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helps at our command. In our daily
tasks, o one Of which can be per-
formed without the use of words, we
possess only the most primitive tools,
when W. might be equipped with the
keenest and most efficient. If the die
tionary be the barred and bolted
reasure house we have mentioned,
then the coupon we print daily in this
paper is its key.
The coupon will appear only a few
more times. This marvellous distribu-
ton draws to a close. Readers are adj
vised to consult the coupon now, read
the display announcements n ascer-
tain at onc how this great New Uni
versities Dictionary can be secured
practically as a igft.
The rolling stone sees it's finish
when it strikes the upgrade.
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KEY TO TREASURE
+. HOUSE OF LANGUAGE

What vast and mighty treasures of
words full of rich meaning lie locked
up in our language-hidden away
from common use, and enjoyed only
by the learned few. 1t is as if, pos
sessing the mineral wealth of Mexico,
mined, smelted and ready for the
mint, we turned scornfully aside,
revealing in a voluntary poverty.
A dictionary constitutes the treasure
house OF a language. AS a people, we
needlessly deprive Ourselves of the
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Band viii Play-The Grand Forks
Municipal band will play several
numbers at the home guard dance in
the auditorium Friday night.-Adv.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-12-04

such as are made by elevators, farm
houses and cultivated groves. Toward
the southwest the higher land could be
seen lying low on the horizon. Along
the river, as far as the eye could see,
stretched the winning timber belts on
both banks. Late in the fall am
the prairie fires, burning over wide
stretches of the country. -
Many references to the lively traffic
on the Red river appear in the book.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Peasants Feed Them
Five Meals a Day

believe that the prisoners fare best
during harvest season, when they are
let out to the peasants. Under this
arrangement. the employer feeds them.
he harvester in France traditionallv
gets nve meals a day. am tod, by
reliable authorities who have super
vised the harvest work Of the Ger
mans, that the peasants generally give
them exactly the fare which they eat
Themselves
To summarize the discussion of the
food situations: On his exact ration Of
II 600 calories week the German
prisoner fares better at present than
the free German workingman at home
He receives coo grams Of bread dav:
his brother in Germany receives lust
half OF that allowance, and the cual-
ity is probably Inferior Last August
and September the German allowance
Of fats-ar essential to life-was 30
or so grams a week. In that scier-
tifcally compounded if monotonous
stew the German prisoner in France
gets 20 grams of fat a day, or $40 a
week. Even the scanty allowance OF
meat is lar greater than the one ac-
corded the working class Of Germany.
And above all that, as have shown.
there are mitigations like the right OF
purchase in the canteens and the ad-
dltional meals given by peasants or
other employers. When this fact is
taken into consideration they mus
fare nearly as well--if not quite az
well-as the laboring class of France
in these tight times.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
The Spiritual Centre
And Circumference

The new theory of the jewish spirit
ual cen.re in Zion, like every other
new IDEA, also had its opponents, and
the critic Of the Zionist movement was
in turn criticised by other writer's who
differed from him. Answering one of
these writer's, Ahad Ifa-Am restatos his
ldea IN the following manner:
"a centre OF our nationality i'm
plies thai there is national crcum-
ference, which, like every circumfer-
ence, is much larger than the centre.
That is to say, the speaker sees the
majority OF his people in the future as
in the past, scattered over all the
world, but no longer broken up into
number Of disconnected parts, be-
cause one part-tho one in Palestine
VIII be a centre for them ali, and will
unite them all into single, complete
circumference. When all tho scattered d
limbs of the national body feel the
beating OF the national heart, restored
to life in the home Of its vitality, they
too. will once again draw near one to
another and welcome the thrush Of liv-
ing blood that Will flow from the heart
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
His Message Is
Given in English

