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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
DEATH AND TAXES

It is hard to make Americans think
harder, in fact, than to get them to give
their time, their lives or their money.
We, the American public, have gone
along through the first year Of the war
without thinking. We have gone on
the principle that the Government, the
big newspapers, the bankers, the dis
satisfied politicians and silk-stocking
patriotic societies should do our think
ing and talking for us. We have shirked
our responsibilities. We have trusted
American thought. We have allowed
our guardians to discourage all opinion
other than. their own. And this they
have done with such extraordinary
thoroughness that to-day it is almost
lese majesty for an ordinary American
citizen to speak his own opinions OF
even to have any. Il
Heine cynically observed: "Revolu
: lions do not occur in Germany they
are forbidden In America, public
opinion does not exist it is considered
. unpatriotic. While liberal opinion ha.
been threatened, suppressed, prosecuted
and sometimes jailed into silence, tn,
reactionaries have held the floor.
I We have got to raise colossal SUM
to pay for. the war. The estimate Q
twenty thousand millions for the war
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
Wednesday March ID, 1918.
ex.sa,ed as Second Glass Matter at the Post
afflce at New Ulm. Minnesota

Easter is festival of Joy which is
celebrated not only thruout the Christ
ian world but was in vogue long before
The establishment of Christianity. The
aagan nations celebrated the spring
festival with expressions of gladness and
GOV and hope over the return OF life
after the death of winter. The various
asmbols representing the Easter time
xRrh as the egg and the hare are both
r.pre entatives of the revival OF life.
The hare is also the symbol OF the
moon and these symbols were both used
n the mythology and religion OF the
fapan peoples. The Easter lily represents
the faith of the Christian in the re-
arrwaI of life after death and thus the
christian festival goes little farther
chan that Of the pagans but the mean
NO is essentially the same. Next to
,he Christmas festival, that OF Easter
carries with it the greatest JOY and glad
xess and it is also peculialarly festival
vhen the little ones are much consld-
xed. In the midst OF the world turmoil
( is difficult to keep ones mind on the
ger recurring miracle Of life but now
n ore than ever is needed the: faith that
III things are we'll and that a, new life
viii follow after the death of the old
wrongs of world which had grown
careless of right and truth.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13

The words II came into the Gov
ernor's office when you were reading
that and had known what you were read
ing and had had club I would have
knocked your brains out" were spoken
in the Governors Office quite recently.
No, kind reader, they were not the words
of plug ugly but they came from the
lips of one, John F. MCGEE, who is at
the head Of the Public: Safety Com
mission of the state and: is issuing new
orders almost every week telling people
how to deport themselves and how to
conduct their affairs for the safety OF
Democracy. Probably Mr.~355McGee is
like certain well--known ruler Of by-gone
times who expressed a wish tkat the
people had but one head So that he
might ,lop it off at: one: blow: : Safe?
TIE difference between MCGEE and other
autocrats is merely one of time and
place. Nothing more. ..-...,..
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
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us has been furnished with large over
tall cloth bag, containing three sets OF
winter underwear, three blankets, three
pairs of socks, eating utensils, one cap,
one overall suit and one quilt. Our
BARRACKS or rooms are always heated.
I Our food is certainly good and plentiful.
We even have pie or pudding for dessert
E,almost every day. !.
eve had oul teeth examined yesterday
and some Of the men had a few molars
extracted.
ut is Saturday afternoon now which
lis usually half holiday. 1t is a fine
day and we all enjoy it. Some men
are playing. indoor baseball, some are
writing and some are summing themselves
and talk about future deeds Of. valor,
or spin about other things, including
what they used to do Saturday nights.
''I have just been informed that we will
not be armed with pistols but instead will
have the new rife which isvery much like
the one we had in Co. A. It is two inches
longer and shoots the same ammunition.
We will be drilled with. the rife for the
first two or three months, and expect
to be provided with rifles and uniforms
in week or so. = 5...s -. y.
ttThe men take an interest in I'll
work and drill: and there is really no
evidence of Inconsistencies as yet: During
a snow storm lastsWeek we drilled IN an
unused horse or mule she'd. At least it
was that: until aue. got into it: -. \ 81
''It is almost five o'clock now and we
must assemble for the final ceremony
of the day including the national anthem h %
and the taking down Of the flag.
ri will close hoping to enjoy the priv
ilege Of drilling; you into soldier before
we go to France. Send me. the Review
as long as you can get it to me-
"The spirit of willingness and con
tentedne3s displayed in the two above
letters is what makes a fine man as
we'll as fine soldier and we have not
the least doubt in the world that both
| the. boys will give good accounts OF
Themselves wherever they may be called
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
In The Open

