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THE FUTURE MISSION OF THE GERMAN , ELEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. lly ltUIOL.I' OllONAU. When tbe National German Amor kao Alllance held 1U slxth convea tloa at Washington, D. C in ücto ber ljll, the delegute were wel conied In hearty edltorial by all papen of our Capital. One of thes edlturial read as (ullows: "Th Gsrman American. Throughout Auiericaa hlstory rum testlaiony bearlug on tbe value aud blgb cbaracter 01 tue Oerumua wuo bave made tbe new world tbelr bouie. U la beyond tbe powers of siimatloa lor eveu tbe sbrewdcat Judge o hlstoricai valuea to de termln buw greut baa beea tbo beaetit bestowed upon tbe western republio by tbe aturdy aous of tbe Fatherland who bave cum her to Bettle, to build, to prosper aud to beconie au integral uart of our na- tluu. Tbe fact tbat tbey iuaiuUln "German Ainerlcaa" soelettes aud lustltutions ia no wlse lossens tüelr value to tbla country or tbolr loyal ty to it In all its actlvltles. Tbe "Germaa American" ls flret tbe American, and lt is to bla Credit tbat be retalus an aHucUon' (or tbe land ot bla blrtb or ot tbe orlgln of bla pareuts, and preserves its tradltions and couünues tbe use ot lt language. Tbe e&sion ot tbe National Ger man American AUlaace now in pro gress In tbis clty are attended by inen , wbo comniaud unqualliled respect tor tbelr cbaracter, tbelr progreBS, tbelr lntluence in tbelr coniinunlties and tbe constructlve work: tbat tbey bave been and are dolng in tbe up b nilding of tbe nation. Tbey are bat are known as "good citlzens," law abiding, charitable, conslderate and patrlouc, Buch tuen as these were of tbe most substantlal aervice to tbia government tifty yeara ago, wben it was meuaced wiib deslruc tion. In Btatesmansblp, in sclence, In business, In tbe professlons, tbe tradea and tbe arts tbe German Amerleana bave contrlbuted many leaders and bave ritten a record ot great achieveuients. Washington welcomcs thes tuen, ha stand for in laree & nart of tbe American 11! ol to-day, and trusta tbat tbelr vialt to tbe Capital will make tbein appreclate tbe fact tbat tbey are citlzeua of a country which offer niore ot opportunity tban tbe land wbose Memory tbey bonor and to which America feeig grateful for contributing tbem to it." Tbis appreclatloa ot tbe German element bf tbe United Ltatea waa reeeived by all delegates to tbe Con vention of tbe National Uerman American Alliauce with great satis- faction. Recoguizlng tbat tbe alms and effort ot tbe AJllauce wer well uuderatood and valued, tbe delegatei wer, lnspired to conünue in tbelr worfc aa well as In tbe resoiullon, never to relax in tbe duties owed by tbem to tbi country as loyal citiüens. Ot these Obligation tbe most aacred is to guard for all tuture generatlooj tbat precious gift denved from our ancestors, won with tbelr blood and tbe acriüce of tbelr llves: Jhe Independenc of our Country. To aeep tbis country free and ln dependent ia a duty equally In cumbent on German Americans as on all otber loyal cltizens. Tbis taslt needs conatant vigilance, as danger is abend! All wbo Kave eyes to see and ears 10 near must oe aware, tnat as was poiuieu. oui ui j.31 oy lae autbor ot tbis article In tbe pampblet: "Do we need a tbird War for In dependence?" anotber struggle for tbe freedotn.of our United States is Impendlng. It may become tbe most diüicult and desperate ot all, as for many years rnlgbty powers and nurnerous sbrewd men kave been at work, to deliver our republio back into tbe band of tbat country wbick since tbe days of our Declaration of Independence kas been tbe worst and unscrupulouB enerny ot our United States; England. The origin of tbe conspiraey to reunite the dsstiny of our republio witk that ot Great Brltain dates baclc to September 19, 1877, wben Cecll Khodes, tbe "Diamond King of South Afrlca," and tbe Intellectual origlnator of tbe infamous Jaiueson llald aud tbe war of conquest agalnst tbe South African Republics, made lu tbe first draft ot bis will pro vlsions for the tollowlng purpose: To and for the establlshment, promotlon and development of a SECRET 80CIETY, the tru im of which and Object whereof