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KORWICH CULLCTWr FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 1917
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September 1, 1917. .
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OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD GER
MANY. Germany is of course going t& turn
the reply of . President -Wilson to the
proposals of Pope Benedict to Its own
use In as many ways as possible, even
though it does so through a wrong- in
terpretation thereof. At the present
time the claim is being: circulated
throughout that country to the effect
that the head of the United States
government is endeavoring to get his
finger Into the management of the
Internal affairs of the empire. This
results from the insistence by this
country that negotiations Cannot be
carried on with the imperial German
government which has been found un
trustworthy and treacherous in such
dealings as we have had with it since
the opening of the war, but it is en
deavoring to solidify the German peo
ple in the support thereof y endeav
oring to convince them thai this coun
try is meddling in their affairs.
What this country wants is not to
dictate to tli j German people 'what
they shall do, or what they shall not
no. xne president is Insisting, how
ever, that all future dealings will have
to be carried on with representatives
who are responsible to the people and
not solely to themselves, as is the
case today, where the German policy
Is dictated by one man.
, If the emperor was responsible to
the people, which he is not, the situa
tion' would be different. It ivmaltia
for the German people to say whether
the Hohenzollerns must be put out or
whether they are allowed to remain
as the head of the government but sub
Ject to the 'will of the people, but what
this government will not do, and that
is what the note makes perfectly clear.
is to have anything more to do with
the German government as It is now
constituted, a stand decidedly differ
ent from what that government Is try
ing to represent.
PROMPT SUPPRESSION NEEDED,
Following up the investigations
which have been underway since the
threatening attitude of the I. W. W,
throughout the west has been mani
fested, the government has come to
the conclusion that it must be deter
mined now rather than later just what
n oi an aiuiuae is going to . be
manifested towards the policy and
acts of that organization. It has de
cided to do this by going right to the
fountain head and there should be a
mass of evidence obtained through the
systematic raids which were made up
on the headquarters of that organiza
tion in different sections- of the coun
try, chiefly west of the Mississippi, to
snow whether it Is engaged in treas
onable activity.
For a long time the L W. W. has
been engaged in work avhich was in
tended to embarrass the industrial
activity of the country. There has
been opposition of a : serious, nature
to the conscription legislation, threats
have been made that crops would be
destroyed, that property would be
burned, that transportation would be
demoralized, and . in some1- instances
actual steps have been taken to put
these threats into operation, pome
. thing in the nature of a period of ter
ror has been caused by the efforts of
these disturbers.- The effort to drag
organized labor Into the plan has .in
variably failed but there haa been a
persistent defiance of .law. and order,
and the government has decided, to act
none . too soon in putting an - and
thereto. Prompt . suppression la re-1
Quired and the first step has bean' well
takes, v iv . .w'--1
NO TIME TO OBSTRUCT,
. In connection with the war bond and
certificate bin. there cornea the report
that an effort is to be made to -have
a oommittee ' on . war expenditure
named for the purpose of scrutinizing
the disposition of the money. This it
will be recalled la the same commit
tee which there was uon a strenuous
effort made )to- secure while tbe food
control measure was before congress,
and- which waa strongly opposed by
President Wilson because of the fact
that It would be a serions handicap to
him In the conduct of tbe war. It was
also opposed because it waa Irrelevant
to the food bill.
It may be claimed that It- Is ' fitting
that it should be tacked -onto the bill
which- has to do with the authorizing
of the bond . issue but this dees not
appear to be the. time when anything
should be done which will in any way
tend to obstruct or tie the - hands of
the president In the administration of
the war. When it is announced that
the expenditures of this country will
run up to the great total of 119,000.
