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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21
National Anthem Cannot Be Made at WILL Must Rise From

In d laaalne editorial the New York
asm toceutiy made bold 60 tacs1e the
kftfesea coutroVersy constantly he-
AlK NaRea oger THE star-sEa rlsa
ansR e." and 60 champion Ns Negrshk
taa4A d admirably pieads H. case
un ttt following ptiuts;
fNUm time 60 time NEe hear grlN-
rl1n - cur national unthoan. DC ls
aieaea Is the many Nha know What
te ah.t fhat tht tanc usee ful IiGh'
Ind that rNca body docs not iIkc tho
ofaN The few who haaw all aboat
"a anFie that the music Grd the
suri,E meafufed hy artistic standards.
re hUke unworthy a. express The
.auf ~ a great nation. In au these
rlfaasms there ffay wcu be n g',a
leai of truth. igut as avain~i them
re lestc two certain and sin'fss iaeta
akh criticism is powerlces 50 re-
at8 1he FIRST Is that lnc r
sHafrlcs Banner" was NrHtcH ,,n-
ssa taUas the SECOND is t"at t has
uea8 fr,esefaily identfica s. aar f.a-
#ttm ever since.
VIhtrs ale pgrhata ant. rtta8fciN.
rcHfan th.nes which ra unIeHut 20
nntkley ud brains aul ruaraN ,an
nraaucc f mpIy as VIA Nau uaa
Ed { tfriploeiso "a tradition or uee
roH cn not as Air. g. X. Chc~tcrtan
n9e painted out Grow a beard in
tAfI lart Neuher san 'all the hinc's
% f4cs end an the kins's men achieve
ttrnigaf nation ar . hama. Thc
u.,sA i; IL tan De- do1o in haste is fo
he&h tmse things
H41sIr growth requires. whether
vH Ilhe H or NOT. IN, deliberate ct-
fehs 20 me and fbrfm.s,A l'htr
as ~ So the coun rs a scCre ~
c ent>grs. any 90 Nhoir. given
hasHn iifriration nuaia maao the
nieiiady we need. There may be several
potts who. feeling the American s.ir-
lt bod ahaiaining from verbal lrryer-
si tk could form that feeEnr into a
Iofn.
slint suppose noN the parfcct song
vet rratcn. great enough and pnp-
nl4r aouFh 10 sulfill ottr whole de-
Flgt suppose il we~a as fine in all
q fse elements as tha '2farseiiiaise'
e. -. before IL bscame narlcuh in
en- d sense il would have 20 be RAJ ionai-
D. t.asd and sung. .Aud SEA can lr1-
urtfiC io musir but suA can u..t nlaRs
kknl sing. Then it wail3 hate a. te-
How with niaay meni"rles
arsl tii l.-sl III the .taii e - .u-
snstatie A,1 cs az p rais "a. 40
dets an,
H~fl us by ali means agriie our pa-
N atIc hymns. Tfen we fhaH hnve
tot uateh and wait and sot-e das.
plfhaps one af them may come 10
Eus san something 90 us. MeanT hife.
81 SHAH have plenty ~ such mush-
roPm paPuiarifies as over There aua
7 T.ercfS' and Pack Up Your Troti~
Lies in Your old Kit Bag.' and musa-
reesns are perfectly good ana ahole-
~onae food. A. for The slar span-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21
Touching Scenes When Old
Sergeant Major Finds Son
sand Nephew Blind

