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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
IN 7ERBOTEN!" says "The Cincin-
" natl Enquirer" in it's headline

@st Hasarss* says in "ass ts nsssias esfn
last Sunday telling it's read
ers that ''the Kaiser's language will not
be taught in Cincinnati schools after the
end of the present school year, in June,
according to decision of the Board of
Education, reached by 6 to / vote at a
meeting yesterday morning"
1t may be somewhat of surprise to
people to note that American citizens of
German descent voted en- bloc against the
tongue of the Vaterland. But this can
easily be explained by those who know
Cincinnati, where a generation ago in the
district locally known as "Over the
Rhine" English was rarely spoken, and
the food and beer and music were as Ger
man as possible. The once German ele-
ment in Cincinnati is largely derived from
immigrants who sought and made new
homes in America after the failure of
revolutionary movements in Germany
more than half century ago.
The school commissioners of Indianapo-
lis, Terre Haute and Michigan City, Ind,
have dropped German studies because, as
1.-The Indianapolis News" puts it, "of the
opposition Of patrons to such instruction,
and because such instruction tends to Gre
ate pro-German sentiment contrary to
the vital national interests" In resolu-
tions quoted by the same newspaper, the
Marion County Council of Defence ap-
proves this action in the following words:
'Resolved, That the Marion County Coun-
Gil of Defence feels that the public schools
carefully teach our boys and girls the thought
of one nation, one language and one flag, and
that the great amounts of money heretofore
expended in teaching German for the benefit
of a foreign imperialism would have been
more wisely expended in teaching the men
and women who come from other countries
the English language and the duties of Amer
lean citizenship, and how to be good and pa
triotic citizens"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
- erman Has Become Elective
~ in Baltimore High Schools

Writing in :The Manufacturers Rec
ord," Charles Leonard Fardwell tells what
happened in Baltimore, where the Ger
man community, fostered by German
transatlantic lines, was unusually strong:
"In the city of Baltimore, prior to the war.
there were ten such schools (where German
was taught), but so much antagonism has
been aroused against the teaching of Germsn
and justly SO, in view of the unspeakable
crimes committed in the name of the German
government-that the Board of School Com
mlssloners deemed it advisable to eliminate
the German language entirely from the pri-
mary and grammar grades and it is now an
elective study in the high schools of that
city,
And he adds this suggestive comment
regarding conditions in New York:
ut is not only unwise, but dangerous to the
extent of losing our identity as an English
speaking people, to permit foreign languages
to be taught. in the lower grades of American
schools, especially in the presence of the
tremendous foreign element in this country.
VI the $4,000 high school pupils of New York
City alone, 10000 are either foreign born or
OF foreign parentage. To launch these chill
dren into schools in which their native lam
guage is taught results in making citizens of
foreign nationality rather than American
citizens, and their progress in their own
tongue will outstrip their progress in Eng
llsh, so that at a mature age their view
points and ideals will be those of their ma
tive country and not of the United States"
The fight is still on in Milwaukee.
where "The Journal charges that the
teaching of German has been used to keep
alive foreignism instead of kindling
patriotism, to strengthen Germanism in
stead of fostering Americanism. It as
serts that German was used for propa-
ganda, and adds:
"The agents of Germany in America. and
not a few of the men calling themselves
American who assisted them, knew it. Ex-
change professors from Germany knew it.
Men high in Office in Germany knew it. So
cleties formed in Germany knew it. In Ger
many, as matter of fact, it was SO we'll
known that Germany appropriated money to
carry on this language propaganda in Amer.
icaeR
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Iamenef Hurries OFF to
N Tell On" the Germans

