Nebraska Newspapers

    YOUNG IN NEEDED
I
WANTED BV STATE DEPARTMENT
FOR POSITIONS IN DIPLO
MATIC SERVICE
WORK IS VERY ATTRACTIVE
- i
Good Education and One Foreign Lan
guage Required—Promotion, How
ever. UtuaMjr Stops Short of the
Ranh of Minister.
By GEORGE CLINTON.
** ~i irtnftw Vm-*- Snm iiud*
young ami fie the diplomatic Service.
The paadloMi* ufjet* tu young Aluerl
ean* are. vf e.*ur»e ta the lower rank*
of the foreign tenter, hut there Is a
ehoatre for promotion ate! If 'tie desire
is tu make the diplomatic service a
life • tapioytuent. tie man *lm takes
a piece In it may know tliat If he
make* good h« ran vr«»rk far his great
sad g<««d ui/lr as It mg as he wishes.
The • * tier day William I'lullip* of
Mass. • U«*ett* was |tr<izi»tted to lie as
sistant secretary of stale. < hie of his
first act* la taking up his new duties
mm- to issue an np|«-ai I" young
American* to try to enter tin- diplo
mat e set-vice. Mr. i’hillip* said:
“I a|a|tr*i to the young wen of tbe
countr\ who iiavc the tie essary edu
eali>t«ai and linguistic qualities anil
mint ate interested in International af
fair* to rwi.si.ter seriously the honor
able career which the diplomatic serv
ice Ism offer* them. Tlie dejurtnicnt
of stale is eintcav-oriug to enlist for
iW foreign work the highest ly|«c of
American men. and there never has
•«cen a more auspicious moment in our
history in which to enter upon such a
career.”
The young American who may wish
to enter the di|4oma!ic service and
■who succeeds in passing the exatnina- !
tk«ti must not take It for granteil that
he t» to he an actual diplomat. for
•ilpiotiMtlir service Include* our for
eign oflkers who hsik after trade re
lation* and business op|>irtunltie* for
Anu-ricau firm* seeking outlets.
What lc Required.
In "MM to enter the service the
y•■uijg American must lx- well edu
cate*! and he ahie to *j«-:ik at least
•me language Iwstele his own. and the
*»-*s«nd !;:nguage Uiu*t !•*• one which is
ia u*e among many peeaple. For in
stance knowledge of Kngiish and
Welsh would out he sufficient, for
Welsh Is in exceedingly tlmitrd ttse.
French le-mian Spanish or Italian
are the language* usually to lie under
stood. In add’.! -ti t»< English, by the
yoang men who -uowl iu getting |se
dtluat in •mr feweign offii-e-s
Promotion conies in the foreign
Servi-v of the I'nife#! States up to a
certain isiitit. and If would go beyond
that fsdnt |~-rhai-s in s»tne cti**-s were
It tv»t for the fact that the government
does tew 1*1 It# ministers and umha«
■hdors enough m**ney “to sustain their
jjesg.oiis." This means, of murwe. that
n*-i- .;. but a rich man can afford to
take tin- jsi*t of atnl*ssador to I’.n-at
lift lain, to France, to Germany, to
Italy. *»r to any other great country,
'•fa- *«f ««ir ambassadors afa-nd three
or fo-tr iitne* the amounts *if their sal
aries In “keejwng up" their j*»sition.
No Freaks in Inaugural Parade.
W.md Us** gone out that there must l*e
no “freak exhibits" in the big inaugu
ral pa rath- of n»*u and women who are
to march and show themselves on
Pennsylvania avenue on March -*>. the
day lids year on which Woodrow W'il
s« will lake- the oath of oftb-e for the
second time a» president of the Fuited
State*.
The managers of the l«ig events
eoont it that so many Ameri
cans of supposed sense- have shown n
ebapositioD to believe that a e-ertain
amount of buffoonery is ali right on
an o* cash an tike the high eette of in
dtn-tiug a president into office-. Ail
kinds of thing# were suggest*-*i te» the
committee which It was supposed by
the •Ugge-sle-rs Would add a-ujoynieut
to Abe occasion. The answer has Is-en
that e-towns are ail right in a circus
and rol tuen la a minstre-l show. I*ut
that grease paint, didos an<l antics
are not fitilut for an o>-rosiou like the
coming one.
Washington is going to be a city of
light on the night * that the inaugural
visitors are here. Inasmuch a* March
4 fall# on Sunday this year It Is ex
pected that the visitors attracted by
the Inaugural ceremoniw will come
<a Saturday and therefore- have one
more day than usual to spend “in our
midst ' Therefore the nights are to
be made- like the ejays in the e-y**s of
the assembled multitude-#.
City a Blaze of Light.