LONDON.-tBy Mail Eagle Hut
was crowded as usual the other night
when a grixzled veteran In the nni-
form of the Second London Scottish
Regiment made his way to the desk
and asked the " secretary In charge
II there was any one from Boston In
the building. Before he Joined the
colors Sergeant Major J. Ripple had
lived IN Boston, and he yearned for
sight Of some one from the New Eng
land metropolis.
over in one corner OF the room two
young men sat Ia earnest converse
ton. Both had been blinded on the
Marne and one Of them, George Ar
thur Sugden, had returned from
German prison camp after eight
months 10 seek his cousin, Vincent
Francis Ripple. sergeant In the alst
Canadian Rifles In Which both had
enlisted soon after the war broke out
By chance they had come together
under the hospltable Y. NJ. c. A. roof
and were busily engaged In having
real reunion when the "Y' man
shouted through megaphOne:
''Is there any one here from Bos-
ton? A veteran who halls from Bos-
ton wants to see some one from
home"
Here, Herel" came from the cor
ncr and two slghtless pairs % eyes
turned toward the Nyice. And as the
cousins rose 90 their feet and halt
.iHgly started through the lane made
as the crowd stepped back, Sergeant
Major Ripple pushed toward them.
There was an expression OF hope In
his face that the casual observer
would have said could not have been
las pired merely by "A desire to SEQ
some one from Boston.
MY som" he cried. In a voice that
shook with emotion. Vincent And
GeorFe!"
suddenly that expression OF hope
was changed. Sergeant Major Ripple
had been looking everywhere for his
son and his nephew.
Soon the two hlind boys will return
ta America. They will 20 first 10 Ia
sale, New York. where Vincent was
living when he enlisted. Sugden en-
istod from Fast Calgary. Alberta.
Rut they hailed from Boston. and 10
them the Y. NJ. &. A. has more than
justified its selection as an essential
part Of the military machine. They
arrnuaced that any call that may ic
maIe upon theif ferylces in concc-
ton with the forthcoming caInpaign
in America for money 20 support the
work would not be unhoeded.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21

was cotton. the soldiers campaigning
ia France wear wool Of this muddy
Ercy-brown color.
The mud-colored tinge IS not OBJ
tained by immersing the piece OF wo-
ven material In bath of khaki dye
ami then cutting up the fabric 70 be
made into uniforms.
g'he regulation color II purely and
simply the result Of the skillful
blrnding Of woods. No fewer than
cIght distinct colors enter Into the
preparation Of our khaki. some OF
which, when seen individually nave n
very vivid tinge, such as n brilliant
red and a brigh orange. II Is the
cunning combination OF these colors
which produces the ultimate mud
tone.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Why Second Attack
Was Launched

1t was this salient that the Allied
Higher Command chose for the sec
ond of their great operations. The
German retreat from the Marne had
reached their prepared line upon the
heights Of the Vesle and had COM
pletely Strengthened out the pocket
in which they were caught at the
moment Of the counter offensive of
July Is. They were firmly settled
upon that straight line by August s.
Further operations here on a large
scale would mean nothing but slow
reduction of strong defensive posi-
tlons.
1t was imperative that the initia-
tive recovered by the Allies should
not be lost, and the first great object
of Foch In starting this second Of
fensive operation was to keep the
ball rolling; to develop and expand
and continue this power of the jnitja-
tive which he had recovered, and To
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Army Officer Objects to
Nassau Police actics

Lieutenant Walter Miller command
ing the army aviators detailed until
last week to the air mail service at
Belmont Park, Queens. said yesterday
that overzealous Nassau County CON
stables had been making revolver tar
gets of his men.
The two targets, according to Lieu
tenant Miller, were A. NJ. Edmunds
and J. c. Sutton, mechanics, who were
stopped by a constable or deputy sher-
if or something on Thursday nigh.
when they were returning from Long
Beach in a sde-car motorcycle with
two young women.
The county official, said the lieuten-
ant, threatened the soldiers with ar
rest for speeding. They gave him their
names and told him he could not ar
rest soldiers in uniform without a
warrant. After a dispute. the lieuten-
ant said, his men proceeded. but had
not gone far before three more civil
ian officers jumped from the bushes
and began shooting at them. Another
shot was fired, said the lieutenant, just
after the soldiers got beyond Nassau
County into Queens.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Americans Bring
The Decisive Factor

That last point we owe to the ad-
mirable elasticity of organization
which was shown when determina-
tion was taken last March to &C
celerate in so Unexpectedly high a
degree the delivery Of troops across
the ocean. We see the effect of this
continual increase of American num-
bers everywhere.
The great battle which was en-
gagged under the command of General
Haig, on August 8, apparently
reached the close of its first phase
IL three days. The story of those
days was one continued success.
Let us first of all understand the
ground on which this battle was TAX
ing place. In their great advance
last March and early April the Ger
mans pushed the Allies back in a
wide crescent, the important points
along the edge of which, counting
from Arras on the north to Novons
on the south. are: Arras, Albert.
Villers-Bretonneux, Montdidier, Las
signy and Noyons.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Pope Sends Letter
To Irish Bishops

