The Coconino sun., 1918-03-15
GOVERNMENT ISSUES VALUABLE
 WAR CYCLOPEDIA FOR PUBLIC USE

A War Cylopedia' IS the latest special war publication of the gov ernment issued through the Commit tee on Public Information. It is a handbook for ready reference on the great war, and contains in some 300 pages great mass of information simply arranged and clearly stated. It is issued in response to ninsistent demand from many students, writers, clargymen, lawyers, business men and the public at large for authentic statements of the outstanding facts concerning the war in alphabetical arrangement.
 The "War Cyclopedia" was edited by Frederic l.. Paxton, University of Wisconsin; Edwin S. Corwin, Prince ton University, and Samuel B. Hard ing, Indiana University, the editors drawing freely upon the time and the patriotic goodwill of large number of special writers from all parts of the country. Because of its special value and the high cost of printing, a small price of 25 cents a copy has been fixed by the government to cover the cost of production and distribution. It may be obtained from the Commit tee on Public Information, 10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. c.
 In a foreword Chairman George Creel, of the Committee, says: ""Other 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 official theory, but by an enlighten- ed opinion based on the truth. The facts of history and life are the only arsenal to which Americans need re- sort in order to defend their cause, The deeper their study, the firmer be- comes their conviction. The War Cylopedia' represents an effort to ar range 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 in- dispensable; knowledge of American public men in particular has been as- sumed.
 An indication of the character and the wide range of the information provided may be had from the follow ing citations made at random through the alphabetical arrangement:
 Under the title of Alsace-Lorraine something of the history and the character of that province now in world dispute is given, and Professor Otfried Nippold, a German schola, formerly in the diplomatic service but now of Berne, is quoted as saying: "When one looks back into the history of Europe during the last forty years it seems inconceivable that anyone can be unwilling to admit that the annexation of Alsace-Lorraine was a political mistake" and that "the Ger. mans have shown themselves incom- potent in their government of the peo- pie of Alsace-Lorraine."
 In connection with Alsace- Lorraine the Cyclopedia refers the reader to the Zabern affair. This is explained under it's proper classification as op- pressive acts on the part of the Ger man garrison officers at Saverne Ger man Zabern, town in Alsace) against the native population. It eliminated in the wounding of lame cobbler by a young lieutenant named Forstner because of "contemptuous cries, though the mayor of the town assert. ed that it was only children who had jeered the officer. Forstner's unpop. ularity had arisen from an overzealous espousal of his superior officers con. tempt for the civilian population ana his instructions to his command that if they stabbed an Alsatian who in. suited them they would not only gc unpunished, but receive reward. A great hue and cry followed the wounding of the lame cobbler anC the matter reached the Reichstag where a vote of censure was passed but while Forstner was sentenced by court-martial to detention for shor