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GERMANS
Russians Driven From Polish
City After Series of
Hard Battles.
Forward Movement by German
Wings Begun Thursday.
(Latest Summary.)
Lodz, the wound city of I'oliind anil
lying 75 miles to the west-southwest
of Warsaw, has fallen to the German
arms. It was occupied .Sunday, ac
cording to the olliclal announcement
from Berlin.
Around . thin Important town a
desperate battle has raited fur days.
Hera rountleHH thousands have fallen
In desperate hand-to hand conllletn and
from the shells of hundreds of guns.
It waa evident from the occupation
of I-odss by the Hermann that the
heaviest Kind of fighting has been
going on, for late advices told of a
vicious attack ami bombardment if
Lodz and fighting on the outskirts of
the city, anu prevloua to that of opera
tion 21) miles went of Pitrokow.
which lies considerably Houtii of I Mid,
and along a line from Glowne, 16 miles
northeast of Lodz, to the Vistula
lllver.
Lodz has long been an objective
iioint of the German Army. It has
grown In recent years from an In
significant place to be one of the most
populous cities In the Russian Kmpire.
In 1910 Its population numbered
415.604. and with this important place
as a base It la expected that the tier
mans will make a strong effort to
reach the Polish capital of Warsaw.
The Germans, having been unsuc
cessful In their attempt to pierce the
Russian center, have begun, with the
aid of reinforcements, an attempt to
envelop the Russians on both flanks.
Advices from Berlin via Copenhagen
and London say that 40 British and
French warships are gathered at a
place, the name of which Is withheld,
but supposedly the Dardenelles, with
the evident Intention of forcing their
way through.
While the Allies are pushing for
ward In Flanders and in Northern
France, the GermanB explain that they
are giving ground for strategical rea
sons.
Russians occupied two towns in the
eastern part of Turkey, In Asia, nenr
the border, as the result of engage
ments fought on the Persian, Dilinan
and Khol routes.
King Nicholas of Montenegro Is said
to have admitted that he 1iad lost a
third of his army. The war strength
of Montenegro had been estimated at
50.000.
Thousands of men are engaged in
digging trenches and otherwise com
pleting the work of fortifying Vienna,
the capital of Austria.
A dispatch from Bucharest says
Rnuniania has definitely decided to
enter the war on the side of the Allies.
ALLIES PUSH OPERATIONS
IN WESTERN FLANDERS
Kaiser's Infantry Continues Offensive Movement in Argonne
Forests King George and Kitchener Hearten British
:o:-
WAR BRINGS NEW
TASKS AND DUTIES
President Points Out Big Prob
lems Which Confront
Congress.
RUSSIAN ARMY CLOSES IN ON CRACOW
CONFIDENCE OF ITALIANS.
Chamber Passes Vote Concerning the
Government.
Rome. The Italian Chamber passed
a vote of confidence In the Govern
ment, 413 to 49.
Admiral Hettolo, ex-Minister of Ma
rine, presented the resolution calling
for a vote of confidence In the Cabi
net. The Admiral said he approved of
the reasons for neutrality as given by
Premier Snlandra.
Italy's neutrality was not due to un
satisfactory military conditions In this
country, Admiral Bettolo said, but to
the fact that Italy was not obliged to
follow the central empires of Europe.
The former Minister added:
"Our neutrality must be. strongly
armed to enable us to defend the su
preme Interests of the country if they
are threatened or unrecognized. Our
neutrality should be nn expression of
Italy'B diplomatic and military power."
RUSSIA.
PETROURAD. -On the left bank ol
the Vistula there has been some
fierce fighting on the front of
Olowno-lowlcz and also In the west
ern roads toward ImmIz and Plota
kow. On the other fronts there
were no essential modifications in
the' lines. On the fronts la the
Caucasus there was no Important
fighting.
GERMANY.
BKRLIN. In the western theatre of
war French attacks against our
troops in Flanders were repeatedly
repulsed, as they were also In the
region northwest of Altklrch, where
the French suffered considerable
losses. In the eastern theatre of
war the eemy's attacks east
of the p'.aln of the Mazuran
Lakes were repulsed Willi neavy
losses to the Russians. Our offen
sive In Poland Is taking lu norma!
course.
