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1 AjoHINGTON AND LINCOLN
lately; more than ever,
tggestions, more close together, and
is year they liavc fallen at a
V ' balance 'tlmost awit did . _ ‘
mi. in the . .iselllalltve of “1 And American synt-
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lpatlty goes out to the Swiss minister”
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as he thus en'ters on his illuminating,
their own troubled days.
The question ha: git-vitnbly come
every reflecting American. "What
ould Lincoln do “What
onld Washington do today?" it is
“Altar if‘the spirits of these two
”it statesmen, the man who creat-
our republic and the man who pre-
rive’d it. were guiding our destinies
would be well. if their spirits
I ‘ Appellf'alltl tell its what to do,
filtonld obey.
I n was a man of vast patient-e.
his patience had limits. lle
cil‘lst who did not hesitate to
gar in a righteous cause. liar-
irllls hand ,to the plow, he never
6d Ol‘tnrning back. He started
. ll Baffled through to success llit:
at war of a century. And hav-
NG’nphe rejoiced that right was
mooted. forgave the enemy, and
It ll in”. jvlth i\ heart full of love.
tip the llatlon‘n' Wounds.“
today?"
. public is threatened again to-
‘Elnr lives. property and honor
reatcnod. The freedom of Illl:
is threatened.
led. The sacred rights of ham:
' swep’t'away. Democrat-y t
international law
he
And it is a struggle for a
V union-4m n world-republic
hull guarantee. freedom to all
”id but down wilt-making hill-
I win it Lincoln put down slavery.
Lincoln benitale now. when
to. action ''by insolent flouting
' ' overmnent and thoslangh-
l ‘oshlngton favor \varagalnst
think he would. lie would
19 nation he made indepen-1
1 V penitence al the’whim
"arrogant foreign power. Mo
K is? {his country‘s bonot‘
louglitered fellow-cit! t
the free principles
ii. farewell addres‘s, he
.- ’iry‘againsl - "entails-
~'That warning has
any» And shall we. .now-
enter the war, we
p 'of mil-opean pow»
'. the ideal of univer-
‘vlotions. I.‘ike Lin-
d_bnok.o Ho nev-
w-~ «.W .
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.” HGRWALK mind
A. L. comm”.
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thoughts. of Americans haveI
our!
to -to make such' overtures. i .
'0 great national heroes, Washingtop
id Lincoln. "Their birthday anniver-
ries, always rich in memories and‘
hen the fate of the nation soolul-i to
I'd over is m’onat-‘ed by military all-l
.t
rman aggression contin-
~~a. world-federatiom;
definite alliance af- l bones. -
_ on hand with o‘vostcpoi-kor'camm to
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‘rmmm‘o A DIPLOMAT.
The German repudiation of the pro;
'posal presented by the Swiss minister;
. ut'Washington is an enlightening cpl-i
sode. :l
“The Swiss government," Secretary;
Lansing was informed by the Swiss}
representative orally and in writing,-
l“bas been requested'by the German}
lgovcrnnlent to say that the latter is
now; as before, willing to negotiate;
formally or informally with thé _Unit.edi
States, provided that the commercial“
blockade against England will not be:
lrroketi thereby." ‘ l
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Q’resident Wilson promptly replied
that the United States would have.
nothing whatever to say to Germanyl
until the German
government re-
mind its illegal and offensive submar-i
ine decree. Whereupon the German’
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lgoversment “absolutely denied" that‘
. it had authorized the, Swiss milllfiieré
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.As between Swiss diplomacy and'
,tierman diplomacy, it‘s easy for!
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Americans to form their own con-l
clusions. We have never been 'given
time
any reason to question the word of"
the Swiss government, or any repre-i
course of training in Prussian diplod
macy.
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IRAlLROAD SAVES NEWSPAPERS
t The Leliigh Valley railroad is sav-
ing old Pewépapers. The papers left
in the trains by passengers do not look
very valuable or worth sm'iug to the
individual men and women who drop
lthcm. lint. thc elllciency men of the
railroad aee‘in this waste paper an
added source of income.
Seven paperbaling mat-hint-a have,
. a?
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Aunmuflb ~
. are superior to anything in the German navy.
