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t t OL. XL MOUJn AIRY. JfOMTB OiMOLlMA, BISHOP KJLGO OW VISIT TO FAX EAST. Omh Emtry ml U»<Ud Statoa lata War aad IUiam« «tf CtmI Army 9**mI Ifar. That J <4 pan a* a uiltn and w pas pi* hata tha L'nitad Stataa ami hava piann«<l aacratly tor yaara ta b« tha doanuiata pvwar io tha Oriant, 'Van faing m far aa la lay plana far tka bailtiiiiK of a grml Oriaatal aiapira la the bslUf of I'whop Jnhn C. Kilffn, who, acrompa tail by Mr*. Kilro, ra tamad to Out. latta To*v<ay night af tar apandinir xavaral months in tka far aaat. Nlowint an intarviaw with Bin hop Kilro. tha Obaatrar givaa thin iataranting »tory: Bishop Kilgo held conference* in Um Southern Methodi it church m * Japan, China and Korea, and trav eled urer tha country generally. Ha faond much in tha Japanese to praiaa —hia thrift, hia business sagacity and Ma commerriai induatry: but on tha other hand ha found much to worry him. That Japan had been preparing to whip the United State* and waa aril- rirrumvrater* by the declaration of war by the United State* upon Cer Many, and the aubeequent rawing of an army of sufletont aize to ward off the attack kept Japan from attacking the United States, is hi* belief. He declared that every one of the twenty-j ane thing* that President Wilson *aid shouldn't be done in China have bean put into effect by Japan, while **»■-1 ingly complying with the wishes of President Wilson. Japan, he said, is fallowing the gen-! eral scheme practiced by Germany, both in her national life and in her national organization*. She was prac tically bankrupt at the outset of the war, but since that time has made trim. Thru the breaking up of American monopolies he declared, the American merchant or manufacturer ha* to go into the Chinese market, one of the moat fertile in the world, and compete with the Japanese monopoly, organ- j I zed and protected by the govern-; ment tbnt promulgate* the law* by; which the huf ine * u conducted.Amer ican manufacturer*, he declared,; haven't any chance against them at «iL _ _ He wan Watched. Japan has adopted the German es pionage system. "Why" declared Bishop Kilgo"while Baron Ishee was declaring the friend liness of Japan for the United States and the people here were apparently drinking it in, I was being watched wherever I went. Wherever I turned in a hotel, upon the rnilrotvis, upon the streets, secret service men—spies —were watching me. They were fol lowing the German system in every thing. "They are a conscienceless race, cold and di ^passionate. You can't make one of them mad: they always stem to be in a good humor. Whenever a Japanese embraces Christianity, he is as fine a man as one would wish to see" Japan, he said, is in the midst of a great educational awakening. Every one is reading books, the classics and the best there i.i in literature of all countries. In China, whete he held se\ ernl conferences and where he traveled a great deal among the churches, Bish op Kilgo found almo.t the opposite condition. Here ha found that th< people think well of the United States and of American customs. But h< also found the Japanese hard at Wurk on his pel scheme of building his ori ental empire. • Japan 1* not going into the war he said, becai.ae t«ie is holding oC to gain any advantage that may ac frue to her by reason at her free) army. Japanese staMeman and th. public speakers at the country an< the writers all unite in aaying tha the Jspaneee soldier will fight to nothing but Jaymm. Oita out mm In abmr aUtaa." BUhop Kilgo talkad niMt intaraat mfly about tha ntnnar mmd tmmUm of tho Jtptfww, ha»in* gona kite aw •m I of tha wealthier hut— nWn ha ' »H «iUrt*ln«d. Ha found tha Japan •at univarmally rnurttnui and poilta I md ((ptCAhlt. Whan aakad about how tha Japan •aa faal about tha California ■qiiahbla, ha dor la rod that Japan ia practicing tha vary >ama thing horaotf. "Tha church doaan't own a hit of ita pro part jr." ha mid. "Tha only way it could ba hold waa to organiM a Japanoao company to hold tha prop arty. No foraicnar ran own land in Japan." Art Many Japan ha* already retaken Hawaii,1 ha declared, and state- that there ore 40,000 Budhists on the islands, a re lision he aaid. that la the moat da* haling of any practiced by the h*.r--an race. While Shintoisai ia the national religion of Japan there are many Bod hiata there and thaaa accept the Chria tian missionary's presence. in large measure becauae it 1a an American idea, and becauae if it worka well in thia country, they will allow it to come there for what it ia worth. He de scribed the life of the American mis sionary aa one of the moat wonderful , and moat beautiful thing* he had ever •een. I "They seem wonderfully happy and , contented," he aaid, "but I cant aee | how they can be, living under the | conditions that many of them have to." , Biahop Kilgo apoke interestingly of , China; but hi* thought* always turn- | ed back to Japan, while be could again ( analyze Japaneae character, both aa ( the individual and aa te the nation. 