The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, March 27, 1922, Page 8

———— = PAGE EIGHT CLAIMS MADE SLAVERY EXISTS IN HONG KONG Chinese Boys and Girls Sold and Bought at From $10 To $15 Per Year of Age 50,000 HELD IN BONDAGE Lendon, March 27—The sale of boys and girls at Hong Kong has been de- . nounced as “an abominable scandal in a British possession” at a meeting of the Anti/Slavery Aborigines Protection society here. St. Loe Strachey, editor of the Spec- tator, wrote that if the facts were*as represented, the state of affairs. in Hong Kong represented the vilest form of slavery in existence when young people were deliderately sold and sub- jected to the cruel lust and greed. of their purchasers. A resolution was passed declaring that continuance of the . system amounted to the connivance of slavery under the British flag. ‘ It was estimated at the meeting that those held in bondage under this sys- tem numbered 50,000. z A score of sccieties were represent- ed at the conference which was held to determine what steps should be. tak- en, to. sty the sale of children. Viscountes Gladstone; wha presid- ed declared that the system ought to be ‘abolished. She said. she did not think that any British man or woman could ‘have believed it possible that anywhere under the British flag chil- yen four years of age and upward could have been openly sold and handed over as chattels to their purchasers to ‘become grudges or victims of prostitu- tion, A She sald; however, that the matter «was not-so simple:as it looked because “the adoption” system was not a wrong thing in itself.” ; Charles Roberts, formerly: Unider- Secretary for India and President of the AntiSlavery society, said it was an established fact that Chinese girls end boys were sold and bought in Hong Kong at from $10 to $15 per year, of age and it was @ significant fact that higher pfices: were obtainable when girls were. sold for purposes of prostitution. Yet they. could not get the Colonial Office to admit that the system was one of slavery. It. was enough for him that. it «constituted traffic in human beings which ought to. be put; down’ by-law. . RUSSIANS HAVE MORE SMILES MORE PARTIES They no Longer Fear Very, Much| ' The Ire‘of The Inquisition— Say What They Think REVELLING IN | FREEDOM Moscow, March 27.—Curtailment of the powers of the dreaded Cheka jhas loosened Russia's tongue and is re- storing a measure of its old life. No longer greatly fearing the ire of the inquisition, most . of Moscqw’s resi- dents, though still somewhat chary of talking politics in public places, have Iktle hesitation now in express- ing what they think of things in gen- eral, They smile more often, give more “parties,” and are beginning again to. extend old time Bussian hospitality to strangers without fear that the pres- ence of an unknown guest in their quarterg. will bring.an armed: Cheka agent: there toipnestigate. «6c sic Pallid. youngomen,of the old.class of aristocrats, who survived the world war, perhaps ‘two or three campaigns of the civil war and who spent time-in |’ prisons are returning to their old hab- its, of enjoyment. Some of them look like ghosts returned to a land that is a graveyard of their former wealth but,;if they are ghosts, they are merry. ones..and, dance gaily on their own tombtones,; 1epe. Condisianecbave changed.and they, mustspend a part oftheir: hours in working. They-have few or no serv- ants and must do their own washing and cooking. ‘The princess who once ordered from Paris: half a dozen gowns at a time, herself, mends that one of 1914 vint- age which she managed to save. But she wears it gaily and, since the Cheka menace seems one only to re- member, and. even’ joke about, she dances in it, all night. ¢ The “ghosts” are happy to escape the erave. The nightmare fears seem behind them. .They are’ revelling in freedom.. Four years of army rations, two years of prison soup, a year Or 90 of nothing much at all and now— champagne and caviar, even if it takes: the last of the rubles they earn as clerks, mechanics, chauffeurs, or any other job open for a prince, baron or count, A bottle of vodka may represent the price they got for the last trinketstheir aristocratic old_ grandmother man- aged to save. But the Cheka is not at the door tonight. Tomorrow may go hang. EAGLE Tailoring and Hat Works Dry Cleaning, Pressing, Re- pairing, Remodeling, Dyeing of Ladies’ and Men’s Clothes. Prompt and courteous service. Call For and Deliver. Phone 58 313 Broadway Bismarck, N. D. We clean and reblock hate. OIL INTERESTS ceed across country to Baki. wy NEA Service . y London, March 27.