Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1921, Page 35

" FRANCE WELLON WAY , N TOFINANCIA \ { . LHEALTH ‘When German Indemnity Is Established Will Be the World’s Greatest 5 Creditqr' N BY LOUIS L. KLOTZ, ¥everal Times Finance Minister of v e Unit far tries. notal (Note—This is the second of two articles on “France's economic future written by this emi- ment French financier.) *Cross-Atlantic Service to The Star: PARIS, January 10.—The loan which ‘the French government has just nego- *tiated with so much success did not produce enough, nevertheless, to take ‘care of more than one-fifth of the ex- pegges of France’s extraordinary budget Jor 1921, which covers temporary ex- Penses brought about as a direct result -of the war. But it must be remembered *that the ordinary budget, providing for wll permanent expenses, civil and mili- tary, amounting to 20,751 millions of francs, now is balanced by income. For the first time since the war began, France, in s0 far as her ordinary ex- nses and receipts go, is living within er income. This is a tremendous ac- <omplishment. “No other country of the world,” the British chancellor of the exchequer has ®aid, ‘has accomplished in such a short time a comparable result.” Must Repair War Damage. Tf it were not that France must ex- end large sums to repair war damage sand restore her industry she would be out of financial difficulty even now. She “has been able to raise by popular loan wufficient, as I have said, to cover one- Hifth of her projected expenditures for truction in 1921. The other four- fths, according to the terms of the SVersailles treaty, should be paid by Ger- . But Germany has not paid and cannot wait. We must begin thi tal work of restoring our ruined de- nis. The distress of our na- Mtionals and the interest of the country ‘emand immediate relief for the north wand east. For the present France 'is 7 this work, the credits for Fwhich total 23 billion francs. by credits rat home and abroad. This is for her a ™heavy burden. But it is money bor- for investment which has all our Tecuperative powers behind it and it h not be considered as an evidence “of financial instability. ‘The establishment of a regular bud- ®et, although it is w capital symptom 'of public order and of the. health of public finance, would be merely a vain | gesture if it did not rest on the solid of reality. The budget is but a. sign, the value of which depends upon 'ltu sincerity; its balancé and equilib- rium, which repose upon expected re- i ceipts. are maintained only if these expected receipts are established, ‘without undue optimism or exaggera- tiop; and if the general wealth of the | country permits it to respond to the ) appeal to its contributive force. Taxes Show Up Well. Our methods of evaluating receipts, on the yields of previous years| and amended only for sound reasons after careful study are essentially sound. In consequence, tax receipts or 1919 and 1920 were larger than they had been evaluated for the pur- pose of the budget. For the first ten jmonths of this current year the sur- * plus receipts in one classification only, that of indirect taxes, were no less than 1,798 million francs. It is inter- esting to see whence this surplus e. It is found that the tax yield on the sale of houses and land were vastly superior to the yield expected. Investigation shows that this is due to' the acquisition of property in rural districts by small farmers, who have become- .small landowners, freeing coun us. the of 2 less, 5.000 built, this these this over lions ed t date lies. ment debt the d pire the o ment. 1 will exportation. not impatient. 215,000.000,000 franos, excluding_ the debtor. France will be the bi ation. France will be second only to the ed States in iron production and ahead of other European coun- . So far as chemical products, bly fertilizer, concerned, France today holds her independence in her hands. ment her textile production 40 per i cent. She will be able to au Obstacles Being Overcomie. But hope comes not only from our recovered provinces. ‘Throughout the try the restoration and develop: ment of our economic forces is pre gressing and will progress in_ever- growing measure as we are able to overcome the obstacles confronting That vast battle-swept desert of the north, in which not a farmhouse, hardly a tree, escaped destruction, is slowly but surely recovering. table errors have been made, but no work has found -its stride. Inevi- 700,000 pers more than ns rendered home- ,500,000 have rebuilt and returned to their homes. Out of kilometers of railroads destroy- ed 4,000 have been put into shape and are in use; of 4,875 bridges and via- ducts destroyed 3,400 have been re- , and of the 2,880,000 hectares of cultivated land rendered useless Z.