Inc grotesque character of this ner
lormance IS further emphasized in an in
'ervlew with Kameneff, one of the Bolshe-
VlK delegates, which was cabled to ''The
new York Herald" by its Stockholm cor
respondent kameneff, who arrived there
on ms way to Allied countries to "tell on"
'he Germans, gave this view of the Rol-
Shevlk achievements at Brest-Litovsk.
The Bolsheviki have ACCOMPLISHED what
no other government could ACCOMPLISH
The German working people believed
neither President Wilson nor Llovd
George. But when they saw we were de-
stroying mlitarism and were opposed to
imperialism we attained the main results
OF the negotiations
Later on he dallied with this thought
again: "Peace will come not from Brest-
Lltovsk, but will be forced by the masses
III the streets of Berlin and Vienna. The
recent strikes in Berlin were the direct
result of our proposition in Brest-Litovsk.
We are experts in revolution"
In other words, the German strikes.
winch ended almost week before the
hoishevlk delegates made up their minds
:" go nome, are construed as representing
all that they were playing for, and the
strikes having broken out and having been
seeted' there remained nothing more for
.'e'h 10 do but go away and boast of hav-
pig accomplished what no other govern
.Aeht could accomplish. Such is Bolshev-
ism!
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Europe. The Boil
shevik peace, in par
ticular, has been
d i S Gu SIS ed in the
press, not only be-
cause of its political
significance, bu t
still more owing to
its unique charac-
ter. For the dele
gates of a great ma
ton, defeated in
war, to withdraw
abruptly from the
peace council and 60
home, declaring that
they would neither
make peace nor fight
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
ermany Found the Sweets
~ Touched With Bitters

Inc reaction at Berlin to this Bolshevik
s9aee ar was one not of unmingled joy. The
aseolatt' remarked that it was "peace
se'oia OF any solid basis" and the "Lokal-
"Neisef concluded that the "demobiiza
0n oi the Russian army was the only
asiole thing arranged" The "Vor-
s"tss saw in the settlement with the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17


fe''0srao longer, and there
upon for the government of that country
to order the disbandment of it's armies, is
certainly a new thing in history. The
press generally viewed the part played by
the Bolsheviki at Brest-Litovsk from the
semi-humorous standpoint, seeming to see
in it something of play acting and much
t--that was staged for it's effects upon the
European audience.
The statement given out by the Bolshe-
wiki has been thought by some fully to
justify the view that they were merely
using the negotiations at Brest-Litovsk as
a stage from which to agitate for social
revolution in other countries, especially
Germany and Austria; that it was not
diplomacy, but propaganda, that chiefly
Interested them. The Trotzky statement
says that the Russian people, workmen
and peasants, could not give "acquies-
cence" to the Austro-German authority
because it possessed countries and peoples
vanquished by force of arms, yet the Rus
SLAMS must not continue to be at war with
the Germans and Observation-Disclosures
and peasants like ourselves Moreover,
the Boshevlki would not think of "sign-
ing peace of landlords and capitalists"
and let the German and Austrian soldiers
take note of the fact, let them reflect upon
what they are fighting for and observe
lFthat I'VE refuse to fight against them"
After this message to the Socialist ele-
ments of Austria and Germany Trotzky
and his colleagues conclude their state
ment thus:
Russia, for its part, declares the present
war with Germany and Austria Hungary, Tur-
key and Bulgaria at an end. simultaneously
'ne RUSSIAN troops receive an order for COM
2ieto rehabilitation on all fronts"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Russian roller will now be converted into posares

4 BOLSHEVIK peace without
IA peace treaty and formal treaty
N of peace between the Ukrainian
Republic and the Central Powers are the
outstanding events Of the week in Eastern
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
WILLI4MSTOWN

