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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-01

The actual entry OF Chinese troops
in-o the war has been announced -
the state department when It was IN
formed tina. several thousand Chinese
troops have been moved to Harotn'
where It has Just been reported Ihs1
Chinese forces obtained a military oe-
cision over boishev!k troops there
The pick Of all Chinese soldiers,
comprising several army corps, were
said authoritatively today TO De n
Manchuria- prepared for any eontsn-
gencv there. The moving 0! troops 70
Hardin was decided upon after the
Diplomatic representatives Of foreign
powers In Pekin advised the step
The Chinese commandment -chiet az
Harbtn on Dec. IS presented at the
boIshevikt headquarters the demand
that the two reserve Russian hattaI-
| Tons which were under its control leave
| Hardin. The bolsheviK anihora'lss
agreed, but during the night issued or
ders 20 resist.
On the morning OF Dec. IS the sistn
Reg!ment opened fire on the Chinese,
who thereupon replied killing the co..
onei and a number o, men. The reg
nent then surrendered and gave up rs
arms.
Ru,,n. the bc1shev.ki chief. and
slav.n ana Luts.i, MS assistants. e.
ca ped. The Chinese now control the
situation. and the lives Of foreigners
are being .a.egUarded.
No japanese troops, il VAS learner
have been go disposed by The japanese
military authorities ss TO constitute
-h-ea. against either Chinese or SiosT-
lan TERRITORY since the rse Of the DOL
stertk. IN Russia: buy grea. Interest
was manifested IN official and dipio-
matte quarters -tSay o-sr az Unofficial
| Toxic dispatch stating thzt crown
| co,7rcz1 had herr sitting to determine
The attitude Japan Ehould assume IL
/ ne event that Russia concludes sep
e-ate peace T3.h Ee-nznT.
! II important quarters = ~as sse@-t-
&C that zry ar-tor taken ~ Japan hog
3.:.e 20 Ptas-tz would certainly orTe
Russia s-to Ge-nang's arms. and Il
! wes asserted that high officials 81 this
government. Is well az u tie allied
| governments. are aTa-e of ire .D51-y
Iw-lca Nigh. result 20 TIE allied cause
thru threats directed Z. RTssla-
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
CLIPPING THE PRUssIAN EAGLES WINGS

When Won Hindenburg withdrew his troops to prepared
positions back of the Bapaume- Peronne line after the battle
of the Somme in 1917 his retreat was as great a surprise as any
of his drives. He did it so skilfully that the English lost con-
tact with the foe all along the line. Hindenburg prepared for
the retreat and had his troops well in hand, so the only losses
he sustained We're a few men and guns and his phantom rear
guard.
Again he has withdrawn his forces after suffering defeat
on the historic banks of the Marine, where the crown prince led
half a million men into a trap. This time the retreat was a
rout because it had to be made without careful preparation and
because the morale of his troops was lower than after the bat
tie of the Somme. Insofar as this withdrawal from the Marine
salient was accomplished without the loss of most of the troops
involved, it was a military success, but it was necessary to
cover the retreat by sacrificing crack regiments and a vast
amount of war material.
These two retreats illustrate the change in the relative
strength and efficiency of the opposing forces in a little more
than a year. The crown princes army is badly disorganized
and will have to take up a defensive position in order to re-
cuperate. In the north the army of the crown prince of Ba-
varia is probably in good shape if it has not been drawn upon
too heavily to save the crown princes army in the Marine
salient For this reason military observes expect another drive
against the British lines in front of Amiens or nearer the coast.
1t is now unlikely that Hindenburg will be able to make a
general drive all along the line from the North sea to the Swiss
frontier. Something will happen within a few weeks, and the
German people are being prepared for the worst by a discus
sion in the newspapers of the a~dvisabiity of establishing a line
of defense on the Meuse next winter, which would mean the
surrender of practically all the occupied territory in north
ern France and also a part of Belgium.
If the Huns cannot win some important advantage in
France before winter they will renew their peace drives with
out trying to dictate the terms of a peace of victory. The
German people have been keyed up by the promise of a vic
toriOus conclusion of the war this year and the socialists In
the reichstag said they would permit the sacrifice of 100000
men to accomplish that object. Without a decisive victory on
the western front after making such sacrifice, the kaiser and
the militarists may find themselves facing conditions at home
that will tie their hands. Then we must demand terms of
peace dictated by strong men that will put an end to the men
ace of autocracy and Prussian mihtarism. No mOlycoddles or
pacifists should be allowed to interfere when that hour comes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
THE NEED FOR WHEAT RESERVES

