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Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
rHE GERMAN COLONEL

Il is quite evilen. from such prog
ncs as has been made in the matter
--at the German colonies are 10 be
such no more. IL was never believed
fEIr there would be any disposition on
DE past 70 the peace conference to
-rrr sr property back TO the Ger
mans. Because Of the treatment they
E received or Cermanys hands
-tlcEo WAS mo- desire on the part Of the
-.oioui.s themselves 10 go back. In
rar- The sentiment seemed 10 be any
-lIr- but Germany"
Elt while t.-ra has been a desire
On ,he part of certain allied nations
40 fake owe. these possessions. be-
cause they happen 20 dc near them OF
-ecause in the course Of the war thew
5ad seized them. the action thus far
-1kel does not favor such q solution
-rhc plan is to- place them under the
5eaEIe Of nations 20 be governed BY
rhose which are designated bv the
league o. tTke charge Of their affairs
such Efforts have been made before
svhen territory has boon taken ovei
following strife. i'm those instance,
government 10y manufactures has even.
iualiy resulted IN annexation because
bf secret understandings or failure
~ certain countries to maintain
2heir interest In the territory con.
cerned sufficient 10 prevent il. Witt
he league Of nations IN existence tn,
responsibility OF looking after suci
matters and preventing annexation!
would devolve upon it. and if It is go.
ing 10 be worth anything at all it Ger.
tainly should be able to direct thi
matter until such a time at least a
those possessions could determine 70
themselves what they want to do. Tn
plan thus upholds the policy of sci
determination and stands by the prin
ciple OF no conquest when there is n
valid claim, and its success depend
upon the success Of tho league of ma
tons.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
A DANGEROUS TROUBLE
Norwich People Tell How to Act in
Time.

Kidney diseases are very dangerous.
They come On silently. gain ground
rapidly. and cause thousands of deaths
th&c could have been prevented by
proper treatment in the beginning.
Nature gives early warnings of kidney
disease-backache, twinges of pain
when stopping or lifting, headaches and
urinary disorders. If these symptoms
are unheeded, there is grave danger of
dropsy or fatal Brights disease, Doan's
Kidney Pills have earned a reputation
for their effectiveness in kidney trou-
bles, and are known and recommended
the world over. Norwich testimony
proves the merit Of Doan's Kidney
Pills to our readers.
Mrs. A. D. Lathrop, Stanton Ave,
says: Il am recommending Doan's
Kidney Pills, because 1 have used sew
eral other medicines for attacks OF
backache and found none as good as
Doan's. They give great relief, always
strengthening my back. I also rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills, because
I think they will help Others"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Lathrop had. Foster Milburr
lCo, Mfgrs, Buffalo. n z.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Let Democracy Rule.

Mr. Editor: The chief issue which
caused this cz.I airy to join the allies
in the worlds war was the demolition
Of autocracy.
This object has at last been ac-
compIiShed, and it would seem that
the stupendous cost of subjugating
this terrifying monster would forever
deter the actors III the political arena
of this country from retrograding in
to any semblance of this rlalady.
1t appears however, that a ma2
from Texas by the name Of Shepard
is agitating tAa rasurrection-in q
miltler form-of this archaic species Of
despotism.
This proposed innovation in the
prohibition amendment to the consti-
tuition of the United States would seen
10 be perilous inasmucn as democracy
of which this country so proudl-
boasts-nay ultimately be jostled from
the perch on which it has reisned
since 1f7G.
In accordance with the fundamen-
tails of democracy the constitution, if
it is out of date and needs amending,
should be amended by the vote of the
people.
Lincoln said No man is good
enough to govern another man with
ont the others consent. Also this
country with its institutions belongs
10 the people who inhabit it.
Why drift away from these essen
tails of democracy? Is it not tray
esty on justice to our soldiers arc
sailors to withhold from them til,
/ privilege of voting? They weu1
through hell in exchanging autocrac5
for democracy and their rights at tht
POLLS should be preserved. Why no
let the boys in khaki and the jack e.
have a voice IA the amending of Tbs
constitution? If the proposed metho-
of amending the constitution obtains
elections can be disposed of in liIz
manner, and the making of voters cal
be abolished. 1t would seem, however
that the present system Of settling
political question is we'll enough as
is, and as Josh Billings sac: yak
all the phooIs out Of this world, an
thare wouldn't be emmy phun no
profit living in it.
EMERSON PERKINS.
Hanover, Conn, Jan. 81, 1919
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
STORES OF TIE WAR
The American Fiqhtir9 Spirit.