Special meeting of Summit lodge, No.
204, +. & A. NJ, next Thursday even.
ing, Jan. 2, 1919, for work in the third
degree. Refreshments.
Miss Rachel Bruce, r. n, who has
been in Montreal for some weeks past,
came home last week.
The annual meeting OF the Williams
town Cemetery association win be held
at the town clerks office Monday, Jan.
8, at 2 o'clock p. m,
William LaseIl who was in training
at Potsdam, n. Y, when the armistice
was signed, has been honorably dis
charged from service and has gone to
Washington, D. c., where he was former
ly employed.
Mrs. Jennie Dickinson picked pan Of
dandelion greens in her garden the day
before Christmas, and they were given
an honored place on her table the next
day.
The masquerade and dance held last
Thursday evening was well attended and
goodly sum was realized for the bene-
fit of the Eastern Star home. First and
second prizes to those in costume were
awarded TO Misses Ruth and Grace
Bruce, who were CARRIED to represent
George Washington and Martha Wash
ington. The third prize was won by J.
A. Jameson, who appeared in the role Of
an awkward boy. Other characters that
were conspicuous for their skill In make
up were the Goddess of Liberty, sailor
boys clad both in blue and white, the
bashful school girl, Red Cross nurses and
their protegcs, the cream of wheat man,
Dolly Warden, gypsies, clowns and many
that were not readily recognized. Mu-
sic was furnished by Gilbertson's orches
ira, and perley Keyes Of Brookfield act
ed as floor manager and prompter. Re
freshments of coffee, cake and sand
witches were served in the dining room
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
AN AMERICAN VICTORY OVER SELF.

AN AMERICAN VICTORY OVER SELF.
With more than twice as much wheat
on hand Dec. /, 1918, as there was on
Dec. /, 1917, the United States shows the
results of the self-denial practiced by the
people of the country in behalf OF our
allies in the war If the people had in
dulged in the usual lavish use of wheat
during the year it is probable that the
stock would have been reduced below the
mark of a year ago and there would be
great need for restriction on the use of
wheat now, and until the first harvest of
the year 1919. By saving during the past
year we have warded off the necessity
for self -denial during the first part Of
1919 and we have, at the same time, Civ
en- material support to our allies in the
line of food The self denial has been
beneficial to the American people in other
ways, chief among which, perhaps, is the
confidence it has given them in their
ability to restrain themselves under the
force of necessity. The experience has
been good lesson for us.
Now that the period of abnegation is
largely past, we can contemplate with
some satisfaction the results of our self.
denial. In this connection we have just
received the word of Herbert c. Hoover,
the American food administrator and
now the food controller for the whole
allied cause, that not single person, as
far as the records show, died of starva-
ton in Belgium and northern France dur
ing the period of the war. This is almost
wholly due to the generosity of the
American people who deprived them
selves to a certain extent that the war
stricken people of the territories occupied
by the Germans should have the necessi-
ties of life. That fact in and of itself
should be compensation enough for the
American people, for it brings the con-
seriousness OF humanitarian work well
done. Had it not been for the self denial
of the American people and their gener-
osity in responding to the appeals in be-
half of the people of the occupied terri
tories it is probable there would have
been great misery and high rate of
death from starvation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
VEST BERLIN

Mr.. and Mrs. Il. B. Sleeper from Mont
pelier spent Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Delary.
Mrs. Clara jenkins and her daughter,
Doris, from Barre were guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. II. A. Stockwell last week.
The ladies' aid will meet with Mrs,
Mark Glnes next Thursday afternoon,
There will be work on sunshine bags.
Miss Allard from Mortified visited her
sister, Mrs. Ed Provost, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Provost and
daughter were in Mortified Thursday,
Mrs. Florence Clark from Holyoke
Mass, visited friends in this place last
week, also in Montpelier.
Mrs. Joe Delary and children go ia
Burlington Tuesday to visit friends.
George Parsons from Montpelier spent
several days at his home in this place
last week.
Mr.. Freeland, station agent, was in st
Adams Sunday
Miss Helen Glines from Putnamville
spent last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Glines.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0rrin Kimball spent
Christmas day with their son, G. ID. kim.
ball, in Montpelier Their daughter, Ad'
die and son. Gerry, were with them.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

