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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
Early Decision.

WASHINGTON. Feb 2H-Nn carly de-
t.isinu probably will hr reached on tn"
nlnm.ut"uS question ~ I" whether Am
erica and the Entente allies shall JON
Japan in a campaign III eastern siberia
- rnlnt"r.lrl r"SSihh German a'iivitI"S
in that quarter and save the great sup
ply nj military St":"S accumulated Al
NlaGlvuS,nk and intcrt"r points on n"
Siberian railway.
il had been understood that TINS de-
ci$jon might await the arrival III Wash
:ngtnu Of NtScuunt lShiI. newly apI"ihi-
ed japanese ambassador To III" United
States. hut II was said tonight that re-
cont developments including increasing
pressure from Entente sources. very
likely would cause 4 NOR" speedy deter
iunatlnu - the question.
/, Is learned that This is no. regarded
as 4 problem for the consideration ~
tho present stag" ut least. Il the SUI
rrc:nr war council in France. which ii It
treats tho subject at all will deal with /:
only as Il military matter after the Qu"s-
lion o. policy has been decided hy the
governments OF the T.ntcmtc allies and
America.
|, is freely admitted in official circles
that This is n very great question indeed.
\ radical dcp;lrtur' from rules II inter
NATIONAL law would he involved in tn"
corcih!c ru;ry into a neutral country.
and consideration must Ia" gwen 10 ih'
rossjh!c effect upon n" RUSSIAN r""r!"
of such 7 course in their relations I" IN"
',rcs.3 wnr. Already here has been
some apprehension that great numbers
Of Russian soldiers. rather than return
"a their farms and shops would r"lun-
rarilv Join the Central armies. and som"
evidence OF n foundation for TINS lear
lis found in Berlin dispatches announc-
ing tho entry into tho German army Of
several regiments OF ESthonians.
On the other hand growing Indications
that Japan cannot much longer hc 70
strained from taking som" action in 81
h.ria arc causing serious c"ns!d"raii"n
az Tho .tapanrS" Invitation 10 IN" IA
tcntc allies and America 10 participate.
Tho alternative would h" to withhold
from Japan the cooperation sh" holds
undertake. single handed ~" weigh Of
th., campaign in SihcrlL and deal With
on counsel from tho allies with III"
largo questions involved in th'' tuiuT"
disposition Of any territory on tn" A&i-
aric mainland which sh" might occupy.
II IS learned that IL" isSu" IS now
approachnE The critical point III III"
o7inion Of tn" Japancs" government
which has concluded that some such ac-
lion as /, proposes "a take in siberia is
imncr,,ivc as defensive measure
against Gcrmanic aggression and control
Of tho wreck Of the late governmental
machinery in Siberia
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
LEGAL NOTICE
nrhnr ~ Fertilization.

The state Of West Virginia. Ohio Coun-
In 'th% circuit Court Of Ohio County.
West Virginia. February. Rules. 1913.
John r. Roscoe. Plaintiff.
Anna L. Mod"r, Na'hcr-.
Inc Burke John p'tiradT.
Frances Rurk". Margaret
f.. IIairiu. John lEIlpin.
Charles A. Nader. llan!"l in FhanccrE.
Hurkc and William siren,
r;"prg" !. M.uhl&"n. rus
l..r adults. and Arthur
En,..c,. and N"lii" Roscoe:
infants under III" aE" al
;w.',riv-nii" Defendants.
Tho, uhj"rt -; IN" ahnv" "n'll!Grk SUI
IS 10 subject tn" real property "Li -, y
T.. I:nHcn" I" tn" payment al 'H'; !'pts
~ The estate Of SAID interstate" and IT APP
unrgarcr IInIrir. Katherine Rmrhr.
Ernn,rs Rurkr. Daniel Burke. William
S,r,.u Arthur Rus'na and Nellie Roscoe
are nnn-rnSidcnlS "C th" STATE u IS or;
,lrrcd thai they d" npprnT mere VIII, ,,h .
month after III" dat" .! tn, several pup
iirationS hereof and do what Is heceS-
s,ry ru urutrct :htlr interest. ..r-:...
And il appearing from an aft'd2vi,
filed in said Gins" ~ ines" ltuI%S. IL
,hc defendants Anna L. M"der. MhrE:L;sSsts
=; IIaIr.n. John IIaIpin. Ea'hcr7F
i:urkc Frances Burke. Daniel huTNH
,'hnrI"s \. Nl"dcr. John pGraHy' NJ,
liam Slrcn and Arthur Roscoe ana .rr''tt ~,
Roscoe ar" not r"Sid,n'H "L tnr hoc,
Nr.~r Virginia. and They n"t having nr""
served with process ~ St'H SUI ,h ~; nr.
ION, Of tn. plaintiff by counsel. inns ~
der II publication ~ rht"r,.h hS'1'' H..
them. and II - ordered that tne S'''H ~,
.rIuir,I :" appear within 4nr H''rtl ~,
riI.T In. ,iit" OF The FIRST ruhiIratH,h W
hi. order and 10 what Is n"!"SSar! -
project t;rir interests. H. IS iurthii
I'LL GItaI
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
ANOTHER FATALITY IN
AVIATION TRAINING

