Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1916 — Page 3

INDIA IS QUIET AND LOYAL TO BRITAIN IN WAD

Only Disturbances Are Caused by the Ever Restless Warlike Border Tribes. TO ASK VOICE IN EMPIRE One Effect of War Will Be Demand by India for Greater Degree of Autonomy—Mohammedans of India ' Are Greatest Bulwark of the British Rule. London.—AU efforts to stir up serious trouble for the British in India have so far failed signally. The few seditious movements noted have had their origin in Hindu organizations which antedate the great war. When it is considered that the population of India—3ls,ooo,oo—is more than three times that of the United States, the relative insignificance of the few outbreaks in the last year and a half is evident In such a great nation disorders are inevitable, in either war or peace, Just as the United States or any other nation is never Quite free from labor troubles causing loss of life or property. AU the information, official and otherwise, received here, shows that the Indian empire is profoundly Quiet, except for the ever-restless, warlike border tribes of the Northwest The rulers of the great native independent or semi-independent states, from the nlzam of Hyderabad with his 14,000,000 people down, are loyal to their emperor, King George V of England. They have contributed liberaUy of their public and private means to assist Great Britain against her enemies. Many of their relatives are active members of the British army. The Mohammedans of India, far from being an element to be distrusted, are the greatest bulwark of British rule. This minority of 75,000,000 has always sided with the British as its protectors against the more numerous Hindus. It is stated here that no Mohammedan has ever been convicted - of complicity in a treasonable enterprise in India. Just Quiet Farmers. It must be remembered that of the 300,000,000 people in India at least 250,000,000 are quiet, uneducated, gentle agriculturalists, quite uninterested in politics, asking from their government only a chance to till their little farms in peace and caring no further as to the character of their rulers. It must not be concluded from these facts that the world war Is without Important effect on India. The Hindu intellectual leaders see the growing prominence of Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand in the empire. They know that these British dominions will soon ask a place in the councils of the empire, and a voice in the peace congress which shall follow the war. They believe that the time has come for India to have a voice in the empire, too. They demand a further degree of autonomy for India, something approximating the freedom of England’s white dependencies. This was clearly set forth by the Indian National congress at Bombay on December 30, which unanimously adopted a resolution demanding selfgovernment for India. < At the same time the delegates to the congress heartily applauded Baba Surendranth Bannerjee when he said: “India’s devotion to the throne during the war has been unsurpassed." Fellow Feeling Among Asiatics. India, like other eastern nations, is . permeated, too, with the spirit of “Asia for the Asiatics." Despite the long hostility between certain nations, notably China and Japan, there is developing a fellow feeling in Asiatic nations against European dictation. An illustration was an incident which occurred in Tokyo in December. Two young Indians, British subjects, received 36 hours* notice to leave Japan, the reason being their alleged complicity in German plots to foment disturbances in India. The notice was so timed that the only vessel by which the deportees oould sail was bound for Shanghai, where they were liable to arrest by the British consul. The Indians laid their bard case before sympathizers in the Japanese press. Leading Independent politicians were approached. In a few hours a formidable agitation was afoot. A deputation waited on the foreign minister and asked that the order should be withdrawn or altered so as to permit the Indians to board a ship bound for America. The minister refused, whereupon the government was defied. A leading member of the diet who delights to act thd part of t "ronin,** or free lance (literally a warrior without a lord), took the Indians to his home and kept them there till the time specified in the order had expired. ' beared. ITFlare-Up. ' -The authorities drew a cordon of police round his house but did not risk entering and removing the Indians. Next morning they covered up their capitulation by saying the In- ? dians had escaped—which nobody believed, the efficiency of the Japanese

