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SATURDAY, NOVEMHBH 2S. 1914.
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to THE RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Tho CJoat Will Be There
THE thousands who journey to Philadelphia
to-day to witness the Army-Navy game
will feel a glow of anticipatory satisfaction \
over the fact that the Navy's celebrated goat
mascot is not to be barred from tho sidelines.
It had been apprehended that the rigorous
quarantine against all possible dlssemlnatorc
of the foot and mouth disease that Delaware
has established would prevent ,hls goatshlp
from passing through that State, as it will be
necessary for the Navy team to do In order to
reach Philadelphia, but the pleas of admirals
and other high officers have prevailed, and
for this one favored animal tho bars will be
let down.
It is exceeding well. An Army-Navy
game without the goat would have been like
"Hamlet" without the prince. Now that it
has been decided that the Navy shall have Its
own goat, would it be indiscreet or dangerous
to suggest that it will make an extra effort
to get that of the Army? <
' Thanks, Mr. IJrnndeis!
<<T THINK the situation Is now well in
1 hand," says Louis D. Brnndein. Imme
diately he follows that with a prediction of
enormous prosperity, which may well be at
tributed, in advance, to the first condition of
restored confidence due to the harnessing of
trust disturbances. That big business Is
making plans' for increased activity, that
mills shut down for a time are preparing to
open, that banks are loosening up on their
money, and that private hoardB are feeling
the encouragement?all these things Mr.
Brandels says with a tone of conviction that
i8 exceedingly pleasing. It'n the sort of talk
that Is needed to chase back into his corner
General Bugaboo, who predicts that all money
will be held tight until the exchanges have
all reopened and securities lmvo frund their
feet in tho rush of trade.
Thanks. Mr. Brandeie. There never was
a better time for the appearance of tho
Optimist.
Railroads In Times of War
WHAT American railroads are capable ot
doing In an emergency was illustrated
last Saturday by the New Haven, when
within a period of four hours it transported
Uo,378 persons from various points on its
lines to the scene of the Yale-Harvard foot
trains. most of which arrived substantially on j
time, and only nine of which were more than
Jive minutes late. At night the crowds were
returned^ to tfielr homes with a like ef
ficiency a'ruf .almost complete nhsence of an
noyance or delay.
When this country is estimating the vari
ous Tactors that enter into its preparedness
for war, this element of transportation is j
too important to be overlooked. Military j
critics, since the outbreak of hostilities in
Europe, have pointed out advantages won !
time and time again by the forces of the |
Kaiser, which were made possible by ample !
railroad facilities. Evidently we have some !
of this same efficiency right here at horhe.
Canada Hurt* German Newspapers
OUR northern neighbor is not letting us
forget that a large section of this con
tinent Is actively engaged in the great war.
Canada has Bent a large force to the front, \
ahe has another in training, and 10,000
armed Canadians are patrolling their south
ern frontier to welcome in prescribed form
the German-Americans whenever the latter
attempt an invasion. And now Our Lady of
the Snows baa carried Its state of war even
into the United States, by denying admittance
to American .daily newspapers printed in
German and to ail other Yankee publications
which are devoted to the Teutonic side of
the conflict. Herman Kidder's New-Yorker
StaatB-Zeltung was placed on the blacklist
some time ago, so that, since the list has
been lengthened, the good Herman resembles
Abou Ben Adhem, in that he leads all the
rest.
Well, it is Canada's business to keep out
the publications It does not desire. Ger
many will not permit the unhappy Belgians
to read any "news" except such as is pre
pared for them by their masters. The in
habitants of Luxemburg also complain that
they know only what the Germans choose to
tell them. And it Is possible that in Ger
many Itself the reading of foreign newspapers
is not exactly encouraged.
So Canada Is doing what the others do;
It is taking the means at its disposal to keep
up the spirits of the Britishers and depress
those of the non-Britishers. It must be re
pugnant, however, to the sentiments of the
large body of intelligent Canadians to den>
to a'ny part of the population access to the
expression of their own poTnt of view. For
many years eloquent French-Canadians have
preached what amounted to treason to the
British empire, and thoy were permitted to
ball game. There
say their say and to occupy seats In the
Ottawa - Parliament^ and tbo press, too. waB
permitted to exprocs entire satisfaction with
British reverses In the South African War.
