The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 19, 1919, Image 2
Wilson Goes to Work
?t ?nce I
Met at Station by Leading j
French Statesmen, Inclo.d- j
; in$ Poincare and
Ciemenceau.
Paris, March 14.?President .Wil
son returning to the peace conference
after his-trip to the United States, :ar
rived'hi "Paris shortly after noon to
d^vV lie president's. train,. which had
ose? delayed, reached: the Invalides J
^^?^1^7 '.O'clock. ' ;
The demonstration attending thei
president's arrival in Paris for his
second. visit lacked the .magnitude of
that upon ?ihS occasion of his initial
ape^r?hci"last December. Neverthe
le^ it . spontaneous and cordial.
The- ?ebple had' been* purposely
. kept in i&or?n.ce as to which rail
road \ station his train would enter.
The president had requested this, as
he, desired to come into the -city, this
-tbT^^mwely as a private citizen.
^everTheless, the population heard
early' in the day that the station se
lected was the Invalides and they had
assembled there in great numbers by
/tl5e t(me his train was due.
, The president* was.met at <the sta
_ -t?brbyTi^?eht -P?incare and Mad
ame Poiacare. Premier Ciemenceau,
- Foreign Minister Pichon, Andre Tar
dieu, General Berdoulet, the military.
>? '"'^;^wernor:-dt Paris,. Major General
^ordacq, head of the military cabinet
o/; the ministry of war; Secretary Lan- {
sing. General Bliss, Henry White of
the^ peace mission.. Ambassador Sharp
.5J?_Ad?iiral Benson. ;
/President Poincare g?ve President
--- ^Ison a cordial greeting during a
briet conversation. ..With Premier
?"?^^eheeau the American executive
sjpoke .for/.^ome time^ congratulating
,tbe French, statesman on his escape
irom;death in the recent attempt to
assassinate trim.
. .Pxesident Wilson appeared to be
in-excellent health and spirits.
? -Thfc. - president did not tarry
cwttifhe station paltform. He let his
\n2Lhd~:,linger longer in that of M.
CJemenceau than any one else and [
spbie: earnestly to the premier as
' t*$ey strolled: down the long platform. .
After he had congratulated Mr. Ciem
enceau on his: escape from death by
ibe -. assassin's bullets, the premier. ,
turned.and smilingly said: "My hide !
is too thick for a little piece of lead
to edo me any harm." . t
% Emerging from the station Presi
den5?Wiison immediately entered his t
nio^br car which drove at high speed j
?jQng- the left bank of the Seine,
c^CfSsbig the river on the Alma bridge.
Airrjvinir in the Place des Etats-Unis- ,
thfe. streets., were virtually deserted, t I
jf?ct sharply. in. contrast with th? j
prestdjent'S ; appearance in Paris just ,
three months ago. i ]
President- Wilson got to work im- t
mediately* after his arrival at his new .
?es?ence in/.the Place des Etats- j
IlniaA. Premier. Lloyd Geprge was
wai?ng.. there for the president and
the two had n, long conference. The
president;- then .arranged for a con
ference at 'the Hotel de Crillon this
Afternoon with Premier Ciemenceau.
P^mier Lloyd . George and Colonel
House.
}i The'president is fully conversant ^
::. ^ by the ?
?pj^e.*v.d|iiej^Ws.;- ?During his voyage j
fW^jthe.* ?ftited States, he was cqn- J
Sten^?y- ;? in/ . communication with i
? p?qti&^ry ^'reless. " Colonel -.-House <
tPd^to; Brost a* large number of pa- t
ijfi^hearhflf- on the work' of the con- <
?rence during - the .' president's ab- j
? qfsi&&l;.-. x^'- * ? '..' <
; "The,; president" "spent several hours j
l*^nig*Ht;in going through the papers i
and? r*eeiN#hg "explanations from Col. <
"fiTouse^ He _ resumed work with; a
grasp-.- of -the'. matters under discus
^ ~~yr'- " " '?<.; L ??' '
Reduced 33 1-3 per cent
v Tabulation of Reduction Pledges
;5f;?4b Bai^we? County
. "Barnweily atar*ch. 1^.?A tabulation
? * df 'jthe-.^r^feictioA pledges received ui>
t? Saturday, March 8,. by the tabulat
"iftg.Committefe indicates a reductioniof
a ; little, over .33 1-3 per cent in the
j- acreage td^ tfe. planted in - cotton in
?L B?rhweil cbuhly this year as coai
,c pared with. .i}^18. The figures, given
otti_bVJttbe cbnimtttee. are: Number
^ffcacres planted in 191&_.10,*>I6; to
% b^vpla^ated la, 1913, 7,253; total re
"?? 'd^ctte?>to..date* 'XfiOZ acres.
