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Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

ria could have .'cancelled the partial success of the entene offensive" in the Balkans which terminated Bulgaria s participation in the war if Bulgaria had been aiming at military success instead of political results. He said
 that Bulgaria at that time was chiefly concerned, not in stopping the entente advance, but in severing herself from
 the military grip of her former all
 lies.'
 The minister complained that, all
 though Bulgaria had helped to trans
 port the entente armies through her
 territory and supplied them with food
 even after they had passed into Serbia and Rumania, the services of Bulgaria
 were forgotten after the collapse of Turkey, Austria Hungary and Ger many. According to the armistice he
 asserted, Bulgaria was to administer
 Debrudja but two months later Bulga-
 ria was asked to evacuate that prov ince and ''it had to be done in the most pitiable circumstances"
 The war minister concluded by say ing that the entrance of the United States into the war had this special meaning for the Bulgarian people that it decided to conquer itself. Firm ly convinced of the sublime aim of the United States which seeks to impose upon the nations 8 new method oi tsolving conflicts,P he declared "the
 Bulgarian people and army whole heartedly accepted and made their owr the principles proclaimed by America because all Bulgarians believe that the l just cause of their race shall triumph and the small people see itself united at last"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

ships in port early in April and the American base for supplying the American Army of Occupation in Ger many was unloading five others.
 Shipping men are anxiously await ing the opening of the American base at Continch, about two miles outside of Antwerp on the Malines road. Bar racks are being erected at Contich for the accommodation of 10000 soldiers at a. time. This is expected to inject a little more life into Antwerp port The grounds picked out for the Amer ican base is a vast plain, dry and well irrigated, and the doughboys will find living and sanitary conditions there much better than in other bases which have achieved greater prestige
 The American have taken over some of the piers where North German Lloyd steamships formerly docked The early work was arduous as the piers were encountered with gravel i'm ported from Holland by the Germans ostensibly to repair roads, but actu- ally to build reinforced concrete shel- ters. dugouts and trenches. One hun- dred thousand cubic yards of the gravel had to be removed before the piers could be used It is estimated the Germans had enough gravel there to repair Belgian roads for fifty years
 Fifteen thousand longshoremen ana stevedores are idle here and the only solution shipping men find wher questioned as to how the situation 1 can be remedied may be summed LII on one word: America"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
OTHER VIEW POINTS

The raise in pay which started with the chief justice of the supreme court of errors continued all along the line to the messengers of the courts includ- ing stenographers. and took in execu- tives in various departments at the capitol. If there was anyone who sought salary increase and failed to get it it would be distinctly worth while to have the individual pointed out. He would be distinctly rara avis.-Hartford Post. .
 When you buy of mail order house, you pay the high cost of transporta- ton of an individual article by ex- press: when you buy of local store, you pay merely a trifiing fraction of d relatively low freight charge.-Mer1- den Journal.
 The tearing up of the new expen- sive Hillside avenue pavement. to lay water pipes. is exasperating. But we must put the blame in the right place
 -on ourselves and the system of city government we tolerate.
 We need at the head of things a man of sense and foresight. so secure in his place that he can have no higher interest than to give good govern = ment and not concerned in protecting himself in office by seeing that all he does counts in votes for himself and his party. Instead of this we choose men to run municipal business for the number of votes they can get. They appoint executive se''""-dinates tn payment of voter t'' brought or to win the votes deliver The result is TT 'l in charge of public wor f1evit- ably chiefly interested in pe2netuatins l the power of their party its head and themselves in office. This group is changed as frequently as as the voters
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
STILL A CHANCE TO LOAN.