But this is a devil's war in a world gone
mad. Hato hu& taken the place of thai
tcieranco which (b tho keynote of free, har
monious freedom.
Street Cleaning Department's Defense
IT must be confessed that the statement of
Superintendent Cohn, of the Struet Clean
ing Department, which was printed in Tho
Times-Dispatch yesterday, is a very excellent
statement of his department's responsibility,
or lack of responsibility, for Richmond's un
kempt and littered thoroughfares.
For a force of thirty-live men to caro
properly for 200 miles of streets, of which
sixty-two are paved, is a manifest impossi
bility. It cannot be done, obviously, so we
should fool no surprise when it is not. done.
It is quite true also that careless and in
different citizens add enormously to the de
partmental burden by failing to provide
proper receptacles for ashes and garbage and
by throwing paper and trash into the streets.
Mr. Cohn's indignation against those who
behave in this fashion is at once natural and
Justified, and it should be shared by the more
thoughtful elements of the community.
Admitting all this, however, the sorry fact
is that Richmond's streets are intolerably
dirty?some of them so dirty that they an
swer the description contained In Mr. Cohn's j
official report for 1012, to the effect that
"there ure certain times in the year when
the paved roadbeds are in such bad condl- i
tion that anything other than water Is a com
plete failure."
That clayse of the report formed part of
an appeal1 for funds with which to purchase
street flushing machines. Such machines are
excellent, they are approved by the best
modern practice, but Mr. Cohn is mistaken in
thinking, if he still thinks, that reasonably
efficient flushing cannot be done with a fire
hose. It Is done In many cities. While the
results may not be perfect, they possess an
enormous advantage over those obtained by
no flushing at all.
What Is required is an educated public
sentiment, awake to the prime economic and
hygienic necessity ofc clean streets and mak
ing ItB Influence felt by the Administrative
Board and the City Council. More generous
appropriations, a larger force and better
j equipment should be provided, as Mr. Colin,
I It Is assumed, will agree. Existing ordi
nances, of course, should he enforced. With
i more justice, then, the city might look to
the Street Cleaning Department for that ef
ficiency In method and approximate perfec
tion in result which are not now displayed.
Heal and Sham Culture
THE spirited protbst made by Dr. C. Al
phonso Smith, in his address before tho
State Teachers' Association, against that form
of culture which he described ns "a well-bred
Inefficiency," is less needed to-day, perhaps,
than it was fifty years ago, but it still has Its
usefulness. There are men, and women, too,
who think they have got bold of something
intrinsically valuable when they learn that
the letters of the Greek alphabet are not iden
I tical with those of the English, or cumber
I their poor, tired brains with a smattering of
j llteratuve, music or art.
Those who cling to this outgrown theory
j usually feel that their thin veneer of "cul
! ture" la a sufficient justification for their
| existence. Their satisfaction, however, is
I rather in mere possession than In the broader
| outlook Into tho beauties of nature, the truths
! of history and the wonders of art that real
culture confers?possibly because to the dllet
! tante these larger vistas are not opened.
> The modern world despises Inefficiency, and
wiih greater virulence when it is well bred
than when it is ignorant, rough and uncouth.
Dr. Smith reflects this dislike. His con
ception of culture involves the capacity to
create aR well as the capacity to appreciate.
He would deny its possession to all the drones
In civilization's hive, although they be native
ly H8 wise as Solomon and as chock-full ol'
information as the latest college graduate.
The ideal he describes is more like some
specialized and individualized form of the
German "kultur" than that which the similar
English word is accustomed ' > imply. Per
haps it is more desirable, but not all may at
tain it. There is, moreover, a real happiness
and satisfaction in actual knowledge of any
subject, however remote it may be from our
vocation in life. It has its value to the race
as well as to the individual possessor, for he
and his kind make up the audience to which
the product of the creative mind, or brush,
or pen appeals. It is not likely that Dr.
Smith meant to condemn this, although he
did not include it in his praise. His ab
horrence is of the sham?and the world to
day shares it.
