Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 124, 4 April 1919 — Page 1

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COLLAPSE OF PEACE PLANS HELD TO BE INEVITABLE

Conference is Working Desperately to Patch up Terms Within Next Ten Days, Declares Simonds. BELIEVES LEAGUE DEAD By FRANK H. SIMONDS. (Copyright. 1919. By the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) PARIS, April 4. The League of Nations Is dead. All chance of a real ettlement of European problems is at ln end. A desperate effort Is being ciade to get together a patched-up peace witnin tne next ten days which ehall at least put an end to the unrest and economic paralysis In the world. The collapse of the League of Nations Is the result of the panic following the arrival of the Bolshevists at Budapest; having had no policy towards Bolshevism, the Paris conference suddenly awoke from its dreams of reordering the world to a realization of the fact that two-thirds of the population of Europe would not in any case subscribe to the League of Nations, and that the league of nations. If it were to be anything, would have to be an alliance against Bolshevism, an alliance which called for active operations. End Hope of Poles. In this situation, the Paris conference, which for three months had concentrated most of its attention upon the draft of the covenant of the League of Nations, was suddenly informod that Germany would sign no treaty which recognized the right of the small nationalities to existence at her expense, and that unless the allies were prepared to enforce their de mands upon German and Bolshevist alike, the doctrines themselves had no value and no weight. In the panic which resulted, the conference at Paris gave up the just decision that the Poles should have Danzig and an outlet on the Baltic. By this course it doomed the Poles to a choice between the Germans and the Bolshevists, and put an end forever to Polish hopes of real independence. The conference had brought the Bolshevists to Budapest by recognizing the rights of the Roumanians, it now .condemned the Poles to Bolshevism loy denying Polish rights. Almost at .'the same time, Italy served an ulti matum upon the conference at Paris that unless she were permitted to deprive the southern Slavs of their natural sea gates, her delegation would retire from the conference. Her ultimatum brought the desired result. In one week, both the Poles and the Southern Slavs were sacrificed; Danzig will remain German; Flume will pass to Italy. Sacrifice to Germans There remains another sacrifice to be made to the Germans. To produco a peace that the Germans would sign, it was not simply necessary to sacrifice Poland,. but also France. This is being done. Today, the Allies of France are engaged in reducing tho just claims of France for compensation and reparation, and when the reduction is over, France, in return for a million and half of dead, and her ruined northern industrial regions, will have neither a guarantee against a new German invasion, nor reparation for the devastation of the last. The result is patent. Germany may sign the treaty of peace which her conquerera will now offer her, so amended as to make her payment small, but the burden of war will be Ihrown upon France, and the dream that all of us had once that the smaller peoples of Europe would be raised to Independence goes by the board. We have, in effect, surrendered Eastern Europe to Bolshevism, and are about, to leave France at the mercy of Ger-; many. We have amended our prin-' ciple of the right of the 6mall people i to existence, so that it now reads tnat It is a mistake to take from the large state and give to the smaller state, because the smaller state cannot defond itself and we have no desire to defend it. Thus amended, the doc-j trine of the league of nations becomes

the German gospel of force. Only Patched-Up Peace There is left, then, only one thing, a patched-up peace. We are trying now, on the one hand, to placate the German, and on the other to please ihe Bolshevist. We are sacrificing France in the West to the Germans. We are abandoning the smaller peoples of Eastern Europe to the Bolshevists now, and to the Germans hereafter. When a patched-up peace Is signed, we shall have Europe as full of wrongs and injustices as it was before 1914, and we shall have left the German free to begin again, this time by economic as well as military methods, the organization of his Mittel Europa. Poland, which we were going to create, will have no outlet on the Bra; Czecho-Slovakia, which we have erected, is without other than a German outlet, Hungary remains a German ally, and Jugo-Slavia, mutilated at the behest of Italy, will inevitably seek a place in Germany's Mittel-Europa. As for Rumania, she will have to choose between Bolshevist and German, and her choice will be easily made. At the present moment, England, the United States and Italy are engaged in reducing French demands to the point which Germany will accept. England, with the German fleet in her possession, and German commerclal competition destroyed, has won her phase of the war. Italy, with Trieste, the Trentino, and the Dalmatian coast in her possession and Eng- ' lish and Americans agreeincr that she i (Continued on Page Nine.)

