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Evening star., 1918-04-20
The Crime of the Caucasus.

A whole nation is being murdered and
Germany, her own hands stained for
ever with the blood of innocents, sits
idly by. .-..
The Turks continue their campaign
through the Caucasus, in those regions
recently evacuated by the Russian forces
operating there, and are veritably
slaughtering men, women and children.
ton will be wiped out if the barbarous
tactics of Constanrinople's forces are not
curbed. The Russians have protested
against the ruthless taking of lives of
defenscless peoples. The Armenian
council itself has sent a despairing wall
to Germany in the hope that, perchance,
some spark of human sympathy may be
aroused in the breasts of German Off
cials in Berlin, though this seems ex-
trcmely unlikely in view of Teutonic
practices in the present struggle.
The Turks are reported to be near
ing the city of Kars in their systematic
campaign of overrunning the Caucasus
provinces Of Kars, Ardahan and Batum,
| ceded away by the Russian bolsheviki
| in the treaty Of Brest -Litovsk There is
| nothing to stay the Ottoman advance.
The Russians that remain in the re-
gion are being slain along with the ma
tives. The Turks are swe eeping every
thing before them. Human beings are
mown down as bending grain before
the sickle.
Armenia today is another Belgium
another Montenegro, another Serbia, but
F., that sad little remnant of Christian peo-
pie remaining when the present strug-
gle will have ended will not have lived
in vain, for they will see their innocents
avenged.
Germany, the instigator of many Of
the international crimes of her allies,
is to blame. She stays not the uplifted
hand holding the scimitar
When Teu.on and Turk are hailed be-
fore the court of international justice
the Armenian outrages will be writ large
upon the docket and the stern judge,
World Opinion, backed by the force of
Victory, will mete out punishment com
mensurate with the foul deeds at pres
ent being perpctrated.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

body knows how long the war will last
or what it will cost. What is chiefly
wanted in this country is that each sue
cessive loan be more quickly floated than
its predecessor, with larger num-
Der of people buying bonds, that more
Americans feel the hurt of buying.
Washington is doing well, but not well
enough. 1t is nos at present keeping up
it's required ratio for the reaching and
passing of its quota, and it must and
uaqucstionably will speed up at once. 1t
is not enoug> -crely to win the honor
flag. 1t should win it quickly through
the resolution of every person in this
city TO be a cntributor to this fund
that stand Sur American victory.
Evening star., 1918-04-20
The Women of Washington.

Washineton's women have done splen-
did work in The war. They have served
as individuals and in organizations
along many lines of endeavor, knitting
! sewing, entertaining soldiers, maintain
ing canteons for troops, helping in the
food conservation campaigns and selling
war savings stamps, and now they arc
about to conduct a house-to-house can
vass of the city for the sale of liberty
bonds. beginning Monday
1t is impossible to appraise the value
of these various endeavors, so unselfsh-
ly maintained In some respects the
women of the capital have set the pace
for the men. In the liberty bond work
they have undertaken heavy task, that
will require the services of hundreds.
A large response to their efforts is to be
expected.
if there are any women in this city
who want to do something to help win
the war and have not vet been given
assignments or opportunities they can
find in this loan canvass a chance to do
valuable work. There is such work to
be done i'll every quarter of the city.
Every block is to be covered. At the
present outlook the women in charge OF
this branch of tho bond campaign will
carry into each home in Washington the
fact that the third loan is open for sub
scriptions; that every small denomina-
ton bond helps, that bonds can be
bought easily and without strain. and
that the money is needed to carry on
the war to victorious conclusion.
Women are good salesmen, in any
line When they undertake to sell lib
erty bonds they will turn in a big rec
ord Every woman in Washington
should help, by selling at least one bond.
Evening star., 1918-04-20
The Tank Britannia.

