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SWs -Vf J-t r*M )led|j "i is ill. icroi dae ele* fall Jo| InJl If, fc FOUR. 1 ,*&• v,and a N E A tikis rom m»iii oo. (btwpmtM) MMUkm ui Proprietors. Published every morning except Monday morning and •wy. evening except- Sunday event*?. Kntered at Grand Forks, North »econd»clas8 matter. Morninr or Evening One Tear Six Months Three Months 1 Tl hjj sveii a£ Morning, Evening and Sunday—One Year CITY OAIIBI BEBTZOS. Morning or Kvening—Per Month .... Morning, Evening and Sunday—Per Month All mall subscriptions are payable strictly in advance and will be discontinued on date of expiration. Subscribers deairlng address changed.muat tend former address as well as new one. I a a a Foreign liprtintotlTfi: Stevens It King, SMm VUlk Aveaae, Hew Tork Peoples Oas lllg., Chicago. All rights of republication of special dlspatchea herein are also reserved. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL IS, 1»18. EVENTS OF A WEEK The week closes with the German drive still in prog ress. Cheeked in places and for a time, the forward movement has been undertaken elsewhere, and, while progress has been slow and costly, there has been prog ress, The feature of the week has been the extension of the battle line well to the north of the sector included in the attack which began on March 21. Whether because further progress was impossible in the face of increasing resistance or the sharpening of the angle which has been drlyen into the allied positions was not considered safe, the lines around the apex of that angle remain about as they were a week ago. .There has been heavy fighting, and thousands of lives have been sacrificed in the strug gle for points of vantage, but the results gained by either party in that district appear t6 be of local importance only. The heaviest blows have been struck, and the greatest advantage gained by the Germans north of Ar ras. There the battle assumed the propositions of a major engagement, and a German advance of some six or seven miles is reported. What was left of the town of Armentieres was partially surrounded, and the place wns evacuated by the British, who withdrew to positions which permitted the straightening of their line at that point. At this time the German intent remains undisclosed. Several possibilities exist The battle in Picardy, gigantic though it has been, may be intended merely as a pre liminary to a real offensive to be developed in the north, with Calais aa its objective. The northern mo\4 may be a feint to distract the attention of the allies from the real center of operations in the Somme valley. Or the attack "liorth of Arras may be intended to connect up with that in the south, the extension affording a wider base from which to operate in a steam roller progress down the valley of the Somme to the sea. In any of these possibilities, as with others w^iich may suggest themselves, there is apparent the purpose of the Germans to separate the British and French forces by driving a wedge between them. /If that should be accomplished, the Germans would occupy an interior position with the two forces opposed to them rendered incapable of aiding each other with material or reserves. The obvious course •would be to attack and dispose of whichever of these forces appeared the more vulnerable, and then to pay .attention to the other The situation in Prance is graver now than it has been sincc the Germans were halted at the Marne in 1914. Nothing can disguise that fact, and it ought not to be disguised. Some appreciation of that fact may be gained from the order by General Haig just issued, that there must be no further retirement, and that the lines must be held at any cost. Heretofore both British and French have retired in order to save their men. Ter rible punishment has been inflicted on the advancing Germans, and, while the casualties of all parties have been enormous, the allies have suffered less than the Germans. The latter have sent their men forward in great waves, new men coming forward to take the places of those shot down, until the defense was overwhelmed by weight of numbers, and was compelled to give way or be annihilated- This process has continued as long .,as is considered safe, and now the lines are to be held .regardless of cost if it is possible to hold.them, A11 that is known of the American forces is that the .body which has held a section of line near Toul has been to beat qff a strong attack without great loss, and that the men who have been brigaded with the British French are somewhere in the fighting. Lists of 'American casualties numbering several hundred alto gether have been received, but the dates on which these casualties were sustained are not given. It is supposed, however, that they date from the beginning of the Somme battle, when American engineers threw down their tools and seised their weapons and