Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 158, 7 April 1919 — Page 1

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CLEUCEAU FIGHTING TO SAVE FRANCE FROM ALLIES "Tiger" in Desperate Struggle Against Indifference of Other Entente Nations, De clares Simonds. . DEADLOCK IS REACHED By FRANK H. SIMONDS. (Copyright, 1919. By the McCluro (Newspaper Syndicate.) PARIS, April 7. The situation which four days ago was despairing, has only worsened In the days that have elapsed, and -a deadlock com plete has arrived. While the DeoDle or trance ana oi ureat Britain ana presumably of the United States are eagerly and hopefully looking . for some solution of the great problems of the war, four men are sitting in a back room under guard, with all the outward decorations of conspiracy, dlscussing a question about which they are making no progress towards an agreement. The tragedy of the situation is revealed in the case of Monsieur Clemenceau. Those who have seen him most recently say that he has the appearance of a hunted tiger. Today, he finds himself deserted by, every one of his allies, fighting single-handed to save France from the future German attack which every Frenchman believes will come if France's present allies desert her. Exactly as one year ago Clemenceau fought the Germans for France and the world, he ' la now trying to save France, 1 this time from her allies, if not from her enemies. Change in Leadership. In the meantime, there has been a complete change in the situation. The actual leadership in the Paris conference and in the "Big Four" has passed from President Wilson to Lloyd George. It la owing to the Interven tion of the British prime minister that the' Polish solution, arrived at by experts a month ago, has been abolished. It is owing to the intervention of the British prime minister, supported by Mr. Wilson, that, the Paris conference Is now endeavoring to get into com munlcatlon with the Bolshevists and to make terms with assassination and "achieve accommodation with anarchy. In the Conference of Four, which is now going forward, Mr. Wilson is in'elating upon examining every ques tion that arises witnout regara to any other consideration than the narrowest possible application of the Four teen points. Mr. Lloyd George is at times aiding Mr. Wilson, at times supporting Monsieur Clemenceau, and at all times with a genius which will be appreciated by every Englishman, contributing to reduce the conference at Paris to a state of paralysis and anarchy. And in all this the great, brave old man Clemenceau, who has lived through two German wars, is striving as the last act of his life to preserve for his country the barriers to the northward against the German. He i3 asking, in the name of France, not territorial aggrandizement, he does not ask for his country a single inch of German soil or a single, solitary unwilling German subject. He is asking that for the future, England, and the Cnited States will Join with Franco in agreeing that if Germany shall atlack France again, as she did in 1914, If Germany shall transform the treaty of Paris, when it comes, into another scrap of paper, the United States and Great Britain will promise to regard such action as cause of war, and coma to the aid of France. Eastern Europe Paralyzed Under the impulsion of- Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Wilson is being more and more separated from France; under the impulsion of Mr. Lloyd George, English support of France in the conference has cea9ed to exist, and all France is beginning to feel herself betrayed by her British ally. Under the impulsion of Mr. Lloyd George, Poland has been abandoned, Rumania is placed in danger by the sending of (?muts to Budapest, and every element In Eastern Europe resisting the Bolshevist has been paralyzed by the unmistakeable evidence of a wish on the British prime minister's part to enter into negotiations with Trotzky and Lenine. The situation, .tragic as it is, is not without its humor. It would be difficult to say whether more people in Paris hold Mr. Wilson or Mr. Lloyd George responsible for what has become almost a complete shipwreck, but it would not be difficult to discover that the decision is that responsibility for what must now be regarded as an almost inevitable failure of the conference at Paris rests with the British prime minister and the American president. France, weary with her sacrifices, almost exhausted with her losses, feeling herself abandoned alike by her American associate and both her European allies, is becoming a prey to pessimism and disillusionment which Is sad to see. Day by day French sentiment grows more and more bitter, French hopelessness more general. Lacks Sympathy with France. From the beginning of the Paris conference, Mr. Wilson has never had the smallest sympathy with France or with the questions which were necessarily and peculiarly French. He has been surrounded largely by men who were antagonistic to France. He has himself seen all of Europe solely in terms of his fourteen points, never in terms of the allies or of their enemies. But had Mr. Wilson been left " to himself, had he been brought into collision with United European alliance, he could not and would not have attempted to impose many of his ideas or some of the most extreme continued on Page Three)