ROME, Aug. 17.-In a letter to the
Irish bishops answering one sent him
on the occasion of the beatification of
Oliver Plunkett. the Pope indicates that
he recognizes the grave difficulties
through which the Catholic episcopate
and clergy are passing. His Holiness
expresses confidence, however, that
thanks to the Christian fortitude, wis
dom, prudence and moderation which
the apostolic ministry demands above
all where the situation is most delicate
and serious, they are able faithfully
to fulfill their mission to prepare bet
ter times for the Church.
The beatification of Oliver Plunkett.
who was put to death on the charge
OF treason, was decrced ON March II
last. The charge against Oliver Plum
kett was that he had conspired to bring
French army to Ireland. He was
hanged, drawn and quartered.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Danger Of Food Privation
Now Passed, Says Hoover
United States Administrator, in Reporting New Pro-
gramme of Allied Council Emphasizes That This
Country Must Continue Its Rigid Economy

within the next year is to move suffi-
cient American troops into Europe to
give an overpowering strength against
any forces the Germans may be able
to bring to bear. and in order to ac
ccmpHsh this economy in consumption
is imperative IN all the Allied coun-
tries.
"On the other hand, the danger of
privation is now passed. In the United
States we have need for continued
rigid economy in consumption so that
from Europe and to enable us to carry
over from this more abundant harvest
year q stock of foodstuffs that will
form positive assurance against any
possible climatic eventualities in the
next harvest.
Continuous Food Council
Arrangements have been made by
the four food controllers not only to
cover these matters of policy. but also
to provide for the erection of machin-
cry for continuous supervision Of the
necessary operations. The Food Coun
Gil. which is body that has just been
created. will be maintained in contin-
uous session by means of having repre-
sentatives Of each government with
their headquarters in London.
"The coal miners Of Europe are now
at the front. Consequently, this next
winter will be period of great suffer
ing in Europe through shortage of
coal. If the people can have liberal
supplies Of bread. meat and fats there
can be no fear Of the morale among the
civil populations Of the European AL
lies. The promise Of this has lifted a
load Of fear from the minds Of the
people on this side, particularly in
France and Italy. 1t now remains for
our people to make good, and as usual
we have the resources to do it,"
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
(0n TIE Associated Pressl

LONDON. Aug. 17.-Discussing the
Allied food situation here to-day, Her
bert S. Hoover, United States Food Ad-
ministrator. said:
Il am we'll satisfied with results from
the conferences of food controllers
which has been in progress during the
last three weeks. These conferences
were called ct my request with view
to the formulation of policies and pro-
grammes with regard to the entire i'm
port of food supplies to the countries
at war with Germany.
"An agreement has been reached with
regard to policies which will effect a
great measure Of coordination in the
purchase and transportation Of sup
plies during the coming year and in
their equitable distribution between
ell the countries, and a programme has
been agreed upon as to the different
commodities that are required not only
to maintain the health but the comfort
OF the armies and civil populations.
New Shipping Arrangements
The people of North America are
this year able to take upon their shoul-
ders the movement of the great bulk
of food supplies required, and it will
therefore be possible to curtail the
total length of voyage necessary to
bring these supplies to the European
Allies, thus effecting considerable
saving in tonnage as we'll as contrib
uting material factor Of safety on
account of the comparative immunity
of the Atlantic lane over all others
from interference by the enemy.
The great transportation problem
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Wilson Saves Soldier
From F iring Squad

CAMP MEADE, Md. Aug. 1.-THE
new 11th Division, just organized with
Major Jesse NJ. Carter as commander
has been named the Lafayette Division.
Private Herman Landenson. of the
154th Depot Brigade. recently found
guilty of desertion and disobedience
of orders and sentenced to death, has
been saved from the firing squad by
President Wilson, who has commuted
the sentence to dishonorable discharge
from the army and fifteen years. i'm.
prisonment at Fort Leavenworth.
Landenson was self-styled con.
scicntious objector. He failed to fill
out the qucstionnaire sent him by his
local board and likewise failed to re.
port for service when called. Arrest
in Philadelphia, he was charged with
deserting the service at the tire ht
was called in Harrisburg, on .r about
March "a, and emainine absent in de
Sertion until the time of his arrest.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Lad Thought Dead Writes

