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proceeded up Chesapeake
Bay and before nightfalI
was duly berthed at Balti-
more, where Capt. Koenig
entered his papers like any
other merchant skipper.
The possible military Signifi-
canoe Of this spectacular voyage
was largely lost at the time in
genuine admiration for the
achievement 1t was exactly the
sort of exploit to appeal to Ameri-
cans: while the startled furry in
tEc allied embassies was not With
out its amusing side.
Upon inspection by American
officials the Deutschland was
found to be without armament of
any sort. and was regularly adj
mitted as a commercial vessel
The Allies were powerless to pro-
test.
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Times Books

NEW books have ever been quite so energetically
L and clevery press-agented as has the Seven
Pillars of WISDOM" written by England's famous re-
volt-maker, the late T. E. Lawrence doubleday,
Doran So. The redeeming feature is that not many
books are so much worth reading as this one, either
This is the bulky volume of which the famous
Revolt in the Desert was a condensation.
In it. Lawrence tells how he went into Arabia to
see how England could capitalize on the tribesmens
dissatisfaction with Turkish rule.
He got the tribal leaders together and induced
them to fight for free and independent Arabia; ne
directed their military efforts with rare skill doing
much to produce that behind-the-nes confusion on
the Turkish front which helped make possible Allen
bvs great triumphs in Syria; and at the peace con-
ference he saw his country's statesmen sell the
Arabs down the river with cynical disregard OF their
promises.
TIE saw this betrayal coming long before 1t nap
pened: and his book is full of bitterness, bitter
ness at British statesmen for defrauding the Arabs
and at himself for Internationally assisting in the
fraud
1t is also full of profoundly exciting accounts OF
desert warfare of deeply interesting discussions Oh
desert life and of living. prose which entities TINS
hook to rank with the great literature on ARABIA by
Do lghty and Burton.
Beyond all that, the book is fascinating reveal
ton of Lawrences own mysterious ana UofVuieo
personality by Bruce Cation.
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rine, calmly pIOdding in from the
sea. At her staff there fluttered.
Enthusiastically, the German naval
ensign, and on the side Of her
large, squat coming tower the
white number could be plainly
read-U-59.
An American submarine. dWarfed
by comparison, piloted her up
past the guns of Fl. Adams and
into the inner harbor. AS she an
chored off the United States naval
torpedo station a crowd of small
boats came hurrying out; her
crew, lining the dock, received the
curious with cheerful German
smiles and bowings, but no one
was permitted on board.
The U-boat remained only
few hours, A package of news
papers was tossed on board; but
her commander was careful TO
make it clear that he required no
supplies and still had ample fuel
in the tanks to complete the voy-
age homeward. She took nothing,
and at about o'clock weighed
anchor and departed.
She passed Brenton's reef light
vessel at about 7 o'clock; the peo-
pie in the lightship noticed that
she was already shipping her ra-
dio masts, and while they watched
she slid under water and was
gone, the brief trail of bubbles
vanishing quickly in the dusk.
Just off Nantucket Island next
evening the U-53 sank six mer-
chantmen. Three more we're de-
stroyed on the following morning,
and the submarine then went
safely back to Germany.
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WARS WEAKNESS SPREADS

IN June the German foreign
i office had been warning Bern
storff that he must prevent any
thing that looked like an actual
mediation. Now the tone was
changing. On Aug. Is the chan
cellor telegraphed that mediation
by the President intended to lend
to the opening of peace negotia-
tons we are gladly ready to
accept"
The chancellor was fighting a
losing battle. But when linden
burg replaced Falkenhayn as chief
of staff in August it was thought
to be a gain for Bethmann; and
the Rumanian declaration of war
on Aug. 26 won him his reprieve.
As the great offensives of 1916
began TO die away the Entente
Statemen found themselves con-
fronting a situation of the utmost
difficulty. There was an immense
war WEAKNESS everywhere.
The first faint. hut ominous.
crackingS of the Russian collapse
were already being heard: and the
submarine threat was far more
dangerous than either the public
or the Wilson Administration were
allowed to know.
A year of enormous effort had
brought only another Stalemate,
with its ever more frightful toll of
losses; after the expenditure of
something like million French and
British lives alone. the whole task
was still 10 be done over again.
Could their peoples be nerved once
more TO repeat the colossal sacri-
f1ce-eSpecially when the Germans
were daily limiting at peace terms
at least good enough to make
small difference to the common
men and women in most Of the
allied countries?
Within the British cabinet there
was already a strong peace group,
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Your Health
BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

