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JAPAH’S PART . No «io who raally daalraa tha dafeat of Oarnutny — that la, no ona who la a loyal AjDartaan oitlaan — can objact to the fuUaot Japanaaa participation In tha war If It IT*" ba ahown that auch partlclpa* tioo would contrlbuta to an Amarlcao and aUllad victor^. Wa hava boon wamad analnat tha folly of drawing any parallala batwaan tba Francli and Rua> alma ravolutiona, and tha warning waa Umoly. Xn tha flmt placa, hiatory al' moot navar rapaata Itaaff. And In tha aaoond placa Ruaalana ara not Franchman. But Bovarthalaaa them la ona dangar that ahouid ba kapt In mind, and it la a raal dangar. Thoaa who have not forgottan thalr hiatory will ramambar certain avanta In tha hiatory of revolutionary Franca that ara not without bearing on tha present situation. It la generally agreed that the royalist reaction under tha laadarahip of Lafayette might have succeeded had It not bean for tha appeal from tha mom besotted of tha royallats for help from outside. Tha armed Intervention of monarchical Buropa waa mquested. Tha Prussians and' Attatrians invaded France, thalr purpose being to free the king from tha restraint to which ha was subjected. Tha duka of Brunswick Issued an insolent manifesto In which he declared that there was no purpose to make war on the people of France, but only in behalf of law and order and the monarchy, and against the men — the revolutionary leaders — who were holding tha king in restraint, and oppressing the paopls. The result waa that tha peopla "cast down a king’s head as a challenge to tha kings of Europa'* The whole nation rose, and the result was a war that lasted till the overthrow of Napoleon In U15. Tha dlflloulty In this case la that of getting Japan In this war In such a way as ta make It Impossible for tha Russians to ^ink that she Is making war on them. Germany will, of course, do har utmost^ to persuade tha Russians that Japan Is lighting them, and her lie fketory will be worked to tha fullest capacity. Unless there is tha most careful management them will be grave danger lest Russia ba thrown Into the . arras of Germany. That Is a point ' that mdst be most camfuily guarded. The situation could hardly be mom dlfRcult; We must see to It that tha atoms at Vladivostok am not selsad by the Germans, and that conditions in the east am nqt disturbed by them. Tha interests of the Japanese and Chinese am dlmotly affected. But tha question is as to the best way to cam for the situation. If Germany it. beaten in the west —as she will bathe easteni question will take cam of Itself. And the Germans are several thousand miles away from Vladivostok. Tham^ls no possible objection to using tha Japanese except tha one suggested. If we had to choose between Japanese and HohehsoUem elviUsatlon we ahouid unhesitatingly choose the former. Them must be many men and women in China whe stni remember the awful atrocities ef Che German troops under the !nsplratloa of the present emperor who comsiahded them to emulate the example of Attlla and his Huns. But we must think ef the^effect of a Japanese moveaept on the* state of feeiing in Russia. RpBFRT SOWS BANCROFT Net so gifted, so weU pmpared. or so musli in the public eye as his fkmous eoworksr. George Bancroft. Hubert H. Bancroft, whose death, occurred near dan Francisco Saturday, neverthelm did work ef importance as/a historian. A husinass man. a bookseller, until he reaiAed middle age, and without any except the mdfmenta of formal edueatleo, his skill In writing wmar not extraonui^. But if his business tralnln« udrin^tiBet mwchided high literary *^!i?^***^ it, at the same time, made POiWhIe w<Mrk of equal importance In Snotlisr sphem of the historian's activity. At the age of forty he had collected thousaads of books, manusetipts and papers Cram which he expected to write a history of California. Whan ha start•d^ke work of writing he found, by tests, t^at It would take him about 430 years to read and digest tha material ha had on hand. l>lacouragad for a tlmq, 1^ butinaaa training sui^gaatad the es^edfent ,of employing asriatanta td Wp hlnx Nurnwrous difllcultlea attSHdsd Ihia form of coliabomtlon, but many trials ha dually perfected a •rstem which ha found Thwaaftar ba employed hunmdataianta. By the time their iry work was flntehed ha had Mamed something of writing. "Natlvo Slams af the Paridc Coast," In «ve volSHMS, wma hfs first history. He had to «NPMts4 a publlshliig company to get It «>*• This work, which he said, the labor of one gSg0 •very day, Ihuiday excspt0, Uh iiir years, sstgJ^riisd his fsji /|ilF yrd^sad, m an. tlilrty-ftnir y( •» hma^ ot American mmni > dMtfcmd, mprsisiriiag la. [rflM Mhigts of ths true miwfBUsnce, usHmKsd grittlscy men

hfs formal training been different he might have been of the world’s great historians. But, such is the law of compensation, had his training been otherwise be might not have been able to organise and finance the gathering of material and to make elRcient use of the labor of others in putting It Into readable form, in the successful accomplishment of which lies his chief claim to fame.

MEAT AND WHEAT As there Is now enough meat available to supply the allies, and to permit a larger consumption In this country, the food administrator has decided that It wni no longer be necessary to observe porkless fiaturdsy, or a meatless meal every day. It is still requested that no beef or pork to be eaten on Tuesday. There Is no other restriction. As restrictions had already been removed on the consumption of lamb and mutton, conditions have now returned almost to normal. Greatly Increased production — notably of pork — and the aaving effected have made this suspension of the regulations possible. But it Is more than ever necessary to save wheat. It le believed that this will be made, easier by a freer use of meat. But those citizens who really desire to help may continue to observe the regulations even though they are not made a matter of obligation. ^There is no one who has suffered because of them. On the contrary, many have been helped. The use of wheat at any rate must be still further curtailed. The allies, Mr. Hoover says, are asking for Increased supplies of breadstuffs, the larger demand being to some extent due to the "shortage in arrivals from the Argentine," Here then is a plain duty, and it is a duty that we can not fall to perform except at great injury to ourselves and our cause. No One who really wants to win the war can refuse to heed Mr. Hoover’s appeal. T^e quote from his statement: The food administration desires to repeat that it does not give the impression that these are times when simplicity and moderation of living are not critically necessary, but that its sole desire Is tp secure an adjustment between our different food-supplies and meet changing conditions from time to time and to keep the public fully and frankly advised of its position with the full confidence and reliance that whenever it becomes necessary renewed appeals for saving will meet the same loyal response as In the past. The people have done very well, though they might have done much better. The important thing is that they .«houtd try to realize the situation and understand the reasons that make restrictions necessary.