The American Fichtr1 Spirit.
The fighting spirit that made the
American army irreSistlhla is illus
trated in the case of Private Michael
]. Feenev, of Company g. Hath Infan-
try regiment 18th, division who with
his buddy. named Brady. out a Ger
man squad 10 flight by hurting stones
at them. TIE incident is related in
letter received from First Lieut. T. J.
3. Lang. Fecneys commanding officer.
who vouches for its authenticity Lieut.
Lang volunteered from Jersey City,
while Feeney's home is in Bayonne
n. J.
The Twenty ninth division was in
heavy fighting in a wooded district in
or near the st. Hfihiel sector.
"Feeney and his running mate. Bra
dy were occupying the same bunk
hole in the woods writes I lieut.. Lang.
There was just some tangled under
brush between them and the lines of
Boches close in front d. ring the ear
| ly morning there was a BoChe machine
gun serenade. and things We're hum
ming at lively rate. Some Boches
who evidently had come up during the
night with the evident intention of
bombing our men from their position
got close enough to hurl their hands
grenades into our lines. We were not
in trenches. We had gone FAR, far be-
yond them.
"One Hun hurled a grenade quite
accurately and it landed on the edge
Of the hole which was the hunting
lodge Of Messrs. Feeney and Brady
| brave crusaders of the gentle Irish
race. Feeney saw the grenade coming
| and jumping himself. ne hauled his
comrade, Brady, after him into the
| next hole less than a loot and a half
| 20 the right. Of course he didn't have
| tiHe to save his equipment Ills mind
was rightly more filled with thoughts
or lis own and Brady's safety.
| The grenade exploded with a terri
| BILE <oise. 1t, shattered the stock OF
| Feeney's rifle making it useless, but
! f'eeney, with all the hereditary temper
| Of his race. wasn't long in deciding
that the 'Dootchmen" were dirty LOT
and needed beating. He lad no CUR
and no eren2des, so, with q curse al
the kaiser and his servants he stood
up in plain view of the enemy anG
| threw rocks and stones at the Huns {
few yards away.
"Thay evidently didn't feel safe fac
ing Feeney and his mate i?rady, and
thinking they were due for shower
of grenades, beat a mighty hasty re,
| treat for their own territory.
Il went over to Feeney ond. tryins
TO keep from smiling. I upbrajded hin
for throwing rocks at the Germans
Feeney didn't see that I was chuckIing
but thought I was angry. He felt
hadn't been fair IN upbra iding him 81
he lost his usual disciplined attitud
and very forcefuily told me.
"'Yis, Lootinent; We my be mat
with me. but if I'd hal srenades II
a thrown them. too
|, How could I help promoting hin
for is?''
How Kitchener Was lost.
Correspondence of The Associate,
! Press -Lor1 Kitchener and his stat
did not even reach the deck Of tn
Brlt/'h cruiser Hampshire after sh
struck mine off the coast of Scotlan
enc stormy Right in JUn2, 1916, &C
cording to 4 warrant officer who ha
just told the story of tbs sinking to
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

The o-rvfr-- OF the railroad bridce
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into MS. comic of decades
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the ola bridge rrr1lced the rerrvina
q os the trains across the river at that
: roirt.
= Even when the New London -Groton
. ferry conditions were at their best,
F. withou. then being ANYTHING to brag
e about, there we're aEEravating delays
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
EDITORIAL NOTES.

From all reports it would be a fu-
tile effort to take trip around the
world to escape the influenza.
Something to worry about: 1t is de-
clared that the supply of unmined coal
will not last for over 900 years.
The man on the corner says: If
this weather Is going to continue we
can expect to welcome the straw hat
most any day.
When the headline reads Greeks
want to buy our chasers," it refers
or course to naval vessels and not 4
drink accompaniment.
As soon as the people begin to find
out what the wire rates are that they
must pay today the lines will be found
to be noisier than ever.
1t is interesting to note that retail
prices never make the same response
to wholesale ones when they came
down as they do when they go up.
That big airship which the British
are building to send to this country
next summer will serve to direct at
tention away from the sea serpents.
Germany is said to be disappointed
with President Wilson. but how long
since he has been commissioned tc
represent Germany at the peace con-
ference
Il may be so but we can never fee
| quite sure that those who have de.
pended upon drink" as the excuse 70,
many things win ever be completely
deprived of It.
From the way in which increased
salaries are baing asked from the gen
eral assembly it would indicate tina
| there are those who don't know tina
the war is over.
lnasmueh as Argentina celebrated
the former kaiser's birthday. It i
possible it would be willing to let hin
take up his abode down along tn
Patagonian coast.
That there would be divided opinion
at the peace conference was to be ex
pected. The real test of the con
ferees comes in showing their abilit,
in bringing ahQut unity
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