ONE emergency for which everybody should be
~ prepared is the occurrence OF brain hemorrhage,
or apoplexy one of the most frequent causes of
death.
Coming suddenly in the midst of excitement, or
from some other cause that raises the blood pres
sure apoplexy results in paralysis and loss of con-
seriousness.
The important thing to do in like this
is 10 put the stricken person to bed, let him lie fiat
on his side while he unconscious. to prevent the
tongue from falling back and choking him, and
maintain absolute quiet
OF course, doctor should be called Immediately.
ON recovery most stricken persons Will find GER
~ tain parts of their bodies parayzed. This may
he the result of actual destruction Of certain nerves.
or to Inflammation and pressure. Inflammation,
however will teno to lessen time goes on.
AS soon a nerve is paralyzed the muscles
teno TO assume a fixed pOSton-the arms may be
drawn up. the legs bent.
This can be counteracted by not permitting the
affected arms legs to be in one position for long
periods.
Furthermore the afflicted person must play a
part in his recovery by centering his efforts on the
motion OF the stricken parts.
THE difficulty lies not so much in the arms or
/ legs as it does in the brain and in the nerves
that control the arms and legs Sometimes mas
sage will help maintain the muscles and other tissues
in proper condition. so that they will be easily NOV
able when the nerve stimuli begins coming through
from the brain.
At any rate. practice of the afflicted muscles will
lead 70 recovery of the ability to arms or legs
Otherwise. permanent paralysis will result.
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Noises Which Won't BE Missed

MOST Of US Will agree that days could very
WI well be carried on with much less accompani-
rnent Of syncopated orchestration The automobiles
are obviously the worst offenders. There are many
honking horns pitched in such a way to suggest
the agOnes OF the pit.
In solo they cause annOyment, but in full chorus
they are capable Of creating panic. The one sort Of
city din which really frightens me and raspS my
entire vegetative nervous system is the bedlam set
ZIP by cars IN a traffic jam. Even if the delay is
passed in silence find myself growing restless be-
yOnd all
It isn't that I have to get somewhere at some
appointed time although that is generally my fate,
but the mere fact of being stalled arOuSes the rabbit
In me- On the free island Of Manhattan the citizen
grows accustomed to the pace OF subway trains and
express elevators. In factory in newspaper office
ne Is KEYED to move his fingers or his brain, or
both chat occasionally happens 10 columnsts), at
breakneck pace. And suddenly he finds himself
heading west on 52nd-st blocked by truck and as
motionless as a painted ship upon painted ocean,
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Literary Notes

John L. Splvak, whose America Faces the Bar
ricades" was published recently by Covlcl, Freoe'
sailed TODAY to spend six months in Europe He VIII
gather material for another book to be published BY
Simon &, Schuster which may be called Europe
Faces the Barricades"
Celebrating the third birthday Of Walter B. Pit
kin's Life Begins at Forty" Whittlesey House Is
sending the book to prominent persons who have
reached their fortieth year during 1e35-among them
Richard Barthelmess. Sidney Blackmer, Richard
Dix Maria Jeritza Sheehan and Paul NUM-
Gotham House announces the publication Of an
important novel Oct. 80, And Forever" by Esther
Morgan Mccullough formerly assistant editor at
E. P. Dutton s. Co.
Vanguard Press has Just signed contract for the
American publication Of novel called Twilight.
bv Mao Tun one of the leading novests OF twentieth
century China.
The current issue Of the American Hebrew has
among its contributors Stefan Zweig. Aldous Hulk
lev. H L. Mencken. Hilaire Belloc. Heinrich Mann
and Emil LengyeL
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The First Offender

