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Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-09-26

The following ladies have been Sc
lected by Mrs. Myer as district chair
men of the Woman's Fourth Liberty
Loan campaign:
1st dist Mrs. w. E. Myer.
End dist. Mrs. Asa Williams.
3rd dist. Mrs. Henry Key.
4th dist. Mrs. T. M. Beasley.
5th dist. Mrs. Price Thomas.
9Th dist. Mrs. Fred Cleveland.
7th dist. Mrs. Robt. Dedmon.
9Th dist. Mrs. L. III. Young.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

the same time Prince Won Hohenlohe,
chief of court to Emperor Charles, is re-
placed by Count Alexander Esterhazy.
Moreover, the contagion spreads. DR..
Alexander Wekerle, Hungarian Premier
and Minister of Finance, then resigns,
being succeeded by Count Tisza, while
Won Kuehlmann is named as the next
victim.
But for the battle the Czernin-Clem-
enceau interchange would have held
much more prominent place in the worlds
headlines. Following the acrid replies of
last week, in which Count Czernin contin-
ued to insist that France had sought and
then spurned peace, Premier Clemenceau
launched bombshell in the form of an
autographed letter from Emperor
Charles communicated by his brother-in-
law, Prince Sixtus de Bourbon, to Pre-
mier Painleve on March 81, 1917. In it
the Emperor admitted the justice of
Frances claim to Alsace-Lorraine and
the rights of Belgium and Serbia to res
toration.
Naturally the letter enraged Germany.
Emperor Charles promptly disavowed it
and pledged anew his loyalty to the leu
tonic alliance; and in the end Czernin
fell. 1t incidentally became known, how
ever, that Emperor Charles had also
tried to make use of the Pope as a peace
agent; that there were, in fact, two let
ters rather than one, and that the Allies
for good reasons spurned the tentatives.
Full details Of the correspondence are
being revealed to French committee of
deputies, while Count Czernin plans 20
command an Austrian brigade on the
Italian front.
Comment on the disclosures reveals the
general view that the former hope of
separate peace with Austria-Hungary
was but mirage. Yet the Emperor's let
ter carries world Of suggestion. What
would have happened had that letter been
published year ago? is one widely echoed
question. The theory that Czernin was
engaged in a DR.. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde game
on the part of the Central Powers is less
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Home Rule Nearer
Opinion

THE weeks developments regarding
Ireland are such that the chances
for Home Rule were never considered
brighter. The forces Of moderation in
England have been powerfully at work
to counterfeit the storm that is sweeping
Ireland with declarations that the Irish
will fight CONSUMPTION to the last.
For one thing, the gravity of the battle
has somewhat stilled internal strife.
Again, Asquith and Arthur Henderson
have both urged caution. British labor has
also urged that Ireland be given Home
Rule before the draft, and finally, the
Lloyd George government itself is pushing
a Home Rule bill in Parliament, the Pre-
mier declaring that he will resign unless
the bill succeeds. Even Sir Edward Car
SON appeals to his friends not to take
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

in British Columbia. The King and tn.
English Parliament congratulate them
selves that they have to take no part in
the struggle.
"The, French nation is seized with pro-
found encouragement. All their hopes dis
Czech lion lies on the ground garrotted,
guarded by the men of the German Land
wehr. Italy occupies the Savoy,
Nice and Corsica. England and America
talk Of business, but not of fighting.
Events follow one another rapidly. The
Germans besiege St. Petersburg The
Germans occupy Paris and advance along
the Loire. Holland and Belgium request to
be admitted into the German Empire as
confederate states with all their colonies.
serves. Who could think of preventing vic
torous Germany from declaring these coun-
tries part of the empire Internationally?
Questions of detail as to their admission
will form the subject of subsequent discus
sions at Berlin. One thing is certain, and
that is that the colonies of these two states,
for motives of general right, must become,
not the private property of confederate
state, but part of the colonial dominion of
the whole empire. Peace negotia-
tions with France will take place at Brus-
sells, which town in future will be called
'Brussel.' The ancient Brussels will dis
appear for ever. The war must leave the
conquered nothing but eyes with which to
weep. Modesty on our part would be pure
folly.r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Forty years of republican regime have
ended by deprving the French youth of
its last remnant of warike zeal, of the
spirit of sacrifice and of subordnation.
Nobody now wishes to sacrifice his ego to
the demands of duty. Folly and cowardice
rival each other. The suspicion of treach-
cry again arises in the soul of the French
soldier. The fortresses, from which the
French expected SO much, no longer resist
the attacks of the German airshp.
"The north and east of France are occu-
pied After a success achieved by the Ger
man feet . Paris does not even at
tempt to defend itself. Italy declares
war on France, and it becomes certain that
England will never think of taking an act
i've part in the struggle Wares paid for in
good money-cannons, guns and munitions
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