- 610,000 hectares have been cleared of prosject"em wire and other debris, and 1.435, 000 were worked and harvested year. The patient but obscure efforts of our people go unnoticed in the clam- or of noisy minorities. Our trade bal- ance, so heavjly burdened during the war, begins to improve and improve steadily. the supplies necessary for the re-es- tablishment of our industries before But wé must buy abroad industries can make goods for Nevertheless, despite fact the surplus of our imports exports, which totaled 19 bil- in November, 1919, had decreas- 0 10.894 'millions on the same of 1920. And.if France is a debt- or, it must be remembered she also is a creditor. advanced mote francs in money or kind to her al- During the 'war France than 1,600.000,000 She is assured of the repay of the most of this and she is In all, France is owed of Russia. Te Be Creditor Nation. For the moj New French War Minister Preymjer Briand Must Satisfy Aspiration_ls of the French for National Safety. BY RENE VIVIANI, Former Premlier of France. A recent portrait of Louls Rarthou, w |recently appointed minister of war in Out |the mew French cabinet by Premier Briand. INSPECTORS BAR Ports When Physicians Re- ject Applicants. FAMILY GROUPS BROKEN Many Refugees Seeking American Homes Reported to Be in ‘Wretched Plight. By the Associated Press. elay fixed by the (reaty wiil oot |0 Seek new homes in America are on May 1, 1921. rdinary expenses of the govern- (2) Look to the execution of nce has shown that she can el she in have to maintain a constan re for the reduction of cred"; and she will h rest Ve 3239?2‘&'.,;.: of her economio re- sources, issue bonds based upon and when necessary she will 1 their holdings. of the mortgages and|to he flscal other liens which 'weighed on them Th before. - The political and social im- possible earnests of the solic prosperity which opening up again before us. Another source of weaith in the fu- ture which has not been taken into consideration at ail in considering our respurces. is the return to us of the lost provinces of Alsace and Lor- raine. These provinces compri 14,500. square kilometers of .fertile =g|cl|“nr&l and forest land and 1,700,- inhabitants, whose labor is being jadded to swell the effort we are mak- 1ing toward our rehabilitation. The.re- !turn of the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine ends the economic servitude ‘which was put upon us by the violent peace of 1871. Henceforth, with its an- nual - production of: 43,000,000 - tons, lus firmty the allies and in T every three, out o :.m be able to say: common task: wi have given biood time of necessary sacrifi established in my ) remains—o ise | liberty was my sons. Now I'lack an artist out of every of y. R my large part of the and ore S o s ; when accounting' came I made th: and order is re- house. One thing my soil the battle for fought For the common I gave one of uvtery three of a farmer out of thi % machinist out 2 aclentist out ott;veroyt ficee, is Tes, a poet f every three, a father. out of and clearly in the coun face of Gorman ive tak TOSSED BY SEA ‘75 DAYS. |RED CROSS TO FEED 50,000 Sailing Vessel Gives Up Attempt to [Opens Kitchen for Children fn Bu- BUDAPEST, January 20.—An Amert- hardships of crossing the Atlantic in|can Red Cross kitchen has been opened @ salling vessel in mid-winter were,here to feed 50,000 children, but the|CODSTegating at Hamburg and Brem- shown by the experience of the Nor-|misery among wegian bark Sirdal, which gave up|Pedlow of the Red the attempt after spending seventy-|that of Vienna. Cross Atlantic. QUEENSTOWN, January 28.—The five days at sea and has returned or worn out by fatigue and exposure. Neither vessel nor men were fit for further conflict with angry seas. Th Sirdal left Christia: as October 22, bound for Barbados|other and carrying only ballast. | Almost from the start she encoun- jtered heavy westernly gales, but 'mde her way as far west as mid- {Atlantic, whence she [ 1o the “oomat"oe “Lavrador 5 “then SCANDINAVIA HARD HIT. almost over to Iceland. Several times jshe was thrown on her beam ends.|American Vessels Drive Ship Own- e Iher decks incessantly swept by seas, cabins flooded and riggings so strain- ed that it was feared the mast would £0. One man'fell from aloft in a gale and was killed. NEW JAPANESE WARSHIP. 'xmm-!onnmétas,soom Speed of 23 Xnots. IBattleship, Nagato, has a deadweight ton- i-'.. mage of 33,800, and can develop a speed foreign Uef, while virtually nothing had been according to Capt. surpasses even suffering through the idea .of Capt. Ped- must con- i but never American and aid had brought somse re- ers to Reduce Tonnage. ips which carrying coal to Norway In consequence the to lay up an. indefinite perivd. Thi reduced t!?:'col.l'trlfl: and . Durham, Scandinavian shj, il hipping men canceled ni twenty-three knots ’::"th is 660 fest. The armament of|for the comstruction of new tonna; {the new includes eight 15-inch guns and twenty 6-inch guns. She is fitted with four turbine engines. The Nagato takes a place among the largest battleships gfloat today, her 33,800 tons comparing with the British Hood, 41,000 ton: the American Tennessee, 32,000 { Admiral Tochinal, the commander of 1 L3 n, said that the Ny| to is unique not only in size, but also her equipment. Her maln is bulilt in the form of & tower and range finder has been so devised that can fire at an enemy very far off. I [ e i TAX ON ALL SERVANTS. [Parisians Must Pay High for Do- i mestics and Pianos. PARIS, January 29—This city has ‘nlt been authorized to collect high- r taxes on pianos and domestic serv- ants. For the privilege of being Jmanaged by an autocratic cook or aiplomatic maid, Parisian families Mwill now have to pay 40 francs a Year. If the servants are men the @mount {s doubled. A sliding scale of 40 francs for ®bne woman servint to 200 francs for five of them and from 80 to 400 Srancs for man servants is provided Jor In the bill. No provision is made gor families having more than five rvants, the lawmaki probably holding this to be sufficient tax on he famil: patience. Tutors and 5 %° -nc-td 100 francs overnesses are ‘The txx on plancs i to range from | and Couurr:-.nn A mechanical plano =} cost its owner the highest sum. addition to the Japanese fleet | at British AUSTRIA IS HELPLESS. Unable to Match Rockefeller Gift yards. to Universities. equal a has been forced toreply that ncial sit- meet the sug- at Cambo, in the purchaser. It v.;..u t is ns _are stocked as to be constantly Yvilla s treas: the Chiness -:nu bo‘llz:' The house are to be sold, contents and all. Rostand has nfi mentioned | while in fmigrati At that time |rejected before they can embark for iggest creditor t nation the world has QVQP‘T(HO'II-Z she D oy is and of pplenty will have in her power resources of credit far in excess of the amount of her foreign debt. 