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PARISCONSIDERS
WARS OF FUTURE
Punishment of Germany
and Adriatic .East Coast
11 Are Possible Causes
NATIONS MUST BE JUST
SenMtor Ou-rn. of Oklahoma,
,
IS" Warns France Against Being
-' Tnn Tfnrtli
, .By CHARLES A. SELDEN
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
COpvrioht, HIS. by the .V. V. Time Co.
Full, Jan. 6 (delayed) There Is
almost as much talk In Tarls these days1
(.bout th posslblo caues of future wars
as about the peace to conclude the I
prent war. Two of these pofaiDie
musm are supposed to llo In what may
be done to punish Germany and In the
method of settling the Adriatic ent
coast dispute between Italy and the
Juro-SUvs.
'The recent retirement of Blssolstl.
Minister of Military Aid and War Ten
Ions, from the Orlando cabinet, has a
direct bearing nn tho Adriatic matter.
Blaiolatl saw two dangers In Sonnlno's
reactionary policy, uc rears me imc-
nai effect or promising the Italian rco.
pie more territorial acquisition tlinn ne
belle-res America will consent to at the
Peace Conference. He fears, secondly
an exterior danger in embittering the
.Tn vn.siav .. nlreadv on the verge of
KM X?ti.nmo?tJi.0A,dri:
atlo coast, and thus making an enemy of I
the strong reoplo In tho Hinterland j
hlt-lnr' lh6 CaSt Snnln "1!"ta """"I
Blssolatl feels the true future mission!
of Italy Is to be the leading nation of'
f "fro.uJ ?S .'r!fn1,y.awLvItdTS!
treaty by France, r.ngland and Russia'
In 191S, In order to get ner to ;om
them against the Central Powers, but
which England and France would now
set aside If Italy would consent, and
which America mvb must be set aside.
or at least modified In fairness to the
Jugo-Slavs. It was maintained because
of this difference with Foreign Minister
Sonnlno that Blssolatl got out.
Orlando Would Compromla
Premier Orlando Indicates that he
would compromise if he could and take
Blssoiau s view in pan oy sums '""in, ,.i. ..." .. :;. .,;:? 'J
Jugo-Slavs port rights In Flume and
giving them the Dalmatian coast with)
the porta of Zara. Klpeneco and Spa-
lata. But he Is up againsi a sione wan
of onnosltlon from his foreign minister,
whom he could not removo If ho would
becauso of Interior politics
So In this situation lies the possibility
of a war over the Adriatic, which, in its
turn, would Involve tl e world again In
the near future.
Another element In which many peo
ple see future danger Is In the perfectly
human and natural feelings of France
against Germany. They are human and
natural. In view of what happened In
1IS, 1870 and especially In view of the
barbarities, crueltfes and atrocities of
the last four jears Ono way of look
ing at the question was expressed to
me today In conversation by Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma, who Is now In Paris.
Senator Onen'n Opinion
Germany cannot be annihilated or
xrermlnatcd." he said "She 1-as got
than 100.000,000 people and they
ery proline.
She Man cot race af.
flii.dnn. to the north of her anrt mav
mav
llltv '
control Russia. There Is the possibility
of a vast coalition against southwest
Europe. Now If the nations at pres
ent victorious attempt to crush Germany
by Imposing penalties Infinitely greater
than she Imposed on Franoi in 1870
Germany will bide her time. Increase her
strength and population, feed her hatred
on the desire for revenge and eventu
ally come back with far greater force
Next time France will not have the
help of the other nations if she flouts
them now and balks their efforts to
make a permanent Just peace, free of
the causes of future hatreds
"The nations now victorious mut not
dictate an unjust peaco and then try
to nail It down with permanent provi
sions of. a League of Nations. There
must, on the contrary, be a league of
nations with Just principles in accord.
ance with which the peace with Germany
must be concluded "
New Treasurer at Lannldle
Richard jr. nidlngton has been elected
borough trea&urcr at Lansdale to sui.-
ceru jiarc- ii iiousnan. resigned.
celvlng five votes to two for Wesley '
Kratz. y
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The League of Nations
I. Ocnerally accepted outline:
Five nations, the United States, Great Britain, France, IUI.v'nnt Japan
to form nucloug to preeservc the peace of tho world and guarantee Justice
for all, .
