THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRA8KA.
SHOWS GERMAN
AS HE REALLY IS
Brutal Acts of Hun Graphically
Described by Major Murphy
of Red Cross.
BEAT BEAST AT ALL COSTS
Must Dulld and Build and Sacrlf.ce to
Win the War A War of Natlono
In Which Every Man, Woman
and Child Is Factor.
Now York. Ono thousand seven
hundred men nml women In the grund
ballroom of one of the big hotels saw
tho German us he really Is through
tho eyes of MaJ. Grayson M. I'. Mur
phy, Bed Cross director In Europe.
Major Murphy arrived hero recently,
after being In Franco for nearly ten
months, ami ho Is going back again,
lie camo to make a report to Henry P.
Davison, chairman of the Ited Cross
war board.
Major Murphy said In part:
"I want to ask you to consider for
a moment tho fact that up to this
day Germany Is ontlrely victorious
In this war; that nny penco that Is
mndo toduy on the basis of today's
conditions or on tho basis of the
status quo unto would be practically
n complete victory for Germany and
for tho German Idea. Germany has
lost nothing In this war except blood.
Sho has fought her war on tl)c ter
ritory of others. Sho has drawn from
tho territory of others vast supplies
of materials and vast sums of money.
8he has had between forty and llfty
million pcoplo working for her for
practically no wage really as sluves.
Sho has established her cursed hold
on Austria, on Turkey und on
garla, and sho has at her feet
dcred Serbia and unfortunate
mania.
Hun Stops at Nothing.
"You don't know what these
Bul-mur-Bou-
Ger-
man people arc, I bellovc.
"I cannot begin to descrlbo to you
Uio horrible, brutal, beastly, consist
ent official things that Germany hns
done, not In Isolated cases, but gen
erally, to tho women and children
nnd tho poor old suffering people In
tho countries where sho hns sot her
dreadful foot. Sho lias stopped nt
nothing, British olllcers told mo of
seeing their wounded piled In heaps
and hand grenades thrown In tho
midst and exploded to kill them whllo
they lay there.
"British olllcers have told mo of
tho men being taken ns prisoners
through Germany nnd German women
coming nnd offering them n glass of
water and spitting In It ns they
handed It to them. I enmo back
across tho water with n prominent
British olllccr nnd statesman. Ilo told
mo of a friend of Ills who lay wound-
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AMERICAN AVIATORS
These two American olllcers hnd Just been decorated with gold eagles nt tho
Aero club of Paris when tho photograph wns taken. They aro aviators In
General Pershing's force.
WORK AMONG ALIENS
College Women Training for
Americanization Campaign.
Opportunity for Splendid Service by
ThoBe Having Knowledge of
Foreign Languages.
Washington. The knowledge of for
eign lnngungcs which before tho war
seemed nlmost superfluous equipment
nnd of llttlo practical use except ns n
finishing touch to nn education of cul
ture, Is now being appreciated by tho
demand for volunteers to work with
aliens, nnd spread tho Ideal of Ameri
canization. Ono of tho four war
courses nt Vnssnr college, Poughkcep
sle, N. Y Is "training for work with
aliens," tnken by thoso who hnve con
versatlonnl command of n modern lan
guage. This course will fit young wom
en for work In censorship, translation,
tho education of aliens nnd other social
work connected with ullen supervision.
Young collego women In Cleveland
ro giving evenings to educating for
eigners. War news Is printed dally In
od nnd suffering horribly in front of
tho Germun trenches. Ilo lay there
for n day and a hulf or two days, nnd
tho Gcrmnns camo out nt night, stood
nround him and scoffed nt him and
kicked him and made fun of lilm, nnd
then went awny and left him, and
when somo of his own pcoplo went
out at tho risk of tholr lives and
brought him Iti before ho died he told
them of those things.
"Did you think that the men In
that British regiment would bo will
ing to make n half pence with Ger
many? Do you think that the Cana
dians who went In the trenches and
found their olllcers crucified whether
those men will ninke u half peace with
Germany? I tell you It Is only n
short tlmo before our hoys who,, nre
over there now are going to ho suf
fering those same things, und you
have got to understand It here, nnd
you have got to build nnd build und
sacrifice, no matter what it costs, to
boat that benst.
A War of Nations.
"This war Is not n wnr of armies.
it Is n war of nations. There Isn't n
Canadian Officer Praises Officers
and Men of American Army
in France.
EXPECTEO TO WIN THE WAR
Come In at Tlmo When Strain of Lonn
Fighting Is Beginning to Show on
Both Allies and the Foe Ger
man Tactics Simple.