yes, but soldiers, no. Where could she
get them if she wanted to send them?
India is only waiting for the propitious
moment to shake off the English yoke. The
Hindu students of Bengal assassnate the
high English funetionaries. In Egypt there
is like crisis. The cry of the dervishes
is heard afar, Egypt for the Egyptians'
In the newspapers of Australia people dis
cuss what will be the best thing to do in
case of Englands defeat--to group the Aus
tralian states together in an autonomous
confederation or attach them to the United
States of America on account of the open
threats of Japan. Canada finds itself in
the presence of similar circumstances, and
the newspapers give every day details as
to the disquieting increase in the number
of Mongolians established at Vancouver and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

that in population are foreign to them, and
will retire on Moscow. but the German
armies will not follow them in the forests
and marshes of Russia. They will be con-
tent to occupy the territories which we
may be sure will be permanently acquired.
1t is to the west that Germany will send
the greater part of her forces. Eight days
after the declaration of war by France
four millions of German soldiers will cross
what, until now, has formed the eastern
frontier of this country The news from
the East, including the declaration of war
by the Japanese against Russia), the in
surrection of the Poles and the revolution
in Russia, which again makes it's appear
ance-all these circumstances crush in
France the courage which She showed at
the beginning Of the war in 1870. D..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
German writer, Tannenberg,
in 1911 sketched the following
n glowing picture of German tri-

"HE German writer, Tannenberg,
in 1911 sketched the following
n glowing picture of German tri-
umphs which were to result
from the war which many then saw to be
inevitable. This remarkable piece of
writing appeared in Tannenberg's book,
oss-Deutschland," and is quoted as
highly significant by J. Selden Willmore
in his book, "The Great Crime and Its
Moral" recently published by the George
II. Doran Company. According to the
1911 outlook:
"The occupation of Prague by the Ger
mans is followed by declaration of war
by France, On. the same day Russia de.
crees the mobilization Of her armies. Eng
land awaits developments. Things never go
better with England than when the powers
OF Continental Europe are waging war
against one another. To furnish the two
parties with arms and provisions is q har-
vest that she has not been able to reap for
long time. England will be careful! not
to lose, by declaring either for one party or
the other, so exceptional an opportunity of
augrnenting her riches. When peace is
concluded she will know how to put her
self in the front. She remembers that the
war of 1870-'71 enabled her to seize Egypt,
and she hopes that the foundation Of
greater Germany will mean to her new
increase Of power. Germany will
send against Russia an army OF million
soldiers. The struggle will take place in
the Baltic provinces. The Russians
Will gradually sbsndon these territories.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

with the mother country. We expected a
triumphant rebellion in South Africa, yet it
turned out nothing but failure. We ex-
pected trouble in Ireland, but, instead, she
sent her best soldiers against US. We an
ticipated that the party of peace at any
price would be dominant in England, but
it melted away in the ardor to fight against
Germany. We reckoned that England was
degenerate and incapable of placing any
weight in the scale, but she seems to- be
our principal enemy.
"Ths same has haen the case With FraneA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

