Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 228, 6 August 1918 — Page 6
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1918.
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM
AND S UN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, by Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Second Class Mail Matter. MEMBER OP TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it Bot otherwise credited In this paper and also the local ews published herein. All rlfhta of republication of special dispatcher herein are also reserved. Checkmating Frightfulness When Germany put into effect its policy of frightfulness, it applies it with exacting efficiency to every phase of the war, not overlooking even the prisoners. To break their spirit and undermine their morale, the Most High resorted to persecutions that have not been rivalled since the days of the inquisition. In last week's issue of the Saturday Evening Post is to be found an article that exhaustively treats of the methods employed by the Berlin gang. It not only gives in detail the methods of torture, but also tells how the French outwitted their opponents and again proved that German psychology is nearsighted. The author illustrates one phase as follows: After reading various reports of the French government containing accounts of the visits to German prison camps of inspectors, depositions by neutral delegates, affidavits of distinguished physicians captured in battle, and numberless records of private soldiers collected by the state, I was granted an interview with a French officer, an escaped prisoner, who had been in the parade camps, the reprisal and the labor camps. When I questioned him concerning the depression, the sadness, the cafard which I felt must exist in those smaller Gehennas of brutal forced labor, he surprised me by replying quickly: "Not at all! We Were not sad. The splendid morale of the French prisoners was extraordinary. They tried, indeed, to break our spirit but we were too much for them. We sang, we invented games and we were constantly playing tricks on them." He laughed at the memory of some of those tricks. "Once in a reprisal camp of several hundred Frenchmen they assembled us all you know about a reprisal camp that they treat you brutally on purpose?" "Yes." "They do that not only to get even with us for alleged mistreatment of their German prisoners, but also, and even more, to break the spirit of our people at home, to spread discouragement and peace propaganda. Well, they assembled us, and they told us to write home freely concerning brutalities, rigorous work hours, disciplinary measures and lack of food. They promised us not to censor a single word. We might give our addresses and tell all about it!" He paused to smile. . "Yes? And what then?" "Simply this: Of those several hundred Frenchmen of all stations and degrees, not one wrote home a single word of complaint! The letters ran something like this: 'This is a pretty good place. The food is not bad. They treat us very well. The work is all right. We have no complaint to make of this camp.' How enraged they were when they read that first bunch of correspondence ! And for an entire month all the letters were censored and destroyed, not because they were so bad but because they were so goc1 ! That's what they got for trying to break the spirit of our women at home."
True War News
they studied the official reports, that they had been grievously duped and deceived. Great victories should bo made the occasion of great celebrations, but when we permit sensational papers or rumors transmitted by word of mouth and 'phone to override our good judgment we are injuring our own morale and enthusiasm. The logical result of this is that .we cannot appreciate a great victory when it is won, and cannot awaken our jaded and overworked enthusiasm. ' The danger of this reaction became, so apparent all over the country last week that our military leaders at Washington had to implore us to maintain a balanced judgment until the full extent of the allied success was assured. Journals that have a powerful influence in shaping public opinion sounded the same warning, and the mayor of Cincinnati, where a number of premature celebrations based on incomplete reports had been held, issued an order prohibiting the ringing of bells and the blowing of whistles until he gave official permission. Citizens of Richmond will recall some of the wild rumors that swept through this community ten days ago, the most absurd at that time being the story of the fall of Soissons and the capture Of 500,000 Germans. The Brooklyn Eagle quotes the expression of an intelligent American who had been duped by this and other exaggerated reports: "We were told in the heart of the Adirondaks," said the Brooklyn man, "that the Americans had captured 175,000 prisoners, whereas the captures at that time were only about 20,000. The tale grew from village to village and when we reached the Catskills we found one town where the enthusiastic natives had been parading with a band all night, celebrating the supposed capture of Soissons with several hundred thousand prisoners. This was all due to the impression created by sensational newspapers with misleading headlines. In these days it is specially important that war news be treated conservatively, so that we may not experience a loss of morale through disappointment over good news which turns out to be grossly exaggerated." The concluding sentence of the Brooklyn man's statement expresses the true attitude of good Americans. We are proud of and thankful for the great deeds of our boys and our allies. Our heart thrills with pride. All of us say, "Keep it up." The events of the last three weeks need no exaggeration. They are great enough as they stand.
