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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
RELIGIOUS MANIA SPRINGS UP IN
 GERMAN EMPIRE

Amsterdam, Sept. 25-Weird out bursts of religious mania are reported from many parts of the German em- pire.
 The commander of the 18th army corps at Leipzig has found it necessary to prohibit meetings of a sect known as the Little Flock which originated at Meerane. Its head is weaver named Hain whom his adherents ad- dress as Holy Father" He poses as the Messiah and pronounces sen tences' from his Judgment seat," from which he separates the sheep from the goats"
 The new Messiah has achieved some measure of popularity by his at- tacks on the este blished clergy on the ground that they draw stipends. which
 he says, the apostle, Paul, never did;
 neither does he, himself. The
 Little Flock" craze, it seems, has spread to such an extent in Saxony. | especially among impressionable young people, that the authorities
 have had to interfere.
 Many extreme paDIGermans have gwen way to a h4Ilo O1 u0dlu0ulSI1 | mysticism. They openly propagate a
 revival of the pagan worship of the
 ancient Teutons, including offerings l to Wotan.
 A more modern offshoot of this queer movement is headed by one Ludwig Neuner, who definitely re-
 nounces christianity on the superf1u- l ous plea that 1t is foreign to tho | German ideal" Family life is out of 1 date, says Neuner, and all children
 should be charges of the state. For 1 prayer, Neuner proposes the following substitute, which the Roman Catholic 1 Germania appropriately calls pray | CT ersatz," or substitute: l Bodily and mental "up1ifts' move l ments every morning; baths, deep breathing, song and dance, reading
 of valuable poetry, contemplation ot truly artistic objects of art; training l of will power by auto suggestion 1 etc.
 | The Roman Catholic Bavarian | Courier suggests an additional move
 ment, tapping of the forehead, morn | ing, noon and night.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
Three Willie Turner's
A Perplexing Incident at Southern
 Receiving Depot.

The perplexing puzzles which have. often resulted from the common as- sumption by negroes of the name of Johnson have just had a parallel at the military receiving depot at Camp Pike in Arkansas.
 This time the perplexing name was not John Johnson" but willie Turner" and the confusion arose out of the circumstance that, in a certain Louisiana town, there were three negroes of that name. One of them arrived at the camp without his draft papers but carrying a card from his draft board notifying him to report. although it seems that he was beyond the draft age. A second Willie Tur- ner then arrived bearing his draft pa- pers but no notification card. He declared that he had been sent on, although he had never been notified to report. While the officers were en- deavoring to comprehend the situa- tion telegram arrived from the Louisiana draft board notifying them that Willie Turner, ordered to re- port with the quota, had failed to re- port and was being hel din custody.
 Evidently all has now been set- tied properly. Anyway, there is only one of the three Willie Turner's in the army.-Christian Science Monitor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
BISHOP URGES
 SUPPORT OF THE ruA-a-~x u-,
 LIBERTY LOAN
Right Rev. John J. Milan Sends Letters to Pastors
 of All Churches.
WILL BE READY
 NEXT SUNDAY
Liberal Subscriptions By Catholic People is Request
 ed by Head of Diocese.

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Connecticut sends the following Pa- triotic Letter to the Churches in his Diocese:
 EPISCOPAL RESIDENCE.
 Hartford, Conn.,,
 September 1, 1918. Dear Father:
 By order of the authorities at Washington a campaign for the Fourth Liberty Loan will open Satur- day, September 18th, and continue till October 18th, the object being to raise the sum of six billion dollars for war purposes. This will be the larg- est loan in history. No country has ever been so confident a borrower in the hour of need as the United States because no country has so well es- tabhshed its ability to pay. Recent events, the exigencies Of war have in deed called for individual sacrifices, latent powers of our great Republic. Necessity has brought to light its boundless resources; the test of ad- versity proves it impregnable, so that no emergency can be imagined which would depreciate It's credit or render a United States bond other than the safest investment
 In our appeal for your co-opera- ton for the success of last national loan, we urged the necessity of pre- pairing our soldiers then assembling for the Journey overseas, of providing for their sustenance while in train irg, and the equipment necessary to assure them protection against the forces that might dispute their pass age across the Atlantic. The miracle of the transportation of well-nigtl two million has been accomplished d without disaster, our soldiers in force are now over there, and they have been heard from. They tell us that the government has been diligent and efficient in providing for their welfare; the yare well fed, the great problem of army supplies, of arms and am munition, has been solved. This is the answer to those who may ask an accounting for the expenditure of for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

