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PEACE BY MARCH
I
Necessary Requirement Is
, Election of Stable Gov
ernment in Germany
FIX BOUNDARIES LATER
Can Be Done by
After Signing
Is Belief
By KllNHST MARSHAL!.
Wildest to Evening Public Ledger
Copjric'if. '!" bl JMiblle Lrdtitr Co.
awl Sew York Times Co.
Paris, .Tan 21. -- Present arrange
ments nro that the Peace conference
wlU hold sessions on Tuesday, A canes-
day, Thursday nml Friday of each
'week, and a high authority lias said
Wall necessary work could begot
through In time to allow o
nature of tho peace, tieaty
of the hlg
In March.
Ut one thine happened. This one es-
jiientlal condition to tin early conclu
sion of tho pcice negotiations Is that
lh election In flermnny should result
, the formation ot a .table ...d re-,
,a -Topi nil in liPl'IllllIIV Miuum I'nuu
BPonslOie BiiverjiiiiEiii. . . .
I Such Information as lias readied
certain we . " XbUItv of a re urn
points to the probabllltj of j -return
(, iio nourceolse and Majority So-
clallst candidates In BUftlcIent numbers '
fto Insure the creation of a strong '
'moderate government. This Is the
hope on which some of the Allied dele-
gates at tue raris roinnru "--the
prediction of a possible signature
Jot peace In March.
i Peace 'with Germany at that date
would not necessarily mean that all
the questions with which the Peace
Conference has to deal had "been
iaettted. The plan along wmcii tne con-
lfanrn will wurn, 11 ro uv.i,n
,.... i. .., ...in
'fcotr. determine the essential points
"? .. ,.,!.- ..! lr, If,,- linn-,.
or nep ; "V: ,",n "
irn 7m. the working out ot
I, h Hetals as there may not have
Svn lime to settle In their entirety.
iThe elimination of certain disputed
frontiers, for instance, mlglit very
'vii h carried out by commissions
well ne rr- J . .
fniong tho lines of tho principles es- ' talncd.
iohiiheJ bv the treaty of peace. ' Tcry disclaims warlike Intemlon. but
Itamisneu , -.,., I asserts that he will meet his adersary
Towers Must hnrorce lreaty on tle battleground of the court-mar-
It Is evident that this plan can onlv Hal. which will soon try Senator Hum
be successfully carried out if it is bert, the former director of the Jour
Vinrnnirhlv well understood by possible nal- on the charge of comniunlcatlon
litmnts that the great Powers
will take measures to see that the de-
clslons embodied in tho peace treaty
are accepted by nil concerned.
I At most of the headquarters of the
..0,imia delegations to the Peace Con-
'ference hard work Is In progress. The
K'llla Majestic and tho Hotel Astoria.
!where the huge starrs or tne British
'delegation are housed, were hives of
"industry. Clemenceau's call for mem-
Ioranda from each of the chief delega
tloni on the responsibility for the war
,and international labor legislation has
"set a rapid pace for the conference.
I. Bo far as the British were con
.cerned. a good deal of preliminary
work of this kind had been taken In
hand some time ago under the general
direction of Lord Hardlngc. permanent
Under Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs, but the final papers to be sub
mitted to the conference had to be pre
pared hurriedly from rough drafts
submitted by various ucparunenis,
At present the date of tne plenary
session, at which the leaguo of na-
tlons question will have pride of place,
is not yet determined, and It will prob-
nMv denend on the progress made
with the business which Clemenceau
put on the program yesterday.
Some cynics still suggest that the
conference will merely attlrm its gen
eral adhesion to the principle of tho
league, and then refer the exnrmna
tion of the various schemes which urn
Jinown to have been dealt with to a
Hpcclal committee, which, according to
these cynics, will be tantamount to
internment.