joined with the British in that fight 'if The situation at this time is so acute that important is likely to be contained in the dispatches received tore this summary is published. There will be intense ty as to whether the allies' can now succeed In stop in .the Germans and holding them where they are, as mrs to be the definite intention, and as to the de lOpment of measures on the part Of the allies to use r^werves which they are presumed to have in an of 6§4y« movement pt -bi/i t' *v,." ,y^ j&fe it llMlltllg BitK (Ituril hmwim Dakota postofftce aa «i.M 2. SO 1.26 .00 .60 80 their own. While interest centers und the fighting in'France and Belgium, other fronts Dot to be ignored. There has been a maaing of bit the Italian front, and an Austrian offensive Is to be due The Italian araqr in that district reorganlaed, and is believed to be capable of aa excellent defense, and It has been atrentch aad French relaforeements But. should suoceed^n breaking through, there wpuld hfrfiwMier Pr*n«h fnmtenthe tost* do aa* '!j*k-.atiiiau*», Would takaro if new aapaci' fit the wtofe ta be immmgj troo* ^'IWvaiwe into the comntrr/ and ,tbi»,peaep to Jw Wi|»rd»d hr tft# *H ^,«3tfe'4* •German authorities as a means of disarming what re mains of the Russian army in irder that German troops may march through the country at will. German troops are no^kr also in Finland, and Scandinavian dispatches indicate the probability of the capture of Helsingfors. Trotsky, who resigned his position as foreign minister about the time of the removal of the Bolshevik 'govern ment to Moscow, appears to have been reinstated In favor, and is now acting in the dual capacity of minister of war and of marines. Japanese, British. and American forces ,have been landed at Vladivostok ilji order to protect the storesthere and prevent them from falling into enemy hands. The landing of (the Japanese was followed by intimations from Moscow that war was likely to be declared against Japan for this invasion. There is no indication of what course may be followed now that the Japanese have been joined in this police work by British and Ameri cans. .:a. The formal opening of the British parliament vas followed by significant statements from Premier Lloyd George on the war and on the Irish situation. The Ger man offensive and what it involves was discussed by the premier, who made no attempt to disguise the gravity of the situation. While expressing unchanged convic tion that victory would be won by the allies, and deter mination that it should be won, he pointed out that the conditions required greater efforts and renewed sacrifices by the British people. He announced the purpose of the government to extend the military hgc made a stirring appeal for the putting forth of every possible effort by the people. On the Irish question the premier exhibited His char acteristic boldness when he announced as a policy to which his administration is committed that of providing for home rule for Ireland, and at the same time bringing Ireland under the draft law. The Irish convention, which attempted to frame a constitution for Ireland, ad journed without having come to an agreement, but it is expected that the constitution which the administra tion will submit will be based in some measure on the result of the discussions in the convention. The con scription idea does not appeal to many of the Irish, al though it has some support there. Aside from its influ ence on British effectiveness in the war, the progress of the combined home rule and conscription proposals will be worth watching if only as a demonstration in political strategy. Most of the time in the United States senate has been occupied with the discussion of the Overman bill provid ing for the authorization of co-ordination of administra tive work by the president in order to facilitate the work of the war. It is generally, expected that the bill will pass, but it is vigorously opposed on the ground that it places too much power in the hands Of the president. —Kelp ught the Torch HIDING BEHIND LIBERTY BONDS A lot of disloyalty may skulk behind the shelter of a Liberty Bond. A man may buy Liberty Bonds, and sub scribe to the Red Cross and the T. M. C. A.. He may live on buttermilk and potatoes. He may serve on a pa triotic committee, and march in a patriotic ij^rade, and wave the American flag, and sing The Star-Spangled Banner, and still hope for the defeat of the American armies and the cause' for which they fight, and in the secrecy of his chamber pray to such gods as he has for the imposition of Prussian rule upon the world. A man's acts are, as a rule, fair indications of the trend of his sympathies, but they are not always conclusive. The man who neglects to align himself with the patriotic sentiment of the community by joining in the patriotic activities in which the community is engaged directs suspicion on him self, even