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New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

bringing about change in the status Of
Jews IN Poland
AS to Austria the same paper writes.
1T becomes more and more evident that
the measures taken by the Austrian gov
eminent n regard 20 strangers are effec-
lively directed against Galician refugees.
"hiie as regards strangers IN general. only
Few had been forced TO leave Budapest. a
campaign has been organized with the pur-
pose of compelling Galcian Jewish refu-
gees 20 quit Budapest By the thousands
DR. Straacher, member of the Austrian
Parliament, made an Interpolation IN re-
gard 70 .he attitude OF the Hungarian gov
ernment.
Nevertheless. the conditions Of Jewish
refugees in Austria have by no means i'm
proved The Inhabitants Of the various
districts that had been liberated by the
Austrian armies are being compelled 10 re-
turn 10 their destroyed homes. where life
IS absolutely impossible at the present
tune All those that rrfase TO return are
being deprived Of state aid on the con-
trary. those that do return continue 20 re-
eeiVe aid only FOR two months. This treat
ment is due 70 Z. violent aati-Semitic cam
palgn. The measures taken have provoked
very great Indignation and anxiety par
ticularly Oh the part Of refugees. who had
been the first victims of the war and had
been compelled TO leave their homes hafora
the. Russian inyasiou."
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
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Providence Journal Ind "is
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New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Turning to a consideration of the in
anence of Americas press, Mr.. Cook
declares:
astriking events in the last ten years be-
fore the war directed public opinion in Eng
land toward the United Stases in far
more intelligent and persistent manner
than was ever the case before. Improve
ments in communication, by cable, by mail,
snd by steamer, also greatly facilitated
mutual Intercourse and understanding. But
English opinion was scarcely helped TO a
correct judgment by press whose privilege
it is to guide no less than to reveal Can
it be that the English public are somewhat
too provincial in their grasp of foreign
movements? Or S it possible that sufficient
responsible, direct and fearless information
was not forthcoming?
"The appalling personal methods of the
American press seem TO have obscured the
truth that on broad national questions that
press is seldom wrong. The repulsive svs-
tenn Of handling certain kinds of news
seems to nave prevented English readers
from approaching the dignity and balanced
judgment often seen upon what is called
the editorial page.
The American press has no censor; it
lives by yelling. The very government
as well proceeds by clamor and outcry;
for it is popular government and the
voice of the mass Of common people is not
sweet. Bu. IN the end when the shouting
Is al over, i viii generally be found that
sclld position has been won, based upon
public conscience and upon common sense:
not due only TO those financial reasons
which have been somewhat unduly en-
paasized not Influenced by Wall Street
spectators only; but based upon the larger
arguments OF an infinitely larger public.
FOR neither Wall Street alone nor New York
alone nor the Eastern States alone can
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
and Austria are con-
7 r tinuing to oppress Jews as

z r tinuing to Cypress Jews as
formerly. The Austrian and
Hungarian governments, it is said. are
especially severe to Jewish refugees who
had to fee from Galicia during the Rus
sian invasion and who cannot return
there, as their homes have been de-
stroyed. In Budapest, for example,
while non-Jews have only in few eases
been compelled to leave the city, Jews
are being forced to return to their de-
stroyed homes or state aid is refused
them. Others are forced to live in field
barracks that ruin their health.
According to information received by
the Gazette de Hollande," of The Hague,
from the Jewish Correspondence Bu-
reau, the German government has re-
fused to recognize any change in the po-
litical and social status of the Jew in
Poland now under occupation by the
Central Powers. In spite of many pro-
tests and efforts on the part of Jews in
Germany and neutral countries. and in
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
'as New York Globe (Rep.)