Pennsylvania ttmue aud all the
street* shooting down into It are to be
lilomlDaird to the Uinit j»»ssiti|e by
the lighting power* now held by the
•tcrtric companies of the district, tin*.
at course alii add Its glare. Business
hoBsrs are not the only ones which
will blaze. The broad avenue* of the
reiddeore district* trill lie shot with
light from tiae windows of ihe houses.
Kvrrybody has lieeti asked to light up
aad It has tieen virtually promised
Irrespective of political aiflliu
or of administration or antl
pdodnlst ration views, the isipulace
•will comply with the request.
Is this part of the country there
ora a good many hunt clubs. Over in
Virginia and even on the edge of the
district the wily and elusive fox fre
quently is hunted by men and women
la pink tiding clothes, who take
ditches and ocraalonally st.-ne walls
with the abandonment of the old-time
fox hunter* «*f tiulway. Ireland.
IV bunt Hub* are to form a part
<*f tiio inaugural day parade. One of
them will l»e marshaled by a woman,
a young and good-looking woman who
daringly rides to bounds across coun
try on every occasion when the dogs
:>re let loose and the for breaks from
cover. These hunt ciuks cannot be
Included In the freak class. The horses
are thoroughbreds and every man and
woman is a tine rider. Moreover, they
are all undergoing a little preliminary
military drill which will enable them
to k<s'p the line jurfect and to de
part not from the order of formation
unless perchance some luckless hound
iu the street crowd should start its
hue and cry, and habit, stronger than
the check rein, make the horses mo
mentarily forget themselves.
Wilson Again Does Unexpected.
President Wilson’s appearance in
the senate wing of the cupitol as a per
sonal proponent of the legislation
widt h he desires the majority party in
• •■•iigress t,i pass, was not the astound
ing surprise in senators anti members
that the country generally seems to
flunk that it was.
Kver since he lias come Into office
the president has lieen doing the un
e*|H*cted along a dozen different lines
of endeavor. The result of this has
been that when something new comes ;
surprise, if riot minimized, is, so to
speak. ameliorated.
i'lie determination of the president !
to address congress at the owning of 1
each s< ... ,m Instead of sending a writ
ten message, as hud been the custom
for years upon years, was a sort of !
a iHtmbshell of surprise iu itself. There ;
was a* immense amount of discussion
over tile president's action at that
He was criticized severely by
a go,m| many senators and members
irri-s|M*c!ive of party, although, of
course, the severest criticism came
from the Republicans, while such of
the 1’etna rats as objected to the pro
ceeding said sharp tilings in the cloak
room and reserved milder words of re
proof for the open.
Now that the addressing of congress
iu |>er',hi has become a fixed presi
dential habit, most people seemingly
have forgotten the approach to a tur- i
utoii with which the first announce- j
incut of intention was received. On
one or two occasions prior to the time
that Mr. Wilson announced he would
go to the cupitol almost daily to cou
>ult with the senators about legisla
tion in which he is interested, lie had
gone to the eapitol to advise with the
leaders of his party.
Others Have Broken Precedents.
Tlie direct address to congress at
the ••(•eiiing of a session and the ap
pearance of the president at the cap
it«»l at a few other times toytulk over
.i'latieii acted as something of a
-ic«-k absorber when the recent dec
laration nf intention to make frequent
visits in the capitol was announced.
I 'urine every administration some
thing is sure to iiappen which sur
prises the lawmakers and perhaps the
public with them, and gives the crit
ics ample opportunity to talk their
sharp words. Koosovelt smashed a few
precedents and Mr. Taft did so like
wise. Mr. Wilson lias followed suit,
but has done it “a little more so.”
Precedent breaking by a president
and the consequent and instant criti
■ i.'in are not confined to suppose)] in
terference with tlie legislative inde
[•endciice of congress. This breaking
away from the conventions of the
years sometimes concerns itself with
social matters, but whether the de
parture s are legislative, political or so
cial tlie tongues all go wagging for a
wee*. Then Washington gets accus
tomed to the new order, stops taking
and forg- s all about the cause for the
talk.
Arthur Dined Often With a Friend.
In the <>I<1 days presidents were
chary about breaking any kind of
precedents arid if they did break them,
they tried to keep the breaking quiet.
There has been an unwritten rule in
Washington since the days of Madison
that a president should not make per
sonal or social calls on friends, and
should not attend any social functions
unless they were virtually of national
size, or were intended to forward some
great charitable cause.
President t’hester A. Arthur was a
socially inclined man. He wanted to
leave the White House to dine with
friends whenever he felt the inclina
tion so to do. He checked his desires
along thin line tlocalise lie did not want
to give offense to the precedent wor
shipers. but he Indulged his desires
j nevertheless about once a week. After
l.o bad left office it was found that un
: known either to the gossips or the non
gossips of Washington he luid dined
regularly once a week with an old
friend who had a “corking good
cook."
