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TlIl'ltSDAY, OCTOBER 2S>. 191 t.
THE TIMF.S-DISPATril nnd Hreakfawt
are served together with unfailing reisu
larlty In the llcst Homes of Hleltmond.
Ih your morning prournm complete;
raving Charge Ncetls Investigation
WHAT has become of the charge, made rn- !
ccntly at a meeting of the Administra- '
live Board by one of the board's own mem- !
hers, that certain paving on East Marshall i
Streel was defective, in thai the contractors <
had failed to lay it in accordance with the ;
specifications?
It. was asserted l?y Mr. Hirschberg tliut \
the asphalt binder in some places was half ,
an inch instead of two inches in thickness. ?
and that in this way the city had been de
prived of large quantities of paving material 1
for which it had paid. If the charge was
well founded, the contractors should be re- !
quired to make good the deficiency. If it J
?was not, they should bo relieved of the sus
picion and distract necc?Ssaril> created in the i
public mind when a public officer makes a
statement of this character. ,
Tn any event, the charge should not he J
permitted to lie dormant. It demands in
vestigation
Contraband ami the Right of Sei/.ure
THIS country avill not llnd itself in very
advantageous position to criticize or re
sist the British interpret at ion of what con
stitutes contraband of war and of the right to
stop and seize neutral ships springing from
this interpretation. As a matter of fact, the
British position is exactly that of the United
Stutes government in the War Between the
States.
The British ambassador. Sir Cecil Sprilig
llice, points out iliat "the Supreme Court of
the United States in 1S<;:'. considered vessels
as carrying contraband, although sailing from
one neutral port to another, if the goods con
cerned were destined to be transported by
land or sea from tin.' neutral port of landing
into enemy territory. It then decided that
the character of tlie goods is determined by
their ultimate, jind not their immediate, des
tination, and this doctrine was at. the time
acquiesced fn by Great. Britain, though her
own trade was the chief sufferer."
Great Britain will not stand by and permit
fuel oil and gasolene, grain or munitions of
war to be landed by a neutral ship at a neu
tral port, when the ultimate destination is
the enemy's country. 'She would he foolish
if she did, and the United States would bo
nearly as foolish to seek to Interpose an ob
jection so very dillicutt to sustain.
Everybody's Queen
MARY of England has. according to a mail
letter from London, returned half a
dozen checks for $5,000 each to linns send
ing them for (lie Prince of Wales war fund
to aid Tommy Atkins's dependents left be
hind. The Queen's reason is alleged to have
been thai the donors, by tricking employes
going to the front and doubling up work on
ihose left behind, had actually turned war
into a profitable transaction oji their pay
books, and their war l'utfd Contribution was
only a small part of their real gain. This,
.Mary of England thought, was a poor way to
do charity, and she promptly advised the
donors that they could help matters belter
at home by devoting their money to their
own employes.
Of course, many fanciful stories come from
abroad in these most, interesting days, and
tlie explanation of Queen Mary's action might
be a pleasant dream. But if it is all true as
set forth, and If Mary really did what she
? lid for the reason given, she is a plain case
of/ Everybody's Queen. She belongs, evident
ly, to the Helen Gould class, along with the
women who delight in this great disaster in
alleviating suffering, in touching the cooling
hand to the hot brow of the troubled.
Whether all this Is true about Mary of Eng
land. it is nice to accept it as true and be
lieve it. and be glad that a Queen is a woman.
War and the Personal
IN the beginning some folk were mean
enough to say that this whole European
war was a private light of a few highborn or
oflicial persons, and that the common people
were simply being fed into the slaughter like
corn into a hopper, to gratify the ambitions
of the ruling families. Thai was met by the
statement that war was wageo because the
popular voice clamored for it?that there
could be no war without tins popular clamor,
and that a solid patriotism among the people
was behind every gunshot.
Be that us ii may, the fact is that Italy
proves the personal interest o! royalty in
keeping hands olV. An authorized statement
comes from the hoot heel of Europe that, be
cause of the illness of Queen Helena and ol
Princess Yolande, King Victor Emmanuel has
insisted upon no war for his country and has
so far prevented it. The world has the great-;
eni respect and love for the Italian Queen,
whose sweet charity at Messina made history
lor womankind, and certainly hobody wants
Italy to go to war ii the Queen desires peace.
But supposing Gui eppe. commoner, in time
of war hod told tii< government that on ae
eount of the illn'*HM <>r hi ,vif? and daughter
he would not light liow would Gui .a ppe
stand? Would liisj family matters give him
relief, or would- he go al the point of the
bayonet? It Is fairly certain thai Guisseppe'f
tvlfo f^nd daughter, being neither Queen norj
princess, would have mighty little influence
with the war cabinet.
