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FARMERS GIVE MY REASONS FOR UNREST Labor, Prices and Lack of Means to Fix Prices Given as Causes for Disturbances They Explain. HOLD BOYSTN FARMS

Inability of farmers to fix prices for their products, shortage or labor and high prices for implements are 6ome disturbing causes assigned by farmers in the letters published today. One farmer believes capital and labor should settle their differences and another insists that farmers should take the co-operative method. One believes the farmers' boys should be . kept on the farm by offering him working conditions comparablo to those in the city. Their letters follow:

FRANK W. JORDAN It does not

look very encouraging for farmers this year, for prices on grains and live'jptock are entirely too low for each, i when the bulk are for sale. Farmers so far have had no voice in establishing prices. The remedy, in my opinion would be to have farmers, a portion at least, elected to congress. I contemplate selling off 40 acres and the boys and myself managing the rest of the work on the farm. The restless condition in the counry is due to the war and inflated prices. . Capital and labor need to get together on wage problems. Every time labor strikes for shorter hours or more pay, capital must increase their prices to the consumers, and

that takes in every one. "We are ul

timately paying the bills which the strikers asked.

A. A. LINDLEY I am raising no colts this year. Have reduced my cows from ten to seven and have 10 , fewer brood sows this Bpring than

last fall. Will not have out quite so

much corn but a little more wheat. As to why present conditions exist

I think there is too wide a margin

between the price of production and consumption and a disposition on the

part to live high without work. I have occasion frequently to pass a certain

section gang. Seldom have I seen

more than one or two working at a time. Two good men would do more work than the ten. They just want

shorter hours, more pay and lie awake of nights planning how little they can ao. -'' The Farmer Boy's Chance. ' Now I believe labor should be well paid, housed and fed, but he must also be willing to earn what he gets if business is to continue. Whenever the drawing of the pay check is the sum total of a day's work, the end is in 'Slight. Now if a six hour day and a T five day week is good for the city boy, it is good for mine. If they can live that way, I can. If we wish to hold our boys and help on the farm, we must give just as good hours and working conditions as our city brothtrs. We can get. just as much money from a six hour day as a 16 if we all do it that way. The sooner we farmers fall in line the better. Well the high cost of

living would go some

no to work when the city folks do, work just as many hours and work just as hard. If we cut production as they 60, our farm products will go up as everything else is doing. Why Prices Drop. The reason farm products are sagging Is because we have kept on producing the goods. I have sold wheat for 37 V2 cents per bushel. If I can get $2.23 for one bushel I have more money than six bushels brought me before. Five hours to rest and one hour to work and still a few cents ahead. Hogs at three cents per pound, instead of sixteen, gives, almost the same ratio. To hold prices up cut production. When f was a boy. I was in the field at 5 a. m., and stayed until sundown (7 or 3 p. m.) Would get up at 3:30 every morning and have gone all winter without missing a day on account of weather. Now my boys don't take their teams out until 7 or S and come in at 6 war time unless there is something extra on. Some farmers fight war time because the lose the lest hour of the day. Js1 His Solution.

Anything which shortens the day an

Government Cant Sell Ships Court Decision; Injunction is Granted

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A tem

porary Injunction to prevent the sale

of the 30 former German passenger liners, recently offered by the board, was granted today by Associate Justice Bailey, of the district supreme court. Justice Bailey said that after a careful examination of the statutes, he was of the opinion that they did not show an intention on the part of congress, to place in the president or in the shipping board the power to sell the ships. Application for the injunction was made last Saturday by William Randolph Hearst, and hearings on it were held last Monday while the ships were being offered at public acution. Board Rejects Bids. The board announced yesterday that it had decided to reject all of the bids received. At the same time it asked congress for authority to offer the ships again at public auction. Chairman Payne, of the shipping board, announced that he would recommend to the department of justice that an appeal for the order be filed. Meantime, he said, it was expected that Mr. Hearst would be required to furnish bond to protect the board against loss by reason of the ships lying idle.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. Differing

opinions among members of the shipping board as to the advisability of selling 30 former German steamers will be weighed thoroughly by the senate commerce committee, which requested Vice-Chairman Stevens to continue his testimony today. As the board has rejected all the recent bids for the ships, because they were too low, the committee has am

ple time to thresh out the questions involved before reporting proposed legislation to stop the sale. Mr. Stevens said yesterday he was opposed to the sale of the ships because their true valuation had never been worked out and - estimated that they were worth $75,000,000, whereas less than half that amount was bid for them. Chairman Payne said he and members ot the board other than Mr. Stevens thought the ships should be sold to Bave the government the expense of reconditioning those that have been in use as transports. He declared furthermore that the market for ships in the future was uncertain.

