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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27

buildings ashore, where young Eng lishmen for many years have been trained for life at sea, as we'll as on the ships that fly the British flag, Americans apparently are as welcome as they would be at their own Anna 1.olis Or on their own warships.
 Unlike other Allied bases in Eu- ropean waters, Plymouth IS essenti- ally a training center. It harbors teem with relics of days that were proud ones in English history-huge frigates that still remind one of Nell sons triumphs, and countless other attributes of past glory. It is on these old ships that the English youths arc learning the rudi,nents of seamanship. The old guns, which poked their noses so impressively through the many port-holes in days gone bye, have given way to newer and more modern ones, and except for exterior appearances there IS scarcely a trace of the line which separated the past from the present,
 Inscribed on the masthead of one of the old frigates, so that all who pass may read, are these immortal words, England Expects Every man to do his Duty"
 Apparently nothing has been left undone that would contribute to the physical, as we'll as mental training of the youth of England. The boys, who come from all parts of the em- pire, are first taught to care for their own clothes. A correspondent of the Associated Press, who was permitted to inspect the training schools, saw scores of them-all ranging in age from l6 to lS-sewing buttons on their garments and otherwise putting their kits in order. Along with this, they sare taught table manners, 10, Ulich prizes arc regularly awarded, They also are taught to care for their teeth and their bodies, and are subjected to frequent examinations by the medical and dental authorities.
 The course of training Tor ordinary seamer extends over period Of about 10 months, and after the pre- liminary instruction looking to the physical fitness and dccorum of the young. nferi. they arc in turn drilled tat ght the meaning and uses of all parts of ship, instructed in gunncry, swimming. first-aid, signalling, life saving and other necessary require mcuts in the life of seamcn. A cer- tain reriod each day also is devoted to teaching them reading. writing, history, geography and arithmetic.
 Aside from the training school foi seamcn, Plymouth boasts of special sciool for stokers, as we'll as one Of the most complete naval engineering schools in the world. Young men who enter the later arc put through a course of practical engineering cx- tcndirg over four years. after which they arc ecquired to serve F year, aboard snip.
 The war has let down the bars to a very great extent so far as promo tions arc concerned, and the boy who TOW passes through any of these training schools may in time reach the top iung of the ladder in any branch of the British navy, depend ing. of course, on his special adapt ability ;rd own initiative.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27
AMERICAN CASUALTIES

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. D. General Pcrshing reported that one American soldier was severely wounded and two slightly wounded in action on February 10th. Four deaths, one from gunShot wound, were also reported.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27

term of Pats probation having pass ed. The latter was placed under a peace bond in August following some sort of a mix-up which the officers say Pat was engaged in in the rail- road junction town.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27
DON'T WANT TO FIGHT

GLASGOW, Feb. 23.-The Scot tish miners at their conference here today decided by large majority against the government man-power bill, under which more miners would be called 10 the army.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27
Arguments .n Hull Case.

The noted Xemp-Hull case will come up again in the Superior court on March 2, at which time the law points will be argued. This was dc. cidcd yesterday afternoon. The case is now in the hands of Judge Lyman of Maricopa county for trial, Judge Ellis, who had formerly been acting as special judge having been dis qualified.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-02-27
Released from Bond.

Joseph Rambaud, who in August put pp bond of S2,000 to insure Pat Costello of Ash Fork keeping the peace, was yesterday released from the bond by the court, the 6-months
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
$4,000 Bulgarians
Lay Down Their Arms
Terms of the Armistice Con-
vention Are Being
Carried Out

SALONICA, Oct Sin addition to
.he thousands Of Bulgarians made
prisoner during the Allied advance in
Serbia and Bulgaria, $4,000 more have
clause Of the armisticc convention un-
clause of the armisticec onvention un-
der which all Bulgarian troops west of
uskub were to surrender as prisoners
LONDON, Oct. S.-Fightng of ter
rifle nature is taking place in the
Godilicc Pass between Serbians and
Austrians barring the road to Nish.
according to news reaching London
The Serbians have captured dep
Ridge, on the Morava River. midwa,.
between Nranje and Lescovac. Two
thousand prisoners, including q large
contingent of Germans, were taken.
The Montenegrins, including women,
have taken up arms against the Aus
trians in Montenegro.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Liebknecht and Dittmann
Are Pardoned by Kaiser