THE German newspaper, "Der Tag"
= some time after the great war had
gotten under way, was forced to sad
confession:
$50 many of our calculations have de-
ceived US. We expected that British India
would rise when the first shot was fired in
Europe, but in reality thousands of Indians
came to fight with the British against u.s.
We anticipated that the whole British EN-
pire would be torn to pieces, but the col
onies appear to DO -closex united than aver
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

and Russia. We thought that France was
depraved and divided, and we found that
she is formidable opponent. We believed
that the Russian people were far too dis
contented to fight for their government,
and we made our plans on the suppositon
of rapid collapse of Russia; but, instead,
she modified her millions quickly and we'll,
and her people are full of enthusiasm and
their power is crushing. Those who led
us into all these mistakes and miscalcula-
tions have laid upon themselves heavy
xaspopaihilitxis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
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80 49,.

miles was taken by storm and heavy
losses inflicted upon the defenders.
The Italian front remains on edge. In
Palestine, however, new Turco-
German drive is opened against the
British near the coast, without success,
however. Activity is resumed in the
Balkans, the Allies taking numerous
villages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

forces participated in fighting of very
severe nature. Indeed, in one terrific
struggle north of st. Mihiel with picked
German forces the Yankees killed over
fifty of the attackers. On the other hand,
the Germans claim that the American
line over front of more than three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Affer-CurrenfS of Battle

THUS the Germans have succeeded in
1 the north where they failed in the
south. They have loosened the northern
pivot Of the gigantic bowstring which
the Germans stretched in as they drove
west toward the sea. They have made
the threat to take the Channel ports
real one.
In another sense, however, they have
failed exactly as at Amiens. The Ger
man objective in Flanders, comparable
to Amiens in the south, was the railroad
junction of Hazebrouck. This was to be
taken by three thrusts in the direc-
tons of Bailleul in the north, Aire
in the centre and Bethune in the south.
But only the northern thrust succeeded.
While the Germans had penetrated only
nine miles at the end of the fourth week
OF battle, neither the immediate objective
Of the drive had been reached nor had
the British army been crushed.
Another parallel is that again the Ger
mans have succeeded by attacking at a
junction in the Allied forces. West of
st. Quentin the Franco-British junction
was penetrated and the 9TH British
army terribly defeated. Before Armen-
there's the Portuguese-British forces
were struck, and the British second
army was somewhat mauled as the
1ermans tried to drive between the first
and third armies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

hes that Germany is attempting to put
England out of the war and capture the
Channel ports before aid from America
can turn the scale, and that to date Ger
many has scored important advances
On the Western front
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Other Battle News

Other Battle News
EANTIME the big gun bombards
A Paris both day and night, inaict-
ing further civilian casualties. Both
Paris and Eastern England are bonn
barded. On the Amiens front constant
artillery activity is reported, with bloody
fighting as the French maintain hold
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
Dravn BY wi,ton William.

on the strategic town of Hangard-en-
Santerre. Canada makes plans to rush
reinforcements to France. Foreign Min
lister Balfour, emphasizing the German
attempt to crush the British armies, calls
for more men from America, again re-
futing the charge that the Allies seek to
crush Germany.
Lord Miner succeeds Lord Derby as
Secretary Of State for War, while Austen
Chamberlain joins the War Cabinet
both additions which are expected to
make for firmer prosecution of the war.
Other Fronts
OPERATIONS with the Americans in
France during the past week at
tanned maximum of intensity hitherto
unapproached. Both in the sector at
Toul and again near Verdun, American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