police In the matter of surveillance being well known. The Indians probably have sailed for America. The interesting point about this defiance of the Japanese government is the ludicrously small means by which the great engine of government was stopped. The mass of the Japanese nation knew nothing of the Indians, and cared nothing. The act was the work of a handful of men on the Tokyo press, backed by half a dozen political free lances. No questions of policy were involved. There was, in the official eye, nothing whatever to make a fuss about. Why did the government climb down? They feared a flare-up. They re-' membered that 18 months ago, over just such a small matter, involving a couple of Chinese students, the director of the political bureau of the foreign office was assassinated by a fanatic as he was entering his house, and small but angry armed mobs terrorized officialdom. The beliefs which Inspired the agitation were (1) that the Indians were not German agents, but bona-fide revolutionaries, and (2) that the Japanese government was acting at the request of the British and not of its own initiative. Japan is England’s ally, and is bound in terms of the alliance to assist England if India is attacked by a hostile power. But the Japanese people are deeply jealous of all foreign influences in Asia, of which they consider themselves leaders. “Japan, lord of the Orient" is a frequent phrase in the Japanese press these days. No Serious Revolution. Like sentiments are warmly welcomed in many parts of India. This cannot, be denied. But as far as active revolution goes, Great Britain so far has seen nothing which looked formidable. . The most extensive outbreak since the beginning of the war occurred near Lahore, when as a result 24 Indians were executed and 27 others sentenced to imprisonment for life. The Native press were quite unanimous in ascribing the munitions agitation to the work of a band of conspirators located on the Pacific slope of America for several years. These conspirators are declared here to have sent emissaries to India who tried to stir up antagonism to British rule. It is also known here that between the middle of June and the middle of September of last year 17 Indian cavalrymen in the Punjab and Bengal were sentenced to death for mutiny, making bombs, and cutting telegraph wires, and 71 others were convicted of other offenses. J. Austen Chamberlain, secretary of state for India, stated publicly in the house of commons that the disloyalty of some of the native troops in northern India was due to the activities of an anti-Britlsh association having its headquarters in the United States. China is another center for anti-Brit-ish plotting. Gaekwar Only Suspect. As to the Hindu organization in the United States, it has been at work since 1907. It comprises natives of India who are highly educated; also members of the Clan-Na-Gael, and of late many Germans and American proGermans. One of the announced aims of the organization is to start a mutiny in India in 1917 to commemorate the “Diamond Jubilee of the Mutiny of 1857." The Hindus in America have A newspaper devoted to their Interest and also a school of instruction for the purpose of educating natives of India in the use of arms. British agents closely watch these activities. They are still of negligible extent. If a revolution ever does gain headway in India, there is only one Important native prince whom the British will have cause to suspect This is the gaekwar of Baroda, well known in the United States, who is reported to have encouraged Hindus in anti-Brit-lsh views. The gaekwar is in ill so* cial repute both in London and in India because he married a dancer.

AS A SPANISH SENORITA

Miss Frances Hall in the costume she wore at the Spanish ball at Coronado beach. Miss Hall is a sister of Mrs. Harry W. HUI, wife of Lieutenant Hill, commanding the U. S. torpedo boat Paul Jones.

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TERROR IN SERBIA

Guerrilla Chief Metes Out Stem Justice to Evildoers. »' -■■ - —.—— "Executed” Man Escapes and Is Now Safe In America After Being Stabbed and Thrown Into Vardar River. Glevgeli, Serbia. —One of the most picturesque figures of - the European war is the Serbian "komitadji” or guerrilla Ivan Stoikovitch, known to fame as “Babounsky.” The name.is drawn from the famous Babouna Pass, where recently the Serbs so long held the invading Bulgarians at bay. Ivan Stoikovitch comes from that part of Serbia and is therefore known to his followers and to the Serbian population at large by a nickname indicating the fact A slight man, tall, with honest grayblue eyes and the pale features of a student he Impresses the stranger with anything but the terror which his name inspires. Nor do his looks belie his real profession. For the redoubtable “Babounsky” was a schoolteacher until fired by an ardent patriotism he gave up his classes to gather about him a band of-intrepid spirits in the fight for the release of. the Turkish part of Serbia from the Ottoman yoke. Ever since the first Balkan war he and his followers have been under arms. Unrecognized by the laws of war, they have taken their own risks of capture and instant execution. Their refuge is in the Serbian mountains, and they have been willing to trust their security to their own astuteness and the Impregnability of their numerous hiding places. Especially since the complete breakdown of the Serbian administration, has "Babounsky” become a personage of prime importance in Serbia. Before the advancing German and Bulgarian armies town after town was evacuated, only the Turks and the Bulgarians remaining. While waiting for the arrival of the armies of their compatriots they were not averse to going through the deserted Serbian dwellings and acquiring a few useful articles. “Babounsky" did not approve of this. Naturally the deserted dwellings and all in them would fall into the hands of the conquerors. That was all right—-the chance of war. But that former neighbors should do the looting was not in “Babounsky’s” code. And those who tried it were dealt with in a most summary manner. Whoever among the Bulgarians was suspected of giving information to the advancing Bulgar armies also received short shrift. A story is told of the first Balkan war when a certain pseudo-Serb known as “Kechko” was suspected of treason to the Serbian cause. "Babounsky’s” band appeared upon the scene one night and “Kechko" and four others were arrested, tried in secret by the band at midnight and sentenced to be "sent to Saloniki” —that is, taken to the banks of the Vardar river, stabbed and thrown in, their bodies to drift down with the current to Saloniki. All five were lined up on the bank “Babounsky” gave the signal for the fatal blows to be struck. But unfortunately “Kechko’s” executioner, a lawyer from Belgrade, had never killed a man before and his hand slipped. The five bodies were thrust into the Vardar, but “Kechko" was still alive. A week later the Serbian constfl at Shlonikl was called to the hospital “Kechko” told him the story of hit escape from death, but begged that it be kept secret until after his departure for the United States. Ultimately recovered from the unskillful stab of the Belgrade lawyer, “Kechko” quietly departed for - America. Whenever the allied troops have need of fresh meat or wood or miues one of the officers acquaints a Serbian with what is required. The .next day 20 Sheep, two cords of -wood, or 100 mules are brought into Negotin or Kaphadar, as the case may be, by a Serbian peasant The peasant collects an equitable sum for the goods delivered, and in time each Serbian who-has been involuntarily levied upon for lamb or wood or mules receives his payment. “Babounsky” does not even keep a commission.

