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ARMY WAR
Russell Declares Germany Is Starv
ing and Interprets Latest Act to
Mean That the Men Who Steer the
Course of Teutonic Empire Want
Excuse to Make to Own People.
lly ('HAS. KDWAUI) lil'KSKI.L.
4 WASHINGTON', I). C, Feb. 8.
Cii'i'tnunv wanis us in tlio worldwide
, win- iiml will never lest until she vets
us there. To stay out will not lie in
our power.
lliil vou notice that one significant
lihiiise in the Cieiiiinn note that the
people of Cieiinany me suflVriiiir:
"I'ains anil privations that enJanirer
Hie vitality of the nation."
That tells the story.
(ierinany is starving.
The thins 1 ventured to predict to
you Inst summer when 1 was abroad
studyiii" Ihetjj.' mailers for vou has
eonic to pass.
The (ieriuan iieople were shv of
calories then. To be shv of calories
day lifter day ami month after moiilh
can mean hut one tiling, and that is
the bump.
The clever men that steer fier
niany's course see the bump (dose at
hand. They had rather he licked by
the whole world I ban be licked bv the
entente. They are jroinir to save
their faces and ti'v to save the dyn
asty by conipelliiur the United States
to come in.
fiei'imiity's Object.
It is impossible to translate these
'notes "in any other way. To talk
about starving; Ktixlum with a sub
marine Olockaile is to talk in ones
sleep. You illicit as well try to
blockade it with row boats.
Twenty limes all the submarines
Hint Ucrmnny ever had could not
starve Kic.'laud. Everv man in Ger
many that is not a luuatiu must know
. this perfectly well.
"Uutlilessness" as practiced by
submarines may sink a lot of .ships,
drown many crews and. kill many
lioucombatant passengers. It will hot
end the war nor shorten it.
This is a cinch.
Nolliin:.'. then, can come of this
move except to compel the United
States to add itself to Germain's en
emies. Whereupon the German yov
eminent can surrender without dis
e.rnco or dishonor or trouble at home.
"We beat the entente to a frazzle, but
we couldn't beat the whole world, of
course.'
il IHsiilis all which, when it comes to
the terms of peace, Germany will fare
very much better with the United
Stales sitting; at the board. We have
no Kuropean j;rudes.
.Ships Will lie Sunk.
American ships are pout;; lo be
sunk, American lives will he lost, e
i-'ilimale American trade will be de
stroyed.
No amount of pacific desires will
enable us lo sidestep these things.
The administration will make no
hasty move, lint lei it be slower lliau
the supreme court and more deliber
ate than the statue of liudiiha. it will
come at last lo the place where il
must strike.
Wilbin three weeks we shall be in
. the row, sivord in hand or placed
plainly in all men's view.
Anil if we p in, we shall end the
war.
We need take no stock in the idea
that there is nothini; we can do. We
ciUi do n lot. We arc not vet a na
nTui of I'ccblc-mindcd invertebrates.
We have still phy-iral and intellec
tual vipir, and we have soiuethini;
eNe.
W e arc the world's conscience: we
liavc (be tremendous force of a moral
code and a moral standard;
The mere fact lhat the United
Stales, ufter tryina eveivthim: else,
is forced at la-t lo take a stand
iisiiin-t junkeri-ni, reaction and
l'nissjan mihlai ism, sav a 1-niln
to nil these forces of evil.
It Wiuild mean the triumph of dem
ocracy over auloi-racv. and start I lie
news nroiind the world.
In Case of War With Germany Activ
ities Would Resemble Those of Ja
pan, Helping With Munitions and
Money Military Steps for Month s
Defensive.
By GII.SOX GAItDXKK
WASHINGTON. Kil). S. Alter
talking cunl uU'iiliatty with the ljit
in funned navy and arniv men in
Washington, all uf wliuia if fuse tit al
low their names lo he used at this
time, I can state emphatically tluit in
ease there should he a declaration ot
war between the United Slates and
Germany, the first militarv activities
and the only activities on the part ot
this country for weeks and mouths
will be of a purely defensive nature.
There will be no sending of the!
navy to Kuropean waters nor anv i
sending of any pnrt of our army lo
Kuropoim soil. i
Activities Mko Japan's.
Our activities will he much liki
those of .Japan, who is an ally of the
entente tuitions.
Jnptin has not contributed ships
or men to the operations in the Med
iterranean, the Knulish channel, the
North sea or the Irish sea. Japan has
busily manufactured munitions ol
war for Kusiu. '
The I'nitcd States will be most use
ful to the allies by making munition--,
and sending these and other necessi
ties, including food, to France and
Kngland.
This country would, of course, em
ploy its navy in convoying ships load
ed with these supplies, and in this
dangerous work some of' the shins
would sooner or later run afoul of a
Gennan submarine or mine or might
even meet a Germain raider.