'den,,, German J., capital. In Tho following
month he was tried OF the charge of
attempted high treason, gross insvb.
orolnatIon and resistance TO the eli
lnorltles. The trial was held hehiud
cioSed doors and resulted in the So
c'alist leader being sentenced TO thirty
lchohths' penal servitudc and Dismissal
from the army.
1T has been alleged that DR.. Lieb-
hnecht was in possession Of important
documents showing that America was
forced into the war by the German
military leaders against the wishes of
Vienna aud Budapest.
DR.. Liebknecht for several wears rep
resented Potsdam in the Reichstag.
HIS constituency contained a large
body Of worhingmen employed in gov
crnment work. In 1913 the Socialist
leader exposed the German war party's
bribery plot.
Deputy Wilhelm Dittmann is an in
dependent Socialist His name was
linked in October, 1917, with those Of
Deputies Haase and Vogthcrr, other
Socialists, with the mutiny in the Ger
man fleet. Dittmann was arrested in
Berlin on February i, when be at,
tempted to address crowd in Berlin
suburb. He was sentenced to five years
imprisonment for melting to high
treason and was given two months adj
ditional for resisting, public authorize.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial
Tribune
Comment Of out-of-town newspapers

peace offer, | may be allowed to review
the circumstances, some of them not
known or adequately appreciated
under which Burians peace note OF
three weeks ago was offered.
That, it will be remembered, pro-
voked in German press circles chorus
or rather a cacophony. Of disavowal
The Berlin government, as I empha-
sized at the time, knew all about it and
hoped to benefit by it. but it did not
az that time believe, and still less was
it willing that the world should be-
lievc at that time. that it had made
any direct approaches.
Among the Entente, it may be said
in passing. there was even then fear
that Austria. by anticipating her ally
might be treated with q consideration
which Germany, acting alone, could
not hope to obtain for herself.
Later it was this fear that lay be-
hind the "Tageblatt's" plaintivc pro-
test against the outbidding OF one
ally by another. Then came the Bull
garian disaster. In Germany none
more clearly than the Kaiser and his
gang of swashbucklers and reaction
aries, who have ruled Germany with
him, saw forewarning Of their doom.
The peace front might be broken. but
while the fighting front remained all
might be we'll.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Newspaper Comments on Wilson'S Reply

t.ditor!"i comment in New York
morning Papers approves in general the
Presidents response to Prince Maxi
milian's peace plea, although "The Her
ald' regrets that Mr.. Wilson was not
more final in his language.
Americans feel this paper says,
"that thero should be nothing that
Savors even remotely of diplomatic
Weakening. Unfortunately the Presi-
dents noto of inquiry is likely to be
so construed. Peace is a long way Oft,
for there can be no peace until there
is unconditional surrender BY the
enemy We have just begun to fight
The Sun
Perhaps no document proceeding
from the Presidents capable intel
lcctuals has ever gone so swiftly to
the heart Of the question or disposed
with such candid and yet subtle dia-
lectic skill of a dangerously plausible
reply yesterday, through Mr.. Lansing,
10 Prince Maximilian's peace propo-
sails.
"Tcn thousand words Of amplifica-
tion could add naught to this incom-
parably effective response. 1t argues
nothing. it promises nothing, but Sc
rencly and without the least buster
of rhetorical phrase it hamstrings
the Kaiscr's stalking horsc.'
The World
an dealing with the German peace
offensive, President Wilson has en-
ployed the same tactics that Foch used
in breaking the German military oifen-
sive--i counter offensive.
"The ostensiblc object of this Ger
man peace offensive was to convince
the German people that their govern
ment is wh ole eheartedly for peace, even
on President Wilson's own terms, and
that the blood guilt for proiongation
of the war rests upon the Allies with
their will to destruction.' All this
was undertaken preparatory to steeling
German morale for the inevitable Ger
man retreat and for the defensive war;
fare which the imperial government
must henceforth wage. The President
has simply shifted the issue back to
Germany, and left the German govern
ment to get out Of the trap as best it
can which was so carefully set for the
United States and the Allies"
The Journal of Commerce
"Tho scant courtesy with which the
President treats this latest overture
must. therefore. be regarded as rather
a mild way OF expressing the con-
tempt it deserves. To the main propo-
sition-the purpose that dictated the
note, the object that inspired 1.-THE
President returns an unequivocal re
joinder. The German Government re-
quests the immediate conclusion of an
armisticc.' is the Chancellor's modest
suggestion. The President feels bound
to say that he would not feel at liberty
to propose a cessation of arms to the
Governments with which the Govern
ment Of the United States is associated
against the Central Powers so long as
the armies of those Powers are upon
their soil.
The Staats -Zeitung
The reply Of President Wilson to the
recent peace proposal of the German
Chancellor opens a possibility for end
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Socialist Deputies Who
Fought Government $ War
Aims Are Freed

