IRISH AGREE HOME RULE
QUESTIUN MUST WAIT
Special to The Nugget by The Associated Press.
DUBLIN, — Sir Horace Plunkett. Chairman of the Irish Convention,
h.as publshed a series of articles in tho Irish newspapers with the object o!
‘nducing the (iovernment to pass at once a Home rule Act for Ireland upon
I be- lines of the majority report of the Convention.
Ponding the putting into operation of the Act, he suggested the
establishment of a purely Irish Executive, composed of men of all parties
and responsible either to tho Irish Convention which has not been formally
. dissolved, or to the Imperial Parliament.
He appealed for the formation of a middle party in Ireland of moderate
S‘ir Horace's plan was not received with favor by any section. The
Freeman's Journal representing the Irish party objected to the formation
of another Irish party on the ground that Ireland has parties enough and thai
its difficulties are caused as much by internal dissensions as by external
betrayals." John Sweetman, for many years a leading member of the Slnr
Feinn Party, and one of the few wealthy men in its ranks, wrote to say:
I cannot agree that England can now settle the future government
of Ireland. She must new govern Ireland despotically till tho Peace Confer
ence. and it would be for her benefit to govern us Vith a little common
This view that nothing can be done about Home Rule till the end of
the war is also the view of the Unionists, and William Jellett, the most active
of the irrenconciled Southern Unionists, has put forward his opinion as to the
immediate government of Ireland in much the same sense as John Sweet
HOW BRITISH FLYERS TURNED TABLES ON ENEMY
Special to the Nugget By the Associated Press.
LONDON, —How a British flying squadron turned the tables on
Herman airmen who had been bombing their aerodrom is related by Lieuten
ant W. A. Barnes of the Fioyal Air Force. ^
"We had been giving the Hun a lively time.” the officer says, "bomb
ing his dumps, billets, communications and towns nightly. When, therefore,
lie bombed our aerodrome two evenings in succession and completly upset
all our arrangements, it was generally agreed that he had scored one ovet
us. Much as his enterprise was admired, however. It was decided to try to
check it.
The plan envolved was simple. The next day the British machine.®
were flown over to a neighboring aerodrome, where it was believed they
would be safe from raids. Then they started off just after dusk to make a
reprisal attack.
“We arrived at the enemy’s lair, "Lleutennnt Barnes narrates, “at a
most opportune moment, for a second relay of his machines were just "taxy
ing" across the groun to "take off" in the flare path. In our wildest dreams
wr had not hoped for such luck as this, and every possible advantage was
taken of it.
"A few well directed bombs, dropped right in among the machines tlial
were awaiting their turn to take off’ set fire to two and badly damaged others.
Another machine was seen to crash whilst actually taking off In the flare path.
Rome equally well-directed 'incendiary bombs set fire to a large shed, and then
the real fun began.
"By this time the first relay of enemy machines, sent as we after
wards learned to bomb our own aerodrome again, began to return. As they
were on their own side of the line, and in blissful Ignorance of the fate of
their aerodrome, they were flying with navigation lights full on. thereby giv
ing their position away In the daikness.
“Relieved of our bombs, we were able to give flight and successfully
shot down ono in flames, while another was distinctly seen to crash on top of
i wood.
“Having thus paid our debts In full wo left the remainder to land
on a bomb-riddled aerodrome—no enviable task at night—while we went off
borne to celebrate a good night’s work, with the comforting assurance that the
P.. A. F. were at least “one up" on their adversaria's game.
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GOES AQROUND.
Associated Press Service.
BERLIN. Dec. 30—A Lloyd's re
port • today announces that the Am
erican army transport Tcnadores,
bound for New Yortc from Brest, ran
aground In the Bay of Biscay.
A large number of returning
troops were aboard the transport at
the time of the accident but all were
safely landed.
MEXICAN GOVERNOR
ADVOCATES REFORMS
Associated Press. Service.
NOGALES, Mexico,—-Free schools
and orphanages; prohibition on pen
alty of death and peace are the
three planks in General Plutarco
Elias Gallcs* platform as military
governor of the state of Sonora.
General Callcs considers his school
system the biggest project he has un
dertaken. adding that both prohibi
tion and peace were necessary to
the fulfillment of his plan to make
better Mexican men and women of
the boys and girls of his native state.
In his Cruz Galvez orphanage for
war orphans at Hermodillo 300 boys
and 200 girls are attending school at
the expense of the state.
STATISTICS SHOW 8IZE
OF JAP RICE RIOTS
Associated Press Service.
OSKA. Japan—Official figures
show that 232,000 persons took part
in the recent rice riots in Oska and
its outlying district. The returns
show that 234 riotous mobs as
sembled in Oska prefecture. The
total number of persons taken 'into
custody was 2,228.
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parts of Northern Asia and of cross
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winter kill and produces a heavy
yield.
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PRISONER DESORIBES BERMAN
VIEW OF WORLD OSNQUEST
Spertal to tbo Nugget By the Associated Press.