SAW AND CHOP FOR CHURCH

Wood Enough to Heat the Place for the Winter Is Provided in One Day. "* ~~~ ■ Columbus, Ind. —How to get wood t* last the Garden City Christian church through the Winter bothered some of the members of the church, which is situated two miles southwest of this city; Then somebody suggested a “wood chopping and sawing.” The members of the church turned out the other day. cut down trees, saw-'d the logs into proper lengths, and then split the blocks into stove wood. Mrs. Mack Neptune, one of Tie members of the church, served dinner at noon. Rev. W. H. Book, pastor of the Tabernacle Christian church of this city, used a cross-cut saw a part of the day. ______

Eighty Chicken In Pie.

Pomona, Cal.—ln order to feed 8M members Of the Men s Bible class of tho First Christian church at a banquet, Rev. C. R. Hudson had a local-restaurant bake 80 hens in a chicken pie four feet wide, one best deep and 11 feet long.

CABBAGE IN VARIED FORMS

Vegetable That In Usually Considered Somewhat Plebeian Has Many Possibilities. Cabbage has not a very good reputetion among some people, and it is a stand-by winter vegetable of thousands of others. Even for the fastidious taste there are delicious ways of cooking cabbage, and in salad it can also be used with appetizing results. Chop a small head of cabbage, removing the heart. Put three tablespoonfuls of butter in a frying pan, and two tablespoonfu's of flour, and turn in the cabbage after the butter and flour are well blended, then pour on gradually a cupful of milk Bring to the boiling point and add two teaspoonfule of salt, a few dashes of pepper, mix thoroughly and cover tightly and cook forty minutes on the back of the range. About five cupfuls of cabbage are used for the other ingredients. All vegetarian? will relish this toothsome dish. Its flavor is delicate and delightful. Baked Cabbage.—Soak cabbage one hour in cold water, then boil ten'minutes after cutting in good sized pieces. Place in a baking dish and cover with one tablespoonful of butter, one of flour and one cupful of milk. Salt and pepper to taste. Cover with bread crumbs and bake one hour. Creamed Cabbage.—Soak a cabbage for half an hour in cold water, then trim it and cut it in eighths, and drop it into a saucepan of boiling salted water. Add a clove and a whole onion and cook until tender. Remove the onion, drain the cabbage and chop it fine. Put in a saucepan with a tablespoonful of butter and slowly add three tablespoonfuls of cream. Heat thoroughly, season with pepper and salt and serve. _

USES FOR PARAFFIN PAPER

Cheap Article Which It Will Be Found Economical to Keep Supply on Hand. Paraffin paper costs only about five cents or ten cents for a big roll, and I try to keep some on hand always. Besides being fine for lining almost every kind of a mold from cake to ice cream, it’s also good to use inside a dish in which fish, like salmon loaf or some other souffle dish, is being cooked. It’s easy to remove —and, joy of joys—as you throw away the paraffin paper you throw away the fish aroma which makes the washing of fish utensils so odious. Then it’s also good to use to wrap around foods before placing them in the ice box. Of course, I cover almost all foods with the cover that comes with the dish. But what can you use to cover a roast that has been cooked? I haven’t a dish cover of any kind that’s large enough or shaped right to do this. Answer, I wrap it in a little paraffin paper dress. The paraffin doesn’t absorb the juices as tissue paper would, and it keeps away odors of other foocjs. In fact, a little sheet of paraffin paper can be used to cover any dish in the refrigerator in lieu of any other kind of cover, and ft is a sure protector against the dish absorbing odors from neighboring foods. —Exchange.