Chicago. "The Germans must strike
now or never," wrote MaJ. Gcorgo W.
MacLeod, second In command of tho
Forty-ninth Canndlun battalion, nnl
ono trf tho veterans of the hardest
lighting tho Cunndlans hnvo seen in
France, In a letter to Capt. A. AVul
laco Owen of tho Brltish-Cnnndlnn re
cruiting mission In tills city. Captain
Owen Is uttnehed to the Forty-ninth
battalion.
"All wo can do Is to sny, 'Lot tho bat
tle commence,"' tho letter continues.
"Every one Is nntlclputlng n big Ger
man offensive either ngnlnst ourselves
or tho French. There never has been
such closo co-operntlon ns exists at tho
present tlmo between ourselves nnd the
French, and If tho Bocho sturts any
thing ho may get tho surprise of his
life.
Pleased With Americans.
"Every one Is very much pleased
with tho Americans over hero. They
nro n splendid looking lot of ofllcers
and men, nnd their mnnhers nnd atti
tude leavo nothing to be desired. Once
GET GOLD EAGLES
various languages, and posted In the
school conters and questions aro en
couraged und nnswered.
The University of Wisconsin Y. W.
0. A. social service committee Is con
ducting a Big Sister movement among
Italian children, and works with n
neighborhood house in tho Jewish
quarter. Tho Collegiate Alumnao as
sociation of MInnenpollx. Minn., has n
national aid committee- which supplies
volunteers to tench English to foreign
soldiers nnd civilians.
Miss Edith Bennett, head of tho Chi
cago Collegiate Alumnno Bureau of Oc
cupations, reports ninuy tails In the
fall for secretaries nnd translators
with a knowledgo of French nnd Span
ish. Svvarthmorc classes in elementary
German hnvo shrunk this year, whllo
Spnnish has wpn n sudden populnrlty,
the classes having tripled In enroll
ment, Miners Show Patriotism.
Seattle, Wash. Members of tho Is
saquah (Wash.) local union of tho
.United MIno Workers of Amerlcn nro
giving 1 per cent of their earnings, or
nbout $200 n month, to tho Bed Cross.
real mum mm u. s. stmts
-
man, a woman or n child In Grent
Brltnln, In Belgium, In Franco or In
Italy that Is not it factor In this wurv
I tell you thnt if you should go, as i
have gone, about those ruined dis
tricts In France and see the llttlo
children, little bits of tots, four and
five yonrs old, driving In the hen'
nt night, seeing the little boys rm
tng down tho road little bits of to.
with their arms full of fnirgots tine
they were accumulating ngnlnst the
winter; old men anil old women work
ing In the Holds until It was so dark
that, ns you looked, you could Just,
make out those vague ghostly form.j
gathering In the crops for Frnnce.
"I hnvo pnssed through those towns
nnd looked In tho windows nt night,
whore you could see u little hero and
thrc, and they wore always working,
working, working, to carry on this
war. It Is not tho armies of France
that arc tho essential thing to Frnnce
in this war, nor tho nrmies of Eng
land, nor tho other countries. Those
armies wilt do their part, and do It
to a finish, If they nre supported by
tho pcoplo behind, nnd the grent cry
ing need In Europe today Is to build
up the spirit and keep up the spirit
of tho people behind tho lines, nnd It
Is thnt great work In which tho Red
Cross tliunks not to us on tho other
side, but to you on this side hnvo
performed nnd become the Inrgest
known single factor since our entry
into uio wnr."
they s.irt in I think that the Germans
will lm-e somo real lighting to handle.
"On is gradually beginning to renl
Izc ti e meaning of the expression n
'war c-JT attrition.' With tho enormous
slaughter which hns been In progress
for ov,.r three yenrs tho Germans nnd
ourseves nro beginning to show tho
strulr Wo seo It In tho typo of olll
cers nnd men as regards physique.
Our training possibly counteracts to
n certain extent this loss of physique,
but I would not core to see the aver
age unit of today placed alongside Its
former self. Similarly with the rest
,of the belligerents. It is at this junc
ture tHnt tho Amerlcnns arrive, und
ono Is Immediately struck with their
appearance. Tho first million men
from tho United States army should
nearly be able to finish tho wnr pro-'
vldcd they are not used In driblets.
Given af completely now nrmy, say of
two full corps, or possibly three, In tho
spring and the end of the war should
be not long postponed.
German Tactics Simple.
"I do not think thnt we nro at tho
last ditch by any means. We hnvo
been in tight corners before, nnd will
no doubt sweep our way out of tho
present one. A German offensive put
on simultaneously ngnlnst the French,
and ourselves nt the present time'
would, however, make it fairly stiff
going.