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Great harm has been done by exaggerated
war news in the last two weeks. Many communities, fired to a fever heat by reading news articles that were superlatively colored, indulged in celebrations over victories that" never were won and
found to their surprise and consternation, when against a common roe.
The Three Yorktown Nations
From the North American Review.
HE phrase was M. Jusserand's; the epigrammatic climax of a notably eloquent and symnathetic
speech: "The three Yorktown nations." It was
received, when uttered, with delighted appreciation and applause. It is worthy to be remembered and to be cherished as a part of the mental furniture, or perhaps we should say the mental working tools, of every American citizen. It is peculiarly timely, apt and felicitous at this present conjuncture in the affairs of this nation, of the other two "Yorktown nations," and of the world; when, it Is not too much to say, In the hands of those three nations reposes the destiny of the human race. It will be profitable for us to recall distinctly and
accurately what the "three Yorktown nations" meant to each other and to the world at Yorktown, and what they mean at this time, nearly a century and a half later; on both occasions involved in a great war. We may say, then, that the meanings of the two occasions are substantially identical, and that the relationship which existed among the three at Yorktown in 1781 was the- natural forerunner of and prelude to that which exists among the same three nations in 1918. Because they were to each other what they were at Yorktown, they are to each other what they are in Flanders and Picardy and Champagne. That Is not a paradox. It Is a literal statement of historic fact. And it Is so because of the essential identity of purposes and issues of the two wars. In 1781 the three nations were learning the great lesson of democracy, and because they had not yet fully learned it and had not applied its principles, they disagreed and were at war among themselves. In 1918 they have all learned that lesson and therefore are at peace among themselves
ana are allied together to maintain those principles
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A lot of men would rather write than he president, but there Is one man who can do both.
Fashion journal says the skirts will touch the shoetops this season. But look where the shoetops are. THE RULING PASSION. Ignatz Jacob Jacobowski, Once a Russian of some power. Kin of Grand Duke Heresahowski Ivan Rule Romanowski, Languished in a lonely tower. Placed there by the Bolshevik!, Stripped of all his worldly wealth, In that tower damp and leaky, Where the rata were wild and squeagy Ignatz worried for his health. Then he saw how Leon Trotzky, In an earnest Eearch for pelf, Had a large cool million gotsky. And he said, "I'll take a shotsky At the looting game myself." So he broke out of his prison. Grew large whiskers on his cheeks, When a few round suns had risen, A complete disguise was his'n And he Joined the Bolsheviks. Ignatz looted and he looted, , He robbed glnmills, stores and banks, When he'd stored away a million. He aspired to half a billion. Never once did he say "Thanks. He was rich beyond all measure. In his own steam yacht he sat. He invoiced his wondrous treasure And he murmured oft with pleasure: "Well, the Kaiser won't get that. Columbus pulled off about the best piece of anti-German propaganda in the history of th world when he In idaood Queen Isabella to pawn her
Jewels and allow him to hunt up this country. Since the draft took effect, many of the caddies wear long flowing whiskers, which may account for many of the golf balls which have been mysteriously lost of late.