Will Bay Navy Steel

On Competitive Bids (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 4. Steel for the navy will continue to be bought on competitive bids, regardless of prices agreed upon by the industral board with the industry, and what ever may be the outcome of the con ferences now going on to determine the future policy of the board. Acting Secretary Roosevelt said to day this decision had been reached after the legal officers of the department had ruled that the department was required by law to secure this material by public advertisement of contracts. J, H. MILLS WILL DIRECT VICTORY LOAN CAMPAIGN Man Who Put Through W. S. S. Drive to Direct Victory Loan in County. Joseph Mills, president of the Richmond Casket company, who headed the successful Thrift Stamp campaign in Wayne county, accepted the chairmanship of the Wayne county Victory Loan campaign Friday noon. Mills was nominated and unanimously elected at a noon luncheon of twenty business men at the Westcott, at which Will H. Wade, state chairman of the Liberty loan, spoke. Mills will select his executive committee later, as well as his working committee. The new chairman, when nominated, said he realized the place meant a sacrifice of his personal interests, but it was a duty which had to be done, and that he had no right to decline. Urges County Support. "I will accept, provided I am assured the support of every man here, and of the citizens of Wayne county," said Mills. "I am liable to call upon any one of you, or any one in town, for duty in the putting over of the loan, and I expect you to accept unquestloningly." "The acceptance by Mills of the chairmanship ends a long period of un certainty, during which several men were nominated for the place, but backed away. The new chairman has a hard task ahead of him to whip the loan organization of the county into shape before the beginning of the Victory Loan campaign, as less than three weeks remain, and needs the support of every citizen. Predict Easy Success. State Chairman Wade made an ap peal to those present to back up the new loan. "Instead of being the hardest of the five loans to put across, this Is going to be the easiest," said Wade. "Are we going to penalize Uncle Sam because he brought the war to a close a year ahead of time? No! This loan will be as well supported as any one which has been subscribed. "Little Union county, down here to the south of you, has assured us that the instant the loan is opened, her quota will be raised. Other counties in the state have said that the first day of the loan will be the last. I am sure Wayne county will keep up her magnificent record by putting the fifth loan triumphantly across." COMPLETE RAINBOW DIVISION ASSIGNED FOR EARLY CONVOY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 4. Assignment of the complete 42nd (Rainbow) division to early convoy home was announced today by the war department. THREE THOUSAND ARRIVE NEW YORK, April 4. Twenty-eight officers and 1,535 men comprising all the letter companies and the medical detachment of the 337th infantry, 85th division (former national army of Michigan and Wisconsin), arrived here , today on the cruiser Frederick from ( Brest, i ney are assigned 10 vamps Custer, Bowie, Dix, Lewis, Beauregard, Pike and Sherman. Also aboard were fifty casuals of various branches of the service. The steamship Arizonian arrived from Bordeaux with 2,629 troops. Seventeen officers and 712 men comprised the fifth corps artillery park, for Camps Grant and Sherman. The others with the exception of a few casuals, made up the following aero squadrons: Nos. 19, 21, 30, 31, 32, 33, 37, 43, 101, 172, 174, 257 and 640. Great Silesia Mine Made Property of Workingmen (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Thursday. April 3. The S. Bleichroeder Banking company of this city, which owns nearly all the shares of the great Oppeln mine at Oppeln, Silesia, has arranged to turn over its stock to members of the miners' union at par. This mine wlH, if the arrangement is carried out, become the first in Germany to be owned by the employes. British Transport Sails With Sims on Board (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, April 4. The British transport Mauretania, bringing home Admiral Sims and his staff, sailed from Brest April 1 for New York and should arrive Sunday or Monday next, according to a cablegram received here today by the British ministry of shipping. Among those on board are 64 officers and 988 men of the American army; 115 officers, 2,639 men and three nurses, Americans formerly with the British expeditionary forces and a number of civilians

