Evening Star Newspaper, January 16, 1921, Page 35

COLORED MEN TO ASK PARTIN GOVERNMENT Look to Harding for Recognition of Merit, Not Merely for Political Patronage. BY 6 SOULD LINCOLN. ARIOUS groups in this country are looking today to the opening of the Harding administration Dext March with hope and ex- pectation of recognition. None more so than the 12,000,000 colored people. Prac- tically all of the colored voters cast their ballots for Harding and Coolidge last November. In debatable 'states— at least they were considered debata- ble before the election—where the col- ored population was large, there is no majority possible, The demands of these le will take oy will ask for the appointment of colored men to politi- cal ofti dthey'u.lunk!orlg; Cite Roosevelt Policy. A considerable number of intelligent, well educated colored men—many of them now in Washingtol President Harding to follow in the foot- steps of Theodore Roosevelt in making hig appointments of black men to office. Col. Roosevelt's attitude in regard to the appointment of colored men to office ‘was clearly and tersely set down in the preface which he wrote to “Booker T. ‘Washington, Builder of a Civilization,” the work of Emmett J. Scott and Lyman Beecher Stowe. Col. Roosevelt : *In my many conversations and con- sultations with him (Booker T. Wash- ington) it is, I believe, not an exag- geration to say that one-half the time ‘we were discussing methods for keep- ing out of office and out of all po- litical pdwer the ignorant, semi-crim- inal, shiftless black man, who, when manipulated by the able and un- scrupulous politician, black or white, is 80 dreadful a menace to our politi- cal institutions. But he felt very strongly, and I felt no less strongly, that one of the most efficient ways of warring against this evil type was to show the negro he turned his back on that type, and fitted himself to be a self- citizen, doing his part in sustaining the common burdens of good citizenship, he would be freely accorded by his white neigh- bors the privileges and rights of good citizenship. Surely there can be no objectlon thus to keep open the door of hope for the thoroughly decent, up- right, self-respecting man, no matter ‘what his color. North Sheuld Set Example. “In the same way, while Booker T. ‘Washington firmly believed that the attention of the colored race should be riveted, not on political life, but on success sought in the flelds of hon- est business endeavor, he also felt, and I agreed with him, that it was to the interests of both races that there should be appointments to office of black men whose characters and abili- ties were such that if they were white men their appointments would be hailed as being well above the aver- age, and creditable from every stand- point. He also felt, and I agreed with him, that it was essential that these appointments should be made rela- tively most numerous in the north— for it is worse than useless to preach virtue to others unless the preach- ers themselves practice it; which means that the northern communities which pride themselves on possessing the proner itude toward the me- gro, should show this attitude by their own acts within their own bor- . will be eagerly watched by the mil- Mons of the n race in America. The thousands of appointments to federal office which a President must make is not the least of his tasks as Chief Executive. It is inevitable that he must rely in the vast ma- Jority of cases upon the advice of Others when it come to making his selections. There is no doubt that in or maybe it's “are” This is ‘white appointees as well as colored. : The ward-heeler type of politician, with no other qualification than his power to deliver votes, has been too often elevated to public office as a rew: Distribution of Population. The 1920 census of colored people in the United States has not been completed, but in 1910 the colored population of continental United States was 9,827,763, and it is likely that it is now in the neighborhood of 12,000,000. The statistics of popula- tion for some of the large cities of the country have been tabulated by the new census, showing large colored populations. For instance, the colored population was in 1920, in Washing- ton, 109,976; in Chicago, 109,696; in Baltimore, 108,390; in Birmingham, Ala., 70,217; in Atlanta, Ga., 62,747; in Louisville, Ky., 40,118; in Cincinnati, 29,636; in Atlantic City, 10,948, and in St. Paul, 3,379. These are cities taken at random in various sections of the country, but the figures show clearly that the colored population is uo longer confined to one section, the south, and also that its dimensions are very large. In the past the colored people have been given a comparatively few offices by Presidents of the United States, such as recorder of deeds in the Dis- trict of Columbia, registrar of the Treasury, collectors of customs, etc. During the Taft administration Wil- liam Lewis, colored, a Harvard graduate, was appointed an assistant attorney general. Among the colored appointees to office during the iiouse- velt administration were Charles W. Anderson, collector of internal reve- nue for the second district of New York, probably the richest financial district in the world, and James A. Cobb, assistant United States attor- ney for the District of Columbia, in charge of the prosecution of pure food cases. Mr. Cobb served in this capacity during Mr. Taft'sadministration aiso and for a couple of years after Presi- dent Wilson took office. Likely to Be Consulted. Dr. Emmett J. Scott, secretary- treasurer of Howard