Stock Exchanges Reopening
"TlIK other day the Chicago Stock Exchange
1 resumed business under restrictions as
to prices, and the New York exchange will
follow suit to-day. Although the Chicago
market is trading in both stocks and bonds,
no excitement of any kind has yet been no
ticed or is probable, and it is not unlikely
that the metropolitan exchange will soon re
commence the buying and selling of stocks
instead of handling bonds only. Following
the example'of the two largest stock markets,
the smaller ones will doubtless also be open
for business in a short time.
Accelerated Industry will doubtless need
more capital, and so the stock exchanges will
probably be busy again in the near future.
The brokers and their employees have had
a very lean period for nearly threo months,
and nobody will particularly begrudge such
fat as a return to normal conditions will
legitimately bring them. They prevented
what might have been a disastrous panic by
voluntarily shutting up shop.
Turkey iusists that the shots lired at the
j Tennessee's launch were intended simply as
a warning. Perhaps Turkey will understand
| that the indignation expressed in this country,
when another interpretation was placed on
the incident, is a sort of warning in itself.
I A Baltimore police magistrate has acquitted
a prisoner who boxed his wife's ears, on the
ground that this form of exercise sometimes
is permissible, or at lea ?t excusable. Of
course, Maryland lingers still in the darkness
of antisuffrage.
The President says he is not planning to
attend the executive s-essions of the Senate.
: He will miss a fine chance of learning what
United States Senutors actually think of one
another.
..At last, amid the wonders of the new dis
pensation. wo begin to recognize the old
Rusnia. Dispatches from Petrograd bring
news of a revolutionary plot.
SONGS AND SAWS
He iVIho n*u.
? The President of France wont
out
To 'view his country's bravo
array;
, With ono resounding, martial
shout.
The army welcomed him j
that day?
But, "splto It all, thore's not
u doubt *"
That JolYrc's tho lad who
has tho say.
The IVnftlrnlNt Snyst
Don't bo distressed that others think less
*'ell of you than you do of yourself. The others,
probably, are doing the beet tlioy can.
Without n Flnvr.
OrubbB?What Is your Idea of perfect happl
n? is?
Stubbs?Well, If my wife would stop telling
me what she thinks of mo, and I had the privi
lege ol telling my respected employor what I
think of him, it would bo about right.
t?uht Lovely.
Me?Did you enjoy the football game?
She?Oh, wonder fully! There was a girl out
there In a green and gold co3tume, with three ,
bird of paradise , plumes In her hat. who was
Just simply too dear for anything. By the way,1
who won? I
Ved, He Won.
Family Frund?Have you heard from your j
son, John, lately?
Fond Moth- r?Yes. indeed. John is doing '
spl? nil idly Hi wrote mo the other day he had
invested his whole capital in accordance with
his judgment of horseflesh, and thought lie ouKht;
to make a large profit He said he expected a
?'killing," so I suppose he must bo buying the
horses for use In the European war.
CompennntlnD.
The ancients had a bully time.
Although in science poor.
For they were not the victims of
The telephonic boor.
THE TATTLER.
Chats With Virginia Editors
Editor l,acy sings ho! In h>s Halifax Gazette:
"Now lot the nation gladly shout
Until the mountains rock,
For Danville is at last about
To get that pesky clock!"
By way of a sympathetic sequel and hurrah
for the town clock, permit us to add Canto Two:
And let profane pedestrians
No longer, when the same
Is hung, continue to pronounce ,
An m in Danville's name.
They do nothing In a half-hearted way out in
Smyth. County. Here comes Editor Pendleton,
of the Marlon American, with a strong uiiputil
for the starving millions In Belgium. The key- j
note of his editorial Is, "Buy a barrel of flour j
for the Belgians." He says: "Why can't our i
own county, the best in Virginia, do something
substantial, something more than will be ac
complished by little haphazard contributions?
Lct'B send a hundred barrels of flour. Let 100 >
men and women cach give a barrel. The Amer- {
lean will head the list with one barrel." There's J
nothing wrong with Smyth, except its way of j
spelling Itself.