INDEPENDENCE FOR FILIPINO PEOPLE URGED BY PRESIDENT

Secretary Baker Tells Island Mission He Believes Time Has Come to Grant Philippines Liberty. PETITION PRESENTED WASHINGTON, April 4. Members of the special mission of the Philippine legislature here seeking immediate independence for the islands were told today by Secretary Baker that he spoke President Wilson's mind when he said he believed the time had come to grant the complete Independ ence desired by the Filipino people. The war secretary also, said he be lieved the mission would be able to carry home word that the American people loved liberty too dearly to de ny it to others. He read a letter left by President Wilson when he went to Europe, ex pressing the hope that the mission would result in "bringing about the desirable end sent forth in the joint resolution of the legislature." Obstacles Cleared Away. Francis Burton Harrison, governorgeneral of the Phillipines followed Mr. Baker with the statement that his ex perience in the island had convinced him that the obstacle to independence that appeared to exist a few years ago nad been cleared away. Declaring there is now a stable gov eminent in the Phillipines, managed and supported by the people them selves, and that it can and will be maintained if independence is granted the affairs of the island had been ad opportune time for presenting the claims because of the principles for which the United States entered the world war--"for the liberty, the selfgovernment and the undictated devel opment of all peoples" Manuel L. Quezon, chairman of the Philippine mission, today presented to Secretary Baker the question of independence for the Philippino people. Mr. Baker, who is In charge of Philippine affairs, this morning formally received the en tire mission, numbering about, forty members representing all elements of Philippine life. ' Chairman Quezon, president of the Philippine senate aad former residence commissioner of the Island in Washington, acted as spokes man. , After announcing that the mission brought to the United States a message of good will, gratitude and respect from all the inhabitants of the islands, Mr. Quezon stated he had been sent by his people formally to submit to this government the urgent question of their independence "in the confident hope it shall merit a just, righteous and final settlement." Independence Ideal. "Independence is the great nation al ideal of the Philippino people," Mr. Quezon asserted, and "we believe this is the proper time to present the question, looking to a favorable and decisive action, because of the de clared and uniform policy of America to withdraw her sovereignty over the Philippines and to recognize our inde pendence as soon as a stable government has been established. There now is a stable government and the fulfillment of this solemn promise you owe to yourselves, to us and to humanity at large." The speaker paid a tribute to the United States for the manner in which the affairs of the island had bee administered during the period of American occupation, which through the co operation of Americans and Filipinos, he said, had brought "prosperity and progress unprecedented." "You have truly treated us as no nation ever before has treated another under its sway," he declared, "and yet you and none better than you will understand why, even under such conditions, our people still crave independence, that they, too, may be sovereign masters of their own destinies." Mr. Baker was given a document sent by the Philippine legislature in which was set forth the facts "upon which the Filipinos based their appeal for independent national existence. Suffrage Amendments Killed by Deputies (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 4. The chamber of deputies considered the electoral reform bill today, two woman suffrage amendments being submitted. The first was presented by Henry Rolleaux Dugage and provided that members of the chamber of deputies would be elected without any distinction of sex. This was defeated when it was stricken out of the bill on the ground that there was insufficient time for discussion, the vote being 302 to 187. The second amendment was submitted by Louis Andrieux and provided for the transmission of the right to vote to the next relatives of heads of families without distinction of sex. It was pointed out that it would insure family representation and was needed because many heads of families had been killed during the war. It was defeated by a vote of 335 to 134. TWO DIE IN PLANE FALL AMERICUS, Ga., April 4 Lieut. Col. Frederick W. Dickman, -commanding officer at Southern Field, near here, and MaJ. John W. Butts, executive officer, were killed today in the fall of an airplane in which they were making a flight. Col. Dickman was the son of Maj. Gen. Djckman, commanding the 3rd American army of the expeditionary forces.