'd'l'ro m—opontllonl anlly are contain- n France’s future financial policy: (1) Maintain the ordinary budget for | TISSIOR to the United States. and promise. Tragic scenes are nu- merous when the ships’ physicians announce the list of those barred because of signs of disease or disa- bility which would prevent their ad- e hundred homeseekers were re- Jected out of 600 who attempted to the treaty for the payment of th.|leave Bremen on one steamer re- exnenses of reconstruction. cently. All these unfortunates were not defective, but the the rejection handle the first task. She will have | Of One member of a family in many to relieve the strain on her treasury by consolidating her floating debi, and particularly her foreign.dep will have to absorb progressively her ordinary budget certain remain- ing relics of her extraordinary budget consisting of a few expense are a_direct result of the war. She cases prevented the entire group from sailing for America. Pitiable Cases Cited. The most pitiful of the tragedies occur in the breaking up of family groups, when some children old enough to travel alone_are allowed to proceed -to America, ,while others are detained. One Polish woman, the widow of an ‘army surgeon, and her sixteen- had been rejected at anzig when the steamer had touched, there because the boy had conjunctivitis. The woman came with her son train to Bremen and another their original diagnos! ‘woman was compelled to remain witl her son. ' In se cases one ‘child in a family' of five or six -l"owed of trachoma or conjunctivitis. ‘This was sufficient to halt the wWhole family or to break up the family group, some of the members of which might go to America, while others could not. Disabling Diseases Enumeratéd. Typhus, trachoma and favus, an affection of the scalp, are the thres diseases for which ships’ physicians seek above all others in examining emigrants from Poland and_other war areas destined for the United States. The United States emigra- tion officials are slow to admit per- sons whose eyes are not normal and force the steamship line to carry thém back to: their port of embarka- tion. Besides, a fine of $200 may be imposed upon the steamship oom- panies for carrying such persons to American ports. Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia and Po- d are pouring streams of prospec- tive .emigrants into these three ports and the steamer lines are forced to exert every effort to check them from Lo examination adhéréd to en in larger numbers than can be ac- commodated. Model, sanitary quar- ters are available in for emigrants, but the conditions are tar less satisfactory in Danzig. Refugees in Wretched Condition. The refugees who flock into Danzig are generally .in a wretched state ‘when they arrive from the devastated parts of Poland and the Baltic states. Their accommodations there are old and insanitary. Steerage passage from German ports to America this winter have been ex- actly three times the rate charged before the war, or the equivalent of $110, while a second-class passage has 20. In spite of the increased expense of Atlantic travel, every steamer leav- ing for America has every berth tak- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, England, |en and reservations are booked for January 29.—Scandinavian shipown- |months ‘in advance. It is expected ers have been hard hit by the com- petifion of American_shi have devel 8 bij - tnM @ big business since and Sweden. Scandipavians have decided mu‘tom of shipping in their home ; TOEIO, January 29.—Japan’s latest|has se: y Northumbe: ‘:.nd. "‘.d« o here that this situation may be re- lieved by the gradually increasing number of ships entering the German- American service and,possibly, by im- on Jegislation now pending in the United States Congress. BRAIN- MUSEUM IN PARIS. Minds ‘of Statesmen on Display ‘With Those of Criminals. PARIS, January 29—Paris now has a “brain museum.” It has been esta- lished in an annex of the Ecole de Medicine. It is equipped with glass- enclosed shelves on which are dis- played porcelain molds of the brains of prominent personages in French history. The brains of great savants, statesmen and diplomats repose side VIENNA, January 29.—The Rocke- |by side with those of notorious crim- feller Foundation has donated a hundred thousand dollars to the Uni- versities of Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, |sise is the brai Budapest and Prague, for medical re. pant, search, with the suggestion that the ;u:&::nusov:mmt:nl make an ution for the same e purpose. because of her desperate financi i uation she cannot gestion. SEEKING AMERICAN BUYER Rostand, . Playwright, Wants to ;:rld i:n-‘ ym‘?:ortmug:“ of a Sell His Place in Pyrenees. oy PARIS, January 29.