No. it won't do?war is an affair of it? in- |
stigators. ami the millions being slaughtered
ar? merely pawns in the gamo. If all lSuropo
were to voto to-day. we doubt If twenty-four
hours would be lost in .reaching peace terms.
Certainly, if the vote were confined to the ?
queens and priucesses of huniblo homes, the
issue would be determined by that little white
dove, concerning which there is so much talk
between booming of cannon.
On Losing Some Good Democrats j
DEMOCRATS who have at heart the good
I and the continued success of their party
will feel no particular grief that the unwieldy
majority in the House of Representatives of j
lhe_Sixt>-thlrd Congress is likely to he re
duced considerably by the elections of next
Tuesday.
There will be regrets, of course, when in
dividual Democrats, who have supported
loyally the 1'resident and the House leaders
in the great record of constructive legisla
tion that has been written, are relegated from
public odlce to private life. In some cases,
doubtless, the party will miss the wisdom In,
counsel and the skill and sagacity in debate i
of men whom the fortunes of political war
have marked for defeat, but. in the large1
sense, the Democracy will be better off when j
Its preponderance in tlie lower house of Con- j
grcss is less overwhelming.
It is somewhat remarkable that with such !
an enormous majority such excellent work'
has been accomplished. As a rule, a politi
cal party so circumstances becomes drunk
with power and cureless of consequence, be-1
ing assured that any partisan'measure can be |
put through under the lash. Neither does
it feel bound to stand on its best behavior.
The demands for patronage of individual
members of such a majority are ceaseless
and importunate, always embarrassing and
frequently impossible to grant. That the
Democracy so handicapped was able to
achieve so much lias been a triumph of wise
leadership, but it redounds with little less
emphasis to the credit of those.who were led.
% "<The political occasion for the unwieldly
majority was perfectly clear. The last con
gressional election was a presidential elec
tion as well, and there were three parties
conspicuously in the Held. The vote that is
normally Republican was divided to a large
extent between the Republican and Progres
sive candidates, and in this way Democrats
were victorious in many districts where their
party is in a weak minority.
This year finds the Progressive party near
ly obliterated, the old lino Republicans who
formed its backbone and filled its treasure
chests having returned to their political idols.
The idealists, shooters and rainbow chasers
still wave the tattered standards, and Mr.
Roosevelt still pretends to. hold bis leader
ship, bat one Is an act of desperation and the
other a political pose. When he considers
it expedient. Mr. Roosevelt will make peace
with the liepublicans, and most of the shout
ers and chasers will fall iu" line.
In the meantime, however, the Republicans
are. pretty well united, and they will reduce
greatly the Democratic membership of the
House. The Democratic majority is mow 146.
That it will be rut substantially In half Is
possible, and further losses maj be inflicted.
Ou the other band, it is as certain as any
thing political can be that (he party will re
au adequate working majority of from
hny to seventy-five. That is enough, and
promises even better results..
Save Your Honey. ? .
?
IF THKKLC was ever a time to emulate the i
thrifty bee and store up Jioney, it is to-day. i
So man with rail use of his faculties can
fail to see inevitable stress ahead. Bven
though it be true that hard times will be the ;
forerunner of prosperity, plentiful work and j
busy industries, the period immediately ahead
is bound to be ofie calling for frugality now. |
Economy is a virtue that seems to have i
been lost to individuals and concerns during j
the past twenty years or so. The whole j
country has drifted into what some people
call automobile extravagance, and we are j
having a reaction. Independent of the condi
tions brought about by war. railroads, busi- ?
ncss houses of all kinds, industries generally,
have been cutting expenses to the bone and.
studying economic efficiency day and night.
Where one of three men has been idle most
of his time, his work has been divided and I
given,to the other two, and himself dispensed j
with. Where two lights would serve in place 1
of three, one has beer, cut out. Railroad |
companies have merged trains and widened'
schedules to hold down operating expenses.
10 very where throughout the country, all >
along the lino linns have adopted this systc- J
matic retrenchment, and in the* process of
I economizing many small business men have
j been forced to temporarily suspend. It is:
not panic; it is readjustment.
While the country is going through (his
' period of reaction from unnecessary and
thoughtless extravagance, we are realizing
the t'oreo of the biblical iriTism: "To him
that hath shall be given, and from him that j
hath not shall be taken away even that which |
he hath." The man who had formed the1
habit of saving prior to the reaction is in j
comfortable circumstances. The other fellow
must bear tin burden, and. in so far as lie!
can do so, beginning late rather than never, j
it is up to the individual to follow the lead of J
"him that "hath" and husband his'resources.
