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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

The Dixie division has gone. In a
few days the brave lads from Lake
land, Polk county, and South Florida
generally, will have waved goodbye
to American shores. soon, we trust,
to safely reach the scene of the great
adventure. Some way, it seems that
their departure from Camp Wheeler
has left void greater than we had
anticipated. 1t is true that many of
"our own" had already gone. Com
pany D was no longer the gallant
band that we cheered that Sunday
morning year ago when it left for
camp. Mary of those composing it
have long been scattered along the
far-fung battle lines of France, fight
ing or working beside strangers, in
stead of with the comrades with
whom they used to walk our streets.
But the officers for the most part, and
some of the men, were still at this
camp, which seems by comparison so
near. There was still a Company
DE- and it still held some of those
from home And this connecting link
seemed to make all who had left us
la little more near. Now all are gone
only one man, whole-hearted pat
riotic physician, represents Lakeland
in the camp where we had SO many.
But we do not feel that our boys are
farther from us-rather their going
has brought the scene of combat
closer to US and redoubled our inter-
lest. We know that the Dixie division
needs only opportunity to cover itself
with glory. We know the spirit and
the character of the Lakeland rnerl
who yet remain in Company d. and
who compose it's officers. We know
that there is not finer soldier, a
truer, Drawer, more loyal spirit in all
the American army than he who COM
mands that company. May God watch
over these noble men and bring them
safely home again!-Lakeland yTele-
gram.
The Telegram has eloquently ex-
pressed what we would say of Com
pany A.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

When the Russian revolution be-
gan, those in charge Of it declared it
was going to be free from bloodshed
and treachery. So far as Russia was
concerned, it was to be a millennium.
1t is turning out to be a carnival of
crime compared with which the
French revolution was mild. In con-
sequence of this reign of terror in
Russia, the United States has called
upon all allied and neutral nations to
consider what they can do to impress
upon the Bolsheviki the aversion with
which the civilized world regards
their warton crimes. By direction of
the president, Secretary Lansing has
dispatched identical instructions to
every American diplomatic represen-
tative in foreign countries of the ac-
ton of the United States, France and
Great Britain declaring the Bolshe-
wiki outlaws and public enemies, re-
sponsible for murders, crimes and ex-
cesses which have shocked humanity.
Whatever action is taken by the ma
tons separately or in concert, it is
made clear it will be made quite
apart from the prosecution of the war
against Germany. Official reports
lfiom Russia have told of revolving
acts astonishing and shocking to the
world. The reign of terror. with the
murder of thousands of innocents, is
greatly impeding efforts of the Unit
| ed States to relieve the impending
famines in Russia. Alliance of the
Bolsheviki and Germany presents a
dangerous situation for the Allies,
possibly affording Germany the op-
Iportunity to greatly increase her wan
ming manpower.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23
While one hundred French vetera

While one hundred French veterans
stood at salute, the fourth Liberty
Loan honor flag was raised Saturday
on the treasury building in Washing
ton. 1t is similar to the emblem OF
the third Liberty Loan, except il
bears four instead of three blue bars
on the interior field, white. The rails
ing was witnessed by McAdoo and a
throng of government employees and
representatives of the allied nations
I'VE are prepared to make any ex-
penditure of blood required for this
great job of civilization and human.
ity, and therefore we are willing tt
expend what is of far less conse
quence-every dollar we have, OF
hope to have until eternity" Secre
tary McAdoo said.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Food Administrator Hoover, outlin-
ing the food conservation program
recommended for the coming year,
says the United States is prepared to
ship 5,730,000 tons more food to the
armies and Allies than last year, but
tie great undertaking cannot be &C
complished without saving by every
person. Without prospect of ending
the war before the summer campaign
of 1919, the administrator said the
food problem is still no small part of
the issue. Allies. neutrals and Bel
gian relief. require seventeen and a
half million tons of foodstuffs for the
year beginning last July LIST.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23
We Handle a Complete
Line of the General
Roofing COmpa-
ny's Goods
McIVer
& Mackay
Ocala Florida