—Edmond Ro-|riages, a ratio o stand, the playwright, wants to sel1]| *ch 1000 marri his marvelous estat Pyrenees, and he is looking for an|to be the highest divorce rate in Eu- American ‘was that he wrote “Chanticleer,” and described ath most artistic spot in| was cut about one-half in 1919 by ce. with fl in bloom. sto! inala. The largest brain in tke collec- tion is that of the famous French scientists, Bertholet; next to that in n of Troppman, the criminal in the anpals of crime. grea French JAPAN LEADS IN DIVORCES. 56,741 Granted in 1918, Com- ‘With 503,236 Marriages. TOKIO, January 29.—The assertion is made here that Jlnu'llenan t):: te the number of divorces in 1918 56,741, as against 503,236 mar- 112.8 divorces to tl w This is compared to the German rate of 21.6 per 1,000, which is sald Unofficial figures indicate that rope. rate of increase in population Japan’ influenza and high cost of living. ‘The estimated yearly increase of Jap- ans's population has f.eml.n Dbeen assumed to be about 800,000, 1918 census increass of about 600,000, 1919 the fncrease -was only showed an MANY FROM U.S. Tragic Scenes in Foreign BREMEN, Germany, January 29.— In spite of this, France today is a|Hundreds of emigrants who came lent she cannot | i Bremen, [amb; 1 count in certain, definite figures. B Spasrenen Hanhire, Sndi Dansle these two ports. | l:‘W comp: . ;y all except one man, a sailor, who had been present when the ship was dlown up. He opened and allowed th iy compartment nea low':: starboard. BRI S By Cable to The Star. PARIS, January 29.—The enor- mous majority vote of confidence given Premier Briand in the cham- ber of deputies does mnot indicate the preference of that body for any certain method of procedure. Confidence, indeed, was voted, but Briand was really given a general and vague mandate to achieve suc- cess at any price. Public impatience becomes in- creasingly exacting as events un- roll. Neither Briand's high integ- rity nor undoubted ability will save him from hostile reaction. His fate depends upon results. The harshness, even the injustice of this, are perhaps good things. Des- tiny is not always dependent on will, and the time is past when good intentions suffice. ‘What results can Briand obtain? The week’s developments encour- age hope for an agreement which too often has been prevented by misunderstandings these last months. Fortunately, peoples, espe- cially since the war, who former- 1y were kept at a distance from chancelleries, where —mysterious personages babbled mysterious formulas, demand the right to un- derstand diplomgtic ~ problems. They have bought this right with blood, and their wounds have hardly yet closed. So peoples are meeting, exchanging views, under- standing one another, and correct- ing errors egotistically committed by their ephemeral governments. * x k% The prime question today is dis- armament. They hope that it will not be linked with reparations. This would be playing Germany's game, and would result only in strife and confusion. Germany audaciously declares she will not pay unless she is permitted to al- low Bavaria to remain armed. Such a procedure would be obviously perilous. Failure to disarm would give Germany an immediate ad- vantage. Subsequent payment would give us a very remote ad- vantage. We cannot yield an im- mediate advantage in return for a remote one. Germany must dis- arm her supplementary Bavarian guards, which are not permitted in the treaty. Herein America, our far-off im- partial judge, must support us. We are not demanding disarma- ment for the sake of a needless disruption of Germany, nor to further internal dismemberment. That would be folly. Germany was BY GEORGE N. BARNES, Former Labor Member of . British ‘War Cabinet, many’s payments in five annual install- ments, each of $750,000,000, if experts say this is possible. The German: de- tion, sank deep into the British mind. over settling the Austrian problem is aided promptly or permitted- to com- bine with another political unit she may go bolshevik in addition to 'bankrapt. Poland also is economically weak and it _countries are 1in :"llllnlhr light. President-clect Harding’s letter &“}m A. Stewart, chairman of the board of governors of Sulgrave Insti- tution, foreshadowing co-operation with othiers besides Anglo-Saxon peoples, is timely and hopeful sign, for the difficul ties of any country are the concern of all othe Briand’s attitude has produced a fav- orable impression in England. It 't‘.l happy augury for peace on account of his political strength and broad views. ‘We can expect an anglo-French agree- ment on the Russian problem on the basis of mutual concessions, France re- stactory of life and'treasury end to the waste s xt:l‘%k Briand's si t warning to - shevists that they must not attack allies bordering Russia finds an echo here, with the reservation, however, that said al- lies cease their fooling. Plans to Relieve Unemployed. There was an increass of 170,000 un- employed 'registered at the labor ex- changes this week and thers were no signs of improvement in the gemerul situation. The only remedies are tue government relief appropriations of sev- eral millions sterling and private chari- ty. Labor ol ns refuse to co- Cratft Raised From Mud of Taranto Harbor—Hull Floated In on Giant Rafts. Star and Chicago Dally News. By Cable to mmr:'-l:;x. Ccage. ROME, Italy, January 29.