Cabbage and Patriotism
To eat cabbage is not plebean, It is patriotic. Cabbage is grown In back yards in all parts of the United States and if it ie made an Important part of the vegetable diet it replaces shippedin foods which require transportation space. The United States Food Administration advises the use of homegrown vegetables not only as a matter of saving shipping Bpace but as a saving of food which cannot be sent abroad. The following recipes may add to the list of usual ways of preparing cabbage: Victory Cabbage. Slice cabbage and soak In cold water. Put one quart of cabbage in a stewpan with two tablespoonfuls of butter or butter substitute, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of finely chopped 'onion, few gratings of nutmeg, and a few grains of cayenne. Cover and cook until cabbage is tender. Add two tablespoonfuls of vinegar and cook five minutes. Cold Slaw. Select a small, heavy cabbage, take off Outside leaves, and cut In quarters. Slice very thinly with a sharp knife. Soak in cold water until crisp, drain, dry between towels, and mix with cream salad dressing. 1
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Allied Council Warns Against Overconf idence, Tremendous Task Still Ahead of Us
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. The allied war council would warn the people in this country as well as those in Great Britain, France and Italy against overconfidence as the tide continues to turn in favor of the allied armies. Cablegrams bearing such warning have been sent from Paris during the last twenty-four hours to all the allied capitals. The danger of the day, as the men who make up the war council of the allied nations see it, is that the present allied advance may result in relaxation In both efforts and effect. According to the men who are managing the war for the allies, there must be no relaxation, for now is the time of all times when every sort of war activity must go ahead at greater speed than ever before. More German Propaganda. Here in the United States, according to dispatches that have been received here from various parts of the country, there is already noted this tendency to relax. Some of this change of thought the authorities believe is chargeable to German propaganda, but the fact that the allied armies have been steadily pressing forward since July 18 has had the effect of starting much talk among unthinking people to the effect that the war will soon be over. According to the information now coming in this sort of talk is gaining headway in the army camps and cantonments and it is being indulged in by all classes of people outside the military camps. Nothing More Dangerous. .As the authorities here see it no more dangerous propaganda could be fostered at the present time. Great as is the allied victory in the present drive, it should be understood by" everybody that it is only a beginning of the great task that is yet to be performed. The military situation Is today almost where it was last March, but when this fact is analyzed the military experts point out that it is far too early to begin to talk about the end of the war. There is the feeling, of course, which the best military experts here express, that the German high command must realize that Germany can never win the war. But at the same time there is no attempt to conceal the fact that the German army is yet capable of powerful resistances and that in spite of all the efforts the allies may put forth it may take several years to win a conclusive peace. So it is not strange the military experts here said today that the allied war council from its headquarters in France is cautioning the allied countries against overconfidence and particularly against the slightest relaxation of effort. To the contrary the allies one and all are expected to redouble their war efforts. Foch Will Keep Going. There is the expectation here on the
part of the general staff corps that General Foch will follow up the advantage which ha ha3 now gained. It is not revealing military secrets to say that General Pershing in his dispatches has plainly given the war department the impression that the present drive will not stop at the Vesle and probably not at the Alsne. Early last week the statement was made in these dispatches and made on the highest authority that the allied plan was to continue to hold the initiative. General Pershing, as the days have gone by, has repeated this statement in his reports to the department, and evidently he fully expects that General Foch will keep up the offensive throughout the summer and fall. While no one in authority here is inclined to make any predictions whatever, it is a fact that there is some measure of expectation that the Germans can be driven beyond the French border before tho snow flies. Even if this should be done, it is pointed out, the end of the war would not be in sight. The answer of the United States to the splendid victory that has been achieved since this drive began is to be found in the new man power bill which Went to the congress today. The enactment of that bill into law will mean that every ounce of man power available in this country will be made available in the war.
MITjOIND. ! Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Ellis of Terre Haute are guests of Prof, and Mrs. L. E. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John Kendall and family. Miss Naomi Anderson of Peru, Miss Sarabell Brubaker of Leesburg, Miss Alta Storma of Kempton, were week-end guests of Miss Mary Lovell Jones Miss Iola Hall of Connersville has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Anna Hall Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beck entertained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Arza, Charles Kinrick and Mr. and Mrs. Naman of Fortville Mrs. Frank Doty and granddaughter, Dorothy, were Richmond visitors Saturday.... . . Mrs. Wallace Warren, Mrs. F. C. McCormick, Mrs. Ed Wilson and Mrs. L. E. Thompson formed a theatre party to Richmond Friday. The party was in honor of Mrs. Thompson who will move to Economy soon The Red Cross branch will meet with Mrs. John Murphy Tuesday instead of Thursday. ..The Embroidery club will meet Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. E. P. Jones. .. .Lute Lantz has a new Lexington. .. .MisB Marie Snyder entertained Thursday Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Weddele and son of Evansvllle, Mrs. Lon Daugherty of Connersville and Miss Mary Dillon of Cambridge City. .