While the entire country is enthus- ing over the magnificent response that has been made to the Liberty loans and some may be regretting the fact that there will be no more chances to invest in such government securities in the way that they have done in the past and others may be deploring their inability to make such an investment as a bond calls for. it should not be overlooked that there are still the war savings stamps which furnish the oP- portunity for the little fellows to not only continue to lend their assistance but to get sound investment with a government guarantee.
 Considerably over billion has been raised in this manner to aid in reduc- ing the expenses of the war. Not all who have bought them have been those who could not buy bonds, for ev- eryone has been indulging in thrift and war savings stamps. The ehil- dren as well as their elders have been saving their pennies and putting them where they will draw compound inter- est The lessons of thrift that have been taught are not going to be en- tirely forgotten and it is to be realized that every bit of help that is given to the government by this means is go- ing to result ill the reduction of taxa tion by just that much. And in this case as with the bonds it is not a gift but simply a loan which will be re- turned with interest in d few years. Thus as long as the government is d Q sirDlIS of receiving Assistance in ffl : manner there should be willingness on the part of the people to provide and through the systematic method of putting money aside make provisions | for a rainy day. aE
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
What Convinced Bulgaria of German
 Treachery.

Correspondence of The Associated Press. )-The treaty of Bucharest be-
 tween Rumania and the Central Pow CTS, which terminated Rumania's par
 ticipation in the war, was the grave of
 the alliance between Bulgaria, Ger many and Austria. declares Andrew
 Liaptcheff, Bulgarian minister of war.
 Under the terms of this treaty Bulga-
 ria was compelled to surrender to
 ritZa river in Thrace. This and other
 events dissolutionized the Bulgarians,
 according to NJ. Liaptcheff
 Reviewing to The Associated Press
 correspondent the circumstances which convinced Bulgaria that Germany was
 playing false. the minister said: Former King Ferdinand was con vinced of the military supremacy ot Germany, but his government refused to give troops for other fronts than those of the Balkans, and in spite of high pressure from the Germans, it re- fused to sever relations with the Unit ed States.
 ] This restraint and the openly avow- ed disp.easure of Bulgarians against Germans, who aimed to conquer eco- nomically the country. disenchanted Germany in her plan of supremacy from Berlin to Bagdad with Bulgaria as a necessary connecting link There upon Germany assumed a very dis trustful and cool attitude toward hel little ally.
 "The result was that in the Buchar- est peace treaty of 1918 Bulgaria was very ill treated. Instead of getting new acquisitions she was to surrender
 her old ones by giving up to Turkey 1 the southern valley of the lower Marit- za The army perceived clearly thu ! falsity of Germany and the people saw
 the danger which threatened their DO 1 litical and economic freedom Int formal breach was only question O. ] time"
 NJ. Liaptcheff asserted that Bulga
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
A FINANCIAL PROGRAMME.

It is remembered that at the last session of congress it was insisted that the revenue bill include the pro- vision for the raising of four billion dollars by the succeeding congress. That Of course was intended to see that tho financial policy of that con- sress was continued into the next re- sardless of who might be in control or what the conditions were.
 II is interesting in this connection to note that Senator Penrosc has pro- posed a financial programme in which he urges the repeal of the Luxury taxes the installation of a budget sys- tenn, the simpliication of the tax laws. ,he reduction of the taxation of indi- yiduals, the investigation of war ex- penditures and the repeal of all DOW CTS heretofore granted for price fixing and other forms of interference with legitimate business.
 There can be little question but what such a programme will make it's ap- peal throughout the country. Nothing has been more unpopular than the luxury taxes. imposed as they are without regard 10 the name under which they 80 or who they hit, and at the same time it is recognized that the government business has long been in need of a budget system. that it may Dc known what the demands are that
 re being sought and what can be- ex- pected to meet them with
 It is not 10 be expected that it will be possible to wipe out taxation. The war expenses of this country have not been met and they are not going to be for some time to come, but there is nc loGbt but what the 66th congress in lends to meet the problems it faces in manner that will prove more sat lsfactory.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
IN THE DAYS NEWS
L.e Mans.