THE CENSORSHIP If the new chief of staff, Major-General Peyton C. March, has his way there will be a considerable relaxation In the censorship as applied to happenings in BYance. There does not seen^ to be any reason why the American people should not know as much sb^ut the doings of their soldiers as the people of Europe — including the Germans — know. The chief of staff thinks that this withholding of information from them is "lamentable," and feels that the people at home should know as much as possible of the activities of the expeditionary foroe. No one is asking for any details that it might be possible to keep from the enemy. Concerning transport there should, of course, be the utmost secrecy. This war can not, as all understand, be fought on the old lines of blazing publicity. In other words, there haust be a censorship. But when the chief of staff says that the policy of suppressing news has been carried much too far, those who a're responsible for that policy would do well to reconsider. It is often said that this country does not even yet realize that it is actually at war, and there is much truth in this. Nothing would do so much to bring the fact home to AmerlcaAs as to let them know what is going cm. Tragedies and reverses would stiffen their determination, and successes would stir their enthusiasm. In either ease, the war spirit would grow more and more intense. The little news that has been permitted to come through hafi helped greatly in this way. General March says that the American troops are so well trained in mbdern warfare that they will give a good account of themselves, and rMlect cjredlt on the nation. In his statement is this: I inspected the troops on the line Just before 1 left France, and they are extraordinarily contented and cheerful, notwithstanding the mud and the Oerinkn shells. Their health Is splendid. There is no siedeness and there is better morale than there was at the Mexican border, where I was stationed before going abroad. The spirit of the Amerl(duiB is Splendid and every man is happy. Here la no newspaper demand for "the right to print the news." but the sober opinion of the chief of staff, one of the finest experts in the army.

DEPORTING ANARCHISTS Our good-natured and patient government announces, through Secretary Wilson, of the department of labor, that it will arrest and .deport all aliens preaching anarchy and advocating sabotage. Citisens who Mrry on agitation of this sort will be dealt with by the department of Justice. This nation Is now engaged in the serious business of war, and it must consider as enemies If not as traitors —all who by word or act thwart or attempt to thwart its efforta Very wisely It has decided to suppress this radical propaganda, most of wWlch ia undoubtedly pro-German. The beat way to suppress it is to send out of the country ail those participating In It who are, under our laws, subject to deportatloa.. The time has come for a cleanup in thla country. Fw years w© have permitted these people to air their opinions with the \rtmbst freedom. It would be foolish to deny’that they have had some Influence. Men who never knew what Crtedom was, never had a taste of it, have come to this country and assumed to teach Americana To their shame, some Americans have listened to them. SiyoB our colleges and universities have boon tainted. As a result there has been a gradual weakening of the moral fiber of many people. *Toang men and women have been led to beiieve that the old riandarde were fetters through which It was their duty to break. Nothing, from their point of view, and that of their impudent Ihstructore, that was "oonventhmai" could be moral. ; Amarlemi Inetltvtlofie and principles

fundamental to American J!fe, have been ridiculed. The great law of duty has been derided. Xatlonalism is provincialism, and patriotism superstition. Tet not one of these hateful doctrines could have got a hearing except under the protection of one of the greatest American principles — freedom of 8pee<'h. We may have to decide sooner or later whether the old and fine American type Is worth preserving. Certainly the people who are fighting the nation In these war times should be sent back to the lands from w'hich they came — and never permitted to return.

RUSSIA AND THE WEST FRONT In the bad eminence of Germany's war methods It would be difficult and futile to pick out the worst, but it looks at this stage as if the conduct of the Prussian government in Russia were the crowning political crime of history. Germany deliberately made peace with Russia, bribed the vain and harebrained anarchists that temporarily control the destinies of great p>€opl© to disband their armies and to expose the land to the ruthless pillage of invading Huns. How can this crime be avenged? And how ean Germany ever be dispossessed, as she must be, of the stolen territory? It would be useless to minimize the advantage which she has acquired. By their advance In Italy and the collapse of Russia the Germans have heavily reduced the comparative fighting niian power of the allies, and have enormously improved their own prospective food and material supplied for the autumn of 1918. If Roumania la also betrayed and despoiled as Russia has been. Germany will have made another substantial gain and provided further barriers to delay punishment for her crimes. But let it be written that retribution is only delayed. It may be that Germany will conclude to organize her new possibilities before making her supreme effort on the western front where the contest must be decided. She m^y compose her people at home by the prospect of great land and trade expansion fhom present advantages and may decide to leave the aggressive to the allies. In that event a great drive may be deferred. If so, delay may be converted into advantage for the allies, for by fall American troops ought to be in France in overpowering numbers. But we must figure on many possibilities and not permit national optimism to blind us. While in ilme wc shall have millions of men in arms Germany will also be increasing h’lr army from the Balkan countries «>nd from nt>.w recruits. We must take the war a.a a terrible ordeal not to be sidestepped by reason of some lucky accident. We are not fighting a nation like Spain or Mexico, but the most powerful and Insolent m.iltary power of modjm times that, in case of victory, wouM destroy our nallfi al life as has been done In the cases of Belgium and Russia Every day’s der elopments furnish an additional Incentive to the United States and the allies for defeating the central powers on the western front. We know that^ the Russian situation demonstrates that no peace made without victory for the allies would be respected. Realizing what our fate would be, and that no American ideals nor democracy as the President has defined it, could survive If Germany wins, we should have no mental reserv'ations that, through some hocus-pocus, we shall not have to fight to the finish. It must be victory for the allies or It will be slavery. Victory does not necessarily mean that the Germans must be driven out of Russia inch by Inch. -When they /are soundly beaten on the western front and driven pell-mell across their own borders, and w'hen avenging armies are trampling German territory, it will be time enough to talk of real peace, to consider measures for the restitution of territory and for complete reparation. This is the herculean task ahead for the United States and the allies. We must not let the fact that the Browning gun has been tested and found to be a wonderful weapon and that the boys in khaki have already proved themselves, man for man, better soldiers than any of the kaiser’s minions, cause us to relax. The war for us has just begun. We have the Browning gun to manufacture; more ships to build; and guns, munitions and men in greater quantity than have hitherto been dreamed of safely to be delivered across the waters. Let us prepare for two or five years’ war. By so doing we may terminate it in one year, and bring safety for our own future and deliverance, not only to France, Belgium, Italy, the little peoples of the Balkan states and to the slaughtered remnants of Armenia and Persia, but to the betrayed and despoiled Russians. When Germany Is beaten in the west she will be beaten in Russia.

