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1 THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1018 THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS FORT STEVENS BOYS WAY TO FANG E Const Artillery Completes Voy age From Pacific to At lantic Port. An Atlantic Tort, Mnrcn 20. The first groat utqp of the war Journey of tho 06th artillery, composod largoly ot tho tnon of tho old Oregon coast artillery regiment, has boon taken, Tho mon ara relaxing In UiIb port aftr tho more or lean hcivvy strain of a protracted voyngo on a trans port. Tho noxt lug of tho journoy, tnnt across tho Atlantic to tho placo bohlnd tho icctors of tho great war front will conio In a few days no ono knows how many, and would not say If tho Information wore at hand. Th mon havo soon much and arc realizing tho vastnnss of tho world, tho minuteness of, unch individual's part In Its dovelopmont and tho vast ness of tho undertaking or tho world war. Strango sights and strango countries and strango customs havo been soon, but moro than ono tins said: "As I see tho world and know Its people, 1 am moro than Had that I llvo In Oregon." Tho trip through Oregon and Cali fornia by roll was a delightful ono for tho mon, recipients ot hospitality and attention In ovory town through which they passed. Several days were spent In San PrnnclBco loading tho transport and examining tho mon for signs ot contagious diseases that might break out during tho voyage Then ono sunny afternoon, when the goldon liuxo of California lay ovor tho hay and. mellowed tho rocklnoss of Alcatraz and Mount Tamalpals, tho groat gray vessel slipped down to tho sea, through tho Golden Onto and out Into tho Pacific. Pleasant Voyage on Pacific, For days tho expedition Hwung to tho southward, realizing ns It went how well IJalhoa wrought whon ho namod this sea Pacific, for never a wind or wnvo or swell, marred tho oven motion of tho ship. Strango across tho Isthmus, but iUcut tho journoy short by many a thousand inllos, Night saw tho flGth In tho (Inrrlbaan, It was rougher not tho "bluo Carrlboan" wo' lihd droAmod, but n lumpy, choppy sea, bluo with an Intensity untouched In Mnxflold Par- rlsh'a most flamboyant pictures, and thoro woro moro flying flsh, but smaller, and much soawcod adrift. North now turned tho vessel's bow, and tho Southorn Cross and tho mor cury sank. Heavier clothing camo out and fow men slopt on dock. Thus In tho courso of a foW days wo wont from cold to hot and then to cold, for this morning the wind has a cruel blto and tho papers nro predicting xoro. Landing tho other day, tho men touched footing that did not hoave for tho first tl mo in wooks. It was a famous town of tho old South, and' many and wldo-oycd tho mon went up and down tho ancient streots, re marking on tho site of tho ncgroos' feet, and tho fact that all white women woro camoo brooches. Now tho first part of tho big trip is done and all aro thankful, for liv ing on a transport Is at host and wo havo had it at Its best It tho tales tif tho Phllllplnos and Cuba aro any criterion Is nd bed of roses ' on a languid pleasura trip. We havo soon strango lands and strangor sights and should bo fully compen sated, even It wo havo had to sleep on deck, and shave in cold salt wator, and stand In lino for mess and all tho llttlo things that cannot bo helped whoro many, men rldo on ono vossol. All this oven if wo were not going to war tho real purpose The mon pre, and will havo fur tlior causo to bo grateful to Oregon for what alio has dono, not only to tho Individual and In an abstract way, but to tho regiment as a whole. Portland gavo 1400 to tho chaplain's fund and furnished. Chaplain Ma- thaws with a silken pulpit flag, as well as with hundreds of pounds of choco late for distribution whllo crossing tho water. A strict censorship has been Im posed and nil mall that- loaves tho vecsol must pass through tho hands of tho regimental censor. At tho tlnio of landing, in those ports tho strain on his bluo pencil Is particu larly heavy becauso of tho men who birds and fish camo and went, and j aro writing, homo. Hundreds of lot ovory day tho rays fcll.Btralghtor on iters nro rend each day, and '"details tho heads of tho men. Underclothes ! of "military Information" extracted went first, then blankots. and at last boforo tho missives aro sent upon tho men took to sleeping on deck, . tholr way. long rows of them lying on tholr blankets with nevor n cover ovor thorn. So tho voyngo went on. In tho Southorn sky, just nt tho baso of tho Milky Way, tho Southern Cross camo out, and Kipling was quoted. Then Panama and tropical groves of palms and frutts.'nnd great white locks and llttlo sanitary cltios that