Neutral Towers and enemy countries to bo taken In as probationers
as they slvo evidence of cood faith.
An arbitral court to be created and backed by the combined force of
all.
II. The. American plan:
All nations of world to bo embraced, without any "Balanco of Power."
Influence of members In accordance with slzo and Importance.
International trusteeships of small undeveloped countries.
Working organization to bo located In smdll country, Itelglum nr Hol
land, to which each nation would send ono ambassador, a cabinet member,
all of whom would sit continuously.
Tho court of tho league to bo separate and distinct from the ambas
sadors. Arbitration to bo voluntary If desired, compulsory if .ieceary.
The Peace Treaty
Marcel Ilutln's forecast:
I'rcllmlnary treaty to Include, tirst, a clause by which the Entente ac
cepts tho League of Nations, fecond, amount of Indemnity payable by
Germany and method of Bamtnu nnd, third, a definition of tho new
frontiers.
Election Finds German
Politics Much Changed
Parties Realigned Of 70,000,000 Population,
. ,. I7
inciuaing Women, All
ding Women, All Who Have Ret
20 Years of Age Will Take Part
By GEORGE
Special Cable ,o Evening Public Ledger
Copvrloht. to 13. bv the .. V. Times Co.
Amsterdam, .Ian. S (delayed) A
fortnlght from ,oddy lh0 bKBCSt gen.
"at election which Uuropo has oxer
seen will take place In Germany. By
U tl,e revolutionary fatherland will
It will bo a remarkable election In
many wavs. Of Gcrmanv's 70,000,001)
people, ecry man and woman who
has reached the ago of twenty jcars,
will bo entitled to vote, and yet there
will be little elcctlonceilng as tho
people of Great Hrltaln nnd the United
States understand it.
Apart from tho ofllclal announce
ment, few plaiards will give advico
to tho electors. Tho candidates will
not stump thn constituencies. There
will be no great speech making tours
"",,' ' "'" u.ry oy imnisiera.
rllc campaign is largely fought by
t"J press, but home things more pow.
- .... mnniicn.1 f.u.i. iu m
lluence tho electorate defeat, hunger.
unempiojment, tho feaf of BoNhe-
I vlsm and tho desire for pcaee and
I order. The result will ho the tirst
fruit of tho revolution, and will have
an enormous Influence on the destiny
i of the country.
Know Result January 25
The voting will take place on the
19th. Tho provisional result will be
announced on the 22d and tho full
olliclal figures on the SSth.
To piepare for such an election on
n new s-cale and under new condl
tlotih has, of courso, meant a tremen
I ilous amount of work, but not only
mo the methods new, not only is the
clectointe- vastly enlarged as com
pared with that which elected the old
j Heichstag, hut tho parties appealing
i to the louiuiv arc nlso new.
"u.e i uwrawiy imo Mini
'mi !'! ilea, iviui-n uifiu uic vunprr
native. Imperial party. National l.llj
KrlH1 Pes. ivnun wero mc tonsfr
oral. Center. People's. Progressive, and
Social Democratic. Not one of those
parties remains unchanged The revo
lutiou Inflicted deep wounds on all of
them, and theio has been a general
teshuffle Seven new parties, Indeed
have taken their places
I'nder the description of the Oerm.in
National People's party name of
People's paitv Is 11 favorite onc we
find united those two parties which
were the .authors of so much of Ger
many's woes the Conservative partv '
I and the Imperial party. The Conser 1
vauves, wnose mono "wun uou lor 1
King and fatherland," appeared iiti
the head of their chief newspaper
Die Kreu. Keltung and has been
changed to 'Cod with us," used to,
hlaml for 11 strong and aggressive
fntplgn polk v. wcio against any In .
friiigements of tho light of tho crown I
and wero the aich enemies of demo 1
cracy.
Krilierger's Iirtj In Disguise
rlie f atholie Center partv. which tl e
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,,"no",, '-"nerg-.r nripiri 10 lean, lias
disguised Itwlf as tho Christian initio-
well-made clothing t not
than we are sellinc our
tJVEtflNG PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', WEDNESDAY,
, -
Who Have Reached
RENW1CK
cratlo Peoples' part.v, still icmalns pre- beyond the reach of the masses, Impov
emlnently tho Catholic pait. Us aim orlshed by four and one-half years of
was to unite under the barrier of the
noma n Church ruch classes as the large
land owners, the bmall farinT.s nnd the
workers in great Industrial concems.
