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The Washington times., 1918-03-10

Poland is the only one with . real
national consciousness OF q great past
and OF high civilization. A strong
Poland, with access to the sea, would
destroy the Prussion scheme of con-
quest forever.
The Prdssian policy Is not to annex
more OF Poland than has already been
annexed by the shameless partitions
OF the past. That would give more
trouble than II would be worth, for.
as every example proves all over
Europe, the attempt OF one white
civilized nation to govern even . small
part Of another white civilized nation
against its will is q difficult, danger
Gus, and exceedingly expensive opera
tion. But II what is left OF Poland
can be surrounded by diverse states.
each containing scattered and weak
Polish minoritles and each with a
policy founded on opposition to the
Polish claims for the reunltlnE Of the
subjuEated peoples into a single ma
ton the Prussian object would be
achieved. That is exactly what Is
being done. The largely artificial
new states called the Ukralns-sn
academic term only recently comp In
to use-and LIthuania are to have
their frontiers drawn with the ex-
press purpose Of limiting the poor
remnant OF Poland.
Create ArtiacisI states.
But apart from this policy OF dis
Numbering and bleeding the Polish
nation-the one force she fears in the
east-Prussia proposes to create other
imperfect and artificial states full OF
the seeds OF division among them
selves.
In the Courland she will rely upon
the German minority OF rich men in
towns and the rich land owners out
side
In Lithuania she will depend upon
the hitherto not very accentuated d.
vergsncs between Polish landlords
and Lithuanian peasantry with the
organization OF the Catholic Church
flattered as much as is possible by the
But from Lithuanis she will take Ii
vonia and make something separate OF
II, small as it is. to keep up general
friction.
In EsthonIa she will work Just the
other way, and there she will depend
upon the Protestant religion of the
small population OF a half million
which it contains to remain pitted
against the Catholic populations Of
the southern neighbors.
Roumania she intends to keep as Il
is now. divided in half with more than
3 900 900 Roumanians subject to Ma
gyar rule. but she will add to Rou-
mania BessarabIa as a source OF fric-
ton against the Ukraine, in so far as
this last state can be said TO have any
real national feeling.
The Ukraine she will pit against Po-
The Washington times., 1918-03-10

the foreigner think US divided. But
the mass Is tenacious In the highest
degree, and, though confnsedly, the
mass does understand that this war
IL for this island (more than for any
other part Of EuroDs) q matter Of life
and death.
Finally, we are consistently secure
In the fiber Of our race. The physical
courage and the grip Of tradition Of
which We boast have been amply justl
fled in this war, and will continue to
be justified In the future"
The italian answer would be some
what as follows:
The nation which we govern has
been recently organized as enc whole.
There Is considerable differentiation
between the north and the south. The
various provinces are also differentia-
ted among themselves very highly.
Every elderly man still living among
US remembers the time when Italy
was not q nation. The national tie
might, therefore, be thought weaker
In every way, and in many ways It Il
weaker, than among our allies.
Italy LGte Entry.
Further. we are not among the
original beliiEerents OF the war. At its
outset IT did not directly menace our
stats, and could not have affected the
lives OF our individual citizens at all,
though we took up arms against Aus
tria, which holds subject certain not
very large numbers Of Italians and
prevents the Adriatic from being as
It should be, an italian sea. Yet we
were slow to declare war against
Germany. Like every other belliger-
ent. we had no conception on entering
the war OF how prolonged q struggle
IL would be or how intense would be
the strain before its close,
But three things, each Of great mo-
ment, will nerve our population to the
end-hrst. the common pride. which
even in a newly united state will not
accept defeat. and which all civilization
feels against the barbarian: next, the
determination that the invader. now
holding more Italian soil even than he
did at the inception OF our war. shall
be driven out; and, lastly. the knowl-
edge. confused indeed In the mass. but
very clearly present in the souls OF those
who direct. that. IL that party with
which modern Italy has thrown her lot
falls to achieve victory. the Italian pop
ulation Is ruined and the Italian ma
tional ideal. which was the inspiration
OF the nineteenth century, Is lost"
The French reply can be put much
The Washington times., 1918-03-10
Fast Cutting Down German Supplies For Army at Front
GERMAN SCHEME
TODIYIDE ALLIES
NEASTAFAHURE

