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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
PRESS
SUMMARY OF WAR

Germany, through her chancellor
Count Won Hertiing, declares that a
general peace can be discussed on
the basis of the four principles
laid down recently by President VIII
son. However, the ehaneelloT's ac-
eeptance was followed by the state
rent that the principles must be
recognized by all states and peoples
which stage, he said, had not yet been
reached.
A court Of arbitration is lacking,
the chancellor said, adding that the
tribunal Of the world iG preiudiced
against Germany, which declines to
be judged by 1t. He insisted that the
entente war aims were still imperial
istic although admitting that the
Presidents message is a "small step"
toward peace.
Chancellor Won HertIinu voiced no
great change in Germany's attitude
toward the question which entente
statesmen have declared to be funda-
mental. He did not 90 into great
detail concerning Germany's conduct
toward President Wilson's proposals.
The abiect surrender of Russia was
aloried in as leading to peace on the
eastern front and a hint was thrown
out to the Belgian government TO
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Germany. The problem Of Alsace.
Lorraine continues to be held as haV-
ing no international aspect.
Meanwhile, although Russia is
ready to conclude peace, the Teuton
conquest of her territory goes on
apparently unimpeded. Reval, the
Russian naval base on the southern
coast of the Gulf of Finland, and
PskOV, 175 miles southwest of Petro-
grad have been occupied. The BoIsh-
eVik Red Guard later recaptured
PskoV, il 10 reported. The rapid
German advance continues along the
line southwark, especially in VoIhynia
and the Ukraine.
In Siberia the situation is very
serious and Japan is reported to be
to intervene there very
soon. The nom -BolBhevik forces
there have to contend not only with
the Bolshsviki but also against re-
leased Austro- German prisoners.
Activity on the western battle
fronts is still confined to raids, artil-
lery dueIs and aerial fighting and
bombing. There has been an increase
in the raidinp operations along the
PiaVe river, in Italy, but no change
in positions has occurred. The srtil-
Iery duel in the American sector in
France is still intense.
Another German raider, the Wolf,
has arrived In port after hsrassing
entente merchant vessels in the
Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. The
total number Of vessels destroyed by
The Wolf has not been disclosed but
the loss of eleven, three of them
In the Indian and Pacific
oceans 10 assumed by the British |
admiralty TO be due TO her aetiVi-
ties.
Unable to break the British Gordon |
around the North sea the Wolf slip !
bed into the Austrian port Of Polas'l
On the Adriatie. She brought 400 |
prisoners and q valuable cargo taken |
from prizes. A second auxiliary |
cruiser which the Wolf equipped, was |
Junk by her crew which was captured /
~ a British warship last February.
While the Wolf WAS gone IS months |
she apparently did not do az great /
iamage as her famous sister ship, |
The Moewe, which carried out two |
raids in the Atlantic in 1915 and
1916.
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'I Can Fundamentally Y
Agree With the Four
Principles Laid Down"
BUT TRIBUNAL Is
NOT IMPARTIAL
And Principles Must First
Be Agreed To By ALI
Peoples
(Bv Associated Press. }

Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-Speaktng be-
fore the reichstag today the imperial
German chancellor, Count Won Hert-
ling, made this declaration:
Il can fundamentally agree with
the four principles which in Presi-
dent Wilson's view must be applied
in mutual exchange Of views and
thus declare with President Wilson
that a general peace can be discussed
on such a basis.
"Only one reserve need be made in
this connection: =.
"These principles must not only be
proposed by the President of the
United States, but also must actual
ly be recognized by all states and
peoples.
"But this goal has not yet been
reached. There is still no court of
arbitration established by all the ma
tions for the preservation of peace
In the name Of Justice. When Presi-
dent Wilson incidentally says that
the German chancellor is speaking to
the tribunal Of the entire world,
must decline this tribunal as
prejudiced, toyfully as'I would greet
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ton existed, and gladly as / would
cooperate to realize such ideals.
Wants English Peace.
Unfortunately, however, there is
no trace of similar statements on the
part of the leading powers OF the
entente. England's war aims are still
thoroughly imperialistic and she
wants to impose on the world q
peace according to England's good
pleasure. a..=
when England talks about the
peoples right of self-determination,
she does not think OF applying the
principle to Ireland, Egypt and
India.
at has been repeatedly said that
we do not contemplate retaining Bel
gium, but that we must be safe
guarded from the danger Of a coun-
try with which we desire after the
war to live in peace and friendship,
becoming the object or jumping off
ground OF enemy Vaccinations, II,
therefore, a proposal came from the
opposing side, for example. from the
government in Hayre, we should not
adopt an antagonistic attitude, even
though the discussion at first might
only be unbinding,
Meanwhile I readily admit that
President Wilson's message OF Feb.
IL constitutes perhaps a small step
toward a mutual rapprOachement".
With reference to q statement re-
Gently made by Walter Runciman,
the former president of the board OF
agriculture, in the British cabinet,
the chancellor said:
Il can only agree with Mr.. Runci-
man if he meant that we should be
much nearer peace IL proper re-
sponsible Representatives of the
belligerent powers would meet in
conclRye for discussion. That would
be q way to remove all Intentional
and unintentional misunderstanding
and bring about an agreement on
many Individual questions. / am
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
BROWNING GUN
NOW BEING MADE
New Weapon Being Turn
ed Out BY Three Amer
lean Factories