ELIZABETH, N. j.. Aug. 17.-The
sorrow which had hung over the home
of Private Edward J. Benz, 22O Caspian
Street, ever since his family was mott
fed last month that he had been killed
in action was lifted to-day, when three
letters written by Benz since the date
of his reported death were delivered
at his home. He had been wounded.
gassed, was in base hospital recover
ing, and expected to be back at the
front soon, his letters read.
Mrs. Benz had put on mourning for
her son.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
IA American Names Appear
Among Canadian Casualties

OTTAWA. Ont. Aug. 17.-The names
of the following Americans appeared
on to-day's overseas casualty list:
Wounded-C. Dillon, 374 Palisade
Avenue, Jersey City; E. Collins. Bev-
erly, Mass; A. E. Cook, 3l6 Joy Street.
Mount Pleasant, Ia; w. J. Sobey, Los
Gatos, Cal; Lieutenant J. r. Holt,
beaver Falls. Penn; c. Grant, Beaver
ton, Mich; c. Gatchell. Watertown, S.
y; w. +. Collins, 1928 West Lake
Street, Chicago, and Lieutenant G. A
City.
, Dicd-J. Mcdonald. address given as
8 Northern Park. Ashmont, Mass; q,
S' Crapeau. Whitcheld, N H.; G. l..
lolson, + Worcester Square, Boston.
Dled OF Wounds-C. X. Hoye, Arkan-
sas.
y Presumed to have dic9-J. Charlie,
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

must we forget that all these recent
great successes are based upon the
original experiment Of which General
Byng was the author in front of
Cambria nine months ago. He was
the first to break and pass the
enemy's defensive organization by
the use of fleet of tanks without
preliminary bombardment
With this aspect Of the tanks
should be connected, of course, the
light armored cars, "the machine
guns on Wheels" as they have been
called, which are part of the same
conception and had a very great eff
feet in the recent battles.
The third element of the change
in the situation, the American levies,
is of the same effect as a new tao
tical instrument because they come
fresh among belligerents who have
been jaded by four years of war; !;
they come chosen from the best mill
tary age into armies considerable
parts of which are too old or too
young for full efficiency; they come
trained with a rapidity which was
not thought possible-I mean that
the rate of instruction has been, as
tonishing-and, most important of
all, they are coming into the field
IN very rapidly increasing numbers
which are changing the whole bal
ance of the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

do so by leaving no time to the enemy
to reorganize, to create reserve ard
to plan counter attack.
The Third Battle of the Somme,
therefore, which was launched only
three days after the arrest Of opera
tons on the Vesle, had for it's main
and principal object this continued
retention of the initiative in Allied
hands.
But apart from this general OBJ
ject there were especial reasons for
launching the attack in this particu-
lar sector, which may be called the
salient of Montdidier, since the litt e
town of that name stands at its head,
or apex. These reasons wei re as
follows:
First, a salient, even as large as
this, is obviously vulnerable if at
tackled in flank, for by coming down
on either side, precisely as was done
In the case of the Marine pocket three
weeks ago, you threaten, or cut and
bring under fire, or actually occupy,
certain roads and railways which
supply the salient.
Second, in this particular case Of
the Montdidier salient there was
another local reason of high impor-
tance for compelling the enemy, if
possible, to abandon his advanced po-
sitions. This local reason was the
freeing of the road and railway Juno
tlcn of Amiens and the restoration
to use, by the Allies, Of the great
railway line from Paris through
Amiens to Abbeville, which for four
years had been the main lateral COM
munication of the Allies and which
was out of use SO long as the nearest
German guns were within a range
Of less than six thousand yards,
Third, freeing Amiens from dis
tant fire, and the nearer points on
the railway from immediate fire, will
not be the only effect Of the German
retirement from the salient. There
Will also be very important result
in leaving the Allies ample ground
for manGuvre. The worst effect of
the great German advance in March
and April was that it so nearly cut
Off the British armies in the north
from the French in the south. This
disaster was just avoided; but the
Hnemy got so far that the belt left
between his lines and the Somme
Valley was very narrow. Should he
make further advance and reach
Amiens, and throw forces across the
Somme Valley, which below that
point is broad and marshy obstacle
with few crossings, he would virtual
ly isolate the north from the south.
Inc elbow room remaining to the
Allies for their movement of troops
would be insufficient
WIN all tnese objects in view,
then, primarily to make continued
use of the initiative, leaving the
enemy no respite, also to infiict
heavy losses by crushing in the
Montdidier salient, to create confu-
SION in the enemy organization bv
thls pressure, to relieve Amicns and
the main Amiens railway and to in
crease the ground behind the lines
Tor further mannuvres-with all
THESE objects, the British commander
III chief struck just before daylight.
on Thursday, August 8.
The sector of attack was about
twenty miles long and was divided
into the following portions, begin
nlng from the north: The first ia the
triangle between the Ancre and the
upper Sommc Valley, a piece OF front
just over three miles long facing the
large village Of Morlancourt and the
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18
Three Elements That
Have Turned Tide