around it by British and Arab horse men and infantry. To the east, where the Syrian Desert might have served the Ottomans as last avenue of es- cape, a solid line has been stretched from north to south by Arabs and British waiting for the routed Turks. In the north Arab mounted and foot troops. established at all the vital points of communication, are sini- larly waiting. In the south a large body of Allenby's infantry is mov- ing forward unopposed.
 Washington, Sept. 21 - The new Franco American drive, which was launched means these things to the military mind here:
 l. It's main motive is to cause the Germans to withdraw to the Cham pagne front, between Rheims and the Argonne forest, west of Verdun; the 1 divisions which were quietly taken from there are to stiffen the resist ance to the British on the Cambrai- ! St. Quentin fronts.
 2. To menace the lower end of the | Hindenburg line where 1t now is most vulnerable.
 | 8. If this drive along a 36-mile front Is successful a powerful Franco American army will be able to link up with the left wing of Gen. Persh-
 ing, who, with the French, is oper-
 ating in Q general way between Yer
 dun and Metz.
 Staff officers here point out that,
 while the effectiveness of such strat-
 egy has been known all along, 1t was
 not possible to put 1t into execution until the Americans had been on the
 actual front in great force. The es-
 timate today is that Foch has under
 his orders fully one million Ameri-
 cans. Without them it would have
 been a hazardous undertaking to at-
 tempt the swift thrust into the Ar gonne-Rheims sector.
 The result of the drive will be tc net the Americans and French 8
 great deal more territory, and if the
 enemy be weak there, it is probable
 the advance will be continued until
 the southern end of the Hindenburg line has been fanked. The linden burg line ends somewhere near , Rheims.
 ; A break near the general line be- tween Rheims and the Argonne for.
 est, 1t is evident, the experts say
 would expose the lower end of the Hindenburg line to flank attack. The continuation of the drive, whether tho
 Hindenburg line be flanked or not
 certainly will cause the rushing o, endorsements to the 35-mile iron
 under attack and there is no place
 from which assistance can be had ex cept from the fronts in the St. Quen tin region.
 The precipitation of the great of fensive in the Chanpagne distric
 makes the fifth major movement, tht
 main object of which is to cross tht . Hindenburg line everywhere anC t force the Germans to expose thei s next line of defense. These five op l erations are the British and Frencl
 from the north to St. Quentin; tn . Americans and French from the soutl l against St, Quentin; the Americal l and French advance against Fismes 5 with the capture of positions north o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27
AMERICAN TROOPS SURPRISE x FOE ON QUIET SECTOR AND
 MAKE A GAIN OF SEVEN MILES

Turks Fourth Army Is Caught Bar Bulgars' Re- freat-Americans in Cooperation With French At tack in Mist at Dawn on 5O-Mile Front, After Six Hours of Gas shelling-Mo Imperils Whole Hun Line-serbs Advance Forty Miles in Two Days State of Siege Proclaimed in Sofia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

President Wilson should order q very large and capacious waste bas- ket to drop fake German peace pro posals into this winter.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

Washington, Sept. 27.-The Ameri- can forces in the new drive northwest of Verdun between Reims and the Ar gonn forest have taken 5000 prisoners and penetrated the enemys front to . depth of seven miles on a 20-milo front. ir -r
 General Pershing made this An- nounoement last night in a com munfque covering yesterdays opera tons
 London, Sept. 27.-The Americans before Verdun, who attacked yester- day morning in conjunction with the French, have advanced at some points to a depth of six miles, and are still progressing.
 In the Champagne fighting zone American and French troops launched the greatest drive ever undertaken by them, attacking on front of probably 56 miles, extending over the greater part of the line between Rheims and the Mouse in front of Verdun et 5:SO o'clock yesterday morning.
 General Gouraud, who smashed the German offensive over part of this same front on July 15, Is in charge o1 the immediate operations, though Generals Pershing and Petain, respon' sible only to Marshal Foch, are the chief planners of the new drive.
 The Germans appear to have with drawn from their first lines as eoor as the attack developed. The tnfan' try assault was preceded by nearly s2 hours of terrific smelling of the Ger man positions with high explosives and gae.
 The drive Is designed to outfianf ,Iaon from the east and thus turn the entire Hindenburg line from tha southern pivot up to the North Sea It would, furthermore, split the Ger man northern and southern armies 1T two and accomplish what Ludendorr failed to do to the Allies in his super drive on Amiens last spring.
 No major drive has been launched on this front since 1915. Despatche' tell of a gigantic concentration of ar tillery behind the Franco-America1 line of attack. At dawn, when thu first infantry waves left their trenches there vas a thick fog.
 The French War office, in reporting the beginning of the drive, says 1t wa launched fin cooperation with tn
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

