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Larger Army and Rapidly Built
Up Navy Called For.
PLAN OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
Mr. Wilson, Addressing Manhattan
Club at Fiftieth Anniversary Din
ner, Asks Support for Admin
istration Program.
New York, Nov. 5.—President Wil
son was the guest of honor and the
principal speaker at the fiftieth anni
versary dinner of the Manhattan club
last night at the Biltmore hotel.
There was a great gathering of distin
guished men, and the chief executive
took the occasion to tell them and the
country what his administration is
planning in the way of national de
fense.
Our ambition, said Mr. Wilson, is
not only to be free and prosperous
ourselves, but also to be the friend
and thoughtful partisan of those who
are free or who desire freedom the
world over. We 6hall, he declared ho
believed, never again take another
foot of territory by conquest, or seek
to make an independent people sub
ject to our dominion. Because of the
great European conflict, said the pres
ident. “from one end of our own dear
country to the other men are asking
one another what our own force is,
how far we are prepared to maintain
ourselves against any interference
with our action or development.”
Though the mission of America in
the world is essentially a mission of
peace and good will among men, de
clared Mr. Wilson, we feel justified in
preparing ourselves to vindicate our
right to independent and unmolested
action by making the force that is in
us ready for assertion.
Plans for the Army.
‘ And we know,” continued the pres
ident, “that we can do this in a way
that will be itself an illustration of the
American spirit. In accordance with
our American traditions we want and
shall work for only an army adequate
to the constant and legitimate uses of
times of international peace. But we
do want to feel that there is a great
body of citizens who have received at
least the most rudimentary and neces
sary forms of military training; that
they will be ready to form themselves
into a fighting force at the call of the
nation; and that the nation has the
munitions and supplies with which to
equip them without delay should it be
necessary to call them into action.
We wish to supply them with the
training they need, and we think we
can do so without calling them at any
time too long away from their civilian
pursuits.
"It is with this idea, writh this con
ception in mind that the plans have
been made which it will be my privi
lege to lay before the congress at its
next session. That plan calls for only
such an increase in the regular army
of the United States as experience has
proved to be required for the perform
ance of the necessary duties of the
army in the Philippines, in Hawaii, in
Porto Rico, upon the borders of the
United States, at the coast fortifica
tions, and at the military posts of the
interior. For the rest, it calls for the
training within the next three years
of a force of 400,000 citizen soldiers to
be raised in annual contingents of 133.
000, who would be asked to enlist for
three years with the colors and three
years on furlough, but who during
their three years of enlistment with
the colors would not be organized as
a standing force but would be expect
ed merely to undergo intensive train
ing for a very brief period of each
year. Their training would take place
in immediate association with the or
ganized units of the regular army. It
would have no touch of the amateur
about it, neither would it exact of the
volunteers more than they could give
in any one year from their civilian
pursuits.
, “And none of this would be done in
such a way as in the slightest degree
to supersede or subordinate our pres
ent serviceable and efficient National
Guard. On the contrary, the National
Guard itself would be used as a part
of the instrumentality by which train
ing would be given the citizens who
enlisted under the new conditions, and
I should hope and expect that the leg
islation by which all this would be ac
complished would put the National
Guard itself upon a better and more
permanent footing than it has ever
been before, giving it not only the rec
ognition which it deserves but a more
definite connection with the military
organization of the nation.
For Development of the Navy.
“It has been American policy time
out of mind to look to the navy as
the first and chief line of defense
The navy of the United States is al
ready a very great and efficient force.
Not rapidly, but slowly, with careful
attention, our naval force has been
developed until the navy of the United
States stands recognizod as one of the
most efficient and notable of the mod
ern time. All that is needed in order
to bring it to a point of extraordinary
force and efficiency as compared with
the other navies of the world is that
we should hasten our pace in the
policy we have long been pursuing,
and that chief of all we should have
a definite policy of development, not
made from year to year but looking
well into the future and planning for
a definite consummation. We can and
should profit In all that we do by the
experience and example that have
been made obvious to us by the mili
tary and naval events of the actual
present. It is not merely a matter of
building battleships and cruisers and
submarines, but also a matter of mak
ing sure that we shall have the ade
quate equipment of men and muni
tions and supplies for the vessels we
build and intend to build. Part of our
problem is the problem of what I may
call the mobilization of the resources
of the nation at the proper time if it
should ever be necessary to mobilize
them for national defense. We shall
study the efficiency and adequate
equipment as carefully as we shall
study the number and size of our
ships, and I believe that the plans al
ready in part made public by the navy
department are plans which the whole
nation can approve with rational en
thusiasm.