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Bolshevism is Russian Industrial Disease, I 'iDanzig Seaport ProBablyWiH Not Be Realized

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Gen. Joseph Haller, leader of Polish army, with staff and cathedral officials In front of famous cathedral of Louvaln. Haller is in center of first row. Poland's fight for an open road through Germany to the sea and posses

sion of the great seaport of Danzig at the end of that road seems to have been In vain. The peace conference has recognized the Poles' need for a seaport

and have decided that Danzig should possession of the port and access to it al Haller s forces have been . waging against Bolshevik forces. DAME FASHION PERSONIFIED IS HERE TWO DAYS First Style Show Performance to be Given Tonight at the ; Washington Theatre, v " Forty-five persons will take part In the Spring Style Show of 1919, which opens tonight at 7:15 at the Washington theater. With the exception of Miss Treva Walters, Mrs. Frank Benn of Muncie, and Miss Freda Iliatt, a Chautauqua singer, the entire cast is composed of local persons who will dance, sing and promenade across the stage displaying the niftiest, prettiest and best of the season "wares" for men, women and children. Elaborate scenery and stage "dressings" were arriving at the Washington theater throughout the morning, and this afternoon the final dress rehearsal was held. "Everything is set," Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kolp, who have the charge of the staging of the show, said this aft ernoon. The Kolps have just finished staging the Style Show in New Castle, which was named a great success. Both Mr. and Mrs, Kolp, and all the co-operating merchants are enthusiastic over the Richmond presentation of spring styles. Participants Enthusiastic A great deal of time and energy has been expended by the persons taking part in the show to make it a big success. The children and grown-ups have both shown enthusiasm, and the four performances to be given at 7:15 and 9 o'clock Monday and Tuesday evenings are "going off better than ever before," according to members of the cast. From the grand opening to the grand finale beauty and usefulness are to be personified in everything shown. A garden, a kitchen, a drawing room, a nursery and a bed room, with all appointments, compose the settings, and with these scenes there will be interesting songs, dances, and "surprises," to entertain every person in the audience. Large audiences are expected at each show, the Washington theatre management said today. Numerous inquiries have been made for two weeks past concerning the Style Show, and they advise that everyone "come early." CHURCH ATTENDANCE IS BELOW NORMAL Owing to the fact that there were no church services at the Methodist churches in the city Sunday, the total attendance for Richmond churches was below normal. A total of 3,408 was reported for Bible shool attendance. At the morning services 1,936 were In attendance and in the evening 1,259. The total attendance for all three services was 6,603. Plan to Make Things Pleasant For Indiana Women Voters INDIANAPOLIS, lnd., April 7. Plans for the effective use of the. ballot and ways and means to Instill greater interest in suffrage among women citizens of Indiana, who will be privileged to vote for presidential electors at the next general election, are features of the programs arranged for the county and district meetings of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana. Strong- local branches In every county is the goal of the organization committee of the state society.

