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V 4- 1 ,y v1 . C NOW THAT FIGHTING IS OVER, GENERAL REUKVM .TRIANGLE AT ITS OWN REQUEST Of POST EXCHANGE WORK , ) 4 , Chaumont, France, Feb. 23. The American T, U. C AUi Its own qesV has been relieved of Its work to maintaining the. post exchanges with the American army, Correspondence has been exchanged between General Pershing and SS. C. Carter, In charge of the ,Y; M. a A;with the. amy, resulting In this , decision. On Jan. 28 Mr. Carter wrote tq General Pershing say ing that duUes of the Y. M. C. A. In promoting athletics ana entertainments were so heavy that he thought it should be re lieved of the exchange work. . t -General Pershing, In his reply, said: . - - ( 1 "As you correctly state,' the T. M. C, A. undertook the' ; management of the post exchanges at my request at a time when It was of the greatest Importance that' no available ( , soldier should be taken away from the vital military funo, tiona of training and fighting. As the reasons .which lnv1, nA mA fit th time to reauest von to undertake this , work no longer, exist, i am su w v -., . tion. "In making this change, permit Ine to thank you for . -. the very valuable services and assistance which the Y. M. m , v C.'A. has rendered to the American" Expeditionary force In handling these exchanges. ; Handicapped by a shortage of tda nage and land transportation, the Y. M. C. A has by extra,?. exertion serred the army better than could hats been ex V- pected, and you raay be assured that Its aid has been a law , 4 factor In the toal great accomplishment ot the, American army." ' . - " 4 4 4- . 4 SCJTIIERII "Y" MAN bu;;dedjii service Says it Will Take Time For Public To Realize Value Of The Red Triangle Service To American Fighters. DeRoy R. Fenvllle. . New York, Feb. . ..So unusual was - , the serrlce rendered by DeRoy R, Fon - , vflle of Burlington, In his T. 1L , ' ,. C A. work orerseaa that Major. Gen eral u b. Upton nas written nun a personal letter in appreciation at his I " , -efforts. ' Mr. ronrille has returned t his -'"'home after ten months serrlce with the Y. M. C. A. He WW with the rath and Sixth Marines and Ninth and Twen v ty-thlrd Infantry at Chateau Thierry, ' 1 8oissons and SL Mlhlel. - It was while !fae was in a trench waiting to serve the Marines when they "pushed off," ;' .that a nigh explosive shell blew par -tides .of rock into his eye, blinding it. The same shellflre killed James A. ' ' ' BIrchby, a Y. M. C. A. secretary from ; Pasadena, CaL, and wounded another Red Triangle worker, Thomas W; Wfl- $ but, Jr., of New Britain, Conn. - The letter of appreciation that was , teat to Mr. Fonvffle by General Upton read as follows: "I have observed yiur ,work as Y. M. O A. representative of GIFTS FROM T : HELPED DOUGHBOY Corporal Irving Abrahams of New York has Just returned from France. Just because the Y. M. C. A. men overseas had gone out of their, way to treat him well, he took the trouble to make his way to the Headquarters Building of .the National War Work Council, Y. M. C. A., New York City, and found some one on the 9th floor at Headquarters to tell how much he ap preciated the service of the Red Trian gle. This is Just a part of what he said: 1 returned . from France on , the 37th of January.. Have been wounded three times. Am feeling fine, but the first time when we landed over. In France in April, 1317, we took the position up on Chateau Thierry and the Y. M. C. A. was right with us and brought up on the firing , line choco late, cigarettes, and also pears, bis cuit and done the best and all he could Just to please the boys. "And in Augut when we drove the Germans back he came up under heavy shell fire and brought us the same chocolate, cigarettes, and if the boys didn't have any money he would give it to us Just the same. "And up on the Argonne Forest he went under heavy shell fire and brought up all the candy and choco late,, and also spoke to the boys -to send our money to our mothers and which we did, and also he told us to send our money home and he will do all he can for us, and also the boys of the Third Division is very well pleas ed of the Y. M. C. A and also thank them ever so much; and also when we got