shall be th extension of BRITISH RULE THROUGHOUT THE ' WORLD and etpecially THE Ui-TIMATE RECOVERY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS AN INTEGRATE PART OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE." Ithodes, poBsesslug all tbe in genuity, audacity and unscrupulous. ness of bis Prototypes Robert Clive, Warren Haatings and otber trans gressors wbo were so instrumental In tbe extension of tbe Uritisb Em pire, was driven by a pasalonate desire to make blmself a great name In hlstory. With tbis aim in view be grasped tbe da to make England and tbe Anglo-Laxon race tbe domiuuüng puweri ol tne wond. To bring about tbe uuiou ot all EngilBU speakiug peopie, Rhodos estabiisbed, in tbe convictlon tbat educatlonal relations make tbe tioiigest tle tbe so-cailed "Rhodes Scholarshlps' for which be set aslde a fund ot ßeveral Million pounds. . Tbis Institution provldes tbe eleo tlon ot tbree to nlne sebolars from each of the BrlUsli Colonles and two from each State and Territory t wuiLii diiilci, vi uue uuuurcu In all. Each scbolarshlp covers a tbrea years' course at the Universlty nf Oxford, and carh ntmtpnt rocl au wtv.wivB vfc Dwv jjuuuus a ycur, which is equlYalent to X50ff. la awardlng the scbolarsblps aecount shall be taken of various uallties, among tbem the desir, to sem in publlo allairs. ün July 1. 1S99, Rhodes dictated anotber draft ot bis last will, In wbteh the provislons for tbe scbolar sblps are niore peclHed. In January, lyul, be added tbe tollowlng codicli; "I not tbe German Empcror bas mado lnBtrnction in EngilBh coin pulsory In German schools. 1 leave live yearly Bcboiarsbips at Oxford ot 250 pounds per annum to Student ot Gttman blrtb, the sebolars to be nomlnated by tbe German Ernperor for th Urne being." Tbat tbese dlspoBitions are not fully approved at Oxford, appears from an article "Tbe American Rhodes Sebolars at Oxford" In tbe "Educatlonal Review" of February 19U5. On page 117 it says: "Oxford is carrying out tbe Rhodes bequest witbout being In sympathy wlth the Anglo-Saxon ideal. Wben tbe Dons think aloud tbey blurt out the trutb that In tbelr estimatlon tbe CoIobsub ot South Africa made a glgantlc mistake in undertaklng to educate Germans, Americans, and even OolonlalB, at Oxford on terma ot equallty with Engllsbmen. Tbey do not besitate to say tbat it would bave been bette? it be bad lest bis fortuue to tbe universlty ltself, which is not well endowed. ai tbough tbe Colleges themselves are ' rieh. Tbey conslder it a nils- tortune tbat tbe Rhodes' Scholar. Bhlp Trust is diverted from the educatlon of Engliabmen. Welsb- men and Scotcbmen, and posslble iiiouuivu u weit, vu Luiuaiuuaiy enterprlBe for eonverting Germans, Americans, and Colonials Into good Anglo-Saxon. Tbey would cer- talnly bave dropped the Oermaus, lt tbey couid bave bad tbelr way; for tbey do not belleve tbat tbe Student nomlnated from the palac in Berlin will ever be good ,Angio Saxons. Some of tbem say o'utrlgbt tbat tbe Rhodes' Scbolarsnlp Trust will nable tbe German Empcror to give candidates for tbe diplomutio servlce a good training in Engusn studies witbout expense; and ttiat wben tbey leave Oxford tbey will be niore uncompromlslng Germans tban ever. The Americans ar regarded as more hopeful Sub jects of Anglo-Saxon missionary effort than th Germans." These last remarks indlcat clearly th Object of tbe Rhodes' Scholar Bhlps. Uy taklng from tbelr native country every year such largo numbers of American stuslents and by placing tnem lor so long a Urne under tbe Btrong lntluence ot UritiBh students and Professors at a Lrltlah universlty, such an Institution cluarly alms at nothing Icbs tban to form. In tinie, from the reclpients ot theue scbolar shlp a vast arrny ot active agents, wbo may be counted upon to carry out Ia tbe United State Englands fund hopes, as tbey become in fluential cltizens or leaders and otncial represeutatives ot tbe Amer ican peopie. The great dunger to the freedorn ot tbe United States from tbis in. stitution becomes clear wben lt is sbowu to us tbat Rhodes' idea of a World Empire under control ot Great Dritain ls endorsed and furthered by Andrew Carnegie and many otber men