if his course does not subject him to really hos tile treatment It is naturally impossible to go behind acts and vocal expressions in most cases. Most of our people are loyal, and the presumption is always in favor of loyalty, and so long as a man's behavior is correct, and he has uttered no unpatriotic sentiments, we cannot bring him before an inquisition to pry into his thoughts. But if the individual is known to be lacking in whole hearted support of the government, even if he buys Lib erty Bonds and does other things that other men do from patriotic motives, while he must be tolerated in the com munity so long as he does not make a nuisance of him self, there will be entertained for him no feeling of et£ thusiastic regard. The situation is altered when the person whose atti tude is under consideration is holding a public position In that case the community has a right to demand, not merely that he shall observe the outword forms of loy alty, but that he shall actually be loyal to the very core. This applies to the case of A. G. Steele, who has just re signed his position as head of the Minot normal school. Mr. Steele was advised to resign because of certain indis creet utterances which he had made. But, as evidence of his loyailty he says that he has encouraged the purchase of Liberty Bonds, and will continue to do so to the best of his ability. The fact is that Mr. Steele as a public official in the service of the state of North Dakota, has conducted him self in such a manner as to convey the impression that he was opposed to the government's program, and was, in effect, opposing the war. Matters wert" brought to a head by his behavior at a public meeting, where his con duct was such as to prompt a demand for his resignation from local men who were familiar with the facts, and who knew just What had occurred. But Mr. Steele's re marks at that meeting and his behavior there were not the sole basis for the demand. For a long time his entire attitude has Keen such as to convey the same impression that was conveyed at that meeting. Whether or not he urged the purchase of bonds he displayed aa utter lack of sympathy with the government, and did this so con •peeuously as to attract the attention of both townspeople and students- Therefore he had demonstrated his utter unfitness for the place of trust which he held, and such a man should not We tolerated in a public office for a day after' his attitude becomes known, no matter how he may invest his own money or how he may advise others to in vest theirs. No man holding ,a public office should be permitted to hide disloyal sentiments behind' Liberty Bonds. «dg*tt*o»e» It takM time for a million men to to 50, and he crom an* fit into action on the battle front, but the Americana an gvaduallr -cvttfpf Dm |iaa4IMic 4 tha, "Oennaiw-*iast ai' 4im. espocta*. ... ... Tho ivtfcwitiM lia^o done well to recomld "i ctolon aot itemlt th*:iMibliflatioa of the viwal' libutr frm* pal* «ajrbir *ay. ^h«r» la a atiaulu in th the oooan GRAND FORKS. N. P.. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, IMS. ^V- H0IWWS Thert is always some difficulty .about getting the other fellow's point of vleW. One Naturally feels that the think which he prises mtist be prised by others. He may fall to give proper weight to the' influence of tra: dition and environment. People in one part of the world bedeck themselves with ornaments which to oth hideous. A tribe of Arabs, one of whose humber had just returned from a tour of distant countries, were am axed to. learn thAt no dates grew in England and could not understand how people could live in such a country. And in a country where it has been the cus tom, from time immemorial, to confer official titles as marks of distinction, It is a little difficult for the people to get away ^from the idea that in other surroundings, and under other conditions, these distinctions are not equally prized. 0 Every little while there crops Up in the British govern ment the notion that the granting of titles to citizens of the distant dominions will aid materially in cementing the bonds which hold the various parts of the British empire together, and residents of those self-governing parts of the empire have often had difficulty in dodging the titles which the imperial government fairly hurled at them. Not long since quite a furore was caused in Canada by the well-mean^ but Ill-judged decision to confer hereditary titles on certain Canadians. More re cently there has been created the Order of the British Empire, with its appropriate accompaniment of ribbons and titles to be bestowed throughout the empire for the excellent purpose of creating a closer bond of union among.its people: A few of these titles have been given out, but when the Canadian government was recently notified that the quota'of Canada for the next batch of admissions to this order would be 34), and