Evening Star Newspaper, March 7, 1922, Page 15

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Forhan’s, if used consistently and used in time, will prevent Pyorrhea or check its course. ¢ Itis the time-tested formulaof R. J.Forhan, D.D.S. .GF | Use Forhan’s regularly as a dentifrice. It keeps the teeth and gums in a clean, healthy condition and wards off Pyorrhea. ~ Don’t wait until tomorrow. Four out of five contract Pyorrhea because they wait toolong. 35cand 60c tubesat yourdruggist’s. Formsla of R. J. Forhas, D. D. S. Forhan Company, New York Forhan’s, Limited, Montreal FOR THE GUMS + Checks Pyorrhea Sorrow, Tragedy and Death . Stalk on Finn-Russ Border BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. Bpecial Correspondence of The Star and Chicago Dally News. 1 HELSINGFORS, Finland, Jatniuary 1. —The Finnish-Russian frontier is un- doubtedly one of the most interesting places inthe world today. It is & region of violent racial disputes; of sudden, overwhelming movements of refugees from one side of the border to the other; of deadly clashes be- tween adhérents of ppposing political creeds. It is the haunt of interna-. tional spies and smugglers, the home of sorrow, tragedy and death. There is a group of refezees at a point near Terijokl, Finland, that has been driven back and forth aeross the frontier four times, first by the Finnish reds into Russia, then by the bolsheviki into Finland, where the white Finns refused to harbor them and drove them back to Russia. At last they were herded acrogs into Finland again and fed by the "American Red Cross for many months. These poor, forsaken children of no-man's-land’ were of Finnish origin. spoke nothing but Russian, lived in Finland and worked in _the neighborhood of Petrograd. This is but one example of border life. There are thousands of orphaned children, eight thousand men and women who fled for their lives after the revolution on the island of Kronstadt last spring, and ten thou- | sand others who have fled from Rus- sia at other times because their lives .were not safe, thelf property con- fiscated and the clothes torn from their backs. They are fed through the charity of Americans and shelter- ed through the charity of Finland and they continue to live through the charity of a Divine Providence that inures a soul against suffering when the limit of human endurance has been reached. Pursuing the Karelians. It seemed to me last spring, when the refugees dashed across the ice from Kronstadt with bolshevik bul- lets snarling at their heels, that sure- ly the last act of the tragedy had been enacted, that the people of northern Russia had had enough of killing one another and would end the reign of sansculottism. But the end was not reached then, nor has it beemreached today, for another and even more ter- rible influx of refugees has bezun, this time with something worse than death stalking behind. The bolsheviki are retaliating against the people of | East Karella for daring to call upon | an outside country for help and for having the unusual courage to refuse to stand and deliver.60 per cent of their meager rations of food to the benevolent government In Moscow. Some who read this article may wonder where Karelia is and who and what the Karellan people are. If a line were drawn straight north from Petrograd to the arctic circle, it would run, roughly, through the center of East Karelia. It is a_country of pri- meval forests, chained lakes and scat- tered villages. The Karelians are for the most part of Finnish origin and thelr culture has come .mostly from Finland. The Finns bujlt their roads and thelr schools and developed_their industries. A hundred years ago Kar lia was recognized as part of Finlan but succeeding generations have r arranged the frontier largely to the economic benefit of Russia. Interference With Plebiscite. When the government of Finland signed the treaty of peace with the soviet government at Dorpat the two parties agreed that the Karelians| should be allowed to vote on the ques- tion of their allegiance to Russia or Finland. By signing this agreement! the bolsheviki recognized the fact that the Karellans had some claim to self-determination. A majority of the people resident irf Karelia had expressed a desire for the plebiscite and actually believed that the soviet government inclined to allow them to take a free and untrammeled vote. Attempts were made repeatedly to have this promised vote, but each time the bolsheviki, through the work of secret police and red Finnish agents, prevented it. In some of the villages in the south where the reds were in the majority a ballot was taken under the strict supervision of police_agents and red guardists, but the effect was to make a travesty of the people's,desires. All during the last summer the leaders of the Karelians in the north complained bitterly regarding the op- | pressive measures instituted by the| i commissars of the red government. Villages that showed anti-bolshevik | tendencies were taxed unmercifully. Certain influential men in the Vi lages who leaned strongly toward affiliation with Finland were arrest- ed and sent to Petrograd for mock trials before the extraordinary coms independence. That it ‘was a hope- less cause seemed to be recognized from the first, because the leader of the victerious band at Kem sent out word that all expected to die when the bolsheviki brought up re-en- forcements. Baseless Charges Against Finns. During