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Easy to Conquer America.
An eventful war upon the United
Htatex wan considered hy the (German
general staff before the outbreak in
v the present conflict in Kurope. A
comprehensive scheme for the inva
sion anil subjugation of this country
hail been arranged, even to the point*
and methods of attack.
-*"• Not Ion* before the clash of An-«
ipj«t> 1<M4, Field Marshall von Edel
] ihetn, of the Prussian ^general staff,
engaged in detailing for the Ircrman
newi.papers the plans for world con
quest entertained by the Kaiser and
his military leaders. After showing
in prtvloua papers how to invade and
conquer France and England, and as
suming this accomplished he wrote
regarding Germany's war a>ms against
the United States.
"Operations against, the United
States of North America would have:
to be conducted in a different man
ner from those against England. Dur
ing the last year political friction with
the States, especially friction arising
from commercial causes, ban not been
lacking, and the difficulties that have
arisen have mostly been settled hy our
givtnp way. As this oblijfing attitude
ha? its limits, we have to ask ourselves
what force w« can possibly bring to
bear in order to meet the attack of the
United States against our interests
and to impose our will.
uur rieet win prnoamy ne able to
defeat the naval forces of the United
State*, which are distributed over two
ocean* and over ton* distance*. But.
il would be a mistake to itu^pwrt that
the defeat of their fleet will force the
United State*, with immense resour
ce i. into concluding peace.
"Considering the urea* extent of the
United States, the conquest of the
country by an army of invasion is not
possible. But there is every mason to
believe that victorious enterprises on
the Atlantic Coast and the conquest
of the most important arteries through
which import* and exports pa s, will
create such an unbearable state of af
fair* in the whole country that the
government will readily offer adapt
able conditions in order to obtain
peace.
"If Germany begins preparing a
fleet of transports and troops for
landing purposes at the moment when
the battle fleet steams out of our
harbors we may conclude that opera
tion* on the American soil can begin
after about f' lir weeks, and it cannot
be doubted that the United States will
not be able to oppose to us within that
time an army equivalent to our own."
—Kansas City Times.
Twenty-Two Neutral* Given
Their F reedom.
Copenhagen, via London, March 29.
—Twenty-two neutral* who were
brought to Germany in the commerce
raider Moewe n* prisoner*, including
one American, arrived here today from
Keil. They were released because
they were not serving on armed mei»
chantmen.
The sailors brought an account of a
hard engagement between the Sjfcewe
and the British xteamer Ota la, which
put up a sturdy fight when it was en
countered by the German raider on
March 10. The Otaki, according to
the sailors, surrendered only after
scoring seven hits cn the Moewc and
setting the German raider on fire. The
blaze was not extinguished for three
days. Six men of the crew of the Mo
ewe and two captive Hindus were kill- j
ed during the fight, while the Otaki
lost her captain, a mate, her engineer
and two sailors.
During the engagement, the sailors
said the British prisoners on the Moe
we broke the iron grating barring the
room in which they were confined, but
they were overawed by sailors from
the Moewe with < hand grenades. The
neutral prisoners, who were confined
in another quarter of the ship, spent
an anxious time during the engage-*
ment, knowing that if the Moewe were
sunk they would go down with her.
One shell penetrated the hull of the
Moewe, passing barely two feet be
low the quarters occupied by the neu
tral prisoners.
The Moewe's return from her cruis
ing ground in the south Atlantic, it
was added, was without further Inci
dent. She ran north to the vicinity of
New Koundlsnd. sllpr».d an n«* the
Atlantic to the Norwegian roast and,
undiscovered, traversa l the Danish'
sound to ti German port. Th • British
sailors nnd neutrals senir i; on n nu-d 1
merrhat.tmen after their arrival in
Germany were distribute'! to prison
camps.
AMERICAN ARMY TO BE
BROUGHT TO 1,200,000.
With Regular Army, .National
Guard and Half Million Ra
cruits Great Army Will Bm
Available.
Wuxhinirtnn, Aprrt-8. -rArmy and
navy preparation* were believed l»y
official* tonight to have reached a
*tage guaranteeing againxt ail im
mediate defenae need* anil inauring
that tha mora "weepm* atepx Congrexfi
ia axparted to authorize r,n l>a carried
out promptly.