?"Of. course, , the above figures are
very: incomplete, only , a few. of the
members of the- township commit
tees, haying reported their pledges
ijrhett the .first tabulation was made.
"VCbeja complete reports have been re
ceived from all of the townships .in
the- CQUJvty .the grand, total will show
a**\reduc.tion~ of many thousands of
aer^ef^.. The local papers are publish
. Ih^^?ch, we?fk. a. list Of the farmers
wh6^ have'signed* the pledge, and the
namesT of those who refuse to line up.
m the fight will also be m.ade known
t? the public.
-The., work of canvassing the furm
?s.'ftas been somewhat delayed on
account of t'rie e.xtremeiy bad weather
of'the past two. weeks, but with the
coming of more favorable conditions
thorough canvass will be made of
the.' entire county.
Justice Pryor Dead
New York. Marth 14.?Roger At
kihson Pryor, former justice of the;
New York supreme court nnd famous |
$s.;a soldier in the Confederate aritiv,
died at his home here tonight .it the j
age of 90.
? Justice Pryor had been ill for sev
eral weeks- A week ago pneumonia,
which was the immediate cnuse of
his death, set in.
Nine Sailors Drowned
. IjOndon. Mnrch 15.?Xin^ sailors
are. reported to have been drowned
in-thersinking of the American naval
transport Yselhaven, F.altimore for
Copenhagen; which stru?'k a mine
Friday morning, according to Lloyds.
Tliirty-five survivors were landed at
Hanpooi b7v. a ^riti5h jtft&zatr., . ?
Germans in Belgium
Belgian Government Finds Dif
ficulty in Ridding Country
of German Carpet -
Baggers.
Brussels. Feb. 26 (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)?Despite]
the passing of a. law providing for!
the expulsion of enemy subjects fmm i
Belgium, numerous German civilians!
are. often seen walking the streets of j
this city and other large cities in Bel-j
gi?nr.at the present time. While the,
law went into effect more than a
month ago, the Belgian government
is experiencing as much difficulty-, in
getting the enemy civilians out of the
cptintry. as the allied soldiers had in
expelling the enemy army from the
trenches.
Tue Minister of Justice has found
the ttndertakihg a greater one than
he had expected. In the Belgian
Charhber yesterday, Deputy Lemon -
nier, who acted as Burgomaster of
Brussels during* the enforced absence
of Burmogaster Max in Prussian jails
and until he was removed himself to
Germany, asked Minister of Justice!
Vanderyelde what measures he in
tended taking to expedite the undesir.
ables, beyond the Rhine. Deputy
Lemonnier brought the minister's at
tention to the fact that several Ger
mans were walking the streets^ of
Brussels; with impunity and that some
of them had been recognized as being,
Paid agents1 of the Kommandantur
during the occupation.
Vandrevelde replied: "The Min
istry of Justice is doing its utmost to
rid, the country of German civilians
but the difficulties encountered are
formidable. In times of peace unde
sirables are escorted to their frontier
but since the signing ?f the armis
tice, the allied general staff had re
fused absolutely to allow Germarts to;
pass through the zone of occupation.
Holland permits them to go through
the country but not singly. Groups
only are allowed in transit. At the
present time one train of undesirables :
is leaving daily. Beginning February
23.. two trains will leave for Holland ;
Jaily carrying an average of twelve
hundred Germans every day from
Belgium."
An idea of the number of Germans
in Belgium hefore the war and the
still greater number who have elected
:o make it during the occupation
svhat they thought would be their
permanent living place, may be gath
ered from the-fact that trains are
jxpected to leave for weeks and per- '
taps for months.
The case of German subjects who :
lave .? resided in Belgium for long '
r'ears, have married Belgian women -
md whose sons have fought against
he Germans is particularly sad.-Un
ler the terms of the law they should 1
>e expelled along with the others as. '
hey have remained enemy subjects. :
vandervelde ? said however: "It isj1
mpossible for me to send that class!1
if Germans out-of the country." p
Prices in France
Paris, Feb. 25 (Correspondence of '
?he Associated Press)?Americans ?
