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fHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 15, 1913.
roumania feels
iron heel of hon
asfoodvanishes
Germany Seizes Oil and Wheat
and Makes Country Pay
Cost of Restoring
Order.
Washington, Stpt. 14. Take
Jonesou, the Roumanian statesman, is
coming to America to tell us what
the Germans have been doing in his
country. Washington has already
heard part of the story. And while,
so far, Russia has been the standing
example of what happens to a land
which, in Germany's own words,
"bows to its will,' it appears that
Roumania can teach us even more. It
was smaller it had not so much as
a Lenine and Trotxy to defend it, and
as a result in Roumania Germany has
been able really to work its will.
It has executed at will hundreds of
the principals in the war. Hratiano,
the war premier, is at present await
ing trial. And with him are most of
Roumania's pacifist-socialist leaders,
a majority of whom opposed the war.
"The occupation of the country
. diminished the population by about
800,000," writes Dr. Friti Karl Mann,
in a recent official report to Berlin.
And in another place we learn that
this decrease in ppoulation means Just
plain deaths since Germany entercjl
the country, most of them from dis
ease and starvation. Also, even in one
of the richest food countries in the
world, tUft starvation is easily ex
plained. Qtrnuny Takes Oil
In tht Treaty of Bucharest, Ger
many did not, on the surface, demand
any money indemnity of Roumania.
. As the German secretary of state ex
pressed it, "securities in natural prod
ucts better corresponded to German
interests, which meant, first of all,
oil and wheat."' And Germany is now
taking Roumanian oil at the rate of
some 11,000 cars a month. But of the
wheat it has taken far more.
. Since March it has virtually been
taking all the food that it could
move, and it .has seized the whole
Roumanian transportation syjsem, by
rail and on the Danube, with .which
to move it, It has taken the root and
fruit crops, compelling the owners to
dry . them, where possible to make
their preservation and handling easier.
It: has aeized the fisheries, and put
them voder forced labor, i As for the
wheat, from the harvests of 1917,
1918, and 1919, Germany demanded a
minimum of 2,000,000 tons, or about
66.000,000 bushels.
Though the harvest of 1917 was al
most a failure, the Germans claim to
have been able to take enough of it
to feed all Germany for 37 days. In
1918, of Roumania's wheat lands less
than IS acres in the hundred have
been productive. But none the less
Germany it now arranging to remove
Roumanian wheat and other food
stuffs at the rate of 20,000 cars a
day. And Roumania is facing a
'famine that may be absolute.
Koumama rayi tor au.
Finally, in the "no indemnities" ,
clause of the treaty of Bucharest it
now appears that there rM a joker.
Germany was to pay for the food it
took. But it is paying for it at prices
' averaging one-fifth of those offered in
the open market, and it is estimated
that by the end of 1919 this will be
equal to Some $2,000,000,000 alohe.
Also Roumania is now to pay all ex
penses Germany was put to "in re
storing order." When, recently, this
.was made clear to the German Reich
stag, it was made clear with a laugh
of cynicism, "If the Roumanians are
conscientiously to fulfill these obli
gations," commented Von Kuhlmann,
"they will have to make serious exer
tions." .
Germany is. soon to make another
peace drive. Those who intend lis
tening to it should do so with the
treaty of Brest-Litovsk framed on
one wall, and the treaty of Bucharest
framed on, the other.
" America's Answer,9' Government Film,
Will Be Shown in Omaha All This Week
M tfJti G
) American balloon squad in France
with automobile winch. These boys
were trained at Fort Omaha Balloon
school. '
Army Orders '
Washington, Sfpt, 14. (ffpeclal Telegram.)
The following appointments have been
made In the United States army: Philip P.
Reece Melcher, Iowa, captain engineer; Byce
Hutchinson, Lies Moines, first lieutenant en
gineers; Jsmes B. Graham, Rook Fulls, la.,
second lieutenant, quartermaster corps;
llernard H. Herger. Cheyenne, W'yo., Thomas
L. Dougherty, Custom, 1 la. ; Roy McKee
Polman, Keokuk, la.; 'John H. Mackel, Lin
coln, Neb.; Warner H. Meredith, Lynn, la.;
Byron J. Bchvlnn, Red Oak, la.; Harold K.
