Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 114, 26 March 1919 — Page 1

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CRISIS NOW AS SERIOUS AS DANGER FROM HUNS Bolsheviki Are Menacing Security of Entente as Germans Did Year Ago When They Crossed Kemmel.

REPEAT WAR MISTAKES By FRANK H. SIMONDS. (Copyright. 1919. by ''he McClure Newspaper Syndicate) PARIS, March 26. We hare Just passed tne anniversary of the great military crisis of the recent war, when Germany almost triumphed in the attack of March 21 toward Amiens. We . know that the German success was due primarily to the absence of unity of command on the allied side, and that supreme disaster was only avoided because in a moment of utmost peril the allies turned to Foch. After four months of armistice and the peace conference, we are in a certain sense reaching a situation strangely and unpleasantly reminiscent of last year. The absence of unity of command in the peace conference in the last four months has made possible a new offensive, the extent of which is still undisclosed, but the menace of which is daily growing before all eyes. This is the peril of Bolshevism. Real Danger in Bolshevism. With such information as reaches us from America comes no hint of the extent to which the Bolshevism danger of Europe is appreciated. There seems to be in America a certain calm confidence that Bolshevism is a thing incapable of passing the 'Atlantic, Just as there is in Wllsonian circles here a be'lef that Bolshevism will surrender without condition the moment it finds itself in the presence of the league of nations actually organized. Whether Bolshevism could cross the Atlantic or not must be problematical. That Bolshevism may arrive at the channel or even cross it into Britain within the next year Is at least believed by many serious people in Paris and out of it As for tha notion that the league of nations carries - any remedy for -Bolshevism, this is simply preposterous. Bolshevism is. as much as It is anything, an attack on the theory and system of private property. It is purely and simply communism. It is our political and economic theory in the western world. It seeks to govern the world by masses of the least skilled labor. It is systematically killing all men of capacity and ability In Russia. It wars on nationalities, on pariotism, on all that we have been accustomed to regard as organized civilization. Its only liking for the league of nations is based on the conviction that the league of nations will disarm exactly those forces which might otherwise resist Bolshevism, and so far this Is an accurate conclu- . eion. Decisive Measure Avoided. Now, what exactly is the situation? ' In the first place, Europe and America, In the presence of domestic opposition, resigned the policy which might have involved the expenditure of some lite and some treasure, but would have meant a decisive battle against Bolshevism by the allied armies. The first proposal that we should carry the war into Russia with our own victorious armies was vetoed by all the governments of the great powers in the alliance, because it was recognized that the people of none of them would consent to sacrifice which would have to be made sacrifices in men and In money. The people of the victorious nations said: "We have, . suffered enough. We are exhausted . and we will fight no more." There was, then,' a second line' of; policy. It lay within our power to puport the Ukrainians, the - Roumanians, the Poles and the people of the I Baltic provinces, who had a sense of nationalism more. or", less strongly defined, who had in the case of the Ukrainians, a system of private property and small peasant holdings, endangered by the Bolshevist program. We might have limited Bolshevism to that Muscovite, faction of Russia which only in the last two centuries has added to Itself the people of the fringes. The Roumanians, the Poles, the Lithuanians and the Ukrainians asked nothing better than allied support in money, in material and in officers, to make resistance at the frontiers of Russia and to throw Bolshevism back back on Moscow. But this was four months ago. Once more we did nothing. As a consequence today Paris is informed that the Bolshevists have practically conquered the Ukraine, the handful of Greek and French troops sent to assist the volunteers, without material or without assurances, have been left to escape, while the volunteers made common cause with the Bolshevists. Roumania Is Paralyzed. Roumanla, the best single bulwark we have In the east, has been paralyzed because of a quarrel between Roumanla and Serbia over a tiny morsel of territory, a quarrel which the Paris conference has not been nble to compose. The single effective Ukrainian force is engaged in a campaign to drive the Poles out of Lemberg. The Poles and Czecho-Slovaks who together should constitute a barrier on the north, are at odds over Teschen, and we cannot make up our minds to give the Poles, not allied Troops, but Polish troops, who have fought in France. Moreover ,the peace conference under the Impulsion of Lloyd George is at this moment engaged in depriving the Poles of any adequate access to the sea for fear (Continued on Page Eight) ,