FORD GRAFTER ON U. S, SAYS SHERMAN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Henry Ford and all his works were attacked in the senate again today by Senator Sherman, Republican, Illinois. Setting himself up as "one of those persons who knew everything, instantaneous from birth," Senator Sherman said Mr. Ford had reared a financial Moloch, "had secured congressional aid in acquiring and improving land for private purposes and had enlisted the services of the federal government in promoting his political interests in Michigan, while his son Edsal was making good his escape from the military draft. Auto Called Pest.

FOULKE TO SPEAK AT HONOR MEETING; PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

Complete program for the memorial presentation meeting for Wayne county's honor roll was announced Thursday by Raymond Mother, chairman of the American legion committee in

charge of the event. The committee has sent invitations to relatives of all honored men, and .a .general invitation has been extended to the public. The principal address of the meeting will be given by William Dudley Foulke. The French memorial certificates will not be presented during the meeting, but next of kin will receive the certificates immediately following. The complete program follows: Introductory remarks, Dr. George B. Hunt, commander of Harry Ray post. Reading, "France in Battle Flame," Markham, Will W. Reller. Address, William Dudley Foulke. Solo, Mrs. Fred Bartel. The honor roll. "Star Spangled Banner," assembly. The services will begin at 3 p. m. The Garfield orchestra, under the direction of Miss Edna Marlatt will give a half hour's preliminary program, before the meeting.

70,000 FARMERS PROTEST CONDITIONS

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Additional replies from farmers to the ques

tionable recently sent broadcast by

the postotfice department accentuate

"And I may say, added the senator, 1 the feeling of dissatisfaction express

"that I regard the Ford automobile as

an international pest. It destroys more useful material than any other sink hole in the world. It is a waste of time and substance. Senator Sherman declared Ford had

ed in the first 40,000 of the answers, which James I. Blakslee, fourth assistant postmaster general, reviewed recently before the senate postoffice committee. In a letter, made public today, to

acquired 2,000 acres or land along the j Senator Dial, of South Carolina, DemRouge river in Richigan, in 1917 for a ! ocratic member of the postoffice cornnew plant, and then had induced con-1 mittee, Mr. Blakslee in urging extengress to appropriate $490,000 for the ; sim of parcel post facilities so as to river's improvement in order to give bring producer and consumer into right of eminent domain, by which ad- more intimate contact, said: joining lands might be condemned. He j city Folks Are Knocked.

said the court had made "this great I "The replies to our questionnaire philanthropist" double the price he not only indicate a desire on the part

of the food producer for improved

had proposed paying to the estate of a. minor child for one tract of land. "The government at best," he continued, "has become a philanthropic institution for the benefit of Mr. Ford. It continually is engaged in promoting

I am ready to i bis interests financially and political

ly.

Hayes, in Charge of Bringing Bodies, Sails

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Ralph

Hayes sailed from New York today to investigate conditions on the battlefields of Europe in connection with the work of bringing back the bodies of American soldiers. Mr. Hayes who was commissioned for the work by the war department said that of the 77,000 American soldiers buried abroad, more than 25 per cent would not be brought back, because relatives have expressed a desire that they be not disinterred.

facilities of transportation and distri

b'iMon, but explain in detail the tremendous difficulties which the producers are. endeavoring to meet the de

mands made upon them. "About 70,000 communications are

now at hand and of those who make

any comment beyond an explicit ans

wer to our questions, there are none

who do not complain bitterly of the

shortage of labor, of the high pricv they mu3t pay for the same. 'of the cost of fertilizer and farm implements,

I and cite as indication of their attiA. ! tiu.e that thpv nrnnnsp tn rprinfo ond

r spend production and that they did net propose to labor 14 and 16 hours daily, to supply the necessities of life for high-paid, short hour, urban resident consumers."

