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New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

4 FTER all, big Bertha" is
~ going to 'get" the fortif-
L n cations of Paris. even if in
an altogether different wav
from that calculated by Won Hin
denburg when he invited his impe-
rial master to that famous dinner
at Paris by April l." dinner which
never came off. To be more ex-
pllclt: Tne lessons Of the SUPER
cannon in the late war have induced
the French government to raze the
famous fortresses which for more
than half century guarded the
city of light" Very logically. the
French have come to the conclu-
sion that it is mere waste of per-
fectly good real estate to maintain
around city walls which would be
ground to dust in a few hours by
modern artillery. The event elicits
the following comment from Robert
Dell, formerly Paris correspondent
OF The Manchester Guardian:
IL Alphonse Karr could know that
the Senate has unanimously passed the
Dill authorizing the demolition of thu
farls fortifcations, which has now be-
come law, he would rejoice exceed
lhgly. Seventy-eight years ago. when
the fortltications that are now to dis
appear were made, he soundlv rated
the Parisians for allowing their city ia
be thus encorpa ssed They have de.
stroyed the Bastile,' he said. in which
they could hardly be put except suc-
cesslvely and few at a time: TO-DAY
an immense Bastile is being CON-
structed all around Paris, at their ex-
pense, in which they will all be put
with their houses, their children. their
wives, etc, and they are delighted ,
The Bastlle of 1541 is doomed after a
much shorter life than that Of it's
predecessor, and the Parisians seem
just as much pleased as their ancestors
were when it was created. but am a,
the side of the Parisians of 1s41. In
my opinion they were right and Al
pnonse karr was wrong.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
IcOnocIastic

All of US have a conservative side
and | confess to being as intensively
conservative where historical or senti.
mental associations are concerned a.
am revolutionary in more impor+an,
matters. The French in the maioritv
are just the opposite; conservative in
poltlcs and economies, and even !,
thelr business methods and other con-
Germs of practical life, but ruthless1v
lconoclast and utterly Indifferent to
historical associations. Witness their
mama for changing the names NJ
streets, sometimes for political or re-
lgious reasons, but sometimes for m
reason at all except that of a desire n
comm emorate some local worthy who
would no doubt otherwise soon be for
gotten. When one sees at street
corner IN some French provincial town
the inscription Rue Emile-Zola. an
cienne Rue Notre-Dame' one understand.
without approving, but it is impossible
TO restrain ones indignation when
some beautiful medieval street rama
with no religious or political signif-
canoe disappears in favor Of that of an
obscure general or mediocre poll
tician
French municipal councils seem 20
De bent on obliterating the history of
their town. appreciate the desire Of
the Paris Municipal Council to do
honor 20 the King Of the Belgians.
but could not some better method have
been found than that of changing an
historic name like 'Cours-la Refine into
Avenue Albert t-Premier'? Manon Leg
RENE.
TO me any change Of this sort is
misguided One no more desires chanrs
IN a town that one loves than in
woman that one loves-the very faults
Of either are adorable hate town i'm
provements. l shall never cease TO de-
plore the old houses and gardens that
were done away to make room for tho
Boulevard Raspail-that monument Of
the modern architects bad taste, than
which Berlin at its worst IS not more
ugly. And l shall mourn the Paris for
tifications for the rest of my lie No
doubt modern warfare has made them
useless for military purposes. NJ Paul
Strauss, who reported TO the Senate
the bill that doomed them, may be
right in saying that they Will make
room for open spaces, cheap dwellings,
garden cities and homes for large FAM
lilies, and thus diminish tuberculosis
and infantile mortality l should have
thought this rather large programme
for the area concerned. 1t is also true,
l admit, that the 'fortifs' have been
during long years the resort of unde.
sirable persons whom it was unoleas.
ant to meet at night. But why should
one ever visit the fortihcations a,
night Rash people that embarked or
such an adventure had only themselye,
to blame
1T is not merely for the sake of tn,
fortiacations themselves that deplor,
their disappearance. True. they have
charm Of their own and they give
character to Paris which it will los
when they are gone. But that is no
the worst. With the fortifcations Par,
itself will so, not perhaps at once. bu
inevitably sooner or later. Like Lon
don, 1t will one day cease to be tow
and become monstrous excrescence O
the faco Of the earth"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
ME Official Bolshevik organ,
"Izvestia,r of Moscow, began on
/ April ? the publication of docu-

attempted fight of the late Car Mich
olas II shortly before his death.
The "Izvestia" states: Among what
is known as the New Romanoff
Archives there is an envelope con-
tanning letters and two small packets
and bearing the title: The first docu-
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
General Ludendorff Says His Say

