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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31

of Schleswig-Holstein, he provoked
Austria into the Seven Weeks war,
which forever destroyed Austria as a
pretender to leadership. Thereupon
he promptly annexed the Danish
duchies to Prussia; and SO the site of
the Kiel canal was secured and the
German appetite for military plumber
whetted.
On this foundation Bismarck
turned westward. He wanted t. free
the west bank of the Rhine of a pos
for German MISUNDERSTANDING the
munitions industry-the coal and iron
Of Alsace-Lorraine.
1t happened. fortunately for Bis
marck's sinister plans, that France
then was ruled by a little man with a
big ambition-Napoleon the Third, or
the Little. That made it easy for a
man so skilled in provocative intrigue
as Bismarck. 1t also happened that
Napoleon's jealousy had been aroused
by the fact that a Hohe1zollern prince
had been mentioned for the Spanish
throne. He protested, and the Hob
Not content with that. he demanded
that the king of Prussia guarantee
that no Hohenzollern would ever
aspire to the kingship Of Spain. The
Prussian king refused in a telegram
that passed through Bismarck's
hands. The telegram was ~inoffensive,
but by a few right changes Bismarck
made it offensive. This was the IA
nous Ems" telegram. He did this
knowing that its altered form would
provoke unprepared NFrance to at
tack prepared Germany. 1t worked.
Napoleon declared war, and was
/ Vy-hinrod Dr,,ccfo $00lY A1cooa-1.or
raine and a smashing indemnify, and
France threw off Napoleon's rule and
became a republic.
When Bismarck had done these
sinister things, and had built the Ger
a empire on this foundation of
crime, apparently he was through
With foreign intrigue. He devoted
himself to bidding up the German
empire Thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS
though he was, he was no fool.
Then came Wilhelm II, WHO
dropped Bismarck and set up business
for himself. His dreams of world
schemes for a strong Germany, and
of a pathological ancestor-worship.
Bidir1g his time, when it came he un-
dertook to erect his world empire on
the foundation that Bismarck built.
And sc came the world war. The
Germany that Bismarck left to Will
helm the DAMNED was Bismarck's
monument. The wreck that Germany
is today is Wilhelm's.
And yet. If the result Is to organize
the worlds peoples into democracies,
and into a League Of Peoples to En-
force Peace, even Wilhelm the Fool
will have served mankind.
It is the irony of fate that these
lines were written by a German:
Though the mills Of God grind slowly,
yet they grind exceedingly small;
Though with patience He stands
waiting, with exactness grinds He
all.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
ARMY ENLISTMENTS

It appears That the selective draft law put an END
to voluntary enlistments in the regular army, and the
secretary of war desires that congress shall restore the
former enlistment provisions, or something equivalent
to them in order to prevent the army from dying a
natural death. Unless this is done vacancies occurring
in the ranks cannot be filled, and, as vacancies are con-
stantly occurring, through death, disability, completion
of term of enlistment, and so forth, it will not be very
long before we have no army at all.
There may be those who will say that there is no
need to return to the volunteer system, as universal
military service should take its place. A great many PEG.
pie do not like the idea of universal military service. "A
smaller number would object to universal training which
could not quite be classed as military Service" But
it will take time to formulate any plan involving the
training of all our young men in warlike duties, and
when the general principle is approved, there will still
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
STANCH COMRADE,
JOHN BULL
(E. S. Martin, in Chicago News.)

(E. s.. Martin, in Chicago News.)
Everybody in the war gets more
bouquets than John Bull, yet but for
John there wouldn't be any war. 1t
would have been over long ago and
Germany would be busy with the de-
tails Of her appropriation of Europe.
John Bull has saved civilization. We
call it that, though civilization is a
tough product and would have sur-
vived kultur just as it survived Attila.
Belgium saved civilization when her
body blocked the road to France as
in history Il woman's arm, that for
the moment barred a door, saved a
fugitive prince. France saved civiliza-
ton by her sacrifices and her mill
tary competence and her heroism.
Russia saved it by her drive into East
Prussia: Italy has helped in her turn
and Uncle Sam brought indispensable
aid and fresh strength to the great
cause.
But Uncle Sam could come and
bring his help because from the first
the wave and made the seas passable
for all the Allies.
And consider the troops John Bull
has raised and trained and sent and
the treasure he has poured out and
the war material he has poured in
and the ships he ha built against D.
boat destruction! What a tale Of
fortitude, of devotion Of all the i'm
mense resources of a great empire
to a great causel
Dur kin. the British. doubtless have
among them great faults and in their
day have done wrong deeds and have
been selfish on occasion and often
greedy. But in these particulars they
are not unlike other. peoples. and in
this war they nave given evidence Of
being exceedingly handy to have on
earth in times Of crisis. All the AL
lies will admit that much about them.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31