Welts, Dea Moines, la., second lieutenants,
quartermaster corps. Albert E. Booth, Du
buque, la.; Jamea F. Cole, Oelweln, la.;
Clauds J). .Rogers, Karlvllle, la.; captain
medtcM corps. Orestes A, Brownson, Du
buque. Ia.: Charles B. Cole, Wakefield, Neb.;
James H. O. Btratton, Bcottabluff, Neb.; first
lieutenants, medical corps. Jerome P. Ma
gee, Omnha, captain motor transport corps.
Roy F. Wilcox, Council Blurts, Ja., second
lieutenant, air service. Lawrence J. Kline,
Beatrice, Neb.: Edward O. Mansfield, Cedar
Rapids, la., second lieutenants, air service.
John K. Jennings, medical corps, Is re
lieved from duty In the oftire of the gen
eral of the army, Washington, D. c, ana
will proceed .to Ies Moines, la.
"America's Answer," the second of? Salvation' Army women 'making
the series of United States official war
films.vwith the object of' showing to
the people of the country the details
of America's participation in the great
war, will be presented, at the Brandeis
theater this afternoon by the division
of films of the committee on public
information. George Creel, chairman.
The engagement wifl be limited to
one week, with performances twice
daily. (
The eight reels making up the fea
ture, America s Answer, have been
selected and assembled from over
30,000 feet of film, made under orders
from General Pershing and photo
graphed by the Signal Corns of the
American Expeditionary Force in
France under the direction of the gen
eral staff. The film has been viewed
by General Pershing and has his ap
proval and he is the authority for the
statement that it a comprehensive
accounting of his stewardship during
the first year of the war.
Ihe picture will show the embarka
tion of American troops, the United
States transports convoyed to the
other side and the effective work done
by the navy. It will show the enor
mous docks, refrigerating plants and
industrial assembling olants in
France: the marvelous i feats of the
engineers in forestry, arranging port
facilities, constructing miles of rail
roads , and performing achievements
that have astounded the French and
British. An interesting feature of the
film is that showing the arrival and
landing of the American expeditionary
force, their movements to the camps
and their daily life in the trenches and
rest camps. Highly interesting
scenes are shown of the American
troops engaged in actual warfare.
From convoyed transport to the first
line trenches the activities of the
American army in France are vividly
portrayed. .The real purpose to make
Americas narticination the 1 (iendinjr
doughnuts
France.
for American soldiers in
factor in winning the war is one great
impression received upon viewing the
film. ,
Election Judges and Clerks
to Be Paid Off Tuesday
Judges and clerks who served at
the last primary election, will be paid
off Tuesday in the county clerk's of
fice. The warrants will be ready at
that time. ,
American Casualties.
Ottawa, Can., Sept. 14. The Cana
dian casualty list issued today con
tains the name of the following Amer
icans: Wounded: A. Huseby, Nashua,
Mont.; R. Fitzgerald, Seattle, Wash.;
R, Quintette", Huron, S. D. -
Humphreys' "Seventy-seven
breaks up Coughs, Colds,
Influenza, Cold in the Head,
Catarrh, Sort Throat, Quiiwy,
Tonsilltls and Grip. Atsflfaajist
COLO
OFFICER RANKING
FOR NURSES URGED
BY NEBRASKA MAN
Representative Reavis, Back
From Front, Supports the
Lewis-Raker Bill in
Congress. -
Washington, Sent. 14. Reorsenta
tivc Reavis of Nebraska has come
back from his trip to the battle front
prepared to urge the immediate pas
sage of the Lewis-Raker bill granting
military rank to army nurses.
In an interview given out in Wash
ington today he paid a remarkable
tribute to the work being done by
nurses for our soldiers and urged
that military recognition be given
them by congresswithout delay.
"In the light of their service to our
country," he said, "the American con
gress cannot afford to deny any rea
sonable request made in their behalf."
Inspected Hospitals.