THE COURTING SEASON Spring is going to be here before we know it and it is just as well, perhaps, that those who have the mating Instinct should begin their course of training. Birds mate in springtime and build their nests. Countless young folk follow the mating example and rent a cottage in Brlghtwood, Broad Ripple, Irvington or elsewhere. Usually the business of courting is worked out very well without much advice, save that to be found In the "sob sister" columns of some of the newspapers and In the "heart hints” of a few publications for women. But It appears that a Hoosier ^put himself on record in an effort to help the lovelorn and he did It many years ago. The title page of a little book called "Hoosieris Monitor” gives the information that it Is filled with "practical remarks on love, conitshtp and marriage, and the duties of husbands and wives to each other and to their children.” The book was written by “a Hoosier,” and published In 1847, a date before Indiana had begun to shine as the state where literature is made. The author suggests, after considerable advice about who should marr.v and who should remain single, that the upright I'nan should move in thla path: "Having found an object to be desirable, U is proper for the suitor to IridlcBte his preference by suitable attention, In order to .'twaken corresponding sentiments In the mind of the person loved, nrid fhtia to render Iicr favorably disposed toward a marriage ctinnerAlon • ♦ • After you have Insde her two or tliree visits, seek a ^vorable opportunity and speak to this •ffeat: T h«ve come lady, probably, to

take a final leave of you.' The !ady will naturally ask the reason. ’Because, madam. I fiod that I must fly to save myself, as I may not dare to hope that the suit of a stranger can be crowned with success.’ The lady thus honestly addressed, will feel herself bound to give a fair answer, especially, as coquetting at such a time might be dangerous, providing the gentleman has found favor in her sight She wHI. therefore, if her heart is in the affirmative, blush and tremble, and hesitatingly declare that the question has come upon her unawares — that one can not give a decided answer — and this of course, would amount to an unqualified s.ssent.” Unfortunately, the Monitor declares, young women have been known to fall In love without having their affection returned. For such cases he recommends that "abstinence, low v'egetable diet, business occupations, sea-sickness, etc., will moderate the passions and remedy the generality of disappointments in love.” Perhaps the old-time writer waa correct in his views. Those were days of heroic treatment and one probably would not find a love doctor of the present age who would recommend sea-sickness as a cure for lovesickness.

Says Hospital Supplies Are Present Great Need in France

OFFICERS’ EXPENSES The Ft. Sheridan Association, an organization of men who were trained In the first and second officers’ training camps at that fort, is calling attention to the financial status of officers in an effort to create a public sentiment that will result in favorable action on congressional bills for the relief of the conditions complained of. The first cost of an officer’s oquipment, according to the a8soclatlon’.s statement, if purchased in the open market Is about $450, Including cost of replacement, the equlpnr/ent will require a monthly outlay of about $50 for the first year of service. The officer’s mess costs from $40 to $60 a month. In some camps the officer is compelled to pay for, as well as to build, his temporary quarters. At Camp Wadsworth it costs a lieutenant $24 to construct the quarters he lives in temporarily. Insurance amounts to $5 or $7 a month. Practically every officer is a purchaser of Liberty bonds and these call for monthly payments of from $10 up. If the officer is married he must provide quarters for his family, although the government does this for him In peace times. The pay of a second lieutenant is $141 monthly, first lieutenant $166, captain $200. Fifty per cent, of the men commissioned as captains at Ft. Sheridan had dependent families. The association believes that a fairminded consideration of these figures will convince any one that the financial situation of the officer who does not have independent means will be a source of anxiety to him and exercise a harmful Influence on his effectiveness as a soldier. Legislation is now before congress providing for commutation of officers’ quarters and for relieving the officer of part of the burden of paying for his own equipment.