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be a free port. But Poland's hopes for over their own soil are blasted. Genei a bitter and so iar successiui ngnt French in America to Fight Prohibition Law (By Associated Press NEW YORK, April 7. To combat "prohibition of the rights and liberties of the citizens of the country by constitutional amendment," the Fran co-American League for the Protection of American Liberty has been organized by American citizens of French birth or extraction, resident in nearly every state, as a branch i of the Asso ciation Opposed to National Prohibitions, It -was announced here today. MINISTERS ASSIGNED BY M.E. CONFERENCE (By Associated Press) PERU, Ind., April 7. Assignments for the Richmond district announced today at the North Indiana Methodist Episcopal conference here included the following: District superintendent, Somerville Light, Richmond; Cambridge City, A. F. Hogan; Chester and Middleboro, Louis Ulmer; Centerville, J. B. O'Connor; Dublin and Straughn, Victor Stone; Economy, J. J. Fischer; Fountain City, J. F. Blocker; Hagerstown, C. W. Chadwick; Lewisville, D. C. Beatty; Losantsville, C. E. Smith; Lynn and Spartansburg, M. B. Graham; Modoc, C. A. Mitchell; Penville, R. C. Ballard; Richmond, First, R. L. Semans; Grace, A. H. Backus; Third, L. P. Pfeiffer; Williamsburg, Robert Morris; Winchester, O. T. Martin, and Winchester circuit, W. O. Powers. Cool Wave Is Coming in Next Thirty-six Hours A cool wave is forecast for. this vicinity by Weatherman Moore. The wave is coming from Medicine Hat and will arrive here sometime during the next thirty-six hours. Showers and possibly thunderstorms will precede the cool weather. Temperature will go near freezing, according to Moore. WILSON IS STILL CONFINED TO BED WASHINGTON, April 7. President Wilson Is "steadily Improving, al though still confined to his bed," according to a message received today at the white house from Paris. Kaiser Is Defended In German War Book By Associated Prer.s BERLIN, April 7. A spirited defense of the former German emperor against charges that he had any responsibility for the starting of the world war is made by Dr. Karl Helfforirh in his book entitled "Prewar , History ." which will be issued in a fortnight and which will be followed in six months by a sequel on the war itself.

British Act to Prevent -Association With Germans (By Associated Press) BONN, Rhenish Prussia, April 7. To discourage fraternization on the part of the young German women of Bonn with British soldiers the military authorities recently inaugurated a system of posting the names of women in public places. The first placard to appear, with the names of women who had been known to have associated with the English troops during the last few weeks, appeared on a Sunday morning at the most prominent street corner in Bonn which was passed by nearly everyone who atended church that day. ' The week following the authorities reported that there was a falling off in the number of fraternization cases reported of more than fifty per cent W. .. .... . , . - .

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COIXIttTS ... i ntiraGARY TIM OUT OF CONTROL Report Say Government is Overthrown by New Revolutionary Movement - Revolt is Feared. BELA KUtl IS KILLED (Br AMMtttod Prwa) VIENNA, AJSartt Tb Hungarian Communist - gsVi-rtbwnt in Budapest has been oveiftfcfown,T according to rumors current. official circles, the newspapers say. , -.. Bela Kun, the foreign minister, is reported to have been assaelnated. , The reports do not say whether the attempted revolution In Budapest was organized by the socialist or bour geois parties. : v - REVOLT NEAR IN AUSTRIA WASHINGTON, April 7. Advices reaching the state department today directly from Vienna said a communistic revolution seemed evident in German Austria. vi BAVARIANS OPPOSE SOVIET NUREMBERG, April 7. The Bavarian national conference of Social Dem ocrats here has voted 42 to 8 against the introluction of a soviet republic In Bavaria. . :; . .', . , ' The troops at Munich express sympathy with the soviet cause. .They have declared their , Intention, however, to maintain - neutrality and . to prevent" rioting. They will not protect the diet building which is armed with machine guns. At all public gatherings -enthusiasm Is shown in favor of the soviet idea and for fraternization with the Russian and Hungarian proletariat ' : v -:; v, x .v,. . ' '":. v. MORE STRIKERS OUT ESSEN, April 7. The strike situation here shows little change today. The street car employes voted to join the Krupp workers, so that the city's transportation system Is at a standstill, Essen also is without lights because 'of the strike of: the firemen. In the Ruhr mduOial district as a whole there wasanczeasejivestes' day. in, the total number of strikers. RADICAL DEMANDS MADE DUSSELDORF, April 7. Radical demands have been formulated by the workmen's organization here In its political general strike. . The demands include the immediate release of political prisoners, the elimination of "class justice," demobilization of the military forces coalition with the Russian soviet government and the surrender of the Ebert-Scheld-emann government to the council of the republic. The threat that the newly arrived supply of food from entente sources would be withheld in the event of a strike is met by the counter threat that the men will not resume work un til the food is forthcoming. Thus far the number of men here who have voted to quit work totals 14.800 while the number opposed to stopping work is 6,300. DIRECTORS OF CLUB TO MEET TONIGHT The board of directors of the- Commercial club will meet at 7:30 o'clock Monday evening and every director is asked to be present It is probable that either a secretary or president will be selected. Fred Bartel, chairman of the nominating committee, said Monday that the committee would have something to report Agreement Is Reached in Garment Makers' Strike (Bv Associated P-ess NEW YORK, April 7. An agree ment in the waist and dress strike which has lasted eleven weeks, has been effected between the manufacturers and the International Ladies' Gar ment Workers' Union, it was announced today. Meetings of the strikers wil be held tonight to ratify the terms accepted by their executives. Benjamin Schlesinger, president of the garment workers' organization, said that the union had won the forty-four-hour work week and increase in pay averaging ten per cent, and the right of union delegates with representatives of the Manufacturtre's association to visit shops to see that the conditions of the settlement are observed. Large Anthracite Coal Mines Steadily at Work (By Associated Press) HAZLETON, Pa., April 7 For the first time In three months the sixteen collieries of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the largest producer of anthracite in the Hazleton district will work steadily this week. A number of independent operations which bad been on a three day schedule also will be kept going the entire week. ODerators say this activity is due to .the action of Governor StrouL of Pennsylvania, in sustaining the prospective advance of 10 cents a ton in the price of fuel starting May 1 to continue for five months. Officials say they, feel that the industry is duo for a boom after a period of stagnation.