A
't'hese mighty ll-lnch rifles of th - iii-illeship Pennsylvania, flagship of
No single battleship of th
in fact, only the live great "worship” of the type. of tho Queen Elizabeth, 11
war by Great Britain, are the equal oi- tlit Pennsylvania.
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STEA’MER LADY ANN snmc.i towns in proximity to their line.
TWO 0F CREW D'RQWN- but no such precaution has been’on these corps d-elite that Field
ED, AND cae'rAiiv Amulelt necessary behind the allicdl
EIGHTEEN MISSING . F front.
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Wh liked b coun cl for thb‘ more steadily. Tonight thcy are
en a y s 1
guns rises and falls like great
lpeals of thunder. and there are
New grodps of divisions have
The question W35 "0‘ pressed been rccon'tly identified along the
.l- .and Judge Morton decidod that German lines, bearing out leports
been purchased and installed at differ"
line, All‘papt-rn left on trains anyv
;it would not be necessary for the
em cities at points of division of ‘hp‘captain to answer it at this time.
of great troop movements now
oing on. in Germany. British of-
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS cots". hchvcr, say that this con-
win-rt- throughout tht- system will ““le FRANCE. Friday, Feb. 16,lccntra1tion is not as formidable as
lpectctl to count up fast and to be con-I
lsiderablo in ii year's time.
. things as Well as with great.‘ if a rall- ' easy to sense all along the battle : collected
line an unmistakable quickcning. trench raids. In a raid undertak»
‘which foreshadowa the coming to on this week an apparently new?
i grips of the greatest armies yotzBavarian division was lacated. It;
lll-‘nmny ”m“ ”mm" “"0 “'9 “‘mwmg m-.assembled in the world war. A1-,»was afterwards discovered that;
ready these armies are reaching this corps has been made up from;
‘.out toward each other, testinguegiments taken from older divers
.1: various parts—oi the lines and ab 'visiogs, nahmelK, t3: Fifth, Sixthttcrcsted 'n t th t, ti 1
It is a m-w struggle for ., . . . . . ‘ 1..»- r1 e,'tcm tin to discover the most and event . no er manoeuvcrl t 3"“?01‘ a ' P 0r t0
AL“ mm m" hm“ ‘ 8 pp {likely pint of contest for the bo-icarried out by the Germans lutsithe declaration 0f unrutficwdl
tginning“ of the titantic strugglegbcen a combing out of regimentsis‘fl’manne warfare by,_Germany,
lthat is expected tomake this the. and divisions by. which groups ofipldd Marshal W" thdenburc'
25 of the ygungest men were tak.; stated to Chancellor V0“ Beflbl
on from each company in the linflmann-‘Hollweg: “Everywhere our; governincnt, says the Overs
Germans have removed the civil-land sent back to Germany toi front 1‘5 mvulnerablc. The sit
{of reserves is ample. the two
‘ road considers waste paper worth hill" {
‘ing, how about the rest of us? How
5 go to waste?
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Centml Park 7.00
A rhinoceros :tt
was given 200 grains of quinine and
two quarts of whiskey. A rather‘oltl-
fashioned and immoral treatmentnnd
:yet. pmbahlyjustlfied. Who wants al
all over the.
tithinocoros sneezing
- tit-est bound for nearly ammonthlold divide
‘ Efficiency is concerned with “mulls
'1 decisive year of the conflict. In]
anticipation of 'eventualitics. the,
saved and hated at these stations. The via London. Feb. :7. 3:40 a- m. 1 it appears at first sight. They say
.mm‘, of ,1", paper in.“ “Veg“ is :ex.l (From a. Staff Correspondent of that many of the so
' QThe Associated Press).—-Thc cold . divusions of ..thc:r opponents
called new
are
.which has held the western front‘mercly a re; rrangcment of the.
1.1, These, statements
information carefully
gradually moderating and it istarc based 1
ring the continuous
it.
than population from the cities and form new units or corps d'elite.
premises? ,
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l' The celebrated Wall Street “lenk’
inquiry has developed the fact that;
Tom Lawson made $27,000 in a bear.
raid resulting front a. leak. And Tom;
had said. in his modest way. that he;
didn‘t kitow'witltln half a million doll
lars- or was it half it billion'!—-—howl
much ht- had madepnt of it. Such {if
marvellous imagination ought to con-l
lino itself to literary fiction. l
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There's some hope, after all, in our
big universities._ The students at Cul~
umbia ' have protested vigorously,
against_ the faculty order barringl.
