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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
er9 TRUCK C0Ny0YS
COHIbG TO BALTIMORE
That Roads Are Not Open to
e. H. Three Conveys Scheduled
90 arrive

.-.-.arl Council Of Defense
ans from the com
.or truck conveys COM
aa to- Baltimore, com
aa roads in Maryland
.ren ta them. ia every case,
d Council has made
ralr and has found that
officers are complaining on
a Information. The road
ue-ta4 ter and Baltimore
Ken. open al the time. The
tr. ba between Westminster
Gnaoa has not missed a single
Frank Il Z0uck, chairman of
. Road Commission, has
he problem his personal at
a has seen along tho road
eHa-eav between Westminster and
grrara At two points Of possi-
Hnulr he had teams Of mules
sr 10 hello army trucks over bad
aes
trouble seems TO be that the
v man complained on exagger-
~ reports they received at West
ul ter
complaint is also made that the
m from Li.Hestown, Pa, to West
er va in bad shape. The re-
rs TO the Maryland Council are
ts, the County commissioners OF
carroll county opened this road for
h. army trucks.
Everything possible is being done
20 assist thI army movement through
MARYLAND a convoy is on its way to
etmola today and three other con-
.a are scheduled 10 arrive since.
So ara it has been found desirable
~ .hs war authorities to stop over
aah. at Westminster, and the local
committee acting for the Maryland
Council of Defense. has entertained
bs men and given them meals and
u1giug
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07

The ting boat Hamilton Is out OF
commission, having lost her propeller
In some unaccoutable way the Hamil-
ton met with the loss yesterday for
the second time in three weeks, and is
thereby ont on commission again.
The Hamilton is & tug boat brought
here from Baltimore and mas been
chartered by the Naval Academy TO
keep the channel open during the
freeze
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
senator snroesser Is III.

State Senator Sproesser who was
taken i'll during Tuesday nights ses-
sion Of The Senate in The State House
and who was unable 10 attend the
sessions yesterday was reported to
be doing nicely at his residence 235
Warren avenue, Baltimore, last night
His ife stated that the Senator eX-
poets to be up today Senator. Sproes-
ser has had a cold and it was Al FIRST
feared that he had pleurisy
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
Wooded IN January

Thirty licenses were issued TO
white couples and twenty to colored
COUPLES in the month of January max
ing a total of 80 couples who were
married either in Annapolis or in va
rious sections of the county during
the first month of 1918.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
RED CROSS TREASURER
Submits Report fer Annapolis and .nae
Arundel County ChapsS Report
Covers Membership iaes

The report Of the Treasurer Of An
napolis and Anne Arundel COUNT
Chapter OF the American Red Cross.
Mr.. Charles f. Lee. remitting check
for s1,43l.50 to Potomac Division Of
the Red Cross, February 4, 1918. has
been submitted This report covers
membership dues received since Sep
tember IS. 1917, and is approximate
IL the report 10 date for the Christ
mas Aie lbership Drive, there being
only a faW dues received from Sep
tember 18th to the day the drive be-
gan on December s. 1917, at the State
House.
H. C. wAsHBURN,
Secretary.
Annual dues ls1oo) number
2,735 S2.785. .......... .s1,S675O
Subscribing dues ($200) num-
Der a, sSS............... 55.oo
number 3. SIS. ...- 800
RENTED
Total remitted to Potomac
Division Headquarters. 81 ,4Sl,50
Total retained By Annapolis
and Anne Arundel County
Chapter .............,.... I,406.50
Total contribution of Annap-
oils and Anne Arundel
County Chapter to Ameri-
can Red Cross work, ma
tional and local. ...... assoc
This statement applies to member
ship dues only, from September 15,
1917 to February 4, 1915
No donations for this period COW
cred. They amounted to over 50, 400
(nine thousand four hundred dollars)
and are subject to the Chapters local
use.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
EDDYTE A NAVAL CHAPLAIN
/, Il. j. Davis First Christian Scientist
to be Appointed.