The editor of tlio Newport News Press, who !
has been accused by the editor of the Clifton :
Forge Review of being a red-headed man. Is
responsible for this Incendiary suggestion: "If
Chief Stow catches that "false alarm flond,' we
hope he will turn the hose on him." And may
be the chief has a llery temper at times, too.
The war critic of the Staunton Daily News
remarks: "The sinking of the great super- j
Dreadnought Audacious, queen of the British ,
navy, by a little submarine of tho German navy |
has put the naval authorities of the world to j
thinking." Perchance they are thinking that!
if she .had dreaded more tho Audacious would j
not" have had the dash taken out of her.
j Tho Norfolk Virginian-Pilot cackles: "A -Miss '
i I-Ienn, of California, has appealed to tho Legis
lature ti* change her name. Probably she has
given up hope of ever being able to do It her
, pelf." Or Is roosting with birds of plumag*.
| The Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch offers this sug
, gcstlon: "It Is a good time for every man to get
Inro hie own country and stay there." But now
about the homesick man in Montreal or Tamplco
I wh.? lfc waiting for the sheriff In his home county
j in Virginia to die?
".Smolte out the opium smugglers," is the
remedy suggested by the Norfolk Ledger-Dis
patch. A better method, perhaps, would be to
drag 'cm out with the yenhook.
j Soys the Southwest Times, of Pulaski: "We
| notice that some of the English soldiers think
I they are showing permanent patriotism by being
tatooed. Junt before they l<yft for the front
they were tatooed on the breast In large letters,
"For My King." It Ib a gentle reminder for
them, but true and permanent patriotism is not
j tatooed on the breast, but Is within." Very true.
| Then, too, just think of the brave fellow who
i dies from a bullet received while In honorablo
j retreat. How awfully awkward his family and
? friends must feol when his body Is shipped home.
^
Current Editorial Comment
In cabling to Captains Decker,
Confidence ?' the Tennessee, and Oman, of
I V -v ,I"' North Carolina. now in
m :>a\j Turkish waters, giving them full
.Captains authority to deal with emerg
encies that might arise in pro
| tecting American citizens and their Interests
i in Turkey, Secretary Daniels has acted more
In accord with American traditions than he did
when he cabled them the other day to take
! no action whatsoever pending an Investigation
j of the firing on the Tennessee's launch at
! Smyrna. The ofllcers of the navy arc highly
| trained men. not only in the arts of war. but
in diplomacy. When they reach the grade of
captain, thoy arc men of judgment and experi
ence, and may be safely relied upon to act In
accordance with the regulations which lay down
j with accuracy the proper course for ofllcers to
i pursue, in any circumstances, when their
vessels lay in foreign waters. To hamper com
! pctent and conscientious otneers with nebulour
j instructions is detrimental to the service, bocaus?
J the trained ofllcer on the ground Is bound t?
! understand the situation better than his un
trained civilian superior 5,000 miles distant.?
Houston Post.
It is not often that two able
What Will men who have so eo-operalcd
! Hoconic of P?l>*iuRlly are in such radical
I .. ., disagreement concerning their
l>ttli Moose. purposes and achievement as Dr.
Lyman Abbott and Amos PlnOliot.
i Doth have been discussing. tho career of the
Progressive party and forecasting its future,
t Mr. I'inchot writes despairingly. He finds that,
j In spite of brilliant prospects, nothing has been
; accomplished. The party looked for immedlnte
: success and so devoted Itself to policies which
j It thought would win. It did not apply' Its
emrghs seriously to the solution of social
problems It degenerated from principles to
I platitudes and became a personal faction. It
j was financed by the rich, wbo used It in sup
! pot t of monopoly. ' It Is d3ad. Although Dr.
Abbott is not sure that the Progressives will
| maintain tin lr existence as a separate party,
j he is confident that they will dominate one or
the other of the old parties and the country.
; To their activity he attributes tho success of
growth of such reforms as the dlroct election
of United States Senators, dlreot primaries, tho
short ballot, the Initiative and referendum, tho
Income tax, tho workmen's compensation lawa,
child-labor laws, postal express and postal
savings banks and the government rogul&tlon
of great combinations. . . 4 Nut ono of tho
movements named by him, howovor, was of
Progressive origin. . Progressives havo fuvorod
somo of them Iti places, uh Republicans have
done, but In most cases theso reforms have been
tho outgrowth of Democratic agitation, which
began .long before u Progressive party took1
shape.?Now York World.