at intermission. Good delegations were
present from Barre, Graniteville aud
Websterville, and smaller ones from
towns farther away.
Miss Edna Waldo came home from
Moretown for the vacation, suffering
with severe cold, which later developed
into the "tiu, and other members of the
family are now entertaining the dis
case.
II was said last week that three of
our boys in the service overseas have
not been heard from for a long thine
aud relatives are anxiously awaiting
news. These are John Martin, Robert
Bruce and Grover Prize.
Mrs. Laura ID, Walkers two sons,
Frank A. OF Barre and Willard +. Of
Montpelier, with their wives, were at
the old home on Christmas.
Miss Dorothy Simons, now teaching
in Springfield, Mass, is spending her
vacation with her mother, Mrs. Rebekah
Bynde Simons
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert r. Martin, Mr.
and Mrs Harley T. Martin, Ruth and
Richard Martin and Misses Doris and
Margaret Kanaly Of Montpelier were
Christmas guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs George Il. WILDER.
Miss Mildred Grearson is in Albany
n. ", where she expects to stay for the
winter
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
Filling in the Canvas.

When history is in the making, there
is only time to sketch the picture in
broad outline. Details have to be filed
in afterward Now we are beginning to
see filed in a little OF the blank space
on the canvas where eventually win be
depicted the happenings Of the summer
of 1914.
The conventional "war chronology" be.
gins with the assassination at Sarsjevo
on June 2s. The next date is likely to
be July 70, when the Austrian ulti-
matum was sent to Serbia, but some
times the four week gap is broken with
the insertion of July 5, when there was
held at Berlin that council at which,
we are told, war was declared.
Now the testimony of Captain Lester
before the Senate committee at Wash
ington gives us another date. On July
10, 1914, which was Is days before the
Austrian ultimatum and three weeks be-
fore Germany declared war on Russia,
the German government informed ITS ci.
william agents that war would soon begin
and sent them forth to work by propa-
ganda for the kaiser's cause
This is only one little stroke on the
canvas. From Berlin and elsewhere will
come the data for other strokes Of his
tory's brush until the picture is com.
plete. Then we shall see just how the
war was made; more, we may be able
to learn how war in general is brought
to pass.
The real value Of history is not what
it teaches of the past, but the testimony
it gives to the present and the proba-
bilities of the future. When we know
how war came into being in 1914 we
should know how to prevent its coming
into being ereafter.-Boston Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

The fact that four Vermont towns
failed to furnish man for the United
States service during the war, according
to reports in the adiutant generals office,
is not to be taken as reflection on the
patriotism Of those Vermont communi-
ties. glastonbury and Baltimore might
be considered at the outset as exempt in
asmuch as the former had only 80 popu-
lation in the last census and Baltimore
had only ~. Both Kirby and Fletcher
are small towns the former with popu-
lation of 297 and the latter with 1877.
just what reason they have for not APP
pearing in the service list at the adjutant
generals Office is not known; but it
should not be taken as conclusive fact
that neither furnished a man for the
service, because the records in the adju-
tant generals Office are not complete.
There is chance that Fletcher, and even
Kirby, furnished some men for the serv-
ice in the army or the navy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
CURRENT COMMENT
Getting Together.

The presidents public speeches in Lon
don contain no announcements of great
moment nor do they convey any definite
information as TO the results OF his pri-
vate conferences with the British pre-.
mier and foreign minister 1t is too early
to speak Of results, in any large sense,
but the British and American policies
must harmonic broadly if the results
which the president desires are to be OBJ
tanned. II seems that the president, at
any rate, is still hammering hard at his
idea of society of nations to safeguard
peace in the future as substitute for
the old balance of power; for in his Lon.
don addresses he has advanced that idea
in positive way indicating no inten-
ton Of abandoning it.
What one would like to know is the
price that is demanded by the British
government for its support Of the league
it win favor. The president has some
thing to bargain with in the freedom Of
the seas" but a league of nations might
be made impotent and useless if one Of
its members was too much Of sea lord.
Springfield Republican.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

district. So it is said that although Her
bert Asquith was sharply defeated in his
own district, thereby showing repudia-
tion of the policies for which he stands,
he may still have the chance Of returning
to Parliament and of retaining his lead
ership of the liberal party if some one of
his followers is willing to sacrifice a seat
in the House of Commons. In the United
States there is no such interchange of
districts and once defeated candidate is
not permitted to prevail upon some other
member of Congress to resign and give
the defeated candidate seat. Generally
speaking, the United States way of cleo
ton seems to be preferable
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