wera tho first step In building tho big canal. It was a wonderful day, and tho whlta locks shona In tho tropical- Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fav orlts for Colds 'J. L. En b ley, Macon, III., in r.o nklng of Chamborllan's Cough Kerned" nays, 'During tho pnst fifteen years ! has ucen mv Bister's favorlto medi ine for o'ds on tho lungs. I myself havo ink' it it a number of times when suf fering vlth a cold and It nlway.n re lieved no promptly." adv. NOTICE Having received a commission 'n sunlight with the gray ship sliding !bo MoiUail Peseno Corps of tho U. through. Pennies went over llio sldOjS. Arm?, I desire all Uioso indebted to tho llttlo girls nnd nogroos by tho ! to mo to raako arrongoment for settle side of tho locks, nnd mngazlnos nnd 1 nent of tholr accounts on or before matches and tobacco enmo back. April 12th, 1018. Trip Through Canal 8hort. Sincerely, It did not tnko long, that trip W. H. POLLARD, M. D. r SULKEY PLOWS 1 AT THE OLD WHOLESALE PRICE i.4, inch Rock Island Sulkey Plow, $46.00 14 inch Case ' Sulkey Plow, $47.00 f . M.C.BRESSLER&SON Springfield, Oregon WHY WE ARE AT WAR WITH GERMANY By EPHRAIM DOUGLASS ADAMS Executive Head, History Depart ment Leland Stanford Junior University "Tht osjtct of thlt war It to dcllvtr fh fre people-of the world frot tht menset and the actual powtr of i vatt military tttablUhmtnt controlled toy an Irrtipontlblt oovernmnt, which, having Hcretly planntd to domfnala tht world, proceeded to carry out the plan without regard either to the eacred obligations ef treaty or the long-eetabllehed prac tice! and long-chertthed principle! of In. ternallonal action and honor) . , . This rower le not the German people. It It he ruthleee matter of the Oerman poo. file. ... It le our bualnete to eea to t that the hlttory of tht rett of tht world It nt longer left to Ite handling." rtldnt Wilton, Augurt 71, THE OERMANS AS A CHOSEN PEOPLE. The foundation causo of this war is Germany's firm belief that she alone has the right to direct the progress of the world and to exploit Its resources. For the last thirty years the military autocracy of Germany has seen to it that this belief was taught In the schools, and today that autocracy is reaping the benefits of a blind obe dience to its will. German political writing of recent years Is full of the Idea that the German people Is "God's chosen peoplo, destined to Imposo Its Kultur' upon all other peoples." "Tho German soul is the world's soul, God and Germany belong to one another." "Germany is the centsr ot God's plans for the world." "We hope that a great mission will be allotted to us Germans . . . and this Ger man minion is: to look after the world." "Germany Is cbosen, for her own good and that of other nations, to undortake their guidance: Provi dence has placed tho appointed peoplo, at the appointed moment, ' ready for the appointed task." "The German people is always right, becauso It is the German people, and numbers 87,000,000 souls." "Kultur is best promoted when the strongest in dividual Kultur, that of a given na tion, enlarges Us flold of activity at the expense of tho other national Kul turs." "The attempt of Napoleon to graft the Kultur of Western Europo upon the empire of tho Muscovite' ended In failure. Today history has made us Germans tho inheritors of the Napoleonic Idea." "The further we carry our Kultur Into tho East, the moro and the more profitable outlets shall we And for our wares. Economic profit Is of course not tho main motive of our Kultur-activlty, but It is no uu wclcomo by-product." "Our belief is that the salvatl6n of tho whole Kultur of Europe depends upon tho victory which German 'Militarism' is about to achieve." Theso quotations' are but a few ot hundreds of like expression, and the last ono cited Is from a manifesto signed by thirty-five hundred Oerman professors and lecturers. Reduced to simple terms, the German belief at tho beginning of this war was: "God di rects Gormany. Civilization advances only by combats between Kufturs In which tho Btronger and God-directed ono has tho right to prevail and must prevail. The immediate and present object is to make our Kultur prevail in tno East (In 'Muscovy'), and In ac complishing this wo shall also gain economic advantages. This is tho first step In our world domination." Where docs America stand in this thoory of a "chosen people"? America denies that theory; she denies that God has chosen any one people as His own; she asserts rather that there aro many civilizations, each with its own merits and defects, and that to each must be left the working out of Us own problems. Wo Americans are unablo to under stand, or sympathize