-and of course Ger
mailman power is now positively de-
clining. But while the German is still
able to bring new divisions from the East
his immediate local strength will still in
crease while that of his foe diminishes,
unless we and the Italians can meet the
situation by putting in enough fresh di-
visions Of our own to balance the Ger
man divisions drawn from the East.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

further along road which was now be-
set with new and obvious perils. The
threat Of the French army of reserve
was, perhaps, next to the WEAKNESS of
the Germans and the extent to which
they had outrun their supplies, the most
potent factor in bringing the German ad-
vance in Picardy to halt.
Now this question Of reserves and of
French reserves particularly brings me
to discussion which must be faced and
already has been the cause of crisis in
the British Parliament. From various
sources gather the following facts:
First of all, the British army is not as
large as the French; it has been i'm
possible in three years to expand the
relatively small British army of peace
times to the proportions to which
it was simple to expand the French es-
tablishment once war came. In addition,
many British troops have to be used in
India, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Pales-
tine and Salonica, and at least one Brit
ish army was sent to Italy last winter
Finally, home garrisons, including Irish
garrisons, make heavy drafts upon Brit
ish man power.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

VISIONS OF our own to balance the Ger
man divisions drawn from the East.
The Hand of the
Allies
We may say this with approximate
accuracy: that the whole British strength
in France is now occupied in holding the
line, that such reserves as the British
have-that is, organized reserves-are
purely local reserves and, apart from the
possible presence of few British divs-
ions in the famous Army of Mannuvre,
and they may not be there now, the Brit
ish will have to depend upon the French
for general reserves. That the French
have not less than forty, and possibly
as many as fifty, reserve divisions the
Germans have asserted. Add to these
not less than twenty American divisions
that is, number of American troops
equal to twenty German divisions, with
the chance that it may be thirty before
long-and such Italian troops as may
come, and the whole hand of the Allies
is disclosed.
Unless the Germans now turn south
and make their attack upon Rheims,
threatened over many months, the Brit
ish will have to bear the brunt Of the
attack for the balance of the campaign.
The German has deliberately chosen to
attack the British front and the conse-
quences must be seen in British losses.
But as each attack develops French re-
serves will appear as they appeared be-
fore Amiens, and again at KENNEL
This will not mean that the French are
doing something more than their share
of the work; much less will it mean that
the British are failing to do theirs; it
will mean that both are performing their
to the extent of their ability.
And if I may for the moment 20 out
side the limits of merely military COM
ment, it seems to me that it is Of utmost
Importance for all of us at this time to
avoid doing anything to contribute to
awakening international jealousies or to
floating inyidious comparisons. We are
at the supreme crisis of the war; our VIC
tory or defeat will now inevitably result
as we, all of US Allies, preserve an un-
broken front to the foe and stand shoul-
der to shoulder in the next desperate
months, for believe the next months
are to be desperate.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Unused German
Divisions

In his attack in the south, in Picardy.
the German used one or two divisions less
than an even hundred. In the north
around forty divisions have been identi-
fed. He has then, according to all esti-
mates yet supplied, rather more than
sixty divisions which have not yet been
put in, although considerable fraction
of the sixty are certainly inferior troops.
He has, too, something like forty d.
visions in the East, some of which can be
used in the West this year. Colonel Rep
ington, l believe, calculates that before
the campaign is over the German will
use 220 divisions on the West front.
Of the 140 divisions already used
something like third, perhaps fifty,
cannot be expected to appear for several
weeks yet, some of them not for six
weeks more But others have suffered
relatively little and having had their
wastage replaced from the depots are
certainly ready to go over when the next
Zero hour" comes. When the attack be-
gan on March 21 the Kaiser's generals
employed forty divisions Immediately in
the first shock and at least twenty more
in the next two days. By the second
Sunday the French had signalled not
less than eighty-two divisions, and in
the subsequent attack upon Arras in the
first days Of April the total rose rapidly
to the highwater mark of ninety-seven.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

