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New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

Eifel and what the Belgians call "Haute
Range"
Though there is one lire of railway
crossing this country the whole district IS
little suitable, because Of isolation and the
broken character Of the ground, for good
communication, and the single railway is
not a main line and does not lead up to
the system on which the German front in
France depends for its supplies. 1t is in
fact, blind alley, ending in the Ardennes
and only reaching the German front by
roundabout ways
The two great avenues of supply for
this front are to the north and south Of
this mass of hills and forest; to the north
goes the great backbone railway of North
ern Europe-the Paris Berlin line, of
which the crossing of the Rhine is at
Cologne and the crossing of the Meuse is
at Liege. This railroad was the chief
artery of communication for the original
German advance. To the south of this
mass of hills is the line of the Moselle
Valley, and Treves is the knot or junction
point for all its communications, in add-
tion to being considerable depot for men
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
That is great factor Of strength, and

That is great factor Of strength, and
the nation knows it.
Next, we are fighting on foreign
soil everywhere. We hold with our
allies some two million prisoners Ire
mendous efforts to break our front have
failed in the West, and in the East we
have completely succeeded. In Italy we
but recently won the greatest victory Of
modern or ancient times. We are with
IN an ace of upsetting the equilibrium
Of our enemies and producing a general
collapse.
I'VE had against US two groups of
foes: on the one side ancient civillzn-
ton, represented by Britain Italy and
France; Dn the other, hodge-p -podge' of
far less developed Eastern communities,
a perfect labyrinth of conflicting creeds
and tongues, in the main Slav and de-
plorably organized. Of these last we
have become unquestioned masters.
They are defeated. We can do what we
will with them and supplies from them
will greatly relieve our internal strain.
"The first group, the ancient Western
peoples resembles a snell which is still
strong, but the contents of which are
corrupt. They cannot do more than re-
sist. Their internal materials, mean
while, are wasting fast
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Vital Geographical
Factors in Coming
OffenSlVeS on
The West
Front
By HILAIRE BELLOC-
Author of Elements of the Great War;
and Britain's Most Distinguished
Military Critic

Turing the continued lull before
the opening of this seasons fight
- ing-the lull every moment Of
which is filed with preparation for the
great coming struggle-it is Of value to
learn to appreciate the Importance of Ger
tain geegra phical facts which are and will
be closely connected with the last stages
Of the Great War. They should be espe-
cialy interesting to the American public,
since the names Of most of the points in
velved are already familiar to it from the
press. But the geographical meanings of
these places and their Importance in mill
tary maneuvres are still not understood
by that public. and unless they learn to
understand them during this time Of wait
ing the movements of the war which will
soon begin will be difficult to follew
First, as to the points the bombardment
Of which from the air one reads of almost
daily in the present development of the
aerial offensive by the Allies-which, by
the way, is proving the increasing supe-
rority of the Allied air navies Treves, on
the Moselle; the railway functions outside
Of Thionville and Metz; Mannheim and
Ludwigshaven opposite; the airdromes be-
hind the Belgian towns near the North Sea
coast-all these are outside the actual war
zone, but are the points which most con-
Germ u.s.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Will Master Ukraine
And Control Black Sea

The Ukraine she will pit against Poland
by creating an artificial false frontier
and subjecting many hundreds of thou
sands of Poles to alien rule, and she will
protect" that large territory, keeping it
in strict economic dependence controlling
Odessa, mastering the Black Sea, cutting
off Northern Russia from warm water
and preventing one of the richest gran
aries of Europe from feeding the western
part of the continent
Lastly. we should remember what this
great German scheme means in mere fig
ures. There is doubtful element in TIE
constitution of the Ukraine which, accord
ing to whether it is made larger or smaller,
shows difference of five million in poDu
lation But with the Ukraine even in its
narrowest limits this congeries of new,
largely artificial and opposed states will
actually double the German Empire in
numbers. With the Ukraine at it's largest
they will more than double it.
There were before the war nearly sew
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

AS to the policy of division-dividing
in order to rule-the whole business of
Prussia is to diminish and weaken Po-
land. Of all these states Poland is the
only one with real national conscious
ness of great past and of high civil
zation. strong Poland, with access to
the sea, would destroy the Prussan
scheme Of conquest forever
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Most Important
Point of Attack

