The Syracuse and Lake Wawasee Journal, Volume 13, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 October 1920 — Page 7

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NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Council of League of Nations Has Stopped One War and Headed Off Another. ITS FRIENDS ARE ELATED c> ■ Opponents of Covenant Also Find an Argument for a Lodge ReservationPoles and Russians Talk Peace While Latter Lose Battles— Guerrilla Warfare in • Ireland. By EDWARD/l. PICKARD. Believers in the League of Nations are much elated by the results of the ninth session of the league council which ended in Paris early in the week. By diplomatic presentation of fact and argument, the council Induced four nations?- which were on Hie verge of engaging in two wars, to agree to peaceful settlement of their differences. In one of the cases, indeed, hostilities already had broken out. This was the caste of Poland and Lithuania. These two nations consented to suspend hostilities immediately pending a settlement of their dispute which both sides will accept. In this settlement the league council will be represented by Count Quinones de Leon, Spanish ambassador to France, and Baron Keishiro Matsui, Japanese vice foreign minister. When' the council meets in October, it is expected, at least a tentative decision will be ready for its approval. The council had., almost given up hope of arranging this settlement when, on the last day of the session, Ignace Paderewski, head of the Polish delegation, suddenly arose and in a dramatic speech declared his country was eager for peace with Lithuania and believed the latter nation also desired peace. M. Woldemar and other Lithuanian delegates arose, strode across the room and warmly shook hands with the Poles, while the room rang with cheers. Woldemar declared his confidence in the fairness of the council and said he would abide by its decision. Sweden’s dispute with Finland over possession of the Aland islands was the other matter which it was believed was put in a fairway to be decided without recourse to arms. The Finns offered a reservation which created some doubt at first, but this, it appeared, was made for technical reasons and would not'offer any difficulty which could not be surmounted. Neither nation, it was pointed out by league officials, was legally bound to accept the decision of tlie league, but both are morally obligated to do so, and if a settlement cah be offered that is backed by public Opinion, the governments cannot welt refuse to concur. A commission appointed to Inquire into the merits of the dispute. Opponents of the league found in this Aland islands case fresh argument to support fhelr belief that the league covenant, las it stands, gives the council the chance to do just what the supporters of | the Lodge reservations feared —to ihtegfere in domestic questions. They point out that Finland contended that the Aland island dispute is ,a Finnish domestic, not an international, question and that the league had no jurisdiction thereof. The league council rejected the Finnish contention, pronounced the question international and appointed the commission. There is in the covenant, say the objectors, no guarantee that the council would not pronounce the.present controversy between Japan and the United States over immigration an international question subject to its jurisdiction; and if Japan should submit the dispute to the league, as is suggested in that country, the United States would be in/ an awkward if not a dangerous position. One of the Lodge reservations, it will be remembered, specifically declared that American immigration and other domestic

SEE FRIENDSHIP WIPED OUT Prominent Japanese Express Their Views of the Exclusion Law Proposed by California. Tokio. —Representative Japanese express the opinion that there is no hope 5f a permanent solution of the California problem until after the presidential election in the United States. Through the medium of the press, however, they continue to put. forward strong opposition to the proposed ref-