War News Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 28,1804.)
The War Department hus Issued a .statement
in regard to the movements of General Sherman
to tho following effect: "With Hood In his rcur,
I Breckenrldge on his flank and 30,000 voternn
I troops In his front, Sherman cannot escape." So
mote It l^e.
The suspension of hostilities could not bo mora
complete along the lines below Richmond and
In front of Petersburg had Gonerals Leo and
Grant agreed upon a truco, which they havo not
dono. At the eame time, there Is absolutely no
lighting going on.
General Beauregard has Issued a proclama
tion to the people of Georgia, which roads some
what as follows: "Arlso for tho defense of your
native boII; rally around your patriotic Governor
and your gallant soldiers at the front; obstruct
and destroy all roads and bridges in Sherman's
front, (lank and rear, and his army will soon
starve In your midst. Be confident and resoluto,
and trust In an over-ruling Provldqnco, and
success will crown your efforts. I hasten to
Join you In the defenso of your homes and fire
sides."
Only tho sharpshooters are keeping busy on
tho Petersburg lines, and even they are not I
trying to be kept very busy. Thoy Just watch
tho trenches, and If a head bobs up abovo them, !
then tho sharpshooters take a crack at that
head. Sometimes they hit It and sometimes thoy
do not
Down the river quiet continues. Now and then
a Confederate cannon sends a shot to Butler's
canal. Just to lot tho enemy know that our boys
ure not asleep, but constantly 011 the watch.
Sydney S. Grovenor. who claims to be a cltlzcn
of Canada and, as such, entltlod to the pro
tection of the British Hag, was taken to Castlo
Thunder yesterday on the charge of being a
Federal spy and a person Inimical to the interest
of the confederate States. Of course, If Grove
nor can shqw a clean bill as a British subjoct,
he will be all right, but our boys seem to havo
some Information to the effect that he Is Just
a plain spy, and If that provcH true, It will bo.
good-by to Mr. Grovenor.
Tho Georgia members of Congress got right!
on their mettle yesterday and held a caucus. 1
The result of the meeting was the Issuance of
an appeal or proclamation to the people of
Georgia, In which they said, among other things:
"We have had a special conference with Presi
dent Davis and the Secretary of War, and are
able to assure you that they have done, and
are still doing, all that can bo done to meet
the emergency that presses upon you. Let
every man fly to arms. Remove your negroes,
horses, cattle and provisions away from the
path of Sherman and burn what you cannot
carry away. Burn all bridges and block the
roads In his routo. Assail tho Invader In front,
flank and rear by night and by day,"
Moro than 200 negroes who left tholr ownors
In Hanover, Henrico and Louisa Counties to
"Jlne the Yankees" have returned In dlBgust.
They report lhal the Yankees aro tho hardest
taskmasters they have encountered, and that
they are too glad to get back to their old homeB.
Some havo been taken back, but the most of
them have been told that, since they so elocted,
thoy can now shift for themselves.
The Virginia Methodist Conference, which was
held last week In Lynchburg, made the following
appointments for Richmond: presiding elder,
James D. Coulling; Centenary Church. D. S.
Doggett; African Mission, G. W, Nolley; Clay
Street Church, W. H. Christian; Broad Street
Church, James A. Duncan; Trinity Church, John
E. Edwards; Union, L. M. Leo; Manchester, B.
B. Dey; superintendent of missions in Lee's
army, John C. Granbory; missionary at fortltl
catiors around Richmond, Loonldas Rosscr;
chaplains In tho Confederate army, P. F. August,
W. E. Edwards and R. Hardlc, Jr.
The Voice of the People
Tan Day for City Poor Indorsed.
To tho Editor of The TUnes-Dispatch:
Sir.?1 want to express myself as thoroughly
indorsing Mr. Joseph K.ihn's idea as regards
"tag day" for our city poor. I offer my co-opera
tion and earnest effort to him or any other of
our good people who will Join me, or whom I
may aid at a very early day In putting Into
effect this splendid Idea. Also let me acknowl
edge through your most valuable and Impartial
paper gratitude for the many substantial offers
of help to the family needing our consideration
on Fifth Street, South Richmond.