The continued Commandment Of Treves,
therefore, of which the railway stations
by this time have been destroyed, is of the
highest strategical va4ue. 1t is, luckily
for the Allies, easier to reach than almost
any other point of equal Importance be-
hind the enemy's line. 1t is only IS miles
from the ardromes whence the Allies Of
fensive bombing planes start Roughly,
that is only about half the distance from
the airdromes to Mannheim. That means
that half Of the weight in petrol which
the planes destined for Mannheim would
have to carry is saved in a raid on Treves,
and in mere mileage it means that there
is much less than half the risk of being
hit by the anti-aircraft guns on going or
on coming back.
In this matter, by the way, the actual
mileage is an insufficient index of the COM
parative dangers, because the risk OBJ
viously increases more rapidly than the
distance-the time to send warnings and
to prepare resistance ahead of the raidng
planes being function which rises in
efficiency more rapidly than the direct
trajectory of the flight The same is true
! Of the liability TO engine trouble, of the
exhaustion of petrol, etc.
The other geographical point which
ought to be understood upon your side of
the Atlantic is the political geography of
the states which the Germans and Aus
trians are now carving out of the west
ern provinces of what was once the Rus
sian Empire.
I 1t is a mere commonplace, of course
which we all take for granted, that if
Prussia can obtain negotiated peace she
will turn these states into dependencies
of the great Central European empire of
which she will be the head, and that al
though they will enjoy some form of
nominal autonomy they will, if she is un-
beaten in this war, be no more than prov
inces under her dominion. They will GER
tainly. for instance, have to furnish con-
/ tingents of troops as her allies in any
future war, and they will still more GER
/ tainly be economically at the mercy OF
| German exploitation. All this, | say, is
understood everywhere in Europe and
taken for granted. 1t is equally under
stood and equally taken for granted in
the enemys countries quite as much as
! in ours that il his armies are defeated
on the West the whole Of his ambitious
scheme in the East collapscs.
What is not equally appreciated or
our eide of the Atlantic, and / suppose
not on your side either are both the mag
nitude OF Germany's Eastern effort and
the policv of division on which this new
erection of states is based.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
How They View
American Efforts

"The United States will bring a con-
siderable accretion Of men to the West,
but this accretion will be brought neither
in time nor in sufficient numbers to affect
the issue.
"The quarrel Of the poor against the
rich within each Of the Western states,
the differing religions and national ira
ditions of each the inevitable misur-
derstandings which will arise between
them in the last period Of strain will do
their work and we shall be victorious in
this sense, at the very least, that we
shall retain all we have occupied. We
shall emerge stronger comparatively,
than when we challenged civilization in
Europe three and a half years ago"
Such | believe to be the general atti-
tude directing the German minds at this
moment under Prussian influence and un-
der the recent great relief which it de-
rived through the breakup Of the Russian
Empire and the tremendous victory on the
Italian front last October.
What will be the corresponding atti-
tude-if one could make sort of COM
positc photograph Of them--of the direct
ing minds in AUSTRIA Hungary? l thinl,
it will be somewhat as follows:
'Our state is essentially Il adal state,
standing on the two pillars of Magyar
ascendancy in the East and the ascen-
dancy of the German race in the West
Both combined are minority. They are
together only eighteen or nineteen mill
ions in total population of over fifty
millions. But so long as they agree they
are masters. The Rumanians, Slavs. a
few Mahometans and considerable
Jewish populations which are subject to
these central masters can be kept sub
ject to them, but only on certain terms.
We have had to be very careful, even in
times Of peace, to accommodate and bal.
ance the various races which support
the throne Of Hapsburg-Lorraine.
"War has put upon us a very much
worse strain than upon eur North Ger
man allies and backers. We have lost
something like four times as many men
in prisoners; population for population,
we have had more deaths. The absence
of large towns and poorer communica-
tions have made central control more
difficult and have inflicted upon us a
strain of famine and disease worse than
that in any belligerent country
owe do net agree with eur German
allies that mere tenacity, indefinitely
prolonged, will carry US through. But
wc dc think that if we harp on the idea
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Choking Of the
Attacks On Britain