LONDON, Oct. 8.~-Thc German gov
crnment, according to dispatch from
Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph
Company, intends to grant pardons to
a number of politicians imprisoned
Sincc the war began, including The
Socialist, Dr.. Karl Liebknecht, and
Wilhelm Dittmann. A general am
nesty, the dispatch adds, probably will
be granted to political Offenders.
DR.. Karl Licbnecht who, according
lo the Amsterdam report, Is about to
be released from prison, is probably
the most striking figure in German
socialism and one Of the few Socialist
leaders in that country who have con-
sistently stood against the government
III its war policies
DR.. Liebknecht was arrested at Bcr-
lin May l, 1915, on the charge of par
ticipating in riots on that day in the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

ovortures and to batter away at the
enemy lines until the road is cleared
to Berlin and peace then effected
that will last for all time and rid the
world of the evils that have bcsieged
Us for over four years.
The workers of our country refuse
to be deluded by what we believe to be
this last attempt to deceive We want
that the world should be rid Of the iron
heel and the mailed fist. We want
peace, but we want such a peace as
will insure freedom and democracy for
all the world and all time.
Like the men on the firing line,
our workers at home are extending
themselves to the limit Of human en-
durance, to the end that a glorious
and lasting peace shall result.
"There can be no peace except it be
such a peace as has been enunciated
by the President of our country When
he declares the time at hand for peace
negotiations the workers will be with
him in word and deed, just as they
have been from the beginning"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Don't Want Autonomous
Rule, Is Lorraine's Reply
(CDeciol D,snotch 70 The T,.;b,uol

7SDecsog Dispotch 70 Tic TribNne)
WASHINGTON, Oct S.-Thc Lor-
raine group, according to advices
received here, has addressed a let
ter to President Clemenceau pro-
testing against the suggestion in The
speech of Prince Maximilian, the Ger
man Chancellor, OF an autonomous gov
ernment for the province. Mr.. BON
bard, president and spokesman for the
Lorraine group, concluded his letter Of
protest as follows:
eve are French. The Germans aru
perfectly aware OF this, as their be-
havior toward Us for the last forty
eight years and the odious treatment
inflicted by them upon US during the
course Of this war has shown. We arc
French only, and We demand that our
country should purely and simply re-
turn to France"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