relieved from the , Argonne woods the Y. M. C. A. entertained us, gave us a grand time, and we .thank the Y. M. a A. with our full heart and we shall never forget them. : , So I dont see whv the fellow am J coming back from France and kicking tne T. M. c. A., and I can speak to anybody and ask them why they are knocking the Y. M. C A." j ' fb Ninth Infantry for some time and wish to convey .to you my appreciation ' of th uncomplaining and soldier-like , manner In which you have undergone ' all without the glory that is attached to the profession of arms! The work .which yon' have done had added great ' 1 to the contentment of the men and thuit to the efficiency of " the com roand. yy4Hi'':i-'iiir'&i "My experience gave me an apprec- . .m.i. Amavtoan man anil wliat thn i J, .r- re , thrawm,-' said Mr2 Fonvm! & to i.Mac "Cr division was a hocl went anV but forward. r,r: aewlypened areas, and fit the preient Red Tifeigfe H23 TeS Of The Y. M. C A. has been erttlolsed because it was said that It had no one at the fighting In the region of Cha teau Thierry. The other day, Ernest C. BardwelL a New Tork man, came baek from France, b'rokea In health because of his strenuous work In that region. ;: g ;;.v Mr. Bardwell was one of a party of Y. M. C. A. nen who entered Cha teau Thierry Tillage with supplies at 10 o'clock on the ' morning of July 22 and worked all day and ; tar. itoto the night serving the boys who were beat ing back the Gorman conaterattaekB. The last ; German;, prisoner,' he. said, were taken out of! Chateau Thierry at 1:30 o'clock on tne same morning.. THE Y. M. 1'. -A "l". C A. IN FAR, CAST ervfslon alone capttred 12.000 prison: tsnj Those men.; appreciate the : ,Y: M. v C. Ait and undcrptood the dlfflcu' 'fs it had to. contend with, is gettir- " up, to jie' fronts 1 hay . ai-t to make about'losihg tn iff one eye;,;thatV;war,.1rat i';m:to,t,ave'lthowarrwhatfi , awork''o'th:f,l.Vanj j come home to lean of th being. 'clr:-tei f Unlltf Via due t the fe3 ap f Y fs y. C.; As work r v. 1 te-f. -- K,rtp,-j:f; state of flux heavy respdnsibllitles de Volvo upon, C. - W. Batei, the secretary in charge at 8alonJcSi Centres have bee. opened la? Serbia 'at Yranja, Nlsh,-Mpnastir, and ether-tow&a, and to "th capital dty,;; Belgrade, 'itho' T. Ifr CJA-.te now BUbliBhe4 In a good hifflduig.;ootu:.wiiitter, c .of the; deputy: speaker; flf 1 tho r "sh House Of commons, is dV ; " j tho Assoclalion'i work in 'iiotili Bui- tvf. x.r.wpa Tumsh sen 1 . now- I Ue I are re at The following extracts f published editorials ; of . i Roosevelt show v what "tl statesman thought of ;the proposed society of nations: r , , 5 " The one effective move for obtain ing peace is by an agreement among the great powers, : in. which', each should pledge itself not . only, to abide by the. decisions of a common tribunal, but to hack its decisions with f owe. i.The : great civilized na tions should combine by ., solemn agreement in a great world league for the peace, or righteousness. A court should be created a chhnged and amplified. Hague court would meet the requirements composed of representatives from each nation, these, representatives being sworn to act as judges in. each case, and not in a representative capacity. .".",-v .The nations should agree on- cer tain rights that should not be: ques tioned, such as territorial intergrity, their right to . deal with theif , hwn domestic affairs and with such mat ters as whom or . whom not ; they should- admit to citizenship. All should guarantee each of their, num ber in possession of these rights. . . AH should agree that other matters at issue between any of them,. or; be tween any of them and any one of number of specified outside .civi lized nations, should be submitted to the court as above constituted. ... ..'