—With the -wick- edest city-in the world as his objec- tive, General. Baron Peter Wrangel will. muster’ his | 30,000 shattered troops and enter upon a-new military offensive, bolshevist officials here say | they are informed. " Wrangel, ‘bolshevists say, will march on Baku, ‘capital of the baby republic of Azerbaijan, most prolific: single oil-producing. center in the world, x Baku, before the war characterized by the gambling, vice. and general looseness: of an oi] boom town made doubly: worse. by its Qriental atmos- phere, recently has become a haven of war refugees of all races and has’ lost :all ‘semblance of law and re- straint... But that doesh’t‘atfect the value of Baku’s oil. The wells of the district | are located very fear the city.. Oil is piped to\the city and there prepared for export. |. ~ £ The total output of : Baku's ‘wells sometimes mounts to 242,981,000 gal- Tons a year! Has ‘Foreign Backing . | To capture this prize, bolshevists say, some French, and American oil Interests: wil} finance, Wrangel’s cam- paign. 3: i If Wranget succeeds, he. will set’up a: government with ‘himgelf:at the head and. tufm oll cuncessions to these Franco-American. interests...” ; Wranggl,... former. : antibolshevist | leader iff the Crimea, is one of: the njost pictur e : Aug. 15,1878, of an old, Rugs.an noble family. which had numbered many,-military. and) naval men, explorers atid: diplomats.: As a youth he attended college. as | a student of mining engineéring:. He became a: Russian army lieutenant ‘in | 1902. ae * i Decoration: in’ War . In the-Russé-Japanesé ‘war he was twice: promoted: for bravery.: As ‘a captain‘ of’ cavalry in the’ World War he distinguished Himself on the Gali- cian front...He became a major gen- eral. a i e .Wrangel tured’ his sword ‘against the- soviet. when’ ft’ came “intb‘‘power and becamé a: trusted“aid of, Denikin, antibolshevist ‘chief! "°° aee When’ Denikla ‘fell, Wrangel _re- tired ‘to the ‘Chimea with Denikin’s | southern army |and: established -him- } self ‘as ‘dictatof of southern Russia. In 1920 ‘Wrangel’s regime fell under the onslatight of the’ bolsheviki. He fled with his army to Constanti- nople and later to Belgrade, where; he ‘is now in ‘barrarks with 30,000 men. i Lee Baroness. Wrangel, daughter of the }aar’s chamiserlain and © formerly lady-in-waiting to the czarina, has accompanied her ‘husband’ through all! hig ‘victories and, defeats, ;. Baku, ‘reported ‘objective ‘of Wran- | BAKU DRIVE, REDS. BACK 3. 7 Locale of Wrangel’s reported campaign. “He will move his army from * Belgrade to the Russian coast, cross ‘the ‘Black. Sea to. .Batum and ‘Pro- RUSSIAN SOVIET GRTS HOT SHOT ‘ROM SWEDEN \Premler, Branting Indignantly Protects Imprisonment of 5,- 000: Georgian So. Democrats ‘|Georgla ‘and Russia, The:message, which was: sent to Moscow by, a special courier asserts: : © working class of Sweden: thas received reports regarding the treat- | ment, ‘by the Soviet government: of Ruselgn: and: ‘Georgian whichhavye aroused stupefaction” and anger,; Over 200:Russian Socialists of {different groups have been forced, to resort’:to ‘hunger: strike in ordér. to world’s attention ‘to. the’ suf- fering.-to which they are exposed and der tq obtain forcibly an’ im- call the in ot of ‘tl already arrested. such dent Spvie ism over the world. Leon’ Trotsky,: Russian Bolahevist war minister, who ‘may head against: Wrangel. 7. this cUuntry. tation: to, th General Baron. Peter Wrangel gether in the same field make an ex- ‘cellent ‘ensila: ‘Fhe’ millet ‘is sown between ‘the. rows. of sunflower.’ its growth *is rapid ‘and it prevents the sunflower from..growing: rangy.. -The desired-height for the sunflower, is about eight feet." Some farmers report gel, isa seaport. of 300,000 popula- tion’ on the Casplan sea. It was in Persian hands until 1723 when it was. seized by Russia. vais In 1735 it was restored to Persia, but in 1806 again went back: into Russian hands. (On May. 28, 1918, Azerbaijan was declared an independ- nt soviet republic with Baku as cap- AE: eeiztath Minn. Farmers To. Raise Sunflowers For Ensilage Duluth, Minn.; March 27.—Hundreds of newly: established settler-farmers in northeastern sMinnesota together wit the other: tillers of the soil who lost their homes, livestock and: farm prop- erty in the forest firés of October. 12, 11918, and who’ now.