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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
France
(gy lie ParIser RutIer Of The viallantas.l

tsy Ellis Parker Butler Of The Vgilantes)
always think of France as going forth; of
England as standing firm. Through the CEN
turtles the men Of England have seemed to say:
These t.e are our rights; we will not give them
up!" while France has said Mankind deserves
win themi"
The Frenchman's ideal Of liberty, as Of
maternity and equality, has always been at least
few steps in advance OF the fact so that he
has had to fight to make it a reality.
The Englshman, in nearly every case
acquired fights by growth, as youth crows sT in.
to mans estate Having grown, the English
man fought to maintain. The Frenchnan fore
saw his rights while they were still ideals and
fought to make them real The Enplishrran
never yielding the rights he had acquired push
ca his loot forward inch by inch to cover new
rights and Ieaped forward to create them
. 1t was this readiness of his to demand-and
die for-an ideal that gave us the erroneous
theory that the Frenchman was too emotional to
be steadfast. y
Wars. battles and human rights are Won in
various ways; the Frenchman has won bia
rights by long series Of brilliant CHARGES
against autocracy and the remnants OF autoc-
racy After each charge, each uprising the
new rights for humanity.
The Basttile fell freedom was won NapoIeon
L al Ihat seemed the overthrow OF new
porn democracy In France It was but the
nomentary pause before the new advance with
half the world arrayed against her. France re-
formed the legions OF her ideals behind The war
legions Of Napoleon.
II is amazing to note how through centuries
France has pressed forward sfaadiv aasins+
regimes, autocrats customs and svsfe,na nro
tecttng her national life while winning the rists
q man Ideals are ragged affairs, sending out
EsntacIes OF value and of error alike; when
France has paused Ii has been to consolidate the
EEencnes she has gained, making permanent ali
Ehak was OF value, discarding the error
VINO can call France lacking in staadfasfnesa
when glance shows her the foremost anaone
Lrse nations on continent where autocracy
gtlli lives 10 blood and iron? To be steadfast to
such an ideal as France set HERSELF Yoeang ~
advance 70 the realization of that ideal This
france has done France ID, a free nation OF free
men. = = 20
God grant that the fight France is making to-
aag may be the last fight against autocraey and
IssFogIession the brave nation may be called
with such people, America may wen be proud
% g1ye her last drop OF blood her last ounce Of
strength. and, h need be. wiz givel
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
49, PAN-GERMANS IN SADDLE.

While it may be difficult to get just the
proper angle on the motive of Foreign
Secretary Won Kuehlmann in making the
Reichstag speech which brought about his
resignation, one conclusion can safely be
drawn from the incident and that is that
the pan-Germans are in absolute control Of
the government of Germany now.
The new foreign secretary is the pro-
tege of Admiral Won Tirpitz, who has been
the active leader of the pan-German
party. ...
Opinion seems divided as to whether
Won Kuehlmann's speech was a feeIer, !"
or whether he actually spoke his views
without counting the consequences. It is
probably Of no great Importance which
view is correct, as far as the Allied cause
Is concerned. The one fact that is i'm
portant IS that there is no immediate hope
of a weakening Of the German military Eff
fort on of revolution. The pan-Germans
are IN the saddle, and they will rule with
an iron hand. The offensive in the West
undoubtedly win be renewed with the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13

movement is the best news that has come out Of
Russia in many weeks. Apparently the Czecho-
Slavs are active both in European Russia and in
the Far East. Their activity in the former the
alter Is supplemented by a widespread peasant
uprising in the Ukraine, against which Germany
is reported to have sent 100000 troops. The
curacy Of these figures is open to question. but
there is little doubt but that Russia is destined
to occupy more and more of the attention of
Germany
The Brest-Litovsk treaty has been a bitter dis
appointment to the German people 1t made pos
sibIe the German offensives of March, April and
May, by permitting the withdrawal Of more than
1000 900 German soldiers from the eastern front,
but this crisis has been met and safely passed
The Russian breakdown has done about all the
harm it can do to the Allies, and from now on
Russia may become an asset slowly increasing in
value. Every German division removed from the
western front at this stage when American forces
are growing so rapidly, is a serious blow indeed.
and the news from Russia, meagre as it is, gives
every promise that increasing number OF
German troops will be needed there.
The new Siberian Republic proclaimed in Via
divostok promises to offer the Allies the opening
they need for extending aid to Russia. No de-
cison has yet been announced on the question
of intervention, but the extending Of assistance
to this new government now seems to offer the
most promising medium.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
G REV. T. ]. GRAHAM.
Co.