Count. Illya Tolstoy, son of‘tho great
Leo Tolstoy, from speaking on the 1
university grounds. Every higher in-
stitution of learning tends iocbecomo
reactionary. and. fossilized, = but; lor-
tunatoly Young America is— always
breaking in and stirring up the dry
, —--—-———0r-——~—.———
According to thodntest reports, that ‘
one American liner painted with bar-
bertpole stripes, so genorously allowed
us by Germany infiexom‘pllficatlon or
her well known “freedom of tbo‘ sea," ,
has not yet set sail. ' When it does, We
hope some. patriotlc'Amefldon will be
taken noouhptotnto.»tit-Timutnéw'oert
man‘bnth-morohutéimr
. ‘CAH-ELEGW‘UG‘EQk mime.
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Never silent, the‘British guns: 1 .
“are beginning to roar more and§°btaln¢d here, the gaps In com»
booming with particular violencelthe diminution in numbers has
.pctitioncrs' to give the name oftin thesector of the Somme. From : been covered in somc‘instanccs in
the person.from whom the order] a distance the bombardment'reducmg infantry regiments flour
was recpived, Captain Polacklmight easily be mistaken far the four battalions to three. One in~
said: “ an: honor. I am an of—;grumbling echoes of a passing fantry company was recently en-
ficer .of the German Navy and ifisummer storm. The chorus of countcrcd with a rifle strength of
I should have to disclose the-name
Of this gentleman in this hearing,
I might be tried for treason Whenl
‘I went home to Germany. I wish.
you would not oblige me to an- horizon.
lswcr that question."
flashes in the darkened sky 'likoiwmly ‘33"! been identified on the
the play of lightning along theLfrOflt lme. ‘They had formerly
(good spirits 'and absolutely reli—
I'ablc." The British point of View;
' is that the last three words of this!
istatcmcnt constituted an admis-
gsion that doubts were entertained l chivalrou
lin' German circles as to the relia-'
{bility of their troops. There is not
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.tl'ilining‘ of. officers. wand-men_'in' .
*a‘llet‘h’e modern arts-ofi‘gunnoml ‘
' %-hutlin§;oitongahunc . 7
a- at- ~ ”9‘ '5‘.
ordida‘ho‘tn
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cit?
Admiral Mayo of the Atlantic tieet.
r laser could cope with this vessel.
II:~'l.Ptl since the ‘bettinpin; ol' the
iBritish officers believe that it is
Marshal von Hindenburg
placmg his greatest reliance.
According to the information
is
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tpanies have not been filled and
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72 out of a regulation complement
of I75. Landsturm regiments re-
p.
theen cmploypd in patrolling the
[Dutch frontier and protecting
times of communication.
l .According to prisoners. the
{picked men of the landsturmers;
are in the trenches while those‘
lth are unfit for the hardships
tof the firing line are on duty at!
sthe depots in the rear. Utilizing;
:the landsturm battalions in thiol
.1 way. permits the organization oil
ithe young men divisions in Ger-v
.many and it is these latter, Brit-
iish officers say, whose movemdntsl
.are now reported and who are de-l
lpcnded upon to withstand
thei
shock of the coming battle.“ Many
boys of seventeen and eighteen
also havc‘been found in the Ger--
man trenches by the British raid~
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The British stall is keenly in-t
ps in
disposition, however. to underes- e
donate the resisting power of the
Ans. The evacaution . oft
Grandcourt‘by the Germans-
other' minor successes won by
the British in their réccnt,raids,l
the Gennans are prepared to give“ -
way at some points. in order to ow- W1
fall: backupommain lines-of de-
fense, lines that have been born-
mered . by bombs ‘and‘she‘lls after-r
the manner of the present. front,
trenches. 5' ‘ .c' .t
Artillery is looked upon as duel":
decidingfacto'r in the" coming
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battle, and upon artilletythe Brief , - *
ish have been concenn-atingtheir?
energy. The constant thundering,
of the - British guns. ‘all. through:
the‘ long; flan-k“ winter has had a
deeper meaning than ‘a. . casual
scattering of‘ death and‘destruo:
tion. It'has meant: .the't ‘carcfuli
delicate“. timingfjpn‘d.