more shortly and simply. and Il really r.
the core OF the whole matter.
I'VE have As q government nothing
traditional or sacred about Us. The
parliamentary regime IN France u only
an experiment. and not q very popular
one At that. Il arose N defeat, and IL
will certainly be modified after this
great struggle; but We are members OF
q completely united nation, older a. =
nation than any European nation excapt
ireland. and our people feel this war to
be their war a. does no other belliger-
emit people
I'VE took the whole brunt Of the
frst shock We have suffered snor-
nous losses Invasion and ruin are
still upon our soil. y was our milf
slaught. with the lighting odds OF
ave to eight, at the Marne. Il was
We who prevented the initial and
easy victory OF Germany No inter
nal differences count among Us com
pared with our discrimination that
the power which has attempted cur
destruction By the vilest means. By
the violation Of treaties. Iand By
usaHss unheard OF among eivilized
men. shall be destroyed
'Tn this determination, with which
the whole nation Il filled. and OF
which we chance parliAmentarians
are merely the exponsntA IL rooted
our certitude Of victory. But I'VE
have suffered far more than any OF
our allies. precisely because We took
the first shock. We are compelled.
therefore. to trust in the REINFORCE
ment they will afford US. We viii
sacrifice every private differences be-
tween ourselves and those allies TO
the supreme common end.
after victory there win Be great
domestic changes among Us. They
may be violent They will certainly
be fundamental. But the nation will
not attempt them until victory II
achieved"
There. take II. IL q fair picture Of
the contrasting and opposed views on
civilian morale within the belligersnt
powers which each. could Il speak by
its existing authorities. would dis-
close.
The balance, the power to hold on.
seems to me-duite apart from ma
terial considerations-tol lie with the
soul Of the west-that Is. with the
ancient roots Of Europe rather than
the central powers
The Washington times., 1918-03-10

the progress of this Russian rsvoiu-
ton with extreme anxiety, not be-
cause we fear the spread of anarchy
among our own Slav population.
Early peace Is urgently necessary
to the continuance Of our state"
such / take to be the general atti-
tude at this moment Of those who sur
Vsy from above or for their own in
terests the empire OF the HapsburEs,
which Is not a nation at all, but a
government.
May Eliminate Russia.
Now. what about the western ma.
tons? The state that once was
called Russia We can eliminate It
no longer exists. Three western ma
lions are the crux OF the whole prob
lem. Have they been misunaSrstood
by the German authorities, and even
by the Austrlans? Is their internal
organization stronger than the enemy
imagines? Will IL suffice to main
tain the struggle until the enemy Is
defeated7 without defeat and vic
tory on one side or the other there Is
no permanent decision for Europe at
all Any one who conceives of per
manent peace without IL IL living in
world OF IllusiDns)
! cannot make so bold as to an
swer the question directly, but can,
at any rate. state how the problem
looks to those who are governing in
the three countries.
To begin with Great Britain. The
mind that Is governing Great Britain
Ia most complicated organization
IL IL not only political, but social and
aristocratic: not only this, but highly
commercial. and 10 that extent cos
mopolitan; not only this. but imam
cial, for London Is the clearing house
Of the world, seems to stand some
what thus:
Britain Il Strained.
''The strain is far heavier than
we thought 1t would be even a year
ago. We are mainly an industrial
country, we are highly capitalIstic
and our social arrangements were
never made for such a strain. The
strain Is worse because we are an
island which lives by its imports.
both OF material and food, as a diver
lives by his air mask.
Finally, It is against US, in the
shape OF submarines. that the really
heavy offensive OF the last few months
has been conducted. 1t is we who,
therefore. have suffered the most rap
wy ~ANoSAAb -htdhN Hllcs
we have had to improvise vast armies
and at the same time act as a main
workshop for the whole west, and
that by spontaneous and quite novel
effort which those ignorant of our ma
tional character would have thought
impossible. 1t has, indeed, surprised
ourselves.
Further. we have citizens ChIEhIy
national and not without a certain
moral elevation) who are quite iEnor-
ant OF the mortal nature OF war and
who preach persistently and rather
loudly of premature peace. Neyerthe-
less, we are confident that the nation
will stand the strain.
"Our confidence ultimately reposes
In this; that there reside in Britain
certain latent, silent and almost sub
conscious forces which are a sort OF
great reserve upon which the nation
draws in time OF great peril. Our ma
ton Is less vocal than other nations:
II is full OF astonishingly individual
and eccentric energies, which make
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-09-14
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For the sixth best and original $1.00
Star Business Guide Will BE Published Every Saturday
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
STOCK BREEDERS
WILL MEET WITH
FREE FAIR BOARD