Ultimately, however, most o. the diff
ferences were overcome, and, events
having shaped matters better than thew
were trst anticipated, the derclopment
OF Palestlnian educational and cultural
institutions having followed in the
wake of economic developments, Ahad
Ha- Am came closer together with the
Zionist leaders, and with his co0pcra-
ton he has helped to bring about the
results over which Jcwry is now re-
Joicing. At the same time his ESSAYS
and critical reviews, embodying a new
view Of Jewish life, which have now
been translated from the Hebrew inro
several other languages, continued to
be source of moral and intellectual
stim illus to the movement for restora-
ton. AS the days go on, his message
assumes Clearer meaning. 1t is thus
forciby interpreted BY Leon Simon. the
English translator of Ahad Imam:
THE jew cannot be himself again.
cannot live out his own life and de-
velop his essential individuality. either
in the Ghetto or under conditions of
emancipation. What he needs for the
revival Of the spirit is the possibility
OF combining the unauthorized Jew
ishness Of the Ghetto with the breadth
and freedom Of modern life. And this
combination can only be rendered pos
sibe by the restoration OF that element
which has been lacking IN Jewish lfe
for so mnny centuries, and TO the lack
Of which the present impotence Of the
Hebrew spirit is traceAbe.~ What the
Jew needs Is n soil of his own, Il fixed
centre for his national ife. And that
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03


- his dream of Judea restored
is no less iridescent than the visions
of the greater prophets who. pcering
INTO the future with the eyes Of the
Jewish soul. behcId the wonderful era
Of Righteousness and human brother
hood that VIII come "in the end of
the days
Insisting upon justice and equality
n their own day. ceaselessly summon
ing their people to the performance Of
their duties, the seers stepped in an
cient lore ard forever brooding under
the inspiring Eastern skies saw the
time when "nation shall not lift up
sword against nation" and when rea-
son and love shall reign supreme upon
the earth. The belief that these days
will come to pass was Of the essence
of Judaism from the beginning, and in
the predictions OF the fulhlment Of
this hope the prophets poured forth
their fiery faith and glowing enthusi-
asnl in words and sentences, in smiles
and symbols that have stirred the
hearts OF men as no other utterances,
and they have made the Hebrew litera-
ture an abiding source Of homage and
admiration.
And Judaism, which with its daugh-
ter religions has laid the foundations
OF modern civilization, has throughout
the career Of the Jewish people re
manned inseparably bound up with the
birthplace Of Jewish teaching and in
spiration, The homeland OF Zion. The
temple was destroyed By the brutal
forces of Titus; the inhabitants of
Palestine were driven to all the -four
corners o. the Garth; havens of refuge
were found by them; communities were
built up wherein the cherished faith
was practised in all It's original forms;
the Hebraic spirit found expression,
even though in languages other than
its own. But throughout the soul of
the Jewish people hardened back to
the scenes of its first unfoldment,
throughout It drew sustenance from
the hallowed memories Of old and de-
rived strength from belief in the ulti-
mate revival OF the Jewish spirit. cul-
mirating in Tichiath Ha'am, the resur-
rection Of the people. Israel the
s7ah Law, and the Holy One, blessed
se He, are One" says the Talrud,
and by the SAME token is the sacred
sosl of Palestine bound up with the
holy traditions Of Judaism and the
whole system Of Jewish teachings.
"shree gifts did the Holy One. blessed
y, he, confer On Israel says Rabbi
ahamon, the son Of Yohay. "and none
Of these did lie proder them except 1T
he price OF suffering. These three are
the Ioran, the land Of Israel and the
Clam eha-Ba, the world-to-come"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03

not on active service. The French arc
an economical people. Though they
insist on good cooking, they eat less.
IN bulk, than the British, the Germans
or the Americans SO this ration is
slightly smaller than the liberal allow
ance of the American or British sol
der Still, it is enough. Later in the
game Il was established that French
prisoners in Germany were not getting
the same treatment; that, in fact, they
received far less food than the Ger
man reservists or idle troops. The
French maintain that their only way
of protecting comrades in German
hands is to take reprisals, and to
threaten more reprisals, against the
prisoners which they hold. The Ger
mans cut down the meat ration for
French prisoners to IS grams a
day. The French at the time were Civ
ing their German captives 250 grams
day. When, after representations
through neutral channels. the French
failed to get any adjustment Of this
matter they adopted the reprisal pol
icy and cut down the ration for Ger
man prisoners to sc grams
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Judaism Not
Merely a Religion