FRANCE.
PARlS.-'-At no place along the entire
front has there been any notame
incident. On our right wing we
have made progress in the direc
tion of. and near to, Altklrch. We
took 9H1 prisoners in the region of
the north alone. In Belgium there
has bee an Intermittent but fairly
spirited cannonade between the
railroad from Vpres to Roulers and
the highway between Becelaere and
Pass Chendaele, where the Infan
try of the enemy endeavored to
gain ground, but quite without suc
cess. At Veruielles we are continu
ing the work of organizing the po
sitions taken from the enemy. From
the Somme to the Argonne region
there Is quiet along the entire front.
In the Argonne there have, been
several attacks on the part of Ger
man Infantry, but all were repulsed
by our troops, particularly at La
Come, to the northwest of the For
est of Grurle. There has been some
artillery firing In the Woevre dis
trict and In Lorraine. There is noth
ing to report 1n Alsace.
AUSTRIA.
VIENNA. In the Carpathians, In
West Galicla. and in South Poland,
quiet prevails generally. The fight
lug In North Poland continues.
GERMAN ARMY SLIPS
THROUGH GAP LEFT BY
CZAR'S TARDY GENERAL
Rennenkampf Superseded In Com
mand After Spoiling the Grand
Duke's Inclosing Movement
in West Poland.
J.ondon. Reports agree that thi
fighting In the northern section of
the Western Poland battlo front Is
still violent. Petrograd and Berlin
both claim successes, though it is
admitted In the Russian capital that
Grand Duke Nicholas did not fully
succeed In his enveloping movement.
General Rennenkampf, whose failure
to reach his alloted position in time
Is said to have defeated the strategic
plan, has been superseded In his com
mund. While Berlin claim the Ger
mans have taken 80,000 prisoners In
the Poland fighting, the Russians de
clare the Czar's armies have taken
still more. Five German towing
stenmers with war munitions have
been captured at Plock, on the Vis
tula. In Flanders the present fighting, of
minor Importance in itself, Is pre
liminary to the general engagement
which appears to be Imminent.
Strategic believe that the enemy's
first homeward movement In force
will be the signal for the Allies to
take the offensive. In the Argonne
and Alsace there have been engage
ments In which the Allies claim gains,
but the fighting line has not been
changed to any considerable extent.
Bombardments are reported from sev-
MUST OPEN GATES OF TRADE
EAST AND WEST FRONTS ACTIVE.
CHRISTIANS FLEE TURKEY
AS HOLY WAR COMMENCES
BETRAYED BY CHURCH LIGHTS.
Spy Found Frenchmen Sleeping and
Signaled Germans.
London. How 600 French troops
were- betrayed by a spy on Tuesday
last Is told In dispatches from Dunkirk.
The French foldlers were sleeping
In a church at Lampernlsse. A spy In
eome way gained access to the belfry
and displayed lights which notified the
German artillery of the presence of
the troops.
A bombardment Immediately fol
lowed, and. the exact range being
known to the enemy, the sleeping men
were cut to pieces by exploding shells,
which also sft flro to the straw ou
which they had been lying.
Washington. ' The State Depart
ment was advised that the Turks
have proclaimed a holy war and that
a general exodus of Europeans from
the Ottoman Empire has commenced.
ThU news came from Charles J.
Voplcka. the American Minister at
Bucharest, who received his-information
from the Servian Minister in
the Roumanian capital. The Servian
Governmct has announced that all
treaties between Turkey and Servla
are Inoperative.
Ambassador Henry Morgenthau nt
Constantinople reported unrest among
foreigners and the expulsion of about
400 French nationals from the interior
country.
Mr. Morgenthau ha.s received as
surances from Turkish ollicials that
citizens of the United States will not
be molested.