'@s New York Globe (Rep.)
!. s'''nel Roosevelt il unguestionably right
sss'og tnat II il by shooting rather than
5.s''as at Germany the var is to be won
sf1e oaa dene good for "A democracy il
b. q government by talk, but it
,,,.' e"'e about All the good in the present
e. a." oi which II in capable. The need Of
~'af ~ for act1, and az far as possible.
~ -1sus-Sied leadership. Blessed ig the
"a shp can control his tips IN this crisis
ys.soss aaoss energy goes into doing But AZ
hssA Droc]amatjons Of purpose and
u s"o' announcements Of what is about
~ s sens no longer help much, 10 unbri-
sa,.zie'Sm .a''ie'Sm is Of slender nse. That un-
Pa .sa felegs baye oerarred is patent.
AS, 1He Fresident in many respects has
trss q Measure IN to TIE ideal /. sadl..
xs SH} under our form of goyernfner,.
shss1s. change horses even though there
Ia - " deaire ~ 10 70. The President "a
IL. Ihig is fixed fact oY the *itna.
Al. 9aen being the 1naiteranie conaition
rxsis.se - ssgy TO see what good comes from
nui1lsS :. :. ass leadership. II milk baa been
10 2 y not 10 be recovered by cou~
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The Detroit News (rnd.)

The natural presumption is that the Colo
mel and his followers believe this country
ardently prefers that the President discon-
tinue his speeches across the wide ocean and
send ships and men in their place. This, II
may well be, is designed by Colonel Roose-
welt to mark the line of cleavage between
the Democrats and Republicans as the war
progresses. And it IS not to be denied
that however much the whole world Graves
peace, events 10 this date indicate that the
Colonel so far has the best Of il.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The Cheyenne State Leader (Dem.)

The Colonel rambled far afield, too. He
boldly asserted that Republicans in Con-
gress since the entry of the United States
into the war have sought to serve their
party only BY making it serve America"
Evidently his memory is short as regards
La Toilette, Republican, or Gronna. a Re
publican, or a half dozen other members of
the G. Q. P. in House and Senate who have
occupied the lirnelght from time to time
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

British side-when Britons by regiments
and pl&toons assured me that the Americans
are modest-iay American hair began to
curl We have always known that our shy
retlcence sometimes conceals our true
worth, but IN the end tnas word modest
began to eat IN. Il was as though we were
being felieitated on being white or on hav-
ing left our strings Of scalps smoke-dryins
in the paternal wigwams
Why I asked, are you so blightedly
insistent upon our moGesty?'
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The Ta-rytown News (Rep.)

"Beat Germany says T. r That's the
slogan. The Colonel also says: IT'S the
way we shoot and not the way We ss1out that
counts" The Colonel favors preoaration
for three years. war and the enlist.ng al
100000 men. Wonder + his words Of
warning VIII Be listened TO- He has proved
q prophet IN the past. It would seem Ike
coed common sense to follow his advice
nov. 'The people, not the President or
Congress, are fighting this war" he adds.
Again he's right
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The New York Herald (Ind.)

Mr. Roosevelt's arraignment of phrase
making-of word Singing a means Of
warfare-expresses the thought uppermost
in the minds of all thinking Americans.
BOLD and lofty declarations of purpose"
he said in his speech at Portland yesterday,
'arc Of worth only they turned into
brave deeds by who are both strong
and true. We of this nation must now
prove our truth by our endeavor." If this
war is to he won it must be won "by brains
and steel, not by kid gloves and fine
phrases 1t is as a prophet able to say Il
told you so" that Mr.. Roosevelt deals with
the question Of preparedness. His voice
now is raised for preparation for three
years war and for the trimming OF an army
of 5000. 900 men. preferably through adop-
ton of a system Of universal military train
ing Therc, too, Mr.. Roosevelt speaks for
the American people.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The Springfield Republican (lnd. }

A short time ago there was much talk of
the desirability Of a coalition cabinet Mr.
Roosevet's address shows Clearly how in1-
possible the scheme was, and for this reason
certainly his attack on the Administration
is to be welcomed. There must be harmony
and unity in an administration if it is to be
effective in any direction. But Mr. Roose-
welt as leader of the opposition party would
Immediately clash with the President and
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

an error that really counted, and which must
not be repeated by assuming that Great
Britain, France and Italy will do our work
and that hence there is no reason for Amer
ica to disturb herself. 1t is immoral
it is unwise for US to rely in this way on
the sacrifices of our allies. We must show
by acts that not slackers in the
great business of saving civilization.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
War Is Making Real Comrades OF ENGLAND an
-HE two great English-speaking
nations, Britain and the United