Indiana Suffrage Leader Has Right to First Distinction At National Jubilee Convention Being Held in St. Louis

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Left to right, above: Pyle, ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 26. One group of women hold a unique position at the jubilee convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association, now being held in St. Louis. It is composed of victory presidents, leaders of those state associations, whose triumphs make this the most successful of all the fifty years of the national association. First are the presidents of the three states where women received full en franchisement last November. Mrs. John L. Ple of Huron led the South Dakota women through the winning campaign as well as the trying defeats of the preceding years. Mrs. Pyle is known through her state not alone for her suffrage activities, but also for her work for the Presbyterian church and Its educational institutions. Mrs. Percy J. Farrell of Detroit became president after the Michigan campaign had been started. That was the third campaign in the suffrage history of Michigan and in it men and WEDNESDAY ADDS $1,722 TO Y. M. DRIVEJOR FUND Workers Still Have $3,581 to Raise Within the Next Two Days. Despite inclement weather a large percentage of the Y. M. C. A. budget fund workers reported at the Y. M. C. A. this noon with the total sum of $1,722 for Wednesday, secured through solicitation. Workers reported good response from nearly all of the persons solicited. A general fund of $632 was reported and the following divisional sums: Division number 1, Tuesday $774.75; Wednesday, $376. Division number 2, Tuesday $737.75; Wednesday $357. - Division number 3,- Tuesday $859.25; Wednesday, $510.Division number 4, Tuesday $824.75; Wednesday $479. . Total $4,918.50. This sum, $4,918.50, subtracted from the desired quota of $8,500, leaves $3,581.50 yet to be secured. ' "I believe there is no special reason for discouragement, but it is going to take all our efforts to put this thing over," said E.' M. Haas, manager of the campaign. "I know that it is entirely possible to put this campaign over, though," said Mr. Hoos. "The moral effect of failure is evident to us all," he added. , . John II. Johnson, who presided at. the meeting this noon, said: "The reputation of the Y. M. C. A. is at stake in this campaign. This is a critical time in the history of the association, and it would be most unfortunate if we didn't raise the amount we are going after." Mr. Johnson urged the men to keep up their faith o-nA iica nil thoir pffnrts in mittlne tho I campaign over successfully within the next two days. All workers were asked to meet again at the Y. M. C A. tomorrow morning for a short conference before starting on the morning's solicitation. As the figures of the campaign stand new, each division has $900 yet to raise. To help the campaign a bazaar was instituted by Leslie Hart in a local five and ten cent store , today. All sorts of baked foods were sold, the proceeds going to the budget fund. Several girls employed in the store presided at the bazaar counter. BREWERS TO DEFY U. 8. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 26. Members of the Pennsylvania State Brewers' association voted today to make 2 per cent beer and to fight any legal steps that may be taken by the government to prevent them from operating their breweries. The meeting which had been called to consider the Root-Guthrie opinion, passed a resolution to this effect.

