Principle of Service Is Everywhere and Generally Being Insisted On By SAMUEL. GOMPERS, President of American Federation of Labor Every emergency brings with it opportunity and tain principles of basic importance to the civilization of democratic freedom. Organization is now in a fluid form every agency and method must demonstrate effective- way to something better. The only test is his principle is potentially revolutionary. It contended. It is the basis for labor’s contention that a man’s worth to society is the service he performs and that all the rewards and compensation are determined upon that simple hasis. ¢ This war has brou out in illumination a new interpretation of service. This war is beine fo 1ieht by whole nations, not merely by the men on the firing line. Those in military service are helpless without the co- operation of those rendering service in industry and in transporting troops, | in making supplies and munitions of war. This war has no place for para- sites or special privileges founded on tradition or legalistic fiction. There is a place only for those who render service. This is the revolutionary spirit which the world war is breeding in every country and in every a our own included. Those who stand on the firing line and face death in the most awful forms that human intelligen: » will never again accept unques- t serv- tioned institutions and s based on any other principle excep ice. Those in the factories, the mines, and the shops who have once had this war standard applied to their work, will accept none other unques- tioned. This is the spirit of revolution which has been felt stirring us all. Tt is this revolutionary spirit seeking justice in all relations between men that has aroused concern for existing institutions. But there is nothing to fear from this constructive spirit of revolu- tion. On the contrary, it presages a new age—a forward movement for the well-being of humanity. It is the thrilling spirit of the Marseillaise that has stirred many a heart to deeper determination for service in the cause of human freedom. It is the purpose of all liberty-lovin be the nature and the effect of much. a 5 v f the war for which they are sacrificing so German Ruthlessness Has Killed Hopes of Freedom of the Seas By PHILIP MARSHALL BROWNE Professor of International Law, Princeton University i . -.L Ee Germany’s plea for the freedom of the seas in time of war is reduced to a preposterous absurdity. It means in simple terms that Germany, with | i@ its immense power on land, should be placed on an equality with England and the rest of her allies on the sea. The whole proposal is utterly cynical, and is characteristic of the effrontery and the hypocrisy of a nation which sinks passenger ships, freight ships, armed or unarmed, and hospital ships | without warning. A nation which could sink without warning the vessels | of the Belgian relief commission bearing food and hope to the victims of | Germany’s ruthlessness is hardly in a position to raise at this time the I'he contempt of Germany for the question of the freedom of the se rights of private property and the lives of women and children cannot be | She can never show that her enemies have ever resorted to her depths of in- famy and frightfulness. On close analysis, then, this plea for the freedom of the seas in peace or in war is little more than an empty phrase. It is calculated to mislead, | to confuse, and to demand a consideration it does not merit. It would be unjust, of course, to imply that President Wilson and his holiness the pope had lent their support to a claim that was without any foundation whatever. They evidently believe that international justice may be menaced where any single nation may be in a position of such power as to dictate concerning the rights and interests of the rest. They would safeguard the | ? nt Wilson stated in his message of equality of rights of nations. Presi January 22, 1917, that this problem of the freedom of the seas was “closely val armaments and the co-operation of the connected with limitation of navies of the world in keeping the seas at once free and safe. And the | question of limiting naval armaments opens the wider and perhaps more | difficult question of the limitation of armies and all programs of military preparation.” Use of Horse Meat By People of United States Is Rapidly Increasing By DR. C. W. McCAMPBELL ; Associate Professor of Animal Husbandry, Kansas State Agricultural College before the close of the world war. the middle clas some and nutritious. It can offer an outlet for the small horses have an opportunity Have you tasted horse meat? If not, you n Use of horse meat by the people of the United States is incr idly despite a widespread sentiment against its use for human consumption. Investigations have shown that the patrons of horse-meat shops belong to s rather than to the lower classes as many persons think. Horse meat retails for half eef and is palatable, whole- tinguished from beef by the average buyer and it is inter hat those who have once tried = Jit | ly "ss it be 1e regular « | Hors 15 used ¢ ni s of urope, butcher shops handling een es *d but a short time in the United States. shop opened at Port- land and Brooklyn. In a short ere 0} t 1n Cincinnati, St. Louis, Toledo and many other I The latest shops to open are those of 1, and in the near future horse meat will probably bi sold throughout the country. [ Besides furnishing a « se markets 1S overstocked, and for which there is no commercial or f: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the hu 11 Tace. danger In proportion to its magnitude. Now the whole | world has suspended every other consideration to main- hich constructive idealists of all ages have | men and women that this shall | wression prevail