“No thoughtful man feels any panic
haste in this matter. The country is
not threatened from any quarter. She
stands in friendly relations with all
the world. Her resources are known
and her self-respect and her capacity
to care for her own citizens and her
own rights. There is no fear amongst
us. Under the new world conditions
we have become thoughtful of the
things which all reasonable men con
sider necessary for security and self
defense on the part of every nation
confronted with the great enterprise
of human liberty and independence.
That is all.
“In the fulfillment of the program I
propose I shall ask for the hearty sup
port of the country, of the rank and
file of America, of men of all shades
of political opinion. I would not feel
that I was discharging the solemn ob
ligation I owe the country were I not
to speak in terms of the deepest
solemnity of the urgency and necessi
ty of preparing ourselves to guard and
protect the rights and privileges of
our people, our sacred heritage of the
fathers who struggled to make us an
independent nation.
Hits at the Hyphenates.
“The only thing within our own bor
ders that has given us grave concern
in recent months has been that voices
have been raised in America profess
ing to be the voices of Americans
which were not indeed and in truth
American, but which spoke alien sym
pathies, which came from men who
loved other countries better than they
loved America, men who were par
tisans of other causes than that of
America and had forgotten that their
chief and only allegiance was to the
great government under which they
mtac voices nave not Deen
many, but they have been very loud
and very clamorous. They have pro
ceeded from a few who were bitter
and who were grievously misled.
America has not opened its doors in
vain to men and women out of other
nations. The vast majority of those
who have come to take advantage of
her hospitality have united their spirits
with hers as well as their fortunes.
These men who speak alien sympa
thies are not their spokesmen, but are
the spokesmen of small groups whom
it is high time that the nation should
call to a reckoning. The chief thing
necessary .in America in order that she
should let all the world know
that she is prepared to main
tain her own great position is that
the. real voice of the nation should
sound forth unmistakably and in ma
jestic volume, in the deep unison of a
common, unhesitating national feel
ing. I do not doubt that upon the
first occasion, upon the first opportu
nity. upon the first definite challenge,
that voice will speak forth in tones
which no man can doubt and with
commands which no man dare gain
say or resist.
‘‘May I not say, while I am speak
ing of this, that there is another dan
ger that we should guard against?
We should rebuke not only manifes
tations of racial feeling here in Amer
ica where there should be none, but
also every manifestation of religious
and sectarian antagonism.
“Here is the nation God has bullded
by our hands. What shall we do with
it? Who is there who does not stand
ready at all times to act in her behalf
in a spirit of devoted and disinterest
ed patriotism? We are yet only in
the youth and first consciousness of
our power. The day of our country’s
life is still but in its fresh morning.
Let us lift our eyes to the great tracts
of life yet to be conquered in the in
terests of righteous peace. Come, let
us renew our allegiance to America,
conserve her strength in its purity,
make her chief among those who
serve mankind, self-reverenced, self
commanded, mistress of all forces of
quiet council, strong above all others
in good will and the might of invin
cible justice and right.”
To Stop Quarreling.
Installation of a phonograph in his
court room to reduce to a minimum
family quarrels is the plan of Police
Judge Joseph H. Brady of Kansas
City, Kan.
Hereafter when family quarrels
come into court. Judge Brady an
nounced tonight, a phonograph will
take down each bit of testimony, re
cording the inflections and interrup
tions of other witnesses. Then a few
days later he will summon all who
took part in the case, produce the
phonograph records and have them
listen to their testimony.
“There will be no further need for
a Judge,” said Judge Brady. “Those
who took part will feel so ashamed
of the entire proceedings they will
drop the matter right there. No per
son would quarrel with neighbors if
they knew how the court proceedings
would appear to others."
Japanese Breakfast.
The usual Japanese breakfast con
sists of rice, miso soup, pickles and
occasionally fish. Tea is always
served with meals, and is drunk clear,
without sugar or cream. Miso soup
consists of strips of radishes, sea
weed, eggplant, or other vegetables
cooked with bean curd and water. The
cooking is not continued for a long
period, and so few vegetables are
used that the soup partakes only
slightly of the flavor of the ingredi
ents.
Curious Old Watch.
An old French watch, square In
shape, which is so arranged that ev
ery step of the owner helps to keep
the spring tightened, is the property
of a man living in San Diego, Cal.
This watch is described in the World’s
Advance, as the only watch in the
world that winds itself. It keeps per
fectly accurate time, and has worn
out several good cases in its day. A
key is provided for the watch, to be
used when the owner is ill or unable
to walk about.