1, The "YeBnr Peril " t» htm is no Jdh , i »«• . - ■■■■ | ful scrutiny of the people he came | in contact with, from reading the liter- ( ature of the country and from con versing with Americans and other ( foreigners living in Japan. < The foreigners kwiw that any out- i ward show of friendliness for the . United States is but a cover; that in reality the Jriprnce hate this coun try to the bottom of their heart* and will, if the opportunity ever arises, strike. The fact that this country j raised its great army when it did has broken up Japan's scheme for the time being; but he believes that soon er or later the problem may have to lie met and he believes that it is for thi* great hour that Japan is conserv ing her men and building her mer chant marine and other industries. There is no thought of Japan's en tering this war, he said and he could not see how American statemen are taking in what their envoys say. When asked if he did not believe that American statesmen well informed on the real situation, he said that he feared not; but were taking in good faith what the Japanese were telling them. Albemarle U Feeling Keenly Sugar Shortage Albemarle, Nov. 24.- For the first! time .Mtice the present war commenced A Ibemurlo in tmlav feeling the real f?<;ctt> of war u- one of the wornt su :rar famines ever heard of in thin sec tion U on here today. Not a pound of granulated nignr can be purchased in Alliemarle and only one grocery store in the place ha* brown sugar and they :ire selling it out at •>> more than 50 cent" worth to each .-urtimer. In the : rear of this store is stacked a fairly large stack of pape< packs contain ing BO cents' worth of brown sugar in | -aih and when a customer calls for , sugar he i* handod out 50 cent*' worth ' of sutar already tit 1. with the In . structiona that he cannot purchase any i more at any price. It If hoped that i the situation will claar up tike early I part of next week, otherwise, Alba > marie will be the sourest town In the ■ state before Wedneada). London, 19*9. I*.—"It aint a funk bate; if • • bank bate wbara wa bank in ubiii oar fans ar* phun party plumping. Wa aint afraid af tka <«u—Tbat na tba rbild'a paint of rtew, and aa ana lank ad round tka ■baltar at S a'rlork In tba morning aftar two hour* of intarmittant raida and aavara anti-aircraft action. It wa« otiviouoly tba trua paint of vtaw. Tba •baltar waa not much of a abaltar. bat it m battar than tba lillte buuaas that tba crowd of folk* cama from. A yaar ago paopte war* frankly frigbtanad by tba «ound of dropping bomba and booming gunn; aix mrntba ago tbay ware eurioua on tba iu!>Jaet if tbia or that individual rrmab or row; today tbay ara frankly boarad by it. Tat tba acana la picturaaqua wawgfc. After th« warning baa come and tk« •take rover" noticM have gov,a round, people in akctcby garments begin to !oat into the shelter, for tba moat Mrt woman with their littla children >r grandchildren. Thay float in aa if hey wara on tba whole rather "k" id of tha proceeding, and settle them lelvea aa aa to maka tha cbildran, who lava already bad three or four hours' ileep, aa comfortable aa maybe. They •em perfectly unconscious of the run Ire and the sound of falling bomb*. Many of them drop off to sleep; here ia a picturesque looking woman •ear there who haa fallen aaleep sit iag on a table with bar back against he wall. The guna will not wake her, he enly thing* that will wake bar ia be "al! clear" bogie. There are lav heir beda to the bunk-hole, especially a there ia no canteen. Once there was a sort of amiteur anteen and that drew the men, but ►hen that bright little effort failed he meti and older women without re ponsihilitie* stayed away. The bunk lole ia really a shelter for children hough it draws a certain number of eckleas youths of 1# or so and a few* firls who act aa mother helpers. The ■hildren are fully alive to the danger* >f the position. They know that the wmb< are dangerous. Eleven children were killed not far away the other night; yet it ia the fact that in the long tiresome raid taut mgnt there wax not a whimper among he children ami most of them played on the floor at Home sort of frame with absolute unconcern. Little fellows of eight and nine sturdily xtood and listened to the really very alarming crash of the guns without turning a hair. There was one thing, however, that all the children wanted; and thai was water to drink. Special constables were continually carrying round tins of water to wash down the plentiful supply of biscuits taht the mothers brought. The place was very crowd ed, but there was absolute order, no hustling and very little grousing, ex cept from an occasional person who bad he at work at five and saw little prospect of bed. There was a good deal of quiet jokintr. horrible Jokes about warfare and bunfsre that must have jarred on some minds rather more than the cracking of the 76's. It is clear that the British public has settled down to raids a* one more nuisance which they must put up. They certainly do not funk the raids in any fashion at all, and are beginning to get tired even of the bunk-holes. Study of Peace Problem. Berne, Switzerland (Thursday I— An International Congress for Ui« study of peace problems opens al Berne today. Ten nations lncludin| Norway, Sweden, Denawrk, Germany Austria-Hungary, Holand and 8wit serland are expected to be repre sen tad. BfUTISN CALVAMY MAS THMLLINC EVUIINCE British Haadij—rtan In Fniut, Sunday, Mo*, ts.