of great lntluence. An article published over Carnegie's stgnature in the North American Review nf June 18L2, under tbe heading "A iXKJK Aneaa , contains the following passage: "Let men say what they will, I say that as surely as th tun in the heavens once hone upon Britaln and America united, so surely Is it one mornlng to rise shlne upon and greet again the "RE-UNITED STATES " THE BRITISH AMERICAN UNION." Tbe purpose ot tbia unlon Car negie set forth in the sama articia as follows: "The advantages of a race con federatlon are so nurnerous and so obvious tbat one scarcely knows bow to begln tbelr enumeration. Conalder its defensive power. A reunlon of the Anglo-Americans, consistlng to-day ot one-hundred and eigbt milllons, which fifty years bence will number more tban two hundred millions, would be unas saHable upon land by any power or Combination ot powers tbat lt is posible to create. We need not, tberefore, take Into aecount attacks upon the land; as for tbe water, tbe comblned fleets would sweep tbe seas. The new nation would dominat th world aud bauiah from tbe eartu lt greatest stain tbe rnurder of men by men. It would be, th arblter between nations, and enforce the peaceful settiernent of all quarreis. Such a glant among plgmies as tbe Re-Unlted States would never need to exert ita power, but only lntlrnate it wisbes and decisions." Vnd at anotber place Carnegie says: Wer Britaln part of th, Re United States all that she wouid be interested about In turope would be fully ecured; narneiy tbe pro tection of her own soil and tne cornrnand of th sea. No baiance ot power or any simliar question would be of the sligbtest importance. The re-unlted nauon would be prompt to repel any as sault upon the soll or th rights of any ot Its parts." V leave it to thos raripra acquainted with tbe hlstory ot Eng land to Imaglne the consequences, which such a unlon. under theleader' sbip of th unscrupulous diplomats ot England, would hav for all otber nations. Carnele not only exoresaed hla resolut Ion to bring about tbis reunlon In the words:. "Whatevei; ebtructs, rsunlon, . I oppo: whatsvtr pro! m .1.. I I f.un.l" Kiif li olan liiAnt ! lflWV I tf I..VI . tl.lr ' W HIDV .''. 1. many Million doltars for tbis same purpose. Numeroiis Americans be lleve that tbe establlshment of a dlseretionry endowment penslon kund of almost ZüV,0v.oM for Amor ican ollege and universlty Profes sors has been made with no great inoral assiatance to Carnegie's aim. Just as such help ls expected from that army of men, wbo reeeived tbe "txäoetlts" of Rhodes" Scholarshlps. Sunnis is rife also, tbat Carne gie's endowrnent ot Z10.000.000 for "International I'eace," has no otber end, than to proclalm tbrough it large tast ot weil pald orators and lecturer to the peopie of our re publio the blesslngs they are to get wben they will sorget tbe evil doings ot Jetferson, Franklin, Henry, Wash ington, Herchheimer, Mnehlenberg and all the otber tooiish mutineers ot the "War ot Rebellion,' and will return to tholr original vassalage of England. To dlacredlt tbes "rebels," numer ous orators and autbors are . con stantly at work. Harvard Professors hav explalned in publlo lectures, tbat George Washington bad an un exampled temper and dld neither possess large brain power nor educa tlon; that Benjamin Franklln was a iiar and dressed freakishiy to be a social Hon; and that Patrick Henry, Jeremlah Belknap and Noah Webster speculated on insid tlps reeeived from Congresamen. It feil to the lot of Foultney Bigelow to besmireb tbe Memory ot Steuben by Publishing in the New York Sun of May 2, 1915, that "the famous Steuben ob talned bis rank in the American Army by a pious Prusslan fraud," and that "he was one of tbe alleged Patriot, wbo came to Washington with bogus titles to rank, and sought tor tbe triuinph ot American Ilberty only In so far as a alary foliowed in its wake." The gradual eliminatton from our publlo sebool blstorles of all reler ence to tbe nefarious part played by England in American hlstory; tbe moveiuent to ignore tbe celebratlon of the Fourth of July and substitute the slgning of the Brltleh Magna Charta to be celebrated by American youth as the