Keturnx Unlay from recruiting xtat
ionx ahiiwed big gain* in tha number
of man accepted by the army anil navy.
During March, the gain in the aim;
■>»a* H.7L':!, anil while declining to go
into details war department official*
xaiil the total xtrxniHh wan nearing tha
authorized peace .maximum of 1'20,
(M>0. The daily return* to the nnvy de-'
part mi-nt ahnwad that tiHlay had set a
new record with 473 applicant* ac
cepted.
War department plana for the mobil
ization of a war time army have been
completed for Home day* and are ready
for submission to the military cum
mittces of the houM and senate. No
details of the proposal to he mndt! as
to the method of assembling the force
have lieen (riven out, hut President
Wilson'* word* to Congress tonight In
dicated the scope of the first step to
he taken.
The war department recently di
rected that tio or more non-commis
sioned officers and enlisted men from
each regiment in the regular army be
selected by iheir commanders to form
a provisional lint of men available for
duty a» officers.
No examinations were required.
These list* now have been compiled
and with the stead ly increasing of
ficers' reserve corps furnish 8,000 or
8,000 men who will hold commands in
the half million army to be mobilized.
Official* of the army general staff
are virtually unanimous in believing
that troops should not be sent to the
battle fror.t with less than 12 months
intensive training.
If the p'nns adopted call for 500,000
fede al troops in addition to bringing
the present regular army and national
guard force* up to their maximum
strength, the United State* army
would number more than 1,200,000.
An Experienced Pair.
During President I.yicoln first vijit
to the Springfield penitentiary ap«l old
inmate, looking out through the '■ ars,
remarked: <
"Well, Mr. Lincoln, yoii and I ought
to be well pouted on prisons. We've
seen all there are in the country."
"Why, this i« fimt I ever visit
ed." repliej the chief executive, "omc
what astonished.
"Yes," was the reply. "But I've
been in all the rest."
CRISIS OF
WOMAN'S LIFE
Chance Safely Paued by
Taking Lydia EL Pinltham'a
Vegetable Compound.
Wagoner, Okla.—"1 never set tired !
of prailing Lydia E. I'inkham * Veije
vaa III r vwiiiiiuuini I
breause (luring i
Change of Ufa 1
ww m bed two
year* and bad two
operation*, but all I
toe doctor* and op
eration* did me no |
rood, and I would
Eave been in my
grave today had it
not b<'en for Lydia
E. Plnlcham'* Vrg- [
etablo Compound j
wnicn uruugni nir uui 1:1 u nu ngnt, K) i
I am now well and do all my housework. |
besides working In my garden. Several
of my neighbor* have got well by Ink
ing I.vdlaF. IMnkham's Vegetable Coov 1
pouna."-- Mr*. Viola Finical, Wagon- '
w, Okla.
Kuch warnlnff sym^tomi as sense of
sufToea tion, hot fishes, bwadach<>s, hark
ache*, dread of lmi<entling evil, tirnid'ty,
sounds In thj Mrs, pulpltatiun of th.
he«rt, spark* before th.i «y.'<!, |rr fr
' « ecnotii-ati variable *f"j
wt-akreaa and 111 >.uneaa should lie hi -.1 !
I>y i»ii Wk h. -1 « tr.i-n. I.ydU S 1* i!t
ham s Ve^i ' (. i.ipouii.l ha* .
HUiaj Wui . n safely through the crtst*.
SHIP RETAINS COURSE
THROUGH DANCER ZONE
Ohm Li—r Fraqu—tly Hmti
Distre** Signal* From tha
Lm* Fortunate Steamer*.
