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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-08-23

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
BeLgiGnS VIII
Not ObeyOrder
Of Germans
Effort of Germans to Force
Natives To Restore
Towns Fails.

London. Eng, Feb. 23.-Informa-
ton from Belgium says the Germans
have tried several times to induce the
Communal authorities of Belgian
towns and villages TO undertake the
restoration Of the buildings destroyed
by them at the beginning OF the war
in order, no doubt to avoid paying
the necessary indemnity at the time Of
a final settlement. These attempts,
however, have never succeeded, and
a great many Flemish communes
have been heavily fined lately for
refusing to obey the German orders
It is reported that the German au-
thorities are now promising TO pay
half the expenses out of the funds Of
the Belgian state which they admin
lister, hoping, doubtless. that the COM
munal authorities will be prompted
by local interests TO accept such pro-
pOsals. This new maneuver does not
seem to have found more favor in
the eyes Of the Belgians, and the
commune Of Battice (near Liege) has
been condemned to a fine of 5000
barks (3750 pOunds) for refusing to
rebuild the village with the country's
money.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
NATION
DEMlRALIZED BY
WAR CONDITIONS
Influential German Paper
Says Nations Soul Is
in Distress.
NO HONOR AMONG
MERCHANTS LEFT
AMSTERDAM. Holland. Feb. a.

AMSTERDAM. Holland. Feb. "a
n The Leipziger Neueeie Mach
4 - richten. in a leading article en-
titled. The Nations Soul in Distress"
frankly admits the decentralization Of
the German nation since the war,
and quotes a Hamburg authority as
openly declaring that the position OF
the honorable merchant no longer
exists, because in the present cireum-
stances there can be no such thing.
The newspaper adds that the nation
was formerly as proud OF its officials
as OF its merchants, because their
integrity appeared Incompatible.
Formerly we had only a satisfied
smile at Russian conditions. and the
worst Balkan experiences caused US
silent mirth because we thought OF
our faithful incorruptibles at home.
Has this humOr not meanwhile some
what diminished
The insecurity Of the postal and
railway traffic today is really quite
unprecedented" il continues. NO
parcel and no luggage is protected
from disappearance and robbery, and
the railway authorities repudiate all
obligation TO replace stolen property
The confidence. firm as a rock. which
we formerly selt in our Imperial
Postal Service. that nothing is ever
lost in the post has given place to
an entirely different view"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
oNDoN. Eng. Feb. 2s.-VOdks

ONDON, Eng, Feb. 23.-Vodka,
the Russian national drink and
l. curse, IS responsible for the
reign Of disorder and the widespread
anarchy in that country today, &C
cording to the Russian correspondent
Of the London Observer. Writing Of
the new Russian collapse, the CORE
spondent says;
1T VIII be remembered that the
Russian revolution took place under
the aegis Of compulsory temperance
IT was the one salutary legacy OF the
old regime. But the great fault Of the
cars of making his people sober by
a ukese was that the compulsory So
briefly was imposed on a nation which
had not been emancipated from the
drink habit by education ana en-
lightened social interests With the
characteristic SlaV resignation the
Russian people submitted to the i'm
perial ukase as a regrettable but IN
avoidable evil Millions Of the Rus
sian peasants and workmen even dis
covered for the first time in their
lives, that they could easily do with
out vodka, and settled to a life OF
comfortable and contented temper
ance.
Cars DEGREES Abolished.
THE revolution of last March
abolished many Of the cars DEGREES,
but it jealOusly preserved the prohi-
bition, recognizing its SOLDERING influ-
ence on the masses already somewhat
unbalanced by the revolutionary up
heavaL Gradually, however, as the
anarchy in the country became more
and more widespread, the manufac-
ture and consumption Of vodka in
creased 10 alarming proportions. To-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
NORWAY EAGER
To MAKE DEAL
WITH AMERICA
Resumption of Food Ship
ments Demanded by the
Press and People.
TIRED OF GIVING
GERMANY BENEFIT

%HRISTIANIA. Norway, Feb. 23.-
Correspondence Of the Associ-
~ ated Press )-How to come to an
agreement with America for the re-
sumption Of the import of supplies is
the main topic for discussion by the
Norwegian press and people. In the
beginning the government did not
seem to take the American question
seriously. But after the failure of the
commission in Washington to obtain
export licenses, the cabinet members
realized the gravity Of the situation.
One by one the members of the Nor
wegian delegation to Washington re-
turned until DR.. hansen remained.
The newspapers. except the official
cabinet organ, are becoming impatient.
They ask why Denmark has obtained
export licenses for different food
stuffs. and say Sweden has had great
er success than Norway. So far Ger
many has had great advantages from
the trade agreements with Norway.
1t was asserted at a session of the
Storthing that the total export Of fish
to Germany from August, 1914, to Au-
gust 1917, was 10000 tons. Before
the war the average export to Ger
many was $4,000 tons, or about %
percent Of the whole export Of fish
from the country. On the other hand
the Germans have not been able to
keep their contract to furnish fishing
tackle and motor oil as compensation
for the fish.
One leading paper asks how long
Norway is to continue supplying IA
vOrs to Germany while the Germans
sink Norwegian ships and kill Nor
wegian sailors. And, it inquired. what
does Norway get in return for the ma
terial for manufacturing guns, pro-
5ectiles and ammunition which she is
supplying to Germany.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
British Protect and
Germans Threaten In
Cities Theg Capture