"The emergency of the moment In France is hospital supplies. Unless they are rushed immediately in great quantities the consequences to civillmtion may ba so grave that w© do not dare to j contemplate them." ' This IS the message brought from BYance by Mrs. George Lathrop, president of the American fund for French wounded .Yt the request of the officers at Camp Meade, Mrs. Lathrop addressed 3.000 men, her hearers including British and French officers. At the conclusion of her talk the officers collected $5,000 for her work. Bald Mrs. Lathrop. "Every one in France anticipates a great German offensive this spring. Unless the French can withstand it, what will be the outcome? Americans do not realize how great ip the danger. At present this war is anybody's fight. Germany has lost men, but she is still the invader, fighting on the Mil of France, The French army desperately needs hospital supplies. ’The people of the United Sates have been asked to give them precedence . er all other supplies, but they have not heeded the warning. Do they realize that the whole outcome of the war may depend on our doing our utmost to rush those supplies in time to meet the great demand which must come? There Is still opportunity to ship them to France. l>ater on General Pershing may want to use all the tonnage for men and munitions, and then we will not be able to send them. Delays may be fraught with fatal consequences. If each American woman will do her utmost, we may feel, in .my opinion, that we have saved the day. "Remember, it is the fighting man who must win this war Our first thought must be the wounded men; women and children come afterward. Many of the finest medical specialists the United States has produced are working with the Red Cross in France. Ihe French have the men to put in the field, but they are depending upon us foi supplies, since they have practically ceased manufacturing W© must send them rubber and woolen goods and all the medical supplies we can assemble.” Mrs. Lathrop, who has been in !l^anco doing war work since August 6, 1914, Fav s it 13 German propaganda that "France is bted white ’ ‘ The magnificent showing the French army has mad© In Itali show's that this is not the case, ’ says she. 'France has a very old and very wonderful civilization. She has been tempered like fine steel. Her people are strong to withstand. The strength of the British is in their tenacity. They have ‘stick.’ ‘We will win the war,’ a British offices said to me, ‘because we will still be manufacturing munitions ten jears after It is over.’ ' "French children have suffered terrlhlj In the Invaded sections. Owing to their being kept in cellais and to malnutrition many thousands of them are afilfcted with pernicious anaemia and tuberculosis. As the Germans retreat they release the civilian population whom they have driven along with them. The condition of these refugees is unspeakable. Many of them have been driven imbecile by their experiences. Tuberculous and bone ulcers are common among the children Vermin add to their miseries. Reconstruction work must begin with this rising generation in France. The fund for French w'ounded establishes emergency dispensaries at which wounded men and refugee women and children are cared for. We are working hand in hand with the Red Cross' In some cases vve have been the first relief organization to get up to the fighting line Wo e.stahlished the first canteens for the United States soldiers, later turning them over to the Y. M. C. A., which now operates them.” ‘‘French w'omen can be depended upon to do the greater part of the necessary war work: for us Americans there remains the less picturesque, more monotonous. but no less necessary work here at home," continues Mrs. T.athrop "We should do our utmost to keep our army and that of our allies .supplied with all that is necessary for their health and efficiency. It Is not enough for the American w'oman to do her bit ’ she must do her all if this war is to be won.”

Factory Girls Decide to Doff Skirts for Overalls

The sinking of that ship loaded with wheat for Switzerland, the Swiss say, was contrary to the solemn undertakings entered into by Germany, and doubtless it was, but what else could the Swiss expect? The reduction of the numb^ of unnecessary passenger trains Ifi all right enough, of course, but It should be followed bvi a reduction of the number of unnecessary frills on other passenger trains. Such frills have long been a heavy drain on the railroad exchequer without accomplishing much except to enable passenger agents to write Imposing advertisements to attract a traffic that wasn’t profitable. When a Polish deputy In the Reichstag declared that Poland is treated worse than an enemy country. Undersecretary Lewald said that "the Germans have done an Immense amount of work in behalf of kultur in Poland,” thus admitting the truth of the charge And let us recall once more, as we try to dispose of the dripping umbrella where it will do the least harm, that the rain doesn’t have to be shoveled off the sidewalk. Still, looking at the thing from the standpoint of the bird' of peace, you can’t much blame the fowl for not wishing to perform its on© trick for any such ringmasters as the boche and the the Bolshevrlk^ Whenever Germany conquers Its worst enemy, Kaiser Bill, the rest of the world will be eager Enough to recognize her v'lctory. If we don’t win this war shippers will have something more to worry about than that they will be at the mercy of the government on the railroad control proposition. It looks as If we Interested persons had better move to Youngstown In order to keep inforrned as 'to the whereabouts of our Indianapolis base hospital unit. About the only legitimate reason for your not being a member of the Boy Scouts Is the fact that you're too old or a girl. • Of all the unwelcome sounds especially In the ears of the police and the victims, a band of auto thieves can make the worst. With a few more demonstrations of ability by the gun we’ll soon be willing to turn over the job of keeping the home fires burning to old Sol. Maybe the great reason for success among our aviation boys is that every one of them is willing to begin at the ground and work up. Remember you get back your money, and more, when you lend to the government. The man whose automobile is stolen is not likely to let his mind linger on the benefits accruing from a reduction of operating expense through hts loss It must not be forgotten that the prettiest gardens are made on paper, .but earth and elbow grease are required to make useful ones. But perhaps iJi Follette Is leas proGerman than pro-La Follette. Don’t forget that the valuo of your itousehold furniture has increased along with other necessities, and so you owe the tax asseseor more than you did last year if you haven't had money to buy aiivthing new. Mavbe that German .advance Into Pns•ia is just a little military spree to see how it goes to inv^e some plat-s that is eas^. V

German Food Situation

NEW YORK,^March 4.—German newepapers of the first half of Jannarv, recently received here, have suspiciously little to say on the food situation, which for two years before was an important topic for discussion m practically all the Berlin newspapers A decree of the Prussian commission on food administration mentioned, however, that mortality during recent months had been as high as 50 per cent, above that of 1913, and prescribed increased rations for tubr«rcular patients. Food Director Waldow issued a fulmina^lon against various offending municipalities paying above the maximum prices for various kinds of food in order to assure a supply for their inhabitants and thereby, he declared, contributing largely to the steady driving up of prices and the disregard of the food laws. The newspapers, none of which is a friend of the food dictator, retorted it was impossible for the municipalities to obtain enough food to feed their populations without disregarding the* maxima, and declared that Minister Waldow could find, if he sought them, lawbreakers enough among the Prussian state offices and tvar food bureaus. Vorwaerts. for example, remarked that the central administration of the province of B’andenhurg distnbuted flour among its emnlnves for Uhristmas at a pnee equivalent to SO cents a pound; that the Berlin pol'ce prefecture sold butter to officials at the equivalent of $112 a pound: that a state factory’ gladdened its employes with marmalade at 75 cent© and beef at $1 18 a pound, and that one of the food distribution bureaus under Minister Waldow obtained for its employes as a Christmas fa\’or a very poor quality of pork, which it sold to them at $1.75 a pound. The principal rations of the Berlin population were still on the same meager scale as for months—namely, a pound of potatoes a day, four pounds of bread, one-half pound of meat and about an ounce of butter a week. A slight Improvement in the milk situation had been noted, permlttlnjf the restoration of the earlier rations of mila for children, one quart for those up to two years, three-quarters of a quart for those below the age of four and a pint for children between four and six j ears. Expectant mothers also receive a ration of unskimmed milk. Skimmed milk could be obtained bj' other privileged ones, not by the general population.