MRS. FRED JONES.
Richmond, Va., November 27, 1914.
Queries and Answers
llontcc Ulunn.
Did Horace Mann over hold any considerable
position as a teacher? PUBLIC SCHOOL.
He was president of Antloch College, which
his able management brought Into great proml- i
nenc?.
ConfeUeratr.
Were the Confederate notes engraved or
lithographed? What wan the date of W. H. F.
Lee's commission as major-gcnoral?
it. T. DATEMAN.
The larger note.s, $50 and over, were
printed from engraved steel plates. The lower
values were lithographed. April 23, lSt*>4.
Water Tank.
Pleaso show how to And the dimension* of a!
square tank to hold 225 gallons of water.
SCHOLAR. I
A gallon of water contains 231 cubic Inches,-i
so 225 gallons would be- 20,975 cubic Inches.
Any square-cornered tank whose length, breadth
and depth (In Inches) will give 29,975 when
multiplied together will contain 225 gallons. As
25 will evidently divide 29,975, you might
assume 25 as the depth, for Instanco, and,
dividing, 1,199 would bo the product of the other
t-.-j dimensions, and the 1,199 might be broken
up into any two factors, say, S3, lor one, when
the other would be 36 1-3. It is likely that you
mean by "square tank" one of cubical form, in
which case the dimensions would be equal, and
each the cube root of 29.976. This will show
31.1 Inches, which willy, give tho size of the
tank within five cubic lnchcs.
The Bright Side of Life
t Tlie Iltaioa.
Ray Kohn, tho urtlst, appeared at the Pay-as
You-lCiitor Club the other day smoking a
cigarette In a holder nearly a foot long. "What's
all this?" some ono asked hlni. "Did tho doctor
tell yoA to keep away from clgarottes?"?Now
York Mall.
The Uullet Found.
During ono of tho battles In Mexico an ofllcer
was wounded severely In the thigh, and for four
or five days several surgeons were Engaged
attempting to discover tho ball. Their sound
ings gave him excruciating pain. On the llftlj
day he could bear It no longer, and cried to the
surgeons: "Gentlemen, In heaven's name, what
are you about?"
"We are looking for the bullet."
"Well, why didn't you say so at first? It is
In my waistcoat pocket!"?Kansas City Journal.
Yes, Whol
It has been argued back and forth that nobody
knew that this war would break out. Well, If
that Is the case, who put the girls wise that
tho military caP? would bo tho fashion this
year??New York Times.
Maine Old Trick.
'?'I thought you said you wanted to improve
politics." said the old campaigner.
"Of courso," replied the reform candidate.
"But you fellows, ? with all your high-brow
assumptions, are pulling off the same old tricks."
"True. But don't you,/thlnk we do them
rather more npatlyf?-Washington Star.
BEGINNING HOSTILITIES
One of the Day's Best Cartoons.
GREAT BRITAIN'S "MUZZLED PRESS"
(Correspondence tho Associated Preaa.)
LONDON, November 18.,?"The Muz
zled Press" was discussed Donar
Uw, leader of the Conservative party,
In hln address before tho House of
Commons at tho recent opening of tho
special war session, und Premier An
quith was asked for a stateinont on
tho government's position In regard
to tho suppression of war news.
'There Is a general feeling, which I
share." said Mr. Law, "that the press
1h more muzzled than Is necossary for
military reasons, and secondly, if that
be no, tt Is disadvantageous from the
point of view of every other Interest
In this country. It may bo that to a
large extent the government Is power
less. Our army In France Is only part
of a great force, and It woutd be quite
right that we should not do anything
that'by any possibility could Injure
the operations of that force which was
against the wishes of the government
responsible for the chief part of tho
force. 1 qulto admit that, but I would
like to Impress upon the government
that where there are not military rea
sons there can be no other reasons for
keeping back Information as to what
our soldiers are doing. It Is bad In
every way. It Is bad for recruiting.