London, Eng, Feb. 2s.-Contrasted
with the German proclamation threat
ening punishment upon the women
and children Of Udine, Italy. II they
failed TO work in the field for IS
hours every day, under German domi-
nation, the order issued by the Brit
ish commander to the people Of Jeru-
salem after the capture of that city,
shows the different manner in which
the Entente and the Central Powers
wage war. The British order reads:
1T is my desire that every person
should pursue his lawful business
without fear Of interruption. Fur
thermore, since your city is regarded
with affection by three Of the great
religions Of mankind, and its soil
has been consecrated by the prayers
and pilgrimages Of the devout for
many centuries, therefore be it known
that every sacred building, monu-
ment, holy spot, shrine, pious bequest,
or customary Mace Of prayer, viii be
maintained and protected according
to the existing customs and beliefs
OF those to whose faiths they are
secred''
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Germany Is Building
Undereround Hnnenrs

Amsterdam, Holland Feb. 23.-(Cor-
respondence Of the Associated Press)
The German army is now construct
ing underground hangers for its air
planes as protection against English
bombing raids, says the Echo Beige.
At one Of the principal Belgian aero
dromes. hangers OF this type capable
Of housing u machines have already
prisoner labor.
The hangers are Of great depth and
are protected overhead by a thick
roof Of concrete and earth. The ma
chimes are underground and emerge
by a long runway in full flight. In
returning, they alight on the Inclined
plane. down which the machines run
easily to their shelters
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
RUSSIANS REVERT
TO VODKA, DRINK
CAUSES COLLAPSE
Prohibition, Enforced by Cars Decree, Is Quickly
Abandoned by BOlshevik Who Pillage Wine Cellars
of Former Gar and Grand Duke and Inaugurate
Era of Widespread Anarchy and Disorder.

wards the end Of Kerensky's regime,
according to professor Tougan-Bara-
novsky, a leading Russian economist,
there was hardly a village in Russia
without a secret vodka distillery.
PiIIaging the Wine Cellars.
"One of the first acts Of the Bolshe-
vik regime was to abolish the new
militia and declare all the laws pro-
mulgated by the car, including pro-
hibition. null and void. There was
no longer any need for secret manu-
facture OF vodka or secret drinking.
The Bolshevik principle of every
body a law unto himself" has no
where become operative in such 2
glazing manner as in the matter OF
drinking. The wine vaults of the
car and the grand dukes in Petro-
grad and Moscow, the smaller wine
cellars of the prosperous citizens and
town and country houses, wine shops
in every town and village through
out Russia, became the prey Of the
unruly mob. In addition, according
to the same authority and fully sub
stantiated newspaper accounts, vodka
distillers sprang up in every town
and village Of Russia
Orgies of Drunkenness Follow.
There cannot be any doubt that
excessive drinking, with the result
ant moral and social decentralization,
has played a considerable part in
bringing about the present state OF
anarchy IN Russia The worst agrarl-
an disorders, the worst cases OF defee-
ton and rioting among the unols-
ciplined soldiers and sailors, the
wholesale murder of officers, land
owners. employers and bourgeois"
generally by the demoralized soldiery.
workmen. and peasants, invariably
took place amidst or closely following
orgies of drunkenness"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
CamOnfzage
Does NOtMake
Ship nUiSibLe
British Admiralty Has New
System That Is Found
Effective.

London. Eng. Feb. 23.-The ad-
miralty, 1t IS officially stated. are
fully alive to the value OF camouflage
to defeat attacks by U-boats on mer-
camille shipping a system has been
organized. The principles governing
1t connot be divulged. but it may be
said that it has not invisibility for its
basis.
The theory OF rendering ships in
visible at sea by painting them va
rious colors IS no longer tenable. 1t
has been finally established that I'M
less a vessel and her smoker can be
rendered absolutely invisible no use
full purpose is served
The scheme now in use has been
extensively taken up not only by the
British but also by the allied gov
ernments
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
PLANES ARE
worst ENEMIES
Of SUBMARINES
Can Go to the Relief of
Threatened Vessels in
Few Minutes.
GIVE QUICK AND
EFFECTIVE HELP