"Le Mans taken and occupied by the Germans shortly before the armistice which ended the Franco German war was signed in 1871, today is the busy. bustling authorization center for home ward bound American troops" says a bulletin Of the National Geographic Society.
 French history often has been made at Le Mans. It was there the valiant General Chahzy made the last stand against Prince Frederick Charles in 1871 and his defeat marked the passing of the last hope of retaling Paris. Gen. Chanzy, memorialized by a statue in Le Mans, made the historic comment, when he heard that Paris had capitul- ated, We have still France remark which lives in French history along side the Verdun slogan They shall not pass
 Nearly a century earlier Le Mans marked the final defeat of the Vend- eans those counter revolutionists who adhered to the Royalists not so much through loyalty as through ignorance of what the Revolution meant: just as Russians outside of Petrograd sensed little of the signfiance of the overthrow of the Tsar while kerensky was struggling to establish q con- Stitutlonal government.
 The peasants of Le Mans, like those of Vendee, declined to serve in the army of the newborn Republic. They did not oppose the new government but they recalled that the royalist army
 had been made up of adventures, pro- f1igates and ne'er- do- wells, and they
 did not consider army barracks a pro- per place for Christians.
 After successive defeat a renn3 nj of the Fendeans put up their last 1isht at Le Mans, and were defeated bs Westermann.
 '1n ancient times Le Mans was the
 capital Of the Aulerici Cenomani an6 in the second century the Romans en- circled the town with walls. Traces of them remain. St. Julian epvangeliz-
 ed l.e Mans and became it's first bis
 hop.
 1 "Le Mans might well be know as ( l city of sieses. Some estimates place l the number of times it has been be. seiged as high as twenty. Among those who held it for varying periods were William the Conqueror, PhiliI 1 Augustus and King John. While Rich l ard Occur Lion was crusading, tnt city was bestowed upon h;s accompli shed and beautiful wife, Queen Bercn garia, whose tomb is ill the city splendid cathedral, founded by tb' above mentioned St. Julian. Thi
 cathedral contains windows made c the oldest stained glass in France. Tn, church of La Couture ano Notre Dam i dn Pre- are two other notel churches 1 The former dates back to the tWelftl fcentury but still has two unfinished 1 towers.
 'Le Mans is on the railway line iron Paris to Brest, near tiie point wher i the Huisnc River ilows into the Sartile
 No larger than Fiolyoke, Mass, c Bayonne, N. J., before the war it Wa a tusy manufacturing center for wide variety of produces. ranging frcr preserving vegetables and fish, tanning and hemp spinning 10 flour~inillirg 1fann.acture Of machinery, engineer iuS material, and stained glass"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
A DELICATE REUNION

Beswick Turtle, if you had tender heart and a sympathetic comprehen- sion, as real husband ought to have, you'd feel for me ira my dilemma 1n- stead of sitting there like frozen image. And you'd know that. no mat ter if a woman wasn't in love with man ages ago. she's just as anxious to look-er-nice and just the same as she did when he--er-thought she
 was nice. So there!"
 Who says you don't look nicer" de- manded her husband beligerently. T have something to say to anybody who claimed there was 8 better looking wo- man your age to be found His wife gave despairins little shriek.
 That's just itl" she walled. T don't want at all to be a good looking woman of my age especially with Tommy coming to see me. If men weren't such geese--but, you see, he'll never stop to consider that I've been growing up and onward all these years. And I ! cant stand seeing that little flicker of bewilderment in his eyes when we 1 first meet. If it isn't that he'll go to 1 the other extreme and expect me to be i wearing cruches and tottering about
 supported anxiously by my grand
 child.
 "Whatever it is, he won't use any
 sense-anr he'll blame me for it. He'll 1 be indignant at me forever more for shattering his memory of me-
 Well. by heck,' said her husband polishing his glasses vigorously. 'Pd | like to see this man you're so wrought up over. You must have had ter rible case on his. Why didn't you tell 1 me about him befcre9"
 | You are utterly insane." said his
 good looking wife. T am surprised al you, if you were a woman you would
 understand perfectly. How would
 you like to appear as a vision be- | fore some of the airy little damsels
 you hung around when you were POP
 If they had any sense' said her i husband, they would be~very much 1 impressed and filled with admir-. tion l I'd have you know I've kept my figure I'll bet this Tommy of yours has a regular bay window by this time an6 1 cases in his hair, and ten gold crowns l fn his mouth
 'Beswicl!" gasped his wife. in re- i lieved joy. DO you suppose he's got i fat? And bald? I shouldn't be a bi, 1 surprised if he had-of sourse he has Oh, I don't care bt now about his
 seeing me. Why, I was thinking ol him just as he looked then
 I Well, if women don't beat crea- t tion," said her husband. Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13
STUDYING ICE RIM AN.