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One of the main thoroughfares of Danzig, the Langgasse. It is expected that one more of the grave problems which the peace conference has faced will be settled in a few days when the Danzig situation is cleared up by Marshal Foch. The marshal has been given complete authority and instructions to end the dispute. Poland demands Danzig for a seaport. Germany has declared it will use force to prevent possession of the port. The allies have given Poland permission to land troops at Danzig. The city is one of the biggest grain centers in Europe. It is the capital of West Prussia and one of the oldest German cities.

GREAT STRIKE IN STUTTGART UNSUCCESSFUL B o u r g e ois Counter-Strikers Asked to Resume Work Appeal to 'Wilson. (By Associated Press) BERLIN, April 4. The government of Wurtemburg has announced that the strike in that section of Germany has suddenly collapsed, according to a telegram from Stuttgart, and has therefore requested Bourgeois counterstrikers to resume work. Farmers, joined in the counterstrike and Stuttgart was in consequence almost -without- milk today, receiving only eighty litres Instead .of eight thousand, the usual amount Eight thousand striking workmen at Duisburg, Rhenish Prussia, have refused to resume their labors until an adequate food supply has heen provided. Leading ethical, philosophical and religious societies of Germany have addressed an appeal to President Wilson, giving warning against a disre gard of principles to which Mr. Wilson has pledged himself, which, they claim Induced Germany to lay down her arms. The appeal declares that "if the Germans are driven to desperation. they would rather become Bolshevik! than slaves," and charges the Czechs and Poles with anticipating the conclusions of the peace conference and violating the Wilsonian principles. It says the allies are "not only condon ing the acts of the Czechs and Poles, but are supporting those nations." Warns United States. It is maintained the allies provoked anarchist conditions in Germany by refusing to relax the blockade. In discussing the possibility of a re vival of militarism the appeal says: "Only one thing could again weld the Germans of every state into a warlike power the continuation of the policy of hate and annihilation that has been pursued by the allies." Mr. Wilson is warned that the Unit ed States "with its great private fortunes and billion-dollar trifets" is a "fertile field for communism" and is suggested that wealthy Americans "had better support the league of nations." JOHN OSBORN FOUND DEAD. IN HIS ROOM John Osborn, 54 years old, 416 Main street, died suddenly while alone in his room Thursday night, and his body was not discovered until morn ing. The cause of Osborn s death will not be known until Coroner S. Edgar Bond has made his report. The coroner was called and investigated the death Friday morning, but said without a more thorough examination he could not find the cause. Osborn was ill of a bad cold, and had turned high his open gas grate. He was found in a stooping position over it in his chair and gas fumes may have had something to do with his death, said Bond. The inquest will probably be completed Saturday. Osborn worked at the Starr Piano works. He leaves two daughters, Mr3. D. B. Nicodemus, 367 Boulevard street, Peru, Ind., and another also of Peru, whose name is not known. Funeral arrangements will not be made until the relatives are heard from. ITALIAN TROOPSHIP IS SUNK BY MINE (By Associated Press) PARIS, Apil 4. The Italian trans port Umbria with 2,000 officers and soldiers on board, bound from Venice to Tripoli, has struck a mine and sunk, according to advices from Bari, Italy, quoting newspapers of that city. Several on board were killed and 100 injured.