Reasonable economy will not affect busi
ness. It is not the reasonable expenditure
that should be stopped, but the unthinking
waste that is the father of misery and dis
tress. Mortgaging a little home to get a|
luxury is a sample of modern profligacy that i
means trouble. And that is precisely the
condition from which we are now having the |
reaction. Individuals are poor to-day, not in i
fact, but in contrast with foolish oxtravag-'
a lice. Wo are on Hie way back to reason in i
matters linancial. When things "pick up"?;
many a man will have learned a hard lesson, |
but a profit .'bio one.
Canada's answer to fount von liernstorff's
suggestion that the Dominion may be invaded
by Germany is lo arrange to increase by i>0
per cent the Contingent of troops it will send j
to the front in December.
While Cold Weather's visit was a relatively j
brief one,'it helped the business of ihe cloth
ing merchants and of the ingenious persons
! who "press them while you wait."
?The martial spirit is invading every occu- J
pation. Kven the Federal League of liasehall |
clubs talk" light and raises a war fund
one thing at lea^t is certain The cotton'
outlook has brightened very considerably!
si.ice Congress has adjourned
If the Germans are doing any singing now
adays. their song must be entitled "It's a
Long, Loiik Way to Calais."
SONGS AND SAWS
Two I'olut* of Vict*.
"Thank tho Lord for WIIhoii!"
The Democrats arc cry In p.
'???'I. tlmt wo never heard of hltn!"
'l'ho O. o. LVs replying.
Lucie Znvh'H I'hlloxoph v.
All spooks It am pufteckly true dat or rolliu'
st0110 gaddahs no moss, but on do udder han\ or
stono dat nebber doos no rollln' la llkoly to sink
ho deep in do groun* dat It looks or bias' er
powder to sot it movln'.
W'nriuliiK I'll.
Tlo and She (shivering
and in chorus)?Why didn't
you order tho coal for the
furnace? Bocauso I thought
you were going to do It.
I'llOn't you tell mo you
would? No, F didn't tell
you anything of tin- sort,
l.'gli! Brhh!
Tli* I'rmilmbt Says:
Keep 011 dreaming;, if you like, about clean |
streets and the abolition of grade crossings, bu
I want to tell you that Richmond Is not going:
to enjoy these blessings until she gets up or.
her hind Ic-^s and demands them.
? lie IH'llcvrtl.
Miss tJott.rox?Do you believe in fortune-1
tellers?
Sharpleigh?You bet I do. T have roports j
from Pun and Bradstrcet at my rooms that have!
told me the size of your father's fortune to'
a dot.
'I'oo CouNtrvatlvr,
Ktubhs?i .see by the papers that the batiks <
are keeping in their vaults many millions In J
excess of the legal requirements.
(Jruhbs?Vcs, but when I showed that Item to
a bank president and told him f would like tc
borrow a couple of thc|:|mnd, he said he would'
lend it just as soon as he decided to give his. ?;
reserves awav.
I i?-To-I'M to.
"Where are you suing, my pretty maid ?"
"I'm going a-iuilklug, sir," she said.
"And may_I help you, my pretty maid?"
"You may sha-e the chalk, kind sir." she said.!
TlIK TATTLER. '
Chats With Virginia Editors
The proverbial and traditional gameness of
the rod-headed liinn is valiantly perpetuate.I by
tlw editor of the Newport News Pali> Press.]
Witness his ready response to the challenge i
of the fair editor of the Orange Observer, the
gauntlet being thrown down by Miss Itohinson
with these honeyed phr,ises: "What in the
world has become of the dearest Times-Pis- I
patch. Brothers Copeland. Land. Norfolk Vir- |
glnian-Pllot, et als? Has the recent election I
had such a bad effect on you that we are un- j
able to hear from you, or are you so afraid ,
of having to enlist in the European war that
you ran't write? Which is it? We are anx- 1
ions to know; and if wo don't hear very soon,
we are going to lay down our pen, don our
latest fall hat and dress and pay a visit to
each sanctum." And now for the gallant re- '
sponse of the Cavalier Copeland, who suffers
himself to bo bludgeoned by nobody's sachet
hag: "Say no more, sister, but como on in!
And when you nrrlve you will find us standing
on two little chips, waiting and watching."
Bless you, my children. Curtain.
Kditoi Showalter, of the Staunton Pally
Leader, who spends most of his time in Wash
ington. rises to remark: "'Trump Card Held
by Kaiser," reads a headline. Hotelier we can
tell how that hoadwrlter spends his spare
time," The ohvlous retort is: "lloni soil mio
tnal y ponse."
The editor of the Southwest Timet* attended j
divine services in a church in Pulaski last !