Mr. Itoosevelt, when he was presi
dent kept pretty close to the lines of
established social precedence, but he
was independent enough of gossip to
dine once In a while with some close
I personal friend, like Henry Cabot
Lodge. Mr. Taft was more of a vis
itor to private houses [ierhaps than
any of his predecessors. He had some
old-time Ohio friends here, and into
their houses he used to drop for aft
ernoon tea. occasionally to Sunday
supper, and certainly once or twice a
j month to partake of a family din
ner.
President Wilson has broken com
paratively few social precedents, but
as Washington unquestionably would
say alsiut It. lie has kept the record
for precedent smashing in other di
rections.
The Silver Lining.
It was after the domestic tiff.
; “I luive nothing to live for," com
I plained the wife, bitterly.
“You seem to forget my life lnsur
j unee.” replied the husband, who was
1 of course a brute.—Judge.
much in little.
Tm» additional detachable bandies
gt%f a new screwdriver more power.
A German patent baa been Issued for
a rubber substitute made of soy l*eaua.
Safety braked that can be applied to
warehouse trucks hare been patented
by a Micitlieaa Inrentor
The Inrentor of a new square fun
nel contends It operate* more rapidly
• rban a rrmnd *«*. h «uw* Vr^
Lry motion In liquid, and delay* their
An electric heating pad has been in
vented that can be fastened under the
carpet in a room.
Sardines and anchovies in commer
cial quantities have been discovered in
Philippine waters.
Two Injured persons can be carried
at high speed by a recently Invented
motorcycle ambulance.
A device for coupling ordinary ve
hicles behind automobiles, so flexible
that sharp corners can be turned, is
the invention of an eighteen-year-old
California boy.
NEW PRIMARY LAWS
RADICAL CHANGES REPORTED IN
NEW MEASURE
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FOR STATE PRINTING PLANT
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Western Newspaper t'nlon News Service.
Changes in the primary and general
election laws of the state are likely to
be many and varied in this session,
it least they will be if bills now in
jo through in their present shape.
The most radical change is in the
primary law. As suggested by Rep
resentative Conley of Jefferson county
he state conventions will be given
;he power of nominating all elective
state officers below the governership
EDGAR HOWARD
Editor Columbus Telegram
Lieutenant Governor
Much comment is being directed to
■ieutenant Governor Howard on account
)f his efficiency as the presiding officer
>f the Senate. He ta'tes keen interest
n everything pertaining to public wel
'are and is widely known as an able
editorial and descriptive writer.
Even the railway commission candi
iates will be so chosen.
Delegates to the state gathering will
be chosen at county nominating elec
tions, the same primaries at which
-ounty officers are to be nominated
oy the various parties. This, accord
ing to Mr. Conley, will give the people
i chance to speak their minds through
:arefully chosen delegates.
For Physical Examinations
Under the terms of a bill introduced
•n the lower house by Lambert of
Saunders, all bridegrooms-to-be will
ae compelled to undergo physical el
iminations before they receive their
narriage licenses. The measure pro
vides that “ail male persons making
ipplication for license to marry shall
it any time within fifteen days prior
io such application be examined as to
the existence or non-existence in such
person of any venereal disease, and it
shall be unlawful for the county clerk
>f any county to issue a license to any
person who fails to present and file
with such county clerk a certificate
setting forth that such person is free
from venereal disease as nearly as
can be determined.”
Sill for State Printing Plant
Among the new bills before the leg
■6lature is one by Bates and others
creating a state printing commission
ind appropriating $100,000 for a state
printing plant. It is provided that the
plant shall be located in one of Lan
caster county’s state institutions, the
exact place to be determined by the
state board of control. All the state
printing in addition to any other pub
lic printing authorized by the proper
luthorities, will be turned out by this
plant. The state commission will con
sist of the governor, the secretary of
the state and the state printer, the
last named to draw a salary of $2,000
4 year.
—
Dry Member Issue* Warning
Strong arguments by a number of
speakers in favor of a bone dry propo
sition and a warning by Senator
Bushee. dry republican, that such a
procedure would never get by the sen
ate. marked the second and final hear
ing before the prohibition committees
of the two houses, held in the bouse
chamber Wednesday evening. •
State Is the Beneficiary.
Attorney General Reed has just col
lected $1,151.83 from the estate of
Henry Miller of Douglas county whose
property, in absence of duly qualified
heirs, was declared by the Douglas
county court to have escheated to the
state. The money has been turned
over to State Treasurer Hall.
The Fults bill before the house pro
hibits cigaret smoking save by per
sons over 16 years of age in all public
places.
Land Credits Bonds Bill
The house has recommended for
passage a bill intended to give a wider
market to the proposed federal land
bank bonds and also to the bonds of
irrigation districts by making them
available for investment by the state
educational lands and funds and by
trust companies organized under the
laws of the state. The bill provides
for the investment by the state board
of educational lands and funds of
moneys received from the sale of state
school lands in federal land bank
bonds.
