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PROBLEMS FACING
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction in
Europe Follow the Great
World War?
ERROR IN MEETING MENACE
Allied Governments Can Not Be Said
to Have Combated the Bolshevik
« Movement in a Wise or
Prudent Manner.
Article XXIX,
By FRANK COMERFORD.
Two things have tended to spread
and deepen the unrest of the world
since the signing of the armistice—
the attitude of the allies toward the
soviet government, and, the attitude
, of the conservative press and the em-
ployers of the world toward the work-
Ing class,
President Wilson sumnmed the situ-
ation up in a statement made In the
office of M. Pichon at the Qual
D'Orsay, Paris, on January 16, 1019,
The conference wns called for a pre-
liminary discussion regarding the sit-
uation in Russia. The notes of the
conversatons of the conference par-
ticinated in by Mr. Lloyd George, Mr.
Balfour, Mr. Pichon and Baron Son-
ninio give the substance of the presi-
that there would be sympathy
where with the brutal aspect of
ghevism, if it were not for the fact of
the domination of large vested inter-
ests in the political and economic
world. While it might be true that
any-
that the general body of has
grown impatient at, the failure to
bring about the necessary reform. He
stated that there were many men who
represented large interests in
the United States whe saw the neces
sity and desired
something worked
out at the
the establishment of some
to provide for the opportunity af in-
dividuals, greater than world has
ever known, Capital and
United are friends,
they not enemies in the
they a thi
ieal
jut
other. Society
nen
vested
reforms
should
conference,
these
which
peace
for
be
namely,
the
labor in the
States not
are Sense
hinking of resorting to phys-
differences,
their
are distrustful,
to settle
the
that
is a
and
each of
cannot go on on
the one hand, there
0 waging
possessing
r
I
the other.
that
¢ this
5 came
il, and the
» soil already
Unrest and Its Causes.
the
the
war
few
use, while
needed.
» complaint ¢
taking form. Un:
ward action. There was # class con-
It than un-
It was growing into pos-
The wa
and tl}
He War
world suffere«
1isl 3 «
conaitions was
was tending to
sciousness, was more
friendliness,
ftive hate.
tallized
r depression erys-
from
which 1 quickened
the The desire
for a change was more than agitation:
it had grown
resolution,
doubts about
decent
1s
n
it, shoe
the
eagerness for action
into
nce
determination
the
their abilits
through
and
had
to get free,
political action.
peo ile
lives
that the
conld
ing class
would
powerful interests
and on the
political field became positive convie
tion.
The great of
world coming out of the war in this
defent them
mass
toilers
upon the
bolshevism.
Russian experiment with
It was the kind of sym-
fight, and
dog in the struggle
erty through all the ages.
Definite Policy Lacking.
Unfortunately
the Allied Governments of the world
have been without a definite policy to-
ward the soviet government in Russia.
Their attitude has been one of uncer
tainty; a purposeless antagonism of
holshevism,
Allies have
tussin had been an under
opposed the soviet pro-
their opposition has taken no con
structive form; it has led to nothing:
ft has amounted to a disorderly
gcheme of interference, a general plan
of annoyance. At first the people of
the world were told that the
would intervene and save the Rus
sians from the rule of violence im-
posed by the “Red” army under the
command of Lenine and Trotzky. The
Allles did not Intervene: it was well
that they did not, but they did what
was worse, they Intermeddied. Worst
of all, the Allled governments failed
to keep the public fully, freely and
frankly advised as to what the bol:
shevik plan was, and the methods
being used to govern the great
Russian people. The world, In its
ignorance of the real plan, the mean-
¢
ing and purpose of the bolshevik gov-
ernment, not knowing that It was a
government of a small minority rule,
that it was builit on force, that the
rule of might prevailed, that violence
was the law ®that a dictator was the
prophet, turned to the thought that
the soviet government was the bégin-
ning of the “New Order" for which
they themselves had been looking and
working. They suspected that the al-
lied governments were doing the bld-
ding of the capitalist .class, which
they knew had far too important a
volce in government affairs, and were
trying to hinder and obstruct the so-
viet government, trying to prevent Its
succeeding, In the fear that its sue
cess would bring the “New Order” to
the rest of the world and destroy the
special privilege class, This thought
gave them an Interest In the success
of the bolshevik experiment, a sSym-
pathy for soviet . success.
Pretended saviors arose in Russia,
Denikine, Kolchak, Petlura and Yn-
denich. These men were heralded to
the world as patriots, leaders seeking
of violence and autocracy fastened on
the people by Lenine and Trotzky.