University, is one of the. prominent colored men with whom President Harding may be expected to consult after he takes office, when it comes to appoint- ments and legislation relating to the colored people. Dr. Scott was for twenty-two years secretary to Booker Washington and _secretary of Tus- kegee Institute. During the war Dr. Scott was _appointed special as- sistant to the Secretary of War to advise with respect to the colored people. Other oolo! men with ‘whom Mr. ing may consult are Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard Uni- versity, William H. Lewis, Charles O. Cotteell of Toledo, Thomas W. Fleming of Cleveland, Ralph W. Tay- ler of Columbus, formerly auditor for the Navy Department; Charles W. Anderson of New York, James W. Johnson, who went to Haiti as a rep- resentative of the National Associa- tion for the Advancement of Colored People; Dr. Ernest Lyon, formerly American minister to Liberla; P. H. Brown of Kentucky, A. F. Stevens of Philadelphia, R. L. Vann of Pitts- burgh, Robert J. Nelson and Charles Colburn of Wilmington. There is one colored member of the republican national committee, Henry Lincoln Johnson of Georgia. There is no doubt but what he will make a bid for political power, if not for political office, under the coming ad- ministration. He was more or less of a storm center at the republican national convention, where a strenu- ous contest was made over the seat- ing of delegations from some of the southern states. Incidentally, it may be remarked that these contests over the seating of delegations from the south went far toward disgusting leaders in the republican party with the brand of politics played by the republicans, black and white, in the uth, and to a demand that repre- sentation from the southern states in future conventions be curtailed to conform with the republican voting strength in those states. Beyond all manner of doubt, the colored people are going to seek at the hands of Mr. Harding a greater recognition in a political way than has been granted them since the days of reconstruction. This being the case, the er of men he selects for office and for advice regarding matter concerning the race is of un- usual importance. The chronic col- ored office seeker, leaders of the race maintain, must go into the discard. HOOVER AND HIS AIDS MOVE : FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PEACE Engineers Face Task Millions of Men Through Ravages of War—Aim at Service. Detter working conditions and to pro- mote harmonious relations between smployer and employe. millions of men through the ravages of war is the task of the industrial says a statement _issued L. W. Wallace of Balti- present, but future, for generations to come the loss of these men and their potential prosperity.’ “To offset this loss the engineer must give consideration to devising means of using that large army of industrial handicaps, men and women who, through accident or through miscarriage of the laws of mature, are lacking in some essential faculty or sense. A close analysis of the jobs of work to be done in modern indus- that in the modern ] : I f THE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY. 16, 1931 PART 9. - PARTY LINES IN CONGRESS WEAK, AS NEW ISSUES ARE PRESENTED BY N. 0. MESSENGER. ONGRESS is feeding American busi- 13 ness on the shadow when it demands the substance; no pot of goid is to be found at the end of a Jegislative rainbow.” This is not the charge of one of those yicked hellions of the press, but the solemn assertion of a responsible senator of the Uni Senator Edge of New Jersey, conservative re- publican and ‘confessed high protectionist, ut- tered on the floor of the Semate. He was dis- cussing the subject uppermost in all minds in Congress, the economic and industrial condition of the United States and other countries. He was are ited States, in 1924 was aiming at two targets—the proposal to levy an embargo sgalnst agricultural and other imports, Finance Corporation of further credits to Eu- rope. His suggested remedies for some of the recognized ilis of the body politic are: Revising the burdensome tax laws at the earliest possible moment. Getting the government out of business that s in competition with our citizens. Cutting down governmental expenses and in- stallation of budget system. He 1is against stopping imports of goods, holding that since Europe cannot pay in money, owing to the difference in exchange unwise to prohibit goods in paymeant. Claim- ing membership in the class of the “most ar. dent protectionists,” he contends that “we can- not have the penny and the cake, shades of Nelson Dingley, listen to man can hark back to the days o and the solely protective tariff of and apply those conditions to these days, and present an argument that is really logical or convincing, or will apply in large present situation.” A New Jersey republican who uttered such a sentiment a few years ago would have been burned at the stake of the stand-patters. The purpose of this quotation is to show the chang- ing tendency of the times in tariff legislation in Congress. * ¥ ¥ X ‘What is all this apprehension abo the federal reserve system? The democrats in Congress are powerfully worked up real or assumed, tangible or exaggerated. Are they just “seeing things,” like Gov. paign vision of the interests setting out to de- bauch the electorate with millions get hold of the Supreme Court an eral Reserve Board, or is there on plan to change materially the system? Most the extension through the War and Indiana notably. rates, it is too” And, direct primary. this: “No f McKinley those times part to the found wanting. ut scuttling over a fear, Cox's cam- an aid. in order to d the Fed- foot some congressmen will tell you that the general pub- lic believes the federal reserve system to have proven a beneficent agent, and will alarm any serious attack upon it. The latest attack of chills down the spine of democrats appears to have been caused by remarks of Senator Curtis of Kansas, whip of the Senate, after a talk with President- elect Harding. He sald that at the he intended to suggest an amendment to the federal reserve act that would lead tablishment of a central bank with branches. “The present difficulty is,” Senator Curtis view with , republican “taking the count.” proper time gress has progressed. to the es- quoted as saying, “that the regional banks in competition with each other to earn as much money s possible: tral bank would accomplish the results for which the federal reserve system was created— the furnishing of proper financial facilities ‘without the intention of earning profits. It is thought in Congress that if this ques- tion comes up in the extraordinary session it will not be a party issue, but will divide Con- gress along non-partisan and nom-sectional lines, according to the differing economic and finan- cial theories of statesmen and financiers, and may create a political issue for the country **x% Political issues for 1924 are even now in the making. Senator Hiram Johnson of California has one—resistance to the attempt to curtail the direct primary, and, in fact, to extend it to include the nomination of presidential candi- dates. It is & two-fisted contest he is to make. Thers is no question that a secious move- meat is under way to abolish the direct primary. It is being advanced in the states, in New York it is said that the most serious blow at the system is being prepared for delivery in the Hoosler state, with reason- able prospect of effectiveness. slon of the legislature will fight it out. Senator Johnson contends that reaction is on , and that reaction always shows itself firkt in attack upon the right of electorate to choose for itself its candldates for office. Wit- ness the assauit all along the lne upon the To resist this onslaught, he calls upon all pragressives to rally, and is con- fident that progressivism has not passed, al- though, as he says, “certain progressives have.” Senator Johnson has ever been recognized as an able, two-handed fighting man, and congress- men say he has his work cut out for him in this round he is taking on, for the opponents of the direct primary are in deadly earnest claim that the system has been welghed and * ¥ X ¥ Extension of the direct primary to the coun- try-wide nomination of candidates for President and Vice President is the dream of the advo- cates of the system. It obtains now in a num- ber of states, and its operation in the last cam. paign stimulated the pending and intended plans to abolish it where it exists. It is charged by the opponents that it failed to work out in practice, and that it is a handicap rather than In the next session of Congress the proposi- tion will be brought on the floor of the House and Senate, and the advocates and opponents glven opportunity to make their cases. * ¥ ¥ ¥ Democratic political leaders have not yet re- covered from the state of coma resulting from the blow to the party November 2, and are still That is to say, there are no indications of a revival of party leadership or party policies, so far as this session of Con- The' democrats in Congress are in confusion over tariff policies as a result of the line-up on the emergency tariff bill now pending in the Senate com He holds that a cen- sion. Then be notably be in over bulwark of mensurate there is a tionists have driven a wedge, mentality of crats. polls. Pending pective clal The next ses. larly regar he will be ginia will c fairs. If G for national They The poli fuel—even times, and, many theor! column pag sounds migi resolves in as governm supported others and Jockeyed al caught in tl sandbar. mittee on finance. It is the judg- ment of the leaders that no general tariff policy can be defined for the democratic party until the new tariff bill comes up at th regular ses- it will be molded by the democrats of that House and Senate, from whose number many democrats of this Congress will be missed. The democratic party in Congress will then sectional. Southern democrats will whelming majority in the caucus. Southern democrats in the past have been the the policy of the lowest tariff com- with revenue producing. But now break in their ranks. The protec- by the instru- f the temporary tariff to relieve the agricultural interests, supported by some deme. If the policles of the democratic party of the future are to be established by practically the only democrats who will be in the next Congress, those from the south, the politicians are wondering how attractive they may be to voters of the north and west, and whether they will furnish issues for the next presidential campaign warranting hope for success at the the crystallization of issues, pros- mants for leadership are keeping in the background. Willlam G. McAdoo is popu- ded as keeping a weather eye to windward, and Gov. Cox’s friends maintain that up and doing at the proper time. Senator Underwood of Alabama 1s looked upon as likely to take the leadership in Congress on the tariff question next session, and Senator Owen of Oklahoma and Senator Glass of Vir- ontest for leadership on financial af- ov. Cox does not come forward, Sen- ator Pomerene of