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from every land have visited these
sacred scenes of that country and suf-
fered the insults of the Turks and the
unsanitary condition Of the country In
seeing these holy places. That day
has passed for as in every colony ur-
der the British flag, the place Will be
made sanitary, good roads will be
built without the least lack Of venera-
ton 20 the holy places English hotels
will be built and the place. put under
The control of British police. The
traveller may go to the remotest parts
OF the Holy Land In safety for .wher-
ever the British flag flies there is free
dom and safety and the whole Chris
tan world Is rejoiced tojknow that
the British will straighten out matters
IN this part OF the world as il has done
in others. Already a railroad has been
completed connecting Cairo with Jeru-
salem. thus connecting the system OF
Egyptian and Turkish Railways. This
is but a beginning and before long We
shall be able to visit the wonderful!
scene of the Holy Land in comparative
comfort.
II Is said that when the Kaiser
! learned that defaat at this point was
likely he denuded the Church OF the
Holy Sepulchre of its ornaments and
/ had :heIn sent TO Berlin and II is
hoped that II this is true that he will
he forced to return them as well as
many other stolen treasures.
Sacred Spots
Naturally at Bethlehem. the church
built on the site of the stable In which
Christ was born, and the Church OF
/ the Holy Sepulchre erected on the
| site of the tomb arc the most sacred
/ spots TO the Christian world. While
/ neither have any art or beauty to rec
! ommend them. their attraction is ir
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

right wing Of The British forces in The
great battle Of Arras-a most success
ful action for i was his men who
carried The intricate network of
fronchcs east OF Arras. sighting their
way along the valley of the scarpe
In June he was Transferred to The
command OF the British forces In
Egypt where by his wonderful mill
tary knowledge he gave the Christian
world the Holy Land lie is regarded
as an excellent soldier. patient. tena-
clous, resolute and ne is one of Eng
lands great generals. His men are
fond OF him because of his remarkable
military knowledge and his never give
up qualities as well as his Kindness 20
those who are faithful.
Christian Population
A; present one half OF the Christian
population OF tho Holy City belongs t.
the Greek Orthodox church The
weal;hiest and most influential Of all
Next in order are the Roman Catholics
who number about 5000 and who a. 4
church, are by no means poor in this
worlds goods. About 500 protestants
:. various churches arc to be found
In their hospitals and houses of III.
dustrv under the direction of The
churches not little mission work goes
on.
The whole place is associated With
the acts OF Chrls;. the bitter trials and
cruel prosecutions which the apostles
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