One of tho honorable members oppo
site t<pn|<t} of the action of the London
Scottish. 1 think we are all proutl of
them,' but they aro not tho only regi
ment. The effect of their action was
immediately to stimulate recruiting for
the London Scottish. There are other
regiments to my knowledge represent
ing other districts In the . country
which have fought as bravely and suf
fered losses bravely, and the people
of those districts know nothing.
"I am sure that nothing could b<? a
greater mistake?I am not suggoetlhg
that the government is acting for this
reason?than to suppose there would
be any advantage, apart from mili
tary considerations, in letting the coun
try know there have been heavy losses
when such losses have taken place. On
the contrary It Is good that we should
tell them. One of the things which,
an a nation we have most reason, so
far as the civilian population is con
cerned. to be proud of, Is that what
most stimulated recruiting In this
country was not eloquent speccheg?or
anything of that kind?It was the
knowledge of the riskB which our
soldiers wore running which made our
recruits Join the army.
"Personally I should have preferred.
If it were possible, to have accredited
reporters at the seat of war. That
may be impossible, but I do hope tho
government will try to give all the
information that can bo given apart
from military considerations, and they
will tell the house frankly the princi
ple upon which they are acting In re
gard to tho ivhole matter. 1 am quite
suro that nothing could be worse than
to conceal misfortunes. If wo have any,
from the people of thin country. I do
not mean that It may not bo right tv
delay publication of Incidents, perhaps
for a considerable time for (strategi
cal reasons, but I am sure It would bt
wrong for ub to do what may have
been right In the caso of Japan, to
conceal disasters until the war la over.
The main object with us would bo to
prevent a panic, and In my belief one
thing which would cause panic would
be If the people of this country got tho
idea that they do not know the whole
truth."
Tho press throughout England haa
attributed slackness In recruiting very
largely to the strict censorship. Con
sequently, Mr Law was voicing an
opinion which has been current lu tho
United Kingdom for many weekB.
"What Is tho prlnclplo which ought
to govern us?*' Mr. Asqultli remarked
In his reply. "You should be ? tdy to
divulge everything, whether favorable
or adverse, subject only to military
consideration. I ran say with the ut
most confldenco that as far as wo are
1 conccrncd, and as far as we have re
sponsibility, in the matter, that Is the
prlnclplo on which we havo acted
throughout. Whatever has been oon
i ceated, or rather withheld?for r
quite agree there 1b n difference be
tween permanent concealment and
temporary postponement ? whatever
has been withheld has been withheld
simply because. In the opinion of ou-.
military and naval ndviscrs and our
selves. It was Inexpedient that for liu;
moment it should bo divulged let-t i?
give the enemy an advantage he would
not otherwise have.
"We should all like to know more
than we do?I should myself?of th?;
dally progress of the war, the achlevc
1 ruente of particular ships, of particu
lar regimentw, of particular individ
uals. Whatever Is done must he donu
by ponlolnt action, and after due con
sultation between the allied forces.
We muHt havo regurd to their inter
ests and opinions Just as much as our
own.
"While 1 quite agree that from the
point of view of recruiting, in which I
take a personal and n direct interest
It Ih indeed desirable that wo should
h?vo those full. I was almost going to
say full-blooded descriptions with
which the old special correspondent
used to furnish us in wars gone by,
special adventures and heroic achlevc
- ments of this or that regiment. In thin
[ or that stricken field, yet when you
nre dealing *lth a war which extends
over 100; or even i.'00 nillea, with tele
phono, telegraph and other means u?
communication the obligations of re
ticence are far greater than they ever
were before, and the deld ter descrip
tive writing, admirable as It le In its
way and a great stimulus and in
centive to patriotic feeling, is a field
which is necessarily more curtailed
than ever before."