—The righting of the hi of the battle~ ship Leonardo da Vinci, while not an epochmaking feat in naval engineer- ing, was certainly, in view of the great size of the ship, & most spec- tacular one. This is the opinion of Capt. Joseph M. Reeves, the American naval attache here, and of other naval attaches who were present at the right- ing. The ship lay for some years in the mud of '.I.anv.o harbor. Then the en- gineers stripped away the turrets and guns, repaired the damaged full, pumped it full of air until it floated, and then, by the aid of giant rafts, towed it into the drydock, where the repairs were completed and prepara- tions made to turn it, for the was still upside down. Several thou- B e Dart of the huls and into & er part of the hull an fow “Compartments on_the starbosrd The ship was then abandoned t.hv valves 2 upper keel to ‘Then it rolled over and e TRAt would e oy e BRITISH PEOPLE WOULD GO FAR FOR RETURN OF PEACEFUL TRADE George N. Barnes Asserts Lasting Improve- ment Can Come Only Through Co-.qper-. ative Effort to Settle War Problems- operate with the government, which is at othe: These 1a- LONDON, January 29.—British public opinion, I am sure, will support any reasonable measure for enforcing Ger- struction of French factories in war time, which now retards French restora- The hesitation of the Paris conference exceedingly grave. Unless Austria is FLOAT SUNKEN WARSHIP |GREEK ROYAL FAMILY BY PUMPING FULL OF AIR|. SEEKS FAVOR OF PEOPLE Would Placate the. Followers of stantine and all the members of the Greek royal family, Athens, are leaving nothing undone to win favor with the people. On the other hand, members of a section of the upper class of society (the so- called lion hunters) are doing every- thing in mittance into the royal circle. of soclety they belon, Constantine as .a sél: who would sacrifice ‘the interests of The heartily for they never miss an opportunity for makin; Aspasia . Mane natic widow of the l::'a ander, continues to attract general founded fifty years ago by a mili- tary victory and completed by economic presperity. It honors humanity that defeat has united her various elements as grief often unites members of a family. We have-no right to interfere in such a policy nor to intervene in internal politics in the German states. * ok ok kx But we have the right to hope that certain tendencies and par- ties will ttiumph in those atates. France's interest. arising out of her sentiments, is to see true de- mocracy finally arise in Germany. Despite constitutional appear- completely established. It is in- sufficient to create juridic form, wherein a democratic government is a recognizabla example of a parliament elected by universal suffrage. The mentality and con- science are lacking. American, English and French people know what democracy means. It is the air they breathe. They cannot imagine living without such air. Not so Germany. Alas, the enthusiasm which Ger- man socialists showed over inno- cent Belgium's martyrdom _still astonishes and frightens us. What* a long road democratic spirit must still travel. Everything can- not be done in a day. War kills- principles like men. Has it reno=- vated the consciences of the Ger-, man people? Has it instilled any- thing except blind hatred of Eng- 1land? We, shall soon discover. Now, by aiding in the formation of German democravy we aid dis- armament, and, insisting upon disarmament, we ald the formae tion of certain German democracy. For the democratic spirit will help us arrive by moral force at dis- armament which material force, however strong, cannot guaran- tee. The disarmament of the rev- olutionary and imperialistic hordes of Bavaria, of Which'the sinister Ludendorff is preparing to take command, will, by:a bloody coup.d'etat, save the germ of democracy that may exist there. It is our highest interest to see penetrate into Germany the light and face of our French rev- olution, which will complete the liberation of German minds from militafism, that formidable ghost of an abhorred past, which we imagined destroyed forever. But in the words of the French pro- verb, “Some dead men meed to be killed.” present devising r plans. bor bodies are formulating their own plan, which will be offered-to the gov- ernment, but it is doubtful that it will e accepted. ‘Wild men are talking of a general strike to enforce their demands. Some manufacturers are also exploiting the situation by demanding turiff protec- tion. The anti-dumping bill, protect- ing the basic industries, is being pre- pared and, as appetite comes with eating, other industries are pusking their claims for inclusion. Therc is, indeed, an amazing lack of perspec- tive on the part of the.leaders of both sides and a stranger reading the British press would think we had lost our mental balance and had become hysterical. Co-Operative Effort Essential. Ill-considered projects and count projects shouted back and forth touch only the fringe of our present needs and mutual recriminations are certainly not helpful. The world, in truth, is traversing a new and umn- charted sea of experience. All schemes.. governmental and laborite, alike, will be swamped by the wiave of world economic disintegration uniess-prompt recognition is given the fact that real and lasting improvement can cothe only through a co-operative ef- fort to settle the war problems. - The resymption’ of peaceful ‘trade daily assumes greater importance. The British people, to get the results of this, would go far, even to the recog- nition of the soviets, provided, of course, that the bolsheviks woald: ob- serve the ordinary amenities of civil- ized intercourse. Many of the reports on Russia ‘are undoubtedly unde- pendable, but a deep impression has been caused here by the harrowing recitals of the Amrican, Schwartz. formerly pro-soviet, wWh tale re- news- the repugnance of the British people and makes recognition or even trade more difficult of attainment. Krassin who now is in. Moscow, is doubtless submitting a. draft of. a trade agreement to the soviet author- ities, but trade with Russia is- still an extremely doubtful proposition. (Copyright, 1921.) Venielos—XKing’s Brothers Disliked by Many. ATHENS, January 29.