—(By tha Aiaoriatad Tha British ralvary haw had many thrill In# aiparlamaa atnra the hatUa hagaa tn tka ramhrai tartar I * laat Tuaaday and >>panad • way for tham into tha fraat territory ov»r which thay hav« roamad almnat at win, Hka ravaliar* of aid Making rnm bata with thoaa who would aceapt thair ifa*». .Stories of their gallant rhirfM with drawn ubrn against enemy bat' tanas and in strong infantry ponl tior-. have h««n innumerable. But per haps none of them had a mora excit ing tima than a squadron of Cana dian horsemen. They awept proudly out of Masniars on their charges with their aahraa making merry muate aiuut thair trapping!. They ratvrned afoot, and thereby hang* a narratie of bravery and strategy which la worth record ing. For a considerable distance the horaemen cantered aMxig over the roi ling grasslands without encounter ing an enemy. Eaat of Komilly, how ever. they came upon several Britiah tank* which had run almost into a German battery Position and were being fired at point blank by great gun*. The monitors were in a tight place and needed assistance badly. They got it. The cavalry came pounding up in columns of four and their lead er, sizing op the situation, sent them ■wei i tat in m either sMe of the bat tary. Than they charged in straight flashing. It was over in a moment, ind the last enemy lay .rsmpled upon. This incident finished the cavalry trotted off in search of other adven tures. Not far away was a sunken -nad which concealed considerable onsiderable enemy forces armed with narhine guns. Cavalry scouts dis -overed this trap ami give the wo:-d to the commander. The latter snap ped out a command and the squadron j most of whom were still unaware of the presence of the sunken road, di vided to the right, toward a break in the wall of the road, while the other drew_ sabres and charged straight ahead. The German*, not knowing that British cavalry was operating in that section remained in the big ditrh and the Canadian.' reached the edge of the miniature precipice without seeing the enemy. They saw them then, in numbers, and realized for the first time that they were headed for a drop of several feet to the level of the road. Not a horseman hesitated. They took the flying leap straight down among the surprised Germans and be gan their work of death. Half a hun dred of the enemy lay dead when the remainder took to their heels and fled toward Rumilly. The cavalry commander then was out of touch with. the remainder of the advancing British forces and de cidod to remain in the sunken road for a time until he could get orders. Accordingly, he went back a courier to rarry information a* to the location of the squad. Another force of Ger man machine gunners, stationed in a commanding position ncarSy, opened r. grilling fir* on the cavalry and, suc ceeded in killing several horses within a short time. It became apparent that the men and rest of the hortei must suffer th« same fate if tjiey remained where they The commander knew it would be suicide to ride out into the open and he seised upon an ingenious plan to outwit the German*. The hortei were gathered together and stampede* with their empty saddles In the direc tion of Campral. The ruse worked for the Germana, peering through thi Tito — rhiae gain name into action ■Hhut the galloping boreae and the trooj>#ni meantime fTtiwit |>od tkcif —capo from the road. Thay atertad back but loeing their way at ana tima, vara actually In tha outakirta of Ru mtlly. Thta may have given rlaa In a rapnrt which Uramr current that tha Britiah had occupied tha village. Tha ranadiana -nrtinood thair Jour ney toward what thay thought wera tha a—♦till* Una* until they ware chal lenged hy a Carman officer with nine man. Among the trooper* wan a little chap who apoke Carman fluently. He waa «ent forward to engage the ofllccr in roaveraatinn until the raat of the Prooper* could cloea in with their nabrae. The little emiaaary fulfilled hia mi* ■ion by engrnaaing tha attention of the officer with cock and hull story to which tha Herman I ia tan ad berauaa he did not know that the Britiah cavalry waa in bia tone. He liatened a mo ment too Ion? however, for the Cana diana rushed in and killed the men accompaning him and he waa taken priaooor and compelled to conduct the horsemen back to thair own lines. to Trial. Concord. Nov. 28.