Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-16

on for quick action, and there was not
pint of whiskey to be bought in
Burlington for love or money.-Rut-
land Herald.
The Banner has no desire to rub it
! in, but very few reputable physicians
recommend whiskey for influenza or
for any other disease nowadays. Fur
Their than that, we do not believe that
the leading medical authorities at
Camp Devens told the Burlington
physicians that whiskey was the only
treatment that could be depended on.
bennington Banner.
Dale Holds the Fort.
All candidates on the prohibition
ticket under the name of DR.. Mayo
have withdrawn their names from the
ballot by documents filed with the
secretary of state. Under the law
candidate who is nominated by more
than one political party can elect on
which ticket he cares to stand. The
various candidates play safety first
and stay Republicans. This procedure
which was originally brought into
force when Mr.. Clement was mixing
up the political signals some years
back by running independently now
works to his benefit. Strange how
political laws will shift the benef-
ciary one way and then another as
time heals all wounds. AS the prohib-
itionists didn't intend to start row
against the whole ticket they will
probably be content to run their cam
paign with a governor at the head
and when it comes to the rest Of the
ticket: the members of that party can
exercise their judgment. Congress-
| Dol 111hn taH
by the Prohibitionists, was notified of
the action Of the four candidates on
the state ticket. AS the congress-
ional ballot is separate and distinct
and Mr.. Dale's attitude on prohibition
is not in any way disguised it may be
possible that he will allow his name
to remain, since then he would be Of
Tending no one and it would not make
any difference in any event His at
titude can neither hurt nor harm the
head Of the Republican state ticket,
unless it be Observation-Disclosures
pelier Argus.
In the End.
! Under the rigid discipline of Prus-
sian military system German soldiers
become perfect fighting machines
when massed for battle and COM
manded by officers whose method and
plan is a marvel of learned precision.
But recent reports say that individual
initiative by the average German SOL
der when separated from his COM
mand is surprisingly lacking and that
| they have become so docile under the
absolute submission to authority that
questions put to them by Allied ex-
aiming officers as promptly as they
have been compelled to answer their
own officers. General Ludendoff COM
plains that German prisoners give
away much valuable military infor-
nation and orders his troops who may
fall into the hands of the Allies to re-
fuse to talk. 1t is said the amount of
information now obtained by Allied
officers from German prisoners is
amazing. Furthermore the German
practice Of frightening their men by
telling them that the Allies murder
all their prisoners supposedly to
make them fight the more desperately
to save capture) invariably makes in
formation more easily obtainable than
it otherwise would.
Thus does the German method fail
in the end.
At the outset Germany expected
immediate access to France through
Belgium by means of threat, but the
method failed and brought Belgium
into the German path with the deter
mination to fight to the end.
Germany thought to make an ex-
ample of Edith Cavel, but the ex-
ample brought protests from an out
ragged world.
Germany thought to strangle Eng
land and brighten the United States
by its submarine policy, but this has
prompted the building of more ton
mage than Germany ever hoped to
sink.
Germany thought to win Russia by
! intrigue and there gain men and
means for prolonging her struggle in
definitely, but Germany has found
Russia a monstrous seething caldron
requiring constant attention but un-
renunerative.
Germany thought to use the United
States as clearing house for world
wide Pruss:an propa ganda, but the
clearing house fell upon her head
Germany thought to continue r1ur-
dering American people while prom
ising not to do So, but Germany did
not know America. Germany thought
we would not fight. Germany thought
it would win the war. But Germany
in the end-will lose.
Prussian perfection, Prussian pro-
gram, Prussian power, Prussian prac-
tice, Prussian precision, Prussian