change yet, either in numbers or in quail
ity, which gives the Allies new advan-
tage. On the contrary, the eventual Ger
man loss will certainly be less than that
of the Allies, because the retreating Brit
ish left large fraction Of their wounded
to the enemy and these will not return
to the line when fit again, while the Ger
man wounded were cared for by their
own comrades and will be available later
in the present campaign, or in the next,
in large numbers.
We see clearly that had the Germans
not been pinned down in the first days
of April they would have won tremen-
dous and perhaps a decisive victory. We
recognize the greatness Of the peril that
existed in the first days after the 5th
British Army had been beaten and gap
had opened between British and French
armies. We are right in rejoicing at an
escape from so great danger, but it is
we'll not to regard the escape as in it.
self more than an escape. We are going
to face another attack, at no distant date,
and the enemy was not crippled by tho
last attack, at the least not more grave
ly than was his less fortunate opponent.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Against Extreme
Optimism

And unless all signs fail and all OBJ
arations coming to US from the front
! ar worthless, the German will shortly
resume his principal effort. Writing on
Sunday, May IL, it seems to me that the
Indications point toward a resumption
Of German effort in the south within
brief time, probably before this article
bprinted. More than this, reading the
Dispatches which are coming from the
front and the words which are being ut
tered by men we'll informed as to con-
ditions, it seems to me that there is rea-
son for uttering a word Of warning
against the extreme optimism which is
becoming all too common on all sides at
the present hour.
Let US face the essential truth that
the German has been checked, not
beaten; that he possesses the resources
n men, in guns and in munitions for an
other blow, not more terrible than that
hunched on March 21, but certainly only
little less dangerous. 1t is not true,
nis too generally believed, now, that tho
German was defeated, was decisively
blocked in the last days of March and
the first days Of April. What happened
was that he outran his guns, his NUM-
tons and his supplies at the precise mo-
ment when his enemies were able to close
sae gap in front of him and to put into
play their reserves, which had been, in
ne main, unavailable for the first days
cf the offensive.
Bttish Losses
Terrible
In the first ten days Of battle the Ger
nan inflicted a terrible loss upon the
British foe. One British army, the 5th,
vas in large measure destroyed. In this
lighting and in the following struggle at
ne north the British, accepting the fig
sfes Of the British representatives in
Washington, lost 250,000 men, killed,
uptured and wounded. OF this number
Ge German has claimed one hundred
Aonsand as prisoners, claim probably
Ucessive, but still credible, given the
''s'ccatioil of the British front. He
uptured hundreds of guns, an enormous
e00ty Of war material. And for this vic
. w north and south, he paid, at most
'ooO casualties, while in addition to
os'tlsh losses the French must have lost
~ over $4,000, perhaps as high as 49,
ss' counting the last stages Of the strug.
- About KENNEL and Locre.
= y Be true, as it would seem, that the
stmans sacrificed their best, the Brit
'.a Sst equally from their finest divi
s Il the forces Of the two groups
s. hfestants were approximately equal
the attack, there has been nc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

It's looking darker for the kaiser every minute Pres
dent Wilson called out 10000 negro troops yesterday
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07
YOUR HEALTH
Shingles.
BY ANDREW F. CURRIER, MD.