—King Con- now again in| their power to obtain ad- The Venizelists, to whatever class regard King individual e king’s severdl brothers are also disliked in Venizelist circles, territory was extended to its present Lrontiers. Mme. the morga. King Alex- ittention in Athens. She now_lives Y hl‘;utl; in & rather modest dwell- E ances, democracy h#s not yet been his by rles of di by ed! SIR JAMES CRAIG, ‘Who, according to ‘reports fros don, will :be anked to-form the first Ulster_miniatry under the home raie With Sir Edward Carson out, it in regarded as a certainty in well in- law. b Gavernor as Premier North of Ireland ‘the by formed govern: James Craig will be offered the Ulster premiership. Luxuries and Talk BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, January 29.—Just as the teeth of a person suffering from a violent toothache are set on edge at the sight of some one biting hard toast or candied fruit, so public opinion in Germany was set on edge by the opening speech of Aristide Briand. He compared the economic conditions of the two countries, pointing out that Germany’s tech- nical industrial apparatus remained intact and exclaiming emphatically that it was unendurable that the conquered should be suffering less than the conquerors. However, the reasonable tone and deliberated sub- stance of his speech cannot be criti- sed. 2| Public opinion i often the result of private indolence. wittily said Nietsche, the lyric philosopher. Pub- lic opinion was ‘ly persuaded that a very unjust Ari. ides had pictured Germany as a most desirable land. wallowing in riches, flowing with milk and honey. But he did not. This mt circles that Sir uprising. Goyernment authorities here take no . the sensational reports of notice every; eastern area, thus shutt seal hunters. se: iastwara ‘(lem.u me:e? 'wht}:‘:n [ing in Russia’; less the Jaj REDS WILL CHECK - REVOLT IN-RUSSIA Peking Refuses to Believe Re- ports of Revolutionary Successes.’ SOVIET ANGRf AT JAPAN Intefference in Russia’s Internal Affairs May Lead to Seri- ous Trouble, BY WILLIAM “R. GILES. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 18210 PEKING, China, January 29.—The |Makes the settlement more difficult. counter-revolution which is taking place between Vladivostok and Chita | Dangerous mistakes have been made with the object of overthrowing the soviets- i8' not considered a serious fmovement. . Temporary successes may be obtalned on account of the sur- prise, but under the the ci: '] now existing the attempt will proba- bly be a mere flash in the pan. It is reported that Ataman Semenov is the 4 leader in the present movement, an as he has been under the protection of the Japanese during the past few months, it is believed in some quar- ters that they are interested in the rnm; cont¥ol m-Siberia. Japan Seizes Fishing ‘Rights. ‘This would seriously incommode th “Red Rasputin,” Japanese, who are trying to_take ove: Syl el 4 portant rritos thy ‘While the. support the present movement, the: are sure that public opinion:in Japas would not countenance a serious Si- -| berian campaign. War Feeling in Japam ut a Russo-Ja us dimensions, eyl statesman, celebrated for adroitness. with ideals carefully hidden behind his favorite “realization,” is not so imprudent as some newspaper cor- respondents who, after three days in Berlin, in the luxury of a hotel, a few walks through the principal streets, and meals taken in the mosat elegant restaurants, relate that-all reports of German misery are boche camouflage, Admits Briand’s Assertion. If 80, it weuld be easy for our creditors to force Germany to pay and the rulers in the Quai d'Orsay would not_be " crushed under their burdens. Briand knows Germany’ distress through the terrible statis- tics of poverty of city children and the unbearable sufferings of the mid- dle who formerly lived com- fortably on a salary or income, and Who now, on account of the ‘depreci- ::leld money, are gradually obliged to inherited. But he also knows what the "devastated regions of France look like, where thousands still have no roofs, and the statement that Ger- many’s productive power.is still in- tact is unquestionably correct. It is an extraordinary fact that those who finally were vanquished never had, during the four years of war, the enemy on their soil and had to en— dure only after peace the hardships and sufferings which conquerors bore during the war. It is just this paradox which Mistakes on Both Sides. on both sides. France considers repa- ration the substitution of very com- fortable houses for old, dilapidated ones; modern manufacturing ma- chinery for old-fashioned apylsnces, rcumstance; and Sword—Spies in Every Group. Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to The Star. COPENHAGEN, January 29.