TirltUli rledged to I.eauue
In responsible British quarters, how
ever, there is not the slightest disposl
lr.'tn airri-e with tills vl.-w. It was
pointed out today that the British Gov- i
ernment was pledged to do its utmost
to further the foundation of thn league
on a practical basis, and that the voice,
of the British people at the recent gen-
.-at deetlon was stiong in ravor ot mat
Kttitude. Hardly a candidate elected lo eluon fts n. todaj's. When at 9 o'clock
" SS "Itl'Zi; of Zl ' t- -".ng Pla.es opened, i.ueues a block
The terms m which both Poincaie and long already vve'u vv.ut'ng and In. reas
Clemenceau esterriay spoke of the inc eonstant'.y.
league, likewise Indicated an advame j tj1H ,ariv niornaig. uiiin Uwldedly
Pemie undersdV 'uj predominated, but as tne dav wor- on
his sneech ln tne chamber on the day , men an.e In larger numbers
Wilson spoke at Manchester.
the league uf nations'; that is the strict
ly logical view. The league can be
founded only on tlie basis nf justice,
and Justice must be dom- first of ail.
The rights of the future, the adherent
of this policy sa, cannot lest on a
sound foundation unti' th- tongs nf
the pabt nie iigl.'.d IaioKciI ,r In an
other way. thn French position that
the pres.nt association of the L'nlted
States and the All ,d Powers already In
effect, constitutes a league nf nations
with which Germany Is still ut war. and
that no extension of this league, which
would permit of the entrance of Ger
many Is possible until she and her allien
have purged their irimes and are no
longer In a position to attempt their
.renewal.
Demand Frontier en Ithlne
It Is of Interest to note that some
Tarls papers assert that France
can n?ver bo secure from tho menace of
German aggression unless bhe has a
Ithlne frontier.
I.a I.lberte, for Instance, says: "The
acceptatn e bj France of tlie leaguo of
nations and the t onscquenees which fn'.
low from that principle will hi, subordi
nated to the guarantee of a Folld fron
tier." 7000 Soldiers of Allies
Totally Blinded in War
Hy ERNEST MARSHALL
Special Cable to Evening Public
Ledger
Copurlplit' Ml', dv "" V. V. Time. to.
l'aris, Jan. Ill--Tho number of
totally blinded victims of the war
among nil the Allied forces has now
been calculated as 7000. Twenty
,flvo or 30 per cent will probably
havo. to bo added to this Hsuro from
among the patients now undergoing
treatment.
The total of those who lost ono
eyo amounts to between 30,000 and
40,000.
ife..
It Is asserted on uenair ot tne. rem ,d be areon,itshed in the average,
view that the question of responsibility , . . . . . ...
Jir the war and it, corollaries rnu-t ttnu- of fifteen seconds, some vot-rs bad
take precedence over tho question of to wait an hour or more before they got
'EAGLE' BOATS CALLED FAULTY
Former Constructor at Ford Plant
Alleges Serious Defects
Wa.hlnittin, Jon, 21. (Hy A. 1'.) -Harry
Ii Jroy, of Faglnaw, Mich., for
merly employed ns a constructor at
the Kord boat plant In Detroit, tcstl
Med before tho House Xaval Committee
today that the KaRlo boats built thete
for the navy were seriously faulty In
design and construction. He said the
walls of the craft were weak, particu
larly about tho engines and Ilrcroom,
tho steel plates thrown together and
loosely bolted, Insuring buckling and
corrosion In actual use.
. secretary Pnnlels, Hear Admiral Tay- Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger termination to fight to the end for
o !..! ( "T- cnier constructor; and ..near am- i ... ,.,. ., ... .. ,. T, r. .,. based otr those principles a
VjOIlUlllSSiiiiis nnrais lirnnn and i:ar e listened to; i.i.i .., .. ;--..,,.-,
i ..,.,.., .tn... t...,t.. ,i, ,.ini. ' .. ., ..... ,,.. i.it I of peoples and noi a peaie 01
f'P ,.. (i i..;.n.Vi .'., i"".,;S V I. nns..ian. .1. ".. .'". recognized that sacrifices of o
ui m.ai, ,n.,..0,i'.is tnndn hv'nnvni exnerts Ad- Wilson's grounds for his faith lu a . ....,.. national aspirations would I
inlral Taylor saying tne Kagles bad con-, fnvornblo outlook for tlio league of na-' to he made In the Interest of the accom
formed to designed characteristics and ,. ..,, i 1,1. p-i,i . thn . nilshmcnt of the great undertaking, tho
were useful both for war and peace
purposes
DUEL MAY SULLY
PEACE CONGRESS
FfCllfh Journalists Quarrel
aiul Challenge to Fight
Follows
DEFI 3NOI' YET ACCEPTED
PrcSS General V Satisfied With
. :
Arrancements for Admis
sion to Sessions
n.- rlTFn ni'R wrV
ij w.iiiiut ui.iioi i
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
ConuriaUt lit' l.i the V v rimes Co.
