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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Joffre Thanks U. S. for Aid
Given Widows and ORPHANS

New York, Sept 5.-Marshal Joffre,
president of the Fatherless Children
of France, in a cablegram to
the New York headquarters of the
organization received today ex-
pressed "the gratitude of the whole of
France for the generosity with which
America came so spontaneously to
the rescue of our widows and or
nhans"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
wrath R0USED
IN BRITAIN BY
RUSSIAN ACTS
Attack on Embassy for Which
Reparation Is Demanded
Followed by Raid on
Moscow Consulate.

London, Sept. s.--The British con-
sulate at Moscow has been attacked,
according to the Central News today.
The attack in Petrograd Saturday,
involving the sacking of the EN-
bassy and the killing OF Cap
tain Cromie, the British attache, has
aroused intense Indignation here. The
London morning newspapers IN their
editorials denounce the act and en-
dorse the British governments action
in the demand upon the bolshevik gov
eminent for reparation and the threat
of declaring outlawry for the members
of the soviet government should 1t
fail to give complete satisfaction or
should further acts OF violence be
committed against British subjects.
The newspapers assure the govern
ment that it will have the support
of the nation in enforcing the pun
ishment of the perpetrators.
According to the Evening News
today, Maxim Litvinoif, bolshevik
representative in London; his secre-
tary and another member of the Dol"
shevik faction now in London have
been taken to Brixton prison, hav-
ing been placed under preventive
arrest" until all of the British repre-
sentatives in bolshevik Russia had
been set at liberty and allowed to
proceed to the Finnish frontier un-
molested.
Britons Placed Under Arrest.
Washington, Sept. 5.-The murder
of Captain Cromie in an attack upon
the British embassy in Petrograd
August 81, was officially reported to
the State department today by United
States Consul Haynes at Helsing-
fors. Mr.. Haynes said the entire per-
sonnet of the embassy was arrested
and that similar arrests took place
simultaneously in Moscow.
Trotzky Head of War Council.
Copenhagen, Sept. 5. - Leon
Trotzky, the bolshevik minister of
war, has been elected president of the
Russian supreme war cpuIeil at a
meeting of the soviet executive COM
mittee, according to Berlin Wolff
Bureau dispatch from Moscow. The
Lettish leader, Varieties, has been
elected commander in-chief for all the
Russian fronts.
Kerensky's Relatives Arrested.
Amsterdam, Sept, 5.-All the rela-
tives of Alexander Kerensky, the for
mer, provisional premier of Russia.
have been arrested by order of the
bolshevik extraordinary commission,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Germans Will Withdraw as
Russian Makes Payments

London. Sept. S.-A Russian wire
less message giving details of the sup
Elementary agreements to the Brest
Litovsk peace treaty says the de-
limitation will begin forthwith on all
fronts. Germany will evacuate the
whole occupied territory east of Es-
thonia and Livonia Immediately from
tiers are established. Other occu-
pied territories to the east of Ger
many will be evacuated when Russia
has completed its financial obliga-
tons, which must be done in the first
four months.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Henry Is Too Rough, So
Cora Asks for Divorce

Because Henry B. McDaniels is
alleged to have struck Cora McDan-
iels 'on the first day OF December,
1917" Cora started suit for divorce
in district court Thursday. If this
alleged act of cruelty is not enough
grounds for divorce. Cora. also re-
cites in her petition thai Henry
struck her on the first day of Sep
TENDER, 1918" Cora alleges that
Henry's conduct has been so brutal
and severe that her health has been
endangered.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Holland Protests Action
OF German Submarine
Shelling Dutch TralUIer

The Hague, Sept. SIT is Of
ficially announced that the Dutch
minister in Berlin has been in
strueted to protest vigorously
again "the merciless action" Of
German submarine in Smelling a
Dutch trawler off Krommenie,
North Holland. August 7, in which
fishermen were killed, and to de-
mand compensation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Reaches Port in Flames.

At Atlantic Port, Sept. s.-An
American steamship caught fire at
sea and came into port today with
fire in the hold, which had been burn
ing 90 hours, destroying thousands
Of pounds of sugar, tobacco and fruit
taken on at Porto Rico. Fire boats
have been pouring water into the
hold, but lit will be many hours be-
fore the fire is extinguished.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-06
Woman Suspect Arrested;
THOUGHT to Have Aided Spy

