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The offensive OF an invading
army has failed it is executing a rapid
retreat in order to gain, in the rear a
new position, re-enforcements and fresh
military supplies. For this army 1t has
become almost a question Of life and
death TO retard the pursuit OF the en-
emy. In the territory aDsh-
doned the enemy must encounter oDsta-
cles that impede his movements ne
must nnd it practically Impossible 10
secure the necessary supplies Tor MS
troops. In such a case Of destruction,
indeed the devastation Of the abandoned
territory becomes a military duty OF
self-preservation. 10 dlslin-
guish in such a case between public
property and private property would
be disastrous.
Hartmann, in the "Deutsche Rund-
schau." vol. xiii, p. 46O.
VI. WAR FOR CONQUEST.
Justification of Conquest
Strong. healthy and nourishing ma
tlons increase in numbers. From a
given moment they require a continual
expansion Of their frontiers, they re-
quire new territory for the accommo-
dation OF their surplus population
Since almost every part Of the globe IS
Inhabited, new territory must, as
rule be obtained at the cost Of its
possessors-that is TO say. by conquest,
which thus becomes the law or ne
eessity. In such cases might gives
the right TO occupy or to conquer.
Might IS at once the supreme right. and
me dispute as to what is right is de-
sided By the arbitrament Of war
Bernhard. Germany and the next
War" pp. i4-i5.
"World Power or Downfall"
Il was war that laid the foundations
Of Prussia's power, that amassed q
heritage Of glory and honor that can
never again be disputed. War forged
that Prussia, hard as Steel on which
the New Germany could grow up as a
mighty European State and a World
Power Of the future.
We fought the last great wars To-
our national union and our position
among the Powers Of Europe
Our next war viii be fought for the
highest interests Of our country and Of
mankind. This will invest IL with i'm
portance in the worlds history. world
power or DOWNFALL" will be our rally
ing cry.
Bernhard, ibid, pp. q. i0i. 15s.
Need Of Strengthening Germany's Eu-
ropea Position.
The German nation, from the
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render the coming generations to for
eign countries, as formerly in the hour
OF our decline or whether we wish to
take steps to find riem a home in our
own German colonies, and so retain
them for the Fatherland There is no
possible doubt how this question must
be answered.
In the future the Importance
Of Germany will depend on two points
First. how many millions Of men In
the world speak German? Second. how
many OF them are politically members
OF the German Empiref
Bernhard, ibid, pp. GO, 70, 80.
Two Teutonic Empires.
TWO new political organizations
should be formed: Tine Empire OF
Middle Europe, in connection with Ger
many. and the Empire OF Southeast
ern Europe in connection with Austria
Hungary. Their external boundaries
will be determined by the progress or
military events. 10 may in general be
expected that all districts now occu-
pied by the Central Powers will be IN
corporated i'm these new political or
ganizations. There Is really no occa-
sion for restoring countries won by
the sword 10 states that were TOO weak
TO be able TO protect them.
."Warum War der Weltkrieg eine
Notwendigkeit," by "An Onlcer OF Cur-
assiers" 1919, p. "a.
AnneXatiOns in the West
In order to free our western hanK
permanently from political and military
pressure. IL would have been quite
sufficient If lin 1871 we had created
conditions which would have made any
later attack on the part OF France II
not an impossibility at least an act OF
suicide. and which would have made
defense on the German side mere childs
nlsv. Had the crest Of the Nosges
with the gllcis at their feet and the
neighboring chain Of fortresses come
into our hands. had we also drawn the
frontier I'm such a way that II
reached the coast Of the Channel some
where south Of Boonen (Boulogne1-
perhaps following the Somme-then
the trump cards Of strategic attack
would have passed out Of the hands
OF the French into our hands, we should
have been something like 100 kilomet-
ers nearer Paris on the northeast, and
we should have held in pincers, as u
were, the whole Of eastern and central
France. Belgium would also have been
protected from any danger Of French
Invasion, and al the same time our in
dustries would have been In possession
OF important coal and iron districts
which in 1871 partially escaped the
glance Of the scientific experts who
were then called into council.
In view OF the hostility Of
England 70 is indispensable TO
take away from The English the Bel
glan glacls and TO bring firmly into
our control the entire coast with its
corresponding .hinterland.
Gebsattel. in Der Panther" no. 80
October, 1915. pp. iis3-i4s6.
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OUT OF THEIR OWN MOUTHS!