questions should be exempt from the jurisdiction of the league. i Japanese leaders have almost ceased to hope for a settlement of the immigration dispute while the present administration is in power,, and their chances for favorable action under the next administration are slim. Following up the declarations made by Senator Harding, Governor Cox has been telling the Pacific coast people that he believes they are right in wishing to exclude the Japanese. It seems certain that the next administration, whether Republican or Democratic, will be pressed to terminate the present treaty with Japan, so that exclusion may be legal. With California’s apparent determination to adopt additional restrictive legislation, the race question on the coast becomes more serious daily; but wise and well informed persons, in both America and Japan, have little fear that It will result in war. In accordance with an agreement made last July between Japan and Asiatic Russia, the Japanese war office has evacuated Khabarovsk and the only Japanese garrisons left in Siberia are at Vladivostok and along the Usuri railway. Asiatic Russia, it is said, has agreed to preserve the peace, to maintain friendly relations with Japan and to abolish communism. The Polish-Russian peace conference opened In Riga, but it was surrounded by an atmosphere of gloom and the prediction was made freely that the results will be nil. Each side distrusts the other, and on certain questions it seems impossible for them to get together. One of these is Ukralnia, which the Reds assert is already self-determined in favor of soviet rule. The Ukrainians who follow Petlura deny this and say their soviet rulers are foreigners. They have sent representatives to the Riga meet, but these are not admitted by the reds. Disarmament by both Poland and Russia was declared by Adolph Joffe, head of the red delegation, to be the only guarantee of stable peace. Military operations against the soviet forces went right along, and their enemies scored several decided victories. The united Polish-Ukrainian front east of Lemberg was moving forward at the rate of fifteen miles a day and had reached Rovno and Kamenets Podolsk, and the Ukrainian cavalry had occupied the latter important city. In the Grodno region the soviet government claimed to have defeated the Poles and to have taken a number of towns. But the Moscow war reports have been almost uniformly false since the collapse of the invasion of Poland. . Following the plan which was outlined last week, General Wrangel has been pushing his way northward along the Dnieper river and, qt last reports, after several smashing victories, he had captured Alexandrovsk, together with about 10,000 prisoners, five armored trains, many guns and large stores of supplies. Turkish nationalists in southern Asia Minor have been displaying renewed activity and dispatches from Constantinople say they are besieging the the French in Adana, bombarding Tarsus and making frequent attacks on Merslna. These Turks are assisted by disaffected Arabs and also by German officers who ; have been stranded in the country since the armistice. These latter are handling the artillery. The French at Adana and Tarsus have got supplies in and are prepared for a winter’s siege. The Armenian city of Hadjin has sent out word that it is facing starvation and massacre and must have help. The immediate situation in Ireland has resolved Itself into a guerrilla war of the most vicious description, which so far the British authorities have not. been able to control. The Sinn Feiners ambush and slay the police, and the police in reprisal kill the Sinn Feiners like rats and ravage their towns. The most startling of these occurrences was the raid last week on Balbriggan, the center of the weaving industry of south Ireland. Inspector Burke of the British police in Ireland was shot down as he was leaving a restaurant, and his brother was badly wounded. When the news reached Germantown, where the police were

erendum in California, designed to extend the present law excluding Japanese from land ownership In California. Among the writers is Viscount Takaakl Kato, former foreign minister, who says: “That America, which constantly is advocating the cause of righteousness and humanity, should dare without giving proper reasons to deprive Japanese of the fruits of many years of painstaking labor, is an act we can never overlook.' That America of all

stationed, ten trucks full of them started for Balbriggan. There they first set fire to the public houses and a large number of private homes from which they drove the people, and then burned to the ground some of the largest hosiery mills in Ireland, belonging 'to an English firm. They wound up the raid by murdering a barber and a dairyman, both Sinn Feiners. Similar raids were made last week on other Irish towns where the police had been enraged by the killing or wounding of their comrades. In County Clare a military truck in which were a number of police was ambushed by armed men and in the ensuing fight four of the officers were killed. The police involved in the Balbriggan incident were not members of the Royal Irish constabulary, but recruits for that force who, from their uniforms, are known as “black and tans.” In the last two weeks more than twenty policemen arid soldiers and a score of Sinn Feiners have been killed in Ireland, and large numbers on both sides have been wounded. Oswald. Garrison Villard, who used to be notoriously pro-German and anti-Britlsh, has formed a committee of 100 - Americans to investigate and report publicly on conditions in Ireland, with especial reference to atroci’tles. Public hearings will be held in Washington by a commission of. the committee. Several senators and governors have agreed to serve bn the committee, all the members of which are said to be prominent citizens. So far as the public has been permitted to know, little progress has been made toward discovering and apprehending the' perpetrators of the Wall street bomb outrage. It has been definitely established, however, that the blast was caused by the explosion of a huge TNT bomb with a time device, and there is no doubt the affair was arranged by reds. Many arrests have been iffade, but it is not known that the guilty persons are in custody. Since the New York explosion a good many other cities have received warnings that certain' public buildings were to be blown up. A good guess is that the outrage was the work of radical leaders who wished by this demonstration to keep up the revolutionary spirit of their recruits. The five Socialists who were expelled from the New York legislature some time ago, and who were re-elect-ed recently, attempted to take their seats. Three of them were again ousted, and the others resigned in protest. The action of the majority in the assembly w r as opposed by Theodore Jloosevelt and is characterized by Charles E. Hughes “Incredible folly and flagrant disregard of the fundamental principles of American institutions.” Owing to certain complications this time, the case may be taken into the courts. The Kenyon committee of the senate resumed in Washington its investigation of campaign funds, and subpoenaed several bureau chiefs in the endeavor to learn to what extent federal agencies are being employed to disseminate election propaganda for Cox. The Republicans assert the publications of the bureaus of education, war and navy have been used thin way. James Gerard, chairman o* the Democratic finance committee, told the committee he had collected only $128,000 to date and that he would be happy if he got a million; also that no limit was put on individual contributions. William Boyce Thompson, chairman of the Republican ways and means committee, told the committee the Cox charges were “all bunk.” and aroused Senator Reed by asserting that Mr. Cox “is no stranger to Wall street.” Pinned down, he said lie implied nothing sinister. Devotees of the national sport are wrought up over another Inquiry that began last week. This is an investigation, by a grand jury at Chicago, into baseball gambling, and it gains added interest because it promises to uncover crooked work by players in the world’s series last fall between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati National league team. Comment, if any is needed, must be deferrted since at this writing the inquiry is only getting fairly started.

