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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

before our country's entrance into
the war, Mrs. Savoy being the first
among the women of the United
States to plan for aid and to send
it to Belgium. "In Montreal" she
informed me, "Mr. Savoy had met
Mr.. Vandervelde, Of the first Bel
gian Relief Commission, and had ar
ranged with him to have supplies
sent across to Belgium. Before
forming an organization in Holyol1e
we French Canadian women began
our task of getting together all the
garments to be had. In very few
days we were able to send several
cases of supplies to the war stricken
Belgians. There was then in the
United States no Belgian Relief
Committee. With US, and with the
rest of the country, that organiza-
ton came later"
The relief work for the Belgians,
was, as we know, discontinued after
a time, but other relief work took
its place in Woonsocket among the
French-Canadian women, as it did
among the women of other national
itles-frst, through the divisions for
the making of surgical dressings,
and later through the chapters of
the Red Cross.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
By c.. McAIlister Arid

HUNDREDS of French-Cana-
dians have come over from
Quebec to Maine to escape
eonscription IN Canada; other hun
dreds of them have returned from
the United States to Canada to vol
unteer for service in the Canadian
army; more than hundreds of them
are enllsting with the British and
Canadian Recruiting Mission in this
country; and finally, thousands and
tens of thousands of them are offer
ing themselves as soldiers to Uncle
Sam.
But what of the other French
Canadians here? What of those
VINO arc not included in the state
mentS given above? In view of the
reported conditions in Quebec,
brought about by the Nationalist
and their prophet" Mr.. Henri
0ourassa, who are also, no doubt,
responsible for the "runaways" in
MAINE, their attitude to the war as
sumes considerable interest. Are
tle other French-Canadians in the
United States standing aloof from
,ae great issue, or are they Loyalty
packing the enlisted men and the
volunteers who have taken and are
taxing up the fight to overthrow the
mlltarism of Germany?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Great Britain
And Free Trade

Some people would like to see a
threefold tariff consisting of pro-
hibitive duties against Germany,
lower duties against Allies and
friendly neutrals, and still lower
duties against our own colonies. 1t
is pretty scheme, but my belief is
that it will not survive parliament
tary discussion. Moreover, labor
will demand that all industries fos-
tered by such protection shall hand
over their profits, so derived, to the
community. Protection with US
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

define independence. The day is
coming when you will be able to take
ticket at Vladivostok and travel
continuously, via Jerusalem to Cape
Town in South Africa or via Paris
to Perth in Scotland. The Suez Canal
is already abridged. The English
Channel will soon be tunnelled. The
old free traders may have pressed
things too far when they argued
mat one country would be devoted
almost wholly to agriculture while
another would be almost wholly
manufacturing. We are LEARNING
that every country, when fullv de-
veloped, can be Jack-of -alltrades
But we are also finding out that the
supply of raw materials and even of
food depends on international agree
ment and that no nation, however
powerful, can regard itself any
longer as independent of others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
percentage has been largely French.
Canadian.
Quebec Question
Is Not Brought Here

when Woonsocket has its pa
rades and its public meetings for
patriotic purposes, the flags of the
Allies fly together?" | concluded.
ooh, yes" agreed Mr.. Archam-
bault. "You are thinking of Quebec.
The question in Quebec is not a
question which concerns the loyalty
Of the French-Canadians in the
United States"
'The peasants in Quebec think
as their priests think, politically and
religiously," | had been told by
Professionalism clergy. "Thc peas
ants do not have time to read the
news of the world in papers or in
magazines. They get up early and
they go to bed early, and they work
all the time between. Besides, some
OF them cannot read. They must
depend upon the priests to do their
reading for them"
"What is your influence in this
country upon the thinking of your
parishioners? Is it of such weight
as it is among the peasants Of Que
bec?" / ventured.
No." was the answer. "Condi-
tons here are different"
In Woonsocket there are five
French Canadian parishes to prove
that in general the French-Cana
dians keep the faith of their fathers,
the Roman Catholic religion. The
priests in these parishes are work
ing with high degree of willing
ness to have their churches make
records above the average for the
Red Cross and for enlistments in
the army and navy. They are not
telling the men in their several
parishes to stay at home to con-
serve the man power Of the coun-
try and along with it the natural
resources, in order that there may
be a sufficient strength among them
after the war has done its worst to
other nations to make within the
United States a French Canadian
republic. They are bidding the men
and the women, too, to do their duty
in the need of the hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21