with, a people who conceive of themselves aa a chosen people, chosen of God a people to whom all things and actions, however Inhuman or brutal, are regarded as permissible, even holy, bocnuse of a faith in their superior mission and civilization. To us such a belief is direct evidence, not of a leading, lut of a lagging civilization. This German ideal, whon expressed merely In theory, even though taught in Germany for tho last thirty years, stirred but Indifferent interest in other European nations, in this war Ger many has revealed In tho application' of her theory a lust for world power at the expense of other peoples, a lack of good faith, a brutality that have stamped hor theory as Involving a re turn to barbarism. Dy tho application of German theory wo were forced, unwillingly, to go to war. But today wo know that there was no escape from a wnr between two contradictory ideals. Germany's eco nomic objects are many and large (thoy will bo pointed out), but tho basic cause of this war was the Gorman Ideal of a dominant nation. That ideal, by Germany's own challenge, Is on trial In arms. Against It we must prevail, or we Shall perish. How to Make Oatmeal Bread Healthful to Eat Save the Wheat 1 f$0Vtf IJfB cot A vaaaI 6 teatpoeao Royal BaUag Powder 2 Ubloipooaa swear 1 cap ceelced oataMeJ r n aM 2 UMeepoima ohortcalag lVeopacwKc N etgs Sift together flour, com mcal.ealt, halting; powder and sugar. Add oatmeal, melted shortening and milk. Bales In grMo4 shallow pan In moderate oven 40 to 45 minutes. l This wholesome bread is easily and quickly made with the aid of ROYAL BAKING POWDER If used three times a week in place of white bread by the 22 million families in the United States, it would save more than 900,000 barrels of flour a month. Oar new Red, White and Blae booklet. "Best War Time Recipes", containing many other recipes for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods, malted free address ROYAL BAKING' POWDER CO, Dept H, 135 Wffiiut St, New Yofk FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR This Is the first of series of ten. articles by Professor Adams. BANKS. WILL OPEN 10 A.M. Conforming to the gonorally1 adopt ed plan of all banks throughout tho country, tho banks of Springfield will open, on and after April 1st, at 10 a. m. and. close for the day nt 3 p. m FIRST NATIONAL BANK. COMMERCIAL STATE BANK. ONE MUTE STORY OF THE WAR Sunny Nleuport on the Yeer, a Little City of 4,000, Among Other Wiped Out of Existence. Neuport Ilea upon the Yser, the tidal stream that stopped the German rush for Calais, writes William Townsend I'orter in the Atlantic Monthly. That June before the world went mad, the peaceful town drowsed In the sun the pearly Belgian sun that painters love. The men went down to the sea in their fishing boats, or worked their fields; old women, their lace upon their knees, sat in a patch of shnde before the door nnd plied their bobbins ; children, with shrill sweet voices, darted about like birds; the creaking wain went to and fro piled high with the harvest Four thousand simple folk I Not one remains. Their houses, too, are gone. Their ancient church, their historic tower, are mounds of ruin. And still the hissing shells, hour by hour, dny by day, tear down the crumbling walls, adding fresh ruin to n scene most deso late. The people of the sun nre gone. An other race Inhabits there. They live In holes benenth the ground. They come not forth except to kill. WHEN HE'S GONE. I'll bo awfully, awfully lonesome When my sweetheart goes away. He's going right straight to dear old Franco To fight for tho U. S. A. i Ho came last night with head up high And with Bhoulders back so straight Wearing his khaki uniform, Goo, but wo did Bit up late. Ho said that hewas going away To protect his homo and mo From Germans who are mean and cruel That live far across the sea. I sat so still without a word, And my mouth was bo hot and dry, A gush of tears I tho't I'd choke, I'll never forget that cry. Ho slipped a strong arm about me, And wiped my sad tears away, Then murmured softly in my ear, "I'll come back to you some day." v Then somehow before I could speak, He was gone without a word, A light step and click of a door Was tho last of htm I hoard. HAPPY. Organizer Speaks Here. Iter. Martin of Portland, member of the American Sunday School Union, spoke Sunday morning to the classes of the Methodist Sunday School. He is working for organized Sunday Schools and organized classes, and was here looking for Sunday School missionaries to help thlB work. He will be hero the first Sunday In July and will speak at the Methodist Church. Mass Meeting. 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