-are struggling to -recuperate from ‘the catastrope, aro believed by “county ‘agricultural off. cials to have made @ timely find in the ‘raising of ‘the sunflower for eneilage. dairying on a‘ small scale to tide them over while they clear the land and develop it for extensive farming. For successful dairying, a farmer must necessarily have a silo and it is in the preparation. of crops for the ensilage that has caused much concern in this Part of the state, agricultural leaders declare, ‘ Extensive experiments now reveal that the sunflower, noted for its heavy yield and highly nutritious value, is suitable to replace the corn as the chief ensilage product. Farmers have never been assured a matured crop with corn in this climate; it was ex- plained, and there has been extensive experimenting to find a crop to take its place, In the sunflower the farmers hav found a crop that will mature early; it has a food value equal to that of corn; it will grow on almost any kind of soil and produces more tonnage to the acre, Farmers in the meadowland district in \St. ‘Louis county expect to grow sunflowers this year. They plan to follow the instructions of one of their neighbors who has found that sun; Many of thege. farniers depend upon |: the ‘stalks:‘having grown ‘toa height of more ‘than 15 feet. ‘ The sunflower planted at the.proper time in this region matures sufficiently early for harvesting of the crop before frost. : ge John Cowles To ‘Address Masons In "Fargo on April 8 aah as is Ds March 27.—John Grand Commander : of.’ the Council, Southern’ Juristi tion, , mt and Accepted. Scottish Rite, U States of America, will give an address in the Fargo Masonic mple ‘auditorium on the evening of Saturday, April 8, according to an.an- nouncement by Horatio Clark Plumley, Sovereign -Grand+Inspector:for North Dakota., : te ea St, ‘A reception and smoker. will:folllow the -addressy..° Mr, Cowles. will’ come. to. Fargo from. Aberdeen; /S. -D.,\ and. will go from here'to St. Paul... sacs In’ the: announcement: the . Vener- able Masters. in Cooperstown, ‘Deyils Lake, Ellendale, Fargo, Grand Forks, Hillsboro, Langdon and Minot,’ are asked to. announce the visit to the Scottish Rite Masons ‘who are in- vited to hear Mr. Cowles. The Grand Commander ‘was born and educated in Kentucky and belongs to many Soeial and patriotic clubs throughout the country. TRIBUNE WANTS—FOR RESULTS ——— ». CHEVROLET Parts In Stock.” ’ Corwin Motor Co. Bismarck, N. D. ———SS B.S. ENGE, D.C. Ph. C, Chiropractor Consultation Free flower and a variety millet grown‘ to- hw eae ita ‘ee Suite 9, 1l—Lecas Bloch—Phone, 290 . et ae 3 CK TRIBUNE CANNOT ATONE FOR CRIMES * ree ‘Sto¢kholm, March 27.—The Social Democratic party. of Sweden, of which Premier ,Branting is the head, has sent té'the Soviet government:of Rus- sia an, indignant protest against ‘the imprigonment. of 5,000 Socialists’ in provemént. of ‘their conditions. “Five thousand ' Georgian Democgata: are in- prison gn account. r not having voluntarily sub- [mitted to the force of Russian occu- pation; Others are deported by thou- sands or are forced to keep in hiding in order to escape the fate of those “It ought not to be possible that a government that has repeatedly de- clared‘itself tobe following @ policy founded of socialist principles, should submit .its Socialist antagonists to treatment. It-is, however, evi- at the reports.we receive are truthful, ‘which must mean ‘that the overnment ruthlessly: violates: the fusdamental principles of Social- in q manner of unbelievable grossness, challenges labor opinion all “The, crimes which the Soviet power thus committed: and commits can hardly ibe atoned. for. We know that gin the name of'a ‘unanimous Swedish work- hen we are telling you that e Russian and Georgian are set free and humanely treated, the Russian Soviet govern- ment ‘will be the’ object of general de- tostatidn within ‘the working class of 4 Deeply agitated and army | bitterly’ itidignant, we protest acalapt ‘Socialists who da. Socialists, ’ MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1922 ope ta form a united front, and the actions of the government, ‘that in the name’ of Communism wields the ‘power over Russia and some of its protectorates FARMERS ARE. * BUYING LAND Demonstrate Their Faith in This Section of State’ : STREET 300 FOURTH “It has. been several years since ‘there have been so many people ldok- ing for land,” said F. E.; Young; of Bismarck today.' “With a good crop this ‘year there will be started .one of the biggest land movements this ‘vi- cinity hag seen, at least in a great many years.” “Farmers are optimistis and deserve alot of credit for their wholesome optimism and their determination, Mr. Young said, All are starting in this Spring hopefully, he said. Through the efforts of Mr. Young, five new families have been induced to buy land and: settle in Burleigh coun- ty during the past few months. EB. J. Chesak of St. Anthony has moved anto, the Eldredge place near Stewarts- dale; Clarence Shepard of south of Mandan has ‘taken over the McHarvéy farm, east of Arnold;:K. 0. Knuteson of South Dakota has taken-hold of the Funston farm, south of Menoken; ‘Jos. Gross has moved-onto a 400 acre farm north of the city.and A. G: Ide is pur- chasing a tract of land east.of Fort Lincoln for the purpose of starting a chicken ‘ranch on a jarge and up to date manner. BOLD ROBBERY IN ST. PAUL ‘St. Paul, March'27.