I/>NDON, —Despite their four years of fighting, some of the Ger
man prisoners of war are still obsessed by the German idea of conquering
the world. That unadulterated I*russianism still exists in the German ranks
Is the conclusion of one British officer who has interviewed a number of the
German prisoners. One of them lie describes as “an intelligent university
man." The British officer quotes their conversation as follows:
"I dq not wish to insult you," said the German, "but you English are
well-intended fools. We who govern ir Germany are not like you. We gov
ern the fools; the fools govern you."
"Your principles are sweeping." replied the Briton. "To come down
to practice, what have you to say about the guilt of beginning the war?"
"Guilt?" demanded the German; "it was a glory. I claim it for
Germany."
"That is hardly your official view."
"The official view is for the fools.”
"But you believe in the Prussian purpose behind till this, "asked tins
British officer.
"I do, as in nothing else." replied the (Jerman. The Prussian purpose
is God. There is no other. Prussia will rend the veil of the temple, but
she will destroy to create. Against Prusslanism might the world as it
exists today will fall in ruins, but Prussia will build a better and more virile
world In Its place. Strength only will survive. The life of inori is natural
ly a fight. The strongest in force and cunning will live."
"It will be going back to the Flood." said the Briton.
"Prussia is the Flood."
"And when the old world is drowned, virtue and all such weakness
(will go with it?"
’:The old virtue was womanish," said the prisoner. "The new virtue
is strength." ,
"In that blessed future will war reign triumphant?"
"Life Is war—all of life that is healthy. Peace in only striving for
mastery with other weapons. That is the law of nature."
"So even-one will fight till everyone is dead?"
"The weakest will go under. They are the disease. The stronger
will live: and after that the stronger and stronger, till there is perfect
health."
"But it may be that Prussia, will keep a few slaves?"
"Certainly," said the German. "Those who care not t«> fight that they
may rule are in their nature slaves.'’
"I had had enough of it." "the officer concluded. It was nauseating.
But the man was genuine in his beliefs arid so obsessed by his elementary
notion of virility that it was a waste of time to argue with him. His con
ceptions were quite definite and not a doubt assayed him. The hideous world
of his vision seemed to him a natural and a glorious world."
CORRESPONDENT DESCRIIBES FAMOUS HINOENBERG LINE
Special lo The Nugget by The Associated Press.
The celebrated Ifindonborg line or Siegfried line has been compared
by the German leaders to the great wall of China. L'ntil the British broke
ita in the spring of 1917 they believed it as impregnable to assault as was once
the Chinese wall and regarded it as the eighth wonder of the world.
The Hiodenburg line as generally defined is about GO miles long runn
ing in a genera) north and south direction across the Picardy plains in France.
It northern extremity was guarded by the heavily fortified bastion of Vimy
Ridge on the North and Li Fere on the south, the line passes west of Oambrai
and St. Quentin so as to protect those two important industrial and railway
centers which were routes for bringing up supplies for the German Army.
Fearing that the northern end of the line might be turned the German*
established a "switch” line connecting with the Mimlenburg line at Queant
and running north about 1’f* miles to Drocourt. They called this switch the
Wotan line.
The northern end of the llindenburg line and the Wotan line both
were broken more, than once by the British armies.
Long ago the Germans lost Vimy ridge and failed to retake it. The
llindenburg line is not a trench but a system of field fortifications. In
places it is said to be ten miles deep, consisting not only of the trench sys
tem but of multiple lines of barbed wire entanglements, concrete positions for
artillery, deep dugouts capable of housing a battalion of troops, numerous
pUl-boxes for machine guns and. in fact, every- device the Germans were able
to assemble to block the way to Germany.
Near Buliecourt was a formidable underground fortification known -i.*
|the "Tunnel Trench" which the Germans believed to be impregnable. This
tunnel connecting the trenches was more than a mile long and was mined
jfor its whole length, lighted with electricity and had entrances at short in
tervals. It was reinforced by concrete pill-boxes and support trenches.
|Th** British captured it in November 1917.
I Bflhtf Cbtl&covt iho British troops found great catacombs along the
llindenburg line. These were elaborately fitted up as battalion headquarters,
electrically*lighted and protected by concrete trenches. In front of Cumbrai.
the villages, behind the lino had beneath them great chambers which it would
be a slander to call dugouts. They were more like hotels fitted with electri
city. water, sewers, drying rooms and kL.chons. They wer > shell proof and
tomb proof. Tne trerches there w • - r.cib rioiig the ban' s of the Canal Du
Nord which runs north and south near Havrliv our»
Important German strong-holds protected the southern section of the
line_near La Fere. The forest of St. .Qobain presents an. almost insuperabi. •
obstacle in. attacking tn'is end of the line.
Laon. lying within the "Big Corner" where the line turns eastward
along the Chqniin des Dames is regarded as the key-stone of the whole Ger
man system. Hundreds of German batteries were installed in the screened
ravines around that city and in the forests of St. Gobafn.
Southwest of Laon the town was protected by the Massif of Menamptcuil.
behind whose crest are huge underground raVinos and shelters some big
enough to hold a whole regiment. The forest west of Laon was crammeJ
with a vast store of munitions and materials. Divisions of troops con
centrate in it unseen.
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