.,:' Each nation should absolutely re serve to itself its right to . establish its own tariff and general economic policy, and to control such vital ques tions as immigration and citizenship. .,'';;;','. Let us explicitly reserve certain rights to our territorial possessions, to our control of immigration and citizenship, to pur fiscal policy and to our handling of our . domestic problems generally as not to;, be questioned and not to be brought be fore any international tribunal.' .V - vSgi As regards impotent or disorderly nationB or peoples outside the league, let us be very cautious about guariV teeing to interfere with or on behalf of them, where they lie' wholly out side our sphere of . interest ; and let us announce that our own sphere of special concern in America 4 (perhaps limited north or somewhere near the equator) is not to.be infringed on by European or Afliatic powers. , Moreover, let us absolutely decline disarmament proposition that would leave us helpless to defend ourselves. Let ns absolutely refuse to abolish nationalism' on the' con trary, let us base a wise and practical internationalism on a sound and in tense nationalism. When all this, has been done, let us witn aeep - senouBnoM - jnmust every promise we make, so as to be sure that our people will fulfill it It will be worse than idle lor us. to enter any league if, when the test comes in the future, this country acts as badly as it did in refusing to make any protest when Germany violated the Hague convention, in refusing to go to war when the Lusitania was sunk; and in refusing to go to war with Bulgaria or Turkey at aiu . a a . Let us go into such a league. Bui let us weight wen .what we promise; and then train; ourselves in body and soul to keep our. promises, -Let us treat the formation of the league al an addition to but in. no sense s a substitote f of! jpwparttg1 '$6ttt 'own strength! for our own defense. And let ns build a genuino international im that is, a genuine and generous regard jor the rigl the only healthy basis a sound and intense development of the broadest spWjt of erican iiati A..ij.r;jv.-,.,i,7 any no 1 C it 1 sc.. It ; Cf ' .3 '.S wars;:!.: ..v. ui.;'' v! course'. it fcsnot.sa sv-,iS t 1 1 . ' to discoarae , intes'Jna ,v ars y : ! .'ja nations. ; But while it tlms ttiU l . it is 1 assure tbe" satisfaction' of that ..'g ; wiU. only s' desire of the World, it is, someU!. elseAt Is,", -said the ,iresident; "a league which can be josed for .co operation in a.ny : international jnat ter,?. ,;f The ; President said that - in Paris,- doubtless with the purpose and expectation of thus commending the project to the, favor of his colleagues in the peace congress. But what was said in Paris must be heard In Amer ica; and we shall aee whether that description commends the ' proposed league to the favor of the President's fellow-citisens' in the United, States. "Any international matter." That is the . scope 1 of jurisdiction and pf operation ' ' contemplated ; "for : this league. , Let" us consider how com prehensive thajb is- ' Let us think of a few of the "international matters' with which this body would be em powered to meddle. Immigration, for one. ; ; That is an international matter. .; It is a matter of much concern to some foreign, na tions to what extent and under what conditions their people are permitted to' migrate to the United States." It is also a matter of vital interest to the' United States ;. that .we v shall regulate immigration according . to the ,, needs ' of our own welfare. Hitherto, certain countries have felt aggrieved at our refusal to permit unrestricted migration from them to us,Under the principles ,Jf ; this league,, as expounded, by the' Presi dent,; such a nation would be able to appeal, to the league, and, the league would be able to order that we should open wide our gates to unrestricted and unconditional im migration from any and all lands. The tariff, for another, thing. That is essentially .an international ma) ter. It is. notorious that the "American-system of a'protective tariff has militated ' against the interest of manufacturers and ; merchants of other lands, and has been regarded as something of a hardship to them. It is entirely conceivable that some natidn might protest to the league of" nations that the American tariff was interfering with-it freedom,' of trade with this "country,; that the league might take the matter up as "international" in its bearings, and might, by virtue of its overwhelm ing non-American majority, - direct that all protective tariffs should be abolished and that free trade should everywhere prevail - ; .juxtraaition, xor