tteranoe. of German Ruers Statesmen, Savants, Pubcs
Journalists, Poets, Business Men, Party Leaders, and
So,ders Edited by Mumroe Smith, IL D., Professor
of Jurisprudenco Columbia University, and Published by
D. Appleton and Company. of New York and London
Permission Lay Before Evening Journal Readers These
Conpled and Copyrighted Evidences of Damnabls
Cer,1rsn Policy of Long Standing Was Obtained for U:
by Former Judge George Gray Who Thinks They Shoud
Be Red, Digesfed and Remembered by Every American
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70 would be well 70 advertise lost
articles in the Want Ad column this
week. Teamsters, chauffeurs, carriers
and engineers are all under a bene-
fcent ruling.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
HOME SERVICE FOR
SOLDIERS ABROAD
Through an Association in Boston Ar
ticles Needed by Boys in France
May Be Bought Quickly.

BOSTON, April 1.-The problem that
presented itself to American mothers,
who have sons in France, when General
March recently issued an order forbid
ding them to send packages to France
except for such articles as the fighting
men had written for, has been solved by
Mrs. Alice S. Weeks, Boston woman
now in Paris as the head of the society
for home service for American soldiers
abroad. She cabled yesterday to the
American office in Boston stating that it
is possible for her to purchase in Paris
most every article required by the mem
bers of the organization now fighting in
France.
When the order was issued from
Washington. Courtnav Baylor, who is
the executive officer for the society with
headquarters at Is Newbury street, Bos-
ton, cabled to Mrs Weeks to see if She
could not get most of her supplies II
Paris. The local officers were jubilant
when word came back that it could be
done. This enables the members en-
rolled in the society to get their com
forts and necessities i'll q few days fol-
lowing their application and it saves
space IN the holds Of our ships.
The home service for American sol
diers abroad is the outgrowth of the
work that Mrs. Weeks has been carrying
on in limited way for two wears. It
acts by proxy for relatives, provides a
home for the boys when on leave IN
Axle Bains and Paris, and their rcla-
tives arc kept in touch with them Is
far as possible. Mrs. Weeks is assisted
by several American women who have
lived in France for a number Of years.
The society Is limited to 1000 mem
bcrs. 1t will cost $4,000 TO maintain
it for year and each member Is en-
rolled for that period for $40. Recently
so Young men who won't out from a New
England school were enrolled in the SO
tcietv. Several hundred arc now on the
roll and new applicants are being re.
!ccived every day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
PLAN FOR COAL SUPPLY.
Anthracite Operators Urge Early Action
for Next Winters Needs.

While the approach Of warmer weather
makes the fuel problem in this city. in
common with ali parts Of New England,
less troublesome than it was a month
ago ii is suggested BY the general com
mittee Of anthracite operators, which has
Headquarters in Philadelphia, that plans
should be made for next winters needs.
What it really means 10 daily supply
the consuming public with anthracite. in
car service, can be learned from the fact
that the maximum output of 27j.0G0 tons
requires a train Of coal cars % miles long.
The average car IS + feet long and hold.
from s. to 80 tons. II tie train wa
made up III a straight line. it would reach
from Philadelphia to Bristol. for one Illus
tration; Jersey City to Plainefeld, y. j.,
for another example; New Gork to Gar
den City and FROM Boston to Brockton
Mass.
Due 10 the warmer weather. the trans
.portation situation is better now thlu at
-any time since October, 1917. Construc-
tive plans for next winters coal supply
are being carefully worked out by the
anthracite committee OF the fuel admin
istration and every phase and angle Of
the situation is being given serious
thought and effort With tho mine OUT
put running smoothly, every effort VIII
be made to have 10 nine workers mJ.u-
tain the maximum .rtres of II 000.G $50
tons in 1917 which me-; hat the work
ing day output must aver. 600 tons.
/ There may be q drop il roduct on,
ineXt month. due to the fact that the
mine workers will work only ~ days, the
chiefs Of the Mine Workers union having
made the announcement that The men
viii be idle on April |. The men Will AZ
50 rest on the -four Sundays IN April.
! Unless there IS 4 big increase IN the
number Of mine-workers there can be no
marked increase in the anthracite out
sput over the 1917 figures remarkable y
they are, for there are 24g0G fewer mine
.woorker- now than IN 1915. The total
SHIPMENTS Of anthracite, last wear, were
100000 moro tons than in 1916 when TILL
output was 6S,0O0,000 tons
There were 5,Sl2,oS2 tons Of anthra
cite shipped from the mines. last month
I&S compared with the corresponding
month of February. 1917. Of 5,l7S.a3z
tons. an increase OF 633..550 tons or p.
fper cent The January. 1918. shipment,
were exceeded by l14699 tons. crafty
ing increase brought about by intensiy,
thinning methods and the patriotic loyalty
IF the mineworkers who worked holidays
The greater supply Of ears also aided
lin Tie output
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
WILLIAMSVILLE.
Were III the Army Now.

