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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND.. SATURDAY, JAN. 20, 1923.

REPARATIONS CAUSE OF EUROPEAN CHAOS, DECLARES SULLIVAN (Continued from Page One ) "Shall he be put on trial for his life before an Impartial court?") The other demand was that Germany should be required to "pay the entire cost of the war. Including the pensions of the British soldiers." Knew Impossibility.

Now, as to both of tnese demands, Lloyd Georjte well knew they were im

possible. He knew that the Kaiser could not be hung nor put on trial for his life, for the sufficient reason that

the Kaiser, as it has been stated ia-

. cetiously by one English write, was In the position of the justly celebrated

hare." The Kaiser had first to be

caught. The Kaiser had taken sanc

tuary In Holland and Lloyd George knew, as well as every other person with knowledge of International law

and of all the circumstances knew, that

Holland would not surrender him to

the allies and could not be made to

surrender him, except by military force involving a violation of International

law such as the allies would not com

mit.

As to the second of these demands requiring Germany to pay the whole

cost of the war, Including pensions for

soldiers, Lloyd George knew that this nlso was impossible. He knew it was Impossible because the aggregate would be very much more than all the wealth of Germany. He knew it to be Impossible or certainly he ought to have known It to be impossible for another reason. He knew that this demand could not be made on Germany with honor on the part of the allies. He knew the terms of the armistice, and knew that those terms, a3 already quoted here, defined what Germany was to pay, and that( thia definition excluded anything like pensions for British soldiers. Lloyd George Yields Lloyd George was conscious of all thl3 and was uneasy, about it. Knowing this, he held off from assenting to these demands on the part of the British public until two weeks before the election was held. But the two demands, put into the form of

popular slogans, kept resounding-

all through England. The exploiting of them was augmented by the newspapers belonging to Lord Northcliffe, because Lord Northcliffe was at that time a political enemy of Lloyd George and was not unwilling to embarrass him. While Lloyd George personally was hedging and avoiding yielding to these demands, the less important members of his party, who were candidates for the House of Commons, did not have his

restraint. They made freely the prom

ises which the British public demand i'd.

Finally, just two weeks before the

election took place. Lloyd George

himself yielded to the pressure and

made the promises on his own be

half.

CHURCHES ( J

ADVENTIST Adventists The Seventh Day Adventists will hold services Saturday morning at the school, 321 South Eighth street. Sabbath school 9:15 a. m.; Bible study 10:30 a. m., subjects

on "Present Truths as Fulfillment of

Bible Prophecy," by Elders W. Vore, J. H. Miller and F. S. Weir. BAPTIST First Baptist church 16 North Elev-. enth street. Rev. R. W. Leazer, pastor. Sunday school 9:15 a. m., Norman Sheppard, superintendent; preaching service 10:45 a. m. and 7:15 p. m., morning theme, "Things that Satisfy," evening theme, "Life's Imperatives;" Junior B. Y. P. U. will meet at 3 p. m. and the Seniors at 6:15 p. m.; prayer meeting will be held next Thursday night, W. P. Furgerson will lead the discussion. BRETHREN United Brethren Church Eleventh and North B streets. Bible school at

9:20 a. m. (Fred D. White, superintendent) ; evangelistic services at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. In charge of the pastor, H. S. James. Subjects: "God" and "From Nature to Grace." Junior C. E.. 2 p. m.; Senior C. E., 6:30 p. m. Welcome to all. CATHOLIC St. Andrew's Catholic Fifth and

South C streets. Rev. F. A. Roell.

rector; Rev. Clement Zepf, assistant 7:00 a. m., Low Mass and Communion, 8:30 a. m.. Low Mass. sermon and

Communion: 10:30 a. m.. Hieh Mass

and Sermon. 3:00 n. m. VesDers Ser-

Here, then was the first step in

all that tanele of bad faith and

equivocation which has bedeviled the world for the past four years. The root of it all lies in the fact that Lloyd George came to the Peace Conference committed to two Inconsistent promises. On the one hand he wa3 committed by formal promise to the support of Wilson's Fourteen Points and to the statement embodied in the armistice, that the measure of what Germany should pay was to be merely actual "damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property." On the other hand, he was bound by a subsequent promise to the British people to make Germany pay the entire cost of the war, including the military cost, and including particularly the pensions to be paid to soldiers.