An officer of the United States Army
who had just come from the battle
fields of Europe where he had been in a
position to obtain wide view of inter-
national politics, remarked few days
ago that peace would come within five
months or it would not come for years.
What he meant was that if the peace
negotiations between rulers going on at
this time come to nothing, a fight to a
finish is inevitable. This would indicate
that the various speeches of President
Wilson and Lloyd George and Clemen--
ceau and the replies of Won Hertling and
Czernin are more than mere bluff and
have more behind them than TIE mere
desire, to. secure certain political effects in
their home: countries. They are not
mere preliminaries to peace negotiations
but they are the negotiations themselves
and upon the result of these negotiations
hangs the fate Of the world. ''''
TIE most significant thing about these
negotiations is the determined effort
being made by President Wilson to
bring all questions into the open and to
keep them there and it can easily be
seen that President Wilson is opposed
in this desire not only by the Central
Powers but by England as well. The
English have no more desire, apparently,
to have the various questions of the world
threshed out in the open where every
body knows what they are about than
tie. Germans have, and if President
Wilson is able to; handle the diplomats
of the world and force the issue into the
open, he will have won victory, the
victory, even tho he may have to sur
render on some of his fourteen conditions
of peace. What the President is fight
ing for is to do away with the secret
diplomacy which has well-nigh ruined
! tie void and everyone wishes him a
strong hand on this play no matter in
what other ways they may differ with
him. :.-.::. - .~.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
Overcopfdence Fatal

Jvereonfdence has lost many game
and if Mark Sullivan, editor OF Golfers
Weekly is right, it is likely to lose
5h4 United States her struggle against
s3armaay. Other factors have: part
n th Z matter besides overconidence but
according to Mr.. Sullivan the American
people have been misled, have been made
to believe that the winning Of the war
against Germany is a mere handful for
the United States.
The particular point of Mr.. Sullivan's
article is that the submarine is much
nars SERIOUS menace than America has
suppoc ed and by convincing figures he
shows that unless we make better head
way against the submarine the under
ssa menace will ultimately win. Whether
she statistics given by Mr.. Sullivan are
Hact, remains to be seen but it would
be vel for American people to heed what
DE- says and if they wish to win the. war
AXE steps to that end, instead OF going
about vainly boasting of Americas
great proves.
Heretofore, the only real war that the
United States has ever fought was her
Ywtn Civil War and it can not be said
chat Tue United States was victor in
shat, sinse one-half lost to the other
half of the country. There has been a
great deal of bluffing and boasting and
ack Of understanding Of what real war
means and some people have seemed to
si1ink that all the United States had to
40 was to 60 into war and that would
scare Germany into surrender. We
are beginning to learn differently and we
aresbesinning to see that we have quite
some task to set our soldiers across the
ocean to Take their place in tie fighting
ines, i
& is said that there are now 100000
men building ships where there should
be SOC, ooE:or 100000, and yet not all
II thoxe, who have been enrolled for ship
Building service are at work, and the
,sason for this is seen in the great con-
ztacts which have been let to private
COMPANIES. These various. contractors
lave been bidding against each other
tor labor and men have been travelling
aask. and forth from one part OF the
syuntry to another, spending their
slime on the railroads instead OF in the
shipyards.
Mr.. Sullivan says that tie boosted
efficiency of American management is
.m1 trial at this time and is being shown
wanting. He tells of the running time
Of the great German ship, Kron-Prin-
zessin Cecilie and says that under
riginal German management it made
lis trip in one-third Of the time that it
1akes now and says that even under
var conditions the time consumed or
a, voyage of this ship is twice what ii
ihould be. .. ~
In England the hiding OF information
1hsch belongs to the people resulted II
many disasters before the United State:
inferred into the war. Why should thu
Unitad States not profit by the ex
nerienee of England and take it's peopl'
INTO its confidence so that they may know
Just exactly what the situation is
If they are to fight this war they shoul'
know how they are coming on an.
whether they are winning or losing
Theirs is certainly the right to decid
whether the war shall be conducted il
aicstain manner: or not and the servant
m the people should be made to under
stand in no uncertain terms that the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13