tru orlgln ot our independence, as proposed by Cas negle, are so many indications, whither currents are carrying our peopie. Dlstrust in tbe real Objects of the "International Peace Society" grow wben we note tbat Its President ls Elibu Root. England's sollcitor In America; and tbat among its vice presidents are men lik Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus ot üarvard, and Joseph H. Choate, Ex Arnbassador to Great Britaln. The forrner is the man, wbo in 1913 at a banquet In New York lauded Ger man Civilisation to tbo skies, Btatlng that to no otber country America is so deeply indebted as to German y. Since the outbreak of the Europuan Conflict tbis same person bas be come notorlous for expre&sing diametrlcally opposit vlews and tor Buggesting urgently tbat the United States should prepare to enter tbe war in aid ot tbe Allies and help In the destructlon of Ger many. Ex-Ambassador Choate start, led in January 1916 bla bearers, wben at a banquet of the "Pilgrims So ciety" be addressed the guests in the words: "I now ask you all to rise and drink a good old loyal toast to the President and King George of England!" Hand in band with such "Patriot" work a powerful pro-Brltlsh press, Inftuenced and controlled by Lord Northcliffe. publlsher of tbe London Times, and by J. P. Morgan, the American financlal and inunltion agent for Great Britaln. By displaying an exceedingly hoBtlle attitude toward everytblng German; by accuslng tbe German element In the United States of dis loyalty toward the land ot its adop tiern; by working up a strong antl German entlment; by Bupplementing tbelr abusive language with drawings and Cartoons ot the most insulting and abornlnable cbaracter; and last but not least, by tbelr lncessant efforts to force the United States into war wlth Verrnany, thls un American press has not only de graded ltself but made evident ita bondage to Brltlsn dictations. Inveigled Into tbi dangerous con spiraey ar tbe owners and Presi dent ot hundred of factoriea rnak- lng arnis and arnmunltion; Senator and Representative. interested in tbe Stocks of those establlshment, which provide "thlngs to kill" or are needed to bring our country In the täte of "preparedness;" further. more universlty Professors. Ministers. autbors and many otber American cltizens ot prominence.) Wbat havoc and dreadtul de moralizatlon bas already been caused by thls pro-Brltlsh Propaganda among our peopie, appears from the tact, tbat an "American Legion bas been forrned, to figbt in British uni form in Flander agalnst that country which since the birth of our Republio bas been a true friend ot our United States: Germany. To giv th reader an idea of tbe demoralization tbat bas taken place among our peopie, we quote her verbaiiy from a lengtby article, which under th heading: "First of American Legion off for Flander" appeared in tbe Magazine Sectlon ot the New York Times of May ZU, 191b. Approving tbe forniation of th "American Leglun," this paper state, that tbe legiou couslsta ot American cltizens and tbat they adopted "as their brigads badg th coat of arm of George Washington U) on tne uanadian maule ieaf. The recrulting Station ot tbe legion ) For füll Information about thls Subject wa refer to Carnegie's article in th "North American Review" of June 1893; to the Publication "Th Conquest of the United States," distributed by the "American Trutb Society" in New York; to the well documented dlsclosures appearing In th "Fatherland" ot March 22, and April 26. 1916; to 3. ivor Stephen's booklet "Neutrality," New York, 1916; to "Issues and Events," "Fair Play" oj 191. c, ' ' ls Toronto, and her hav ssernbled repreHentatlves of forty-flv States and Terrltorle ot the United States, and her, witbout renounclng Amer ican cltlzenshlp, tbey hav, made oath, each ot tbem, as follows: I will b falthful and besr tru lleglance to hl Majesty King George V. and I will, aa In duty bound, honestly and falthfully defend hl Majesty In person, crown, and dlgnlty agalnst II nemiea and will obrv and bey all Orders of hl Majesty and of all th Generals and Officers set over ms." "The leader of all these men who hav taken that oath is a Unitarian