Lloyd George's position was clearly

one that cannot be described, ra terms

that admit his good faith.

When finally the peace conference

eot under way this subject of repa

rations came up. (It happens, by a

somber coincidence, that it is exact

ly four years ago on Monday, Jan. 22, that the subject of reparations was

first brought up in the peace confer

ence). It was Lloyd George made uneasy either by his conscience or by

his sense of impending emDarrassment to himself who brought it up, He said it was time to speak of "repa rations and indemnity."

At this instant President Wilson

replied, according to the notes, in a way which showed that he understood Mr. Lloyd George's embarrassment

The notes at this point read: "PresI

dent Wilson suggested it might be

well to omit the word 'indemnity. Word Is Born

There, at that minute, was the birth

of the word "reparations." as the term describing the amount Germany should be required to pay. They avoided the word "indemnity" because that word Implies punitive damages and they knew that Germany had been promised by the allies that there should be "no punitive damages." And

the truth was that Lloyd George, if ha were going to live up to the second of his promise by breaking the first, was going to make Germany pay more than mere "reparations." Wilson understood the distinction and limited the phrase to "reparations," which describes merely the repair of actual damages done. However, while the others assented to the word, they did not give up the substance. One is reminded of a phrase from Talleyrand: "The chief business of statesmen is to invent new terms for Institutions which under their old names have become odious to the . public."

The subsequent debate within the

Peace Conference is too long to re-

neat here in any detail. It is suf

ficient to say that Wilson, as well as

ill his American advisers, including Norman Davis. Bernard M. Baruch ind Vance McCarmick. took the

rround that the phrase in the armistice contract, "ail damage done to

:he civilian population of the Allies

Ind their rroperty," could not be internreted to include a demand on

Lhe Germans to pay the whole cost f the war, nor the soldiers' renslon3, Uovd George, 'with one watchful eye thifted backward toward the English

people, insisted that pensions snoma te included. The controversy came to a head at a moment when Wilson personally was on the ocean and the imericans sent him by wireless a long message setting forth the entire iltuatlon. Wilson responded lmmellately, directing the American detection to stand its ground and, if nec

essary, to dissent publicly from a course which was, as Wilson said, "clearly Inconsistent with what we deherately led the enemy to expect and cannot now honorably alter simply because we have the power." At this point some portion of the blame a very minor portion and a wholly different kind of blame and yet something within the field of responsibilityshifts to the shoulders of President Wilson. If Mr. Wilson had stood firmly on the position taken by him in the words quoted just above all the subsequent trouble might have been avoided. In saying this it should be made clear that Wilson's responsibility is limited wholly to his failure to stand firm. The real responsibility lies on the shoulders of Lloyd George and, as will be explained in a moment, on the shoulders of the French.

Lloyd George and the others kept up the fight. In the end President Wilson yielded. The reason for his yielding lay in what was. in the iude-

ment of the writer, one of the most

aisquieting incidents of the Peace Con

ference. It hung around an action taken by one of the British delegates, General Smuts, of South Africa. Gen

eral Smuts was commonly held to be one of the most high-minded, as well as one of the most able, men at Paris. He was believed to share a eood deal

of the idealism of President Wilson-

certainly to share It to a ereater de

gree than any of the other European

delegates. President Wilson personal

ly' had his view of Smuts and trusted

him.

Trusted Smut

Maybe It was because it was Vnown

that ilson trusted Smuts. Whatever the motive or the reason, the fact is

that Smuts was asked to write a brief

on tne question whether, under the

phrase "all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their

property by the aggression of Germany by land, b ysea and from the air," Germany could honorably be required to

pay tne pensions of soldiers. Smuts

wrote the brief, arid wrote it to the effect that pensions should be included.