and pit props every month. 1t is ire
mendous the amount of material re-
qulred at the front for constructing
bridges and corduroy gun.pits and
empiacements, military railroads. hos
pital stations and huts, and In he
endless reaches and qualifications OF
trenches.
Should be Taught in Public Schools.
/ The Importance of Forestry aa
profession is pointed out by Prof. j.
w. Tourney, director of the Yale For
estry School Twenty-nine per cent
of the area OF the United States today
lis forest, he says, and next to agri,
culture the forests provide labor for
more people than any industry. yet
millions of dollars are wasted In for
est fires and unwise utilization. Prot
Tourney urges teaching OF Forestry n
! the public schools. On this point
Prof. Tourney says:
| 1--WE have .adiy neglected the teach
ling of forestry In our public schools
where the great body OF our future
citizens must find direction and in
centive for productive labor. Public
opinion OF tomorrow has its roots II
| the pupllC SCHOOLS Oh to0dG.k AuS III
dustrsal development OF tomorrow lie.
Graded in the public schools OF to
day"
THE chief concern OF the public
schools should be to instill in the stu
dent respect for the vocations thai
the community affords and TO imparl
knowledge that directly or indirectly
relates to the vocation that he must
later folloW-if4 no. remains A. part al
the community. To my mind oul
public schools are largely responsible
for our overcrowded cities and dim
inished rural population. This Il
largely due 10 their oysr.smDhaxia -
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1t would also cut down filing TO a
great extent. The American Forestry
Association Is doing this and the plan
is being tried out now by many bust
ness houses who find ii does free
their files to great extent and will
save thousands OF pounds OF paper
every year
Fine Work of Forest Regiments.
The work Of the Forest Regiments
in the war says Charles Lathrop
Pack, president Of the American For
| estry Association. has been of untold
value to victory. Their work has done
wonders in calling attention of the
world to Forestry. An idea OF the
scope OF the work Is seen in this let
ter from Mr.. Dickson, OF the. Domin-
! ion Forest Service. After training
tall summer on the guns, siege artil-
ilery. / was lately transferred to this
corps at the request OF the general in
charge. Have been here for less than
week at the Forestry Corps head
quarters getting wise to the ropes,
their methods OF estimating timber
and the amaAat of silvicultnre. II any,
that Is practiced in the operations
under way both here in Britain and
! in France. Altogether we may have
! before long 10000 men at work. and
; you can imagine what such a mob OF
well-superviscd lumber Jacks are
turning out few cubic feet OF lumber
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what they represent. An Armenian.
Christian. is usually permitted to act
as a guide to the Church OF the Holy
Sepuichre and he is particular In show
ing you round hole lined with silver
which. according to tradition was the
actual spot in which the cross was IN.
serted. A few feet from The opening
is 4 crevice covered with brass slice
which is said to be the cleft in the
rock mentioned in the Gospel of =
Matthew. These are the most sacred
spots shown except some small
chapels. The history of this church
is little intricate as ii has been de-
stroyed and rebuilt several times. In
1868 Russia, Turkey and France un-
dertook It's restoration and the presr1:
iron dome was set in place OF a wooden
one The Turks knew il was draw
| ing card 20 the country ard were wis:s
| ing 10 help with the expense. Whsis
many tourists are skeptieai about th-
! location. DR.. Schick. the weil-hno@s'
archae ologist, declares that place Is
| correct.
| The snpreme interest At Bethlehem
( is the Church of the Nativity. ThaS
I has more the appearance OF fortress
! than Il church. II is said 20 have bes.
built on the exact spot Of Tho stable ~
which Chris. was born. II is simple
with little decoration which seems /.
add TO its gran dcur. Like he Church
OF the Holy Sepuichre II has been 4.
stroyed and rebuilt several times but
each time much OF the older WORK lbs
I been retained. For instance. he cedar.
wood used came from Lebanon. On
the walls are found mosaic of the f3fh
! Century. The entrance TO the cave ~
the Nativity is through 4 charcei
fight of thirteen steps leading to tlls
chapel containing The shrine. THIS ~
marked with a silver star in the pave
ment and words in Latia, which trsus
lated reads. Here Jesus Chris No.
born 70 the Virgin Mary" Fifteen
lamps supplied by various nations ard
sects shed a softened l.Gat on the re-.
cess containing The altar above .lSe
star and these are always Kept burn
Ting Just opposite is the chapel a.
the Nativity. where an artihcias
Manager of marble Is shoa IA. DOG ssia.
tof other sacred spots might he 70
ferred 10 but the greatest are the tNs
mentioned and this s.n,as FOR nv
first time in hnndre1 = years ta.y
are in the hands OF the e..,rsstf1-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

You have seen model towns OF
wood spring UP al shipping plants
and powder factories, but there Is an
other phase OF the wood consump-
tions problem that you do not see SO
readily, perhaps it is before you every
day in a form that you cannot do
without. This is your favorite news
paper or magazine David Franklin
Houston, the Secretary of Agriculture.
and vice-president of the Amerl-
can Forestry Association. says that in
1917 six thousand tons of newspr.nt
were being used EVERY DAY. lie
pointed out that this was being in
creased about ten per cent. every year.
He could not of course, take into &C
count the demands of the war for pa
per. The government enlarged and
added new departments over night.
That meant letter writing
Secretary Houston calls attention to
the fact that it takes three million
cords OF pulpwood to supply news
print for the presses every year. Then
1t takes four million more cords to
supply magazines and business re-
auirements. The supply has always
been dangerously near the estima ted
requirements and at that the United
States depends upon Canada for a
third OF its newsprint paper. The
pressure OF economic conditions. Sec
rotary Houston adds and the lack OF
foresight in cutting forests have so
depleted the available private supply
of pulpwoods that there Is not enough
-feft to iuyr more tfIun ten or firtern
years. On this point the Secretary
says: Changes in Canadian policy
might at any time cut on our news
papers from this source Of supply or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