.NHE books written and about
to be written by the defeat
H. ed rulers Of Germany in de-
fence Of their deeds and
omissions during the world war Will
soon fl a moderate sized library
Everybody is doing it, from the
Kaiser, who has expressed his grief
over the German d9bacle by rails
ing beard, to Great Admiral
von Tirpitz, who did the same
by shaving off ditto. Now comes
LudendorF with volume Of
memoirs, soon to be off the presses
Of q foremost German publisher.
"The New York Times" comment
ing on this literary event, quotes
the "Norwarts' to the effect that the
book viii cost 25 marks. We read !:
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Looking Il Crer

-~s|9~sI ~ !, : ~ Ltt
"Norwarts," which terms this "a truly
popular edition." wonders why so high
price should be asked for lnforma-
tion as to who was to blame, which
the general and his friends have in
sisted was absolutely essential to an
understanding Of the German collapse.
But this wes not the worst The pub
fishers have given the general an ad-
vance Of 200, 900 marks on the royal
ties, a sum which Will no doubt be de-
posted in some neutral sanctuary so
that the former master Of Germany
will have q modest competence Sc
cured, no matter what may happen in
the Fatherland
AS to the book itself, the Weimar
correspondent Of the Copenhagen
"Politiken" has sent several extracts
from II 10 ms paper Summarizing
these extracts and commenting upon
them, The London Times" says:
The general endcavors to put all the
blame for the catastrophe on the civil
authorities In the beginning Of July
General Ludendorf Informed the For
eign Secretary, Admiral Hntzc, that
he expected 70 be able to force de-
sire for peace upon the Allies as a
result of the next blow. The unfor-
tunate result Of the next blow, Row
ever, on July Is, made him waYcr in
his conviction and the defeat Of Al. It
finally made any hope Of militia y
Wetory disappear. August 3 is re
ferrcd 70 by Ludc cndorff as 'Germary US
Black Day as SIX or scvcn divisions
were overrun by tanks. The I'd Army S
deicat reacted upon the 18th ARM,
and the whole western front vas
thereby shattered.
"ThIs defeat led TO discussions on
August ii and ~ between the Chan
cellor, Dr.. Hcrting, Admiral Hintze
and Field Marshals Hludenburg md
Ludendorff, which discussions were
succeeded On August 1e by a Crown
Council. At this council Ludendorff
stated clearly and definitely that the
mar could no longer be carried on. Az
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08

I the unavoidable insurgence of Polish
irredenta'
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
Taking the
p aris I
Forts
Germany Didn't; But
the Historic Fortiica.
tions, Now Obsolete,
Are Going to Be Pulled
Down-And the Big
Bertha Is Responsible

a FTER all, big Bertha" is
~ going to "get" the fortif-
{ y cations Of Paris. even if in
New-York tribune., 1919-06-08
The Gar as
Peace
Batter
Documents Purportins
toYrove That He Tried
to Negotiate a Separate
Peace With the Central
Powers Have Just Been
Published in Budapest

"A n UGH has been said about
M the plans of a separate
AVA peace which Car Mich
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14
MISSOURI REFERENDUM.