the weeks following the at- tack on Kem, many Finns and Rus- slan refugees in_the border district went across to help the Karelians. In all not more than 200 or 300 men crossed the frontier from Finland. The frontier is a long and rugged atretch which the Finnish army could not possibly guard completely, but from Moscow one note was sent after another acousing the Finnish govern- ment of sending armed detachments to aid the Karellans. Tchitcherin, in his notes, based his accusations on false reports sent in by frightened secret service agents. Iam convinced that the Finnish government and gen- eral staff had no connection with the movement of Karellan sympathizers across the line and that they did not help the Karelian army with arms or ammunition. _Yet the bolshevik authorities in Moscow continue their charges to the point of absurdity, naming as members of the govern- ment Finns who have never held any 2 % 7 official post, but wha, they claim, are active Dlllnporlln[ the armed forces i fl‘l'. ‘Mllhlrl:: moved two divisions of troops In Karella, and as this article is being written the same old gruesome -w? of terror is being repeated with ne: and more horrll ditions. The starving Karelians .are moving over into Finland . Just ‘8s. thousands ot others have fled from the Russiain the past. They tramp over in groups sometimes numbering 400 or 600, and they will be added to the crowd of 20,000 or more who must receiye daily rations from charitable sources. It is hardly possible that the Finnish go ernment will call American Red Cr because every one world realizes that th is feeding four times as many Rus- slans as there are members of the ryling party in-the land of soviets. BULGARIA IS SQUARED. Meets Péace Treaty Obligations to Neighboring Nations. SOFIA, February- i3.—Bulgaria has fulfilled her obligation under the peace treaty to dellver a large num- ber of cattie and materials to/Jugo- slavia, Rumania and Greece. The mixed commissions, composed of representatives of the countries interested, have parted on most cor- dial end friendly terms in conse- quence of the satisfactory fulfiliment of this condition. b u FRinRARY 2% 22z Y mission. Committees were formed by the patriotic Karelians and sent to Helsingfors with formai protests, which were transmitted by the Fin- ish government to Moscow without the slightest effect. Confiscate Karelian Crops. It was the collection of the revic- tualing tax by the bolsheviki that finally drove the Karelians to desper- ation and brought about the revolt that is now being mercilessly crushed | by Trotsky’'s red guardists. The crop in Karelia last summer was very poor, and in some villages the seed grain was being used to make flour for the winter, which promised to be long and exceptionally severe. At the very moment when the pea: ants began feeling the pinch of hunger the bolsheviki sent around armed collectors, demanding 50 per cent of the harvests, and later, when it was evident that none would give the required amount, it was decreed that those who failed should lose all of their crops by confiscation. With- out any regard for the plight of the peasants from whom they were tak- ifg nearly every village in Karella with hardly a month’s supply of grain and meat. i Rumors of the discontent in Karelia reached Helsingfors and Viborg daily during the last days of October, but it was not believed that the Karelians were strong enough to offer active resistance. On November 8, without warning that military operat!onnl were under way, word came from the frontier that Karelian peasants had attacked and defeated the bolshevik garrison at Kem, a village of con- siderable size lying north and east of Lake Ladoga. The attackers weré too poorly equipped and too thinly clad to be called an organized army. They had only a few small detach- ments mounted on skis, armed with sport rifles and a few guns that had been smuggled across from Finland. The initial ruccess was so encourag- ing that every village in the northern section of Karelia sent every man and boy capable of bearing arms to join their countrymen in the fight for Better Than Calomel Thousands Have Discovered Dr. Edwirds’ Olive Tablets are a Harmless Substitute. Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets—the substitute for calomel—are a mild but sure laxative, and their effect on the liver is aimost instantaneous. These little olive-colored tablets are the result of Dr. Edwards’ de- termination not to’treat liver and bowel complaints with calomel. The pleasant little tablets do the good that calomiel does, but have no bad after effects. They: don’t injure the teeth like strong liquitis or calomel. They take hold of the trouble’ and quickly correct it. Why cure the liver ‘at' the expense Sieye Ravoc with the gus o 05 plays havoc e = o strong liquids. - It ll‘mben not to teke - calomel. Let Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets take its place. 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Most of them originate from the German cantons of the Swiss con- federation. Few of them speak French. All speak German and Ital- ard-boiled TWO DAYS GONE! FOUR DAYS LEFT! PAYS $8,300 FOR WATER. Buyer Fooled by Small Tubes Con- taining Whisky. BINGHAMTON, N. Y., March 7. Detectives from Scranton are investi- gating the reported sale to a resident . of that city of sixteen barrels of water for the round sum of $8,300. 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