Airman Drops Bombs
on Krupp Gun Works
Unknown Aviator Makes Daring
Flight Over Germany's Great Plant
at Essen, Shells the Building
and Escapes Uninjured
Rotterdam. The German array in
Western Poland, reinforced and with
Its lines reformed, Is making a vio
lent effort to break through the Rus
sian front southwest of Ixidz and
force a way to Warsaw. The Rus
sians thus far have held their lines.
The Russians in Galicla are mounting
siege guns at Wicliczka, which will
reach the outer fori of Cracow. Th's
stronghold Is the door to Vienna, Bres
lau and Berlin.
The Germans have renewed their at
tack on the Allies and the fighting
now extends along nearly the whole
battle line in France and Belgium.
The attack was preceded by a daring
attempt of the Germans to cross tho
Vser In the dark hours before dawn.
They were discovered, however, and
repulsed. They have advanced at no
point so far.
TSING-TAU WAS RICH PRIZE.
Toklo. A list of the war booty cap
tured by Japan at Tslng-tau, the Ger
man stropghold In China, was made
public by army headquarters. It in
cludes 2,500 rifles, 100 machine guns,
30 field guns, all needing repair; a
small amount of ammunition, $0,000 in
cash, 15,000 tons of coal, 40 automo
biles, and provisions sufficient to feed
5,000 persons for three months. All
ships In the harbor were destroyed.
WOUNDED FILL MANY TRAINS.
Geneva. The number of wounded
soldiers nrr'vlng by train at Duessel
dorf, Luxemburg, Cologne, and even
Kolmar, Is fo great that many ammu
nition trains on the way to the front
'lave bfen sidetracked, according to
dependable advices coming to Geneva.
This has been going on for the last
ten days. In Luxemburg, especially,
there Is a large quantity of ammuni
tion waiting to be forwarded.
REPORTS HEAVY GERMAN LOSS.
Copenhaven Dispatch Says 658,483
Have Fallen.
London. A dispatch to the Times
from Copenhagen Kays:
"The latest German casualty list
contains the names of 1:1.721 ollicers
and men killed, wounded and missing.
This makes a total of 6r.8.483, not In
cluding the previous Wuitemborg,
Saxon and Bavarian lists.
"The Bavarians t-ulleicd heavily, ac
cording to the present list, with over
fl.OOO.casualtles out of the total of 13.
000. One regiment of 3.000 lost l.fiuo
men In Flanders, Including three gen-vralB.
ORDERS BULLION RETURNED.
General Villa Repairs Damage Done
By Garcia Troops.
Washington, D. C Bullion of the
American Smelting and Refining Com
pany, seized by General Garcia and
Mexlcnn troops, has been ordered re
turned to the company by General
Villa. State Department advices alsc
reported that the Governor of San
Luis Potosl has issued full guarantees
for the operation of the Santa MarlB
de la Pas mine, a British property,
under the rightful owners.
London. A foreign aeronaut drop
ped bombs on the Krupp factory at
Essen, Germany, the great plant at
which are manufactured the famous
German siege guns, as well as smaller
arms and ammunition, accoruing to
a dispatch received from The Hague.
This message quotes a dispatch
from Berlin to the effect that the
bombs were dropped on the build
ings devoted to the manufacture of
cannon.
It is said that the airman escaped
uninjured and that the extent of the
damage has not been ascertained.
More than sixty thousand workmen
and nearly Beven thousand engineers
and clerks are employed. The Arm's
capital was nearly IGO.OOO.OOO In 1911,
The city of Essen, where, the main
Krupp works are located, has more
than 100,000 Inhabitants, and depends
for Its existence almost entirely on
the gun factory.
IRISH NEWSPAPER SEIZED.
Police Raid Office, Confiscate Edition,
of Pre-German Monthly.
Dublin. The police have raided the
office of the Irish Freedom, a monthly
newspaper, which has been opposing
enlistment and expressing pro-German
sentiments. All copies of the news
paper on nnWi"StnnaS were i:oilil!-:uiru.
The nnllce also have prevented the
distribution of another newspaper of
similar tendency.
There has been widespread agitation
for suppressing of these publications.
GERMAN SUBMARINE IN TRAP.
c.iii,hi in Zeebruaae Canal When
Sluice Gates Jam.
