I. W. WEST DRUG CO. MAIN STREET MOUNT AIRY, N. C. 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> 1ms 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.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* 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 r trouble. Suddenly aha wa« Keen to heav* up out of the water and than xettle bark with a terrible lint. In irtmliately 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. Improve Your Property! You have good money tied up on and. Why not improve that land by ilanting some nice fruit troen? 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