House Bills Have Passed 400 Mark
When the house adjourned Friday
for its week end recess until Tuesday,
it was found that the total number of
bills they bad offered during the first
four weeks of the session had passed
the 400 mark by two points. Friday
was the eighteenth legislative day of
the session. At the close of the eigh
teenth day of the 1916 session only
361 measures had put in an appear
ance. That means that almost forty
more bills have appeared this y^ar
I than at the same time two years ago.
NO BONE DRY LAW
Prohibitory Statute as Advocated by
Governor Neville Will Be
Adopted
“It Is farthest from my mind to make
prohibition a farce,’’ said Governor
Keith Neville to the legislative dry
committees. "I want it enforced.”
The house and senate committees
meeting jointly behind closed doors
heard the governor so express himself
The joint committee immediately took
action looking to just such a prohibi
tory statute a s Governor Neville rec
ommended in his inaugural message
The committee adopted a resolution
favoring a bill that will permit people
to receive a “limited amount” of in
toxicating liquors from outside the
state, and in favor of the enforcement
of a prohibitory law by a state commis
sion. It was further resolved that a
sub-committee of five draft a bill to
be presented to the joint committee for
consideration. The resolution provides
that the committee to draft such a bill
shall be composed of members of the
joint legislative dry committee. Chair
man C. W. Beal of Custer o f the sen
ate committee and Chairman Norton
from Polk, to be members thereof. The
sub-committee is to comprise three rep
resentatives and two senators.
This action of the joint dry commit
tee clears the deeks for action in the
direction of prohibition, it Indicates
that the specially chosen members of
both houses are in favor of a prohibi
tory' law that is not “bone dry.” This
is in accord with Governor Neville’s
message.
Wants Cigaret Law Enforced.
Representative J. A. Ollis of Valley
county proposes that hereafter it shall
he a misdemeanor for any county at
torney “to wilfully neglect or refuse
to file a complaint and prosecute any
and all persons" violating any of the
provisions of the law relating to the
sale of cigarets. Mr. Ollis' bill further
proposes that upon the presentation to
the district court of an affidavit signed
by three resident freeholders and set
ting forth that the county attorney
has neglected to bring such prosecu
tions, "the district court shall appoint
some member of the bar of the state
to prosecute said county attorney for
violation of the provisions of this act
and upon conviction said county at
torney shall be fined not less than $100
nor more than $500 and ba subject to
removal from office.”
Favor Four-Year Term
By a vote of 87 to 7, the house has
gone on record in favor of the enact
ment of a law fixing a four-year term
tor elective county officers, it being
understood that such a law was not
to affect the terms of the present in
cumbents. The action was taken up
on motion of Dafoe of Johnson. It
was explained that it was done to
ward off the horde of lobbyists such
as swooped down upon the legislature
two years ago to secure a four-year
term law to become effective at once.
In support of the motion Taylor of
Custer said he believed it was the
sense of the house that all fair means
should be employed to shorten the
ballot, and he thought this was one
of those means.
State Nurses Attack the Bill
Members of the State Nurses’ asso
ciation are up in arms over the intro
duction of House Roll No. 230, by
Representative Dr. Reneker of Rich
ardson, cutting down the standard of
qualifications necessary for registry
by a nurse in Nebraska. The present
law provides that a graduate nurse
must have had at least one year’s hign
school education; three years of active
training in a hospital, and must have
taken a state board examination. Ren
eker’s proposed law, which has al
ready had a reading, provides only for
six months’ training in a hospital and
two and one-half years' practical ex
perience before taking a state exami
nation for registered nurses.
To Encourage Consolidation
Making the state the common school
unit instead of the school district, by
the state paying the salaries of the
12,643 Nebraska teachers rural and
city, is the plan of Senator John A.
Robertson of Holt, in his bill, S. F.
63. It is designed to dispose of the
question of state aid for weak dis
tricts. The idea which has never be
fore been reduced to actual statute
in any state. Mr. Robertson says, will
balance the inequalities between dis
tricts, encourage rural school consol
idation and will bring about the teach
ing of more grades in common schools.
Senate Confirms Mayfield
The senate confirmed Eugene O.
Mayfield as a member of the state
board of control by a vote of 32 to 1.
This is for the short term to fill the
vacancy from March 1 to June 30.
caused by the resignation of Judge
Kennedy. In addition Mr. Mayfield
was a week ago. confirmed for the six
year term, starting July 1.
The board of control has asked the
legislature for an appropriation of
$46,769, to cover deficiencies in the
maintenance fund.
County Superintendents Meet
County superintendents of schools
from all over Nebraska, in session at
Lincoln last week, were told by W. H.