ing tho war. In his answer
President Wilson gives proof that the
annihilation of Germany is not his in
tention, that he solely dcsires sufficient
guarantees Tor II permanent peace.
We arc convinced chat Prince
Max can, and will. in a short while,
accedc to President Wilson's demands.
Denver Rocky Mountain New.
President Wilson's answer is but
tho beginning, we fear, Of diplomatic
correspondence between Washington
and Berlin regarding construction Of
phrases that may give the enemy time
to mend the break along the fronts.
The German government is trying to
save for itself something from the
wreck Of defeat,
St. Louis Globe Democrat
In this interrogativc way The Pres
idcnt places the responsibility of ac-
tion upon the Central Powers They
cannct pretend that thcir proposal has
been flouted or that it has been denied
consideration. The great question Of
peace which they so much desire is
placed before them for their own solu-
tion. They must approve the Prcsi-
St. Louis Republic
President Wilson'S reply to the Ger
man peace note, though cloaked in the
language Of polite inquiry, is nothing
less than a demand Oh the Hun for un-
conditional surrender. And there is no
doubt that Berlin and the rest Of the
world will read it. that way Surrender
without conditions. Those are the
terms of America and her allies.
Salt Lake City Herald
We cannot help but regret that the
Presidents note to Germany was not
more decisive. 1t would bar any dis
position to argue q matter that in the
interests Of the civilized world admits
Of no arguments.
Topeka Capital
While President Wilson's reply to
the German peace note is not the def
mite rejection that was expected, it i'm
plies such rejection unless Germany
is ready to accept dictated terms.
Boston Globe
The sole purpose of the German gov
ernment in proposing peace con-
ference is to save its face with the
German masses. The President has
contrived to throw the responsibility
for continuing peace negotiations
squarely on the German rulers in such
a way as fearfully to cmbarrass them
in their attempt to pose before the
gradually awakening Teutonic peoples
as injured peacc-makers. President
Wilson has matched General Foch S
military success with a diplomatic
triumph.
Springfield (Mass.) Union
The President doesn't shut the door
to peace, but he calls the bluff. The
peace he evidently has in mind is the
peace Germany can have by making an
unconditional surrender. When she
does that the fourteen principles, and
such others as the circumstances may
seem to make necessary, can we'll serve
as basis for the final settltment. Es-
sential justice cannot be done to the
nations Germany has so gricvously and
wantonly wronged short of dictated
peace.
Cincinnati (Ohio) Commercial
Tribune
Comment Of out of-town newspapers
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Ignore Peace Bait.
Batter Foes Lines,
Labor Leader Urge.

Batter away at the enemy lines"
s'd John r; Alpine. acting president
o1 the American Federation Of Labor.
IN statement telegraphed from Wash
r,ngton TO the American Alliance for
labor and Democracy and made public
=, y Ne% tetk at alliance headquarters,
FTesident Aiplnc's statement follows:
"rhe American Federation of Iohor
believes that the recent ueacc DUi n~oI.
lures emanating from the Imnerial
German government are in kecpinp win
al other proposals OF a similar cbar'
scter that have been previously sub
mitted. 'u'-
"The voice Of the American labor
movement tells US to ignore these pcare
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

Central Powers, saying that the new
German nannuvre seeks to weaken the
unity OF the democratic nations and
lessen their fighting spirit He says:
Tie Austro-German and Turkish
military system should be beaten. The
security of labor and the people re-
quires that the Central Powers shall
capitulate and their military menace be
broken"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

on the Presidents reply to Germany
follows:
In ordinary, everyday newspaper
parlancc President Wilson says to
Chancellor Maxmilian chat before he
can consider the passing on OF a pro
posal of peace even upon his own terms
he must know that those terms have
been actually accepted, and talk, if any
is had. can be only as to details.
Again, that any proposal is preposter-
GUS while German presence pollutes
foreign soil Finally, VIC will not talk
to the German Emperor or the German
high command at all save through our
armies. Once more Is the Junkcr put
hopclessly on the defensive.
Worcester (Mass.) Telegram
Get out Of the zone of human beings
and then tell what you mean by armis-
tice, says the American side of the
Atlantic to the German side. The next
Entente answer, from Washington, will
be Unconditional surrender"
Providence (R. I.) Journal
"Thc good faith Of any discussion"
Mr. Wilson says, "would manifcstly de
pend upon the consent Of the Central
Powers Immediately to withdraw their
forces everywhere from invaded terri
tory"
If it was necessary for Bulgaria to
retire from the lands she has overrun,
it is certainly necessary for the chief
partner in the conspiracy OF crime to
yield up her plunder
New Haven Comm Journal
Courier
The answer to Prince Max, the
latest German marionctte to rattle
about in the post of Chancellor, is al
ways the same, "Tou may have peace,
real peace, the moment you want it.
Prince Max, Bulgaria points the way.
1t is open to you and it is the only
way we have to offer"
Baltimore Sun
Probably no one else in the country
would have answered the Chancellor in
the manner, adopted by the President
The general feeling, if the press and
other comment on the matter is to be
taken as an indication, was that the
right answer would be simply hot de-
mand for unconditional surrender.
But, now that tho thing has been done.
every one, we believe, will recognize it
as the logical, ightforward thing
to do.
indianapolis (Ind.) Star
1t goes without saying that the reply
is not what we have all expected and
hoped for. Most Of us would wish to
see the sincerity Of Germany frankly
indicted and our minimum demands set
out in q naked simplicity and severity.
1t is the part of wisdom, however, TO
conclude that the President is right,
knowing more than we can know
Philadelphia Inquirer
II the nation expected that the Pres
idcnt would return as the answer to
Germany's peace proposals two words
unconditional surrcndcr-is will be
disappointed. Apparently the time to
proclaim that ultiniatunl (in tie cpin-
ION Of the Prcsldent) has not yet come
But if Germany submits to the require
ments Of the President before he will
advise our Allies to halt the armies
in thcr smashing blows Germ any will
have virtually surrendered Just the
same.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Fatherland Party
Rejects Peace Plan