Up
E26arHGuez
A. D. 1918.

A. d. 1918.
Years are like men; they come and
Live out their space of time and
pass
Forgotten under winters snow. 4
Springs tulips and the summer'Yt
grass;
Few rise above the ommon plane
To claim eternal emo here.
But you were destined to remain
A glorious, monumental year.
Hundreds Of years about you lie.
Hundreds Of years shall join you
there,
Nor reach the fame which lifts you
high
Nor be as brave, nor be as fair;
Their virtues shall be commonplace,
Their courage such as all possesseoN
But, dying year Of faith and grace, z
In your time man was at his, best.
On history's page your worth shall
Your closing hour is near at hand,
Your tide of life is ebbing low,
Your glass holds but a little sand,
But death can never steal your fame
Nor to your glory darkness give;
Although it was to die you came,
On earth forever you shall live.
AS brave men recognize their peers
And evcr keep their memories 1
So you shall rise among the years y
That are to be and long have been,
AS one that found h world in
chains
Heard on the land and
sea-
Saw men on wars red battle plains
And brought them peace and set
them free.
Rich were your days with splendid
youth
Who paid the sacrifice supreme
And gladly died to serve the truth.
You brought fulflment of a dream.
You were the year when men arose =
And carried frcedom's banner high
To victory against her foes,
And though you pass, you shall not
die .a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR

The year 1913 will 90 down in history as the last OF a
fateful group of years. beginning with 1914. the year
which ushered in the great world war. And the world
will remember the last year Of the period as that in
which the fate of humanity hung for a moment trembling
in the balance. with right and justice at length prevail
ing, and the realization of peace coming to a tortured
and afflicted people.
The old year, whose sands have now been run,
marked the high tide, and the utter collapse, of the most
threatening assault ever made on the liberties of man
kind, and so, when we look back upon it we will regard
it as the year of fate, of destiny. 1t was the year in
which right triumphed over brute strength, and in which
there was brought into cleared view and better unoer-
standing the brotherhood and comradeship of man.
We approach the new year with vast and intricate
problems awaiting solution. President men chosen for
their wisdom and fitness will assemble to compare the
views which have been formed in their own minds, and
to undertake the great work of readjustment and re-
Mobilization. That is a work requiring wisdom, patience
and tact. To those who have suffered wrong some meas
ue of recompense must be given. From those who have
committed wrong some measure of reparation must oe
exacted. New nations are to be created, and the relations
of existing nations with each other are to be defined.
While these problems confront our wisest statesmen,
famine stalks abroad throughout half the world, and the
affairs Of millions of men and women are thrown into
utter confusion, their homes, their lives and their posses
sions are endangered by the destruction among them OF
that orderly government without which human society
cannot exist, and it must be the part of those who are
more fortunate to bring to bear their best effort to aid
in the restoration of conditions in which human beings
can live in security and freely work out their destiny.
The old year opened in clouds and darkness, and it
required the inspiration of faith to realize that behind
the darkness lay light and warmth and the power that
infuses life into all matter. Now, at the beginning of
thisE year, we can see that much has actually been won
for the welfare of the human race, and in the assurance
that there are splendors in store for the world Of which
the world has scarcely dreamed, we may wish for each
other and all of our race a Happy New Year.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
Delicate Chinese Lyrics
New York Evening Post