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Boshevism is Russian Industrial Disease, Declares Tolstoi, son of European Philosopher

CLEVELAND. O.. April 7. Bolshevism is a Russian Industrial disease. It is not democracy at all. not even socialism. - And to cure It the world should send to RusEia, first railway supplies, then agricultural Implements, then seeds, and finally. If necessary, food. , In these words Count Ilva Tolstoi, son of Leo Tolstoi, sums up what is wrong with Russia and bow she may be clothed and restored to her right mind. He spoke here recently on "The Tragedy of Russia and the Message of Leo Tolstoi." - Count Tolstoi outlined the situation in Russia today as far as he could know It from friends who have come from there. He has been sixteen months outside of Russia, and without word of his relatives save for one letter from his brother Serge a year ago.--Serge, he said, is living with their mother, Sophie Andrevevna Tolstoi, on the remnant of Count Leo's estate at Yasnaya Polyana. where they are respected by the Bolsheviki. Gave Land to Peasants. "After his death we divided up the estate as his testament desired, and gave the land to the peasants, except for the 200 acres my mother still owns." Count Tolstoi said. He himself has an estate near Moscow, but he doesn't know what has become of it. "I hear there are a few in this country who sympathize with Bolshevism to the extent that they think the Bolsheviki should be allowed to have their own way in Russia. The trouble Is the Bolsheviki are by no means a majority, and no one knows how strong they actually are. "The Bolshevik army would melt away even more quickly than it did in the revolution if it could see a strong movement in Its own country against the Soviets. "The government is the worst sort of despotism, the tyranny of brutal, uneducated men. The common man has no chance. The elections are at