It is to be expected that the gov ernor of PennsyNapia4 will if he hasn't already, receive considerable criticism because, ef-the veto which he has applied to tue bill which; would prevent the teaching of German in the public schools of that state. but the indications are that this legislation would have proved much more radi- cal than most people had any idea.
 There has naturally been a grow ing opposition to all things German, and in this connection there has been q widespread movement for the elimi- nation of the German language be- cause of the opportunities that were permitted therein to n carry German propaganda and present German ideals to the exclusion and distortion of American. There have been many places in this country where the whole instruction given to the pupils was in the German language. It was consid- cred necessary to overcome this sit uation by legislative action. It was this among other things that gave a boost to the Amerieanization- efforts which are being so extensively carried out but in connection herewith it can hardly be the thought that the teach ing; of the German language should be completely eliminated and forbidden, so that pupils in the high schools or the colleges could not learn German if they so desired Yet that is what the Pennsylvania law would have done, and that is what the governor by his veto has undertaken to prevent.
 Our elementary schools should by all means teach English. That should be required. but regard less of what we know about and think about the Germans it is only right that after the children get common school education in English and want to study the German language along with other languages they should have that right, though there are reasons tC believe that such study will be less popular in the future than it has beer | in the past
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

Beware of counterfeits Only re- gently a Brooklyn manufacturer was sent to the penitentiary for flooding the country with talcum powder tab lets, which he claimed to be Aspir- in.
 Don't buy Aspirin Tablets in a pill box. Insist on getting the Bayer pack age with the safety "Bayer Cross on both package and on tablets. No other way!
 You must say ''Bayer." Never ask for merely Aspirin tablets The name "Bayer" means you are getting the genuine "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin, J proven safe by millions of people. In the Bayer package are proper di- rections and the dose for Headach Toothache, Earache, Neuralgia, Rheu- matism Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds Grippe, Inf1uenzal- Colds, Neuralgia and pain generally. 'Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" Ameri- | can made and owned, are sold in vest pocket boxes of 12 tablets, which cost only 8 few cents, also in bottles ot t00-also capsules. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacturer o1 Moneaceticacidester of Sa1icylicacid
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