The cornerstone of the new Meth
odist church at O’Neill was laid re
cently.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new municipal electric light plant at
Ord.
Over 200 cars of potatoes have been
shipped from Ainsworth so far this
fall.
A league of twelve teams for the
winter’s bowling has been organized
at Grand Island.
Work on the new First National
Dank building and on the Pace Opera
house at Chadron is progressing.
Plans for a $16,000 high school
Duilding at Stewart have been com
pleted and work will begin soon.
Automobile thefts in Hastings have
become an epidemic, the stealing of
four cars was reported last week.
Ground was broken November 2 for
the basement and foundation l'or the
new high school building at Loup City
President Wilson has appointed
Samuel G. Hudson postmaster of Lin
coln. His selection was urged by W.
J. Bryan.
Thomas Murray of Dunbar was
elected president of the Nebraska
bankers’ association at its session
at Omaha.
The proposal for the construction
of a tabernacle in which to hold
evangelistic services in Norfolk, by
the Evangelical churches, has been
abandoned.
On November 19 the people of
Dixon will vote on bonding the village
for electric lights, the power to be
furnished from the new plant at
Laurel.
Nineteen violent deaths, 13 of them
being suicides, 3 murders and 3 of
them accidental, were reported to the
Omaha health department during Oc
tober. \
I wo members of the force of the
TT. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C., have been assign
ed to speak to the Nebraska Farmers’
Congress, which meets in Omaha Nov.
30 to Dec. 2.
Ground was broken Nov. 2 for the
Scottsbluff Creamery, which is to be
in operation by January 1. The struc
ture, machinery and equipment will
cost approximately twenty-five thous
and dollars.
The Heartwell Water, Light and
Power company, which was recently
organized has been granted a twenty
five year’s franchise and will begin
the erection of water and light plants
at once at that place.
William Lobenz, sr., about sixty
years old, died as the result of in
juries he received when his horse,
frightened at an automobile, upset
the buggy and threw Mr. Lobenz on
his head near Humphrey.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Showers of
Morse Bluff celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary by entertaining
a large company of relatives last week.
The old couple came to Saunders
county thirty-three years ago.
The most complete and modern su
gar factory in the world is what offi
cials of the Gering Sugar company an
nounce they will build at Gering.
They have purchased a site, and work
What is supposed to be the first
anti-hog cholera club has been organ
ized in Gage county. The methods to
be employed in stamping out the dis
ease are to disinfect and clean up
farms, isolate sick hogs, bury the
dead ones and vaccinate at the prop
er time.
The will of the late Church Howe,
who died at Auburn recently, consists
of the original and two codicils. The
estate consists principally of Nemaha
and Johnson county lands, bank stock
and bonds, with quite a little Auburn
property, of the estimated value of
$100,00.
1 he state of Nebraska has come
into possession of a three and one
half-fot alligator, captured in Ne
braska. and he will in the future be
one of the attractions at the state
fisheries. South Bend. The reptile
was caught in a slough near Nebraska
City.
Work on the remodeling of the Pad
dock hotel at Beatrice is progressing
rapidly, and it is now planned to re
open the hotel some time during the
month of November. Beatrice boost
ers are planning to celebrate the re
opening of the hostelry by a big cele
bration and barbecue.
The names of half a dozen Nebras
kans are included in the list made
public by the United States treasury
department of persons who have de
clined to repay money borrowed from
the United States to escape from Eu
rope when war broke out last year, or
who have made no response* to inqui
ries or cannot be located.
The United States federal court, in
a decision handed down in Omaha, de
cided that the Missouri Pacific may
legally charge 3-cent passenger rate,
and has granted a temporary restrain
ing order against the Nebraska State
Railway commission, preventing that
part of the state government from en
forcing the 2-cent law.
According to assessment rolls of
the county of Dawes, that county has
almost 2,000,000 acres of land within
its borders, and of that amount 74,
000 acres are under cultivation.
Organization of an interstate league
composed of four teams in southern
Nebraska and four in northern Kan
sas is tc be attempted next spring,
according to reports from Fairbury.
The league will take the place of the
Nebraska State league, it is said, and
will operate as a Class D circuit. C.
W. Crawford, Fairbury, is said to be
head of the project.
Postmaster N. J. Ludi, of Wahoo,
has moved the postoff.ee to its new
quarters. The new building is equip
ped with new postoffice fixtures
throughout.
A barber’s ordinance has just been
drafted in Lincoln, which provides
that all barbers: “Wash their hands
after‘each patron is barbered: use a
fresh towel on each patient; refuse
to shave any person with eruptions
cn their face unless he has an indi
vidual razor; sterilize all instruments
after each job; wash combs and
brushes once daily.” J
Several cases of smallpox are re
ported at North Loup.