10 Uc AHEuMftNs
Secretary Of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels has appointed Richard ]. Davis Of
Boston, a Christian Scientist, as a
Chaplain in the navy Mr. Davis has
been commissioned with the rank of
Lieutenant, junior grade, and has been
assigned to duty temporarily at the
Boston Navy Yard lie is the first
Christian Scientist to be appointed as
a Chaplain in the navy, two having
been appointed ia the army
1T is true that Richard ). Davis
has been appointed a Chaplain in the
navy" said Secretary Daniels "He
has been connected with the Christian
Science publishing house in Boston,
and has done a great deal of very fine
volunteer work at the Boston Navy
Yard I have talked with him per-
sonally and was very much impressed
with his character"
Chaplain Davis is from Evanston,
ILL.,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
FOR SALE.

Two lots on Taney Ave, Murray
hin. 45x1l0 feet. near water Terms
can be arranged Apply IA Franklin
St. Annapolis. INV
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
RIE BUY SECOND HAND CLOTHES

We vrant 80 let the people kaow We aIe
5Sss' wep's sn6 Chndren's. Also second
hand Shoes and furniture q ell kincs-
Sishea mating and rugs. Drop ness-
card or call CT the house. PnohS St-AA-
address S. Main ST. -.
rook for the richt number sou
PAULINE BLOOM,
- MaiR ST.. mIs2m Telephone }9m
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07

Superb Pauline Frederick in pow.
erful perturbation of the great stage
success Mrs Dane's Defense"-Col-
onisl. Friday. sdv.2tfT
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07

Don't miss Pauline Frederick, in
Double Crossed" Colonial, Thurs
Day. adv.2t
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07

Superb Pauline Frederick 10 power
ful drama Double Crossed" Col
onial, Thursday. adv 2tft
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-07
uE CAPITAL

me q letter from hons.
I'D, II follows you where
Won 60 5Gcts. : month
nail
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Var Viewed from the Standpoint of America and the Allie

But the Allies have no considerable ad-
vantage in numbers They cannot hope.
by pursuing war of attrition next sum-
mer, to exhaust German numbers while
theirs still remain sufficiently great to bid
for a decision. In a word state of bal
ance has been reached on the West front
Were the Allies confronted by the same
necessities as the Germans, they might
risk all upon desperate offensive but
they have not the same necessities They
have a new ally coming up all the time. Il
new ally who can be depended upon to
supply million men in 1919 and, in The
meantime, to give ever increasing aid on
the sea and in the furnishing of food and
munitions. AS Wellington waited for the
Prussians at Waterloo, the new Allies can
afford to wait for America in this war.
The Germans, on the other hand, cannot
afford to wait. Their submarine campaign
no longer promises victory, it is slowly but
surely being mastered, and a year hence
the situation is likely to be better for the
Allies in the matter Of shipping than now
German victory before America arrives
may be possible, it may prove impossible,
but it is the one clear chance Of realization
of German war aims, and victory after
America gets up is unthinkable. Germany
has now to spend her last reserves, ac-
ouired through Russian collapse in seek
ing a decision, as Napoleon put his guard
in at Waterloo, hoping to smash the Brit
sh before the Prussians could get up in
sufficient numbers.
AS for the Allies, they have to parry
this blow as they parried two similar
blows the one at the Marne. the other al
Verdun. That their armies can do this
the past would seem to prove unmistak-
ably, for the Germans will have no such
advantage in 1918 as they had in 1914 end
1916. But the problem is only military in
a minor degree: the real test must come
among the people of France, Of Italy and
of Britain, for it is against the will and
determination of the people behind the
fronts that the Germans are going to
strike, primarily.
Now it is we'll to face things as they are.
In all the nations that have been fighting
since the beginning of the war there has
developed war weariness and a certain
measure of pessimism. A very great wave
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