Clemmons, state superintendent of
public instruction, that they should
aim tc, be economical, efficient and re
sponsible .and to consider the child
first at all times. He declared that
eighth grade graduation is a mistake
and an injustice to the child of any
community and that the country and
city boy or girl ought to have the
same opportunity to go through high
school and the university.
To Reduce Size of Legislature
Notwithstanding it is generally ac
cepted as a fact that the legislature
will submit to the people the question
of calling a constitutional convention,
members of the legislature continue to
introduce bills for the purpose of sub
mitting proposed constitutional amend
ments two years from now. Senator
Spirk of Saline has introduced S. F.
99, a bill proposing to reduce the size
of the two branches of the legislature
and providing for a four-year term for
legislators.
SEVEN DIEM WRECK
FAST C. B. & Q. TRAIN LEAVES
RAILS NEAR CRESTON, 1A.
OYER FIFTY PERSONS INJURES
Chair Car. Diner and Pullman Plunge
Over Embankment.—Extreme Cold
Hindered Work of Rescue.
Creston, la.—Seven persons were
killed outright and more than fifty in
jured when a chair car, diner and
three Pullmans of Burlington train
No. 12, the crack Denver-Chicago
limited went over a forty-foot em
bankment at Cromwell station, six
miles from here. The chair car went
down the high railroad dump to the
bottom and then stood, poised, on
the edge of a twenty-foot bank inlo a
branch of the Nodaway river. The
i Pullman sleepers rolled to the bot
tom. The engine tender, baggage car
and smoker were suspended over the
; edge of the dump, held by their
couplings to the engine.
Several of the Pullman cars were
, smashed both endwise and in at the
sides.
Many of the injured were imprison
ed in the wreckage. The thermom
eter registered below zero, and it was
several hours after the disaster occur
red before some of the injured could
be released from tha wreckage and
rusbed to a hospital.
Many Killed in Tenement Disaster.
Chicago.—Ten persons are known
to have lost their lives and twenty
six are missing as the result of a gas
explosion which wrecked a West Side
tenement building. The injured, some
seriously, number twenty-one.
The tenement contained at the
time of the explosion sleeping men,
women and children variously esti
mated at between eighty and ninety.
The explosion is believed to have
been caused by a leaking gas main,
the gas finally reaching a hall light.
Long after the three-story brick
building had fallen a pillar of fire
' stood up from the ruins, indicating a
flow of gas, and itwas not until hours
later that this could be stopped.
Bill for 100 Submarines.
Washington. — Immediate construc
tion of 100 submarines, eighty for
i coast defense and 20 for fleet opera
tions. was proposed in a special bill
introduced by Senator Poindexter of
Washington. These would be in addi
tion to the eighteen submarines pro
posed in the regular naval bill now
pending in the house. The bill would
direct that not less than six of the
; fleet submarines and not less than
twenty-five of the coast submarines
would be built on the Pacific coast. It
would authorize the secretary of the
navy to spend $4,000,000 to equip gov
ernment navy yards for construction
af the vessels.
Relief Ship First Victim.
London.—Official information re
ceived concerning the sinking of the
steamer Euphrates, shows that prob
ably the first victim of the new sub
marine policy of the central powers
j was a Belgian relief ship. The Eu
■ phrates had carried a cargo of relief
supplies from the I’nited States and
was homeward bound in ballast when
she was torpedoed. Several members
of the crew have been rescued and
! have reached an outlying port.
Would Abolish Legislature.
Santa Fe. N. M.—A bill has been
, introduced in the house to abolish the
I state legislature and invest the law
making power in a commission com
posed of one representative Jrom
J each judicial district, the people re
serving the right to disapprove, sus
pend or annul laws.
Money for Army and Guardsmen.
Washington, D. C.—Another de
fiency appropriation of $11,613,000
for the army and national guard was
requested of congress by Secretary
Baker. About $5,000,000 of the
amount is for army pay, and about
$4,000,000 for arming, equipping and
training the guard.
Musn’t Expect Too Much.
London.—Reuter's Amsterdam cor
respondent says several German news- !
papers received in Amsterdam pub- !
lished warnings "apparen.ly inspired
against exaggerated expectations of
the result of the new submarine cam- j
paign.”
Denver Cops Defeat Omahans
Denver, Colo.—In a two-hour flat
pull here the other night a tug-of-war j
| team representing the Denver police j
j department defeated a team from the
i Omaha department.
Half Gallon to Man.
Austin. Tex.—A bill to make prohi
bition counties of Texas "bone dry”
I was introduced in the Texas house re
| cently. It allows a man living in a
! prohibition district to bring in liquor
for his own use not exceeding one
half gallon.
Will Have Two-Cent Baseball.
South Bend. Ind.—South Bend will j
have 2-cent baseball. President Ed j
Smith of the local club announced
following a meeting here of the ex
ecutive board of the league.
