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FOES INCREASE. W Mm brtMrta CItm i Aaiiatr M CMtnl , Saft Swiaa Writer. Zarich, . Switzerland. — Thoughtful la Gei many mil Auatrai are beginning to •xperiehee at the increasing numbar of their anamiaa. At flrat whan thaaa small and comparatively insignificant atatas In Central America and tka Far East declared war against Germany tha Garman praaa made light of the whola mattar, traating it aa a subject far faabla wttticismi and mreaatia comments, aa to tha n«w anamia'a mill' torjr atrangtk. Bat ever than a faw people who aaw furthar than tha chauvinist nawspapars, wamad tha pablic of tha latar disagreeable re aulta which might ariaa from tha an try into tha war of thaaa apparently trifling torn. Evan though tbay wars without military iaiportanca and could nand naithar traopa to fight againat tha Cantrml Powara in Europe, nor war ahipa to attack and daatroy Garman aubmarinaa, from tha iaduatrial and commercial aide thair influanca, it waa pointad out, waa considerable. It must be remeiuoered too that all thaaa additional foea will have to be reckoned with when peace negatiationa begin, each of them representing one or more votes against tha Central Powers. As time goes on the number of neutrala ia faat diminishing—one atata after another coming into the field against Germany. It is estimated already that the Entente countries and their supporters include something like 1,360,000,000 of people ugainst the 1JS--vary diaagreeable odds. Austria, perhaps because it ia lesa immediately affected—most of the re cent declaration* of wars having been <iirected primarily against Germany— aaems to realize much more than Ger many the dangers and ultimate in juriea likely to arise from this ateady increase in the numbers of the foe. Neutrals arriving in Switzerland f-om Vienna nay that the people there were tremendously affected by the entry of America into tha war. They did not as so many German* did, express con tempt for the new foe. They were quite aware that it might be a long time before America'* military force* could reach Europe in sufficient strength to exert any great influence on the battleAeld. But they realized much more the moral, financial ai.'.l industrial force* which America's ac tion represented. Conservative busi ness men in both Germany and Aus tria had long hoped that, come what might, Germany would never provoke America to war, as when peace came, the United States would have been the only great wealthy nation left, which could begin to satisfy Germany's in tense needs for money and raw mate rials. Nowhere else could Germany hope or expect to get the assistance so imperatively necessary for the rc establishment of her position as a world nation. They have not yet re covered from the shock of America'* determined action and do not hid# their apprehensions that this will pro bably prove the knock-oat blow for them in the world war. Another thing which irritates and secretly worries the Germans greatly is that, in declaring war against them, countries like China and Siaro, far in stance, had really no specif e grounds for such action. There are no con flicting interests at stake- hardly any points of contact, indeed, between these countries where the least fric tion could be occasioned. Hence the Central Powers are forced to see that diplomatic influence of the En te is much more powerful than their own—ami also they cannot help feeling that these far-distant countries must have concluded that the final victory would certainly be with the ... >, - •« — »» bava ■on* over to that aid*. Bat nor* than til Germany has coma to realise how aarioualy h«r for aign trade will »u(T»r from alt thaae new enmittoa, and the Carman pa para art now declaring that baalneag rto airy La behind theao all. It to eartain that each naw hoatila toad will tn eraaaa tha dlfllculttoa of Germany's attempta to rarain har export trada aftar tha war. For, almoat mora than any othar Europaan nation, Carmanjr to dapandant upon othar countriaa for raw matariaU, and especially for trop ica] product*. Cotton and coppar, coconuts and rubber cannot bo gat In Caropa, and of auch thing* Germany to on* of tha graataat conaumera. But If all tha chief producing lands ara among hor anemia*, and thia is actual ly tha caaa, than Germany will And it vary hard to buy thaaa moat naceaaary article*, on avan raaaonabla, to *ay nothing of advantagaou*. tarma. It to thia knowtadga which to making har commercial eirclaa so bit tar against tha Entente, and also causing thorn, in thair anger, to say many unpleasant thing* against the nhortsightednea* and incapacity of thair own govern ment One prominent German news paper recently declared that tha dip lomacy of the Entente was infinitely *0parior to that of Germany, that English diplomacy had got practically everything it tried for, and its great est succcss of all waa bringing Ameri ca into the war. STEADMAN WILL AGAIN BECOME A CANDIDATE. Reconsiders Hi* Recent Inten tion to Quit and will Moke Race Next Year. Daily News, stating that he had defi nitely decided to make the race for Congress a|(ain next spring. Some six months ago Major Steadman Haiti he would not he a candidate but friends have asked him to