HE two great English-speaking
Il nations, Britain and the United
j States, have come to ''the end
-. long misunderstanding" according
theodore A. Cook, writing in "The
Niueteenth Century;
sghsseve- may be the verdict Of pos
..-ty upon President Wilson, it will never
" scrrotsen that he was the immediate
~ .. 1,.-rpsent Of an alliance between the Brit
n' s rn,n:re and che United States which
~. gave Prussia the warning that, in
niI s.S.ing for tho supremacy of the world,
Ne would have to conquer all the English
ss.k,ne races and al the nations already
s's.Sna,ely associated with them. That warn
w. will bear fruit not in this war only
,~s ~ many q e~neration yet TO come. For
..lsss universal peace be nothing but q
aa ,..sn il VIII come by the united action
:; ,hose races and by no other means.
ais is curious 70 observe how long that
Ian has taken TO accomplish, and TO real
~ that br. Tor Prussian arrogance and
.mh;tion il might never have come about
:. III within the horizon of any one now
living.
.essity had already been recognized by
law men ike John Hay. But it seemed con-
prually postponed by causes that we're
rsrely trivial in comparison with the real
seues involved. Some of those causes it will
he well 20 recall II the happier circum-
stances OF to-day. The permanent
tlsndshins of nations are rooted not in
.sprice but in character. Caprice has lasted
lors enough. The stern call of the present
war has brought out the true character
a. both Americans and British, and this is
vhv they stand together"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

returned TO the G. 0. P. as the only means
Of keeping himself before The public. There
IS no other way, the Progressive party be-
ing entirely disintegrated and disbanded
Not only did Roosevelt humble himself bv
renewing his G. o. P allegiance at the
Maine convention, bat the former Progress
siye leader in the state, Halbert P. Gardner.
kowtowed to the sacred elephant and an
nounced his return.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

More, perhaps, than they had for any other
people in the world. Great Britain has al
ways known that the Americans have con-
fdence in her fairness and America has al
ways believed that if it came to the show
down Great Britain would stand with her
But the two peoples were so nearly alike
that they Jared on each other. 1t is not
often that cousins are really chums.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The New York Evening Pos. (Anti-
Roosevelt

Colonel Roosevelt's speech to the Maine
Republicans yesterday was written, he ex-
planned, while he was in the hospital, but
there is certainly smell of ether about t.
Never did he display more vigor IN assert
ing what no man denies; never was his Ber-
serker rage against men of straw more in
evidence. If his attacks on the Administra-
ton were intended as proof of his complete
restoration to health the country Will be
convinced that he is back in his finest fight
ing form. His smashing blow is as power
full as ever.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

over there would have been two hostile
states on the American continent one based
on slavery and the other on freedom; ana
there would have been not much more hope
for the improvement of either than we see
in Russia now. The lesson is well worth
remembering at the hour when 'pacfists'
renew their barren outcries here
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

make coalition a wretched failure owing to
the sharp divergence between his views on
militarism after the war and Mr.. Wilson's.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

The Charlestown News and Courier
(Dem.)
Colonel Roosevelt IS again attacking Pres
dent W son. HIS recent Illness NAV have
taken good deal cut Of Teddy. but it didn'.
take out any of his cussedness
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

because of their obstructionistic tactics
against our war programme.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Ind. DEM

The former President was IN fne form.
Some Of his epigrams were impressive
The Maine speech IS characteristic
of a ternperamental warmth, temperament
tai lndiscretion, teraperamental trend tow
ard pyrotechnics, that the world has come
to associate with Roosevelt's name. That
it will, on the whole, 90 good rather than
harm we have TO doubt. The spirit and the
purpose Of the Colonel are admirable
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

The New York Times (Ind. Dem.)
They are bad friends OF the Administra-
tion. aad. what Is infinitely more. Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Portland Daily Eastern Argus Nnd.)
It IS evident that Theodore Roosevelt has
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The American Press Has No
l Censor-Lives by Yelling