William Hohenzollern has lived for
nearly two months after his abdication
from the throne of Germany and every
added day gives him new lease Of life,
as the interval serves to quiet the passion
of the people of the whole world against
him, the instigator Of the great slaughter
of four and one.half years, The govern.
ment of Holland, with which he has
found haven, is no doubt greatly
pleased that it has got by nearly two
months without feeling the heavy hand
of its own dissatisfied people or of the
entente nations, which are reported to be
clamoring TO bring Hohenzollern to trial
for his crimes
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

The United States government has sue
ceeded in forcing the recall of Minister
Won Eckhardt from Mexico by the Ger.
man government. 1t should not rest I'M
Til Won Eckhardt has been forced to leave
Mexico, if it be possible to bring that
about through representations to the
German government as well as to Mex.
leo Won Eckhardt, who gained notoriety
as being the Mexico end Of the German
plot TO foment war between Mexico and
the United States with Japan coming in
as an ally of Mexico, could be handled
satisfactorily were he TO change his resi-
dence from Mexico to the United States
should he refuse TO return to Germany
rs directed by his government. The main
thing now is to get him out of Mexico
where he has wide attitude for making
trouble both for Mexico and for the
United States, to say nothing of his own
country. Let there be great pressure
brought to bear on Won Eckhardt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

Since his arrogant deilial that he had
abdicated anything, followed by his sum
mary haste in announcing, under pres
sure, his abdication, the former crown
prince of Germany seems to have settled
back contentedly into very private life
but he has not yet gone to work in that
German factory, so far as we have been
able to learn. A little gainful physical
labor would be fine thing for this opera
bouffe soldier.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

The reelection of the Lloyd George
government in Great Britain is fitting
recognition of the great service the coali-
ton ministry did through the period of
the actual warfare; and the size of the
majority accorded it is positive proof Of
the confidence which the British people
have in the good purposes of their repre-
sentatives, Premier Lloyd George and
his fellow cabinet members have prob
ably the best grasp of the war situation
as 1t affects Great Britain of any coterie
Of men in that whole nation and are,
therefore, best fitted to bring Great Brit
min satisfactorily into the new era Of
peace il anyone is able to do it. Here in
the United States the result of the Brit.
ish election brings feeling Of stability
among the entente allies and it is hailed
with feeling that is akin to satisfac-
lion. Lloyd George can go to the peace
conference n Paris with a pronounced
stamp of approval from the British cleo
lorste,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

In case Mrs. Wilson gets through this
European maze Of social amenities with
out becoming very much confused, if
nothing worse, she will prove herself to
be quite a remarkable woman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

King George and President Wilson
wasted few words in salutation on the
occasion of the latter's arrival in Lon
don. Said the king: Il am very glad to
greet you to England; whereupon the
president said: 81 am very happy to
come Democratic language it was at
any rate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
GRANITEVILLE

Regular meeting OF Robert Emmett
court, No, 564, c. o. r., has been post
poned from Wednesday evening, Jan. !,
to Friday evening, Jan 3. Signed, Chief
Rangnr
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

One of the oddities of the British cleo
lion system is that a candidate defeated
Tor seat in the House Of Commons is
,ot necessarily barred from membership
n Parliament if some successful candi-
late, or someone already holding seat
willing to resign in favor of the de.
Gated candidate, no matter from what
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

If Champ Clark knows where he is
wise he will not run for the presidency of
the United States. He has about as
much show as an icicle in the furnace,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
VEBSTERVTLLE

Regular meeting of Robert Emmett
court, No. 564, c, 0. r., has been post
poned from Wednesday evening, Jan. /,
to Friday evening, Jan. 3, Signed, Chief
Ranger.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30

Safe to say that President Wilson
never had such birthday as that OF
Saturday in London
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-30
Retrospect

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moment it's accomplishments
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