nerve 10 get the people to save paper.
A paper economy week was recently
closed during which there were win
dow displays all over the country
showing the need Of saving paper. r.
s. Ridsdale. secretary of the Ameri.
can Forestry Association. urges that
the business world adop. the plan OF
writing the carbon of the letter on
the back OF the one you are answer.
ing. He points out what a big saving
this would mean in paper in a wear.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03

make 1t available only at excessive
cost On the other hand our own for
est resources are ample TO meet all
paper requirements OF the country"
Problems OF reconstruction mean
that there must stili be great saving
all along the line to catch up with
wars drain on the resources OF
the country. Great reconstruction
plans mean wood. The War In
dustries Board through its Paper
Economy Section Is straining every
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-12-03
General AIIenby's Capture
Of the Holy Land Will
Prove One of tie Great
est Events of the War As
II Rescues the Worlds
Most Sacred Spots From
the Mosiems

Copyright 1915. by The International
Syndicate.
~HE GERMAN dream of an un-
broken area of dominion from
Berlin to Bagdad included con-
- troll through the Turks of the
whole Of Asia Minor. In the terrible
awakening that land, connecting
link 10 the Orient, has passed under
the influence OF the powers who bat
lied for justice and right 20 all pee
pies. And thus through the unhoIy
ambition Of a so-caued Christian ma
ton the Holy Land has been redeemed
for all time from the ruthless hand Of
the Moslem.
Early History
The birthplace Of Christianity has
had an eventful experience in the his
tory Of the world. In the early days
It was ruled by the pagan Romans
and when the Roman Empire became
Christian Palestine for the first time
was governed by u Christian king. Soon
thereafter In the year 636 the follow
srs of-Mahomed seized the Holy City
and Mahomedans and Christians en-.
kA6Sa liz AeaaiS toHh'NN 'V1 s4aG 1iiaS-
terry OF the country. Then came long
years OF struggle and anxiety on the
part OF the Christian world. Crusades
fer the rescue OF the Holy Land were
organized and many attempts made
10 rgtalSe 1t. In 1850 Jerusalem came
under the dominion of the Turks and
then indeed came reign Of terror
which shocked all Europe.
There are many legends OF valiant
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knights and soldiers who endured the
unspeaksble hardshIps of crusade af-
ter crusade over hundreds OF mil
Of desert and unfriendiy countries 20
bring relief to the city and preserve
1t from the ravsging hands of the uu-
believer. In 1899 they succeeded and
rebuilt the Church of the Holy
SepuIchre. bur their tenure was com
paratively short lived. for In 1887 II
again passed under the dominion OF
the Turks. A second time, in l22a,
the crusaders were successful and Wa h
alternating success and failure were
finally driven out In 1913 Since then
the Crescent has been tho symbol of
dominions and the proud and cruel
Turk dictated the policy OF the Holy
City until a few months ago. when
the Union Jack OF England, the en-
hiem of freedom and christianity. sup
planted the Turkish flag. thus rescuing
for all time the birthplace of Christ
from the control of those who are un-
believers.
General Aiienbys Triumph
The honor of The capture or Jeru-
salem belongs o General Sir Edmund
Allenby, one of Enaiand's great cayal-
ry leaders. whose army had many seri-
Gus eombats with the Turks, East OF
the Jordan an Arabian~Army acted in
injunction with Allsnby. when the
Turkish Army faced the British and
small contingent of the French It
numbered about $4,000 Allenby
made a thrust which broke the Turk
ish line. Pushing north his men
crossed the plains and engeloped the
Turks cutting the Dana sous Railroad.
It's one line of communication. and in
the next few days he captured great
number of guns and prisoners. Some
10000 Turks ran away The fate OF
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intellectual discipline without; corrs'
lation with vocational pursuits ara
the almost complete Ignoring OF .ccs,-
ity needs.
Although the forests of the c0ur.
! try embrace 20 per cent. OF itS~tctsi ;
area yet We aave no forestry hsfaisa
schools where the boys who are lAter
1 70 labor in the woods may receive in
I struction which viii make them .aoye
efficient in vocation which may o.
=, the dominant one of their community
/ Agriculture and forestry have Gloss
! kinship. They both have to do w.ta \
tho production, harvesting and mar
keting OF crops grown from the so.
They differ chiefly in the length e
time required for the crop 10 mature
1 believe that in most localities pat
Of the work OF the agriculture hica i
schools should be given to forestry. MI
! The average boy or girl knows ht-
tie about trees with the exceptions 1t /.
the Christmas tree. IT never cccurss
to thousands Of them that the beck
they take to school comes from -.
tree. They are taught to taxa careSi
of a book because 1t Is q book. not b..
cause 1t is paper. Five years Of Wat
has made a terrible toll on the forests.
OF the world in wood used and wood.
LANDS ruined. We must save.
RAINY DAY CIGARETTES
- HEY ARE carried, not = Md
cigarette case. tucked a..Ay sNs
- an inner coat pocket but ysgxra
conveniently in the handls a.
his umbrella. No need to close to
umbrella, step into shelter out Of th9a
storm and unbutton toDcoat and innef.
coat to search for a cigarette: ! sffi IA
id the crook handle Of the HmbraIi
y pushed back and theirs. nit q !
hand, are several cigarettes anAse01sAS
matches--and further UP On IN ac.
brella handle. out Of the Wi6A, h
convenient place 70 scfxsea a
ma4nh- 8 81 ~ a III
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Carry Your Boxes UnWrap-
ped ndNrife the Carbon
ofLeffers On Backs of the
Ones You Receive
Copyright 19ls, by The International
Syndicate.