The bombardment OF the airdromes be-
hind the Belgian coast has for it's prin-
cipal object interference with the German
air raids on London and on other points
or the coast OF Southern England. The
craft used by the Germans for these raids
over the sea start their expeditions from
very large concentration points, where
taey are stabbed. These are not numerous
and are thoroughly known to the British.
The perpetual harassing of them by bomb
dropping interrupts, though it cannot as
yet put a complete end to, the air offensive
against the civilian centres of Britain. It
is really, although civilian imaginations
are slow to seize that fact, much the best
defence that London has against attack
from the air
Mannheim and Ludwigshaven, apart
from the great manufactures of war ma
terial which are located there, form a
point of great Importance for two rea-
sons. The first is that one of the chief
crossings Of the Rhine is there. The sec
end Is that from the very fact of it's being
principal crossing six lines of railway
coaFerge upon ii. Unfortunately Mann
helm IS not far from the extreme limit
possible for successful air work on large
scale at the present stage Of development.
1t represents radius Of approximately
$50 miles.
Individual machines can, of course, go
many times that distance and drcp a
bomb or two on their way We have even
mad ore case Of Al airman flying from
france to very nearly beyond the German
INES IN Russia; but for engine trouble he
would have crossed those lines and landed
OF friendly soil. There was another case
u frenchman flying from behind the
Aencn lines in Lorraine, passing over
anniea, where he dropped bombs success
ia.!y Or the railway station, and landing
.&feiy behind the Italian lines in the
venetian plain. But for continued raids
many machines carrying a considera-
We weight of explosives Mannheim repre-
sehls, not indeed the last limit of possibly
'hecslve radius, but still lengthy ore
ihe two functions outside of Metz and
ihi'n'ille are more important, though the
""sS there IS much NOR delicate, because
4s french naturally desire 20 spare these
s8s chief towns Of Lorraine as much as
p'Asisie- Luckily for the Allies, the rail
"sy functions at both places are well out
sde OF the dense!v ponulated area
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Rendering Poland
All But Powerless

The Prussian policy is not to annex
more of Poland than has already been
annexed by the shameless partitions Of
the past. That would give more trouble
than it would be worth, for, as every ex-
ample proves all over Europe, the at
tempt of one white civilized nation to
govern even small part of another white
civilized nation against it's will is a diff
ticult, dangerous and exceedingly expen-
sive operation. But if what is left of
Poland can be surrounded by diverse
states, each containing scattered and weak
Polish minorities and each with a policy
founded on opposition to the Polish claims
for the reuniting Of the subjugated peo-
pies into single nation, the Prussian OBJ
ject would be achieved. That is exactly
what is being done. The largely artificial
demic term only recently come into use
and Lithuania are to have their frontiers
drawn with the express purpose Of limit
ing the poor remnant of Poland.
But apart from this policy Of dismem-
bering and bleeding the Polish nation
the one force she fears in the east
Prussia proposes to create other imper-
feet and artificial states full Of the seeds
of division among themselves
In the Courland she will reply upon the
German minority of rich men in towns
and the rich land owners outside.
In Lithuania she will depend upon the
hitherto not very accentuated divergence
between Polish landlords and Lithuanian
peasantry, with the organization of the
Catholic Church flattered as much as is
possible by the conqueror.
But from Lthuania she will take Lii
vonia and make something separate of it,
small as it is, to keep up general friction.
In Esthonia she will work just the
other way, and there she will depend upon
the Protestant religion of the small popu-
lation of half million which it contains
to remain pitted against the Catholic
populations of the southern neignbors
Rumania she intends to keep as it is
now, divided in half with more than three
million Rumanians subject to Magyar
rule, but she will add to Rumania Bes-
saraba as source of friction against the
Ukraine, in SO far as this last state can
be said to have any real national feeling.
Will Master Ukraine
And Control Black Sea
The Ukraine she will pit against Poland
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
Clarence Chamberlin Writes
CONTINUED from Page One)

ILL.,, for day or two. They should be
home by the end of the week. l put
on some good stunts the second day
they were here.
I finished up my acrobatics on the
third day without getting into any
trouble. We were only supposed to
loop the loop four or five times dur
ing the acrobatic stage, but ! believe
I made at least thirty. It's lots of fun.
Straight flying seems pretty tame
now.
l started my cross country work to-
day. We went out six or eight miles
and 1 practiced landing in a small
pasture that had a high hedge all
around it. The idea Of the thing was
to get over the hedge without hitting
it and landing as close to it as possible
so as not to run into the fence on the
other side. While was doing that
some folks going by in car stopped
and came out in the pasture. They
were from Maurice, Ind, and an old
soldier with them had never seen an
aeroplane before. He was very much
interested in it. ...... el.,..s
l was quite reluctant to leave the
acrobatic stage, but believe the cross
country work is going to be pretty
interesting. I hope to have my COM
mission by the end of next week.
With love,
Clarence.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