7 It Is customary for newspapers to wait
until a man is dead or has left the city
where he has resided to say nice things
about him.
The Forum wants to make an exception
to this rule in the case of Rev. T. j. Ora
ham, who is bringing his Fargo passionate
to a close.
Fargo people who have not come in con-
tact with him are the poorer spiritually
and mentally.
1t sounds trite and perfunctory to say
Fargo will miss him. He is mans man,
whose influence for good is not confined
to the pulpit. Fargo, fortunately, has
other ministers of the gospel in the same
classification, but there never can be a
surplus of men of his type in a com
munity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13

The next German neutrality-suspicious. che
greatest drive of the whole warts expected
hourly, and there is much speculation among
military observers as TO where the hlow win fall.
The weight of expert opinion inclnes to the
theory that the next German offensive win be
aimed at Abbeville % by way Of Auiens.
The purpose of such q campaign would be TO
divide the French and British armies and give
the Germans possession of the vitality important
ports Of Boulogne Calais and Dunlrirs
Preliminary drives according TO the experts.
might be expected against DoulIens (2), and
from the Montdidier area against Beauvais (8g.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13

These drives would be for the purpose of pro-
tecting the tanks in the main German EFFORT
against AbbevilIe.
Somewhere back of the German lines are
forty divisions 100000 men) of the kaiser's
best, his mass OF Ynaneuver with which he used
to make his drives. This highly mobile and
we'll trained hammer force has now been re-
juvenated from effects Of the Aisne attacks.
and is ready for more lighting.
American troops are az CantignH near Mont
didier, and In the Chateau Thierry region, and
are almost certain to play large part In meet-
Ing the next offensive.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
In The Open Forum
A Column Devoted To The Task OF Keep
ing UP With North Dakota Editors

The Mandan Pioneer has this comment on
possible naval battle:
we notice an occasional statement that
the German kaiser, in an effort to end the
this summer, is going to send his fleet
out to meet the enemy If he wants to end
the this summer that would be a very
good way to do it. There would sure be a
bunch of Huns following McGinty to the
bottom Of the sea-.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
July Fifteenth
By Amelia Josephine Burr of The viaiIantes,

BY Amelia Josephine Burr of The Vigantes.
Out Of wild Of blood arose the star,
Glorious France, that lights our sky today
The pledge that though the road be stern and far
No child Of Liberty shall lose the way.
She has known all and suffered all-and now
She stands a holy sign in all mems sight
With Gods own glory on her bleeding brow.
Her victory is won, in Hes despite
Weary to death, but always firm Of SOUL
She struggled onward through her red morass-
And now her children, at her dreams great goal,
Cry to all ages, Evil shall not pass!
Russia, remember France-take heart-beW are
The only fatal enemy despair!
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13

desperation Of men who know they must
win this year or not at all.
Germany is going through with her
desperate gamble for victory, and Ger
many is now openly committed to a war
for annexations and indemnities.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13

Before the war If the King and Queen Of Bel
GUM had decided to pay an airplane call to the
King and Queen Of England on the occasion of
their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, the
event would have been nine days wonder.
1t was done this week and the royal journey
by airplane was accomplished without untoward
incidents. The newspapers devoted but few
lines to the event.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-07-13
No Nonsense
BY Edith M. Thomas of The VigiIantes
GERARD REPLIES FOR AMERICA.

LET America know, when this war is done,
I'll stand no nonsense from her.
Said the Kaiser, off guard to our Gerard
But that in days-th at-were!
'Tis another day, and this is the word
For a people whose face is set and grim:
Tell the Master Hun, when this war Is done
Well stand no nonsense from him!"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
Socialists in Separate Meetings.
KNEW GERMANY WAS BEATEN
Harden Says U. S. Entry Made De-
feat Sure Thnu

London, Dec. 11.-"Even before
America entered the war l knew we
could not be victorious. When she
came in I knew we were beaten. l
fought the censors to tell this to the
German people"
Macmillan Harden Is thus quoted
by H. J. Greenwall, correspondent of
the London Daily Express, who is in
Berlin and interviewed the famous
radical editor.
II advocated acceptance of Presi-
dent Wilson's IA points because knew
we could not have better and more
favorable terms"
While exonerating the ex-kaiser
from personal blame in starting the
war, Hardenewas emphatic in arraign-
ing the German1and Austrian govern
ments of 1914. '"The Serbians are not
guilty of starting the war;" he said
"Ferdihand's assassination was staged
under the eyes Of the Austrian secret
police on Austrian soil, with Austrians
disguised as Serbs as chief actors. Al
though the German foreign Office de-
MED it knew the contents of the, Aus
trian ultimatum to Serbia, it knew all
that was essential"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
7,678 YANKS ARRIVE
Liners Empress of Britain, Kroon-
land and Canopic Reach U. S.
Sick and Wounded Among Soldiers
Landed at New York and
Boston.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Empress
of Britain, carrying 76 officers and
1880 men, including sick, wounded,
casuals, aero squadrons and construc-
ton companies, arrived at her dock
here from Liverpool.
On board the Empress of Britain
were the One Hundred and Fortieth,
Two Hundred and Fifty-sixth, Three
Hundred and Seventh, Three Hundred
and Sixty-irst and Three Hundred and
Thlrty-fOurth aero squadrOns, the
Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and
Seventeenth construction companies !;
the One hundred and First casual COM
pany; casual sick and wounded, II
officers and 241 men, bedridden, 154 /;
medical detachments, 6 officers, 123
men; casual officers, 13. ---
The trOopship Kroonland, from
Brest, France, with S3 officers and 1,18O
men (including 7O4 wounded) on board,
arrived here.
The British steamer Canopic, bring
ing home approximately 1000, arrived
at Boston.
Upon debarkatiOn the troops will go
to Camp Devens for rehabilitation.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11

BARE HEARST ORDERS
Message to His Correspondent
Lauds Kaiser as Humane.
Senators Hear Pre-War TeJeurams
Read Seeking Amty With Ger
many-Propoganda Probe.

Washington, Dec 11.-Government
copies of kilograms signed by William
Randolph Hearst, giving instructions
regarding the policy of his newspa-
pers and their correspondents during
the war, were read into the record at
the hearing of the senate committee
investigating German propaganda.
In a message to the New York
American, February "a, 1917, Mr..
Hearst outlined instructions to be
cabled to William BBayard Hale,
then Hearst correspondent in Ber-
lin, who, according to evidence re-
Gently produced, was on the German
pay roll without Hearst's knowledge.
Mr.. Hearst said:
Il firmly believe that the vast ma
Jority of the people of the United
States are entirely undesirOus of war
with Germany. believe also that the
people of Germany are equally unde-
sirous Of war with the United States.
Under such circumstances | can
not see why the century-old friendship
of the United States and Germany
cannot be maintained and perpetuated
by the high-minded and humanitarian
rulers and political leaders Of our re-
spective countries"
A message, dated March 2, signed
Doctor and addressed to S. S. Car
valhO. New York American, declared
that the famous Zimmerman note, in
which Germany proposed an alliance
with Mexico and Japan, probably was
a forgery prepared by the attorney
general
The object of the forgery" the
message said, was "to frighten con-
gress into giving the president the
powers he demanded, and perhaps,
also, into passing the espionage bill"
The authenticity of the Zimmerman
note was admitted by the German
government later.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
HUN OFFICIAL FEARS YANKS
Scheidemann Warns People to Stop
vusRevoIts or Suffer Results.

seheidemann Warns People to Stop
yt3RevoIts or Suffer Results.
Berlin, Dec Ill will not put up
with these conditions another week.
will get out" said Philip Scheide-
mann, a member Of the government, in
a speech defending the government
and himself against the attacks of the
Spartacus group. Scheidemann as
serted that the government had 80 per
cent of the German population behind
It, "but nevertheless it is sitting on a
powder keg."
Specialization along the lines de-
manded by the incompetents," Scheide-
mann added, "would ruin industry and
trade. If we remain longer in this
revolutionary crisis we are lost beyond
hope of rescue and we will not have a
piece of bread. If the people do not
come to their senses they will be
brought to their senses by the Ameri-
cans" sAS3
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
AMERICAN SOLDIER BOYS
WATCH ON THE RHINE
U.S.. SHIPS DID SHARE
American Bottoms Took Over
.952,581 Men.
Navy Gives Exact Figures on Troop
Transport-British Carried t.
OO6 997 to Europe.

New York, Dec. 11.-With the con-
sent of the navy department, the office
of Vice Admiral Gleaves. commander
Of the cruiser and transport service,
made public here figures showing ex-
actly the proportionate share Of troops
conveyed to France in American YES
sells.
OF the E2,079,SSO men taken over the
statistics show 46A per cent were car
ried in American ships, 4S1s in Brit
ish and the balance in French and
Italian vessels.
OF the total strength of the naval
escort guarding all these iconvoys the
United4States furnished 82A per cent.
Great Britains14M per cent and France
3h per cent.
1t WIS felt that these official figures
should be made public owing to the
lie speakers.
In numbers of men transported,
912.O82 were carried in American naval
transports and 40,499 in other Ameri-
can ships, 1,O06,937 in British bottoms
and 68,246 In British leased Italian
ships, and 52,066 by French and Italian
ships.
From May, 1917, to November Ii
last there were 931 sailings of Amer
ican naval transports, 123 Of other
American troopshlps. 456 Of British
ships and SO of other ships.
Not single soldier of those carried
in United States naval transports was
lost. J. 4Ma
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
WILSON SPURNS
foe INVITATION
+. TO VISIT BERLIN
Declares No True American
Could Think of Going to Land
of Criminals.
SEES mimic Sea BATTLE
u. IS. Destroyer Stages Thrilling DEM
onstration of the Work of Repuls-
ing a U-Boat Attack-Depth
Bombs Rock Liner.

Brest, Dec. 1.-THE steamship
George Washington, carrying Presi-
dent Wilson and the American dele
gates to the peace congress at Paris,
was reported by the naval wireless as
passing the Azores at one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon. All on board were
well after the stormy weather through
which the presidential liner passed.
Paris. Dec. 11.-According to a
wireless dispatch from the q. S. s.
George Washington, says Marcel HUI
tin. in the Echo de Paris, President
Wilson has been Informed that Pre-
m1er Ebert and Foreign Secretary
Haase of the Berlin government and
Premier Eisner of Bavaria were about
to make an effort to get him to visit
Germany. The president is quoted as
having made this reply:
fOnly by long years of repentance
can Germany atone for her crimes
and show sincerity. No true Ameri-
can could think Of visiting Germany
unless forced to do so by strictly Off
cial obligations.
''That is to say, decline in advance
to consider any suggestion Of the
kind
Wilson Sees Mimic Sea Fight.
On Board q. S. S. George Washing
ton, Dec 10.-President Wilson stood
on the bridge of the George Washing
ton in the afternoon and saw an
American destroyer stage a thrilling
demonstration of the work of repulsing
a submarine attack.
A touch of realism was given by the
drill Of the men on board the liner
and the conveying ships. The great
liner was gliding through the tropical
waters like chip on a duck pond,
when bugles and alarm bells called the
men to battle stations. President Will
son was taken to the bridge by Cap
tain McCauley, SO that he might get
a better view of the demonstration.
A destroyer, which had been tagging
far astern, suddenly leaped forward,
her tunnels vomiting smoke All
white spray dashing from her bow
as she tore through the wa ter
at 30 knots an hour. AS the destroyed
came abeam Of the liner, depth bombs
were dropped and great geysers we're
thrown high into the air as the war
ship zigzagged it's way through the wa
ters, beneath which was supposed to
lurk the enemy submarine.
Explosions Felt on Board.
Each explosion was distinctly felt
on board the George Washington.
The conclusions sounded like heavy
blows being struck against the side
of the vessel.
President Wilson was most interest
ed in the demonstration, and asked
questions about it, going into the most
minute detail.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
AUSTRIA ON REVOLT BRINK
Vienna Facing Famine-Troops Offer
1000 Guns.

Vienna, Dec. 1.-THE coal and
food situation daily is growing worse.
The city undoubtedly is threatened
with a coal and food famine such as
is being experienced at no other point
in the former empire. The authorities
here feel that disorders are bound to
follow and that there will be political
unrest unless the allies Immediately
provide food and troops, particularly
American and British troops. Circu-
lars are being distributed among the
poor and the workers by former SOL
diers from the front, who are said to
have in their possession 100000 rifles
and many machine guns and who de-
clare that unless food arrives by Sun
day they will be at liberty to find
food where they can.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
ONLY a. SHIPS LOST BY NAVY
But Twelve Of the Number DESTROYED
by Submarines

But Twelve Of the Number DESTROYED
by Submarines.
Washington, Dec. 11.-Only a YES
sells Of the navy, including army and
cargo transports manned by naval
crews, were host from the declaration
of war, April 6, 1917. until hostilities
ceased November II. And only IL
of these were destroyed by enemy sub
marines.
This is revealed by an appendix to
the annual report of Secretary Dan.
iels. Only three Of the 12 ships tor
pedOed were war craft, the destroyer
Jacob Jones, sunk December 6, 1917,
with loss of 62 lives; the coast guard
cutter Tampa, sunk September 6, 1918,
with loss of 112 lives, and the armed
yacht Alcedo, which carried down 20
men.
Three ships lost by mines. included
only one. war craft, the armored cruis-
er San Diego, which went down off
Fire Island, N. Y, last July 10 with a
loss of 80 lives.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
b. S. SAVES A PRINCESS
Niece of ltaly's Queen Is Freed
From Bolsheviki Prison.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Princess He
lena, a niece of the queen of Italy, who
was made prisoner by the Russian boil
sheviki, has been released, the state
department was advised. At the re-
quest of the Italian government the
United States made several inquiries
regarding the princess. They were
presented by the Swedish representa-
tives in Russia, and it is understood
the princess will go to Sweden. She
is a member of the royal family of
Serbia and married a Russian grand
duke.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
TO FIGHT EPIDEMIC PERIL
Members OF Health Convention Hear
Surgeon General Blue.

Chicago, Dec. 11.-An organized
fight by public health officers Of tine
nation, the states and municipalities
to prevent the spread of epidemics by
returned soldiers was outlined by Sur
.geon General Rupert Rlue Of the
United States public health service in
an address before thu American Pub
lie health association, in the hotel Nor
risop. General Blues organization,
composed of uniformed surgeons,
ranking with army officers, is un-
der the treasury department, and
has Jurisdiction over national and in
terstate quarantine.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11
FREE 2,6Co CAPTIVE YANkS
Men Leave Camp Rastatt in Germany
for Switzerland.

Berlin, Dec. 11.-Twenty-six hun
dred American prisoners Of war in
termed at Camp Rastatt left there for
Switzerland. Two hundred other
various camps in Germany are leaving
by way of Holland and Denmark It
is expected that the last of the Ameri-
cans will be out of German camps
by the middle of this week.
Washington, Dec. 11.-At the re-
quest of the Brazilian government, the
United States has taken up formally
with Berlin the question of the release
of Brazilian prisoners Of war in Ger
many.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-12-11

jails, Hberating between 1900 and g..
600 criminals.
German troops holding the city were
disarmed by the revolutionists and the
officers were stripped of their epaulets
without much resistance.
That night was one of terror. The
liberated criminals made the most of
their freedom and considerable num-
ker Of people were killed. How many
died will never be known because the
bodies were thrown into the Rhine.