WITH THE GERMAN ARMY IN THE FIELD
I [Correspondence of Associated Pres^. j
I BERLIN, November 20.?Newspaper
i correspondents, as la well known, have
| seen almost nothing of tho actual flght
| ing In this war, but on the German Hido
there Is now one account of a battlo
. written by one of the men who watched
' It from the headquarters of tho com
manding general himself. Thin wan a
recent engagement fought on the East
rPrussian frontier in Russia, and it was
l described by Captain Schlckert, the war
: correspondent of tho Hcrlln Lokal An
1 sselger. What ho uuw from the observa- j
tlon post of General von Morgen is
thus reported:
"Tho battlefield was spread out be
fore ua liko a panorama. A slightly
rolling plain stretched away toward
forests on the horizon. We could
clearly aee the movements of the In
fantry in a depression to our right,
i Making good use of the covorlng at
hand, a battalion wafl moving forward
I to reinforce Its riflemen, whOHo thin
I battle lino was only Just vlslblo
through our Held glasses. It advanced
1 in closed formation at double-quick
I across the back of tho ridge. How
J Important this movement was Just at
' this moment was shown by the burst
ing of Russian shrapnol ovor that ridge,
but somo time after/ our men had
crossed It. 'Just like on drill,' said
His Excollcncy with a smile.
"But the Russian artlllory needs to
be closely watchod. 'A call from tho
y. Regiment' was announced from the
telephone. The commander asks tor
? artillery support, as the Russian ln
j trcnc'nmonts have proved too strong to
bo taken by infantry,' Krom a booth
in another shelter pit, where the cpm
mander of the division to whiph the
regiment belonged had taken his posi
tion, wo heard Captain Oestorelch glvo
the telephone order to change tho aim.
Then he rushed to the nearest field
, teleBCopo to watch the bursting point
I of the first shot fired at the now point.
After that he sprang back Into the
pit and shouted: "Twenty shorter!'
? With rapt attention we watched with
our glasses the further developments,
and saw how the shrapnel explosions
moved closer and closer to tho south
ern edge of the village, almost obscur
ing It with their amoko. Ills' Ex
cellency looked at his watch, 'Just
11,' he remarked. 'Almost lunch
time.' We taw the ring of German
riflemon drawing up closer and closer
around tho village.
"A good quarter of an hour later
a volco shouted from the telephone
pit: 'Tho oommander of the regiment
aaks to havo the artillery Are on W.
stopped, aa ho wants to tAko it by
storm.' Captain Ocatereich gave tliu
correcpondlng order. Wo had already
seen cheats of flamo rlolng frdm \\".
Another quarter of an hour and tho
telephono rang again. 'Tho regiment
haa taken W." 'Bravo regiment!' mur
mured His Excellency to himself. 'No\\.
general, strike In further to the right
he eald, turning to tho next proteotcii
pit. "Hattery, open fire.' ordered tin
general; und Captain Ocaterelch
peated It through the telephono.
"When tho fire of the battory upon
tlio new target wn? well under way it*;
commander turned to one of tho news
paper men and remarked: 'We have
boen In this position for nearly t*.v?.
weckB, and, so far as the clrcun: ?
stances permitted, wc havo Used o..
selves In a homellko way.'
"'Yen,' answered my colleaguo ?
a smile, 'and you have even sli: ? ?
yourself in celebration of the duy.'
captain, stroking bis bronze cliook,
joined: 'And my fragment of u n:\
ror, my only toilet object, was crlbbc.!
by somebody whllo I was doing it.'
"Another telephone call: 'The rvgi
ment that took W. is under tire from
a heavy Russian battery, and asks to
support.' This time tlie remedy way
not so easy. 'Where Is our neatv::'
heavy battory?' asked Ills Excolloucy.
The captain pointed it out on the mai'.
and His Excellency continued: "J'JiOti
telephone at once that It must fcheil
tho Russians.' This time it waa like
a prize guessing contest for us to Hud
tho position of tho Russian battery.
Only after we had been- repeatedly
helped by the experts wero wo ablii
to discern the well-concealcd point. .\
captain of hussars stepped up to His
Excellency and asked: 'Docs Your
Rxcellency order luncheon?' The gen
eral looked at his watch and asked:
"Can we have It soon?" 'It can bo
brought up In a quarter of an hour,'
was tho answer.
"At tho appointed tlmo orderlies ap
peared with steaming dishes. Kut the
Russians made no pauses for lunch.
Tho advance^of our troops further to
the right wad much hindered by that
Russian fire, and our battery repeat*
edly had to take a hand. It was pot
till the shades of evening wore draw
ing over plain and forest that the can
nonado seemed to die down."