I'tlrln. Jail. 21. It lOOkS as if the
-,, ..., .... ... t. t.
i r.ut- uiut-it-m-u vmiL- iiumti i-j .': o-..-
llell by i,'00,pheli. A well-knon French
journalist. ri. uianciiaru, ol mc jum-
' tint, has cha!lenBed to a duel Gustave
I n-.... ,. t -r. n-i. ... 111 la
Tlie asus belli la
I "" -- - -- "
' "e F?" ? ..C?" ""'" n, ";
"'ancnarus auuuoe ns one oi me inree
! French press representatives on the In
i ter-allled press committee, by whose cf-
forts tIl9 admission of tho press t
, .... ... ,
full sittings of the conference wa
o the
as ob-
w"h the emnij. lie adds vicliusl
"St. Blanchard Kill doubtle's be there
- nnvbow. to exnlnln liru- lio cntim In
I write the famous article about Hearst
in the Journal, uhich led to the dis
' covery of Bolo's conspiracy."
I LHumanlte like IOeuxre, an oppo-
sitlon newspaper criticizes the lack of
I energy on me pan or i. iiiancnnru and
his two colleagues at the press mtetlng.
and terms them "partisans of the cen
sorship." But the agreement of the authorities
to admit the press representathes gives
general satisfaction to tho Frtich press,
One writer, however, in tin- Petit I'arislen,
complains about the quality of the ac
commodation jvsterdny In the Foreign
Office conference chamber, saying:
"It would perhaps be preferable to
give the iiPwppaDt-r nun a p'aie from
which it would be possible to see and
hear something. The way they treated
us yesterday was a Joke funny, per
hap, but hardly worth repetition. At
the snme time rnnsfilerfnir tliiit fli -mi.
, ferenre is being held in l'aris. we might
sugget that the documents handed out
i to French Journalists be writ'tn in
French Instead of English "
WOMEN VOTERS IN GERMANY
GET NO PRIVILEGES AT POLLS
Have to Wait Turn With 1Vi m Liiws a Block Long
Excopi llomvuivrs and A cod One 'ot("i
at Lighty-nint'
By JOSEPH A. HKHHIMW
Special Cable to El citing Public Ledger
, J9)9i bu th, y, y. r(mPS Co.
.
llerlln. -Ian JS I By way of (-open-
liageni Ntv,-r has Berlin's population
,itntnvii wh 'utrnse ntere in any
Though tho whole performance of vot.
inside the polling place. The principal
change there was that one of the elec
i tion officers in each cae was a woman.
liach voter received an envelope within
vv'i'ah he or she placed n .diked ballot
und then deposited .t m . hirge Mil box
lief plte tins expeditious method, It
seemed thai many voter., rf the more
pipuloii districts would havo to be
tu'ned away.
The'e 4 hant'y nv .- i.oneerlng
near the pi'l'uiB places, and t1. voteri1
awaiting their njnm wen' Singularly
tu!turn i.-omerning their intention". At
one place. Schoenb,-rg. u woman of
wlghtv-nine jears appeured at 0'30
o'clock with a ticket ln her trembling
i hand
i -Vou may laugh at an old fonl like
, me." she said to the waiting voters In ,
quite a cheerful tone, "but I am so glad ,
' I have lived to ee this day of woman's i
emancipation hi 'lermanv, r shnl" die
happy now afur canting my llrst and
probabl.v my last vote.''
She did not have to wait for her turn.
but was ushered in at once
Ho'-sewlves, pleading that it was
necessary for their to go home to pre
pare dinner, often received precedence.
Hut the mn voters ielded no place to
women generally, not ev.ii oung and
pretty women.
if you Insist on the samo rights, you
can't claim extra privileges." they said. I
' "and. besides, wo can't afford to los ,
time." ' I
Al overr polling hot were posted from i
two to ten soldiers, itesldes, the various I
party watchers, w'ho seemed determined
not to brook any Interference with th
voting.
At the headquarters r,f the various
parties, an activity prevailed that was
quite Amen, ail-like. Indeed, the cair
paignicg ".-uniit-ii even toda.. airplane.