LAKE CHARLES La. Feb. 49, LOU
t"nan, William l.. Magill of Jersey Ci'y.
.urnIh T. # thu army nviaiI"H corps, was
fatally injured. and Lieutenant PELHAM"
!. coleman. ul the marine corps, was
slightly hurt when their airp!anr lcIi
80 fec: Aa'. yrstcrt>% HG'"rd1nE =" III
formation today at. ''"rSHH"r MIA Leu.
tenant MaGill died soon after al Inc h'tu
hospital.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

when tn" Eolshnviki government
agreed I" accept German, peace terms
last wcrk. tn" C"mnand"r-in-Chl"t Of the
Russian armies inquired Of tho Germans
Il tn. previous aru!Stjc" w0"ld l." re-
t,,Ivcd and the German invasion halted.
H.. did not receive an immediate reply
and the German advanC" continued. y
dispatch from Pctrorrad Wednesday
SAID that General lTnfImtnn. the Ger
r,!au military representative at HrcSt-
I.itovSk had replied to the BulShcviki
COMMUNICATIONS by declaring that tn"
German advance wuuld Continu" until i
Greatly ii p";i"c WAS SISn'd and carried
uut along lines lHId down IN TIC Ger
man peace tcrmS)
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
HAS PLAN TO BOOST
NATIONS SHIpbU|LD|NG

WASHINGTON. F"b. "N.---John j.
Mc,;-r. former chairman NJ tn" skilled
labor bureau az IA" 'm"rgcncy iIcei eel
1,r;,;lun, cam" l" Washington i"nichi
with 4 plan Tor submission 10 lr"$Ih' III
Wilson tomorrow unG.r which II" SAYS
,n,riuild:n= labor VII! ASSUME" r"Sr"n-
~ltIIiir for turning uul h,""" phu tons "I
SHINING; daring tn" coming year. Nj
Ai,,i".. Says n" viii %n"ik tor ih!' fr"th.
.rhund OF tarpcn;"ts and JoIE"rS ana
,h ,n,,.rirgn Federation of Labor.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
SLOWING DOWN
Continued from FIRST PaSe.)

T:uman!a will be asked TO cedc parts OF
pobrudja to Bulgaria and 70 give Ger
many and Austria preferential treat
mcnt in commercial and economical re-
latlnnS. It is officially dcn.I by the
Rumaniau press bureau in par!s that
King Ferdinand Will rclinqu!sh his
throne at the bch"st OF the anti-war
party IN his country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE-Farm Lands

FOR SALE-162 acres No. Brooke
county farm, mile from West Liberty.
we'll improved. S room brick house. me-
r,sSary buildings. Price $4,000 per acre.
Address T.. p. Manning, WcllsburE. W.
Va. mr-l-l
FOR SALE-Farm, 100 acres. : miles,
east Youngstown. O. Rich loamy Soii.'
room house. new bank barn. wagon
house. granary. Must be sold 10 settle
estate. Address 4. D.. care Intelligent
Ger. -
FOE SALE--ll0 acre farm. good mar
kct, surrounded by mining towns; All
kinds oc fruit; extra good land for gar
Inninr and potatoes. Price $500. Ad-
dress QUO Oflhaus. Bclinston. ": Va.
f-25-m
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
No Word from, Erapcis.