Rotterdam The German engineers
At Zeebrugge are In a quandary be
mesa the British bombardment caus
ort the sluice gates of the sea canal
to jam and a submarine Is Imprisoned
in the canal.
The torrential rains In Belgium are
again Impeding the movements of the
Germans, evidently delaying the de
velopment of the great which Is expected.
EPITOME OF
WAR NEWS
The Russian army is closing on the
Austrian fortress of Cracow, the
complete envelopment of the city
being temporarily delayed only by
desultory German attacks.
Cheered by the presence of Lord
Kitchener and the King of England,
and feeling that now it the time to
strike, the Allies are -taking the
offensive In real earnest.
The Poles have protested to the
Pope and neutral states against
the use by the defenders of the
historical buildings for observa
tion towers, thus inviting their de
struction. Gen. French, who is in charge of the
Allies' forces In the North, is said
to have 700,000 men at his disposal
for a drive at the German line, while
160,000 fresh troops have brought
the Kaiser's forces in that section
up to nearly the same number.
Volunteers from New Zealand and Aus
tralia were disembarked in Egypt
to help defend the British from the
Turks, who are said to be marching
on the Suez Canal.
The Germans are trying at all costs
to keep Zeehrugge and the Bruges
ship canal in order to cope with the
naval bombardment.
The King of Saxony left Dresden for
Belgium to encourage the German
troops. He will represnt the Kaiser
during the latter absence In the
eastern theatre of war.
In North Poland the German army,
with the aid of re'nforcements, has
escaped from the "iron ring"
thrown around it by the Russians,
has formed a new front and at
some points has resumed the offen
sive,
Reichstag voted $1,250,000,000 lo?n
for the Kaiser's war chest, witi
only one member, a Socialist, dis
aenting.
Ships to Carry Goods to Empty Mar
kets Is Imperative Necessity
Our National Defense Lies In
Our Citizenry Need
of Economy.
Washington, Dec. 8. The new tasks
and duties imposed upon the United
States as a result of the European war
occupied the gror.ter portion of Presi
dent Wilsons message to congress
read today before a Joint session of
the two houses. The message follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
The session upon which you are now
entering will be the closing session of
the Sixty-third congress, a congress, I
venture to suy, which will long bo re
membered for the great body of
thoughtful and constructive work
which It has done, In loyal response
to the thought and needs of the coun
try. I should like In this address to re
view the notable (record and try to
make adequate assessment of It; but
no doubt we stand too near the work
that has been done and are ourselves
too much part of It to play the part of
historians toward It. Moreover, our
thoughts are now more of the future
than of the past.
While we have worked at our tasks
of peace the circumstances of the
whole age have been altered by war.
What we have done for our own land
and our own people we did with the
best that was in us, whether of chap
acter or of Intelligence, with sober
enthusiasm and a confidence In the
principles upon which we were acting
which sustained us at every step of
the difficult undertaking: but it Is
done. It has passed from our hands.
It is now an established part of the
legislation of the country. Its useful
ness, its effects, will disclose them'
Belves In experience. What chiefly
strikes us now, as we look about us
during these closing days of a year
which will bo forever memorable In
the history of the world, is that we
face new tasks, have been facing them
these six months, must face them In
the months to come face them with
out partisan feeling, like men who
have forgotten everything but a com
mon duty and the fact that we nie
representatives of a great people
whose thought Is not of us but of what
America owes to herself and to all
mankind In such circumstances as
these upon which we look amazed aud
anxious.
Europe Will Need Our Help.
War has Interrupted the means of
trade not only but also the processes
of production. In Europe It Is destroy
lng men and resources wholesale and
upon a scale unprecedented and ap
palling. There Is renson to fear that
the time Is near, if It be not already
at hand, when several of the coun
trleB of Europe will find It difficult to
do for their people what they have
hitherto been always easily able to do,
many essential and fundamental
things. At any rate they will need our
help and our manifold services as they
have never needed them before; and
we should be ready, more fit and
ready than we have ever been.