Merchant ships under the American
flag would follow Great Hrita'm in
arming such ships: for defense against
submarine attack and in every way
possible this country would co-opcr-ute
with the allies to break the Ger
man attempt to blockade (he Jiritish
islands and Trance with its submar
ines and mines.
The I nited States has no naval
vessels which can be spared to aug
ment the Kriiish fleet nor do the
British need our vessels execot as
stated to convoy munitions and pro
vision ships.
As to sending men to take part in
the fight on the western front, the
idea is so remote that at this time
officials regard it as fantastic.
Men like General Leonard Wood
and General Scott say'o.uite frankly
that our anny is tpiite inadequate to
(tnr home needs, jin no one would
think of sending it abroad.
The few men we could now muster
would tlo no good and it would take
ii year or at least six months to re
cruit and train a force which would
contribute anything to the military
operations on the continent.
.Mobilize tYedit.
If the country is roused by sonic
particularly brutal attack om Ameri
can shipping and innocent lives are
sacrificed, il nii-jht be pnssiblc to re
cruit a foreign legion such as Canada
has raised and sent, but all this de
pend upon future happenings.
There are no troops now available
for foreign service.
The nne thing the I'nitcd States
c:mi do to help the allic mo-t and to
hurt Germany nio.it is to mobilize t If
eredit of thi-i counlrv and place it at
the di.-po.-al of the allic.-.
If it comes to war with Germativ,
the one formidable 1 1 1 i 11 j eoiiure-s can
du i- to appropriate a billion dollars
to be rai-eil bv bond issue or a hcavv
increase of the taxes on wealth and
appropriate it to the needs of the allies.
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Top left, I'jnpcror Charles of An Mriii-Hungary; riglit, Kmprcss Zita
his young wife; below, the empress inotlier-in-lnw'.
tor's cousin by marring". Mario The-
' resa was the first woman of the laud
'and this piqued Maria Joucpha.
i Kmpress 351 ta was in un unpleasant
position for the first three years
after ber marriage Into the II a p.?-
burg family, but disregards snubu,
and lives quietly and happily with
her husband.
VIKNNA, Feb. 5. Women high in
the nobility of Austria are contest
ing the influence of Empress Zita
over her husband, tne new Kmpero
Charles, and are reported to be us
ing their beauty and charm to win
his favor.
Emperor Charles has taken kindly
to the influenco of his young em
press, and she has Infused a greater
degree of manliness and forcefulneas
in him.
That Is said to have made for even
a greater dislike of the empress
among the Ilapsburg noblewomen.
Her mother-in-law, Archduchess Ma
ria Josepha has a further ill feeling
against Empress Zita, through her
belief that this marriage had been
engineered by a woman she dislikes
Archduchess .Marie Theresa, a sif
ter of the Duke of Hiapanza, and
widowed stepmother of the new em
peror. Archduchess Marie Theresa had
more influence and did more for the
late Francis Joseph than the Arch
duchess Maria Josepha, the emper-
i Arcli H lifhosH "V it Itfiflr till fnniinr
emperor's favored daughter, has lost
I favor of the throne ' through his
i death and has cause for being jeal
ous of Empress Zita's influence.
! Their one hope is finding a way to
j force themselves into the grace of
; Emperor Charles. He Is young,
handsome and might be captivated
by the forced charms of his young
! and innocent wife's opponents,
i The women are of high character
; and refinement, but are aware of
their charms and use them, it Is
I said, to win favor with the emperor,
j The empress is only 24, while her
j rivals for influence with her husband
are older and more versed in court
, life.
DOUBLE OUTPUT OF
RIO .lANKIIiO, Kcb. 8. At the
I suburban town of Nlotheroy, on the
Uiilrrs bay, five miles cast of Rio Janeiro,
intpiil there was discovered today a wire-
WASlllNfiTOX. Kfli. 8.
re "iveii IikI.iv In l"lllile 111
..f t.ii-..!i.e nl the Xewp..rl, U. l.,iles' telegraph station which wages
pliinf. To mjike piiihU- n'lilitionnl
ei(iiip;ncnt fur the tiiii"ii, Si-rrrtarv
Danii-i- nl;cil roTiL-rc" In imiiirflinte
ly uppp.pi ial. .iMUi.iiiin.
Sei'ietury llnnii-K e-l iin.-ttes lliat
the I'ir.-I oiili-r ;it the ."vernnient's
plniit will r-nve .'.niMi.iiiill, tlie dif
feii'iiee ill i-ot het'veen eminent
ami private prinlu'ti"n.
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
BEGIN THURSDAY NIGHT
tablished to communicate with Ger
man ships, which are being detained
in the harbor.
PLEDGELOYALTY
Resolutions Indorsing Action of Pres
ident in Severing Diplomatic Rela
tions With Germany and Pledniny
Loyalty to United States Adopted
by German-American Alliance.