600,000 for the fiscal year ending with
next June, It must of course be re
alized that there is need for seeing
that no part of 'this large sum goes to
waste, that as much as possible of , the
loans that are being made, to the al
lied nations be spent in this country
and that no needless expenditures be
made, but it should be recalled that
there are congressional- committees
already named which are able' to give
careful attention to such matters, and
ia view of the fact that the president
declares that the proposed committee
would be an embarrassment the cir
cumstances require that his claim be
given considerate attention. What we
want to do is to help win the war and
not to obstruct those who are direct- i
ing our part lij it. V l
THE ITALIAN ADVANCE.' -
From -the . progress that b being
made by the Italian forces to .the
northeast of Gorizla andon the Bain
slzsa plateau, there appears 'to be
good reason . for the frantic appeals
which have been made to Germany
by Austria for reinforcements. General
Cadorna . is not only - moving his ar
mies steadily forward and capturing
the mountain fortifications, which will
result In weakening the defenses of
I Trieste, but he is now in,, a position to
drive a wedge into Austria which will
threaten the capital- of - that country.
The dlsianqe 'to Vienna from where
the Italians. are now located la ' less
than it ia from Riga to Petrograd- -
It is. true that the resistance which
can be expected from the 'Austrian
army, backed up as It must be by the
ctber central powers, will be greater
than the Teutons can anticipate from
the demoralized Russians, but Genrral
Cadorna' has .gotten his forces about
to the point where, unless he eneoun
ters something more obstinate in the
way of resistance than he has already
experienced, he . should soon be , able
to pusn in oetween tne Austrian ar
mies and occupy the valley artd plain
which are lust beyond; With" the Aus
trlans in' retreat and that prospec?
looming up the importance of the Ital
ian offensive becomes-impressive. It
more than offsets'- the" Russian . situa
tion and makes it apparent "that even
greater objectives are In mind as the
result of the Italian -fenerations than
the capture of Trieste. Italy is cer
tainly doing its part -in a masferly
manner. - - . S
WINDFALL APPLES.
It is never possible to tell . how far
a good idea, will be carried along, bujt
there, certainly appears to be merit in
the move -that is being made for the
saving and gating as much-benefit as
possible! out of the great quantities cf
windfall apples. In some places the
Boy Scouts are picking up these ap
ples and they are being sent to cities
for distribution 'among the poor' fam
ilies, who might or might not be able
to purchase such fruit, but who can
make excellent use of them either im
mediately or by drying, them for use
during the winter.
Great losses are sustained
.. J
year because of . the fact that these
apples," which drop off or are blown
off the trees, are allowed to rot on the
ground. Storms are especially de
structive in this respect but much of
the fruit is available for. certain uses
even though it eould not be stored and
would not prove a satisfactory sub
stitute for prime, fruit.
"" How this idea of Rising the wind
falls win appeal to the apple raisers,
or how It will be- received by many of
the users is. a matter which can eas
ily be determined. A trial would soon
demonstrate whether its continuance
would be ffldvlsable and it would
quickly show what sort of a reception
those who would be the greatest gain
ers would give to It. But' certainly
when - it comes, to cutting down of
waste, and making the most of that
which is provided, tha utilization of
the windfall crop of apples ought not
to be overlooked.
V EDITORIAL NOTES.
The man on the corner says: Inter
mittent confidence is little better than
none.
W.lth the capture of Monte Sam Ga
briele, Italy is giving the central, pow
ers a real -cause ior worry.
The slightly cooler weather gives
timely warning that the end of the
straw hat season is near at hand.
It is an appropriate time for some
one to suggest to the peace at once
advocates that they take the time to
read President Wilson s latest note
upon' that question.
When tha kaiser warns the German
papers not to print his name and his
doings so much, no one can blame him
for wishing to cover up as much as
possible his long list of crime.
Progress has been made in naval
construction but when the countries
of Europe resort to monitors they are
getting back to Civil war days and the
advantages which . the fighters of
those dtars afford. ' .
It cannot give Russia any more sat
isfaction to say that they let the Ger
mans occupy the city of Riga than it
did for the Austrians to say ,that the
Italians occupied Monte . Santo . be
cause the Austrian forces permitted
H. --
With the announcement from Lon
don to the effect that 100 steamer
"have been added to the ocean trade
in aa aays, it oniy requires tne Keep
ing up of that ratio of increase to
completely - mbmerga tha TT-boat
menace. .--- - -. ..:
HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOUMERS
' - (Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved)
Lesson no. 13.
Fighting Arm of the Service.