The German People's party Is none
other than n portion of the National
Liberal partv, that organization which
was Bismarck's chief political tool. Be.
fore the war the National Liberals were
termed "the national mlscrables' party.
A portion of tho party, which seceded,
Joined the Trogicsslve People's party
In forming tho German Democratic
party. The Progressive People's party
rcprescnetd tho old liberal Ideals. It
advocated nn ctt-nded franchise and a
strengthening of the power of thn Kelchs. '
wig. n neglected Hgrarlan support to
U In (lint tt hlfetnAcx. .Mn .1 1.. .1 .. . In I
., iiuniiiica iiji-ii miu Ill.tUdl Hl- I
iHtR. atlrl jlltmu t.n.larl .An.l,lA.nl,ln '
pressure to support social reform. Thf
revolution has fulfilled even more
adequately than It advocated most or
Its demands, and the party In which
It has merged has ono main concern
to defend economic freedom against so
cialism Social DemocraK Split
Then come the two Socialist parties.
the Majority and tho Mlnorlti Tho uar!''ave Killed cattle because of a lack of
SPlIt the Social Democrats into those
two factions and the revolution has only
tended to widen the breach vihkh came
nVi. .... .1 ..... .
nuuui nil ino question Or VOt llltr or IP-
fusing war credits They Mand, as Is
wll known, for moderate and extreme
Socialism, respectively.
Finally we have the Spartaeus group.
hitherto a nouparllamenlirv bod. ad
vocating a dellnlte dictatorship of the
proletariat and a world levolutlon in
the extremist Socialist or noMicvtk
sense
The BolsheviM are taking no p.ut in
thn actual election, standing ommousl
aloof, billing their time Thev look
for strong ro-tnforcemeiits when the
new Government dispenses with tho
services of many thousinds of rmplojcs.
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FOOD SHORTAGE
IN FRANCE IS REAL
War-Tired Poilus and Fam-
ilics Face Famine, U. S.
Officials 'Realize
IPRICES EXTREMELY HIGH
Americans Working Hard to
''Avoid Danger of Social Un-
rest Due to Hunger
ny CHARLES H. GRASTY
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Coiiuiloht, t)l), bv the .V. V. Timet Co.
rarl, Jan. 8. American food authori
ties f.y that a mistaken Impression has
been created respecting conditions In
I ranee. Journalists anrt others Msltlng
Iarls see food plentiful In the restau
rants and hotels nnd conclude that the
country is enjojlng abundance. One
often hears the remark- "Why, people
have much more to eat here than In
America "
.Mr, Hoover, sitting with the cold fig
ures before him, knows tint the actual
conditions are far different The fact Is
that Franco and other European coun
tries live largely on Imports, and so long
as thee Imports continue their nosltlon
Is nil right If tho Imports cease, they
obviously face famine.
Meantime tho prices are extremely
high. Visitors ran have plenty by pay
Ing $5 for luncheon or dinner, and rich
housekeepers don't mind $1 per pound
for nieat, $1.50 per pound for butter and
JI.B0 per pound for chicken But what
chance has tho soldier's wife on a few
sous a day? Theso prices are ahsohitelv
war As the polius come Lack home hmv
arc they going to bo fed?
People have been excited by victory
and tho haid conditions nre not et
realized Extraordinary war provisions
are still maintained to some extent. Tho
actual situation Is thus partially cov
ered up But. ultimately, and probably
soon, the showdown must come; and
when the available calories are divided
by the number of mouths to be fed
the character of the crisis Europe Is
facing will he suddenly disclosed.
If the gravity of the economic prob
lem can he brought home to the Allied
;minclls and action In the Peace Con
'c"nce "I'""'" up. me Impending dan-
-" ""'
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
I orurloht. Ill"), on the V. V. Times Co.
ohlenz, Jan. S. By far the most seri
ous German food shortage which can be
ohseried fiom C'oblcnz is the lack of
milk for babies This is a shortage which
it Is dllllcult for America to supply.