THAT is bad enough. but suddenly some fool in
i the line honks, making noisy and frutless pro-
test against the fact that New York City streets are
cluttered with immOvable bodies. He thinks that
by merely sounding his horn he can transform him
self into an irresistible force. The man in the car
ahead and the man IN the behind take up the
cry of the pack and the air is rent with the most
hideous sound yet known to humankind. Id rather
hear the shrek of hurricanes.
The noise is ugly enough in itself. and the aSso-
citation of ideas still more disturbing GalSworthy
once wrote a play called Justice" in which John
Barrymore gave his first great stage performance.
The big scene showed a prisoner in his CELL and
from down the corridor there came the sound of
another inmate who began TO beat his tin mess
plate against the wall and bit by bit the others took
it up until fearful manacal din swept throughout
the prison
The hOnk or the stalled motOrist has in it the
same tragic connOtatiOn of the free man who is
trapped The rebellion is not only against traffic
lights: it marks mans deep and abiding protest
against all the Cramped qualities of the civilization
in which have being
Copyright. 1880
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GERMANY'S PEACE MOVES

THE British leaders were in a
u particularly delicate case. 1t
was not easy to make those lofty
war aims which they had avowed
to Wilson. to House, and to their
own as we'll as the American pub
lie, square with continuation of
the war. 1t was even less easy to
make them square with Great
BritainS private arrangement
with her allies or her statesmen's
practical detectives for Great
Britain.
When Mr.. Gerard sailed three
days later for much needed va
cation in the United States, it
was partly on Won JagOw's urgent
insistence that he go to make in
person every effort to induce the
President to do something to-
ward peace"
The message from Bethmann-
Hollweg to Bernstorff, mentioned
in the Gerard dispatch, went on
the 26th:
THE whole situation would
change if President Wilson
e. we're to make an offer of
mediation to the powers.
Such a move, however, would
have to be made soon, as
otherwise we could not con-
tinue to stand calmly aside
and watch England i'm
proving her military and eco
nomic position at our eX-
penSe, and we should have to
claim the renewed liberty of
action for which we stip-
ulated in the note of the 4th
of May of this year.
Should Mr.. Wilson insist
on waiting until Immediately
before or after the election,
ne would lose the opportunity
for such step. =. A further
prolongation would be I'M
favorable to GermanyS mill
tary situation and would re-
suit in further preparations
being made by the powers for
the continuance of the war
into next year, so that there
would be no further prospect
of peace within a reasonable
time. A peace movement
which bore the outward
appearance of spontaneity
would be seriously considered
by us, and this would also
mean success for Mr.. Wilson's
election campaign"
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HUGHES TAKES THE LEAD

THURSDAY, Nov. 7, wore on in
l. that strange and grateful
calm which always soothes the
mind still reeling from the last
bursts Of campaign oratory. Col.
House was in his apartment with
Mr.. Gregory, the Attorney General,
Mr.. Hughes and his encourage
were installed at the Hotel Aston;
the Democratic chieftains we're
preparing for a banquet at the
Biltmore; Mr.. Roosevelt waited at
Oyster Bay.
The President and his family
were at Shadow Lawn, while the
faithful Tumulty sat in the ex-
ecutive offices which had been es-
tablished in nearby Asbury Park,
AS evening fell and the New
York polls were closed there rolled
in the first waves of the deluge.
BY 7 o'clock it was certain that
New York had been lost, and lost
badly; and as the other populous
northeastern states, with their
heavy votes in the electoral COL
lege, followed one after another
in swift succession, it seemed in
creasingly impossible that the
Democrats could have won.
At the Biltmore, where Lansing,
McAdoo, Lane and the campaign
managers had gathered, the ban
quet proceeded in "morgue-like"
gloom. A few blocks away the
hearts at the Aston were beating
high.
At about $50 Mr.. Tumulty, sit
ting alone in his office by the sea,
was aroused by excitement in the
corridor; flock of correspondents
burst in, led by a reporter from
the loyal World. bearing the bull
letin in which that paper conceded
the election of Mr.. Hughes.
TO me the blow was stunning
and yet I had faith to be-
lieve that the news would be
upset. Steadying myself behind
my desk. I quickly made up my
mind. Concealing the emo
ton I felt, I dictated the follow
ing statement: Wilson will
win. The West has not yet been
heard from"
The tidal wave swept on. The
Brooklyn Eagle conceded. The
New York Times, last line of de-
Tense. conceded. Mr.. Tumulty
conceded nothing. And then at
last. lust about the break of day
on Wednesday morning. he was
notified that Ohio had gone for
Wilson by $4,000; and as the far
Western states began to report
it seemed was it possible THAT
the tide was turning.
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LLOYD GEORGES BLAST