Hill throning millions of (lying halli-i
tha'. bemuse of the gieiit height, became
vhihle mil) long after each alrplatm
disappeared, and looked like Iramenv
llocks of birds dencendlng on tlie nt.
, which has been tnovved under by con
tinuous paper showers for three days.
Hetwcen bill posters uf the various
1 parties regular wbtb were car.rled on.
They slapped their hlrhly colored bill
on anything windows, wagons, stree
I cars and the walls of houses.
i Hardly had the Deutsche Democrat-
lt
EVENING PUBLIC
WAR PRESTIGE AIDS
WILSON PEACE AIMS
Summary of Progress of President's Ideals Indicates
Why He Looks for Victory in
Conference
Hy CHAItLKS
," '- ' . .,. ...
Now York rivic roruin. Aiicr ",' ,"...
qulry In tho best Informed quarters I ! of ;m10"?' Vn..,mh,r .,.,
, nm able to present a summary of varl- Third phase On November 11, 1818,
ous phases of the American effort and , the armistice terms were accented by
a forecast of tho l'c.icn Conference its Clormany and hostilities ceased. The
It Is viewed by those close to the I'rrs-, war had ended almost as suddenly as It
Idcnt. began. Its ending cause nearly as great
The prologue to the Allied confer-1 a convulsion as did Hfi beginning, The
enecs: Throughout this period, which , popular rejoicings, holidays and great
rati best Be uiviueu nuo mrcc pnris,
runs one dominating Idea, the blending
r , l, Inrllvlrlnnlllv of irreat nations i
for accomplishment of great under-;
tirst nhnse Tho spring of 191S,
brought with It Impending disaster to
the Allied cause, and purely national
interestK were forgotten, and a great
leaner wan inime Kvm-iuiiniii.. u ""
. ," "faced" at hU S E
:; - . - - . . .. .,,, ..,
Allied armies. The resources of the,,', ot aing relief to the civilian ,
1-..I, 1 en,.. n..l lr. Allien urn V r. , lein l priiv..,,-, - i
, luany pooicu nu J""' ",.. .i.TJnurone. and on Xovember 26 Herbert
Tu"':.-....;....!!! fi, orHHr,
! war that had plunged the peoples of
10 wor,(, nt0 mlsery for more than
,..'. !l,o, 1,.1 ntiinirn.t tbr. llnnnloa nf
four vears was nearlng its culmlna-
Hon In victory for the Allies.
During this fcame time tho moral
force which had always uccn ueninu
,h cause of the Entente, but which
ad never received any positive dlrec-
lJon bccamo unJcr the leadership of
PreMdcnt Wll&on. not only a weapon
' nRUln3t our enemies, but a protection
,, n,n-srk'(ia
rri... nAnr.1Aa nf IVtn A111n,l tintlnns re.
, .i ...... , u i.,i i.iimiu-
iu-u uuj luiiF,- iv uu - '....
The masses of Kussla uemanneu an
Intel nictation of tho war nnd. not re -
celvlnc It from the Allies, their lead-
,,vs sold out to Germany. The British
InhnrlnEr nun and tho French Socialist
luboring man nnd the l'rench bociailst
- " -i .. . ..
, --- "- " -r- -.. of tnI)ntlence.
On January 8. 1918, President .Wilson
bcwm Brcat "moral otiensiye,
whlch we learned, after the armlstico lstration or tins reuei.
had been .signed nnd we were per-' "fnder this nrrangiment between the
mitted to look into Germany, had Fnlted States and the Allies a council
caused ns great havoc among the po- Is being appointed of two representa
tion! Hlndenburgs In Berlin ns our - tlves of each government to secure co
arniles had at the front. And nil the ordination of food, flnanco nnd shipping
time peoples of the Allies and the resources in the solution of the problems
people of the fnlted States were being connected with this relief."
welded together ny common sacnnccs
on the field of battle nnd by common
nr alms based on democracy.
Second phase On October 19, 1918.
Colonel House arrived In Paris. The
Di-i-s-s announcement said thut he had
arrived .In France "for consultation
, witli the representatives of the goveni
nients associated with the L nlteu
Suites in the war." Germany had
stated that she wished to mako peace
on the principles laid down by Presi
dent Wilson In his speech of January
.S. 1918. und his subsequent addresses.