That great numbering monster, the
tank Britannia, wallowing its way up
PENNSYLVANIA avenue, stands for some
thing bigger than the mere fighting
power of the machine. with its rapid
fire guns. its giant power and its i'm
pregnable armor. 1t signifies the
dogged persistence and the unbeatable
spirit of the people ly whom Il was de-
vised and first used. The British ca
pacity for taking punishment and
standing by for ultimate success has
often been demonstrated 1t was to this
spirit that Gen. iiaig appealed in his
general order issued the other day in
which he sad that the British army now
stands with its back to the wall There
we're some who felt that he had unfor
tunately struck a note of despair IN this
language. But others realized that Gen.
Haig unquestionably knew the British
temperament well enough to understand
that to tell his army that it had gone
back as far as it could safely go was
TO summon the utmost effort. 1t was a
call for the last ounce of force
The tank Britannia is one of fleet
or is it to be called ..herd' i-of ma
chimes secretly built and tested and
shipped to France and rehearsed two
years ago. So well was that secret kept
that even the British army was startled
by the appearance of these ungainly
monsters one morning during the pro-
tracted battle of the Somme. when the
British undertook the offensive and did
the first bit of driving that had been
done since the start of trench warfare
The very name "tank" had been a
camouhage. Nobody ever uttered the
real name of the machine-it may be
questioned whether it ever had a real
official name. For a time it was men
TONED only with the admonition "Hush," !"
so that the British Tommies at first
spoke of the strange thing as "hush-
hush.'
AAC tS~hhS uiu hot dSSOHipAsA
cles, though they did enable the British
army TO plow through lines that were
otherwise impregnable. But they had
their limitations. The Germans de-
nouneed them at first as illegal crea-
tions-the Germans, who had started the
use of poison gas and liquid fire and in
stituted the fashion of bombarding de-
fenseless cities from the air. Then
they captured some of them and imi-
tated them, but the German limitations
have not developed as important factors
in the fighting. We have now a tank"
of our own, powerful thing, capable,
It is reported, of greater execution than
those early British machines of which
the Britannia is sample.
It Is good to have this ungainlv,
noisy, hideous creation here at Wash
ington, to see the veritable apparatus
that worked in the battlefield in 1916
and to greet the men who occupied it in
its service. IT is souvenir of British
courage, and it ought to sell many lib
erty bonds
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Hurry Up" and Congress.

Senator McCumber objects to the
4hurry-up' proddings of Congress by
the impatient and the uninformed on the
subject Of the war. That body, he as
esrts, 10 not to blame for the shortcom-
ings 80 generally complained Of in the
natter Of war preparations, and hs in
Stances the Spromptness with which sup
pliss have been voted for conducting
tsstilitise
HA tta same cd stayi md Ne shall
Evening star., 1918-04-20
A BIT OF GEORCETTE

Artistically embroidered, makes
up the newest overblouse. 1t is
really a sleeveless tunic that
reaches Just below the waistline
and intended to wear over any
waist. They are shown in rose
georgette embroidered in Belgian
blue and silver, and beige en-
broidered in blue; the belt is em-
broidered to match and slips
through picoted slots. $1,000 each.
Third floor Eleventh street
Evening star., 1918-04-20
FINE NULL AND DAINTY
HAND EMBROIDERY

So the story goes, of a summery
Breakfast Coat. Every stitch is
done by hand, the wonderful en-
broidery and scalloping, even the
tiny tucks. The yoke and short
butterfly sleeves are cut together.
and the empire effect is given by
wide blue satin ribbon drawn
through eyelets. $500 each.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

One reason for the need Of prompt
and edectual methods Of furnishing dis
loyalty IS the eminent desirability Of
leaving the mob spirit no excuse what
ever for asserting itself.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

The advice of old Polonius against
being either borrower or a lender
finds no respectful consideration in lib
erty loan times.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

1t will probably not be denied that the
United States Senate has stanchly sur
vived a great deal of criticism that was
not constructive.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

When Gen. Haig spoke of the English
fighting with their backs to the wall, he
made reference to an exceedingly solid
and reliable wall
Evening star., 1918-04-20
ROMAN STRIPED RIBBON
SASHES

Are quite the fashion with Eton
Suits, especially if the suit is of
navy blue and the sash striped in
brilliant colors. The. ribbon comes
at $1.10 yard.
Htraat Aoox cAnter
Evening star., 1918-04-20