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Mrs. W. E. Barkley and Mrs. Katherine women worked on joint official committees as they have worked together in no other state. : The chairman of the Oklahoma state suffrage committee, Miss Katherine Pierce of Oklahoma City, is the youngest state chairman in the national association. She is a successful business woman and a political worker of unusual ability. Of the three presidential suffrage states won this year, Indiana has the right to first consideration, since Indiana had won both presidential and municipal suffrage in 1917, and lost It at the hands of the courts. Again the state legislature has been victorious in- securing the right of presidential suffrage which vis now established. The president of the. Indiana Woman's Franchise league, Mrs. Richard E. Edwards of Peru, has, with boundless enthusiasm and . unquenchable courage, led the suffrage forces during these trying years while, at the same time, she has been acting manager of the Richmond Cobbler Gets French Croix De Guerre For Shoes Given Sailor For a pair of shoes, "the best in the navy," J. S. Seaman, a cobbler, whose shop is the second door east of Fifteenth and Main streets, has been sent a French Croix de Guerre and btar. The Republique Francais did not award him the medal, but a loyal Hoosier. Howard Webb of the U. S. navy, did. Webb is a Richmond boy. Before Webb entered the Bervice Cobbler Seaman made him a pair of shoes which he declares were the best footwear he ever had. Not long ago, the postman left a small package, with Mr. Seaman. It had the postmark of a French port. Inside was the emblem for which many a Frenchman has died. The date, 1914-1918, appears on the cross and on the green and crimson ribbon from which it dangles is a five-pointed star. Now the honored medal of France hangs side by side with a medal marked Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, on the wall in Mr. Seaman's shop. The Indiana madal is symbolic of the three years he spent in the civil war as a member of Co. A, Sixty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, under the ccJInmand of Colonel Perry. GEORGE GIBBS GIVEN FRENCH WAR CROSS Corporal George H. Gibbs, of Wayne county, a member of Company L, 14Sth Infantry of the 37th Division, has been awarded the French Croix de Guerre, according to Information received by relatives here. Corporal Gibbs fought on four different fronts and was promoted from private to corporal while in action. THE WEATHER .For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain this afternoon and tonight. Much colder tonight, Thursday fair and colder. Today's Temperature. Noon 54 Yesterday. Maximum 70 Minimum 35 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Cloudy this afternoon and tonight jwith air considerably cooler tonight. .Thursday probably cloudy, colder fol lowed by fair. Southwest winds shifting to north tonight. General Conditions A southwest storm moving very slowly, with rain, has reached the Great Lakes region as far east as Ohio. A cold wave over western Canada has moved rapidly south, with temperatures now below zero. Zero weather is predicted over the northern part of the United States. This cold weather is expected to arrive not later than Wednesday night and will continue for a short time ' ,

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Peru Chair Works, thus releasing her manager, her husband, for United States service. Not content with patriotic service alone in' the business field, Mrs. Edwards has been food commissioner at large for Indiana, member of the local committee of the ward camp community service and organizer of a Red Cross shop in Indianapolis. Mrs. Theodore Youmans, president of the Wisconsin Woman's Suffrage association, and Dr. Marion Horton, president of the Vermont Knnnl Rnf. frage association, complete the list of victory presments, Wisconsin and Vermont being the two presidential suffrage states most recently added to the suffrage map. Dr. Horton has this month been, elected president In Vermont' to' succeed Mrs. A. L. Bailey. Vermont's victory has probably been lost to the Vermont women through the action of Vermont's governor, who vetoed the Vermont presidential suffrage bill. FORMER PREMIER OF HUNGARY IS REPORTED SHOT Unconfirmed Rumor Claims Karolyi ; is Assassinated Czechs Take Town. (By Associated Press) BERNE, March 26. According to an unconfirmed rumor . reaching Prague from Budapest, former Premier Karolyi of Hungary has been assassinated. CZECHS' SEIZE RAAB COPENHAGEN, March 25. The Hungarian national council has been dissolved on motion of its president, a Budapest dispatch today states. It is reported here from Vienna that communication between Vienna and Budapest has been Interrupted through the capture by the Czecho-Slovaks of J the town of Raab on the Danube about " midway between the two cities. Large Hungarian cannon foundries are situated at Raab.. According to a Budapest dispatch to the Vienna Deutsche Volksblatt, former Premier Alexander Wekerle (who has been reported under arrest at Budapest) Is charged with introducing measures for the socialization of landed estates in a form enabling him to dispose on favorable terms of his own heavily mortgaged estates. The French foreign office has been advised that one of the first acts of the new Hungarian government was to. release the Russian Red Cross delegation that had been imprisoned in Budapest because it had been circulating Bolshevik propagandist matter. MENACE TO RUMANIA LONDON, March 26. Discussing the situation in Russia today in the House of Commons, Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for war, said that events during the last two or three months in Ukraine bad been extremely disastrous to the French. He said they had entered from the south and had gone some distance from the coast when they were confronted by superior forces and encountered hostility from the people. The secretary pointed out that this latter feature was something which "must be carefully weighed, as it showed the danger that might result from rarh or 111considred action." Two towns have been taken and Odessa is being defended by French, Greek and Russian forces against the Bolshevik attacks, he said. The position of the Bolsheviki near Odessa, he pointed out, has exposed Rumania to a very direct threat of invasion, which with the Hungarians advancing on the other side, has made the situation very difficult. - i