Ohio is expected to be put to the front by northern democrats. With the re- tirement from politics of Gov. Al Smith of New York, the Empire state has no one in grooming 1 leadership. tical pot will not begin to boil until the regular session of Congress supplies the though much of it may be as the crackling of thorns under the pot. * %X %k ¥ They are -still talking earnestly and sagely in Congress over the acute questions of the after setting up and knocking down ies, the statesmen all come back to the suggestion as solution for the problems of the same things—work and economy, more produc- tlon and less extravagance. The Congressional Record of debates contains to date 1,436 double- es, the most of the talk being upon “great economic and industrial problems”— hty high-brow—and in the end it all the one solution, the same not being subject to legislative enactment except in so far ental expenditures are concerned. * X X % The belfef is that the emergency tariff bill will fail of passage. It is only half-heartedly by some republicans, opposed by by democrats. It is likely to be ong, with amendments, until it gets he log-jam of appropriation bills to- ward the 4th ef March and pushed on to a (Copyright, 1921, by The Washington Star.) State Department Reply in Cabrera Case; Late News From the Southern Republics BY BEN McEKELWAY. N its answer to a resolution adopt- ed by the Senate last week re- questing full information regard- ing the alleged maltreatment of the deposed president of Gautemals, Manuel Estrada Cabrera, by the pres- ent party in control there, the State Department will not only show that the one-time dictator has not suffered at the hands of the revolutionists, but it will contend, further, that the United States government has not broken faith with the Cabrera faction in Guatemala. This is forecast in the fact that the State Department, anticipating e resolution such as was adopted some time ago, investigated the situation in Guatemala. Its findings in the matter have been made known, though unofcially. The resolution, introduced by Sens- tor Moses of New Hampshire, & mem- not anticipate that at this sets forth that Cabrera has lost his any clature period, there will Bt | peoperty ‘and “continues to receive Solve any and all problems that may arise between employer and employe, “This is no more possible than thaf a plan can be evolved whereby there will be no :ml WAars between na- , plans can be formu- lated and principles can be laid do:n Wwhich will greatly uce the proba- tility of labor disputes and which will eliminate the likelihood of many wars. Some form of industrial de- me on one hand and a league of nations on the other unquestionably will be an agent of great value and influence, but those agents within and of themselves will not eliminate labor troubles or make impossible future wars, “In recent weeks we have heard much about the efiicacy of industrial democracy, of shop committees, 'y s misnomer unleas fafrt: estl; applied. Collective - .ndnl::nh : et [Tt i fed m = i lent of autocrat. L No Pamacea for Troubles. 0, labor problems have always existed and are likely to cu:‘tlnua There is no panacea as industrial democracy, profit-sharing, committee system, open shop, closed 8hop or cole. lectfve bargainink. None of these agencies will accomplish or avail much unless there be behind them and disseminated through every fiber and ples be present, there will be no labor trou- ble. And agaln, if they be present. it does not matter much what plan is used. This accounts for many strik- ing examples of the successful man- agement of labor through each of the P15 the funets “It is the function and provin the engineer to make the :orrec?-.:f alysis, to predict effect known causes. It is purely the mis- sion of the engineer of wide expe- rience or great foresight and of un- selfish motive to see to it: First, that every action {s based upon the prin ciples of honesty, justice and fairness to the employe, the employer and the public; second, to so formula plan of ‘as to eliminate fair privilege of employer and ploye, and to make it possible for each to fulfill its responsibdility to the community, and third, to so organise the plant or industry as to make it exceedingly difficult for an incompe- tent to hold s position of smthority ox to Zave. that will forever | mall treatment, in violation of solemn pledges under the protection of the American legation.” It further is stated that although Cabrera was promised confinement in the military academy, ho has been removed to ‘common jail, confined to a cell used only for dangerous prisoners and de- prived of his legal rights. The State Department will answer these allegations with declarations to the effect that while Cabrera’s arti- cles of capitulation to the revolution- ists were drawn up i® the American legation, representatives of other countries were present at the time, and in company with Benton McMi lin, American minister, signed ti articles, thereby taking equal respon- sibility with the United States in guaranteeing Assumes Place in Senate Vacated |>y Mr. Hardilng ~ % n-.-c:—n-uou-.n. Warrea @G HeofiRg 1 Cabrera his safety.