orandum on trade after the
war sweeps the resolutions Of
,he Paris Conference into the limbo
ubere already moulder the secret
treaties published by Lenine and
rrotzky. 1t means that, in this
matter as in some others, the en-
trance of the United States into the
struggle enables US to start afresh.
The valor Of our troops, now SO
fuliv shared at such severe sacrifice
bv the American army, can be rec
ompensed only by settlement Of
world affairs in which the one COM
polling motive shall be the happiness
and unity of mankind.
What Is Meant
By Commerce
For hundred years since Water
loo Europe has been tortured by the
constant anxiety and frequent ca
lanity of divided condition. If the
world is 10 be split up again into
fragments, each carrying on against
the other a futile and pitiless COM
petition in trade, in ornaments, and
in colonial expansion, the war will
have been fought in vain. Life will
be no more happy and secure than
it was in the early months of 1914.
Indeed, the fever will have spread
from the old world to the new and
from the new world it will inevita-
bly, infect the vast populations of
China and India.
There must be, therefore, solu-
ton of the question, What is meant
b. commerce? Is it mutual destruc-
ton or is it mutual service?
The latter is my belief. The trade
Of every country stimulates the
trade of all the others. 1t is to the
interest of every country, therefore,
to see trade developed among it's
neighbors. For seventy years Great
Britain has acted on this principle.
When the test came she was for
three years the financial bulwark of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21

would thus mean meticulous state
control Of commercial undertakings,
with the workingmen auditing the
books. This being so, / don't think
that the United Kingdom will be re-
sponsible for any obstacles to what
ever international agreement as to
commerce may be proposed by the
United States.
Countries which already have
tariffs must find it difficult to mod
ify them. In our own case it meant
a struggle bordering or revolution.
After the war prices in the United
States and wages will prove to have
been inflated. Until things have
rlghted themselves tEe-e MAJ Re 60
actual demand for higher duties at
the ports. In Britain we have to
face precisely the same financial
artificiality, but if were asked to
mention the most important single
result Of the war l should refer to
the patriotic acceptance by all
classes of Americans of the income
tax. That changes your entire ap-
proach to world finance. 1t means
that your indirect taxation becomes
of secondary Importance.
Trade Alliance
The Real Victory
Lord Robert Cecil's statement does
not imply that any commercial union
is yet established between the TWEEN
ty-four democratic belligerents. In
your own case no such treaty would
be possible without the approval of
Congress. A gentleman's agree
ment is all that can be expected at
the moment.
But it is significant fact that we
are to-day talking about ALLEGATION
of food and raw materials, about
public instead of private exploita-
ton of natural resources in unde-
veloped countries, about an interna.
tional debt at low interest, an inter
national marine, an international
postoffice and international confer
ences to manage them all. Such an
alliance will be the real victory over
Germany and whatever powers are
so foolish as to cling to Germany.
Whether Germany comes in or
stays out she will lose her former
predominance as mischief maker in
Chrlstendom. Whether her role be
pariah or partner, she will have
ceased to tyrannize. And her rulers
know this. 1t is the reason why
they dislike the League of Nations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
A Prayer for Those
Who Went to War

AS was leaving the city from
the window of the trolley car in
which / was riding l caught sight
of a church, topped by the Latin
Catholic cross and bearing above
its main doorway an inscription in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
Priest Opposes
German Propaganda

Father Geleneau, of the Parish Of
the Precious Blood, in the paper
City" is among the most energetic
workers for the charities in SYM
pathy with the fight against the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-07-21
MEKC1AL UNION AN AFTER-THErWAR SAFETY VALVE
BY P. w. Wilson

American Correspondent Of "7he London DoIv Nevs'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
WEAKENED AND HALF STARVED SLAV
ARMY WILL FIGHT HUN IMPERIALISM
IF NECESSARY, ALL CHIEFS DECLARE