UOOU CTUp5 U WIHTtT WHtHI, OaIS, DHT1ty, rye dHU TICt, u
ready out of danger, have relieved the food situation, but spring
wheat and corn have not reached maturity and hot weather is
doing some damage in the corn belt. We may count on plenty
of food for ourselves and a sulplus for export to Europe, but
we cannot afford to waste a pound of any kind of grain or fat
For twenty years the world has been on the edge Of a
wheat famine. Only those who have studied grain trade statis-
tics realize it, but the surplus carried over from one crop year
to another has been d~windling and for a long time has been in
sufficient to protect consumers against a serious crop failure.
The world has been lucky enough to escape such a disaster, but
has not been sufficiently wise to provide against it. A crop
failure in North America during this war might change the
destinies of the civilized world.
America must accumulate a reserve of wheat at any cost.
Corn will not take the place of wheat as a reserve because corn
does not keep well and corn meal and flour do not stand ship
ment overseas in warm weather. America could exist without
wheat. but our armies in Europe could not because they could
not find substitutes in sufficient quantity to sustain them. The
same is true of our allies.
Russia cannot find herself properly, so she contributes
nothing to the sustenance of the rest of the world. Stores OF
wheat in Australasia, South America and British India cannot
be tapped to any material extent until we provide the ships.
We do not know when we shall be able to spare ships for this
trade, and we cannot afford to rely on reserves in the southern
hemisphere during the war.
England is producing about 70 per cent OF her domestic
requirements. but France and Italy are raising less food than
they did before the war. Some slight increases may be obtain
ed from Spain and North Africa, but not enough to offset the
decreases in France and Italy.
Canada and the United States must produce the wheat ana
most of the other foodstuffs, and they are doing it by a peril
ously narrow margin. Luck favored us with two good crops OF
wheat at the beginning of the war. Last year America fell
short, but the Canadian crop was fair. This year we are as
sured of about 9OOOOO,OO0 bushels of wheat, but the Canadian
crop is in danger and, with better weather hereafter, is not Ike
w to exceed 100000 900 bushels of millable wheat.
We must try to save some of this years wheat as a re-
serve to protect us from a short crop next year, and we must
add to the acreage of winter wheat planted this year. Ii we
gain access to the wheat in the southern hemisphere In the
course of the next year it will not be sufficient for the reserve
which the world should have. This is no time to consume
wheat lavishly. We are not out of the woods and the world
will not be safe until it accumu1ates a surplus OF at least 1oo,-
100000 bushels of wheat to carry over from year to year.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
COAL SHORTAGE THREATENED

I'm the fifth month of the anthracite year, which, accord
ing to the custom of the trade, begins on April 1, the dispute
between the coal operators and the railroad commission over
the cause of the shortage of coal supplies is still going on.
Within ten weeks from now every building north OF the ONO
river in which people live or work will have to be heated, and
after that anthracite cannot be mined as fast as 1t Will be con-
sumed. The shortage next winter will be measured by the
supply accumulated before the beginning of November.
1t is alleged that thousands of coal cars, sidetracked for re-
pairs, have not been touched. 1t is also stated that coal min
ers. who cut the coal and leave it to their helpers to load ON
mine cars. work only six or seven hours a day. They draw
pay on the tonnage or piece basis and prefer short hours.
Some of them earn more than a hundred dollars a week and
want time to spend it,
The coal operators blame union labor, and the fuel admin
'istration and the railroad administration blame each other and
everyone else. Observers in the coal regions say that lack of
cars and shortage of labor are preventable evils.
Is the public to have a federal investigation instead of full
coal bins at the advent of winter? The coal situation, in that
event, will become an election issue next November.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
THE FOLLY OF TERRORISM

Terrorism will not free Russia from the German yoke. The
assassination of the German ambassador at Moscow has been
followed by the killing of the German pro-consul of the Uk-
raine. These deeds will give the kaiser an excuse to send
troops into Russia and will rivet his hold on that unhappy
country. The only way to drive the TeutOnic oppressOrs out
of their country is for the Russians to join hands with the en-
tente allies and take the field against the Huns.
The assassination Of julius Caesar put the imperial crown
on the head of Augustus, and so it has been ever since. Rus
sian revolutionists gained nothing by bombing a former en-
peror. In Siberia the Russians have a nucleus around which
to rally. By accepting the help of Japan, China and the other
allies they can force Germany to Withdraw troops from France
and speed a victorious ending of the war that will restore their
liberties and territory and leave them free to work out their
own destiny. Killing solitary German officials will make their
lot still harder, for the kaiser can always find men to take
the places of officials who fall.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
US. ARMY BEING EDUCATED