PHILADELPHIA, l'Vh. 8. Resolu
tion indorsing the action of Presi
dent Wilson in severing diplomatic
Millions with (lermauy and pledjiini;
its loyalty to the I'nitcd Stntcs were
adopted by the (iemum-American Na
tional Alliance ut a meeting which
continued in session here until earlv
todny. Il was also decided, in case
of humilities form regiments of
(lernian-Amcricnns and to (urn over
to the Amrieaii Red t'ross funds
which the alliance has been eulleetini;
for (ierniiin war relief. The nieetinj;
w;is attended by delegates from twen-
ty-einht states. The alliance is said
to have a membership of 3,000,000.
At the conclusion of the session to
day r. Charles J. Ifexnmer, presi
dent of the alliance, issued the fol
lowing statement :
indorse President.
"The (lennnn-AmorU'iin National
Alliance, representing It, 000, 000 con
stitiienls, hiis passed a resolution
backing up President Woodrow Wil
son in banding passports to Ambus
sudor Iternstorff and recalling Am
bussador James W. (ierard from IJer-
lin.
"We have also adopted resolutions
pledging our services to the govern
ment of the United States in case of
war. We will fight under the com
mand ot President Wilson as our
commander-in-chief as loyally
German-Americans fought under
Commander-in-Chief Abraham ' Lin
coin in the civil war for the prenerva
tion of the Union.
''We will organize German-Ameri
can regiments uiid in case of a call
for volunteers we mean to show the
j American people with what readiness
; and patriotism we will -answer a call
!to the nrins for the defense of the flag
and the country.
ihe Itcd C'i'osh Fund.
''We have been collecting funds for
the (Jermnn Wed Cross and for the
; German widows and orphans. In
j view of the present break of relations
i between the United States and (icr
j many we hae resolved to deposit all
j moneys received for these funds in
bank. In cae of war we will at once
i turn over all the moneys we have
rni-ed for the German Red Cross and
j Geriuan widows and orphans to the
I American Red Cross and for the ben
iciit of widows and orphans of our
jboys who have to give their lives to
'defend our country auraint Germany,
j "Our delegates feel that we have
i been g really misunderstood and un
) justly criticised during the war, but
j if it comes to war with Germany mir
j actions will imt be susceptible to any
i furl her misunderstanding, for we will
j back up our Ameriean government
witli our lives and our means. If the
present troubles can be settled with
out war and in a tew months every
thing looks like pea'-e, we may deter
mine again to fiend our funds for Red
Cross and widows and orphans as we
have been doin? in the past."
Married
At the tdevunt lunar of .Indue K.
M. Stewart in Kairle Point. Or., on
Tiic-duy eve. February (. 1017. at
H o'clock p. m., Geotuc II. Worm-dev
at Ku'.'le Point. Or., and Mk Lmii-c
W. Whitney of Kric county. Ohio.
K"(iiire Stewart officiating. nly it
few friends of the contra"tin- pa,r
tie were present. The happy couple
will make their home in the Ca-c
cottage, owned by the groom in Kagle
l'"int. The many acquaint a rice id"
Mr. uuriM-l'v are glint to welcome
ber to their circle of friend-. Mr.
and Mix Worm-b v w dl be at lo me ti
their many Ma-weli f'neod- atr.-r the
3 o;h in-. 'oitnty paper- piea-c
C'tpy.
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WASI1IXGTOX, Feb. 8 Au-tria
has not as yet withdrawn or niodilied
her note ndheiini: .to tlie (icniian stib
maiiue campaign, it was stated offi
cially today at the -late department.
The fusibility that a break with
j Austria nl-o can be averted ha prac
j tii-ally been given up. Uespile .Mine
! difference- in Au-triaV -iria!ion,
j her strict adlie-ion to the piinciple
I enunciated bv Gennanv both in a note
to thi- government and in other com-
tinnnicat ion- make- her position prae
i to-allv the -aiae.
i OM'ii-ial- wl,.i have b-en bopin.
I lliat a break mi'lit Ik- avoided wr!!
jie no inlimat ion - to a ib-tui-1
ite ithlioniteeKierit i- not made.
Kvangelistic meet in will bexiu ,
in the liajitist church Thursday'
night. j
Itev. II. K. .Mar-ih,"Il, an elofpicnt ,
preacher and far-fatucd Ribe tcu'h
er. is the evangelist. '
Mr. Marshall is call, d "The Hilly
Sunday of the Northwest." If you
iiear him once jou will want to hear
bfm ai;ain.
While these meetings will he held
in the T'aptist churii:. they are in
tended for the good of t;;o v. hole city
and a cord;'! invitc.tion is extended
j to PTerybody w ho n.ay i-e aide to
j.t'Jend.
i A special Invitation is f tender
'to all pastors and tivf. in Med
!ford and vicinity to atPnd and par
tiiipate in thefe R'rv:-.
j A large eh or us choir, under th;
! direction of .Mr. Marshall, himself a
: fine inger. wiil furnish the music.
Service begin promptly at 7 : 30
; o'clock. Thursday, February S.
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