—Defense ant pro •Mtcution art ready, both *aid tonight, to itart the trial bar* tomorrow of -ton B. Mean*, charged with the murdar of Mr*. Maud* A. King, weal thy NdW York widow, who wan ihot | to death near here last August. The prosecution, a* far aa has be*- ' outlined, relies on a majii of ctrr-ura- ! <tantjal evidence to fa*t«n upon Mean? lite charge of murder, and it ia under •tood will leak to show that a tor tune at 82400400 which Mrs. KW[ will of her hlshand. the late James | King, of Chicago, provided the motive Mean*. a native of Concord, had been the woman'* bu*ine»« agent for tome time before *he met death while here on a viait to relative* and accord ing to statements made by District Attorney Swann'* office in New York evidence been brought to light; to show that a second will wa., to be offered for probate. Mrs. King Had inherited more than a million through the fir«t wilL Onlj Mrmim nu 1 nrrr. No one except Means was present when Mr*. King was killed at Mack welder Spring near here, according to the statement Means made to a local coroner's jury. The coroner'* verdict wax that Mrs. King accidentally nhot herself with a small piatol with which she had intended to practice target shooting. To refute this, the prose cution. in the preliminary hearing which was ended by Means agreeing to be bound over to the grand jury, en deavoring to show by expert witnesses that it would have been physically im possible for the woman to have held the weapon which inflicted n wound in the hark of her head. Counsel for the defenxc declined to night to dUcuss their line of defense but it wax intimated from a source ! rlose to the defendant that its conten I tioa would be that Mrs. King acciden tally was killed in handling the pistol which she l-i l picked up while she and Means paused at Blackwtlder Spring, near the target field for the latter to get a drink. I i All Men in Camps Before Fifteenth of December. Under the instructions that all the first quota of men called in the draft must be in camp by December 14, the ljcal boards are expected U receive <ho*t!y orders about the movement o( •he negroes. Up to the pretent lima not a colored man has been drafted and taken from Greensboro, or Guil ford county, although a large numbei are certified and waiting to ge upoc call. The delay has boon protractet i far beyond all expectations . Victory I Lm*Ion. England (Friday) G— •nU Maurica. dlractor of ailtari »# • ration a at tfca War (fAro. in an intor vlow yaatorday ronflrmod tha axtont nt tbo Cambria victory. GoograpM> rally, an advanra van mada on a 10 mi la front to a maximum /apth of IH milaa in 24 houri. ronatitutinv an m*f I -orord for an advanra on tha w»«t*ra front. In front nt Taaibria tha famoua llindanhnrf I in* wax romplatvly brok ■n lhrn«|k. (<«n«mt Mailt ice rem:>r! <1 in reply [ 'o n Tuaation that the battle wan dia Unrtjy iMiwuvtr ftifht.iv. though how long that would !a.<t h« declined til prophesy. The British rau-iitiea. far reported were ha d, vary 'nsideably leu than tha tot»l nun ber a# prisoner* kalian. Continuing. General Maurice raid: "We advanced further jn the '"ambrai •mttla in 24 hour* than we did in three months in Ypres. You may aak why do we not do that every time, in .tatd of pounding away at l.mitad ob jactive*, ait we have dona lieforw Ypram. The point I should like you to impraaa la htat this sureeaa ia a direct result of the Ypres lighting. The re sulta we art fighting for at Ypres. tha Germans cannot afford to give op, unless compelled to, hence their tre mendous concentration of forces against us in tha PasatkaraUele sector, inculding divisions from tha Russian front from tne South." This enabled us to deliver a sur prise blow. General Maurice said, at the part of the line they had weak ened, but the blow was only poaible oecause their attention was diverted, aad their reservea locked up else where. The men lighting on the had been said, the result was not doe U> the withdrawal of German force* to Italy, for not a single diriaion had gone frona the British front to Italy. Dealing with the Palestine fig'. ng where they were within fix mile* of Jerusalem, General Maurice said it was not wise, however, t? a- una a npid fall of Jeru.-alem. Six m.'' waa j, -hort di«tance. but the country was hilly and the troops were getting fur ther and further from their bo .ea. Therefore patience was necessary. As to Italy, General Maurice jaid the position was much more eati.fac tory. While it was premature to say that all danger was over and Venice was saved, yet every 24 hours now made an enormous difference. The Italians ha 1 time to make a stand, to bring up guns and to organize food and munitions, whilst the moment when the Franco-British forcea would be in the field was very much closer. War Saving Stamps Campaign ia Launched. Washington Nov. 26.—Postoffices of 'he United States have been formally made under the law, by order of Post ma-ter General Burleson, a huge rell ing organization for the war raving tamp* campaign which »tarts De cember 3 and every postmaster in the ! country has lieen especially instructed , to take an active part in the sale. Po*tma«U'r ■. rural carrier* city car riers and all other employes of tha postal scrvice *hnll make every pos sible effort to promote the sale of war savings certificate stamps and to this •hnll bring the ame to the attention • <f the public, explaining the plan un | tier which the stamp* are issued and old and emphasizing their advantage ( as a means not only of saving, but al , so of rendering patriotic assistance to the govsrnment," tha official order say*. The secretary of thu treasury an nounced today that a conference of state water* in the saving certificate campaign ha* bean called te Meet hi Winston-Salem December 1. At that time every county che'rmaa to the state la expected to be pmsal
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