.re cheerfully paying the exorbitant ,
?rices charged them for necessities in -
Trance, while" the natives pay and \
rroan; declared ah Associated Press \
iorrtspondent wh.o has been making |
m investigation pf French high cost i
it living. Three American newspa- ]
>er'men recently p. d $2 for a taxi- <
:ab ride that the taximeter showed ?
should cost about 70 cents. A meal
without wine for the three hungry <
scribes cost $20. i
The following /figures show the dif- ,
Terence between the prices now pre- ,
vailing in France and those of the \
inte-war days. ' . . ]
: Butter $2 a pound against 30 cents- j
before war; eggs $2 a dozen versus 22 -
cents, and vegetables ranging from
fourteen to fifty cents a pound co?ld \
be obtained for four, five and six cents .
previous to the war. Cheese has ad
vanced from, forty cents to ninety,
coffee from for-ty cents to $1.9.0. Meat j
has advanced three hundred per. cent,
chld^ns,. which i were, sixty cents are
now $2 and very slim birds at that.
The-cheapest business suit cannot
be obtained under $50 to which must
be added $10 as a luxury tax. Silk
stockings sell for $3 a pair and one
must.be careful to use the subway as
much as possibie inr'order not to walk
through them on: the first 4ay, es
pecially when - the fourteen dollar
pair of shoes . which one is. wearing
absorb dampness like a four dollar
?ponge. Washing comes high with
soap at thirty cents a cake, and a
bath is a luxury.
Monsieur Jjsserand, the French
ambassador in Washington has re
cently returned after a lpng absence. \
The collars for which he used to pay
thirteen francs the dozen now are
thirty-nine francs fifty in the same
great shop, at which he has been tradr
ing twenty years and his sixteen
franc hat has mounted .to forty.
. Frying a S2 steak for two in o S4
saucepan is a privilege enjoyed only
by the rich and a glass of beer at
twenty cents plus a five cent tip to j
the waiter tastes very bitter to a
thirsty wayfarer.
The laboring class at one time wasj
eating much rice. But lately that eom-j
modity rr-a -V I figures out of proper--]
ii-on to the salaries of tbe working.]
man.
A few days ago Food Minister!
Boret caused the arrest of speculators'
who were offering rice for sale at !
forty cents per pound. It turned out j
thai ihp rice has been obtained from;
the food ministry at the legal price of'j
sixteen cents a pound. But it had]
had a circuitous journey before reach- j
ing !lie consumer passing through sixj
alleged brokers who in turn levied a \
percentage on the rice. They were.!
each fined two hundred francs .md!
costs.
DfsCTSK I>KA?17F OF NATION'S, j
! Paris. March 15.?The peace con-;
kfererice invitation to neutrals to par-j
: ttcipatc in tire disrusipn of a league
j of liajtions has brotigbt responses
j from Switzerland, Holland, Denmark.
pKorway; and Sweden which for-1
! wared statements of their views to!
1 Confederate Secretary. ' 1
[ War's Greatest Deed
Breaking of Hindenburg Line by
27th and 30th Divisions.
_ ?
*In a speech iu the senate Tuesday,
Senator Wadsworth,. of Xew York,
who had returned from a visit to
France, where he inspected the hat?
tlefields and especially studied the^op
erations of the 27th and the 30th di
visions, which broke the Hindenburg
line, referred to the .achievement of
these two units ua.:. one of the great
events of the war. Senator WadS
worth said:
"The two American divisions that
were left with the British served with
the British during their entire service
in France, They, were-the 27th and
30th divisions, the-first made up af
the New York national guard division
and the second the national guard'di
vision fram Tennesseeand North Car
olina and South Carolina.
"Those two divisions, in a sense,
were an integral part of the British
army. They did not even have their
own supply trains with them. Their
artillery, too, had been sent to the!
St. Mihiel sector to operate with the
American First Army and later with!
the American Second Army in Ar
g?nne.
: "Those two divisions consisted onlyj
of Infantry, the machine gunners, the
engineers, and the signal corps bat-j
talions, all, .practically, foot soldiers. I
Everything was supplied by the Brit- j
isb. They served for many weeks, hi'
Celgium in the trenches. It was they, I
Mr.' President, who reoccupied Kern-I
me! ftill. But in the middle of Sep- j
tember they were moved down faith- j
;r'to the south. On September 29 tho-yj
were thrown against the Hindenburg.
line.