Sunday. This is liis written testimony: "We j
have heard it said that Pulaski was not a ;
church town. That men do not go to church. (
Vesterday morning the writer counted the men
and women in the Methodist Church and found !
that there were fourteen more men than women'
at Unit service." Vet there remain persons who i
iirKue against the elllpncy of attitatinu ;i ?1 ih
puled question. 4
' "liaising a fund of $135,0(>0,0G0 does not leave j
the cotton situation utterly hopeless." is the
sarcastic cotnment of tlie Norfolk Ledger-Pis- '
patch, which apparently is inclined to believe j
with the eternal Mulberry Hellers, "there's Mil
lions in It." ? ? ?
1.tost-in baked Weans will now cease to bo
popular in Philadelphia?Danville Register.
Says'the Sacred Codfish to 1!. Htyl Monument:
Why ean't they let tip on the ephemeral fame
of those Braves'.' 11. Hill Momiment makes 1
answer: "Console yourself, they'll have to wrap
it In flannels at this late dale to carry it to
Knnuell llall.
Current Editorial Comment
, Of all superstitions, those that
. persist in throwing a ntelodra
. Iclodi'ailia uiatie glamour around the
llohN Its hp ch.,nisnt of war are the must
I'lnro in Win*, obstinate ami tenacious of life
All the most famous correspon
dents have frequently declared that the public
does not want to learn all the truth on this
horrible subject. Time and again they have
asserted that if reports from the front tevealed
a complete picture of the battlefield in all its
grisly details and without the glamour that at ?
present veils them the world would be a great
deal nearer to reali'/init the dreams of the I'nei
neists. For all thr.t. the t ime-honot ed halo still'
surrounds thi forehead of the war god. In the
descriptions ami in the illustrations of the tight-'
ing?not the photographs. of course?the. melo
dramatic note is preserved for all it is worth.!
Oiii observes, for instance, pictures of bayonet,
charges with the men ehe. rinp at t-'ie. top Ofi
their voices, an absurdity that must strike!
even the. layman. Did you ever try to i
run 100 yards shouting at the top of your;
voice'.' Diil you e\er try to run 10:"- yards
shouting and brandishing a service rlile loaded'
down at the muzzle with a sword bayonet?!
Cavalry charges:, :igain, arc just as abturdly
depleted. See how gallantly they brandish their
sabres! 'J*o be sure, they are obviously on the,
verge of nliulng off their horses' ears or Indict
ing mortal damage upon their comrades. Hut it
would never do to show a picture of a cavalry
charge without this flourishing of swords.
Despite all the efforts of Mr. <ieorge Bernard (
Shaw the. melodramatic idea of martial glory j
will not down.-- .Vow York irlobc.
Kiminciers and exporters are!
Puu-Anu'ricuu discussing with much Interest j
/? i.i ,llu suggestion that a ST. gold coin;
* i *?"?" should be issued by all the gov- 1
SligSPStod ernments of the New World, hav-1
inp on one side a common design
and op. the other the design of the issuing gov
ernment. Such a coin, it is held, wo/hl soon '
circulate.throughout all the countries interested,,
and would replace as a common standard of ex-,
change the pound sterling. Credit for the j
suggestion is given to Horace Knowles, !
former 1'nlted States Minister to Bolivia. L'n-'
questionably commerce between the United!
States and Latjn America would be greatly |
facilitated by the use of 'a common coin arrtH
by the establishment of the dollar as the stand-'
ard of exchange. In a large part of South I
America tlu money of the I'niteft States?gold,!
sliver, or paper?Is unknown, liven when ac- '
eep'ed, it is counted on the basis of its value'
in Kns/llsh money The strong position occupied j
by I'.rulsh financial institutions throughout l.athi
America has rrystalli%cd the system of exchange,
and it would require the uulturt action ol ajlj
governments Concerned to'substitute the dollaj !
for the pound sterling. Despite tlie difficulties
in the way of concerted action, however, it l.?
believed that common interest will Impel nil
Latin-American countries to moko the dollar
tlx; standard of exchange. Once established, a
form of reciprocity would follow which would
facilitate commerce and promote mutual confi
dence and friendship.?Washington Post.
The opening of tlio New York
Is it Time Stock Exchangee la still undetor
**. rw? mined and somo Buy Is remote,
to t?ix?ii credltablo to the brokers
Kxclmntfea? that they abandon business for
an Indefinite time, ruthor than
break down the prices of securities "and bring
on a panic. On the otU^t" hand, it must be
admitted that this attitude Is not altogether
altruistic.
Unless observers are far astray, tho brokers
as a class aro heavy borrowers.\ If they carry
their customers, somebody must help them to do
it. and the banks do this and find it profitable.