Amsterdam Jan 4In the rechstag today, Chancellor Won
Hertng said regard to the Russian election of peace
posa dealing with the disposition of occupied Russian
tory. He said:
eve cheeruy wait the this course We relv On
strong position real intentions and just rights"
The foreign minister Kuehmann been instructed 10
epect the Russian transfer the peace conference
Stockholm.
London Jan 4Ihe Daily News correspondent was present
the Smony Institute the boshevk headquarters when NJ
hamene of the Russian peace delegates presented his
port on the negotiations at Brest Iitovsk
Soldiers delegates described the appalling conditions in the
army which dsorganized poorly clothed and starving The
artillery horses have died from lack Of feed Nevertheless all
the delegates stated that soldiers were willing to continue the
war notwithstanding these desperate conditions unless the
Germans agree to peace on the lines laid down by the
bOshevii.
Germany made proposals looking to obtaining position
the most favored nation The Russians stated that they be-
cved in equality of trade and that the moment when
hey We're engaged in socalzing the national assembly,
natonalzng banks etc. they could subscribe principles
contrary to socialism On this point the correspondent says
the Germans seem to have receded from their position
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
URGESsCREAT|0N
|.,s~s- ->'-'v,. -ss--s esraanas,.a45SgR
NEW CABINET lob
SECRETARY OF MUNITIONS Is
PROPOSED BY SENATOR
CHAMBERLAIN.
WOULD CUT RED TAPE
Wants 60 Eliminate Delay and Blmders
By Placing in Hands of One Man Ju-
risdictiOn Over All Materials for War
as Affecting Both Ara; nm Navy.

Washi0gtou Jan. ia depaauMnnt
of munitions under new cabinet hoad
known as the secretary of munitions is
proposed in bill introduced TODAY 10y
Chairman Chamberlain of tn, senate
military committee as result of It's
Investigation OF war operations.
The new department would urcrd'e
during the war and one Nedr th"rc-
after. The bill has the backing af the
senate military committee. and wii be
strongly pressed. The new secretary
of munitions would have power t9tcr
the presidents recommendation to con-
troll arms, ammunition, food, clothing,
equipment, tentagc. transportation Uri
any other materials the president suali
designate as munitions Of war.
Government bureaus, agencies and
funds necessary to a munitions admin.
istration viii be transferred to the uey.
department which contemplates control
of naval as well as army supplies.
The bill is intended to increase ana
expedite the supply Of munitions of
var" Senator Chamberlain said.
"One great trouble with the war eS
tablishment as disclosed by the nv'.tl
. CATION has been lack of co-ordinat on
and the seeming possibility Of getting
/ rid of circuitous methods of doing bust
ness
This measure places all jurisdiction
over munitions of war which is defined
at length in the bill, in one person
known as the secretary of munitions
subject to the direction, of course, of
/ the president. 1t co-ordinates all the
bureaus. cuts red tape and does away
with useless decisions which have acted
only to hamper direct action.
81 believe if congress can see its way
to the enactment of this measure and
the proper man is placed at the heat
OF the department of munitions, Amer
lea will soon be occupying its proper
place at the battlefront. 1t will be
noted that the measure is only i'm forct
during the continuance Of the wal
(which brings it into existence
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
KANSAS FARMER Is KILLED
WIFE Is ATTACKED, AND
HIRED HAND Is ARRESTED

Hoisington, Kan, Jan. 4.-Perry Yaw-
ger. farmer who lived near McCrack-
en- was shot in the back Of the head
and killed, and his wife was bound and
attacked, when he reached home last
night, after attending a motion picture
show. a little later, Frank Kelly, a
hired hand employed by Yawger, called
up neighbor asking him to come at
once; something terrible has happened" ."
When the neighbors arrived Kelly gave
himself up. He was taken to the Rush
county Jail at Lacrosse this morning.
According to the authorities, Yawger
was shot from ambush as he was run
ming his automobile into the garage.
Mrs. Yawger fled into the house, and
in trying to get upstairs, fell, breaking
her leg The attack followed.
McCracken is greatly excited today
and there is much talk of mob's being
formed. Kelly had worked for Yaw.
ger four years. i-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
BOLSHEVIKI MAY GIVE WAY; GERMANY
MAY GIVE WAY, OR WAR COME