Turning to a consideration of the in
auence of Americas press, Mr.. Cook
declares:
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[ f

with apologies to Kipling)
If you can hold your head up while the others
Are dropping theirs from marches and fatigue
II you can drill in dust that clouds and smoth-
ers,
And still be fit to hike another league
# you can stand the greasy food and dishes,
The long black nights, the lonesome road, the
blues;
If you can choke back all the gloomy wishes
For home that seem to spring right from
your shoes;
Il you can laugh at sick call and the pill boys,
When all the other lads are checking in;
If you can kid and jolly all the killjoys,
Whose faces long ago forgot to grin;
If at parade you stand fast at attention,
When every muscle shrieks aloud with pain
If you can grin and smoker at the mention
OF some bone play connected with your name
If you succeed to keep your knees from knock
ing,
At thoughts of all the bullets you may stop;
If you can do these things and really like 'em,
You'll be regular soldier yet, old top.
d. H. w, in The Trouble Buster q. S. Cen
eral Hospital No. 2, Fort McHenry.)
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-19
LOYALTY OF WOMEN.

A French soldier killed his wife when she
served his coffee in a cup ON which was the
kaiser's picture What really melted him to
murder was her intimacy with German officers
While he was at the front.
More awful that Hun frightfuness, more
dreaded than peuton barbarity are incidents
like these, for their deiberateness blasts for
ever the sufferers faith in humankind, like a
breath of flame from hell.
The men in trenches, wallowing in filth, en-
during privation and facing death are really, in
the final analysis, fighting for WOMAN.
What soldier doesn't treasure picture let
ter or other token of someone who babe him
Godspeed with trembling tones, quivering lip
and mist--clouded smiling eyes?
What boy doesn't charge cross No Mans
Land with the grim determination that his mo-
Their, his wife, his sweetheart will never hear
the dread tread Of the bestial HUN horde?
What Italian, Frenchman, Belgian, British
and Yank hasn't promised someone to acquit
himself valorousy for HER?
The fidelity, constance, loyalty and devotion
Of WOMAN is no less vital to the allied morale
than supreme generalship munitions, food and
equipment.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-19
FORESTRY THE BIG TASK
AHEAD OF GREAT BRITAIN

HEADQUARTERS AMERIC AN
FORESTRY CORPS, England, Sept.
Some of the great tasks of recon-
struction in Great Britain will be for
estry, according to American foresters
who have been at work in lumber
camps in England and Scotland for
the past year. The American lumber
jacks are now being assisted by de-
tachments of young women, who use
heavy two-handed saws and who clear
away all the brushwood.
The re-forestation program in the
British Isles, American experts say,
should be mapped out with particular
regard to making Great Britain self
supporting in regard to timber for
aircraft Requirements, and large areas
should be planted with trees suitable
for airplanes.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-19
INWOOD CIRCUIT.

The pastor will preach at Friend
ship at IL a. M, Salem $50 p. M,
Sunday, September o. Special Com
munity Patriotic service at Pikeside
7.30 p. m A roll OF honor will
be formed OF all "our boys" that have
gone from the community to the
camps or to the front. Special pa
triotic songs and an address appro-
pirate for the occasion by DR.. Cham
berlain. All are invited. A special in
vitation to parents who have boys in
the service. J. c. s. Myers, pastor.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1918
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL.