Short horn cattle breeders of Gra-
dy county will meet with the free
fai rboard at the Farm Bureau Satur-
day afternoon at two o'clock to per
feet plans for a record stock show
at the September fair here, fair
board members announced today. All
fine stock raisers of the county are
urged to be present and discuss an
organization of county breeders and
plan with fair authorities the ami
NAL display.
Although the full purpose of Sat
urdays meeting has not been given
out, it is known that special premi-
ms for fine stock will be discussed.
Independent prizes aside from the
regular fair premiums may be made
up by the stockmen, fair directors
state. Only registered stock will be
judged at the September fair
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
BELCIANS FOUND
NEW UNIVERSITY
ON BATTLE LINE

Washington, July 2S-The Bel
gians have actually founded a uni
versity at the front, according to the
Belgian official Information service.
And the new seat of learning has
nearly 200 students.
The university is established in
the school at X and is equipped
with heat, electric lights, and chairs
The courses include rhetoric, poetry,
modern languages and courses for
degrees in philosophy and literature.
1T is easy to imagine how hard it
was to find competent professors =
says the report on this latest effort
to restore old conditions to the pill
laged country. "a soldier who is ELI
gible for a course and anxious to
follow it is detached and sent to
live at a unit maintained at x
itself The university has received
the greatest encouragement from NJ.
Poullet, the Belgian minister of arts
and sciences, and especially from
Lieut.. Gen. Biesuyck."
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
Quota is Is of the $4,000 Asked
of Entire Country; To Re
place Those Gone Over
seas in Service
MAY SELECT FROM
INDUSTRIAL REGISTER
Will be Placed in Two Glasses ;
Work is Being Carried on
Through Women's Com
mittee of Defense.

Active steps toward raising Grady
countys student nurse reserve quota
of fifteen volunteers will begin at
once, according to a statement made
by Mrs. Orin Ashton, chairman Of
the woman's committee Of the Coun-
Gil of Defense. Mrs. Ashton receiv-
ed communications from the national
committee of the Council of Defense
urging an immediate response in
every district to the call and quar-
ters will be opened here for the re-
serve nurse enrolment.
Despite the fact that no definite
working schedules have been receiv
ed from the national headquarters for
nurse enrolment, Mrs. Ashton states
that the canvassing work has been
assigned to the womans committee
of the defense council and she will
start recruiting at once, Women
from nineteen to thiTty-five years of
age viii be signed up for the service
tin two classes, prefrred and de
ferred divisions. Registrants who
qualify in the physical examinations
will then be submitted to the chair
man of the state division of the wo-
mans committee and permanent Sc
lections will be made. The local
chairman is convinced that practi-
cally all volunteers will be accepted.
Selections will be started from
the names of two hundred women
who enrolled during the industrial
registration conducted here some
time ago and the names will be sent
to state division before August IS,
Mrs. Ashton stated this morning.
High school graduates and women
with some college education will be
given preference in making out the
local quota.
Referring to the need of quick ac-
ton on enrolling 25,O0O student re-
serve nurses during the next few
weeks, J. c. Gorgas, surgeon general
of the U. S. army issued yesterday
the following statement to all state
woman's committee chairmen BE
cause the nations reserve has been
depleted by the calling of literally
thousands of graduate nurses for ser
vice in military and naval hospitals,
it is absolutely necessary Immediate
ly to call $4,000 student nurses for
training in American hospitals
The enrolment will begin July 20
according to the surgeon generals
schedule.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
BOHEMIA HAS
FIRST WOMAN
LEGISLATOR

