MEDFOTTD MATL TRTBUNE, MEDFORD, OftKfiOX. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1917 PATIE TITRTCB GERMANAGENTS TRAILED ROOT American Mission Followed By Spies Who Tried to Wreck Their Train Identical Arguments of German Spies in Russia and Pacifists in .; America Same Quibble Raised. (This is another of the scries by Cluirles Eilwiird liussell, who has just returned from Russia, where ho spent three months as a member of the of- i'ioiuj United States commission to ' llie now Russian government.) (By Clinrlcs Edward nussell.) wupmifiu ivn oy me newspaper ton - terprlso Association.) Thoni);ht before we landed nt Yladiyostoek a crowd of German agents intuit city, most of them re cent arrivals from America, held a meeting to denounce the commission, its aims jand its membership. We were, epniirip;, they said, as the ndvanco afjentn. of American capital ists to seize Russin,' enslave its peo ple and overturn the? Revolution. If tho Hussiitn l'rccnTeii: Wished to save Russian and thn precious revolution they must arise and never let that commission leave VludiviiskBck. Germans on Tralf; v; The soldiers of .Vladivostpk:iienrd of this amiable (fathering audviook a little hand in it. They seat , down word that they would bo on tire apot tho next day and would shoof tjie: daylights out of anybody that misfit, any attempt, even the slightest, to in?j terfere with the commission. i So we got thru in peace, the com mittea which had governed Vladivos tok giving us a most cordial welcome, lint the German agents wero on our trail, nevertheless. They followed on the next train all the way to Petrograd, ulighting at every station 'platform to tell the peo plo we were a band of financial ad venturers come to grab the country and make its people slaves and urg ing them to prevent our return. , , As the people responded only with cheers for Americn, these heralds of kultur were obliged to 'take the job in their own hands, resulting in the burning of the bridge at Vintea, and ' the attempt to burn tho train, of which the world knows the whole story. Spies Know Their Job. You see, therefore, that wo had . hardly set loot on Russian soil bc- fore we began to learn what'Vmu' ;' of a devilish machinery Gemiuny had (set up and 1tw it works subtly and ', ol'ectively in every country in the I World. . ; It is run by men that know their job and have no end of money for it. They know how to appeal to the altruistic dreams of th6 Russians and the good nature of. the Ameri can and get away with both. They know that the greatest thing in the world, if you want to influence public opinion and get results from it, is to have millions of people re pealing the same thing nt the same time. They have therefore organized a system by which at a signal German ngents everywhere begin to parrot the same catchwords. It is like a huge fist that holds ten thousand strings. Tho fist gives a pull and ten thousand men at the other end hop up in Washington, New York, Milwaukee, Petrograd, Buenos Aires, Pekin and the rest, shouting together, "Let us have peace by nego tiation!"' or "Compel the allies to stale their terms!" Spies r'.vcj'j'wlicro. The whole thing was as plain as lny before us. Right after the revolution in Rus siij, when the country was warm wilh the hope of universal democracy nnd n feeling of good will to nil Ilia world, a thousand German ngents ran about the Meld of Mars, the trenches and everv center and every thought in Russia, crying: "Why, should we fight our broth ers f The German people are like nil the other peoples of the world, brothers of our. Let us cease to kill our brothers!'' , This didn't Inst very long for a very good reason. Knrly in the 'rarecr it was met by Russian sol diers that had escaped from Ger many's hell hides of war prisons nnd they had only to show their scars and tell their stories to put the ki linli on the brotherly love business. Itld World of Curse. You enn't make much of a hit with your praise of German civilization nhen a broken-down wreck of n sol dier Rets up nfter vim and tells how lie was benten, kicked, burned, im paled, mutilated nnd sinned by these penile npnatlrrt of M'iiee aud'fratenial good will. It also became plain that every THRU RUSSA day more Russian people saw the only poKsiblo road to the world's peace was by ridding the world of the curse and blight of German mili tarism, which