ONDON. Eng, Feb. 2S.-On seven
occasions ships which were be-
L. ing attacked by submarines sent
S. O. s signals, which brought sea-
planes TO their assistance in time to
save them by compelling the subma-
rine TO dive. Several hundred ships
were conveyed during the month by
aircraft, and in no instance has a sub
marine attacked q ship while under
aircraft escort
Quicker Than Destroyers.
When a destroyer sights a subma-
rine some five OF six miles away it
goes TO the attack at about 80 miles
an hour. so that the submarine has
ten minutes or so in which to dive be-
yOnd the reach Of the destroyer's depth
charges But when a seaplane sights
a submarine at the same distance it
flies to the attack at anything from
so 10 100 miles an hour, so that the
submarine has only three or four min
utes before bombs begin 10 fall around
her.
A seaplane recently sighted a Ger
man submarine on the surface, flew
directly over her before she had a
chance 10 dive, and dropped on her a
bomb, which was seen to make a
large hole in the deck. Immediately
afterWard the seaplane pilot saw
through the mist three more German
submarines, in line abreast, followed
by three German destrOyers, and es-
corted by two German seapianes. All
six vessels fired their anti aircraft
guns at our seaplane, but the German
seaplanes did not attack because they
could not ger through the barrage put
up by the fire Of their own destroyers
and submarines. Our seaplane turned,
dropped another bomb on the wound
ed submarine, saw her sink amid a
pool OF oil. in which fragments OF her
1oated. and then retired from an IN
equal contest. at the same time send
ing a wireless message as to where
three Of the enemy's destroyers were
to be found
Our seaplanes save life in other
ways. Their presence has often saved
a merchant ship when a submarine has
been attacking it. and when the tor
pedo has found its mark II is fire.
cuently the seaplane which first sees
the shipWrecked crews in their boats,
sends wireless messages for assist
ance, and directs the rescuers to the
right spot The seaplanes and the
other aircraft sight mines, and so help
the mine sweepers in their task With
out a constant stream OF new aircraft
10 replace the inevitable heavy vast
age in machines, the struggle against
the German submarines will be pro-
longed. food become dearer, and the
lives Of our sailors exposed and in
many cases needlessly lost.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
PoRT IN FRANCE. a.. 2.

PORT IN FRANCE. Feb "a
a Correspondence Of the Assoei-
1 \ ated Press)-A little more than
six months have wrought a mighty
change in the base at which. last
June, the first division Of American
troops landed to go into training for
their fight with the Germans.
The docks have been and are being
enlarged. storage warehouses have
been and are being built, the harbor
has been dredged out to accommo-
date more and larger ships. and the
railroad facilities have been nearly
doubled and are being increased day
by day.
The enlargement Of the port has
created a somewhat anomalous stu
alton For whereas up to about the
end Of last year troops landed more
regularly and quickly than supplies.
so that it was sometimes feared II
would be necessary to draw temper
arily on the French for their sup
port. the base is now in the position
Of being able to handle more tonnage
than is at present coming to it, either
in the form OF supply or troop ships.
The capacity OF the port would,
however. be almost reached with the
completion OF the docks and store
houses now under construction If II
were not for far reaching engineer
ing plans that are underway.
The American authorities early
foresaW that even comprehensive
dock engagements would inevitably
result in congestion and confusion If
some outlet were not arranged for the
increasing supplies expected to ar
rive when they are needed. and which
even increased storage space could
not be expected to accommodate The
problem resolved itself into one Of
transr ortatiOn-
Therefore, while the railroad
tracks at the port itself are vastly
more numerous than they were six
have conceived a plan whereby q vast
tract Of land three or four miles back
OF the port has been taken over, and
is being developed coincidently with
the port itself
On either side OF a huge basin into
which ships can II necessary be towed
and unloaded. dozens Of parallel spur
tracks are being laid. They viii
serve a dual purpose. for cars either
can be filled from barges and vessels
brought into the basin, or cars loaded
at the port itself can quickly and
easily be hauled 10 the spurs and
there made up into trains
Take Over French Railroads.
The Americans already have taken
over on lease from the French Ger
tain lines Of railroad which will be fed
from the yards Of the port and Of the
complementary station in the rear.
They are increasing constantly the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
Famous Road to HARLEM
To Be Vegetable Garden,
Bulb Culture Abandoned

Leyden, Netherlands. Feb. 23.-No
longer will the famous road to Haar-
lem present an uninterrupted vista Of
Towering buIDs, when spring comes.
The bulb business, which has been Sc
riously hit by the war, offers such
poor prospects that many growers
have partly abandoned bulb planting
and have taken to vegetable raising
instead
Extensive vegetable drying sheds
have arisen alongside the canals
where in previous years banks OF
milti-col0red tulips and hyacinths de-
lighted the eye. So far. the facilities
for drying vegetables, especially cab
bages and carrots, are limited to about
600 tons a week
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