Devotion to the Law went hand in
hand with devotion to the land. and
every revival of the idea of the return
every plan of Jewish restoration
aroused hopes of the renascence of
Judaism, the rebirth of the Jewish
spirit, the triumph of the teachings
which the prophets foretold would see
their ascendancy with the redemption
Of Zion. And Judaism as presented
By the greatest teachers and prophets
is not in the accepted sense of the
term merely religion, body of alb
stract IDEAS concerning the invisible,
but rather a system of ideas and
ideals, conception of life covering all
the spheres of human activity, and
finding concrete expression in human
institutions, with nation, common
wealth as its largest instrument for
service.
"The fundamental idea Of Jewish
prophecy, justice and righteousness
presupposes definite social order
such as can only be realized in q body
DC.itlC. Ana 10 ItdlLZC IuciI larger
destiny, to express again their genius
for social justice, to live their own
lives on higher moral and intellect
ual plane and to again make Judaism
or the Hebraic spirit a vital force in
life, the Jews prayed and hoped and
ultimately worked and fought for the
restoration Of their nationality on its
historic soil
have indicated how the Hebrew
languagc has been fostered and how
Hebrew literature has been cultivated
throughout the dispersion, and how
this has scrved to keep alive the jew
ign national consciousness and to kim
die the hope for tho restoration of
Zion. In the largest and most notable
Jewish settlements in history impor-
tant centres of learning, religious and
cultural actlYi.ica we're established, and
the chronielcrs Of tie various Jewries
In different lands tell US Of the times,
yhen under favorable circumstances
Ike the babylonian, the Arabic. this
Spanish and other periods, In which
Jewish literature and scholarship -four
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
~ VIII Irwin

4 SGARCHi~G investigation Of
~ conditions among the German
prisoners in France is manifest
~ impossible for one who hopes to
co anything else during the period
Of the war. The 100000 or more Ger
mans and Austriaus held prisoners by
the French are scattered all over the
country, from the lines to the Midi
Also, they are arranged, to great
extent. in small groups. sometimes of
only five or ten men. For civilians
transportation.i difficult, and especial
ly in winter. As matter Of fact,
Il searching investigation would take
man furnished with an automobile
with unlimited petrol, and with ali
special passes, from SIX months to 4
year. Such conditions are fulfilled fol
the investigators of the Swiss En-
bassy, who look after the prisoners on
behalf of Germany; and the work keeps
two or three men continually busy.
Unable, for lack Of time, to make
an investigation Of this kind, | have
chosen the next best course Provided
with blanket order from the French
ministry of war-an order virtually
permitting me to visit any camp at
any time-I have looked into five of
the larger camps in three main dis
tlicts and into several OF the smaller
cnes In every case but one l made
these visits without previous warming
of my coming, in order to see the
prisons. not when they were arranged
for visitors, but in their ordinary rou-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
Merely to Live There
An Act of Piety

