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Nets .AAAMAAAQAAAAAL TER ~ 11, a nd ‘2 “I have just come from America to New York,” said a professor of 3 western University at a lunch- eon last December; and. in that paradoxical sentence is conveyed 3 truth which must be made clear if the people Of England are to unâ€" derstand anything of the American B} \1exanderLyle-Samuel in ‘The 131in Chromcle,” London Eng) For, unfortunately, most English people who have never travelled in the North American continent still. seem to have a hazy impres- sion of New York as the capital guy of the United States. and that beyund it, north. south, east and west, are the provinces, with their many great provincial cities. .\:: even greater mistake is to think that in the United States there is a united nation as to po- miui thought and international (,nrlunk. The fact is that While all my, live under the flag prondlv igxisr that each is a real and true An~.:-:~i;~u’1. yet the result of the Y'EtY-it‘ii obstacles Of distance and in race is that there is no yeople The idea which has been Slin‘f‘nd hi? the trouble of the Adminis- '3‘;lllnrl to make itself felt more iggressiyely is due to the embarâ€" "assment of a large German inopâ€" ll'lthIl is not true. The most care- ful estimate would show that the German-hon). and children of l.}e1‘InaIiâ€"l)orn parents. in the l'nited States can hardly number three millions: and of those. a very considerable prOportion are not at all sympathetic to the Prus- sian idea of a militaristic control of national life. Probably more of them emigrated from Germany to be released from that even than to improve their prOspects. But, curiâ€"' uusly enough. it is the descendents of German stock of three or four generations back who are the noisy; and aggressive pro-Germans in America. Distance has lent en- chantment to their View of the dear Fatherland. and the Kaiser is a highly-decorated and handsome- limking god, to whom they are prepared to offer homage, with the Atlantic Ocean between as a safeguard. In short, they see him in a mirror of water, and, thus Viewed, he seems to dwarf eVen the statue of Liberty itself. But adding together the total popula- tion of Germanâ€"born and descend- ants of German-born in the United States, it does not number eight millions all told; and the paid cir- culation of daily papers printed in the German language throughout the continent is very little over 100,000 copies per day. ‘;\-’l.’l\vU IIVA ““U' 0:” the American Press. generally ‘ ‘ speaking. it Mould-’be imx‘possible. a: exaggerate the service it has . -ii’>ilt‘ to the cause of the Allies in the accuracy and fulness with' which it has put the causes and : mture of the present conflict be- . fore its readers. There have been ' . few notable exceptions, but on the 3' whole. from our point of View. the ; American Press has been simply L splendid. The leading articles in l The New York Times, in particular : have stirred ‘ 21nd thrilled those? who were fortunate enough to read them by the passion and the lucidity with which they have con- , trasted the prospects of a world, to be either given over to Prus-i sian authority or to be dedicated, ideals of freedom. And it may be’ accepted absolutely that thinking. American people most clearly un- : derstand that the future develop-i ment of lAmerica along the lines of . the ideals of the Fathers who ded- I sword, , A democracy such as exists in that great Republic has naturally 'no militaristic sympathies xor ag- gressive purpose. It is idle for people to enquire Whether Presi- dent Wilson will makeyar or keep Rople toknciuire whether Presi- dent Wilson mu make war or keep visiting her mother here, but in- the eace. As a ‘President, on a . 81101.1: term, of a Republic, it is i tends gomg west next week to - - iElrose Sask. to visit her sister for the peOple in unity of thought v ‘ i, 2 and feeling to authorize him to ‘ MTS‘ Henry Hintze demand of Congress the powers! Pte. C {Wright of the 160th necessary both to “190131? and... Bruce county Battalion. and his wage war. A 21“?“ deal 0.1 unmer- mother, Mrs. Samuel Wright, of poured out on ‘PreSJdent WIISOD. friends here on Monday and Tues- who is in the difficult pomtlonpf | day. (. a. being the titular head. of a . nation l ‘ more united in name than in any- i . Mrs. (Rev ) Hartley of Delaware, thing else. - spending ‘a couple? of weeks America never expected the Euâ€" Swith Mr. and Mrs Edward Kress, ropean war, ’and certainly never and other friends in town. Mr contemplated that if war came it ‘Hartley intended to be here for would be any direct concern of ‘Victoria pay, but some one had to hers. When Belgium was violated get married, and he stayed to tie the people, among the most hu- the knot. - .