Beefsteak Chowder.

Cut slice of salt pork into small lots, with one onion minced fine; cook until a nice brown; add one quart of boiling water, let simmer five minutes, then add one pound round steak cut into strips one-half-inch thick and two inches long; bring this quickly to a boil, then simmer until the meat is tender; add four or five pared and sliced potatoes, season with salt and pepper, add more boiling water and when potatoes are tender add one and one-half cupfuls of good rich milk or cream; split six or eight crackers, put into soup dish and pour chowder over them, serving at once.

To Starch Fine Lingerie.

Many housewives experience great difficulty in laundering fine lingerie, such as dainty waists, jabots, collars and so forth. The chief difficulty seems to He in giving them just the proper degree of crispness. > Rinsing them in a solution of borax gives the right degree of stiffness and renders them just like new. Two heaping tablespoonfuls of borax to five quarts of water is a good proportion. This is also excellent for thin dresses trimmed with lace.

Corn With Cheese.

Cut cold boiled corn from the cob, put in double boiler with milk enough to cover. When hot add cheese to suit your taste cut in thin bits, pepper and salt Keep hot till cheese melts, but do not bolt Nice for supper.

Fig Compote.

Wash one pound figs, cover with one pint cold water. Soak over night In the morning add two bay leaves and cook one-half hour. Strain gently. Boil sirup down to one cupful and pour over figs. Chill, serve with sweetened whipped cream.

Warming Over Meat.

The best way to warm up a roast of meat is to wrap it in thickly greased paper, and keep it covered while in the oven. By having it covered the steam will prevent the meat from becoming hard and dry, and it will besome heated through in less time.

German Pancakes.

To Sach egg take One tablespoonful of flour, a pinch of salt, a pinch of baking powder and add enough milk so it will pour easily into the pan. Matos about as thick as griddlecakes.

Longs Peak in Winter

D. W. ROPER of Chicago recently made an unusually dangerous ascent of Long’s peak, the giant of the new Rocky Mountain national bark, and has given details of the exploit in a letter to a friend. Long’s peak, which is 14,255 feet high, was considered unclimbable for many years. Its summit is reached by passing from Boulder field, which lies 12,000 feet up, through an opening in the rocky wall known as Keyhole out upon the side of a sharp-angled slope covered with perpetual ice and snow, which slants from near the summit far down the mountain side to end in a nearly precipitous drop of a good deal more than a thousand feet into Glacier gorge. This is called the Trough and it is ascended by steps cut in the ice and snow, which are frequently obliterated by fresh snowfalls and must be renewed continually. So far, none of the hardy scalers of the summit, which include, by the way, an Increasing number of women, has lost control on this dangerous slope, though stories are whispered of occasional slips caught just in time. Mr. Roper, while ascending the lower levels, met four young men, two of them with frozen feet, who had been held overnight on the summit by a snow squall obliterating the steps too late in the day to enable them to cut new ones on their descent. In the Face of a Gale. “As there was a heavy snow on the summit of Long’s peak the night after

I arrived at the inn,” writes Mr. Roper, “I was advised not to attempt the ascent for several days on account of the danger. I therefore waited until the fourth day after the snow. Starting about seven in the morning, I rode alone and without guide to Boulder field, where the horse was left I had some description of the appearance of the Keyhole* and it had been suggested that perhaps I would find difficulty In getting by the snow In the Trough and might do better to climb the bowlders along the side. The geological survey map constituted the rest of my Information about the ascent “Walking across Boulder field I was somewhat sheltered from the wind, which was blowing a gale from the southwest. On reaching the Keyhole I found the wind blowing against me so strong that I could hardly stand. I therefore retraced a few steps, sat down pi the lee of a projecting rock and ate a portion of my lunch. It was so cold that there appeared to be no prospect of rain at higher altitudes, and I therefore left at this point my knapsack, containing my raincoat, the remainder of my lunch and a few other incidentals.