With the beer supply cut off, how are the sports going to enjoy the beauties of nature at any picnics next summer?
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

the Aisne; the drive through and over the St Mihiel salient by the French and Americans, and lastly, the launching of the present thrust through the Champagne district.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

The women who try to preserve their beauty by cosmetics, are apt to be the same ones whom no one is in- terested in because they are so self conscious
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-09-27

After telling their boy help all summer that they are idle and lazy, the farmers are keenly anxious to en- gage them again for next year.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12
ARMY RESERVES RECALLED:
Chile Also 8HWsnono Naval omeesO
FER Confesence.

SsntiaeA CAae, Dec. 3-The Chilean
army reserves from the districts q
Iaaiqae, Serena, Antofag1sta, h0na
and CopiaDo, who were released fsD0
service IN 1917 and 1913, have beea
recalled y tie colors.
The naval commanders In an Darta
OF the repuhHe are reported 10 hsvc
Seen called to Santiago ~ . HGyaA
conference.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12

"Our thoughts have dwelt Of late
upon Europe, upon Asia, upon the Near
and the Far East, very little upon the
acts of peace and accommodation that
wait to be performed at our swn
doors. While we are adjusting our 70
lations with the rest Of tho world, II
It not Of capital importance that We
should clear away all grounds Of mis-
| understanding with our immediate
neishbers and give proof of the friend
ship we really feel?
II hope that the members Of tho
| Senate will permit me to speak oace
more Of the anratiaed treaty Of friend
ship and adjustment with the republic
Of Colombia. very urgently urge %
them an eaEiy and favorable action
upon that vital matter. ! believe that
they VIII fed with NE that the stage
Of aEAirs 10 now set for such action -
win be nj soly lust but gensrsas I'D
IN the spirit q the new 49, upon
which We have - happily euteroA.
go far % eur domestic aKairs are
csacerped the problem Of our rseWn
70 peace 10 . probes OF ece1snic ana
industrial rsad1ustnsat. That proslela
"A less serious for ~ than It may turn
ont to be for the nations which have
suffered the disarraAeemelts and the
fosses Of war longer than We. On
people, moreover, do not wait TO %
coached and led. They know thei'
own business, are quick and resource
| full It every readjustment, definite IL
uurpcse and self.reliant In action. any
leading strings we might seek to put
them In would speedily become hope
lessty TANGLED because they would ~
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12

p~ootno0 Go0Se9 0oo0eexo4
Z lplieU taak 4 ~ 10 a1es'
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12

aritjss with established businesses,
thew VIE are ready and willing to 60
to the farms, all those whose apti-
taAss are known or will be sought out
~ employers, will and no difficulty,
1t = cafe to SAY, in finding place and
oDplsyAs1t. But there will bs 9th
sss VIE will 30 1t loss where to gain
. livelihood 0less pains are taken
to guSds them and put them IN the
Wy OF wsrk.
IDofO VIII % q large heating r.
sila1a Ct laber which shsuld not 10
let weshy - shit fer itself. 4 seems
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-12-12