0ARRy that box OF breakfast
4/s~fo61 home unwrapped. Put the
i old hat under your arm and
~ carry It home proudly. Paper
must be saved and every one must
help, = The boys in the TRENCHES car
ried bigger loads than that for you,
and the airplane sharp shooters
lodged the Hun and dropped bombs
filled with n little argument on the
trenches OF the enemy FOR you.
Therefore help save paper /. Is a
long jump. you will say. from carry
Ing home unwrapped breakfast food
TO bombing a Hun trench, and will
doubtless ask what little paper
around bottle of pickles had to do
with fighting. the aeSmans from an
airpiane.
Spruce for Airplanes
Airplanes demand the finest kind
Of wood construction. To a great ex-
tent this calls for spruce. Do you
know that an airplane propeller
snakes 100 revolutions a minute?
"A you want faulty construction and
inferior wood to go into the making
o. these engines OF death. many of
which must still be made for our boys
IN France In spite of the armisfice.
Then save paper so that more Of each
kind OF wood cur go into reconstrIc-
tion activities. Look around you and
zee what was done with wood during
the short time we were in the war.
Look at the war camps, the Y. NJ. G.
: X. hutss tho Red Gross hospitnts:- Inc
immense shipping terminals that have
apfung up here and in France. GIVE
~ wood!" Il the cry OF the Govern
sm1aE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Russia Defended
Serbia's Interests
Against Italians
By Arthur S. Draper