If the prices of their collaterals should go to
nothing, the banks themselves would be In
trouble; hence, they stand for delay and the
exchange takes their advl<y>. Meanwhile, with
prevailing rates of Interest and being (lnely
loaned up, the banks are not suffering. Tho un
pleasant park of the deal comes to tho brokers
who have shut down on their own /3inmisslons.
It is interesting to note in tho Now York
papers that the big auction house, whoso W\l
nesday sales have been a feature for years and
where many inactive securities have been sold,
declares that it i* not closed and has not shut
down and will orfcr whatever sto^'is may be
brought to It. If it sticks by tills proposition,
something is likely to happen. There Is a grow
ing opinion that tho time for opening the ex
change is nearly ripe.?Hartford Courant.
War News Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Oct. 2t?, 18fi4.
Our account published yesterday of tho move
ments on the north side was In the main correct.
A visit to the front yesterday lias put us In
possession of some additional particulars.
During the night of the 28th the enemy
massed on our left, on the Darbytown and
Charles Clt.v Roads, and their Eighteenth Corps,
which, up to that time, hud held tho line at, and
in the vicinity of, Fort Harrison, was withdrawn
and inn relied across thu Darbytown and Charles
City Itoails and in the direction of the James
City Koad, the object being, by overlapping the
Confederate left, to set possession of our works
on the latter road. Fort Harrison and the po
sition vacated by thu Eighteenth Corps were
intrusted to a small force or newly arrived
troops, mostly artillerists, who, to judge by their
general appearance, their knapsacks, etc.,
are recent conscripts. About ;? o'clock the next
morning the enemy mode a havy attack upon
our lines on the Darbytown Road, and, being re
pulsed. renewed the assault repeatedly, but each
time with the same result. The Unlit here was
kept up for two hours or more, and the enemy's
loss in killed and wounded was very severe. The
Confederate losses amounted to almost nothing,
as all of our fighting that repulsed the Federals
at every point was with artillery at long range.
..Although the attack upon the Confederal*
lines on the. south side of the James day before
yesterday was well sustained and very deter
mined. and though doubtless thu Federals would
liked to have broken the Confederate lines th're,
yet it i? now very certain that it was but a
demonstration to cover a much more important
movement, and one upon which General Grunt
doubtless counted \ery largely. It was designed
to engage our attention while mio Eighteenth
Corps passed to the Williamsburg Koad and
seized our works there. L.ut again Orant was
thwarted by our generals. ,
The Federals, in their attack below Peters
burg, peem to have Rained no advantage and
Buttered heavy loss. It appears that tho Second,
Ninth nnd a part of the Fifth Corps of (.{rant's
army moved around to the Confederate right in
the night time, and early yesterday morning
drove in our pickets at Armstrong's Mill, press
ing rapidly forward in strong force in the di
rection of tho Koydton l'lank Koad, distant some
two miles, striking iu tiie meantime that portion
of our breastworks occupied bv our cavalry,
before which they were teniponnrily checked.
However, the Federals rallied and in greater
t'or<*c renewed the attack. The enemy crossed
Rowanty Creek, below Kurgess's Mill, and forced
back our cavalry in the afternoon. General
Heth attacked, and at tlrst drove them, but
later found them iu too strong force. After
wards the Federals attacked, but wcrtj repulsed.
However, they still hold the Plank Koad at
Kurgess's Mill.
General l.oe ofllcially reports: "On the 25th of
October Colgnel Mosby, near Ml.nicer Hill, cap
tured Kriuadlei-General Dutlie and several other
prisoners and a number of horses."
General I.ee's official report of the tighting
southwest of Petersburg is as follows: "General
A. 1'. Hill reports tliat tin- attack of General
lluth upon the enemy on tin- Koydton l'lank
Koad, mentioned briefly in my dispatch last
evening, was made by three brigades unde.?
General Mahone in front and General Hampton
in tin1 rear. Mahone captured I'm prisoners,
three stands of colors and sl| pieces of artillery.
Tho latter could not be broupiit off. the enemy
having possession of tlie bridge, in the attack
subsequently made by the enemy. General Ma
hone broke three lines of battle, and during the
night the enemy retired from the Koydton Plank
Koad. leaving 250 dead on the field. On the
Williamsburg Koad yesterday, General Field
captured upwards of PJO prisoners* and seven
stands of coitus. The enemy retired to his
former position to-day."
The Voice of the People
Men linrr All the Privilege*.