great Cr1SIS apparently OLD not give the
French commander complete control over
Allied forces. Now, however, announce
ment is definitely made that at last Cen
eral Foch is Commander in chief of the,
Allied armies operating in France"
What Correspondents See
COME wonderful pictures of this bat
tie on which the fate of world de-
mocracy hangs have been sent back by
the correspondent at the front. One and
all praise the Allied fighters as they go
grimly about their work. For example,
the London correspondent of 'The New
York Tribune writes:
Behind the British lines two never end
ing streams flow. Tired Undiscovered Tom
mics who are undaunted and unafrad, some
whistlng, some singing and some joking,
plod forward to the battle, light and heavy
guns rumbling behind them, and streaming
field kitchens keep pace with the men. Anx-
ious generals dash by in motor cars. Dis
patch bearers race along in motorcycles,
missing death by width of hair.
"The other stream moves slower; it is the
backward movement, and it contains the
ambulances driven by heavy-eyed men,
groups of white-faced men, their uniforms
cut and torn, their heads, arms and shout
ders bandaged, trudging slowly rearward."
While there is more of an air of
glamour about the dispatches of Philip
Gibbs to "The New York Times" the
pacture is the same. Quite as vivid are
the pictures sent by Percival Phillips to
"The New York Herald":
~ wish I could make the people at home
see this battle as it really is, looking out
over the Flanders plain from the low hills
that mark the high tide of the struggle
hills that seem to rock under the thunder of
the guns. You have at your feet a scene
such as might be painted by an imaginative
artist seeking to overemphasize the impress
siveness of war. Instinctively such pictures
will come to the mind, for there in the
damp fats that stretch interminably to the
south are all the elements of battle as thew
were visualized before this plague came ON
the world.
"It is spectacle that fills every onlooker
with awe. The grandeur of it touches even
the tired brain of the fighting man when he
is able to rest above the tumult of the plain
The thought voiced by staff officer as he
swept the shell ridden horizon has come un-
consciously to the lips of Others
eyes, he said, lowering his glasses 1T
looks like Armageddon.'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
The Question of Resources

DISPATCHES indicate considerable
puzzlement among Allied critics
regarding the apparent inexhaustibility
OF the German attacking forces. 1t is
estimated that at least 100000 Ger
mans have thus been employed, many
DIVISIONS being used as many as three
sinaes. Yet the Germans came on.
on the other hand, England is wor-
ned about the apparent thinness of
we British defensive line. Lloyd George
rays the Allies are not outnumbered in
Me West; yet such has been the case in
sae actual fighting so far. Other re-
p0rss indicate that the French army is
really larger than the British, so that
INC major forces Of the enemy have
driven against the smaller Allied army.
pnere, too. is the Allied army Of
'nanaeuvre? is another question that
"ore and more is raised while General
och still conceals his hand.
General Foch
AOW develops that General Foch
was only "Aliied co5rdinator in
snisr until this week. Even tho first
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

this week with the
resignation Of the
Austro = Hungarian
Foreign Minister.
He is succeeded by
Baron Burian, who
also retains his
portfolio as Minis
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

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lost this week. The country is mystified
by the disappearance without a trace Of
the 19,000-ton collier Cyclops, with 293
persons on board, after leaving a West
Indies port On March 4. The 13,000-ton
transport Minnetonka is sunk. A Ger
man U-boat shells the capital of the
African Republic of Liberia.
In Russia
RUSSIA is chiefly interesting this
week through events in Finland. A
reported scheme of Germany and Fin
land to partition Russia finds substantial
ton in the active movements in Finland
of large German forces landed there last
week. Helsingfors, the capital, is capt.
ured by the Germans only after several
days of severe fighting.
While Ambassador Ishii reaches the
United States and the Vladivostok brawl
SINNERS apace, the Turks take Batoum.
Russia sends the German Reichstae the
Armenian protest against Turkish opera
lions in the Caucasus which have result
ed in wholesale murders of the Armenian
population-an appeal paralleled by a
recent protest from Russia.
Finance
THE half way mark of the third Lib
erty Loan sees more than the frs.
billion subscribed, many cities reporting
their quotas already subscribed. Never
theless, the loan follows the course of
the previous two, tagging behind the
average daily subscriptions necessary to
insure the minimum total.
B0I0 ct al.
polo PACHA'S ledger is balanced.
After being given a short reprieve.
during which time he faced Joseph Gail
lduA III LIE presence or the Prosecutor for
France, Bolo is executed for treason by
a firing squad in the Forest of Vim
cennes.
Mr.. Baker Speeds Up
THE return of Secretary Baker from
France after six weeks absence
finds the country ready for the Secre-
tary's indication that "speed up" is to be
the watchword from now on.
One evidence of this is a new call for
$4,000 more drafted men, change in the
draft law basing quotas on the number
of men in Class 1, and the agreement of
Congress to draft men who have reached
the age of twenty-one since July, 1917.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