Preceding lessons: 1. Tour Post of
Honor. 2. Making Good as a Soldier.
3. Nine Soldierly Qualities. 4. Getting
Ready for Camp. 8. first Days in
Camp. C. Cleanliness in Camp.. 1.
Tour Health. 8. Marching and Care of
the Feet. 9. Equipment and Arms. 10.
Recreation in Camp. IV Playing the
Game. IS. Teamwork In the Army. 13.
Grouping Men into Teams. 1. The
Team Leaders. , '
We have spoken so far' as if all oI
diers wera infantrymen; ti'at is, as if
all fought on foot armed with rifle and
bayonet. As we all know an army is
much nore complex. There are two
other ''lighting arms of the service,
the Cavalry and the Artillery. -These
three branches of the 'Army are some
times called the "line" a term which
comes down from us from the day
when soldiers in battle were always
drawn up in line. The othr branches
to be described later, are included
under the general term "staff." How
ever, the Engineer Corps and the
Signal Corps are in part troops of
the- tine, though they are herein des
cribed . for convenience under ,the
heading of .Staff branches of the ser
vice." ..."
The infantry is the backbone of the
A.rmy. "ft Is the Infantry soldier who
must bear the greatest stress of bat
tle, and war - is more dependent for
success upon his . individual . action
than upon any other factor." By fat
the largest number-of men in the Na
tional Army will go into the Infantry
branch cf the service. In the present
war the importance of Infantry is
even greater than in previous wars.
The Valu of Infantry.
r It - is not "enough for Infantry - to
know how to. defend rtoc'f It must
know .also how. to attack. . It is not
enough that it should be able to move
forward in masses. The Infantry sol-
diei must also have the intelligent
self-reliance that will ' ent Me him to
act as an individual: always, of
course, within the limits of military
discipline.
The chances for initiative In pres
ent-day warfare can best be illustrated
by recounting the itory cf Michael
CrXeary, a lance corporal cf the Irish
Gnards in the British Army. On
February t, 1915, the Guards .were or
dered to retake, a trench wnich had
been temporarily lost, to the Germans.
0'tary waa off duty ana need not
have, jowed in the attack at an. But
that did not rop him for a moment,
irom using his courage and his brains
to help las regiment win.
Jumping ' out .of the trench he ran
At full tpeed'to a railroaii cut on the
right of the first German Tine where
he was partly under . cover from the
enemy's fire. With five shots in suc
cession he killed or.disabler. five men
before his comrades reached the trench.
Not satisfied with this achievement
the railroad cut beside the necrn1
German -line. ' Here, was a- machine
gun. The officer in command had just
pointed the gun at the Irish Guards in
the first trench and had l..'s .finger on
the flrins button when ho was drop
ped by a well-aimed bullet from
0"LearyV" rifle. He shot .-two other
Germans who-were attemnting to' fire
th machine gun, whereepon the re
mainder of the squad threw up their
Lands. aid surrendered.
Thus it happened that when his
company of the Irish Guards' reached
vhe seopr.d Hne without the loss -of a
single man they were amazed to find
O'Leary ahead of them in complete
possession. He was: made a sergeant
on the field, and lat eiven a Victoria
cross. Alter other exiibitiohs of brav
ery and Initiative. . the 25-yar-old ;
toldier 'oecame Lieut, O'Leary.
GLEANED FROM FOREIGN EXCHANGES
There is a volume of. history in Mr.
Serard'a reminder that although he
was appointed American "Ambassador
to Germmy, there is no Gt-rmany, but
only a conglomeration of monarchies,
duchies, and what not. The Kaiser is
not Emperor of Gern-.any, but German
i-mpero:
Formerly each petty state
was able to levy ite own duties, so, that
I goods ran the gauntlet of 27 custom
and indignant American, reaching a
particularly small area, refused to be
overhauled and taxed for the ninth
time. "You're not 4 country; you're
only a spqt, I'll go round yoj," he said,
aid did.