get disgusted with the set that is in and take the chances with a new set.
 City government is a business en- terprlSe and to be run economically should be run as a business is. We make it a political affair on partisan
 basis, and as long as we do so, tear
 ing up Hillside avenue year after it
 was finished, to lay water mains that
 could have been laid just as we'll a year ago, is only a natural conse- quence. Occasionally we get a bus lnesslike government, but that doesn't suit us any better than the unbus- inesslike one does. and so we change it. No administration is in office long enough to have much of past or much of a future, 80 as to coordinate l last year with next year or paving with water piping
 Sometime it will be different, of 1 course.-Waterbury American
 Mayor Ole Hanson of. Seattle is in 1 New Yo"k and later on will be the ] guest of the National Association of MaruiacI urers, al whose meetings he 1 will speak. Evidently the occasion, Will not only serve to show what a l drawing card he is. but it will give the
 East a chance to look Mayor Hanson
 over and see whether he is of the stuff l American.
 | It is interesting 10 compare the op- l eratlng revenue with the operating 1 costs between the years of private own ersh1p and Government direction Op- 1 erating revenue for the average first i quarter for three years was S821, ,000. 00O For the first quarter of 1918 if mounted up to s1,125, ,000, 900. or more
 than s@C0,f 00,00I Operating expenses
 were s5G9 0e0, ,0At for the first period as
 compared with s1S1, 100000 under l Government ownership, or almost 1 double. And mind you, for inferior
 and curtaiied service. There is an elo- quen- lesson in these figures.-Bridge l port Post.
 News that me Park Board has sci
 o':f more thar elrns on the Greer will attract the attention of New Fla. I ven to the new trees to see whether il will be possible for the city to resum, once more that appearance which long long ago gave it the sobriquet of tn, Elm City. Here are the next generation of the elrns. perhaps destined to sue ceed to the patriarcMs which yielded to old age and the elm tree beetle perhaps destined once more to forn I the arch above Temple Street whicl ) only 30 years ago was without a pee in the country.
 I Perhaps the newest elms will groy ) up to escape the blight, perhaps tn l, steady demolition of tne elni through , out the city has resulted in the elimi l nation of the breeding places for tn l larvae, perhaps the advances in tn science of tree-srowing will be sucl
 that the department will be able t
 combat the beetle should it return l is hopeful outlook. It is an ex pertinent which everyone who is in
 terested in New Haven should and wi f follow with close attention. It is onl
 in the last two decades that the centra
 green has lost it's historic appearanc
 because of the removal of the e,ms Nothing but the passage of time. 0
 course, can replace the giants of tn other days. but. may success atten the experiments now begun.-Ney
 Haven Register.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

Dear mel" said the attractive lady of 10, meditatively. T wish he wasn't coming. l don't believe I like the idea at all"
 well, what's the matter now?" ask ed her husband in astonfshment. 'sEver since he phoned you, you have been going around with you head i'll the clouds, giggling to yourself and burst ing out that you were just crazy to see Tommy again, If I were some husbands-why, I even insisted you ask him out to dinner"
 "Beswick," the good looking lady of 40 told him, shaking her head at him thoughtfully. syou don't understand at all. It is perfectly awful for a woman to have to. face a man whom seen him since. Tn the first place, know just exactly how it it will be Tommy will bltInder in trustfully ex- pecting to see a slight wisp of a girl i11 white muslin and blue ribbons, witl, 8 baby face and homegrown com plexion. weight 102 pounds; or else he'll be the experienced sort who will clasp my hands fervently, gaze deer into my blinking eyes and get off that remark about knowing me anywhere and that I haven't changed a particle I don't know which would be worst!
 "The last time I met a man who gave me that sort of soothing sirup
 I said, See here, Herbert, I know you back in 1872, and you know it, SC behave. How is your rheumatism and where do you buy your wigs? And q pretty girl heard me, and he hasnt forgiven me yet
 T am very nervous about Tommy for in the first place, how can I cal a man Tommy who owns the mint, ol the next thing to it. and who is ac- customed to having leading financier: chewing their knuckles nervously 1T his anteroom waiting for him to fin, ish looking out the window and con descend to see them?"
 "Aud!dacy may enrapture him." sait
 her husband. 'Go ahead! Did I under stand you to say you never were il love with him or he with your" T don't know" confessed the lady with worried frown 'It depends oI
 whether I am looking at the affai l from now or from then. Things lool so differently"
 "Oh, yes" agreed her husband witt I some cautious interest. Things dc l That explains your nervousness--" 1 I'm not in the least nervous" criet his wife indignantly. The idea! Nev vous over a boy I played tennis witt
 and quarreled with and went to picni parties with-only he isn't that now
 and that's the trouble. And I don't care
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-13

bia and Greece, while the Turkish em- pire will hardly be recognized after its wings have been clipped. Turkey of course has already lost much but it will be obliged to give up more, while the allies are duty bound ,to9 take care of the interests of Greece as the changes are being made.T
 The changes that are coming will be in keeping with the great war. They will make different Europe and it is to be sincerely hoped that the plans for future peace will not go awry.