Schools, Wayne County "Lifer" Finishes Sentence

George Schools, 32 years old, who was sentenced to serve life imprisonment in the Indiana state prison, on Sept. 9, 1913. completed his sentence

hour at either end looks good to me. 1 Wednesday, by death. We will have no solution to our Schools, who was convicted of first present unrest until every employer is ' degree murder for the killing of his willing to do an honest day's work, wife, and was ill only a few days. He and every midd'e man be satisfied i? survived by his parents, a brother with a reasonable profit. I am sur- j and a sister, all living near Richmond, prised that the labor leaders cannot : The body will be brought here for fu

see (when prices are soaring) that to shorten hours and cut production only

aggravates the trouble, when they profess to want relief. If labor is suffering from the high cost of living, the only relief is to go to work and increase the supply. NO NAME I am not able to tell reallv what the cause of the shortage of crops are unless it is the extreme cost of labor, and that the price of farm products are not in comparison with what the farmer has to buy. At the present price of labor, I don't intend to hire. By the time I would pay for labor, expense of the crops, such as seeds, fertilizers and all expenses, 1 would not have any profit left. What He Will Plant. I intend putting out all the crop I can possibly put out myself which will include about. 45 acres of com and some oats . With my stock and chores to attend to, I feel that I will have my hands full. I think the only way to relieve the satuation is that the farmers will have to co-operate more, and the middleman will have to be cut out. He is the fellow that I makes the profit. i This is my idea about the matter, but I don't feel that It would be necessary to use my name as there are ethers that, are much better posted and their theory would no doubt be tetter than mine. I have out my usual (Continued on page six)

neral services and burial.

CRAZY WITH FLU, JANITOR HOLDS OFF POLICE WITH GUN (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 19 Otto Denice, janitor of an appartment building today still was in possession of a basement flat in which he barricaded himself last night and with a shotgun, held off 20 policemen who attempted to arrest him. Tenants of the bilding complained yesterday that Denice had asserted he was owner of the apart-

' ment and had shut off the heat and ! menaced the tenants with a revolver.

Tenants told the police Denice has been under the delusion he owned the building since he suffered at attack of influenza in December.

$1,750 13 PAID A FOOT FOR LOT IN NEW YORK 'By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 19. Recording of a 21 year lease on a six story building in Fifth avenue between 44th and 45th streets today revealed what realestate experts declared to be a record price for a lease in New York $1,750 & front foot. The building's frontage is 30 feet and the depth 100 feet. The gross aggregate rental of the building will be $1,113,000. the lessees paying all taxes and charges . against the property for the terra.

Jenkins Case is Again Before Mexican Court (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Feb. 19 As a result of a controversy between the courts of Pueblo as to jurisdiction the case of W. O. Jenkins, United States consular agent, in that city is again before the supreme court. Folowing the arrest of Mr. Jenkins last November on various charges, including aiding rebel forces in that dis trict, it was decided by the supreme court that the federal court in Pueblo had authority to try the case. Judicial investigation however, was pushed by Julio Mitchell, state prosecutor of Puebla in the criminal court, the prosecution in the meantime stating in several issues that Jenkins was guilty of crimes charged against him. It was recently announced that Jenkin's authorization to act provisionally as counsular agent had been revoked and that he would probably be expelled from the country if convicted in court.

