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However, No Lnget Tak of
Wilning Lo Provinces.
By JOHN L. BALDERSTON.
Adonept. 4.--Througbout the nrst
year of the war. Prance burned with
batted and desire for reveng" against
Germany and her publicists concocted the
most husmuating and disastrous schemes
of partition wich were to make forever
imposibie another German ondaught.
BWitain, meanwhile. was slow to areuse,
and the Wrench people accused their al
lies of apathy. ,
The two points of view have now been
reversed. It is England who Insists upon
the continuance of war until the absolute
ruin of her rival. In France nothing
rare Is heard of revenge. very little is
maid about invading Germany. and in
the ceurse of several trips in France dur
Ing the past six months I have not once
heard ,the sacred names "Alsace-Lor
raine" pass the lips of a Frenchman,
The resolve of France not to submit
to German domination has not slackened.
nor does the heroism of the French peo
pie appear less remarkable now than
earlier in the war, but the French now
belIeve that German schemes of ag
gression have been wrecked, and their
whole energies seem to be concentrated
on getting them out of France. Talk
of conquering Germany is sometimes
heard in Paris clubs, seldom among the
people, and, above all, never in the army.
Deflmentrated Fury.
In England, on the contrary, the cold.
cOncentrated fury aroused by the lists of
hundreds of thousands of killed and
wounded on the Somme surpasses any na
tional passion ever felt in the Island na
tion. It is inconiparable to the passion in
France In 1914, when the flower of the
Fiench youth, the standing army of
peace time, was cut down. Since that
time France has suffered so much that
even hate of the foe does not sudice to
make the people wish the war to last in
definitely. Early In the war, some Ger
man comic paper coined the gibe, "Eng
land will fight till the last Frenchman,"
and It Is perhaps significant that that
phrase is heard sometimes today in Paris.
As used by aFrenchman, It Is a protest
against the "war of attrition' theory
constantly advanced in England. English
critics and soldiers are never tired of as
serting, quite sincerely, the readiness and
ability of England to fight as long as
necessary-ten years. the London Times
sald-until, in the words of Premier As
qtiith, "the military domination of Prus
sia is utterly and finally destroyed." The
#new French spirit was perhaps summed
up by Premier Briand when he ignored
the previous bellicose speeches of govern
Tment ministers and said that France de
manded Germany "be wining to resume
is rank among the nations with the in
tention of developing itself according to
hts genius while respecting the genius of
othcrs."
The peace movement in France is
atrongest in the southern provinces. In
speaking of a peace movement, I must I
not be understood as suggesting that any
section of opinion in France favors quit
ting on terms that would enable Germany
to c: im a victory. But the mass of peo
ple in the south, I have been told, believe
Germany could be negotiated out of
Northern France without more bloodshed
and would at least like to see the govern
ment attempt this. Grenoble. Toulouse
and Limoges are three cities where the
Socialist parties were strong before the
w'ar and where the feeling that the gov
ernment adopts too uncompromising an
attitude exists most strongly.
Alamee-Les'ate Questeon.
'Ite great question is that of Alsae,
Iorraine. I do not pretend to know
whether the French people would make
peace without the restoration of the lost
rrovinces. I do know that early In the
war it was taken for granted that they
were to be reconquered. Great crowd.
tore away the crepe from the statue of
Strassburg in the Place de Ia Concorde
when Joffre entered Alsace In August,
1 14. Their names were on the lips of
every one,
And now, as was said above. the
Frenchman does not talk about the
Provinces. My guess is that he feels too
sad at the prospect of again abandoning
them to the Germans to discuss them, but
that he feels now that it would be wrong
t, destroy French manhood and impover
igh the country for generations by pro
innging the war for their sake. Possibly
this diagnosis is wrong, and his silence
due to a feeling that it is time enough
to worry about regaining the lost
rrovinces when he has the Germans out
,f rorthern France. At any rate, he
keeps quiet.
