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. Scrappiest, Bunch in France.
With the American army in
France, Taesday, Nov., 13. (By
the Associated Press.) The
third series of American battal
ions is now occupying the first
line and the second American de
tachments to enter the trenches
have returned to their billets.
The relief was accomplished on a
brilliant starlight night, without
the knowledge of the Germans.
Included among the returning
troops ia the company which bore
the brunt of the recent raid on
the American trenches. At re
treat this evening this company
lined up in a little muddy street
in a village nestling under a hill
some miles from the - front.
Their clothes were caked with
mud and the roofs and fences
near by were hung wit wet blank
ets and equipment.
. Openings here and there in the
ranks showed many men -had
b een killed, wounded and made
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prisoners in the trench fight.
After the company was dismiss
ed an . officer of the battalion
watched the men splash off
through the mud and said:
"There goes the scrappiest
bunch of soldiers in France.
They are mad all through and
are just biding their time till
they get a chance to repay the
Germans for what happened to
their comrades. They will get
their revenge before this war is
over. You can depend on that."
The second return battalions
to-day were going through the
same series of bathing and clean
ing as the first detachment.
The men are to enjoy several
days' rest, before taking up the
trainirg work again.
It is very likely that the Na
tional Army will be held in camps
in the United States for the next
six months as the Allies need
food and material more than men
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Tragic Silualionin Western. Asia.
It calls for an immediate dis
play of the Samaritan spirit of
the world.
Reports regarding the atroci
ties, deportations and sufferings
among the peoples of Western
Asia have been so terrible as al
most to challenge belief. They
do stagger the imagination of
those who were not eye witness
es. Personal testimony of many
who lived through the earlier
period and information furnished
by American Ambassadors, Con
suls, teachers, physicians, mis
sionaries and business men who
have recently returned from Tur
key to America confirm the
worst. Documentary evidence
of an overwhelming character is
also abundant.
At a history making confer
ence .held in New York in Sept
ember, 1917, and participated in
by 1S9 representatives of the
above classes the very Deoole
who know most about actual con
ditions in the afflicted territory
the following statements were
unanimously agreed to as well
within the facts:
At least 1,000,000 Armenians
and Syrians in Turkey have per
ished during the past two years
from massacre, deportation, ex
posure, starvation, disease.
Over 2.000,000 are now home
less and in dire distress.
Thousands of Greeks deported
from the sea coast of Asia Minor
are now in danger of starvation.
400,000 of those in need are
orphans.
Little children scarcely able to
feed themselves live absolutely
alone in deserted homes. V
75,000 children under twelve
years of age are staving in Syria
and the Lebanon alone.
Sufferers in the Lebanon dis
trict recently were dying at the
rate of 1,000 a day. .
500,000 refuges have fled the
Turkish dominions and in their
temporary homes cry for help.'
Relief work still goes on in
Turkey uninterrupted by break
of diplomatic relations. It is
freely administered in Persia,
the Causcasus and elsewhere.
Distribution is wisely and eco
nomically made by absolutely re
liable agents.
Every dollar contributed goes
for relief, none for expenses-
$30,000,000 will be required for
this winter's needs. '
$5.00 -per month will save a
life.. ..' . ,
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The Allied Council:
Premier Painleve and Mr.
Lloyd George combine to make
very plain the use to which the
Allied War Council will be . put;
as well as the extreme desirabil
ity of the presence of the United
States at that board of confer
ence. "A single front, a single
army, a single Nation," as M.
Painleve states it, is the condi
tion that will make for a winning
war and a shortened vwar. The
world realized long since that
singleness of purpose and strat
egy would be necessary to a mil
itary decision in favor of the Al
lies; and there is no doubt that
any steps taken by the great
war council will gladly baMn-
dorsed by civilization.
Mr. Lloyd George explains
that action with respect to Italy
had to be immediate, and there
fore consultation with Russia and
the United states was impossi
ble to the Allies. This cheerful
ly is granted; and no criticism
lies against our partners in the
the war for taking whatever
steps seemed feasible in the im
minency of the case. There can
be little doubt that the consent
and indorsement of our own high
command will be given very free
ly to France and England, cover
ing the moves made in behalf of
Italy; and that the United States
can sit at the council table to the
great advantage of the whole
coalition, as Mr. Lloyd George
suggests.
It is a source of some gratifica
tion that the National leaders of
the Allies have come at last to
the point where they can Frank
ly admit the wrong that was
done Serbia; and are of a mind
to permit no more devastations
of the sort that can be prevented.
The British Premier admits
categorically the wrong that was
done Serbia; and refers to "tim-
idities and susceptibilities"
among Generals who command
fronts not represented in the inter-Allied
councils. Without at
tempting to pierce the secrecy
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that must attend conferences of
so great importance to each Ally
and the world of civilization in
general, it seems certain now
that those "timidities and sus
ceptibilities" are in a fairway to
be removed.
"The war has been prolonged
by particularism,' said the Brit
ish Premier. "It will be short
ened by solidarity. If the effort
to organize our united action be
comes a reality I have no doubt
as to the issue of the war. The
weight of men and material and
of moral factors in every , sense
of the word is on our side.
"I say it; no matter what may
happen to Russia or in Russia.
A revolutionary Russia can nev
er be anything but a menace to
Hohenzollernism.. But even if
we are obliged to despair of Rus
sia, my faith in the final triumph
of the v cause of the Allies re
mains unshakable."