On the basis of this brief of Smuts's

Wilson yielded the point yielded it

over the energetic protests of the other Americans and of the international lawyers,' headed by one of the Americans, John Foster Dulles, who objected strenuously that Smuts's log

ic was false and that the demand was

unjustifiable under the terms of the

armistice contract.

Throughout all this the French stood with Lloyd George and shared

equally with him the responsibility for the subsequent choas. The French delegates to the peace conference took

their stand partly from a motive sim

ilar to Lloyd George's. They also had

led the French people to expect that Germany could pay and would be made to pay the entire cost of the war. In addition to this, the French

had a second motive. They wanted to make the sum assessed against Germany as large as possible. It did not

matter to them that the sum was yery

much greater than Germany could

possibly pay. From their point of view the larger the sum charged

against Germany, regardless of whether Germany could pay it, the better France would be served. For tie French wanted to put Germany in a position which would be a kind of bondage to the French. They wanted the reparations to be fixed at so large a sum that Germany would be unable to pay for many decades. The French hope was that during all these decades they could, by means of this

claim against Germany, keep her po

litically and economically impotent

This wish weighed greater with the

French than the wish for actual cash.

France Lost Financially

On the attitude of the French It

is a convincing and Striking fact that France would have been better off, financially and economically, to stand with the Americans on the

letter of the armistice contract and

keep the reparations down to "actual damage." For most of the actual damage -was on French and Belgian soil, and on this basis the great bull:

of the reparations received would

have gone to France and Belgium

The Inclusion of pensions, on. the

other hand, would permit Great Brit

ain to come in for a considerable

share of the reparations and would

to that extent lower the sum that France would get. But the thing that France wanted more than she wanted reparations was the opportunity to keep Germany down for many yeara to come. President Wilson and his advisers

passed days and weeks vainly en

deavorins to convince the British

and French that it was to the in

terest of the Allies even from the

business point of view, to say nothing of the point of honor raised by Wilson to fix a reasonable, definite amount that Germany could pay and

that they could afford to have her

pay some such sum as 510,000,000,

000 to $20,000,000,000. In this they were unsuccessful, and In the end the reparations were left in the shape

which has caused all the trouble.

(Copyright, 1923. New Tork Tribune

int.)

monette and Benediction. At the 10 o'clock service the male choir sings under the direction of the organist and choirmaster, Joseph M. Richter. Friday evening, Holy Hour, Benediction, and choir practice. St. Mary's Catholic Rev. W. J. Cronln, pastor; Rev. John Rodutskey, assistant pastor. 6 a. m.. low mass; 8 a. m., low masa and sermon; 10 a. m. high mass and sermon; 2:30 p. m. instruction with benediction at 3 p. m.; 7:30 p. m. Wednesday. Holy hour. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

First Church of Christ, Scientist

North A, between Fourteenth and rli-

teenth streets. Subject, "Life;" Sun

day school at 9:15 a. m.; services at

10:30 a. m.; Wednesday evening testimonial meeting at 7:45. Public cordially invited. EPISCOPAL St Paul's Episcopal church North

east corner North Eighth and North A streets, the Rev. George G. Burbanck,

rector. Church services at 8 and 10:30 a. m., church school at 9:30 a, m. The rector will be in attendance at the diocesan council in Indianapolis on Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 24 and 25. The church will be open daily from 9 to 5 for private prayer and

meditation.

FRIENDS North A Street Friends Between

Eleventh and Twelfth streets. First

day school, 9:15 a. m., Floretta E. Stinetorf, superintendent; meeting for worship, 10:30 a. m.

South Eighth Street Friends church

Louis T. Jones, pastor. Sunday

school 9:10, John H. Johnson, superin

tendent. Meeting for worship 10:30, sermon subject, "The Man, Jesus Christ;" Young Friends' groups, 6:30; a lantern slide program will be given

by the pastor. Mid-week prayer meet

ing Thursday evening 7:30. The fourth

study of the missionary series will be taken up. Ruthanna Sims will lead in the discussion of Friends' work among

negroes. We welcome you to these services.

