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wiMmM:,: MiiailM THE COOS BAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1914 EVENING EDITION TWO H U WORLD'S GREATEST WAR DAY BY DAY HOW A GREAT ARMY IS KEPT IN CONTROL TIME nml again I hnvo lcon askod how It Is possible to control tlio gonoral advance of over a mil lion men who are ranged along a lino of battle 250 miles In lungth, nays a German army officer In the Kansas City Star. The qiiestlonors have all apparently been or tnc uoiicr mat along such an enormous lino of attack several million men arc facing each other and at a given commnnd will be gin Hostilities. It Is truo that the ac tions along tho war lino nro controll ed by orders from tho general staff and inai mo uiuorciu movements nro mado to conform to dcflnlto and well prepared plans. Tho different ar mies, however, act to a certain extent Independently, od whllo tho com mander In chlof of each army corres ponds With Iho general staff, It Is up to aim 'to carry out tno instructions as best he can. Tho beginning of hostilities In Del- glum Gave tho best illustration of how absolutely tho Gorman general staff depends upon strict execution of or ders. ,T,hc commander of tho German troops entering Belgium was given orders to gain the Frcnch-Hclglan frontier. Tho resistance of Liege was surely more or less unexpected,, but - Innn- ns It formo'l an obstacle ' the town was attacked, besieged and I taken. I To tho casual observer It might bo a near mnc tnougnt wny hub com mander idld not mnrch around Llego and thus carry out his instructions, An advance which does not gnln full control of tho territory covered Is en tirely out of consideration, for it en dangers communication and supply service from tho main body and cro- atos a continuous menace in tho rear military operations, would be entirely cut off. Asldo from all this such ac tion 'would show a decided weakness and would both domorallzo tho spirit of ITie advance corps and strengthen thcconfldcnce of tho enemy. Tho'lndlvldunl German nrmlcs nro of cotirso in constant touch with each other through their different flanks, and in this way practically present n solid battlo array of 250 mlleb length. This arrangoment en ables each, army to exchango assist ance' In caBO of defeat, ami also to takp advantage of victories at certain points., In the main, howover, tho present fighting In Dolgtum and on the French border is a series of aep- nrate battles In which tho victory de pends onttroly on the superiority of t"p opposing forces. War Poem Stirs Englishmen Wild Ktitliusln.mil (ii-ct'ts KIpllng'H Verse ns It ApcuiH In London LONDON, Sept. IS Wild enthusi asm has been created hero by Rud ynrd Kipling's war poem "For All Wo Have and Are." which appeared a few days ago in the London Times. It Is being Bold on every street cor ner and Is acclaimed as one of tho finest poems from the pen of tho fi inoiis author-poet. Tho text of tho poom has been cabled to Franco whore It will be printed and distri buted nnionir t'.o EiiKlfeli soldiers bntttllng there. Tho poem Is as follows: "For All We Itnro nnI Are." (Copyrighted by Hudyard Kipling) Courtesy of New York World 'GETTING WAR NEWS Ol i:TTIN'G the news from the seat U of war Is vastly different thnn watching tho bulletin boards for the srore In the world s series. Tho fact that one niUBt wait some time after a big battlo Is fought to learn tho truth regarding the out- como is not at all new. What hurts Is the fact that wo aro so used to setting Information right hot off the Uat, and In this, the most Important of all "games" Instead of extra facil ities for spreading tho reports by In nings wo nro loft very much- In thei J.Ji . tlm ...not .IMnn1 i.nlttta '. xiMlft Ul lilt! Ilium viiwv.i iw.,.tfi. On the 18th of Juno. 1815, .Tames Gallatin, who went to Europe as sec retary of his father. Albert Gallatin, one of the American commissioners who mado tho treaty of Ghent, wrote tho