a tnird tning. Certainly that is an international matter. It has hitherto been. dealt with partly' by; our own ' domestic (ordinances and partly by treaty stipulations. . .WO have- always re fused resolutely to permit- tjta ex tradition of those who were charged with merely political offences, such as conspiracy and attempted; revolu tion. But "a league which could be used for co-operation in any inter national matter' could require the United States to amend its practice in this respect, and to surrender on demand any fugitive from any coun try who had sought asylum here,: on any pretext whatever; ',- V We do not think that the American people are willing , thus ' to deliver their interests unreservedly , to the control . of an organization f ; which would in composition" be overwhelm ingly non-American, and IwMchtra fcmp'f points - of ,irit4 '' importance might easily be . anti-American. . A league which could be used for co operation 'in, any.interriationar mat ter would be potentially universal meddler and a universal menace.' . i r ft. , . 'X to Is c" ait." is ,your . c:::u "in sucii .vt--,S (t ' I: A' 'CUlIX.sa.--i ; have just been thinking of the schoolhouse '. irij my own community. It is a two-story wooden structttre, with a basement beneath; and in the basement; that Cheats1 the school the furnace is a. duplicate affair, practi cally two installments, as neithef one alone- will heat, the building. '' That maketi it Jail the !more' :! effective As-;a piece of insidious danger; ; ' When the structure was built It was ao . highly regwded.that;ia'pictare printed m 'i tm r of the State school publications, and it was well towards the front of the book," But as I look at it smce talkmg witi InBurahce 'C- , , '.-j of fire; i , I. 3 ' :.t :la';a'woci x... . sevcrU; r 00I , rootr.s , era on Coor.-,-..'! wrs '"ere .; provided v pkntifiilly to.'got'tty from .the uuur ,vjyUi.ia, . iw.uv0a Data ivuut - , opens' fcito. a, hail t!.at might: be'" con- ;;vf fusing. tThe prper,ooris;conttected.":NSI with: the 'outside by a pair of stairis-' wav8 cominsr down to the'lower. floor. .:: The whole ; structure : rim jVnicel open, well-aired collection of yellow, pme lumberV' andVi.would: : make;' a3 beautiful:: flre.r'aU;hopa itr'wffl nevervburn ..Yet every time ' the " third isnd foJgraaNes go" up 'int6',;.Vy the,nppernoor,yof;jtte::iBchooI; ihg it seems tO jne to be fugth 'fV h. :ihe:'b.earseBion: Bt'SEMrM ' Obattet Mortgages'for MlitSill;! Timea office. .Come i'lnarlyranda-' void .'tie: m&Wt &H&WK!M&- " "' 'm 1 1 1 in! .ii fin 1 .' ANY INTERNATIONAL MATTER' . (Harvey's Weekly.) ThM?proseaC!leagp ssya the President, is not merely leagne to prevent war, or to enforce peace, Or to secure' the peace of the wbrldThose objects have been ex ploited, i doubtless for the .sake of a war- commending the . ' ' 1 HI II " 1 . i' ' II .1.1' .ii ii . 11 i . 1 i 11 1 ! 1 m n 1 . 11 1111 11 l 11 1 il ; ..J. grow and fill your table '." ..: I , '...V;. - ',' 'I'': ' " '14-'. jTzs .,' ,. WE HAVE AIX RIND5 .., W... .a.V, V" Potesi Onion Sets. e grown ff:3t..vJ, "' Flower and Field seeds in bulk or paper ; .': v ,-.-, :? ' .,(,. '?, 4. '..,.' h:-x.$: " V .! JJaaTaaaaaaaaai ',. ' : - " '.'''f EVERYTHING IN DRUGS ELECTRIC LINE CORNER ' 'HENDERONVILLE. N.' C u to weary, ,:worl peoi !a -are sick of wariTeylongvfor r"?ce. ; They would lXe to, la S: the cdrurrsnce'cf t Thert ;s ';,iLry '',i with 'a 't ' 9 f . i i -atlvi ' V t ' s '-'V , : f' it: j ' r gainst ! 3 wars. ! .K.ft-s.;awiSE::cblJNSELS ?:Dclisringi:.the " Uie;; most momentous question ever presented to the people of the United State or , to, th worlLT, s Senator Lodge of Massachusetts in a kttec to Courtney Crdcker 'of Boston advises tie American people to.4atudy t, dis cuss, it, and above alL.be in no hurry their decision. ; v : : The letter,: iwritten . oil Febrliry 7, 1 ef ore Senator Lodge introduced his - -solution in the Senate bpposing the , niso n draft o:tteleague, follows ' "AU .righMhinking '.'.''people f arnest- ce?Tre to do everytrilsj possible to :re the. fat are peace of 'the world. H- our orts to aduiVe thisre v. e hxibt fca 'careful xct to create .iysteat. 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