The rabbis believed that Palestine
was the ordained land of the Torah
the Law. and they proclaimed that
the mere act Of living therein was al
act Of pie:y. ~Wouldst thou behold
the Shekhina tthe divine light Of Gods
glory Then study the Torah IN the
land of Israel" says the Midrash. and
tae Miahnah 9roclaims that Palestine
"a TIE hoIiest Of all countries" Again
The Holy Temple built or destroyed,
the Sheknina never moved from that
place, as God promised at the dedica-
ton Of the Temple; mine eyes and
mine heart shall be there pcrpet-
ually.'o
To speak Ill Of Palestine was re-
garded as a cardinal sin. The wicked
King Assur merited the title Of "The
great and noble Asnspper" because he
refra.ned from abusing the Holy Land
and held it in az much esteem as
Babylon when he said, u viii come and
take you away to land Ike your own
land" In many different ways did the
fabbIs maintain their yenerat.on for
Palestine. Rabbi Johannan dccla ed
that one who walks = distance Of four
eu5tts IN Palestine may be confident Of
share IN the future world "Th he
merit Of living in Palestine equals the
merit Of observing all the Command
nents." 1t il told Of Rabbi Eleazar
Ben shammua and Rabbi Johaunan ma
Sancaias, VINO had decided TO leave Pal
es,ine 10 study under Rabbi Judah q.
feserah, that they nad gone only an far
az sidon when the thought Of the sane
Wy of Palestine overcome their regoiu-
Ton, and they shed tears, rent their gar
nssntg and turned back. Rabbi Hiyya
Zen Cammada showed his devotion by
rolling himself in the dust Of Palestine
IN conformity with the words of he
Fhairaiss: "For thy servants takc
pleasure in her stones. and favor the
aust thereof" Rabbi jose Ben Hanin
Kissed the stones of Acre. saying, "Up
this point is the land of lsrael. "
"anoi Ze'era went through the waters
" she jordan without removing his
garments.
inc holiness of Palestine attracted
ssSish settisrs. nos 9nly " live, but 10
sas thsrs. Rabbi Anan says, "To be
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
By Robert Sumner Vim


~ YDNEY, Australia, Feb. s.-"Dr.
Edward Haber has been appoint
ed Governor OF German New
Guinea read news dispatch from
Europe which reached Australia late
in December. And almost on the same
day that 1t appeared, Thomas J. Me
Mahon, u travelled and discerning
Australian newspaper man and lece-
urer fresh from tour or German
New Guinea, was telling an interviewer
in Sydney Il saw a great deal of the
Germans. They are still there-very
much there. Far from relaxing their
efforts because of the Australian oc-
cupation, they are going vigorously
ahead in the firm belief that German
New Guinea viii remain German terri
tory. Somc Of them openly expressed
to me the strong belief that after the
war Australia, 20, viii be German
territory"
DR.. Edward Haber was acting Gov
ernor Of German New Guinea when
the war broke out. 1t was he who
surrendered the big and scattered
colony to the Australian Colonel
Holmes upon conditions which will be
touched upon presently. But first the
point needs emphasis that while on
parole in Sydney in November, 1914,
awaiting return to Germany via the
United States, DR.. Haber told news
paper correspondents: 81 do not think
that German New Guinea VIII be given
up. It viii be given back to us after
the war. We will keep it,
What was heard with some disbelief
in Dr. Naber's common sense in 1914
IS confirmed by the observations IF
Mr.. McMahon in 1917; and if further
confirmation We're needed there is Ber-
Inns nomination of DR.. Haber for the
post he held prior to the war. Ger
Guinea want German New Guinea.
And their hankering is a German
hankering which is unlike any other
in the world. But they reckon with
out Australia. Australia already has a
szable dependency in Papua, or Brit
ish New Guinea, and if German New
Guinea were not German the com
monwealth might well pause before the
prospect OF further responsibilities on
the huge island. But what is to be
done with a people who breathe as
umption and talk postwar aggres-
sion? To quote SO high and just an
authority as Lord Bryce, writing IN
1916:
"Australans and New Zealandcrs
have long watched with anxiety the
actions and plans Of the German gov
ernment. They conceive, to use n col
loquial phrase, that its room is better
than its company Among the Gov
crnors who have served Germany
know ut least one upright man, who
wished to rule the island with justice
and fairness all around. But neither
in the Pacific nor elsewhere las the
German power been found pleasant
or trustworthy ncighbor."
To proceed with the interview with
Mr.. McMahon: The Germans in New
Guinea he snd, fail to see that they
are going to be defeated. They Sill
hold all the interests there. They Aavc
done wonders md have proved unris-
takably that German New Guinea is
place of such resources, of such pro
spectivc wealth, that should it come
under Australian dminIstration and
protection after the war it will recoup
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
In the Matter
Of Bread and Meat