UNFORTUNATELY, however,
~ for the millions who were to
die in 1917 and 1918, the German
chancellor had but an imperfect
knowledge of American electoral
strategy Unfortunately for those
heroic and voiceleSs legionS, Col
House had failed to explore the
possibilities of a HouSe-Grey
memorandum with Germany.
And again unfortunately for the
fighting peoples, on the day the
chancellorS dispatch was sent Mr..
Lloyd George had chosen to call
in Mr.. Roy Howard of the United
Press and give him, for the edi-
fication of the American public
and the world in general, fiery
cry for a lasting peace" to be
achieved with a finish fight and
a knockout blow"
From the United States, the
munitions minister explained,
there must be no "butting in"
There could be mo outside inter
ference at this stage. Britain
asked no intervention when she
was unprepared to fight. She will
tolerate none now that she is pre-
pared. until the Prussian military
despotisn is broken beyond re-
pair.
The inhumanity and pitiless-
ness of the fighting that must
come before a lasting peace is
possible is not comparable with
the cruelty that would be in
volved in stopping the war while
there remains the possibility of
civilization again being menaced
from the same quarter"
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THE PRESIDENT DISGUISED

1T was a very different sensa-
Il ton from that which had
greeted the Deutschland. The al
lied governments were appalled,.
The idea that the whole vital
North American trade artery
might be at the mercy of raiders
operating Immediately off the
American coast was sufficiently
alarming, and it was made no
less so by the fact that the United
States had if anything facilitated
the U-53's visit.
In London there was a fierce
public feeling" with bitter allega-
tions against the United States.
But once more. nothing could
be done about it. The sinkings
had been carried out in conform
ity with the pledge to give warn
ing and assure the safety of life,
and our naval authorities report
ed after investigation that no
rules or regulations governing
neutrality were violated"
The Allies, whose own men-of-
war had long lowered off our
coast to the State Depart
ment's helpless annoyance, were
obliged to fume in silence.
On Oct. 10 Count BernStorf
was at Shadow Lawn. The Presi-
dent spoke seriously to him about
the U-53 and urged that there be
no repetition of the visit; but the
interview as a whole proved 'un-
usually pleasant"
BY this time Mr.. Wilson was
plaintively remarking in private
that he wished some one would
tell me what the Allies are fight
ing for" and the Entente had
sunk in his esteem very nearly
to the lowest point.
He now assured the ambassador
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BRITAIN'S BLACKLIST

TINE publication a few days
l. later of the first British
blacklist of American domestic
firms rather abruptly brought
home TO us just what allied trade
control had come to imply.
The system itself was not open
to legal attack. as all it did was
TO prohibit British subjects from
trading with the listed firms. The
effect. however, was that any
American concern merely suspect
ed of trading with the enemy" or
even of enemy association" could
be subjected at a moments notice
to ruinOus boycott.
With the appearance of its
name upon the list it was cut off
at a stroke from all allied con-
tracts. denied shipping and insur-
ance even to neutral countries, de-
MED raw materials originating in
Entente nations or their colonies.
and cut off from business even
with the good American firms.
The blacklist derived its OPP
preSsive force only from our own
past acquiescenCe in measures
that had bound up our economy
so firmly with that of the Entente.
At the White House, however,
there was an abrupt reaction. On
July IS President Wilson wrote to
his adviser that the blacklist was
the last straw.
The President had to have peace
in Europe. Secretary Lane was
hearing that Germany might
amy day" resume her submarine
warfare; Mr. Gerard was cabling
almost weekly warnings of the de-
veloping strength of the sub
marine agitation; the DeutSch-
land was visible evidence of the
power of the submarine weapon
and the President was committed
beyond the possibility of reversal
on the submarine.
He announced that his patience
was at an end; he suddenly or
dered Mr.. Page home in the hope
that the ambassador might &C
quire SomethiI g at least of ''the
American point of view" and he
informed House that he was at
last considering applying to Con-
gress for authority to prohibit
further allied loans and to en-
barge exports.
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TO WAR-