Tho President had rent his corre
spondence with Germany to th" Allied
governments with the request that
thev advi.se him whether they, too,
.'"re willing to adop
:l!l the basis for pe
were willing to adopt these principles
ace. Lt.on tneir
niiswor depended the future of the
world.
WlUon'. Vrlnelple Adopted
r. v ,, ',,,v, after the
O, N. ember 4 , W to. after the
i-n-iucwis ii'"" -
ln Paris, and sevrn days after the con
ferences between Colonel Hous and the
Allied Premiers had begun, the answer
had been given in unmistakable terms.
The Allied statesmen recognized tne
great principles of democracy that had
welded tog.-ther the Plain people of the
Untento nnd thu United States in a de-
- .
.1(1
Ische bill poster dii-sppearal around the
comer uhen the Deutsche Volks parties
paste agent iam along, covering ovei
lhl. wVl0,e ,ow of xht jiemocrntlo cl-l-
zens' povteiK, still wrt from th brush.
"" iuwuiiuiiik in "iui it ii!r n-i
resulting a man walking with his fainilv
to tlie polling place, .villi another poste:1
bearing in large block letters the lius
sl.m (Niiiiiaiil Go ut 'mce and vote for
Kulll." tin-all lig tlie Deutsche Vulks
partle's ticket headed by Kalll. This. In
turn, was supplanted hy a led-lmodcl
Piussian e.igl" with a. led tkkel in his
heal; to be deposited in the ballot bo for
the Socialist partv. It was quite evi
dent that the thre- volkspartles sp.-nt
must of their campaign money in tins
fashion.
MjgEy. win t T'i i'-','M st-'c --' iiwi 4ii-' rium - I, Wi fcg-1 1, , ,mii i ijsc,25jg-. Ln f VLM3HBiii i TjiMMMiflfeicwi'.'ttM1 vtmjiBSMiLikliiLikjUiSSBKSIBMJEtStiSDt'''''' 'ijtto
LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY;
H. GRASTY
peace
' politicians.
trtaln
linve
'l. - hiiu - ntlnn of the world on principles
rl er to lowing we irimi ji iiic
weight long borne resulted In a species j
...... arlz-ni nanle romnarable to that
expeHencein
,,... i,,i raneht it.i breath no nroe.
couu be! made toward their solu-
(
J.,vcn before the armistice was signed
r.,M, Wilson bad studied tile prob
! PoPftlon t the liberated countries of
. C. Hoover arrived In rarls U
for consulta-1
tlOn With Colonel IlC
Hon will, onc, n ' ,
most practicable a of organizing :n i
ouse regarding the
relief, rroposaia iur imu i.u v -,
can endeavor were made tnrougn t oi-
onel House to the Allied governments!
early in uecemper. m -"'""""""
on Jnnuary 3. 1D1 9, when the announce-,
ment as made In the press that:
-The Allies and the fnlted States are
in agreement that relief must be fur-
' nsi,P(i, ami that the working out of re-j
.. .. .hi- nl,H,-in,A, nn n Inrirn tapnln
..,... .. ,1I.AIA.. l..,ll.,
necessitate- unuj "'
... ,.iaracler to mat which una proven
HUo,.efui the French and British
' "" ,",..',-., , ,i, ..nernilnn. nf Hie
V '"' i7.i ,,,i Jn rM.,tiv.u-
' "","
II,e .',"'c
Tin. ,ii am rnvpriuiiciiiN iiilm uuk ip-fti
. .... ...... . -.la. I.. ..I
have
"" '"",."" ,,,.,, ,,,.. llMi,.- ,im, ,i,
the President t mi me- uesne i . i e
; United .bates uo m nDllu,"I",
ie lead in the organization and admln-
. ..
lirrat Work In Stnrlrd
Oil .a:iuary 11, 1919, simultaneously
with the arrival of the Allied peace dele
gations in l'aris, the first meeting of the
supreme council of supply and relief,
with Hoover as director general of re
lief, was held. The great humanitarian
work had been started, under the aus
pices of the Allies and the United States,
to alleviate the ravages of war and to
stem the tide of anarchy resulting from
malnutrition, almost amounting to star-
vatlon. The significance of this event
cannot be overestimated.