"1 ? have attempted to descrilKJ
?omething of the Argonnc country:
uerhaps Senators will bear with me if
I attempt to describe, inadequately, 1
Tear, something of the nature of the (
lefehse which these two divisions :
found confronting, them and which I
hey attacked and captured. The Ca-j'
tal du Nord which if 1 remember cor- J
*ectly. connects the Oise river and the}
Rheidt ^tinning approximately north j'
md south passes through the towns!:
of St. Quentln and Cambrai. Ski
3uentin and Cambrai, senators will
-em ember, were towns sUuated upon 1
??r close to the famous Hindenburg 1
tine.. Midway between those two '
.owns the canal itself runs under a
Ix?j through a tunnel which is ap- ?
iroximately three miles long. The. 1
tlindenburg line in that sector w.<s j1
;>ased upon that canal along most of '
.hat distance between St. Quemin J
ind Cambrai. IU strongest point was j 1
he point where the canal pierced this !
lill and ran through this long tunnei. j'
The Germans had established two im - [1
nenscly strong lines out in front ef.rJ
he hill pierced by the tunnel, and rnj
mmrnseiy strong defensive position j/
Uong the top of the hill pierced by\{
he canal. From the tunnel Itself theyj1
lad cut long pasriageways, built in the '
'orm of stairway s. at least five feyt. :
vide, at frequent intervals, which is\-. '
t.bled their troops, talcing refuge jrij '
his three-mile tunnel, on a moment's: j
notice, to climb the stairways , and!
*et into the trenches on top of the!
lill and in front of the hill. It was!]
l vast maze of underground passage-1
vays. Qhe tunnel was lighted with j,
>Iectricity. and the German troops \'
tad their ' kitchens, there. Canal:
?arges, had been backed into the tun- j
tel'by the. Germans; the German |(
roops living in bunks built into the] ,
?arges! Each end of the tunnel was *
rtocked by an* enormously thick cour ,
irete-Avail, with slits in it for machine *
runs. . .s.
-? "On September 29 the 27th and 30;h '
livisions of American troops were
aunched against that position. It re
lulred three days for thera .to over
;ome it; Their iosses were very se-! ,
?ere-. frankly, senators, T do not see j '
low men could have - gone through!
mch a position and come out aliv?.j
The achievement was astounding. I{
;h!nk it would seem so to any civil- ? *
an after seeing that maze of trench* * j
md underground passages, acres and!
;icres of barbed wire,, and the canal (*
tself. The men were subjected to :i j
tearful enfilading fire from their lett j
flank as they pushed their way irko j
this position. A British division a*- j *
listed upon the right flank: a famous j.
division, the 4dth Highlanders,;1
they crossed the open canal south.of [
the-tunnel. The American objectives
were three kilometers away from 1
their starting point, but they reached !'
them on the first day; ? j
"Then ensued a terrific hand-to,
hand contest to hold what they hart!1
taken. .An Australian division was''
thrown in to help them, and the Aus- j "
tralians and Americans fought side!3
by side there for two days. One bat-1
talion. the 107th infantry?which sen-;
ators may be interested in knowing is!
the old 7th New York?Was for two i
and a half days separated, far out In !
advance, having reached the objective ;
assigned to th**m. and was reached by j
airplanes, which dropped cartridges'
und chocolate to the - men/ -At the j
end of two and a half days support j'
reached those men. and the action;'
was eomplfete. I'
"Gen. Haig and Gen. Rawlinson.!
the- field army commander, showered j
compliments on those two divisions. ?
They had achieve,! what I honestly!"
believe to be o'ne- of the. greatest j'
achievements of this war, but it stag- '
g^red and shattered th? strongest Oer-J.,
man offensive position in France, and:
resulted ia lb*-, crumbling of that!1'
whole",port.r>h of tlie German line." i
Quiet at Tientisn
Washington. March 17.?Minister:
Ueinscb, at Peking; advised the State)
department today thai :?!1 is quiet :it
TJ<*n Tsm. Where there was trouble
last week between American soldi ~S
and Japanese, and that he is sendi rj
a Cull report by mail.
The department instructed him to
report all important farts l?y cftbi??
immediately. The fact thai Minister
ftoinsch believed it unnecessary
send :.> report hv <-:ibi<? is regarded'
here as indicating that be did not at
tach Ki*<:it importance to the matter.
