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PEACE IS
LIKE
I.OMK>X. <Vt., 11 i ion'espomleit*
io ol lin* Associate*! lVe^.O— *‘Wl*at
inj* on ua arti o writti n tor i’* W • «'*k
-ly ihspalch by Anna* l‘a »\ '' bo *'»«•
just arrivetl in l.otni'n 1*’•'!»'» !’uch;»,‘
6:>t
**l \sas in Bucharest. when tv to
mail' o»Uri»«l the U'.mari:.: oapila
>n«* v i kt‘>. 1 hoy iiuu o\ itloni.v
citlotl that it wouM no! l»»- a* iso to
shook th» woiiil W.lli another :« itcmv.
ami they wore earefil to keep tin i:
tcoops uinler io:.tt >!. but they \vt <
tin' masters. I remember a male
friend *>t mine who was return! g
' •me from dinner in evening clot a •>
h.-ing stopped in the streets in 'm
middle of the winter and compelled K*
sweep :: v;i\ the snow for hours in t e
hitter cold.
* Many a beautiful home *as w r* •»
-ed. Tlie derma ns had no scruples
about converting drawing-rooms into
stables for their horses. an*l f ont g ir
-d. n> into cemeteries for their dead
“Terrible atrocities were comm
ed by the Bulgarians, and th“ suffer
ing.'' of the prisoners they t »ok wire
unspeakable. Of “*0.000 Romania, is
taken prisoners only 000 retin ue*!.
an«l they were in an appalling comlit
; ion. They were skeletons, sccicely ah-1
le to walk. At the station they seemed
too weak to out or drink. When \v< cf
fe e*l them f*»od they simply sank
down on to a b**nch and lur-t ir*r
; tears.
•It was a most tragic horn '-coming
\\ Rumanian soldiers, ollowi* g
I ng peace terms. It h -
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In the Back
REVENGE THIS WITH FOURTH LIBERTY BONDS
left on m/ mind an •inforgott.dde im
pression of what a (ierman peace i
like, 'l oose soldiers came back in rags
and half-starved to homes that h:.d
been reduced to poverty Tlmy had
witness iu silence the insolent boar
ing of the (ierman soldiers in Ovlr
streets. I he officers were told !’ e\
would oithe» have to take off tho*r um
iforms. They preferred t»» la’e* of!
their uniforms.”
"There are still plenty of (Iernv n
soldiers there looking fat and we’;,
and take no pains t«> conceal Itioir sat
isfaction at the conclusion oi‘ a peace
which has put a crushing econor. it
burden on to Rumania ami oound tin
countiy aid its trade haml and foot
to the (lei mans. The hope of the pco
ph is an Allied victory."
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VMM M)i:i> CZKi'IIKS AI I>KI>
BY \ M ERICA N YVARCU’B.
VLADIVOSTOK, Oct., Wounded
Czechs and Slovaks, victims of tne
where vou will always receive a FAIR AND LIBERAL ASSORTMENT
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fighting north of N’ikolsk, wort* th**
special charges of the officers a nr
men of an American warship prior to
the arrival of the American It <
‘ross contingent from Tokio. The
were attended by the ships’ docto .
fed by the ship’s steward and waited
uponrday and night by the big-hea'
ed sailors.
\\ hen the need becomes anparcir
Admiraj Knight ordered a near'.)}
a>. house emptied of its contents a u
there he improvided a hospital. Sew •
i oi the more serious cases had to be
removed to a marine hospital for sp *c i
d treatment . They begged to rc
turn to their cots in the warehou •<
and to the ministrations of the 4‘jat !<
ies”. 'Hie efforts of the latter to o..t
lo one another in showing kindness tt
he wouikUmI men was touching. Th \
•ave up tin ir beds and pillows u»
them .
.n the Czechs arrived they woe
:aturady in a filthy and ragged .*ta
I’he sailors provided them with shiv I
in which to wrap themselves whih
they, the sailors, washed their tatb*’
ed garments. The ship’s officers we
d« epiv moved by the devotion of th
men and listened good naturedly
obviously manufactured pretexts put
orward by the sailors to gli ashore
and look after their charges.
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E \STERN REBELLION FIGl RES
PUBLIC FOR FIRST TIME j
DUBLIN, Oct., 11— Official figure.
nf th> casualties of the Easter rebell
ion of 191G, just published, show tii.V
11G soldiers were killed, and 2G7 sol
diers wounded in the Dublin distric .
Sixteen policemen were killed, in var
ious districts throughout the countrv
and 29 policemen were wounded. In
Dublin 210 civilians were killed, and
S in other parts of the country; 2.217
civilians were wounded.
During and after the rebellion 2 •
242* persons were arrested but not
tried by court martial. An addition^
171 were tried by courtmartial aiwi
fifteen were executed. These were 7.
241 persons interned.
In 212 cases in Dublin the Govern
ment made grants amounting to 742.
)2G pounds, representing the valu* of
buildings destroyed, and in addition
free grants amounting to more than
million pounds were made in respe •
of the stock and fittings of the pio
inises desti*oved.
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PRISON LABOR ,
IS ADVOCATED
FOR THE WAR,
r
PITTSBURGH, Oct., 11— Prison la
bor as a factor in winning the wur is
being urged by Warden .John Franc's
of the Western Penitentiary, fvho is
recognized as an authority on the
management of penal institutions,
and reclaiming recent manhood. Mr.
Francis has taken up the. subject with
the Chamber of Commerce of Pitts
burgh. which body has called upon
j congress to enact legislation that will
permit 50,000 inmates of prisons in
the country to engage, in war work.
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| The people who believe «tily half
; they hear generally have the habit of
| selecting the wrong half.
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