countries should resort to an act so cruel and inhuman is really inexplicable.” “If California passes the proposed referendum,” Viscount Kaneko says, “California will write an indelible impression upon the minds of every man, woman and child in Japan. “But I do not predict war will result. Yet all the good the visit of Perry to Japan accomplished, and all the friendship that has grown up between the two nations in the last 64 years, will be wiped out In a single day.”

THE SYRACUSE AND LAKE. WAWASEE JOUTRNAD

A TITLE DISDAINED. “I wish,” said Senator Sorghum, “that you would not refer to me as *a sphinx.’ ” “What’s the objection?” “The only sphinx I ever saw in my travels had its nose badly out of joint and was unable to assemble an audience large enough to justify any remarks.” The Troublesome Experts. “Know anything about an automobile?” “Not a thing.” “Just the man I want. Tell me what you think might be the matter with my car. The experts that have come along have all guessed wrong, and I thought perhaps you might be able to guess right.” Sweet Innocence. "Don’t you know there is a rumor that the racing in which your husband is interested is crooked?” “Not a bit of truth in it,” said young Mrs. Torkins. “They can’t be crooked. Charley showed me the track and it’s a perfect oval.” All Incentive Gone. “So you are going back to the old country, my man?" “Sure I am. Who wants to live in a country that’s got nothing left with a kick in it but an army mule?” High Toned. First Moth —Is your brother in society ? Second Moth—l should say so; he won’t eat anything but evening :lothes after 6 P. M. * TREASURE TROVE Wetmore: Gee! I stopped Just In time to avoid smashing that bottle. His Wife: It would have been too bad if we had cut new tire. Wetmore: Tire! I wasn’t thinking of the tire. But there might be something in the bottle. Nothing to Talk About. If all who hate would love us And all our friends were true— Good gracious! kindly tell us What would the gossips do? Literally. “Is that consequential-looking star ictor supported by his wife on his tour?” “I don’t know how he feeds tlwee ;imes a day if he isn’t.” Contradictory Puzzle. “There is one thing which has always puzzled me in military matters.” “What is that?” ■ “How a standing army can be kept n good running order.” The Progress. “He went to court and sued her for her love.” “Well?” “Then she went to court and sued him for breach of promise.” Natural Conclusion. “What are you in here for?” Inquired the visitor of the convict. “For the simple reason,” replied the convict, “that I can’t get out.” Another Way of It. “Well, I’ve got to go today and 'ace the music.” “Why, are you in trouble?” “No; I conduct a band.” A New Discovery. “Some one has discovered that snakes have sentiment.” “Well, they certainly do have away of winding themselves around one.” Easily Hidden. “We are afraid young Mr. Silliboy is losing his mind.” “Just keep it quiet and nobody will ever know the difference.” The New Days. “Do you think Snifkins intends to make an energetic campaign for election in his district?” “Does he? He’s getting bids on the owest wholesale prices for boxes of rhocolates and vanity bags.” A Moment’s Relaxation. "I understand you always make money on a falling market.” “Well,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax, with a sly, self-appreciative chuckle, ‘I manage to get a bear living out >f it” Practical Affection. He—Darling, there is an uhconsummg fire in my heart for you. „ She—That’s all right, but what much more concerns me is to know, Is there a substantial insurance on your life? Her Skill. "That girl is an expert in sentimental anatomy.” “How do you mean?” “She makes a man lose his head, takes his hand and then breaks his heart”