Washington, Feb. 26.--The Brown
ing machine rife adopted for this
American army in France and de-
clared by ordnance experts to be the
greatest weapon Of its kind yet
developed is now being turned out In
three factories, Secretary Baker an
nounCed today and more than one
hundred already have been delivered.
The gun will be put TO an exhibition
demonstration on a range here to-
morrow. Deliveries will continue ia
increasing numbers and the depart
ment estimates that high production
mark will be reached In June when
several thousand will be turned out
each week.
10 also was Announced that produce
ti0n or the Colt Browning machine
guns, the heavy type, soon viii be in
progress on a quantity basis.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
British Liner
Philddelbhidn
Is Torbedoed
BY Associated Press. !,

AAJ AA100SLN4b1GA II SJReV
New York, Feb. 26.- The
British freight steamship,
Philadelphia of 512O gross
tons, owned by the Leyland
line, has been sunk by a
submarine. She left here
with a cargo for British
ports on February IL, and
was torpedoed about Feb
ruary 81.
News of the Philadel-
phian's loss was received
today in marine insurance
circles and confirmed at the
offices of the Leyland line.
No details were received.
The Philadelphian was
built in 1891.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
HOUR DAY
TMPRACTICABLE
Would Necessitate Recon
struction of Packing
Plants, Says Witness
a. AssocIated Press.l

Chicago, Feb. 26.-John f. O'Hern,
general superintendent for Armour
& Co, today continued his testimony
in the stockyards wage arbitration
by giving reasons why he considered
the eight-hour day impracticable for
stockyards employees during the war.
He said the killing plants were con-
structed on the basis OF a ten-hour
day and that the other departments
were standardized accordingly.
To operate an eight-hour basis,
he said, every packing plant would
have to be enlarged and reconstruct
ed, which would take two years and
cost thousands Of dollars.
The seasonable, character Of live
stock receipts, he said, was an i'm
portant factor in favor Of the ten
hour plan. Fifty per cent Of live
stock, he testified, was received in
September, October, November, De-
cember and January.
He asserted an. increase I'm the
number Of men employed under an
eiRht-hour plan would not maintain
the ten-hour maximum output unless
the equipment was materially en-
larged!
Mr. OHern said government in
spection regulations require a clean
up Of the plant daily, which takes
about four hours. This, he said,
would make it impracticable to op-
crate three eight-hour shifts IN the
rush season or even two eight-hourI
shifts daily.
The highly perishable character OF
tha product and the extreme care
necessary in handling require that
certain classes of employees work
overtime at certain seasons the wit
ness said.
II believe the packing industry as
a whole has met the demands OF
the situation caused by the war,
perhaps better than any other indus
try in the United States" said Mr.
OHern. "Our equipment and work
plan Is such that we can continue
10 do this IL conditions remain un-
changed"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
Mistake in Reckoning Is
Explained by Members
of the Crew
MANY PASSENGERS
DROWNED IN BERTHS
Officers and Grew Never
Forgot Best Traditions
of the Sea
CBy Associated Press.l