New York, Sept. s.-A young wo-
man giving the name of Margaret
Vara and said to be the wife of a
man arrested recently for posing as
an American army officer to obtain
military information for Germany,
was arrested in a raid and held in
jail as witness.
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

many to Illustrate this growing opposi-
tion. TO convince the Allied powers that
they could not win, and then in the
peace negotiations as the conqueror to
act the part of the conqueror. For Ger
many it would be a won war. with mill
tarism and all It's terror justified and
established kultur would nave become
the worlds new enforced education.
The Imperial German Chancellor de
riared for new Belgium without
saving exactly what he meant. Thus
was Belgium to be tempted and dealists
everywhere lured into the trap. "Looa
on the map. the Chancellor invited the
Allies. and be convinced that you are
beaten Accept defeat now on this
basis And when the Allies shovel
THEN repugnance to any peace on such
a basis. the Chancellor whned to his
people at home with pous intonation:
We did what we could to pare the
way for peace. but our enemies repelled
US with scorn.' With variations the
Kaiser and his various C,lancelors have
sung this same song at several interval
since
There were peace offers, peace whis-
pers. all through that ycar-always from
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Germany to paralyze the opposition
against it,
April ), 1916. Bcthmann- Holweg de
clared that "Germany is at all times
ready to enter a league of peace whch
Will restrain the disturbcrs of peace"
At this time Germany stood almost at
the height of her military power and
ascendancy. Nerdun was in its second
phase; Germany was putting forth
every power to break the heart Of
France An impending Anglo-lrench
offensive was in some way to be fore
stalled. The Allies had coordnated
their Efforts at the War Council in
Paris England's army was a growing
menace to the Germans. with the attack
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

existing between states, he said, always
'justies the employment of
cunning and deception"
Thus the war as Germany makes it is
marked everywhere by pcrvcrsions of
accepted and conventional procedures to
ends that will give an unlawful advan.
tage to Germany Germany never loses
sight of the end she has set forth, to
debauch her enemies, to subordinate their
wills to hers. Political methods are only
many will never offer a sincere peace SO
long as the men who have formulated
her national philosophy have a hand on
her helm. Even pushed to the wall, her
outstretched hand will carry hidden
dagger Every peace approach that has
come from the Central Powers in these
four years has been Of this quality, full
Of dou6le cntendye disposed to easy
shifting and finally always manufact-
ured to disorganize the forces allied
against her. The German method in
the past has been to offer flowers in one
hand and thrust with the other. Events
now preparing will best describe the
present effort to gain peace. But the
past has its lessons written plainly and
never in history has there been more
consistent administration of a policy Of
dishonesty, spurning all moral values,
than the facts disclose in the German
administration of the war against civili-
zation.
Germany has always made the peace
gesture, up to the present time, when
events were going her way, but when
the future foreshadowed a diminution
of her own might and an increase in
Allied power. This was sound logic.
certainly. But these protestations
couchcd in the most elusive general
terms of good will toward the rest Of the
world, with an invitation to recognize
its defeat were always accompanied by
the greatest savagery in the exercise Of
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

military strength. All political pro
cedures have been Machiavclian In
November of 1915 the Poles of the
world were called in the most eXtrava-
giant terms to the banner Of a United
Poland by the two Emperors Flags of
Poland were raised in Lublin and War
saw. proclamations of reconstruction
read in Polish by the servants Of pow
ers that had tried their best to stamp
the tongue from the memory of man.
Then the Poles were invited to JON the
armies Of the Central Powers agains:
Slavic Russia. cousin Of the Emperor
Franz Josef was made regent of this
new free" Poland, and as the weeks
went on it developed that Polish 10y
atty had been purchased without either
Of these two royalties giving up one bit
of Prussian OF Austrian Poland to the
nation they had once dismembered. This
was only a sample of the German style
of dealing. fashion which had its most
perfect manifestation in the dealing
with Russia. Poland was fooled. but
Russia was scduced and corrupted. But
to understand the significance Of the
action against Russia it is necessary to
see in order the peace operations Of
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13
Make the Hun XeHLouder-
Bonds Will DO 1t

but has dispersed its people, destroyed
its families, tried her utmost to corrupt
its women. The war in Serbia was ..
war of determination, even as Turkey,
with the ruthless principles Of Germany
to back her own cruelty, tried to cxtcr-
inmate the Armenians. Russia, politi-
cally and socially, was debauched By
Germany, her idealistic will seduced to
a course of action that found its grave
at Brest-Litovsk France, with her
spirit unimpaired after all these years
Of the most gruelling treatment, has
been wounded with the most terrible
malevolence by the retiring German
armies, her cities uprooted and de-
stroyed her forests burned to drcary
ash, her vineyards killed, her populacc
harried and scattered, abducted for labor
in Germany.
Keep the perfect submission of the
hostile state always in view," declares
Friedrich Bernhard Only an oppo-
nent completely disarmed is under all
circumstances obliged to submit to our
will.' Add to this Treitschkes dcfin.
ton Of the moral responsibility of the
state, his declaration that there is no
higher moral power in the world for tho
state than itself. that it's highest duty
is to itself, and cts highest moral duty
is to increase its power" and the
ground is laid for every violation Of
human rights, every trcachery, every
usurpation of world morality to justify
the German in his terrible career Bern.
hardi did not mince words in his several
works, however hypocritical his EN-
peror may be- The latent warfare
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

