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EDITORIAL
RR'H STRATEGY RAWES
The contrigution to German de
moralization in the military field ar«
growing in number and rang© all
the waj from a depressed morale «•"
:io:ig the men in the ranks to a per
piexed mentality on the part of
t'ie high command. The failures of
the generals are reflected in the
S'oominess of the soldiers and that
in turn is passed along to the civ
ilians in despondent letters. It is
evident to the men that something
15 seriously wrong. It must be
even plainer to the general staff. To
the failure to analyze the Foch
strategy Jis added the unearthing
•if an incipient organization of a
German equivalent to the council
of Workmen and Soldiers of Rus
sia within the ranks of the army.
The tactics of Marshal Foch,
wb"e not yielding great gaina in
territory, are producing steady ad
vances at every point where the
forward thrust attempted, but
most irr'tating to the Prussian com
Blunders. The French strategist is
forcing upon the Germans the one
[articular form of action which
they are least able to meet. The
Prussian armies are organized for
s'uw heavy work 'n deliberate fa
shion, striking hard blows at long
iM> rvals with the hope of crushing
opposition. Rapid movement is
u-(known and unpracticed. The com
manders do not know how to reply
to so m^ny attacks at so many d'f
t'erent points one after the other,
a id the men do not know how to
perform their duty.
•Marshal Foch is hitting first at
o:ie poini. men
another, and again at a. far different
sjiot. Prussian training has taught
that when an attack is made it must
be in heavy force because that is
tbf ir stjle. So to meet Foch's trip
hummer Dlows the Prussian re
serves are rushed from one point
to naother to repel attacks, with the
result that Foch is always ablg to
pick out unprotected spot3 for
fresh attack. The heavy Prussian
n-.achine is shaking itself to pieces
trvirg to keep pace with the rapid
shifting of the French, British and
Americans. There are not enough
r^serveg to Protect so many points
at once and' fear has Btruck into the
hearts of the German commanders
that only great good fortune will
rescue them from disaster. For no
sooner have they thrown protectiori
to one spot thaa Foch, attacks at
another, a method that will slowly
but certainly push back the whole
li.ie.—Pittsburg Dispatch^
KEEPING IT ADVERTISING
If one will take th* trouble to
look over the metropolitan newspa
pers. he most see that the great de
t>ortment stores are advertising; just
usual. It is a hard time for re*
tail trad'e, as prices are high. Still
People are earning more money, and
EXAMINING A CAPTURED GERMAN SOLDIER |
These intelligence officers will lenm from 111? rr,r.:r !i • h can
tell of the movements of the enemy before they send liim t<> '.In- tatnp.
there ia an abundance of money in
circulation.
So any business man who lies
down and Baya times are so hard
that he cau'i advertise, is falling
to take advantage of good chances.
TU<j people are going to buy a. lot
of goods this fall. They are of
coarse wearing old' clothes and
economizing wherever they can. But
th»y have beeu doing tff^t for more
L-iftn a year now. There comas a
time when renewal^ have to be
made.
Reference has been made to the
big city department stores, not be"
cause these Place* have any better
bargain# tiian the home merchant,
>>ut because they do have skilled
publicity m«u, who make an expert
study of how to appeal to the pub
II? mind'.
If chey keep on advertising lib
erally, they do it because they know
there is still money In retail trade,
and tnat it pays to tell the public
what you have and push for new
business. They spend money for
advertising scientifically, as g, re
sult of the most exhaustive experi
ment.
If they t^n increase their sales
thnaugh 'heir great and costly ad
v?stising, the home merchant can
do the same thing in a manner
fairly proportioned to his volume
of business. Our people were never
before so keen for a bargain. They
do not expect Drices. If you mere
ly show them that they will make
a saving by buying at Present pric
es. in view of prospects of advance,
thev have sense enough ta anticipate
he market. There never was a
time when judicious advertising was
more necessary.
GKBMVXY IX ROOfAMA
Tako Jonescu, the Roumaniau
statesman, 's coming to America to
tell us what the Germans have been
aoine to his eountry. Washington
has already heard part of the story.
Au.' while, so far, Russia hag been
'he standing example of what hap
pens tr a land which, in Germany's
own words, "bow to her will,'' it
apoears that Roumania can teach
us even more.