will never be able to raise an efficient
army; it took Germany one hundred
years to accomplish what she has
dOnei"
Some time after this, one Of the big
gest merchants in Berlin told me that
he had heard on the stock exchange
that the kaiser had made the remark
that the king and car had Matched
the plot against him, and as / had
repeated the kaiser's statement to no
one, realized that he must have told
the same thing to others. II this YER
sion of the starting Of the war was put
into circulation with the idea Of abb
solving the kaiser, it certainly didn't
carry conviction even among the Ger.
mans themselves. The merchant who
spoke to me about it, at any rate, made
fun Of the idea, and never heard the
point seriously raised by anyone else
Of influence.
Before / left the kaiser that morn
ing he spoke of the Anglo-French loan
which had been floated In America
and condemned us severely for coun-
tenancing it. When told him that
Germany had also foated q loan In
America, he replied: "But ours was
only 100000, while theirs IL, $780,
00O,OOOr' to which naturally rejoined
that the size of the loan could GER
tainly not affect the question Of our
neutrality in floating 1t.
He criticized our bankers who ham
Had tho loon onH rryhav, Y ooIr<aH D,fv,~ .
he had ever seen the number Of Ger
man names that appeared on the list
of bankers who were interested I'm 1t.
he said he hadn't read the list, but he
was quite sure there was one bank In
New York which wouldn't touch 1t.
"That bank wouldn't touch anything
that would be detrimental to Ger
many I" he added.
Several months later 1 was called
to Pless again and was shown to the
same room had visited on the former
occasion. When the kaiser entered he
stood erect, with his hands to his side,
clicked his heels together and saluted
me as soldier salutes superior Off
Ger, smiling as he did so, and / knew
he was in good humor.
Nevertheless he had but little to say.
His criticism of Mr.. Wilson on this oc-
casion I have recorded elsewhere In
these pages.
In June of 1917, after the great army
headquarters had been removed to
Homburg v. d. Hohe, and Krenznach
1.-TWO neighboring villages) was called
there to see the kaiserin, and three
weeks later went there again to see
the kaiser. noticed at the station the
kaiser's private train composed OF five
dark green cars upon each Of which
was plainly marked the imperial coat
of arms. The cars had special folding
steps.
Two rooms were assigned to me on
one of the upper floors Of the palace
and my meals consisted Of the same
kind of food as had always had be-
fore the war, although the hunger cpl
demic was raging throughout the coun-
try. 1t was almost worth the trip for
the sake of the meals alone.
After / had treated the kaiser in the
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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Governor Cats has reinstated four
members of the board of county COM
missioners of Volusia county who
were suspended in September, 1917.
Those reinstated are w. z. Haymans,
Osteen, Chris. o. Codrington, De-
Land; Duncan J. Mcbride, DeLeon;
DR.. L. B. Bouchelle, New Smyrna.
Judging by the treatment of these and
some other officials. Cats rein
statements are more certain than his
statements.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Editor Nisle of the Dunnellon Adj
ydcate complains that a resident of
that town whose loyalty he suspects
beat him up one day last week and
received no punishment from the
court except to be required to put
twenty-five dollars of his collateral
into the perfectly safe investment of
war savings stamps. That is a rather
a queer proceedings in as loyal a
town as we have believed Dunnellon
to be- Editor Nisle is small man
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

not very difficult for bigger man TO
whip, and he has striven nobly to give
Dunnellon good paper. We think
that if we lived in a town where Hun
sy,npathizers could maui American
citizens at will we would wear an
equalizer in the back attic of our
pants and use it the first time it be-
came necessary. An equalizer is
an editors best friend.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Autocracy, nepotism and plain vul-
garity. These are strange qualities
on which to base a claim for the SEN
atorial toga.-Tampa Times.
People who have such qualities al
ways think they are of the salt of the
ear tn.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

The Montgomery Advertiser pub
fishes fine article regarding Maj
Gen. Billiard. an Alabama man, who
distinguished himself at Chateau
Thierry. Gen. Billiard received part
of his education at Auburn, Ala. He
was a schoolmate of Walter Lancas-
ter, eldest son of our Major T. D.
Lancaster, an old Confederate, the
fire in whose heart has been but little
cooled by. years. Alabama is bearing
a most noble part in this war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

We are afraid the argument that
mail to the soldiers overseas is often
Incorrectly addressed with not an
'swer all the complaints on that line.
Several families here who undoubted-
ly have the corrected addresses of
their boys in France have received
letters from the young soldiers, say
ing they had not received letters from
home for two or three months.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

The British force which went to
Baku, to help the Armenians, were
betrayed by them AMI had to evacu-
ate the town. Somehow, we have
never taken much stock in the Ar
menians.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

The "silent minute" in Tampa is
going to be forcibly enforced, and
those who do not pay attention will
attract attention they do not like
Tampa Times.
If you try to enforce it forcibly,
you will sow rebellious feelings and
reap crop of hypocritical actions.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

If it is not one thing it is another.
Already we are advised to do our
Christmas shopping now. How can
the girl know that the tie she buys
now would be of appropriate hue in
December Tampa Tribune.
She'd better buy him some sox of
a color that won't show dirt.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Any man not a governor who talk
ed in public like Gov. Cats does would
stand pretty good chance of being
turned out of any Protestant church.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

We are afraid good many of those
letters found on German prisoners
were intended to be found when they
were written.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

We have no idea the Americans
will walk into Metz by the end of the
week. However, like the Huns, we
don't know what those boys will do
next.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