Much has been -""ritten about the
splendid work of our munition girls,
but few persons, one imagines, have
any Idea of the achievements of many
of them. The following authentic re
turn of the daily work of girls in a
large inland factory has Juat reached
us: Four girls, frbm IS to5z0. load into
a wagon from a stack 3,700 shells, each
of 28 lb. weight (average 925 shells, or
a y,-eight.cf 11 ton 11 cwt); same girls,
working under pressure, loaded 220
shells of similar weight in six minutes
(55 shells'' each representing a. dead
Weight or 13 8-4 cwt.); a brawny girl
stamps 1,000 quarter-hundredweight
shells (12 tons); with a 2 1-2 lb. ham
mer she. stamps upon each shell, five
figures, a blow being necessary for
each figure impression, and .then re
turns the shell to a trolley.
The Sam Browne belt, bv its official
adoption for the U. S. A. officers, may
now be tiid to encircle the world. Not
one in a multitude knows anything of
the long military career and adminis
trative policy of the Indian General
who invented it. Tct within 20 years
of his death this arrangement of leath
er straps has made his name a house
hold word in two hemispheres. Com
plete immortality -Till be accorded
General Browne whon his creation is
spelt wl-.hout capital letters. Colonel
Shrapnel has been long dread, but
his invention ie deadlier than ever
with a mall "s." On the other hand
Sir Hiram Maxim lived to see his name
acclaimed as his gun, thonsti in this
fourth year of war, when maxims are
stuttering in vaster numbers than ever,
we now hear of them only asmachine
guns.
The German pretence that the Kai
ser's telaram to President Wilson has
been mistranslated from German into
English Is already contradicted. The
message was written in English, the
language which the Kaiser's mother
ess. talked with the Kaiser in English,
which he described asf'the pleasantest
for conversation." Then he corrected
himself. "At least, one of the pleas
antest." re added,. "English is fast be
coming the language cf Courts," she
said ingenuously. A black frown warn
ed her that she was treaJtrtjr on for
bidden r.round, -and he clo?td the con
versation at. once.
If Tobolsk be hte new place of resi
dence, not much commiseration need
be felt for the ex-Tsar. . It is a pic
turesque old town, healths . in the up
per Dart5 of it and in favor in- Siberia
a a a winter resorts It is fiot exactly
the hub of tbe universe, but It is tbe
Boston of Siberia and the home of the
arts there. It is said to owe its Cul
turj to the large color of Swedish f-
There is always an element of luck
in such unusual achievements, but all
the luck in the world is useless un
less tha soldier has developed hie in
telligence, spirit, and self-reliance dur
ing his months of training.
The Cavalry.
Tha "Cavalry is' armed with saber
and pisU.., as well as rifle Since the
early months of the present' war there
haa beri little opportunity to use
Cavalry on the western front. For
the most, part the Cavalry forces of
European rm'e have been fighting in
the trenches as Infantry.
Under these conditions it Jaa been
determined to reorganize several of
the. Cavalry regiments of cur Regu
lar 'Army as Field Arti'.tery. .United
States Cavalry, as such, " i not to be
used In (Europe at- present.- Some
good judges believe mat tne Cavalry
will again come into its own before
the war is ended, but on tale question
no final opinion can now be given.
The Coast Artillery, which handles
the big-caliber guns guarding our
chief harbors against navat attacks is
a branch distinct from- the Field Ar.
Mllery, T.hich handles the1 tjnaller guns
rTawn bj horses or motors and moved
Hbout with the rest of the Army. The
r-resent field guns range in size- from
S-inch caliber to 4.7 inches. The
Field Artillery also handles howitzers,
which throw heavy shells high into
the air so that -thev will' fall upon
the target at a very steep angle.
The chief kinds of artlliery ammu
nition are . shrapnel and high explo
sives. The shrapnel is ir.tewid to
turst in the face of the enemy. The
igh explosives are used chiefly to
i low up enemy trenches. , .
Increasing Importance of Artillery.
The importance of artillefy has been
very mufh increased during the pres
ent war. It is the most effective of
all weapons in preparing the way for
attack. In advance of an attack en a
large scale there are often several
days of .-ontinuous artillery duel, dur
ing whk-h the big guns of both- sides
ry to locate and put out of action the
opposing guns. In r.'.ct. on the west
ewi fron; the artillerv duel never en
tirely ceuses.