makes war inevitable. Even the men that at the beginning of the revolution had been fired most wilh dreams begun to see this most absolute truth. So tho next cry was "No annexa tions, no contributions," which was in full swing when we arrived. Nobody knew exactly what it meant, but the sound of it was grand and magnanimous, which was enough for half-baked intellects in Russia and the United States. Therefore, at first it had a great run. V Peace lHiiKonibo. After n time, men in whom the thinking faculty was more than rudi mentary saw the whole thing must be a device of desperate Germany to save her colonics, and then that too began to fizzle one. It was followed by "No imperial ism! Itewnre of the imperialistic, aims of Great Britain, Krunce and Ameri ca! Great Britain is fighting merely to , get Alsace and iAirrninc. The United States is fighting merely to grab more islands! Down with im perialism !" This went quite well for two weeks and deceived many persons, reaching cveH to the national council, where folks usually have more sense. The signal had been given; tho agents in the trenches nnd in all the Russian cities were repeuling it at tho same moment that it was urged by a hun dred speakers of (he Field of Mars. Notorious German agents from Amer ica spouted it coupled with the infor mation that being Americans they knew well the real aims of the United Slutes. It died out before some stern inquiries ns to how Franco was fight ing for Alsace and Lorraine when she was ruthlessly invaded, and ex actly where, lay those islands for tho sake of which the United States ejit in to the war. V Gall for Terms of Pmico. JtskDefre we left, the same agents wertecto be seen running about l'otro grad Routing, "Let the allies slalc their tortus1 of pence! What are we fightinfp'rt Compel all the allies to state' tjlelr aims!" And nt tiiQ'sttino identical moment the same ' demand, you will remem ber, was raised in conspicuous places in the United States and was included in the 2activitics.o(f (thCj o-ealled peace societies ' lliaF ' pro-Germans, for their own purpojfei, are. main taining here. ' -Vv ; , 1 While, I was, in Petrogfafl rtlio able financial department .of he proyjs ional government conducted' nn im quiry into tho amount of corruptio money uennany Had jiont.nMir Rus sia since the revolution ntid thro ,onc channel alone r'iinnr'upon- trnccof fifty millioti'rublcs. . Does Germany send her corruption) millions to the United States? : J Docs she have tot ( -:.r ' NOVA SCOTIA SCHOONER SUNK BY SUBMARINE PARRSHORO, N. S., Sept. 30. News has been received here of the destruction by a German submarine, of tho Nova Scotia schooner, Min asquccn, with the loss of all but one of her crew. And bacon, Kow tempting it is, broiled . crisp over; the glowing coals r -11 Guaranteed KOLB AND BILL THEMSELVES ! H ', ' ft-? . Surrounded by a supporting eom- pnny of unusual excellence, "Kolb and Bill, California's favorite dialoct co medians, have Just completed a San Francisco run that has mndo history in that city. With the hilariously funny "High Cost of Loving" as their I vehicle, the Dutch dialecticians have played olio hundred and thirty con secutive performances in the mctrop oplls before heading In this direction, a record that rivals their inlitial run on the coast in "Kiddle De Dee." In fifteen years, no show has. scored as heavily on tho "Broadway" of tho Pacific coast as have Kolb and Dill in their present offering. That the tall and the short fun makers were exceedingly fortunate in their choice of "Tho High Cost of Loving" for their stopping stone to STEEL HOLD UP ILL NEW YORK, Sept. JO. Unfilled orders of the United Slates Steel corporation on August ill were 10, 407,04!) tons, according to the .cirpo-' ration's monthly fdntcment issued to day,.! his, .is a decrease .-of -43 1, 11a tons compared wttk. the borders'' on July 'il.y '.'