The pride of the Court Pharmacy is
its prescription department. Every
prescription is carefully compounded
as ordered by your physician-NO
SUBSTITUTION allowed. Phone 284.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23

Hindenburg advises the German
soldiers to "hold on" sHindenburg
will be in a mighty Dad fix if they
don't.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-09-23
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Domestic

Four years ago the Teutons thought
the German ocean would swallow up
the seven seas.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
New Postal Service
For u. S. Army Abroad
by The Associated Press)

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May IS. A general order
issued to-day establishes for the Amer
lean expeditionary forces a military
postal express service similar to the
French system. 1t is hoped the result
VIII be material improvement in the
delivery of mail to the American troops.
Under the adjutant generals Office,
Lieutenant Colonel Thorndike d.
Howe, National Guardsman and ar
tilleryman. will direct the service, re-
ceiving all mail for the American
forces and supervising it's distribution,
as well as attending to the collection
OF outgoing mail from France and it's
delivery to postal agents.
The director is authorized to estab-
hsh his own regulations in regard to
the size and weight of packages. He
will have close relate with the
Allied postal authorities A central
military postoffice will be established
at the headquarters of the supply SER
vice, where mail will be received and
where 1t will be delivered by a CORPS
OF divisional and regimental orderlies.
The various military units will have
their own orderlies to care for the
mail. At the general postoffice will be
records which will make possible the
speedy redirection of letters incor-
rectly addressed. Branch offices will
be established to take care of the mail
to and from troops attached to the
British and French forces, Other
branches will be set up for troops as
they arrive in France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

French theory is the refuge of the
weaker party, and that is true; but
it is also true that it brings victory
to the weaker party when it sue
ceeds.
At any rate, we have the RICH.
from our knowledge Of our enemy's
fixed theory of war to think it prob
able that he will continue the great
offensive he has begun. It failed in
the first chapter in front of Amiens,
for the alternative plan of the de-
fensive held it. 1t may we'll be that
the enemy has terminated the second
chapter in Flanders and that after
the great defeat Of April 20 he will
turn elsewhere. But it would be
most imprudent to believe that he
had already abandoned, before losing
three-quarters of million men (and
he has as yet lost far less than this)
the great offensive which he con-
ceived and elaborated through all
the months Of last winter, and which
he first put into action in the ire
mendous blows between the rivers
Disc and Scarpe on March q.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Foe Follows Frederick the Great.
Foch's Strategy That of Napoleon

ter of opinion, we have the added
ground that the enemy has ALWAYS
acted. throughout the war upon a
long conceived plan, carried out in
detail and up to the very point of
exhaustion or success. Such a plan
is in the very nature of the funda-
mental beliefs of the German school
of war, and the contrast between it
and the French school may be dis
covered by any one who cares to
read the works of the two great ex-
ponents of either scheme, the Prus-
sian General Bernhard on one side
and the French General Foch on the
other. Each of these authorities en-
pressed the national system of strait
egg long before the war; each taught
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
American, Victor
In Air Battle, Near
Deatl, in Collision
Rammed by German, Rick
enbacher's Machine Is Sent
Spinning Downward
(Bu The Associated Press,

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, May 17.-Lieutenant Edward
Rickenbacher, of Columbus, Ohio, who
yesterday encountered three enemy
airplanes along the sector northwest
of Toul and brought down one Of them,
himself had narrow escape. His ma
chine collided with a German plane,
sending him spinning downward, but
he was able to regain control of his
machine.
One of the German airmen, approach
ing the lieutenant, misjudged the dis
lance.
81 saw his mistake and tried to get
out Of his way by turning upward"
said Lieutenant Rickenbacher, "but I
was not fast enough. The tail of his
machine scraped my top wing, ripping
it. The Germans tail was carried
away.
'The force of the collision sent US
both toward the earth in spinning nose
dives. After dropping a thousand
metres managed to straighten out my
machine, but the Boche dashed down
completely out of control until he was
just over the trees. There he wabbled
for second and then took another
dive to the field back of the edge of
the forest. 1t was just pure luck that
his machine was damaged more badly
than Mines"
A German airplane bearing French
markings was discovered TODAY fving
ever the lines northwest Of Toul.
American aviators tried to intercept
it. but it escaped. The incident shows
what cunning, and deceit American air
men have to deal with and what eau
ton they have to display in dealing
with supposed friend.
American patrols were very active
on the Toul sector last night and to-
day but did not establish contact with
the enemy.
The artillery firing on this sector
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Factors Governing
Germans Action