It is of equal consequence that the
nations whom Europe has usually sup
plied with Innumerable, articles of
manufacture and commerce can now
get only a small part of what they for-
merly Imported and eagerly look to us
to supply their all but empty mar
kets. This Is particularly true of our
own neighbors, the states, great and
small, of Central and South America,
Here are markets which we must sup
ply, and we imiKt find the means of ac
tlon. The United States, this great
people for whom we speak and act,
should be ready, as never before, to
serve Itself and to serve mankind;
ready with Its resources, its energies
its forces of production, and Its means
of distribution.
We Need Ships,
It is a very practical matter, a mat
ter of ways and means. We have the
resources, but are we fully ready to
use them? And if we can make ready
what we have, have we the means at
hand to distribute It? We are not fully
ready; neither have we the means of
distribution. We are willing, but we
are not fully able. We have the wish
to serve and to serve greatly, geuer
ously; but we are not prepared as we
should be. We are not ready to mo
bilke our resources at once. We are
not prepared to use them Immediately
and at their best, without debt) and
without waste.
To speak plainly we have grossly
erral in the way in which we have
stunted and hindered the development
of our merchant marine. And now,
when we need sblpB, we have oct got
them.
I have come to ask you to remedy
and correct these mistakes and omis
sions. The time and the circumstances
are extraordinary, and so must our ef
forts be also.
Use and Conservation.
Fortunately; two great measures.
finely conceived, the one to unlock,
with proper safeguards, the resources
of the national domain, the other to
encourage the use of the navigable
water outside that domain for the
generation of power, have already
passed the house of representatives
and are ready for Immediate consider
ation and action by the senate. With
the deepest earnestness I urge their
prompt passage.
And thore is another great piece ot
legislation which awaltB and should
receive the sanction of the senate:
I mean the bill which gives a larger
measure of self-government to the peo
ple of the Philippines. I cannot believe
that the senate will let tnis great
measure of constructive Justice awuit
the action of another congress. Its
DasBage would nobly crown the record
of these two. years of memorable la
bor.
An Important Duty.
But I thin': that you will agree
with me that this does not compleU
the toll of our duty. How are we to
carry our goods to the empty markets
of which I have spoken If we have
not the certain and constant means
of transportation upon which all profit
able and useful commerce depends.
And how are wo to get the ships If
we wait for tho trude to develop with
out them?
The routes of trade must bo actually
opened by many ships and regular
sailings and moderate charges before
Btrcams of merchandise will flow free
ly and profitably through them.
Must Open Gates of Trade.
Hence the pending shipping bill,
discussed at the last session, but as
vet passed neither house. In may
judgment such legislation Is Impera
tlvely needed and can not wisely be
nnstnoned. The government must
open these gntes of trade, and open
them wide; open them before It Is
altogether profitable to open them, or
altogether reasonable to ask private
capital to open them at a venture
It Is not a question of the government
monopolizing the field. It should take
action to make it certain that trans
portatlon at reaBonublo rates will be
promptly provided, even where the
carriage Is not nt first profitable; and
then, when the carriage has become
sulllelcntly profitable to attract aud
engage private capital, and engage It
In abundance, the government ought
to withdraw. I very earnestly hope
that the congress will be of this opin
Ion, and that both houses will adopt
this exceedingly Important bill,
The great subject of rural credits
still remains to be dealt with, and
It is a matter of deep regret that the
difficulties of the subject have seemed
to render it impossible to complete
a bill for passage ut this session. But
it can not be perfected yet, and there
fore there are no other constructive
measures tho necessity for which I
will at this tlmo call your attention
to; but I would be negligent of
very manifest duty were I not to call
the attention of the senate to the fact
that the proposed convention for safe
ty at sea awaits its confirmation and
that the limit fixed in tho convention
Itself for its acceptance Is tho last
day of the present month.
Charting of Our Coasts.
'There Is another matter of which
I must make special mention. If I am
to discharge my conscience, lest it
should escape your attention. It may
seem a very small thing. It affects
only a single item of appropriation
But many human lives, and many
great enterprises hang upon it,
It is the matter of making adequate
provision for the Burvey and charting
of our coasts,
It Is Immediately pressing and exl
gent in connection with tho Immenso
const line of Alaska. This Is a matter
which, as I have said, seems small,
but Is in reality very great. Its im
portance has only to bo looked Into
to be appreciated.