To the Kditor of The Tlinns-DIepatch:
Sir,? In a letter III the- Voice of tile I'eoplc
eoliYwn in your issue of I he I'Ttli. "Virginia Wo
mniit' wrlteH extolling an order of things that
has long since pnsscil away, ti nil protesting
against t lie change which lime inevitably
(?rings. Slio is an untisuffragist; ami to all
ant isuffratiists "change is decay." Ami so she
views woman's moral ami menial growth with
alarm, mistaking it for deterioration.
She calls upon women to rememlier the noble
example of the men who toll unselfishly to sup
port their families, ami at the same time she
forget;* tliat in ill is country alone tiiere are
S.OHO.rtOO 'women laboring; to support themselves
ami others dependent upon them.
The men labor nnsellishly. Yes; but it must
not be overlooked thai they, in a large mens*
lire, regulate tlie conditions umbr which they
work. Tliev have a voice in their government,
ami members of Legislatures and members of
Congress have grown to respect the organized
working man's vote.
Millions of women in this count)y are labpr
ing unsellishly, too; but it must be retnetnberod
that they cannot regulate the conditions under
which they work, save in the ten States in the
I'nlon In which they vote; and if "Virginia
Woman" will familiarize herself with the work
ings of law-making bodies, she will llntl that
they do not "concern themselves with protective
legislation for a disfranchised class. She will
also have no illusions left as to the "law's ten
derness to woman.'' Is that law tender that
decrees that a mother is not the equal guar
dian with the father#of her child and withholds
from woman, "the weaker sox." those meas
ures of protection that 'it so freely gives
to man? A. O. T.
Richmond, October 'JS, li*H.
The M astern.
fInspired by an oflltorial statement In the Times
Dlspittrli that "war Is wasting goorl (lien |r, other lln?*
who ought to Uo arrested, Kuardeii unO ke]H away
from bull and powder. Their death I* a calamity
?a tiseles.", thoughtles.* waste of Renins." 1
There's plenty of men who cannot sing,
There's plenty who cannot draw,
That, we can spare, with never a care.
To the terrible god of war.
There's plenty of men who cannot paint,
There's plenty who cannot write.
To bo sent to the front of the battles' brunt
To give up their lives In the light.
There's plenty of men wo can easily spare
The toilers and lowly ones.
Whose battle in life is -a long, long strife?
Let us feed such as these to the guns.
for it seems such ,n pity to waste n voice
That adds to society's Joys;
So guard them well from the storms of hell
And send on the working bp vs.
So gather your men from factory and farm.
And hasten them Into the strife.
So when they leave there Is none to grieve
, Except mother and children and wife.
D'ORSAY ALLEN POOR.
SEE-SAW!
One Of (bo Day's lieet Cartoons.
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS IN FRANCE
? From the Atlanta Journal.
j (Correspondence of Associated Press.)
j THIC HAOUB, October 10.?Though
official predictions that the battle In
j Partem and Northwr-stern Franco would
i tome to an end within thiH or that
j number of days have been many, ho far
J none of them has been kamo out. That
: either the French left wine, or tho
German right wing would finally bo
, < viveloped and crushed has been ns
j sir ted by tho various general head
! quarters time and again, hut so far tliln
?>as nol be<-n dono. The same applied
j to attempt* mado to break tho centres
: of two opposing armies. After herou
lean efforts up nnd down the tremon- i
j cous battle line, from Albert to Bel- j
I fort, condUlonn at this writing nr.- vlr
j tually those of September 13.
j ^ut official dispatches Indicate that !
i iho two armies have more or I -ns worn
; tl-enrtselves out by the incessant attacks I
and counterattacks, and Freneh>Oer-j
? man and Knglish military writers h,ivi
| come to accept as certnin tItni which- 1
over side retreat* from the positions ;it
i I'^nt occupied will be in a sorrv
; plight, especially If the victor should hi
;?ble to put In the neld. fresh troops at
l Hi., critical moment.
| The rigid restrictions o? the French
[and British censorship have made it
j Impossible to cable in any detail tho
j day by day developments of this stu
, pendoue action, or to point out the ?
j significance of certain events. The '
meagre official statements from London '
j I'.irts naturally tllecloKe onlv what
; ' 'H desired to disclose, and the re- !
j view !s designed t- present the filia
tion as it stands to-day, and to Indl
jcate such events as have had Influence
I upon the tlnal outcome, whatever It
may be. of this series of battles.
, The effort expended by the French
? and Uerman armies in offensive and
defensive operations la about e<iUHl.