ADRIATIC NOTE IS COMPLETED BY PRESIDENT Executive's Reply to Premiers Understood to Be Reiteration of Former PositionNot Public Yet. situationITdelicate

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. President Wilson today wrote his reply to the allied supreme council note on the Adriatic question, and sent it to Acting Secretary Polk, who is putting it in form for transmittal to the council. It is expected to be on the cables before night. There was no indication as to the note's content, or its length. The president began drafting it early this morning, and completed it in two hours. The council's communion tins

was received only yesterday, and the speed with which the reply was prepared here was said to constitute something of a record. The president went to his study at 9:30 a. m., and summoning his stenographer, immediately began dictating his reply. He was understood to have answered the council's contention, point for point, and to have adhered to his position taken in the note of Feb. 10. Might Involve Treaty. It is now pretty well established that in that communication the Dres-

ident informed the allied countries !

that if they proceeded to a settlement of the Adriatic question without the consent and participation of the American government, the United States might have to decide whether it could become a party to the Treaty of Versailles and the Anglo- American pact. The note received from the council yesterday was sent to the white house immeriately after it was decoded, and the president studied it very carefully during the afternoon and the evening. Had Reply in Mind. When he was ready to begin work today, he was understood to have his reply well outlined in his mind, and consequently was able to dictate it in a short time. .The president was represented as perfectly willing for the exchanges to be given to the public, after he had "completed his case" which was done with the drafting of the note today. However, no decision as to making the communications public, will be reached until -the ulled premiers have been heard from. They have been approached as to their wishes. Cable dispatches indicated that the premiers' reply to the president's first note was conciliatory and that the whole question of Fiume and the Dalmatian litteral was at least reopened to negotiation. There was a suggestion also that the allied premiers had asked the United States to indicate the practical steps that could be taken to carry out the original agreement as to the Adriatic, under which Fiume was to be erected into a free state imder the league of nations and the principle of self determination followed in disposing of the Dalmatian coast. It was said to be the European. view that the seizure of Fiume by D'Annunzio and his Italian troops had brought about such a delicate situation that

any attempt to restore the status quo might bring about more war. U. S. Called Co-Belligerent. President Wilson, it was learned, has taken the position that this country is interested in the Adriatic settlement as a co-belligerent in the war, derpite the fact that the treaty of Versailles has not been ratified here. On similar questions, such as those effecting Armenia and Turkey, this country likewise is prepared to keep in

close touch with decisions reached by

the premiers at their London conferences, at which the United States is not represented. All such decisions have to be ap

proved" by the supreme council in Paris, meetings of which probably will be attended in future by an American representative to keep this government in quick touch with what is going on. Careful consideration is being given the allied reply, according to officials indicating that a rejoinder may not be forthcoming for some time.

Labot Protests Wages Provided in R. R. Bill; Executives Consider Them (By Associated Press) I The committee of railroad officials WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 .Protest ' appointed by Thomas DeWitt Cuyler. against the wage provision of the com-1 chairman of the Association of Railpleted railroad bill will be made in'wiy executives at the request of Diletters to President Wilson and Di-1 rector General Hines, is composed of rector General Hines, which represen- h following: Harry Bronner. E. N. tatives of the railroad union n r,r antra- Brown, S. T. Bledsoe. H. E. Byram,

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tions and officials of the American

Federation of Labor, were framing today at conferences at the federation headquarters. Wage provisions, also, were counted on to enter largely into the deliberations, beginning today, of the conference between Director General Hines and 25 leading railroad executives. Sections of the revised measure which it was considered would attract most attention from the railroad executives were those pdohibiting any reduction in the wages of railroad workers prior to Sept. 1, and creating a permanent arbitration board of nine members, representing the public, the workers and the corporations. The conference with the railroad executives was called by Mr. Hines to ascertain the attitude railroad corporations would assume toward the proposal advanced by Presdient Wilson in his reply to the demands of railroad employes, that a federal commission be appointed to consider the wage problem.

W. R. Cole, Howard Elliott, S. M. Fulton, W. H. Finley, Carl R. Gray, Charles Hayden, L. E. Johnson. Howard G. Kelley, Julius Kruttschnltt, E. E. Loomis, L. F. Loree, Robert S. Lovett. C. H. Markham, William Church Osborne,. Samuel Rea, Birm. R. Robinson, W. L. Ross, A. H. Smith, F. D. Underwood, H. Woltcrs and Daniel Willard.