dun had proved itself form of Ger
man suicide. Russia had battered in the
Eastern front The French counter
attacks at Nerdun had cost Germany all
the ground it had won al terrific cost
5000 mcn and many guns Rumania
bad fallen. but none knew better lhau tue
militia rsts that Hindenhurg was covcr-
ing up for home consumption by hril
liant and spectacular eastern victories
these more significant failures in the
west. German casualties had mounted
to more than four millions All the Afri-
can colonies were gone.
The year Of 1917 opened with America
still in the midst Of the deceptive and
iruitless interchange of notes over sub
ma rns losses. ,jy every kind of ialse
promise and constant betrayal Germany
did hel best 10 withhold America and
her great potential forces at arms
length The President in January CAV.
dehniticn to the bases on which world
peace should rest Germany from The
forum denounced the Allies for pro
longing the var and Lhen on .op Of il
began ruthless submarine warfare TO
shorten the war" Historians will prob
ably see that it schia,ed this aim, hut
not as the Germans intended. America
entered in April
In May Of 1917 Germany made It's bid
for a separate peace with Russia This
vas TO be another year Of attempted
negotiations, Germany always irving to
pry loose by deception the Jaws that
we're Tightening around her throat anc,
get away with her booty. The famous
Reichstag resolution. peace without an.
ncxations or indemnities." was thrown
at the idealstic Russians in an effort 70
cain their sttention. The Pope pro
posed peace 20 Tire World and Gormanv
gave sympathetic ear President vii.
son announced that there could he ss
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

the still triumphant Germany. In De-
cember of 1915 notes were sent from
Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Tur-
KEY to Spain, Switzerland, and the
United States. the Vatican and other
neutral states, proposing to enter forth
with INTO peace negotiations Here again
was the cn1queror and his generous
hand. The strategy of German peace
1fers with this event became more ex-
dent. Concrete terms were conspicu-
or1sly ahsent The Allies were invited
to enter into "discussion" of IAN ap-
prorriste basis Tor the establishment Of
lasting peace" Meanwhile Germany
held the cards Once entered into the
discussion" Germany believed that hen
enemies would never he able to
lifl their several national morales to
fighting again, and as she was victor OH
the field. so would she crush her oppo-
sltlon into suhnll lsSion at the table
Come into my parlor, etc" 1t was like
that, and it was turned down all around
1t would be a cruel folly to allow Ger
many to go swashbuckling through the
streets of Europe was the answer of
Lloyd George, and his terms went ring
ing back to the Wilhelmstrass Com
plete restitution, full reparation and
cffectual guarantees
The bait was not working. and yet
the need of it was growing clearer. Ger
many was beginning to suffer under the
blockade. Cadorna had counter at
tackled on the Isonzo front. had driver
The Austrians out Of their captured ter
rto1y on the Trentno with tremendous
losses The whole summer had been
disappointing to the German army Yer
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

in the hocus-pocus of
the statesmen's ex-
change. But the quail
ity of wars them
selves has changed
in modern times. The
nations that are al
lied against Ger
many are not fight
ing any longer for the
things that diplo-
mats can put their
hands on for the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

rurp0sc of disposal.
Where modern nations are democratic
cally organized the most that statesmen
can do is to lead their peoples and ex-
press them; they can no longer tie them
M like 1oped fowl and deliver them
Tho democratic peoples of the world are
lighting for principles rather than for
lands, for human freedom rather than
for plumber, and it is to their safety, as
well as to their glory, that that freedom
can never be compromised. When it is
compromised it is lost. 1t is an intu-
tive understanding of this quality of
human freedom, an understanding
which makes itself felt in protests
everywhere against any concession to
Germany. that will assure the final
guarantee of it; for once aware of the
falsity of German offers, once awake to
tho dgplicity and craftncss behind their
apparently open face. the scientific
trickcry which bcgcts them. the Allied
peoples arc in no danger of having their
peace stolen from them.
1t is only essential that America, as
now the source of energy with which
'efmany Is to be beaten, should be COM
pletcly aware of the springs of action
winch lie behind the many offers, the
gestures toward compromise, the sug-
gcstlons of an end to hostilities. with
which the Central Powers have pune
u'atcd the military progress of these
Years OF warfare
There was a period, at the outbreak
OF the war in Europe and with America
sui IN the position Of a spectator. when
a critical searchight was thrown on the
AIMS and ambitions and procedures Of
'oe men who were shaping German
thought and destiny A certain kepti-
cal establishment came out of this OBJ
ScfVa'lon on our part; astonishment that
hodern people, in the midst Of the
growing kindness of the world, should
nave reduced ambition to such cold and
"human terms, and a certain disbelief
'"at should be so. And yet. while
events, from the very beginning, have
not failed to Justify these conclusions.
'ne general recollection of the German
Science of frightfulness-at that time
olsciosed-has been lost in the mount
ing horror of their application.
1t still remains to remind the world
mat this is no ordinary foe-but foe
u'dt has tried to bend to it's own advan-
'"se every resource every turn of events
IN the field Of life everywhere, every
"''lque quality of humanity, and every
'scI OF peace as we'll as Of war Ger
many, 1t Is apparent now from the facts,
"'cS not fight in the old sense She does
wv Try to conquer lands, but to destroy
, pcopies' their traditions, their ideas,
'"'''oTles. manncrs-to corrupt every
'n'ng which has an integrity of its own
threatening her own code of immoral
supremacy.
one did not merely overrun Belgium,
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