Missouri has added note of gaiety to the
otherwise serious League of Nations contro-
VerSy.
Senator Reed, as most newspaper readers
known, is one Of the few Democratic members
opposing the league In answer to his expressed
wish that there could be popular referendum
on the subject, the Democratic mmberS OF the
Missouri legislature by a big majority, adopted
resolution suggesting that Senator Reed re-
sign and Immediately go before the people for
reelection on platform of opposition to the
Peace League. That they maintained. would
constitute q genuine referendum definitely
showing where Missouri Stood and instructive
TO the entire nation.
The senator IctoTted that if the legislature
wanted referendum there was nothing to pre-
vent their having it themselves, by the simple
process of resigning their offices and run
ming for them again The Democratic egisla-
tors were game, and so out of siXty-SeVen
promptly signfed their Willingness to do
provided Senator Reed would resign and run
again at the same time so that they could have
a real campaign and thoroughly thresh out the
issue.
Senator Reed 50 far has failed to accept the
challenge, and thereby he seems to have lost
ground and forfeited much Of the force of his
ant-league efforts.
Americans generally would be delighted to
have such a test as this made in Missouri or
somewhere ese-prefeTably in a state whose
sentiment is uncertain, if there is any such
state. But Judging from the present trend Of
opinion, there is not much practical need of
any referendum. The people, nearly every
where have already made ii clear enough what
they want.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14

tors whose likeness to the famous men
Of Roosevelts' political life are start
lingly realistic. Such celebrated
Americans as President Mckinley,
Mr.. Roosevelt of the days when he
was New York's police commission
er, when he was member of the
New York state legislature, and later
as assistant secretary of the navy,
and finally as president; Admiral
Sims in the DAYS when he was a ju-
Nor lieutenant in the navy; General
John J. Pershing at the time when
he ranked only as a captain; Major
General Leonard Wood early in his
military career, and many other men
whose names are written large in the
political and military life of the coun-
try. are represented by actors whose
resemblances to their prototypes are
almost indistinguishable from the
original characters themselves.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14
LIGHT AND AIR FOR SENATORS.

Writing in the New York Times, Miss Vir-
einia Egan, long engaged in government work
at Washington, makes suggestion as to what
is the matter with Congress. 1t is mainly the
Senate Chamber itself, which has neither out
door ventilation nor light. The room is, in fact,
like tomb, whatever ventilating system there
may be failing utterly to convey really fresh air,
and there are outside windows. The House
Chamber is little better.
Il is impossible, thinks Miss Egan--and SEN
sibie folk will agree with her-to do clear, first
class thinking under such handicap. The only
wonder is that there are not more bunders and
disagreeable scenes.
Il President Wilson would do as the lady
suggests, and call the next session Of Congress
to assemble in the White House yard, it might
90 far toward putting all sorts Of matters in a
better light. Similar treatment would be good
for the executive departments, too There is no
escaping the authority of that first great COM
mand, LET there be light" to which we may
add a second, LET there be air."
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14
EDGAR BROS, SALES
FORCE IN MEETING

Arthur Edgar, j. A. Mum and +.
J. Maak, of the local Edgar Bros
store, attended the general meeting
Of employees and officers of the com
pany at the Imperial store yesterday.
There wer over fifty of the sales
men and representatives of the firm
present, and about fifteen visitors
and representatives. of outside houses
whose lines are handled by the com
pany.
General Manager J. H. Edgar
opened the morning program with Z
review of conditions and accom- plish-
ments Of the first quarter of the yeal
and outlined plans for the coming
months. He warned the statesmen Of
the dangers Of spring fever, sicey-
/ ing sickness AMI kindred troubles
which sometimes make attack III thi-
time Of the year, and urged greater
efforts.
c. D. Otteson. manager of Fore
service for the company, gave ver%
complete and intere sting report OF
his trip to the Ford factory and the
course Of inspection which he was
given while there.
After an excellent luncheon .erred
at the Boston Grill, the afternoon
program was opened by ". y. Zar
ley, block man for the Internationa
Harry ester Company, in th,.0u@h
discussion Of the essential ctrone
points Of the 8-16 Titan tractor. Mr.,
Farley knows his business and made
this discussion of the greatest in
terest and of great value.
! Other speakers who were called up
. p,1 EppQ w HnpbpaT DoaDaOpr Of
tie HoltYille branch; Mr.. Vogt, rep
resenting the Moline Plow Company;
/ Mr.. Douglas, Of the Firestone Tire
and Rubber Company, and c. P.
Hawkins, manager Of the Advertis-
ing Department for the international
Harvester Company at Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14
THE LEAGUE AND UOMEN.