The sporadic land strikes that took
place in the south of France have doubt
us been exaggerated by German props
ganda. but that they happened at all Is
an indication of the feeling among the
peasantry in some sections. Inflamed by
agitators who, according to Paris gos
sip, were really German agents, but were
probably sincere pacifists, these Ignorant
men decided that the government could
he compelled to make peace if there was
no food to eat in the country.
Accordingly they refused to cultivate
their land. Such a4novement would have
been most dangerous had it spread, for
The scarcity of labor In France makes
the food problem a serious one. The gov
ernment acted promptly, and by sending
around speakers who told the peasants
of the outrages of the Germans and the
impossibility of peace without oomplete
victory, ended the strikes In most places
where they had commenced,
One Great Dif'erenee.
There is one great difference between
the economic effect of the war In France
and England. In France it is the upper
NO STOMACIIPAIN,
GAS, INIiESTION
IN FIVE MINUTES
"Pape's Diapepsin" is the Only Real
Stomach Regulator Known.
"'teally does" pitt bad stomachs In
urder--"really doss" overcome indiges-,
tion. dyspepala, gas, heartburn and
sourness In Ave minutea'-thatjust
that-makes Pape's Diapepsht the larg
est selling stomach regulator In the
world, If! whet you eat ferments Into
stubborn lusps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your Insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste, re
amember the moment 'Pape's Diapep
si-n" comes In contact with the stomach
all such distrem vanishes. It's truly
astonishing-almost marvelous, and the
joy Is Its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent ease of Pape's Dia
pepsin will give you a hundred dollare'
worth of satisfaction or your druggit
handse you your money back,
'tIt's werth Its weight in gold to men
and wemen who can't get their stom
schs 'egulated. It beloffg. In your
honeshud alwiys he kept handy In
oase C siclk, nota upset stomase
dturtuW &4dey er at nmt. It's the
quickest, 0e. and meet harmises
545d@reenhabe i te woid,-Adv,
IS EngIa the lawr Aen. le a"
benefitIg. The eerea ON%
man i bete 06 tsaa he eer Was be
fore, Net only have wages tacressd
noraeuesl, het In en war trades they
have e1 UP ie am the ist the
- ot e tai, so that he Is a to Ire
better than ever befor in his if.
It is said, with what truth I knew
not, that the VeaSAny in ertain dis
tricts of Seotladd ofes. prayas in their
churches that the war mae go on se
that their prosperity may not gome to
an end. Not only are those of the men
who are not, In the army mnore Wal
perous, but the war has opened a great
Seld to feminine labor, and women and
girls who never in normal times would
have been able to earn a living are mak
ing good wages and Wending them. and
will be loath to go back to the old life
of penury and dependanoe after the war.
The middle and professional classes are
suffering terribly in England-doctors,
lawyers, artista, arhtects teacher,
Persons with ready money to invest are
better off than ever, owing to the higher
rates of interest, but in general the
propertied class has beem hit hard by
the decrease in the, value of home
securities and by the heavier taxes
placed on big incomes since the war
began.
The wealthy know, moreover, that after
the war they will be expected to bear
the chief burdens. Already the Liberal
press and many politicians are clamor
ing for taxation measures which will
have the effect, if they are adopted, of
practically breaking up the great landed
estates of the aristocracy, some of them
held in the same families ever since the
Norman conquest.
Conditions in ranee.
Conditions in France are quite the re
verse. There Is no heavy income tax
bearing the harder upon the rich, there
is no restriction upon war profits as In
England, and In consequence enormous
fortunes are being made right and left
out of the war. On the other hand, the
laboring classes are being paid poor
wages relative to those their English
comrades receive.
The French Socialists complain, with
apparent Justice, that the employers use
the whip of patriotism to force their
working people to give their best for
the country and themselves pocket the
profits. The industrial establishments
where war material is made-and there
are few others running in France today
are practically under military law, and a
worker who absents himself is liable to
severe penalties, like the soldier who de.
serta at the front. Wages in many
trades have advanced, but they have not
gone up. as in England. as much as the
cost of living, and the working classes
generally are worse off than ever before
in modern times.