HINDENBURG FORCED FLIGHT OF FORMER EMPEROR, CLAIMS GERMAN

(By Associated Press) BERLIN, Saturday, April 5. While admitting there was a difference of opinion among German generals as to the practicability of, fighting to maintain the imperial regime in November, Count Schulenberg; ' commander of a guards regiment, maintains in an article I. on . the; -abdication . of Emperor William, published in the Frelhelt, that there are enough loyal troops to have marched on Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne and put down the revolution. The count says that Field Marshal von Hlndenberg and General Groener, Prussian war minister, would not assume the responsibility for such a move, however, arguing that things had gone too far and that only the abdication of former Emperor William could save the situation. The emperor, he says, was emphatic in declaring he did not desire a civil war and that he would not call upon the army to engaged in such a conflct. Internal concrrtions becoming worse, William at length, agreed to Count Schulenberg's advice to abdicate as emperor, but not as king of Prussia. Field Marshal von Hindenberg endorsed this course, but in the opinion of General Groener, it was too late, aimouga n iiugui ute ation two weeks earlier. In the meantime there came rumors from Berlin of the imminence of civil war and street fighting was actually begun there. Finally the imperial chancellor telegraphed that civil war might break out at any moment if the abdication was not announced at once. Hurried Conference Held. Hurried conferences were held by the emperor, the crown prince and the leading generals, the article says. One of the commanders asserted there was a feeling among the generals that the entire army could not be depended upon in case of civil war. To this Count Schulenberg says he replied: "No soldier would break his oath to the colors." "The oath to the colors and the supreme war lord is only an idea," 32 BOYS SIGN UP FOR ARMY TRAINING Eighty-two boys hi the High school have signed up for the Reserve Officers' Training corps. One hundred must sign for the training before an officer can be applied for. The R. O. T. G. is a course in militarv science and tactics being install ed all over the country to give boys the benefit of the physical training and teach them the fundamentals of military science. The course will require three hours each week, two outside and one Inside. The course is installed and operated by the war department. . .. . - Much interest has been shown by the boys at Richmond High school. As soon as the minimum requirements are met an officer will be applied for. Rioting Opens Tenth Week of Textile Strike (By Associated Press) LAWRENCE, Mass., April 7. Rioting marked by promiscuous firing by strike sympathizers and police opened the tenth week of the textile strike here today. The outbreak occurred in the vicinity of the Everett mills shortiv hpfore 7 o'clock, a few hours after the city had been stirred hy the explosion of a bomb In a tenement house in the same neighborhood. Early reports Indicated that no one was wounded by the shooting although several rioters and policemen were injured by sticks, stones and clubs.

COUNT LLYA TOLSTOI the point of the bayonet It is a rule of violence." ' Of the 374 representatives of district Soviets in the All Russian soviet in Petrograd, Count Tolstoi said the majority are Jews and only thirteen are Russians. One of them is an American negro who calls himself "professor of Athletics." Peasants Against Bolsheviki. "The peasants will never be for the Bolsheviki because the peasants own the land," Count Tolstoi went on. "They obtained the land tinder Lvoff (Continued on Page Sixteen) was the rejoinder of General Groener. At this moment Admiral von Hintze, the foreign minister, entered with a menacing - message from Berlin and tendered his resignation. William then consented to abdicate as empeas King of Prussia and head of the army, . The imperial chancellor had ' in the meantime, however, announced the abdication witlwnt waiting for the emperor's formal declaration. ? Count Schulenberg says that William's flight to Holland was due to pressure brought to bear on .him by Field Marshal 'von Hlndenburg and General Groener. BOARD SETS TRIAL OF FULTON ASSESSOR (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, April 7. Hearing of the first case involving authority of the state board of tax commissioners to remove an assessor under the tax law enacted by the last session of the Indiana legislature was set today by the board for April 14. J. W. Byrer. assessor of Fulton county complained in Yi hnarH that. flnre A. Stock- ; Derger township assessor of Newcasj tie township, had disregarded tne law by aggeing property "for much less . than ltg true cagh Taiue, failed to make reports bi-weekly to county assessor, which report with others from the county formed the basis of reports to the state board," and "ignoring instructions relative to reports and the proper assessment of property." Japanese Discrimination Against Koreans Charged (By Associated Press) SEUL, April 7. Dfccussing the Korean insurrection today, Katsao Usami, chief of the home affairs department of the Korean government general, said the Koreans had two grievances discriminatory treatment and little hope for advancement He declared the Japanese government Is seeking to abolish discrimination, but said the Koreans lack qualifications as compared with the Japanese and that all bars could not be let down at once. M. Usaml admitted that Koreans do not receive the same wagas as are given Japanese for the same work, but insisted that this was due to inferior capacity and that, in addition, the Koreans could live more cheaply than Japanese. ASKS PLEBISCITE FOR DISPUTED TERRITORY (By Associated Press LONDON, April 7. The Ukrainians are willing to cease fighting the Poles If a plebiscite to decide the ownerthip of territory in dispute between the two republics is arranged under the control of the entente, according to a statement made by M. Holubovitch. premier of West Ukraine, quoted in a Vienna dispatch to the Mail under date of March 31. M. Holubovltch, who was interviewed by the corres pondent at Stanislow, claimed for Uk raine all the territory between the river San and the Russian frontier, and said that the Ukranians would fight for it to the last He declared. however, it is said, that because of his anxiety for peace he would consent to a vote of the people if the Poles would withdraw across the Russian t order and abide by the result of the plebiscite. He added that Bessarabia had sent . delegates to Rumania and that he was hopeful that a peaceful arrangement could be reached.