WASiIIEGTrN. t''h. *N.'--N" further
wrr,i from Ambassador Francis as %
his plans tor leaving ic;rusr.t had hr'.u
received her" to-day. and = Crciary
Lansing. whcu asked ;lirau unofficial re-
ports thar tn. ambassador ana soTn Of
m. other Embassies had drpnT'"d. Do
,tarcd III" state department mad II" in
formation whatever.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

BERLIN. Feb. st british Admir-
atty p.r Wireless rr"Ss. -'iormany's
rr,:lI,:Iry operations on the northern RUS
sian front arc taking their normal
course. the German general staff am
nnunc"d to-day. Another t.sthonran
regiment has placed itself undcr com
!nand Of the German staff.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE-Real Estate

FOR SALE-Two frame dwellings OF
six rooms and bath each. on Porter
avenue. EdCngton Lane, all modern. els
tern and we'll water. Stone touncatInn.
stat" roofs. porChcs front and back: &C.
rruI walks. Lots 50Xl30. sl.j0n.00 down
and balance on easy terms. Jacob
Schupbach. Is Edgcwood street. Edge
MnnIl ". Va. mr-l-h
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
WANTED-Female

wANTED-Filing clerks. who arc grad
uHi"s Of our schools are always in de-
mHnd Instruction. by correspondence
Easy To learn. Positions secured. New
York school NJ Filing. Singer Building.
New York. mr-l-l I.
WANTED--YounG girl as dining room
girl at View Point Sanatoriur. This
is II good place. Apply Supt. or Ben
nhnnc n.t Elm Grove. f-2I-I
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
ENTERED INTO REST.

JoNEs-On "Wednesday. February eth.
1918. M 40 o'clock r. ,! M. 2, inc in,m
WARy ANNE IlOLLlNGER. beloved
vic Of William Jones. Sr.
t,,urraI services IL the residence Friday
,.cnin.- o'clock Friends of tho fam
Nv. r%sprctfuIly invited. lntermrnt
nrivat" saturday afternoon oclocA'
Stone church cemetery
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE-Automobiles

FOR SaLE-F6rEs touring body. First
class condition. Gall 'l2-J Bell f..s-,
FOR SALE-DoaGe roadster. good con
dillon. Call 49t-M Altenheim, G. NJ.
Vankirk, Pleasant Valley. Gym!
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE Coal Lands

FOR sALE-l0 10 12H acres Of coal IN
Ohio. operating At present loading
rars, u mile Maui 10 Pennsylvania u Is;
K O.. i mile To Wheeling; l truck. Bell
nh0uc $50. bridgeport. f-26-l
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
GERMAN INFANTRY
Continued From First PaGe.}

but the number Of casualties to
the American troops in this sec
tor since they became engaged
cannot be determined. All the
killed and wounded in these oper-
ations arc from the New England
States
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
PLAY $40 GAMES

MILWAUKEE, Wis.,. Feb. @S-~Club
owners uf II" American ASSOCIATION IN
Session her" today 'l""rt"d !" play. 81
gam" schedule ana - open ia" season
tin May !.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
DIE D..

PARKER-On Tuesday. February 26ih.
I?IS At 10 o'clock p. m. 1T the family
rcsiirncc 9i0 Main street, MAfME.
daughter Of Mr.: and Mrs. G. ": Par
ker.
Services \; the residence Friday after
noon $50 Friends arc respectfully
invited. Intcrment Greenwood ceme-
terry.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
LOST AND FOUND

on Bcllaire car, ladies'
pockctbook containing several bills.
Any one finding same please notify or
name for reward. t-2b-i
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

HaRRY-On Thursday. February 2Sth.
lYlS. 1T sis o'clock ,. NJ al ms ia's
Residences IO5 South Front street +. I.
IIATRY in the 10Th year Of his age.
Funeral notice hereafter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