was requested to recommend persons upon whom this honor might be bestowed, the people down at Ottawa proceeded to for get all about it, being somewhat busy with attending to war and other matters, and no nominations were made Further, a decree has just been issued that the granting of hereditary titles tp Canadians must cease, and the suggestion has also been made that the titles which have been granted must lapse after a certain date. The matter of other titles is still under consideration, but it is expected that the final decision will be tnat such titles as are granted in Canada must be granted only on the direct recommendation of the premier, in which case there will be very few of them. The subject is interesting as indicating the diffi culty which people often have in understanding each other. In England.^ as in many other European countries, the use of titles is as much a part of the life of the peo ple as the hills and rivers are parts of the landscape. And the custom is almost as old as the natural features. Diet Kitchens For French Hospitals Diet kitchens have been established by the American Red Cross in France for the use of base hospitals. "Miss ,®r _®on?Par.es. Ruth Morgan, who has been active in developing this service, has worked chiefly with the French authorities, and the French doctors' are fully aware of its possibilities," states W. S. Patten, director of the Department of Military Affairs of the American Red Cross in France. "Our diet kitchens could not be es tablished In a moment data had to be collected, lists of delicacies made out, and. as we wished to work with the French, the proper negotiations had first to be concluded," says Mr. Patten's report. "While negotiating back in native factories," says Mr with the French Bien Etre des Blesses to establish diet kitchens of a more or less experimental character in French hospitals, we ordered in America special diet delicacies for our own base hospitals, with the re sult that today we have in our ware houses delicacies for' the United States base hospitals against the time when the military authorities will requisition them. "Far from 'being a luxury, the diet, kitchen is an invaluable time saver,' not to say a necessity. In jaw cases, to cite one instance, doctors have been' handicapped in some hospitals by being forced to give their patients, not what was best for them, but sim ply the best that the hospital, lack ing a diet kitchen, had on hand." BEAN CURD FOOD. ir* -'If' Um of th* should be made. The most characteristic article of diet in China is bean curd, which en ables every Chinese to be a real food conservationist. Bean curd is one of Ruth Gaines, one of the Unit, "laden a number of products deriyed from with tinware, pots, pans, clothing. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS—That Makes A Difference. CHUMP WLBOC jorr .rMKADED SOME. FEkLOW FRIEND «KONo,R^ ms |(4 -niE. OTHER. ROOM OUVIA?tr AMP CAUGHT Me LOOklHG Mtfe Ttits!! Vlyrr IM VHITM TSATTV/^ msseo? HAT Y, It may soy beans among these are bean meal, a kind of spaghetti, bean cheese, bean sauce, bean milk, and bean oil, all of which are used by the Chinese as food. The nutritive value of bean curd is equal to that of meat and its cost is much less: when properly cooked its fay°rably sI?Mnd Han, "is the enormous amount of manual labor that is required such a small output. In the bean curd factories in Paris many scientific improvements already have been put into nractical use." The use 'of hy drometers for the native manufactur ers is suggested. Help tight the Toreh- College Girls As Itinerant Merchants The members, of the Smith College Relief Unit, which is composed of Smith collegc girls trained in social service work, have become peddlers, ragpickers, and hucksters as part of their program of helping the peasants of northern France to become inde pendent again. Our traveling store," writes Miss RU.T UKS FIFW cmrr* 5 ?.W' And, while these titles are not now held in the fegard that was formerly given them, they *ve place, and are qite generally respected. Undoubtedly those British authorities who are responsible for fort to spread titles all over the empire wish their friends and fellow citizens a compliment. They do not quite grasp the fact that what appeals to ^t compliment is likely to be regarded by the reciplen as a as a joke. l' be a long time before our British give up their'use of titles. It is not likely that the Can adians will ever take kindly to it. Mp fclfht -the Torek The National Chamber of Commerce Trie United States Chamber of Commerce, now in annual session in Chicago, has succeeded remarkably in regimenting the .commercial and industrial forces of the nation Before this organisation of organizations was fabricated powerful individuals and more powerful groups carried their ideas to Washington for the consideration of congress and the administration. But