Washington, July 23.-To Mrs.
Vikova-Kuneticka belongs the dis
tinction of being the first woman in
Central Europe to be elected to a
legislative body, according to Cont
neutral press reports, one of which
says:
she was present at the Pargue
constituent assembly on January G.,
meeting of all Czech deputies,
elected by the free choice of the
people of the Czech lands to the
four legislative bodies, the only wo-
man in the Bohemian Diet She was
deprived of her mandate by the de-
cision of the Austrian government
on the ground that the Austrian con-
stitution does not provide for the
election of women deputies"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
FARM MAN
is STRONG
FOR SILOS
County Agent Declares They are
a Necessity to Farmer; Ad-
vises Farmers to Get
Busy; Favors Pit silo.

That silos are necessity to the
farmer in the same ratio that bank
with a safety deposit vault Is to the
man who has money he wants to
keep is the opinion of ]. w. Owens,
county farm agent of Grady. Mr..
Owens says that he has been a silo
convert for many moons and advises
the farmers to get in line quickly.
Speaking on the subject this morning
Mr.. Owens said:
ut ought not to take any argu-
ment now to convince a farmer that
silos are a necessity.
"If you should have $1,000 or any
amount Of money which you were in
danger of losing and decided that
bank was the proper place to store
or deposit it, and you should go to
the bank and learn that they kept
no safe nor vault in which to safely
keep your money it would not take
you many seconds to decide that
this was poor and unsound business.
"The silo is the vault or safe in
which you can deposit a crop which
may mean as much as the $1,000 you
took to the bank, but if you have no
silo, then you are in the same pre-
dicament as the bank without a de-
pository.
There is nothing experimental
about the silo. If you have a loca-
ton to put down a pit silo there
should be no time lost in doing so,
w. w. Yoder of Tabler and d. c.
Hybarger of Chickasha were in my
office last Saturday and it took these
two men a few moments to decide
to dig one Immediately. There is
plenty of idle labor now and plenty
of time if you begin Immediately.
All necessary information can be OBJ
tanned from my office or the extern
sion office at Saltwater.
q advise the farmers to think Sc
riously about this matter and think
quickly. Their livestock can be win
tered for less money by saving the
corn before it is too late to save"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
BROOM CORN IS
READY HARVEST
IN GRADY COUNTY
Some Fields Big Producers !;
Straw of Good Quality;
Brush is Fine

Broom corn harvest in Grady coun-
ty has opened in full blast according
to farm agent j. w. Owens, who re-
turned Monday afternoon from the
northern part Of the county where
cutting is under way. The broom
corn that was not killed by the CON
tinued drouth will yield an unusually
good quality OF straw, Mr. Owens
believes.
Samples of broomcorn raised near
Gilbert were brought to the farm
bureau this lorning and If the dis
play which was collected at random
over the patches is representative of
the crop in Grady county, it will turn
out much better than in some of the
exclusive broomcorn regions of the
state. One field near Gilbert which
has been overflowed this season is
producing a brush above the stand
ard in length and the crop is uniform
according to Mr. Owens,
In the dryer parts of the county,
broom corn yields viii be much
shorter howeveH the farm agent
believes. In many places the fields
are spotted only small patches pro
ducing any broom straw Crops that
were planted late have been dried
up.
Gathering and threshing the broom
corn crop usually requires at least
two weeks but this years yield can
be harvested in much less time, it is
thought. Exhibits from the broom
corn field north of Chickasha are
being collected today for the Grady
county free fair
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
DURANT IN TOWN.

w. A. Durant, of Durant, candidate
for the democratic nomination for
governor, was a visitor in Chickasha
today Mr. Durant has been prom
inent in public life in Oklahoma
since the state was admitted to the
union He has been a member of
every legislature and is at present
speaker of the house Mr.. Durant
has always been a friend Of the O
c. w, having supported every meas
ure in behalf of it, including the
act locating the institution in Chick
asha.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
PLANT FOR
HEATING is
UNDER WAY
o. G. w. to Have Modern Cen
tral Plant to Supply Heat
for All Buildings; Fin
ish by Sept. Is.