| ) The United States, therefore, was not the lone guarantor. It further will be shown that while thorizing the government to about $11,000,000 on electrifying m&nn‘fl railway of Brazil, the lines of which are the deposed president lost some of his | conveniently accessible to water power property through looting and robbery on the part of the revolutionists, the loss was ynavoidable at the time, due to the generally unsettled conditions following the revolution. ‘While Cabrera was removed Jail, it is stated, he was and I8 at the Dresent time aliowed large and com- fortable quarters, members of his family are permitted to visit him and propare his meals, and last authentic Teports from Guatemala showed that he was in good health and suffering no {ll treatment at the hands of his captors. ‘While in Washington recently, on his way back to Guatemala, after a vacation in the United States, Mr. Mc- Millin conferred with the Secretary of State and reported fully on the condi- tions in Guatemala. Since that time, it is stated, the department has re- ceived from him further reports as to the condition and treatment of the de- posed substantiate Dr. Jullo Bianchi, ich deny, sul the resolutio LR J Dr. Gutlerres, Gut representing the Soci Ru- rale, of Uruguay, an o etzn of cattle raisers, ‘Washing- ton last week on their way to New York, where they will sail for Uruguay within a short time. The delegation, of ‘which Mr. Manuel Gutierrez is secre- tary, visited Kentucky, Kansas, Illinois and other cattle-producing states, in an extensive tour, on which they studied the various phases of the cattle indus in this country. They were impi with the efficiency shown by Americans, not only in raising cattle, but in prepar- ing the products and by-products for the market. An_extensive report on their visit here will be drawn up for use by the cattle raisers of Uruguay. Members of the party visited Secretary Meredith here. They predict an increasing com- r‘r]u-xeo between the United States and 9 *xxs Brazil is taking steps to guard against results of a coal shortage, threatened by the world coal crisis, by electrifying her lways, something already begun large scale in Chile. A bill has the Brasilian for the generation of electricity. The bill further authorizes the government to contract with a private enterprise to furnish the necessary power for not more than fifteen years. The road will apbe transformed in sections or in whole, as found most feasible. * % ¥ ¥ The Dominican republic is to con- duct negotiations with bankers in the United States for a loan of $10,000,000, United States currency, to be applied toward the amplification and expedi- tious completion of the public works program inaugurated in 1916. Under the terms provided for by the execu- tive power, which authorized seek- ing the loan, it will be secured by customs and other national revenues and the bonds will bear interest at 5 per cent, redeemable at par on or befl?’.ra December 31, 1958, in American &ol * % % % The Argentine ambassador, Tomas A. Le Breton, has had completed and forwarded to Argentina another re- in | port compiled with the assistance of in the | the Department of Agriculture, which deals with the methods of prevention and treatment of tuberculosis among cattle in the United States. The re- port is one of a number which the Argentine embassy has prepared for use by the farmers in the republic. In the latest report the method of conducting tuberculin tests among cattle here are described, and the practice by health authorities of reg- istering those cattle, which have suc- cessfully passed the tests is empha- sized as an excellent means to create a sentiment among the farmers to have their herds so registered. * % x *x By a recent law passed in the Ecua- doran congress a school of aviation will be established at Guayaquil and in Quito. A large sum has been con- tributed for the purchase of airplanes, and more will be raised and appro- priated for the maintenance of the schools. * ¥ ¥ % Secretary of State Colby fs expect- ed to arrive in the United States from South America about January 26. According to recent statistics gath- on a|ered by the Associacao Automobilista passed | Braslieira, Brazil has imported 24,475 chamber of deputies au- | automobiles since January, 1907. This Naval Competition With U. S. By Britain Brings Criticism LONDON, January 15.—Any attempt by Great Britain to build a big navy in competition with the United States would be “abkolutely disas- trous,” say some of the leading week- 1y periodicals of London, in comment- ing on the naval estimates for the | ., current year. As presented in the house of commons these estimates were fixed at £90,872,300. The Spectator condemns the post- war recrudescence of “navallsm” un- der the cdption, “Phe Naval Skin Game.” “Against whom should we be building?” it asks. “Either against America or Japan. We should not be building against both, for an alliance between them against Great Britaln is inconcetvable. “We want to say moat emphatically that in our opinfon a competition with America would be absolutely disastrous. We hope the nation will never consent to it.” Any suggestion of & “two keels to one” naval policy as directed against the United States the Spectator dis- misses as ludicrous, and it under- scores the phrase: “We must not form our policy on the possibility of & war “If ever we joined with Japan against America. we should have sounded the knell of the British em- pire,” the paper concludes. ‘The National, which brands big na- valism as sheer lunacy, also strongly opposes naval competition with the United States, which it says will 1';‘- & navy superior to the British in “We cannot successtully enter on & shipbbuilding competition with America, which has twice our popula- tion and four times our resources,” this paper says, and it continues: “Our navalists have put another nail in the coffin of the league of na- tions. Unless this policy is repudi- ated at once it will do more than any- thing