no agency existed for ascertaining and uttering the opinion of the composite business and industrial classes on matters of national policy. ,V The national chamber fulfills that function admir ably. It has "developed representative machinery for reg istering the will of its constituent bodies. The referen dum votes conducted by it reflect truly the attitudes of the classes polled. The very incisiveness of the chamber is moreover a wholesome characteristic. A position taken by a majority of the commercial and industrial associa tions of the country is very much more apt to be care fully considered than the action of a less representative body. The soberness of this machinery was well tested dur ing the debate on the problem presenved by the foreign language press in war time. The natural impulse of many of the delegates was to record the chamber against the publication of newspapers in foreign languages. Tet other of the delegates knew of their own experience that large sections of the populations of this country would by such an- act be cut off from any news. Too often anen workers have found it -practically impossible to learn English. To deny such people the chance to inform them selves in any language they understood would be only to condemn them to further ignorance. The chamber steer ed safely past this danger. It is wholly desirable to have such a co-ordination of ideas and aspirations as the United States Chamber of Commerce makes possible. The chamber clarifies and with meat It is an ideal food from a scientific "Another service we are trying to point of view. Yellow beans form the render, to reduce costs and foster chief raw material for bean curd.'trade, is the opening of a chain of they yie,d a :ceries of commerce the coagulated mass is!neither the capital nor the courage subjected to pressure to remove the I to begin again. To them we sell excess of water It can then be staples, canned goods, tea, and coffee sliced with a knife. below cost, usually on the installment In an article in the Y£le-in_-Chlna I plan. Mayors and school-teachers Student, John E. S. Han state* that everywhere advise ua, 'Do not give improvements in the native processes^ sell.' j. ,The «jraw.i "One wonders, in the midst of the 1 t0_Pay friends unifies the policies of a powerful part of the American please." is what Minot telephone siib scrlbers heard all day yesterday in stead of the usual query when fseek- public. Representative government is furthered thereby. -^Chicago iterald. Kelp bight the Torch and farm implements, is no less a joy to the countryside than to us. No sooner does it honk its way Into av village than women and children be siege it. We sell milk also, and chickens and rabbits and goats. We have been asked to sell the clothes from off our backs, but we have drawn the line at that. milky I grocery stores. In nearly even- vil- nuid which is coagulated by adding jlage are persons who had little epi certain chemicals. To form the curd before the war. Thev have common misery, how the bereaved mothers keep their reason or care for what happens nejjt. But they have always the .hope of the unannounced return to their loved ones. One of their requests which is hardest to re fuse is for extra beds and covers against that return. It must be, too, that a disaster so universal has a steadying effect. On a smaller scale the life of the village—its work, ito gossip, its petty unkindnesses, and its neighborjiness—continues as of old. That we may recreate normal living conditions in our 16 villages is the aim of the Smith College Unit in the Somme." Xelp Xight the Torch- HIS EAR TO THE GROUND. "What are your ideas as to the po litical situation?" "My friend," replied Senator Sorg hum. "we regular expert politicians know how to go with the people. And Just now all of us people are fighting for our country and not for jobs." (Washington Star.) *»MAT ®n NOD 1 THAT WAS A FIME TfolMK OF If/ pQtEMOiTRICK To BRlMtf THAT OLIVIA i—•—JFEU.OW IM THERE mlt Vothr Vou By ALLMAN VHTH OUT 1LETT1MS Ktaatf FIRST? *fcu,i*DeD THE WAB.YAX Nubs of News J. H. Lamb, Michigan's distinguish ed citizen, has returned from a ,sij week's trip tp. Florida. .v i'Ss?! L. Ellingson and son of Gonvick, have purchased the stbek of the Haz el Mercantile company at Thief Riv er Falls. The Ellingsons are engaged in business at Gonvick and are among the most highly regarded merchants of Clearwater county.'