The chief qualities of a good artil
leryman are Intelligence and tenacity.
He must know his gun so well that he
can not only play his own part but,
if necessary, can take the Place of any
of his comcades. -. He rau. have the
courage that enables him to hold any
position .assigned to him until the
order is given to move.,
Simili- to the artillery in many re
spects tre the machine-srun . troops.
Machine guns shoot out 'a steady
rtream of bullet and have great value
against an attack from th? front. They
may also be readilv carried forward
by attacking troops and used with
e-reat effect against the defenders of
a position
i-"A skirmish line can not advance hv
walking- or running when hostile ma-
! chine miu ha v the rnrr. ra In are an ft
are , reafy to fire. Machiw-gun fire
Is not especially effective against
troops rj ing cn the eround or crawl
ing. Wi.en opposed by machine gun.
witnout artillery to destrov them in
fantry iteehf must silence them before
it can advance. Concealment and pa
tient waiting for critical moments and
exceptional opportunities are -the spe
clal characteristics of th machine-
gun service in decisive actions. (In
fantry Drill Regulations, pars. 642. 545,
54.)
In handling machine guns. Just as
in nanaiing artillery, intelligence and
tenacity are the qualities most need
ed. Thvre .are - numberless examples
in tne present war or courageous self
reliance on the part of individual sol
diers in repairing or serving machine
guns wnue under Are. ani thus play
ing a nig part in neiping to win vie
tories. ',-'-.
fleers interned ther after Peter the
Great's trtking: victory at Poltava.
They brought refinement with them,
and its influence has never been lost.
In connection with the appointment
cf a woman as cathedral organist', it
may perhaps not be rst of place to
mention the youthf ulness j&f many of
ur church organists to-day. Emman
uel Church, Maida-hill, X.W. .(large
two-manual organ), age of crganist, 14
years; Hareccurt Church Canonbury,
X.W., age of organist, 15 years; Cock
ington Parish Church, age of organist
J 2 years; the Temple, Great Yar
mouth (two-manual organ age of or
ganist, 14 years; Chapel Royal, : St.
James's, -assistant o-ganist aged 19
years. " Mr. H. Moss, dr'ganist of Grave
send Parish Church, was apponted at
the early age of 11 years.
Bombardier H. Wood. R. F. A., in
a letter to friends at Deal, rays: 'While
serving on the Salontca front I was
sent out one dark and rainy ntght on
mounted patrol. I got lost in the
(mountains. I came to a deep ravine,
but did not know it until my horse
snorted and came to a sudden halt. 1
coaxed her well, but she would go no
further, ond when-I' investigated the
cause with my electric toich.I found
I was on the brink of a deep ravine
some 300 feet down. When I reached
my battery the next morning I gave my
tiare an extra bag of corn."
-The most prominent figure ia Trafal
gar square yesterday, when the Amer!-
?ans marched througir it. was a Scot
tish soldier who had climbed on to the
head of cne of the Nelson lions. He
was in the butcher blue of - a conval
escent, nut he swarmed up the base of
the Nelson Column and then up the
Lack of the lion, with the greatest ac
tivity and success. People watCbcd
him wit-i a sympathetic interest, - and
when he arrived at his "objective"
something like a cheer was raised. It
was a delightful human study of the
Scottish Lion Rampant greqfing the
Americana.
Since Mr. F'sher is rightly concerned
for the physical as well aa the mental
education bf Touag England, a tip
might be taken from Denmark. In all
Danish schools classes las: 50 minutes
each, and each hour ia completed by
ten minutes in playgroui.ti or gym
nasium. The break not only helps to
keep the children physically fit but
brings them up fresh and keen for the
next lesson. Mr. Fisher'e suggested
shower baths, by the way. are sow
common in Danish schools.
Great prevalence of gastric catarrh
throughout Germany is the subject of
an article by Professor Scnwate in a
German medical journal. Countless
cases, h" says, have been dealt with in
Jubingen, while in many places in
Northern Germany 'Berlin, Halle.