London Jan 4-Recogniton of the Lenne government in
Russia by the entente allies is probable owing to the develop
mens in the German negotiations according to the Daily
Chronicle which prints the statement heavy type Ths
statement apparently based contribution by diplomatic
correspondent printed beneath The writer says owing
to the boshevik discovery of German dupcy anything
happen GPS. ..,, ..,.
give the German government may give way there
will be rupture of relations The first is hardly likely in view
IF Foreign Minister Trotzkys declaration The pos
be for the Germans past masters in the art of specous
compromise But the third rupture is most probable
ne bohev have exhibited acuteness of mental vision which
was hardly expected in this country
May Return to War.
Russia the land of boundess supplies quite possibly
witness revival of If not in the most active form it
might least be sueny defensive necessitang the
would at least prevent those pleasant and profitable
mercial exchanges which Germany hopes for.
Assuming such situation and the consolidation of boil
@hevk power provided failure to extract does not
wreck the Lenne regime then recognition of that power
would be the logical representative of that government and
Maxim Ltvinoff, who has been appointed ambassador to
Britain is likely enough occupant of the embassy"
Who Will Succeed Buchanan?
Referring the retirement of Sir George W. Buchanan, the
British ambassador Russia whose services praised
highly, the Chronicles correspondent says:
I'm his place probably would be sent diplomat in marked
sympathy with revolutionary Russia.
Be that as it may we expect shortly new statement of
policy with regard to Russia which, should lean toward the
latest developments and democracy, would undoubtedly
strengthen the allied in Russia"
Two Distinct Contentious Among Enemy.
There two distinct tendencies noticeable in the enemy
delegations at the Bres ovsk meetings. the Perograd cor
respondent of the Daily News One aneXatonlst
and represented by General Hoffman. mod
view upheld by Foreign Secretaries Kuehmann
and Czernn, of Germany and Austria, respectively.
There frequent disputes between the two tendencies
These settled said by appeals to Berlin which always
supported Kuehmann and Czernn General Hoffman
took purely the military point OF veW and complained WIN
great bitterness that the Russian revoutonists using the
armstice to agitate among German soldiers
According to the correspondent there belief among the
Russian delegates that Germany will yield to the Russian de-
mand concerning Poland and Lhuania not to lose the
advantage she gains by seeming to with Russia while
the entente allies disagree.
The Russians for wishing negotiations to be
continued at Stockholm desire for greater publicity
this idea is expressed in a boshevik staement
while recognize that Stockholm not very neutral
is anyhow neutral than German headquarters"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
THOUSAND OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
TROOPS MAY UNDERGO PUNISHMENT

Fort Worth, JAN 4-"Absen without leave" the charge
against 1000 Texas and Oklahoma soldiers here all because
of the holidays
These 1000 not in the $4,000 granted frloughs by
Major General Greb they Just went home for the
festivities.
One hundred of them, members of company B, of the
Hundred and Forty Fourth infantry Dallas body
and paraded
About hundred of the 1000 men already are in the
guard house serving out their They the holiday
worth the punishment
Some of the lost their promotions of them being
Sergeant Writ Wolff of Dallas the talles in camp
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04