SURRENDER OF TERRITORY IS PROTESTED BY RUN ASSEMBLY

Protests Against Peace Terms Staged Over Germany -Cabinet Promises to Retain all Rhine Land. DEMAND SARRE BASIN (By Associated Press PARIS, March 26. The Prussian national assembly has voted unanimously against the relinquishment by Germany of any of the Rhine territory, especially the Sarre Basin, according to German dispatches reaching here. The advices also tell of meetings of protests multiplying in all parts of Germany In what is called an "enslaving peace." According to the Zurich correspondent of the 'Journal these manifestations are being organized by the government through Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, the foreign secretary. "I take a most solemn oath that the government will not surrender to the enemy one inch of German territory, either east or west." said Dr. Schiffer, minister of ordnance in the new cabi net, in addressing a great crowd in front of the chancellor's palace on Sunday, according to the Berlin Tages Zeitung. Ask Treasury Issue. The German government has not yet been able to prepare a new budget for 1919, and has submitted to the national assembly provisional estimates for April, May and June. These estimates include an authorization to issue treasury certificates totalling three billion marks to cover expenditures. A number of new appropriations in addition to the payment of regular current expenditures are authorized in the estimates. Germany is detaining Danish resi dents of Schleswig who desire to return home after having been released from Russian prisons, according to advices reaching the French foreign office. These men were among Germans taken prisoner by the Russians during the war and who after being set free in Russia attempted to return to Schleswig. They are. how ever, it is declared, being held In Ger many and denied permission to go home. : : , . FOOD SHIPMENTS READY COBLENZ, Tuesday, March 25. The question of supplying food to Germans within Occunteri fl.rp JIB Tin a haan investigated by various military com mands or the allied armies in Germany and it is expected that within a few days supplies will be received for distribution. So far as the American area is concerned, the problem is seeing that 850.000 German within tha occupied zone received enough food to maintain bodily health and vigor. DR. WOODWARD ASKED TO MAKE STUDY OF RUSS CONDITIONS Dr. Walter C. Woodward, editor of the American Friend, received a telegram from Wilbur K. Thomas, head of the American Friends' Service Committee, this morning, asking him to be one of a committee of three to go to Russia this spring to investigate the situation there and report conditions. Dr. Woodward was asked to return his decision immediately which he did, refusing the offer because of busi ness which he feels he should not leave for such a length of time. "I believe a successful study of the Russian situation will necessitate the investigators remaining in that country at least six months, and this would be impossible for me," he said this morning. GREAT DREADNAUGHT LAUNCHED IN APRIL WASHINGTON, March 26 Th super dreadnaught Tennessee under construction at the New York navy yard, will be launched at the end of I April of the end of May. Acting sec-i retary Roosevelt explained today that ! the ship is of such tremendous size that there is only one tide a month high enough to put her overboard. He said the Tennessee would be the heaviest ship ever launched, the actual weight being 16,500 dead weight tons. FREEZING WEATHER SCHEDULED FOR HERE Freezing cold weather, ' which will strike Wayne county within the next thirty-six hours, is predicted in a special bulletin received by Weatherman Moore Wednesday morning. The cold wave will send temperatures down to zero in the northern part of the United States, but the temperature will not be that low here. The first cold will be felt Wednesday night, but the wave will not last long. IOWA FOR FULL SUFFRAGE (By Associated Press) DES MOINES, Iowa, March 26. With only one dissenting vote the Iowa house of representatives yesterday passed the senate measure proposing full woman suffrage In this state through constitutional amendment.