'United action can be organiz
ed. All thinking men agrea
with tha belief of Mr. Lloyd
George that solidarity among
the Allied Nations will bring
forth fruits of victory. This al
ways has been the belief of ob
servers of the progress of the
war. No intelligent person
could "have failed to perceive in
the devastation of Serbia upon
which Mr; Lloyd George dwelt
acsucn lengtn tne most con
crete evidence. of failure of co
operation such as is. essential to
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Allied victory jri tiife fiel'd. ,
Military expediency require
that the aims and . gurposes of
the conference be not speculated
upon. But it is in nowise against
military expediency for the peo
ple of this country to take to
themselves new hope; and to
await in confidence the outcome
of the War Council, which un
questionably will furnish in the
future gratifying victories upon
which the people of civilization
wnay dwell to their hearts' con
tentLouisville Times.
From South Carolina.
Paris Island, Nov. 16, 1917.
To the Readers of The Adair
County News:
While looking through the pa
per, I feel that it is my duty to
write a few lines. I enlisted in
the United States Marine Corps",
on the 19th day of May, 1916. I
am what is called a soldier of
the sea. It is very seldom that
there i3 any news published in
the paper about us, But our du
ty is everything that could be
where a man could carry a gun.
We go far and near and every
place that could be. I am way
down South here, down on the
east coast, and since the war
there has been a big rush. A
fellow would never think that
there was so many men in the
world. But never the less we
have shoved them through, and
some ot them that went through
here a few months ago, are at
the front now. I also have done
a little forcing service myself,
and have had it pretty hard at
times. We have about 4,000
men in training now and are
looking for a big rush after
Christmas. The boys come here
a
from far and near, and at times
they get the blues and after a
few week of training they
seem to improve in strength and
can do things that they never
thought they could do. But as
we have plenty of entertainment
such as ball games and moving
picture shows every night and
services on Sunday, we manage
to get along pretty good. But
at times it is hard for us to see
our friends leave, but we have
to make the best of it we can.
There also has been a big im
provement made in the training
camp since the last eight months.
We have built about 85 buildings
and made oyster shell roads for
5 or 6 miles. But after all our
hard work, we still keep on the
job. When working for Uncle
Sam there is know laying off
like some people would like to
have, We still keep moving.
Hoping this will encourage
someone that he might take
shelter with us as we have plen
ty of room and appreciate all
new comers. Yours truly,
Cpt. C. C. England, Paris Is
land. S. C, Co. H. D. S. M. C,
Marine Barrick.
The former Queen of Hawaii,
and who is generally spoken of
as Queen Lil, died at Honolulu.
She was very old, very black and
very fat.
In the Purity Congress which
is in session in Louisville polyg
amy in Utah was given a rap,
and it was openly charged that
the law was disregarded. .
-At Somerset, Pa., a coal miner
earned during the month of Oc
tober $347.50. vThis is the big
gest wage ever reported from
daily labor ofthis kind. ., -. .-
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Teutons Fail.
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(By the Associated tress)
Italian troops, by strong counter-attacks,
aided by artillery,
have checked Austro-German
efforts to capture the Asiago
plateau and threaten the line of
the river Piave. NearZensen,
on the river Piave, about twenty
miles northeast of Venice, the
invaders have succeeded in cross
ing the river on boats, but were
repulsed in an attempt to de
bouch from the bringehead they
had constructed.
The fighting in the region
about Asiago and between there
and Monte Cimone, is very bit
ter, The Austro. Germans at
tacked in force and gained some
defenses, only to be thrown back
by the force of Italian counter
attacks. Aerlin says Mont Long
ara has been captured, but Rome
reports officially that the position
here has been held against Teu
ton efforts. At Canove, west of
Asiago, an Italian counter-thrust
repelled the invaders and result
ed in the liberation oi Italian
prisoners.
Between Mont Cimone and the
Piave Berlin claims the capture
of Fonzaso, which probably was
given up by the Italians in a re
tirement to straighten out their
line. The Italians have occupied
their new positions in this region
and the Austro-Germans are in
contract with them.
The crossing of the Piave.near
Zenson, may prove a move seri
ous menace to the Piave line than
the attempts in the Asiago re
gion. The invaderc tried to advance
from the bridgehead they estab
lished, but were driven back to
the river bank by the Italians.
Further Teuton attempts to de
bouch may be expected, and un
less the Italian defense continues
strong the Piave position may
become so weakened it will have
to be given up.
Record Crops of Corn,
Potatoes and Tobacco.
Wahjngton, Nov. 11. Ameri
can farmers have a total corn
crop of 3,101,083,000 bushels, or
66,000,000 bushels more than
ever grown before in the United
States, according to the Depart
ment of Agriculture estimate
issued today. Had weather con
ditions been better since the
October forcast it is estimated
that "the yield would have been
19,700,000 bushel3 above the
present figure.
With an indicated crop of 439,
686,000 bushels potatoes also will
break all records.
Another record breaker is to
bacco, with an estimated crop of
1,185,475,000 pounds.
The heavy corn crop is due to
the large acreage planted and
not" to the yield per acre, which
averaged 26.4 bushels against 26
last year. While 20 per cerit. of
the growing crop did not mature
properly it was not wasted, as it
will be useful for silo and early
feeding. The buckwheat pro
duction of 16,813.00 bushels fell
below early forecasts, although
it compares well with former
years.
The flaxseed crop, estimated
at 9,638,000 bushels,is disappoin
ting, and the cranberry crop is
very ahort.
President Wilson in a great
address at Buffalo, New York,
called upon ororanized rlabor .-to
help win the.. war.
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