[Special to The Indlaoapolis News] EVAIfSVlLUC, IbA, Mardh 4^ Tkirty-ftre gtrls eatvlwjred at ^tlia plaat of tka Berealw Baggy C«apaay, la tkls City, will 4oa •veralle tkle wevic ta wear at thHr warit. Maay at the gliia wka taak the place# of mea wka aaw are fightlag la FYaaoe ar ara at eamee asllltary eaa« taameat, have faaad that eldi^ la> terfere with their wark. A auiea meetlag of Ike gtrle waa held SatarAay at tha factory* aad hy a aaaalmoaa vote it waa Aeetdad that Miay ahouid diaeard akirta far averalla. A few rlrla aad wgaiea have waca overalla la tkeir fcsasaa aad gardaaa* but thla will he the first tbaa maaam bars of the aax hava warn fttaat la aa E«aaavtlle faatory. Tha overalls ta ha wara will te aalfaras ta style. They will be aiade ef blae ckaasbray doth* eat la blooBier style* aad gathered at the aakles. With theas the gtrls will wear waists ea^ ta tha fashlaa of a bnagalaw apraa. Mlsa Marla GalAlag aad Mias Margaret Daaer lad la tha raoveaseat far tha girls ta wear averaUa.

Rolls for French Children

PARIS, March 4.—Ona hundred undernourished school children of the overcrowded southeast comer of Paris received their first taste of American Red Cross food In the form of scientifically prepared sweetened foils made of flour, ru c. milk and sugar. There also was a substantial bar of chocolate for each child. Doctors of the children’s bureau working in Red Cross dispensaries had found that the chiidron. who IncluiSed many repatriated from the north. Suffering oftener from lack of proper nourishment than from illnesa They dec ided, therefore to make this addition to the daily food which replaces the slice of bread and piece of chocolate \vhi( h were traditionally given to French children at 4 o’clock. Since the war began, this custom has been abandoned and the children also suffered through missing a hot midday meal because of their mothers’ absence In munition factories. P'erdlnand Brunot, philologist and a professor in the Sorbpnne, Invited a group of Red Cross workers to visit four schools in his district on the first day of the , distribution. The schools were decorated with American flags and posters told the children the now food came from America. The pupils in ons school sang the "Star-Spangled Banner” in French, while seventy-five girls m another school sang two verses in L^ngllsh. Dr. Mason Knox, of Johns Hopkins university, replied to Mr. Brunot’s speech of thanks, while Elizabeth Wallace, former dean at the University of Chicago, and Mrs. William Palmer Lucas aided in serving the sweetened rolls. The distribution of the rolls will be made in other,districts through the school canteens.

Crop Season Suggestions

WASHINGTON. March 4.—Secretary Houston, of the department of agriculture, has issued a call to urban people to study the farip labor situation and to render assistance to farmers during the coming crop season. "If soldiers are willing to serve in the trenches and risk their lives,” declared Secretar>' Houston, “many civilians can well afford to spare a part of their time to sene in the furrows and in the harvest fields. In many towns and cities there are men who have had farming experience, who are able bodied and who would doubtless be willing to serve the nation in the field of agriculture at this time. Especially for the seasonal strains of planting, cultivating and harvesting, it will not be too much to ask such men to aid the farmers in the necessary undertaking of maintaining and. it possible, supplementing the food supply in order to feed the armies and to sustain the civilian population behind them.” I..eaders in towns and cities immediately dependent on regions where farmers are not able to obtain the necessary labor should establish touch with representative farm leaders and see whether they can not assist in solving the problem. Secretary Houston 8Ugge.«ts. Government and other agencies are making every effort to assist the farmers. and are making a survey of the labor situation, assisting again this year in shifting labor, making available as far as possible high schdol boys in rural districts and removing obstacles In the way of production of a larger farm machinery supply and Its fuller use as a supplement to hand labor.

A Pacifist and His Barracks

To the Editor of The News:

Sir—I was a spectator at a military parade in Norfolk, Va., on Washing-

French Present Flags

PARIS, 'March 4.—William Graves Sharp, American ambassador, and Gen. Lewis, representing the American army, received from descendants of French soldiers in the revolutionary war, yesterday, the battle flags destined for the 6th. 9th. 10th and llth infantry and 4th artillery. The presentation, in the reception salon at the war museum at the Invalides, waa made by Marqui.s de Dornpierre. a descendant of one of the officers in Lafayette’s army. Ambas.«ador Sharp responded and received the flags, which will be exhibited at the Invalides for a few days, and then sent to the front, where direct pre-sentatlon to the regiments will take place. Among those present were the Marquis de Chambrun, a direct descendant of Lafayette, and Count do Rochambeau, direct descendant of General Rochambeau. Baron de Centensen, thanking the subscribers to the flag fund, referred to the early connection between West Point and the French Polytechnic scjiool cadets. West Point having, in July, 1830, sent congratulations to their French comrades In the Polytechnic for bravery shown in the defense of liberty. A copy of a monument commemorating the event will bo made and sent to West Point. The baron described an organization which now is being formed, the Alliance Amerlcalne, to group all the descendants of all those who aided in the foundation of American Independence, to which Americans will be eligible who possess similar qualification. One of the main objects in view is to send members’ children to American universities.