Washington, Jan. i.-President Vii
>oa today laid before congress, which
,nct ia Joint session, his recommends
tiOns for carrying out government oper-
alton Of railroads. Bills to carry out
lhe presidents ideas already had been
prepared under supervision of the de.
T3r,'arni of justice, and were imNc-
aiayely introduced with plans for
pr0mpi consideration in both house and
se;die. The president spOlls as follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
II have asked the privilege Of al.
dressing you in order to report that on
the 2Sth of December last, during the
recess of congress, acting through the
secretary of way and under the au-
thority conferred upon me by the act
of congress approved Aug. %, 1916, |
took possession and assumed control of
the railway lines Of the country and
the systems of water transportation
under their control.
This step seemed to he imperatively
necessary in the interest Of the public
welfare within the presence of the great
tasks Of war with which we are now
dealing
'As our experience develops Difficult.
ties and makes it clear what they are
I have deemed it my duty to remove
those difficulties, wherever | have the
legal power to do SO. To assume con
troll Of the vast railway system of the
country is, | realize. "A very heavy re
spousibility, but to fail to do so in the
existing circumstances would have been
much greater. | assumed the less re
sponsibiity rather than the weightier.
Must Mobilize All of America5s
Resources.
# am sure that l am speaking tho
mind of all thoughtful Americans when
! say that it is our duty as the repre-
sentatives of the nation to do every
thing that it is necessary To do to Sc
cure the complete mobilization of hC
whole resources Of America by as rapi.
ana effective means as can be found
Transportation supplies all the arteries
of mobilization. Unless it be under q
single and unified direction, the whole
process OF the nations action is EN-
barrassed.
It was in the true spirit of America
and it was essential that we shoulC
first try to effect the necessary unifica
ton under the voluntary action of those
who were in charge of the great rail
road properties, and we did try it. The
directors of the railroads responded tC
the need promptly and generously. The
group of railway executives who werC
charged with the task of actual co
ordination and general direction per
formed their difficult duties with pa
triotic zeal and marked ability, as was
to have been expected, and did, l be
lieve, everything that it was possible
for them to do in the circumstances
If | have taken the task out of theil
hands, it has not been because Of any
dereliction or failure on their part, bu
only because there were some things
which the government can do and rail
road management cannot.
Values Advice of Railroad Executives.
I've shall continue to value mos
highly the advice and assistance Of
these gentlemen and l am sure We
shall not find them Withholding it. Il
had become Enthusiastically plain thai
only under government administration
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
ONLY CLASS ONE WILL Be CALLED
TO ARMY, GENERAL CROWDER SAYS

come 2l years old since June ;, 1917.
(the first draft and who become of age
hereafter shall be added to C,ass l as
they become available. This will in
sure, General Crowder estimates, a sup,
ply of 100000 men a year.
General Crowder outlines the new
policy in this language:
Whether this guess 100000 avail
able mem be justifide in practice or
not, it can be announced now as the
policy and belief of these officers that
in all probability it will be possible to
fill our military needs without invading
any class more deferred than Glass /;
and this is the prime standard and goal
here for the first time announced, to.
ward which every administrative effort
OF this office shall be directed"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-04
NEWLY APPOINTED RUSSIAN AM
BASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN,
IN LONDON. IL EMPHATIC.
DEFENDS HIS PEOPLE
Maxim LitvinOIf. Admirer Of English
People, Hopes Russian Army and
German Army May "Some Day March
Together and Overthrow Hun Impe.
rialism and JunlGcrdom.

London Jan. Maxim Litvinoff,
who has been appointed bolsheyiky am.
ba..odo, - c,root p,.,.ai. 49,, ..,..
''''''''' ''''' P'op'o'y ne "ouiu re-
turn To Peuograd, has decided to re-
main in London pending receipt of his
instructions
''''"7''P' 10 PilIIteu
prominently IN the newspapers 1t
shows the highly intelligent face of u
welborn and educated man He is de.
,.,,,.;,.,, .... ,...;.... ,......,..,,,
'''' - -
S'" '"aV ne dUInl'es hHSlish lnstltu-
tlons and England Whcre he has lived
for a decade
Wife Is English.
NJ. Litvmofrs wife is English. He is
an old friend and associate of Lenine
lie is declared 20 be a vholehearted
supporter. of the bolyheyil<i with whom
he apparently is in close touch. The
Daily Mail quotes him as saving that
until "A courier brings him his formal
appointment he cannot say whether he
viii accept the ambassadorship but in
long interview in the Daily Chronicle
he speaks as if he is resolved to take il
MY task as ambassador" he saws in
the interview will be to disseminate
the truth about Russia and to obstinate
MISUNDERSTANDING and misrepresenta.
tion of the motives. character and pur-
pose of the workmen's and soldiers gov.
enment.
BOlsheyili Not Pro-German.