The allied governments did not offi-
clally fator these counter-revolution-
ary movements In Russia, but rumors
were allowed to go unchallenged, sug-
gesting that the allied governments
were furnishing arms and money to
“golf.determination™
into the minds of the
was a violation of the
meaning of national
liberty. The
sympathy-—at
The
been
world,
phrase
driven
Here
freedom, world
gave their open
cially deny it—to uprising In
Russia, regardless of the character
of the leader and the purposes of the
Then stories that
“white hopes” were |
reactionaries
that the only |
interference ex- |
revolutions
of
every
movement. came
of
brigands,
The people
ground
pressed In
these
adventurers,
reasoned
unofficial
favoring
with the moral
Allles that they
the bolsheviks. Being ¢
sheviks did not am
sufficient in
people, must be
|some
for
these
the
ists support
wis were against
igninst the bol-
nt to good and
the
re
1 a
reason minds of the
It
ron oral
general
mentbered that
public looked upon bol
the “New Order
the social “standpatt
shevism as
as
world.
of the
Kolchak Called Reactionary.
was enlight-
engl Admiral Kok
enff a reactionary.
It that he sur
rounded and supported by t vor
that
rile
Cradually the public
and
by the press,
t ns
was pictured
out was
he fn
his plan
of the no
was pointed
ftes of the old regime;
wns to re-establish the
bility. Later reports showed that his
8 the Cossack
koff and
generais,
Rozor
something
they we
il they had Ix
and had
wement of counter-revolution
to loot the
beri: and pillage
From
people
the best information | have been
to fro American
ex pid
ahle get, coming
part
Siberin, 1
im
¢
ot our
in
in
have learned that
while the Russians in Siberia are
op
posed to bolshevik violence and
are
into
by these hated
The British :
ly recognized and aided Kolchak: pri-
vately and secretly Lloyd George ad- |
mitted th#t Kolchak a reactions |
ary. On January 16, 1810, at a oon
ference of the allied leaders in Paris,
the official minutes of the conversa-
tions held report Tloyd George as haw
ing said:
soviet
the
government
gen-
open
they more to
opposed
of
rule,
coming power
headed
erals.
govern
was
“Moreover, from Information re
— se
—————— a
Trifles
Ey CEORCE MATTHEW ADAMS i
Sa
THE DROUTH
————
HIZ Drouth Is a long, drys spell |
followed by a series of sharp ex- |
plogions in the whent pit.
followed by the agonized accents of
the rural speculator who Invested |
somebody else's money and was
promptly punctured while reading up |
on the baseball scores.
The Drouth is caused by a total ab-
sence of rain in places where a little
would go a long way, One of the
strange and inscrutable mysteries of
this fleeting life below Is why the rain
should fall with such fervor and ex
uberance in the spring of the year,
whe . everybody wants to plant corn
or try out a new automobile, and then
as soon as summer opens up with
draw from the immediate vicinity and
allow everything to dry up but the
political grator., In the spring It Is
harder to head off a soaking rain than
It 1s to discourage a visiting collector |
who Is accustomed to speak without
notes .or mercy, but just as soon ns
hot weather sets in and raises large,
luminous blisters on the common peo-
It is also |
water one perspiring citizen,
A Drouth which has not been ad-
on. the price of
wheat and other
Many a man has
corn,
bought a few million bushels of No. 1
wheat long before it began to peep
shyly from the ground, In the hope
that a double-geared Drouth would
for the first time since his marriage.
of men who bet on the
price of whent, however, are now liv.
Not enough rain will fail to properly
water one pergpiring citizen,
seclusion at the ex-
pense of an industrious father in-
law, the ratio of plungers who beat
the game being about the same as that
which holds good In bucking a slot
machine, .
The Drouth Is a very uncomfortable
ing+in peaceful
By EDGAR A. GUEST
THE OLD DAYS.
Time was that life was partly play and
man could rest a little while,
Could find the
visit with his
And Le could go on fishing trips ant
never miss the coin he'd lose,
that was In the days before
wife wore fifteen-doliar shoes
time along the way t«
friends and smile,
But his
'
Time was the evening broug
unto the weary soul of
He dropped his work at
untroubled til} the nex
And he could play an bi
bodks he I
ou
ved he could peruse;
that the d
G before his
wife wore fifteen-doliar shoes.
was In
But
Great riches were not needed then, ir
those d days of long ago;
wild find contentment then
with what was given him to know
And
was in the days 1
wore fifteen-doll
efore his
ar shoes,
There
iv
forced to serve
He dare
he did in
the gods
the we
of old
fishing
in things that u
Beer 1 oO ine younaen folks
wearing nr
(Copyright by Bdgar A
not linger by
ti JOR
He
must | go his
ay
fifteendol shoes,
Guest.)