. ':. fJALLAS, Tex., Sept. 1 0.. Dallas covorters today were balloting for tho first time in 14 years on tho question of whether tho entire coun ty should ibocomo "dry.y All precincts outside the city of Dallas have been "dry" 25 years, and tho last local option election was held in 1 0 0 it . by MO OltOATIB y7 7,0 a x . COMING TO THE PAGE, SEPT. 19 Vi:; : V - the spoken stage after two years be fore tho movie, camera is unanimous ly agreed upon by critics of the drama. Tho play, with Its delight fully pleasing musical trimmings? abounds In so many humorous sltua- Hons and entanglements that laughs follow each other with lightning like rapidity. Tho musical numbers offered by the singing girls nro bright, spark ling and right up-to-the-minute. A "surprise" orchestra Is one of tho most attractive featuros of tho show, tuni'Oitlng Kolk and 1)111 nro such well known performers as' Julia Blanc, May Cloy, llonora Hamilton Henry Simmer, A. C. Van Dyke, Leo Hennlug and Lucille Chalfant. At tho Page, Wednesday evening, Sept. 19th. RUSSIA AMBULANCES l( WASHINGTON, SepL.10--A gift of 12G lnoU)rjjimbnlnrc and auto mobiles td-Rrissto Is announced by the American Hod Cross; uThe shipment will1 so '.. forward Imemdlately, con signed to the Red Cross mission sent to Russia two months ago undor Dr. Frank Billings. Already nearly hnlf a million dollars' worth of medical and surgical supplies have been scut. HORSEPACES FIVE QUEHECI, Sept. 10.. A new world's harness record for a flvo-mllo raco was established hero on Saturday at the closing of tho Quebec exhibition harness meeting, when Marconi paced ten rounds of the half-mllo track in 12:01). or( a camp . tire. It's toasted that's what brings out the very delicious flavor. Youwouldn't like itraw. Apply the same idea to the famous Lucky Strike cigarette. They have delicious flavor, be 4 , cause the Burley tobacco It's Toasted I! I0NAL ARMY WASHINGTON, Sopt. 10. Negro troops of tho national army will be organized in separate units, as Is done In the regular army, and so far as possiblo will b trained in the states where thoy are raised. The call for drafted negroes to mobilize at their camps will be postponed to allow of ficers at the camp to arrange for the organization of those soparate units. Doth whlto and negro men of tho seloctivo forces will be given an op portunity to volunteer to battalions for service on tho lino of communica tion, their work being military but not combatant. There also will bo, howover, fighting regiments of the national army, as there nro of tho reg ulars and tho national guard. Of tho CS7.000 men called for as the first increment of the national army, it is estimated that approxi mately 70,000 will bo negroes. In all, the army In France will need, it has boen estimated, more than 100,- 000 men behind the lines tor uso along the roads and railways or on other special work.' A groat many battalions of both whlto and nogro troops will bo nocossary for those purposes and tho war department foels certain that many of tho negroes of the selective draft forces will vol unteer for this duty, in ordor to be sont quickly to Franco. COPENHAGEN, Sept. 9. The Na chrichten of Hamburg, In discussing the question of peace, says that both the Austrian and Gormnn Pan-Gcr-mans declare that Austria would bo false to herself and to Germany If alio advocated a speedy peace based on a renunciation of annexations and in demnities by Germany- The Nichrachtens' Vienna corre spondent assails the Vienna Kouc Frleie Presso, tho Zelt and tho Sun day and Monday Gazette, all of which have printed articles intimating that Germany is the great obstacle to the conclusion of peace, and calling upon Chancellor Michaelis to put forth a plain, unconditional , statement ac cepting the basis of no annexations or Indemnities and to take real steps to introduce a democratic government In Germany. I DUSTIN FARNUM TO BE SEEN AT THE RIALT0 ' From an outlaw with a price on his head to a 100 per cent citizen is the character portrayed by Dustln Kar niim, famous star of stage and screen In the latest William l'oif photoplay, "Durand of tho Hud Lands.' to be shown at Tho Itlalto theatre for two days, beginning Sept. 1 0. In this screen drama. Air. Fnrnum shows all tho virllo enorgy for which (no ho Is bo well known. His portrayal of the bad side of Dick Durund's character is tho best he has done and he shows the mnn'B softer, nobler In stincts with that 'care-free, rollock ing, laughing disposition that has made him a favorite wherever he has appeared. He saves throe kids from Indians who massacre everyone else In the A Little Stick of mm Makes the Whole World Kin! No climate affects it for the package protects it. WRIGLEV'S goes to all parts of the world in all seasons, to all classes. Fresh, clean, wholesome and delicious always. 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