The following lines were sent from
France to Mrs Hattie Brown Of Pros
poet street. Brattleboro, by her brother,
l03d infantry, American expeditionary
force, and show the funny side Of army
life:
~, I'LL, ao,. II. ro,.oe,,,i+
heil ny o"- 'i"''s
40 :, l',''le "IF'. ~ ~ y, Du'' - ="
oI we II ~ 'i'' a. my
a. ,..a.- e.. I....7.soe4
Ana Tor ,ailt Nv We e, "a ~ ' .,, ,,'o'
~, -. a. ny u NY I''i g'l luii..'''
WIN 'i'e SOU 'i'' q 'i'S
e.. l.,. t,.ul,bal1..
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Too Much Argument.

On Tie western plains the sheepman
goes out with several thousand head and
one human companion. The natural re-
suit Is that the pair, forced on one an
other when they least want it, form the
habit Of hating each other
An eX-sheepman while in narrative
mood one evning was telling a party OF
friends IF a fellow he once rode with.
Not i word had passed between US for
sre than a week, and that night when
re rolled up in our blankets he suddenly
asked:
Hear that COW beller?'
Sounds to me like 4 bull, replied.
No answer, but the following morn
ing noticed him packing up.
Gong to leave:' | questioned.
Yes. lie replied.
What ior:'
no much argument Milwaukee
Sentinel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01

maple tree but turned aside to other
duties and forgot it. The sap boiled on
until ii became sirup, Then the sturdy
brave who was her husband came home
and tasted il, finding it so much to his
liking that he ate with great gusto, after
which hc spread the news throughout the
tribe
There is another legend, which says
that We-wi-na- puck's stone Ratchet once
grazed smooth young maple tree, at
Just the season when the sap was running.
The tree sweats," said the young Indian,
When the moisture trickled down the
bark. The next day he passed again and
saw fox licking the spot. Then he put
his finger to the bruse and carried it
to his mouth finding for the first time
that tie heart Of the maple was sweet
Theerupon he cut deeper cash and
caught the sap IN a jar on fiat stone.
The new spread among the Indians
aaa more trees were tapped. Before
long, the whole tribe had learned TO
drink the sap.
Then orc day. an Indian maid dropped
one Of the red hot stones, on which she
VA COOKING into Il Jar half full OF sap
The liquid bUbbled and boiled. That night.
when the eto,'e was cold. she and her
Il was very sweet and had a new flavor.
soon many jars il the camp Of the Indi-
ans were filed with boiling sap. Thus
i was, according to this legend, that the
making Of sirup was discovered. Certain
i Is that the Indians were in the habit OF
tapping maple trees and making -irup
wien the Pilgrims reached this country.
They gashed the trees with their toma-
hawks, and used hollow reed for a spout.
Ii he early days. many trees were
damaged because they We're tapped too
often ana the holes made too large. Now
small bit instead Of huge augur, Is
Used ard is driven into the tree only Il
short distance. Almost as much sap is
obtained, and the usefulness of the trees
prolonged. About y gallons of sap can
Il taken from each tree on an average in
4 cod season. If the flow this spring
Is rs generous as the farmers hope it will
be, the income from q goodsized sugar
bush Will not be small amount.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01

about six feet deep in the hard ground
and the bodies about two feet One
was fine looking chap. but the other
one was typical baby stabber and
well poisoner. 1t was not very nice
thing to be looking at, but / am sin
cere IN saying that | certainly enjoyed
seeing that brute laid out there where
all Huns should and will be. [ sue
eeeded in finding piece of their pro-
pellor for a souvenir.
We have become used to the pound
ing of the big guns, and instead of
running to the dug outs as the French
do, during a raid, We don our tim hats
and 90 out and watch the fun.
You said YOU hoped that your let
ter would find me in the best of
health? Gee, with the grub and the
weather of Sunny France we are all
in the best of physical condition. Tn
Gle Sammy certainly knows how to take
care of his cousins, and if we don re
turn with the kaiser scalp soon it
will be because he is bald headed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
Boy Scouts Get war Service Emble1ns