She has executed at will hundreds
of the principals in the war. Bra
tiano, the w-ap premier, is at pres
ent awaiting trial. And with him
ar* most of Roumania's pacifist-so
cialist leaders
"The occupation of the country
diminished the population by about
800.000." writes Dr. Fritz Karl
Mann, in a recent official report to
Berlin. And in another place we
learn that this decrease in popula
tion means just plain deaths since
Germany entered the country, most
of them from disease and starvation,
ilso even in one of the richest food
countries in the world, the starva
tion is easily explained.
In the Treaty of Bucharest, Ger
many did not, on the Burface, de
mand- any money indemnity of Rou
mania. As the German secretary of
state expressed it "securities in na
ture1 products better corresponded
to Germau interests." Which meant
first of all, oil and wheat. And
Germany is now taking Roumanian
oil at the rate of some 11.000 cars
a month. But of the wheat she has
taken far more.
Since March she has virtually
been taking an the food that fche
could move; and she has seized
i the wbole Roumanian transportation
| system, by rail and' on the Danube,
j with which to mov© it She has
.taken the root and fruit crops, com
nr—'■* 1 ■ (
celling the owner to dry them,
where possible to make their preser
vition and handling easier. She
has seized the fisheries, and put
then; under forced labor. As for
•he wheat, from the harvests of
11»1T. 191S ar.d 1 !> 19 Germany de
| msnd'od a minimum of 2,000,000
.tons or about 66,000.000 bushels.
Though the harvest of 1917 was al
most a failure, the Germans claim
I to have been able to take enough
of it to feed all Germany for 37
days. In 191S, of Roumania's
wheat lands less than fifteen acres
in th hundred have been pro
ductive. But none the loss Ger
many is now arranging to remove
Roumanian wheat and other food1
stuffs at the rate of 20,000 cars a
day. And Roumania is facing a
famine that may ,be absolute.
Finally, in the "no indemnities'
clause of the Treaty of Bucharest
•t now appears that there was a jok
er. Germany was to pay for the
focd she took. But she is paying
for i» at prices averaging one-fifth
o» thoiie offered in the open market;
I and It is estimated that by the end
: of 191 i> this will be equal to some
$2,000,000,000 alone. Also Rou
mania is now to pay all expenses
Germany was put to "in restoring
order." When, recently, this was
mad*> clear to the German Reich
stag, it was made clear with a
(laugh of cynicism. "If the Rouman
lans are conscientiously to fufill
| these obligations,'' commented von
I K;.hlmann, "they will have to make
serious exertions."
' Germany is soon to make an
other peace drive. Tnosg who in
tend listening to her should do so
witli the Treaty of Brest Litovsk
framed on one wall, and* the Trea
| tv o' Bucharest framed on the
l other.
FORTl'XKS OK WAR
The shifting fortunes of war do
not allow ? general to issue in one
d'*y orders to Do followed through
out a whole campnign.
Herbert Hoover is really a su
preme .quartermaster of the whole
Allied forces, combatant and noir
rombafnt. Ho cannot tell today
what' orders will he necessary to
issue next month, nor what restric
tions, now in force, may bo then
safely removed. The whole Ameri*
c?n peoole is in «hp thick of a
titanic fray, and the biggest job
for the civilian population is to
keep the fighters supplied with foocl.
A multitude of interlocking co'v.
tingencies decide what commodities
must be shipped over seas frorr.
season to season.
\* present sugar and wheat are
the two outstanding essentials, al
though fat and beef must be kept
moving, too. The new rules must
be eccepted at home as would the
command for a general advance at
the front. It would be treason to
lie ng back.
THE SERVICE OF MANKIND
The present sugar allotment of
two pounds per person per month
still gives us half a pound mors
t*>an Prance's ration and a pound
more than Italy's. Fair play dc
mnsds that wo keep within th;s
amount i in order to share with
them.
This war cannot be won without
.« systematic distribution of food.
Selfishness and Individual taste
must be forgotten in th0 broader
service of mankind.
Save sugar by spoonfuls;
•Send it by shiploads,
salt Wooden ships
Method Used to Lengthen Life of
Vessels.
Turns Seepage into Brine, Which Acft
as a Preservative of the
Wood.
Seattle, Y.'ash.—C. O. Morrow, pre*
ident of the Eillottray Shipbuilding
company, suffered something of a
shock the other morning, but at that It
was nothing to the shock suffered by
several prominent citizens who were
taking a stroll through the company'®
big wooden shipbuilding plant.