—Olga sends some very interesting letters to a ent, concession in far ner truth of conditions in Russia. *“The destruction of our poor coun- has been destroyed a system is being built up which enthrones crime as the years these human beasts who call themselves bolshevists have persecut- ed all hohest elements in the country with fire and sword, and now they boast of their work of reconstruction. Poise of Suspicion. “If only-ten men are together in a room here in Moscow, it is certain that at lemst one of them is a spy. The subtle poise of suspicion has embit- e8 | tered relations between man and wife, ‘- | between parents and children and be- tween brothers and sisters. knows who may have been forced into Un- they eSe ‘are willing to e 15, WHY FRENCH BELIEVE! GERMANS PROSPEROUS Maximilian Harden Saysvlmportaffio'n °£E of the Unchastened Nullify Plea of Poverty. and thus the reconstruction cost, which Maynard Keynes estimated at 16,000.000.000 gold marks, Loucheur at 60.000,000,000 and Klots at 106,000,000~ ecomes a mountain which Ger- many’'s lame legs are unable to climb. There is no consideration of the fact that Alsace-Lorraine today, thanks to German industry, is much more valu- an when it was taken in 1871 afraid of mixing French blood with German and afraid of the infection of “poison bacilli" of the German socialistic ideas of Karl Marx, whicli, however, were long represen: - ed in France by Jules Guesde La Fargue and Marx's grandson, Jean Longuet, France rejects the best thing we could give her, namely. German labor. A million well disciplined Ger- mun workmen with building materials and engineers’ tools would soon re- construct the ruined towns and vil- iages and mines and factories. 1f these men were used, no: in the Zrm of colonization, our municipal finarces would be relieves, as would our un- employment bucdens. Thus would be increased our buying capacity. Germany’s Chief Faults. Germany’s chief faults are: 1—She gives a false impression of her condition by a present inappro- jpriate political economy and by im- porting great quantities of luxuries. These make distress seem hypocirtical to the allies, though they would be dissatisfied if Germany did mot buy their wines, champagnes, liquors, cloth, silks, ‘laces, perfumery, soap, tea, cocoa, dresses and hats. 2—Instead of making positive sug- gestions which, through their just- ness, would meet the approval of all impartial people, she tries to prove by diplomdtic notes the impossibility of the conditions imposed. 3—Last but not least the govern ment shows repeatedly the old un- changed German spirit in its en- thusiasm for the Hohenzollerns, by glorifying the lies and trickery of von Behtmann Hollweg, denying Ger- all their possessions, bought and * many’s guilt for the beginning of the war, and by defending the criminals of the war. Germany to strength that her neigh- bors fear and which makes them re- fuse to relinquish the occupied ter- ritory. This occupation still takes the major part of what Germany is able to pay. If more bank notes are printed the mark will sink lower and not only Germany's creditors, but her custom- ers will suffer, The biggest se of Germany’ malady today =ti'l'is within the Ger- man people. E\ increase, both the wave of 1 alist sentiment sian elections ir 'th and south, of which the Prus- ebruary will bring a great triumph. unless an unmistak- . able warning from the outside assures equal rights in the world and the league of nations and speedy libera- " It is the return of this ~ v _month shows an " rchist and nation- - .y tion fram the costly and hateful oc-: . cupation of the foreigner to a reallv democratic and honestly republican Germany. {(Copyright, 1621.) AMERICAN JACK TAR U. S. Consiilate General, Rotterdam. By the Associated Press. ' ROTTERDAM, January 29.~What- ever may be the uitimate fate of the American merchant marine, the Amer- friend here in which she bares the in-|ican jack tar has come back to his - own. Th¥ is the verdict of constaat observers in the shipping.department ing out the Amerieas | try.” she writes, “has now reached its|of the Unfted Stites consulate gen-' - * Reports state that the [point of culmination. To replace what nding strong reinforce- to defeat thecounter- , and if necessity re- OPpose strongly the Jap- (all dominating principle in life. For ey accuse of interfer- 'S internal affairs. ipanese are care! may bring abo B = conflict of seri eral at Rotterdam, one of tha = gest ports for. American ships in - rope, to which comes monthly thou- sands of Americanl meérchant seamen.. . These Yankee ships’ officers and sailors, only two or three have learned to freighters with all of the skill of windjampier crews of the old Yankee clipper days: They do mnot, for the most part, know how to reef s top- sail or do any of the hundreds of nautical things for which there were rich sounding terms in the days of the sailing ships. . “Take Nuthin’ From Nobody.” But when it comes to piloting a big years of training, for the most part products of - BARED N LETTERS| EXCELLEDBY NONE “Red Rasputin’j Tells' of Fire'|View of Shipping Department, bandle their big ., Nobody | steamer. through a heavy gile, stok- ing the fires of the coal burmers, or - Japan, it is felt here, must now |the service of Tschrevytschaika. In{turning to with a vim at any of the: .. either get out of ‘Siberia or have a |all circles, in all walks of life, there | emergency continual fight .on" het hands. " Russians are seeking revenge for the |save their own lives, have had to|trained ship's officer or “A. B.” (able The | are men and women who, in order to Japanese indignities heaped on them. | promise to spy on their nearest rela Japan civil authorities know this, |tives and friends, for the insatiabl that may develop sea, the 4 bodied seaman) in the of the seamen’s resorts on the Sch but the militarists refuse to ac- |maw of Tschrevytschaika demands a|dyke here, ~won't take Duthin' from ho- knowledge it. They consider that a {certain minimum of victims a month bo_t"l;l imilitary campaign’ in Siberia will | like the Minotaur of old. prevent homeland While the moderates are demand- ing the withdrawal of the Japaness from Siberia, ‘the -militarists. main- GRIEF CAUSE OF SUICIDE. Late King Alexander’s Chauffeur Shoots Himself. ATHENS, January ‘20.