WhSiIlN,;TGN. Fob. 2>-tnv"&tlEh-
tinu J., 4 naval board e tn" sinking 81
Ia" naval ~: ,'h':"H"'. with loss 81
=" lir'S. wa> ordered to-day by S%rrH-
gary I'HuIrl-. IN" SECRETARY sand II" h"h
called The attention 81 In" board IHr-
t!rUInrly /" iuhli~h"'l reports that the
navy had h,.'.u Warned that he 'h'F"k"c
Ma unS'HW"rlnE.
\ board "f Investigation and appraiS"-
mont Winch "Nniuln"d tn" vessel when
Sho was rlkrn over lay ;hc. navy. trt"w'r
= last. r"p"rI"d that h'r engines. boil
rrs ANA hHil were III fair condition and
morI''d only min"" repairs.
Secretary rnnl,IS disclosed that the
'h"r"k"". when sin" f"Irri"r"d. on f"'-
rlary -. was "u route t" til" Washing
tom IL. g.. navy yard I" load gums ana
supplies Tor transportation |" Il southern
port. H.. ISSUED this SihIrn'ni
The navy department. viii conduct Il
thorough iuv..SIigatlun !" G"lrrmrnc TIE
responsibility for tit" loss "f III" 'h"r"-
k,r and IN" conditions under which %hr
WAS lost HAY" called IA" attention
If ihc board II inquiry /" TN" state
nr"ui$ published in II hhiIad"lrh'a Paper
to-tIay. alleging that thu vessel was un-
Sraw"rrhy. and hay" ordered them /" IN
v"Siigai.. all tn" al Legations mad" i'll that
article.
''Th" board which, surveyed tn" vessel
pronounced il satisfactory and recon-
ulrn,!'d for patrol iuiy Tor foreign SER
vice TIL" following report ON tn" YES
SCI has br"n mad" /" M:
"''rhc tug Chrrnkc". formerly IN" Ed
gar t. l.urkcnhnrll. waS taken oyer ~
New York aluul rct"mr l.. 1914. from
.lc l.urkcnhach Steamship company AMI
was Snnl /" tn" New York navy yard It"
III uu' for distant S"rvI"".
she WAS an iron s"ac"inc tug. huIlt
in 1891. gross tnunaG" 2i%: 10 feet {"
inches long: II foot draft. cruising
speed 10 knots: radius Of action @.N'l
mills Shc was commissioned ~ III"
navy ward in New York on December :.
49,.
"''rhc rcpor, If III" survey hoard
which insrt,I"d her prr'r to h"r being
taken over. recommended her for patrol
duty FOREIGN srrNI r": ~.rI"d that tn"
rnrdii,"n al h"r h,Il"rs and rmnIn IN
riu"S was good AMI lh'u III" condition at
her hail. plating. Inmrr skin. hulkh"aH*,
.,tc. Wa; fair. ana that Il few minor re-
PAIRS /" the la';"r were n"'"sSarN
Ion December tn" Ih"r"k""
sailed from New York /" Philadelphia,
arriving on D.r"m}'"r :. SIN" remained
at thr navy yard. Philadelphia. under
gong repairs AMI Hli"rAi lions uH'u jan
uar: -. I9lN. when SIN proceeded to
New I.rE.irn conn. arriving "n Fob
ruarN =. Sh" rr,ualu"d At NV London
.un;l February -. when sh" made Il
,rlp IL Newport,
"'Wh"n 81" f"und"rtd on February
-; %h" WAS rnr"ut" 10 N" navy yard,
Washington. j. g. /" obtain guns and
supplies for transportation Ia. a south
,ru port
Thos" missing besides me command
.nc officer are:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR SALE-Horses.

FOR SALE-Horsc, wagon and harness:
bargain for quick sale. Call 3l?-J
D.tl 1-sb-l
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

IgIN. at $50 o'clock 2. H.. WILL
HEMINA. widow Of the late August.
ll,snnr. IN her 9TH year.
I'uurkal from her late residence 1918
Wcizcl street. Friday. March !. at
30 y. nj. Inrcrmcnt IN Mt. Zion Gem
rirrv. Friends are invited 20 attend.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-A few good rooms on the
Second and third floors OF the New
Intelligenccr building 1904 and 1906 Mar
ket street, will be ready for occupailtv
about April l. Apply =. Boyd, care u
trlligcncer. Ja--o-t
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01
MISC LLANEoUs

GREAT barga in second hand cloth
ing. conss 3 of .overcoats. suits
co:,is s and ves and siaSle foa also U.s.
= large line o. pants Gasss'' lD mT.i MSF-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-03-01

The State Of West Virginia. Ohio Coun-
~, IS:
In tho Circuit Court q ONO county.
Wcst Virrinia, February Rules. 1915.
John r. Roscoe. Plaintiff.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-19
THE REAL POISONING OF WELLS

The French government is in possession of more definite
as to German methods. The evidence in the case
will be carefully kept to refute any claims that the Germans
may make as to their kultur.
The Americans, with French cooperating, advanced so
time to carry out all the imperial instructions. They left their
tools and their instructions.
Some Of these operations had to do with the poisoning
of wells, a systematic business with them, so that people en-
terlng the evacuated lands will not partake of the water of
any well or spring until it has been tested. In some cases the
wells are cleaned out, but in others new wells are made. In
the st. Mihiel salient the pursuers came upon one well where
all the paraphernalia of poisoning had been deserted. The
men about to carry out the instructions were driven off. In
this case they had intended to use a gas poison produced by
exploding a shell, the gases liberated being so heavy as to
settle to the bottom of the well.
In other places, in their haste they left signs in German,
forbidding their men to drink the water. These signs, it was
intended to remove, the last man out of a district taking the
sign along. But the last men out of many places were shot
by their pursuers, or they We're so scared that they ran away
without having carried out the instructions. The evidence
which they left is conclusive and it needs no additional proof.
rules of war. No decent man would carry out such an order.
do such a work, much as he may hate the Germans for what
they have been doing. To poison the drinking water of a
people, to kill the unsuspecting, what an atrocious act that is.
And yet there is not a well nor a spring that is presumed to
be free from poison after the Germans have given it up. One
is glad that theAmericans helped to obtain some bits of such
conclusive evidence in this matter, although one is sorry that
there was such evidence to be found as left behind by any
human beings.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-19
FIGHT 1T THROUGH