st. Johns, N. F., Feb. 26.-Graphic
stories of rescues from the wrecked
Red Cross Liner F'lorizel, and further
details Of Sundays disaster were re-
lated today by survivors who are re-
covering here from the terrible hard
ships they endured before they were
saved by small boats from the New
.Foundland Steamer Prospero.
When Captain Martin, Of the
F1orizel, reached here he was in such
q state Of collapse that he could
make no statement.
Members of the crew said the mis-
take in reckoning which brought the
F1oIizel head-on to the coast twenty
miles north of Cape Race when all
hands thought she was we'll out to
sea as she turned westward for Hall
fax, was due to running without the
patent log. The heavy snow forming
an icy crust, or what the natives
term "slob" as it struck the sea, made
1t impossible to use the log to regis
ter the steamers progress against
the storm. The steamship therefore
was navigated by dead reckoning and
as frequently happens in this region
of shifting currents and battling
WA1luS lIls4 CALCULATIONS WSAG NtLF anu
the F1orizel went the way Of other
brave ships In this graveyard OF the
North Atlantic.
Many of the passengers were
swept to death half chad in less than
fifteen minutes after the steamer
struck the rocks. Dozens Of pas
sengers trapped below decks were
drowned in their berths or at the
foot of the. companionways by cas-
cading seas which filled the saloon.
Officers Did Duty.
Directed by officers and crew who
never for a moment forgot the best
Of the sea in looking after
their passengers, those who escaped
from the saloon sought safety on the
bridge deck. Two hours later
giant wall of water thundered upon
them, wrenching the structure bodily
fconffnrad on ma pe ~
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In Many Instances They
Become Battles With
Thousands Engaged
SEVERAL REASONS
FOR MAKING RAIDS
Identify Enemy Units I'M
prove Lines or Take
Observation Points
tBy Associated Press.)


French Grand Headquarters, Mon
day, Feb. 25.-Trench raids along the
French front have increased in in
tensity during the last month to such
an extent that they have become, in
some instances, battles in which
thousands of men have been engag-
ed and hundreds Of prisoners taken.
The artillery is throwing unheard Of
quantities Of shells.
The objects Of the raids vary wide
ly. Sometimes a raid is undertaken
in order to identify enemy units, and
at other times to improve the lines
or capture observation points. Again
a raid may be made to destroy the
enemy's works and prevent him from
attacking. This was the case in
Saturdays raid at Aspach, Alsace,
where the Germans were in strongly
fortified lines which they had held
since December, 1914. The enemy
positions were bombarded beyond
recognition and placed in such con-
dition as to hinder German opera
tions.
The correspondent watched the
showers Of metal tearing away the
wire entangIements, fiattening the
gun emplacements and setting fire to
the enemy ammunition dumps. The
roperation was complete surprise to
the Germans and most Of them re-
tired to rear positions while French
infantry completed the work Of the
gunners. Only a few prisoners were
taken but most valuable information
regarding the enemy's disposition Of
troops was obtained before the French
returned to their own lines.
Other successful raids in Lorraine,
the Argonne and northwest Of
Rheims have demonstrated the nature
Of the German defense system. Near
ly everywhere the enemy front lines
are held lightly and the main bodies
OF troops are kept so far in the rear
that occasionally the French have
reached the third and even the fourth
line with slight resistance. This is
the reason for the generally small
ECnrAa-nnaoa nr. z.nr.. q
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WOUNDED FORKS NAN
IN TRENCH BATTERY
Andrew b. Rennes Was Among the
First Americans Sent 60 France
Enlisted July 70, 1915.

Grand Forks, N. d.. Feb. 26.-Pta.
Andrew @. Rennes, named as being
slightly wounded IN the American
casualty list of Monday, is the son 0f
Mrs. Carrie Rennes, sos Chestnut
street, Grand Forks, enlisted in the
coast artillery July rs, 1915, and was
among the first Americans sent 70
France. For some time before enc
listing Private Rennes was employ
ed by the Red River Power company
as fireman.
Private Rennes was n years Of age.
and was in the first trench mortar
battery when wounded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
FARGO CHURCHES WILL
HOLD union SERVICES
War Commission Desinnates March
AS Period for Special Penitencs
and Intercegsien.