—The Ilate King Alexander’s chauffeur, Dimitriaties, committed suicl: aine, and Tschrevystschaika had|accidents to American e = o from! mn‘ 4nformed that this drug was|much more frequent than to those other nationalities. Now, this is chang- household, strongly attached to Mitso than to any of the others. ‘When Alexander felt death ap- proaching he called Mitso to his bed- side and gave him a small gold cross ‘which the King had worn’all his life. fter the king’s death, Mitso bécame inconsolable. contemplating a photograph of king he shot him: Mme. Manot widow, was one of the floral offerings at his funeral. social upheavals pry grief over the déath of the king, which, it will be recalled, result of a monkey’s bite. Mitso was King Alexander’s insep- | were rele: arable companion on all his haps, the most affable sover Europe dlm} hl-d tunhtnlem of making everybody feel af ome. 11 th crime was. After many attempts I|., e T D .:.':.:';b‘:o:: found out at last the investigation |y The Shanghai Magistrate Rules Against 1 Girls Foilowing Foreign Styles. a SHANGHAL, January 29.—Even the |suspect and he will be executed.|Germany goods Chinese women have. come in.for |From thelr older comrades the youns | while her imports criticiam for wearing short skirtsand |late. The sale. of.cigarettes in the also for displaying their arms. This |st those who have adopted foreign |coup ress. but. elf. in “A son of Aprikosov, the former multimillionaire, has been forced to the on Streets. a faint whisper, for every word is noticed and reported, and still, no matter how careful you are, your later. Only a short time ago every dentist in Moscow was thrown into prison. It had been reported to Lenin Mitso | that _people. were speculating argely used dentists. A thorough was the | tareel of all ental elinics was made while the dentists were in jail. Some ased, others—well, one case as the | Dr. €n in |was retained. His wife came to me He was al- |forts to find out what her husband's roved that Dr. Rabinov had not la‘;edo‘l:hud. but unfortunately he had been shot several days before. I was, however, told that a letter of regret would be sent to his widow explain- ing that the execution was a mistake. Young Are Demoralized. “More sad than anything else, I e | think, is the fact that the demoraliza- . *A'wreath sent ltjon of the young generations has King - Alexander's | peen completely and deliberately sys- tematized through the schools. The other night while th children address their teacher as they need is to denounce him as to speci: po] of ttion of labor, when they will make | P Nolanevism. 5. spiendidly organixea adds: |and its main iun 18 Tachrovet: and of shame 'S of consists of and. ex- from Saghalian a police spy. He was to have | the complaints of the crews, e ot a8 & counter revolutionist, | Jack's contention that he is No: Tirn to be arrested comes sooner or | pormenion 13d % born, newly trained tains have no more trouble with their tomo- | will show what happened to the rest.|crews than the masters of fying Rabinov was found to pOSSess|ther flags, seventy-five grammes of cocaine and|come naturalized 2 get an American ship. In fact, in many in despair after three days’ vain ef-|Ciocs they have less. the world, making money on the vayage, - and his crew had not complaint to record against him.' big books of the consulate generai, in which are recorded the histories of the voyages of these American ships and as able Yyears ago was confined ‘Whispers three “In the streets nobody speaks above |n. water for the cows on the bathing in the t himself ©ld swimmin® ho has been trawling first wore trousers. Fewer Accidents Noted. of lad wi ‘because in | of proper charts and much inexperience, & ~American § or masters who have be- Americans in order to ught his tramp freighter 2 single y GLERMAN PAPER RAPS U. §. ‘War Methods Used on Spies and .. - Peace Methods in Trade. . , J 29. — Under the. anuary e children are tolerably well fed there, hMBE,lnu‘n" "'J."o Standards in says: “Officially, is still at war with Germany, and two e fik Sy 53 it | Ve NO HIGH-CHINESE SKIRTS. [Si’urs gt B dcini o the d as a wartime But com! DRSS measure. rade and treat him with the most % open contempt, as they know that all zhe State of war applies to workmen: $8,000,000. kaise: chat palace has Palais du BRhin. bear out . capitaliats, for dur- g into taught to despise all their | woricmen have just been sentenced in . . € | Chicago under the esplonage” law . “nw% s oo reets, which 18, of course, illegal, is S T AR R % Gal criticlam _appllen, however, only. to| (b8 sntirsly Wi the bunds o¢ tne| TAKE WILHELM'S HOMES. ©).. le of thousand rubles a dav. 1 b ndle, st the w o e T e stata of ake.ihay| PRIt et Wrswbars and ChMtels zio Deen. Lasted By the | S eome. under the tmw of famser) " Seized by French: 5 e