* ._ Miss Barbara Watt, Toronto. is! AMERICA’S POSITION u have travelle it will be renli in Western An sing sense of r Europe. PAGE EIGHT. )( homogeneous ltOE 9.36; Cr ..:: tr: ”1.7.. mmeu -wmmc 3: SYm‘I‘II- 9 he! 0 that I‘hlte‘d quest N93 gfg-e "t “as c manitarian of any in {the World: were shocked beyond description and condemned Germany in violent and unlimited and scathing terms: but the ‘President ordered a prompt and cold neutrality as the policy of a sympathetic people. When the Lusitania was sunk, and the other murderings of American citizens took place, it was realized by some that perhaps too great a reliance had been placed upon good faith, and that there should have been more faith put in the strength of a good right arm. And when the people realized how absolutely unprepared they were a movement was started called The National Security League, which has branches in every State, and numbers adherents by tens of thousands. It is true that at this present moment America is not in the mili- tary sense a Power. But she is a power-house. And should her stir- rings and impulses lead her to generate and co-ordinate her re- sources and forces for war, she would not merely be capable of resisting any acts of aggression towards herself, but would be ca- pable of playing a leading part in the settlement of international conflicts arising because there were those in the world who deâ€" sired that Liberty should perish. Chicago’s great preparedness mde will be held on Saturday. 3rd of June. Big‘ tobacco and (hug store in- teiests v. 111 join \\ 1th moxing Dic- tm‘e concerns for a great Dchain nf “nickel makers.” James VVhitcomb Riley posed for the movies last Week. The pictures were made under the auspices of the Indiana historical commission. The price of oysters must go up ten per cent. it was decided in At- 1:mtic City, at a conference of the Oyster Dealers’ and Growers’ As- sociation of America. K itie Fergash of W'ilkesbarre, P11. . u .19 chIOIOfOrmed and kidnapâ€" .ed in a jealous admirer, \\ ho tied her to a tree in a marsh} 1.1 ood. She W as otheru'ise 11 nhzu‘med. Frightened bv his oxxn reflection in a mirror a burglar who enter- ---‘- ed Philip Tunisons home at Som- (11ille N. J, shattexed the 011153 with two rev 011 er shots and fled. After serving five days in the \vorkhouse for beating a taxi bill, :1 New York man rode away in a taxicab. refused to pay. and was sent back for five days more. By a Caesarean operation trip- lets were born to Mrs. Anna Richer wife of a farmer living near Oma- ha. Neb. Omaha surgeons say'this is the first case of the kind on record. ‘ Although she smoked a pipe, used snuff, drank gin, ate What she pleased and slept with Win- dows closed, {an Evansville. Ind.. woman lived to 100 years. W. I ann will not attend the omocmtic National Com ention, we as :1 I18“ shaver reporter. Plans depicting the menace to the Pacific coast from attack by sea and an uprising of the Japan- ese in the region, have been pre- pared by the :Defence Reports Committee. -‘, Mr. and Mrs Tobin of Paris are Visiting Mr. and Mrs W. Saunders. Pte. Alex Saunders andwvife are visiting the f0rmer’s parents here. M:r Wm Bron ning was home :from Stratford OVer the holidaV. Mr. Robt Laidlaw of Detroit was home over the 24th. Miss Marion MacKenzie of Buf- falo is visiting her aunts, Misses Laura and Edith MacKenzie. Mrs. Geo MacKay and daughter, Jean, are visiting her son, Mr. and Mrs. Wm MacKay, at St. Marys. Mr. Geo Williams of Minto was present at the funeral of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Benj Williams. Mr. Jas Williams of Edmonton arrived in town a couple of Weeks ago, and was (fresent at his moth- er’s death an burial. Mr. and Mrs E. :T. McClocklin, who spent the Winter in Toronto, have returned, to spend the sum- mer in their home here. Mrs. Geo Watt returned from London last week, after spending six months with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Clemas )ecome e told th mall” business $300,000 worth of liqu iscated in a raid by St! E Girm‘d. Alabama. PERSONAL ness must we 1 cient, Presiden helped 0mâ€" Da- Ln 0 The Reuse Henrys. For 700 years every prince of the house of Reuss has been chriStcned 1 Henry. with a‘ distinguishing numeral. but the task of identifying them is ren- dered doubly difficult owing to the ex~ istence of two branches. each of which has a difi'erent sy stem of numeration. The elder line begins the numbering i anew after each batch of 100 Henrys. r whereas the younger line goes by the ; centuries, numbering its princesasthey 3 are born from I. upward through each j complete hundred years. The territo- ries of the two branches comprise lit- tle more than 400 square miles. divided i into Reuss-Schleiz-Gera and Reass- Greiz. For centuries the Montenegro 2 of the Germanic countries, both E branches joined the German confedera- ‘ tion in 1815, but the elder line (Reuss- ' Greiz) sided with Austria in 1866, and ' the principality narrowly escaped be- ; ing incorporated with Prussiaâ€"West- minster Gazette. Spain as a Republic. Isabella II. when thirteen years old was declared of age by the cortes in 1846, and after a stormy reign of twen- 1:}; five years was deposed by a revolu- tion which began in t! e fleet on Sept. 18, 1808, and was joined b J the garri- son and city of Cadiz and by nearly all of Spain during-the month. A pro- visional government was established and Marsha! Serrano was made regent. The cortes voted for a monarchy on May 21 18b“) and after se\ oral. oifers of the throne Lad been refu act: it was finally accepted