On Board Ship, English Channel,
Ptb. It,—Thta imt ueaan linar with
ita human freight tonight li anchored
inromparatlve *afety after having
spent in tha Mediterranean danger
iom three of til* moat strenuous
week* which tha submarine warfara
haa produced aim'* the liegmning of
I ha world conflict. Fur day* tha
steamer's wireless haa lieen humming
almost rteadily with "H. 0. 8." call* [
received from vaaaal* in diatre**. It
waa only yesterday morning that a
lug ahip was torpedoed four miles
from ua, and signalled wildly witfi
rocket* for a*«istance while w* <lid
the only thing which wa could do- ■
ran away a* far aa the angina* could I
lake ua. Rut tonigAt we ar* inquiati
watara, and for th* firat tima in 21
days tha commander will remove hi*
clothe* fur sleep. Tomorrow we shall
dock and consider ourselves to have |
reached port at nil.
Twice in tha past si* months a cor
respondent of the Associated Press
has traveled through the Mediterran
ean, on a trip to and from India.
From Indian port* to Port Haul there
la, of course, practically no danger to'
he encountered from hostile wnrcraft,
hut once the Sue/ canal ha* lieen pass
ed on the homeward voyage a ship i* |
in constant peril.
A (lay or two alter tne ship li*rt
Bombay the paiotengerx were mm
moned to the ship'* (mats to which
ihey wlt« n <i(fn«r<I. anil the chief of
ficer made the roundH, delivering in
itruetion* which gave to many the
fimt real idea of wha< tne coming dan-1
iter wax.
"After we leave Port Said wo shall
b« in the danger zone," he began. |
"Each one of you will carry a lifebelt'
about all the time. Thix in impera
tive. Sometime** people (ret carets i
or are forgetful. Thin mu.it not be. |
You nhould have the lifebelt with you
day and night, carrying their, even
with you' to your bath*."
The officer gave instruction* na to
how to adjuHt the lifebelt* and con
tinued:
"In rase we are torpa«t»c<l five * hort
bin t - on th»- -hip's whi lit will cal!
you to the boata. You will come rm
mediu.ely, bringing -uch warm cloy
ing an you can snatch at the mom»t.
The unmarried nr.en and thone who are
traveling without their wive* will see
that all womcii and children are in the
l>oats first. You will put them into
the boat* by force if necessary. I may
tell you bachelor*," he interjected with
a smile, "that a woman will take more j
rough handling than you may imagine. |
So throw them into the boat* if you
have to. Married couple* will get into |
the boat* together. It i* the husband'*
duty to go with hi* wife, and I make
it an order that thi* shall be carried
out. Many time* a wife refusea at
the last moment to get into a boat
without her hu*bund, and we want no
delays of this sort.
"In case you see that the ship is so'
badly hit that she i* going to sink im-'
mediately, you will not wait for the
ooats. The men will see that the wom
en ami children have their lifebelts
properly adjusted and then will throw
them overboard, following as soon a*
possible themselves. Jump as far!
from the -ide of the ship as you can,
and trust to luck. Probably you will I
be picked up by someone.'
And so he continued. It was not a
thing which tended to relieve nervous
ness. More than one woman who wa*
traveling with little children turned
away white of face and thoughtful.1
and for the thousandth time inspected
the tiny lifebelts which she was carry
ing to make sure that they were ready
for her babies.
r rum inc ueginmng oi me voyage no
definite information as to when the
ship would reach port or leave vu
(riven to passengers. In fact, there
were few questions which one could
get answered. The correspondent
tried to get the officio number of pas
sengers and asked whether any other
neutrals were aboard, but he was told
that the ship's officers had been for
bidden to give any information what
ever. After leaving Port Said even
the emergency compass at the stem of
the steamer was covered so that in
quisitive passengers could not tell
what direction she was taking.'
Krom Port Said progress was :icves
sarily slow, for the ship was continual
ly weaving in and out, leaving s tortu
ous wake like a great sea-serpent. A
crew of experienced gunrers was on
duty at the big gun in the stern day
and night, ready to take the command- <
er's orders should the occasion arpe
Two or three men |i»«sengerH who ap- |
penred 011 the de^-k the first nii{ht with
lighted cigars were roundly upbraided
l>y the •'<>mmnnder and we^o be-I
low.