The distribution of War Service en-
blems won by the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea in the second Liberty Loan has be
gun and viii be completed As rapidly
al possible
The treasury department has sug-
gested that definite day be set ap3ft
for the simultaneous presentation of
cmblcms throughout the country en- the
eve OF the third intensive campaign
of the Boy Scouts OF America. and that
arrangements be made for presentation
ceremonies which viii mark fitting
climax to the second campaign aud IN
inspiring prelude to the third. squirting
the, boys to greater effort in selling
Liberty bonds and helping Uncle sam
win the war
These medals were offered by the
government TO Scouts who sold bonds
in 10 or more homes All together the
Boy Scouts of America placed S102,-
! 0Si 100 CT the loan through 81, $50 APP
/ plications There will be 22,40S EN-
Iblcms and 3,67S bars awarded for work
in the second campaign. Scouts VINO
were given medals in the first cam
paign will get 4 bronze bar if they
qualified in the second one.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
IN FULL CHARGE OF
RED CROSS GARAGE
Merrill Haskell Writes from Paris Con
corning His Work-Saw Ben Weeden
on Grand Boulevard.

4 letter from Merrill Haskell of Brat
tleboro, who is III the transportation de
partment of the American Red Cross in
Paris, written Feb 20 has Just been re
ceived by his father, William Z. Haskell
of Chaplin street. In it he writes of be-
ing promoted to take full charge of q
garage employing 30 men. The letter:
Dear Dad, Mother and ALL
! just received your letter of Jan.
20. also received the box containing
the plum pudding and the one with the
figs, raiSins and nuts and hard sauce
Those are the first packages | have re
ceivcd from either YOU or Carrie.
hope the ring Carrie sent ism I very val
liable, for the package may be lost.
Again it may get here as long as some
did | have great deal. more hopes
of getting it now than / did day ago.
Well, no matter how few packages |
get, l viii be mighty pleased with those
few.
l will tell you a funny thing. ! got
la letter from you last Saturday dated
Nov 9. / guess that letter has been off
wandering. There were no other marks
on it, though, to show whether it had
gone astray or what had happened TO it.
Maybe YOU think | WASH t pleased
when ! met Benny Weedcn on the Grand
Boulevard Sunday. He was in on per
mission. He is in an ambulance section.
| You might tell Jack Stewart. il YOU
see him, that l saw Ben and that he is
looking fine and feeling fine. ! Ger
tainly was glad 10 see him.
| | wish YOU could see this moon TO
night There were times when | used
to enjoy a moon like that, but not any
more. II s sure sign Of trouble. l ex
pect to hear the alarm most any see
ond. We all 90 to the garage as soot
as the alarm is given. SO as to be ready
with ambulances to 20 to the aid o.
those hurt in the raid
/ am not driving any more. | hav,
been promoted, and am more than de
lighted. About a week ago the chief O
the garage asked me If | would tak'
charge of the whole garage. My worl
is to keep the ears arranged nicely, keel
the tires all pumped up and report al
ears coming in that need repairing ant
those that have come ont of the repal
shop and are ready for service. l hav
about 80 men under me. All / am SUP
: posed to do is tell them what to DO.
don I know why on earth they eve
, asked me, LOT tUtIt art Oliiti ltltl WI
have been ii the garage longer than
have. OF course my getting the 10
has caused little petty jealousy o
the part Of the older boys, but | attcn
to my work and pay no attention t
J them. As a whole, though, the fellow
: are very nice to me in Ely new job.
am getting along with it very we
! though. ] am on my feet from eloc
, in the morning until atnight.
. / am a lot thinner than | was, hr
j never felt better i'll my life | am ne
{ too thin though. When | took the 10
, the chief said that in getting that 10
: had an excellent chance of a raise 500
G and perhaps a commission. / am SUI
o going to work for one. Anyway the me
! under me appear to like me and do goo
Q work.
5 l am waiting patiently to get home
. YOU all again. Your loving son,
MERRILL.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01