East Main Street Friends church E.

Howard and Ruth P. Brown, pastors. Sunday school, 9:15 a. m., Harry B. Reeves, superintendent; preaching service, 10:30 a. m., sermon by the pastor, subject, "Does Man Have Another Chance at Life?"; special music by the choir; Christian Endeavor, 6 p.

m.. Missionary study class, leader. Miss Esther Hodson, subject, "Mexico Missions;" Ladies' Aid Thursday afternoon 1:30 p. m.; choir rehearsal, Thursday evening, 7:30 p. m.; Missionary study class, China and Cuba, led by the pastor. West Richmond Friends Church Charles M. Woodman, pastor. Sunday services: 9 a. m., Bible school (Millard Makle, superintendent); 10:30 a. m., meeting for worship, "The Unconscious Disciple;" 4 p. m., Christian Fellowship circle; 5 p. m., vesper service. Thursday evening 7:30, "Africa's Response to Christianity," the third in a series of missionary topics. Willis and Jaunita Beeds, leaders. LUTHERAN

First English Lutheran South A

and Eleventh streets. F. A. Dressel, pastor, parsonage 110 South Eleventh

street. Sunday school at 9 a. m., E. B

Knollenberg, superintendent; reception

of members and Holy Communion at

10:30 a. m.; preaching service at 4:30 p. m., subject, "The Kingdom of God;"

BiDie study Thursday at 7:30 p. m.;

catechism Saturday 1 p. m. seniors; 2

m. Juniors. Second English Lutheran church

Northwest Third and Pearl streets;

C. Raymond Isley, pastor. Sunday school. 9:15 a, m., W. H. Alexander, superintendent. Morning service.

10:30; subject, "Sin and Salvation."

Jehvlada chest offerings. Evening

service, 7 o'clock; subject "Expressive Christianity." Bible Study class.

Thursday, 7 p. m. Catechetical class, Saturday, 9:30 a. m. N St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, corner South Seventh and E street; A. L. Nicklas, pastor. English service, 8 a. m.; Sunday school, 9:15 a. m.; German service, 10:15 a. m.; Ladies' Benevolent society, 2.30 p. m.; Evening worship, English, 7 p. m. Teachers' meeting Friday evening. ' . Trinity English Lutheran Seventh and South A streets. Oscar T. F.

Tressel, pastor. Residence 23 South Eleventh street phone 2861. Sunday

school, 9:00: divine service at 10:30

"I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel of

Christ:" Luther league at 6:45; even

ing worship at 7:30, "The Law Our Schoolmaster to Lead Us Unto Christ" Teachers meeting Friday

evening at 7 o'clock.

St Paul's Lutheran Church South Seventh and D streets; J. P. Miller,

pastor. Sunday school 9 a.m. (Henry W. Kimm. superintendent); divine

services, 10:30 a. m. and 7:00 p. m

Subject of the morning sermon, "Two Powerful Emotions of the Human

Heart;" that of the evening, "The

First Lesson from the Book of Ruth."

Catechical classes Saturday afternoon,

Seniors 1 p. m. and Juniors 2 p. m

(changed to the afternoon for this day

only).

METHODIST

Third M. E. Church Sunday school

at 9:15; roll call service and recep

tion of members at 10:30. There will

be no meeting of the league at 6:45,

as the league will have charge of the

7:30 service. At this hour more than 50 new members will be received into

the league. Mrs. A. H. Backu3 will

deliver the address of the evening,

All will want to attend this meeting and hear Mrs. Backus, who has had

extensive experience in the young people's work. Standard Bearers will

meet Tuesday evening. A church supper in honor of the new church members will be held Thursday evening. The meeting of the W. F. M. S. is postponed for one week.

Wesleyan Church Preaching 11 a.

m, and 7:45 p. m.; Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.; a special program will be rendered by the members of the Sun

day school. The public is invited. A.