What the farmer will get for his prod
ucts is less important than what civili
zation may get if the foodstuffs are not
forthcoming for the allies.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

Hindenburg would be in better stand
ing with his country if near-victories
counted for anything.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

When it comes to liberty loans this
country's motto is frankly, Business
above all.''
Evening star., 1918-04-20

In these times a frst-class fighting
tank or well equipped war ambulance
looks better than any limousine.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

The bondholder used to be regarded
as the exception. Now the exception is
a man without liberty bond.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

Germany's price that staggers human
ity consists Of a most precarious real
estate investment in the territory known
as "no mans land"
Evening star., 1918-04-20

Some of the kaiser's remarks about
having tried to preserve the world from
war sound like preparedness for an aibi
Evening star., 1918-04-20

That old annoying hyphen should by
this time have been sunk without q
trace.
Evening star., 1918-04-20
HAMMOCKS AND SUMMER ARE
SYNONYMOUS

You'd hardly think Of living through heated term without
Hammock especially after the luxuously comfortable
Couch such artistic color that
they useful Some have padded backs and
rests have comfortable reading
Evening star., 1918-04-20
SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHILASDER JOHNSON.
Reasonable Inquiry.

n should like porterEouse steak with
mushrooms said the stranger, "some
delicately Drowned toast with plenty of
butter"
"'Scuse me, suh," interrupted the
waiter. 'Ts you tryin' to give an order
or is you jes' reminscin' bout old
times?"
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Anril Pranhecy,

April Prophecy.
"Do you think crops will be as good
this season as they were lastf"
"You've picked the wrong date fur
askin' that question. Along about this
time O year the regular guessers aHus
tell you one crop or another is goin' to
be failure"
Evening star., 1918-04-20
On Sale Today
FACE TO FACE
WITH KAISERISM"

A continuation Of the amazing story
Or German intrigue by Ambassador
Gerard.-Second floor, F street.
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Opposed to Hatred.

"Do you hate your enemies"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. "My
idea has been to get 'em SO well beaten
that kind O. feel sorry for them"
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Imperfection,

Twas ever Natures wise intent
With good to mingle bad;
So she neglected to invent,
Somehow, homeless shad.
Evening star., 1918-04-20
SEEN IN THE
STORE.
BATIK PRINT DRAP DE
FLORETTE

For the newest blouses, both
Russian and slip-on sleeveless
styles, in three different color COM
500 yd.
Second floor. G street.
IN THE SWIM
While on the beach, is just what
every one would be in stunning
Beach Suit of green rubber. The
coat is cleverly shocked and has
black rubber collar and around
the bottom is a deep border of
fish gayly besporting themselves
in the water. There is a stylish
cap cut like the regulation Red
Cross Caps. A huge knitting bag
and a parasol to match, all Of the
green rubber with the fish border,
$500 for the set.
Evening star., 1918-04-20

The stands are made Of the best
iron tubing, colored to match the
upholstery of the cushions. and
for almost every Couch Ham
mock there is canopy top that
can be adjusted at will.
We have all kinds and all prices
iof Couch Hammocks, from the
slain, substantial Gloucester
Hammock with its khaki water
proof covering, to the most ele-
gantly upholstered Hammock,
with cushions and pad and can
opy of art duck with bands of
contrasting trimming.
Couch Hammock and Stand, c
Couch Hammock, with art duo
Evening star., 1918-04-20

Washingtonians, Let UsMake
Liberty Day, Friday,
April 26, Memorable
By Going "Over the Top" With the
Third Liberty Loan That Day
President Wilson, in his proclamation just issued,
has requested the people of the United States to
L;beraUy bcdge ane,0 their financial SUPPORT Of the
Government" Our brave sons are facing
the FIRE of battle defense of the honor and rights Of
America and the liberty Of nations. To sustain them
and to assist gallant associates the gen.
erous and Patriotic beof1e hare been called UPON to
subscribe to the Liberty Loan
Why not be Americans in the truest and biggest
by finishing the job quickly Let deliver the
Kaiser blow by showing him that we, one and ALL are
standing shoulder to shoulder with President Wilson
and Gen. Pershng in this war
We Can Do This by Taking Up the Entire Issue of
the Third Liberty Loan on April 26th, Liberty Day.
Many people, we believe, especially women, hes-
tate to buy Liberty Bonds because they may not be
familiar with the method. We know Just how it is
done. Wehave the blanks. We will help you fill them
out We will show you how the balance may be paid
in installments.
We do not hesitate say that the
BEST VALUE IN THIS ENTIRE STORE These
Days Will Be Found at the Liberty Loan Booth,
Main Floor.
THEY ARE GOVERNMENT BONDS OF THE
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Shifting Exigencies.