clergyman and a Citizen of tbe United States in tbe uniform of a British Lleutenant-Colonel, Seymour BuIIock, formerly a United States chaplaln," About tbi sounder of the legion tbe Times states tbat be was formerly a cadet at West Point, "But wben be beard Moody and Sankey, he was convinced that he should b an evangeilst and not a figbter. He was that until he went to North western Universlty, graduatlng aa a clergyman in 1889. He got hl next Chance at tbe army when be went out as a chaplaln In tbe Spanien war. Then he experlenced a change of falth and became a Unitarian clergyman." In 1914 he wa th preacher at the Unitarian Church in Ottawa, although still an American cltizen. When hostilitles among tbe European nations began, Bullock, accordlng to tbe Times, "was mulllng over the idea that he should do something beslde preachlng and talking for the causa of tbe Allies, and then was born tbe idea of the American Legion. Sir Sam Hughes was enthusiastic and authorized tbe project immediately. The Rev. Dr. Bullock became captain and chaplaln. The legion soon became too big tor a captain to handle, so Sir Sara Hughes made bim a niajor. His organlzation outgrew that, so he was made a Lleutenant-Colonel, with BupervlBing authority over all the American battalions." Tbe article states, tbat the members ot the legion "feel very keenly about their American cltlzen shlp and take lt for granted that there will be some to questlon it In fact, the American Consul at Vancouver told Americans that their eulistment in the British battalion of tbe American Legion will cancel their cltlzenshlp." Enger to dlspel such scruples, the Times states "that the American Consul at Wlnnipeg takes the op poaite view." Continuing it says: "That the opinion of tbe members of the legion regarding the worth iness ot their project is shared by their friends in tbe United States, and friends in high places at that, ls indlcated by many letters which bave become a part of the archives of the organlzation. Some of the letters to tbe officers and men ot tbe legion congratulate them on the Step they have taken. Incidentally, Dr. Charles W. Eliot, President Emeritus of Harvard Universlty, has promiBed Colonel Bullock that be will wrlte a preface for the book used by tbe meu at the rellglous Services in the field ' And the Amer ican Legion March is belüg composed by Sousa." Furthermore it ls said, that, when Bullock "got his appointment he reeeived a letter from ex-President William Howard Taft congratulating bim on bis promotlon aud expressing tbe bope tbat it would be permanent." The same article contains also the interestiug notes, that "at every nieal in the mess room, decorated, by the way, wlth both the United States and British flags, tbe Amer ican officers rise and drink tbe toast "The King" and that the Ninety Seventh Batallon betöre leaving for the front, appeared in review with 15,000 otber troops betöre Sir Sam Hughes, and was greeted along tbe line as "the Yankees." Much ado has been made In our blstorles about the poor Hessinn soldiers, who, having no free will, during tbe ISth Century by their rulers were hlred out to King George III. to flght bis battles and suppress the Americans in their heroic struggle for llberty. It wa lest to our 20th Century to wltness the much more sbameful spectacle. that free American cltizens voluntarily hire themselve to King George V., to fight his mercenary battles and help to crush a friendly nation, which i struggling heroically for Its existence. And these men wear a badge showing the coat of arm of George Washington 1 Agalnst this profanallon of the coat of arm of the "Father of our Country," and agalnst the gross of fenes committed by these Americans agalnst the pirit of neutrality, neither President Wilson nor Theo dore Roosevelt has raised one slngle word of rötest. Whll they strived to excel ne anotber in base Isss Insinuation and unjustltled attacks upon the cbaracter of tbe German element, tbey remalned singulariy silent in face of the pro British Propaganda carrled on In our country to rerify the dreams of Rhodes and Carnegie of th "Re Unlted States." Shall we assume that these acts have tbelr