Uiiile the Hermans in Northeastern
>? ranee, the right centre and right
wing, have made desperate efforts to
eain new ground by continued offensive
: operations, the French forces oppo.i
i.'tK them have done tho same in an
frfTort to clear France of the Invader. 1
This has led to one of tho strangest i
series r>f oifensive-defenslvo manoeu
vres known in military history. While '
the French have hurled themselves '
mcuinst the German intrenched posi
tions. the Germans have followed up
j each failure of the allied troops to lane
part of the German defense line, only
j to learn that ground so taken had to
be surrendered again as soon as rein-'
j forcements appeared on the scene. To i
i this mere are only two exceptions 1
The German right wing has advanced ,
j front Bapaume to Roye, while tho cen- |
: tro behind the Verdun-Toul fort line 1
i has .succeeded In breaking through at j
Si. Mihiol, Ucs Parodies and Camp dv !
Roinn nines.
MOTII l)KTKIt)II\l21) NOT
TO St llltK.NC Jli (iHOI.M)
j To the determination on both shies
' r.ot to surrender ground gained Is due
the protraction of tho struggle. The
Germans admit that a break of their !
present line would transfer the theatre '
of \yj\r to German territory, and the
French seem to realize that without the '
support of the Verdun-Toul-Kpinal-Bel- J
j fort defense line of fortifications their
I difficulties would he greatly increased.!
I At this moment the fortifications in i
question s!Ill prevent a German atl-'
j vanee on central France, and their
l reduction would mean, of course, that
tho French line would he considerably
thinned out It in addition to stemming
i the German tide in Northeastern France
[ it would have to meet nn advance from
I Alsace-Lorraine In the open field. |
j While the French Held forces have sue- <
j cessfully discounted tho break on the]
I Verdun-Toul line, a widening of this i
i breach might lend to a condition not |
so easily disposed of.
It is at least u strange coincidence, (
as Dutch and Italian military writers '
have pointed out, that the German night j
I wing should have been able to stand i
[ It? ground better, and oven advance,
, silghtly, Just as soon na St. Mlhlel, Les ,
I 1'aroclies and Camp dc Romalnes fell
! in the .hands of tho Germans. Italian !
j and Swiss correspondents profess to J
j know that a further turning of the Ger- 1
! man right wing was prevented by the i
i breaking of tho Verdun-Toul line, he !
cause it became necessnry to mass large
| French forces opposito the breach, and
j '.n so doing, the French-were obliged to !
shift their entire left centre and left j
I .wing further southeast.
I Taking advantage of this contraction, j
the Germans, on September 29, advanced !
as far as Bapaume, reached Albert on j
the following day, and drove the French I
far as Roye by October .1. There Is '
irj doubt, that during the days which !
havo elapsed slnco tills irrent struggle
began, the opposing forces have, been
.'o accurately and scientifically distrib
uted that even a slight local rcverso
must affect tho entire line.
In view of tho fact that iho outcome
cf the present struggle is expected to
determine the result of the first phase of
'var In Frtyice, a review of the opera
? tlons preceding It, together with' a
resume of the notions since September
are here presented.
On September 1 the German forces
in the western theatre of war formed
II I'"? reacTiinfir from tho immediate east
?r Belfort to near Polx, about twenty
miles southwest of Amiens, In North
^v?8torn France. In tho south, so far
as Verdun, this line occupied the terri
tory between the Gorman border and
the Bolfaat-Eplnal-Toul-Verdun fort
ress lino of the French, a position
which. during tin- rec? nt Iteavy light
ing, 11 <i h never materially changed
North or Verduu ..??*? Gorman line
formed ;i fcinlcirclf.'t nxtcndlug alonn
tlii- Valley of t!i?- .Metisc, nntl the bord?r
of Belgium. nnil then, taking a sharp
tnrn to tho west at Mezleres.,'11 paused
?St. Queutin onward to Polx.
VKIIIM \ IIIOroMKS PIVOT
IN Sl IISKilt i;.\T OPKHATIO.VS
In tho subsequent operations Ver
dun liiicnmo the pivot, as It were.
Thouah for n time the Gorman centre
iihil right wlr.g advanced unit wen;
later driven back, the troops caHt ami
south of Verdun never changed their,
position to any great or Imiiortant ex
tent, and to-diiy most of them occujiy
tho ground thou taken.
Forced marches brought the Germans
on September 5 verv near Paris*. With
Verdun on the left of tho tureen wlilvh
had taken up the pursuit of the French
troops, th*- >iorm.inN changed their po
sitions In the north so thru on Septem
ber 4 tholr line hnd a true cast and
went direction. extending front itnmodi
utely north of Vi.-fdiiri to lOioirns. anil
n point between l^-auvals and Meru.
directly north of Paris. The many at
tempts of the French left win?, in
vcfcieh fought tho ICngllfeh expeditionary
forces. to elici.'k the German advance
prrived futile St. Qucntin had been
lost by the French and tli?: I.a Fere -
l,:ion-l'.heiniH line of fort ideations hail
bfvit ttditceil by th" ficr*u;:iis with nur
prl.iln ir'.. little t estHtani ?? <") th- part
of th" French. I,a J-Vre and l.uftu sur
rendered *|tilckly, and ilhelins was not
defended. The prospects that Parlw
would he lnv"?t?vl hnd become *<?
i hreatenlnv,- that the French govern
sit- lit moved to IJordeau.v
For r-veral "days no material change
In the location ??f the two opposing
armies* took place. September a the.