During the few days Just preceding Its
opening the delegates conferred con-
corning the organization of the Peace
i onicrence. i.tnerous leprcsrniation
was accorded the smaller Powers nnd in-
dependent representation was given tne
Krcat clf.govcrnlnB dominions of the
""'""l' V fnn'- ThUi" ,hc W,r1'1 WaS
br0UR,lt ,mo conferenco flml nv
uemocracy, uniuinreu in i'-uruprun pun-
tics, was summoned to help in the crea-
Hon of a new order.
The people of the world know their
BOveiT.ments can b.v, united effort wonk
,,-onders. They will be satisfied only If
, tnPir representatives In the conference
, their purely national lines so far
a tlcy interfere with the establishment
of a world federation organized n the
interests of keeping the peace. Under
stress of war splendid co-opetatlon In
the . itii'tnon purpose has been attained
The settlement of the world demands
tl.at this conference ,hall work with a
world puipnse In view instead nf purely
na.innal purposes. The delegates know
tins, and thev v. ill never be willing to
face their peoples without a s, heme of
iiuei national oiganlzatlon calculated to
insure the winning of peace under the
principles laid dnnn b.v President Wilson.
Sui h are the train of events and the
reasoning therefiutn upon which rests
the optunUii-- feemig m Ameiican cir
cles voiced bv Piesident Wilson's cable.
HOHENZOLLERNS ARE BETTER
Ex-Kaii-er anil ife Take Yi'alk-.
William's Birthday January 27
AmeruiiKen. Jim. I'l (Hy A. P. i
i;.-Knipcrur Will .it,, and the.-l-linpiei
h.ivi bulb so far u-coveuit tioi.i their
if, .nt illnesses that they are able to
r. sume th.-ir former mode of living. Thej
ate taking their rustomary morning
walks in the grounds around the . astle.
Heir Hohenzollern is iep.ii.eii in much
h.tter FPlrit.. His s.vtieth birthday (in
January "7 will he .-, ehrat.-d by a con-
..it in tlie casilt-
UNKNOWN SHOIthr
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and probable death.
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FIXES MARKETS
FOR ENEMY GOODS
Gen. Smith Arranges for
Sale of German Products
in France
PROVIDE WORK FOR ALL
Administrator of Civil Affairs
Plans to Make U. S. Sector
Prosper
By EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
CoFvrlBht, 1919, lil tJic St. 1 . Time lo.
Coblent, Jan. 21. Brigadier General
H. A. Smith, who Is in charge of tho
administration of civil affairs in the
Herman territory OCCUDleM by tho
Amfllcan nnni las effected an ar
rangement with the Allied high com
mand by which manufacturing cstab-
llshmcnts In our sector may market
their products both In Franco and In
Germany. He has also made arrange
ments looking to a full supply of coal
down.the Khlne. Ho hopes within three
3 ,.,, nn In 11i-
-ce
ek?
to have every Idle man In our
"B'on a yotK.
Ocneral Smith aspires to put our part
' ol lrt ln bou nn"""'"""
At Ar.t lie , ,t mi opposition from
,,oweri) lndlrccly concerned, be-
nfilelals deemed tho Amcrl
CRn pnn unwl9e ln tnat n would
st,,,,,,,, (jcrmany and thercforo be
a bad sten for the Allies to tano.
tlut i, countered with the orgu-
' n,et that articles he wished to be man-
, ufnetured would not ndd to Germany's
' military strength, und that It was the
desire of the American army civil ad-
,iilnlatrrtttnn Iiata In fnnltn Its tiart Of
' ,I.A 1M,li.-lin,l n,ABn.mna nnrl lint lo en-
' . ,., Ante. Viutlnnhlln no rending anxiously
uhiisvj ii".o t-v ..-.. ..... . ---
to place at least a part ot i.ermariy in
a position where It would be nble toin,rui staff knew that they had in ncu. o
iuy Its part of tho Allied Indemnity.
.... ...il,.,, tlintl
I'lilliUf iui iui nuiil nu,,.s.fc.w. ""iNiics, B( uiiiricini.' ! -
- - - - . -- -..
she be allowed to buy that part ox tnei9tier sidc cf the hill.
- - mnnuf.ctured )J10duct which
, ho could use, and when she agreed to
this his plan for the sale of the products
ln other parts of Germany went through.