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A clergyman was grieved to find his services for men were poorly attended. He expressed his regret to the verger one evening when, as usual, they were the only two at the
meeting.
"That's jest what I've sed to 'em over an' over again," said the verger, consolingly. "I sez to 'em: 'Look at me,' I sez; 'Look at me. I goes to all them services,' I sez' 'an' what 'arm does they do me'?" "Where are you going to lecture tonight, my dear," inquired Mr. Wise of his wife, a prominent equal suffrage lecturer. "I am to address the Cooks' and Housemaids' Union," she responded. Her husband laughed. "I see nothing to laugh about. Surely they have as much right to vote as any other woman," his wife began, indignantly. "I am not denying that, my dear," mildly explained Mr. Wise; "but it is a waste of time. Don't you realize that a cook or housemaid never remains long enough in one position to be entitled to a vote?" Mrs. Wise, recognizing the wisdom of this, canceled her engagement by telephone. Two pals, both recently wedded, were comparing, the merits of their wives. "Ah, yes," said George, who was still very much in love, "my little woman is an angel! She couldn't tell a lie to save hef life!" "Lucky bounder!" said Samuel, sighing. "My wife can tell a lie the minute I get it out of my mouth."
(By Associated Press) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE AISXE-MARKE FRONT, Au. 6. Before evacuating Saponay, the Germans desperately endeavored to remove several locomotives and railway cars which, finally, they were compelled to leave behind. The French and American heavy guns previously had severed the railway running north from Saponay, and the Germans were unable to make repairs, owing to the continued shelling. Saponay and the district exendlng to Fere-en-Tardenoia form an important railway center, of which the Germans made much use until the allied guna cut the line. When the French entered Saponay on Friday, they found two locomotives which the Germans had attempted to destroy when they discovered that the railroad had been severed. The railroad yards also had been damaged by German explosives. American Engineers There. Friday was the first day Fere-en Tardenois was not under the German artillery since the Germans evacuated the village. The French and Americans already have started to restore the shell swept village. A group of American engineers under a lieutenant from North Carolina today worked side by side with French engineers repairing the roads and streets, and other detachments were busy burying the German dead. Previous to evacuating Fere-En-Tar-denois, the Germans destroyed virtually everything which could be made use of, including mirrors, beds and furniture. There was not a single house which had not been shelled or dynamited. Most of the stone bouses are mere shells, with gaping holes in the roofs and sides. Some houses were totally demolished, and the church steeple and the cobblestones of the streets. Trees in Square Twisted. - The trees in the village square were twisted as if by a cyclone by the tare-
well shells of the Germans. A large sign in German at the entrance of the church reads: "Remove hats upon entering." Down the street a German sign, stretched across the roadway, readB: "Captured arms and loot must be stored here." The sign bears a hand pointing to where a house once stood. This building now is a mass of ruins, the result of dynamite or some other explosive used by the retreating Germans.
"Now, RastuS," said the captain, "don't you want to make your will before you go over?" "Will, nuthin', sah! De only will Fse worcyin' about is, will I come back." The saddest words Are these, all right: "Too old to fight."
Pullman porters now demand a wage increase, saying the war has halved their tip harvest.
..Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Highams of Burlington have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Will Highams of Bentonville. They were calling on Milton friends Saturday. .. .John Brown has a new Buick Mrs. Debbie Furnace and sons of Indianapolis, Mr. and Mrs. Sutton and son, Don of Dublin visited Milton friends Sunday.
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