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MM - Eighty-Year-Old Poilu, Hero of Many Battles, Mustered Out of Army (By Associated Press) PARIS, April 4. After serving four years and a half in dugouts and billets as a sapper in an engineering regiment, Lieutenant Surugue, eighty years old, was mustered out of service a few weeks ago. When the war broke out in 1914, he volunteered for the duration of the struggle and during the conflict earned the sobriquet of "The dean of the poilus." After being accepted in the army, Lieutenant Surugue served in a training camp learning the manual of the rifle and bayonet. When he had sufficiently advanced he was immediately sent to the front and during the war passed most of the time near Souchez,' where shells fell with constant regularity. He is at present in fine health and tuned to continue the campaign, should occasion demand it. "Monsieur Clemenceau is not, as stated by Mr. Lloyd-George, 'the grand young man of France'," says LaLiberte. "This title belongs incontestibly to Lieutenant Surugue. Our premier can grant it to him; there is, indeed, enough of most glorious honor for him." RULING UPSETS ROAD PLANS OF WAYNE COUNTY A general upset to road plans for Wayne county is seen in recommendations and rulings on the new county unit road law, received in the auditor's office Friday. Instead of a single county program to be worked out by the county highway superintendent under the direction of the county commissioners, the state board of accounts recommends that the township trustees as heretofore, have the direct supervision of the township roads. In place of putting all the road money in the free gravel road fund, to be used wherever needed over the county, Ele Stansbury, attorney general, rules that the money from each township, while in the auditor's hands, should be kept separate and used only for roads in that township. Under the new ruling, the only difference in the administration of roads would be that the county commissioners will have powers which were formerly in the hands of the trustees. The recommendations says that the township trustees salaries are paid them because they are supposed to have road duties, and to hire someone else would be a waste of money. "I know of no connection the county superintendent of gravel roads has with the unimproved roads," says Ele Stansbury, attorney-general The beard of commissioners has the power to make contracts and can employ the township trustees to oversee the work in the township. THE WEATHER For Indiana by the United States Weather BureauPartly cloudy tonight. Saturday probably fair and warmer. Today's Temperature Noon 56 Yesterday Maximum 50 Minimum 33 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Unsettled and warmer Saturday. General Conditions The cold wave is now broken over the Central states i but It is cold in the southeast. Dam-' aging frost in Georgia, Carolinas and below freezing in Virginia. Temperatures are now about normal east of the Mississippi and above normal over the west. Scattered rains are heavy in Oklahoma,

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NEGLECT CHARGE IS MADE AGAINST ARMY DOCTORS Carelessness in Preventing Spread of Typhoid Alleged by Chief Surgeon. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 4. Charges of gross carelessness and negligence in preventing and controlling the spread of typhoid and para typhoid fevers in the army are made against many medical officers serving with the forces overseas in a circular published by the chief surgeon of the American Expeditionary forces and made public here today by the public health service, in connection with a warning that vaccination'" does not give complete Immunity from typhoid. The chief surgeon cites many instances where epidemics prevailed among troops especially during the last offensive on the western front, and points out that the occurence and distribution of diseases was constantly brought to the attention of the medical officers through weekly bulletins. Careless of Duties. "It would appear," the circular contines, "that many officers utterly fail ed to grasp the significance of these reports and warnings, a fact which may be due to a false sense of security under the popular belief that vaccination against tpyhoid and para typhoid gives complete immunity even in the midst of gross unsanitary conditions. "Notwithstanding the fact that typhoid and para typhoid fevers are epidemic in the United States and in spite of our extensive experience with these diseases, during the Spanish-American war and later during the period of mobilization on the Mexican border, it is evident that many medical officers have gained but little knowledge of the fundamental principles underlying prevention and control. It is also quite evident that some medical officers are grossly careless and neglectful of their duties and responsibilities as medical officers and sanitarians." The chief surgeon warns his subordinates that now the excuse "there is a war on" no longer will be tolerated and they will be held for proper supervision of the health of troops. Fountain Citv Connie Observe 66th Wedding Anniversary The Rev. and Mrs. Luke Woodard of Fountain City, who are both over eighty years of age, will celebrate their sixty-sixth wedding anniversary on the fourteenth of this month. Both were born in Wayne county, and here Mr. Woodard has been a Friends' minister for over fifty years. For about ten years he filled various pastorates in New York state, preaching in Rochester and Glen Falls but at the end of this time, he came back to Indiana and settled in Fountain City., where he has been connected with all the Issue3 of the Friends' church. Both Mr. and Mrs. Woodard are known and esteemed throughout the county. High Prices to Remain English People Told (By Associated Press LONDON, April 4. The ministry of reconstruction is convinced that, while prices in Great Britain may be expected to fall from the present war record "it is out of the question that they should fall to anything like the 1914 level in the near future. With luck, .the general level for the next decade may be only 25 to 30 percent higher." This interesting information is contained in a pamphlet issued by the ministrty and sold to the public. After pointing out that prices were rising before war was declared, it explains the various causes which have combined to bring about the great rise of the past four years. Reduced output, increased freight rates, limitation of Imports and issuance of paper money are assigned as the principal causes.