sea and then lose at the round table is
no impoSs BILE thing. 1t has been done.
Wars. since the beginning of time, have
been won on the field and stupidity lost
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FEATURES WITHIN

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BY Ralph Block

"O FIGHT through four desper-
ate and terrible years and de-
"A feat the foe on the land and the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-13

that came IN July wearing on the Ger
mans nerves. Cadorna was looming up
in Italy.
1t was greatly to the interest of Ger
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

An interesting program will be
given at the regular church hour,
10:30 A. NJ. next Sunday under the
auspices of the Woman's Missionary
Society. 1t is their annual Thank
Offering Service. Everybody is invit-
ed to enjoy this program. At these ex-
ercises the Thank Offering envelopes
already distributed will be collected.
The Sunday School has resumed the
IL o'clock time of meeting. The
school rejoices in having secured Mr.
Hugenon as superintendent. The
attendance has shown splendid in
crease.
At the Young Peoples Society the
election Of officers will be completed
and an installation service held. All
young people are urgently requested
to attend. You need the Society as
much as it needs you, which is great
1y.
The 8 o'clock service will be an
Echo Meeting when the minister and
his wife. who are representing the
church this week at the State Confer
ence at Darlington, will bring some
of the inspiration Of the meeting to the
church.
The public is cordially invited to all
mootin~4 NJ tho chnrch
F.E stil1we1l Pastor.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26
LILLIAN GISH AN AIRCRAFT
PLAYER
Famous Griffith Star Will be Seen in
@The Great Love"

Lillian Gish, who portrays the role
of Susie in David Wark Griffith's first
Aircraft picture, "The Great Love-"
which will be shown at the Opera
House on next Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, makes her
initial appearance under Aircraft
auspices in this photoplay. Miss
Gish has been star in motion pic
ture worl' for several years and her
winsome personality and talent have
won for her a large and enthusiastic
screen following. Her most recent
appearance was in Mr.. Griffith's great
war picture, Hearts of the World"
which is now being played with enor-
nous success in New York City.
Miss Gish appears in 1.-THE Great
Love" as young Australian girl, who
lives in England and loves an Ameri-
can soldier, and who eventually finds
"the great love" in the service Of her
country and the cause of the world
democracy. Her characterization is
said to be unusually effective and
with the portrayals of Robert Harron,
as her sweetheart, and Henry B.
Walthall. as an INSCRIPTIONS British
Baronet, who seeks to win her for her
money, forms an artistic combination
seldom seen in motion pictures.
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26
A LESSON TO learn EVEN, FROM
GERMANY

Germany, with its dense population.
where every acre Of land is used for
the purpose to which It is best suited,
now keeps 26 per cent Of its total land
or 34,700,000 acres in well-managed
forests. These forests are absolutely
necessary to the welfare of the coun-
try. Even with 3s per cent Of the
Land IN good forests the imports Of
lumber into Germany climbed from
3se, e,ooo.e 600 cubic feet In 1904 70 more
than 10000. 900 cubic feet in 1915.
With The Increasing p1loe Of lumber.
II - vsry probable that more Of the
Lana will have to be used for raising
WOOD.
The average net annual income
given below for the stste forests Of
some Of tie states In Germany Il bet
ter-tlnaasome OF. the rstufnss over,a
n1eo aTeas devoted 10 any other crop
On better sofl
The Wahpeton times., 1918-09-26
CHARGE 10 BIB MADE FOE nov.
NG AND INSTALLING TILE.
PHONES

The telephone company has receiv-
ed an order from the Postmaster
General Of the United States. under
whose Jurisdiction the telephone COM
panies have been placed during the
war. notifying it to charge for in
stalling new telephones, and also to
have subscribers pay the cost of NOV
ing their telephones.
Installation charges ordered are as
follows: Where the monthly rate Is
$500 or less, $500; where the rate is
more than $500 but not exceeding
s4.OO a month, $1,000, and where the
rate is more than $500 a month,
$500.
The charge to subscribers for NOV
ing telephones from one location to
another will be the cost of labor and
material necessary for making the
change.