Pawnee City is agitating the ques
tion of a sewer system.
Six homes in Beatrice are now
quarantined for diptheria.
The Orleans silica mines are ship
ping twenty-five cars of their pro
ducts daily.
Fire completely destroyed the big
flouring mill at Ashland, with a loss
of $10,000.
The new library building just fin
ished at Wakefield has been opened
to the public.
Corn husking has begun in Richard
son county. The crop is said to be
the largest in years.
More than 4,500 Nebraska school
teachers attended the fifteenth annual
convention in Omaha last week.
Nebraska Master Builders’ associa
tion will hold their first annual con
vention in Lincoln, Nov. 16-17.
The postoffice at Scottville, Holt
county, has been discontinued. All
mall must now bo sent to Dorsey.
Work has commenced on the new
creamery at Fremont. It, is to be
owned and controlled by the Farmer’s
Union association.
In an election at Table Rock for
j the selection of a candidat for post
j mater, Charles H. Carmichael re
ceived the most votes.
The Beatrice board of education has
voted to purchase a plot of ground
450x150 feet, to be used as a play
ground for school children.
Ernest M. Pollard of Nehawka, for
mer congressman, has announced that,
he will be a candidate for the repub
lican nomination for governor.
Work on the Steward tabernacle
has begun in preparation for the
union evangelistic meetings N which
are to commence November 14.
Mayor S. H. Payne of Albion has re
signed his position. Mayor Payne was
elected on the license ticket last
spring, succeeding a dry administra
tion.
Two barns, a warehouse, six horses
and other valuable property were de
stroyed by fire at Burwell. The cause
of the fire is unknown. The loss was
about $6,000.
I. Newel! of Minden believes that he
is the owner of the world record
breaking cow. She is a Durham and
has given birth, he says, to six calves
in the last twenty-three months.
The State Christian Endeavor union
will hold a convention at Norfolk,
November 11-14. Dr. William Shaw
of Boston will be the principal speak
er to the COO delegates expected.
The annual fall reunion of the Ne
braska consistory and co-ordinate bod
ies of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite Masons will be held in
Omaha November 15, 16, 17 and 18.
The demand for cornhuskers in
Dodge county has greatly exceeded
the supply, so far. Farmers have been
besieging the free employment bureau
at Lincoln in an effort to get “help.”
After several postponements for
various reasons the wrestling match
between Clarence Eklund and Anton
Stecker, brother of oJe, has been
scheduled for the night of November
15, at Hooper.
Many farmers have commenced
husking corn around Fairbury. The
price for husking opened at 3% to 4
cents a bushel. Some cold weather
will be required to put the corn in
condition to crib.
All candidates for the democratic
nominations on legislative, state and
congressional tickets are invited to a
dinner to be given under the sponsor
ship of the Nebraska Editorial associa
tion to be held in Lincoln January 11.
Eight of the ten carloads of granite
received for the Fourth street paving
at Fremont have been rejected by, the
city engineers, and as a consequence,
a large portion of Fremont’s fall pav
ing job is being held up. at least, tem
porarily.
Fire of unknown origin consumed a
large bam and contents on the farm
of H. P Christensen, near Weeping
Mater. The loss is estimated at
$3,500. The property burned included
besides the bam and ten tons of hay,
eight head of horses, four sets of har
ness and one cow.
The Gage county mortgage record
for the month of October was as fol
lows: Farm mortgages filed, four
teen; amount, $56,000; farm mort
gages released, twenty-four; amount,
$51,042; city mortgages filed, twenty
eight; amount, $19,504: city mort
gage released, twenty-six; amount
$17,918.
Examination of the books of the
Gage county treasurer at Beatrice by
the state treasurer examiner disclos
ed the fact that out of over $500,006
taxes for the year 1914, less than
$10,000 remained unptid, an excep
tional showing according to the exam
iner. One township in the county,
Clatonia, has no delinquent real es
tate tax.
John J. Spies, a traveling man liv
ing in Kearney, while making his
route through the county, was struck
by the Kearnev-Callaway motor near
Amherst. The car in which Spies
was driving was totally wrecked and
the passenger thrown about 100 feet,
lie sustained numerous injuries, none
of which will prove fatal, it is
thought.
M. C. Miller, a Seward merchant,
has been awarded first prize by a Chi
cago concern, that was seeking tall
corn. Miller’s entry measured 15 feet,
10 inches.