New York Evening Post.
The lyrical poetry of any language
loses immensely by translation into
the prose of another tongue; lyrics
are untranslatable except into lyrics.
Especially do the emotions and senti-
ments of a race so alien as the
Chinese lose almost wholly their
magic. The case is hardly altered for
the better when/the translation is
made into free verse of the sort that
Howells called shredded prose-" A
score of Chinese Lyrics" written by
a group of poets of the. time of the
Emperor Ming-Hoang, in the eighth
century A.. D., have thus been render
ed by James ,Whitall from the French
of Judith Gautier (Huebsche; 81 metz.
The reserve in youth" at one COM
mends it to any western reader: J
The carefree youth who lives on the
Gold Market of the east, sets out from
his dwelling into the fresh spring
wind. The step of his white horse,
saddled in silver, is graceful and full
Of rhythm. There is a whirlwind Of
petals underfoot, for the fallen bios
SONS form a thick carpet everywhere.
Now he slackens his pace, perplexed
= = a laugh greets him from a near
by thicket, musical and clear, and he
is no longer perpleXed.
The author, Lai Te-Pe, is credited
by Judith Gautier TO be the chief Of
the Pleaide that illuminated the reign
wine, and his indiscretions in tiAa
royal presence while intoxicated werN
the wonder of the court; but the
jovial monarch always forgave them
to the genius. Quite in the vein of
Omar is his other poem, a Song IN
the River" y
My boat is Of ebony; the holes in
my flute are golden. AS a plant takes
out stains from silk, SO wine takes
sadness from tho heart. When one
has good wine. a graceful boat, and
a maiden's love, why envy the i'm
One Of the pretty sentiments in the
book we owe b. Tchan-Tiou-Lin,
whose very name is poetical. 1t isl
rather thin, but then, how thin would1
not our w love lyrics sound-say,E
Take, O take those lips away
when translated into the .unadorned
prose of another tongue?
The maiden who gazes >dreamily
from her window. resting on her ell
bows-I do not love her for her splen-
did palace on the banks of the Yellow
River; l love her because she has
dropped a little yellow leaf into the
water. / do not love the breeze from
the east because it brings me the
scent, of the ~blossoming peach trees
that whiten the Oriental mountain: II
love it because it has blown the littIeS
yellow leaf close to my boat. And the
little yellow leaf-I dc not love it for
reminding me of the tender spring
that has just lowered again; I love it
because the maiden has written a
name. on it with a point of her en-
broidery needle, and because that
name is mine.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
CHAOS
New York Independent.


A traveller might leave the trench
line in France OF Flanders and walk
eastward to- the Pacific, passinEs
through full breadth of Germany,
Poland. Russia and Siberia to vladi-
vostok, or start at Trieste for a trip
through Austria. Hungary. the Bal
kans. Asiatic Turkey, Persia, Russian
Central Asia and many provinces Of
China, without in either Ease coming
upon a solidly established govern
ment, an unmistakable frontier or a
community enjoying internal stability
and peace. Not since the Middle
Ages has SO large a portion Of the
earth's surface been given e to
anarchy and civil strife. Every sup
pressed nationality in central or eastt
ern Europe, taking 70. heart the
maxim that possession is nine points
of the law. is trying to make Its sway
effective over as large an area as pos
sible before the peace is signed. No
one, now can say exactly just what
nations exist nor what provisional
government in each case has the best
legal title to be considered repre-
sentative.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31

department and main rooms were
filled with men and women. Leaders
in the community both men and
women, gladly served as orderlies and
nurses. assisting the trained helpers,
who were over-burdened in the care
of the sick. Catholic priests adminis-
vestry. AZ the end came, a Catholic
nurse placed the crucifx In the hands
OF the dying while a Protestant min
lister lit the tapers beside the bed.
A local physician, meeting a we'll
known priest in the vestibule Of the
church, said: Father. I understand
that you and Mr.. - Calling the
name Of the pastor OF the church) are
to exchange pulpits next Sunday"
my son. there are not different re-
ligions in these days" was the reply
of the priest ar he passed to his holy
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
When the War Began