'Prnt‘ectivc i‘cuminr oi-
”?“trbif .‘d'amlfl‘l‘ifi ‘
airplanmandmimin
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the case with dispatches from gluinghat- been wrnpeflcd to tow.
the Turkish capital. Officials‘are or fire American flag at Brussels,-
investigating the cause of the was received here, but. not con;
delay .in all dispatches to and firmed. The n '
from Turkey and Bulgaria.
NEW YORK. Feb
fish freighter, the schooner was
{burned so she would. not become tied at "Berna. The. Swiss and?
menace to navigation.
BERLIN, Feb. 15. by Wireless
to Sayvillc.——"On leaving 16cc-
man soil eat-Ambassador Gerard
3 asked the German correspondents,
who had .accomponiod him
trasmit his thanks to the. Germ
F. o. 3': Fagtory‘
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. i5.—-—News no » indications
of the loss-at sea of the Britich- Whitlock
schooner Litle Secret reached usual functions. -
here today with the arrival of hot:
captain. Abram Dear. and his Ribot,‘ Minister 0
tcrcw of our men on the Danish asked the Fran
On‘rltghti, wreaking... a snippy :smat'nline body: ‘
that ~slaVisldy rpomy’ There}; plenty of leg? Wand .
picniyé‘oriéllidwkooms This new ammonium ‘
, but finfihfiywerpmducédihthdbfijcc. 7.. . ' 3f
. .Fmemmm . .
emits time-mm?“ ‘
' ews reaching relief
circles born from Brussels'gives.
tha't Minister
is not carrying out his.
PARIS, Feb. 16.-—Alc.stant‘.re
f Finance, today
ch Chaml‘ :r of
freight steamship Olaf Maersk, Deputies to a to riate , .000.-.
lwhich rescued them off the Grand ooo francs avg? P '9 574
‘Banks on her voyage from Rot— appropriations for the first quar—
tet-dam when their tiny vessel of ter.
89 tons was in distress.
The Little‘ Secret had sailcd'q
rtrom Marystown, N. F.,
the amount of the"
I GENEVA, via Paris, Feb. 17,.
:35 a. m.—-Many Americans who-
for have been living in Germany are
gAporto, Portugal. She ran into '
'heavy' gqlen and dangerOus sons
and a combor carried away the
‘one lifeboat. For doys‘ she was
unable to make headway against
the‘ elements. After the five men
labour-d were: rescued by the.Dan-
reported to be waiting near Sin»
gen and Constance- for" permis-
sion to cross the‘ frontier into»
Switzerland. It is reported from:
Schai‘t'hausen that only a four
Americans have entered Switzer--
landfrom Germany since Ambas»
sador Gerard and his party ar~~
Spanish ministersat Berlin are-
said to be giving evc‘ry assistance:
in their power to the Americans»
still in Germany. '
Considerable financial loss has.
to been suffered by those Americans.
on who already have reachcd Switz»
eas e‘rland.
“He declared that which before the war were wortlr
lthe arrangements. made by the
government for the American em-
bass-y and» COIORY surpassed ‘ ell-j ported to have closed and scalcdl
erything he might have hoped for the
‘German hospitality and saw.
sness brilliantly -~stoo’dt
{the testduring these hard days-"i
LONDON, Feb. 15.—Wlth the:
xcgpfion of the difficulties inti-' tit Journal reports; tho-.deuth at Met! -
dent to the holding “9‘“ its ship- don, after a. long and painful illness.
ping. me operafl'ons 0f the Ameri_ of Madame Auguste. Rodin, tho Willi“
andacan commission for Relief in Bel-. 0‘ the “"10“” ““0”“ madam" m"
gium is proceeding as usual.
_ 1 _ rhe-uoort'thatniand Whit- Baum. was married on Jim 29- ‘5’
are interpretcd as meaning that. lock, American minister, to Rel. tho sculptor.
One hundqed ‘ marks._
l 125 francs. re now valued at only-
.83 francs. The Germans are re“
American consulate at War.-
MME. RODIN DEAD _ .
PARIS, Feb. 16, 5 ti. mn=The Pt“
Idin. whose mulled name ' was 'Rom -
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