The announcement that the Federal Govern
rnent would take and operate the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal turned out to be inaccurate.
What the Railroad Administration had deter
mined to do is "to guarantee the financial re-
sponsibility Of the canal company as a means of
continuing and expanding the coal barge service
or that waterway Congressman Zihlman, in
whose district the canal lies, except the few
miles that lie in the District of Columbia, has
urged the Government to assume the operation
and Improvement of the canal.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was origi-
naly designed a national highway to connect
The Atlantic Slope with the Mississippi Valley
The first earth was turned by the President of
the United States on July 4, 1928 In his speech
upon that occasion President Adams declared
that the project of the canal contemplated "a
conquest over physical nature such as has never
vet been achieved by man" The United States
had subscribed for $1,000, 900 of the stock of
the company, the city of Washington for like
amount and Georgetown for S250000. It was
the general belief, well founded, that the United
States would finally complete the waterway to
the Ohio river.
Then came Andrew jackson, with his vetoes
Ct all appropriations by the Congress for works
or internal improvement. The Federal Union
he said in a veto message, could only hold to-
gether by combining the activities of the general
Government to the few but important subjects
contemplated by the Constitution. After the
United States abandoned the work Maryland
took it up and supplied most of the money for
the extension to Cumberland, owning majority
o. the stock That stock in recent years was
sold to the Western Maryland Railway Com
pany. But the possession and operation of the
work is in the hands of trustees for the holders
Of the repair bonds issued under the Act of 1914
It was originally estimated that 3,264 900
tons Of coal could be transported over the canal
ma year. But the actual amount transported
las fallen far short Of this, 100000 being the
largest tonnage in year. The capacity Of the
canal is limited to the amount that can be pass
ed through the tunnel, which is 3,118 feet or
three-hfthc Of a mile, in length. The width of
the chanrel in the tunnel is only nineteen feet.
net sufficient for boats to pass each other and
So there are long waits at each end
During the Civil War the canal was of great
value to the Federal Government in supplying
coal. 1t can be of value now if a great many
boats are built, in supplying Washington and
local industries. But as coal highway it can
not compete with the railroad boat carries
100 or l25 tons and requires en- days for a
round trip from Cumberland to Georgetown,
going night and day, or two weeks with one
team and crew. On the railroad one locomotive
with crew Of half dozen men, hauls $500
or 5000 tons from Cumberland to Baltimore in
twelve hours-The Sun
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SHAVER TAKES Up
CUDGELFOR WATSON
HAS CONFIDENCE IN THE PEOPLE
WEST VIRGINIA AND THEIR
HONEST DESIRE TO SUP
PORT PRESIDENT.
Especial to The World.)


FAIRMONT. w Va, Sept 18.-
that the people of West Virginia will
PRESENT a suggestion O. singing re-
buke" for President Wilson at the
polls in November is the opinion OF
lIChairman G. l.. Shaver of the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee in
an interview today. Mr.. Shaver said:
My attention has been called to
bitter attack on President Wilson
Wheeling Inte1ligencer, in which votes
are sought against Colonel Watson
for United States Senator AMI against
the Democratic Congressional candi-
dates as a Singing rebuke' for GER
tain ignoble thoughts attributed TO
President Wilson by this Wheeling
newspaper | do not intend at this
time to characterize this editorial ex-
preston as it should be and will be,
but l cheerfully accept the challenge
made by the chief Republican state
organ as to the issue involved in this
campaign.
81 am tremendously impressed with
the patriotism O. the men and women
of West Virginia as it finds express
sion in every part of the state. There
seems to be a general disposition
Iamong our thinking people, Republic.
cans and Democrats alike, to sustain
President Wilson in his plans and
policies and to do nothing to hamper
or harass him while he is bearing
the heavy burdens that the World
War brings upon his shoulders as
commandments of our forces.
The suggestion now made that the
Presidents thoughts, words and
deeds, outrageously misrepresented by
the Intelhgencer, should result in
singing rebuke,' in my opinion, will
appeal only to narrow and hide bound
partisans. 1t will be resented, | am
sure, as infamous advice by patriotic
Republicans who stand with patriotic
Democrats determined that the Presi-
|dent shall have full and united War
support precisely as Colonel Roose-
welt, President Harrison and other
leading Republicans ably and sue
eessfully argued for the support of
President MCKINLEY in the Spanish
American War. AT this time among
patriotic men of all parties, sting
ing rebuke for President Wilson al
the polls is unthinkaible."
THE Intelligencer's misrepresenta-
ton of the Parkersburg Democratic
gathering is less serious than its Of
Tense against the President. The i'm
mediate answer is our platform adopt
ed at that meeting which declares
that with full recognition of the 10y
atty and patriotism az men of every
political party, I'VE appeal to the PEG
pie Of West Virginia to join us in the
| election of Senate and Congress
that the world will know we are in
active sympathy with the President
and the war"
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The average hack horse doesn't quite get
these human changes of mind once a week.