The "Four Minute Men, thruout the
country have been told not to try to
stimulate patriotism by preaching hatred
of the enemy. 1t remains to be seen
whether these afterdinner speakers will
be able to moderate their speech more
than many of the ministers of the gospel
of the present day can do
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13

Lord Northclife has been appointed
aDirector of the Bureau OF Foreign
Propaganda." Everything has to have
+, label the:e days and once in while
hey get pretty good one. Certainly
cord Northclife's fits.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13

Rev. Durbahn, Of Les Angeles, Cal:
ifornia, arrived Saturday night at the
George Durbahn home where he will
make visit. Rev. Durbahn is q
brother Of Mr.. Durbahn. He alse ex-
poets to visit at Springfield, Wabasso
and other points along this line before
his return to the West.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13
FIGURES CAN'T LIE.

But they can come awful close to it
once in while. For instance when
the period seeks too close an acquain-
stance with the dollar sign or on the
other hand becomes cool and distant.
Last week we printed the net results
Of the Springfeld-Lamberton Red Cross
sale and instead Of appearing in print
as $500. the period was trying to get
to the head of the class but got stuck
at the "5'' and the results showed $15.O 0
and of course Springfield raved. In
another column appeared the Wor-
atschka offer OF a reward for appre--
hension of the vandal who cut up his
awning. The size Of the reward rather
stunned Mr.. Woratschka when he read
$4,000. So were we. Figures do lie
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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13


c,lltivatoHr; 4 platform buggy; / set light
harness. 1:esetS fly. nets; 1 2OO-egg incu-
bator; / 140-egg incubator; 2 hand plant
ers; swill cart; 2 1-row cultiyators; 1
seeder; 1 sweep rack; 1 mower; I'D
section drag, wood lever; L. Funston
tanning mill; ! manure scraper; / bob
sleigh; l truck wagon; 2 hay racks;
l 17-shoe Van Brunt drill; l |7-foot
Deering binder; 1 12-foot hay rake;
1 hand pillow; l Deering corn binder;
1 set hay slings; Inlay rope. 2. lumber
wagons; 1 set wagon springs;;i about 20
tons Of hay; several thousand bushels
corn, and many other articles too numer-
GUS to mention. , 80 --.
..,.:.. Free Lunch at noon. al.
Terms of Sale: All sums under
$40, cash; all sums above $40, time until
Nov. 1, 1918, on bankable notes with
interest at Z per cent. = ::
JOHN H. DORM,
Dorm & Schueller, Owner.
Auctioneers. ..-:
P. J. Soukup,
Clerk. = Adv II
Mrs. Adam Rieke of Fairfax has
been visiting for several weeks with
the George Durbahn family.
& -zE
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-13

+. r. Emmings visited with his family
over Sunday Mr.. Emmings is manager
Of the Simons Lumber Co. at Hutchinson
now. .' sss5s,s
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-03

or clearing his throat But the tone
throughout was that Of a drill sergeant
giving orders.
"As / came away / talked to a Ger
man officer who knew our language
and our country well. He said, I know
you make fun of our Emperor in your
country l said that of course we
would not be so rude, but he retorted,
oh, know all about it, I see Punch,
and then he added this discriminating
remark, Whatever you nay say about
him this at least is true-he is the
greatest commercial traveller in the
world That seemed to me to be true
at the time, but his journey to Jerusa-
allen and Palestine has not turned out
to be good business for the Turks"
The British seem to relish Mr.. Leigh
Hughes to such IN extent that the Pail
Mall Gazette also had him turn over
his "reminiscences of this event and in
that journal he adds to the account of
the church service given in The Times
Il had the advantage Of hearing the
Kaiser preach sermon in a church in
Jerusalem, and / am bound to say that
he preached as hard as ever he could.
do not understand the German Ian
guage, so 1 could not be sure as to
what he was saying, but | recognized
one word. which was 'Ah-menf and /
was glad to hear it, because. then I
knew that he had finished. Let me
add In a spirit of fairness, that there
was no collection. heard the Kaiser
make speech in Damascus, in which
he claimed that the Turk was his old
est ally in the world, and that he hoped
all the Mussulmans In the world would
look to him as their real protector. See
ing that many millions of the Mussul-
mans are good British subjects, that
seemed to me at that time to be. a
somewhat impudent claim. From the
Digest.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-03
PECULIAR POWERS
POSSESSED BY GEORGE v
Extraordinary Privileges Be
longing Only to the King. In
Many Things Case of LET
George Do 1t. ,"