again be come k candidate and he has decided to do so. Majority Leader Claude Kitchit. Representative Flood, of Virginia chairman of the foreran affairs com mittae, of which the fifth district con gressman is a member; Adam mm, of Georgia, and Saunders, of Virginia, as well as Speaker Champ Clark, made statements today declaring their de light that Steadman would become a candidate for another term. Major Steadman's statement follows: "The deference to what seems to be the wish, as represented to me, of an immense majority of the Democrats of my district, I have reconsidered my views and have decider to enter the1 primaries as a candidate for Congress in our next ensuing election. "I have many letters from every section of the fifth district urging me to this course. These letters are from gentlemen in whose personal friend ship for myself, as for whose political integrity and patriotic loyalty to our country, I have unlimited confidence. I am profoundly gratful also to my colleagues in the house of representa tives for the interest they manifest in my candidacy. "If renominated and elected, I shall endeavor to discharge faithfully my dutias to all citiaans of the fifth dis trict as well as to our entire country,' and maintain the rights of its people' to the full extent of my ability." Wake County Will Carry Its Children to School Raleigh.—Wake county's superin tendent, Dr. E. W. Knight, announced tonight that Wilders (trove school dis trict has ordered a $1,000 truck and will carry the distant children to school. The new superintendent eli m mated another one teacher school and puts four Into the district which will maintain a high school. Wake is the second county to Invest In the gasoline truck and declare it an econo my with its superior advantages. SILENCE THAT IS PATRIOTISM. ot Cauatry May to Hald Hi. T. aa W.U M Giv. Hi* LUm, Say* William J. Bryaa. Raleigh, N. C—"Patriotism is a love of coaatry that mIim • man not only willing ta, give hi* life for hia country but afka to hol4 his tongue for it," Mid Wiliam Joanbiga Bryan in an address at Grov* Park Inn, Aabovilla, wbara ha was tho guest of honor at a dinnar given by C'"""' Tha formar Secretary of Stat* said | that ha kad haan U4d that h* wa»' to talk of tha Graat War. "I am not surpriaad at tha request," ha said, "sine* now tha war ia tha paramount matter ia tha thought of all of ua. | How long is this war going to laat ? | ia tha universal question, and y*t it ia ona of the question* which ao ona can answer. I triad guaasing at ita answer whan the war begr.n, but I have quit guessing now." Mr. Bryan said that at the xtart of the war ha, with many others, thought that the allied naviea would noon sink tiie German ships, but that now tha naval strength ic relatively the same as then. It was expected, when tho! Germans got within 76 miles of Paru, that they would soon take that city, but they are now much further away than that. "Victories," he added.' "seem largely deceptions." "I know nothing," he stated, "on' which anyone caa predict even a reasonable guess as to the duration af' the war. Being in this war we mu»t stand together and fight it through, whether it be along or a short war. I will leave other* to »«gus line _ When the American people decided to enter this war all diacuasion as to the propriety of so doing must cease. "I felt in the early part of the war that, while an American citizen had a right to travel on a belligerent ship, he ought not to do so. So while we may have a right to discuss certain things, we ought not to do so, since dissensions will encourage the enemy and weaken the lines between ua. "rairiouam is a love of country that not only makes a man willing to give his life for it, hot to hold his tongue for It." Mr. Bryan paid further that he be lieves that there was more virtue in the people than is often expressed through their chosen representatives, and holding to this view he favored the initiative and the referendum, re garding "our representatives as nec essary eviU." "We cannot discuss terras of peace," he said, because no terms have been declared. It is for the authorities in Washington to announce the terms, und I will not trespass on their pre rogative*. "I hope when this war is over we shall be able to use its machinery to build equipment which will forever end wars. "Nineteen years ago," said Mr. Bryan "the commanding officer were allowed to say whether . aloons should be permitted inside camp*, but now the question Is: how far away shall they be kept? Now it is against the law to sell liquor to a man in uniform. "Woman suffrage has mad* great progress during the war, in England, in Russia and in America. When the war is over, the women all over the world who are giving their son* must have the right to take part in deciding the terms on which war shall be de clared." Incidental to his statement that he U a resident of Asheville, Mr. Bryan made the announcement that he ex pected to begin the erection of a dwelling in Grove Park, having resold to E. W. Grove the 10 acree on Sunset Mountain below Overlook Castle, which he bought two years ago. Mr. Bryan said he had decided he did Aot wish to be far out of the city. His now site is featured by a wooded try Clah