consent? To frustrat this , sinister plot agalnst the independence of our United States ls th nd German American rnust trive for with rnlght and maln. In conjunctlon with otber loyal cltizens they must demand that the noble heroes of our two wars for Indepeudence shall not have fought in vain and that the achieve ments of Jetferson, Franklln, Wasb ington, Herchhelmer, Steuben and all the otber Patriotin men of those great times hall not becom ob lUerated. They must lnslst, that our republio ha a higher deatiny than that of becoming satrap ot a country the hlstory of which is made up of tbe most abornlnable crimes agalnst liberty and of inces. sant oiitrage agalnst every country and Island too feebl to offer reslstance. Now ls th tlme, when every citizen should take to heart the ad monition of Carl Schurs: "MY COUNTRYI WHEN R1ÖHT, KEEP. IT RIGHTjj ,WHEN.WRONCl Ä TlßIELY'WÄRNING New French Loan The French need more money for their war with Germany, and they came to America to get it They have to pay a good price for it, much more than they would have to pay for it in their own country. lt iä quite natural that the French govern ment would prefer to rase the necessary money by the means of an infernal loan, if such had the slightest chauce of success. But it has not If it had, the French government, if for noth ing but business reasous, would not apply for a loan in the Unit ed States. Other French and English loans, mall and big ones, have been made w this country ve for, and as they were very pro fitable, the common peopie were not allowcd to participate and share the profits. But things have changed now. The French government is ap parently unable to raise the money in France, and the funds are well nigh exhausted. The new loan, consequently, is not as good a business proposition as were the previous ones. Big business, Wall Street, is not specially interested in the new loan, because it probably regarcis it a risky proposition, and there fore kindly invites the public to share the prosit of this loan, which they themselves do not care to take over. The invitation, published in all newspapers with pro-Allies tendencies, is nothing but a poorly disguised attempt to rob the pockets and savings of the common peopie, who, by the spreading of lalse and exagger ated news, have been led to believe that the allies will event ually win the war. This same press, that boasts of its patriotism and American ism and heaps insult upon insult on those who do not share its opi nion on world politics, on those who do not care to. see this great republic again under Eng lish domination, as, we are sor ry to say, it is practically now, finds its highest ideala in the spreading of false news and the suppressing of correct .news and such news, which are notagre able. When the English govern ment, a few days ago, publicly announced the intention 10 blacklist American merchants and American bankers, who did not believe in an An"loFrench, victory, and refused to bow to the Orders from London, this patriotic press, for the sake of England and to the detriment of American citizens, refused to publish this Information, al though the genuineness of it could not be questioned. Why, we ask, was the public refused this Information? Is it Dossible that they were ashamed to admit, that Ameri Economic Causes The Percentage Shares of England and Germany of the World's Coal and Iron Production aftd its Copper Konsumption during the last decades. (The Copper Consumption is ignincant of the Electrical Industry.) Vtorof Präduc, io efCotl - I . NaJ. fe rvrtil- Worl'di Production s lr X, it nt '10 ' '$i 1' 'n if ;The above diagrarns show plainly how England's percentage share of the world's coal and iron production and copper con sumption has gone back during the last few decades. The Ger maa share in the same period has increased and erther reached the amount of the English percentage or even considerably ex- ceeded it. England is now attempting to recover by means of a war the economic hegemony which it could not hold in peace. It is remarkable that the economic decline of England as express ed in the diagrarns has been faster than the gain of