As things have finally worked out,
the French have adopted, in this item
of meat, three regimens. The first is
known as favored" 1t is for Alsa-
tlans forcibly modified in the German
army, for the Czechs among the Aus
trian prisoners, and in general for the
members of subject races fighting for
the Central Powers against their will.
They receive 300 grams day. The
"crdinary" regimen is the one follow d
at the beginning of the war, before the
action Of the Germans made reprisals
necessary. Under it live the Austrian
prisoners, since Austria is still giving
prisoners the same rations as their own
inactive troops. Il allows $50 grams
of meat a day. Finally, as mentioned
before, there is the special" regime,
made necessary by the conditions Of
the times for the Germans
The ration, to begin with. includes
600 grams of bread day-about | 1 3
pounds. This is exactly double the
quantity of bread allowed to the civil
ian workingmen Of Germany when last
| had knowledge of their food ration -
bic the allowance made by the Ger
mans to the French prisoners in their
hands. However, the French have ad
Justed that matter. They send to their
prisoners through Switzerland an extra
300 grams day, and force the Ger
mans to pay for it through the Swiss
authorities. The great loaf of brown
war bread which represents eco grams
is issued to every prisoner each morn
ing. The rest of his nourishment
comes in The form of scientifically
compounded soup of stock, grains and
vegetables, which he receives three
times GaV rr,y ''vrith car
At the noon meal he receives his Sc
grams Of meat. Eighty-six grams is a
slice about as big as the portion Of
boiled mutton, say, which would be
given one at cheap restaurant in the
United States.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-03
earnest prayers
Pioneers Are Deep
Students Of Modern Life

The hope of the revival OF the He
bralc spirit came with every recurrence
Of the idea Of Jewish national rehabil-
tation. Wish the advent Of Zionism in
modern garb as a conscious conception
of Jewish life the revived idea Of Zion
as a spiritual centre for the Jews found
philosophical expression. It's champion
and prophet was the noted Hebrew
publicist and essayist, Asher Ginzborg,
better known to the Jews on two con,
tinents under his pen name Of .Ahad
Ha-Am zone of the people,, who has
previously been mentioned as one Of
the first workers among the organized
Lovers Of Zion in Russia He was
born in Skvira, government Of kiev, in
1885, and III 1889 began to publish his
articles and essays cmbodying a new
view Of Jewish history, and in which
he ultimately outlined a school Of
thought which became known as that
of spiritual Zionism." a Hebrew
scholar Of great depth and at the same
time a profound student Of modern
life and thought, he made an especial
appeal to new generation of He
brew readers which, imbued with the
national ideal, craved higher intel
lectual Interpretation OF the undcrly-
ing principles of Zionism. The spread
of the Jewish race, Ahad Na-Am main
tained, having inevitably loosened the
bonds Of the Law and weakened the
Hebraic spirit, which had yielded to a
less vigorous Judaism, new spiritual
centre for Judaism must needs be es-
tablished in Palestine, TO which the
Jews Of to-day in all parts of the earth
may look for inspiration and guidance
as in the olden days the Judaism of
the Diaspora looked to Jerusalem. To
this end the majority of the inhab-
itants of Palestine must be Jewish. He
differed widely from Dr. ierzl. in
that he discounted the emphasis which
the founder of modern Zionism laid
upon the economic and political as
poets OF the movement, asserting that
the largest efforts should be directed
toward the REVIVAL of Hebrew culture
and the establishment in Palestine of
permanent authoritative centre for
the Jewish spirit. In his zeal to en-
phaslze the Importance of the spiritual
revival this writer carried on many
controversies with the Zionist leaders
at the beginning Of the movement, but
he had proven his devotion to the cause
by many years of ardent labors in be-
nan ot Palestlnian activities, and be-
sides that he had himself pointed ont
that it was in the nature of the ucbrew
prophet TO be an extremist, and d-was he
not the prophet of the new time: