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New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

Count Czernin differs markedly from that
Of Chancellor Won Hertling.
Mr.. Lloyd George thinks not.
In other words, England and America
have by declarations of their official rep
resentatives come definitely to state of
open though not unfriendly difference of
opinion as to how the Allies should con-
duct the war 1t is the military "knock-
outs policy against the moderate view that
Germany.
In Perspective
4 SHORT chronology may be useful in
IA interpreting these conflicting latest
pronouncements of the Allies, for the rea-
son that the pressure of President Wilson
happens at this time to influence a Cabi-
net crisis in England-a most unusual
situation. A parallel might be found in
the possibility of a statement by Lloyd
George affecting the status of an Ameri-
can Cabinet member, or even the Presi-
dent.
Late in November the Allies Supreme
War Council, meeting at Paris, refused to
consider war aims, considering military
policy alone following the Italian crash.
When Lloyd George canleeback to Lendon
after making his famous speech on
unity which did so much to stir the
forts, he found Cabinet crisis awaiting
him. However, he won out when he
showed that there was to be no interfer-
ence with the English army command, that
there would not, after all, be a French
generalissmo. Therein lies one clue to
the present situation
The LansdOWne Letter
THEN followed the famous Lansdowne
4 letter, urging that the Allies restate
their war aims, show the German people
that they were not to be crushed if they
behaved, and begin a diplomatic offensive
against Germany. Lord Lansdowne was
IN many respects seconded a few days
later by President Wilson, who, in declar-
ing war on Austria, laid down terms of
world peace closely parallel to those of
Lord Lansdowne. This speech caused an
epidemic of influenza among English poll
ticlans, Lloyd George being laid up for
week.
Lloyd Georges Course
nN December 10 Lloyd George
~ emerged in speech on which Eng
land disagreed, saying there was 'no
half way house to victory" However,
the understanding was then that Eng
land % general way approved of Mr.
Wilson's views, but not those of Lord
Lansdowne. Later in December Lloyd
George said that "vctory alone will give
reality to terms" and that Reinforcement
of the purpose for which the Allies are
lighting is essential to the future free
dom and peace of mankind" :"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

MANS OF the Rus
sian army appears
so far psychology
cal.
There is no evil
dence to indicate
that the Russian
withdrawal Will
make any apprecia-
BILE difference on the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

cent AuStrO-German
answer to President
Wilson's fourteen
commandments" of
January 8. Mr.. Will
son, while laying
down four basic
principles upo n
which to build a
world peace, thinks
that the reply of
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

is by no means set
tied.
Indeed, the strug-
gle between President
Wilson and Secretary
Baker on the one hand
and advocates of a
war cabinet and min
istry on the other has,
in military parlance,
passed the trench
stage and has taken
on the form of war
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
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ian steamers, not to mention another
Spanish ship, the third in three weeks
In 1917, it is announced, the U-boat
sank three times as much tonnage as the
United States and England produced. In
cidentaly, Norway's losses to date are
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

diers were lost. Burial services were held
at various places along the Scottish coast.
The U-boat toll for the week rises, not
merely in the loss of nineteen British
ships, of which thirteen were large, but
IN the added sinking of four large Hal-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
Comment ON the Presi-
dents Reply and Attend
ant Circumstances


DRESIDENT WILSON'S speeches AL
ways provoke profuse comment, but
in connection with his latest effort. which
touches so closely all the Allies, particular
interest attaches
Elaboration or Modification?
ONE marked current in American COM
~ ment is that which hurries to see in
the "four principles" speech no change
from the fourteen commandments, regard
ing it merely as elaboration and explana-
tion. Such papers, therefore, as "The
New York World, (" "The New York Sum-"
"The New York Evening Post" "The
Brooklyn Eagle" "The Washington Post"
and "The Springfield Republican" take
this view:
interpreting Mr.. Wilson"
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE distinctly
- differs. Telling how it had thought
the original fourteen commandments
were pledge" and not provisional
SKETCH" this paper remarks that "The
New York American" which wholly ic
nored the fourteen commandments, but
now praises this speech as an omen of
peace, was, after all, on the right track
1t is more pacific demand, and, "obviousss
ly the only person competent to interpret
Mr.. Wilson is Mr.. Wilson himself"
Flaws in Allied ArmOr
THEN there is the view that Mr.. Viii
son is bound to fail in this diplo-
m a in tbo
that there is no team work with the
other Allies. This stand is suggested by
two Washington correspondents, Mr.. G.. w.
Gilbert, of The New York Tribune, and Mr..
David Lawrence, of "The Evening Post"
After commenting on the marked diff
ference expressed by Mr.. Wilson and
Lloyd George concerning the Austrian
reply, Mr.. Gilbert remarks:
"The latest speech was equally an indepen-
dent essay. Many persons in Washington are
beginning to that it was less fortunate
than his last utterancc. Washington is slow
to see this SO much prestige attaches to
every appearance of Mr.. Wilson in the field
OF international politics.
"For the first time the Entente group /
including this country, the 'co-belligerent,'
stand divided in the public definition of their
position as result of the two speeches of
Lloyd George and the President
"Von Hertling and Czernin are playing that |
game just as hard as Mr.. Wilson u.s. The idea
Of dividing the enemy is not the exclusive
happy inspiration of the United States"
isceIIaneOus Approving Views
THERE are, of course, the usual num-
l. Der of profusely approving and un-
discriminating views of Mr.. Wilson's
speech, and more general agreement that
Mr.. Wilson has extended a peace bough
to Austria and mailed fist to Germany:
that it means war to the end, weakening
of Teuton morale, strengthening of Amer
ican determination, or, as ''The Springfield
Republican" thinks, that it has come too
late now that Russia has declared peace and
the Ukraine is taking orders from Berlin.
At Grips with the U-Boat
While Awaiting the
German Drive
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The w EEK

- EOPLES and provinces bartered about from
sovereignty as if they were chattes pawns
game great game, dscredited of the
ball of power. president Wilson,
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
eanWhile, the B0Isheviki

Meanwhile, the Boisheviki
TN THE mean time the Bolshevist episode,
l. came to it's climax with the Brest.
Litovsk parleys, at which the German
peace formula was unmasked. Count
Czernin during this time made a mod
crate statement of aims
The Broadening Current
EARLY in January, pressed by British
~ labor, Lloyd George restated Eng
lands war aims, modifying his demands
regarding Alsace- Lorraine to '"recon-
slderation" of that question, but turning
a cold shoulder to Russia. Almost i'm
mediately President Wilson spoke again,
laying down, on January 8, his fourteen
commandments, which, with his hearty
words for Russia, British labor warmly
accepted
The AuSfr0- Reply
TO MR.. WILSON'S fourteen terms Won
Hertling and Count Czernin tardily
replied.
Then the views of England and Amer
lca were at last stretched out for parallel
examination
FIRST, the Allies Supreme War Coun.
Gil, which last fall had not dealt with
political objects, announced that in the
Austro-German reply it saw 'no real an
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Battling Bolsheviki

THE greatest effect of the Bolshevist
declaration of peace and the order for
demobilization of practically all that re-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The Ukrainian Episode

\ S WITH many other happenings in
"A which the Bolsheviki have had
hand, the peace made by Germany with
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

TIA vessels, totalling 1,05O,5S3 tons and
SS3 men.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

IA million tons to transport troops, who
will go, Secretary Daniels says, despite
the U-boats. The Allies have at last COM
pleted arrangements to centre the direc-
tion of all transatlantic shipping in ship
control committee. Chairman Hurley
plans to divide the country into six ship
production zones. War industry is to be
checked to speed up ships, embargoes CIV
ing the right of way to fuel and food
stuffs, while licensing Of exporting and
imports is expected to provide further sea
room. Congress helps by appropriating
$50,000000 to house shipyard workmen.
On the Fronts
THE American sector, now estimated at
L nine miles in length, continues under
fire, with the loss of more men killed,
wounded and missing through trench
raids and artillery duels.
Violent trench raiding also persists with
the French and British. Germany, it is
reported, now has 100000 men in the
west, and will strike in March, The Ital-
ianS repulse strong thrusts in tho north
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
The War Cabinet
Out of the Trenches

Ouf OF the Trenches
THE war cabinet situation, over
4 shadowed by world events, attracts
less attention this week. but the question
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
American Diplomacy
More Than Ripples on
the Allies Shores

"HE outstanding news event of
the week is the fact that, dip
lomatically speaking, the Allies
have made apparent their lack
of unified control" That is,
Mr.. Wilson and Premier Lloyd George re-
ply practically simultaneously to the re-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17
America at War Struggles
In a Maze of
Activity

\ MONG lesser developments of the
y week the following deserve particu,.
lar attention: The war cabinet situation,
the labor question and scattering points
relating to food, transportation and
politics.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

shevist dispatches, there are others from
Paris saying that documents brought to
France by IA prominent French scientist,
who obtained them from revolutionary
Russian paper, show that Germany paid
for the Bolshevist revolt
New-York tribune., 1918-02-17

DRESIDENT WILSON'S speeches al
4 ways provoke profuse comment, but
IN connection with his latest effort, which
touches so closely all the Allies, particular
interest attaches.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08

other conveniences, but there
are educational entertainment or
religious programs at each of t.
buildings in camp every week
night, and athletic equipment
and instruction are furnished.
In addition to the building sec
rotary and his assistant, at
each of the buildings there is a
physical director, an education
al and social secretary, and re-
ligious secretary, whose special
duties are to help the soldiers to
become better fighters aud bet
ter men mentally. morally, ply
sically.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08
First Bale Cotton
Goes TO Little Rock

The first bale of new crop
cotton reported to the Herald
vas grown by E. B. Henderson
m the Moore place just south of
Rison, was picked Tuesday, GIN
red at Cash's gin and carried to
Little Rock Tuesday afternoon
on j. H Henderson, automobile,
accompanied by J. H. lIender-
son and |, E. Moore. At the
time This is written it is not
known what price the cotton
brought.
The first bale received at Pine
Bluff was grown near Lake Vii.
lage and brought to that city
Tuesday afternoon, which shows
that we tied with Lake Village,
although Chicot County is some
seventy five miles south of Cleve-
land.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08
R. B. Strain Finishes
Preliminary Training

San Antonio, Texas, Aug l.
Arkansas supplied ten Of the So
men who were graduatedA last
night from the Y. NJ. C. A.
Southern Department training
school, at Camp Travis, where
volunteers for Y. M. C. A. war
work overseas and camps in this
country are being trained. Grad
yates from Arkansas who finish
ed the course last night and to-
day were assigned to camps in
the Southern Department are:
Albert W. Alyin, Little Rock;
U. C. Barnett, Dermott; Dewitt
Browning, Newark; Nelson F.
Coolidge, Con way;J E. Finney,
Fort Smith; F. E. Givens. Corn
ing; Fred Moore, Heber Springs;
Robt. F. Shinn, Russellville;
Robt. B. Strain, Rison; and A. G.
Whidden, Pine Bluff. Mr.. Fin
ney was state vice president, and
Mr.. Whidden secretary of the
class.
This is the fourth class of re-
cruits for war work grad uated
from the Southern Depar tment
school, the largest of its kind in
country. Here, for three weeks,
the men undergo intensive train
ing in physical, educational, re-
ligious and social work, and they
may be equipped to aid in keep
ing the soldiers cheerful, and
minister to their needs. The
note of practical Christianity is
emphasized throughout the
course.
The Arkansas men were en-
thusiastic with the the three
weeks training, declaring they
enjoyed the work, are in bett-
err physical condition than for
years, and that the broad scope
of Association work outlined
during the school was a rev elat-
ion to them. In the army camps
the "Y" not only furnishes a
Club for the men in the way of
reading and writing rooms and
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08
Class One Men
Invited to Drill

Capt. Thos. Fl. Berry, by re-
quest of war department off
icials, has extended an Invita-
ion to all class one registrar t.
to meet the Rison Home Guard
Company for preliminary exper-
fence in drilling.
A special meeting of the home
guards has been called for to-
morrow, Friday, afternoon from
z TO 4 o'clock fer the special ben
eft of class one men, and it is
hoped that a large number will
be present.
Experience gained in the home
guard may qualify registrants
fer immediate appointment as
non-commissioned officers, and
it is we'll worth the effort.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08
Wheatless Days Must
be Observed, Says ]. B,

The question has been asked
so often and by so many Has
Wheatless days been called off,"
that it has become necessary
again to call the attention of the
public to the fact that we have
two wheatless days each week
Monday and Wednesday.
1t is necessary for the mer-
chants to get signed receipts for
all sales of flour and sugar, and
to file same with me each week.
Flour sales must be limited to "a
lbs. in town and 48 pounds in
the country and an equal amount
OF substitutes must accompany
each sale of flour where the con-
sumner does not have his own
home grown substitute. Sugar
sales are limited to two pounds
in town and five pounds in the
country. and in no case over 2
pounds per capita per month
except for canning pur-
poses, when twenty pounds may
be sold after the purchaser has
signed the official canning re-
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08

ceipt.
All housewives are urgently
requested to can without sugar
as much as possible, and sweet
en- the fruit next winter when
there will be more sugar. Mill
camps where there is a COM
missary, have the same reguIat-
ions as the incorporated town,
and merchants in an incorporat-
ed town are instructed to gov
ern their sales accordingly.
1t is not now necessary for
Home Gamers to get permission
from the Food Administrator for
an extra purchase of canning
sugar, such sales being left to
the discretion Of the merchant,
who is requested to be very eau
tious, and to make such sales
where he deems it necessary.
j. b. Searcy,
Food Administrator for Cleye-
land county.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08
BusheI of Peaches
AuCtioned for $144

nuCIiOtiCu IUi pif4
A bushel of peaches donated
to the Give a Bushel organizat-
ion by the Bert Johnson Orchard
Company of Howard county was
sold at auction last week, bring
ing a total of S144
State Director C. X. Elliott
announces that the organization
of the Give Bushel Movement
is now practically complete in
every county in Arkansas, and
that the movement will be car
ried to other states without de-
lay.
The Give a-Bushel movement
was originated by Mrs. C. K.
Elliott, and is an independent
movement, and yet sympathetical-
ly allied with every other cam
paign and organization designed to
help win the war. The purpose is
to raise funds with which to aid
wounded American and allied SOL
diers, sailors and their families,
and to assist returning soldiers and
sailors ITO re-eStablish them
selves satisfactorily in civil
life; to induce the civilian popula-
to support the men in the trenches
by injecting the same quality of
self sacrifice and patriotism into
their work at heme that the sol
diers are putting into the fighting
abroad, to make America, when
she welcomes home her returning
sons. as wonthy of love and affec-
ton as are those battle SCARED
heroes who are daring all in her
defense; to help the soldier make
the world safe for democracy, and
help tue civilian make democracy
safe for the world. The move
ment is to continue not only dur
ing the war, but for perhaps five
years afterward.
The plan provides that every
farmer shall be solicited to give a
bushel ataharvest time of the most
abundant crop in his county, or its
value. The farmers will haul
their gift bushels to market and
sell them. The funds to thus be
collected will be deposited in local
banks, to be forwarded by them to
the officials who may be designat-
ed by the national trustees. The
gift bushels will be sold at the
highest market price prevailing, or
even at a premium, and it is ex-
pected that the local dealer will
handle them without cost. Stor-
age and transportation costs being
eliminated and there being no ex-
pense of administration. the pro-
ceeds will be net, and tile giver can
be assured that every cent of the
gift will 60 to the cause for which
it is intended, if the plan works
out.
The possibilities are so stageer-
ing that they can h lrdly be grasp
ed. Conservative estimates have
placed the proceeds to be derived
from it at $1OO,O0O,000 a year.
When it was presented to Presi-
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08

deit WTlS0u In June, be was so
deeply impressed with it that he
said, enthusiastically, Il have
vision enough to see its wonderful
possibilities. :"
One million dollars for Arkansas
IS the goal that has been set. and
when the results already attained
in Cleveland county are consider
cred, that estimate is none too
high.
The success of the campaign in
Cleveland County was due LARGELY
to the patriotic services of the
school directors, who loyalty sup
ported it from the first, and pre-
sented the cause most effectively to
the people in the various districts.
1t is the opinion of the promoters
that the movement will be given a
similar impetus by the school
directors of Arkansas and through
out the nation.
The Funds thus raised come
very largely from untouched
sources. In cities and towns the
people have many opportunities
of doing war work of various
kinds, but in the country, sewing
circles, knitting societies and
daily meetings for making surgical
dressings are impracticable be-
cause of the distance between
the farms. This provides a means
for the farmers to relate them
selves definitely to the support of
the war in manner best suited to
the exigencies of their farm life.
The National Board of Trustees
is being selected, and among those
who have accepted are Vice
President Thomas R. Marshall.
Speaker Champ Clark, Carl Vroo-
man, Assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture; H. C. Stuart, chairman of
the National Agricultural Advisory
Committee, and William Kent of
the United States Tariff Commits
sion. There will be a. chairman,
a secretary and treasurer. and an
advisory council of leading agricul-
turists and patriotic Americans of
nationwide prominence. The
national headquarters will be in
Washington. where the managing
director will be installed, who, like
the state manager, will devote his
entire time to the work.
After the practicability of the
plan had been so cmphatically
demonstrated in Cleveland county,
a delegation of citizens appeared
before the State Council of De-
Tense at a special meeting one
Sunday afternoon, and laid the
plans before them. The POSSIBLE
tiles of the scheme at once appeal
ed to the council. and it was de-
cided to cooperate with the
Cleveland County promoters in
perfecting and expanding the Or
ganization
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott, and Col.
H. L. Remmel of the council, went
to Washington and laid the matter
before the highest authorities, who
received it with such strong ap-
prevail that it was agreed to make
Cleveland County herald., 1918-08-08