Civilian Health Societies

ton's birthday. The walks were cfowded, as Is always the case, when a military parade is in progress. An old man and a marine were standing on my nght. The old man kept muttering fi-om time to time as the i^oldiers and sailors marched by. This finally got on the marine’s nerv’es. Ho turned to him and the following conversation en-

sued:

Marine—I say^ old man, why do you I keep muttering ail the time? What is ' the trouble? Old Man—There is the cause of it [Hff pointed to the uniformed boys marching past.] Marine—Why should that make you mutter’’ Are you not proud of them? Old Man—Proud’ I should say not. They "aear the uniforms of the army of destruction. Marine—Oh' jou don’t say? And what 1 armv do you beUe\e in’’ Old Man—I am a pacifist. I belong to the army of heaven. Marine (with a sardonic grin)—I say. old than, you’re a devil of a long ways from your barracks The old man ceased his grumbling at once and hastily depart«d ROLLAND R. -WEIMER. Pergeant Medical Department, 4Slst Aero Squadron, Morrison, Va.

Moral—Don’t Play

WASHINGTON. Maich 4. - Poker profiteers were hit today by the internal revenue bureau's informal ruling that eaminga from tho game were subject to the Income tax, but losses could not be deduct#! from income In figuring the fax. Thus, there is a tax for the winner and no relief for the loner. The ruling was given in answer to the following leter of inquiry; "Kindh tell me whether poker tozees arc dedurtUile fmm net Income In figuring tiu'om* t.ixoB I have lost large sums In the last A ear. ami the question with me Is vltiw Fui (he liifonniitlon of a friend who ha.s had good poker profit*, please tell me whetlier these are to be inriuded In Itu um® ”

NEW YORK, March 4.-Thq appointment of mere than I’OO committees in thirty states to carry out its idea for the physical regeneration of the civilian population of the country has been announced by the National Security league. The work to be conducted by these committees will be supervised by the league’s general committee on physical research, wnich ronsl.>‘ts of Walter ramp, the veteran trainer of athletes; William G. Anderson, member of the advisory committee of Yale, on gymna-t-ium, and Josepn E. Raycroft, member of the war and navy department’s committee on training tamp activities. The idea of the league is to have organized in every city, town and hamlet in the countr> local committees, appointed by the mayor, which will form clubs in which n en and women will be instructed in exercises designed by Mr. Canus and his associates.

Asks Farmers to Invest

WASHINGTON. March 4—In an appeal to farmers to put their savlnga Into f overnment tVar Savings certificates. >avtd F Houston, secretary of agriculture, says' "It is the patriotic duty of every citizen who ts in n position to do so, to invest in War Snvlnps and Thrift stamps and thereby help the nation to win this war. The purchase of even a 25-cent Thrift stamp Is a definite contribution to this end. I am confident that the farmers of the land will not permit any other claoa to lake the leadership in gtipportIng the government In this crIalA flzuinrlailv or otherwlae."

The Kalssr a Profitesr

Motive for War Should Ever Be m Mind, He Urgft

NEW YORK, MaroH A-Tlie Uoat Rev. Cosmo Gordon Lang, D. D.. P. C.« lord archbishop of York, the. first of the eighty-nine archbishops of York to cross the seaa to AmerWsa, delivered an eloquent plea for a close partnership between the United States and England during and after the war at the cathedral of St. John the Divine here yesterday. The orchbiabop come, he said from old York to New York, hoping through his voice that ths heart of England, beating hard in the stress of the greatest strugxle of Its history,

tho ihei

GENEVA. March 4.—Rankers who have recently returned from Frankfort eay that Emperor William, who has been n targe atooltholder in KnippS, has bought shares amounting tfi nearly fi.WW.Ooq since the war began. ^

might speoJe to the iheort of Amerioa beating strong In Ita high resolve te crose the sea and moke that etrufifie its own. America and England. n« said, w’ere partners in the spirit ef their laws and institutions; they were both dedicated to the principles of lib-

erty, orde.* and demoorocy.

"The issue before this generatloa." the archbishop continued. "Is whether nations ore to keep their freedom aihd live in fellowship "With another or be menaced by the restless self-assertion of a power which claims a world domination and acknowle^es ho law but that tfl Its own armed force. There con be no peace'Until this issue is settled." The American people were besought by the archbishop, for themselves and their olliee, to keep the morel conviction which impend > them into the struggle clearly In mind. for. he sold, the Issue depended now chiefly qn the spirit of the people and only moral oonviction could keep the spirit stead-

fast.

"It is a task wrell worth ths fsllowship of two great nations,” he concluded, "ndt <mly to make i the world es^e for democracy, but id make demoorocy safe for the world, a saving and uplifting power. Thert, indeed, the record of history will be that a flew day of light and hope deemed upon the world when we In Europe beckoned to our partnership in Amerioa that they should come over and help us, and they come.”

Children’s Societies Merge

BOSTON, March 4.—The merger of the Children of America’s Army of Relief with the Junior Red Cross, a branch of the American Red Gross, was announced today. A statement given out by Dr, Henry Noble MacGrxcken, national director of the Junior Red Cross, said that the merger ailded 600,000 new members to the 5,(XK>,000 members of the Junior Red Cross and avoided the duplication of agencies appealing to

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school children.

le Children of Amer-

ica's Army of Relief has had headquarters in this city and Its work of raising funds for sufferers in war-stricken countries has extended throughout the

United States.