—Three masked men held up F. J. Gaddaz, credit man- ager of thd Crescent Creamery com- pany, here today and rubbed him of $2,500.in cash and checks. The robbery occurred within 20 yards of the company’s office while the manager was enroute to the bank. The bandits escaped in an automobile. at Grand Forks, N. D., March 31 and April 1. State officials, . extersion depart- ment heads, aind shippers and repre- sentatives of the ‘Northern Potato Traffic association, the Michigan, North Dakota; South Dakota, Minne-/ lots, sota and Montana potato exchanges | cials. have been invited. The aim of ‘the conference will bé to obtain gradings that will be fairer to the grower.! ‘Mr. Hughes points out that the proposed federal grades probably, will, have the effect of a general widening of the spread be- tween the price received ‘by the pro- ducer and the price paid by the con- sumer. It ,.is “contended:. that the farmer who brings in good products will have no advantage over the pur- chaser who barely gets within the grade. The department of agriculture. of Minnesota and state officials of North Dakota are co-operating in this move- ment and hope to be able to. get all of the Northwest and: central: potato growing states behind the’ movement for an improvement in the condi- tions as it affects the producers and the consumer. t ‘Railroads:‘Saved Creameries Over | $200,000, This: Year St. Paul, Minn., March 27.—Minne- | point sota co-operative creameries will have]; ™ * more than $200,000 this year ‘on pet ishable ‘products, ‘a8 ‘a, result,/9f action’ of ‘railroad offi : Social there avera; every erles so.| Potato Growers To Meet In Grand ’. Forks This Week _ '8t-Paul; ‘Minn., March 27.—A.con:| . ference -of the potato growers of horthwest ‘states and of state officials ‘attempt to gain the ear of the fed- 1 officials “hefore:the revision federal potato. graded. is. made,| has beén‘called: by Hugh H. Hughes, |'ing not to charge the shipper -of thes director of-markets: of;,the Minnesota | ‘products the. cost of. icing nefrigerat department of -agriculture;, eld| cars, when shipments are in less than’ be Everybody has a good word “for the Willys-Knight Car _at its greatly reduced price; all of its fine features are retained bon troubles. Freedom from body rattles. These are a few of' the advantages which distinguish the Willys- Knight car and set its. value above all other cars of equal Tremendous mileage—free from repair costs. Exceed- ingly. low gasoline bills. Smooth, flexible—with a velvet flow of power. De- - pendability under all condi- tions. Freedom from car size and weight. Roadster $1350 . Coupe $1875 F. 0. B. Toledo ; ‘Touring Car $1375 : ; Sedan $2095 - The Willys-Knight Motor Improves With Use $1375 ‘Lahr Motor Sales Company ‘Bismarck, N. D. Distributors Lahr Motor Sales Co. —BISMARCK’S AUTHORIZED ; GOODYEAR DEALER The price of this Goodyear Non Skid Ford 30x814 Tire isonly ...... ; : the proposed incr ‘Minnesota pounds of butter every year., Of this amount it is estimated that about 80 per cent is marketed on the big term- inal markets of the east, sudjthat the pound on less than carlo; basis, the co-operative crea Minnesota pay the rajlroads less than carload shipments. crease of 1% 4, meant ‘adding f expense ‘of the | co-operativé cream- $1,700,892 every. year for tranbporting butter ments. would ‘have’ meant adding $304,000 a year to the expense of the co-opera- tive creameries, farm, bureau‘officials Phone 490 PHONE .490 \ carload lots, Minnesota Farm Bureau officials said today. Railroads serving this territory pro- posed to make ghippers of perishable products pay the cost of ‘ic! shipments were in leas than carload according to farm bureau offi- It is estimated that this extra expense could have increased: the cost of marketing the state's dairy pro- ducts by about 12 per cent. A hearing on this matter was held in Chicago the early part of the month before a group of [rai ‘oad of- ficials. Representatives df ¢wo farm organizations of Minnesdta Mppeared at the time and argued against produces. 199,000,000 icents a ‘On this ties of y 700,892 year for transporting butter in An in- rT cent would have 104,00 a'year to the ge freight rate is 2 ate? bal of Minnesota pay the railroads in’ less than. carload ship- ‘An increase of 12 per cent out. ‘ Dance every Tuesday,’ Thurs- and Saturday evenings at