Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-03-29
VAR CYCLOPEDIA
ISSUED BY GOVT
.,,snt Facts of the War Concisely
and Authoritatively -.
stated

special war puolic"'ion u ,ne guy
ort issued through the Commit
J. .n on public Information, 1t is a
sandbook for ready reference on the
war and contains in some 800
EOS a great mass of information
NV arranged and clearly stated.
:, is issued in response to an insist
ont demand from many students,
.,,ors clergymen, lawyers, business
wan and the public at large for au-
.,ortic statements of the outstanding
,.ots concerning the war in alpha
hotical arrangement
The "War Cyclopedia" was edited
hv Frederick l.. Paxton, University
~ wisconsin; Edwin S Corwin,
prnceton University, and Samuel B..
Harding, Indiana University, the ed
TORS drawing freely upon the time
and the patriotic goodwill of a large
rnmber of special writer's from all
norts of the country. Because of its
snocial value and the high cost of
printing a small price of 25 cents a
copv has been fixed by the govern
ment to cover the cost of production
and distribution. 1t may be obtained
from the Committee on Public In
formation, 10 Jackson place, Wash
ngton, D. c.
In the foreword Chairman George
Creel of the committee, says: 10Th
or handbooks have been and will be
made by other agencies; all will
serve their end, for this war is not
to be won by an established doctrine
nor by an official theory, but by an
enlightened opinion based on the
truth. The facts of history and life
are the only arsenal to which Amer
leans need resort in order to defend
their cause The deeper their study,
the firmer becomes their conviction.
The War Cyclopedia' represents an
effort to arrange in simple form the
facts most needed"
Articles on persons have been left
out except as the editors have deemed
biographical notes to be absolutely
Indispensable; knowledge of Amer
lean public men in particular has
been assumed.
An indication of the character and
the wide range of the information
provided may be had from the fol-
lowing citations made at random
through the alphabetical arrange
ment:
Under the title Alsace-Lorraine
something of the history and the
character of that province now in
world dispute is given, and Prof. OF.
field Nippold, a German scholar
formerly in the diplomatic service,
but now of Berne, is quoted as say
ing: when one looks back into the
history of Europe during the last AZ
years, 1t seems inconceivable that
anyone can be unwilling to admit
tnat the annexation of AIsace-Lor-
ralne was a political mistake" and
mat the Germans have shown them
serves incompetent in their govern
ment of the people of Alsace-Lor-
raine."
Inc term "Boche," now so com
monty appearing in American news
paper dispatches as a familiar desig-
latlon of the Germans, is shown to
rave originated before the war in
l"fis' The German assistants of
-'iiS printers were so designated.
tne term "Boche' was probably also
soeu IN the Franco-Prussian war in
i0'V' Tor lola, in his novel LA De-
'a'ie' put the term in the mouths
u french soldiers to designate Ger
mSns' The term zee boche" was
u'eu before the Franco-Prussian war
" ieast' as equivalent to Chat
rIuilp "Tete de boche" is the
=, french slang for wooden pate" or
"blockhead."
rollu'" the word used affection
80 W the French to designate their
- 'iS IN the present war, is shown
v nave originated from the French
u poll" meaning hair. 1t is
) sppoSed that the term PoiIu came
~. D0 applied to French soldiers be-
AZ, s'e tney were in the trenches and
did. 40 inc nil'isn solulers
49, noisheviki" is shown in the Cy-
j.. peuia TO be Russian word m can
pe,, Oelonging to the majority" The
>, .9ne'lM We're originally the left
:. 'auical wing of the Russian social
~. 1ehocratic party. In 1905. at
eco. ''ie when the split in the party
urred, the radicals. led by Lenine
o ",,e In the majority, and hence
- themselves Bolsheviki