rnl"wlnT "There wns a rumor' today that a uatt.o nnu uccu loug i and tho Puke of Wellington was crushed. Tonight that Is contradlct cdi One cannot believe anything." In tho Franco-Prussian war tho nows was sometimes as much delayed as now and was generally less relia ble. Soon after tho armies got In the field In that struggle Napoleon III accompanied tho French commander with an army of 25,000 In nttack on the unfortified town of Sanrbuck, de fended by 1S00 Uhlans, and when tho place, was taken thero was wild re joicing In Pnris as tho result of tho report sent In. As a matter of fact It was the only time the French men crossed the Gcrmnn frontier during the war except as prisoners. A few weeks later two battles wero fought, Welssenburg and Gravolotto. Tho French troops behnved with gallan try In these encounters and the re ports sent to the capital called them groat victories over the Prussians. As a mutter of fact, howover, the re sult was that tho French nrmy was penned up in Metz, with retreat cut off, nnd the foundation laid for cap turing tho flower of tho French army a few days later In tho momornblo battle of Sedan. All of which goes to show that re ports from the battloflolds nre less satisfactory than from tho basoball diamond. Why Germany Has Failed To Carry Sentiment Of U S4 r. For all wo have and nre, For all our children's fnte. Stand up and meet the war! Tho Hun is at tho gate. Our world has passod away. In wnntonness o'crthrown. Thero's nothing left today Uut steel nnd fire and stone. Though all wo knew depart, Tho old commandments stand; "In courago keep your heart! In strength lift up your hnndl"' II Once more wo hear tho word That slckoned earth of old; "No law except the sword, Unsheathed and "uncontrolled J' Onco more It knits mankind; Once more tho nations go, To meet and break and bind A crazed and riven foe. III. Comfort, content, delight Tho ages' slow-bought gain They shrivelled In n night, Only oursolves remain To faco tho naked days ' In silent fortitude, Through perils nnd dismays Renewed and re-renewed, Though all wo mado depart, Tho old commandments stand; "In pntlonce keep your heart! In strength lift your hand!" IV. No easy hopes or lies Shall bring us to our goal, Dut iron sacrifice Of body, will and soul. Thero's but ono tnsk for all For each one llfo to give. Who stands if Freedom fall? Who dies If England live? GERMANY at peace was one of the greatest glories of modern, civilization. It wub the Ger many of Luther and Goethe no less than of tho grent Frcn'-rlc and I of Bismarck. It was tho homo of, art and sclenco, of history, music j and" philosophy. Its scholars nnd for a century led the world ofi scholarship. Its fltiitomanshlp, tho patriotism of the Teutonic peoples' nnd tho military genius of Prussia had mado tho Jarring German prin cipalities n great empire. Its sons nnd daughters by millions had swarmed Into the United States nnd contributed mightily to our de velopment, fighting loyally for tho American Union In 18C1-5 as Steu ben had hoi pod our fnthora in their wifr for Independence. Since 1871 It had dovolopcd its industries and commcrco on a colossal scale and with a scientific thoroughness that challenged tho admiration of tuo world, rivaled tho progress of the United States and nttractod foreign-1 ers In thousands to study German methods and achievement. Tho American peoplo had nnd still liovo tho honrtlost liking and respec; for tho Germans. 