Economy Is Urged,
Before I close, may I say a few
words upon two topics, much dis
cussed out of doors, upon which It Is
highly Important that our Judgments
should be clear, definite and steadfast,
One of these is economy In govern
ment expenditures. Tho duty of econ
omy Is not debatable. It is manifest
and important. In the appropriations
we pass we are spending the money
of the great people whose servants
we are not our own. We are trus
tees and responsible stewards In the
Bpendlng. The only thing debatable
and upon which we should be careful
to make our thought and purpose
clear la the kind of economy demand
ed of us. I assert with the greatest
confidence tluit the people of the
United States are not jealous of the
amount their government costs
they are sure that they get what the
need and desire for the outlay, that
the money Is being spent for objects
of which they approve, and that It is
being applied with good business
sense and management.
The sort of economy we ought to
practice may be effected, and ought to
be effected, by a careful ntudy and
assessment of the tasks to be per
formed; and the money spent ought
to be made to yield the best possible
returns in efficiency and achievement.
And, like good stewards, we should
so account for every dollar of our ap
propriations as to make-it, perfectly
evident what It was spent for and In
hat way It was spent.
It is not expenditure but extrava
gance that we should fear being criti
cized for; not paying for the legiti
mate enterprises and undertakings of
great government whose people
command what It should do, but add
ing what will benefit only a few or
pouring money out tor what need not
have' been undertaken at all or might
have been postponed or better and
more economically conceived and car
ried out. Tho nation Is not niggardly;
it Is very generous. It will chide us
only If we forget for whom we pay
money out and whose money It is we
pay.
Theso are large and general stand
ards, but they are not very difficult of
application to particular cases.
The Natural Defense.
Tho other topic 1 Bhall take leave to
mention goes deeper Into tho princi
ples of our national life and policy.
It Is the subject of national defense.
It cannot be dlscusBcd without first
answering some very searching questions.
It Is said In some quarters that we
are not prepared for wnr. What 1b
meant by being prepared? It Is meant
that we are not ready upon brief no
tice to put a nation in the field, a na
tion of men trained to arms? Of
courso we are not ready to uo mat;
and we Bhall never be In time of
peace so long as we retain our pres
ent political 'principles and institu
tions. And what Is It that It Is sug
gested we should bo prepared lo do?
To defend ourselves against attack?
We have always found means to do
that, and Bhall find them whenever It
Is necessary without calling our peo
ple away from their necessary tasks
to render compulsory military service
in times of rA;ace.
Allow me to speak with great plain
ness and directness upon this great
matter and to avow my convictions
with deep earnestness. I have tried
to know what America ifl, what her
people think, what they are, what
they most cherish, and hold dear, I
hope that some of their finer passions
are in my own heart, some of tho
great conceptions and desires which
gnve birth to this government and
which have made the voice of this
people a voice of penco and hope and
liberty among tho peoples of the
world, and that, speaking my own
thoughts, I shall, at least tn part.
speak theirs also, however, faintly and
Inadequately, upon this vital matter.
Fear No Nation.
We ore at peace with all the world.
No one who speaks counsel based
on fact or drawn rroin a just ana
candid interpretation of realities
can say that there Is reason" for fear
that from any quarter our indepen
dence or the Integrity of our territory
is threatened. Dread of the power
of any other nation we are Incapable
of. We are not Jealous of rivalry In
tho fields of commerce or of any other
peaceful achievement. We mean to
live our lives as we will; but we mean
nlso to let live. We are, Indeed,, a
true friend to all the nations of the
world, becnuso we threaten none,
covet the possessions of none, desire
the overthrow of none. Our friend
ship can bo accepted and Is accepted
without reservation, because It !s of
fered In a spirit and for a purpose
which no one need ,cver question or
suspect. Therein lies our greatness.