The Germans for the last three jcars
Rraln ,,lt'1 which to feed them, so that
i at Present even In this rather fortunate
i"0110" of the countrj It Is almoit lm-
nA.ilhl. . ..... ...111. X a....!. ...III. !
l'ur,,u; " kci uum . iiran IIHIII IU
served in restaurants, and the Americans
.trfe U'ltlg the canned variety. There Is
no. such thing as going out and buying ,
milk in the open market.
I The situation has serious aspects, be-
, tauso It will probably tike at least three
veara to ret enoiicli mlllc mws nirsin
jcars ioj;ei cnougn mills cows again.
"
Re.l Cro-s Enrolled 3-.0.000
, Returns from the Christmas rnllcalt ,
of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chap-
, ter of Rpil Cross n.e nearlng the 350,000
1 membership mark, and some of the
miKer unwn m iue uisinci aie 3 ci 10
be heard from
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that'll put pep-in-your-smoke-
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a jimmy pipe or the papers and nail
some Prince Albert for packing 1
Just between ourselves, you never
will wise-up to high-spot-smoke-joy
until you can call a pipe by its first
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you land square on that two-fisted-man-tobacco,
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Well, sir, you'll be so all-fired happy
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& h E?ySld !.bcco Company, Winton:Salem, N.
COULD NOT SEE KAISER
Burgomaster Prevent Myteriou
Auto Parly From Visiting Him
Amsterdam, Jan, 8. Two armed auto
mobiles, containing twelve persons, ar
rived at Amcrongcn castle late Sunday
night nnd n demand was made to see
the former Kaiser Immediately It was
learned today.
The burgomaster became suspicious
and gave orders that the occupants of
tho automobiles be prevented from car
rying out their demand. After some
parley the automobiles departed.
One report circulated today was that
the automobiles came from Germany
nnd that It was a plot to aid Wllhelm
to escape. Another report was that
automobiles were United States cars
from Belgium and that the party con
sisted of newspaper correspondents who
wanted an Interview.
London, Jan. 8 Occupants of the
two automobiles who were prevented by
the burgomaster from seeing the former
Kaiser Sunday night said the American
ambassador had' sent them to speak to
Wllhelm, according to an agency dis
patch from Ameronren today. The dis
patch said rifles were carried In one of
the cars.
FRENCHH0N0RS
FOR AMERICANS
Cardinal Gibbons Is Made
Grand Officer of Legion
of Honor
BECK IS MADE OFFICER
By CHARLES A. SELDEN
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Copyright. 1)19. bv the A". V. TdnfS Co,
Paris, Jan. 8 1 Matin prints to
day the flrst list of Americans to be
1 onored by the French Government
for their distinguished services to
France and the Allied cause since tho
beginning of hostilities. The names are
of thoso nominated to or promoted In
the Legion of Honor. They aro as fol
lows: Cardinal Gibbons, raised to the( dig
nity cf Grand Officer.
Promoted to Commander grade aro
Herbert Hoover, Henry V. Davison, Dr.
Henry Van Djke and J. Tlerpont Mor
gan. Thoso to receive the noBetto of Of
ficers are James M. Beck, Simon Flex
ner, James Henry Darlington and Presi
dent Jllbben, of rrlnccton.
Thoso to receive tho Cross of Chev
alier aro Charles It Miller, editor of
the New York Times; Kalph Pulitzer,
New York World; Frank H. Slmonds,
New York Tribune; Frank T-. Cobb,
New York "World; Babbl S. S. Wise.
McDougall llawkcs, President Schur-
man, of Cornell; Maurice Leon
Frank
A Vanderllp and the Itev
of Trinity Church.
Dr. Manning,
Clemenceau Notes Fighting Sons
vri,. Jan. 8. (Bv A. P) Premier
'ri '"' TherTdor. Roosevelt
flemenceau sent the following cablegram
..0n my return to Paris I learn, with
profound regret, of the death of Colonel
n?,ose.v?'V i'rai1iC,f,,Bnim..31inii"
cellent friend. Always animated by gen-
,roug ar(ior, he has shown his sympathy
for her on every occasion He has been
I'ud to give his sons In the Allied cause
and to thus contribute to the triumph of
rlclit I will keep In faithful remem-
brance the amiable relations I have had
nini btm
r beg ou, Madame, to accept the
4 UCfcf JliUi .unuiiiiiv, r nvt-lfl. ill
expression of my deepest condolences.
I "CLIiMENCEAU."