covraa. Incidentally, dm I* a maadew which will affart Mr. Bryan tha cardan which ha aa much deairea, The place la te be callad Fair-view, which la tba nam* at hla Nebraska hoaM. TW Walking Tha Mia at deadly flra ansa ia tooj promiscuous la thia coantry. Tha fact that IrraaponaiMa people can arm i thamaalvaa and dangerous characters, who ara a iwanaca ta society, can so about in tha ahape at walking araanala ia no credit to a civilised Ona day thia waak a negro, evident | ly crasy or diunk, wantonly opanad I flra on a aixtaaa yaar old girl ia tha1 main atraat of Handaraoa, three at tha j bullata taking effect. Tha negro wan hurriadly ruahad off to Raleigh for! aafa keeping to evade tha irate popu laca. Of caaraa tha paopia war* arouaad bat thay van tad thair vao gance on tha culprit or if tha law mataa oat puniahmant to him llttla conaolation or rallaf will ba given tba woundad child, who waa tha victim of an iiraaponaibla paraon, piacad thara lurfraly bacauaa an intelligent paopia pa rm it tad it to ba sold without pro par raatrictiona. Th attack upon thia child ii a ra nponaibility that can ba laH at tha door of tha paopia o ftiiii. atata for neglecting to safeguard lifv and limb | by having thair r*pre**i.tativM in the I General Assembly at FuJp.ru make adequata laws governing tha sale and use of flra arms. How long will it ba p<j*aibla for such characters as tha Henderson negro to go about urmed tc the teeth, shooting down and murder ing whomsoever their inflamed fane;; can well ask himself.—Kbtaton Free Press. Berlin Activity Develop* Peace Talking. Washington. D. C.,—Reports of peace proposition* have no effect whatever on administration official* hare. Regardless of the apparent source, whether they Alter through Switzerland or through diplomatic sources here, it is known that they originated in Berlin, where the impe rial Government is assiduously foster ing the publicity of peace talk. It has developed that the methods being used to keep the subject under discussion are distinctly characteristic of the Germanic thought. The purpose is to provide the paci- j list, particularly of the United States with material for agitation, j and it is the part of the German Government to disavow responsibility for offering any terms whatever as soon as discussions get well under way. The effect sought is to have it appear that demands for peace are originating outside of Germany. Until a responsible official of the Germnn Government, speaking not onlyfor his Government but for the people, make> proposals for peace, it is understood no attention whatever will be paid to this propaganda. Officials of this government and the Entente Allies see no evidence of sin cerity in any of the proposals that have been under discussion. Geneva, Sept. IS.—The Freie Zeti ung of Burne, publishes an article from a high Austrian official, who re cently traveled through sections of this country in which tho writer states that Austria-Hungary cannot hold out the coming winter owing to economic reasons, as both soldiers and civilians will be starved. He gives several rea sons, notably, the almost complete de struction of the crops in the riche.t regions of Hungary by the cold and heavy rain, while 800,000 tons of Ru munian creals could not be transported owing to lark of rolling stock, which, first of all, is utilised for military pur poses. In the meantime, he says, the necessaries of life are mounting to extraordinary prices. ACTIVITY IN U. S. AVIATION WORK. »l Graduated Every W««k MM* tw fr.ot Air craft U Wall Uadar Way. ' Activity at am than 24 United StaUa government aviation achool* ovar the country ahawa that tha Unit ad Stetea air »»i »Wi la assuming dafl nita proportion! and bopaa ara mx praaaad by official* that many aquad rona will ba in Franca by tha apring of 1918. Claaaaa ara being graduated •vary weak and with a aattafactory motor davalopad by engineers paaainc ail taata tha actual production of tha aircraft for thaaa naw pilot* ia wall undar way. Tha volua of aircraft in • war haa baan diacuaaad many timaa by promi nent aathoritiaa on aaronautica and Sac rata ry of War NawVoo D. Baker haa atatad that large numbar* of ma chine* can ba constructed and man trained for tha *ame a ithout interfer ing in tha laaat with tha government plan* for regular army work or the manufacture of munition* and up pliea. Aa to shipping, Mr. Baker pointa out that 1009 pilot* will take up no more room than 1000 infantrymen, and their maehinea no mora apace than artillery; while the value of 10, 000 plapea on the front would be far greater than many timea this number in infantry and artillery Passage of the *#40,000,000 bill for the expanxion of the United Statea Aviation Service opened the way for the realization of the plan* made by Mr. Baker. Thi* amount allow* for training, equipment, oversea* mainte nance, *pare parts, (lying stationa. service nquadrons, 22,000 plane* and nearly 11,000 enlisted men in addi tion to the pilots who are being re cruited at the preaent time. Men for thin service, in the capacity of balloon pilota and aviator*, must be between the age* of 19 and 30, must be citizen* and have a good education. Aerial ob*erver* whose dutie* are to ride behind the pilot* and observe for