('null Payments Only
Oltlclals Intrusted with arranging for
Franco to take part of tho products she
nut
they were responsible for economic
prosperity hereabouts and must have
assets In a form that could be quickly
liquidated, and that therefore all cus
tomers In this market must pay In cash.
The French agreed.
When this plan, which will take in
most of the workers whom 1,000,000
of German population supplies, gets to
rir!ni- we whall control a
wide range
,.fo.i,,ri nmduets as well as
in,iiipntallv n large wlno business. In
ntlclttlon. this part of Germany produces
a ,,,1 amount of foodstuffs, dlstrlbu -
Uon of -wlileli will be under American
auction.
yhl, American army also has charge of
f00,i conditions at present In that part
e cmrianv we occupy, ana. inciuent-
ny j quote a sentence from yesterday's
a!n,y summary of intelligence:
.. llu. American area the food sltua-
Hon continues to Improve."
f)ur anny W aUeniptl.ig to American -
izo buslnes.s nietnocls m tins district, ah
an instance of methods that are peculiar
to our administration, take the matter'
0f compelling bnnk.s In our area to pre
sent seiniiu'jiiiiii muiciin-iifca ami ,-ucci
these up with caie. tins metnou is, or
course, modeled on the United States
bank examiners system. Vo thus avoid
a certain degree of Interference
With
,..vt..n,, 1.-j1 linalii-so ntirl n. tl,. envt,. I
Ul'lIUUl. ...... -o ......
time know what Is going on at the
banns. ...
Local Situation Serious
The fiscal situation is most serious in
connection with tho restoration of Ger -
man business life Marks are being t-
sued nt a i ate or something ni,u a hun
dicd million a day, while the productive
business of a large part of the nation
stands still. A l.cent statement of the'
lUilnlsh Hank shows 19.infi.000.nOO
marks In notes In circulation, while the
treasury has notes deposited for about
ln.nuO.OOii.onii miivks. Keiclisbank di
rectors say :
"It cannot be denied that th- grave
danger menacing our entile industry lies
lu this swollen paper money circulation.
While produitive industries, which alone
enn bung new values. He iloimam the
flood of paper notes grows.''
SHOOTS WHALE FROM AIR
U. S. Aviator Makes Xop1 Hag i(t
San Diego
.iiii IMeso, ( ul Jan. 21 (By A P ) '
-- l.leutenanl Jnmes MrUullough. at
tached to tlie army's aeilal euiiihtv
school nt Beam Field, shot and killed al
nnall whale with tho machine gun of I
his airplane two miles oh Imperial Beach
yesterday. ,
needed started out on tne supposition , ""'"" ?.,;"" , ,i, tmith were
that a credit could be made, but It was their 'great ad vnnee .In t c i-outh were
firmly pointed out that the Americans considered by the ; J$L
had put themsehes In a position where row the very guarded Phrase as
JANUARY 21, 1019
HAIG'S STUBBORN MEN
DASHED GERMAN HOPE
Kaiser's Grand Offensives of 1918 Wrecked by Un
yielding Valor of British Infantry,
Teuton Expert Admits
' i i i ii i t
Sp'ecial.C.able to Evening Public Ledger
I'opvrlaht, 1919, oy the St. V, Tlmci Co
Cologne, Jan. 16. (Delayed) 'Wel
lington used to say he had spent his
military life In trying to guess what was
going on on the other side of the hill.
History has to estimate these strategic
guesses, and already the tlmo has come
when the pioneers of history are be
ginning to reduce tho chaos of tho war
to order.
I havo before 'lne evidence which
Bhows more clearly than anything yet
published what was happening on the
German side of tho hill during those
anxious months In the spring of 1018.
Captain von Hchwlnk began the war
au a gunner: then he went Into the air
service and worked with artillery fight
Ing and bombing squadrons. He re
ceived a staff appointment In 1917.
When General von Uclow was on the
Italian front In 191" Schwlnk served
with him. When the scene of German
activity and German hopes shifted to
France Von Helow was put ln command
of the Seventeenth Army, and fe'chwlnk
went with him.
Tho main idea of tho great German
offensive In 1918, ho says, was to break
through to the sea, cutting tne isnusii
army Into two parts, one of which was
to bo driven back on the channel ports
while tho other was to bo thrown south
ward ln disorder upon the French. All
that happened afterward was In tho na
ture of nttempts to repair the plan
which had gone awry, or to substitute
some other which had not been origi
nally contemplated.