in Germany oy fidence to the Germans by emuvhas the i | is is mined and will be blown up. 6 G i: orvooverov J) zermans lcst heavily in a Zillebeke. The Americans GERMANS CLOSE | British Now Stand on Line of 1914 and in One Place Further West. HAIG HOLDS VOORMEZEELE London Reports Germans Driven Out of Voormezeele by Counter Attack and Fighting on Both Sides of the Ypres-Comines Catal. LN London, Jefore Ypres the British ire back where they stood in 1914 I'hey withdrew to their old lines on Saturday, I'o the east the battle line now swings a scant two miles from the city. Ypres is practically use 'SS as a base, and its evacuation, for shadowed when the Germans stormed hemmel, seems imminent, Von Arnim's success in foreing tl ng northward from Kemmel ww which the Germans took out again, compelled rrangement of the line above voormezeele is almost due sot ) yf) he foot of a low rid at British to have remained Ize northeast of Ypres wou courting disaster. the rotirement was ord » doubt, The official repo: wlon do not mention it, reserve may indicate larg ents under way back of the ba nt D lin gives the new line as fro t southwest of Lange: north of oek, Hcoge a1 ibeke, all within a radius of two Ss, down to Voormezeele front is .strai high ground remain nds falls to the Germat as more prompt to foli he last retirement, and Haig's men fell back fighting sharply ith some loss as they pivoted on nents on the Lys battle only, though London new attack developing Locre, west of Kemmel, Dut le fluctuated fiercely, with 12 desperately to ex t S$ and t British doggedly taking their toll | Voormezeele fell, ined and n held against fresh assaults of the tletield t! ers, inh w re were ut the cannon were roaring with ii took s prisoners. sity, especially north of the Avre dad! ¢ on the southern leg of the sal nt between Noyon and Lassigny. ( m from Reuter’'s corre- it Amsterdam says: wrdinary nervousness and de- he losses on the western offensive . . p 1 ty ort ro 1eale | paliated or ignored by any plea for the necessity of resorting to reprisals. | pis is revealed with remarl y article by Capta + Vossiche Zeit avors to restore lost portance of the capture of Keni- continues Captain Salz- wave begun to lose their ne tag, the » said something lik the reich It goes without sa of the front Two-thirds in many regi ive been enormous I't west has arrive t a enemy is much stronger emae command asst are unable to continue the offen- ive owing to lack of horses. The re-| o gion before Ypres is a great lake and | therefore impassable. The whole « “ | try between our Amiens front and Par BOPP O02 000508028300020020000 207 6 PITH OF THE 3 5 WAR NEWS ¢ 3 SHOTS OIOS 200088 toroecoron: Y 4 succession of determinad attacks in great str assault. tacks drove out the eneny The nt oO tho befo “ 4 a Co Suce s 2 « i ing 1 t po 2He lo S it 1 tha ES Ww oY 3 ands MOUNT JOY STAR AND N vereserrerecey | the culls and collar ( 1 h the {ji} York, Ilugene Meyer, Jr. h Y/ork and Angus W. McLean of North The members of the Capital " California, Her lower of Missouri and The Var Finance Corporation is vered to aid business organizations sue of notes to the will approve su My TOC OPEN SNIPERS’ SCHOOL. Thousand Officers to Be Trained in Marksmanship ili meet at Canny I ever instituted in this cou schoel will be open ousand oflicers will 57 Y. M. C. A. WORKERS. ip Oronsa, in Which They Sailed, Torpedoed. Ary t Qe, This German success cuts a deep note in the allied line to the south- | west of Ypres .and completely out- flanks the British on the northern | functions slopes of Messines ridge, to which they | were forced by the German assaults of two weeks ago. The line to the southwest, toward Bailleul, apparently is in no particular danger at present, a been lost to the e 1 st to the enemy, NORTHCLIFFE QUITS POST. Heads British Mission to U. S. Until Successor Is Chosen. London.—Sir William Weir has been appointed air minister and president of the Supreme Council, in succession o Lord Rothermere, brother of Lord cliffe, who resigned. dard understands that Lord chairman of the London rs of the British mission to 'nited States and director of prop- ida in enemy countries, tendered ‘esignation on account of ill health, | at at the request of Prime Min- ister Lloyd George and the cabinet he msented to continue in office until a essor can be found, Rhondda, the Daily Mail hears, gned as British food controller, a position he has filled for 10 months. | Ie has been absent from his post some weeks, owil to illness. John R. nes, pariiamentary secretary for the food ministry, has been in charge HOCPP OPP IOIOPOP OI IOIIII IIOP PPPS P ON S ¢ WORLD’S NEWS IN : CONDENSED FORM 9, BOC OS PLES ILSS OP OPP OOOO VASHINGTON. — President Wilson announced the purchase of a flock of sheep of the prize winning Shrop- e down breed, which will be given he run of the White House grounds. NEW YORK.—Lieutenant John Mec- Ket U. 5. M. C., Killed his wife and himself fier she admitted she had ) ind consented to death, WASHINGTON.—James Keeley, edi-' tor of the ('h zo Herald, is bei ro- Washington as a possibl nine ) place in the Creel I' ol news, nn sted for the r'n- STOC# ’ I nd, tl! { d Duk \ \ \v h tl de- S i of Russ has been ith Grand Duke 1 DON.—The Brit Whitehall. It was ‘ ment given in that two centuries. WASHINGTON. — More restrictions » ed by the Ship- ng B d ifford more tonnage for CoH TH [LET wugh the village of Dranoutre has | cers or offices [ bureau, agency, offi | other, to transfer the | of or any part of | or assignment, All A | property belonging No such sweeping | been granted months after the ws: WILFLEY SUCCEEDS STONE St. Louis Man Appointed to Vacancy of Justice Walle phon P’. Willley, that the mater | lutely valueless
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