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VOL. XV 
March 30, 1917. No. 13 
A Surp’s Captain and the crew many years ago 
told a remarkable story of a narrow escape which thcir 
vessel had from going on a rock. The wind was blowing 
heavily, the sea was running swiftly and nothing that the 
crew could do seemed to prevent the ship from driving 
ahead onto the rocks. At the last possible moment the 
captain gave orders, “to the boats,” but before they could 
swing them clear of the ship, the wind changed, and the 
vessel that was marked evidently for destruction was 
caught in a change of wind, its speed checked and the 
rock avoided by a margin too small for comfort. There are 
breakers ahead for the ship of state. War appears al- 
most inevitable and only the miraculous can avert the 
impending disaster. A state of war exists, not because 
diplomatic relations have been cut off with Germany, but 
because of the attacks that have been made contrary to 
international law and the protests of the Government 
against unarmed merchant men. Already our govern- 
ment has armed vessels bound for Europe and three such 
craft have successfully made port. The German marines 
interned in Philadelphia have been transported to Georgia 
and are, virtually, prisoners. The Massachusetts militia 
has been notified to be in readiness for a call and two 
_Tregiments are already in service. The President has 
ordered that the Marine corps be raised to 17,140 and has 
authorized other acts in the interests of a “complete state 
of preparedness.” Even though the United States Gov- 
ernment desires to avoid war, how can one fail to see 
what the German interpretation of our activities is to be. 
It is well known that Germany declared war, claiminz 
that Russia and France were mobilizing to make an at- 
tack. Germany will interpret our activities in no more 
friendly light. America must face the issue. It is now 
upon us and no one will shirk the responsibility. 
Tut Home CoMMITTEE ON SAFETY will present you 
with a personal service card very soon, on one of which you 
will be able to state your address, age, married or single, 
occupation, experience other than regular occupation, 
military or naval training, and in case of war, if you will 
enlist in some active form of service with an opportunity 
of suggesting the navy or the sea, or the home guard. It 
asks further: if you are unable to enlist, but ready to help 
in some:other way, what form of service will you render? 
There are twenty-five different opportunities presented: 
architect, aviation, butcher, city firemen, city police, 
chaplain, concrete worker, cook, dentist, electric ma- 
chinery, engineering, horse, languages, motorboat, motor 
car, navigator, nurse, pharmacist, radio, railroad opera- 
tion, seaman, structural work in steel, surgeon, tele- 
grapher or topography. You have an opportunity to 
think the matter over and the more readily sign the card 
when presented. 
THE State CoMMITTEE has appointed, James Phelan 
of Lynn and Joseph Monette of Lawrence as the Essex 
County representatives, to take charge of the recruiting 
in this section. 
March 30, 1917. 
THe REMOVAL OF GENERAL Woop from his position 
in New York to a position of relative lesser importance 
appears to be a deliberate slight on the part of the govern- 
ment, but there is another view which we may take of 
the matter. It is fortunate that we have such a capable 
and reliable man in the service at Charleston. New York 
nay be a more strategic position to maintain as we now 
see it. It would not be a strange turn in fortune if the 
apparent slight, after all, transpired to be of great value 
to the entire country. General Wood is a man of ability 
and worthy of any position in the army. If the oppor- 
tunity at Charleston does not appear to be as great as the 
one at New York, it will not be surprising to those who 
know him best if he brings that department up to the 
standard efficiency which has characterized his work in 
every other field of his endeavors. New York has been 
cared for efficiently. Now the government will conserve 
the valuable service which he has rendered in that city 
and be assured by his presence at Charleston that the work 
there will be equally well developed. General Wood is a 
valuable man and will be heard from before the war is 
over. 
Tue City oF BEvERLY and the Town of Manchester 
in cooperation with all other towns and cities, have voted 
to codperate with the State Committee on Safety, and 
efficient committees have been organized. The main com- 
mittee has nine departments: finance, coordination of aid 
societies, emergency help and equipment, food production 
and conservation, industrial survey, military equipment 
and supplies, publicity, state protection and transporta- 
tion. The local organizations will be similar. The towns 
and cities in the state will appoint an executive committee 
and sub-committees on finance, coordination, emergency 
help, food production, industrial survey, military equip- 
ment, publicity, state protection, and transportation. The 
town or city finance committee will then take up direct 
relations with the state committee on finance and each 
and every other committee will take up work in cooper- 
ation with the corresponding committee. Thus organized 
the work should be carried on efficiently and successfully. 
No VoTeR SHOULD NEGLECT to register his vote on 
next Tuesday at the primaries to be held to determine the 
candidates to be voted on, at large, in the State. There 
are no names to appear on the ballot for our local dis- 
tricts, for Augustus Peabody Loring, who was the only 
candidate in the legislative district has no opponent and 
is elected. In the congressional district Rev. C. S. Pond 
has also won a nomination because there are but eight 
candidates in the field of whom four will be elected. But 
every voter in the state should go to the polls to register 
his vote because the issues at stake are important. There 
are fifty-two names on the ballot from which thirty-two 
are to be selected. The primaries are as important as 
the elections as it gives the voter the opportunity of de- 
termining whom he will vote for at the election. 
Tue NEWSPAPERS OF THE Day are hearing their 
message of sorrow and bloodshed and thoughtful folks 
are looking forward to the issues that will appear later 
when all will be scanning the pages of casualties that have 
been reported from ‘somewhere in France.’ Not since 
the Civil War have the American newspapers been obliged 
to seriously prepare for great national war movement. 
TuHerE Is ONE ENcouRAGING Factor that makes the 
heart of the dweller on the Atlantic seashore glad-and 
that is that the gun carriages on the guns are being rapid- 
ly changed so, in a short while, it will be possible to secure 
elevation enough to outrange any battleship that may 
attack. 