THE deficiencies of the National Guard and the long
weeks under the broing border sun for of bust
responsibilities only brought fuel to the prepared
fires; and though further Army legislation now had
be deferred until the next session. it helped in speeding
the vast naval building program to its passage
While Congress still in the midst of its naval
discussions rather striking episode had occurred Early
the morning of July the pilotboat off the Virginia
Capes suddenly found herself confronted by startling
apparon That small cOnnng-tOwer and long, low wave
swept hull belonged unquestonaby to submarine; yet it
larger submarine than any in American
waters and signaling for pilot like any commercial
vessel Was it possible that those half joking rumors,
then, true? They were; the mercantile submarine
Deutschland of Bremen had made her landfal, IA days
out from KEEL with cargo principally of dyesuffs Sol
EMMY the Deutschland took her tug in regular fashion,
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FINDING USEFUL HOLES"

"THE President" Col. House
j. discovered when he reached
the White House con Nov. IA.
desires to write a note to the
belligerents, demanding that the
war cease. His argument IS
that. unless we do this now, we
must inevitably drift into war with
Germany upon the submarine
issue"
Quite aside from the many
warnings they had received that
the May 4 pledge would be with
drawn, it was evident that the
pledge was breaking down, any,
way. The ardent u boat COM
manders we're discovering all kinds
of useful holes in it. and mis-
takes were accumulating.
Tomorrow: THE Road to War"
draws toward a gripping climax.
: Copyright. Mcclure Newspaper syndicai
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OeDTlDBtI MI StuI W Llltt dllN
Cochrane in. and he trotted home
himself when Greenberg Knocked
one into the left field stands 1t
was a good home run, though.
deep into the crowd. asking no
favorS from the temporary screen
which had been erected on the
playing field so feet inside Of the
normal boundary of the plot.
With these four runs against
him Root was dismissed and Roy
Henshaw took over but the Cubs
never made enough runs to come
up even in nine long innings Of
striving in weather that was filter
for football. Final Score-De-
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that his one desire was to main
tain neutrality and bring the war
to a close. 1t gave BernStorff
something more, at any rate, with
which to bid against the sailors.
With this encouragement and
with the help of Hindenburg, the
chancellor did finally manage to
postpone the submarine war at
least until after the election.
On Oct. 20 Mr.. Grew cabled
that the danger seemed for the
moment to be over. In America
by that time the U-boat had
nearly been forgotten AL
thoughts were absorbed in the
bitter presidential race now
sweeping to its climax.
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EUEnouh
BY
WESIBROOK PEGLER

DETROIT EN- ROUTE TO CHICAGO Oct. A.
- The war IN Ethiopia just barely made Page
one in Detroit in competition with the second game
OF the World Series. True. it isn't much of a war
as yet but II wasn't much of a ball game, either.
In fact. the result was decided before man was
out in the first inning Charlie Root was pitching
for the Cubs. Single. double, single. home run.
That was the way OF it. White. CoChrane. Geh-
ringer and Greenberg all took belt at Mr.. Root
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and on the nineteenth of Septem-
Der a French deputy arose in the
chamber to ask why peace negotia-
tions could not be considered. M.
BRAND FASTENED to demoliSh any
such dangerous thought under a
barrage of patriotism; yet the ques-
ton had been asked.
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AMERICAS VISITOR-U-53

4 T Newport, R. l., the summer
n palaces of the millionaires
are skirted on their seward side
by the celebrated Ocean Drive,
whence the commonality may
look out across the long Atlantic
groundswells rolling in toward the
harbor entrance.
1t was early on Saturday after
noon oct. !, 1916 that the pass
ersby suddenly caught sight of
the sinister form of big subma-
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1t was 4 terrible day. the worst World Series
weather, according TO Paul Shannon. the Boston
baseball journalist since 1907. when it showed. Mr..
Shannon should know bad weather. for he has COW
cred many football games as far north as Dartmouth.