When we find the actual beginning
of the war that lately came to an end
most glorious for humanity, we shall
find the, cause of this war and of most
wars; and. by roofing out the cause
and organizing world society against
war and it's causes. we a to a very
large extent, if not wholly, safeguard
humanity against a return of the hor-
ror in which it has, lived for more
than -four years.
The causes of the war were autoc-
racy, an inf1amed spirit Of nationalism
that put human interests lower than
national interests, and the militarism
that brutally but truly expressed
both.
This war did not begin in August,
self upon little Belgium and innocent
France. 1t did not begin when the
Austrian bully, under Prussian direc-
ton, began h%ectoring. little Serbia.
The murder of an Austrian archduke
in Bosnia before that was not its be-
ginning. either.
Neither did it begin when Prussia.
under Bismarck, provoked the
Franco-Prussian war that left Alsace-
Lorraine prey to brutal German
might, though that was a chapter in
its history. .
The fact is that not little Belgium
or little Serbia but little Denmark
was the first victim Of this war; for
ton for this statement by war Kirke-
gard, lii American of Danish birth:
This war began in February. 1854,
when PrussiaA. and Austrian troops
crossed the Elder, The seizure of
Schleswig-Holstein was the founda-
ton for German naval power. which
in turn is founded on the Kiel canal,
later constructed without which Ger
many would never have launched its
tremendous naval and military ma
chine"
y When, far-away America. blissfully
ignorant of it's vital interest in
Europe, which a blind tradition had
considered as remote aYthough 1t was
with it's Civil war, events that were
to hurl America into the crucible of a
far greater war were incubating in
the. brain of Bismarck and happening
in the theater. of Europe.
Bismarck was making a nation OF
the German states under the iron
leadership of. Prussia. He had two
things to do to that end: to create the
German. empire, making it strong by
the exercise of war and the spoils of
conquest; and to humble Austria,
contender with Prussia for leadership
among German states. And Austria,
always a pawn in stronger hands, was
ar easy victim.
Bismarck's first step was to inveigle
Austria-into the cheap and easy burg
larry of Sch]eswig-H olstefn Danish
duchies under the Danish crown, and
inhabited largely by Danes. In 1864.
therefore. Prussia and Austria to-
gether easily took this plumber. His
next move, naturally, was to get rid
OF Austria both as a joint. claimant to
this spoil of war and as a %pretender
to German leadership. So, fashion,
ing a quarrel yer the administration
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
Graues Sadden Homecoming
OF Private DOg-Eyes, Indian

erect, he filed out every inch Of his
uniform. His black hair was trimmed
close to his head.
Save for the high cheek bones and
the dark, smoldering eyes, he might
have passed for an American soldier
tanned a deep bronze by living much
in~the open.
Not until asked if he had known
Chief Hollow Morn Bear, once leader
of the Rosebud reservation Indians,
did a brief flashing smile light the
face Of Private Dog-Eyes.
Spark of Interest Shows.
Yes" he said, II knew him." A
little spark of interest kindled in his
eyes. He regarded his questionex
curiously.
The writer called up memories of
the u Cross ranch and asked him il
the cowboys still rode into Dallas
shooting their, revolvers into the air
to the great delight OF the tourists.
Again that brief smile. His even.
white teeth flashed a second through
What impressive mask of bronze. Al
most Immediately. though, he was
the remote, lonely Indian soldier
again. wrapping himself in his
blanket of reserve.
How did you like France?" he
was asked.
"Al1 right" in a ~lteless tone.
You're glad to get back to Amer
lea. are you not?" /.
Yes"
This time there was a little more
emphasis. but not nearly the gladness
an American, soldier would be ex-
pected to throw into the word.
Past His Understanding.
The ways Of war are a little past
Private Dog-Eyes' understanding,
though he had made a splendid SOL
der.
Out ON the wide prairies Of South
Dakota q two Indian graves. There's
nobody to care now whether the lit
tie service nag which tapped in the
window COMES down or not.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
F~EDERALIZINC THE
BRITISH EMPIRE
(From the outlook.)