emphasized. The view gains ground
that Czernin, an accomplished diplomat,
never knew Of the young Emperor's let
ter, written only two weeks after the.
Russian revolution, and at time when
all seemed against the Central Powers.
Hence Czernin is simply made scape-
goat to cover his sovereign's faults.
Would Germany ever have countenanced
even an insincere admission that Frances
claim to Alsace was right? The answer
is generally negative.
German Changes
D FACTIONS of sinister nature con.
tinue to come from Germany. Even
the Reichstag members who last JULY
passed the majority resolution against
annexations and indemnities now back
programme including huge indem-
nifty from the Allies and the seizure of
French territory and the Belgian coast
Of Flanders.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21


any action likely to impede victory over
Germany.
The report of the convention which,
under the craftsmanship of Sir Horace
Plunkett, strove for months to frame q
settlement for the Irish question is made
to Parliament. Ulster and the customs
are the chief stumbling blocks, says the
majority report, which agrees to a. form
of Home Rule.
With the CONSUMPTION bill past its third
reading in the Commons and its second
in the Lords, fresh efforts to pass the
Home Rule bill are being made. Ameri-
can reactions to the CONSUMPTION of Irish
men are shown elsewhere in The Review.
Czernin Pays
THE inevitable explosion growing out
Of the controversy between Premier
Clemenceau and Count Czernin ended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

peace letter of
Emperor Charles,
Of Austria Hun
gary, written to
Premier Painleve
a year ago. More
than ever the AL
lied world real
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21
", airs
Panorama
With BACKS to the WALL" the Allied
Forces Stem the German Push
Channelward

"(H HE fourth week Of the great
German offensive finds the
battle in Flanders COM
pletely overshadowing even
the bright prospects for Home Rule in
Ireland, and the explosive effects of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Politics
THE sudden death of Senator Stone,
of Missouri, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations, centres
the eyes of politicians upon the choice Of
his successor.
Labor
I ABOR news is mostly that of after
currents. The American labor mis-
sion reaches England, and is warmly well
coined for its stand against meeting with
enemy labor delegates. Congress drops
a clause from the sabotage bill prohibit
ing strikes for higher wages in war times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-21

Ships and Subs
CHARLES M. SCHWAB is drafted to
build ships. He is now Director
General of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, with complete supervision and
direction of the work of shipbuilding.
His wide authority over production in no
way conflicts with that of other members
of the Shipping Board. His appointment
fits in with the latest estimate that 1918
production of ships will total 10000
tons.
The U-boat toll rises slightly, eleven
large and five small British ships being
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-31
Ed MimbS Hanged
At Barlow Today
For Murder OF
A. D. Buie

The first white man ever legally
hung in Polk county paid the penalty
for murder on the gallows today when
Ed Minds was hanged for the mur-
der Of A. D. Buie, Of Lake Wales The
hanging occurred shortly after II
o'clock this morning, and exactly
nine minutes after the trap was
sprung by Sheriff Logan, the man was
pronounced dead.
Before he went to his fate, Minds
made a complete confession, declar.
ing that he killed Buie and that his
father, Jasper Minds, planned The
killing for him. He declared thai
,Puie had told him that If he ever die
have any trouble with him that Il
would be graveyard trouble, and II
talking it over with his father, thu
latter urged him to kill Buie. HI
purchased the shells for MIN am
planned the whole affair, according t.
THE sons sworn statement, which h
! made. The elder MINDS was to han'
also today for the same crime, bu
Ihis sentence was recently commute'
to life Imprisonment.
MINDS went to his death bravely
land was attended by Rev Yates, wh
offered prayer for the doomed man.
The hanging was witnessed by abou
so people.