correspondent of the Manchester
Guardian.
Il Questions concerning The sinking of
the Hampshire have been asked in par
ilament because of the rersisteit ru-
NOR that the vessel had beer struck
by submarine and Lord Kitchener
had been carried off a prisonef to Ger
many. No detailed statement. how
ever has ever been officially given ont
The name of the officer who now tells
the story has not been disclosed.
Four days after the Juttand battle,
according to the officer. the Hampshire
took Lord Kitchener aboard on June )
and set out with about 800 persons on
board in 'tha foulest weather known
| in that region" She was escorted by
| two destroyeTs who Ware unable to
! face the storm and returned to port.
Everything en- board the Hampshire
| was dashed down, and only one hatch
way was left open.
| About o'clock in the evening the
| ship was shaken by a terrific explosion
and the crew scrambled for the deck
| Officers quickly took their posts, but
| their orders could not BE- heard be
cause of thearaging story and TIE ter
rife sound Of escaping steam. Imme-
! diately after the explosion there was
another and ell lights went cut, which
added to the confusion.
The officer with Il compo Mon. cut
the Ieshiros Of ? life-'~'c+ # loei7r i'm
possible to launch the boats in the ter
rife sea, and the raft was slipped Owe
the side. II turned upside down, bu
finally richte7 and he with other
found themselves af1oat. Almost i'm
mediatcly the ship went down, no
more than I've minutes after the frs
explosion. The officer lid not see Lort
Kitchener on deck. and it is his opin
ion that as only one hatchway wa
open, the only men who reached tn
: deck were those who went that way
Although much confused. ~e recall
trying to open a number Of othe
hatchwavs while trying "a reach tn
deck, and found them all battene
down.
! THO raft drifted with The gale f.
five hours. during which ti1?oe manr c
Che men wero washed from the rei
f while others died and rolled into T.
ret in the co"tcr. TIE rnft was the
tossed through an oDeainr i 4 rocA
! reef and hna@Ie9 or an ISLAND.
. The ofica" ScnfGed at thu su"-est;o
t that Lord Kitchener hal been eava'
ard was quite sure Il" ffamrsh;re he
e been mined and not t0rNGd9d.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
February Weather,

Mr. Editor: In response TO many
requests that in fact have been com
ing to me for several mo 2tl1T / hereby
give your readers my mouthly pred e.
lions for February weather iust as |
write it for q score of other papers. l
so by an old sailors log copied By
ne from the schooner S. D. j. Raw
son, Camden, Maine, Capt. Thom9s
French, owner and master, while wa
ter-legged off the coast of Venezuela
in 1895. 1t is exactly twenty seven
gears ago today 1 wrote M first wea-
TIER prediction for a Jacksonville,
Fla, paper, also Cincinnati Enqu rer
then owned by John r. Mclean.
Now then. February 1919 is not 60
ing to be horribly bad because Decem-
her and January have been mild. but
it is to be a mild, unsettled month
with more cold weather than Novem-
Der, December and January Combined
According to my old 4og 1t should
open with a storm. AS TO rain or
snow no man not even the I. S. bu-
reau (of which l now am a mem0er)
can tell. | am ilclined to the rain
idea. The opening of the month does
not mean sunrise Feb. 1 it may come
before and maybe a little later.
To the iceman 7 have a message OF
prosperity and hope. You will get a
good solid crop of ice in February
1919, even in ponds now open.
There will be much nigh wind as
much as you usually see i'll March
Floods are due from Feb. Il to IS
Squally weather will predominant the
entire month. Very unsettled and I'M
reliable will be a good rule to go by
III February 1919.
1 do not look for but three or four
days of zero weather but there viii
| be some good old singing days il
| February, 1919.
THE CLOUD DIGGER.
| Jan. 80, 1919.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
THE GERMAN EMPIRE AS IT WAS