7 ONDON. Oct. 7.-Thc Father
~ land party in Germany, after
the meeting Of the Reichstag on
Saturday, held meeting and
passed resolutions to resist by
every possible means the peace
offer of Prince Maximilian, the
new Imperial Chancellor, accord
ing to Zurich dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
German Papers Would
Reject Tuo Peace Points

COPENHAGEN, Oct. S.--The "Lokal
Anzeiger," of Berlin, says that two of
President Wilson's points must be con-
sidered rejected-the separation of Al
sacc-Lorrainc from Germany and the
incorporation III independent Poland
Of Prussian Poland
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Austria Is Willing
To Desert Kaiser to
Get Better Terms
By II. w. Smith
Special Cable to The Tribune

Copyright. 1olS. New York Tribune me-
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 8.-Recently
these dispatches indicated that in high
quarters at Berlin the conviction was
growing that the situation demanded
submission by Germany Of formal pro
posals accepting President Wilson'S
conditions. Without attempting to
discuss the probable attitude of the
Allied powers to the latest German
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Gompers Denounces
German Peace Move

ROME, Oct. S.-Samuel Gompers,
president Of the American Federation of
Labor, who is here with delegation of
American labor leaders, strongly de-
nounces the recent peace move Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Penance Not Considered

That penance for wrong done is far
from the German public mind is shown
ny the remarks of the Rhenish papers
on Chancellor Maximilian's speech.
The Rhenish Westphalian "Zeitung,
in fierce editorial, says: at is the
conceivable" and adds: "lt means
flemish policy and the absolute sur
render OF all fruits Of victory in the
East. Baltic German0om is threatened d
with utter ruin and the empires gates
arc opened wide to Bolshevism."
The proposal for the creation Of
Alsace-L Lorraine as a Federal state it
refers to as "the growing absurdity Of
all the absurdities for which German
policy has distinguished itself in its
paciiicatory efforts there in the past
Forty years"
"Bieeding' Suspected
+. asks: Does the Chancellor, does
he majority really imagine that With
such q policy peace can be enforced ?
viii they dare humbug the German
people to the extent of telling them
hat President Wilson, if he graciously
aeigns TO accept the offer. will do so
nth any other aim but the bleeding
IF Germany white ."
the paper taunts the new govern
ment with completely mis- Judging the
position. Its action, it says, is born
o. vague imaginings and nervous tim
'dity.
A peace such as Prince Macmillan
adNocates," the paper continues. "would
oe = peace to the great glory Of Eng
and ana establish AngIo-SaXon world
dominion. As for Germany. she would
ne pushed INTO a corner among the ma
Nona OF the carthN .
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09

LONDON, Oct. S.--A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph from Athens dated
Sunday says:
"The Governor Of Smyrna has sent to
Mytilene three delegates-a Greek, an
Englshman and Turk--to enter into
peace pourparlers, according to the
'Hestia.'".
New-York tribune., 1918-10-09
Smyrna to Make Peace
Offer to Entente Pouers

ATHENS, Monday, Oct. 7.-Delegates
from the government of Smyrna, Tur-
key, are expected to reach Athens to-
tente powers.