"What do you understand by social
isms"
my ideas on the subject are not clear.
As near as 1 can get it socialist is a
man who is willing to try almost any
kind of government once"
Evening star., 1918-04-20
Last Served.

E21t served.
The chicken now begins to scratch,
The cutworm whets his blade,
As in the little garden patch
The tender seeds are laid.
The robin takes his little toll;
The crow will do the same,
And underground the busy mole
Plays his nefarious game.
An extra effort each must make,
Nor be Of hope bereft.
We mortals toll and thsu Ne taks .
Nhat hsppeaa Il b lafk
Evening star., 1918-04-20
LIBERTY WAR
KITCHENLECTURE

TUESDAY, ESQ Pm.
Miss Hannah weslinS (dsmaastsatorl
from the Homo Eoonefnios Bureau Of
the Department Of Agraeulturs.
You are cordially invited.
Auditorium (take F st. efevatorsl.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-27

british indignation surged up in Kitcheners
Mob They gloated over PROSTATE Paris-and
(allieni's motor army had its share in winning
the Marine. They bought Bulgaria and Turkey
and it is precisely the impotence of these two
allies which is most disheartenng them today.
They deceived Italy with huge laugh and
the Italian spirit hardened like tempered steel.
They defed the laws Of war; humanity and God
to launch limitless U-boat warfare-and they
recruited America into the Allied ranks. They
bribed and bulHed blind and bought Russia at
st-Litovsk-and this shameful transaction
did more than anything else to zen the eyes
of our American Administration to the true
Ieuton character and stands today the chief OBJ
stace to the peace for which they so fervently
long.
The Chancellor is of the opinion that the mil
itary situation, though grave does not justify
the deep depression which has seized large cir
cles of the German population" His argument
IN support Of this heartenng proposition is based
entirely on the war map-not on the war pros
poets. That is where he is wrong-and yet pos
Sibly right. In two words, it is possible for the
Allies to make Hertling right. If the Allies were
to stop fighting now, or materially lessen their
Hgntlng efforts, or grant Germany a period OF
recuperation or do anything at all except keep
up the pressure on the thinning and discourag
ed German lines at the top of their power, Ger
lAany might be able to cash in the existing mil
itary map in buying favorable coming peace
terms.
But we take it that the Allies are not at all
minded to play Hertling's game. They intend to
turn their potential strength into actual strength,
delivered, c. o. D., against the German front;
and that will remake the military map. The diff
ference between the two calculations is that Hert
ling bases his theory Oh what Germany has done
the Allies base theirs on what we are going
to do
But we must do it.-Public Ledger.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-27
PALESTINE ENJOYS REAL
JUSTICE UNDER BRITISH
(By the Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26,-Palestine
under British control is for the first
time in centuries enjoying the admin
istration of real justice although for
the present this takes the form of
military law.
In answer to an inquiry from Phil
adelphian, the British Embassy, has
made the following reply regarding
the legal procedure in Palestine:
Palestine is under martial law and
the courts are conducted in accord
ance with international usage in occu-
pied territories. His Majesty's Gov
eminent, however, learn from many
independent sources that these courts
are working to the full satisfaction
of the inhabitants and that every one
in Palestine is now able to obtain i'm
partial justice from the authorities adj
ministering the country"
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s100.