"I doubt, however, if tho Gcrmnn Is
really sufllclently strong to do this:
1. e two determined sustnlned offen
sives. That he will uso dlverslve tac
tics Is probable. Ilo must finish tho
job this winter, or he never will, nnd
nil wo enn do is to meet tho blow when
It comes, or, possibly nntlclpnto thnt
blow by one of our own. The German
grand strategy has never been nny
thlng but simple. Ills tnctlcs nre dif
ferent. Ills strategy hns been simply
to wear down tho forces opposed to
him until n stngo Is reached when ho
can uttnek."
RED CROSS SAVES CHILDREN
Responds Generously to Important
Work of Conserving the Future
Generations.
Save the children I
This cry nrises nppenllngly ,ln
Frnnce, Belgium, Serbia and every ono
of tho wur-strlcken countries.
Tho American Bed Cross respond
ing generously to this most Importnnt
work of conserving the future genera
tions. It is caring for 2-1,000 children
In France nnd 0,000 children In Bpl
glutit, Somo of these children had not had
n hath In six months when tho Bed
Cross nurses took them In chnrge. Tho
relief of their sufferings touches n uni
versal heart-chord and perhaps does
more than nny other form of relief
to nrouso tho lasting gratitude of for
eign peoples for the United Stntcs.
Your gift to the Bed Cross Is wreath
ing in smiles the faces of llttlo chil
dren who were starved, sick nnd ter
rorized. 000OOOtOt-OO5.0O.j0
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HUSBAND COURTS WAR,
BUT NOT WITH SPOUSE t
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Independence, Kan. A mur- ,
rled man of this city recently o
returned his questionnaire and
waived all his rights to exemp-
tlon.
When nsked why, rs n married 9,
mnn, ho didn't take advuntagc of o
them, ho said:
"Exemption bp d d. y0n
don't know my wlfo. Sny, man,
I'd rather wnlk across No Man's
land and hack barefooted than
live with that wonmn."
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Women In War Work.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Munition plnnts nnd
shops In tho Pittsburgh district now
working on parts of Liberty motors
will soon bo employing women. All
of the largo plants nre renovating
their buildings nnd Installing sanitary
equipment and restaurants In order
that they may comply with the stnto
laws for tho employment of fcmnlo
help.
Women of Interior Department Doing Big War Work
if ASIIINGTON. -Under the dally, personal direction of Mrs. Franklin K.
" Lane, wife of the secretury of the Interior, nenrly hnlf n thousand women
of tho Interior department nro using every spare minute set'Jng. knitting and
packing things which will comfort nnd
cheer sick und wounded American sol
diers In Frnnce.
When the offlce day ends they hur
ry from nil parts of oinclal Washing
ton to the rooms in Secretary Lnno's
big building, where tho Interior De
partment Wnr Work nssoclntlon Is In
continuous session, to turn In finished
work nnd get material for more sweat
ers, sheets, towels, pajamas, stockings,
slippers and the other nrtlcles which
nre packed In big shipping cases, ono
of which hns gone to Neullly, France, every ten days The Interior Depart
ment Wnr Work nssoclntlon is an auxiliary of tho American Bed Cross. It
hnd Its beginning almost Immediately after wnr with Germany wns declared,
when the Home club, which Is n social organization of the department with
nearly a thousund members, began plnnnlng for relief work. For n time tho
nssoclntlon met In tho Home Club building on Jackson place, nnd In the early
days of the movement Its output wns distributed through tho American
French clenring house.
Here Mrs. Lane, surrounded by the wives nnd dnughters of her husband's
nsslstnnts, commissioners, directors nnd chiefs, manages an organized patriot
ism which ramifies Into the far North whore the Alusknn engineering commis
sion Is pushing u rnllrond to reach precious coal deposits; into isolnted res
ervations where the people of the Indlnn service are; Into the nrld plnJns
where the men of tho geological survey nro working; Into tho depths of coal
shafts whore tho bureau of mines' experts gather; Into pralrlo towns where
tho men of tho general land ofllco work; into the green-clad irrigation areas
where tho engineers of tho reclamation service are constructing canals nnd
ditches; Into the mountains nnd canyons nnd great forests of the big trees
where tho rangers nnd flro fighters of tho nntlonnl park service climb the
trails, and to tho desks and ofllces of tho bureau of education, the pension
bureau, tho patent ofllco nnd nil tho other branches nnd divisions of the
Interior department.
For the men of the service nre back of tho women with their money.