Objects to Alien Bills.
Washington.—Objections have been
made by Japan to anti-alien land bills
now before the Oregon and Idaho leg
islatures. Delegates from the two
states in congress have been asked
to use their influence to prevent pass
age of the bills.
Hogs Highest Since Civil War.
Chicago.—Hog prices established a
new record Feb. 1. The top price at
the opening of the market was $12.20
per 100 pounds, the highest since the
civil war.
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rungS- unb 3Sernid}tung*frieg fiib*
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folgenben SJcbingungen, tteldje bie
?iote entbalt. auc-gebriicft: „Xie
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manen, ifdjedjifdjcn Siatoen Don
fretnber §crrfd)aft; ^ bic '-Sefreiung
Doit itfblfcrn, tneldje bcr blutigen
Xprannei bcr Xtirfen nntertDorfcn
finb; bie SSertreibnng bes ottomani*
fdjett fRcidjcS auc- Guopa, meldjev. fid)
jo abgcneigt bcr roeftlidjen 3ibilifa«
tion erroiefen bar."
aJtit bieier Grrflcmmg baben cue
Slttiierten . Eiplomatcn iljrer 2ad)c
eineit fd)lecf)ten 2ienft ertniefen.
SBenn aud) nidit ba* ungebilbete
SBoIf, fo tnerben bod) bie iRegiertmge
freife ber nentralen Sdnber baran
Slnfiof; neljmeit unb ibr Serbalten
banadi riditen miiffcn, inbem fie ben
fd)riftlid)en 33etoei§ nor fid) baben,
bag ber Sfrieg nur fortgcfe&t unb fie
felbft nod) inciter in DJtitteibenfdjaft
gejogen inerbett foflen, nur mn bie
unerfdttlidjc .£abgier ber JlUiiertcn
ju befriebigen. 2ie lebteren nebmen
bamit bie Skranttnortmtg fiir incite
re§ iBIutnergiefecn getniifermaBen be*
reitiniHig auf ibre 8djultern. 2Bas
liegt ba nun ndber, als bag bie Stem
tralcn, fo incit fie gcred)t 311 urteilen
unb 3u banbelu getnillt finb, ibre
Sbmpatbien ben ?ifliierten entjieben
unb bie beiben fParteien bie 2adie
gana nnter fid; aulfediteu Iaffetx!
2Benn fie nid)t aubererfeit* ficb ner
anlast feben, bnrdt geeintes (ringrei
fen einett gricben 311 er3tniugen. Xic
G>ntraimbd)te tnxren babei bie Gie
tninnenben, inbetu fie nid)t mebr unb
nid)t tneniger nerlangen, al» batj bte
9?eutralen fid; in ber Jat flrcng neu
tral ncrbalten. ?filein in bent Gr*
folge ber llnterfeeboot .ftriegfiibrung
fbnnte ba5 fd;on ben 2fu§fd)lag ju
gunften S>euifc£)lanbs unb feincr SScr
biinbeten geben.
anbererfeitS aber mug btefe tin
(Srunbe genotmnen rcdit toricfjtc Cr*
flaruttg ber SMiieten * Siplomatcn
berett Solfer gunt ?fad)benfcn bar*
iiber briugen, bag fie bod) eigentlid)
ibr 2?Iut fiir eitteSadie 311 ncrfprigett,
rocld)e ber Cpfer niait mert iit. 'ilia?
foil fid) 3. 3. ber englifdie Sulbat
fiir ehten 2?crg barauf ttiadjcn, bag
er in ^lattbertt, ant ©alfan etc. fcin
Seben auf bag Spiel fej^t, ttnr bamit
bie Shiffett ffcnftantinopel, bie ^ta*
liener Srieft etc. erbaltett, bamit bie
?lrmenier unter ruffifdje .'perrfdbaft
fommcn! 2ag uiieigemtiibtge (!!)
Cnglatib beanfprudjt ia bcfamttlid)
in bcr 9iote fiir ficb felbft gar nidjtg.
SSerben bie ^rtebcttgDcrfammluiigen
in Grnglanb, trofcbem man fie burd)
bag HJfilitdr aitgeittanbcrfprengen
lagt, iiidbi bod) fcblieglid) ben Stur3
beg rabiatcn Ih'iegsfabinettcg Slogb
©corge’g jur golge babett. Gbenfo
ift bie £age in Sranfrcid), ^stalien
nnb iRuglattb. @att3 anberg ttnirbe
fidb bie Sadie barftellen, tocntt bie
£>eere ber ‘Sllliierten fiegreid) todrett
tmb in ben Sanbett ber Gentralmad)*
tc ttad) Seliebett baufen fonnten.