Those who have watched the sea declare that
every ninth wave is a big one Certainly then,
the cause Of woman reached its ninth wave when
women were pronounced eligible to any office in
the League of Nations.
There probably will not be many women as
piring to the honor of holding office in that
great organization, whose responsibilities will
be heavy and whose labors long-drawn-out, but
it is as it should be that any woman who does
aspire should not be disqualified by the mere
fact Of her sex.
If some Of those brave women of former
generation who withstood laughter pity and
scOrn to fight for the whose justice they
realized could know Of this recognition Of their
sex by the highest body in the world, surely
they would settle themselves to a sWeeter re
pose. They would feel that ut last they might
Of a truth rest from their labors,'' secure in
the knowledge that their works do follow them.
The latest fad Of New York women is to be
seen carrying kids. No, you are wrong. The
servant question has nothing to do with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1919-04-14
Life Irlsur rar2ce.

Offers to the man OF mature years
the best opportunity of any line Of
business today.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
THE FRONT 49, a REST AREA

Just mass being said on the morn
ing Of November II within the walls Of a
pretty little church in Michigan, the father
of that church, who went to war when the
home regiment sailed for France over a
year ago, William Davitt, died for his coun-
try on d PARKWAY battlefield died as the
last shots were fired on the Western Front.
lie died almost on the stroke Of the eleventh
hour
Father Davitt was miles away from his
regiment when it was rumored around that
the last battle about to be fought He
acting as corps burial officer. TO re-
main back Of the lines while his regiment
fired the last volley, however, was not the
thing he intended to do.
Before setting forth that evening Father
Davitt procured large American flag to
be hung up in front of regimental head
quarters the day the fighting ceased. Then
he set out to Join his regiment, which was
now in the thick Of it,
By travelling all night, catching rides in
various trucks and motor cars he reached
the front at 9 O'Clock on the morning Of
November II, just in time to see his regi-
mont go over the top for the last time
1t was IL o'clock by the colonies watch
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

That night Private Stevenson slept in
soft woollen nightgown, and at last ac-
counts he YVES doing his best to square mat
ters with his first sergeant because of be-
ing late for reyclle the following morning
Then there was the story the Red Cross
man told Of the doughboy he found sitting
pensively in field while shells from our
guns were rearing overhead like invisible
miG-air express trains, and while, less
noisy, but more disturbing, the shells from
the German guns were ending with a wall
and burst ell about
What arc You thinking about, Buddy
Making your will? Are you wondering why
you were ever nut enough to enlist?"
NO." said the doughboy gloomily 81 was
wondering how l was ever nut enough to
let man hold me up in Chicago last spring.
He only had 80"
All through the week the Yankees en-
camped in and around the towns they had
just liberated along the Meuse, celebrating
the armistice with the good people of those
towns, who lay awake nights devsng ways
and means of being hosptable to the Amer-
cans. The favoritc i'll one town and he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
TRAILING MASC0TS
TO Be DEM0b|L|z.ED
Runaways Must Not Ac-
company A. E. F. Units,
Says G.. O.

The American Expedtionary Force has
just received the highest compliment ever
paid it. The compliment comes not from
President Poincare or from Marshal Foch,
oven from the Kaiser.
"Thc French government" states General
Orders 1879, advises that many boys under
military arc ere running away from their
homes and from public orphan asyums to
join units and organizations Of the A. Z. f."
The practice, says the general orders,
must cease. Local commanders arc to
organize themselves into a sort Of divorce
court and see that proper steps are taken
to cause the immediate separation Of any
French boys under military age from A. +.
r. organizations and units"
Few weeks ago they went and modified
the dogs who we're doing mascot duty with
the A. Z. f. Now IFS French boys There
IS an unfoundcd rumor that the top kicker
"ill be promoted to the spot in every hard
boiled organizations heart heretofore held
by the rattiesnakc brndlc or the hayward
juvenile.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