else to keep America out of the league, to impel her to a political and economio isolation, developing her full powers of military and naval defense, drawing the South American states into a pan-Americanism, fatal to the larger internationalism, and depriving the broken countries of Europe of the economic and finencial aid that they badly need, and that only the trade and credit of America can supply. That way lies neither peace, nor €co- | made importan: nomiq recovery, nor financial salva- tion.” . represents a value BT approximating * ok x ok Ricardos Casada and Carlos Sales, representing the Association Rurale of Argentina, were in Washington last week following a visit to sev- eral American cities and cattle farms, Wwhere they made inspections similar in many respects to those conducted by the delegates from Uruguay, men- :;o;:g;b:\;e. u’,l‘he Association Rurale ed to the cattle ra try in Argentina. o dnaes * x % *x Ratification of the comm - clers’_convention betwean thia soupiy and Salvador, which is expected within @ short time, will provide free admit- tance of samples without commercial value into Salvador, and will admit un- ;'l‘er small bondl those samples which ave commercial value. The t: facilitate the interchange of ;‘;:i’; 'rb‘e]} tween the two countries. Arrangements for ratifying the treaty are complete Wwith the exception of minor technical de- tails, and thers has been some delay because of the illness of the minister for e convanties Saoma : ‘conven! already has been rati- fiad by several other republics of South America. * % % % When the American ambassador to Chile, Joseph H. Shea, finds a suitable location for the permanent residence of the embassy in Santiago will be the first government-owned ém- bassy building in South America. gross has appropriated $130,000 for the purchase of a suitable residence. * * x x In the yearly budget adopted by the Brazilian “government the President is authorized to grant the usual preferen- tial reductions on certain American goods. The reductions are 30 per cent on wheat flour and 20 per cent on a number of other articles miscellaneous in character. New Head of Mines Bureau Awaits Senate Confirmation H. FOSTER BAIN Of California, who has been mominat- e= =L l’te-‘ ident ‘(":.; to be director of urean of succeeding Dr. F. C. Cottrell. ur.-l'nln, who is mow acting director, was educated and trained as a geologist and mining engineer and was ome of Herbert Hoover’s assistants in London on the He has written for and edited mi; and scientific ::l:‘fl‘o.. and - mf vestigatio in this eountry, im eu—' "Il"“mu MONARCHISTAND RED IN RACE FOR CONTROL - T Ludendorff Fosters Far—Reaching Plot to " Overthrow Governments and Re- establish Di BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN. VENTS in eastefn Europe bear ominous portent. In plottings and counter- plottings may be seen a race between two schools of political thought as wide apart as the north and south poles. The contest for fu- ture control of affairs in practically every nation is between reactionary monarchical schemers and the bolshe- vists of Russia, who today are look- ing toward the complete overrunning of the eastern section of the conti- Rovelations which have reached French and British foreign offices in- ctatorships. slgnal for the monarchists and radi- cals to strike in execution of the Lu~ dendorff plot. Austria, it safely may be predicted. never will be governed by the allies without a revolution of far-reaching character, for it is pretty well established that the Magyars, alded and abetted by the Germans and royalist Austrians, have pro- gressed so far in the general scheme that the monarchist plot in Austria can be realized in far quicker time and with less bloodshed than in any other region, Advance for Scheme. With Austria in the hands of the reactionary elements the Ludendorff Scheme will have been advanced to Y 1 a 3 - @ point where successful effort in __ Germany may be initiated. The dicate that the collapse of Austria|scheme laid before Admiral Horthy 1 must hasten monarchical and dicta- torship schemes in at least four coun- tries formerly part of enemy terri- tory. While plans are going forward to "re-establish royal and military regimes, comes news from Russia that the soviets are massing troops along the whole eastern front, rein- forcing them with those armies which have been operating as far south as Armenia, In hope of siriking the finally “successful _military blow against Poland and Germany, as well as Balkan states, in the spring. Efforts Are Crystallizing. As the situation stands today the two forces are fast crystallizing their efforts, and every present-day gov- ernment from Germany eastward and to the southeast is in danger of over- throw either from enemies within their own states, or, in case Poland and Germany are made bolshevist, from the disciples of chaos sitting in Moscow. But it is to reactionary plotters in Germany, Austria, Hungary and even Czechosiovakia that the allies are di- recting their chief attention at the moment, for the red danger has been admitted from the days of its incep- on. According to revelations just made in England, Gen. Ludendorft and his chief officers during the world war are engaged in perfecting military forces of known sympathy, in a hid- den army ever ready to leap forward and strike for either a military dic- tatorship or the return of Emperor William. Aware of Scheming. According to advices received from Qermany, the soolal democrats in charge of the government are well aware of the militaristic schemings of