There are three elements which
decided this great return tide, and
there is one element only that can
rob civilization of it's due victory.
The three elements which in COM
hination achieved the turnover in the
military situation, the recovery Of
the initiative by the Allies and all
that is to follow, are:
The military aptitude Of the
French;
The mechanical genius of the
British; and
The peculiar character Of the new
American troops coupled with the
elasticity of the American organiza-
ton.
The element that we most fear is
rot military at all, but political. 1t
is the danger of disunion and the
dctestable propaganda which exists
both in France and Britain, too little
checked by the governments and ap-
pealing to the fatigues and disap-
pointmcnts of four years Of war, to
popular ignorance and to every joint
of weakness in our national armors.
The effect upon the situation
along the Western front, of French
strategy, is obvious.
Tank Chief New
Tactical instrument
What is less clearly distinguished
Is the tactical effect Of two new
instruments of warfare-British
strate2ical invention and the Ameri-
ran ievles. From July 18 onward
the great tactical instrument Of the
Allies, the instrument which has
given them the power of surprise
and penetration, the instrument
which has permitted US to eliminate
the old preliminary bombardment
which always gave warning of the
attack and at the same time ruined
the ground over which the attack
should take p.ace-~the instrument
in a word, which has changed the
war is the tank. And the tank is.
entirely in it's original form and
largely in its development, British.
And not only is the invention it.
,clf British; but its tactical use has
been developed by the British. Nor
New-York tribune., 1918-08-18

Author Of "Eiements of the Grea
War" and B,1tain's most distin
guished military critic.
Especial Gable to The Tribune)
Copyright, 1918. by The Tribune Associaticn)
r ONDON, Aug. 1.-THE oper
ations on the battlefront in
the second offensive betweer
the Somme and the Disc have their
main interest for the moment or
the Lassigny group Of hills. What
the French are fighting for is COM
plete observation over the plain
across which the enemy Is bringing
up his supplies.
This observation they have not
yet obtained. They have it from
the western edge Of the ridge above
Beval, but have not yet got the iso-
lated hill between Beval and Tries
court, and everywhere east of the
middle of the range wooded and
high ground stands between them
and the plains.
Meanwhile, pending the other
movement of greater effect, we may
note new facts which have come
out with respect to the numerical
position. Of these the most impor-
tant is the presence of thirty-one
complete American divisions al
ready in the field. That means in
infantry alone something not far
snort of half a million men. Next
we now know the condition of ex-
haustion Of the enemy's reserves
There have been identified during
the second defensive thirty-one divi-
sions, of which thirteen were
brought either from the enemy's
reserves or from the south.
There is certain amount of
overlapping, as among the thirteen
apparently were two divisions which
previously had appeared between
scissors and Rheims. The total
number Of divisions drawn into the
two offensives combined is consid-
cred to be over one hundred-that
is, half the German army in the
west.
We must remember that the space
of time with which we are dealing
is only one month, and in that brief
period one-half of the enemy's
forces has been involved in two de-
feats-close on half million men
in infantry alone-some per cent
have been taken prisoners and
seventeen hundred guns have been
taken as we'll. 1t is only by appre-
ciating this that we can understand
how truly the tide has turned since
July 18.