Speculation upon where the great
action will next develop and upon
what the inauguration of it's third
phase will depend is valuable to us
only if we keep it speculation; it
becomes futile if we make it
prophecy. 1t is valuable if we make
it speculation, because under that
form we can appreciate the elements
of the enemy's judgment. 1t will be
remembered that in these articles
many weeks ago I similarly esti-
mated the values Of the various Sec
tors on which the enemy might open
his spring attack. / said then that
any one of several was available to
him, but pointed out that his best
chances lay along the fifty miles be-
tween the Scarpe and the Disc,
where, as matter of fact, his Of
fensive came. To-day a Judgment
of the same sort is open to US.
The enemy may prefer to hold on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19

salient around Arras by his attack
in FLANDERS from the north; to in
crease the danger to that salient by
an attack from the south would be
consonant with all he has hitherto
done in this war, and would, if it
compelled the evacuation of the sa-
lient of Arras, gain him very great
immediate advantage.
Second-A rapid success here
would lead him to Doullens, which is
a point where all the railroads and
roads of the Allied communications
behind this front meet; it would
give him Amiens as a byproduct,
and it would heavily hamper the
communications of the English on
the north with the French on the
south.
Third-He is here at less disad-
vantage from the nature of the
ground than on the west of the big
salient.
Fourth-The lateral communica-
tons Of the Allies Immediately be-
hind this line are worse than else
where.
If the enemy attacked on the Las
signy front he would be dispensing
his effort and meeting the French
just where they could concentrate
with the greatest ease.
If he put in his weight at the
apex of the triangle against Amiens
he would have but narrow sector
upon which to effect his purpose.
Such are the elements Of the cal
culation-they are no more than
this-upon which our judgment of
the existing situation depends. The
Allies deliberately leave the initia-
tive to the German, and the Ger
man can continue his offensive
where he chooses, upon sectors the
value Of which vary, but of which
the most valuable is that between
Albert and Arras
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Mar, Power Chief
Element of Victory

But that offensive still depends
for it's power upon that factor un-
known to us-the rate of the enemy
loss Of men. The war depends upon
numbers exactly as does commerce
or finance. There are other ele-
ments of vital importance-will
power, provisions, folly, panic and
all the rest of it. But ultimately it
is matter of calculation in men.
The enemy has "budgeted" for
certain losses within certain time.
To exceed those losses within that
time would be to imperil his whole
future. He has budgeted for very
great losses, because he desires a
decision rapidly, knowing that the
American forces within few
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Very Nature of
Opponents Differs

Indeed, there lie between the two
theories two totally different ma
tional characters-one that of Ger
many, mystical and believing in
some way that confidence in victory
actually produces victory; the other,
French, preferring the known reality
to visions and calculation to emo
ton. 1t is the contrast between the
single swing of battle axe and the
multiple mannuvre of a sword. 1t
may be said that the more subtle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Allies Await
German Action

Such situation marks two things
lone certain and the other prob
able.
Inc certain thing is that the AL
ns0 command, with larger reserves
nan the enemy's. having maintained
uelr defensive with the minimum
number Of men, and therefore with
us minimum amount of loss, are
..''i pursuing the same policy, is
'ua leaving the initiative to the
sneny Of its own free will and
ssiil awaiting his offensive, if he
.sOoses to renew it at his own cost.
me Allied high command, therefore,
ss'0ently believes that the future
S'ss IN men to Che enemy is worth
as expense in time to the Allies.
iae thing that is probable, as con-
: ssssed to this which is certain, is
ae the enemy will renew his Of
.sns.7e on large scale. For this
~nc'usion, though it is only a mat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-05-19
Bernhardi's Rule
Contrasts With Foch's

General Bernhard has put the
German scheme in a single phrase:
MILITARY action must follow pre-
viously determined line, and this
must be pushed up to the limit aohere
the adversary, IN spite of all alter
notive plans he may haze formed,
shall be compelled to submit to the
initiative of his opponent" In other
words, you win by making plan
and by following it out in detail
after the fullest preparation and not
by trusting to your own rapiGity of
judgment in the presence of several
alternatives. 1t must be remem-
bered in this connection that this idea
is as old as Frederick the Great and
that under it you win all or lose all.
1t Is the child of victory, and it takes
superiority over your enemy for
granted. 1t has little defensive
power, and if it is once broken that
break is for good and all.
Now, if you turn to General Foch's
great work, 'The Conduct of War;"
you will find exactly the opposite
doctrine. 1t may, if you wish, be
called the child of defeat (though it
certainly does not produce defeat) !,
for it received its full effect upon the
French through their defeat in 1870.
1t is the doctrine that the general
should foresee as much as possible.
should be ready with the greatest
number Of alternatives and should
rely upon his rapidity Of judgment
and the power Of vigorous mind
and eye to change his plans at the
critical moment Just as the Ger
man doctrine was formed before the
victories of generation AGO.
though it was crystallized and solid;-
fed by them, so the French doctrine
was formed long before the defeat Of
1870, for it was the essence of a
Napoleonic method. In fact. it was
never better expressed than in the