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VOL. XII December 4, 1914. No. 49 
THE LirERATURE that was available before the pre- 
sent war began on German plans seems surprising now in 
view of the activities of early August. Usher’s volume 
on Pan-Germanism is a readable book outlining in a 
graphic way the probable plans of the great empire. All 
of the chapters are interesting and reveal the keen mind 
of a careful observer. The facts are carefully massed and 
sensible deductions made. The chapters on the United 
States and its relation to the Pan-Germanic plans are the 
least important of the work. The most readable book is 
by Dr. Karl Graves, formerly a German spy and later 
in the secret service of Great Britain. The volume is 
entitled “The Secrets of the German War Office.” The 
work leaves a strange impression on the mind and one 
feels as though the chapters were interesting stories of 
keen detective work. In the hands of the publishers 
when the war broke out it has the appearance of being 
a pre-war production. Whatever opinions one may form 
of the volume it will be read with intense interest in the 
light of the war that actually came. For a real protrayal 
of the workings of the German mind and for a cold- 
blooded typed expression of opinion and ideal F. Von 
Bernhardi’s volume of “Germany and the Next War” is 
the best now being sold. The ethical ideals of the Ger- 
man mind in regard to war are somewhat surprising to 
the American conscience, but if one is to consider war, 
is one to expect ethics? Such really is the blindness of 
might making right. The book is closely written, some- 
what tedious and cannot be recommended for light read- 
ing. It is a sober volume, that will arouse new lines of 
thought. It is carefully translated so that even German 
reading Americans will prefer the translation. V. A. 
Cramb considers the volume worthy of a reply and writes 
“Germany and England.” Whether the volume should 
have been answered will be for the individual reader to 
determine. If not wearied already by the distresses of 
the war it would be much more sensible for those who 
wish to obtain a broad view of the real difficulties abroad 
to read one or more of these books and less second class 
news accounts of detached engagements. The real issues 
may be more easily understood by less reading of unim- 
portant details and more reading of literature that reveals 
the purposes, the modes of thinking and the military and 
economic ideals of the nations at war abroad. 
An INGENIOUS NEWSPAPER writer asserts that Der 
Tag means 7-urkey, A-ustria, G-ermany. An interesting 
alliteration. 
Tue Crry oF BEVERLY has many candidates for the 
office of Mayor,—but one good term deserves another. 
Tuer Root Cause of juvenile deliquency is the prob- 
lem in the maintenance of order in a community. The 
Manchester police on Sunday were able to round*up with 
despatch a group of young boys from Gloucester, who 
have been causing much trouble in that section. In Bev- 
erly Farms during the summer the police captured a 
trio of lads who had taken a car from a garage. But 
police vigilance can never solve moral problems. There 
are many causes for moral turpitude in children and 
growing boys. Whatever may be the underlying cause 
in these or in other cases of juvenile deliquency it is cer- 
tain that by far the largest factor in the maintenance of 
juvenile rectitude is home-training. Ininine out.of ten 
cases it will be found that weakness in parental discipline 
means the destruction of all respect for law and order in 
the community. If a boy does not learn how to obey 
in the home administration of family law he is not likely 
to obey the laws of the community. Obedience is the 
great law of human discipline. It is much easier for-the 
parents to instruct boys at home ‘than it is for ‘the boys 
to learn the penalties of disobedience by the administra- 
tion of punishment by the social unit, the town or com- 
munity. The boys of the North Shore-may well learn 
a lesson from the experiences of the boys recently ‘taken 
by the police. There is always a discovery. Eventually 
everyone pays the penalty for wrongdoing. It is a ‘pity 
that the lads have to learn their lesson in such a way. 
Ir 1s Att Bur ImposstBLE to gain any idea of the 
terrors of war at this distance from the field. The cares 
involved cannot be imagined. For instance,.the serious 
difficulty that confronts the relief work for the homeless 
Belgians is not the relief of the honorable men which the 
war has impoverished, but the segregation of the criminals 
set free before the Germans came. The inmates of all 
kinds of reform prisons and institutes were set free. 
These are at large and are a serious menace to the suf- 
ferers. 
Tue Brverty Farms Improvement Society excels . 
in every good work. It has been interested now in the 
financial campaign for funds for the Beverly ‘Hospital. 
An ingenious “Tree” scheme was evolved by some brilliant 
mind. As a result the society will be able to contribute 
one hundred and fifteen dollars to the Hospital Fund. 
This new success of the society is worthy of commenda- 
tion. 
Graves Says In His Votume the German army has 
stores for a year, “the authorities being well aware that 
war in Europe at the present time could and would not 
last longer than that period.” Let us hope his: prognosti- 
cation proves true, but the cruel civil war in America 
lasted four long years, though it was thought a three- 
months service would be sufficient when volunteers were 
called at the beginning of the strife. 
Now 1T 1s ANNOUNCED that there will be an increase 
in all single tickets upon railroads within the state begin- 
ning on January 1. It will be hard for the travelling 
public to pay the additional money for transportation, 
but the increase has some justification. There is no rea- 
son why a railroad corporation should be forced to run 
their affairs at a loss. 
Our Ricut AND Lert Wines are standing up man- 
fully under pressure, but Christmas is appallingly near. 
THosE PEACE TREATIES were an awful waste of per- 
fectly good ‘paper, 