SOCIALISTS DENY COUNTRY HILLQUIT

CBy Associated Press) ALBANY, N. Y Feb. 19. Socialists repudiated the sentiment "my country right or wrong," and refused

to accept the slogan proclaimed during the war of "stand behind the presi-

NEW WAR STARTED ON SLACKERS; 51 IN LOCAL DISTRICT NO. 1

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A round up of wilful draft deserters is to be started at once, the war department announced Wednesday. There are 173,911 listed as draft deserters. They will be prosecuted vigorously, it was stated. Lists of the draft deserters will be published, either in whole or locally in sections for the information of the department of Justice and local police, it was announced. Those registrants who failed to obey the induction orders or to entrain for mobilization camps, but subsequently served honorably in the army, navy or marine corps before the armittice, will be relieved of the charge of draft desertion. "There were 51 slackers in Boston,

Franklin and Wayne townships, the

dent." Morris Hilauit. socialist leader, i j ,, n.

testified today under cross examination j durIng the war," said Sheriff Carr at t Vi a trial nf fivA cnfiQlict DC(:pmh1v. . . ...-., . t. . . 1

w. - weanesaay. ui mis numuer me men charged with disloyalty. ereater percentage were foreigners

My country, right or wrong, is a workIng in iocai construction camps, false doctrine of national patriotism , j .,Ti,. mn n a rule " he con

tinued, "did not understand the fed-

declared the witness. The "true" doctrine, he said, is "the ideal of interna

tional working class solidarity.

eral draft orders and became slackers

and deserters through ignorance.

slackers."

Mr. Hillquit reiterated his claim that ! . haA fftW mpn ln the dis

nationalism and internationalism, are T am Bnrp tn Rav. that fullv nn

not nowever, mcompauDie. rtrstood th orders, and were wilful

viio isransieiier, ui tiiicasu, uauuual secretary of the socialist party and Algernon Lee of New York, educational director of the Rand school of social science, have been selected by the defense as its next witnesses.

Slick Given New Chance hy Board; Promises to Have City Clean in Week F. E. Sick; trash and garbage contractor, wil be given until Monday to relieve the city of ashes, members of the board of works said Thursday. Harry Gilbert, president; Byram Robbins, city attorney; Denver Harlan, at torney for Slick and Slick, himself, reached this decision after several secret consultations. Slick said at a conference Wednesday that he would have practically the whole city cleared of ashes by the latter part of next week. A copy of the petition filed by the T. H. I. & E. Traction company, with the public service commission, was received by the board and referred to the city attorney. The traction company does not seek to increase rates, but requests that the minimum of 25 cents on express freight shipments be' increased to 40 cents. The street commissioner was instructed to haul cinders to the crossing at North D. street and the C. & O. railroad to fill up the holes there. Numerous complaints have been re ceived by the board on the crossing.

Martial Law Proclaimed In Saar by French (By Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 19. Martial law has been proclaimed in the Saar region now occupied by French troops, under

i control of an allied commission, in

consequence of new disturbances, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company.

Fryatt Case May Be Re-Opened, Berlin Paper Thinks; Note Pleasing (By Associated Press) BERLIN, Feb. 19. Examination of the official text of the last allied note sent to the German government relative to the trial of men accused of war crimes shows that a significant passage was omitted from the Paris version, published here on Tuesday afternoon. This passage refers to a stipulation by the entente that previous verdicts at trials of German war offenders must be annulled, and that they be remanded for new trial. This provision the Freiheit says, means the reopening of the Fryatt case, in which a German commission decided the execution of Fryatt, captian of a British merchantman, was not a violation of international law.

BERLIN. Wednesday, Feb. 18 Gratification that the Entente powers had recognized Germany's contention relative to the physical impossibility of surrendering men accused of violation of the laws of war was expressed today by a foreign office official. He said that it was inevitaible that internal chaos would result from such a step and declared the German cabinet's position was materially strengthened as the result of the decision reached by the supreme council.

Weather Forecast

For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Continued colder tonight; Friday probably snow with rising temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon 28 Yesterday. Maximum 35 Minimum 24 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight; below freezing. Friday, snow, sleet or rain and rising temperature. General Conditions The cold wave still prevails over the lake region, 10 and 15 below over upper Michigan, Superior and Lake Huron. A storm of marked intensity has moved southward from British Columbia and will cause the wind to shift to the east and south. Rising temperature Friday. Snow and rain has been quite general from the lakes southward to the gulf, rain being south of the Ohio river.