George V. possesses many extraor-
binary powers and privileges where
Of few persons are aware, and even
his majesty himself does not realize.
Some Of his possessions" are de-
cidedly curious. For example, he is
the sole proprietor of the beds of all
the British tidal rivers, such as the
Tyne, and many otherss That part
lies between high-water and low water
mark also belongs to his majesty, and
he may put it to any kind of use he
sees fit, while, theoretically, every
inch OF ground in the kingdom be-
longs to him. and not to his subjects,
the landlords.
Ii any of his subjects find new
lands, they belong to the king.
1t is an old saying that 1.-THE king
can do no wrong" but possibly it is
understood that this is almost literally
the case in England. so far as the king
and the law are concerned. He would
not be held personally responsible for
any crime or tort" which he chose
to commit at any time.
The law in such casts holds that
any injury which might be inflicted
upon a subject in this way must be
ascribed to the mistake of the king s
advisers. Upon no pretense what
ever can his majesty be arrested nor
can his goods be distrained or taken
in execution in case he did not meet
his liabilities.
The king has the power OF remis-
sion of punishment for any crime. be-
cause he himself Is an offended party,
inasmuch as it is always the king s
peace" that is broken. Nobody can
sue the king but the king can sue any
| body.
| Another curious legal point is that,
! theoretically, the king will always be
present at the law court at every sit
ting, even though he should actually
be on the continent at the time. and
therefore it will never be possible to
''nonsuit' him as plaintiff If he does
not put in an appearance when his case
| is called, because the law states dis
tinctly that his majesty is there Sim
ilarly, he is always present in Par
lament, even though he be a thousand
miles away Moreover, he is the NOM
| inal guardian of all infants, idiots and
| lunatics.
The kind has the sole right to print
| the Bible the Book of Common Pray
! err, and all acts of parliament in the
United Kingdom and, if he liked, he
could forbid the printing Of any or
all of them anywhere in the British
dominions.
Finally the king is by law most
extraordinary person, possessing real
/; supernatural capabilities. Thus,
for one thing, henever dies, and it is
impossible for him to die. 1t is use
less to argue that his predecessors
have really died The utmost the law
viii admit is that there may be a de
mise of the crown" which is trans
fer of tn eroyal authority from one
| person to another.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-03

in the Ukraine republic Their new line
of claimed territory. roughly speaking,
begins at the Arctic Ocean near the thir-
more or less closely southwark to the
fftieth parallel This great domain con-
tains approximately 250,000 square miles
of land and Is, 600, 600 people. If Germany
can keep it, this conquered land will in
the next generation double her power
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-03
LAND KAISER CLAIMS

The German armies made hay while
the sun shone. They pushed their lines
northward to the Gulf of Finland and
within eighty miles of Petrograd. They
made progress in Finland. which they
claimed for their own. They took towns
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-10
REAMES RESIGNS AS
us. DIST. ATTORNEY

Portland, Feb. 9.-Effective at the
close of business yesterday, Clar-
ence L. Reames ceased to be United
States district attorney for Oregon.
His resignation leaves the way clear
for his promotion to position as a
special assistant to the attorney gen.
eral and has just been accepted, ac-
cording to Information from Wash
ington received by Mr.. Reames. Two
weeks ago he was advised by Attor-
ney General Gregory that In his
opinion the time had arrived when
probably the district attorney could
be Of greater service to the govern
ment in another capacity. exclusive
ly concerned with war work, but
that 1t would be necessary for him
to give up temporarily his official
residence In this state. Mr.. Reames
replied that he was willing to go
anywhere and perform any duty for
the department OF justice. The
change Is a promotion.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-10
TUSCAN|A
TO Be BATTLE CRY

