w U I "FIGHTING FRANCE"-by Stephane 1 MENDS Lauzanne. Published by D. Apple- CAN ton company, New York. France is suffering but not "bled r arrived white." This is the central theme of rsity aft- M. Stephane Lauzanne's book, "Fight- one-half ing France." M. Lauzanne was pres- infantry. ent at the last commencement at Petit was which time he received an honorary a branch degree from the University, and made it he im- a .powerful impression in his talk on :t at the France and its spirit in this great epoch of its history. and in Unlike most of the war books which' disclaims have flooded the literary market, this hie mere- book is more than a collection of anec- f France. dotes, and stories of the struggle and wounded strife of France, and the blood-cur- that end- dling cruelty of the Huns. Whatever of such details have been included e incom- within its pages are illustrative rather over the than the objective of the work. e enemy One very current misconception of . 1h irtesy, patriot- specially com- popular music French ideals. e justly term- happy ones." has never seen 1 soldier. to our system duties as in- etit very busy since his Eng- on is conduct- in France, are taught in hey reach the done in the studying a ads. the efforts learn French. BACK ,n, Is ts of 1 one day last week.' aying in an S. A. T. C. when the accident oc- forced to leave the enched back. ohnson has done no has been coaching the in hurdling, sprints, e injury is neither ser- nent, but the star to take no chances, ly do little or no work tes in the sprints, imps are progressing tutoring of last year's oho are teaching the ie points of the game Steve Farrell, former rhile no wonders have as yet, there is every Michigan will have a eam, up to the Mich,- capable of competing ,h the pick of the Con- r large number of men themselves for prac- wanted, and new men ged to report for try-, the war, namely, that France is about ready to "quit," is refuted unmistake- ably. M. Lauzanne as ex-editor-in- chief of Le Matin, first lieutenant in th French army,'14, and member of the French mission to the United States, is in a position ,to state the facts boldly and truthfully. He leaves no doubt whatever in the mind of the reader as to the material and spirit- ual power and endurance of France today.z Furthermore, any fear that France will agiee to peace terms which would in any way mark a deviation from her purposes in entering the war is dis- pelled. He sttes France's war aims simply but powerfully and supports his contentions by documentary evi- dence, which even a subtle son of the "fatherland" would find difficult to dispute. If it were possible for the Ameri- can public to increase its love and admiration for France, its understand- ing of what France is fighting for, how she is fighting, and why she con- tinues to fight, this book would deep- en the esteem for America's ancient ally. MINOTTO DISCLOSES PREMIER'S TREASON New York, Oct. 28.-Startling dis- closures -regarding the alleged nego- tiations of Joseph Caillaux, one time premier of France, and Count von Luxburg, former German minister to Argentina, who intended to re-estab- lish Caillaux in power in 1915 and bring about a separate peace with Germany, have been made to deputy state attorney Becker by Count James Minotte, interned alien enemy, the state officials announced here today. The deposition of Minotto, who is the son-imlaw of Louis Swift, of Chi- cago, has been forwarded to the French ambassador .t Washington Becker said, and the summary of it has been cabled to France for use in the trial of~Caillaux for high treason, which opens tomorrow. The full text also is on its way to Paris by a fast ship. Minotto was brought here last week from Fort Ogalthorpe, Ga., by spe- cil agents of the department of jus- tice Caillaux is charged with "intrigue tending to sink the solidarity of the Allies and to bring about a premature and dishonorable peace with Ger- many." Caill ux conspiracy is alleged pro- posed 'an alliance between France, Germany, Italy and Spain, against England apd Russia. Letts of Russia to Form New nation Petrograd (Correspondence of the Associated Press).-Birth of a fnew nation of 2,600,000 people, or a popu- lation greater than that of Norway, to be called Lettland, will be one of the results of the world war if the demands of the Letts of Livonia and Courland are granted. Preserve, your Michigan tradition. Subscribe now for The Daily, $3.25.- Adv. IUUJLVLL Il flian fliJ OPPOSES PLEA OF PRESIDENT URGING DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS New York, Oct. 28.-Col. TheodoreN Roosevelt, answering President Wil- son's appeal for return of a Demo- cratic majority in congress, urged vot- ers of the nation in an address here tonight to transfer control to Repub- lican leadership. Such an utcome of the election, he declared, would as- sure "our Allies that America Jis de- termined to speed up the war and in- sist on unconditional surrender" of the enemy, and would serve notice on Germany "and her vassal states" that they would have to deal hence-: forth "with the resolute and straight- forward soul of the American people and not merely with the obscure pur- poses and wavering will of Mr. Wil- son." Declaring that "half of the leaders of the President's own party oppos- ed him when he had committed him- self to war measures," Mr. Roosevelt asserted that heads of the Republican organization in congress supported. the administration when a declaration lof war was needed, when there was a