tification change* and artillery lire effect must be between the age* of 25 and 30. After application a candidate under goes a strict physical examination and unusual teats for equilibrium and judgement are given. If the man suc cessfully passes he is sent to in ex amining board at the nearest govern ment aeronautical or ground school where a mental test is given, prac tical, more than theoretical, questions making up the examination wit>. close verbal questioning by an officer. If the candidate passes both these he is sworn in and given the rating of a first class private in the aviation section of the signal carps. His papers with the results of the exam ination are then sent to Washington and orders to report to a ground school, if he is enlisting for aviation, or to a balloon school if for balloon ing, are then sent from that city. A delay from between four to six weeks between the time he is sworn in and the time he is called for duty is necessary at present, owing to the large number of applications on the waiting list and the limited capacity of the schools. This is true only of the pilots for aeroplanes as balloon ist* and observers are called much sooner. Mfn in al) these branches are paid $100 per month with food and quarters while studying at the schools and upon graduation are given a com mission as first lieutenant with a base pay of <3,000 a year and extra bonusuj for active flying duty and foreign service. A candidate for aviator goes to a ground school for eight weeks, when the operation, construction and repair of wireless apparatus, aeroplanes, gas oline motors and machine guns, the ory of flight, aerial tactics, photogra phy and military l*«* are taught. If the candidate successfully pa sees « i this course he ia Mat to a dying «M where practkt la aliawtatl— and ■'.ooling at targeta while flying ta given in addition to regular flying to sttoetion. TKa ttaaa spent at thto school runa from tw® to faar months, depending aatiialy upon the ability at tha pupil. After paaeing through than wlaola tha man ia rommiaelonod and la raady far daty. Tha only diffaranca to twaan tha abova aearae and that la ballooning la that ona arhool la at> tendad for ballooning in which every thing ia taught to tha proapaetlva bal loon lata. Tha work ia only beginning bat «M rmm utote that raaulta hava baan gratifying and hava shown that tha rigtaal couraa mapped oat waa wall plan nod. Hundrada of young man hava boan anliatad In thia narriea but many mora ara naadad. Tha need for mechanics will ba tra mandoua whan the *ervice gata wall grounded and at praaant it appaara that tha majority of thaaa man will ba drafted. Plana to otilixa man of other induatriaa than tha automobile ara being mada. Fine linen worlcara will ba needed. Musical instrument men becauae of their experience in working on fine wood* an«l ateel atringa, which in aviation are uaad aa itrunta for strengthening the plane, will be none of the men u»ed in thia neweat industry. The work ha* taken great strides since the pasxage of tha aviation bill, but much more of thia important branch should be heard of ia the next few months. Berlin Has Set • Price For American Prisoner. British Headquarter* in Franc* and Belgium.—German military authori conesrn about tas imminence of tSM American army's entry into the fight ing by offering reward for the first American prisoner. The rrener-l com manding the 17th reserve division re cently put the price of 400 marks on ike first Amcrcan soldier brought, dead, or alive, into his lines. This information has been dis closed by the diary of a Prussian ser geant of the 23rd reserve infantry re giment. He wrote at the end of July: "We are supposed to have had Amercans opposite as for some time now, and two divisions of Porlu^neoe, on our right. The man who brings in the first American, dead or alive, to headquarters has been promised the iron cross of the first class, 400 marks and 14 days' ler.ve." Military Instruction it Started at Camp Jackaon. Columbia, S. C., Sept. 7.—Non-com missioned officers from the regular army began instruction today of mora than 1,000 drafted men who have ar rived at Camp Jackson from part a of the state, and from Florida and North Carolina. Training today consisted chiefly of putting the selected man through the manual of arms and drilla in squad formations. Virtually the entire number of men called in the first Ave per cent from South' Carolina had arrived today. Figures posted at the camp tonight showed that 511 men had registered at the receiving station from Sooth Car olina; 41? from North Carolina and 180 from Florida. Assignments to regiments were made today for the North Carolina and Florida drafted unite. The valor and candid simplicity of the Indian baboo is proverbial. The S'sirbi Leader tells a story of one who played a part in the German East Africa campaign, a laconic, competent mihI deadly earnest station master who evidently regarded himself as an la falM-Ie marksman as well. A regi ment of men like him would el d the war, for this is the wire he seat: "One hundred Getataaa attacking station. Send immediately one rifle and one hundred »naa4s ammunition.'* ' . iitiL /^kw mk h Ja
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