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FOR FRANCE ASSURED BY CONFERENCE Lloyd George Denies Dissention Between France and England Fifteen Articles of League Completed. PRESIDENT WILSON ILL (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, April 4. President Wilson is confined to his, bed in Paris with a severe cold. PARIS, April 4. Although President Wilson was confined to his room today with a cold, the council of four met in the Paris "white house" a3 usual. It is understood that necessary matters will be referred to the sick room, or that the conferees will consult the president personally if occasion arises. Col. E. T. HnusA tnnV tha nroefj dent's place at the meeting of the council or rour today. Illness Not Serious The president's cold is a 6light one. Rear Admiral Grayson, the president's physician, said today, and one day's rest probably will cure it. Dr. Grayson sent the president to bed as a preventative measure. The cold developed last night. The president, who retired at 8 o'clock last night, rested comfortably through the night. PARIS, April 4. Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain, in a statement to the Petit Parisien today, denies the report generally prevalent, that he is an obstinate opponent of the guarantees asked by France against a renewed attack by Germany. "Dissention?" the premier asked. "Do you seriously think they can ever exist between our two countries? There has been some discussion but is it not from sincere discussion that a final agreement must emerge bejtween France and England? Our understanding has remained complete ! and absolute. Englishmen did not i come to fight by the side of the French ' to give your country relative security i during a limited period. No, they in the future. "You know what sacrifices England has made" and you know well . that England does not regret them. She is ready to make fresh ones if it becomes necessary to guarantee the peace and independence of France." The council of four ha3 appointed a committee consisting of L. P. Loucheur, French minister of reconstruction; Edwin Samuel Montague, British secretary for India and John W. Davis, American ambassador to Great Britian, to put into definite form the proposals for solution of the reparation question. These will be passed upon in principal, by the council, it is reported from French sources. Complete Fifteen Articles. The League of Nations drafting committee has completed fifteen articles of the revised covenant, which now contains twenty-seven articles. It is not known what the additional article is. The commute is expected to furnish the draft today. Marshal Foch, the allied commander-in-chief, went to Spa yesterday to discuss the question of the return of the Polish troops through Danzig with German representatives, had a second conference at Spa with Mathias Erzeberger, the head of the German arm lstice commission, after their initial meeting yesterday morning, advices from Spa state. The first interview began at 9:30 o'clock in Marshal Foch's private car and lasted forty minutes. The second conference began at 11 o'clock and continued until 12:30 o'clock. With Marshal Foch were General Weygand, his assistant, and General Nudant, the marshal's representative stationed at Spa. Herr Erzberger was accompanied by General von Hammerstein, a member of the German armistice commission, and another German government official. NEAR FINAL STAGE LONDON, April 4 "We are in position to anticipate that within a comparatively few days the 6tage will be reached in the peace conference which will permit Premier Lloyd George to return to England," said Sir Robert Stevenson Home, the minister of labor declared today at the reassembling of the industrial council. ALLIES' LOSS SLIGHT GN RUSSIAN FRONT LONDON, April 4. The Bolsheviki delivered an attack on the Archangel front without artillery preparation during the last 48 hours, were beaten off with a fair amount of losses, according to news received here. The allied losses were slight. The attack occured at Bolshoia Ozera. ARCHANGEL, April 4. At allied headquarters this afternoon it was reported that the situation was unchanged on all fronts. The enemy has made no new attacks since being severely repulsed yesterday, but the artillery on both sides continues active in the Odozerskaia sector. After the Bolsheviki had held a postponement for several hours astride the road between Bolshoia Ozera and Odozerskaia on Sunday afternoon, they were driven out and it is reported by prisoners that their losses were extremely heavy. One shell from a Russian battery exploded in the midst of a party of Bolsheviki, killing fifteen men. The allied machine gun fire also caused many casualties.