'Why. then. Is Iho sentiment of tho United States, with only m g llglblo exceptions, virtually un-in-imotiB ngninst the Germnu govern ment for its part in tho world war? In tho first place the government I of Germany Is not n government by tho people, but Is n governmont uy iiuiutiiiia ti mi uiiiiniuiiiiin, wiiuir ns tho government of tho United States Is government by tho people. Tho framework and ehnractor of Gorman government consist of gov ernment of tho masses by tho nrrato rracy and tho army, and tho tem per of.thesn Is feudnl nnd .military, "THIS IS THE HOl'U OF MV UK- VENUE." I PARIS, Sept. 17. fTJy mall to Now York) Those- who hnvo h'card tho story of tho white haired woman living In n lit tle villago near Paris in a In a llttlo villago near Paris In a 'hauso whoso shutters wore alwavs closed aro thrilled with ono of tho most touching stories of the war. No one could remember when the" Khuttors of.Jhe old woman's houso had boon opened or when It had not nlways appoarod holltaty and biu, but on tho rtny Franco declared war tho shutters were suddenly opened nnd In every window appeared the til-color. Tho old house took on a now life. Tfiat evening tho story looked In tho breast of tho old woman, who Uvea thero wns known. VWalUlng through the villago tho agcrl woman muilo her wnv in tlin fort. "I huvo a request to make." she told tho commander, "I Bhould like to ; havo ou send ono of your men with, me. ewy day to take tho evening meal pbstlniitely opposing the progress of democracy.. The legislature of Ger many does not control the execu tive, which consists of emperor, his clinncellor and their appointees, and in effect tho Gcrmnn people nro governed from abovo rather than govern themselves nnd tho rutors. With this system American mo cracy can hnvo no sympathy, oven when Germany Is fighting nbsoluto autocracy as expressed In Russia. In tho next place, tho spirit of pillltarylsm dominates German civi lization, whoreas that of peace con trols American culture. Militarism has Infected tho Gorman governmont with ambitions Incompntlblo with tho renl wolfaro of tho Gormnn peo ple themselves and has for mora than a generation affected tho na tional charactor for tho worse. Un der its masterlugs Influence tho Gor man empire has restated such move ments ns thoso of the American government in favor of arbitration and suggestions tending to tho re duction of nrmnmont. 'Iho peo plo of tho United States feel that tho German government bases Its elf at bottom on brute force, Flnnlly the Amorlcnn peoplo ab hor the spirit In which tho armed hosts of Germany wngo war. This nation feels that tho violation of tho neutrality of nolglum was in excusable, n crime against human ity, anV that tho extortion of $10, 000,000, from llrussols wns unjusti fiable, oven by tho so-called laws of war. Such aro some of tho icnsons why tho Informed Intelligence nnd moral sense of tho Amorlcnn peo ple hnvo compelled public opinion In tho United States to take nn un favorable stnnd toward Emperlor William and his government "Ho will bo my guest; "Forty-four years ago j my fiance, after dining with mo, went away to fight. Thoy brought him back with two German bullets In his breast. "Since then no man has ovor en tered my house, but this Is tho hour of revenge. In his place at my tablo I should llko each day ono of thoso who nro about to avenge him." Tho commander grantod the re quost df tho woman nnd ench day one of his men goes to tho house nnd dines with her. Ono of tho sol Hllers on his return said that as ho left tho houso ho saw tho old woman kneel before n portrait veiled with crepe. , WILL MAKE GERMANY PAY CVni' Says Money KuNer Has Taken II'Tom ltclgiiim Must He Turned Over With Interest. COPENHAGEN, via London, Sept. 18. Tho Emperor of Russian in n lotter to. n relative of his in this 'cltv says that all tho monoy that nolglum has been mado to pay to Germany, tho lattor country will I bo forced to repay with Interest In East Prussia. ITALY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL .ma,told.ln.hlocate8.wlthoutodwhyat . , Premier Says Go eminent Is Deter mined, Through "Deep Hooted Sympathies for England ROME, Sopt. 18. The Italian premier today gave out this official statement; "The Italian government is firmly determined to maintain tho strictest neutrality, this cor responding to tho feeling of tho peoplo, although deep-rooted sym pathies are felt for England." Statement of Condition . OF Flanagan & Bennett Banks Of Marshf ield and Myrtle Point, Ore. At the Close of Business September 12, .1914 RESOURCES , Loans and Discounts $642,163.08 Banking Houses and Real Estate 64,973.94 Cash iud Sight Exchange 292,054.46 Total .' ; .