The citizens were shocked when they
discovered that 20 tons of rock salt la
used In building each of the big wood*
en ships now under construction In
Seattle. Mr. Morrow was shocked be
cause his callers didn't know that rock
salt is a shipbuilding material. Every*
body 011 the water front knows that,
l.ut it seems that there are a lot of
promluent business men who didn't.
There is now a suspicion that only at
very few residents east of Railroad
avenue know that a wooden ship has
to be salted.
In showing the prominent citizens
about his plant Mr. Morrow came to
the building in which he stores this
rock salt A railroad car was unload*
ing another shipment
"This Is where we keep the salt for
the ships," said Morrow.
'Haw, haw!" said one caller, who Is
something of a humorist. "I suppose
you're afraid the ships will get too
fresh?" . ,
"That's the exact truth," said Mr.
Morrow. , •
I<ut the citizens wouldn't believe him
until they had examined the salt. Some
of them tasted it. The storehouses
contained 120 tons.
Mr. Morrow explained that the salt
is poured between the frames of a
wooden ship above the water line and
is tamped down solid. Then If any wa
ter seeps Into the spaces between the
frames it is turned to brine and doeBj
not damage the wood. Instead, it acts
as a preservative. V
FIRST CONSOLATION
^jSsJplioto by &
I Western Newspaper Unions
The wounded soldier's first consols*
tion is n cigarette to soothe his nerves,
and his comrades are sympathetically
eager to bring him the comfort.
PLAY GAME WITH BIG GUN
Frenchmen Wager as to Hour the
Bombardment of Paris Will
Start 3
L,'
Paris.—A new sport has* made ltfl
appearance In Paris as a result' of
the long-range cannon bombardment;
One may drop In at any cafe or res
taurant any day and find the game iiV
progress. . ; . |
After the dinner or between- sips of
cofToc a paper is passed around with
the question: "At what hour will the
big cannon fire its next shot?" Each
persons fills In the time he thinks the
strafing will begin and pays a ftiane.
The firing of the cannou causes more
excitement than fear. The waiter
rushes for the list, while the others
crowd around, shouting and gesticu
lating to find out whose guess ha»
been the nearest and who gets the
monev.
BROTHERS PREFER DEATH
TO EXPOSURE OF BODIES
Pittsburgh, Pa.—Rather than
expose their bodies to 8. physical
examination William and Chris
tian Hoag, brothers, prefer
death. This was their state
ment to United States Commis
sioner Knox here when they
were charged with evading the
draft by not presenting them
selves for physical examination.
Order Pickled Cabbage.
Pittsburgh, Pa.—The local food ad«
ministration has decided to make
sauerkraut less German by striking
out the hyphen. It has been officially
placed on the list of patriotic foods
and it is believed more would be eat«
en if given tlie name "j)ickle3 cabt
bage." • i-r.i—aC'ffr, •
Aft to tSELES&Js'jESS
In & receut editorial upon "Noii
Esientiftl Experimenting," the New
York Evening World 8aId:
"There are few less useful per
sons in the United States at the
present, moment than those whose
obief worry is the glass of wine the
Husky young American fighter in
franco may get after he has spent
a morni'T bayoneting Germans, or
the beer that goes to slake the
J hirst of th© ahiDyard, workers af
ter ft record day at the rivets.
To which the New York Ameri
can Issue replies: The only trouble
with the World's oditorial Is that
its fundamental assumption Is a He.
We challenge the World to produce
a beerdrlnkimr record-making
riveter from any of the shipyards
In this country, and wq also chal
lenge the World to produce a rec
ord-making beer-drinking crew of
shin builders. There are no such
.people. The abstainers are the
record makers, not only In the
Prohibition shipyards of the West
but in the Camden shipyards as
well. And another thing. If wine
drinking promotes efficiency, why is
it ruled out of the army camps
here? The World must think the
public in genera] is fuddled with
'.he beverage it advocates.—The A
merican Issue.
AWFUL WASTE
Juneau, Sept. 25.—U. S. Mar
shal J. M Tanner recently emptied
2,400 bottles of confiscated beer
over the bluff near the court house
at Juneau. The bottles, after they
were emptied', were donated to the
salvage department of the Red
Cross,
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