One hundred dollars for the patriot,
ic Nebraskan who writes the best poem
on or about the state. If the poem
can be set to music $100 more will he
git en for the best tune. John D. Has
kell, Wakefield, banker, will pay the
$100 for the best poem, the winning
selection to be recited or sung at the
semi-centennial anniversary celebra
tions of Nebraska’s statehood in 1917.
Charles Hubbell of Bradshaw, har
vested a parsnip over five feet long,
including the top, the root itself meas
uring thirty-eight inches.
Federal Judge T. C. Munger has al
lowed the Union Pacific railroad to
perfect an appeal to the United States
circuit court of appeals against a
Judgment for $68,000 which John A.
Moore of Omaha obtained for person
al injuries. Moore asserted he had
become afflicted with epilepsy as a re
sult of the accident The judgment is
declared to be the largest of its kind
ever obtained In this state.
NEW SYSTEM LIKELY
ASSESSORS OF STATE MAY USE
SALES METHOD NEXT YEAR.
BERNECKER MAKES STATEMENT
Declares Plan Will Be a Revolutionary
Change in Nebraska; Believes
Public Will Accept It.
Lincoln.—Next year’s valuation of
real estate of the state will see as
sessment work of a sensible, sane
character attempted by the officials
whose job it is to perform this difficult
task. That is the unanimous verdict
of the county assessors with whom
Secretary Bernecker of the state as
sessment board is now holding sec
tional conferences over the state.
The desire of county assessors to
use the sales method, a method long
advocated by advanced students of
taxation in Nebraska and other states
and in fact used in many states at the
present time, is most pronounced, ac
cording to Mr. Bernecker.
“It will be a revolutionary change
in this state,” says Mr. Bernecker,
“but I believe that the people are fair
minded enough to want to see it in
stalled into our tax operations. I
opine that no businesslike Nebraskan
will object to paving taxes on an
equitable basis if he feels that the
taxes of his neighbors are levied on
the same basis and if he feels that the
state over, taxes are levied upon val
uations set uniformly and justly upon
all property of the same class, and be
tween all classes of property.”
Normal System Is Lax.
That the books kept at the State
Normal school at Chadron resemble a
butchers’ block book, is the report of
State Accountant DeFrance in his
showing made to the governor after
inspecting the Chadron Normal. “The
books have been kept in such a way
that their auditing is impossible,” is
the wording of the report. From June,
1911, to February, 1912, the first eight
months of the school, the cash book
was kept in a couple of stenogra
pher’s note books, and the cash book
which has been in use since that
time has no page numbers. The
books show a balance of $2,S10 on
hand on September 1 of this year, but
vouchers for four years back will
have to be checked over before it can
be ascertained if the amount is cor
rect,
face.
Says Some Roads Bed.
According to Railway Commission
er T. L. Hall, who has just returned
from an auto trip over the state says
the roads in some portions of the
south part of the state are in very
poor shape. Mr. Halls says that it ap
pears to be the idea of some road
workers that the dirt should be piled
in the center of the roadway and left
in a ridge, thus compelling automo
biles to take one side or. the other of
the ridge. He would remedy the mat
ter by smoothing down the ridge and
leaving the clods, etc., at the sides of
the roads, thus compelling the auto
mobiles to take the center of the road
and packing it down to a smooth sur
Soldiers Not Exempt.
Willard M. Evans, an old soldier cf
near Marsland. Dawes county, thought
military services excused him from
taxation and he wrote the attorney
general’s office for confirmation. The
attorney general has written Evans
that military service does r.ot provide
for such an exemption. Evans says
he purchased his homestead with his
pension money and only has an old
team to stock it with.
$5,000,000 to Run State.
It will cost over $5,000,000 to con
duct all activities under the direc
tion of the state of Nebraska for 1915,
a report by State Auditor Smith in
dicates. For the first ten months of
the year the state’s expenditures
were $4,549,106. These expenditures
include those for all departments and
bureaus at the state house, with the
fifteen state institutions, the universi
ty and the normal schools.
Suffragists Turned Down.
The delegation of suffragists com
posed of Sarah Field, Oregon; Fran
ces Jolisse of San Francisco and Ma
bel Vernon, who are treking across
the country in automobiles carrying a
petitinon to congress asking that that
body give the women a chance at the
ballot, were not successful in getting
the name of Governor Morehead on
their petition.
Will Readjust Methods.
A complete readjustment of normal
school business methods, already ac
complished in some of the schools and
ready to be installed in the others, is
the handiwork of the state normal
board. That is the statement of some
of its members who commented on
the report of State Accountant De
France on the “meat shop" method in
vogue at the Ohadron normal.
Convict-Made Road Nearly Done.