Leipslc, Bonn, Cologne tbe extent of
the trouble can only' be described aa
a serious epidemic. To a large extent,
he says, the cases have to do with war
conditions, and an increased consump
tion of foed which is dlfflcu't to digest
and which deteriorated in quality be
fore it reached the consumer.
There was a good deal going, -on in
London during: the week, and everyone
turned out to welcome tlr American
troops aa they marched thranclu At
house on the Una of route "people en-
tertainc-d their friend. te fear-spang
"4 banner waa in evidence r very w her.
It flew from Apsley House and many
other private residences, from hospitals,
clubs, shops, and offices, while minia
ture flag as buttonh; Jes wore wora by
all and undry. For tha Americana it
was a triumphal progress from start to
finah. London was roused from. -. its
phlegmatic- calm and cheered to the
echo the - splendid pody of men from
across "tiie Atlantic.
There are many other interesting ex
hibits at Miss McCauI's hospital, in
cluding a leg hammock designed by
Miss Gasette, an American artist in
Paris. This - system of tfuspenaion,
which prranges the splint above the
leg, and soft rubber underneath, has
proved ro successful in France that it
is In uss in aver a thousand hospitals.
Miss Gasette has also invented other
valuable aids to the injured by a clever
arrangement of spring and balance and
straps, and these have in many cases
saved Ufa.
Leude- and still louder rose tha crfeg
as the S'ara and Stripes came in view:
Soldiers in the crowd stunted; men
raised their hats, and wemen threw
their flowers and waved their hand
kerchiefsand some of them eobbed
happy tears of pride such as no man
or womi:n need remember with shame.
At intervals passed the bands of
the Grenadier GuardJ, the Irish Guards,
with their kilted pipers, the Welsh and
the Scots Guards, while flag-bearers
with the 6ars and Stripe and. in one
instance with .the, regimer- tai color of
the unit to wli'.ch moat of the men be
longed, headed detacNnenta.
You could not discover an American
"type." Most of the man were clean
shaven, finely built and straight of
limb. But all the races which make
'.he nation such ' a delightful and in
some ways such a complex race were
there. -There were men of lj-ish ances
try, and these'' were men whose fathers,
!n the lpngfjaso, came from Germany.
To-day, of course, they are American:-,
and Americans of the most undoubted
loyalty. But the facs of the men in
the grea-. procession were very differ
ent, and did not approximate to any
given type, and it was deeply interest-
ma to see the varying characteristics
that have built up to-day America.
With precise, determined step the
troops swung along Piccadilly to Hyde
Park . Corner and curled round Grog
venor gardens And still . the men
shouted hoarsely and still little chil
dren waved their small flags, arid still
women cried. "God bless you!" and
"Good luck!" The London-Cronicle.
An inquiry and a Suggestion.
"Mr. "Editor: Would it not be prac
tical to institute a course in psycholo
gy at the Norwich Free Academy?
Would it "not yield Immense returns?
How many students ar- there who
have graduated from the Academy who
have trained their minds and yet who
have neither courage, confidence nor
will power enough to produce results!
We train tha memory. Why neglect
the will that dynamic force that
makes man what he is.
Dr. James J. Walsh, the eminent
psychologist and Aoctbt, s.iys: "What
good is intellectuality if there is no
driving power, no will, haiilnd it?"
I tell you that the only thing that
tbe youth of America heed more than
will power is increased will power.
Frank Channing Haddock ays: "It
is for the body to rest as well as te
toil. It is for the mind tc relax and
ihange ,t well as ta concentrate. It
Is for the man to play, to -rejoice with
the hills, to throb with the sea, to
laugh with, nature, as weli as to
Btruggle and pile up victories. But it
is for the will to slumber not, to relax
never, to go forth day and night. In
the full majesty of conquest. For to
thia end came the king to his throne."
Institute an elementary course in
practical psychotogy in the Academy
and watch the marks soar to an un
precedented height, note the absence
of activity amon school "politicians"
Vend mark the falling off in member
ship or cliques and get-togetner-ror-
mutual benefit fraternal clans! There
will be rne other thing that will be
conspicuous ty its abserce, namly,
that grand order of students (?) who
loaf around the corner every night.