Pouring the foundation for the new
$4,000 central heating plant which
is under construction at the Okla
homa College for Women was fin
ished last week and bricking up on
the plant started yesterday The
building viii be finished and COM
pletely equipped for work before the
tirst OF september, I. g. Campbell
of the Campbell and Price conttrac-
tors, who have the work in charge,
estimated today.
Practically all the material neces-
sary for completing the heating
plant proper is now on the grounds
and the delivery of remaining build
ing stuffs is assured. Specifications
of the plant call for the laying Of
heating mains to all buildings now on
for later additions to the college de-
the acmpus and also the provision
partments. Everything connected
with the building will be strictly mod.
ern, the builders say.
Brickwork on the second story Of
the dormitory annex will be finished
by the middle of this week Mr.
Campbell is convinced that all prob
abilities of long delays to shipping
troubles and the failure to secure
brick have been forestalled. Brick
masons as well as ordinary labOrers
are plentiful Mr. Campbell declares
1t is the plan Of contractors to
have the dormitory finished before
September Is.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
ROLL CALL
FOR GRADY
MEN TODAY
20 Selectmen from Northern Dis
trict Assemble; Will Leave
Tomorrow for Camp Ira
Wis; 20 More to Go
to Georgia.

Tomorrow afternoon twenty draft
registrants of the 1917 class will en-
train from the northern board for
camp travis, Fort Worth, Texas,
and Thursday twenty more from the
southern board leave for Fort Ogle-
thorpe, Georgia, completing the July
quota for Grady county First roll
call viii be sounded this afternoon
for the northern district increment
and early tomorrow the southern
board boys will be called together
With forty more men taken from
the Glass 1 lists from the county the
draftable lists of the old enrolment
will be practically exhausted until
further reclassifications are made,
the local boards state, Further calls
will be taken from the 1915 regis
trants as soon as physical examina-
tions are completed.
S. c, Durbin, chairman of the
local board received an order this
for the induction of three
negroes, two from the northern board
and one from the southern, to en-
train between August 1 and August
for Camp Dodge, Des Monies,
Iowa. The names of registrants Sc
lected for this call will be announced
ia a few days
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
SAVOY HOTEL WILL
HAVE NEW MANAGER

The Savoy hotel which has been
under the management of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Johnston for several years,
has been bought by T. H. Harris of
Duncan and the change in manage
ment will become effective August
1. Mr.. Harris has been here for the
past few days looking over the city
and the prospects for a modern ho-
tel. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston expect to
go north for several months after the
new manager takes charge but will
make their home here.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23

time, but from their conversation
ii appears that some speedy action
may be forthcoming. I'VE are on
the job and will get busy at once.
We are going to do things said Mr..
Steinberger.
They have arranged for a meeeing
with local business men this after
noon and it is expected that some
definite action will result A pro
fessional man of Chickasha said
early this afternoon, after having
had short conference with the
Gorton people, that Chickasha may
expect natural gas sooner than was
anticipated
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-23
German Defense stiHens.
By United Press.

By United Press.
With the American Armies in
France, July 23.-Despite the stiffen-
ing resistance to the allies, he ad-
vance of the entente still continues
in the Rheims.Soissons salient. The
Americans are pushing forward on
a five mile front between Grisolles
and Bezu. North of Chateau -Thierry
the French and Americans are max
ing some progress farther eastward.
an dnorth of the Marine.
The British and Italians are adj
vancing slowly on wide sectors be-
tween the Marine and Rheims. Be-
tween Oulchy-Le- Chateau and Sois-
sons the Germans are making a des-
perate fight following unsuccessful
counter attacks. The battle here is
temporarily resolved into an artillery
duel.