sas. is now visiting at the Henry
Schwarz home.
Walter Runge, who has been work
ing on the Gus Rabe farm for the
past wear left for his home in Wis
consin Friday. He expected to be
called to the co lors in the next con-
tingent, therefore, wished to spend tho
remaining short time with his par
ents. T
Row Means, of Ute, is now section
foreman. He takes the place Of VIM.
Henderson, who has been transfer
red to Moorhead.
J. C. Sumner and family, formerly
of Charter Oak. are n ow residents of
Ricketts,. Mr.. Sumner is conducting
the barber shop, pool hall and bowl
ing alley. -.
Bernard Rabe. now in training at
Camp Dodge. visited at the home of
his parents on July 4th.
Miss Emma Christensen enjoyed a
visit from Miss Nettie Wunderlich, of
Schleswig, a few days during the past
week.
Miss Edna Jepsen is visiting at the
home Of Mr. and Mrs, August Schlie.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Baak, OF Rick
etts, and Mrs. H. G. Baak, of Schles-
wig, left Saturday on a motor trip to
Minnesota for short visit with Mr..
Banks brother. VIM. Baak. r..
Miss Brimer. of Ute, is spending
the week with Mrs. Roy Means.
That part of the program arranged
for July 4th but postponed on account
of the rain. was enjoyed on Sunday.
The races were one of tn main fea-
lures. Following we're the prize win
ners: Wheelbarrow race. LIST prize,
Leo Hoppe, I'd, Fred Dol.ale. Mar
ried women's peanut race, LIST, Mrs.
ALT Bothman, I'd, Mrs. Max Mas. rs
yard foot race for girls 10 years or
under, LIST, Ruth Sumner, 2dl, Eleanor
Miller. Fat mans race. 100 yards, LIST,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
I: PAGE fouR
THE WAY OF The TRANseREssoR
juvenile Court Hears Testimony Of
SEVERAL Denison Girls Regarding
Their Conduct.

Tx or eight Denison girls were tax
before Judge Albert, who held
yLvenile court here Monday and gave
Testimony as to their conduct. After
hearing the testimony Judge Albert
postponed the hearing until July 18th,
It which time it is said several addi-
tional girls will appear before the
Judge. /
The testimony was taken behind
closed doors and if reports are cor
rect Chicago's old tenderloin district
had nothing on Denison. The wit.
nesses, girls still in their teens, told
OF midnight carousals with wild auto
rides out into the country, so it is
said. Wine, women and song, it is
said, afforded plenty of opportunity
for q. number of our young men (and
some, older ones as welD to step from
the straight and narrow path. Some
OF the incidents disclosed at the hear
ing were revolving it is reported. The
girls divulged the names of number
Of the men who kept company with
them.
Local authorities have been aware
OF the doings of thi sparticular set
for some time, but it was not until re-
Gently thai. they were prepared to
take action. We trust that they will
do everything possible to remove such
conditions from Denison and make it
j wholesome place for all OF our
boys and girls.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
RICKETTS, ITEMS
! ~ *+ + + ******

MI. and Mrs. Ralph Herbison and
Young daughter now occupy the for
mer Frahm residence located on Main
street. 4
Grandma Mundt is enjoying visit
from her daughter and grandchildren,
Mrs. Jacobsen and family from Mon
tana. @r.-,
Miss Viola Baak. of Schleswig, is
spending the week with Gertrude
Mueller.
VIM. G. Schwarz and Lou Herbison
are the proud owners of new cars.
The former a bort and the latter an
Overland. +.l
Miss Katherine Chrisman, of Kan
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10

Paul Rix; I'd, Aug. Neubaum. Young
ladies' race, list, Miss Lena Bunk; I'd,
Miss Leona Boysen. Girls race, un-
der II years, list, Hertha Namanny;
I'd, Johanna Jacobs. Miss Ella Sells
won the SIS wrist watch in the guess
ing contest. The jar contained $3.50
beans,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
July Clearance Sale in Mems Wear

Manhattan Dress Shirts at old prices.
Fancy Suspenders IS pair, for Csc.
Munsing Union Suits (seconds) suit SLID.
Athletic Zine n1adras) Union Suits, suit Csc.
Mems Sport Shirts Eight and dark coors) each 75c
Lake Side Dress Shirts (neck band) each 85c.
Lake Side Dress Shirts, collars attached, each 85c.
One Lot Mems Neck Band Shirts, each, $115.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-10
Offerings in the Women's and Chldren's Ready -to-W
Millinery at July Clearance Prices

Practically our entire stock is included in this sale of
trimmed hats embracing all the fashionable styles and
most Of the popular straws. j..
Trimmings deity placed and colors carefully blend
ed to give the most artistic effects Every woman now has
the opportunity get just the hat she particularly wants
bu perhaps did feel like buying at early
prices.
Now-It's. different. Our millinery season is waning
this reduction sale brings the latest and best styles to you
at prices that are amazingly economical.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-09-13
Gvrfiet fontrd Sulaarien.