M. Gilmer, pastor; William Goins, su

perintendent

MISSION Union Mission North Twelfth and J

streets. Gordon Nixon, pastor. Sunday school 9:15; morning worship at 10:30, subect lessons from a needle, "Sewing Without Thread;" Christian Endeavor. 6:30; Junior Endeavor at

6:30; evening worship 7:30 Dr. E. .C.

Wilcoxen's squadron of the Billy Sun

day club, will have charge of the evening service. A cordial invitation ex

tended to all. Prayer meeting and

Bible study Tuesday evening 7:30 PRESBYTERIAN

Second Presbyterian Church North Nineteenth and C streets. Satb-

bath school, 9:15; morning worship, 10:30; evening service, 7:30. Dr. Wal

ter F. Dexter will have charge of the

services tor the day.

Green's Fork Services

For Sunday Announced GREEN'S FORK. Ind.. Jan. 20. Services at the Green's Fork Friends and Methodist churches for Sunday have been announced as follows: Friends Sunday school, 9:30 o'clock; preaching, 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Methodist Sunday school at 9:30 o'clock, with preaching services at 10:30 o'clock.

church Corner of North A and Eleventh streets; W. McClean Work, minister. Sabbath school at 9:15 a. m., Robert L. Wilson, superintendent. Morning worship at 10:30; sermon subject, "The Church Triumphant" The mid-winter communion service will be held at this time and also the miblic reception of new members.

Young people's meeting at 6:30. Evening worship, 7:30; sermon subject,

"Why Has the Jew Survived r SALVATION ARMY

Salvation Army South Fifth street.

Ensiirn Ambercer in charge. Sunday

school, 9:80 a. m.; holiness meeting.

10:45 a. m.; young people s meeting,

6:10 p. m.; outdoor meeting. 7 p. m.; indoor meeting. 8 p. m.: public serv

ices Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday

at 8 p. m. SPIRITUALIST

The Science Church of Spiritualists will hold services Sunday 7:45 p. m. in the Knights of Pythias temple.

South Eighth street. Lecture by the pastor, Rev. M. C. B. Austin, subject

"Life's Trinity, Spiritually and Materially." Mrs. Jessie Wilson, pianist

and director. Messages by Ada Titus

and Rev. Austin. The Psychical Research society will meet Tuesday. Jan. 23 at 7:45 p. m. The Ladies' Aid will hold their meeting Friday 2:30 p. m. All services are conducted in the K. of P. temple and the public cordially invited. The Independent Spiritualist association The Independent Spiritualist association, holds service every Sunday at 7:45 in the Red Men's hall, 26 South Seventh street, Rev. Mrs. L. A. Morrow, pastor, lecture by the pastor, sub

ject, "Our Friends; and Who Are They?"; messages by F. H. Schroeder, Rev. Morrow, will- demonstrate

trumpet and independent spirit voice in the light Makes no difference what

your religion is you are welcome to our

services.

The Mistakes of the Kaiser By RENE VIVIANI Premier of France When the War Broke Out Copyright 1922, by The McClure Newspaper Syndicate.

In Rich mond Churches

A Decision Day service will be held at the Grace M. E. church Sunday morning at 9:15 o'clock. The Senior Girls' class of the Union Mission will hold its regular meeting Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. A community night program furnished by the members of the First Baptist Young People's society will be given Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock in the recreation rooms of the Union Mission.

The Sewing Circle of the Union

Mission will hold its regular meet ing Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.

A teachers' meeting of the Trinity

Lutheran church will be held Friday

evening at 7 o clock.