A. X. J.-Am much interested in
y0Hr heulth talks and t0ould like 10
hGUC y0H captain about the Shingles.
This disease, also known as Herpes
Foster, is painful and supposed to be
due to some kind of injecting poison.
1t is an acute, inflammatory dis
ease, usually following the course of
some nerve distributed over the
skin.
1t begins with general discomfort,
loss of appetite, perhaps with a chill
and fever (like so many infectious
diseases) and with great sensitive
ness in the skin.
Its constant feature is a blister
lie eruption along the course of the
infected nerve.
These blisters are usually only on
one side Of the body, become In
famed, and leave scars which are
sometimes prominent and disfgur-
ing
The disease occurs In children, in
young adults, and the aged. often
fNi ioAANAh6 WIN NuC ldltCi lOT ulUuIuS
and gears.
The fever, with which 1t begins,
lasts three or four days, the pain
being sometimes dull ana sometimes
sharp. Sometimes the pain subsidies
after the eruption appears, but re-
ours from time to time.
This pain is severer In the old
than in the young, and often is
worse at night.
The blisters come in successive
crops for four, five, or six weeks,
and suppurate, discharge, and at
length scar over.
The eruption may follow exposure
to draughts Of cold air. or mental or
physical exhaustion, and may occur
as an epidemic.
The fluid in the blisters is first
Gear and watery, then turbid
bloody and purulent. and the result.
Ing sores may resist healing a long
time.
On the chest the eruption follows
the course OF a nerve between tv,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07
Assistant Highway
Engineer Goes South

J. C. MeCloud, assistant state high
way engineer, and family arrived here
Sunday from Salem by automobile. Mr.,
McCloud stated that Pass Greek can
yon is in good condition and safe for
motorists. He made the trip from Salem
easily in a day and travelling leisurely,
stopping at Cottage Grove and other
places. The bulA of the grading in
Pass Creek canyon is all completed and
that piece of read will not give so
much trouble in the future
Mr.. McCloud will spend several
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

weeks inspecting the work on the Pa
eific highway between here and the
California line, as he is the district en-
gineer for this section of the highway.
In regard to the work around Riddle
and Myrtle Creek he said it was pro-
crossing nicely, and that construction
was going ahead well on the tive
bridges at Dillard Mr.. McCloud left
yesterday for Myrtle Creek to view
the work there.-Rosehur Review
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

An American newspaper man in
France has been made ehevaher of
III Legion of Honor. And the Dallas,
Texas News comments obviously that
the office carries no salary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07
Ripping Rhymes
by Wall Mason
CONSERVATION

Ihat may save the price OF ratlOnS I've
shaken all my poor relations. In olden
times my aunts and cousins would come to
see me, scores and dozens, and stay as long
as would feed 'em, but now Pm standing
up for freedom; I've taken Hoover as my
mentor, and so my uncles cannot enter the
dining room when dinners ready---I must
conserve, so help me Teddy. have old
spinster aunts aplenty, reckon there are
ten or twenty, and they have come from
distant places, at my expense to feed their
faces. They'd come in spring and stay till
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

- duluIHI, anu SOnetmeS longer yet, dOd rot
EN- They'd bring their cats and pet canares and eat my
string beans and my berries and in the pantry and the
cupboard for pies and cakes they daily rubbered But
yesterday my Aunt Deborah came to me- smiling like
Aurora she hoped to stay three months or nearyshes
pulled off stunts of that kind yearly But now met her
at the portal and handed her no smile or chortle Il can
not feed you said "aunte canuot board you in this
shanty hope to this threatened nation by flossy
in conservation and so no unces auns or neces
visit with their valises You cannot use my road
ster chummy prunes of mine shall fill your tummy SO
take your bdcage and your knitting and do some ground
and lofty fitting And thus with fortitude unswerving
I'm spending all my time conserving.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-07

adjacent ribs; on the face It may re-
suit in paralysis Of the side affected,
and the eye may be des troyed by it
IL resembles chicken-pox, erysipelas,
and PSORIASIS, and is most frequent
in cold weather.
A patient with this disease should
remain in bed, and should fret and
worry as little as possible.
The bowels should b. Kept open
with castor oil or salts, and the Diet
should be simple, including milk,
soups, eggs, cereals, fruits and no
meat.
The eruption must be carefully
dressed every day, and the blisters
must not be broken il this can ba
avoided.
Gauze moistened with alcohol. or
any suitable antiseptic letlon, may be
used to protect the surface.
When possible, it is better to have
the advice of an intelligent physician
than to depend on self treatment.
This is especially important with
the view of obtaining as little ulti-
mate soaring as possible.
Questions and Answers.
J.K. B.-1. Am a troplan II, mid
die lite and hare milk in mn breasts.
is this en- ertdenee of canccr9 Thero
Is no pain there. 2. Is 1t possible
thdt fbroid tHnlors mag deUclop in
the bredStSP
AnsDer--1. The appearance OF
nuid in the breasts, such as you ex-
perience. is not particularly unusual
am not sure that it is milk, in your
case; and, as any disturbance in the
breasts is always matter OF great
Importance, l should advise you to
consult a skilful surgeon and deter
mine whether your condition is one
which demands an operation. or
not. 2 It is possible for fibroid
tumors to appear in the breasts
though this is not very common
Evening journal., 1918-11-02