Germany. The latter country has therefore not been the sole wicked com petitor who contrary to all traditions was crowding out the neighbor from his good position. It has had other helpers and one will not go wrong in assuming that these have been the backward English merchants and manufacturers. (From "Franks. Ztg.") 8 ET IT RIGHTJ" wbjen far urpas ses the saylng "My Country, right or wrong!" The German American, on whom falls again an important role In the coming struggle, must continue to use th eftectlv weapon Truth against mlsrepresentation and de ception. Tbey must und tbo Anglo Saxon Propaganda and th Machina tion to plunge our United States into, th present European Conflict a Poor Investment. can business, thankg totbeweak protests of our government and the hypoerisy of our daily press, is today by all means and in tention vuiiti' the trict con trol of the English government, or have things gone so far, that this press finds it quite natural, that our industry, our com- rnerce. our hnances should be under English control or under the eupervision of those, who claim to be Americans, but in fact are nothing but the servants of John Bull? We do not believe that the present effort of the French and English to break through the German line is made in good faith. It looks much more as if intended to help along the French loan in this country. It is even possible, that the "big push", as the offensive is called by our press, has only one Ob ject, and this is to convince the American peopie, that the Cen tral Powers must lose the war, and that the loans of the allies are a good Investment. Wall Street and Big business controls our daily press. .The papers are used to fool the peopie into the belief that the allies will win, although the cold facts and the map speak against such a possibility. Since nearly three weeks the French and Enelish have made tne most stupendous efforts to throw the Germans out of France. Their total gain besides win ning imaginary victories in the Anglo-American press con- Msts of 35 square rniles of ter ritory with not one strategical point, and this was partially regained by the Germans. They have lost thousands of men and their arrnies would be destroy ed before they could gain 2ü, 000 squaxe rniles, which they rnust gaLn in order to drive the Germans from French territory. Eehind the present German lines we find the French and Bei- gian fortresses of Eille, Douai, Mezieres, Sedan, Cambrai, La Fere, Antwerp, Givet, Namur, Liege and many thers, which have been rebuilt by the Ger mans since they wrested them from their foes. Think, ' what it would cost to regain them, it it costs thousands and thou sands of men to advance a few miles in open field. It requires little brains to see that an Anglo-French victory is impossible and it requires even less brains to see, that a French or English loan cannot, under any circumstances, be a profit able Investment to make for an American citizen, who easily can invest his savings in Ame rican enterprises with tenfold greater chances of success. Do not believe the war news in the pro-Allies papers, for you are being lied to and fooled with a purpose. of the World War. .Worlds Cortsvtttfition N. I Copptr -st" CtrmiHj-SZZZZ: Hin to igott 131z y itgs 19"' 13? f)'i or In any other that may foliow. Only by adherlng to the excellent advice given by George Washington in his Farewell Address, to avold all entanglernents with foreign nations, our cltizens can maintain tbis country as "the Land of the Free," and nable lt to becom a model for other nation by vlrtu of Im partiallty, Love of Justice and Slneerlty of Effort t restor to manklnd th blesslng et Peace. -- Rußlands charfschü'tzkn. In den Jagdgriindkn Sibirirn, mit 1(1 sukgsii uSgebildef. Immer wieder liest man in Schil tcrungen von den erstaunlichen Taten besonders schießgelvondter Soldaten des Zaren. Teutsche und Österreichs sche Krankenpfleger, die während der EefechtÄpausen auf dem Schlachtfelde verwundete und Tote sammeln, sind, wie kürzlich wieder während der Kämpfe an der bessz:abischen Gren ze, ihr Ziel gewesen oder die nie feh lcnde Kugel machte bcim Stellungs kriege das Halten irgend eine vor