French Investigate "Leah"

In News of Peace Council (Br Associated Press) ' PARIS, March 26. It was learned tonight that the government had opened an Inquiry into the manner in which the French press had been enabled to keep so closely In touch with the doings of the supreme council. HITCHCOCK SAYS PRESENT LEAGUE DRAFT OR NONE Nebraska Senator Expresses His Support of Society of Nations Covenant. (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, 111., March 26 Declaring that there is only one league of nations constitution before the world and that people must accept this or nothing, Senator G. M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, formerly chairman of the committee on foreign relations, paused in his speech to the Association of Commerce today and added: "I am for It" "We need not deceive ourselves with foolish hopes that wars will naturally cease," Senator Hitchcock said. "Experience has shown that they come whether nations are barbarous or civilized, Christian or pagan, educated or illiterate. "They will continue In the future as they have In the past unless nations unite in a plan to avoid them. For the first time in history nations are making an effort to do this. "Will the efforts of the men at Paris succeed or fail? The answer is of tremendous Importance to families who must furnish soldiers if they do rail, it is of great importance to taxpayers. If the league is not formed the signed at Paris will be only a truce and every nation will resume war preparations on a bigger scale tnan ever. Taxes in the United States to cover these preparations would run into hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Most of this burden would be in the form of taxes on incomes and business profits. League Impossible Before. "Prohibition has knocked out sev eral hundred million dollars a year of government revenue, and public sen timent probably will never again sub mit to the old practice of raising the bulk of the revenue by taxes on the consumer, no matter how they are levied. This may be a cold-blooded way f .looking at the anestion. but I wish to make it plain that the Paris conference is not entirely academic but affects us all tremendously. "Perhaps the establishment of a league of nations never was possible before. A great change, however, has come over the world. In the past the world has been cursed by autocratic governments bent on conquest "Now, however, the nations of the world have become, or by our aid may become largely democratic. It should be comparatively simple for them to make an agreement to establish international peace based on justice. America Leads Effort "That is the effort now being made at Paris. America leads. Her representatives are devoting their energies to securing for humanity the great boon of a world free from future wars. In this historic effort the leader is the American president. Woodrow Wilson. "Should we support this effort or repudiate it? Already opposition is strongly developed. Considering these objections it was first said the league would be a sort of super-nation with a great standing army and navy capable of destroying any particular nation. This objection disappeared as soon as the league constitution was published. Second, the objection was made that the United States surrendered a part of its sovereignty by entering the league. It has now become evident that neither the United States nor any other nation surrenders anything as the league is not a government and ha3 no sovereign powers. Believes Doctrine Safe "Third, objection has been made that the United States abandons the Monroe Doctrine. How can this doctrine be abandoned by joining a league which proposes to put a stop to aggressions by force against every nation including those in America? "Fourth, objection has been made that British self-governing colonies like Canada and Australia may be admitted to the league, which it is claimed would give Great Britain five votes to our one. If it were true it would not matter because all important questions must be decided by unanimous vote, also, these colonies are now almost completely independent of Great Britain and Canada especially, has many interests in common with the United States. Only World Questions. "Fifth, it has been objected that Japan might insist on having the league settle the immigration question and through the league force us to admit Japanese. If she could she could also force us to change our laws of marriage and divorce, taxation or any other domestic question. The league, however, deals only with international questions and has no relation to domestic affairs. "I feel that these objections will be brushed aside and that men will meet the big issue squarely. Our answer must be 'yes' or 'no' and I am sure there is but one correct answer and that Is 'yes'. "I believe that the .people of the world will accept the league as It has been prepared in Paris because they must realize the promises the nations make to each other will act as an effectual preventative of war." CONFER ON PR08ECUTION HAMILTON, O.. March 26. Levi Kittlnger and B. L. Knapp. father and brother-in-law of W. O. Kittlnger, killed on a C. & O. train three weeks ago, by James N. West have conferred with County Prosecutor Isaac C. Baker relative to the prosecution of West.