Section Two of Grace M. E. church

will give a jitney supper at the church

XXXIV GERMANY'S RESPONSIBILITY Continued On July 17 Quartermaster-General von Waldersee wrote to Herr von Jagow a letter in which he said: "I am ready." and, in October. 1919, he told his substitute, General von Bertrab, that he had been, summoned by the Emperor. He added: "There was no order to be given following this visit." The mobilization plan was finished March 81, 1914. The army was ready as it always was. (German. Documents, page XVIII.) 6. On July 12th, 1914 (Bavarian Documents, No. 15), the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin telegraphed: "Not only are His Majesty Emperor William and the high officials at the head of the government here firm in their

fidelity to the alliance and in their support of Austria, but they most earnestly urge her not to allow the present opportunity to escape, but to act very energetically against Serbia, etc. . . ." So there can be no doubt that, on that day, the decision to wage war was made in principle. 7. On July 13th. after the Sarajevo murder, Austria had ordered an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether the Serbian government

was implicated in the crime. Here is the reply 6ent, on July 13th. 1914 (Bavarian Documents, No. 17) by Austria's agent to his government: "There is nothing to show the complicity of the Serbian government in

directing the crime, preparing it, or

rurnishing arms, nor is such complici

ty to be presumed; on the contrary.

there are signs which would seem to exclude such a hypothesis."

Thus it is proved that, on July 13th,

Austria, and, consequently, Germany, had been informed, by an Austrian agent who wa3 an official Investigator, of the absolute innocence of the Serbian government and that neverthe

less, tney persisted in the course which they had adopted. 8. Delivery of the ultimatum to Serbia, July 23d, 1914. 9. July 25th, satisfactory reply by Serbia. Reply by Austria. Rupture of diplomatic relations. 10. The Austrian Ambassador at Berlin telegraphed to his government on July 25th: "I must remark that here It is generally considered that, should Serbia refuse, we should answer by an immediate declaration of war, following this

KINNEY BIBLE CLASS

MEETINGS ANNOUNCED'

Saturday evening. Feb. 3, from 5 to 7 o'clock. Everyone is invited to attend. Junior Girls' Joy Club will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock. The regular meeting of the W. F. M. S. of the Third M. E. church will not be held this week. It will be held next week. Rev. George C. Burbanck. pastor of St Paul's Episcopal church, will at

tend the divisional council at Indian

apolis Wednesday. Narcissus troop of Girl Scouts of the

Second Presbyterian church will meet

Monday afternoon.

up by military operations. Here any delay in carrying out military operations is looked upon as a serious danger in view of the possible intervention of other Powers. We are urgently advised to act at once and to confront the world with a fait accompli. I am entirely in agreement with this view of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." (Austrian Red Book, Vol. II, No 32.) Hence, on July 25th, when the ultimatum had been 6ent to Serbia, an attempt was made to confront Europe with a fait accompli, in order to prevent interference by other Powers when the first steps should be taken to annihilate Serbia. 11. July 27, 1914. Austrian telegram.

VoL II, No. 68: "The State Secretary

has told me plainly and strictly con-1 fidentially that soon proposals of mediation will be brought to the knowledge of jour Excellency by the German Government The German Government declares in the most formal manner that it does not associate itself in the slightest with these pro

posals, that, on the other hand, is stren

uously opposes that they be taken into consideration, and that it would not transmit them except in view of England's action." (Dispatch of the Austrian Ambassador at Berlin to his government.) So we see now how the comedy was prepared, on the 27th, before the staging of the drama. Germany is to content herself with forwarding some letters and, at the same time, she lets Austria know that no request tha mediaion be allowed has her support. 12. July 28th (German Documents. No. 293). letter from Emperor William to State Secretary for Foreign affairs:

"After having gone over the Serbian answer, which I received this

morning, I am convinced that taken all in all, the desires of the Danube

monarchy have been complied with

The reservations made by Serbia on certain points can, in my estimation, be arranged through negotiations. But

the humblest sort of capitulation is an

nounced orbi et urbl, which causes all

reason for war to vanish. "Nevertheless, there is no reason

for attributing to this scrap of paper

ana its contents more than a limited

value so long as it remains untranslated into facts. The serbs are Ori

entals, and, consequently, liars, deceivers and consummate masters in

the employment of dilatory meas ures ....

"Of course, there is at present no

longer any cause for war. "(Signed) WILLIAM

(Report to Herr von Bethmann-Holl-

weg.)