We are the champions of peace and
of concord. And we should be very
jealous of this distinction which we
bnve sought to earn. Just now we
should be particularly jenlous of It
because It Is our dearest present hope
that this character and reputation
may presently, In God's providence,
bring us an opportunity to counsel
and obtain peace In the world and
reconciliation and a healing settle
ment of man a matter that has cooled
and Interrupted the friendship of
nations. This is tho time above all
others when we should wish and re
solve to keep our strength by self-pWs-
session, our Influence by preserving
our ancient principles of action
Ready for Defense.
From tho first we hnve had a clear
and settled policy with regard to
military establishments. We never
havo had. and whllo we retain our
present principles und Ideals we never
shall have, a lurgo stnndlng army.
If asked, are you ready to defend
yourselves? We reply, most assured
ly, to tho utmost; and yet we shall
not turn America Into a military
camp. We will not ask our young
men to spend the best years of their
lives making soldiers of themselves
There is another sort of energy In us
It will know how to declare Itself and
maUo llunlf ufTpntlifA al , .
ouuui n ,
arise. And especially when h-.irt
uuu to uu ma we niiHii be cm
10 mane our moral insurance ag
the spread of the conflagration
definite aud certain and adequat
deed.
Let us remind ourselves, there
oi -me oniy ining we can do or
ao. we must, depend In every
of national peril, In the future
the past, not upon a standing
nor yet upon a reserve army, but
a cmzenry trained and acm.
to arms. It will be right tnouch
American policy, based upon om
customed principles and priicth
provide a system by which
citizen wuo will volunteer
the training may be made fa
with the use of modern arms, the
tnents of drill and maneuver, a
maintenance and sanitation of
We should encourage mien tr,
and make it a means ot dis,
which our young men will lc;.
value. It Is right that we shoulJ
vide it not only, but that we
make It as attractive us potsibl
so Induce our young men to ui
it at such times as they can coi:
a little freedom and can sec
physical development they nc
more health's sake, If for n
more. Every means by which
things cun be stimulated Is Icli
and such a method smacks fl
American ideas. It is a rigli
that tho National Guard of the
should bo developed and tstrnngi
by every means which Is not
slstetit with our obligations i
own people or with the tsta'
policy of our government. An
also, not becnuso the tlmo or o
specially culls for such meanur
because. It should be our consb
Icy to make tl.ese provisions I
national peace and safety.
More than this carries with It
verBal of the whole history and
acter of our polity. More thai
proposed at this time, permit
say, would mean merely that i
lost our self-possesHlon, that
been thrown off our balance br
with which he have nothing
whose causes cannot touch ut.
very existence affords us o;i
itles of friendship ami dlslnts
service which should mad
ashamed of any thought of li
or fearful preparation for
Ships Our Natural Bulwar
A powerful navy wo have
regarded as our proper and
means of defense; and it has
been of defence that we have 1
never of aggression or of c
But who shall tell us now
of navy to build? We shall lay
to be strong upon the. seas,
futuro as In the past; and ltd
be no thought of offense or c
cation In that. Our ships ,
natural bulwrrks. When will
ports tell us Just what kind
construct and when will i
right for ten years together,
relative efficiency of craft fi
ent kinds and uses contii
change as we have scon it
under our very eyes lu th
few months?
But I turn away from the
It Is not new. There is no ii
to discuss It. We shall not
attitude toward It bccru.'d
amongst us are nervous and
Wo shall easily and eensib
such a nolicv of defense. Til
tlon has not changed its as;
cause tho times are not nun:
policy will not be for an
It will be conceived as a p
and settled thing, which we
sue at all seasons, without hi
after a fashion perfectly f
with the penc of the 1
Ine friendship of states, ami
hampered freedom of all
we deal. Let there ho no n
tlon. The country has be.
formed. We havt not been i
nf i.ntlnnnl defense. W ar,1
minilful of the groat ros
resting upon us.
We shall 1
profit by tho lesson oi
ence and every new drew
and what Is needed will he a
done.
Great Duties of Pea"8!