. Under^ the plan of absorption the 600,000 school members of the Army of Relief will be offered the privilege of becoming members of the Rea Cross school auxiliaries on certificate of their teachers that they have subscribed to th© army of relief funds. •

Anti-Aircraft Cartridges

WASHINGTON, March 4.-Succes8ful development of the special types of small arms ammunition for use In aerial warfare has been announced by the war department. These Include armor piercing cartridges, incendiary cartridges and "tracers.” Bullets able to pierce steel became necessj^ry, w’hen in the early months of the war, both sides began to equip the’^vital parts of airplanes with light armor. "Tracer cartridges” leaving a trail of smoke are used to enable the machine gun operator to ascertain whether his shots are correctly aimed and the incendiary bullets set fire to the content^ of the enemy’s fuel tank. Recent tests, the announcement says, indicate that the United States ha.s de- \ eloped these types of special ammunition to a point-fully equal or surpassing anything used abroad.

Mailing Dependents’ Checks

WASHINGTON, March 4.—The first of the Pebruaiv checks for pay allotments and government allowances to dependents of soldiers and sailoty have just been placed in the mails and probably two weeks more will be required to complete the preparation and distribution of the remittances. In announcing this today, ofllcials of th© war risk/Insurance bureau explaine'd that much delay has been caused by irregularities in applications and erroneous addresses, the checking up of which requires the work of several hundred clerks.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS

Murat—"Mary’s Ankle" At 8:15 English’s ™rk Park—"After Office Hours”...At S;16 and 8:16 B. F. Keith’s—Metropolitan vaudeville.. At 2:16 and 8:15 J.vrlc—VaudeMlle At 2.20. 7.15 and 9:d0 Notes of the Stage. "Mary’s Ankle,” a farce, by May Tully. begins a week’s engagement at the Murat tonight. The story told is of the tribulations of three young college men who find themselves In the city without money. Difficulties accumulate after they pawn their landlady’s parrot and send out “fake” wedding invitations, in the expectation of a surfeit of wedding gifts, which they receive, liut find unsalable. The piece plamd for several months In New York. In the coat are Walter Jones, Alma Belwin, Zelda Sears, James Spottswood, IjSO Donnelly, Mae Melville, T. W. Gibson, Adelaide Prine and Edward Martyn. “The Campfire Quartet” is gnoti^er of the features of the performance of Al G. Field’s minstrels, coming to English's Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Charles Reinhart. W. R. Church. .Tack Richards and Harry Fiillman compose tho four. Henry Miller will bring* "Daddy Long I.,egs” back to English's for four performances beginning next Monday nlghtBefore "Daddy Long Legs” became a play it was a successful novel with a record of 100,000 salea and before that it was a serial in a popular magazine where It was read by thousands. The author. Miss Jean Webster, is a niece of Mark Twain and recelv'ed her literary training as his secretary. The bill for the week at Keith’s Includes: Adelaide and Hughes, a famous dancing pair; David Sapersteip, well-known pianist, and Lydia Barry, story teller and singer, who returns after two years’ absenca "Robinson Crusoe.” a musical extravaganza, founded upon the famous irtory by Daniel DeFoe, will be the attraction at English’s for three nights and a Saturdav matinee, beginning Thursday, Mardli 14. It is similar in action to the fairy story pantomimes popular in England. The action is divided into two acts and eleven scenes. It has about thlrtv song numbers and a dozen dance numbers. Mildred Davis, who KiA-vs the leading role of Millie Sinclair, the little stenographer in the melodrama. "After Office Hours.” al the Park theater thlf week, pleved the role of Berutv in Henry Savage’s production of "Dverj’woman.” and supnorted Elsie .Tams in "The Van-dM-bilt Cup." She played Inha Potash in "Potash and PerlmutteL*.” the part of Ms,dfe Brierly In "In Old Kentuckv,” Valeri© West In "The Common Law” and haa alto taken ingenue leads with Thomas Jefferson and Harry Beresford. Violinists and pianists who insure their hands have* thanks to their press agents become more or less common, but no'w conves a magician. Jansen, "demonstrator of dexterltv” at the TA’rtc this week, who says that he values his fingers nt $5,010 esch and carries nn insurance policy to the full limit on his digits. The feature of Jansen’s vaudeville act Is an Illusion called "The Great Triple Myetery.” Little Theater Meeting. The second of the fortnightly conferences of the Little Theater Society, will be held in the auditorium of the city library tomorrow evening. Terktngton Baker, director, will discuss ths technic of Augjyitus Thomwi'e pley\ ‘The Witching Hour,’* and Wallace r. Wadsworth will reed an unproduced one-act play "Kamerad,’ by Howa»d lot hr, a memtwr of the senior dels of Indiana university. Another one-set plav may he read If there is time. Siemhera are eeked to bring tlwlr friends and anybody tnteimted In ths theater le Invited le attMuL