A fortnight before the actual sign
ing OF the armistice with Germany a
call went out from London to the
sei1-governing dominions of the Brit
lshl empire and to the government of
India as we'll, for the Immediate at
tendance of representatives at i'm
portant sessions OF the imperial cabi-
net. -Four years before, the outbreak
OF war had been the occasion of a
spiendi demonstration Of the actual
solidarity OF sentiment Of the loosely
knit collection of practically indie
states known as the British
empire. The close of the war shows
what strides have been made in fou,
years towards the liberalization of the
widely scattered territories owing al
iegiance to the British CROWN There
was no time in 1914 for consultation
OF the British commemorative. over
seas; but had~there been time there
was then no constitutional machinery
Tor the purpose. The government Of
the chief of the British common
weaiths declared war on behalf III the
whole empire. Today, as a result OF
the constitutional changes which have
come In the interval. all the self
governing portions of the empire, and
"SHp A1oVC SIlSlT say III InG
framing of the conditions which are
TO be exacte from a beaten foe at the
peace conference at Versailles.
At the special sessions Of the i'm
per1al cabinet the policy Of the en-
pres representatives at the peace
conference has been debated. In ali
probability, n or more OF the over
seas statesmen will attend the meet
lngs at Versailles. In any event,
overseas opinion will find expression
there.
From Canada have gone Sir Robert
Borden and several Of his colleagues.
australia is represented by Premier
". M. Hughes and Sir Joseph Cook:
New Zealand. by Premier w. II.
Massey ann Sir Joseph Ward; New
foundland by w. F. Lloyd; South
Africa BY General Botha and General
smufs. less than 20 years ago the
leaders against Great Britain n tho
Boef war, but now yielding til nons
In their devotion to the ideal or q
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
From the Des Moines Register.

From the Des Molnes Register.
Private Dog-Eyes"
The lieutenant at Fort Des Moines
spoke gently; but the bronze figure in
doorway stood as majestic and UNI
bending as a statue, A tiny, naughty
frown appeared.
Private Dog-Eyes," repeated the
officer, will you please come here a
moment?"
The young Indian in Uncle Sans
uniform strobe in and stood stiffly at
attention. Private Dog-Eyes from
the Rosebud Indian reservation in
South Dakota was just back from
France. He was in the Office to ask
flor his discharge.
Has Cattle and Horses.
The lighting is over. Private Dog
Eyes would return to the wide, roll
ing p-airies, the land of his forefa-
theirs where there is much peace and
quiet. and he takes orders from no
He has cattle and horses and
land OF his " out there. and he
wantS to get back to care for his
properly.
But his Homecoming will be a sad
one. For his old father and mother
both died last winter while their son
was in France. Died Of broken
hearts. soTne of their neighbors said,
because their son had been taken
from them. The little house on the
prairies will be silent and empty
when Private Dog-Eyes returns home.
Kin the Rosebud country the yellow
prair.es stretch away as far as the
cyeacan see, and in the magnificent
sunsets the wide arch Of the sky, re-
pose all the freedom and grandeur
OF orr great open west.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
HELPED TO ENTIF

A book about German spiestin the
United States tells a story that shows
how difficult 1t is torconceal the facts
regarding the payment Of large sums
Of money. One of the German agents
in New York city instructed his bank
without Identification OF the paves
and without requiring his Endorsement
of the check. But when the first check
was presented a careful teller asked
the banks vice president about IT.
unusual character. Looking lat the
man 'who had presented the check, ths
official. q German-American, en-
"Metn Gott! Dot IL de sY9ff
hasn't fallen into his hands" Thss
conversation was used later to idenfi.
~ the payee IN court.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
VESSEL CUT IN HALF.

Cleveland. o.. Dec. s1.-The nine
thousand ton freighter Charles r. van
Hise has been cut In half and each
section placed or its side and towed
through the Welland canal under di-
.rectton OF the United States shipping
board.
The vessel is 400 feet long, with a
i50-foot beam. The canal locks are eco
placed on the starboard side Of the
forward section. The tanks. holdine
500 tons Of water, were sfllSd. drag
ging the section over on Its side. Tugs
then towed 1t from Buffalo to the
Welland canal. II entered the -Arst
lock with. only eight inches clearance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-31
WHEN ALL a ONE.
Boston Transcriptl

In the recent epidemic in Taunton,
the local hospital was 80 overcrowded
obliged TO seek an emergency hospital.
The entire lower floor Of the 'Trini-
tartan Congregational church. com
prising the church school and social
plant, was turned over to them for
this purpose. With its modern sani-
tary arrangements. Its electric light
ing. its we'll equipped kitchen, IT.
clean. we'll ventilated rooms. the
ideal hospital, The beautiful ladies'
parlor became still more attractive a.
= ward for babies. while the Junior