——————————— A —— i 50
MOTHER’S
COOK BOOK
gilent she
drea August,
the footsteps of dalsy-crowned July.
steals In among us
following close on
The
All
dpening Into golden rplondor,
the butterflies and humming birds
it Kolchak
of the
would |
monarchist
celved would appear that
collecting members
old regime around him,
be at heart a
that the
Ine thie
ir this
and
ROOT
ap echo.
were Jind
ff +}
+ symopathies
are
not
den
pre-
very
at all
3
and they are
old conditions in Russia"
It was the duty of the allied govern
mwents to keep the
concerning affairs in Russia,
of the world civilized,
patriotic, and would
to all reasonable
to give the truth to the people.
informed |
The press
human and
have respond
requests made
The
people
is
ous allied governments had in
possession the truth; they allowed it
to spoil, while misleading, disappoint-
ing reports were allowed to circulate
allied governments to give the people
bolsheviks,
for bonds, we used the public school-
houses and the press to get the need
to the publie, and the people respond.
od. With this “Red” terror facing the
should have been called upon, not for
propaganda purposes, not to call the
bolsheviks names, but to tell the peo-
ple exactly whit bolshevism meant.
The sanity of the people of the demo
cratic allied countries could have been
trusted. The policy or absence of
policy of the allied countries seems to
have overlooked the irritated state of
mihd of the world, the mood of the
people. As President Wilson put it:
“Seeds need soll, and the bolshevikl
seeds found the soil already prepared
for them."
(Copyright, 1920, Western Newspaper Union)
loveliest hues and impris.
oned them within their folded wings,
Food 3 the Family.
Yor those who cannot eat the fresh
eriep cucumber they will enjoy them
Cucumber Pigquant.
Pare large but not over-ripe cuenm-
and pepper them and dip In beaten
tender and brown. Lay on a
serving dish and pour over the follow.
To one
cupful thick seasonea tomato sauce
a tablespoonful of lemon juice
Buttered Beets.
Cook beets until tender. remove the |
gking and chop. Reheat, adding n little
Serve hot. Olive ofl |
a
Summer Squash Soup.
Cut three or four squash into small
pleces, mince two onions, add to the
rquash with two tablespoonfuls of fat,
cook until the fat is absorbed. Add a
tablespoonful of flour, two stalks of
minced celery, two sprigs of parsley,
two cloves, two strips of green pepper
and enough water to cover. Simmer
until all are tender, adding a teaspoon.
ful of salt during the last coqking.
Rub all through a steve, add milk, de
pending upon the size of the squashes,
thicken with: two tablespoonfuls each
of butter and flour, Cook ten min.
utes, season highly, adding cayenne, n
get along with than some people, for
which let us give thanks.
{Copyright.)
= +
F YOU would make of your Char
acter a tower of strength, if you
would see your business grow steadl.
ly and surely, If you would know the
really vital, almost priceless secret
back of nll success since the world
began, all through the minutes, hours
days of your life
Mind the trifles!
There exists In
store for men that,
New Ye
because of its ap
line. Recently, becnuse of this repu-
tation, a young man, new to the city,
wept into their establishment and
orflered half n dozen of their shirts
The salesman represented the goods to
be the best of thelr kind and “war
ranted” them to be as represented
One of the shirts proved defective,
The young man sought an adjustment,
He received for his trouble a bundle
of cold excuses. The store sent away
n dissatisfied customer—the worst ad-
vertisement in the world,
Mind the trifles!
There exists in
kind of store
ever merchandising Is known. It is
the greatest store of its kind In the
world. Here is one of the reasons for
{ts marvelous success. In this store
a clerk is not allowed to dispute with
a customer. If there is dissatisfaction,
and it appears reasonable to the clerk,
an immediate adjustment Is made even
though it may mean a loss to the con-
cern. Trifies-—yes, trifles—but the
attention to them paves the way to
wenlth, Influence and power,
Mind the trifles!
Chicago another
Um-m- csh! Sey, Boy!
This Degdwooa Dick
in Texss 13 4 pippin’
Trainrcbbery where
Desdmecd Soc na
frunk wm the 'spres
car an ils three
robbers Then tha
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3
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3
2
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little ginger and sugar. Just before
serving beat well with an egg beater,
Serve with a spoonful of whipped
cream on each serving.
Savory Potatoes.
Cook with a beel stew,
enough to have some left over for fry
ing or for potato salad. The sensoned
potatoge make a much nicer salad and
if fried with a little butter are a most
savory dish.
(E 1920, Western Newspaper Unlon )
«MILITANT-MARY =
I otnloes
AT: THE TOP!
soll insmnionna
Goths Supplanted Finns.