Germans reached the Valley of the
Manic nor th of Chateau ? Thierry, and
tiie tlrst contact uctioiM with tin.
French troops lying l>efoi? Paris took
place.
mii the following day French s;in!
Knglish reports claimed that for some
unknown reason tn? German right
ivlni; was* contracting. and that ti.
iexiy lii general was* moving in a south-,
wpstorly direction. I.ittle credence was*
at tirnt* vlvi it this report, but on Sep
tember 7 itforenilal ?ottflt matlo'i came
from th"<><riuan get. ?ral headquarters.
What the purpose of this movement
could be w iis a.t tlrst not understood,
out it was 1? arn'ed afterwards that not
alone have the Germans transferred a
largjs foreu to reinforce the troopH op
posing the liusstans in Kant Prussia,
hut that there Irid been serious dltli
cujty In the supply arrangements. the.
troop.* in France lacking both food and
ammunition.
?>n September S tho German right
wing had contracted to such an extent
thai . its* army corps were no longer
mirth of Paris, but east "of it. Back of
the advanced German rlgh.t wing were
the forces which hail bijou occupied
with the ? eduction of French fortifica
tions, but these could not be employed
in tleld operations, bding hampered
with tin- care of tho German heavy
siege nark. Oillciai reports from the
following day showed that the Germans
passed Chalons, crossed the Valley of
the Marne between La Fertc "and
S"zanne, and were about to reach the
Valley of the Seine southeast of Paris.
Though nothing definite of this ma
nouevre has- been learned from German
sources, tyhe impression p.-evalls that
the Germins intended to follow up the
retreating French forces by passing
Pari:* ou the south, and in so doing
separate the troops In the capital from
those of the flohl army. There Is
ilnnhf i lio? *?.?.? ?' '
- ..?.u nniiy. i ncro is no
ilouht that hnd this movement been
successful the German main force
would have pressed on. leaving the re
duction of the Paris forts to the troops
which had been entraged In similar
work at Maubctige, J.onirwy, Glvot and
.Mat'.ur.
Kitj:\cii Fiipri's phkpahkii
l-'Olt KI.AVK ilOVKIIKST
It appears, however, thai while tho
Germans advanced on Paris, demanding
superhuman exertions from their t'a
rnoii.s right ^^ing, the French govern
ment. eon n tin.4 on the resisting ca
pacity of th ? I'elfort-Venlun defense
line of fortI(leations, quietly withdrew
a large part of its field forces in that
part of the terrain, and shipping it
past Paris on the west, prepared for u
Hank movement against the German
right wing. On Sept. mher 11 this ma
noeuvre began to be felt by the German
troops north of tho Marhe valley?tho
folding back ul' the German right wing
bud begun. With Verdun still the ex
treme east of the German troops, af
fected by the manoeuvre, their line was
bent back, until with some ground
gained in th". Marne valley It formed a
semicircle, the ends of which rested on
l.a Fere-I.aon defense line and Verdun.
On September Ithe Ceriuan right
wing spread out again in the north
westerly direction, and on the same
day the German centre, fell back be
yond Chalons,'reaching on the next day
the strongly fort Hied positions about
which, since September 1.1, has "raged
one of the most desperate struggled In
military history. Kheims had been re
occupied by the French, and the Ger
man line occupied more or less the ter
rain in which It found itself on Sep
tember a, retaining, however, the fort
lined La Fere-Laon.
Another flank movement was at
tempted by the French left, wing on
September It*, but German resistance
proved too much for It. and the period
from September IS to UK is marked by a
series of enveloping movements against
the German right wing, which, though
billliantly conducted on the part of the
French, never led to material results
As the French left exti nded the Ger
man right would expand, reinforce
ments being hurried into battle con*
tlnuously on both sides. .Meanwhile
the centres of both armies hurled them-.
Selves iignlnpl one another, with tin
French troops acting generally on tile
offensive.
Nothing, however, was gained in thir
bv either side.. While the French fat Id?
to take any of the German introncht*
positions, they were uniformly success
fill in retaking uuoh ground as th*
fSornians had gained in offensive opera
tions. s , ?
On September 20 the Germans finally
Dressed in(o the valley of tho Mouse,
^Continued On Tenth Page.).