Tiie first stretch of permanent road
made by convicts of the state peniten
tiary will be completed within three
weeks. The paving includes the
stretch past the state farm campus,
known as the Holdrege street road.
Indictments Issued.
The federal grand jury which just
completed Its session in Lincoln
brought down indictments in two
white slave cases, one embezzlement,
two dope, one misuse of mails and
one for stealing government property.
Marine Insurance Here.
The Tokio Marine Insurance com
pany of Tokio, Japan, has applied for
a license to do huslness in Nebraska.
A certificate accompanying the appli
cation shows that the company has
deposited in New York the sum of
$200,000.
Twice-a-Year Meetings.
Twice-a-year instead of quarterly
conferences are to be held by institu
tional heads, according to action taken
at their recent state meeting. The
affairs are thought to be productive of
great good to the officials.
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ntiitigfte (Srflarung ber Slbfidjten
Eeutfdflanb’S, tocldje feit SriegSbe
ginn in ber offigiellen gjreffe erfolgt
ift. Snt toefentlicben befagt cr gol
genbeS:
„93iibrenb beS gangen JfriegeS ba*
ben iDMionen 5Ceutfd)e ibren Slid
feft auf (£alai£ gebefiet. $bre <2pre*
d)er erflarten, bafj jenc, toelcjbe niebt
oI;ne 3bgern bereit toeiren, nidjt nur
il)re 3ufunft, fonbern aucf) jene oon
nod) niebt geborenen ©enerationen
fiir bie l£roberung bon (Ialai£ eingu
fefcen, geinbe bes £eutfd)cn 3ieid)eS
jeien.
i£er beutfdje ©eneralftab lebodj,
unbetoegt burdj folcfje ©timmungen
unb beren Urfjeber, banbelte ben fidj
auS ber Gnttoidlung beS ilriegSbra*
ma§ fief) ergebenben Umftanben ge*
mdB. Gr bat bie Seljre nerftanben,
bafe bie nacfjfte gangbare Sirafoe fiir
cinen Stngriff auf unfern argften
Seinb n i db t iiber GalaiS fiibrt.
„Unfere ©tarfe, fotoie bie unferer
Serbiinbeten Iiegt in ber fDiadjt ju
Sanbe. 23ir miiffen tradjten, ben
enifdjeibenben ©djlag in ciner fRidj*
tung su fiibren, ofjne fRiidfidjt ob bie
!Turdbfiibrung Iangtoierig unb miifj*
fam ift ober nidbt. $ie ^auptfadje
ift, baB toir enblidj auf bem SSege
nad) Sonftantinopel unb ben 5£arba*
nellen finb.
Sftadjbem Selgrab in unfere £anbe
fiel, ift ba§ erfte .^inberniS bereitS
iibertounben toorben. Gine 2)oftrin,
tocltfje fiir Satjracfjnte i>je SBeltpolitif
befjcrrfdjte, toirb auf bie iJJrobe ge
fteCt, namlidj bie iljeorie, bafe bie
©eemadjt ber entfebeibenbe GinfluB
auf ben SSerlauf ber ©efdjidjte ift.
2Rabani§mu3 gegen idtoItfeiSmuS
— ba§ ift fefct bie grage.
©inb fpcsififdje Sanbmdcfjte, toie
fScutfdjIanb, Ciefterrcidj-Ungara, bie
Siirfei unb ’Sulgarien, fraftloS ber
©nabe Don Gnglanb iibcrliefert,
cinfcdj toeil Gnglanb gegentodr*
tig nod) bie ©ee befjerrfajt, ober
finb biefe Sanbmddjte ftarf genug,
iljre greiljeit unb Siaum fiir aufiinf*
tige Gnttoidlung au er3toingen, felbft
gegen bie £tjrannen aur ©ee unb bej*
fen flaoifdje 2rabanten unb, falls er*
forberlidj, aud) trot} benfelben, —
baS ift bie grage.
@ie toirb uidjt atoifdjeit ber $onau
unb bcn£arbaneHen entfdjieben, aber
bie Gntfdjeibung toirb ndljer gebraajt
toerben, toeil Ijinter ben $arbancllen
3unadjft Ggtjbten Iiegt.
gads Gnglanb $rieg bi§ auf§
SDteffer toiinfdjt, toirb e§ benfelben
fjaben. GS faitn genau fo fidjer
barauf redjnett, alS auf baS SRcfuItat
feiner biSljerigen ^olitif, namlidj ben
Sormarfdj ber bcutfdjen SIrmeen ge*
gen ftonftantinopel."