In a bulletin, accompanied by
striking map the National Geographic
society from its Washington head
quarters today presents a graphic pic
ture OF the amazingly complicated
geographic pattern of what constitut-
ed the German Empire prior to the
general disruption of its state follow
ing the final definite acknowledgment
of defeat by the Prusssian autocracy
in the signing Of the arnistice on No
vember 18th.
The German Empire resembled
nothing SO n:uch as a political crazy
quilt with patches of varying sizes and
shapes belonging to kingdoms, grand
duchies, principalities. duchies. etc.
The average student Of history
knows that the German Empire was
composed OF rs separate kingdoms,
grand duchies, duchies, municipalities,
imperial lands and free 1pwns," says
the bulletin, "but in orde.' fully to ap-
preciate the problem of reconstituting
the German nation, it is necessary to
remember that these 25 distinct gov
ernments did not by any means rep
recent only 70 homogeneous and con-
| tiguouS states. Many of tie states are
scattered drought out dominions in
detached fragments.
The Kingdom of Prussia, which
| both in area and in population is larg-
er than all the other Il states COM
bined, extends in huge semi-circle
from the French border of lorraine on
| the southwest to the Baltic provinces
| of Russia on the northeast besides
! owning detached areas 'peppered''
! over the other states. For an analogy
in America il would be necessary to
| conceive of the state of New York en-
bracing Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
| Missouri, Michigan, Illinois. parts OF
Indiana and Ohio, Virginia Maryland
New Jersey, Delaware, a portion OF
| Pennsylvania and all the New Eng
land states. Then imagine the EN-
pire State alone owning and governing
one or two counties in North Carolina
| Florida, Alarama, Tennessee and Wis
consfn.
In the same way, the Grand Duchy
of Oldenburg is divided into three
parts. as if Iowa, a dozen counties il
New Mexico, and half a dozen countie:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

and carried to an inland valley. His
home was beautiful but he was not hap
ply. Something was wanting. He
missed the music of the ebbing and
flowing tides. He missed the dewey
spray on his cheeks. A feeling of
inconsistencies came to him. One day
he climbed to the top of high hill
and far off he saw a blue spot on the
horizon. THE sea! the seal" he cried
with trembling heart. He rested not
until he had found his way back to
his hearts loved home. So it is with
the soul that becomes homesick for
God. 1t finds no satisfaction till it
rests in Coo. Heart hunger tells of
hope.
Nor does their hunger for righteous
ness exhaust itself in mere longing.
Many pray to be made more like
Christ, who never think what it would
mean to become like Christ There is
too much idle longing. No artist ever
dreamed q great picture on his can
vas; it takes skill and toll to set his
dream in color so that it's beauty may
claim the beholder. No good man ever
lonSed himself into a splendid charac-
! ter: it took years of patient self denial,
! self-restraint and self discipline to
! build up the life which reflects the
| Christ-life.
| No doubt the blessing seems oftener
| to come slowly. Our hungers seem
not to he satifed. We continually fall
! below the excellence we seek to reach
| But we should never be discoura ged
Even though we appear not to be
| growing in the divine likeness. Every
/ earnest striving, with faith in Christ
sets out feetra little higher on the
steep mountain path. Even when not
! seeming to advance, we are really ir
some way climbing upward, and al
last We shall come out of all of the
struggles into the full blessedness o.
Christ.
20, when the times of restitution
come.
The sweet times of refreshing come a
last:
My God shall fill my Iongings to tn
brin.
/ Therefore, wait and look and loni
fer Him,
Not wearied, though the work is wear
isome.
Nor faintirg though the time be al
most past"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

the streets and that the rental of them
should be saved. The proposition to
buy the tubes was defeated some time
ago.
1t is quite significant, however that
the postmaster general since the
abandonment Of the tubes should have
recognized the handican which pre-
walls in the handling. of the mail in
New York city and urged the expen-
diture Of million and half for the
construction of a subway fo~ the pur-
rose of transporting the mail from
one railroad station in that city to the
other, which indicates. even though
the tubes could not take care of par
eel post matter that the auto truck
service for which he promised so
much is not accomplishing all that is
required.
The tube service was given up at a
time when it ought never to have
been abandoned and apparently little
consideration was given to the effect
it would have upon the postal service,
so that the action of the senate at
this time appears to be move in the
right direction over the head of Mr.
| Burleson.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