I close, ns I began, by n
you of the great tasks and i
peace which challenge our n
ers and Invito us to build
lust, the task to which ''
i,m mid at all 11
free-hearted zest and with 'l
est gifts of constructive
nnssess. To develop our M
n Riiiinlv ur o
-..i ,nnle if the worM
need arises, from the abuud.JJ
of our fields and our niart
to enrich the commerce oi
D..nu and nf the world with
ucu of our mines, our farm
- ...ui, the crcatK"1!
lactones, ,
i i.t .mi the fruits of i"
Zlt s ta " wha. will MM J
tlon and our enthusiasm
and in tho years iocom.
Hfe as a u"
m,,.tv and the in'H
enmnoJpated spirit may "
, ,T ,.i..i for hid!-'
UI1U IUI r,.ui. '
QUEER FOOD OF FILIPINOS
Three Thousand Tons of Dried Grass
hopper Marketed Annually In
Philippines.
"Dried grasshoppers are used an
food In the Philippine Islands." said
Henry Jackson Waters, president of
the college. In a talk before the agri
cultural society of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. "Three thou
sand tons of grasshoppers are mar
HAD EXCITING TWO MONTHS
In That Time Brlndle Bull Terrier
Rote From Obscurity to Recog
nized Place on Stage.
Two months ago Buster, a little
brlndle Boston bull terrier, was lost
from his borne. He belonged to Rob
ert Owen, 311 North llardesty ave
nue. One day he was picked up by
the city "dog catcher" and taken to
the pound to be sold or killed. It ap
peared to be the end of Buster, Bays
keted In Manila In a year. .
"There Is a grasshopper plague
every ten years in the Philippines."
said President Waters, "and the
problem of combating the grasfihop
pets in a warm climate like the Phil
ippines Is more difficult than In coun
Uief where cold weather serves as a
check.
"There are many acres of unset
tied country which serve as breed I iu
places for the grasshopp 's. The
method used In capturing the gras-
hoppers is to organize a drive. A
the Kansas City Times.
Last week an act at the Globe the
ater was almost put out of commis
sion by the death of one of the dogs
used in a basketball stunt The own
er of the act went to the dog pound.
There he picked out a brlndle terrier
from the lot of homcleBB dogs which
had been gathered. He paid $5 for
blm
The curtain went up on the dog act
at the Globe last Thursday. Almost
simultaneously a man aud his daugh
ter sitting In the second row jumped
larje shallow tank is construct id
which has wingi of galvanized Iron
The lank Is filled with kerosene The
natives then start the drive three or
tour miles away and close in gradual
ly, driving the grasshoppers befo o
thoin Into the tank. The grasshop
pers are then dried and sent, to map
kct.
If the Filipinos would use Profes
sor Dean's method of poisoned bran
mash. It would prove more effective,
believes President Waters, than the
system which Is usod,
from their seats and rushed to the
rear of the theater, where Louis Op
peiiBteln, owner of the theater, stood.
"Did this act start here In Kansas
City?" asked tho excited man.
"Why. no; they're from New York,"
Mr. Oppensteln Bald.
"Well, my name's Owen, and there's
a dog on the stage there thut looks
like one I lost two months ago," be
returned. "May we go back and see?"
' So the man, his daughter, and Mr.
Oppensteln went back. When the
door leading directly onto the stage
. i . . .1
slates, and for imiiiKuiu-
Russian Woman Mar
Mrs. Catherine nrnio
as "linboushka.' or era""
the Russians, has been
i... n (Iip arctic ci
Burnt iiuiut v..
i..uin. hon ImDrisoue11 l
iibt Mia . .pvi
trying to escape, him "
old and was Bentem W
a convict use,ofrS
activities. Several Jr
. i a inur u' "
maue a i""
States.
. ..i or Uwl
IS love a i"""" -
A there wis one
f7omXe .Ut.e brlndle J' ,
... ih arms or j
daugnt''1
first Into the arms
rubbed against the
all the while. . M jl
les, "
8t0ln- ilr Is baf11
And now Bu.t tl
after two oi m fr
. . ... -li the 1
or nis inn iiinit
bis lire an m ' it fledg'1
in ,h .treet to a full-aB
the vaudeville tS-