LONDON, Feb. 9.-What follows is
the translation made by "The Man
chester Guardian" of a secret memo
randum of the Russian Foreign Office,
apropos the negotiations with Italy
prior to her entrance into the war:
''The question of wrestling Italy from
the Triple Alliance of that time and
prevailing upon her to join the Allies
arose at the very beginning of the war.
The attempt was unsuccessful. Won
Buelow's mission to Rome led only to
a change in the Italian policy, which
delayed that country's entrance into
the war for half year. The German
representative strove to buy Italy's
neutrality with concessions at Aus.
tria's expense. The Dual Monarchy
was unwilling to follow this course.
Did Not Need Italy
"In view of the fruitlessness of this
bargaining, the possibility of Italy
joining the Allies arose once more in
the latter half of February, 1915. At
that time the Russian government did
not see any imperative necessity for
ltaly's intervention in the affairs of
the Allies. The Minister CT Foreign
Affairs expressed apprehension thar
the appearance of fourth European
cate the relations among the Allied
powers. While he did not oppose the
plan for drawing Italy into the alli
ance. NJ. Sazonotf considered that in
any case the initiative in this matter
should proceed from Italy herself.
Negotiations were formally begun
in London at the end of February, 1915,
on the initiative of the Italian AM
bassador. They were conducted by Sir
Edward Grey and Ambassadors Cam
bon of France, Benckendorf of Russia
involved, however, on the one hand, by
Buelow's continued efforts to incline
thu Cabinet in Vienna to make conces-
sions to Italy. and, on the other hand,
by the contradictorlness of the inter-
ests being defended by "esentatives
OF the great powers in Lo, don.
France and Russia cons idered Italy's
demands exorbitant, the former with
regard specifically to the question of
the southeastern shores of the Adri-
attic and later with regard to the
weeks were spent in deciding the de-
tails Of the future territorial DISPOSE
ton of Albania and Dalmatia. The
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
persistently defended the interests Of
the Southern Slavs and maintained
that an outlet to the sea be permanently
assured to Serbia, step by step repeli
ing ltaly's desires for the extension
OF her seacoast and for the neutraliza-
ton of regions intended for Serbia.
=, meanwhile events in the different
theatres OF war caused the military
leaders to consider the urgency for
ltaly's immediate intervention on the
side of the Allies
ION April 13 the convention vas
signed in London by Grey. Cambon
Benckendorff and Imperiali. In the
days imme dately preceding this event
we succeeded in obtaining a few more
concessions from Italy on behalf of
Serbia and Montenegro"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10
Rebels Considered
A est. BarfholoY71e1u's
Night'' in Finland

LONDON, Feb. 9.-Scandinavians from
Finland, according to an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from Copenhagen, re-
port that the Red Guard government
in Finland few days ago seriously
discussed the question Of arranging a
"St. Bartholomew night" 1t is said
they planned 10 kill all members of the
capitalist class over eight years of age.
Inc project was ejccted by only two
votes.
According to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen, a special
correspondent of the "Rerlinske III
dende," VINO succeeded In escaping from
Hclsingfors, sends to his paper a wire
less report, which was not allowed to
pass the Red Guard censorship. in
which he. Jays that the Red Guards
have made a frightfu slaughter of
great masses of Finnish people and
have been plundering and killing in
a most brutal manner
The theatre and a large number Of
public buildings in Helsingfors have
been destroyed. The Red Guards, how
ever, have been unable to control the
people and anarchy is increasing. Store
houses in Hclsingfors which contained
food from Denmark for starving Firms
have been destroyed by the Red Guards
and Russian Bolsheviki.
The massacre of St. Bartholomew re-
suited in the killing of more than 90
faith, in France in 1872 The principal
victim was Admiral Coligny and the
massacre began in Paris on the night
of August 1924
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-02-10

since Thursday. Railway communica-
ton between Petrograd and Viborg has
been interrupted, and it is believed
that the White Guard had finally capt
ured Viborg.
AS consequence of an order by the
White Guard at 1ornea, that the fail
ure to surrender arms would be pun
ished by death, thousands Of rifles,
quantity of ammunition and four ma
chine guns have been handed over
In the lighting at Uleaborg the White
Guard was victorious, 1900 Of the Red
Guard being taken prisoner.
According to a message received
from the headquarters of the White
Guard in Vasa, Finland, the Red Guard
has met with a serious reverse in re-
cent fighting. The statement says:
"Last night, after eleven days of
minor encounters, the Red Guard at
Knopic surrendered. More than 500
were taken prisoner. Near Antarea, IN
the province of Karelia, the govern
ment forces captured six field guns,
eleven machine guns and large guam
titles of munitions, provisions, motor
cars and rifles.
"The battle continues at Vilppula.
On the other fronts the enemy is re-
treating, pillaging and burning as ne
goes"