This shows that as far back as July

13, it was known that the Serbian Government was without guilt, on the evidence of an Austrian agent for the

crime of Sarajevo.

On the 26th the satisfactory an

swer of Serbia was knovn, and the

Kaiser declares that there is no Ion

ger any cause for war.

13. July 29: The Czar of Russia

ask3 the German Emperor to have

the question arbitrated by the Hague

Tribunal. This elicits for reply notb

ing but an Insulting and threatening

Group meetings of Kinney Federated Bitye classes will be held during th week of Jan. 22 at the following homes: Number one wiil not meet thi3 week Number two meets with Mrs. Ed ward Hutchens, 119 South Fifteenth street, Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Number three meets with Mrs. F. W. Stephens, 112 South Seventeenth, Wed neseday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Number four meets with Mrs. William Vietze, 239 South Fourth street, Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Number five meets with Mrs. Charles Marvel, 127 North Tenth street, Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Number six meets with Mrs. Irs Hunt, 402 North Eighteenth street. Tuesday evening at 7 o'clock. Number seven meets with Rose

Thurman, Henley Road, Tuesday even

ing at 7 o clock.

Number eight meets with Mrs. E. O.

Ewan, 2101 East Main street Thurs

day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

Number nine meets with Mrs. Sloan

North Seventeenth' street Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock.

Number ten meets with Mrs. Car-

rington, 112 North Seventh street, Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

Number eleven meets at the Second

English Lutheran church, Thursday-

evening at 7 o'clock.

There will be a leader's meeting at

the Y. M. C. A. Monday afternoon, Jan. 22, at 3 o'clock.

dispatch, sent on July 20, to the Czar.

14. The Austrian army had just

concluded its grand manoeuvres and opened war against Serbia, mobiliz

ing light army corps. Therefore, it mobilized earlier and deployed part

of it3 forces on the Galician frontier.

15. On July 29, Russia, for selH

protection, and giving proof, at the

same time, of her desire for peace, mobilized four military zones, and did so solely against the Austrian frontier, refraining from placing one solitary soldier on the German frontier. .16. July 29: Germany, who was threatened by no danger from the above action, delivered an ultimatum to Russia though not adTising Austria in the slightest to be prudent

demanding that Russia demobilize.

showing thereby that she wanted war and was creating a pretext for it. 17. In the night of July 29-30. the Russian Czar orders demobilization. 18. July 29, evening: Council at Potsdam; war is decided upon there. Proof of this Is furnished by the conversation which took place, after the. council, between the British Ambassador (who reported it to his govvernment) and Herr von BethmannHollweg on that same night. Herr von Bethmann declares that Belgium will be restored, should it become necessary to invade her, that the territory of France will not be touched, but he remains silent as to the questions put by the Ambassador regarding the French colonies. The British Ambassador answers that Britain will not forego her freedom of action. 19. July 30: While, at St Petersburg, the German Ambassador and M. Sazonoff agree; the latter dictates to the German Ambassador a new for(Please Turn to Page Eleven)

Reid Memorial United Presbyterian

We Cannot Stand Still

"Watch and pray that ye enter not Into temptation: the spirit, indeed, is willing, but thaflesh is weak." Matt 26:41.

E are either advancing or going backward. We can

not stand still. Our lives are like a spiral; we are either widening our circle of usefulness or we are going in the opposite direction, and narrowing it

by following the ways of evil and allowing our senses to be deadened to the better things, , f. We are subjected daily and hourly by influences which retard and impede our progress. Thoughts and suggestions are heaped upon us which eat away our very character. This deadening influence must have a counteracting force, an antidote. The one great antidote for this is the church and the power of the church in the community. The church stimulates the senses of devotion and of obligation to do God's will in all relations of common life. It is this force for good, constantly giving us the antidote for the things which are pulling us backward. The church is the one source of renewing our thoughts with the pure currents of truth by which we guide our lives. Select a Church and Then Support It By Your Attendance This' advertisement is paid for by a group of men who have been personally benefited by religion and believe the churches represent the greatest force for good.