geschobenen Postens auf die Dauer unmöglich. Der jeweilige Wachsol bat wurde sietZ erschesscn, und bai war noch das besondei-j Unheimliche, alle Opfer hatten immer die gleiche Schußverletzung. Wenn nun auch, f schreibt ein Korrespondent, ein sehr großer Teil cll dieser Erzählungen, die über eine außergewöhnliche Gewandtheit in der Führung des Feuerrohrs berichten, in das Reich der Kriegslegenden zu tüctverwiesen werden muß, so ist es doch Tatsache, daß M unter Väter chens Soldaten auch ganz hervorra gende Kunstschützcn gibt Zwar beim Militär sind sie nicht dazu erzogen worden. Hier spukte bis zum Kriegs ausbruch immer bei' der Ausbildung las Wort des bekannten alten russi schen Heerführers Smorow: .Die Kugel ist eine Närri. nur daö Ba jonett ist ein fixer Kcrl", und neben dieser Weisheit die Ansicht, daß es bei der modernen Schlacht gar nicht mehr auf die Schießleisiungen Einzelner ankomme, da dcrÄegner doch unsichtbar sei, sondern das Salvenfcuer alles machen müsse. Also Schießen und Zielen haben die russischen Soldaten wenigstens bis zum L August 2514 nicht gelernt, nur Knallen in irgend eine Richtung. Zwar setzte ja die Regierung auch Preise für Einzel schußleistungen aus und verlieh de r.en, die sich dabei auszeichneten, be sondere Abzeichen. Aber die Offi ziere sahen diese Uebungen stets nur als etwas höchst Ueberflüssiges an, das da befohlen wurde, um die ho hen Herren bei guter Laune zu er halten und eben abgemacht werden mußte, aber für die Wirklichkeit kei nerlei praktische Bedeutung habe. AI so gegen das russisd) Militär kann picht der Borwurf hoben werden, daß es viele Kunstschützcn erzogen hat, auch der Jagdbetried, wie er im Lande allgemein üblich ist, trägt kei ne Schuld daran. Denn die Bauern bedienen sich dabei meist der Schlin gen und sonstiger Fallen. Sie ver wenden zur Munitwn vielfach ge hacktes Blei und vermeiden, den Lei siUngen dieser Ladung ' entsprechend, den Schuß auf fliegendes Wild als aussichtslos. Meister der Führung des Feuer rohrs haben aber die Tundern Si biriens und des nördlichen europäi schen Nußli-nd und des Kaukasus jäh ansteigende, zerklüftete Berge er zogen. Hier jagt der Wann allein. Oft hängt am Treffen oder Fehlen der Kugel, die gegen reißende Tiere, aber häufig ach gegen eigene , Ge schlechtsgenojzcn gerichtet ist, das Le ben. Da lernt man schießen! Auch die Tundern sind ein solcher Lehr meister. An Gefahren bergen sie die gleiche Fülle wie der Kautusus. An blutdürstigen Bestien g'bt es auch dort genug. Stammesfthden entfesseln da zwar weniger den Kampf, als die Tatsache, daß ein Schütze sich im Pclzjagdrevier des andern eingenistet hat. Jeder ahndet eben unlauteren Wettbewerb den Sitten seines Lan des entsprechend, und der Kampf tobt jo eben um die Träger des wertvollen Pelzes. Ins Auge muß die Kugel treffen, sonst leidet oU Decke. Aus solchen Schulen lind Rußlands Scharfschützen hervorgegangen. Sie verdanken also ihre Kunst , nicht der militärischen Ausbildung, und ihre Zahl ist natürlich schon dank des manneraustreibenoen eyrganges uno der geringen Bestedelung der in Fra ge kommenden Gebiete eine sehr be schränkte. Beim Spielen im Schlaf g immer, der Eltern in Kingsland, R. 2)., fand der funfiayrtge Edwaro Tslostoli unter dem Kissen des Ba ters einen Revolver; er zog die Waffe hervor, im nächsten Augenblick ging dieselbe los und sein dreijähriges Sckweitercben Roste stürzte tot zu Boden. Ob er auf die kleine Roste anlegte und feuerte, oder oy pcy vre Wafse zufällig in seinen Händchen entlud, konnte nickt festgestellt wer den. Als die Mutter, durch den Schuß herbeigelockt, das Kmd sanv, war es tot. Man benachrichtigte die Bolizci. Bon einer Festnahme deS Kindes nahm man selbstverständlich Abstand, wird aber ven usaitx oes Kleinen wegen des Besitzes der Waffe verantwortlich machen. Neter Runbera. ein Farm arbeiter, 45 Jahre alt, ertrank im Drv Greet tn der Rahe von Lsanna, Kans. Er war unverheiratet. Es wird vermutet, vatz er veri.uq:e, ven Er! zu Pferde zu kreuzen. DaS Nkerd wurde am nächsten Tage ohne den Reiter aufgefunden. RunbergS Leiche wurde am Ufer des Creef aus gefunden, nachdem daS Wasser abge laufen war ' ? ' V -).- V.r;ijrraJ-Äi!S1i'w fc-.-(ifcfipWWS3W'?i