For tho plan, according to on
Schwlnk, did go nwry from the flrs.1
day. Kvcn while tho Kaiser was send-
lni nhnllt Ipleirrnms. Wllllo the British
OI mui
. - -- . . ,u rgr
nurneu rcireai upon "'-"' " . ""
different are facts from impeuai ie-
. iu i.. 1.l.. n,. lin1 nil f Via
i --.- -....
v,Tn that re.t offensive of March
21 the lnaln Wrt of Um attack was
to havo fallen north of tne Momine. mo
Germans had no Intention of massing
divisions south of a line drawn from
St. Ouentln to Amiens, and w the actual
lresiilt nf the severe check to the
nn,eu-liat In the nature of u failure,
Tho attack, m fine, did not succeed as
had been expected, except south of St.
Quentln. Tho swift advance there was
Judged to bo of merely minor Impor
tance. The Germans had hoped to gain
an equal success all along the Hue.
It remained to try again. The next
attempt may bo called another version
of the original Idea. On March 28 an
ntim-1; between Oppy and Xeuvllle-St.
Vaast was launched In order to extend
(lle southern success. The German staff
1 wcre conflatnt that they would recover
I yimv P.ldge and capture Arras by the
weight of the first blow. As Is known,
,,,.. ciH,,,! completely.
i Tle rcasons f01. the failure which ap
, ,,,. r-.,,,,-,, al,lo nf lu ill
'ver(. Krft, the artillery preparation
wng ,10t uniclent, because thny could
, , , e ammunition fast enough:
, an.l second, the reclstim-e ot tho British
, ,nfl,nP,rv w'ent ,,eyond aU (iernljn ca,.'
i .,,,
i ...,, i, i1M.lln. necetsarv to recon-
,. ,, situation, and this time more'
profoundly, the resistance had been so
stpong
the check so discouraging and
., 0 ,a so llc.lvy ,nal the German
, , d(,eld,d to ive u altugether the
I .,,..., ,,, ... hre!.i, through to the
. nirlli nf Amltis Thv tnnlfdl f.,1-
I ,..,.
scene of action In which thev
I i.i ,,.,., .....i, mn. ,. ,. ...ui, t
' some chance of success, but still the sea
was t)lp jrc
Heading this German history of the
; campnlgn of 1918 one finds oneself
' thinking of some caged beast tculng
and biting at the bais l.iat shut him in.
i ....... i. ...... upMnn n the offensive and
ygBisiMiaffli
w
PIANOLA-PIANO
fei
unable to understand how hopeless the
fighting Is and yielding only when bat
tered and, wounded by his own despera
tion, ho sinks exhausted stilt In Ms cage.
Still trying for tho bob. the Germans
organized the attack of April 9. south
of, Ypres. This, says Schwlnk, had
Dunkirk and Calais ns Its objective,
and from tho opening of the attack It
was Intended to push right through.
Again, It seems, the problem of feeding
tho guns had not been suHlclently
studied and again this branch of the
service compromised In retreat. The
dlfllculty of the ground, I am told,
prevented the heavy artillery and am
munition being brought up, also certain
German divisions In their advanco found
quantities of wine, put It to Its natural
uso and got drunk.
Finally and as usual "tho resistance
of the English troopi, especially about
Glvenchy led to delay." .
It is curious how closely the story of
this northern offensivo resembles that
of the first great attempt to tho south.
Uoth begin with a spectacular success .
which the general staff considered a '
failure ; In both there follows an nt-1
tempt to repair the damage, to set the I
Plan on Its legs again. The attack of ,
April, 1918, on the Glvenchy-Mervllle I
J front wag mndo to open out 0 northcrn '
I snent an(1 Klve a crmnce 0f further I
advance as originally Intended. This
also failed and then tho German staff
threw up the gato In the north and put
aside their hopes of the sea.
Von Schwlnk, who may, perhaps,
speak for one school of German military
opinion, thinks that this was a serious
mistake. His view Is that If every man
had been thrown Into tho offensive on
tho Bethunc-Ypres front tho Germans
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would "almost certainly" have reached
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In the nclitlnc of tho whole campaign
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