were shooting at deer Usually a machine
gun ceased to fire few moments after the
Indians had concentrated on it.
One German sniper proved annoying to
the Indians. He had dug in far in front
of the machine gun nests, and, from the
protection of a fallen tree, fired with Ger
man regularity. Finally, tall Sioux's
imagination became fxeo with the idea of
capturing this German, and he jumped out
Of she'll hole in plain view of score of
German machine gun men and raced up
toward the sniper
Good Time for FOotwork
The snper tried one shot at him, then
realized he was going to have to reckon
with the Indian hand to hand. SO he
tried to escape by running. The Indian
was close behind him, yelling and whoop-
ing with his bayonet fixed. The German
headed for his comrades behind the wire.
But the other Guards, having had
good chance to look tho Indian over, de-
cided they didn't want to take any chances
on the Indians getting among them, so
they opened fire on pursued as we'll as
pursuer. To escape his own fire the Ger
man turned aside and raced down the line
with the Indian following him. For five
minutes the chase lasted, with German
guns rafting every time the two men came
too close to the German positions. 1t
ended in an old dugout
In their first few hours of battle the
Indians encirced and took almost a dozen
strong machine gun positions They did
this in spite of German shell fire. In fact,
they used the German shell fire to reduce
certain troublesome nests. Having sur
rounded particularly strong position,
they would advance ahead, so that German
artillery observers would take it for
granted that all the ground had been lost
and would draw in their fire until their
own shells would fall on the machine gun
nest that was still holding out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

You may keep old Fritzie's helmet
For your Sue or Kate or Ann,
You may hold your German rife
For your little girl to scan;
No gas mask did I capture,
No rifle and no lance
The only capture that I've made
Is the heart of child OF France
No victor-symbol can l show,
No trnket, shield or cap,
In memory of days | spent
Over there, in Dead Mans Gap;
No battle souvenir have
Dream-moments to enhance;
The only trophy that is mine
Is the heart of a child Of France
Put sweeter than helmet,
And dearer than lance,
Is the sacred souvenir bear
From the vine-clad hills OF France;
Fol like stellar guide that shines
Der LIES rough seas e ehe~--
Fore'er within my heart VIII glow
The heart of that child of France.
FRA GUIDO. +. A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

when Father Davitt climbed tree in front
OF the regimental headquarters and hung
Up the flag which he had brought along for
tho purpose.
After hanging up the flag he climbed
down, saIutcd, and then gave q loud cheer
for the end of the war, after which he
walked few feet away and stood still. l.
was while he was standing alone that a
shell came whisting in from a German
battery and exploded few feet away.
Father Davitt was killed instantly.
1t was almost dark when company Of
doughboys entered a town that had just
been evacuated by the retreatng Germans.
Private Stevenson began searching for
place where he might spread his blankets
for the night. Entering q room, he found
a spring bed white sheets, white pillow
cases and a fireplace. "Och-la-la!" he said,
and began taking off his shoes.
A few minutes later a woman entered.
She explained that German count had oc-
cupied the room for number of weeks, and
said that at that very moment there was
repcsing under the bed a trunkful of fine
linen and niglItgowns which the count might
return for al any time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

was always to be found enthrored on the
timber Of some iitchen-was a small bow
of eight who, when the Germans fed and
all the citizens went down into the cellars
to wait for the battle tide to sweep past.
stationed himself boldly at the corner, and
in the cars of the retreatng Boches shouted
scornfully: mach Paris! Mach Paris"
Private Lewis made down his bed in the
corner of a building that was just in the
edge Of what would have been No Mans
Land had the armistice had not interviewed.
Il sure didn't think I'd ever sleep here"
he said to q comrade.
"Why, [ popping away at a sniper
from that hole there in the corner Just
couple Of days ago. Gee, but it seems
queer!'
"And what was the sniper doing to you?"
some one inquired from the other corner
well" said Lewis, che was sure raisin'
he'll with my life insurance"
Though strange. unbelievable peace set
tied over the Argonne last week, life
changed little for the road members.
One pensve negro was gravely ladling
the soupy mud out of the centre of the
highway when his rowing eye was canght
by the CLEAN of two service stripes on the
sleeve of a soldier who was walking laugh
ing by. The road worker paused in his
labors and gazod incredulously
My Gawd,' he murmured, dat white man
has been a whole yeah in dis country am
he kin still Taft"