VVashinglon. March 17.?The as-i
Signmeut Cor e:r/y convoy of the!
S2d Division. Alabama, Tennessee
national army, was announced today
in cablegram from Ges. Ptrthiag. 1
J Watching H?n Army
j American Intelligence Officers
Keeping in Touch With
Affairs in Germany.
i
Coblenz, Feb." 27 (Correspondence
of The Associated Press)?The in
telligence section of ' the American
Army, continues to keep strict watch
of the movements of the. German
army and will, continue to do so. until
the American Army of Occupation
leaves the Rhineland for home after
the signing of the peace treaty.
...Recent reports to the Americans
holding the Coblenz bridgehead are
to the effect that the few units of the
old German standing army which were
performing any active service early
in February apjieared to have been
reorganized on a uniform plan. The
majority of these troops, information
in the hands of Americans indicate,
are simply drawing pay and passing j
the time the best way possible in |
their home depots, patiently awaiting!
discharge or having made up their j
minds to remain in service in pref- j
erence to seeking employment in civil;
life.
These units are divided between j
those who are perfectly willing toj
perform active service and those who!
are not. The willing ones, usually j
including most of the officers and j
non-commissioned officers, have tak
an a new name for their organization, j
but continue to use the depots and j
other facilities of the old unit. The I
unwilling soldiers also have been re-;
maining in the depots of the old unit. I
It was in: this manner that the;
P-iinhardt regiment which fought thei
Spartacans in Berlin and which earlv
in February had companies assigned
to Weimar when the national assem
bly was convened and also other de- j
fach merits sent to eastern front, was;
formed from Fourth Foot Guard regi
ment in P.erlin and has retained pos
session of that depot.
, The new German Sen netzen division
eonsists of volunteers of the Tfiirty- j
first division, the volunteer regiment
being: stationed in Berlin, while the j
remainder of the Thirty-first has been
in.depots in the Hartz region.
German press dispatches from the
region of Polish-German clashes re
cently mentioned the. "Volunteer Bat
talion Koop" which was reorganiz
ed from the One Hundred and Forty
Ninth regiment of Sehneidemuehl.
Another recently mentioned unit was
the "Yorehsche Jaeger corps" which
reports indicate was the volunteer
contingent of the First Jaeger battal
ion, the crops using the battalion de
pot at Ottelsburg.
Each of the Units appeared to in
clude many volunteers from outside
their ranks, and all of them were
ictively conducting recruiting.
According to recent estimates of
American army officers, the standing
German army the first, week in Feb
ruary numbered between 300,000 and
100.000 officers and men. These esti
mates do not include several hun
dred thousand soldiers, who hav^j
volunteered for the defenses in the
aast *agalnst the Bolshevik! or the
Poles.
Bill Against Germany
France Making Inventory of
Property Destroyed.
Paris,- Feb."-17 (Correspondence of
:he Associated Press)?A balance
<hect drawn up from official data by
the Paris ,'. Information shows the
?tate of account on February 1 as be^
:ween France and Germany for de
struction'and damage to railway
|)lant:
On the debit side, destroyed by the
Germans:
French northern railway system; I
2.062 miles of track;
French eastern railway system, 1,-J
'37 miles of track; . ? j
Bridges, aqueducts and culverts de-i
<troyed: 1.510.
Tunnels destroyed. 12;
Telegraph and telephone lines de-f
jtroyed-. 1,9.8? miles; I
Railway buildings destroyed, f>90 j
Food depots destroyed/ 165;
Metal tubing and pipelines destroy
ed. 20.000 tons.
Twenty-live great machinery repair
ing centers have been entirely wreck-;
?d or seriously damaged, including j;
:hose of Lille, Douai, Arras. Valen-j
nenues. Cambrai, Rheims and Ver- ?
lun.
.On the credit side:
l.-'^o engines and 34.071 cars sur
rendered by Germany to France out)
t>f th<s 2.<;00 engines and 70,000 cars
stipulated by the terms of the ar-j
mistice.
RESOURCES OP KAMCHATKA.
Rich in Fish. Lumber and Coal, *
Awaiting} Development.
Vladivostok, Feb. 15 (Correspond- j,
enoeji?Immense resources in fisher
ies, lumbering and coal mining await'.