The Fargo federation Of churches.
in response to a catl from the war
time commission. has arranged
series Of special Friday evening union
services for March. the first of which
is to be held I'm Gethsemane cathedral
at s O'Clock next Friday eNentus Dean
III. IL. KIoman, federation president
announced today. The place for tbs
second Friday service VIII be an~
nounced later.
'The general wartime commission
Of the church, at the request of sne
war commission, sends out this FH
10 the churches throughout tne NNtE-
the month az March as g Nus
speciaI penitence, prayer and inteK=
ceasion. says the CALI.
Fathers. mothers and relatives
men Ga service are particularly AA
10 attend the services
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
FEDERATION OF DRY WORKERS
NV Associated PFess1

New York, Feb. 26.-William Jen-
nings Bryan and other prominent
temperance leaders from all parts of
the country formed, at a meeting
here last night, federation Of the
majority Of the agencies which are
working in behalf of countrywide
prohibition, under the name of Ma
tionaI Dry Federation. DR.. Charles
Scanlon, OF Pittsburgh, was elected
president. The delegates were said
to represent 25.000,000 persons.
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tBy Associated Press.)

New York, Feb. 26-New York
and New Workers staggered today
under the force OF an so mile gale
that blew out of a clear sky. People
IN the streets were picked off their .
feet by hurricane blasts, tin roofs
were ripped of, bill boards, Chin
neys and trees blown down and
some ships torn from their moor
ings.
In the canyons Of the skyscraper
district the gale cut queer capers
lashing itself into whirlwinds, or
blowing in powerful gusts seemingly
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
ckand Duke commits suieiee.

Amsterdam, Feb 25, Monday The
Grand Duke of Mecklenberg- -Strelitz,
whose death was announced yester-
day in a dispatch from -Strelitz,
committed suicide, according to the
Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. His body
was found in q small lake, with a
gunshot wound in the breast.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
Neu7 York StdggerS
In 8O-Mile Gale

from all directions at once. Pedes-
trians were blown about almost help
lessly. Two girls trying to get by
the Woolworth building were
knocked down and injured so sever
ly that they required hospital treat
ment. The front wall of a three
story building in the downtown dis
trict collapsed but no one was hurt.
The gale followed a. heavy rainfall
during the night. Otherwise IL was
a balmy spring day.
Telegraph service was interrupted
on account of the blowing down Of
poles and wires outside the city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
La Toilette
Candidate Us
In the Field

Madison, wis, Feb. 26.-James
Thompson, OF La Crosse, announced
candidacy for United States senator
today. He will be the La Toilette
candidate. Lieutenant Governor D.
II. Dithmar viii not be a candidate.
Thompson iR a lawyer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26

Mfnnesot ota-M0stly cloudy tonight
and wednesday; warmer tonight I'M
east nortton; colder wednesday In
north and east portions.
North and South Dakota--Partly
cloudy and colder tonight and
Wednesday.
Montana-Cioudy and colder to-
night wednesday fairi colder IN east
portion
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
BriefDiSpatcheS
French Are Ready.

Ottawa, Feb. ga dispatch from
French headquarters dated Feb. 26,
to the Reuters Limited agency here,
says that SIS the season advances and
the shadow OF the expected German
offensive looms larger 1t is comfort
ing to know that the French are
ready in every sector on a long line
to meet the blow wherever it falls.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
British Official Report.

London, Feb. 26-'A hostile at
tempt during the night to raid one
Of our saps south of the Arras- Cam
brai road, was driven off by rife
fire. soys today's war office report.
elsewhere there was nothing OF
snncial interest to report
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
Americans Will Be Moved
Inland From City of
Moscow
UNITED STATES
CONSUL HEARD FROM
Rumanian Premier Pre-
pairing to Go to Bucharest
to Meet Won Kuehlmann

London, Feb. 26.-Pskov, 175
miles southwest of Petrograd,
has been recaptured by the Boil
sheviki and street fighting is
going on there, according to an
Exchange telegraph dispatch
from Petrograd, dated Monday.
The Red Guards are resisting
the German advance every
where.
The capture of Pskov by the
Germans was announced in the
official statement issued last
night at Berlin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
Chancellor Tells Germany's s
Plans for Courland
and Lithuania
AIM NOW TO SECURE
THE UKRAINE PEACE
Conquered People Will Yet
Be Heard From Says
BOlshevik Delegate
fBv Associated Press.l