PETWORTH . E. CHURCH
CONCLUDES DEDICATION
About 310,000 in cash and checks was
turned into the treasury of the Petworth
M. E. Church yesterday when the week's
festivities marking the dedication of the
edifice was brought to a close with ap
propriate services.
Bishop W. F. McDowell, of the Balti
more district, preached the dedication
sermon and warmly congratulated the
enhgregation on the moral and financal
support given the church and the enthu
si tic co-operation given by the members
to make it one of the most flourishing of
Washington ohurches. Following the
sermon pledges which had been given at
the opening services were redeemed.
The Rev. Dr. Whitford L. McDowell.
superintendent of the Washington V. L
Church district, conducted the prayer
meeting and services in the evening.
There was a special musical program.
THE POLICEMAN
MAKES A REPORT
Claims Since Taking Phnt
Juice He Is Now Able to
Report for Duty.
Stomach trouble is the direct cause
of more derangements of the nervous
system and general bodily functions
than any other ailment. No other
remedy has been accorded the instant
success that has been obtained by
UB AUGUSP sommmma
Plant Jautoe, which is a eombina
tion of Nature's remedies for the
blood, stomach, liver and kidneys, as
Is being attested daily at the demon-.
stration of thIs remedy in Washington
by well-known local people.
The following signed staternent of
Mr. August Sommers, who resides at
No. 317 South Rtegester street, Balti
more. a well-known and popular mem
ber of the police force of that city,
will be of interest, as he has many
friends and acquaintances In this city.
He said:
"For over a year I have suffered
11th stomach trouble; had great pain
and distress after eating, and nothing
I ate seemed to agree with me,. and I
had to he tery careful. I was bloated
with gas, had. pains in my back, could
not sleep at night and got in eueh a
weak condition that I had to quit my
work for a time. I had heard a great
deal about Plant Juice, and as I had
tried many different medicines and
treatments which did me no good, I
had little (aith In, - medicine, Kowever,
I got a bottle to try it, and it did me
so much good that I cntinued to take
it. A~ter laying off work for fifty-dive
days, I am now able to report for
duty again, and am teeliag the best I
have in yearn I am glad to recom
mend Plant Juice to others.''
Such words as these and those of
many others which hhve been printed
have wide influenee, for they' come
from men of standing and integrity,
who have given Plant lute a miw
trial and have been greatly bene~ed
thereby.
The Plant Juice Man as at The Pg.
ple's Drug Store, corner of Sepetib
and E streets northwest, where set
dily meeting the Ioest pubie and to.
tlaeclng and esaatng
ef this remedy.--adw.
Elain 1W Mazicam Mmd.! laced 1W
M., Nee Osbaughaey.
A statement issued by the XODGW*ae
National Committee says that it has r
maimd for Kr. NeloN O'Sh"Wim* .
wife of the man who was acting amSbs
sador of the United State@ to Mexico be
fose and during the taking of Vera CrM1.
to bre to the attention of the Anterita
public two highly Important facts'in coa.
nection with the course of the Wilson ad
ministration at that time.
These facts are that President Kuerta
vainly appealed to President WilS to
refer to arbitration. under the terms of
The Hague convention, the controverey
regarding the demanded salute to the
American flag before resorting to war
on Mexico and that Huerta actually of
fered to salute the flag. provided the
American acting amba=sador would give
in writing his word that the customary
courtesy of a return salute would be ac
corded.
These facts are revealed in Mrs.
O'Shaughnessy's book. "A Diplomat's
Wife in Mexico," recently published by
Harper & Bros.. being a compilation of
the les intimate portions of the letters
which. while in Mexico City, she wrote
daily to her mother.
"At the public funeral of the slain Amer
ican bluejackets President Wilson said
something about the cruelty of charging
him with personal responsibility for the
lives lost that day," says the committee's
statement. which concludes: "Was it his
conscience that was pricking him?'
American Buy. Dutch Pictures.
The Hague. Oct. &-A great collection
of pictures by the celebrated Dutck
painter. Hendrik Mesdag. noted for his
studies of cloudy skies and water, has
been sold to an unnamed American pur
chaser.