Barbour and ] went out doing patrol
work in No Man 5 Land, but did not
see any Germans. We had some
French soldiers with US and as they
have been fighting for over three
years they sure do know the game OF
course | can speak quite a few French
words now.
] hear that Will Johnson and Louie
LeEasseur are somewhere in France
| suppose some OF the boys that are
in the draft are a little nervous, but
there is nothing to get worried about,
because we can die only once and we
will live until that time comes wheth-
er we are on the firing line or at home
] saw Prof Wentworth and all the
other Hinsdale boys and they are in
the best of health, and Prof Went
worth is just as anxious as ever 20 get
a crack at those Huns.
| think the underground life agrees
with me as | feel fine all the time
and am gaining in weight.
We are living in a cave that was
probably dug in the time Of the Cave
Dwcllers. 1t is fitted with electric
lights and like a regular hotel. | like
- ~ VII AliA W lltL SSl IioiiIc W III
have to go up to Pisgah and dig cave
for myself. We have become accus
toned to sleeping in a horse car be
cause when we travel we are packed in
| like sardines, horses and 40 men. The
cave | said we were living in is about
/ four miles from the firing line and the
only thing | do not like about it is tho
rats which live with Us, as every night
at l. they do squads right, over on,
heads.
The towns that we have been in are
all destroyed. churches shot to pieces
and the buildings are down fiat
have been in some of the trenches anC
dugouts that the Germans held for tw,
years, and they are planned wonder
fully. After being in them you would
wonder how the Germans or ANYONE
could ever be driven out and back
These towns are full of trenches an,
barbed wire eutanglements.
This is all for this time. Remembe
me to all the boys in town and tel
them ! would be glad to hear iron
them VIII close with love TO ALL
Your son.
II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
EII)I T..

Miss Jennie Maynard has Just re
ceoived letter from her nephew, Z.
f. Maynard of Company G, 1880
United States infantry, American ex
peditionarv force, written in France
March ;, which also is of public in
terest aud is printed herewith:
Dear Aunt
Have lust come out of the trenches
for 4 rest and after time | suppose
we will 90 back again It sure was
some experience, and Won have a Fourth
of Jul, celebration all the time and
then some, because the artillery guns
shooting make more noise than ten
thousand Fourth of July celebrations.
Some Of the shells that are fving at us
MP and tear holes i'll the ground six
and eight feet wide and Just as deep
Some of them are called shrapnclS.
These are filled with small balls. nails
or anything 10 kill. They explode over
Your heads and then YOU. As the fell
lows say, pull in Your neck under
your steel helmet, because If any Of the
pieces hit amy exposed part Of YOU thc,-
would go through YOU. and :al times
these shrapncls break and the pieces
/ fall on vou like rain.
/ Another great danger is gas We al
ways carry two gas masks to protect
rs from these gas attacks There are
many kinds of gas. One is called tear
gas. as il makes the water come To
Your eyes so fast that You cannot see
Another is the deadly gas which YOU
do not feel for q few hours and then
il eats your lungs and YOU strangle to
death.
They send these gases over in diff
fercnt WAYS: Some are shot III shells.
which explode and arise in liquid
form like mist, and other gases are
sent over in a large cloud which YOU
can see coming.
This gas attack sometimes lasts for
hours and then we keep our gas masks
on until it is all cleared away. The
gas is a bad feature of the war.
Life is not so bad after all. over
here. 1t is rather exciting at times.
and You sure do learn how to use your
head, because if YOU don t use it YOU
will certainly lose it. Believe me
} when You are standing ON guard at
night looking out at the enemy lines
never knowing what is coming next
You have a LOT to think about | never
thought could think 50 much before
First rou think how cold it is; thcr
You think OF home and wonder how
the folks are and what has happened
lately: then you wonder what time il
IS and Whcn are You going to be re
lieved and have a feed. So all in al
vou put in quite a night while on guarC
on top of the ground.
How is everybody back there? I re
ceiyed a box from YOU the other nigh
with 4 sweater in il which comes ii
! Very handy these cold days and nights
: Thanks very much for it. l have re
ceived several letters from Hinsdal,
ipcople and YOU bet | am always gla,
to get them. As ! have told you al
the excitement | Will close. Rcmcmbe
! me to everyone.
i With love from
:. EDDIE.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01

pourd?' So 1 did, and through it. J
found relief from my suffering and !
really believe it saved my life. 1t does
not seem as though / can say en9urh
in praise Of this wonderful medicine Tor
The health it has brought me- Miss
CORA LEE HALL, West Plains, Mo.
Perhaps it may seem an extrava-
giant statement to say that this great
remedy saved q life; but women like
Mrs. Hell. to whom it has brought
health, appreciate the danger and
suffering they have escaped too wen
TO doubt Il! All who suffer SHOULD
try it Why risk life ana health
without il?
For special advice write lydia {
Pinkham Medicine Co.. LINN, Mass.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-01
WOMAN SAVED
MUCH SUFFERING
Bytaking Friends Adviceand
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.

West Plains, Mo. -"T was all run
down IN health, had Indigestion and ter