Unionists and Sinn Feiners Fighting in Belfast 'A w Street battle between Unionist and Sinn Fein factions in York street, Belfast, Ireland, during the recent rioting in that city. The Unionists, shown in the foreground, are driving tlie Sinn Feiners back with stones.

Little John Carver Goes Abroad X I I WW'IO i Ofc? I W I ' <e O 4? f a- •>' One of the most prominent passengers on tlie first 100 per cent American liner, the Panhandle' State, was little John Carver, eight years old, a direct descendant of the first governor of Massachusetts. John is going abroad to attend the Pilgrim’s tercentenary at Leyden, Holland. He is shown in this photograph with his mother. Experiments With Frozen Fruit wW® IL. lij. "A fSir A j i /Objg ■ —4 Frozen fruit is a comparatively new fact in the experiments of tlie department of agriculture. The photograph shows several baskets of small fruits which have been in cold storage for three months without impairing their flavor or quality. The experimenters believe the freezing process to be more economical as well as more satisfactory than canning. On Rapa the Women Feed the Men The road to a man’s heart is through his stomach, is a well-known adage that has reached even the women of tlie Island of Rapa, one of the most isolated places in the world. The men on this island are outnumbered seven to one, as there are 150 women on the island and only 20 men. Men are in such great demand that the women invent ways of serving them so as to win them for husbands. Feeding the men, as illustrated here, is one of the common methods employed by tlie charm sehool of Rapa. The island is in the South Pacific, between the Cook Islands and South America.

ODD FACTS A large nest of wasps will account for at least 24,000 flies a day, says one naturalist. Only 800 of the 17,000 brick works in Germany are working, owing to the shortage of coal. The size of gloves Indicates the number of inches round the knuckles when the hand is closed. An organ said to have been used by Handel while composing the “Messiah” was recently sold for $1,150.

The nearer the equator the more salty seawater becomes. In China any one who writes an Immoral book is punished with 100 blows of the heavy bamboo and banishment for life. To unobtrusively remove crumbs from dining tables a device has been invented that automatically closes as it is lifted. A dam has been built at the foot of a Swiss glacier to provide water power for a 21,000 horsepower hydroelectric Dlant

PRINCE AS BLACKSMITH f 4 It l X )' I/ ® —wt.tf V’>. Prince Henry of England, who IS attached to the thirteenth Hussars at Aidershot, is undergoing a thorough course of training, one item of which is horseshoeing. Tlie prince takes a great delight in blacksmithing, and has already attained a higli degree of efficiency. He is shown at work shoe* ing his horse. OLD TAVERN DOOMED * kWFIFI BWSSMHvr, lat j Mir •u- r ■ V’y/ ?wjr*MS>.v i ■R : w S®jk The historic “Okie Tavern” at Broad and Water streets, New York city, will soon be but a memory as the building is to be torn down to make room for a modern office structure. The tavern was built in 1746 and remodeled in 1886. During the revolutionary days it was frequented by George Washington • and others famous in the history of those times, SHOE SHOP IN SITKA i I 'H ih : : |, \ -U. ’ mm " - - An Eskimo woman disposing of sandals in her open air shop in the streets of Sitka, Alaska. The Perfect Color. Green Is q, restful color. Oculists say that of all golors green is the most friendly to the optic nerve. In lands where eternal snows or eternal white sands flash up their glaring reflections, men have to shade their eyes or go blind. But green grass never bothers the eye. One can stare a forest in the face all day with impunity. Nature’s greens never get on your nerves, and they never quarrel with any other of nature’s colors tints