it is we'll worth the effort.
it national in its scope, after
Arkansas has been given the honor
of demonstrating to the nation the
practicability and popularity Of the
plan.
Although it is primarily a farm
ers movement. others may give the
full value of bushel, so that none
will be overlooked.
After numerous conferences in
Little Rock with the State Council
of Defense, the state organization
has been completed by the selec-
ton of the following officers:
Chairman-Gov. Charles H.
Brough.
Vice Chairman-Col. H. L.
RemmeI.
Secretary-J. S. Speed.
Treasurer-Gen. Lloyd Eng
land.
Director &C. K. Elliott.
Trustees-(By Congressional
Districts:
1st-J. D. Block, Paragould.
End j. S. Smith, Beebe.
3rd-J V. Walker, Fayette-
vile.
4th-Judge Frank Youmans.
5th-M. E. Mitchell, Morrilton.
6th-Frank Tomlinson, Pine
Bluff.
7th-W. Y. Foster, Hope.
From the State at large:
Mrs. G. K. Elliott.
Gov. G. i. Brou sh.
COl. II. L.. Remmel.
Adjt. Gen. Lloyd England.
Associate Justice Frank Smith
State Food Administrator
Hamp Williams.
j. S. Speed.
10 Frauenthal.
The following Advisory Com
mittee has been selected from
among the farmers and agricul-
turists of the state:
E. J. Bodman.
w. G. Lasseter, Little Rock.
J. E. Rogers, Magnolia.
]. E. Moore, Rison.
Stuart Wilson, Texarkana.
John J. Yancy.
Bert Johnson, Highland.
j. r. Alexander, Scott.
w. F. Cooper, Malvern,
D. Hopson, Corning.
O. Young, Stuttgart.
Ed Householder, Fairmont.
A. L. Erwin, Des Arc.
E. N. Plant, Decatur.
w. j. Driver, Osceola.
Leo M. Andrews, Pine Bluff.
Art Lewis, Fayetteville.
P. H. Scott, Van Buren,.
F. N. Magruder, Mena.
W. c. Beasley, Garland City.
Louis Barton, Marion.
Love Banks, Smithdale.
V. C. Rays, Jonesboro.
j. S. Williams, Diaz.
G. E. Smell, Lake Village.
Carl Hollis, Warren.
Edgar Taylor, Forest City.
W. b. Mann. Mariana.
C. J. Polk, Helena.
J. R. Gibbons, Bauxite.
w. C. Mckinney, ElDorado.
w. E. Miller, Smithton.
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-01
HAS FAD FOR COLLECTING
Anything Odd or Curious, San Fran
cisco Man ls Eager to Add to
His Possessions.

ST met a man In San Francisco who
goes in for collecting odd things on q
large SCALE" said traveller. she has,
to begin with, several ropes which
have been used to hang celebrated
criminals. In the same room are
number Of menus obtained from hotels
in various parts of the world. He
places considerable value on saveral
corks which have been pulled from the
bottles of wine used on the tables OF
well-known persons, and doxera book
dedications are considered an fnpor-
tant feature OF the collection. Some
of the autographs In the collection
are highly priced because they re-
Quired the expenditure Of not a small
sum of money and quite a little time
During his travels in foreign lands the
collector picked up the thigh bone Of
Syrian giant, chameleon of Bar
barry. great African lizard and q
rose which was said to be 100 years
old. lie even turned his attention to-
beans, and has ten Chinese beans
which ore not familiar to the people
Of this country"
The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-11-01
Gather wisdom From o,her.,

It's dangerous policy 70 .srsicer
yourself GLOVE tho other lnaii's mes
sagc. il you're so superior ya:r fc!-
lows viii never be content &c let you
sit in silence. Besides r yo,l don't
want to listen TO what's going ON you
have no business there. Noiss made
by you will interfere With the Gearing
OF those who do want to Iears. You
owe 1t to yourself and others TO rag
attention or at least make u possible
for others to listen. Bcs.des there are
few people tina. can't learn from 9TH
ers. Do1'r be a prig. Remember any
child can ask questions that wiil COM
found the wise. The ordir3ry arcak-
er may have ideas that nceo Tic polish
of Gladstone. You are always q
gamer when yau set the other raan's
hest. 1t nay be a heip to you solce
day.-Ternsy!vania Chit.