Strasburg is the Trieste of the Germans.
German blood has been shed for Trieste,
and, so far as Strasburg is concerned,
here are Count Czernin's words: 'If any
body asks whether we are fighting for
Alsace-Lorraine my reply is: Yes, we are
fighting for Alsace-L Lorraine" Not with
words alone, for our allies will place them
selves, brave and true, at our side on the
West front, too The entire common
strategical reserves of the Central Powers
can, at word from Hindenburg, be
thrown upon the West front. Such is the
military result of that weghty political
declaration by Count Czernin. That de-
stroys enemy hopes and strengthens our
own moral and physical power. This new
vow to give assistance by arms, this con-
fession of adherence to the German de-
fensive war, will be heard in the remotest
houses of France, England and the United
States People win there recognize the
cause for the proud confidence of the Ger
man people and their allies, and they will
see that the league of Central Europe will
hold together unswervingy and fight to a
favorable end.
We-our allies and we-''if change
should intervene in the general aspect Of
the European war or if the signal
should be given for a common struggle III
the West-wll fight on the soil Of France
for our common future, for the assertion
of our common rights. The harmony Of
the Central Powers viii bc secured
through similarity Of aims. What we arc
seeking to enforce in the West contains
nothing that could be alien or Indifferent
to the hearts Of our allies. What we are
striving for-the Kaiser. the military
command, and the overwhelming ma iority
land whatsoever. IS 10 ''cmptv world-do-
minion,' as the Kaiser said It is not Bel
gium or Northern France; ii is. badly.
good peace by understanding and Of re-
liable duration. This war aim is common
and it is useful. There is no other That
is known in Vienna and in Budapest; it
is known that Germany viii not use the
alliance for chasing after aims that do
not correspond to the spirit OF the alm-
ance. A blow against France. the posi-
biity of which has been mentioned 10y our
supreme army command, would not he de-
livered in the spirit Of pane German I'M
perialism, bat in the spirit of Central
Europes slogan: Liberty and security.
Such is the safe political basis for the
future successes of our common arms.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

can assume practical importance-this
bare possibility is the best proof of the
unshaken strength of the German posi-
tion Let us look back over the long and
dangerous road that we have come. The
war of the Central Powers, which can
only be regarded as a unity, has been
waged in stages; we tried to subdue
France before Russia rolled in from the
East; we threw ourselves along with our
ally against Nicholai's millions, in order
to dispcl that danger before the armies of
Kitchener and Joffre's new formations
should swing the cehtrc of activity to the
West again; and in the brief pause be-
path to Constantinople. Then came the
climax: simultaneously the Battle of the
Somme against the English, assisted by
the French, Brusiloff's attack in massive
strength and Rumania's surprise attack
upon the harassed Central European
league. We held our ground in the West
thrust Rumania to the ground, smothered
in blood the onrush of the Russian masses,
and began the great combination which,
through the most energetic fighting and
moderation in policy, was intended to
force a peace for us-that is to say, our
peace offer, the U-boat campaign, and an
intensified defence toward the West
Russia dropped out, Italy lost streams
Of blood and strength, France and Eng
land-mightily encouraged by the promises
Of the limited States-wero hroupht tO q
stand, not without commotion, indeed, but
stout and of unbent will Their cry for
Alsace-Lorraife shows how the barometer
stands. It shows a grave danger for US,
a grave threat against Germany, and
thereby against our whole alliance. They
want to tear away a piece of our terri
tory which we can never give up. And
so we are still fighting life-and- death
struggle, in spite of victory in every stage
of the war. But the great change con-
sists in the fact that we can take up the
fight against the West with Greater
strength than ever before, and that the
strategical combination of the Centra
Powers has shown itself superior to that
of the Western Powers, which is built
upon the hope Of American assistance
At last we have the upper hand, strategi
cally, also on the chief theatre Of war
The strategical combination of the Cen
tral PoWers So we may venture to speak
since the memorable speeches that have
just been made in the Hungarian delega
tions by the leading men of our ally
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

and policy of master. Now so much of the
war aims of the Allies as include the lib
GRAFTON of the conquered states, of Bel
gium, of France, of Serbia. of Poland, are
essential to the safety of the world itself
We are, all of US, equally interested in the
freedom of Belgium and Serbia on the ma
terial as we'll as the moral side, because if
Belgium and Serbia are not freed Ger
many will be able to create great state,
including millions of subject races, per-
petuate her methods of force, her militar-
ism. and in due course Of time, dominate
the world
But this irreducible minimum of peace
terms, which assures the freedom OF the
French, the Serbs, the Belgians and the
Poles, no German Chancellor, no respon-
sble minister has yet promised to the
world. On the contrary, Germany is TO-
day in the hands Of those extremists vho
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

r1HE strategical consequences of the
expected armistice with Russia and
j Rumania cannot be precisely meas
..a at present because they are depen-
~ upon the treaty still to be made. On
.,ronean soil alone this treaty will en-
..e front of over nine hundred miles
. an airline. The military commanders
tbe Central Powers have already been
Il. in all their military calculations to
skon for many months, with the disin-
.,,ation of the Russian Empire as GER
sinty.
eut the fixing and formal establish
L,nt of the armistice. which is really al
[.av in existence, will bring us a far
[,,hing strategical alienation and will
r. our military leaders greater freedom
| action elsewhere than hitherto. This
especially true in the case of Trieste,
Lere the army to protect it--now mega
70 factor-is liberated from its chief
LIZ 1t is an error to assume that the
|ar.enjng of the front in Venetia brings
.,al advantages to both sides. The Ital-
IN; are in wholly insecure positions. on
front that is threatened by possibilities
]; sanking. They do not know whether
], where they are to expect breach Of
..o;r front Besides this. the Italians are
-. Germans, who are able at some places
" their West front to get along with as
oshinply small forces, in spite of the
,rnsjcally superior strategical position
the Western Powers. and especially
Asjr superority in numbers. Whether
,rge forces are now to remain tied fast
~ the East front by the conditions Of the
,mistce is one o. the most important
,sstons about which complete uncer-
,intv still prevails. Quite apart from
II political questions. accordingly. the
nrelv military points to be discussed on
4s East front are by no means simple.
INV n,anv considerations. for example,
ould be bound up with the question of
- exchange of prisoners? In all bellig-
pant countries work behind the fronts is
srred on with the help of prisoners of
war.
In anv case, however, the latest and
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Forward With God to Fresh Deeds
and Fresh Victories"
From The Proridence 10

mean to hold what Germany has con-
quered, to retain Belgium and the mineral
lied districts of Northern France to dom
mate Poland and Serbia and to make the
war a victorious advance toward world
supremacy
In this situation it seems to me folly for
the Allies to debate among themselves
peace terms and peace aims What the
Germans hope is that the French will be
pushed into a declaration OF purpose TO
hold on until Alsace- Lorraine is won bach.
to France, to whom it rightfully belongs;
that the Italians will be driven to proclaim
their determination to regain the lost Itai-
ian lands on the east shores Of the Adri-
attic; that Britain will be led to insist {hat
she must have Palestine and Mesopotamia
to protect Egypt and India; and then that
the Germans can use these declarations 10
promote jealousies.
The truth is that all discussion of war
aims, in advance of the salvation OF he
world from the German menace, amounts
merely to words. If Germany wins The
war her aims will prevail. and we know
what they are.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
1any Thinks the Allies Stand little Chance of Winning

very promising developments will place at
the disposal of the Central Powers i'm
portant strategical reserves. The Austro-
Hungarian army, which has now been
brought to q high state of development
technically and in equipment, will be able
to make very large contributions The
situation of the (Teutonic) allies is espe-
clally improved through the disaster in
Venetia, which cost the Italians a loss of
about 100000 men, In this way breach
was made in the general front of the
Western Powers that must be made good.
and probably one-half of it has already
been filled
he Americans Are Far From
Ready to Lend Any Vital Aid
The Americans have as yet landed only
weak forces and special troops in France.
In the course Of coming months they will
continue regularly to send further small
forces. but this will not mean an army
ready for action at the front A rather
good part of the summer will have passed
before whole army can be assembled,
and even then it must be remembered
that this army, although made up Of very
brave and splendidly equipped soldiers,
must nevertheless be wholly unsatisfac-
tory for strategical operations. Kitchener
reckoned two full years for his armies {;
they learned tactics, but strategy has not
yet. even at this day, passed into their
blood Therefore, inasmuch as the Amer
leans cannot for the present be reckoned
with in filling up the Italian BREACH and
japanese assistance is still less to be eX-
pected, the reinforcement Of the Italians
had to be undertaken at the cost of the
too. which has again had to draw most
heavily upon her supply of soldiers.
Marshal Haig will probably see in this
even now no cause for widening his frontO
The military equilibrium has therefore
been changed in our favor through the
big increase in the strategical reserves of
the Central Powers. Central Europe has
at least till the arrival and the training
of the large American army already an
nounced-a decisive superiority, if not in
numbers, still in attacking power. at our
disposal. AS the Central Powers were
able, even in the gravest periods of the
war, to give an active character to theil
campaigns. it is evident that their strate
gical freedom of movement and activity
will be quite substantially enhanced ir
the coming stage Of the war. Where vii
the reserve masses be employed?
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