Bela Kun Removed to Hospital Near Vienna (By Associated Press) VIENNA, Feb. 19. Bela Kuhn, dictator under the communist regime in Hungary, was recently brought to a hospital near this city, from Stockerau, where he has been staying since his flight from Hungary. His removal from Stockerau was due to the fact that his presence there was objectionable to the inhabitants of the village. Persons wishing to talk with the former dictator must receive a special permit from the police showing a personal description and a photograph of the bearer. It is reported Hungarian spies have discovered tho new refuge of Bela Kuhn, and have been been taking photographs of the hospital building.

Maintenance Men Meet; Hope to Settle Wages (By Associated Press) DETROIT, Feb. 19 The railroad wage situation was considered at a special meeting here today of the

i executive committee of the brother-

i Kood of maintenance of way employ-

i 93 and railway shop laborers. Plans of the union to participate in the conference of general chairman of the railway brotherhoods to be held in Washington next Monday were also discussed. Heads of the union declined to say whether any independent action was contemplated, although president Allen E. Barker declared in calling the meeting that the strike organization, set up for the

walkout that was scheduled for last

Tuesday but postponed, would be kept intact. The union officials were hopeful, they declared, of an early settlement of the wage controversy. N. Y. Republicans To Go To Convention Uninstracted

SCHOOL FOR WOMEN VOTERS IS OPENED (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, Feb. 19. A school for women voters was opened here today under direction of the League of Women voters, which closed its first annual convention yesterday. ' A large number of women who were delegates to the national American woman suffrage association convention and became members of the league of women voters? which succeeded in matriculated in the new school. Arrangements were made for lectures on "Citizenship," with attention directed particularly to the duties of voters. The school will continue a week.

Loses Fingers of Left Hand ; Right Hand Crippled James VanZant, an employe of the Starr Piano company, was painfully injured at the piano factory Wednesday when his hand became caught in oue of the woodworking machines. All of the fingers of his left hand were torn, and had to be amputated. He was taken to Reid Memorial hospital. This was the third injury of it3 kind received by VanZant, who in other accidents lost three fingers of his right hand.

(By Associated Press) NEW .YORK, Feb. 19 Informal conferences were continued here today by Republican Btate leaders preparatory to the unofficial convention of the party at Carnegie Hall tonight. It seemed to be the general opinion among the delegates as the result of the conference held last night that the delegates at large to the national convention would go uninstructed. "The big four" delegates, according to the slate adopted last night will be Elihu Root, Senators James W. Wadsworth, Jr., and William M. Calder, and William Boyce Thompson. Mrs. Arthur Llvermore wa3 slated to be one of the alternates. -

Harbor ask is Captured by Revolutionary Forces (By Associated Press) VLADIVOSTOK, Feb. 19. A revolutionary expedition from Vladivostok and Nikolsk occupied Harborovsk an Important city in the Amur district, and General Kalmikoff's headquarters, Tuesday afternoon, according to announcement by the revolutionary staff here today. The troops occupied the city without fighting, the announcement said. Japanese are the only foreign troops in the Harborovsk district. Vladivostok remains quiet.

CANADIAN RAILROADS TO ASK HIGHER FREIGHT RATES (By Associated Press) OTTAWA, Feb. 19. Canadian railways intend to apply to the railway commission for further increases in freight rates, it was learned here today. High costs of operation as well as of rolling stock and other materials will be advanced as reasons for the increase. The government owned lines of the Canadian national system are said to be particularly In need of more revenue. It has not yet been announced whether the increase sought will be a general one, or confined to specific commodities.

ASKS 1,000.000 INSURANCE. CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Caotain Marshall Field. II, heir to the $120,000,000 Field estate, applied for a million dollar life insurance policy today. He made the application through two former "buddies," with whom he served in France, and who are now insurance agents.