Prof. Paul C. Sinding, in his “His.
tory %of Scandinavia,” says: “On the |
entrance of the Goths into Scandinavia
the land was Inhabited by two recipro-
cally kindred nations, whose present
names are the Laplanders and Fions. |
Both of them had come from the East, |
but the Laplanders were forced by the
Finns up to the remdtest parts of Nor. |
way and Sweden, where remains of |
them nrg yet to be found. The Finns
themselves were, after a vallant resist.
ance, forced back by the Goths, and
thelr descendants at present live In
Finland.” i
¥
%
ME
Ju rad this
-
any vy club .
Last Night's Dreams
— What They Mean
The
HORSES
AEDS to the oracles of Del
phi, Jupiter Amon and Dodona, to
Simon Magus and the lesser magicians
af modern times who uniock the future
for a dollar a peep, to dream of a
Lorse is good luck. Preferably a white
horse should be dreamed of, for that
riches. If your horse is black your
good fortune will not be 20 great or so
complete as It will be If he Is white.
The intermedinte grades of color de.
note the amount of your good fortune.
erably a large, bony one-—means suc
if a woman dreams that she is
riding on a large, showy horse it Indi.
rates that the fates have picked out
for her—provided she is an unmarried
roman of course—a rich husband who
will make her happy.
to dream that he or she is riding na
horse ix on sign that he or she 1s about
to rive a #tep higher in the world, But
fall If you do some misfor.
None, per-
haps, that you will not be able to sur
CORR.
don’t off.
feet of dream horses Is so potent that
even nn fall from one will not be an
irreparable misfortune. To dream that
you are trading horses foretells that
bargain——which would Indicate
n real estate deul. Bat If you dream
If your dream
much hard work to go through before
you ‘achieve the success which your
dreaming of him foretells. The dream
horse, it should be distinctly under.
stood, Is no relation to the nightmare
whatever.
Hhmertane +
MASTER CROOK
RUN TO EARTH
New York Cracksman With Sen-
sitive Fingers Is a Second
“Jimmy Valentine.”
Gotham's Financia! District Terror.
ized by Clever Thief Who Opened
Safes and Vaults, Leaving
No Clews,
New York.—~The ja¢
York had a real sensation wi
rejuvenation of “Alias Ji
tine,” in real life. The play had ¢
run a few
io
a
tricate mechanisms of
and made away with
moder¥ Jimmy
ird Armstrong, twenty-three years
years ago and was a leg
plays. It
conquered
apt y” «
crime had
or
young man who
The
Riche
who
Valentine wi
old, has been sentenced to
Bing on charges of having commits
a series of bank robberies which net-
{ ted him a million dollars In currency
and Liberty bonds. There was very
little trial and superficial Investiga-
tion
readily.
Confession Too Plausible,
In fact, he was tos
and the 1
he faced
fessing
because trong confessed
PF PRARer 10 Con
= are of tf
a short term
and thus hear
from any extended
der that his
turbed and his methods
gaffe
ought Liberty Bonds.
© 0 Biv f su
-
1ueg
i 8 detects
Found a Detective at His Eibow.
He admitted the
agdinst him, that of
way law ‘office of
bonds and currency.
member of
craft told how Armstrong entered the
art gallery of a mi
and was able, by running
over the slight ridges, to pl
paintings which the
able, making identificat
previous knowledge of the subjects to
be found in the gallery. He said after.
ward that he could tell more about the
excellencies of the pictures by feeling
them than by seeing them,
bow, specific charge
looting a Broad-
£143,000 worth of
Une the underworld
"
ilionaire collector,
his fingers
k out the
were most vaio
the by a
MAN SIGNS AWAY HIS WIFE
| And She 1s the One, Court Rules, Must
Answer to Charge of
Bigamy.
London. When In the old days the
{ jocul correspondent told of
| how the farm laborer in his district
| had sold his wife for a pot, i. ¢. quart,
| of beer and that the woman had will.
| fngly departed with the purchaser the
{ report was almost invariably treated
| as fiction. That there possibly may
have been some truth in these stories
| has now been demonstrated.
At Stourbridge police court a chain-
| maker named Arthur Sidaway was
summoned by his wife for arrears of
| maintenance and during the evidence
| 1t was stated that the woman had
i married a man named Jacob Fraser
| years before and that beforesn vear
| was out Fraser had signed the follow.
{ing document: “I, Jacob Fraser, is
{willing to turn over my wife, Sarah
Frazer, to Mr. Richard Knowles on
| condition that he will treat her all
i right and that she will not trouble me
| again for no more money for main.
| tenance.” ;
Under the circumstances the judge
refused an order and ordered the an
rest of the woman for bigamy,
the tale