3ngefid)tg ber (rrfolglofigfcit aber
biirfte gerabe btefe offen funbgegebe*
tie GroberuugSabfidjt ben SSiberlml
Ictt gegen bie gortfefcung eitteg aus*
fidjtglofen Croperuttgg • Shriegeg ttur
ftdrfeit.
©aug aitberS ftcHt fid) bie Situa
tion fiir bje Gentralmadjte bar. Igbre
Xiplomatm babcn, tcfiii: fdjlicfelid)
mdjtS anbereS, fo bod) baS Giitge
ftanbniS beS brutalen firiegSgielcS
fcitenS ifjrer ©egner bind) baS grie
bcnsangs-'bot ergiclt. Tas bcutfdbe
SBoIF, barunter Dor allem aud) bie
Sogialiften, toeldje teilroeife gegen
eitie gortfefcung beS Jfricgeo roaren,
ftnb aufS neue in bem SBeftreben ge
eint, odes Sebett unb Gigentum fiir
bie Grfiimpfung ifjrer Grifteng ein
gufegen. £er ©egner bat e§ fa in
ber fi?ote offen Funbgegeben, ba § fid)
feine 2l&ficf)ten gegen bie 3ertriim
nterung ber Gentralmiidjte ridjten.
£aS beutfdje 3?olF, Don $inben
burg bis gum iiingften gelbgrauen,
Dom ftaifer bis gum getoobnlidjcn
SlrbeitSmanite, grauen unb ^inber,
aUc fittb Dereint in bent ©cbanfen,
biefcS ibnen Don bctt 2lHiiertett mit
brutaler CffenbergigFeit gugebadjte
Sdjkffal Don fid) unb ibrem gelieb*
ten S3atcrlanbe abguroenben. Gin
beiliger gont burdjgittert baS grofee
beutfebe Soil unb toefje benen, rocl
dje in fo frebelt)afier SBeife biefen gc
redjten Qatn berausgeforbert fja
ben.
ftaifer SBiftielm fagt ba§ trefflief)
mit ben guserfiebtfidjen SBorten:
„©ott, toeld&et ben ©eift ber grei
Fjeit in bie beutfdjen Bergen legte',
toirb un5 einen DoUfommenen Sieg
Derleiben.
3u ben fraftigften SBunbcSgettof
fen ber 3?ntralmad>tc gebort baS la
toinenartige SlufdjtoeHen ber briti
fdjen Staatsfcfculb.
Xie Jyarntcr unb bic gltifdjIieffTitns
2ie wodji’eriidiibigen ber 21 btci*
lung file Xdfladjtb'ef) • gubuftrie im
faiibtDtrtfdioftiidjcn Xepartcment ber
syuitbeSregierung uofleubeten defer
Xage ein fefle untfaugreidjea Stu*
bium ber gleifdtfuiuljr. Xie babert
feflr intereffaiite ?lngaben in defer
iPeaiefmng er^pbeit unb iujamtnenge
ftcLLt
Xie ftellten 3uerft reft, bar, in ben
berfdjicbeitett X'mtbex-teileti febr cor
fd)icbette i>ictboben in ber -gufubr
non Sdifadjtbieb berofgt lDerbcn. Xr
ant meiften befolgte 'JWetfjobe ift be
53erfanbt be§ Stfjfadituicfi'S ttadt ben
grofleit jentralifierteu Sdfladjtfjdu
fertt in (ilncago, Cmaba, Stanfae
(iitti uttb cinigen anberert tneitfidren
2tabteu. 3n mebreren oftlidvn S
Staaten berfauft ber garmcr feitt
Sdjladitbieb bireft an bie fofalert
iDiebgcr unb in getuiffen Sofalitdten
fogar bireft on bie fionfunieutcn.
Xer grbfjte Xeif ber gleifdijufubr rt
jebod) bon ben graven jcntraliiiert. t
Sd)Iad)tbduferit abflnnging unb bit ’c
beftimmen anti bie Recife.
on ber iiiicli^udjt fur bie oietfci;
jufutjr utadjen fid) bie geuoffettjcjau
lidjcn Beftrebungen ber warmer ntebr
unb mel)r bemerfbar. on fimfaeim
Staaten beftebcn feljt 575 genoffen
fd)aftlid)e Berbdube Don iBiebsudjtcru
unb 430 con biefen SBerbdnben be
forgen if)rcn eigenen Berfandt. 's i
Bitnnefota beftebcn aflcin 215 bit* r
Bereinigutigen, burd) roeldje bie oat
iner roeitiger 3(usgabeit, abet erbctu.
Giitnafjmen jaben.