Millions of young Americans will come back from Europe
after the war with their minds opened by contact with our al
lies and bv what they have seen of the British Isles, France,
Italy, Belgium and other countries. Foreign travel is usually
part of the education of the rich which the masses OF their
cannot enjoy. We will need breadth of vision and
thought more than ever in the days to come because America
has entered the family of great nations and her interests Will
hereafter be truly international.
There was much truth in the claim of the Prusslan mill
tarists that service in the army in time of peace was a liberal
education which turned the peasant boy into an alert man.
America is well governed in national affairs, but its municipal
system leaves much to be desired.
The sight of the cities and towns OF European countries
should give our soldiers some ideas that may bear good fruit.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
A COUNTER IRRITANT FOR IRELAND'S ILLS

Having failed to cure Ireland's political ills by other meth
DDS, the British government now proposes to try the effect of
| a counter irrtant. The chief secretary for Ireland has inform
ed the house of commons that the government has determined
to seize 10000 rifles which are said to be in the hands of the
obstetrics, and significantly added that IF the government could
get them without trouble so much the better" This statement
was loudly cheered by the Irish nationalist MEMBERS.
These rifles were the contribution of the German emperor
to the Orange cause when he hoped to create a state of civil
war in Ireland that would keep England out of the great war
he intended to wage against France, Russia and Serbia. The
leniency shown by the British government toward Carson and
his Ulster rebels has been the prime cause of the disaffection
in the rest of Ireland and of the growth of the Sim Fein move
ment.
To cure these troubles the British government will put the
screw on the Orangemen who have secreted these German
rifles and who loudly boast that they will use them to defeat
home rule. AS a counter-irritant, it will certainly blister the
Carsonites, and it may relieve the Inflammation in the south of
Ireland-New York Commercial
Springfield Republican: General Ludendorffs Opera
tons" in Picardy and Flanders are being carried out with a
rapidity which must delight the kaiser.
Albany Journal: The Asne must be made a way station
on the road to the Rhine.
Springfield Republican: A tax of $24, 900 a year on his
salary would hardly put the president in the class of the plu-
Itocrats.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Anyone but a Hun would regard the lightship off Cape Hat
teras as something of value to himself as well as to others.
Even a submarine pirate wishes to keep off a dangerous shoal
and get his bearings when approaching the coast. The sink
ing of this lghtship was one of the wanton acts which Will
cost Germany dear when the day of reckoning comes. Ihe
law of reprisal may leave Germany no ship on the high seas
and therefore no interest in l~ightships. Is the kaiser resigned
to that fate?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
WHY NOT BANANA FLOUR?

Bananas are cheap and plentiful. They yield more good
food to the acre than any other crop and there is less risk IN
cultivating them. Banana flour has been made in an expert
mental way, and it is claimed that it can be used as a suDstl-
,tute for wheat flour.
If this be true, some business-ike effort should be mace
to put it ON the market. The possibilities of banana culture In
the West Indies and the coastal regions of Mexico and Central
and South America are limitless, and these districts are within
easy reach, so the amount of shipping required would not De
great.
This is a commercial problem for people in the trade to
solve, but it is worth trying if half of what is said about Da-
nanas is true. If the countries to the south of us can grow
enough bananas to feed the world, as some have stated, now is
a highly acceptable time to put banana flour on the market and
see what can be done with it.
The Americas have added potatoes, corn, tobacco, tapioca
and cocoa to the worlds list of necessaries of life, and banana
flour might be as valuable as any of them if it justified the
claims made for it.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Providence Journal: Daring U-boat pirates! They ex-
posed themselves to the view ofsthe crew of a Gloucester fish
ing boat before attacking.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Six months ago every demagogue and pro-German talked
about the Hog Island scandal" Calculations based on labor
at 80 to 20 cents an hour were upset when rs cents an hour
for unskilled workmen became the minimum wage and more
money had to be spent in constructing the great plant than the
government engineers had estimated. In the face of this storm
Of abuse the company went ahead. AS one of its leading spir-
its said: 'Let us build ships now, and put us in Jail after
wards" Now the first large fabricated ship has been launch
ed, and for the next year the rate of production will be one
every three days with good prospects of making it one every
two days. Hog island has fifty ways for steamships, which is
about four times the ship-building equipment of the British
isis outside the %dockyards of the royal navy, and it is only one
of many great American %shipyards. Nothing can stop the
manufacture of ships, for that is what it is now, if the steel
mills can turn out the plates and shapes.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Chicago News: These are great days for the ultimate con-
sumner. He is being protected against extortion on the one
hand and against his appetite on the other.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Troy Record: Boches are calling the Yankee soldiers "fe-
rocious Americans" Did the baby sayers expect our boys to
handle them with, kid gloves?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Anaconda Standard: From the very nature of the case,
Germany won't be and can't be good until we have licked the
hell out of her.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Many states of the Union do not keep complete records of
births, marriages and deaths. Lack of these vital statistics is
handicapping the work of drafting and enlisting men for mill
tary service. No other civilized country neglects to keep track
of its citizens in this way. Some states offer the poor excuse
of economy and their legislatures refuse to appropriate money
for keeping such records. The only reliable information we
have regarding the population of America is the federal census
taken every tenth year.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
IN rnoct