Ludendorff and a great section of military leaders, but epparently they are powerless to act by virtue of the strongly intrenched reactionaries. Furthermore the temper of a great section of the German people itself is not to be trifled with at the moment, there being constantly growing in- clination toward resistance to the Deace treaty, with consequent rallying around standards of military officers, who have flouted the republican gov- ernment and who daily gain con- verts by talking of war, of revenge against the allies. Everywhere old war organizations have been secretly reformed. Arms have been hidden and great stores of munitions secreted. Allied missions of control have been unable to detect even a small portion of the war ma- terials held by the monarchists. Thousands of armed men are joining Gen. von Dassal in east Prussia and the forces there are assuming gigan- tic proportions. Secret military for- mations are being effected in every section of the land, all looking toward the overthrow of the present govern- ment with consequent return of the kaiser and firmer resistance to allled stipulations. Plot Is Far-Reaching. It the plot were confined to strictly German territory there might not be great danger in the situation. but] iLudendorff, it has beén established jthrough allied investigations, has icarried his scheming to Budapest, Vienna, Prague and to those white Russians who are ever ready to leap at the throat of the soviet refime. The Ludendorft scheme, as revealed, provides that Hungary shall be used as a centralization point for German troops, who shall remain there as peasant farmers and workmen until the hour to strike arrives. Admiral Horthy as far back as last July consented to the scheme whereby | lthese Germans, with the aid of the {Hungarian army, now numbering far | {more than the 30,000 men prescribed | iby the treaty of Trianon, should at| {the proper juncture march upon Vi- | enna, overthrow President Seitz and his government and unite the one- time Austro-Hungarian monarchy un- der a dictatorship, prasumably Mag- yar in character. For this support the bait was held out to Admiral Horthy that Czecho- slovakia should be overrunm, and all those territories stripped from Hun- gary and Austria should be returned and a coalition effected between all elements of the wrecked dual mon- ar 1 Charles Still Hopefal It is known that Emperor Charles never has forsaken the idea of re- iturning to the throne, and his con- fident statements of recent weeks are said to be predicated on the success of Ludendorff machinations. The announcement of the Austrian government during the past week | |that it would be forced to give up the reins by January 15 by virtue of eco- nomic _conditions possibly is true. ! Undoubtedly, however, political ma- neuvers play an important role in | country from return to old conditions it probably desires to place power in and upon which all elements are working today calls for organization of forces in” Austria and Hungary, with their consequent march upon Germany. In Bavaria it is declared the reactionaries will have little op- position, the monarchical sentiment in those 'regions being particularly strong. Czechoslovakia must be disposed of, and, under the Ludendorfl plan, the forces of Gen. Bassan in east Prussia would push south for invasion while the Magyar and Austro-German forces would move north upon Prague in a pincers movement. Despite the comparatively well ordered state of things in Czecho- slovakia, it is realized there are hun- dreds of thousands of people not in sympathy with the governing powers, who ever are ready to welcome any. diversion leading to the overthrow of the present regime. With Czecho- slovakia disposed of, however. and proper rewards offered to Buigaria for military assistance, Such as the return of the Dobrudja, Ludendorft and his allies might be able with as- sistance of German monarchists and reactipnaries themselves to put an army of a million men into the field. : all well equipped and ready for any contingency. It is believed that if the plotters® plans carry the Berlin government could not last two weeks under co- ordinated pressure and that the es- tablishment of a military dictatorship with subsequent return of the royal regime ‘would come within a com- paratively brief space of time. Western Invasion Talked Of. ‘With this, the old regime, unchast- ened by the bitter defeat of 1918, would set in motion a movement not only looking tcward the repudiation of the Versailles peace terms, but it is even planned 10 once more invade Belgium and seize northern Franc ‘Whether Ludendorff is in earne: in believing Germany could surv another world war, such as thi scheme would usher in, or whether the elaborate plan revealed is sim- ply to stir followers and potential supporters to a spirit of revenge and bitter antagonism against a Berlin government which they consider s pliant to allied desires, is not known, but this western invasion feature nevertheless remains a part of the general scheme. Even should the Germa: never go 8o far as to carry out a western in- vasion, the success of hte plot in over- throwing present governments in southeastern Europe would go far toward revival of Germanic control and, at least, break down allied in- fluence to a point where the fulfill- ment of treaty terms by once enemy nations could be flouted. Realization of the Ludendorft scheme would eventually clash with the bolshevists, who. likewise, are preparing to overrun Europe. Luden- dorft, by plans submitted to Horthy. in Budapest and cohorts, proposes to o 