The money you invest in Liberty Bonds pays
dividends in dollars and cents while it is cover
there fighting your battles
For Instance: Consider what you can do with
St0o and what that 500 can do for you. Ex-
Guiding your two-weeks vacation, it ,stL take
you a year to save 500 if you put away So a
week, and it can be done in six months if you
deny yourself still farther and store away 81
week That 500 can do many things for you. 1t
can buy things which are not good for your
welfare your health, your longevity. 1t can be
hidden away, and if not lost or stolen, used
when the proverbal rainy day comes round. 1t
can be put in a savings bank and from two to
three per cent interest collected. 1t can be in
vested in bonds of the Fourth Liberty Loan and
will pay four and a fourth per cent dividend
If hidden in the family teapot, the annual re-
turn would be-00.
If deposited in the average savings bank it
will pay you each year So.
If loaned to your government it will pay you
every year-$4.25.
Now as to safety.
The teapot. or other home hiding spot may
be rifled by thieves, or reached by rodents and
the bills destroyed or the money may De burned
The bank is safer Few banks fail But no bank
is safer or stronger or more permanent than the
government which gives the banks the privilege
CT existing
The Liberty Bond is as safe as the govern
neRt. It is the promise of the government. 1t
IS backed by the people of the United States and
by all the wealth of the country. No individuals
premise to pay, no banks promise to pay, and
no corporations promise to pay is as we'll back
ed as is this promise to pay made by the gov
eminent of the United States
It is, therefore, an acknowledged fact that
500 invested in Liberty Bonds is safer and
more productive than if placed anywhere else
in family teapot, bank vault or in any corpora
tons treasury.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-27
HERTLlNG'S hot AIR"

The outstanding confession in Chancellor
Hertling's address to the main committee of
the Reichstag is that the German people are
thoroughly discouraged. And why not? They
nave fought for over four years against a stead
lily strengthening enemy. They are like the
Woodsman trying to cut down the magic oak
for every ship they hew out two new ones
grow in its place. 1t is all very we'll to tell
themselves that they have eliminated Russia
though that looks less likely than it did-neaty
disposed of the long-hanging Rumanian menace,
wiped out Serbia and overrun Belgium. But they
have seen Italy come into the war-and stay.
They have seen neutral ports everywhere closed
against their Vaccinations, paying themselves
with seized German merchantmen. They have
seen the American nation, 10OO0O,00O strong,
plunge into the struggle against them, 100 per
cent strong
They have shown great capacity of suffer-
ing. They have endured the strangulation and
starvation OF complete biockade-they have
borne with crushing casualty lists-they have
seen their industry commerce, colonial ambi-
lions, go to wreck. They have steadfastly stood
Up to tins, expecting to be rewarded with vic
tory. But it IS defeat that frowns across their
frontiers. Their military successes, costly and
clever win them nothing. Their conquered vic
TINS come to life again, as witness the gallant
Serbs at this moment smashing the Bulgar
front Austrian subjects foil them in Russia
other Austrian subjects fght them in Italy-the
treaties of Brest-Ltovsk and Bucharest are mill.
stones round their necks Even their own Social
Democratic party repudiates and RACES at them
superstdious people would see a grim and
menacing fate IN the sinister certainty with
which their most boosted victories" turn ntc
death-traps, pitfalls and preudes to disaster
They rode down the little Belgian army-tht
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-09-27

'The German rulers recognize that
their only hope for their necks is to
make peace. They know that the al
lied peoples. particularly America,
are firmly set against any such in
conclusive peace. Therefore the u.s.
ual peace offensive won't do
1T must be a BOLD STROKE.
This isn't prophecy; it's a warming;
a possibility that the allies should be
prepared for.
Must Save Dynasty.
with the allied victory now GER
tain. the Hohenzollerns must know
that the conclusion of peace will
guard against the use of submarine
barbarism again. Their policy must
be to save what we can--principally
to save otlrselves!'
"Kuehlmann may return. His
speech about no hope for German
military victory may have been a
put up job We must be prepared
to see Kuehlmann again in saddle
Kuehlmann the indicated offering
to clear out of France and Belgium
and as an evidence of good faith
to abandon submarine war.
fore.
This would, of course. involve
much explaining to the German peo-
pie; but soner or later the German
rulers are going to have to explain
more than that. We must be prepar-
ed for lAiNYTHING-4the kaiser is
desperate"