£ie mit ber Unierfttd)ung betran.
ten <2ad)Derftanbigcu roibmeten be ,i
Serluften int Xrandport be* 3dilad;:
rich* befonbere 2lufnterffamfeit. bi. *
geroiffen Balmen roar ber Beriuft cut
bebeuteuber, als auf anbcren. X.r
SSert bcr Slnfbriidje fiir int iron
port Dcrlorenen 5d)Iad)tDicbd auf et
ner Batjnlinie flellte fid) auf 19 Brc
jent ber gefamten fyradjtgelber bicu r
Balm, rodbrcnb ber Berinft auf beu
tneiften anbcren Batmen ttur unge
fdhr fiinf Bro3cnt betrdgt. oiu
^at)re 1913—14 belief fid) bie S’bbe
ber ?tnfpriid)e fiir Berlufte auf 27
Babrten auf $1,245,477.81. £•■
burdifdinittlidie Bate fiir ben Iran;- y
bort Doit £d)lad)tDiet) in ben $alirr:t
1911 bid 1915 roar sehit Gents per
fmnbert Bfunb in ben dftlidjen ©iaa
Jen, 11.9 in ben fiiblidien unb 14
in ben rocftlidjen Staaten.
Gin anbcred intereffanted Grgeb
nis biefer Unterfudmng roar bie ot
ftcllung bed ©eroittned an ber gleifdi*
3ttful)r bnrd) bie iittereffierten Bar
teien. S>ttrbe bie 3ufut)r ttad) beu
aentralificrten 0d)ladjtbdfen ge*
ntadit, fo crfneltcn bie 3iid)ter unb
partner sroifejen 65 unb »5 Brojcnt
bed eraieiten if>rctfe&. 2)te Bfarft
foften ftcdten fid) auf 3tuei Broietu.
rodl)rctib bie fWeinfjdnbler jroifdjcu
8 unb 3*2 Brcjent Derbienen fallen.
$n ber IoFalen 51cifd)3ufut)r erbdlt
ber farmer bon 62 bid 84 Brojcnt
unb ber £leinf)dnbler Don 15 bi*
3it 38 Bro,3cnt. SSm Xurd)fd)itin
erlangten bie farmer mebr burdi
Berfanbt an bie grofjen jettiralifier*
ten 8d)Iad)tl)dufer aid burd) bireFten
Bcrfauf ait bie Iofalen SDIefcger.
Jepurtirrte belgifdje ?lrbrifrr biirfrn
3urii(ffcljrcn.
23 e r 1i n, iibcr £onbon. Xculfd)
lanb t)at ^lollanb bie Dtittciiung ju
geben lafjen, bajf es belgifcbeit ilrbei
tern, bie any bem Hnitoerpetter (>Je*
biet beportiert irurben, freigefieflt
toorben ift, nad) ibten §eimen in
23elgieit juriidf^ufeljren unb, full* fie
bort feine Slrbeit finben fofltett, nad)
^ollanb 311 geben, ober nad) SNtuifd)
Ianb 3iiriid3ufebren. 3>iefer 0cbritt
tourbe in 33erfoIg non ^ollanbd 93or
ftcUungen getan, toelcb Icfctcre auf
einer feiten£ be§ SDtilitargouoerneuri
bon Hntoerpcn im Cftober 1914 an
bie belgifdjen gliidjtlinge in £oIIanb
geriebteten (Jinlabung bafierten.
2>er HfiliinrgoubcrnenrS berficbcr
te ben gliicbtlingen, bajj fie im gafle
einer Stiicffebr nadb SBelgien 311
3tbang§toeifer SIrbeit fiir <£entfcblanb
nidjt angebalten toerben miirben.
$ie beutfebe 3KitteiInng fe&t au=ein
anber, bafe biefe 23erfid?erungen un*
ter 93erbdltniffen gegeben tourben,
bie bon ben febigen gdnalicb ber
fdjieben feine, mie in ber ©rtoartung.
Safe ber STricg ttur etnige toenige
SJtonate bauern toiirbe. 9tidjt§befto*
toeniger babe 'Dentfdjlanb befdjloffen,
fein SBort einaulofen.
Seanfprudjea feine SBeborjagang.
SWadb bem ©otbaer SUmanacb fiir
1917, tueldber foeben erfdbienen ift,
finb bibber 258 ©rafen, 567 grei
berren unb 1465 Slngeborige be3 Ur
unb beS SBriefabelS ben lob fiir baS
SBaterlanb im SBeltfrieg gcftorben.
Unb trofcbem mill man nicfjt bacon
ablaffen bie Sbeligen ju fdbmaben.
$cutfd)Ianb ift bie Ianblaufige
Serbaijtigung, bafe bic ©obncben
abcliger gamilicn in biefem tfriege
iiberaH becoraugt tnerben, nidbt ftiaf
baltig, trie au§ ber oben angefiibrten
©tatifrtf bercorgebt. gs muf? ebfII
iebcr ?fbelige, ber Forberlidb tauglid)
ift, fetnett SKiHtarbienft but$mu4e>i.
trie audj ber SOauerniunQe.