If the president had any doubt about the sentiment of
America concerning the latest peace note of the kaiser that
doubt must have been dispelled before he even had an oppor-
.tunity to formulate his reply. From the moment the wireless
copy sent out from Nauen on Saturday night appeared in the
press the wires to Washington were loaded with protests
against any suggestion that did not mean, in effect, ultimate
and unconditional surrender.
That is the only sentiment found among those we have
sent to the front. They are on the ground. They know better
than we the conditions they were sent to remedy, for they
have seen with their own eyes. And having seen, and with
their eyes wide open to the magnitude of the task we have
set for them and which they so willingly and gloriously as
sumed, their sentiment, reduced to a slogan, is Eight it
through"
That is the sentiment of the civilized world, and woe to the
craven who would at this momentOus hour compromise that
civilization by the sacrifice or surrender of one inch of the
ground that has been gained on the one and only road that can
lead to a peace worth while.
The president did we'll to leave to military advisers the
terms of any armistice that might precede diplomatic discus
sions of peace. And these military advisers who have wit
messed the rivers of blood and the mountains of treasure pour
ed out in the last four years to make possible the conditions of
the present hour-they will see that the terms of any armis-
tice, when fixed, are protected by something more than scraps
of paper"
AS the Tribune reads the presidents answer, he has made
it plain there can be no compromise with autocracy and no
disastrous to the nation that has heretofore regarded treaties
and pledges with contempt.
Fight it through.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-10-19
A FITTING CLIMAX FOR THE WAR

The answer of America to the latest German peace note
was evidently not the answer that the German people expect
ed, but there are some very big lessons that the German peo-
pie have yet TO learn if they are to be trusted to keep the
peace even when the power to do so is at last placed in their
hands. If they have cherished the dream that all the murder
and rapine and devastation they have wrought in the last
four years is to be Immediately forgotten, forgiven, the slate
wiped clean and Germany invited into full and complete fell
lowship with the world without guarantees and without re-
building what they destroyed and restoring what they stole,
then they will have to be disillusioned.
"
When Prussia had Paris surrounded in 1874 and starved to
the point where rats and mice and cats and dogs were luxuries,
the people of Germany had been educated" to the point where
they insisted upon the bombardment of that magnificent city.
But the world protested, all humanity protested, every lover
of art protested. Count Waldersee wanted to see Babylon
laid in ruins" But Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor" replied:
Eyes, that would be very good, but for many reasons it would
not be practicable. For one thing, German capitalists of Co
logne and Frankfort have placed considerable funds there"
And so after much parleying the case was compromised,
Paris was permitted to surrender and the siege was raised on
the condition that the Prussian army should be permitted to
march through the streets of Paris and under the Arc de Tri-
|umph, the most pretentious of the historic monuments of
France.
This was intended, of course, to impress the people of
France with the power of Prussia and to plant in the heart of
France an enduring fear of her conquering neighbor.
This war will not carry to Prussia the full lesson it should
conveyi if it fails to impress upon the masses of Germany the
fact that there is a power on earth superior to the German
sword; that there is a God greater than the German war god.
4 4 u
And so the Tribune will take occasion now to suggest, not
in a spirit of revenge or of hatred, but with a view only to the
future peace of the world, that one of the closing incidents of
this war be a display of power such as the world has never
yet seen, and that in the presence of the German people. 1t
would demonstrate the power of modern civilization; it would
exemplify the power of democracy aroused. 1t would be
nothing less than the armies of Belgium and France and Eng
land and Italy and Serbia and Portugal and Greece and liber-
ated Poland and the armies of the great American republic
marching through the city of Berlin, where The worshippers
of the Prussian war god may behold the forces that stand for
the rule of law between nations as between men.
4 =
There would be no footing, there would be no rioting, and
every German woman would be as secure as she was in her
own home in the days of peace.
That would be the final and the all-conclusive answer to
the Prussian doctrine that might makes right"