$999,191.48 " LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in , $ 75,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 72,832.56 Deposits 851,358.92 Total $999,191.48 The money In this bonk Ih secured against loss by Night or Dnjr Itobbery. United States depository for Postal Saving. 20 tesSa VIILI.I H Nil III "rshflold-Xorti, n , tU 0rs .nWiy&M 2 AtiF . ""in SAVINGS DEPARTMENT INTEREST IS BEING CREDITED AS OE SEPTEMBER 1, 1914 IN SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Bring In Your Pass Books FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COOS BAY Safety Deposit Boxes For Rent. 8II.WV SCORES RUSSIA. London cahlo New York American: It is idlo and somewhat ox a 8 porn t Iiib to talk of "llftlnR tho nets nnd thoughts of tie British peoplo to tho piano of the noblest and purest pa triotism" with such n business In hand as the present war. Tho hard fact Is that wo have placed ourselves In such a position that wo cannot, without tho most cowardly treachery, rcfuso to throw ourselves with all our might Into- the war on the side of Frunco. nut wo aro nil throe France, Ger many nnd England n!Iko committ ing a crlmo against civilization for tho benefit of Russia, and to nslc mo or any other snno man to create an Illusion of nobility and purity and patriotism around such a crime Is to ask honout peoplo to do the work of dupes and fools. Wo shall havo to fight and dto and ...... n...l n..A- ...1.1. !. -. tA...l im uuti Diiiiur tviiu iiiu H1111 iwiumi-i uuku uiiii we uru HucriucinK oursel ves In an Insano cause, and that only by putting up n particularly good ' ngnt can wo unng oursolves out or It with credit. Ftfr my part, I can only hope that all tho western powers involved will quit thomsolves so heroically that they will bo forced to divide tho' honors of war and shako hands for ever. I For what Is to happen If we smash Germany and smash Sweden, if wo. havo forced Sweden to Join Germany? Simply that wo uhall havo to do-J fend both Sweden nnd Germany against Russia, and to defend them I when wo nro exhausted by a fiatrl-i cldal war. And If Gormnny smashes us and annexes tho coast of tho North Sea,; what sort of back seat shall we and! France occupy we, who might hnvo dictated tho destinies of western Eu-' ropo if wo had stood for civilization and not for loanB to Russia and capi talistic exploitation In Porsta? r Jt is Jortumitofor ub all that I smashing Is schoolboy brag. Wo cant iiibiiu tiuiiiumiuus uriiYLT) nnu ux tirinafr Sinn nnnlliap In iltn fnm tt l.i ...... ub uiiv7 M.u.,.u , i,u lUl-U Ui lll-i uximiubiuijiu HUBsui.vnui mure inex haustible, however, than wo three shall be whon wo unite;) but we can-! not smash ono another. For tho present thero Is only ono thelug to bo done besides fighting fori all wo are worth, lest we be aliamod, u wi-uKiniKB uuu cunmuB, ub wen as fools and madmen, until wo loarn to respect one another and respect our high, destiny as tho Joint stand iirdybearers of western civilization no n.ral.tat . lln 1. O 1 9 rt I t I I I .. n .1 nnrtimnw to hRliak IIIU IIUIl'll. IlltUU UUDlUlll. legions to whom wo havo taught tho' art of killing by machinery. I And that ono thine; Is to sot toi- work lmmedlntoly to draft the in- ZE ovltnblo tieaty of peace, which we P must all sign when we have our belly ful of murder and 'destruction. G. Dornard Shaw, KQUIPPKD WITn WIRKLK8B. Steamship Breakwater ALWAYS ON T1MK. SAILS FROM RAUihOAU IMDOK, MA11SIIFIKLI, DURING TIIK MONTH OF SKITKMUKIt AT 12:31) I M., ON TIIK UNI), 7T1I, jarrii, ittii, jjsnd and art 11. "" Ticket ob Mta to 1I KMtcrm point nd Information ji to roMfe unrt rte cheerfully furnlhrd. IMiono II5-J. O. II. IiANDKRS. 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