£cr Coral - Slnaeiger fagt: „9Zeu
irale Cdnber ttiirben bliub jcin muf
[en, falls fie nidjt feljen, iiber tteffen
galjnen bie SicgeSgbtier fd)tocBen.
©olfer, ttclcfje nad) 14mouatigem
fi'ambf gegen eine SBclt in SBaffen
imftanbe finb, mit foldjcr SidjerBeit
in etnem Slugenblid eine neue SIrmee
ju ncucn Sicgen ju fiifjren, fdnnen
nid)i befiegt tterben.
2)ieS rft bie SiBaljrfjeit, toeldje unfer
neuer Sieg mit abfoluter Ularljeit
fclbft ben Itngldubigften entButlt.
SSteljr auS biefcm ©runbe als ttegen
feiner militdrifdjen 22id)ttgfeit ift ber
gaE Don 23clgrab ein ©reigniS Don
grower Scbeutung in bet StriegSge*
fdjidjte."
£ie Xdglidje Siunbfdjau fagi:
„gelbmarfd)aE bon SWacfenfen, ttel
djer ttic feitt grower SSorganger 93lii*
djer bie §ufaren • Uniform tragt, ift
mit bem glcidjcn imbulfierenben @ei*
fte crfiiQt. ©r crfreui fid) in immer
ffeigcubem SDfaRe ber aEgemeinen
SSereBrung unb £anfbarfcit unb ber
berfbnlidjen SbmbatBie alter filaffen
beS SBolfeS. Seine ^erfdnlicBfeit
rdgt auS ben Steitjen ber anberengiiB
rcr Berber unb ndfjert ftdj jcner beS
STationalBelben bon $inbenburg.
Slatiirlid) ift baS bor iBm liegenbe
SBerf mit ,§inberniffen alter 21 rt et*
fiiEt. $cr ferbifdje geittb ift nicBt
nur tabfcr unb entfdjtoffen, feme len
ten Jtrafte baran ju fefcen, fonbern
audj ber SJoben fur bie neuen Obe
rationen ift nidjt fbeateH giinftig fur
einen Sing riff."
StufelanbS JhiegSblan fdjeint bariit
,nt BefteBen, bie fceutfcBen immer ttet*
ter in Bhtfjlanb einbrtngen au laf
fen.
*WiIitariemu3?
SB a f p i n g t o n. 2a3 alberne
©cfcprei, ba» man feit Slusbrucp beS
proven curopaifcben ©blferfriegeij
bier in biefem fianbe felbft in flrei*
fen, beiten man mebr ©erftanb suge«
mutet bdtte, fo oft gebort pat, bafj
c3 fief) in bem flriege einfacb barum
banbele, bie SBelt oon beutfebem SOW*
litariomus su befteien, ift gan3 plot}*
Iicp oerftummt. (Sinmal be3polb,
| toeil man eingefeben pat, baf3 e3 eine
grope £ummpeit mar, iiber beutfeben
SKilitarismus 3u fcpintpfen, obroobl
man gar niept roupte, roa3 man ei*
gentlicp unter 2ftilitari3mus 3U ber*
fteben babe, ©obann aber aucb be3*
balb, roeil man eingefeben bat, bap
ber beutfebe SWiIitari»mu3 bie SBelt
bestoingt. ©3 ift niept rope ®eroalt,
nid)t iprannifdper 2>efpoti3mu§, ber
bie Xruppen ber beuifepen ©erbiinbe*
ten bon einem Siege sum atiberen >
j fiiprt; nein, e3 ift bie £i3siplin, baa-''
©flicptgefiipl, ber eiferne SBiHe sum
I eiege, ba§ ©erouptfein, fiir bie (Fji*
! ftenj be5 SSaterlanbeB, fiir bie (Fr•
baltung beutfeper Sbeale, beutuh4i
fiultur, beutfdjen SBefenS 3u fdmp'e^,
ba3 ben Seutfdjen bie im Often unb
SBeften unb ©iiben errungenen £ri*
umppe ermoglicpt. 2)a3 pat man
pier in ber ©unbe5pauptftabt in lei*
tenben JRegierungsfreifen eingefepen.
SKan ift enblicp 3U ber Ueberseugung
gefommen, bap biefe Stepublif, bie,
toie unfere fogenannten allein eepten,
Patriotifdpen Slmerifaner bepaupten,
ba» mdcptigfte 2anb ber SBelt ift, fid)
in ben Sfugen anberer Stfationen mil
iprem ipeer bon einigen 60,000
SJlann lacperlicp maept, unb niept im*
ftanbe rodre, mit biefem „©iefenpeer"
audp nur einen £eil ber ftiiften unfe*
re3 gropen Canbe§ 3u fdjitpen.