While the allies are hesitating over what course to pursue
in Russia the Czecho-Slovak forces seem to have decided to
pursue the Bolshevik army-Kansas City Star.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Providence Journal: The amateur gardener is amazed at
the growing ability of the whole tribe of weeds in times of
drought.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24
WHY SPARE FOES WITHIN OUR GATES

The prO-German sabotage is more common than is gen.
orally supposed. Arson is its cOmmOnest form and the fact is
concealed when the criminal escapes detection because those
who suffer fear that their insurance policies will be cancelled
or the rates will be raised if they state the facts. Manufacture
ers also believe that publicity will encourage more secret enc
mics to make similar attempts. Thus we are terrorized at
home.
We have been too lenent with the enemies within our
gates. The man who sets fire to a field of grain, an elevator,
a muniton plant, a shipyard, a lumber yard or any other place
where supplies for our army or navy are being produced, is
either a traitor or a spy in the service of the foe. In time Of
war he should suffer death for such deeds. In France such
men are executed without delay. Our soldiers are dying by
thousands on the battlefield of France. Why should we let
those who are trying to stab them in the back live in our
midst?
We should avail ourselves of the deterrent effect of the
death penalty just as the Huns would certainly do if secret en-
emies within their gates tried to help their foes. Hundreds of
Russians were executed by the supine Bolsheviki at the order
of the kaiser to avenge the assassination of his ambassador at
Moscow. That is the way this war is waged by them. Why
spare his agents here?
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Albany Journal: The Aisne must be made a way station
on the road to the Rhine.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Springfield Republican,: A tax of $24, 900 a year on his
salary would hardly put the president in the class of the plu-
tocrats.
The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-08-24

Springfield Republican: General Ludendorffs
TONS in Picardy and Flanders are being carried out
rapidity which must delight the kaiser.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-12
"A CLEAR CUT REPLICATION

- President Wilson'S address 10 Con-
,,gress yesterday. replying TO the more
or less obscuring speech OF Chancellor
Won Hertling. and thr seemingly
friendly advances mad By the Aus
trian Chancellor. Count EG"rnin, at the
same time is in the nature OF a review
Of their representations. anu a distinct
reassertion OF tho vital conditions Of
acceptable peace heretofore outlined
by the American and British govern
mentS and approved b. Italy and
France. BUT il must b. said in passing
that no one has yet so happily r!ddled
BY logical shot the cvaSirr and con-
fusing statements OF the German Chan
cellor as has Nj Wilson. In effect.
the President states that Germany's
position as exposed b. von He-tling
.--is much the sam" as i: has always
been, that IL she gets what she started
! after she will be perfectly willing 70
: treat with tn" Allies for what is left.
% The main conclusion of the President
: that there was noihir:; in Won Herr
I, ling's speech upon which 10 hang the
: remotest basis for i,..;.ce negotiations
= was, Of course. accepted as a right
+ reading Of German yagueness some
!. time ago, and an official expression
2 which the American press, with loyal
). unanimity. has also anticipated.
E The President made IN interesting
= revelation in connection with HIS ref
( erence TO the friendly attitude Of
= Count CzernIn. who. he said. intimated
: that he (the Presid"nD had been hon
, ored with a confidential knowledge Of
j his views before they were publicly
8 delivered The President politely re-
!, minds the Count tha; ne must b. mis-
: taken or else the Austrian postal srrY
Z ice is at fault and as unreliable as our
!, own is at times. At any rate. up 70
: the time OF his address. the prrsidrn;
:. hnd not been in r"r"ir' Of any such
Communication. I: IS ;ruc, it is 4 littt"
matter, but i: Is we;r enough 70 keep
: the record straight.
s In the real consequential considera-
s tons Of peace the President vigorously
= maintains his former position. IL any
= thing making more definite the origi-
: nal stipulations. that the final settle
',ments shall be ruled entirely by prin-
ciples Of justice already outlined; that
there must be no barter of provinces