Development in the sea of Okhotsk ,
tnd the island of Shaghatien. dolos (
Primorya in an article pointing out ,
Lhe need for improved shipping ajiid j
transportation facilities in thatk
northern region says that with onJyj",
nine seagoing steamers available-, wfihj]
nt aggregate capacity of 527 to?>s. \ i
N'lkolaevsk. the center of distribution, j
exported 3.6,000 tons of fish last year. I
The crying need of the industry is<
more ships, according to tbe newspa
per in question. !,
"The commercial fleet," continues j
the paper, "must be made ten orj
twenty times larger. The coastline of
i
Kamchatka with its rich fisheries, tbei
Sea of Okhotsk as well as the coalj
producing regions of Shaghaiien use;
JsikoJaey.sk as a center for distribu-i
Hon. To meet the requirements ai
commercial (le.^i of 20,000 tons is
necessary. There is enough limber
available to supply al! Europe, and
there is enough iron to supply local j
Herds.
London, March 17.?Special Berlin]
dispatches report the suppression of.j
the recent Spartacan outbreak there,i
It is shown that {he military aid'
monarchist reaction is growing and.
overshadowing the new government, j
According to a dispatch to Tin* Mail,;
the Spartacan revolt will recur in
ever increasing force unless a miracle
happens. 1
t
J Minstrelsy in Prance
?Knights of Columbus Organize
I Company to Entertain Ex
peditionary Forces.
i Paris, March 1 (Correspondence) ?
The Knights of Columbus Minstrels,
the largest entertainment project yet
I attempted by that organization in
j France began at Chaumont recently
a tour of the entire area occupied by
j the American Expeditionary Force.
I The entertainment was heid in the
j largest available hall, and \vas at
tended by 3,500 .officers and men. 'Che
! troupe will tour the larger army posts
j covering all embarkation ports as a
j unit, say? a n announcement. Later
the compauy will be separated into
several small organizations touring
the lesser camps. .. No camp garrison
ed by over one thousand men will be
omitted in the tour of entertainment
The minstrels will visit all camps in
Germany and Italy wherever Ameri
I can soldiers are, and will probably
j visit England.
Nemesis Overtakes
Tyrant
Gen. Von Arnim Brute Com
mander in Flanders Killed
by Peasants
London, March 17.?General Count
Sixt von Arnim, the. commander of
the German army in Flanders during
a large part of the war, has been
beaten to death-by" peasants at-Asch,
Bohemia, according to a Paris dis
patch. It is said .that von Arnirm
shot at peasants gathering firewood
on his land and.a mob invaded and
pillaged Iiis chateau after killing
him.
Soldiers See Europe
-i
Leave of Absence Granted for
Extended Tours.
Coblenz. Feb. 14.?The leave of ab
sence area for the American army
of occupation was recently extended
to include Greece.. Under the pres
ent plan officers and men of the
Third Army, in cases ?where leave is
granted, may visit Paris, Belgium,
England, Italy or Greece, leaves being
for two weeks, except in exceptional
cases.
TRAVELING IX RUSSIA.
En Route to Omsk, Aboard British
-Military Train, Jan*. 3.?-(.Corres
pondence of The Associated Press)?
Harbin was crowded, to the bursting
point when our train carrying British
troops to Omsk arrived there. It was
quite impossible .to obtain a room
anywhere in the town. Prices con
stantly rising. The temperature was
10 degrees below zero and the at
mosphere dry and bracing.
Hundreds of tiny droskies, drawn
by two . shaggy-coated Mongolian
horses driven by bundled-up Man
ehus. took passengers only at exor
bitant rates. The railroad station
was swarming with people of a score
of nationalities, all hurrying and
jostling, incarnating the . fear and
uncertainties of Russian ? life of to
day.
The correspondent visited the
.largest grocery store and laid in an
extra-supply of canned goods. The
place was jammed with people. It
was well stocked with goods, and
many neople were buying wines, in
cluding champagne. An American*
^o?sewife would have found the
.^tore-system unbearable. A single
cashier received the. payments from
hundreds of purchasers who were
forced to stand in line for an hour
he fore they could pay their checks
and receive their packages. Harbin
is Chinese territory but Russia has
always considered herself as posses
ing primary rights.
The great topic- of discussion was
the future of Russia and everybody
seemed to have a different view. All
were unanimous, however, that the
railroads must be put into better
working shape. One heard pleasant
things about America and Americans,
and the conviction was freely voiced
that America had no territorial de
signs on Russia.