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INDEMNITY IS ASSURED FDR FRANCE, SAYS COBSSION ,.-r Special Provision Made for . Crippled and War . Widows French Press Optimistic for Future Security. s COUNCIL GETS REPORT ". BULLETIN! . . f By AssociatMl Press) LONDON, " April 7 Premier Lloyd George will make an important statement tonight concerning the completion of the work of the peace conference, a Central News dispatch from Paris says. PARIS, April 7. Orders.' which ft , is learned have been given for the United States transport George Washington to proceed from America to a , French port are not taken to mean that President Wilson is contemplating a premature departure from France. They are thought rather to reflect a belief that the peace conference will be able to effect an adjustment of outstanding problems at a comparative early date. ADOPT TENTATIVE REPORT PARIS, April 7. The peace conference commission on reparation and damage today adopted a provisional report upon the various forms of damage and the methods of valuation. The report was presented by the first subcommittee of the commission. An extremely optimistic , impression now prevails regarding the settlement favorably to France of the questions of her security against future aggression and the neutralization of the left bank and of part of the right bank of the Rhine. This is voiced today by the Petit Journal which in treating of the financial aspect of the situation also states that it appears France will be completely Indemnified. The belief prevails, the newspaper adds, that Premier Clemen ceau's new point re garding reclamation from Germany an a special indemnity for pension' for cripples and war widows will be upheld. Treaty Ready by Easter. - ,, The preliminary peace treaty will be ready by Easter and the Germans will be asked to come and sign it at the end of April or the beginning of May, Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain declared in an interview today with Stephana Lanzanne, editor of the Matin. In answer to a remark by M. Lanzanne that what troubled public opinion was not so much the delay as the secrecy in which the peace negotiations were wrapped and the.fear that' there was some divergence of opinion, the British premier said. "I affirm absolutely that there is no divergence among the negotiators. They are often confronted with technical difficulties which can only be settled after close study. MEETING IS POSTPONED Because of the Indisposition of Premier Lloyd George and the continued illness of President Wilson, the council of four did not hold a session during the forenoon. It was hoped to hold a meeting In the afternoon. WAYNE VALUATIONS NOT HIGH ENOUGH Tax assessors are not yet putting valuations high enough on Wayne county property, according to a letter received from the state tax board Monday by County Assessor Mathew6. following his second report to the board. Automobiles, which were valued on the average at $290 in Mathews' last report should be at least $100 higher, says the letter. Household goods, on which a valuation of $77 was turned in, should be at least $100, and, with the city of Richmond, should average between $150 and $250. A warning to persons who put off the tax assessors when they call to value property was issued by Mathews. The assessors need make only two calls, according to law, he said, and after the 6econd call they have the right to fix valuations according to general information. "If any assessor has to nx value this way," said Mathews, "I am going to see that he gets the valuation high enough, at least People have no right to put the assessor off unless they absolutely cannot spare the time to help him with the valuation." THE WEATHER Weather Bureau Probably rain tonight and Tuesday. Colder tonight la north portion. Colder Tuesday. Today's Temperature Noon,'. 74 Yesterday Maximum 75 Minimum 47 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy and unsettled tonight and Tuesday. Showers and possibly thunder storms. Much cooler. ed over the west Saturday morning, U central over Lake Superior with general snow , In the northwest below freezing in several places. Thunder storms last week over the northern portion of Indiana, . closest in Jay county. Cool wave is rapidly moving southeast -w . . .. ... ' ;