- Matt Storvold is out of a job with the Soo railway at Thief River Falls as a result of too much ta ik and his kaiserite sympathies, and it is proba ble that more« serious consequences will follow. f't J. J. Opsahl of Bemidji. is the first candidate in Beltrami county to fil® for the nomination of representative. The Northern Pacific forces at Mandan have already Subscribed $25,000 towards the new Liberty Loan. This is one-quarter of Man dan's quota. Preparations are already under way for ihe next Marshall county fair. Contracts have already been signed for a number of. attractions. Contracts for the fireworks display has also been signed. Dr. Borreson has left Warren f6r Fort Riley, Kans., to enter upon his duties in the medical corps. He has already received the rank of first lieutenant. The assessors of Marshall county, Minn., will meet at the county seat on April 24 to receive their supplies and receive instructions. A member of the Minnesota tax commission will be present to explain the tax law -and the proper method of assessing and listing different property. On account of the bad weather last Saturday the Red Cross sale at Lari more was not as well attended, as it would have been otherwise. Another sale has been advertised for this af ternoon. The New England Petroleum com pany has been organized for business with Dr. G. A. Sarchet, president Col. M. H. Elliott vicq president At torney Charles Simon, treasurer G. D. La Grave, secretary, and E. Strang, sales manager. The company is securing leases from land owners southwest of New England, where they expect to drill for oil during the coming summer. "Buy a Liberty Bond—Number ing their party. Each time the re ceiver was lifted the phrase*rang out and it is understood the practice will continue till the drive is over, An estimate place the number of such admonitions to buy at 2,280 for the day. The emergency fund board has found that art emergency existed and has placed $5,000 to the credit of the state board of regents. This emergency did not exist until after the board of regents became thor oughly Townleyized the old members having to pay their own traveling ex penses. For fairness the present state government takes the prize. The town of Medicine Lake, in the northwestern part of the state, will be without electric light on June, 1, according to announcement of ihe lighting company. Neither busihen.' men nor ei'titens are patronising*thij company more than. nep?ssM$itah3 recertly the council ijigeonTtnttpl lighting the-white way, which made quite an inroad in the company's7 receipts.- So the company has decid.-H ed to move the machinery to a mot© lively spot. G. S. Wooledge of Minot has been appointed state counsel and legal representative for North Dakota -to A. Mitchell Palmer, alien property, custodian. All legal matters requirs. ing attention in North Dakota will hS referred to Mr. Wooledge, who will co-operate wkith the bureau of lav&, at Washington. The chief function#? of the custodian are to acquire pos,^ session of money a.nd other property, belonging to enemies as defined by the trading with the enemy act. J. B. Streeter, who up till about ill years ago was one of the prominent land operators in North Dakota and brought in many settlers from the eastern states, has decided to locate at Devils Lake. He has speAt the last ten years in Texas and Old Mexi co. The Michigan opera house is a practical joke, says the Arena. It if characterized as a little box labeled opera house," and as a practical joke it is not appreciated by the many who pay good money to be entertain ed and must stand during the per formance or Bit on a circus seat. A Liberty Loan rally will be held at Levant township school No. 1, diS Wct No. 31. on Friday evening. April II commence at 19. The program wi 8:30. commence Ttye senate chambers at Bismarck' are undergoing the alterations pro yided for in Senator King's bill of the 1917 session, appropriating $3,500 for decorations and rugs. quite evident that Editor- Smith of the Plaza Pioneer, is not an ardent admirer of the mental ability of North Dakota's present governor, i* Five hundred prohibition- speeches UfifkJ0 Jl? de,,vered The meeting donated Cross nad voted erty'bondfc^ in Minnesota- within the next ninety days—if the flt&toments of th® cold* wtter julvo* cates are fulfilled. Speculation is rtfe^in'^^ief'.fRiver Falls as to whether the H. C. F,. will go up or down, due to the fafct that dog licenses were doubled todav in cost. It is believed the city will bo rid of 00 or 400 dogs within 30 days. O. B. Herlgstad i« a candidate tor re-election, a&ord* ing to announcement made at Minot thia week. ••'''•-'j1 iy Seeding of wheat around Oraftoit ha* been progressing "rapidly thia I week and reports from there yestw#' fei day jrtate that over one-half of tha S ^h**f,.»erea*e has been seeded. _A,,d•p",,l of Hoople, W^fc" died April in a Philadelphia hi tal. wae the flrtt Walsh bonW to succumb while In serrlcef eonUacted pneumonia while aboard a battleship. Thy remains were brought* to Ifoople for burial.- ,..^v *t a: recent the •••of 141 •he body of Carl Samdahl. ,:whi was CLuSy March,-7^' •i*» brought to. Milton., on TuoodsY.' The young man resided with hUoarii ?,"to alght «ile» eouthweat of Ml^^ about two years ago, when moved to Montana widltor of NeW. Rtllehoro. He 1a MwrSMlS! iSdi^r'the fortn#r