1 0 AP yREANY " " 30 s 3L =g use his military forces in organising.s~ the anti-bolshevist elements of white, Russia and strike against the soviets. It is hoped to gain control in Ger. many before the reds strike Poland: in the spring, in order that bolshe- vists within Germany may be crushed with an iron hand. 3 Ludendorff realizes, it is declared. the German situation must be gotten, in hand and home boishevists intim - dr -5 L3 ot dated and suppressed before the reds:ig realize their ambition of German in-- vasion, yet Ludendorff hopes to see the reds crush Poland before he” strikes eastward. If the plot is car-; ried to fulfiliment it would see the anti - bolshevist Russians rallied" around the Ludendorff banner, ana battling against the reds, the hope, being to re-establish a firmer and more civilized regime in Russia and subsequent complete co-operation be- tween Germany and Russia. as well_ as the whole of central and south- eastern Europe in not only resisting allied dictates. but imposing their will upon the whole of the old world. Reds Noticeably Active. The reds have learned of the Lnden-. dorft plans and are noticeably sctive” in preparing to further their owne aims before Ludendorff and. his co~ horts can strike. Every effort is be- ing made to undermine the Germanic in Hungary and Austria, -but: bility of Ludendorff carryilng out im- w e s A= ds ™ - ~ "~ o et ” £ a £ x = mediate hopes in the dual monarchy. if in no other country to the sonth-"fl_ east. Spring and summer may see the complete collapse of Ludendorft schemings or the next few months may be marked by bitter civil strife in’ Germany, and red success, or another eventuality may be struggle between the combined forces of central Europe and the red arm- ies of Lenin and Trotsky. . It remains for the average observer along lines policy to which a vast portion of Ger- ) @ long and bitter — n iconvincing the present government |of events to decide which would bes ! that it cannot live, and to save the | worse—a red Eupore or one dictated. . of age-old militaristic the hands of the allied reparations |many still clings, policies which ush-. s commission. | But any such action would be the . ered in the frightful era of bloodshe: in 1914. d, DISTRICT RED CROSS READY : TO ACT IN ANY CALAMITY ‘Washington has had no really serious disaster since the visit of the British during its village days in 1814. Inasmuch as no city s beyond the danger of such, however, it will be good news to resi- dents of the District that the past elght months have witnessed serlous prepara- tion for an effective mode of procedure, in the event of a calamity, on the part of a number of organizations, private and public, under the leadership of the disaster preparedness committee of the District Chapter of the Red Cross. It was made apparent at a meeting |y held during the past week in the Dis- trict building, when reports from the various agencies involved were sub- mitted to Dr. Ralph Jenkins, chairman of the disaster preparedness committee, that an effective relief body, able to cope successfully with consequences | of earthquake, fire, flood or explosion, | had come into existence. H- B. Mac-| farland, vice chairman of the District chapter, and chairman of its relief fund sub-committee, reported tiat any emer- gency pmpolll(llon couldel')o gutclg:'i sys- tematically and adequately finan i District health Dr. William C. Fowler, officer, chairman of the commi merchants tents, lanterns, pajamas, hip boots, underwear, raincoats, ofl stoves, cots, bedding, hospital robes and towels could be secured in appre- ciable quantities. Mrs. Charles D, Carter, captain commanding the local Red Cross Motor Corps, told the meet- ing that half a hundred leading &rms of the city had promised that they I* could be relied on to furnish their' i motor equipment. Vice chairman of the food committee, eported favo; a8 regards - cial provinee. e Miss Emma Jacobs, Brig. Gen. George Richards, U. S. . C., and Lieut. Col. Charles F. Kutz, U. S. A., representing the fed- eral and District governments, form the emergency housing committee, ~* and in their report pointed out un-: 4y expected resources in this respect. . Gen. Richards announced that tents could be transported here from Quan-: 5. tico by truck in a few hours, in addi. tion to those obtained -here, and that the committee could rely on the Army' * and Marine Corps for cots and for the: hasty construction of camps on pub- lic_reservatioma John Dolph, chairman of the relief: Pobpital care and sanitation, report- arrangements of a confidential nature o9 Pavorably on the hospital facili- |to be made on behalf of all individ- fios situation, Including regular am. |uals or families applying for assist- ance, and Fecommended that informa- bulances and vehicles which could serve as such. Miss Anna J. Green- lees, chapter director of women’s in- struction and chairman of the nurs- ing subgommittee, reported on avail- able nurses and was instructed to make a further survey of nurses in government service. tion sign be made up in advance. Mrs. W. F. Whitlow was appointed” Printed instruc- w b fo ¥ - *» o & L3 - t 4 >t ittee on |8nd rehabilitation committee, tola of . » io [ permanent secretary of the generak.s; Gisaster committee. tions will be compiled and distrib- *5 uted to the various subcommittees. It W was 8lso decided to assume- the Te-«ys, Miss Mabel Boardman, chairman of | sponsibility for rendering disaster re- the committee on supplies and food,|lief to six of the surrounding counties” ® announced that through the local|in Virginia. 2