That if one thing that our educa
tional system does not accomplish. It
does not train the will, which in the
long run. is the foundation of success
in Utti v Why not include it in our
system of education?
' NORMAN J2. HIKES.
Norwich, Sept. 5, 1917.
THE, WAR PRIMER
By National Gaographio 8oeiety.
Bessarabia With the fal, of Czr-
noTvitz and the capture of Chotin, the
Central Powers have enterec" the gates
of Bessarabia,, one of Russia's rich
est provinces. Which-lies t-atween the
Pruth ' and the Dniester RZvers, and
Which was taken from Kufnania in
exchange " for the DobrudJa district,
after one of Russia's ware with Tur
key. The following bulletin by the
National Geographic Society from its
headquarters here, gives aiW interest
ing pictvre of this province, its his
tory, its normal activities, and its
physical features.
,' wrf! . i!L9Aan PTVI?!
ylng between the Prntfc and the
Dniester . Rivers and bourded on the
pouth -by the Danube and the Black
sn mliht hA mnil tn a. tall, slim
pitcher, without a- handle. Tt is com
pletely hounded by water except at a
very narrow point at the njouth of the
pitcher. The Dniester River forms
the eastern boundary of the province.
Flowing out of the crown lands of
Galicia, the river runs east in general
direction for approximately fifty miles.
Then it turns southeast for ninety
miles as the crow flies, and finally
-una south of east for a hundred
miles to Dniester BtV, an arm of the
Black Sea, aomo fifteen miles from
Odessa, Russia's principal port on that
inland rody of water. The frutn
River, flowing out of Galicia, iunil
east tor about twenty miles, tnen
turns southeast for a hundred and ten
miles, nd then slight'.y wst of sduth
to its confluence with the Danube.
"Bessarabia is a little smaller than
Vermon: and New Hampshire togeth
er. Its greatest length is 27S miles,
while its greatest width ia 175. It is
mostly flat, exeept for some wiell
wooded iff -shoots of the Carpathian
Mountains in the northwest. It
might ba said to be the vineyard of
Russia, . being- a great producer of
wine. Tt.e population of 8,500,00 is
made u of Moldavians, Tattle Rus
sians, Poles, Romanians, Bulgarians,
Jews, Armenians. Greeks, and Tartars.
More than 2,000,000 ot the inhabitants
Hve on the soil. The capital Is Kfsh
Inef, .which is located almost at the
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it Bessarabia lies Rumanian Molda
via, and to the-ast the Russian prov
inces of Podolia and Kherson.
"A successful invasion -by the enemy
down tho Dniester River would not
only penetrate -one of ti.e - richest
agricultural sections of R.issia, but
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i "On the other hand, an invading
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rationing and munitioning.
'TThe original inhabitants of Bess
brabia are believed to have been Cim
merians, after whom came the Scytn
ians. Because it was the key to one
of the approaches toward the Empire
of Byzantium the province was in
vaded by maly successive races dur
ing tne early centuries or the Chris
tian era. Trajan incorporated it with
the province of Dacia. and in the next
century the uotns poured into u, to
be followed in turn by tha Huns, the
Avars, and the Bulgarians.
"In the seventh century a Thraeian
tribe, known as the Ecssl, rettled-there
and gave to the land its name. Be
tween 1711 and 1812 it was the great
bone of contention between the Otto
man Turks and the Russians. The
Russians lost and recaptured it five
limes in that century. After the Xa
nolednie 'wart it was definitely an
nexed to Russia, and its frontier push
ed southward so as to include tne
delta of the Danube
"As a result of. the Crimean war
Moldavia was given DobrudJa and
other territory, but tinder tho treaty of
Berlin in 1817. following Russia's
mastery of Turkey .and the Congress
of Berliri-ftufisia secured all -of . the
territory east of the river Pruth.
Bessarao.a s boundary has remained
unchanged from that time tc this, but
it was reported upon the entrance of
Rumania into the war. that the latter
nation was to have parts of Bessara
bia, Transylvania and other regions so
as to include within her domains all
territory after the war that contained
a predominance of Rumanian blood.'
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