£a3 foil jept alle§ attber3 teer*
ben. SBie bereits eingepenb bericp*
tet, plant Slottenfefrctar Daniels
ben Sau eitter Snjapl bon ©cplacpi
fd)iffen mobernfter SJonftruftion. Unb
jmegsmtmiter utarrtfon eeriangt m
feinen Soranfttjlagen fiir baS nadjftt
Sabr bie ©efamtfumtne eon $400,
000,000, ober $75,000,000 tncljt al3
im lenten Sabre fiir bie SBergrbfje
rung unferer 2Innee. Unfere ftefjen
be Sfrmee foil nadj ©arrifon? i|3lan
in Sufunft au§ 140,000 2Wann be
ftefjen, aufjcrbem toiH er einc neue <
fogenannte ftoittinentalarmec eon t }
400,000 SUtann fdjaffen. fRcdjnet X
man ba? aitS ettca 125,000 SWant*'
beftefjenbe ffiefamtbeer ber ©taatSmi
Iisen I)in3U, bann teiirbe unfere 3tr>
mee aul 665,000 B)?anu befieben.
Slottenfefretar Daniels eeriangt
eine 3?etriHigung eon $500,000,000
3um 93au neuer ©dbiffe. (5r teill,
teie bereit? gemelbet, im Caufe bet
nadbften fiiitf Sabre aebn neue $reab
noughts, fed)* ©djladjtfreuaer, fieb
3ig Unterfeeboote, fiinfsig Jorpebo
bootaerftorer, aebn ftreuaer fiir £unb
fchafterateedt unb eine grofee JInaabI
eon £ilf§fd)iffen batten laffett. 35ie
3abl ber SWannfcbaft unferer Orlotie
foil urn 8,000 unb bie ber ftabetten
in ber Slotietiafabemie in Slnnapolif
um 250 eermehrt tcerbeit.
SPeftialitat ber ©nglanber ertoiefen.
©eamte ber beutfdjen ©otfdjaft
in SBafbington, S. <£., ieilten ntii,
bafj fie bem Staatgbepartemeni
Slugfagen con amerifanifcben ©Jaul
tiertreibern Com amerifanifcben
£ampfer Siicofian iibermittelt baben,
in tceldjen erflart toirb, bajj ©iarine*
folbaten unb ©iatrofen beg britifcben
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ftommanbanten unb 3ebn ©iann beg
beutfdjen Suudjbooieg U-27 ermorbe
ten, al§ Iefciere nadb ©erfenfung beg
Uaucfjbooteg ficb retten tcoEten. Saul
Sfngaben in ben Slugfagen patte bag
©artouiEe . ©oot, todbrenb ba3
Xaudiboot bie Jticofian befdjofc, nicbl
nur bie amerifanifcbe Slagge gebifet,
fonbern bie Sterne unb Streifen wa
ren audj auf grofeen, 3U beiben Sei- ^
ten berabbangenben £afeln gemalt.
©ei bem ertcdbnten gaE bielt ba?
beutfdbe Unterfeeboot ben „©tcofian" ”
an, um bag Sdjiff auf Sabung unb
©efabung bin 3u burcbfudjen. ffldb*
renb bem fam ber 2!ampfer „©ara
Song" beran, toelcber bie amerifani
fcbe Srlaggc fiibrte, unb legte ficb ne
ben belt „©icofian". Hlg bie „U"
©oot - ©tannfcfjaft im Segriff War,
abjufabren, 8og ber „Sara Song"
pldfclid) bie amerifanifcbe Orlagge ein,
unb fdjofj auf bag „U-©oot", bag
fanf. ©ie ©tannfdjaften, teelcbe in
bag SBaffer fprangen, Wutben burd)
weitere Sdjuffe getotet. ginige ret*
teten fid) auf ben „5Eicofian" unb
wurben bier ermorbet.
Strieggredjt in ©togfan.
© e t r o g r a b. ^n einem faifer*
lidben Ufag tcurbe in ©cogfau unb
bem Siftrift ©fogfau bag Srieggreciji
erflart.
SBabrenb ber lefeien ©tonate baben
in ber alien ruffifcben §auptftabt
grofee Unruben ftattgefunben, bie
nadb ber nunmebrigen ©roflamaiion
beg Strieggre<f)te3 gu urteilen, nidit
nur nodb ni<$t beigelegt toorben, fon.
bem tn ber Sfugbebnung begriffen
Uttru^eit foEen bauptfd
Itcb baburcb berurfacbt toorben fet
bafe btele Sfrbetter infolge forties
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