t6o6t, l taE6 IL loI Sa0Io0, ~ "
the January Of 1921.
Ran Revenue Probiems.
"The full equipment Of the ra3RWoys
which the federal administration hAA
planned could not bs completed vfsA-
in any such period. The present law
does not pesudt ne use Of the rove-
nues OF the several roads for sAo
execution Of saoh plans except b
formal contract with their dirsotots.
some Of whom Win consent wife
some viii not, and Therefore &oss nse
afford sualoient aaeAOrity t. u14sr.
take improvements upon the se1se
upon which 4 wDald be neoss0asy to
undertake them. Rxery ao9Fsasa -
Thu aiGloult snbte0t.maAeer q 1ese
sten brings us faoe to fase, 0essesse,
with this unaasweeed Questeeas WhAA
in rfeAs tAak w should Do MN -
railroads, n the f1srest of - Yuoos
and m fairness to ti9ir oWnogo3
Let ne say g oa0e tAAt I hAve -
answer reaav. The oaly ding ~ 4
perfectly aeW . ne 10 Shat = D -
faar sather - - yu1lis q to - swo
rs of ID uaslno1s p Aa~e - 01eo
lion unansweueA I'D ulAt i ~
presently beuone ~ dnty - N11n
auAsh ooatEua Ct No rooAs, e~ua -
fore the exptrae1pa az ne stAeu
period. unless Aeee sAsaA a0Dsaa
some cfear Hospece q tAo neaab1
Of . leeislstave soentAon JAsk -
lease would at least produce a. -
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04

Great Britain between the ages of IS
and SO is to be subject to compulsion;
how, then, can continued exemption
be claimed for Ireland, part of the
empire. country whose safety is as
much dependent upon the overthrow
OF militarism as is that of England?
And it must be remembered that Ire
land, through her chosen representa-
tives, declared this her war. "It is a
war;" said the Irish party in 1914, "for
the high ideals of human government
and international relations, and Ire.
land would be false to her history and
to every consideration of honor, good
faith and self-interest did she not will
ingly bear her share in it's burdens and
it's sacrifices"
If, then, Ireland held that the war
was hers, that she stood with Belgium
and the cause of democracy. how can
she alone of all the democratic ma
t1ons reject the ultimate test of SER
vice? How can she limit her support
of cause which embodies her hon
or, good faith and self-interest"? AS
fact, the Irish party leader declared
few days ago that If Irish liberty
were at stake" he would not hesitate
to support conscription";; and it is
automatic that Irish liberty and hu-
man liberty itself hang upon the is
sue of this war.
To the argument that the sanction
! of free Irish parliament is requisite
to make CONSUMPTION just, the answer
is made that under no scheme of home
| rule ever proposed were matters of
national defense committed to Irish
control; the very program of self-gov-
eminent just Endorsed by the Nation
alists provides that the imperial par
lament alone shall deal with laws at
fecting the army and navy. Ireland, it
is argued, has no more right to re-
serve this power than would one of
the states in the American Union.
The Argument Against CONSUMPTION.
These representations are quite I'M
answerable-until one dispassionate
ly examines the facts. If Ireland i'll
| dorsed the war, she has sent nc, 900 of
her sons as volunteers to fight the
battles of liberty. She is not a self
governing part of the empire, as Can
| ada is, or as an American state is a
self-governing part of this republic
And it must never be forgotten that
that self-government is her absolute
| right, not only as a matter Of abstract
political justice, but by solemn enact
80
was through her own generous loyalty
that establishment of the system was
deferred, and it was in recognition Of
that fact that three times, under sue
| cessive British governments, she was
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04

exempted from the draft. And former
premier Asquith declares that every
argument against compulsion has
been strengthened, rather than weak
ened, in the interval that has elapsed.
Even more impressive than the
Irish uprising, indeed, is the WIDE
spread support it has received in
England. Before Americans condemn
it offhand they should weigh such
opinions as these, from intensely loyal
Liberal newspapers in Britain:
The attempt to enact Irish conscrip-
ton at this juncture is a blunder and
catastrophe.
AS military measure it will be not
entirely useless, but actively injurious.
AS a political measure it is folly at
it's highest power
Before compulsion is applied to any
nation there should be consent. To
apply it in Ireland, not only without
her consent, but in the face of her
vehement and determined opposition,
would be, in the face of all the world,
to write her down a nation in servi-
tude. The cause of liberty-and in a
special degree the liberty of smaller
and weaker peoples-is the thing we
are fighting for, and they are no fit
spokesman of that cause who will
wantonly ignore or deny its claims.
Apart from issues of principle, the
question is one of practical expedi-
ency. Already the effect of the draft
proposal has been to destroy all the
good results gained through the con-
stitutional convention, and there re-
mains the probability that a British
soldier will have to be placed in Ire.
land for every conscript taken.
Americans Favor seIf-government
Before Exacting Loyalty.
Both the advocates and opponents
of compulsion are confident of the
support of American public opinion.
The former argue that while America
is drafting her young manhood into
the ranks to fight for democracy, and
while Irishmen in Britain and Canada
and the United States are subject to
CONSUMPTION, it is impossible that
| lrishmen in Ireland should be exempt
S"' AI 'HC oelilC tliiic ui6cHI dppcdlS
| come from Irish bodies for American
| intervention to save the country from
! the impending disaster"
1t is our belief that Americans will
Judge the home rule and CONSUMPTION
issues together-they would deplore
any effort to force the draft upon Ire
land while self-government, her con-
coded and statutory right, is denied to
her; but they would not for one mo-
ment support Ireland's refusal to
share fully the burdens of this war
Continued on page 81
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04
DR.. YoRkE's LETTER IN PAMPH
LET FORM-SEND IN ORDERS
FOR 1T PROMPTLY.