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JANUARY 8, 1919
AMERICANSBROKE
HINDENBURG LINE
Haig Gives Credit to U. S.
Troops for Shattering
becp Defenses
30TH DIVISION IN LEAD
27th Also Pressed Forward,
Despite Enfilading Fire From
Machine Guns
, By the Aisociated Press
London, Jan. 8. American troops
were the first to break the Hlndenburg
line, according to the Dally News In Its
comment today on the report of Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Halg on the ope
rations from the end of April last to
the close of hostilities. The News points
out that at !east the first mention of a
break through contained In the Field
Marshal's report was In the course of
his description of tho day's work on
September 25, In which ho wrote:
"North of Bellengllse the Thirtieth
American Division, Major General 17. M.
Lewis, having broken through tho deep
defenses of the Hlndenburg line, stormed
Bclllncourt and seized Nouroy. On their
left the Twenty-seventh American Divi
sion, Major General O'nyan, met with
very heavy enfilading machine-gun fire,
but pressed on with great gallantry as
far as Jouy, where a bitter struggle took
place of possession of the village. The
fighting on the whole front of the Second
American Corps was severe, and In Bel
llncourt, Nouroy, Glllemont Farm and a
number of other points, amid the Intri
cate defenses of tho Hlndenburg line,
strong bodies of the enemy held out with
great obstinacy for many hours.
"Theso points of resistance were grad
ually overcome, either by tho tupport
troops of the American divisions or by
the Fifth and Third Australian Divi
sions." Praises United .states Troops
The Field Marshal nays a high tribute
to Marshal Foch, commander-in-chief of
the Allied armies and alludes to the
"splendid fighting qualities of tho Amer
ican forces." In concluding his report
the Field Marshal wrote:
"At tho moment when the final
triumph of the Allied cause Is assured,
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we and all others of the Allied and
American armies ,can look back on the
years that have gone with satisfaction
undlmmcd by any hint of discord or con
flict of Interest and Ideals. Few alliances
of tho past can boast of such a record.
Few can show a purposo moro tena
ciously and faithfully pursued or so
fully and gloriously realized.
, "If tho oomploto tunlty and harmony
of our action Is to bo ascribed to tho
Justlco of our cause, It Is due to tho
absolute loyalty with which that cause
has been pursued by all those entrusted
with tho control of tho different Allied
armies which fought side by Bide with
ours."
The report takes up In detail tho fight
ing on various parts of the British
front, which, the Field Marshal states,
was carried on as a part of the grand
plan of the campaign laid down by the
Allied high command.
Praises British Tenacity
The document opens with a recital of
the situation when tho British armies
had been forced to give ground before
the tremendous German onslaughtln the
spring offensive and when the G'crman
forces on the western front greatly out
numbered those of tho Allies. The only
course open for tho Allies was to pre
serve their front unbroken until summer
could bring additional American forces
and enable them to face the Germans
on something like a footing of equality.
By nn exhibition of wonderful tenac
ity., says the document, tho Allied troops
preserved their line Intact until July 18
when they did more. Field Marshal
Halg says tho complete success of the
Allied counter attacks on that date
marked the turning point in tho year's
campaign. There followed, he adds, a
complete change in the wholo military
situation.
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ROBERT J. LOWRY DEAD f
Head of Atlanta Bank and Former Pre
ident of American Bankers Aisodatloa
Atlanta, tla., Jan. 8. (By A. P. '
Itobcrt J. Lowry. president of tho
Lowry National Bank of Atlanta and
former president of the American
Bankers' Association, died here today.
Ho was seventy-eight years of ago and
long had been Identified with business
Interests tn the South.
DON'T THROW AWAY
YOUR OLD SHOES
Make Them Wear Like New
As DidThis.Canadian
Officer
A Canadian army officer, William
Pemberton, of the famous Princess Pat '
Regiment, told of the extraordinary
wear given him by a pair of army boots
twice repaired with Neolin Soles.
"Six months of trench warfare under
destructive conditions put the first
pair of Neolin Soles out of business,"
said Lieutenant Pemberton, "but ordi
nary soles would have gone to pieces
in much less time."
Don't throw away shoes that can be
repaired. Have them re-bottomed with
tough, durable Neolin Soles. Any
cobbler or repairman will do the work
for you. The price is no more than
for soles that give less wear. Remem
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to be what soles should be. They
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