DUE CREDIT NEVER GIVEN TO LANSING

Secretary of State, Dismissed,

Was Faithful and Did Much for Which President Took Credit Lawrence. 1 WAS AUTHORlF NOTES Copy wrlght 1920 by Palladium.) -By DAVID LAWRENCE. (This Is the third of a series of three articles on the Wilson-Lansing break, showing the significance nationally and internationally of tho episode and effect upon our foreign policy. WASH INTON, Feb. . 19. Robert Lansing was popular as secretary of state. Diplomats recognized the awkwardness of his position, particularly his inability often to. speak for the president, because the latter individual would not take him into his confidence, but they made allowances for this and liked Mr. Lansing for such frankness as he was able to display. Ho was courteous with foreign governments and although he differed again and again with the president as to the wisest policy to pursue, he never showed it to a foreign government. Whenever the president decided a question, that was enough for Robert Lansing. Like an ambassador ln a foreign country, he followed instructions faithfully. Has Played Big Part. Nevertheless, it must not be supposed that Robert Lansing has not exerted a very great influence on our foreign policy in the last four years.

Even before he took cfTice, he framed the neutrality policy of the government as counsel for the department of state, and is generally credited with having been the author of the phrase "a strict accountability" which was used in one "of the first Lusitania notes. He wrote many drafts of notes that never saw the president's eye, and many he wrote were pigeonholed by the president. But like a true counsellor, ho was always ready with a comprehensive statement of the alternatives Involved. Ueually he gave the president the various courses of action which could be followed and, while politely suggesting which he himself thought best, invariably left it to the president to choose. But Robert Lansing knew traditional American doctrine and he also put into every note he wrote a certain liberalism and altruism, that so many people would promptly say was Wilsonian. President Got Praise. Even on the notes .for which the president received the highest praise, you couldn't get a word out of Robert Lansing as to the part be played. I remember particularly one of the best notes ever sent out by the United States government, a communication to the Austro-Hungarian government about the requested embargo on arms. Solicitors Woolsey and Secretary Lansing framed that note and the editorial praise which the president received for doing what he didn't do, had no effect on the feelings of the men in the department of state, who took it as a matter of course. Mr. Lansing will always be remembered for his clear definition of PanAmericanism and for his splendid conception of what our relationships should be with the nations south of us. It is true that he didn't favor the coupling of the league of nations with the peace treaty, simply because he thought better consideration could be given to each separately. But he didn't press his views and when the American mission got to Paris, he worked as bard to help realize the ideal which the president had set before the peace conference. He wrote a plan for a league of nations and submitted it along with the lest, but showed no signs of displeasure when it was not approved, nor was he peeved at the frequent

j prominence bestowed upon colonel j House. He took the president's ldio'syncrasies for what they were worth.

end like a faithful servant, did all he could to keep relations harmonious. Ignored by President. But the president, instead .of appreciating the self-sacrifice: of his secretary of state, often-times forgot he had one. He gave so much time to Colonel House and placed so much confidence in the man from Texas that it was a subject of public comment on every side. Yet, Mr. Lansing hid his pride and did his job. It was when the Shantung settle-

i ment came up and when the president became involved in the meshes of European dinlomacy that Mr. Lansing exI pressed dissenting views on a number

of questions, all of which served to irritate Mr. Wilson, who couldn't brook disagreement. Presently. Mr. Wilson began to lose confidence In the judgment of Colonel House and when he failed to consult him. he relied more on Mr. Lansing's advice. It began to lcok as if the two men would get close together after all. Mr. Lansing continued to work hopefully. He didn't want the president to go on that western trio.. He thoneht Mr. Wilson could do much more effective work In Washington and he f"lt. too. that the physical strain mieht break him down. Ready to Compromise Crime! But the resl crux of the situation came when Mr. Lansing showed unjnictaVoble readiness to write a compromise on the nes re treaty, a willing, nes to dDt th Lodse reservations to the Wilson viewpoint In uch fashion that ratification could be accomplished without loss of dignity by either side. But. Mr. Wilson was fuiions. He was Impatient with anvone who even mentioned the word "reservation" In his presence. The nearest one could get in a communication that would not bring forth his displeasure was the employment of the word "Interpreta- ( Continued on page six)