- ARTS, France, Feb. 23.-The long
- trail to the trenchesi It is a trail
= that tens Of millions OF men OF
nearly all the nations and races of
the globe have. YEARLY tramped over
during four years. a trail that for
some millions was their last. And
now thousands Of American boys are
about to tread that trail where legions
that have vanished like smoke have
trod before them. It is the same trail,
anywhere on the western front. and
this description Of how a relief Is ac-
complished. while actually written
from observation on the British front
in the north. applies just as well TO
our own boys. going into action from
a rest town in comparative safety in
the rear.
Activity in Rest Camp.
The light is dying out of the west
ern sky. and the evening shadows
are falling over the rest camp so
that the great square in which the
battalion is wont to parade is dark
ening with the passing minutes, and
the winking candle lights from the
more distinct Shadowy forms are
fitting across the square Now and
then voices sound. quick words of
command and question. and the long
trail to the trenches is about to COM
mence.
"A company. lead off" It is the
colonel who gives the order The
captains curt command follows.
There is a rattle OF equipment as the
rifles are brought to the slope. and
then the quick tread of men marking
time, until the files broaden out to
give them walking room. A long
line OF shadow detaches itself from
the main block ind moves towards
the rest camp entrance. The light
from the guard huts on either side
show up the heavily burdened forms
of men marching four abreast The
company draws stamping as the cap
tain mounts his impatient horse, a
quick beat of the eager hoofs as he
gallops to the columns head. March
at ease" The command comes clear
" down the line. Again the rattle
Of equipment as the rifles are slung
over the shoulder. A low murmur OF
conversation And the men settle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23
German and Austrian
Unions Disagree O0er
DemobiZization Plans

Amsterdam, Holland, Feb 22.-The
German and Austrian trade unions are
engaged in a squabble over demobili-
zation programs. According to the
Austrian labor paper Der Kampf, both
are agreed that. after peace is con-
cluded, no worker should be kept in
the army longer than is absolutely
necessary on military grounds, but
in regard to the exact process Of de-
mobilization they differ. The Aus
trian unions demand discharges ac-
cording to age. while the German
unions insist that the first considera-
ton should be given to particular
callings and groups Of wOrl1men, the
motive being TO bring about the
economic revival as soon as possible.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-23

efficiency and capacity OF the Fort ~
self by helping the French to econo-
mize in dock and transportation space-
The American plan which en-
visages caring for vastly more vol
ume than the port would normally ao-
comodate, even with the enlargement
OF docks and store houses IS not orig
inal with them, but IS more OF less
copy OF what the English have done
at another port, where they have IN
creased the daily output OF merchau-
disc from about 200 cars or less to
more than ZOO This they have been
able to do by laying out huge yards
to the rear OF the acual port to
avoid congestion and TO facilitate
making up trains.
The steady development OF the
American port has made IL necessary
to rearrange the manner In Thien the
work is done Last July q compare
lively small branch OF the quarter
masters department was amply able
10 super1ntend ana manage the w
loading and distribution OF SUPPLIES
Today the work has grown 50 that e
has had to be entrusted TO q railway
transportation department that =
growing in size every week and which
now merely turns over TO the quar-
termaster, as IL does TO the engineer
ing. the aviation and all other de-
partments such material IS belongs q
each
Negro Soldiers Unload Skf1n.
To keep pace with the increasing
volume OF supplies that arrive, q huge
force OF workmen has been found
necessary. Two regiments Of negro
soldiers, numbering 5000 men and
most Of then husky stevedores and
longshoremen from New York and
Southern ports in times Of peace, now
do the bulk OF the unloading from
the ships and the reloadtng OF the
trains.
A not ineonsiderable force OF Ger
man prisoners OF war, with whom the
fraternizings are at work about the
ing Every able-bodied male citizen
OF the port and many not sble-bodied.
IN addition TO all women who care to
work, have found employment and OF
course at wages that we're hitherto
unknown The city may be said 70 be
IN the heyday OF its prosperity.
Order Quickly ESTABLISHED
The somewhat chotic conditions thai
naturally prevailed when thousands
upon thousands OF newcomers flooded
into the city from the boats in la6a
June have subsidized Those stationed
permanently in the port have gradu-
ally settled down, IN the hotels and
in many private families The Of
ficers have established messsa for
themselves at which they can aTafI
themselves OF American food. and the
men who are not CHARTERED in the
town, itself, live at the original camp
where Gen Sibert and his first d.
vision stayed until It was tine 70 70
10 the training camp behind The erc1f