Thousands of dollars have been pledged nnd pnld and the enthusiasm In the
good cause has been so practical In Its nature that though the work Is only
just beyond tho stake of Inltlnl organization.
Tragic Little Story of Washington's Icy Streets
SHE was a large, fat "cullud lady" and wns coming along tho street early
Monday morning, with u milk bottle In oue hand nnd a package in the
other. Evidently she was tho cook. Dat sho' wns n slippery moruln. Every
where the eye could see there was Ice,
r 'My. .a s
this natural law, "here for the first
time announced," ns General Crowder said In his report to congress on tho
first draft under the selective service act.
Swinging tho quart of milk in one hnnd nnd balancing her lee side -with
the package extended at the full length of her nrm, sho made her way safely
across tho Ice n la Eliza.
Sho came to shoro on n trail of sawdust "thoughtfully sprinkled In front
of nn apartment house by n man whose name deserves to go down In the
nnnnls of 1018 ns the Abou Ben Adhcra of janitors.
"Uh-uh," sighed tho cook, happily, as sho hit the sawdust. "Now I kin
walk."
So firm were her steps that when she got to the end of the sawdust sho
forgot thnt tho ways of life nro slippery when It rains nnd then freezes.
She thought sho wns still on sawdust.
But sho wasn't.
One foot went to the left nnd tho other foot shot to the right.
The hnnd carrying the package went down, and the milk bottle went eky
wnrd. She nllghtcd.
Tho milk bottle followed, crashing Into various pieces, the contents
splotching tho landscape for yards around.
'Twos a InDd flowing with milk nnd words.
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Senator Smith Rouses Pity for Girls From Dixie
SPGBBED by n heartfelt appeal by Senator rioke Smith of Georgia, for the
hundreds of "lonesome" young girls who hnvo come to Washington to help
bear tho nation's clerical war yoke, tho Georgia society of the city In special
session laid certain plans to remedy
this Inmentnble condition which an
emergency has provoked.
Mothering nnd caring for the
Georgia girls, Senntor Smith pointed
out, Is the plan of the organization.
"Pitiful letters nro coming to mo
from parents of these girls," Senator
Smith told tho Georgians. "They nsk
mo to look out for them, nnd I urn
anxious to do thnt. I would like to
meet every Georgia girl who has come
to work for the government during
the Inst six or twelve months. I would ltke to shnko her hnnd nnd talk to her
ubout her parents." The senntor Is proud of girls who nre reared in Georgia.
Senator Smith wrote to the chief clerk In each of the government depart
ments asking them to prepnro for him the nnmcs of nil the Georgia girls under
his direction. These names he turned over to Commissioner of Patents James
T. Newton, who, ns chairman of the spcclnl committee, wns to apportion
personal sponsors for each of the listed girls.
Senator Smith seemed deeply moved over tho "lonesome" girl problem In
view of the fact that some Georgln girls were coming to Washington beforo
they had received definite appointment.
Girl Gives Up Society to Help Director McAdoo
A WASHINGTON society girl, Miss Frances Hawthorne Brady, who gave
up parties, dances, and tens of the debutante set In Washington to help
tho government during the period of the war, is tho first and only woman on
tho staff of Director Geueral of Ball-
I'm cm MR.
MDOQ picked
flE poa HIS
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Washington, Miss Brady, who Is but twenty-one, nnd consequently not n bit
dlffldsnt about telling her nge, has been prominent In all of tho affairs of the
younger sot. Her two grown brothers entered tho regular army as engineers
in tho first days of tho wnr. She offored her services to tho government nnd
was appointed n clerk In tho Liberty Loan bureau.
Kiss Brady has no tlmo for tens or parties now. For months she hns
b'. working from nlno In tho morning to ulmost nny hour nt night. The
hours will certulnly not bo nny shorter In the railroad ofllco.
The streets were coated with Ico and
the sidewalks were glazed ns well. As
far ns the skating quality of the sur
faces were concerned, tho lco might
just as wen nuve neon n root thick.
ua feii-uk uu u mm uuuuiig ui ice us on
lco two feet deep. It is only possible
to skate on the outside of Ice, anyway
did you ever .think of that?
The lurge cook was well aware of
IT WAS VERY
KIND OF
5FNAT0R.
,3UR.g J
roads McAdoo.
Miss Brady was selected becauso
of her ability and elilclency In Liberty
Loan work in tho treasury, nnd she
wns the second appointee of Mr. Mc
Adoo as director general of the rail
roads. Miss Brady's ofllclal title has not
been fixed. Sho Is acting, however, as
general assistant In the director's
ofllco.