Cutting Steps in the Ice. “After leaving the Keyhole the genetai direction of the trail was Indicated by a few cairns, but they were very scarce. The footprints In the snow of a party that had made the ascent the previous day were of considerable assistance and particularly so in the Trough, where I found their steps cut in the ice and crusty- snow. I did not have to cut more than six or eight steps, and as I had nothing that could be used for the purpose except my hunting knife this was very fortunate. „ . “The ascent from the Keyhole to the summit required an hour and thirty minutes. In the Trough I was on all fours about half the time and did considerable climbing over, and amongst the bowlders. I would characterize the ascent as dangerous gather than difficult There was no snow of any consequence except in the Trough, although the notes in the register on the summit showed that the party had found two Inches on the summit the previous day. "I had taken opportunity to enjoy the many magnificent view on the way up the peak. and'it was fortunate ♦het T did sb. as I there found a storm gathering, the clouds being about on the level with the summit of the peak and snow starting to fall. 1 made a slight tour of the summit and then looted and examined the register of the Colorado Mountain club. A - Fighting a Snow Storm. "The snowfall rapidly Increased, so that in twenty minutes after reaching th© summit I started th© descent, M I feared difficulty due to the snow cover-

Ing the steps in the ice through the Trough. My fears were well founded. .More than half of the steps were not only filled but entirely covered and obliterated, so that it was impossible to locate them. There were several places from fifty to a hundred feet wide or more between the bowlders along the side of the Trough where there was no sign of any footing, and if one should start to slip It was hard to see just where one might expect to stop. The only certain place appeared to be down near Glacier lake, some 2,000 feet below. "In these places I made steps by repeated kicks with my heel, at the same time making hand holds higher up with my hands in the crusty snow. "Fortunately, I was able to find the steps in that portion of the side of the Trough that was covered with ice. In one place I attempted to go down overa bowlder by lowering myself feet first, but after getting so far *hat I swung freely below the chest I found It impossible to find safe footing and had to climb up again over the bowlder. As this bowlder was located in a position with a steep crusty snow slope below it, the climbing up was attended with some danger, and especially so as thejirst part of the climbing consisted of a series of kicks and wriggles in an attempt to lift my clothing clear of the rough bowlder and to move forward at the same time until I could bring my foot or knee into action. "The trail was very dim after getting out of the Trough. Several times

VIEW OF LONG’S PEAK.

I found myself a considerable distance above the trail, and nearly descended through the transom. If there is one, instead of the Keyhole. The difficulties in the Trough and In losing the trail resulted in my making thefdescent to the Keyhole in an hour and thirty-five minutes, or five minutes longer than the time required for the ascent.”

NAMES LIVE IN HISTORY

Brilliant Array of Fearless Seafaring Adventurers Belonging to Norway. "The Ice party this year consisted of Storkensen, Andreasen and Thomson, all Norwegians except myself,” wrote Vllhjalmur Stefansson in the opening sentence of the account of his polar expedition. Apparently he classes himself as American or Canadian, as he Is, and gives no credit to Scandinavia for the part he played in the narrative of what happened. It was more than coincidence that his companions were "all Norwegians.” The annals of arctic and antarctic exploration are filled with the exploits of Norwegians and few explorers have been more modest than they regarding their achievements. The Norsemen have been fearless seafaring adventurers since the days; when the vikings, in their little ships, overran the west coast of Europe and time after time taided the British _ Isles. They reached out into the unknown north seas to Iceland, then to Greenland, and nearly a thousand, years ago Lief Ericson and his crew visited the land they knew as Vinland and what we know as New England. The old tower at Newport is there as evidence of their coming centuries before Columbus had sailed on his memorable voyage.

Within the memory of all of us Capt. Fridtjof Nansen brought new luster to Norway’s fame in exploration when b he navigated the northwest passage in his ship Fram. Capt. Roald Amundsen hmnght back to civilization the first definite scientific data nn the magnetic pole, which he located in the tar Nortn. A few years later he was first to reach the south pole, having arrived only a few weeks in advance of the ill-fated Scott expedition.—lndianapolis Star. 1 .

Manager—l’m disgusted With the mistakes that new man makes! He Assistant Manager—Oh. wall, some: of the best ones are that way at the beginning. He may bring home the bacon yet. Manager—He won’t unless we send him for ham.—Judw.

Always Wrong.