London, Feb. 9.--"Remember the
Tuscania" will be an irresistible call
to the colors and battle cry of vic
tory for the Americans in the war,
London newspapers declared today.
An editorial comment sympathized
with America over the Tuscania
dead and demanded most strenuous
measures for speeding up the fight
against the U-boats. Increased ship
building was urged. Newspapers
proclaimed the confidence of the al
lies that the submarine problem can
be conquered.
THE U-boat which sank the Tus-
cania did a bad days work for Ger
many" says the Express. Americas
mind was in the war before; now
her soul is enlisted against the kais-
er. Remember the Tuscania will be
an irresistible call to the colors and
battle cry"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-10
GERMAN TRADE PLANS
FOLLOWING THE WAR

Washington. Feb. 9.-Germany is
launching a counter-driye within the
central empires to offse. growing
fear of an alleged economic boycott
after the war.
Secret agreements to Oe promul-
gated bs Germany and the greed of
other nations will smash any boy
colt. declares the semi-official Wolff
agency in an article prepared for
wide distribution in Germany and
Austria, copy of which has reached
this government.
"By compensation agreements it
would be easy for Germany to pre-
vail upon countries to make ex-
changes, secretly or openly. If in
dividual states take up business con-
nections with Germany openly or
secretly. there will be many ways to
get raw materials.
"As soon as the chain of agree
ments with regard to an economic
war is broken. England will be the
greatest sufferer. An exchange of
goods, not carried on according to
natural economic laws. will make
the costs of production greater. ex-
port more difficult and inland con-
sumption more expensive. all to the
detriment Of English laborers."
Italy. according to the Wolff ar
ticle, cannot long do without Ger
many. lts best market for vegetables,
fruits, flowers. silks. etc" The ha-
tural markets for Russian grain
hemp. bran, wool, eggs and many
raw materials is Germany. Many
countries need goods which they car
get only from Germany, such a:
coal. coke. potash, sulphate of am
monia, chemicals, dyes, etc.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-02-10
WILL SPEAK AT THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE LUNCHEON
TOMORROW
COMES DIRECT FROM FLANDERS
In the Service for Three Years and
Has Seen a Great Deal Of the
Hardest Fighting

X. NJ. c. Neill arrived Saturday
morning direct from the Flanders
front to spend month with his
wife and little daughter at Arden
craig. When he left Grants Pass
Just three years ago he was a slim.
boyish looking fellow and his daugh-
ter was babe OF Ave months. Now
he is big. broad shouldered heavl-
ly built man and the daughter Is
a rollocking chatterbox. Mr. Nelll
was met at the station by his wife
and they left Immediately for their
country home. in which Mr. Neill
always has taken much interest and
pride.
Mr.. Neill has been In the service
almost three years. being member
OF the army service corps with the
duty OF supplying ammunition to
the heavy artillery. He enlisted as
a truck driver and has had promo
tions. Six months ago he was pro-
NOTED from second lieutenant to
first lieutenant.
The Saturday issue OF the Ore
gonlan has the following regarding
Mr. NELL:
War impresses Lieutenant X. NJ
C. Neill, of the British army ser
vice corps. as deucedly tiresome
affair that must be worried through
somehow to victory. Air raids. bonn
bardments. battles and sudden death
become commonplace to the verge
OF boredom.
Lieutenant Neill, son-in-law oi
Mrs. Phil Metschan. Sr.. tarried in
Portland yesterday as t. guest OF
Phil Metschan, Jr.. at the Hotel I'm
lperial. while en- route to his home
at Ardencraig ranch. near Grants
Pass, on several weeks leave OF alb
sence from the tedium of battle on
the western front. For four years
prior to the war X. NJ. c. Neill. ma
tive of Scotland. resided in south
ern Oregon. On February 2. 1918
he went to the front.
"a was on the northwestern front
with the armored cars, at the first,
related Lieutenant Neill. "But yor
don't care about that, do youg o
very well. | was gunner. These
cars are equipped with rapid-firt
/ small cannon and Maxims. They
are useful for knocking down single
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