Amsterdam, Feb. 26.-The central
powers intend to give self-govern-
ment to the provinces of Courland
and Lithuania, Imperial Chancellor
Won Hertling declared in his address
to the reichstag yesterday.
The operations of the central pow
ers in the east, the chancellor said,
were being carried out with the sole
aim of securing the fruits of the
peace with Ukraine. He added:
I'VE do not intend to establish
ourselves in Esthonia or Livonia."
The chancellor asserted the central
powers had freed Poland with the
intention Of calling an Independent
state into existence. The constitu-
tional problem involved was still be-
ing discussed in its narrower sense,
he said, by the three countries in
VOlved.
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Not Final Solution.

London, Feb. 26.-Signlng Of q
Russo German peace will not be the
final solution of the German problem
on her eastern frontier and the, final
settlement will come when the peO-
pies of Couriand, EsthOnia, LivOnia
and Poland take matters into their
own hands, according to NJ.
Kameneff, one of the BOlshevik dele
gates to the Brest-Litovsk negotia-
tons in an interview in The Daily
News.
Our war aims from the beginning
were defense Of the Fatherland,
maintenance of our territorial in
tegrity and freedom of our economic
development, said the chancellor.
Our warfare, even where it must be
aggressive in action, is defensive in
aim. lay special stress upon that
just now in order that no misunder-
standings may arise in regard to our
operations in the east. Their sole
aim is to secure the fruits Of our
peace with the Ukraine.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
WiIl Move Amerleans.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Arrange-
ments have been made to move the
Americans in Moscow to Samara-, 500
miles to the east. No Immediate Oc-
cupation Of MOSCOW by German
troops is expected, but 1t was
thought advisable TO move the Am
eriCanB
The consul general at Moscow, re-
porting these arrangements TO the
state department. today added that
all Americans there were we'll
The department also received a
dispatch Of Feb. % saying the Ru-
manian premier was preparing to 60
TO Bucharest to meet German For
eign Minister Won Kuehlmann and
Count CzerniR, the Austrian foreign
minister, presumably to resume
peace negotiations.
Germans Given Battle.
Berlin, Feb. 26.-via London
General Linsingen's forces operating
in VOlnynia have captured. the town
OF lelenkowItz aftsrF 4 aaffle. the
Germa general stan announced TO-
day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-26
Prsnidant studiea sneeeh.

Washington, Feb. 26.-German
Chancellor Won Hertling's speech to
the reichstag was carefully studied
today by President Wilson and state
department officials without any Of
fetal indication Of how 1t was re-
garded, or that 1t would be made the
basis for a further step in the Presi-
dents custom of discussing the sub
ject Of peace in the open before con-
gress.
Intimations that the President
would make 1t the occasion for an
other address Immediately found no
official support.
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EFun Associated Press
Leased Wire Service. ii
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CONTINUED on page ~
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"You probably have heard some
OF these stories about our boys over
there not living right. You prob-
ably can understand where a lot Of
those stories started.
Germany" said two or three in
the audience.
Germany, echoed the speaker.
Germany is using every possible
means 10 influence opinion in the
United States She is spending
$500. 600 in Switzerland alone every
year To have such stories spread to
This country There is no way Of
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streets, Chicago, ILL.,; J. 4. Mcmillan
60, st. Paul, MIMI. Miller & Hart,
Chicago, ILL.,; J. Morrell G. Co., Ottum-
wa la. /; Nuckolls Packing Co., Pueblo,
Colo; Ogden Packing and Provision
Co, Ogden, Utah; ohie Provision Co.,
Cleveland, O.. Parker Webb & Co., De-
troit, Mich; Pittsburg Packing and
Provision Co., Pittsburg, Pa; Rath
Packing Co., Waterloo, L.; Roberts d
Oake, Chicago, Ill. Robe & Bros, New
York City W. G. Routh & Co., Logans-
port, Ind.s st Louis Ind. Packing Co..
st. Louis, Mo-. Sinclair &-Co., T. M.
Cedar Rapids, Ia; Sullivan & Co., De-
troit, Mich; Theurer-Norton Provision
Co., Cleveland, o.; Wilson Provision
Co., Peoria, ILL.,; Western Packing and
Provision Co., Chicago, ILL.,; Charles
Wolff Packing Co., Topeka, Kan.