, in Michigan were under one governor.
'"Then there is Mecklenburg- Strelitz
with three o!lrtts of rs terr{tnrv on
the east side Of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
ard the remaining tour,n on the
northwest side; the two parts being
separated by q distance OF nearly loo
miles.
1.-THE Grand Duchy of Hesse is di-
vided into Two nearly equal parts by
a narrow "isthmus" of russian terri
tory; Bavaria lies seven eighths to
| the east of Hesse and Baden and one
eighth to the west; WurtteTnoerg is
| fairly homogeneous kingdom. sur
rounded by Baden and Bavaria, but In
| the south it is pierced by Il detached
piece of Prussian land resembling a
boomerang IL shape.
. In the heart of the empire (the en-
pire that was) is an amazing tangle
of municipalities known as the Thurin-
gian States, and here, too Prussia
possesses sevcrals large fra gments of
| territory.
| without enumerating the incense
quential fragments of Prussian lands,
| dotted here and there in other states.
| Prussia is divided into fourteen prov
| inces-East Prussia, West Prussia,
Berlin Irandenburg, Poncraria, Pos
en-, Silesia, Saxony (not the kingdom
of Saxony). Schleswig- Holstein, Han
over. Westphalia. Hesse~Nassau Rhine
CRheinproving) and Hohenzollern.
Fourteen of the IS states OF the EN-
pire have an 9era less than that of our
smallest state, Rhode Island, yet none
Of them, not even the three Free City
states of Bremen, Lubbock and Hmm
burg, is as small as the District OF
Columbia.
| with the exception Of Prussia
which lacks 10000 square miles of be-
ing as large as Montana, IND Bavaria
! which is about the size of South Car
DINA, none of the other German states
| is as large as Massachusetts.
with the exception Of the three
free cities. the state having the dens-
est population is the kingdom of Sax
ony with more than S29 persons to the
density CT population is nearly tel
times as great as that Of the United
u States"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
RETAINING THE TUBES

In view Of the complaints which are
made in regard 10 the postal service
probably no one but Postmaster Cen
dral Burleson will be surprised at the
action which has been taken in the
sFnate in amending the annual post
nice appropriation bill so that it pro-
yfdes for the continuation of the pneu-
rratic tube service in New York and
Brooklyn and prohibits the removal
q the tube systems in the other cit
ies whore they exist until congress
las had an opportunity to act upon
tac matter further.
Mr.. Burleson has bitterly opposed
the mail tubes. He has persistently
maintained that they were inefficient,
that better service could be rendered
~ auto trucks in spite of the added
congestion that would bar c1eated in
- ~
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

the highways of Connecticut will not
be safe until this has been done. If
there are insufficient policemen to en-
force the laws, and that can be DEM.
cnstrated, thye must be supplied. In
the meantime better resp'ts can be at
tanned, than are now attained with the
force we have.-New Haven Journal
Courier
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

San Francisco wholesale butchers
have accepted the new wage agree
ment of the Butchers Union. Rates
have been increased SIS a month
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
((J'I'I(,(JRA
HEALS
ECZEMA

Suffered terribly for three months.
In red rash on face and itched. When
scratched, scaled and spread. Was
restless and could not sleep, as itch
ing and burning was beyond explain
alton. Saw Cuticura advertised and
sent for free sample. Bought more,
and after using two cakes Soap and
two boxes Ointment was healed.
From signed statement of Mrs.
Chas. Reed, PALS Thames ST., Bris-
toll, r. I.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
Problem Of the Cabinet.

While numerous proposals are being
made to increase the cabinet it is be-
coming more and more difficult to
hold it's present member h:p.--Cnatta-
nooga News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01

Do what you can when you are un
able 10 10 what GU wUutl
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
Use Cuticura Daily
To Prevent Skin Troubles

1t is possible to prevent skin and
scalptfoubles by using Cuticura Soap
for all toilet purposes, assisted by
touches Of Cuticura Ointment to first
signs of pimples or irritation. Battle
with Cutieura Soap and hot water,
dry lightly and apply Cuticura ONT
rnent. Dust with Cutic1,ra Talcum.
Sample Each Fres by Mall. Address postcard:
Cuticxrs, Dept. &, Boston" Selo everywhere.
Soap Csc. Ointment Is and soc. Talcun &c
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-01
How Kitchener Was lost.

Correspondence of The Associated
Press.)-Lor1 Kitchener and his staff
did not even reach the deck Of the
British cruiser Hampshire after she
struck mine off the coast of Scotland
enc stormy hight in jana, 1916, ac-
cording to 4 warrant officer who has
just told the story of the sinking to a