At Marweilles the first word of the 1
new Herman edict reicardinp the sub-1
ma ino warfare wa.< learned, am' lure
all but about IliO pas»ert'< , 'i "»ll
H«cnnJ-flats ueio di»eml>«. k<»). T .<
■hip eonti lued hfi voyage on Fi-l>ru-|
ary 1, tha day wt for the brgtanir g ai
tha indHcrtnuiiMt* to rp wiling. It M
not pm«itl*d to iuuu the ma?* tnkcn
by Um immI, but It m a moat pecul
iar mm, whu-h brought tha • nar into
tha duuinal many day* overdue.
Krom Maraeillea on tha trip wan a
r-ontinuad horror to tha nhip'* officer*,
for wiralaaa told them that ahipa vara
going town all oImmi them. K.iowled
g» of thaaa avanta waa kept from tha
paaaangera >o far aa poaaible, hut
there were aome things which could'
not. be luntaalatl. It waa in tha Marl"
morning that tha nhip waa torpaaliwl
within mifht of tha linar. Tha ill f aU-l
rmaal had haan -training along with
all har lights «hla/e, Why nobody could
imagine. It wan a <i*liharata bid f<>r
trouble. Suddenly aha wa« Keen to
heav* up out of the water and than
xettle bark with a terrible lint. In
irtmliately <HiU.reiuMUgnnl» wer*«ent a 1
l»y t.ha wounded »hip, but aha eoul'l
axpect no aMi, for undar admiralty or
ilarn no vaaaal can go to the reactie of
another at auch a time.
Throughout tha three weak* from
Port Maid panaengera xtond their wa'j-h
nn the bridge with t'le ihip'n officer*.
Prom daylight until dark two pa«*en
g*r» warn alway* on tha lowar bridge
M-anning tha water with marina gla.*<
n«. And their unxmuinc'e wan appreci
ated by tha commander, for he could
not have too many on tha lookout.
During hi* outward voyage he hod
pwaped in a miraculoux manner from
a Huhmarine and he had no doluaion a»
to the danger.
It 111 not only the men in the trench
m who lorn their reaaon through the
»tr<'rt« of conflict. A nad illimtratinn j
if what nubmarine warfare will pro- j
lure wax ronxtantly before the pax»en
ifer* of the liner. There wax aboard
*.4 a pamtenger a xteam->hip captain,
who for many month ; had piloted a
jrent ihip through ilarifferou* water*.
Dure at lenxt he haiK encountered an
underwater boat anil fought for the
ifa of hi» veitxel. The continual iitrain
Had finally told on him and he wa< be
ing taken home umler guard of two |
Tien, a shattered wreck who xtood for
liourii in a ipot lixlening, always lint
sning. For what? lie ulune knew
jnd he would not tell.
Alien Population Will
Give Nation No Trouble.
New York, March 24—Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wocl, in an addre.is at a
luncheon of the Kcpublican club here
today, declared he did not. believe the
United State* would have any trouble
with the "socalled alien population"
within its borders.
"This country of our is a melting
pot" he said.. "Unfortunately, we
have not built up an individual moral
□bliyntion. • We do not impress upon
them that they are real citizens. I
tm one of tho*e, however, who doer
not believe we are going to have any
trouble with this socalled alien popula
tion."
Charles Edward Russell, widely
known as a socialist, asserted that po
litics, creeds and belief* are swept
nrfide in an emergency such as the na
tion is facing.
"Some men are afraid," he said,
"that we are getting into war instead
of being proud. What U there to be
afraid of except that ve might not do
the right thing* No sacrifice can b«
too great for those who inherited Val
ley Forge."
Sage Advice for Parents.
Your child is putty in your hands.
You pokiens the skill of a sculptor to
make him what you will. You can
mold him into a statue of perfect man
riood or you can, by neglect, let others
influences mold him into an image of
delinquency.
The easiest way for parents is not
the best way for children. Disobedi
ence is the direct result of the lack
>f discipline induced the spineless at
titude of parents.
Jellyfish methods of training inevi
■ably will produce jellyfish results.
Whether poor training or want of
:raining results from parental indif
'erence, ignorance or sentimental af
ection which rebels at stem correct
onal measures, the effect on the child
s always the same. Greater rigidity
it parental backbone will produce
treater obedience inchildren, which is
he basis of all character building.—
Sdwin Puller, in May Mother's Maga
line.
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