b3. Amadeus. (1111. e of Aosta, who was proclaimed king on Nov. 7, 1870..» After an uncomfortable reign he abâ€" dicated in 182'3 and was succeeded by another republic, which lasted for two years, when Alfonso XIL son of Queen Isabella and father of the pres- ent king. was elevated to the throne. Artificial Indigo. Artificial indigo owes much of its commercial success to an accident. Al. though synthetic indigo was first pro- duced in 1870, it did not become a se- rious rival to the natural article un- til a thermometer was accidentally broken and the contents of the bulb ran into the heated mixture of naph- thalene that was all too slowly being converted into phthalic acid, the basis of artificial indigo. It was then ob- served that the conversion became much more rapid, and from that day the use of mercury has played a big part in making artificial indigo a com- mercial success. The accident occur- red after years of patient research, and it is now the boast of chemists that they are able to produce on a commercial basis a compound "exactly the same” as natural indigo-London Standard. Frederick the Great’s Joke. Among the embellishments which Berlin owes to Frederick the Great the “new palace” is the most‘ conspicuous. This magnificent building was erected. it is said, to show Frederick’s enemies that his many wars had not exhausted his exchequer. And fulther to show his contempt for the countries which had sought to crush him at the top 011 the cupola he placed a group of three women dancing together, the figuring representing Catherine the Great. Ma- ria Theresa and Mme. de Pompadour. The wrath of the two empresses was unbounded at finding themselves de- picted in such an attitude and such company. so Frederick was able to con- gratulate himself. on a thoroughly suc- cessful joke. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. CAPTAIN IRWIN KILLED AT LANGEMARCK After the battle of Langemarzk in April, 1915, Captain Irwin of Collingwood was reported among the missing and. it was not till the sixth of this month the official no- tice of his death was made to his relatives and friends here. He was Ta cousin of the editor of this paper “though we were not aware of the ifact before we saw the announce- ;ment in the last issue of the [Thornbury Herald. He had almost 'completed his course in Knox 1College and. was about to enter gthe ministry, when the call to enâ€" ilist was felt to be his one great fiduty. He reSponded to the call. iand lost his life in defense of ifreedom. .‘In the same issue of iThe Herald is a lengthy eulogium fby CuW Bishop‘ general secretary gof the {National Council of the ;Young Men’s Christian Associa- §tion, and from the unqualified ‘praise accorded‘ we are forced to :believe he was an exemyflary L Christian character. Here follows a brief notice in last week’s issue j of TheThornbury Herald: “Captain Irwin'has been missisng since April 22, 1915, and was not officially reported dead until Mav 6, 1916. . a \ “Captain Irwin was born at Red- wing‘ on October 1. 1886, and was the youngest son (of John and Mary Irwin and a brother of the proprietor of the Reviewâ€"Herlld. Sixteen years ago he moved to Collingwood wifh his parents and after completing his public school educatlon, he was engaged_ with. Long Bros. for some time He then spent three years railroading and became a railroad engineer. \Vhile railroading he was converted un- der the preaching of Crossloi: and Hunter and this date was the turnâ€" ing point of his life. ”He left the railroad and attended Collingwood High school for two years, and then took a four years’ course in Toronto Universiyt in Arts, and a three years’ Theological course in ,Knox College.” MRS. OPERTSCHAUSER’S BODY1 RECOVERED. The body of Mrs. Chas Oppert- schauser was recovered from the Saugeen river last Saturday morn- ing. She was drowned on April 28 The body was discovered by Mr. James Crispin at the rear of his farm, not a great distance from the ground covered by Mr. Chas Fleming, diver. The body was floating about a foot from the surface and was Caught in the soft soil. The remains were con- v-eyed to her late residence and the funeral service there on Sun- day was private. After interment Lin the Hanover cemetery a memâ€" .orial service was held in the Bap- ,tist church. A large number at- itended to pay the deceased their glast respectsâ€"Hanover Post “">,, .H‘ .3, ‘ . . ' _,~ ‘ . § Large Sales Owen Sound received news’ a few days ago that David Ross, piper and organizer of the Owen Sound Highland Pipe Band‘ had been slain at the front about April 21. While in town he was a mould-3r at Kennedy’s foundry. Shortly b.9- MOOOOOOOOOOQOQOQOOOOOQQOO v §§§4§§§§§z§:‘ Ladies’ Aprons at 5Qg The J. D. Abraham C0. Abraham Fair and Square It is easy to choose a Hat this season. as the styles range from the small but tasteful hat to the most elaborate creations. ~6"»-<b Lambton Street. \7'11' Our stock: of Spline unungn 1s largm and better this season th an ever shown in Durham befme. ééé$d$¢a§¢o a...» ,. .... v... z+§+¢o¢¢oo¢#9991‘990009 Mrs. V H,“ and iet 115 Show you through our stock before Eastpr. ‘. 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