Mr. Reavis inspected all the base
hospitals at Paris during his several
weeks' stay abroad, and nothing, he
said, made a stronger appeal to him
than the work of the army nurSe.
"I have seen nurses in the Paris
hospitals," he said, "who have worked
themselves to the point of exhaus
tion in their efforts to relieve the suf
fering of American soldiers. I have
talked with nurses who were suffer
ing from nervous shock as a result
of the German bombing of their hos
pital. I know that many of them live
hourly in danger of their lives, and I
know that some have wrecked their
health from overwork.
"I am very frank to say that any
reasonable request from these young
women who are performing this won
derful work in France would be won
derfully persuasive with me. I have
never seen . anything finer than the
contribution they are making to the
nation's welfare."
Benefits Described.
The passage of the Lewis-Raker
bill would have two effects, accord
ing to Mr. Reavis, both of them bene
ficial to hospital conditions in France.
In the first place it would encourage
the enlistment of more nurses, and
in the second place it would give the
nurse greater authority to enforce her
commands over the orderlies and at
tendants who assist her in the hos
pital. "I was impressed," he said, "with
the yery apparent necessity for more
nurses to relieve those now in charge.
If additional nurses are required when
comparatively few soldiers are en
gaged, it is easy to forecast much
greater additional need next spring
when there will be a million and a
half men in the front line. If the
Lewis-Raker bill will encourage the
enlistment of nurses, as I believe it
will, and will give nurses greater au
thority to enforce their command
over orderlies and attendants who as
sist them, it should be passed without
Way;f ,t ,
The 1 provisions of the bill men
tioned by Mr. Reavis, which is now
before both houses, are that ward
nurses shall be made second lieuten
ants, chief nurses first lieutenants,
and the few nurses occupying posi
tions "higher up," captain and major
Only one nurse, the superintendent'
of the army fturse corps, would oc
cupy this last position.
Authority Limited.
The rank given by the bill is rela
tive, which means that no increase
of pay is involved, no commission,,
and only limited authority. The
nurse is permitted to give orders only
within the line of her hospital duties,
and in them, she is subordinated to
the doctor.,
Other congressmen, whose inspec
tion of military hospitals in France
and England has given them the op
portunity to observe the work done
by army nurses, uphold .Mr. Reavis
in demanding for them a place of
dignity and authority in the military
establishment. Their contribution to
the war and the enormous demands
on them were also described by Rep
resentative Bland of Indiana. -
"In one hospital," he saidn "I spoks
with a nurse, hardly more than a girl,
who told me she was then taking
care of 169 patients. When I asked
her whether she didn't want to quit
such a difficult job, she replied quick
ly, 'No, indeed, I wouldn't quit 'for
the world. Besides, I'm too busy to
have time even to think about it.
Japan Will Make Big
Increase Living Cost
By Associated Press.
Tokio, Sept. 14. The astounding
increas"e in the cost of living continues
to affect all aspects of life, and is
generally attributed to the overwhelm
ing excess of exports. The govern
ment lias decided to meet the grave
economic problem by increasing all
salaries 50 per cent and private em
ployers are following the govern
ment's lead. i
The government has inaugurated a
far reaching investigation into econo
mic, labor and social problems.- Hav
ing adopted all practical measures of
relief the impression generally is that
the cabinet will soon resign and this
is expected further to relieve the in
ternal situation.
Representative leaders and the con-
belief that Japan, affected by the car-'
rent of world thought, has entered a
new era of development thatj the
masses of the people are beginning to
perceive their power and that all
questions must be faced and met
squarely to avoid further. trouble
Department Orders.
Washington, Sept. 14. (Special Telegram.)'
Florence Stateroso of Fairbury, Neb., has
been appointed clerk In- the Department of
Commerce.
Don L. Bare, Monona City, la,.' baa been
appointed special agent of the Department
of Labor.
Civil servlca examinations will be held
October IS for presidential postmaster at ths
following places: Hlghmoore, S. D., $1,(00;
Buffalo, Wyo., $2,000; Buffalo, 8. D.," $1,100.
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