Since leaving a finishing school In
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jji itjj
The Pre-eminent
One
By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department, Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago
TEXT That In nil things ho might havo
thi pro-eminence. Col. 1:18.
This is the fundamental truth which
underlies till of God's revelntlon to
man. Wntit God
has done, Is. doing
t.nd will yet do, Is
done with this pri
mary object In
view, viz., that lit
all things Christ
might have the-.
pre-eminence.
The Object of the
Father's Counsels
We ure danger
ously n e u r t h e
tlrce when w e
plnce mnn before
God ns the object
of his counsels.
But before ever
time began it wus
Christ who was dally God's delight
(Prov. 8:30). And nil during time ho
ls still the pre-eminent one, for It has
pleased the Father thut in Christ
should all fullness dwell (Col. 1:19).
Not man but Christ has been made heir
of all things (Ileb. 1:2). After tlmo
will bo passed this will still be true,.ns
Is stated In Eph. 1 :10, "that In the dis
pensation of the fullness of times ho
will gather together In cne nil things
In Christ, both which nre in heaven,
nnd which are on earth." Tho error
of humanltariauism rises out of a de
nial of this truth und the consequent
attempt to put men In Christ's place.
Humanltnrlanlsm is nothing more than
the exnltatlon of man, lending to his
deification and the enthronement of
the human above the divine. Mankind
can come Into the purposed blessing
from God only ns. Christ is given his
proper place that of being the pre
eminent object of God's counsels. And
what Is true of the human race Is true
of tfie individual. That life Is blessed
In the measure In which Christ is pre
eminent therein.
As the Object of the Scriptures.
The object of the Scriptures Is not to
give the world n history, although the
only absolutely true history In the
world is found there. Neither is tho
Scripture a scientific book, although
wherever the Scripture touches science
It touches it with a true hnnd and Is
never unscientific. Neither do the
Scriptures set forth n system of philos
ophy ns the object for which they were
written, nlthough the deepest philos
ophy Is found there. The pre-eminent
object of the Book Is Christ. Without
him they would uever have been writ
ten and wo rend our Bibles to little
purpose If wo fall to find him upon Its
puges. Ho rebukes those of older time
by saying In Jno. 5:39: "Ye search the
Scriptures, for in them ye think yo
hnve eternal life and they are they
which testify of me." Eternal life Is
In him and he Is In the Scriptures.
They would not receive him of whom
the Scriptures spake nnd so missed
the eternal life for which they sought.
Through the books of history, prophecy
nnd psalms the ono radiant object in
type and symbol, ceremony and pre
diction Is this pre-eminent one Christ
Jesus the Lord. He Is the only key
which will unlock the mysteries and
the only light making plnln tho dark
places.
As the Object of Our Faith.
Our eternal destiny does not rest
on what wo do with certain things but
n certnln person. It Is not the faith
but the object of the faith that counts.
I may have splendid faith In a noor
bank and lose my money. I may have
much fultli In a rotten boat and lose
my life. And I may have first-class
faith In some other object than Christ,
such as a good life or charitable deeds,
and lose my soul. If it Is salvation I
need I am to believe In him und be
suved (Acts 10:31). If It Is justifica
tion I want I nm to believe in him and
be Justified from all thlncs (Acts
13:39). Freedom from condemnation.
etcruul life, sanctlflcntlon, all that has
to do with my snlrltual well-holm.'
hangs on my faith In him. No wonder,
men, tnnt we read, "this is the work of
God that ye bellevo on him whom he
hath sent" (Jno. 0:29). no Is to be
the pre-eminent object of my faith.
Will my reader stop and ask from the
beurt, "Am I really trusting In ChrlBt
alone or Is some other object nre-eml-
nent beforo my faith?" no must do
ill for us or he can do nothing for us.
"If ye bo circumcised Christ will nroflt
j-ou nothing" (Gal. G:2). Adding any
thing to him nnd his work makes him
to be of no value to us. He is to be
the alone Savior, Justlfler, Sunctlflcr.
Dod will give all things through him,
nothing npart from him.
The error of humanltnrianism will
come in when any other oblect tlmn
this pre-eminent one Is beforo us. We
win oe kepr from the leaven of tho
Pharisees when we seek for him nlono
In tho Scriptures, and the eternal In
terests of our souls will be safeguarded
and mnde sure when he Is the- sunreine '
abject of our faith.
Thou O Christ art all I want;
More than ull In thee I Unci.
When from our days of feverish,
anxious toll we come home at night
too tlred to pray, we huve doubtlo
defrauded God of n part of his re
sources upon which he depended more
than upon our direct activity. N. K.
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