NaIbington t0oe Sept. - Sri
Ell Slide, iom / Acknowledged el
paalioeIig er ser ioag fonlmet Wco
Gmelelie ON at Snrfiet bar Iertot cr
iror Stprfe til oeu bulgarife @rGn
Il, bpor oct meQem oisIe TO 9unoS'
iorpante at 9pitIano brpgger op I'll
Grangel oper WpttetS Ceiling.
Wuligbeoen al en- aaben aonflifl
mcllem Sprfiet % @ulgaricn iugtta.
0ea Der mcb ipGn0t Snteresle, o9
oct pioes, at SorboIoet bar Oaft al
rorlig @efpmring / Berlin.
Get berettes, at Ser er iterfe re-
uollltiQn9re SiIbeicligbeoer boabc
/ Den billgarife armc % / Ben chile
Seiolfning.
@ulgurerne pnIfer mere Serrito-
rium; oe iorIanger belle Serbien %
enoog enoel al Giterrig. De bar
ollcreoe iaaet en- Strimnlel al
ret norblige 3prfiet, in~obeiuttenoe
&'aluparten al gpen Iorlanopel.
Wten oenre Strimmel f~orlanete
Surfiet at faa tilba8e, ba Snlgartelt
pes Sen al SpifIanO oiftere6e 6reo
til Sufareit pgIaa bleu tiIfienot ocn
rumpneif Tropins Gobruoia.
5prfict faa ringenting og Slll-
gorien iaar oIt'or Iioet, % besge
er grptne % utilirebIe. Gen tprfi-
ife Storpi5ir Solaat Eaiba o9 Song
Icrbinonb al @ulgnrien bar ifiite-
bis floget til Storcbror / Berlin.
s Sofia Dor Bette @elennings-
ipergSmaal enbog nplig pGret aar-
lag til Ell Miniitcrfrile.
Dc aniereoe ipncs, at @ulgarien
ca Sprfiet gierne flrnoe ipare Jig
renne &rangel ior nGrpGrenoe. Sor
req oct enoelige 0p9ior oil oct alli-
gepel life bli Storebror / Berlin,
iom fommer til at orone MffGrerre
pad @nlfanbalppen. Wen bois M
to inlaa @unosforpo1ote
er rebe til at flp / Iotterne paa bin.
Iaa oil %iaapiit ingen at Oe II-
iiereoe biubre Dem beri.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-09-13
Gre Keiiere / Stcbeifeen.

5 Sc tpife @pers Sorpe % Ear-
fer prinller Oct iom befienot al
"Siegesbenfnlaler" og &onge- %
&rigermonunlentcr. S belle |eroen
tiliammen linoe5 Der life Iau man.
ae u~niiormerebe SernmGno lom /
Sp'flmo. Gaer rettere %unotca
= ior MI minfcr beres Nntal fort.
Ge mac MI / Stebelfecn Ion Iaa
mc0ct anoet Sfrab.
s iorrige llee bleu ianleoe5 Sron'
3citotuernc al Srieorid ocl lite,
@iIbclm 5. lite % Srie0rif 8. 3oie
repet neo. Ge Ifal bunpcS / Smell
teoigelen % lagos ON til Inlmuni
tom. Salt er 800 Wonun1enter %
Minoesmerfer / gopern, boornf 30
i Niiinfen ulere, % ct Snes / Selps
SIG / SadIen bentt I'll famine
Sfipbne.
lloen bcnne SGrifore al Wonl-
menter til &rigenS % arigerneS
IorherligeIie pil SpIflanb nTItell
life pore til at fienoe igien.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-09-13
Sglna GU @cneralfoninI.

Zen oanife @eneroifpnirl / Sam.
burg opltiaer ulbertioen megei
baaroe arup ouerfor Spnoeriposr,
Der isger at fonlme til Sannlarf.
"Seltf." noterer ct Spar, ser er itlo-
lebet til SeoelIen al ben banife &pin.
oeforening / &aoerslep, ser Ipgtc at
foa Siuaoelie for en- Is Mars Sreng
til at fomme paa Spanesberg So
natorillm, bppr ser bar Ylabs til
BAN. @e1erulfonlulen lparebe at
bpis Trengen par al onnit Ifltam-
ming % / Ganmarf bapbe 3 nnr.
itaaenoe SlGgtltinee, Der piloe tagc
Jig al BAN, fulloe ban TONNE oper,
men Sanmnrf uiloe operbopeoet fife
mootage lpge Eerioner.