Of pessimsm was noted in Germany last
summer, before Russia collapsed, quite as
intense depression followed the failure of
the French offensive last spring, ana
French morale was temporarily at a low
cbb. We have recently seen the conse-
quences of similar depression in Italy At
the same time in Russia, in Italy, in
France and even in Britain there has been
a growth of radical and anarchistic senti-
ment Russia herself has collapsed I'm Ter
the strain Of domestic disorder Italy has
been brought to the edge of ruin, and
France has known certain disquietng mo-
mentS.
All of this the Germans know Much of
this domestic disorder in enemy countries
has had it's origin in German intrigues At
home the German autocracy is sitting
every liberal thought and every expires
sion of the moderates. Abroad German
influence and German agents are stimu-
lating every faction and every group
which seeks to break down national unity
and strength, ostensbly in the name Of
human freedom, actually, whatever the
1t is the present belief of the Germans
that by renewing their assaults on the
battlefield. by employing their new reserve
of men and guns drawn from the Russian
front, they can create the conviction among
the Allied publics that Germany is invn-
chile and that this belief will contribute
NIGHTLY to promoting war WEAKNESS and
domestic disorder in Italy France, and
even in Britain, and that this disorder, this
war WEAKNESS, will frighten the leaders of
the Allied nations into yielding to German
terms, even if it does not produce coDdi-
tions which will enable the Germans to re-
peat in France or in Italy the recent
achievements in Russia. Even another
Verdun, which did not win victory in The
field, might. in the German view, bring a
war-weary France to the point of making
a separate peace-and if France made a
separate peace Germany would escape de-
feat in the West, as she has in the East,
and, in measure at least, win the war
Now Just as no man at this time last
year could have forecast Russian col
lapse, no man can to-day forcsee what Will
happen to France, Italy or Britain. One
or all of them may go down, IS Russia has,
although nothing seems less likely or more
preposterous But it is clear. to all that
if none of those three nations collapse
during the next campaign then German
ruin is assured, and the outcome CT the
war can no longer be hidden from the Ger
man people. If next New Years Germany
faces the world in arms against her with
out any strategic reserve, with million
fresh American troops, by this time fully
equipped trained and prepared to join in
the attack her doom will be sealed.
But before this time Germany will have
approximately year in which her foes
will lack the numbers to crush her, and she
will have the numbers needed to conduct
one or several great attacks If she does
not conduct these attacks this year, # she
accepts the defensive, then she will still
be outnumbered in 1919 and condemned to
the defensive then, for her reserves are
below a million, and by no means first
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

|"e year will see the war still in progress;
r'u 'aere is every prospect that it will see
'''inany able to make headway against
~ enemies and in possession of Allied
','''ofy on the Western front.
Al sense, the lack of great optimism
h, 'ne opening of the fifth campaign of the
.vrld War-and the Civil War was de-
0s0 early in the fifth campaign-is due
90 growing appreciation of what modern
really means. We recognize now, as
ua not three years ago, how stupen-
.'uS Is the task of defeating a people in
,-' and prepared for war. From the
:. -, v, aodication of Napoleon to the coming
"e present European conflict, all Euro
~ ~ wars OF Importance had speedy de-
s"As' Waterloo, Sadowa, Sedan, Lule
,sas and the Bregalnitza each within
~" weeks of declaration of war pro-
''so tne outcome of the contest. ONLY
0ur own Civil War was the outcome
. uouotful and the struggle protracted
,,' way to suggest comparison with the
P'esent contest
(,,.., nus the world was led to expect
|b,Mls solution of the great problem raised
n ,"e u. world War. Yet, looking backward
Can. ms.ory to similar struggles of other
|tb.a a''les, there is written much of more
In passing contemporary value. France,
'6d = revolution and under Napoleon, de-
europe for more than twenty years.