Rev. Peter G. Yorke, D. D., the brill
liant San Francisco priest who has
earned a. national reputation for his
scholarship and literary ability, has
written an open letter in answer to
a speech delivered by Garrett w. Nc
Enerny, ESQ.,, at a recent Irish gath
ering in the coast city. Mr.. McEn-
erny is the leading lawyer of the
Pacific coast, and at the meeting took
a strong anti-Sinn Fem position, ad-
vancing and marshalling his arguments
with all the skill and technique of his
professional experience. He made a
strong indictment against the policies
and principles of the new Irish party
that seemed to be unanswerable and
>irrefutable.
But the speech aroused sleeping
lion in the person of DR.. Yorke, who is
a veteran dialectician and lecturer of
wide reputation. He was at first re-
luctant to take up the gauge of bat
tie, but the course of events at last
carried him into the controversy, as
the man best qualified to present the
OLu0i SluC VI GuS 4uCoC4OA. LILO AAco
done so in masterpiece of literary
presentation and analytical skill, which
would fill two pages of the Irish Stand
ard. We have been requested by many
friends to print this classic in dale
tics in pamphlet form, and we have ar
ranged to do so. The pamphlet will
also contain the famous speech which
elected the now more famous reply of
DR.. Yorke. It will be Of general inter-
est as piece of mastery and logical
presentation of great thesis, apart
from it's special relation to Irish at
fairs. Copies may be had at cents
each or $500 per hundred-with the
latter class of orders preferred. Send
orders at once so that we may make
due provision for them in our pamph-
let edition.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04
DIR. THOS. P. RYAN
DENTIST
Offices:
Physicians and Surgeons Building,
Corner 9Th and Nicollet Ave.
N. w. Phone, Nicollet 1913.
MISSION TO BE GIVEN At
ST. RRlDGET'S PARiSt

Rev. James Donahoe, pastor of st.
Bridget's parish, has announced that
a mission will be given at his church
by the Paulist Fathers of Chicago,
during tho week of May IL to May 10.
The names of the missionaries who
are to conduct the services will be an
nounced tomorrow, with the details of
the several exercises and devotions
of the week. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that mission conducted by the
Paulists will prove spiritual treat to
those who attend it. The parishioners
therefore, may look forward to week
of fruitful and energetic labor in the
religious field that will abound In
divine grace and favor.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04
TWIN CITY NEWS
This may be the beginning.

This may be the beginning.
Pope Benedict's peace proposals
last August were preceded by reports
through neutral countries that he was
about to take such action. The pope
proposed the restoration of territory
captured by the Central Powers,
peaceful settlement of the Alsace-
Lorraine, Trentino and Polish ques-
tons, reduction of all ornaments and
freedom of the seas. President Will
son, in replying forSthe American and
Entente governments, refused the pro-
posals. The reply of the Central Pow
ers. made some days after that of
President Wilson, expressed hope that
the pope's efforts would result in a
cessation of hosilities.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1918-05-04
A CORRECTION.

BY an error for which we were not
responsible in an article in last weeks
issue, it appeared that the Mrs. Mary
B. Daley, State President of the l.. A.,
A. o. H., was the Mrs. Daily who took
part in the exercises of the Irish Liter
airy Club at the rooms of Division No.
2, on Monday evening, April Is. The
item should have read Mrs. Daley of
Division No. 4. The error arose, OF
course, from the identical names of
these estimable ladies.