IT. with peace rapidly approaching desire to the
old Free Trade wages the old Free Trade standards of living
ruinous conditions which confronted and
children prior outbreak will for the
candidates United States and for Represen
tatve in Congress
Certain active labor who Democratic politicians and
who hold federal jobs hold them rewards for their
partisan activity announced that they intend deliver
the labor of Delaware Salisbury and Polk
Tuesday.
We doubt that that is theirs to deliver.
great of wageeaners city and
Evening journal., 1918-11-02

sheepike temperament aud lacking in political
manhood permit Salisbury and Polk adherens deliver
substantial part of it that usually Democratic
make those Democratic adheens solid in their political jobs
their political hopes
It insult the intelligent the thrifty the ethnking
and the ambitious of Delaware for certain followers of
Salisbury and Polk suggest they deliver those
Salisbury and Polk they would deliver flock
sheep a herd of cattle to the butcher
Those who honor labor those who
who place proper value the intelligence and the self respect
of Delaware wongmen the suggestion made by
socaled labor that they make such delivery.
Evening journal., 1918-11-02

No who values his and the exceptional VIII
life
himself should
deciding that his his amy
sentatv II
lab
suggest w an or
they
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Evening journal., 1918-11-02


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New Britain herald., 1918-06-26
EX-D. A. R. HEAD FACES
 LARCENY CHARGE
Mrs. William Cumming Story Indicted in Connection With Soldiers
 Kit Fund.

New York, June 26.-Following an investigation of the financial affairs of the National Emergency Relief society," Mrs. William Cumming Story, former director-g general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was indict- ed by a grand jury here today on charges of grand larceny, petit larceny and conspiracy.
 Mrs. Story. as head of the society, is charged with countenancing an ar rangement whereby a solicitor named William Garland Brown was given half of whatever contributions he ob- tained for the organizations Soldiers Comfort Kit Fund.-" when, it is al- legged, representations were made that the society paid no commissions for such solicitation.
 In 8 statement today, District At torney SWann declared his questioning of Brown seemed to show that 20 per cent. of the money he received for his services went to Sterling Story. Browns portion of the funds, Swann said, amounted to about $500 up to March 23, this year. and Up to that date he had given approximately $700 of this amount to Sterling Story Swann stated.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-26
EXPECT BRIDGEPORT
 WORKERS TO STRIKE
Leaders, Out Today, Say 3O,OOO Will Follow Machinists and Tool
 makers From Shops.

Bridgeport, June 26.--All the ma chinists and toolmakers in this city, about 5000 in number. quit work ut noon today to attend q conference in a local hall to discuss their plans for enforcing demands for arrears of in creased pay from May l. They made no announcement that they were on strike, but also declined to say when or whether they would return to work soon. Predictions were made by some of their leaders, however that 30,O 900 intuition workers here would be idle before the end of the week.
 The manufacturers, passing their stand on a telegram from Secretary of War Baker to the machinists last night, have refused to confer with committees of the men, asserting that any strike now would not be against the employers but against the govern ment.
 Representative of the war labor board had recommended an increase in wages for the men and that they be allowed retroactive increase, but failed to define the date from which the increase should be figured. The present controversy is over this in- definite date, the men demanding that it be May and the employers not naming any day.