ONE TREATY FOR CENTRAL POWERS NOW CONSIDERED

Single Document to Link Ger many With its Allies as Responsible Head by Delegates is Proposed. PROGRESS IS SEEN (By Associated Press) PARIS, March 26. It became known last night that a serious efTort was being made, in the highest quarters to join together all the peace treaties with Germany, Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria, thus making one comprehensive treaty in which Germany would be linked with the other central powers as , their responsible head. While such a step would cause some delay, yet the American and the British leaders here feel that it would save time in the end, In completing the work on all the peace treaties. The inclusion of Austria in a comprehenslve treaty would be particularly acceptable to Italy, which has resented the conclusion of terms with Germany in a document which failed to deal with Italy's Interests in Austria. . The movement for a single treaty with all four powers probably grows out of Premier Orlando's strong opposition to such omission in the first treaty clauses, dealing with Italy's interests. The plan has not yet been finally determined upon and it may meet with objections, but the tendency is toward its acceptance. It Is stated that the fact that the United States is not at war with Turkey or Bulgaria has raised no objection to the plan. Should the plan be adopted it is expected that four treaties could be linked together and completed by May 1. Premiers Confer. President Wilson and Premiers Lloyd-George, Clemenceau and Orlando will resume at the Paris "White House" today their series of conferences which is expected to continue until the most important questions which have been delaying the work of the peace conference are cleared up. The differences of opinion which have developed since the return of Mr. Wilson to Paris are being considered fully and frankly and a determed effort is being made in the interest of an early peace to reach an agreement on broad lines. The session began at 11 o'clock this morning, was resumed after lunch and continued into the evening with no other councils or conferences to distract the attention of the president and the premiers. It marked the initial step by this super-council in taking direction of affairs and In meeting apprehension due to the revolution blazing up in eastern Europe. Study Bolshevik Control It is expected that many sharp divergencies will have been recited before the next meeting of the council of ten, as the four conferes intend to continue their work until this is accomplished. Mr. Wilson and the pre miers spent a large part of the day on the questions of reparations by Germany and an early disposal of this problem was expected when the meeting began. The Russian situation, particularly in relation to the political upheaval in Hungary was considered at today's conference, and it was understood that boundary questions would also bo taken up. During the day the Hungarian re volt and Its effect in bringing Bolshe vism into central Europe was also, without doubt examined, as experts had prepared a huge map showing the vast extent of Bolshevik authority. which now embraces virtually half of Europe. The commission yesterday adopted an American amendment to protect nations against the influx of foreign labor. WASHINGTON. March 26. A message to the white house today from the American peace delegation at ParU said greater progress toward peace was being made than "appeared on the surface." No details of the progress were given and white house officials declined to speculate on what develoiments might have furnished the basis for the dispatch. In some quarters it was assumed that the American delegates were optimistic over the Important amendment to the league of nations constitution agreed upon yesterday. Including one specifically to exempt domestic questions from the jurisdiction of the league and over the apparent certainty that the associated powers will accept President Wilson's provision designed to preserve the Monroe doctrine. AEROPLANES ARE SOLD TO CZECH AUTHORITIES (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 26. The United States government rfas sold to the Czecho-Slovak military authorities aeroplanes and aeroplane equipment to the value of one million dollars, it was learned today. The number of machines embraced in the consignment was not made public, but they were listed as valued at $319,000. This Is the second purchase of airplanes made by the Czecho-Slovaks from the United States.