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SCRAPS

The elephluit eoa pot eover maaa fifteen or twenty mUes a day wHh fort King Qeorge hag sent Mg oniraali scrtptlon of VbOOh.to King Sdweg«j pita! fund for London. Tho original theater, “groan sold to have been pointed green in. to relieve the eyee of actors ths glare of Uie footllghta Barnett Beff, of Chelsea. Wale%' received a tetter from his , Russia, dated November S. m*. Jetter wae sent from Volins. Ri and the envempe contains marked stamps. Chasing a coyote carrying a pate fat hone in its mouth for a dtotom half a mile in giro weather, ctod in hie nightgown aitd overshoes; the stunt staged by Ernest Bomi farmer near Smith Center, Kan. The tops of on aeroplono i^ptilar vented in Europe trend' forward wl stationary and ars strolghtohsi by „ trifugal forco when revolving, whl the Inventor claims lessens the da of them being broken by strain. Colonel Thornes Hannon, of Bennt ton, Vt., has shippsd to his son, Capt J. BenMmin Hannon, at Camp Ii_ cock, Ga.. the army blanket which wf issued to the former when he was Richmond in 18H and which has preserved In the family ever blnoe. Inmgtes of Michigan state prison , to take up Red Cross work and throv Edward Frensdorf, the warden, tel offered to give 8,000 hours a week tt manufacture of any materials may be needed. The prison has a Viet population in excesa of 1,300. The gift of Egyptian antiquities . cently prwgnted to ttie Hosksll orient museum of the V^nlvertlty of ChU by the Art Institute of Chicago, Is very miscellaneous col’ectton of value to a museum like Haskell, whit uses its collection chiefly for instrut tlon. The food administration estimates tl_ total number of ocean-going vesselti now I afloat at 30.000 The supply of ships ISj about 20 per cent, short of normal. 8,783,080 tons of shipping having been sunk since the war started. Shlpbuild-1 ing in France has been at a standstill since the beginning of the war; England’s output is less than normal: Japan Is hampered by lack of material, and the American ship supply is only, beginning. A pledge to save fuel oil is called for by Albert E. Swabacher. United States i fuel administrator for California, who has sent a letter to all locomotivh englnemen in that state. The Southern Pacific is the greatest consumer of fui_^ oil in that state and the co-operation of its employes is expected to msag in the aggregate a great saving for other industries. Mr. Swsbacher’s IsttOf, says that the storage supply of fueJ- ofl in California is decreasing at the rhta of 1,100,000 barrels a month. Benjamin Franklin’s Pennsylvania Gazette wss the first AmsHoan nowspaper to print a cartoon. There rumors of a possible war with .%ha French, which resulted in a call Cot a’ meeting at Albany of the representatives of the British colonies. FYanl|Iin was ore of the commlseionere, and to increase the force of an appeal "for united actioti, on May 9, 1784, prlnM a cartoon representing a smSke cut into eight parts, the head' represwiting New England and the other sevea parts the varloys colonies outside oC! New England. The legend r(5^ad: "Jtei"| or die.” ^ Gas for street lighting was first used*'! in Pall Mall, London; HI years ago. A. few experimental gas lights previously had been used In Golden Lane, but was not until a few years later that^tht new form of ilidminntion was generally.* adopted in London streets. The first attempt to introduce the use of gas in. America was in Baltimore In 1811, The project was unsuccessful. In 1822 It was introduced in Boston, and In the following year New York streets were lighted by gas. The system did not prove successful, however, imtll 1827. Tiio use of gas spread rapidly to other cities in the United States and Canada. Rosin and oil were used for producing gas In America in the early days of the industry. Until half a century ago the pride a thousand feet ranged up to 17, the average being about IS.ISO.

ANSWERS TO QUESTK»<^

V. B.-No old peopto’e p«jtolMi hill hM bees paased by eongr®*®. ^ H.—The poama you oak tpr aasy tee eeep at tb® city library. O. A. -W., Franklin—Addr®®® tb® Nary IMvlflon^iif Inventiona Washtnzton. D. C. Mr®. B. I. O.. Or®®nfl®ld—Look Is’th® Im4p wanM adv®rtl««ni®nu and writ® to th® women'* dlvtolon, U. B. •mployni®nt ••rvlca Federal building. Indtanapolla Farmar. Harrodaburg—Aoeordlng te th® regulation® of tb® food admlntatratlon, a farmar to allowed to exebange hi® wb«at for flour, but daring tb® flour sberuv® tb® supply b® to •ntitlcd to bav® bmd is limited to one month. Tlio fadarml'food administrator for Indiana I® sugs®®ting that all Caraiflr® who bav® sior® flout than nicissary for tbair pieaant deed ebould load It te thalr n®ighbors who ar® •hort of flour. Any othw practie®. b® isya will r«®uU In on® fantfer having ••vera! barrvl® of flour on hand and anotbor having‘non® at aH. J. T. B.—Tb® atatut® provlda® tluik ’*n® aaeli totter® (of probate] ahall b® granted to a married woman unJo®® h®r husband ill® his eonaant tlwrWo In writing with tb® cl®rk Isauing tb® lettera which consent idiall mak® him Jointly, with her, raapoasibto for her scf® In th® pr®ml®o®.” Tho court® bav® h^d that tba mairlad woman bas sol® authority and that th® husband 1® only a guarantor; but th®y bav® not decided what aAact ®ub**au«nt ‘inarrlag® will have ae ®och a qn*®tlon would only ari®® If •om® h*lr or ciwdUor n-ouM mov® th® dtocharg® ef tb® administratrix. Mr® W. M.. ltu®hvmo-Ar® tbOr® many Jew® in aenerai Altonby’* ar»y^-W• know of no way of t.lMng haw m^f iatn ara in hia army. They ar® priihably In the asm® i-roportwnate number® a® might occur In any other British army. <il What btvnm® of th® poet Induetri®® that w®r® promoted In Canada end northob Indiana a fbw ^ru agot—As to Canada w® ca» not say. Thr*® or f«to hibbta war* mt up e«^ v*ar® ago In north®™ Indiaua, th* slut® MOloffiRt intofwi* ue. Po«^ brtqwtt*® on tb® that they could no*. ** pile®® then p«vaHtof.^ briau®ti®® ootdd now b® iwuluabis' mad*. B O. T.. Tip»oii-Ui^ tha prohlblttou law U a prtvat® family ollowad bmh twelve aZfi of ^ ataSm^at Gan Mch individual mawAur ct a family meee than twaatV'Ono yaara ba™ th* saifna Inwuntr-lfo tarn not hp^ariAlm to »ay bow tho law will b* tanstraod i» «apocta tho law wt 1^ Aa*t polat* netton H toctoiwo Uaiuaia eeriotn ®x. ooDtionw utoavbi fthp ‘th® Moth wHhto > "Twvid®d. h<Iw®\*ar. That tW* *NMto| «hWl no^ppiy to alcohol hdi* tor f*’’* purpauea, wt te mm ftt Intextcath.o^ ua^oWmnn-mn® at baer, or hW J'*’’ own demtafite eoetuwMftKlte In hi* ..wh imam tor dhatottic A at ftlS