Russian journalists, including j Z.
Kliorin, the editor of The New Life,
said the principles of Bolshevism
probably were more deeply rooted, in
the hearts of the Russian people
than was believed by Americans. They
said that allied intervention should
be solely to restore order and not in
terfere with internal politics. Rus
sia, they said, should be left to work
aut her own political destiny. Inter
ference from abroad would only
postpone a losriCii! evolution of Rus
sia's revolution. i
An American railroad engineer, R.
!??. Ashby, of Pocatello, Idaho. one;of
the 200 experts in Siberia under the
direction of .lohn P. Stevens to help
operate the Trans-Siberian and oth
er railways came aboard our train
dt Titsikar, Manchuria. The place]
was a wild, uncultivated prairie, with j
hillocks extending far away into the
horizon. /1
"This place, said Mr. Ashby, "Is-,
called "No Man's Land," and onej
might well believe it. He said the;'
American engineers were now as-j
listing the Russian staff officers who j
controlled different seetions or the
railway line as far as Manehuli. He
lived in :i barracks with six other
American engineers. They had some
baseball in the summer and skating
in the winter. Tbe 'temperature was I
generally about the same as that of
Ca nada.
One could hardly help feeling
that the Americans should know and
realize something of what these
American engineers are doing, often
under obstacles in fulfillment of the
American spirit of humanity and
helpfulness.
.Mrs. David Fraser. wife of tbe cor
respondent Oi the jjondon Times,
came aboard the train to travel to
Omsk to join her husband. Every
body admired her. She wore a uni
form with knickerbockers and car
ried her own provisions and cigarettes
for her husband, for there are ^no
sijar*::ei fct had fti Oxntfc* . '
TO BED GROUCHY
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j Makes You Feel So Good the
Next Morning
j Doctors say that the old style calo
j mel was best medicine in the world
? and only thing that would straighten
j out a disordered liver, but it had some
': serious drawback. The salivating and
j te sickening after-effects made many
j people dread to take it. The new cal
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j Now you can take calomel without the
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Disorder in Egypt
Troops Subdue A Riotous Mob
at Tanta.
ljondon, [March * "5 7.?There, has
been rioting at Tanta, Egypt, :in con
nection with the disorders there the
past deek. On March 12th three
thousand persons attempted to rush
the railroad, station at Tanta, but the
attack was frustrated by troops and
police. . ? .. ,
Propaganda in China
Russian Bolsheviki Working for
Revolution in China
Pekin, March 12.?The Chinese
government is alarmed over the Pe
trograd report relative to the forma
tion of a Chinese working men's or
ganization, with sixty thousand mem-\
bers, for the object of carrying on
revolutionary propaganda and estab
lishing Soviets in China.
Simonds on British Attitude.
I think it is of the utmost impor
tance that America should under
stand how real and general is the
British belief that the time-has come
when the United States must accept a
portion of the responsibilities in
cident to her great strength as dis
closed in the war. It is the view1 of
the British in large numbers that.
America should become in a certain
sense the agent of the League of Na
tion in many of the lost regions of the
earth, not to raise the. American flag
not to become a competitor in a new
imperialism, but to undertake ji task
of civilization and liberation so col
ossal as to demand American resources
to the utmost.
Now with this fact in mind it is
not difficult to see the British repre
sentatives at work in Paris. They are
ready to cooperate with Mr. Wilson
and the Americans in practically every
question that comes up. Precisely in
the same way and in the little dif
ferences of opinion in the world of
journalism British journalists at Par
is stand shoulder to shoulder with
Americans. I can conceive of no policy
uttered, no purpose declared by Amer
icans at Paris which would lead the
British to separate themselves from
us, however considerable the cost to
them. In any event this is the spirit
of Britian in Paris.
I do not lind anywhere any British
appetite for territory. Rather I find
the British reluctantly compelled to
champion certain demands made by
their Colonies?notably Australia and
South Africa?with respect to the Ger
many Colonies, but doing iz with out
enthusiasm or great conviction. 1 do
not find the British eager to extend
their frontiers- or add to their Emp're
but rather apprehensive of the great
ness of the burden already laid upon
their shoulders.?Prom "America and
the Allies" at the Peace Table." by
Frank H. Simonds in American Re
views of Reviews for March 1919.
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