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Patds by Fire Appates Foatm of
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Today is Fire PreVention Day# In Amir
At S:o this morning there will be a
Parade of Are trucks and engines with
their full eipment in the nesihborboods
et all the engine and truck houses of
the city. to Impress upon school children
the necessity of care and prevention of
fres.
At all of the schoolhouses there will be
special drIlls. and pamphlets will be de
tributed to all pupils giving them instrue
tion in the causes of fires and the pre
cautions neessary to prevent them. One
of the interesting features of the day
will be bonfires of rubbish whieh will be
lighted in many of the school yards. The
children will be put through the regular
fire drilL marched out to the fire and
certain of them, under the direction of
firemen from near-by stations, will put
out the fames.
The observance of National Fire Pre
vention Day Is part of the safety-first
campaign.
Charles F. Nesbit. superintendent of
Insurance, chairman of the committee on
arrangements. has appointed the follow
ing subcommittee to take charge of the
details of the celebration: Chief Frank
J. Wagner, of the fre department; Maj.
Raymond W. Pullman. superintendent of
police; E. L. Thurston. superintendent of
public schools; P. W. Nicholson. tire
marshal; William F. Peabody, president
of the Safety First Association; J. Clin
ton Hiatt. secretary of the Safety Flrxt
Association: W. H. Grogan, Ralph W.
Lee, E. C. Graham, W. M. Hoffman and
C. P. Benus.
Silk manufacturers In Japan ar'e now
receiving for the first time, orders from
the United States for silk neckwear.
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of the country.
The feast of Sucoth is &ao known a
the toast of Ingatherlag, or the time wha
the fruits an gathered. Holiday meal
will be served in all the houses of thm
faithful.
COURTS FRST SESSION
SEATS JOHN H. CLAR
New Member of Supreme Body to Oc
cupy "Baby Chair."
Associate Justice Lout. D. Brande"a, c
the United States Supreme Court. wi
vacate the "baby" chair when the cour
convenes at noon today for the 1916-1K
session.
This chair, which Is occupied by th4
junior justice, will be taken by Aseociat
Justice John H. Clark, of Ohio. the latex
apPoIntse of President Wilson to the u
preme bench, who will sit with the bod
for the first time.
There are more than 700 canes on th
docket awaiting action. These includ
appeals affecting the Sherman anti-trus
law, the Webb liquor law, the Mann whito
slave act and various labor questions
Arguments will commence on Tuesda
and the frst decisions will be hande
down on next Monday, the first regule
decision day of the session.
Because of the absence of Preside,
Wilson, the court will dispense with th
formality of adjourning immediatel
after it convenes, as a mark of respect V
the Chief Executive.
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been in existence in Wasbingtom to
twenty-five yeas a Sunday seoS t
Chinese conducted at the Metropolts:
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church &
John Marshall Place and C street north
west.
The school teaches Cninee of all age
and both sexes the English language. a
the same time teaching them Christina
Ity. The Bible is used as a tet-book
All books, including the Bible, are print
rip the other In Chinese charao
ters.
Every Sunday at 3 o'clock In the after
noon services are held. There is alwayi
special song service and music. The
principal musician is a native bor
Chinaman. Lea Pang, who is a pianist o
I unusual merit,
I The school Is divided Into three depart
t ments, one for men, one for women an
I one for little children of the kindergar
ten class.
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on. with the exception of a man, Un4
t Tong Tuck, who acts as assistant su
perintendent. There are whole famille
of Chinese in attendance each Sunday
In many instances the young men an
D women who have taken Instruction ther
a have gone to other cities to organis
t similar work. One of these is Paul Le
t Gym, who Is a member of the editoria
. staff of the Chinese Weekly Herald. o
r New York City.
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r ington was Henry 0. Hall, who for manj
years was superintendent of the UundsA
t school. The present officers are Mis
Birdie Washington, superinten4eft; Mrs
r Sarah H. Spencer, secretary: Ung Toni
) Tuck, assistant superintendent. and Mis
Mary Tuttle. treasurer.
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